| Description | "In each island where the Governor General is not resident the Administration of Government devolves upon the Lieutenant Governor, who has a commission from the King, and where neither the Governor General nor the Lieutenant Governor are resident, the administration devolves upon the President of the Council", thus it is seen that in case the Lieutenant Governor is absent from an island where the Governor does not reside, the full power devolves on the principal Councillor, who receives his instructions from the Governor General, but has not the power to increase or diminish them, comments upon the evil of this rule , especially when it occurs in an island where the King's troops are stationed, though in the present state of the constitution it is unavoidable
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