Berial
No.
Colony.
Date.
Registry No.
749
Virgin Islandi
March 30, 1872
3878
750
Natal
April 5, 1872
3556
751
General
April 12, 1872
888
bu and
762
Cape, Natal -
April 15, 1872
3976
Bubject.
Arrest and imprisonment of a number of British subjects, on a charge of which they were innocent, by the Spanish authorities at Crab Island and Porto Rico.
Proposed reference to the Judicial Com- mittee of the Bill for transferring certain lands held by the Bishop of Cape Town, and his successors, to the Bishop of Natal, and his successors, in trust for the English Church. (See No. 748.)
Legal position of the Crown with respect to certain Letters Patent which had been granted by Her Majesty, under authority of Parliament, or otherwise, constituting dioceses in the Colonies, and appointing bishops thereto, and especially what powers, if any, Her Majesty has of revoking such Letters Patent.
Candidature for office in the South African and Orange Free State Repub-
lics of persons holding office in Natal or Cape Colony.
Draft Letters Patent for effecting the annexation of all the islands situated within a distance of 60 miles from the coast of the Colony.
Power of Her Majesty to alter the charter of 18.56, for the purpose of securing an enlarged Civil List."
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Claim by the Spanish Consul to adminis- ter the effects of a Chinaman, who had died on board the Spanish vessel "Altagracia on the high seas while on a voyage from Havana to Hong Kong. (See Nos. 19, 38, 35, and 87.)
Administration of the estates of aliens
dying in the Colony.
Custody in transitu of foreigners accused or convicted of crime who had been deported from China or other places.
Protection of British subjects of Chinese origin in China, and the allegiance due from these persons to the Chinese Government.
Distribution of the property of John
McAleavy.
Claim of Daniel Sinclair, a British sub- jeet, who had been imprisoned by authorities claiming to act for King Cakombau of Fiji, for protection by Her Majesty's Government.
Whether British subjects can, wjeissuming the nationality of an uncivilised state, withdraw themselves from British juris- diction or divest themselves or vessels owned by them of their British nation- ality.
Dispute between the Legislative Council and House of Assembly concerning certain points of law and privilege.
740
General
January 13, 1872
724
Liability of persons who have been granted superannuation allowances under the Acts 4 & 5 Will. 4. c. 24. and 22 Vict. c. 26. to have their pensions suspended wholly or partially under certain oir- cumstances.
753
Queensland
April 24, 1872
4820
741
Newfoundland
742
Canada
January 17, 1872
January 20, 1872
1100
1297
French right of fishing on the coast.
Seizure of the United States vessel "E. A. Horton" by a Canadian cruizer for
■ breach of the fishery laws, her subse- quent rescue and the issue of new papers to her by the United States authorities.
754
Natal
April 27, 1872
48H3
765
Hong Kong
•
May 28, 1872
5538
743
Ditto
January 29, 1872
1056
744
Malta
February 1, 1872
1488
Certain questions raised by the Canadian
Minister of Justice with regard to the power of appointing Queen's Counsel in the provinces forming the Dominion.
Case of the cutter "Lara," of Malta, which was captured by the Italian Customs House officers off the coast of Palermo, on a charge of attempting to amuggle tobacco Into Sicily, and the protest of the owner that the distance from the shore at which the capture took place renders it illegal.
750
Ditto
May 29, 1872
5700
757
Ditto
May 29, 1872
6726
758
New Zealand
June 10, 1872
6194
745
British Honduras
February 5, 1872
1826.
Question whether British Honduras was part of the diocese of Jamaica, and subject to the jurisdiction of the bishop of that diocese.
759
New South Wales
June 14, 1872
6390
746
Canada
March 11, 1872
6669
Transference of defensive works, and their armaments, from the Imperial to the Dominion Government. (See No. 683.)
760
Ditto
June 14, 1872
6390
747
Heligoland
March 12, 1872
2623
Draft Ordinance to make provision for the trying of matrimonial and divorce cases in the Island of Heligoland.
748
*Natal
March 14, 1872
2768
Bill for transferring certain lands held by the former Bishop of Cape Town, and
his successor, to the Bishop of Natal, and bis successor, in trust for the English Church.
761
New Zealand
June 18, 1872
6248
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Serial No.
Colony.
Date.
Registry
No.
736 Cape
November 7, 1871
11,026
787
General
November 28, 1871
11,698
738
Malta
November 80, 1871
11,769
Antigus
December 5, 1871
11,952
Subject.
Questions raised with respect to the proper course to be followed in the event of it being decided to divide the Colony of the Cape of Good Hope into provinces, or to effect a federation of it with any of the neighbouring Republics and native tribes, or the Colony of Natal.
Proposed change in the mode of confirm- ing laws passed in Colonies having Re- presentative Assemblies with a suspend- ing claure.
Introduction by the Governor of Malta of a local enactment extending to that Colony the provisions of the 24th sec- tion of the Extradition Act of 1870.
Proposal to invest colonial bishops with the sole responsibility of appointing proper persons to vacant benefices and cures of souls in their dioceses.