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Berial

Colony.

Date.

No.

Registry

No.

562:

Hong Kong

May 20, 1869

5805

563

Sierra Leone

May 24, 1869

5898

564

Antigua

May 24, 1609

5900

565

Natal

May 29, 1869

6138

553

Bahamas

February 18, 1889

2014

Claim of Spain to exercise jurisdiction to a distance of three miles from the out- lying cays off the island of Cuba.

566

Bahamas

June 1, 1869

6224

554

Straits

March 5, 1809

2019

Regulation issued by Her Majesty's Min

ister in China requiring British subjects of Chinese origin to wear a distinctive dress when travelling or residing with. in the Chinese Empire.

Subject.

6529

Disturbances on board the Messageries

Maritimes steamer "Le Tigre."

Claims of Great Britain and Portugal to the Island of Bulama, on the west coast of Africa, to be decided by arbitration.

Redress claimed from the Venezuelan Government by Mr. Every, a British subject, for losses sustained by him in Consequence of the detention by the authorities at Margerita of his vessel, the "Elizabeth."

Despatch from the Lieut.-Governor, en- closing two petitions from the Bishop of Natal with reference to acts of the Bishop of Cape Town and the proposed answer thereto.

Circumstances connected with the arrival

of the British steam vessel “Salvador " at Nassau, on 7th May, with a large party of Cubana on board, and with the shipment at Nassau of quantity

of arms and ammunition and further

passengers under auspicious circum-

stances.

Documentary evidend to be laid before the arbitrator (the President of the United States) in reference to the claim by England to the island of Bulama. (See No. 563.)

Case of the "Salvador." (See No. 566.)

Proceedings taken by the Bishop of Natal against Mr. Green, the Colonial chap- lain at Natal, and the question whether Her Majesty's Government are bound to enforce the episcopal authority of the bishop by dismissing Mr. Green if he refuses obedience, or whether, if the point is doubtful, it would be inexpe- dient or improper to take that course.

Legality of certain sentences passed by

the Chief Justice.

Authority of Governor to interfere in the case of the drilling of Cubans in their own houses. (See No. 561.)

Proceedings which have taked place at Hong Kong in the case of the "Queen "against Saint," in which an ex-officio information was filed by the Acting Attorney General against Mr. Saint for the publication of a libel against Senhor Amaral, a former Governor of Macao.

Interference of Spanish cruisers with the Britial vessels "Jefferson Davis" and "Elva," and the violation of the terri- torial rights of this country in the capture of the "Yara" in British waters, and in the subsequent landing of an armed party on British soil.

555

New Zealand

March 8, 1869

2711

Legality of certain appointments to the Legislative Council. (See Nos. 507 and 509.)

567

Sierra Leone

June 2, 1869

0255

556

Bahamas

March 22, 1869

8265

Territorial jurisdiction of Spain off the coast of Cuba and its adjacent cays. (See No. 553.)

568

Bahamas

June 3, 1869

6443

557

British Guiana

March 24, 1869

3849

Petition to Her Majesty from Mr. Law- rence McDermott praying for remission of the costs for which he is liable in consequence of the dismissal by the Judicial Committee of the Privy Coun. cil of his appeal against a judgment of the Supreme Court of British Guiana.

569 Natal

June 10, 1869

558

Cape

April 29, 1869

4878

559

Hong Kong -

May 3, 1889

5057

Proposed reply to Despatch from the Governor on the subject of the recent consecration of the Rev. Mr. Macrorie as a bishop for the Colony of Natal. Question of placing the authorities of Hong Kong in direct communication with the Chinese authorities at Kowloon, with a view to the pursuit and capture on Chinese territory by the police of Hong Kong of criminals when they escape to the mainland.

570

Straits

June 19, 1869

6530

571 Bahamas

June 21, 1869

6990

572

Hong Kong -

June 22, 1869

7216

550

Canada

May 4, 1869

6071

561

Bahamas

May 7, 1869

5281

562

St. Helena

May 14, 1809

5800

Competency of the Legislature of the Province of Ontario to pass certain Acts.

Complaint by the Spanish Admiral in Cuba that a Spanish merchant steamer, the "Comanditario," which "had con- "stituted herself into a pirate on the "high seas, and was without the docu- "ments required for navigating,” had been allowed to enter a port in the Bahamas, and was there supplied with coals.

Power of the Commander-in-Chief in India to transfer to England any pri- soner undergoing a sentence of imprison- ment in India under the sentence of a court-martial.

578

Bahamas

June 25, 1889

7107

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Date.

Colony.

Registry No.

June 26, 1869

7168

Serial

No.

574

Bahamas

Subject

Seisure of the "Salvador" on her return to Nassau, and the legal proceedings taken against the Naval and Colonial officers on account of that seizure by parties interested in the vessel (See Nos. 566 and 568.)