CO129-320 - Governor Sir Blake Acting Governor May - 1903 [11-12] — Page 531

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9

Registered No. of

Colony.

Colonial Office Paper.

Officer to whom Telegrams asking for Provisional Arrest should be addressed,

Officer to send Communications

to Metropolitan Police.

Officer formerly authorised to com-

municate with Metropolitan Police,

Whether Prisoners could be conveyed in

custody of Master of Ship.

Use of Police Telegraph

Code.

Leeward Islands... 25,384:97 19,025/99 Colonial Secretary ANTIGUA. MONSERRAT. ST. KITTS-NEVIS. DOMINICA. VIRGIN ISLANDS. Bermuda Colonial Secretary (or in cases of emergency the administrators of the four outlying Presidencies.) Governor or Commissioner of the Islands, Yes, by Scrutton line Colonial Secretary 26,248/97 Colonial Secretary Colonial Secretary No objection, but impracticable on account of rare opportunities for direct communication. Nothing stated as to Code. Falkland Islands... 668:97-8 Governor Governor Colonial Secretary Yes *** AFRICAN. Cape of Good Hope Attorney General Yes 25,597/97 Attorney General, Cape Town. Code word to be "Jus," Attorney General... Bechuanaland 25,022/97 Protectorate. Commandant of Protectorate Police. Colonial Secretary Yes Natal 596/978 Chief Commissioner of Police. Chief Commissioner of Police. St Helena 24,774/97 Law Officer of the Crown (who is also Police Magistrate). Governor Commandant has no copy of Code. Governor No objection Nothing stated as to Code. Governor Sierra Leone 23,702;97 Superintendent of Police Superintendent of Police 7433 B 525