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850. Where the expenditure has not been sanctioned, 
the requisition, accompanied by all necessary explana- 
tions, will be transmitted by the Governor in dupli- 
cate 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 requisi- 
tions 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 par- 
ticular 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 requisi- 
tion 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.