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Lieutenant Soverna's
Commission was given to the Colonial Secretary of Ceylon, who already held a Dormant Commission to administer during Soverna's absence, but Lord Comawon has been instructed to do nothing distasteful to the distinguished Officer who commands the troops in that Colony
and it was directed, under Special Royal Instructions in August, that the Colonial Secretary, though appointed Lieutenant Governor, shall not take his magisterial precedence as long as General ... remains in the Colony. But on a vacancy occurring