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30 PRECEDENCE 53. The Senior Chaplains of the Church of Scotland in Bengal, Madras, and Bombay.

54. Remembrancers of Legal Affairs and Government Advocates under Local Governments.

55. Officers in the First Class Graded List of Civil Offices not reserved for Members of the Indian Civil Service.

56. 59. 60. 61. 62. 63. 64. 65. 66. 67. 68. 69. 7L 74. THIRD CLASS. Members of the Indian Civil Service of 18 years' standing ; and Lieutenant-Colonels. The Deputy Director, Royal Indian Marine. The Assistant Director, Royal _ Indian Marine. Commanders and Inspectors of Machinery, Royal Indian ]Iarine. Political Agents and Superintendents draw- ing less than Rs. 2000 a month (not being Collectors or Deputy Commissioners of British Districts), within their own charges. Secretaries to Local Administrations, other than those already specified. Consvilting Engineers to the Government of India for Railways. Private Secretaries to Governors. Military Secretaries to Governors. Administrators-General. Sanitary Commissioners under Local Govern- ments ; Post-Masters-General ; the Comp- troller, Post Office ; and Conservators of Forests, first grade. Directors of Public Instruction and Inspee- tors-CTeneral of Police and Prisons under Local Administrations, and Comptrollers and Deputy Auditors-General. Managers of State Railvva^ys other than the Xorth-Western Railway ; Chairman of the Port Tru^t, Bombay ; and Chair- man of the Port Tru^t. Calcutta. Vice-Chairman of the Port Trust. Calcutta; Directors of Traffic and Construction, Indian Telegraj^h Department ; Exam- iners of Accounts, Pviblic Works De- partment, first class ; Officers of the Superior Revenue Establishment of State Railways, first class, first grade ; Super- intending Engineers, Public Works De- partment, first class ; Superintendents of the Survey of India Department, first grade. Inspectors-General of Registration and Directors of Land Records and Agricul- ture, under Local Governments. Senior Chaplains other than those already specified. Sheriffs within their own charges. Officers in the Second Class Graded List of Civil Offices not reserved for Members of the Indian Civil Service. FOURTH CLASS. Members of the Indian Civil Service of 12 years' standing, and Majors. 75. Lieutenants of over 8 years' standing, and Chief Engineers of the Royal Indian Marine. 76. Government Solicitors. 77. Inspectors -General of Registration, Sani- tary Commissioners and Directors of Land Records and Agriculture under Local Administrations. 78. Olficers in the Third Class Graded List of Civil Offices not reserved for Members of the Indian Civil Service. Among the results of this as well as previous warrants are two, peculiar to India. The wives of Bishops, etc., have equal rank with their husbands ; and the wives of Baronets or Knights of Orders have no rank whatever, although they are persons of title, unless their husbands hold an office of some kind, and even then thej^ must take rank according to that office. PRECEDENCE IN CANADA. In the year 1868 official precedence in Canada was defined to be according to the following order, and was communicated to the then Governor- General, Lord Monck, by the Secretary of State for the Colonies, as approved by the Queen, and to be observed within the Dominion, then newly constituted: — 1. The Governor-General. 2. The Commander of the Troops within the Dominion, if a General, and the Commander of the Naval Forces on the North American Station, if an Admiral, their own relative rank to be determined by the Queen's Regulations. 3. The Lieutenant-Governors of Ontario, Quebec, Nova Scotia, and New Brimswick. 4. The Archbishops and Bishops of each Com- mimion, according to seniority of consecra- tion, and without regard to any titular distinction. 5. The members of the Cabinet, according to seniority. 6. The Speaker of the Senate. 7. The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada. 8. The Chief Judges of the Courts of Law and Equity, according to seniority. 9. Privy Cotmsellors, who are not members of the Cabinet. General Officers serving in the Dominion, and Admirals serving on the Station, not being in the chief command. Other Officers commanding in the Dominion, or on the Station, 12. Members of the Senate. 13. The Speaker of the House of Commons. 14. Puisne Judges of the Supreme Court, accord- ing to seniorit,v. Puisne Judges of the Cottrts of Law and Equity, according to seniority. Retired Judges take precedence next after active Judges of their respective Courts. Members of the House of Commons. Members of the Executive Cotmcil (Pro- vincial) within the Province. 18. Speaker of the Legislative Council within his province. 19. Members of the Legislative Council. 20. Speaker of Legislative Assembly. 21. Members of Legislative Assembly within their province. 10. 11. 15. 16. 17. PRECEDENCE AMONGST LADIES. The rank of married women is derived from and corresponds to that of their husbands ; but this rule admits of many exceptions, of which the following may be enumerated : — A woman noble by hirth does not lose her rank if she marries a commoner ; but it is otherwise should she marry a peer, for then her precedence is regulated by that of her husband. Although daughters of dukes and marquises take place above the wives of barons, yet the daughter of the premier duke of England would ^inlc to the rank of a baroness if she married a baron ; if, however, she married a lord by cotirtesy, or any other commoner, or a bishop, her rank, prece- dence, and title would remain unchanged. The widow of a peer, baronet, or knight, may retain her title notwithstanding a second marriage ; but in the case of the first and last mentioned, she does so only by courtesy ; and strictly speak- ing, loses her precedence : it is, therefore, only those noble by birth who come within the limits of these observations. Nevertheless the widow of a peer marrying another peer as a 2nd husband (say a duchess dowager marrying a baron) retains the title and precedence springing from the first husband, and is still a duchess, marchioness, etc., as the case may be ; for in this respect all the nobility are pares, and therefore such a second