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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Identifikator:: 1896934455

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

Scope:: LI, 568 Seiten

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Collection:: Economics Books

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Title:: Part II. The executive Government

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312 THE EXECUTIVE GOVERNMENT [PART IT State of Canada, Receiver-General, Secretary of State for the Provinces, and President of the Council, the latter post being akin to the post of President of the Council in England, in that it was mainly an honorary ministry, but was not without portfolio. In 1873, on the coming into office of the Mackenzie Government, there were appointed fourteen ministers, two without portfolio, Mr. Blake and Mr. R. W. Scott. Subsequently the number was reduced to thirteen, but one representative was given to Prince Edward Island, which joined the Dominion in 1873. In 1878 the Speaker of the Senate received a call to the Privy Council, though without portfolio! and in 1880, when he accepted the Lieutenant-Governorship of New Brunswick, his successor in the chair was so appointed.2 In 1873 the office of Secretary of State for the Provinces was abolished, and a new Ministry of the Interior created to deal with Indian affairs, Dominion lands, and some other matters formerly entrusted to the Secretary of State for Canada. The Minister of the Interior is also responsible for the geological survey of Canada, which is presided over by an officer of high technical qualifications. In 1892 immigration was transferred from the Ministry of Agriculture to the Ministry of the Interior, but the Minister of the Interior still remains without the control of copyrights, patents, and trade marks, which the Minister of Agriculture retains in view of their close connexion with the subject- matter of his office. The Secretary of State for Canada retains the work connected with the provinces, and the preservation of records, miscellaneous correspondence, and the registration of instruments of summons, proclamations, commissions, letters patent, writs, and other documents issued under the Great Seal and requiring to be registered. He is also in charge of the department of public printing and stationery, organized in 1886. In 1909 a new office was created under the Secretary of State, that of Under-Secretary of State for External Affairs, to deal with the many important matters in which Canada was interested affecting her external relations with foreign powers, and especially of course her * Canada Gazette, November 9, 1878. * Ibid., February 12. 1880.

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