Thomson's manual of Pacific Northwest finance

Responsible government in the Dominions (Vol. 1)

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Identifikator:: 1838857176

URN:: urn:nbn:de:zbw-retromon-229226

Document type:: Monograph

Title:: Thomson's manual of Pacific Northwest finance

Place of publication:: Seattle

Publisher:: Thomson's Statistical Service

Year of publication:: 1930

Scope:: XXX, 487 Seiten

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Collection:: Economics Books

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Title:: Section IV. Lumber and timber companies

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cHAP. vii] CABINET SYSTEM IN DOMINIONS 343 be expected that a council of advice for Imperial purposes could be formed out of such material, but nothing has hitherto been done to carry out this end,! the responsibility for the failure to act resting with the Dominions and not with the Imperial Government. It is doubtful how far this difficulty can be overcome : if, of course, the appointment were purely ministerial, and the post were held from time to time by the minister appointed by the Government of the day, the result might easily be that the officer acting in the post would be able more nearly to express the sentiments of his Government, but it cannot be ignored that such an arrangement would have the disadvantage of resulting in more frequent changes of officers than at present, when several Agents-General or High Commissioners have been retained in office for many years,® thus, as far as the non-political interest of the places they represent are concerned, acquiring experience and knowledge superior to that which could ever be possessed by officers who were frequently changed. The Provinces of Canada are represented in this country by Agents-General or minor agents, but these officers are not accredited to or officially recognized by the Imperial Govern- ment as is the Dominion High Commissioner, as the Dominion Government alone represents the Dominion. This state of affairs has recently elicited a vigorous protest from the Premier of Ontario, and is resented also in British Columbia and elsewhere.3 * This was one of the proposals for the Imperial Conference of 1911 made by New Zealand ; see Parl. Pap., Cd. 5513, p. 6; below Part VIII. At times Agents-General have tried to secure election to Parliament, but Sir J. Vogel's desire to do so led to his retirement, and of late there have been no cases where Agents-General have sat in the House of Commons. * Lord Strathcona for Canada from 1896 to 1911; Mr. P. Reeves for New Zealand from 1896 to 1908, when he resigned, since then Sir W. Hall Jones ; Sir R. Solomon for the Transvaal from 1906, and since 1910 for the Union. Several Agents-General have held office for long periods, e. g. Sir H. Tozer tor ten years for Queensland, the late Mr. Dobson for several years for Tas. mania, &c. The Australian States still have Agents- General with full status. * Cf. the fact that ex-members of Provincial Executive Councils receive the term ‘ Hon.’ only in Canada and England by courtesy, not officially ; soe Canadian Annual Review, 1905, n. 185.

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