§ 80. Sir G. Foxasked the Secretary of State for the Colonies what was the last occasion on which a Governor of a Crown Colony did not hold the usual ceremonial for swearing in; and why this has been dispensed with in the Leeward Islands.
Mr. Creech JonesBy constitutional instruments a Governor is required only to have his Commission read out and to 289W take the Oath of Allegiance and the Oath for the due execution of his Office. Any ceremonial attending his swearing in is not prescribed and is entirely a matter for the Governor. I find no record that the requirements of the instruments have ever been dispensed with either in the Leeward Islands or in any other Colony. The ceremonial which had been usual on such occasions in the Leeward Islands was observed when Earl Baldwin was sworn in. No such ceremonial is customary either in the Leeward Islands or elsewhere when anyone is sworn to administer the Government in the absence of the Governor.