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141. Passage allowances will also be made from Imperial funds to persons specially com- missioned to proceed to any of the colonies, and to bishops receiving salaries from Imperial funds, while on their visitation tours. When
a bishop's stipend ceases to be paid from Im- perial funds, his passage allowances will also
cease.
142. No passage in Her Majesty's ships is to be given to colonial officers at the public expense except on the application of the senior officer of the Civil Department on the spot to the senior naval officer present. The expense for the entertainment of passengers will not be paid by the public, unless the Secretary of State for the Colonies should consider that the passage was properly applied for, and that the expense should be so paid. Whenever a Go- vernor has occasion to apply to the senior naval officer for a passage in one of Her Majesty's ships for himself, or for any func- tionary under his government, he must im- mediately report the case to the Secretary of State, informing him at the same time of the circumstances under which the application was made.
143. The passage expenses of a Governor- in-Chief visiting his subordinate governments, will be defrayed from Imperial funds; but not Bo his expenses while visiting different ports within his immediate government.
144. If a Governor is proceeding on a tour of inspection or duty within the limits of his government, such passages must be limited to himself, his secretary, and their personal atten- dants, and not include other officers, or members of his family.
145. When a Governor is proceeding to another colony to administer the government temporarily, or returning to his own govern- ment, he will be allowed, from Imperial funds. such expenses as the Secretary of State may deem to have been reasonably incurred for the removal of himself and his family.
146. Subject to Article 149, the expense for the entertainment on board of Her Majesty's ships of a governor, bishop. or any other public officer so entertained, must be paid to the pay- master of the ship at the end of the voyage, and, if possible, before leaving the ship.
147. If such expense is to be charged on the Imperial or Colonial Treasury, it may be defrayed by a Bill drawn in the former case on the Paymaster-General, and in the latter case on the Colonial Government. Such bills must be drawn at not less than 10 days' sight, either by the Governor or with his written sanction. In case the expense is to be borne on Imperial funds, the Governor will report. by the first opportunity, his having given such sanction, and will direct the public officer to whom it may have been given to transmit an immediate and direct advice to the Secretary of State of his having drawn the bill, and to
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forward at the same time the Governor's sano- tion for his having done so, and a receipt from the paymaster of the vessel for the amount so drawn.
148. The rates at which passages in Her Majesty's ships will be paid to the captains or commanding officers at whose table passengers may be entertained, are as follows:- may
For any Governor whose salary is not less
than 3,000l. per annum, exclusive of allowances,
and for commanders-in-chief of forces, if
generals, lieutenant-generals, or major-generals,
41.
per diem for the seven days, and aftewards 218. a day.
II. For any other Governor and Lieutenant- Governor, 31. per diem for the first seven days and afterwards 218. a day.
III. For the persons composing the suite of governors, &c., 218. a day for each male person above the age of 16; two thirds of that sum for every female above 16; one third for such of either sex as shall be between the ages of 7 and 16; and one fourth for such as may be under 7 years of age, for every day they shall be entertained at the captain's table.
IV. For colonial bishops, and for individuals other than those above stated, entertained at the captain's table, 218. a day for the first fourteen days, and 158. a day afterwards; and the proportions with respect to age and sex, as stated in the preceding paragraph.
149. When a Governor or other public officer
is proceeding in a ship of war on a tour of inspection, which requires him to disembark at various ports, the higher rate per diem will in general only be paid for the seven days' entertainment following his first embarkation. If there are special reasons for repeating this payment, it must form a subject of special representation to the Secretary of State before it is made.
150. Payment for entertainment in Her Ma- jesty's ships is to be calculated according to the dates of the first and last dinner meals taken on board.
151. When governors, bishops,* or other officers who may be entitled to conveyance at the expense of the Imperial Treasury, have to obtain passages in mail packets or private ships, it will be necessary that certified state- ments of the expenses and of the dates at which they were incurred should, without delay, be sent to the Colonial Office, supported by such vouchers as can reasonably be pro- cured. Evidence of the ordinary kind, as reference to a tariff (if any), or the certificate of two merchants, should, as a rule, be for- warded, that the rate of charge is usual or reasonable.
The statements of other officers than the Governor must bear his counter- signature of approval. The expenditure will
*As to leave of absence, passages, and pensions of officers on West Coast of Africa, see Chapter XVIII.
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