Colonial Despatches
The colonial despatches of Vancouver Island and British Columbia 1846-1871
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Romaine, William Govett to Merivale, Herman 18 December 1858, CO 60:2, no. 13031, 70.
Romaine to Merivale (Permanent Under-Secretary)
Having laid before My Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty
your letter of yesterdays
date
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in which you request that a Commission of Vice Admiral for the Colony of
British Columbia may be issued to James Douglas, Esquire, CB, the
Governor of the said Colony, and also a Commission of Judge of the Vice
Admiralty Court to Matthew Baillie Begbie, Esquire, I am to acquaint you
for the information of Secretary Sir E.B. Lytton that My Lords have
issued the necessary Warrants for the appointments to be made by letters
Patent from the High Court of Admiralty, and the same will remain in the
Registry Office of the Court to betaken
taken up in the usual manner. I am
further desired by their Lordships to transmit to you herewith five
copies of the Rules and Regulations for Vice Admiralty Courts
abroad made and issued in pursuance of the Provisions of the
Act 2 Willm 4 Cap 57
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the same being for the use of the Officers of the said Court.
taken up in the usual manner. I am
further desired by their Lordships to transmit to you herewith five
copies of the Rules and Regulations for Vice Admiralty Courts
abroad made and issued in pursuance of the Provisions of the
Act 2 Willm 4 Cap 57
[51รก
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the same being for the use of the Officers of the said Court.
Footnotes
- A draft of this letter appears in Romaine to Merivale (Permanent Under-Secretary), 22 September 1858, 9862, CO 60/2, p. 8.
- An Act to Regulate the Practice and the Fees in the Vice Admiralty Courts Abroad, and to Obviate Doubts as to Their Jurisdiction, (23 June 1832), 2 and 3 William IV, c. 51.