COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA 1575
shall not pardon or reprieve any such offender without first receiving
in capital cases the advice of the Executive Council for Our said
Commonwealth, and in other cases the advice of one, at least, of his
Ministers ; and in any case in which such pardon or reprieve might
directly affect the interests of Our Empire, or of any country or place
beyond the jurisdiction of the Government of Our said Common-
wealth, Our said Governor-General shall, before deciding as to either
pardon or reprieve, take those interests specially into his own personal
consideration in conjunction with such advice as aforesaid.
IX. And whereas great prejudice may happen to Our service and
to the security of Our said Commonwealth by the absence of Our said
Governor-General, he shall not, upon any pretence whatever, quit
Our said Commonwealth without having first obtained leave from
Us for so doing under Our Sign Manual and Signet, or through one
of Our Principal Secretaries of State.
V.R. L
ITI
COMMISSION passed under the Royal Sign Manual and
Signet appointing The Right Honourable Lord Denman,
P.C., K.C.V.0O., to be Governor-General and Commander-
in-Chief of the Commonwealth of Australia.
Dated March 22, 1911.
(The substantive parts are exactly as in the Canadian Commission.)
[V
DORMANT COMMISSION passed under the Royal Sign
Manual and Signet, appointing The Right Honourable
Lord Chelmsford, K.C.M.G., or Sir Gerald Strickland,
K.C.M.G., to administer the Government of the Common-
wealth of Australia in the event of the death, incapacity,
removal, or absence of the Governor-General and Com-
mander-in-Chief, and the Lieutenant-Governor (if any).
Dated December 2, 1909.
EDWARD R. & I.
Edward the Seventh, by the Grace of God of the United Kingdom of
Great Britain and Ireland and of the British Dominions beyond
the Seas King, Defender of the Faith, Emperor of India: To Our
In view of the new letters patent of March 29, 1911, this clause was amended
by instructions of even date to read—
‘IX. Except for the purpose of visiting Our Territory of Papua, the Governor-
General shall not’ (&c.).
