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-

Collection:: Economics Books

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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

Digitisation:: 2022

Collection:: Economics Books

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

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cuap. m1] THE UNION OF SOUTH AFRICA 991 position, and as naturally the Transvaal was not prepared to yield so long as it required native labour. It was there- fore of great importance that the Transvaal was able to promise to the two Colonies concerned one-half of the trade, 30 per cent. to Natal and 20 to the Cape, while the rest goes to Delagoa Bay. The proportions recently in force were 24 per cent. to Natal and 12 per cent. to the Cape, so the change was a popular one. This concession by the Transvaal to Natal, coupled with the grant by the Cape of the right to an excessive representation of seventeen members in the House of Assembly, instead of the twelve to which it is qualified by the population, were designed to render that Colony disposed to accept unification instead of federation, 0 which the most prominent Natal statesmen have leaned. There is not much of constitutional interest in these financial clauses. They avoid any such difficulty as faced the Commonwealth, that of settling the proportions of revenue from customs to be assigned to the central and the state Governments, a problem which seems almost incapable of satisfactory settlement. On the other hand, it seems very doubtful whether the new Constitution will tulfil the hopes of the framers for economy ; it appears that so impartial a judge as Mr. Merriman has expressed himself with hesitation on this topic. The attempt to take the railways out of direct political management is noteworthy, as there is no doubt that in the Dominions generally there is too much tendency for the Government to construct lines— as has notoriously been done in the Cape—on purely partisan considerations, but its success is doubtful. There is to be free trade throughout the Union, but other- wise the existing tariffs and excise duties will remain in force fs, 136). * See Parl. Pap., Cd. 3564, pp. 20 seq. The arrangement as to traffic was made binding on the Union Government after the Bloemfontein Convention as s. 148 (2) of the Act; see Cd. 4721, p. 3. Its position in that clause is curious, but natural. It was only rendered possible by a new Convention in 1909 with Mozambique, Cd. 4587 (Art. xxiii).

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