No. 63

I have the honor to forward an Authenticated and two plain
Copies of an Ordinance of the recent Session of the Legislature
of this Colony, entitled

No. 10. An Ordinance to Amend, "The Shipping Ordinance 1867."

2. I add the Report of the Attorney General.

3. This Ordinance was introduced to the Legislative Council in
obedience to the instructions conveyed in the third paragraph of
Your Grace's despatch No. 7. of the 5th February 1868. I
did not think it expedient to amend the former ordinance to the
extent suggested by Your Grace. The question of the
introduction of Foreign bottoms into the Coasting trade is one
which creates so much interest that I feared any fresh attempt
at Legislation on the subject would have unduly prolonged the
Session.