PART II. THE EXECUTIVE 
GOVERNMENT 
CHAPTER 1 
THE GOVERNOR 
§ 1. THE APPOINTMENT OF THE (GOVERNOR 
Tue Governor of a Colony or State and the Governor- 
General of a Federation or Union are alike appointed by the 
Imperial Government, technically by the King on the advice 
of the appropriate minister, the Secretary of State for the 
Colonies. Of course, in the case of the great appointments. 
those to Canada, the Commonwealth, and New Zealand, 
and to the Union of South Africa, it is clear that the Prime 
Minister is entitled to be consulted, while on questions 
of his personal representation in a great Dominion of the 
Crown it is certain that the Sovereign must be expected to 
take a personal interest, and it was believed that the Duke 
of Connaught’s selection as Governor-General of Canada 
was an act of King Edward’s. But in addition to the home 
authorities there has gradually been evolved the practice of 
Informally consulting the Government of the Dominion or 
State in question. The innovation was one against which 
Mr. Higinbotham with all his heart protested ; he considered, 
in his zeal for the separation of the Imperial and the Colonial 
spheres, that it was never right to allow of any such pro- 
ceeding ag a consultation beforehand with the Government, 
however informal! The matter came to a head in 1888, when 
the Government of Queensland asked that they should be 
given an opportunity of learning the name of the officer 
! Morris, Memoir of George Higinbotham, p. 203. 
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