28.
CIRCULAR.
My former experience entück, convinced me
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has
comparative
mutitues of the Civil power to deal with such investigations, ach the readiness with which officers of the Navy in other services admit all reasonable inquiries made by Officer of the Royal Navy under the British Flag..
I have, He, (Signed)) Richard Graves MacDonnel
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Governor and Commander- in Chiq.-
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Colonial Secretory.
Sir,
Governors
Downing Street,
28th March, 1863.
Questions having arisen as to the mode in which Colonies should communicate with Officers of Her Majesty's Navy, and the mode of conveying notions of different kinds to Commanders of Foreign Vessels in Colonial waters, I have
to
convey
to
you
say,
any
any
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Officer of lower
the following instructions on these subjects:- The Governor will write in his own name to Senior Naval Officer (that is to the Senior Officer then within his immediate reach), holding the rank of Flag Officer, Captain, Commander, but will communicate with Senior Officer rank through his Private Secretary. In no case will he nicate through the Colonial Secretary, whose functions different character, and whose office should not be the place of deposit for communications between the Governor and Officers in Command of Her Majesty's Naval Forces.
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of
Any notice or direction, conveyed by the Governor's authority, to the Commander of any Foreign Vessel, should be conveyed through the Officers of the Colonial Government, and not through the Officers of Her Majesty's Navy, whose intervention should not be applied for, unless the directions conveyed, through the ordinary channel, should fail to produce their effect_
I have the honor to be,
Sir,
Your most obedient,
Humble Servant,
CL
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