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4. The Leeward Islands, composed of,

Antigua.

St. Christopher's. Dominica.

Nevis.

Virgin Islands. Montserrat.

5. The West Africa Settlements, composed

uf,*

Sierra Leone.

Gambia.

Gold Coast. Lagos.

7. Of these Officers, Governors are appointed

under the Sign Manual and Signet. Every such person is appointed during His Majesty's pleasure, but his tenure of office is, as a rule, confined to a period of six years from the assumption of his duties. If, through death, absence, or otherwise, he should become incapable

of acting, the Government devolves on such Officer or person as may have been designated for that purpose in the Charter of Government or in the Letters Patent constituting the office of Governor,

8. By the Act 26 & 27 Vict. c. 76, it is enacted, that Letters Patent shall not take effect

in any Colony until published there, and that appointments by Letters Patent shall become void unless so published within a specified period,

9. By the Act 1 Will. 1V. c. 4, it is enacted, that all Patents, Commissions, or other Authorities for the exercise of offices in the Colonies held during pleasure, shall continue in force until the expiration of eighteen months from the demise of the Crown.tt

* By Her late Majesty's Charter of the 24th of July, 1874, the Gold Coast and Lagos were separated from the West Africa Settlements, and formed a separate Colony, under the style of the Gold Coast Colony. By Charter dated 14th January, 1886, Lagos, and by Charter of December, 1888, Gambia, have been constituted separate Governments.

† All Letters Patent relating to the constitution of Colonies are published in the volumes of Rules and Orders.

†† See also the Demise of the Crown Act, 1901, enacting that the holding of any office under the Crown, whether within or without His Majesty's Dominions, shall not be affected, nor shall any fresh appointment thereto be rendered necessary, by the Demise of the Crown.-(ED. C. O. LIST.)

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