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Date.
Colony,
Registry No.
February 8, 1870
1549
Serial
No.
629
Bahamas
630
Malta
February 11, 1870
1671
681
Ditto
February 11, 1870
1672
682
Bahamas. General -
February 12, 1870
1609
63.3
Malta
February 28, 1870
2601
Bubject.
Course to be pursued respecting the de- tention at Nassan of two schooners for an alleged breach of the Foreign Enlist- ment Act.
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Case of Bugeja, a British subject who had been forwarded to Malta by Her Majesty's Consul at Tunis for trial by the Maltese Courts.
Case of the brothers Polidano imprisoned in Malta for murder committed at Alexandria. (See Nos. 501a and 639.) Question whether arme condemned in a Vice-Admiralty Court must necessarily be sold by public auction.
Course to be pursued as regards persons detained in prison at Malta" under warrants from the Consular Courts at Alexandria and Tunis,
634
New South Wales
March 12, 1870
8040
Control of the traffic in South Sea Island-
ers. (See No. 622.)
635
Canada
April 5, 1870
8609
636
Ditto
April 8, 1870
3731
Appointment of the Governor General of Canada to be Governor of Rupert's Land; whether such appointment would give him authority to exercise the powers conferred by the appoint- ment, either in person or by anyone else appointed by himself as his deputy, and would be perfectly good.
Doubt as to whether the appointment of Sir J. Young by the Hudson's Bay Company, giving him authority to exercise the powers conferred by the appointment, either in person or by anyone else appointed by himself as his deputy, would be perfectly good. (See preceding report.)
Berial No.
Colony.
Date.
Registry No.
642 Gibraltar
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May 18, 1870
5387
642A
General
May 19 1180/96. Babamas
Bubject.
Position of Italian subjects resident at Gibraltar with respect to commercial pursuits, &c., which are assumed to be guaranteed to them by the treaty of commerce between this country and Italy of 6th August 1863; and whether Question whether sufficient grounds are shown to warrant the arrest of the "Chieftain " suspected of being destined for the Cuban art in insurgents.
644
South Australia
May 31, 1870
5898
645
New South Wales
June 8, 1870
9616
646
Natal
June 17, 1870
6577
647
Virgin Islands
June 30, 1870
7209
648
Gold Coast
July 12, 1870
8422
637
Babamas
April, 1870
3882
Power of Her Majesty's Government to prevent or delay the ale of vessels which had been seized and condemned at Nassau for breaches of the revenue laws of the Colony, in order to prevent their being purchased by agents of the Cuban insurgents.
649
Gambia
July 13, 1870
7.566
650
Bahamas
July 14, 1870
7782
638
Victoria
April 22, 1870
4309
639
Malta
April 27, 1870
4774
Whether by the 1st section of the Colonial Acts for establishing a constitution in the Colony of Victoria, the Victoria Legislature was enabled to pass laws for the Colony repugnant to Imperial Acta extending to the Colony.
Validity of the detention of the prisoners Polidano at Malta. (See Nos. 501a and 631.)
651
Sierra Leone
July 20, 1870
7846
640
Bahamas
May 13, 1870
5379
Proposed sale to the Spanish Government of the arms, &c. seized on board the "Lilian," a vessel condemned at Nassau for a breach of the revenue laws of the Colony. (See Nos, 615 and 620.)
652
Western Australia
July 21, 1870
7853
653
Jamaica
641
Cape
May 16, 1870
5308
Course to be taken in reference to the shooting in Eastern Africa, beyond the jurisdiction of the Supreme Court of the Cape, of a native called Chinsoro, by the orders of Captain Faulkner.
July 23, 1870
7912
654
General
July 28, 1870
8201
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Objection taken by the local Attorney
General to the reserved Bill, entitled "An Act to prevent public contractors "being returned to, or sitting or voting
in, Parliament."
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Draft Bill to facilitate the conviction of persons guilty of offences against the South Sea Islanders.
Question whether there is anything in the Imperial Acts, 19 Gen. 2. c. 15. and 21 & 22 Vict. a. 90., which prevente English surgeons from being subjected to any tax imposed generally on the practice of the medical profession in the Colony.
Case of the "Telegrafo." Appeal by the Consul at San Domingo from the decision of the Vice Admiralty Court at Tortola, which had ordered the restoration of the vessel. (See Nos. 595 and 601.)
Question as to the constitution of certain courts of equity established at various trading places on the West Coast of Africa beyond Her Majesty's jurisdic
tion.
Manner in which
the contemplated
cession of the Gambia to the French
Government should be effected.
Course to be taken by the Governor respecting the proposed sale of the "Lilian." 640.)
(See Nos. 615, 620, and
on
Mode by which the Colonial authorities could be enabled to punish legally the authors of barbarities committed British subjects or on persons under British protection, but beyond the British frontier, and under circum- stances which made it hopeless to appeal to any native authority.
Question whether the Queen could dele- gate to the Gowenegher power to nominate members of the Legislative Council before the law establishing the Council was passed.
Obligations of the Colonial Government
to the "Island Curates' Fund."
Employment of pilots by the ships of war of either of the belligerents (France or Prussia).