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LAWS IN FORCE IN THE COLONIES AS TO TRESPASS,

AND ALSO AS TO PRESERVATION OF GAME.

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No. 25.

SIERRA LEONE.

AFRICAN

AND

COPY of a DESPATCH from Governor Sir A. E. KENNEDY, C.B., to the EARL OF KIMBERLEY.

AFRICAN AND

AFRICAN AND MEDITERRANEAN COLONIES.

(No. 141.) MY LORD,

MEDITER-

HANGAN

COLONIES,

No. 23.

No. 23.

GIBRALTAR.

Copy of a DESPATCH from Governor Sir RICHARD AIREY to the Earl of KIMBERLEY. MY LORD,

Gibraltar, 27th August, 1870.

I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your Lordship's Despatch, marked "Circular," of the 2nd instant, on the subject of the Laws in force in the Colonies as to Trespass and also as to the preservation of Game, and requesting me to furnish your Lordship with copies of any Enactments in force in the Colony of Gibraltar on the subject; and to acquaint your Lordship, in reply, that there are no local laws in force in this Fortress as to Trespass or as to the preservation of Game; there is, how- ever, in force a Garrison Order to the following effect:-"That no person of any descrip "tion whatsoever is permitted to discharge Fire-arms, or to let off Fire-works, in this "Garrison. Neither is any person whatever permitted to take or destroy the Birds or "Animals in the Alameda or on the Ilill-side, or to carry a Gun within the precincts of "the Garrison, without a permit from the Governor. The names of Officers trans- gressing this Order will be taken down by the Military Police or patrols from the "nearest Guards, and reported to the Governor. All other persous will be apprehended " and sent to the Town Major's office."

I have, &c.,

(Signed)

The Right Hon. The Earl of Kimberley,

&c. &c. &c.

RICHARD AIREY,

Lieut.-General and Governor.

Sierra Leone, 22nd August, 1870.

I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your Lordship's Circular dated 2nd August, 1870, calling for information as to the laws in this Colony for Trespass, and also for the Preservation of Game.

I have the honour to report that there are no such laws in force in this Settlement.

The Earl of Kimberley,

&c.

&c.

&c.

I have, &c.,

(Signed)

A. E. KENNEDY,

Governor-in-Chief.

No. 26,

GAMBIA.

[Not received.]

No. 27.

ງ

MEDITER-

HANKAN

COLONIES.

No. 25.

No. 26.

No. 27.

No. 24.

No. 24.

MALTA.

[Not received.]

GOLD COAST.

Corr of a DESPATCH from Governor Sir A. E. KENNEDY, C.B., to the EARL OF KIMBERLEY.

Sierra Leone. 3rd October, 1870.

(No. 99.) MY LORD,

I have the honour to transmit, for your Lordship's information, a Despatch received from the Administrator of the Gold Coast, No. 130, dated 19th September, 1870, stating, in reply to your Lordship's Circular of the 2nd August, 1870, that there are no laws in the Settlement for the Preservation of Game.

I have, &c., (Signed)

A. E. KENNEDY.

Governor-in-Chief.

The Earl of Kimberley,

&c. &c. &c.

Enclosure in No. 27.

Enclosure

in No. 27.

(No. 130.) SIR,

Government House, Cape Coast,

19th September, 1870.

In reference to Colonial Office Circular of 2nd August, 1870, I have the honour to state that there are no laws in this Settlement for the Preservation of Game. The law of Trespass (whenever enforced, which is very rarely) is merely the adaptation of British law to reasonable native custom in the Judicial Assessor's Court, and is not fixed by any local enactment.

Sir Arthur E. Kennedy, C.B., Governor-in-Chief,

I have, &c., (Signed) H. T. USSHER,

Administrator.

&c.

&c. Sierra Leone.

&c..

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