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should not draw for the amount without the previous 
sanction of the Secretary of State. 
70. A Governor who is relieved at his own request 
before the expiration of his term of office must provide 
his own passage. 
71. A Governor transferred to another appointment 
before the expiration of his term of office will receive 
the allowance in respect of the homeward Journey, 
if the Secretary of State is satisfied that his return 
to England is unavoidable or in furtherance of the 
public interest. If he is transferred to another 
Governorship, he will, subject to the same condition, 
teceive also the allowance appropriate to the Colony 
to which he is to proceed. 
72. A Governor who is transferred to another 
Governorship before the expiration of his term of 
office, and whose return to England is not shown to 
be unavoidable or in furtherance of the public interest, 
will not be entitled to both the homeward and outward 
passage allowances; but the allowance to be granted 
to him will be a sum bearing the same proportion 
to the passage allowance from England to the Colony 
to which he is transferred as the probable expense 
of a journey direct from one Colony to the other 
bears to the probable expense of a journey from 
England to the Colony to which he is proceeding. 
In the case of a public officer (not a Governor) or 
other person resident in a Colony, who may be 
appointed Governor of another Colony, the same 
principle will be followed as nearly as circumstances 
will admit. 
} 73. A Governor who is transferred while on leave 
In this country will be entitled to the passage allow- 
ance from England to his new Colony unless that 
allowance is greater than the sum which might be 
allowed for a direct journey from the old Colony to