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government of such territories, or parts of territories,
as it might not be advisable to include in any
presidency or Lieutenant-Governorship. With the
sanction of the Secretary of State, the Governor-General
 in Council is €mpowered by proclamation
to take territories unprovided for by the provincial
arrangement, or not included in the presidencies,
under his own immediate authority, or otherwise to
provide for their administration,
Under this Act the local administrations under
Chief Commissioners were constituted, the term
“local administrations » distinguishing them from
local governments. In these cases the Government
of India is also the local government, and the Chief
Commissioner simply administers under the orders
of the local government. By this arrangement
provision is made for al] the various territories,
however scattered or separated from the presidencies
 or larger provinces. By an Indian Act,
passed in 1832, the Governor-General relieved
himself of the detailed work of administering these
smaller territories by delegating certain of his
powers to Chief Commissioners, but since then by
the General Clauses Act, Section 2, Clause 10,
(I of 1868) these Chief Commissioners are included
within the term « local government,” and, unless
where an express provision exists to the contrary,
a Chief Commissioner is as much a local government
 as a Lieutenant-Governoy.