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Boards in His Majesty's Government, &c., must be in like manner sent to the Governor for transmission home.

222. The Governor is bound to transmit to the Secretary of State every communication so received by him, accompanied by such report as its contents may appear to him to require.

223. He is to do this with all reasonable despatch, consistently, however, with the delay requisite for the preparation of such report.

224. The Public Officers and other inhabitants of the Windward and of the Leeward Islands and of the West Africa Settlements, will look upon the Governor-in-Chief of each of those Governments as the Referee on all occasions when they are dissatisfied with the judgment formed upon their cases by the Lieutenant- Governor of the particular Island, or by the Administrator of the Settlement in which they may reside.

225. If they should wish to appeal from the judgment of the Governor-in-Chief to that of the Secretary of State, they are of course at liberty to do so, adhering strictly to the regulations which are above established.

226. In any reports to be made, either by Lieutenant-Governors or Administrators to the Governors-in-Chief, or by the Governors-in- Chief to the Secretary of State, of questions for decision, they will adopt the following rules

227. The Report should comprise three distinct divisions: the first containing a simple narrative of the facts of the case, in the order in which they have occurred, as collected from the documents under consideration, showing merely

the substance of the statements made, and of the rights asserted, or the complaints alleged by the respective parties concerned; the second con- taining the views of the writer as to the merits or demerits of the parties, or the justice of their several claims or complaints, with the reasons upon which those views proceed; and the third, the decision at which the writer has arrived, after a full investigation of the whole case.

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duty of the Governor or Ad- of the Colony is to receive and each such representation as public or justice to the individual may equire, with the assistance in certain Executive Council; and if he doubts to take thereupon, or if public nay appear to require it, to consult to the Secretary of State. Every has, however, the right to address

y of State, if he thinks proper.

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he must transmit such communica- ed, and in triplicate, to the Governor trator, applying to him to forward it se to the Secretary of State.

ery letter, memorial, or other docu-

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will, unless a very pressing urgency

departure from the rule, be referred

Governor for his report.

is rule, requiring transmission of ence with the Secretary of State e Governor, is based on the strongest

public convenience, in order that all tions may be duly verified, as well before they reach the Secretary It extends, therefore, to communica- ing to public affairs as well as the

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