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at a less to understand the term

"Aurinious litigationo."

Lasely Admiral Küper veriles of

being made when

"purale searches being

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required by the Colonial Government"

The Colonial Government forwards by order of the Scoretary of State (Despatch 119 161 of 10th December, 1865) the Oviacy received by the Police to the

Reports

Senior Naval Officer, who in his discretion läres or does not take steps; but the

Colonial

Government merely transmits

it's information by order, and is powerless to lake cognizance of any piratical act mulit the offenders after the act is

commited shall be brought within

the Colonial

Jurisdiction.

There

is but one more subject,

in

the tive letters forwarded by the Lords of

the Admiralty

on a which it is necessary

ar

to louch, and that is the establishment of Colonial Quizers, or Guarda Costas. Your

Despatch under

under reply directs that for the at the suppression of Piracy beyond Colonial Waters shall remain in the

present

and I

hands of the Senior Naval Officer, and

do not see

how it

special pavers

ale

PALIV

be otherwise, unless

given to the Colonial Executive for dealing with Piracy, which (I submit auch all deferency) must be beyond Colonial Waters to be Driacy

I may refer to Earl Greg's Despatch N: 35 of 19th October, 1846 awhen this question

Alas

originally under discussion; fromn