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house; but apart from the universal privilege accorded to Governors of Colonies to attend, or from attending entertainments both public and private, and the obvious necessity which dictates this privilege, His Royal Highness cannot admit a parallel between a Governor's being absent from Her Majesty's Birthday entertainment given by the Officer Commanding Her Majesty's Troops, or that it would be proper for you to decline presenting on such an occasion.
These observations with respect to the dinner apply in great measure to the question of the Band, but His Royal Highness is willing to believe that if you had not erroneously thought it right to proceed with your party, you would not, the informality of the application notwithstanding, have refused the services of the Band to attend the Governor's party.
The appointment of Lieutenant Colonel ...de as Aide-de-Camp to the Governor rests on a different basis. This Officer being ineligible for a permanent Staff appointment, and although Lieutenant-Colonel Hall could have been justified in placing his services at the disposal of the Governor...