CO129-063 - Sir Bowring - 1857 [4-7] — Page 290

serucing

in

such Adinance I

felt that there would be great difficulty giving effect to its movisions in this Colony out I caused the matter to be submitted to the Attorney General for his Opinion

officer's

views

differed from

That

mine

and I therefore determined to reter

the matter back to

for

your

you decision. I directed him to prepare a draft Ordinance which for the cake of convenienes I have caused to be printed and I freward the same and the conessondence 12

the

m

subject

not

I am

enclosed herewith.

of Opinion

that Piracy

as at present existing in these

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Sens can be successfully dealt with

by

any legislative cnactments affecting ammunitions of War.

The utter absence of all Custom

House Machinery - the accessiblemen the Blank on all sides the

and emancipation of freedom and

shirit A

from Control under which commcree is conducted in this Colony, render it undesirable that creept under the most urgent necessity (a necessity which can

hardly be put forward under present circumstances)

81.

So stringent

a measure as

that

drafted by the Attorney General should form part of our Colonial

Code.