1308 ADMINISTRATION AND LEGISLATION [PART V
to official members of the Councils of other Colonies. The
uniform of the fourth class may, subject to the sanction of
His Majesty, obtained through the Secretary of State on
the recommendation of the Governor, be worn by heads of
principal departments who are not Executive Councillors,
and the uniform of the fifth class may be worn by heads of
subordinate departments and chief assistants in the principal
lepartments.
The sanction of the King is required to wear a uniform
when tenure of office has ceased, and such sanction needs
the recommendation of the Governor and the approval of
the Secretary of State. The uniform in each case must be
that which has actually been worn by the officer during his
tenure of office.
Governors who, when appointed, are Admirals or Generals,
wear their naval or military uniform during their tenure of
office, while other Governors wear the civil uniform of their
class, but with the sanction of the Secretary of State,
Governors who are not military officers may wear the uniform
of the Lord-Lieutenant on occasions of reviews, inspections
of forces, and similar ceremonies in the Colonies. A special
state undress uniform has been invented for Colonial use on
rertain occasions.
The wearing on official occasions of medals is only allowed
in the case of medals conferred by the royal authority or by
a legal power in the Dominions.! The acceptance and wearing
of medals from foreign potentates is regulated by rules
approved by the King.2 The inconvenience of the Imperial
authorities dealing with all cases of grant of medals has been
simplified by the practice of empowering by royal warrant
! Colonial Regulations, No. 143. It is a question whether a Governor-
General or Governor could without royal authority, under the powers given
'n the Defence Acts of the Dominions, make regulations allowing the grant
»f medals valid locally. Itis sufficient to say that this has not yet been
done in any case since Governor Bowen of New Zealand created a medal
in 1869 which was approved ex post facto by the Queen (Parl. Pap., C. 83,
pp. 42, 190; Rusden, iii. 547).
% Thid., App. 5.
