CO129-071 - Public Offices - 1858 — Page 229

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When the Civil Governor of a Colony shall have occasion to report

upon, or bring under the consideration of the Secretary of State for the Colonies,

proposals involving military as well as civil considerations, or questions which

can only properly be decided by the Secretary of State for War, or with the

concurrence of the two Secretaries of State, the Governor will, in that case, first

communicate with the Officer Commanding the Troops on such proposals or

questions; and having obtained that Officer's opinion or observations thereupon,

he will transmit the same with his own report to the Secretary of State.

The Secretary of State for War has, with the same object, instructed General

and other Officers in Command of the Troops in Colonies, that when they shall

have occasion to report, or bring under the notice of the Secretary of State for

War, proposals involving civil as well as military considerations, or questions

which could not be decided without reference to the Secretary of State for the Colonies, they will invariably lay the case before the Civil Governor and obtain

his opinion thereupon, and transmit it with their report to the Secretary of State

for War.

Attention to these instructions will lead to promptitude in the decision of

questions of a mixed nature, and render much of the preliminary correspondence,

which now too often takes place, unnecessary.

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