"Dormant Commission" for Western Pacific Administration
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Western Pacific Administration
UNDER powers given by the Pacific Order in Council of 1893, the British Colonial Office has granted a “Dormant Commission” to the Senior Member of the Executive Council of the Colony of Fiji, under which that person becomes automatically authorised to act as High Commissioner for the Western Pacific, in the event of the High Com missioner, for any reason, being incapable of discharging the duties of administra tion.
This system supersedes that employed for many years past, under which the Secretary of the Commission was given special authority to act, in the absence of the High Commissioher.
Mr. A. T. Newboult \is at present the Senior Member of Fiji’s Executive Council. i