Wolley to Under-Secretary of State

With reference to your letter of the 11th inst, transmitting a
copy of an Ordinance passed by the Government of British
Columbia "to prevent desertion from Merchant Ships," &
requesting to be informed whether My Lords Commissioners of the
Admiralty wish the same to be applied also to Deserters from Her
Majesty's Ships, I am commanded by their Lordships to acquaint
you for the information of Earl Granville that they do not wish
the provisions of this Ordinance to be applied to Deserters from
the Royal Navy, as the 25th & 26th Sections of the Naval
Discipline Act apply to any part of Her Majesty's Dominions.