21.4
21.5
These rules may be summarised as follows:
a. Official visits need not be exchanged more than once
during the tenure of office of the Governor and of the
naval, military or air force officer concerned;
b. A Governor will always receive the first visit;
c. A return visit must be paid within 24 hours;
d. The Governor returns the visit in
the visit in person to Naval Flag
Officers and Commodores, and to officers in command of
land and air forces of the colony if of rank
equivalent or superior to that of Brigadier or Air
Commodore;
e.
In other cases the return visit will be paid by the
Governor's Aide-de-Camp or other officer deputed;
f. The Governor (and/or his Aide-de-Camp) will wear
uniform when returning visits, and may wear uniform or morning dress when receiving visits.
It is usual for the time of a visit from a naval officer to
be arranged on the arrival of the ship either through the boarding officer or by signal. The naval officer on landing is usually met by the Aide-de-Camp and driven to Government
House in the Governor's car. A Flag Officer should, if possible, be received by a Guard of Honour
Honour on landing. When
a naval officer arrives by air, or some other means, before or after his ship, he is treated on arrival as being incognito. He would be met by the ADC and driven to
Government House in the Governor's car if he is to stay
there, or to his ship if he is to stay on board. to stay at Government House he would leave there incognito for his ship and return later, receiving his Guard of Honour
If he is
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