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own name to any senior naval officer (that is to say, 
the senior officer then within his immediate reach), 
holding the rank of Flag Officer, Captain, or Com- 
mander, but will communicate with any senior officer 
of lower rank through his private secretary. In no case 
will he so communicate through the Colonial Secretary. 
190. Any notice or direction which the Governor 
may have occasion to convey to the commander of 
any foreign vessel in the waters of the Colony will be 
transmitted through the officers of the Colonial Govern. 
ment and not through the officers of His Majesty’s 
Navy, whose intervention should not be applied for 
unless the directions forwarded through the ordinary 
channel should fail to produce their effect. 
E. Shipping. 
191. Under the Imperial Acts relating to merchant 
shipping certain duties in relation to merchant shipping 
are imposed on Colonial officers. Detailed instructions 
with regard to general duties in connection with mer- 
chant ships and seamen are contained in the ** Instruc- 
tions to Officers in British Possessions Abroad ** issued 
by the Board of Trade; and instructions on matters 
relating to the registry of ships are contained in the 
** Instructions to Registrars of Shipping ** issued by 
the Commissioners of Customs with the approval of 
the Board of Trade. 
192. At the end of each year the Colonial officer 
performing the duties of Registrar of Shipping will 
Drepare and transmit to the Registrar-General of 
Shipping and Seamen, Tower Hill, London, E.1, an 
Account made up to the 81st December showing :— 
(a) the names and particulars of all ships on 
the register of the port on the previous 1st 
January, and