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Iffice) sheas that in one

j

of the eases

Grey

мо

before Lord

a claim to recover

а

slaine

relief has been made

expon

the Prussian chinister, and

has been at

and paid.

arrec

admitted

For want of the Consular Instructions I have been unable to discover the acts of Parliament concerned, Crabbe's index aives clue.

Ara

thes

But although I am competes

to leave obscure the lava

and prastice of civilized Burope including outselves,

on this subject of Shipareek,

une

I presum

no

there

can be

doubs of the propricky

of extablishing the rule

ad

suggested by Lord Grey, that Colonial Governments should pay for the relief of Colonial ressels and Colonial subjects. - and the Goonument of the lnited Kingdom for chat of Jessels and subjects belonging to the United Kingdon ; - and that the local and

Imperial

Governments should mutually

recover

relief advanced on

this principle.

There are I subsidiary

points

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