CHAP. 1] THE GOVERNOR S99 
of the Federations and the Union the style is extended to 
his wife, while by local usage it often is given in other 
places. In the case of the Federations and the Union 
the style is also adopted in formal correspondence with the 
Governor-General, but not with Governors. The Governor 
as representative of the Sovereign is entitled to certain 
salutes from Imperial men-of-war, and receives various 
marks of distinction from local military forces, bands, &c. 
He wears a special uniform, and is entitled to the respect 
due to a representative of the Crown. 
There are various minor matters respecting Governors 
which may be noticed. In the first place, no Governor is 
allowed to accept presents as Governor without the per- 
mission in each case obtained of the Secretary of State.? 
This permission has been given as almost a matter of course ? 
in the case of valedictory presents, but the practice is not with- 
out difficulties, and Lord Carrington, when Governor of New 
South Wales, discouraged it as applied to himself. On the 
other hand, it is sometimes difficult to refuse such presents, 
and though the Governor of Tasmania, Sir G. Strickland, in 
leaving the Colony in 1909 on transfer to Western Australia, 
intimated that he did not intend to apply to the Secretary of 
State for leave to accept presents, nevertheless one of some 
small value was given to his wife, who had rendered herself 
very popular in the state. The rule nowadays is of little con- 
sequence, but it was a different matter in the early days of 
self-government, when a Governor wielded a very great 
direct influence. The case of Governor Darling of Victoria, 
which will be referred to later in detail, shows how serious 
a position may develop from the practice of grants to the 
relations or families of Governors. Of late years a certain 
amount of trouble has been raised by the fact that Governors 
* As to the right of the Canadian Lieutenant-Governors in this regard see 
Ontario Sess. Pap., 1873, No. 67. 2 Colonial Regulations, Nos. 486, 47. 
* e.g. Sir H. Rawson and Sir F. Bedford both received presentations on 
retiring from office, and the service of the former was extended for a year 
at the request of his ministers. Sir T. Carmichael on leaving Victoria in 
1911 declined for himself and his wife any valuable presents. 
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