cHAP. Xx] MILITARY AND NAVAL DEFENCE 1285
Commonwealth to rest with the Commonwealth Government.
 The officer commanding to take his orders from the
Commonwealth Government direct, proper sequence of
command by officers appointed by the Commonwealth being
maintained. The forces to be under naval discipline administered
 in same way as in the Royal Navy ;
(7) Whilst employed about the coast of Commonwealth
or its territories, whether within territorial limits or not, the
vessels forming the Naval force of the Commonwealth to be
under the sole control of Commonwealth. Should the vessels
go to other places, the said vessels to come under the command
 of the naval officer representing the British Government,
 if such officer be senior in rank to the Commonwealth
officer. Provided that, if it be necessary to send these
vessels or any of them on training cruises outside the waters
referred to, arrangements shall be made with the Lords
Commissioners of the Admiralty through Naval Commanderin-Chief
 on the Australian Station ;
(8) In time of war or emergency or upon a declaration
by the Senior Naval Officer representing British Government,
that a condition of emergency exists, all the vessels of the
Naval Force of the Commonwealth shall be placed by the
Commonwealth Government under the orders of Lords
Commissioners of the Admiralty. The method by which
the vessels shall come under the orders of the Senior Naval
Officer would be by furnishing each Commander of an
Australian vessel with sealed orders and instructions to the
effect that upon the declaration to him by the Senior Naval
Officer representing British Government that a state of war
or emergency exists, such sealed orders shall thereupon be
opened and, in pursuance of their provisions, he shall thereupon
 immediately place himself under the orders of the
Senior Naval Officer representing British Government ;
(9) It is, however, to be understood that if the services
of any of the Coast Defence vessels be desired in seas remote
from Australia, the approval of the Commonwealth Government
 shall first be obtained to their removal ;
(10) To ensure the highest efficiency, the Lords Commissioners
 of the Admiralty to be asked to agree to the
Naval Commander-in-Chief on the Australian Station making,
at request of the Commonwealth Government, periodical
inspection of the vessels of the Naval Force of the Commonwealth,
 Naval School of Instruction, and Naval Establishment
 ;
(11) Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty to be asked