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Serial

No.

Colony.

Date.

Registry

Bubject.

Berial No.

Date.

Registry No.

Subject.

Colony.

58

New Zealand

March 11, 1881

2156

Question of the legality of the New Pro-

vinces Act of 1858.

59

British Guiana

March 22, 1861

2795

44

British Honduras

December 18, 1860

11,770

The limits of the port of Helise for judi-

cial purposes.

45

Victoria

·

December 18, 1860

11,813

"An Act to amend the law relating to divorce and matrimonial causes in Vic- toria."

60

Turks Islands

March 25, 1881

2777

1

46

Australia

December 21, 1880

12,008

Arming and employing of Colonial vessels

of war.

61

New Brunswick

·

March 27, 1861

2811

47

Cape

December 29, 1860

72

Confirmation of “An Act to amend the laws concerning marriages," by which it is intended to facilitate marriages between Mahomedans, pagans, and others, in such a manner as to dis- courage polygamy.

62

South Australia

April 15, 1861

8405

63

New Zealand

April 15, 1861

3479

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Refusal of the Governor to give up four French sailors who had deserted from the French

war steamer "Cambi- BDCE."

Confirmation of the Turks Islands Ordi-

nance No. 4 of 1860.

Report of the local Attorney General upon the Law Officers' opinion of 30th October 1860 (No. 39).

Question whether the Executive Council

is competent and entitled to act as a Court of Appeal under the Act No. 31 of 1856.

Draft Act for validating the "Act to

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provide for the establishment of new

provinces in New Zealand,” and to

empower the local Legislature to con- stitute new provinces in future. (See No. 58.)

An Act "to vest in the Supreme Court "jurisdiction in respect of divorce and "matrimonial causes."

"An Act respecting the 90tb chapter of the Consolidated Statutes of Upper Canada respecting the apprehension of fugitive offenders in foreign

countries."

Ordinance for the extradition of French criminals convicted of certain crimes who might escape from Cayenne.

Proceedings of Her Majesty's Consular authorities in Japan with reference to the release from prison of Mr. Michael Moss, who had been imprisoned on a sentence passed by Her Majesty's Minister in Japan.

"An Act to simplify the law relating to the transfer of landed property in New Zealand."

Proposed change in the mode of leaving certain Colonial Acts to their opera. tion. (See No. 400.)

The construction of certain Castoms Acts

and the mode of enforcing them. (See No. 49.)

What powers could be legally conferred on the Governor of New Zealand under the present law in order to the effectual government of the natives of New Zealand.

Desire of the Executive Council that an Act of Parliament should be passed to abrogate the right of courts of law and judges in England to issue writs running in the Dominion, mare such as might be connected with the right of appeal to Her Majesty in Council,

48

New South Wales

1861.

January 2, 1861

105

Draft warrant for detaching certain terri-

tories from the Colony.

49

Barbados

January 8, 1861

203

Power of Colonial Officers to prosecute or withdraw at discretion actions for the recovery of penalties incurred under the Acts for regulating the trade of the island, and for the prevention of smuggling.

64

Tasmania

April 26, 1861

3808

65

Canada

April 80, 1861

4250

50

Canada

January 15, 1861

415

Intention of certain persons to move for a writ of habeas corpus on behalf of John Anderson, a prisoner in Canada, whose extradition was likely to be claimed by the Government of the United States.

66

British Guiana

May 22, 1861

4825

51

Hong Kong

-

January 18, 1881

672

Refusal of the captain of a Prussian man- of-war to deliver up to the Colonial authorities a seaman who had deserted from an American vessel.

67

Hong Kong -

May 31, 1861

5029

52

Ditto

33

53

Newfoundland

January 21, 1861

January 21, 1801

684

Mode of annexing to the Colony a portion

of Chinese territory.

68

New Zealand

June 21, 1861

5662

731

54

British GuiRDA

February 11, 1861

2682

Course to be taken with respect to the endorsement of a petition presented by Mr. Robinson, Assistant Judge of the Colony. Question whether the property of Por- toguese subjects dying intestate in the Colony without heire can be claimed by the Crown of Portugal, or whether it remains with the Crown of England. (See Nos. 19, 32, 34, and 36.)

69

General,

America.

North

June 22, 1861

5704

70

Barbados

June 25, 1861

5926

55

Queensland

February 23, 1861

1746

Question of the legal constitution of the

Colonial Legislature.

71

New Zealand

June 25, 1861

6155

56

British Guiana

March 4, 1881

1976

57

Queensland -

March 9, 1861

2165

Queen's Advocate's Report on the Ordi- nance "for better enforcing church "discipline among the clergy of the "United Church of England and Ire- "land" within the Colony.

Draft Bill for transferring certain terri- tories from the Colony of New South Wales to that of South Australia, and for giving validity to the proceedings of the Queensland Legislature. (See Nos. 48 and 65.)

12222

72

Canada, General

June 25, 1861

6217

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