Ministry of Defence, he shall if there is an officer commanding military or air forces in the Territory, first communicate with that officer respecting the mat- ters in question, and having obtained that officer's opinion or observations thereon, he shall transmit the same, with his own report, to the Secretary of State, and shall in every case, furnish the officer commanding with a copy of any report he may make involving military or air force considerations. If the officer commanding considers that these reports require the consideration of the Ministry of Defence, he will forward the duplicates with his observations by the same mail which conveys the original report to the Secretary of State.
155. Similarly, under the Queen's Regulations, when the officer commanding the troops or air force in a Territory desires to bring to the notice of his military or air force superiors any matter which may involve civil as well as military or air force considerations, he will first communicate with the Governor with a view to obtaining his opinion thereon. He will transmit with his own report any opinion or observations he may thus obtain; and will in every case furnish the Governor with a copy of any reports he may make on subjects other than military or air force discipline and routine. If the Governor considers that these reports require the consideration of the Secretary of State, he shall forward the duplicates with his observations by the same mail which conveys the original report to the Ministry of Defence.
D. Navy
156. The Governor or, in his absence, the Governor's Deputy, if one has been appointed, shall write in his own name to any senior naval officer (that is to say, the senior officer then within his immediate reach), holding the rank of Flag Officer or Captain, but shall communicate with any senior officer of lower rank through his private secretary. The Governor, with the concurrence of the Commander-in-Chief of the Station in which the Territory is situate, may, however, authorize exceptions to this rule, as well as direct communica- tion between other officers or Departments of the Government and particular naval authorities, concerning such matters (other than questions of policy or matters involving major expenditure) as seem to him appropriate.
157. Any notice or direction which the Governor may have occasion to convey to the commander of any foreign vessel in the waters of the Territory shall be transmitted through the officers of the Government and not through the officers of Her Majesty's Navy, whose intervention should not be applied for unless the directions forwarded through the ordinary channel should fail to produce their effect.
E. Shipping
158. Under the United Kingdom Acts relating to merchant shipping certain duties in relation to merchant shipping are imposed on Governors. Detailed instructions with regard to general duties in connection with mer- chant ships and seamen are contained in the "Instructions to Officers in British Dominions and Possessions (Merchant Shipping and Seamen, 1927)”
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