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Department in 1848 and in 1883 respectively; - between (it might be said) their preference of Generals at the former, and of Gaolers at the latter period.
(2) Of course, so soon as the Canadians and Australians successfully asserted their English privilege of local self-Government, Civil Governors were, for obvious reasons, generally appointed to the greater Colonies; but the provisional administration of the Governments still devolved, in most cases, on officers Commanding the Troops. One of our most able and experienced ex-Governors has informed me that in this latter respect dates from the epoch when two or three Clerks from the Colonial Office were made Colonial Secretaries, and, not unnaturally, aspired to be Lieutenant-Governors. I entirely concur in the policy of frequently employing abroad gentlemen from Downing Street, so that they may acquire some practical Knowledge of those Crown Colonies in the administration of Australia and New-Zealand, up to the withdrawal of the Imperial Troops; when the Chief Justices were substituted for the Generals.
So it is still in Canada, and so it was in Australia.