Responsible government in the Dominions: Responsible government in the Dominions

Responsible government in the Dominions (Vol. 2)

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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:: 1896935052

URN:: urn:nbn:de:zbw-retromon-238139

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

Title:: Responsible government in the Dominions

Volume count:: Vol. 2

Place of publication:: Oxford

Publisher:: Clarendon Pr.

Year of publication:: 1912

Scope:: XI Seiten, Seiten 570-1100

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Title:: Part IV. The federations and the union // Chapter II. The commonwealth of Australia

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cuap. 11] THE COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA 899 revenue, which was to cover the difference between the excess of interest on the debts and the surplus revenue due to the states. This plan was not acceptable to the states, which were reluctant to give up the revenue from the railways, and one of them, New South Wales, was not anxious for the taking over of the debts at all. At the Premiers’ Conference at Hobart, in 1905, a new line was adopted, the proposal being merely to secure the future of the states by removing the time-limit of the Braddon clause. A conference in April 1906.2 at Sydney, led to the rejection of a scheme, suggested by Sir John Forrest, for the payment to the states for a definite time of a definite sum based on the receipts from customs and excise in past years, but a conference in Melbourne in October of that year seemed to bring the parties near to agreement. It was then agreed by the states to accept a proposal of Sir John Forrest to pay to sach for ten years and until further alteration of the Con- stitution a sum equal to the three-quarters of the customs and excise revenue contributed by it for the ten years pre- ceding December 31, 1910. If in any event three-quarters of the customs and excise revenue exceeded the guaranteed amount the excess should be distributed on a per capita basis. On the other hand, the Commenwealth could impose new duties for a specific purpose without returning anything to the states, and a subsequent conference of May 1907 added to that the power of increasing existing duties for such a purpose. At that conference also the arrangement was to be alterable after ten years by a simple Act. It was estimated that under this scheme there would be due to the states in 1910-11 £8,041,000. The treasurer’s scheme for a gradual conversion of the state debts and applying the surplus payments in interest was approved, but the details were not worked out pending the decision on the Braddon clause? The whole project fell through with the resignation of Sir John Forrest, and Sir W. Lyne in April 1908 proposed ! Victoria Parl. Pap., 1905, No. 29. 3 Tbid., 1906, No. 23. ¢ Commonwealth Parl, Pap., 1907-8, Nos. 2, 13. 79

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