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§ II. Mode in which the Officers administering
subordinate Governments are to conduct their Official Correspondence.
189. The Colonies of Barbados, St. Vincent, Grenada, Tobago, and St. Lucia, are consoli- dated into one General Government, called the Government of the Windward Islands; the Colonies of Antigua, Montserrat, St. Christopher, Nevis, the Virgin Islands, and Dominica, into a second, called the Government of the Leeward Islands; and the Settlements of Sierra Leone, Gambia, the Gold Coast, and Lagos into a third, called the Government of the West Africa* Settlements. The Officers administering the subordinate Governments are, in the West Indies, called Lieutenant-Governors or Presi- dents, in the West Africa Settlements, Ad- ministrators.
190. The correspondence of the Governors-in- Chief with the Secretary of State must be conducted in the mode which has been established by the preceding Regulations; but they will take care to keep the series of Despatches, relating to each Colony within their respective Commands, detached and separate from the rest.
191. During the absence of the Governor-in- Chief from any Island or Settlement comprised within his Command, the Officer administering the Government of that Island or Settlement should correspond with him on all subjects connected with this Office, and should transmit to him all Official Reports and information touching the same, and should apply to him for all such instructions as he may require for his guidance in the discharge of his duties.
192. If, during the absence of the Governor- in-Chief from any subordinate Government within the limits of his Command, exigencies should arise, in which it may be necessary that immediate instructions should be obtained from the Secretary of State, the Officer administering a subordinate Government is authorised to apply to the Secretary of State direct for instructions in relation thereto, if by so doing the Secretary
* See also Circular, 31st July, 1895.
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