Council legislation is effected by the High Com- 
missioner with the assistance of an Advisory 
Council consisting of officials. 
(ii) Tanganyika Territory, in which the Legis- 
lative Council is nominated. 
(iii) The British Cameroons, of which the 
Northern parts are legislated for by the Governor 
of Nigeria and the Southern parts by the Governor 
and Legislative Council of Nigeria. 
(iv) The British Sphere of Togoland, which is 
legislated for by the Governor of the Gold Coast. 
In these Regulations the term *‘ Colony ’’ includes 
any territory to which the Regulations apply. 
2. The officer appointed by the Crown to administer 
the Government is styled either :— 
Governor and Commander-in-Chief. 
Captain-General and Governor-in-Chief, 
High Commissioner and Commander-in-Chief, 
High Commissioner, or 
Commissioner. 
In these Regulations the term *‘ Governor ’ in. 
cludes all officers appointed to administer Govern- 
ments, however styled. 
3. The officer so appointed receives a Commission 
under the Royal Sign Manual and Signet, and his 
powers are conferred and his duties are defined by 
His Majesty’s Commission and the Instructions with 
which he is furnished. 
4. If through death or absence or otherwise he should 
become incapable of acting, the government devolves 
on such officer or person as may have been designated 
for that purpose in the Letters Patent or Order in 
Council constituting the office. 
8. The Governor is the single and supreme authority 
responsible to, and representative of, His Majesty.