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II.

GOVERNOR'S WARRANT TO KEEPER OF PRISON.

The Prisoners Removal Act, 188

(Royal Arms.)

By his Excellency

Governor and Commander- in-Chief of the Presidency of (Colony of)

its dependencies.

To

keeper of the

and

Prisou. Whereas A.B., a prisoner in this Presidency (colony), is now in your custody under sentence of penal servitude for

years from the

day of

the term of

for the crime of

And whereas, under and by virtue of "The Prisoners Removal Act, 188 one of Her Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State has ordered that the said A.B. be removed to the United Kingdom (or to the Colony of

for

), there to undergo a term of penal servitude years.

Now I do hereby order you, the said keeper of the prison, to deliver the body of the said A.B. into the custody of C.D., master of the British ship

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or of E.F., or of G.H., who is authorised by warrant under my hand and the seal of this Presidency (colony), to receive the said prisoner and convey him to the United Kingdom (or to the Colony of ), and for so doing this shall be your warrant.

Given under my hand and the seal of the said Presidency

this

188 (Colony) of

day of (L.B.) Governor, &c.

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Court of the said Presidency (colony) of the crime of forgery (or of assault with intent to commit murder on board on the high seas, or, as the case

the British ship

may be), and sentenced to five years penal servitude:

And whereas

one of Her Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State, has, in pursuance of the "Prisoners Removal Act, 188 ," ordered that the said A.B. be re- moved to the United Kingdom (or to the Colony of there to undergo penal servitude for the term of years.

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Now I do hereby in further pursuance of the said Act authorise you the said C.D., and E.F., G.H., and any or either of you to receive the said A.B. into your custody and to con- vey him to the United Kingdom (or to the Colony of ) and there deliver him together with this warrant to

or such person as shall be empowered by one of Her Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State (or by the Governor of the said colony) to receive him; and for so doing this shall be your warrant.

Given under my hand and the seal of the said Presidency (Colony) of

this

7

day of (L.S.)

188

Governor.

III.

GOVERNOR'S WARRANT OF REMOVAL.

"The Prisoners Removal Act, 188

(Royal Arms.)

"

By his Excellency

Governor and Commander- in-Chief of the Presidency of (Colony of)

and

its dependencies.

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To C.D., master of the British ship E.F., chief officer of the said ship: and G.E.

Whereas A.B., a prisoner in "

" and

"

gaol, was on

day of

convicted before the Supreme

1.

the

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