1580 - PREROGATIVE INSTRUMENTS 
ander the Public Seal of the Union, constitute and appoint any 
person to be his Deputy within the Union during such temporary 
absence,! and in that capacity to exercise, perform, and execute for 
and on behalf of the Governor-General during such absence, but no 
longer, all such powers and authorities vested in the Governor- 
General, as shall in and by such instrument be specified and limited, 
but no others. Every such Deputy shall conform to and observe 
all such instructions as the Governor-General shall from time to time 
address to him for his guidance. Provided, nevertheless, that by 
the appointment of a Deputy, as aforesaid, the power and authority 
of the Governor-General shall not be abridged, altered, or in any way 
affected, otherwise than We may at any time hereafter think proper 
to direct. 
Provided further that, if any such Deputy shall have been duly 
appointed, it shall not be necessary during the continuance in office 
of such Deputy for any person to assume the Government of the 
Union as Administrator thereof. 
VIL. And We do hereby require and command all Our Officers 
and Ministers, Civil and Military, and all other the inhabitants of 
the Union, to be obedient, aiding, and assisting unto the Governor- 
General, or, in the event of his death, incapacity, or absence, to such 
person or persons as may, from time to time, under the provisions 
of these Our Letters Patent, administer the Government of the 
Union. 
VIII. And We do hereby reserve to Ourselves, Our heirs and 
successors, full power and authority from time to time to revoke, 
alter, or amend these Our Letters Patent as to Us or them shall seem 
meet. 
IX. These Our Letters Patent shall be proclaimed at such place 
or places within the Union as the Governor-General shall think fit, 
and shall commence and come into operation on the day fixed by Our 
Proclamation for the establishment of the Union, whereupon the 
Letters Patent and Instructions described in the Schedule hereto, 
to the extent therein specified shall, without prejudice to anything 
lawfully done thereunder, be revoked. 
In witness whereof We have caused these Our Letters to be made 
Patent. Witness OQurself at Westminster this Twenty-ninth day of 
December, in the Ninth Year of Our Reign. 
By Warrant under the King’s Sign Manual, 
MUIR MACKENZIE 
' The Act, 8. 11, only authorizes the appointment of a Deputy during the 
temporary absence of the Governor-General, presumably from the Union (not 
merely from the seat of Government), so that the provision in the latter case 
may rest on the prerocative.