952 THE FEDERATIONS AND THE UNION [PART IV
General on leave of absence could receive under any conditions
half-pay, as it appears to be contemplated that the officer
acting as Governor-General shall receive the full salary.!
Moreover, no power to appoint deputies was expressly given
in the Constitution as drafted. The omission was somewhat
striking in view of the inclusion of such a power in the
Constitutions of Australia and Canada, and the power to
appoint deputies must therefore have been regarded as
somewhat doubtful, though it might no doubt have been
exercised as it is in the other Dominions and states under the
letters patent. This omission, however, is made good in
8. 11 of the Act, but is limited to cases of temporary absence.
It is also significant that the power of the Governor-General
is expressly confined in s. 9 of the Act to the limits of South
Africa, and that accordingly it will not be possible for him to
perform authoritative acts when he is not within the actual
territories of the Government, though the contrary is implied
in 8. 11. This is a salutary rule, as the practice of allowing
Governors to perform official acts while beyond the territorial
limits of their Colonies is of doubtful propriety and legality.
The salary fixed is the same as in Canada and Australia :
its value will doubtless be considerably increased by allowances,
 and there is little probability of any attempt to
diminish the amount, as was the case in Canada shortly after
federation, when the importance of the viceregal position
was hardly realized in the Dominion, and when Canadian
bhrift was shocked at the idea of one man spending so much.
Generally speaking, the Constitution transfers to the
Governor-General or the Governor-General in Council
respectively all powers, authorities, and functions which at
bhe time of the establishment of the Union are vested in the
Governors or Governors in Council of the Colonies. There is,
however, one significant exception : bys. 147 the control and

! The same remark applies to the case of the Commonwealth and of
Canada, and the Australian states, bus in all cages arrangements are made
for the division of the salary in the absence of the Governor-General and
Governor, and this is perfectly legitimate. In New Zealand the matter is
regulated by No. 22 of the Consolidated Statutes, 1908.