COLONIAL PRECEDENCE.

Evening Post, Volume LV, Issue 127, 31 May 1898, Page 6

COLONIAL PRECEDENCE.

« s By the courtesy of the Premier we are enabled to give the following draft table of ooal and intercolonial precedence," adopted at the Conference of Premiers held at Hobart in February, 1897, aud transmitted to the Secretary of State for the Colonies for sanction. Tho Secretary of State has not yet replied, we understand, to the communication, and the oversight or delay would seem to justify an 6fiicial reminder:-— The Governor or Officer Administering the Government ; the Lieuteuant-Governor ; the Officer in Command of Her Majesty's Naval Forces on the Australian Station, if of the rank of an Admiral ; the Chief Justice; the Premier; other Members forming the Cabinet, in order of precedence among themselves; the President of the Legislative Council; the Speaker of the House of Assemblyorßepresentatives ; other Members of the Executive Council and ex-members of the Executive Council duly authorised to use the prefix of "Honourable" according to seniority of title of right to n<e the same; the Puisne Judges; the Members of the Legislative Council ; the Members of the House of Assembly or Representatives ; the Officer Commanding the Local Porces; all other persoils to occupy positions prescribed by local table of precedence ' the wives of the foregoing to enjoy the precedence of their husbands.