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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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