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5. Every Administrator and Commissioner shall corres-
pond with the Governor on all subjects connected with his
Office, and shall transmit to him all official reports and
information touching the same, and (subject to the provisions
of clause 7 of these Instructions) shall apply to the (tovernor
for all such instructions as he may require for his guidance in
the discharge of his Office, and shall conform to and obey all
lawful instructions that the Governor shall address to him:

Provided that an Administrator or Commissioner may, if
so directed by the Governor, correspond on particular questions
directly with Us through a Secretary of State.

6. The Governor shall transmit to Us, through a
Secretary of State by the first convenient opportunity, copies
of all important despatches, reports and communications
received by him from each Administrator or Commissioner, and
of all important instructions or communications addressed by
him to each such Officer.

7. If in any emergency it is necessary that instructions
should be obtained from Us without delay, an Administrator or
Commissioner may apply to Us, through a Secretary of State,
for instructions in the matter;. but in every such case the
Administrator or Commissioner shall forthwith transmit to the
Governor a copy of every despatch or communication which he
has so addressed to Us. .

8.—(1) Whenever there is a subsisting appointment of a
Deputy to the Governor or to‘ an Administrator under the
Letters Patent, these Instructions, so far as they apply to any
matter or thing to be done, or any powers or functions to be
exercised or performed, by such Deputy, shall be deemed to be
addressed to, and shall be observed by, such Deputy.

(2) Any such Deputy to the Governor may, if he thinks
fit, apply to Us through a Secretary of State for instructions in
any matter; but he shall forthwith transmit to the Governor a
copy of every despatch or other communication so addressed to

8.

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The Executive Council for the Colony

9. The Executive Council for the Colony shall consist of
six ev-oficio Members, one Official Mem ber, one Nominated
Member and six Elected Members:

- Adminis-
tratora and
Commis-
sioners
to conform
to Gov-
ernor’s
Instruc-
tions,

Despatches,
eto., from .
Adminis-
tratora

and Com-
missioners
to be sent
home,

Adminis-
trators
may seek
instruc-
tions direct
from a
Secretary
ot State in
urgent
cases,

Instrue-
tions to be -
observed
by Deputy.

Executive
Couneil for _
the Colony,