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IV-WARRANT FOR RETURN OF A PRISONER TO A BRITISH POSSESSION.

COLONIAL PRISONERS REMOVAL ACT, 1884.

To C.D., the Governor [or

] of the

Prison,

and to E.F. and G.H.

WHEREAS A.B., having been sentenced by the Court of

to penal servitude [or imprisonment, or, as the case may

day of

be,]

for the term of years from the [or for life] has under an order duly made under the Colonial Prisoners Removal Act, 1884, been removed to the United Kingdom [or to the Colony (or Presidency, or

) of and is now in the custody of you the said C.D., undergoing his said sentence.

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And whereas an order has been made under the said Act by one of Her Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State [or by the Guvern- ment of the said Colony (or Presidency, or

) of

] for the return of the said 1.B. to the said Colony [or Presidency, or

of

there to undergo the residue [or for the purpose of being thero discharged at the expira- tion] of his said sentence.

Now I do hereby, in pursuance of the said Act, order you the said C.D. to deliver the body of the said A.B. into the custody of the said E.F. and G.H., or one of them; and I do hereby, in further pursuance of the said Act, authorise you the said E.F. and G.II., or either of you, to receive the said A.B. into your custody, and to convey him to the Colony [or Presidency, or

] of

and to deliver him to such person or persons as shall be empowered by the Governor of the said Colony [or Presidency, or

to receive him for the purpose of giving effect to the

said order of return.

And for so doing this shall be your warrant.

Majesty's

Given under the hand of the undersigned, one of Her Majesty's

Principal Secretaries of State [or Governor of

this

A

j

18001.-4.

day of

18

PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE

Reference :-

C.O. 885

5 PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE, LONDON

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