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C.O. 885
MY LORD,
No. 814.
(FIJI.)
LAW OFFICERS to FOREIGN OFFICE.
Temple, April 22, 1873.
We are honoured with your Lordship's commands signified in Mr. Hammond's letter of the 16th instant, stating that with reference to our report* as noted in the July 18, margin upon questions relating to the liability of British subjects claiming Fijian 1872. nationality to British jurisdiction both within and beyond the limits of the Fijian state, he was directed by your Lordship to transmit to us the accompanying letter and August 9. its enclosures from the Colonial Office, and to request that we would take the same into our consideration, and to report to your Lordship whether there is anything stated in the letter addressed to your Lordship by the Fijian Attorney-General, which is enclosed in the Colonial Office letter, to alter the opinions already expressed by us on the subject.
In obedience to your Lordship's commands we have the honour to
Report
That there is nothing stated in the letter of the Fijian Attorney-General which induces us to alter the opinion which we have already expressed upon the law con- nected with, and bearing upon, the state of things in Fiji.
The Right Hon. Earl Granville, K.G.
We have, &c. (Signed)
J. D. COLERIDGE. G. JESSEL.
J. PARKER DEANE.
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MY LORD,
No. 815.
(NEWFOUNDLAND.)
LAW OFFICERS to FOREIGN OFFICE.
We are honoured with your Lordship's commands, signified in Mr. Hammond's
Temple, April 25, 1873. letter of the 18th instant, stating on the 12th ultimo Her Majesty's Secretary of State for the Colonial Office communicated to your Lordship a copy of a report with which we had furnished that department dated the 6th of March, on the question now under discussion between the British and French Governments of appointing magistrates on the "French shore" of Newfoundland.
That he was to transmit to us the draft of a Despatch, which was thereupon addressed to Her Majesty's Ambassador at Paris, directing his Excellency to make a representa- tion to the French Government founded upon our Report, and a Despatch from him enclosing a draft of the communication which he proposed to address to that Govern- ment in consequence, but which he had first submitted for approval with marginal notes, which occurred to his Excellency after the note was framed.
And that he (Mr. Hammond) also enclosed a further letter from the Colonial Office containing some observations and suggestions in regard to the ultimate form in which the representation should be framed, and that he was to request as to favour your Lordship with our opinion as to the precise terms which it would be desirable to adopt in that communication.
In obedience to your Lordship's commands we have the honour to
Report
That we have carefully considered the observations of Lord Lyons and the Colonial Office upon our former Report and upon the form of the representation to be made to the French Government upon the subject of appointing Magistrates upon the so-called French coast of Newfoundland.
In reference to the suggestion in the letter from the Colonial Office that the words "to protect the buildings of the fishermen during their absence" should be omitted, we submit, for your Lordship's consideration, that as the engagements between the two countries allow these huts or buildings to be erected, they ought to be protected from plunder and wilful destruction during the absence of those who have put them up, and we would suggest the retaining of those words which do not imply more than protec- tion from wilful damage.
The observations in the letter from the Colonial Office upon the notes of Lord Lyons make it needless for us to trouble your Lordship with any remarks, and we are of opinion that the representation may properly be framed in its present form.
The Earl Granville, K.G.
&c.
&c.
We have, &c. (Signed)
J. D. COLERIDGE. G. JESSEL.
J. PARKER DEANE.
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