iii
Subject.
20,138 Extension of the Explosives Act of 1883. 20,964❘ Protest by Guatemala against the continued occupation by Great Britain of a certain portion of British Honduras which is claimed by Guatemala. (See No. 21.)
21,136 Manner of acquiring legal jurisdiction over
the Natives within the protected territory.
22,342 Observance of neutrality by Great Britain during the hostilities between France and China.
22,026 Mode of establishing civil and criminal juris-
diction in Bechuanaland. (See No. 28.)
Serial No.
Colony.
Date.
Begistry No.
Subject.
Berial No.
Colony.
Date.
Registry No.
15
St. Helena
June 27, 1884
10,823 Liability of the sureties of Mr. W. H. Smyth, dismissed for defalcations, in respect of any default made by him when acting in any other capacity than that for which his sureties were bond.
80
General
31
British Honduras
Nov. 1884
Nov. 25, 1884
16
Queensland
July 17, 1884
12,195
Extradition from the jurisdiction of the Colony to that of the High Commissioner for the Western Pacific.
32
New Guinea
Dec. 11, 1884
17
Straits -
Aug. 6, 1884
13,367 Order in Council for the extradition of fugitive
criminals.
33
Hong Kong -
Dec. 22, 1884
18
Malta
Aug. 7, 1884
13,452 Amendment of the constitution of the Council
of Government.
34
South Africa
Dec. 28, 1884
19
South Australia
Ang. 12, 1884
13,772 Question whether it is within the power of a Colonial Legislature which is empowered to regulate the sale and disposal of waste lands of the Crown to dispense with the Gover- nor's signature of instruments disposing of Buch lands.
35
New South Wales
1885. Jan. 7, 1885.
413
36
20
Queensland
-
Aug. 12, 1884
21
British Honduras
Aug. 12, 1884
22
General
23
Hong Kong •
Sept. 1884
Sept. 18, 1884
13,800 Question whether British subjects who, being seamen on board vessels belonging to sub- jects of foreign states, desert from such vessels could legally be surrendered to such foreign states. (See No. 14.)
20,964 Protest of Guatemala against the continued occupation by Great Britain of a certain portion of British Honduras which is claimed by Guatemala.
15,764 Provision and equipment of armed vessels by colonies possessing Responsible Government.
16,750 Rendition to the Chinese Government of certain fugitives from justice whose ex- tradition is claimed under Article 21 of the Treaty of Tien-tsin.
Hong Kong
Jan. 28, 1885
Ceylon.
Straits.
37
Hong Kong -
Feb. 7, 1885
2212
Feb. 16, 1885
Surrender to the French authorities of C. M.
H. Marcelin, accused of embezzlement,
1947 Instructions to the Governors for their guid
ance in enforcing the provisions of the Foreign Enlistment Act during the hostilities between France and China.
Question whether Australian coal in British ships, consigned to other than Chinese merchants, would be jeopardised on a voyage to a Chinese treaty port in view of the decision of the French Government to exercise the right of search on the high
Beag.
2869 Question whether vessels of the Messageries Maritimes and Chinese revenue cruisers touching at Hong Kong were sidered as
to be con-
"public vessels” within the meaning of the telegraphic instructions sent to the Governors of the Eastern Colonies.
4066 Competency of the Colonial Legislature to pass an Ordinance providing for the de- tention in the gaols of the Colony of certain prisoners convicted in the Courts of the Protected States.
"An Act to make valid the marriage of a man
with the sister of a deceased wife."
7185 Treatment of the
Messageries Maritimes steamers under the Foreign Enlistment Act. (See No. 38.)
Whether Her Majesty might proceed to prepare an Order in Council directing that the Colonial Attorneys Relief Act might come into operation in the Colony.
"An Act to make valid the marriage of a man with the sister of a deceased wife." (See No. 40.)
11,076 Right of the mail steamers of the Messageries Maritimes to exemption from search by the Customs Officers of the Colony.
11,077 Extradition of fugitive offenders from the territory of the British North Borneo Company.
Proposed abolition in certain West Indian Colonies of the jurisdiction of the Com- missioners for the Sale of Encumbered Estates.
24
General
Sept. 27, 1884
25
Hong Kong
Sept. 27, 1884
16,714 Proposed insertion in the Colonial Courts of Admiralty Bill of a provision for vesting in the Colonial Courts of Admiralty juris- diction under the Foreign Enlistment Act.
16,962 Observance of neutrality by Great Britain during the hostilities betweep France and China.
39
Straits
Mar. 7, 1885
40
Barbados
Mar. 7, 1885
4067
258 Queensland
Ont 98 1904
10 254
Hong Kong -
Apr. 21, 1885
26
Baha
2
New Zealand
·
May 22, 1885
9141
out or the Colony with intent to explosions in the Colony as crimes punish- able in the Colony.
cause
43
Barbados
June 17, 1885
10,761
27
Gibraltar
Nov. 12, 1884
20,057 Action of the Governor in handing over to the Spanish authorities certain Spaniards who were arrested while endeavouring to smuggle tobacco Spain.
41
New South Wales
June 23, 1885
into
45
Straits
28
28
South Africa
Nov. 15, 1884
19,495 Trial of the supposed murderers of Mr.
Bethell,
June 23, 1885
29
Malta
Nov. 18, 1884
19,735 Petition from George Jackson, a prisoner in Malta gaol, praying for a remission of the sentence passed upon him by Her Majesty's Consular Court at Tunis.
46
Jamaica
July 20, 1885
12,775
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Serial
No.
Colony.
Date.
Registry No.
47
New Guinea
July 20, 1885
48
Queensland
July 29, 1885
49
Bahamas
July 31, 1885
13,654
50 South Africa
Aug. 4, 1885
Bubject.