98 THE EXECUTIVE GOVERNMENT [PART II
Parliament to sanction the proposal, and ended in the retirement
of the Governor-General! In Canada, the Commonwealth,and
the Union the salary fixed is £10,000 ayear; in New
Zealand it is £5,000 with £2,000 allowances ; in the others it
varies from £5,000 in New South Wales and Victoria, £4,000
in South and Western Australia, £3,000 in Queensland, £2,750
inTasmania, to $10,000 in Newfoundland. In all cases exemption
from customs duties on official belongings is accorded.2
The different Dominions also vary in their treatment of
the staff of the Governor-General or Governor. In the case of
Canada an efficient official staff is provided, which is paid for
by the Dominion Government, and the members of which are
members of the Canadian Civil Service, but as long as they
are employed in the Governor-General’s office are under his
sole control as regards their conduct of affairs. In addition
there is a Secretary to the Governor-General, paid by Canada
but chosen by the Governor-General himself, and changing
with the different Governors-General. In the Commonwealth
of Australia there is, besides the Governor-General’s private
secretary, who is not paid by the Government, an official private
secretary, an officer of the Commonwealth Government,
by whom he is paid, but under the control of the Governor-General,
and that officer is provided with a clerical staff.
Similar arrangements are made in the other Dominions and
States, but the Governor is essentially left to deal with
matters which come before him unaided save by the assisbance
which his private secretaries can render. The help
given has been in at least three cases in recent years considerably
increased by the selection of members of the Colonial
Office for the task in Canada, Australia, and South Africa.
The Governor or officer administering is in every case
entitled locally to the style of Excellency—a style also given
bo the Lieutenant-Governors by courtesv—and in the case
* Commonwealth Parl. Pap., 1901, ii. 827, 833; Turner, Australian
Commonweaith, pp. 37 seq. Cf. Parliamentary Debates, 1910, pp. 6675-86.
* In some cases legal arrangements exist as to payment of Governors on
leave and acting officers, as in New Zealand (Act No. 22); in others. as in
the Federations and Union, it is left to arrangement.
