Territory to another on the application of the Governor of the Territory to which the forces are to be sent. This application should when practicable con- tain the written expression of opinion of the military or air force officer, if any, there in command; but the officer in command must in all cases consult with the Governor of the Territory from which the forces are sent, and will incur a special responsibility if he sends them away without the Governor's consent. except under special instructions from Her Majesty's Government.
110. The Governor has no authority over the movements of Her Majesty's ships, and is not entitled to issue orders to officers of the Royal Navy. But, it being a general obligation on all Her Majesty's civil and military officers to afford mutual assistance to each other in cases affecting the Queen's service, the Commander-in-Chief of a station or the senior officer present at a port is instructed in the Queen's Regulations for the Navy to pay due regard to such requisitions as he may receive from the Governor, having for their object the protection of Her Majesty's possessions, the benefit of the trade of her subjects, or the general good of her service. Any action by a Governor under this Regulation should be immediately reported to the Secretary of State with an explanation of the circumstance.
111. In urgent cases, when the requisitions may conflict with the instructions from the superior naval authority under which he is acting and when reference by telegraph or otherwise to such superior authority is impractic- able, a naval officer is instructed to consider the relative importance and urgency of the required service as compared with his instructions, whether general or special; and he is to decide as in his judgment may seem best for Her Majesty's service. In so doing he is instructed to bear in mind the grave responsibility that would rest on him if the circumstances were not such as fully to warrant the postponement of the instructions from his naval superior to the more pressing requisition from the Governor.
112. In cases where high political considerations demand the decision of Her Majesty's Government in respect of the action to be taken, the Governor should communicate his opinion that the presence of one of Her Majesty's ships is necessary direct to the Secretary of State, instead of direct to the commanding officer of Her Majesty's ship, unless there is such imminent peril to lives and property as to demand immediate action.
CHAPTER VI. CEREMONIES
A. Precedence
113. The precedence of persons in territories is determined by local enact- ments, by Royal Charters, by Instructions either under the Royal Sign Manual and Signet or through the Secretary of State, or by authoritative local usage.
114. In the absence of any special authority Governors shall guide them- selves by the following general table of precedence in territories:-
The Governor or officer administering the Government.
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