the officer had been promoted in the ordinary course 
to a new office. 
60. The grant of pensions and retiring allowances 
is governed by the laws or regulations of the Colony 
concerned. Commutation of pensions is not allowed. 
D. Salaries and Leave of Governors. 
61. A Governor is appointed during His Majesty's 
pleasure, but his tenure of office is as a rule confined 
to a period of six years from his assumption of the 
wdministration. 
62. When the office of Governor becomes vacant or 
when the Governor is on leave, other than full-pay 
leave, the person succeeding to the administration of 
the government, if he be an officer in the service of 
the Colony, will receive half of the salary of the 
Governor, and half the salary of his own office. 
Should the person called to the temporary ad- 
ministration have been transferred from the public 
service elsewhere, he will receive the whole salary of 
the Governor, if available, but in that case he will not 
be entitled to any portion of the salary of the office 
from which he has been transferred. During the 
absence on leave, other than full-pay leave, of a 
Governor and after the embarkation of a newly- 
appointed Governor, such person is only entitled to the 
half salary available. Whether he can draw also half 
the salary of the office from which he has been 
temporarily transferred will depend on the arrange- 
ments made for payment of his substitute, and will be 
decided in each instance by the Secretary of State. 
This regulation does not apply to European officers 
in Tropical Africa. 
63. The leave of Governors 1s regulated by special 
rules of local application; but in most of the Colonies 
the Governor may be granted leave with full salary,