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Forwards a certified copy of Act No. 4 1878, 'An Act to provide for the appointment...

Catalogue reference: CO 37/210/25

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This record is about the Forwards a certified copy of Act No. 4 1878, 'An Act to provide for the appointment... dating from 1878 July 24 in the series Colonial Office and predecessors: Bermuda, Original Correspondence. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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CO 37/210/25

Date

1878 July 24

Description

Forwards a certified copy of Act No. 4 1878, 'An Act to provide for the appointment of official marine surveyors' (act not included in volume); encloses a report from the Attorney General. The act was mainly modelled on the General Port Warden's Act of Canada and was enacted on the suggestion of Henry Fowler to help prevent fraud during salvages of distressed ships. Also see CO 37/210/68

Major General Robert Michael Laffan, Governor of Bermuda, No. 41, Folios 148-152

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The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference

10129/1878

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