xi
Serial
Berial
From or to whom.
Colony.
Despatch No., &c.
Date.
Subject.
Pago.
From or to whom.
Colony.
No.
Despatch No., zo.
No.
70
To Governor Sir
Gold Coast
266
1899.
July 21
F. M. Hodgson.
Calls attention to instances of excessive Blogging in the Return in No. 61, and be requests that steps taken for limiting by law the number of strokes, in all cases, to a number not exceeding 24.
96
80
High Commis-
sioner Sir W. F. Haynes Smith
Cyprus
261
71
To Governor Sir
Barbados
114
July 28
J. S. Hay.
Adheres to previous views
regarding number
97
of
strokes, and requests that the necessary amending measure be submitted to the Legislature.
81
97
72
High
Commis- signer Sir W. F.
Cyprus
157
Haynes Smith. |
July 18 (Received July 31).
73
To High Com-
Cyprus
111
August 4
missioner Sir
W. F. Haynes Smith.
States, in reply to No. 62, that the Courts have no power to order corporal punishment of any kind floggings can only be in- flicted for prison offences.
Calls attention to Ordinance 2 of 1878, under which 50 lashes may be ordered in certain cases: requests Ordinance be that the
amended as suggested in No. 62.
98
74 Governor Sir D. Wilson.
British Honduras.
151
August 11
Transmits Return for 1898.
98
(Received
August 28).
75 1 Acting Governor
Major Nathan.
Sierra Leone.
264
Sept. 13
Submits
(Received
Sept. 30).
"The Flogging Regulation Ordinance (No. 19 of 1899).
99
76
To Acting-
Windward
104
Sept. 30.
100
Governor
Thompson.
Islands
Grenada.
77
To Governor
Sierra Leone
274
Nov. 10
Sir F. Cardew.
78
1
Acting-Governor
Grenada
223
Thompson.
Nov. 11. (Received Dec. 6).
Dec. 13
Approves of his assenting to the Bill submitted in No. 66 cancels No. 64, and conveys instructions for securing uniformity of legislation in the three islands.
Sanctions the Ordinance sub-
mitted in No. 75.
1
Submits "The Regulation of Corporal Punishment Ordi- nance (No. 2 of 1899): states that the necessary steps are being taken to carry out the instructions in No. 76.
Expresses views as to limiting power of Assistant-Superin- tendents to inflict corporal punishment:disagrees with the proposal to abolish,or limit the powers of prison visitors, and asks whether suitable unofficial visitors could not be found: in- structs him to amend the law regarding number of strokes; aske for an annual return of floggings.
100
101
102
79
To Governor
Ceylon
419
Sir J. West
Ridgeway.
Administrator
Sir R. B. Llewelyn.
Bubject.
Page.
Date.
6
1899.
Dec. 19 (Received Dec. 30).
1900.-
Dec. 18, 1899 (Received Jan. 10, 1900.)
Explains, in reply to No. 73, why no reference was made to Ordinance 11., of 1878: and asks permission to in troduce a Bill to repeal those sections which em- power the
Chief Com- mandant of Police to award corporal punishment.
Transmite amended Prison Regulation, No. 80, limit. ing number of lashes to 24.
103
104
January 11. Approves introduction of a 104
Bill as proposed in No. 80.
Gambia
100
82
To High Commis. sioner Sir W. F. Haynes Smith
Cyprus
6
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