1608 PREROGATIVE INSTRUMENTS 
such Deputy shall conform to and observe all such instructions as 
Our said Governor 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 Our said Governor 
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 Our said Colony as 
Administrator thereof. 
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INSTRUCTIONS passed under the Royal Sign Manual and 
Signet to the Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the 
Island of Newfoundland and its Dependencies. 
Dated March 28. 1876. 
VICTORIA R. 
Instructions to Our Governor and Commander-in-Chief in and over 
Our Island of Newfoundland and its Dependencies, or, in his 
absence, to Our Lieutenant-Governor, or the Officer Administering 
the Government of Our said Island and its Dependencies for the 
time being. 
Dated this 28th day of March, 1876, in the thirty-ninth year of 
Our Reign. 
WHEREAS by certain Letters Patent, bearing even date here- 
with, We have constituted, ordered, and declared that there shall be 
a Governor and Commander-in-chief (hereinafter called Our said 
Governor) in and over Our Island of Newfoundland and its Depen- 
dencies (hereinafter called Our said Colony). And We have thereby 
authorized and commanded Our said Governor to do and execute in 
due manner all things that shall belong to his said command, and to 
the trust We have reposed in him, according to the several powers 
and authorities granted or appointed him by virtue of the said Letters 
Patent and of the Commission to be issued to him under Our Sign 
Manual and Signet, and according to such Instructions as may from 
time to time be given to him, under Our Sign Manual and Signet, or 
by Our Order in Our Privy Council, or by Us through One of Our 
Principal Secretaries of State, and according to such Laws and 
Ordinances as are or shall hereafter be in force in Our said Colony. 
Now, therefore, We do by these Our Instructions under Our Sign 
Manual and Signet, declare Our pleasure to be, that Our said Governor 
for the time being shall with all due solemnity cause Our Commission 
under Our Sign Manual and Signet, appointing Our said Governor 
for the time being, to be read and published in the presence of the 
Chief Justice of Qur said Colony for the time being, and of the 
Members of Our Executive Council thereof; and We do further 
declare Our pleasure to be that Our said Governor and every other