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from the new Colonial Courts to the Privy Council, and to take power to make Orders in Council whereby rules may be made for applying limitations. as to time, and dealing with matters of procedure.

It will, in our judgment, be better to make the proposed Bill complete in itself, and not merely to apply the existing procedure in force respecting appeals from Vice-Admiralty Courts."

In our opinion appeals from the judgment of the High Court of Admiralty in prize cases now lie to the Court of Appeal, and not to the Privy Council.

We desire to point out that some Imperial control must be preserved, because, in Admiralty and maritime cases, considerations of International Law not infrequently arise, and it is of the highest importance that the decisions upon such matters should be uniform.

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Upon the general question, while we concur with the Report of our predecessors sent with the papers, that it is more a question of policy than of law, having regard to the extended nature of Admiralty jurisdiction, it is, in our opinion, desirable that the jurisdiction of the Vice-Admiralty Courts should be transferred to the Colonial Civil Courts in countries in which a proper court exista.

Power should be reserved to establish Vice-Admiralty Courts where no proper civil court can be found.

Sir Henry Holland, Bart., M.P.,

&c.

&c.

&c.

We have, &c., (Signed) RICHARD E. WEBSTER.

EDWARD CLARKE.

SIR,

No. 93.

(BAHAMAS.)

LAW OFFICERS to COLONIAL OFFICE.

Royal Courts of Justice, June 14, 1887.

despatch from

We were honoured with Mr. Bramston's letter of the 26th ultimo, stating that he was directed by you to transmit to us, for our Report, a copy of a the Governor of the Bahamas, enclosing copies of minutes by the Chief Justice and the Attorney-General of the Colony, raising the question whether the Chief Justice has power to award punishment on a conviction upon an information for larceny under the Colonial Act, 49 Victoria, chapter 19, section 7.

That copies of the Colonial Acts referred to in those documents were annexed. We have taken the matter into our consideration, and have the honour to

Report

That in our opinion the Chief Justice of the Bahamas has power to award punish- ment on a conviction for larceny under the 7th section of the Colonial Act, 49 Victoria, ehapter 19, and the punishment is, in our opinion, to be awarded as for an ordinary conviction of larceny under the Colonial Act, 28 Victoria, chapter 37.

(Signed)

The Right Hon.

Sir Henry Holland, Bart.. M.P.

We have, &c.,

RICHARD E. WEBSTER, EDWARD CLARKE.

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