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Serial No.

Colony.

Date.

Registry

No.

62

Mauritius

Nov. 28, 1885

Bubject.

63

Straits

DOW

20,716 Validity of the appointment of Mr. F. Condé Williams as a Puisne Judge, and eligibility of Mr. E. D. St. Armand for the office of Paisne Judge.

Dec. 5, 1885

21,191

68 British Guiana

Dec. 8, 1885

21,394

64

Tasmania

Dec. 10, 1885

Extradition of fugitive offenders from the territory of the North Borneo Company. (See No. 45.)

Seizure and sale, by order of the Venezuelan authorities, of the British vessel "Western Star" for having entered the port of Cuidad Bolivar without proper papers.

21,838 Question whether a telegraphic message to the Governor would be sufficient to nuthorize

him to issue the necessary proclamation for bringing into operation an Act which had been reserved for the signification of Her Majesty's pleasure.

12,776 Whether the protected Territory should be regarded as acquired by conquest or by cession. (See No. 82.)

18,486 Power of Her Majesty to separate a portion

of Queensland, and form it into Colony.

A deficiency in the cash balance of the Public Bank of the Bahamas, and question whether the Crown could successfully sue Mr. W. H. Hall, cashier and book-keeper, and his sureties, to recover the penalty of his bond.

13,826 Sufficiency of the evidence against Joel van Rooyen to justify Her Majesty's Govern- meat in demanding his extradition by the Government of the South African Republic for the murder of Mr. Christopher Bethell.

14,812 Legal jurisdiction of Her Majesty in the

Bechuanaland Protectorate.

51

South Africa

Aug. 10, 1885

62 | Hong Kong

Aug. 24, 1885

15,502 Alleged abduction of a Chinaman named Chan Tim from Hong Kong by the Chinese authorities.

65

Gibraltar

1886. Feb. 4, 1888

2615

53

Trinidad

Aug. 25, 1885

54

Do.

Ang. 27, 1885

55

Gold Coast -

66 | Hong Kong

Sept. 3, 1885

Sept. 19, 1885

57

Trinidad

Sept. 29, 1885

18,485 Recent appearance on the coasts of Venezuela of an armed insurgent vessel, the "Justicia

Nacional."

18,485 Complaints of the Venezuelan Minister against Her Majesty's Government for neglecting the duties of neutrality, and giving aid and countenance to the rebel subjects of that country.

16,126 Deduction by the Crown Agents of a certain

sum from the pension of Mr. R. F. Bellis.

17,392 Application by the Chinese Minister in London for the re-arrest and extradition from Hong Kong of eleven fugitives from justice, who were detained originally on an extradition demand, but who were discharged by the Governor of the Colony after a long and careful inquiry.

18,535 Complaints of the Venezuelan Government against the Government of this country for non-observance of neutrality.

(See Nos. 53 and 54.)

66

Malta

April 5, 1886

5921

67

South Africa

April 21, 1888

7059

68

General

69

Cyprus

May 24, 1886

May 28, 1886

9047

9230

20

70 British Guiana

June 24, 1886

71

Queensland -

June 26, 1886

71a | Hong Kong

7

July 31, 1886

59

South Africa

Oct. 12, 1885

17,925 Legal position of Bechuanaland and the

operation of the Act 26 & 27 Vict. c. 35.

72

General

Aug. 2, 1886

18,790

59

Windward Islands

Oct. 26, 1885

18,921

73

Western Australia

-

Aug. 4, 1886

60

Straits

Nov. 13, 1885

Whether the status or authority of the Court of Appeal for the Windward Islands has been destroyed or affected by the separation of the Government of Barbados from that of the other Windward Islands.

19,787 Question whether a British possession could be included in two or more separate groups of possessions for the purposes of Part II. of the Fugitive Offenders Act, 1881.

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Whether the Lieutenant-Governor is entitled to precedence above the Chief Justice or vice versd when the former officer is not administering the Government of the Colony.

61

Ceylon

Nov. 25, 1885

20,609

74

Sierra Leone

Aug. 6, 1886

Was

Claim of the Spanish Government for the restitution of a Norwegian vessel, the "Hans Gude," which towed into Gibraltar by a British steamer, adjudicated

■ derelict, and sold,

Legal position of certain old Maltese silver

coins.

Right of Her Majesty to exercise jurisdiction over foreigners in countries which, though under Her protectorate, were not part of Her dominions. (See Nos. 28, 84, and 51.)

The Colonial Judgments Extension Bill. Right of Her Majesty's Government to apply any portion of the surplus revenues of Cyprus to the satisfaction of the private claims of British subjects.

11,024 Draft Ordinance to make further provision with regard to the extradition of fugitive criminals who escape from French Guiana.

11,400 Proposed erection of the northern part of

Queensland into a separate Colony.

15,244 Demand made by the Chinese Government for the extradition of two Chinese named Cheung-a-Chi and Cheung Ayo.

Bankruptcy clauses of the Colonial Judgments

Extension Bill. (See No. 68.)

14,090 Power of Her Majesty to assume possession of the bed of the sea within certain boundaries with a view to the proper control of engaged in the pearl-sheli fisheries.

persons

14,089 Proposed amendment of the Act 34 Vict. cap. 8, declaring that any pereon of African descent not residing within the jurisdiction of any civilized Government should be deemed, in the absence of proof to the contrary, not to be the subject of any civilised power. (See No. 25 in Vol. 3.)

14,882 Fishery question between Canada, Newfound-

land, and the United States.

75

Canada

Aug. 5, 1886

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