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Serial No.

Colony.

Date.

Registry No.

Subject.

Serial

No.

Colony.

Date.

Registry

No.

81

Cape

Dec. 23, 1875

14,001

Questionable mode in which an ordinance for establishing a Land Court in Griqualand West had been passed by the Legislature of that Province.

98

Gibraltar

June 1, 1876

7176

82

Mauritius

Dec. 23, 1875

14,002

Special legislation with reference to the offence

of concealment of birth.

66

99

Cape

June 21, 1876

7393

83

Barbados

Dec. 28, 1875

14,003

Disputed election to the House of Assembly of

two members for the parish of St. Thomas.

100

British Guiana

July 1, 1876

7883

1876.

84

Gibraltar

Mar. 23, 1876

3562

Capture by a Spanish "guarda costa" of the British vessel "Amalia," and the proceedings subsequently taken against certain of the crew of the "guarda costa.”

101

Cape

July 12, 1876

8317

85

Queensland

Mar. 27, 1876

3571

Propriety of giving the Royal Assent to a Bill "To legalise the marriage of a man with his deceased wife's sister."

102

Gold Coast

July 12, 1876

8318

103

Lagoa

July 12, 1876

8980

86

Ditto

87

Fiji

Mar. 27, 1876

Mar. 29, 1876

3572

3682

Ditto.

88

Western Australia

Apr. 1, 1876

3905

Manner in which the apprehension of W. H. Hayes, master of the “ Atlantic," for outrages committed in the Pacific, can be effected. Decision of the Chief Justice, in the case of Gray r. Eliot, with reference to "customed" goods.

104

Fiji

Aug. 3, 1876

9351

89

Griqualand West

Apr. 4, 1876

4049

Claim of Mr. Craven, trustee of the farm Ma- gersfontein, to be supported by the Colonial Government in his action against the Orange Free State for damages for alleged illegal arrest and imprisonment.

105

Newfoundland

Aug. 10, 1876

9880

106

Straits

Aug. 19, 1876

10,140

107

New Zealand

Aug. 30, 1876

10,626

Aug. 30, 1876

10,627

90

Gibraltar

Apr. 12, 1876

4336

Sufficiency for its object of a draft agreement with Malta under the Colonial Prisoners Removal Act, 32 Vict. c. 10.

91

General

May 5, 1876

5491

Application to Colonial instruments of the addi- tion to the Queen's titles directed to be made by the Royal Proclamation of the 28th April

108

Malts

92

Barbados

May 6, 1876

5536

93 Cape

May 9, 1876

5667

94

Gibraltar

May 10, 1876

7176

1876.

Authority of the Governor to issue a special commission for the speedy trial of a large number of prisoners charged with committing crimes of violence during the late disturbances. Law of the Transvaal Republic compelling every able-bodied white man to take part in any "commando," and its consistency with inter- national comity and usage.

Justification of the proceedings taken by the Gibraltar authorities against the crew of a Spanish "guarda costa" which had captured the British ship “Amalia.”

Subject,

Admission by Her Majesty's Government of the right to compensation of the crew of the Spanish "guarda costa," which lately captured the British vessel "Amalia," and who were detained at Gibraltar.

Sufficiency of proposed Order in Council for the Government of the Island of Tristan D'Acunha.

Competency of the Colonial Legislature to pass local ordinance to demonetise the Mexican dollar.

Liability of a British subject residing in the Transvaal Republic to serve in a "commando " when called upon.

Application of the Rev. Mr. Zimmermann for

naturalisation.

Power of Her Majesty's Government to enforce a blockade from the eastern limits of the British possessions to the western limita of the Lagos Lagoon, so as to include Porto Novo, Coolenoo, Porto Seguro, Little Popo, and Aghwey.

Competency of the Colonial Legislature to make provision for the investigation of claims to land.

Wording of a draft Convention with France for

the settlement of the fishery question.

Right of the Netherlands India Steam Naviga- tion Company to claim exemption from the payment of Straits light dues.

Advisability of introducing a Bill into the Im- perial Parliament enabling the Government of a Colony to sue in the courts of Great Britain, Power to remove to Malta prisoners sentenced to penal servitude in Gibraltar, and to subject them in Malts, where the term "penal servi- tude" is not known, to such punishment as does not essentially differ from what is known in Gibraltar as "penal servitude.”

Power of the Government to appoint as nominee members of the Legislative Council persons in receipt of salary from the Government, Power of the Legislature to pass an Ordinance making certain alterations in the harbour regulations, such regulations having been established by Order in Council.

Power of the Dominion Legislature to make the wilful giving of false evidence outside the limits of the Dominion a crime punishable within the Dominion.

Wording of Article A. as recast in the draft Articles for the settlement of the fishery question.

Proceedings proposed to be taken against the

"Amazona" for piracy.

Necessity of obtaining any formal commission or appointment from Her Majesty to enable the Secretary of State to negotiate with the Presi- dent of the Orange Free State. Extradition of Charles Worms.

109

Natal

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Sept. 2, 1876

10,724

110

Trinidad

Sept. 12, 1876

11,062

111

Canada

Sept. 30, 1876

11,875

95A

General

May 24, 1876

6879-

Use, in instruments relating to the Colonies, of the addition to Her Majesty's titles.

112

Newfoundland

- Oct. 14, 1876

12,637

Bill to legalise marringe with a deceased wife's

113

Bahamas

sister.

Oct. 18, 1876

12,584

97

New Zealand

May 29, 1876

€489

Grant to the New Zealand University of Letters Patent empowering it to confer academical degrees in the same manner as if it had been established under a Royal Charter or an Im- perial enactment.

114

Cape

Nov. 9, 1876

13,496

115

Canada

Nov. 11, 1876

13,535

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