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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300 THE EXECUTIVE GOVERNMENT [PART It High Commissioner for South-eastern Africa, and formerly the Governor of Natal was also a Special Commissioner for Zulu- land, which was annexed in 1897 to the Colony.! Moreover, in the early days of the Cape the Governor as High Com- missioner was invested with control over the Crown Colonies which were gradually absorbed by the Cape : British Kaffraria, (annexed in 1865 under Act No. 3), Griqualand West (annexed in 1880 under Act No. 39 of 1877), British Bechuanaland annexed in 1895 under Act No. 41 of 1895),2 and minor territories. In all these cases the High Commissioner was expected to manage affairs on his own responsibility, but to accommodate matters so far as possible to the views of his ministers. This was not always easy, and for a time Sir H. Robinson had great trouble in carrying on affairs, and the Rev. J. Mackenzie, who was for some time in charge of Bechuanaland, proposed that the posts of Governor and High Commissioner should be separated.? The reasons against this proposal were, however, then overwhelming. There was not sufficient work for a High Commissioner who had no other duties; the protectorates were held in the interests of the Cape and Natal, and the adoption of a policy of separation would have been idle and useless, the real aim being to secure the interests of the Colonies. On the other hand, annexation was not always wise; for example, Basutoland. after a premature annexation in 1871 and a rash attempt at disarmament, had to be retransferred to the direct Imperial control in 1884. ' See Parl. Pap., C. 8782. ! See Parl, Pap., C. 7932. It was made a Crown Colony in 1885. See Parl. Pap., C. 5488 (1888). Yor the powers of the High Commissioner before Union, see Parl, Pagp., H. C. 130, 1905. He still controls the protectorates and Basutoland, and represents the control of the Imperial Government over Rhodesia, which is administered by the Chartered Company. In his functions as regards Rhodesia he acts on his own responsibility, but in general harmony with the views of his Government in the Union. Cf. the discussion of the Umteli outrage question in February 1911.

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