under the provisions of the Letters Patent of the 19th of " January 1888. and the
Commission under the Royal Sign Manual dated the 7th of March 1884.
Although the
achial case has, I believe,
never occurred
it appears to
have been assumed that
because the Colonial Secretary
is, under the Commission of
1884, - if he is prese
I in the
Colony when the Governor
vacates
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vacates his Office _ the first to
fill the temporary vacancy,
he
would therefore _ if he returned
from leave, after the Officer Commanding
the Troops has been duly
appointed,
un der
that Commission, to fill the
vacancy
bake over the
Government from the latter.
As it sceno
probable that Mr. Fleming,
especially after the receipt of
Your Lordship's letter of the 27 ?
of Avril 1891, may
return
here