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general Command he is placed, on any matter which involves civil as well as military con- siderations, or which cannot be decided without reference to the Secretary of State for the Colonies.
207. The Officer in Command of the Forces has been instructed to send to the Governor duplicates of all Reports on whatever subjects, other than those relating to discipline and the routine of the service, which he
may have occasion to send to the Secretary of State for
War or to any Officer under whose general command he is placed. In case the Governor considers that these Reports require the con- sideration of the Secretary of State for the Colonies, he is to forward the duplicates with his observations by the same mail which conveys the original Report to the Secretary of State for
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f State for the Colonies by conducting Correspondence exactly as he would f he possessed no Military Command, s. The two functions of Governor mander of the Forces, though for the ned in the same person, should be this respect as entirely separate, orts made by the Governor in each ould he made precisely in the same
f that combination of powers did not,
preceding instructions will apply Governor's Correspondence respecting of the Commissariat.
respective officers employed under fice are in all cases, without exception,
ly notice to Governors of any com- which they may intend to send ting such Governors or the orders hem, so that His Majesty's Govern- be simultaneously made acquainted inions of the Governors and with the hose officers on any matter on which
te that the views of both should be
en the Civil Governor of a Colony occasion to report upon, or bring
nsideration of the Secretary of State nies, matters which involve Military ivil considerations, or which require or concurrence of the Secretary
or War, the Governor will first
e with the Officer in Coinmand of n the Colony respecting the matters and having obtained that officer's observations thereupon, he will
same with his own report to the State for the Colonies.*
Officer in Command of the Forces instructed to obtain the opinion of r before reporting to the Secretary War, or to any Officer under whose
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was addressed to the Governors of the Colonies on the 13th of November, 1899
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