respect of the action to be taken, the Governor should 
communicate his opinion that the presence of one of 
His Majesty’s ships is necessary direct to the 
Secretary of State, instead of direct to the command- 
ing officer of His Majesty's ship, unless the lives and 
property of British subjects are in such imminent 
peril as to demand immediate action. 
CHAPTER II.—OFFICERS. 
A. Appointments. 
14. The regulations as to appointment to public 
offices are directions given by the Crown to the 
Governors for general guidance and do not constitute 
0 contract between the Crown and its servants. 
15. Appointments to public offices are made by 
authority of His Majesty, and such offices as a rule 
are held during His Majesty's pleasure, but in some 
few cases are held during good behaviour. 
16. The general rule is that appointments to public 
offices are made by letter signed by the Governor or 
written by his direction, except in the case of Judges 
of the Supreme Court, who are appointed in His 
Majesty’s name by an instrument under the Public 
Seal of the Colony. This rule applies equally whether 
the appointments be provisional or substantive. 
17. Public offices are divided into three classes :— 
Class I. Those of which the initial emoluments 
do not exceed two hundred pounds per annum. 
Class IT. Those of which the initial emoluments 
exceed two hundred but are less than four hundred 
pounds per annum. 
Class III. Those of which the initial emolu- 
ments are not less than four hundred pounds per 
Annum