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PART I. INTRODUCTORY 
CHAPTER I. ORIGIN AND HISTORY OF RESPONSIBLE 
GOVERNMENT . 
§ 1. Tue ORIGIN OF REPRESENTATIVE (OVERNMENT . 
=Legislative authority of the Crown as regards conquered 
and settled Colonies 
Canada . . 
Newfoundland . 
Australia . . ; 
New Zealand 
$2. THE INSTABILITY OF REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT 
Representative government essentially unstable . 
Case of Jamaica " 
$3. RESPONSIBLE GOVERNMENT IN CANADA 
I. (a) Canada ‘ . . 
Lord Durham’s Report . 
Lord John Russell’s Dispatches 
Mr. Baldwin’s Resolutions 
Lord Elgin’s Administration 
(b) Nova Scotia . ” 2 
(¢) New Brunswick . ’ . 
(d) Prince Edward Island . 
(e} The other Provinces 
II. Newfoundland . 
} 4. RESPONSIBLE GOVERNMENT IN AUSTRALIA 
I. Australia . . . . 
(a) New South Wales 
(b) Victoria . . 
(¢) South Australia 
{d) Tasmania 5 
{e) Queensland 
(f) Western Australia 
II. New Zealand 
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