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850. Where the expenditure has not been sanctioned,
the requisition, accompanied by all necessary explanations,
 will be transmitted by the Governor in duplicate
 to the Secretary of State who, if he sanctions the
expenditure, will give the necessary instructions to
the Crown Agents.
351. The Crown Agents, being the. agents of the
Colonial Governments, will comply with all requisitions
 sent to them which bear the signature of, or
are forwarded by, the proper officer of the Colonial
Government, and they will not refer to the Secretary
of State for instructions unless they have reason to
doubt whether in existing circumstances any particular
 requisition should be complied with. . The
officer concerned will therefore be held responsible
that no requisitions are sent to the Crown Agents
unless the expenditure has been duly sanctioned.
352. Orders will in no case be given by the Colonial
Government directly or through local agents to firms
in this country or in countries not adjacent to the
Colony, although the names of firms whom the
Colonial Government may for any reason wish to
employ may be mentioned in the body of the requisition
 forwarded to the Crown Agents. The Crown
Agents will be guided by the wishes of the Colonial
Government unless they have reason to consider that
this course is not in the interest of the Colony, in
which case they will subsequently explain to the
Colonial Government the reasons for their action.

353. Purchases of stores required from an adjacent
country should be confined to articles produced in
that country, and should be procured as far as possible
in. the manner prescribed by Regulation 348,
354. very officer having in his charge or custody
any articles which are public property ‘will keep au
Inventory of the same.