by
the Colonial
office
Rule which limits
the furnishing of rooms in Government
Houses to those called Reception Rooms.
a letter to Sir Frederic Rogers
2.
On the 18th
of
last December
m
12409/65
I addressed
on
that
very subject
and I
can add
nothing to the force of the argument
or conviction
as set therein - though apparently it failed to carry
your mind of the necessity for any change.
The Rule in question is in
Colonies - probably
abeyance in many or the greater number, but in many
it still prevails, and unavoidably
exposes Governors
on
their first arrival
to
many
humiliating inconveniences.
which I think it was
long ago
the duty
of Her Majesty's Government to terminate.
I say this because
the means of
redress lie with Her Majesty's
Government alone - and not with
either the Colonies
The
former
or the Governors.
have in most cases
been free to act
or disregard
when
the Rule
In other Colonies however as here the control of the Imperial Government is too constant to permit the abrogation of
any existing Published Rule, however
unwise.
The
suggestions
which I now
respectfully offer are very simple. On the one hand I presume it is conceded
that a Governor ought not on arrival
to
go to
any private house
or Hotel.
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