1014 ADMINISTRATION AND LEGISLATION [PART V 
the operation of such Bill until the signification in the State 
of Our pleasure thereupon or unless the Governor shall have 
satisfied himself that an urgent necessity exists requiring 
that such Bill be brought into immediate operation, in which 
case he is authorized to assent in Our name to such Bill, 
unless the same shall be repugnant to the law of England, 
or inconsistent with any obligations imposed upon Us by 
Treaty. But he is to transmit to Us by the earliest oppor- 
bunity the Bill so assented to, together with his reasons for 
assenting thereto. 
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VIII. The Governor shall not, except in the cases here- 
under mentioned, assent in Our name to any Bill of any of 
the following classes :— 
1. Any Bill for the divorce of persons joined together in 
Holy Matrimony. 
2. Any Bill whereby any grant of land or money, or other 
donation or gratuity, may be made to himself. 
3. Any Bill affecting the currency of the Colony. 
+. Any Bill imposing differential duties. 
5. Any Bill, the provisions of which shall appear incon- 
sistent with obligations imposed upon Us by Treaty. 
6. Any Bill interfering with the discipline or control of 
Our forces in the Colony by land or sea. 
7. Any Bill of an extraordinary nature and importance, 
whereby Our prerogative, or the rights and property of Our 
subjects not residing in the Colony, or the trade and shipping 
of the United Kingdom and its Dependencies, may be 
prejudiced. 
8. Any Bill whereby persons not of European birth or 
descent may be subjected or made liable to any disabilities 
or restrictions to which persons of European birth or descent 
are not also subjected or made liable. 
9. Any Bill containing provisions to which Our assent has 
been once refused, or which have been disallowed by Us: — 
Unless he shall have previously obtained Our Instructions 
apon such Bill through one of Our Principal Secretaries of 
State, or unless such Bill shall contain a clause suspending 
the operation of such Bill until the signification in the Colony 
of Our pleasure thereupon, or unless the Governor shall have 
satisfied himself that an urgent necessity exists requiring that 
such Bill be brought into immediate operation, in which case 
he is authorized to assent in Our name to such Bill, unless 
the same shall be repugnant to the law of England, or incon- 
sistent with any obligations imposed upon Us by Treaty.