Responsible government in the Dominions: Responsible government in the Dominions

Responsible government in the Dominions (Vol. 1)

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Author:: Keith, Arthur Berriedale http://d-nb.info/gnd/119086794

Title:: Responsible government in the Dominions

Place of publication:: Oxford

Publisher:: Clarendon Press

Year of publication:: 1912-

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URN:: urn:nbn:de:zbw-retromon-236504

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Author:: Keith, Arthur Berriedale http://d-nb.info/gnd/119086794

Title:: Responsible government in the Dominions

Volume count:: Vol. 1

Place of publication:: Oxford

Publisher:: Clarendon Pr.

Year of publication:: 1912

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Title:: Part II. The executive Government

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98 THE EXECUTIVE GOVERNMENT [PART II Parliament to sanction the proposal, and ended in the retire- ment of the Governor-General! In Canada, the Common- wealth,and the Union the salary fixed is £10,000 ayear; in New Zealand it is £5,000 with £2,000 allowances ; in the others it varies from £5,000 in New South Wales and Victoria, £4,000 in South and Western Australia, £3,000 in Queensland, £2,750 inTasmania, to $10,000 in Newfoundland. In all cases exemp- tion from customs duties on official belongings is accorded.2 The different Dominions also vary in their treatment of the staff of the Governor-General or Governor. In the case of Canada an efficient official staff is provided, which is paid for by the Dominion Government, and the members of which are members of the Canadian Civil Service, but as long as they are employed in the Governor-General’s office are under his sole control as regards their conduct of affairs. In addition there is a Secretary to the Governor-General, paid by Canada but chosen by the Governor-General himself, and changing with the different Governors-General. In the Commonwealth of Australia there is, besides the Governor-General’s private secretary, who is not paid by the Government, an official pri- vate secretary, an officer of the Commonwealth Government, by whom he is paid, but under the control of the Governor- General, and that officer is provided with a clerical staff. Similar arrangements are made in the other Dominions and States, but the Governor is essentially left to deal with matters which come before him unaided save by the assis- bance which his private secretaries can render. The help given has been in at least three cases in recent years consider- ably increased by the selection of members of the Colonial Office for the task in Canada, Australia, and South Africa. The Governor or officer administering is in every case entitled locally to the style of Excellency—a style also given bo the Lieutenant-Governors by courtesv—and in the case * Commonwealth Parl. Pap., 1901, ii. 827, 833; Turner, Australian Commonweaith, pp. 37 seq. Cf. Parliamentary Debates, 1910, pp. 6675-86. * In some cases legal arrangements exist as to payment of Governors on leave and acting officers, as in New Zealand (Act No. 22); in others. as in the Federations and Union, it is left to arrangement.

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