0 ly pe the the On. ers cre- ard blic at ing I or yner 11110 Orat N19- IV. For other public officers 21s. a day for the first fourteen days, and 15s. a day afterwards: and the proportions with respect to age and sex as stated in the preceding paragraph. Payment for entertainment in His Majesty’s ships 8 to be calculated according to the dates of the first ind last dinners taken on board. 77. When a Governor or other public officer is pro- seeding in a ship of war on a tour of inspection which requires him to disembark at various ports, the higher rate per diem will in general only be paid for the seven days’ entertainment fcllowing his first embarka- sion. If there are special reasons for repeating this higher rate, it must form a subject of special repre- sentation to the Secretary of State before it is made. 78. When a Governor or other public officer dis- embarks for the purpose of performing bona fide public service, and has not been able to give the Captain or Commanding Officer beforehand such information as to the days on which he will be absent from the ship as will prevent expense in preparing for his enter- tainment on those days, one-half of the rates of allowance above authorised will be payable in respect of such absence, and each day in respect of which such half rates are paid will be counted as a full day for the purpose of computing the seven or fourteen days referred to in the preceding regulations. and of INN for of ind Tr 7 G. Passage and Leave Rules for European Officers in West Africa. 79. A free passage from the United Kingdom to the Colony will be allowed to any officer under the rank of Governor on first appointment, on hig entering into an agreement to refund the cost of the passage in the event of his failing to serve for three years for any other reason than bodilv or mental infirmity.