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167. The Governor is forbidden to withdraw at any 
time any despatch or other public document. 
168. The Governor's despatches should be 
numbered in succession, commencing annually with a 
fresh series. Tach despatch should be confined as 
much as possible to a single subject. The paragraphs 
should be numbered and the enclosures noted in the 
margin. 
169. Each enclosure should be separately numbered 
or marked and, if in any foreign language except 
French, should be accompanied by a translation. 
Connected correspondence should be placed in order of 
date. In the case of printed documents which can 
be procured without difficulty, six copies should be 
forwarded. 
170. Despatches forwarded to the Secretary of 
State should be accompanied by a schedule in 
duplicate, giving their serial numbers, dates, and sub- 
jects, and also by a statement of the numbers and 
dates of all despatches which the Governor may have 
received from the Secretary of State since the pre- 
ceding occasion. Separate schedules and statements 
should be furnished for confidential and secret 
despatches. 
171. With the view of facilitating the despatch of 
business, the Governor will send home by the first 
mail of every month :— 
(1) A schedule of despatches received from the 
Secretary of State which have been more than 
three months in his hands without an answer. 
The cause of the delay should be briefly stated in 
each esse. 
(2) A schedule of despatches sent by the 
Governor to the Secretary of State which appear 
to have remained unanswered for more than three 
months after receipt. Attention should be called