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CHAPTER IV.—CORRESPONDENCE.
A. Colonial Office.
163. Governors must address the Secretary of State
for the Colonies in all correspondence with His
Majesty's Government. Every such communication,
therefore, to whatever public department in this
country it may more immediately relate, must be
addressed to the Secretary of State for the Colonies,
with the exceptions mentioned in Regulations 181 to
195.

164. Despatches are classified and should be dealt
with as follows -—

(1) Numbered despatches which the Governor
is to lay before the Executive Council, unless
there be some special reason to the contrary,
which should be reported to the Secretary of
State in a confidential despatch. Such despatches
may be published unless express directions are
given to the contrary, but enclosures consisting
of correspondence with a Government Department
 in the United Kingdom should not be published
 without prior reference to the Secretary
of State. Despatches which for local purposes
are to be treated temporarily as confidential should
be marked ‘‘ Reserved ”’ after the number. GCircular
 despatches and despatches from the Secretary
of State marked ‘‘ Accounts,” ¢* Honours,” or
‘ Miscellaneous,” are to be treated in all respects
as numbered despatches, unless also marked
** Confidential ** or ** Secret.”
(2) Formal Correspondence, such as schedules
and records of telegrams, which should not be
numbered.

(3) Confidential despatches which the Governor
may, if he thinks fit, communicate under the
obligation of confidence to the Kxecutive