1598 PREROGATIVE INSTRUMENTS 
shen such person or persons as we may appoint, under Our Sign 
Manual and Signet, shall, during Our pleasure, administer the Govern- 
ment of the State, first taking the Oaths hereinbefore directed to be 
taken by the Governor, and in the manner herein prescribed ; which 
being done, We do hereby authorize, empower, and command Our 
Lieutenant-Governor, and every other such Administrator as aforesaid, 
todo and execute during Our pleasure all things that belong to the 
Office of Governor according to the tenor of these Our Letters Patent, 
and according to Our Instructions as aforesaid, and thelawsof the State. 
XIII In the event of the Governor having occasion to be tem- 
porarily absent for a short period from the Seat of Government or 
from the State, except for the purpose of administering the Government 
of Our Commonwealth of Australia! he may in every such case, by an 
Instrument under the Public Seal of the State, constitute and appoint 
Our Lieutenant-Governor, or if there be no such Officer or if such 
Officer be absent or unable to act, then any other person, to be his 
Deputy during such temporary absence, and in that capacity to 
exercise, perform, and execute for and on behalf of the Governor 
during such absence, but no longer, all such powers and authorities 
vested in the Governor, by these Our Letters Patent, as shall in and 
by such Instrument be specified and limited, but no others. Pro- 
vided, nevertheless, that by the appointment of a Deputy as aforesaid, 
the power and authority of the Governor shall not be abridged, altered, 
or in any away affected, otherwise than We may at any time hereafter 
think proper to direct.? 
* The words in italics apply to New South Wales only, and were added by 
letters patent of December 1, 1909, because it was known that the Governor 
would have occasion to administer the Government of the Commonwealth. 
* This form is adopted in the case of Victoria and Tasmania, and also in 
Western Australia, except that the clauses are XIII and X1V, and XIII begins, 
‘In the event of the office of the Governor becoming vacant, or of the Governor 
being incapable, or of his departure from the state.” In the case of Queensland 
and South Australia the form is different, viz. :— 
‘X. Inthe event of the death, incapacity, or removal of the Governor, or of his 
leparture from the State, all the powers and authorities herein granted to him 
shall (subject to the proviso and condition hereinafter contained) be vested 
during Our pleasure in Our Lieutenant-Governor of the State, or if there be no 
such Officer in the State, then in such person or persons as may be appointed by 
Us under Our Sign Manual and Signet to administer the Government of the 
State. And We do hereby (subject as aforesaid) give and grant all such powers 
and authorities to such Lieutenant-Governor or person or persons accordingly. 
Provided always and subject to this condition that before any such powers or 
authorities shall vest in such Lieutenant-Governor, or such other person or per- 
sons, he or they shall have taken the Oaths hereinafter directed to be taken by 
the Governor of the State, and in the manner by these Letters Patent provided. 
XI. And whereas it may be necessary or expedient that the Governor should 
absent himself occasionally for a short period from the seat of Government or 
from the State, whereby the affairs of the State might be exposed to detriment 
if there were no person on the spot authorized to exercise the powers and 
authorities by these Our Letters Patent granted to the Governor or some of 
them : Now We do hereby authorize and empower the Governor, in every 
such case as occasion shall require, by an Instrument under the Public Seal 
of the State, to constitute and appoint Our Lieutenant-Governor for the time