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and guidance of all officers of the Colonial Government.
4. That no official communication of any whatsoever is to be addressed by any member of the Government to His Excellency The Governor, except through the Colonial Secretary.
2. That the Colonial Secretary is the organ through which the official instructions of the Government are to be communicated and that, except in matters of daily routine, the various Departments are subject to his authority as the organ of the Government.
3. That before submitting any official document to His Excellency the Governor, it is the duty of the Colonial Secretary to satisfy himself that the document in question is of a proper nature for the notice of the Supreme power; and should he entertain any doubts on this score, the Secretary is authorized to remit the document in question for correction and, in extreme cases, to decline altogether to submit it, recording his reason for doing so.
4. That every document submitted to His Excellency the Governor may be observed on by the Secretary for the information of His Excellency, and that the former is expected to point out anything in such document he deems worthy of observation.