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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Collection:: Economics Books

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Title:: Part V. Imperial control over dominion administration and legislation // Chapter II. Imperial control over the inernal affairs of the dominions

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sHAP. 11] CONTROL OVER INTERNAL AFFAIRS 1037 Governor, and in 1883 a Bill to allow of the federation with New Zealand of any island in the Pacific of which the constituted authority made proposals to that effect to the Government of New Zealand. The proposal was clearly far too ambitious a one, and in any case the matter was one to be dealt with by the Imperial Government and not by a local Act.l Tn 1900 the Bill (No. 73) to establish an ensign for New Zealand was reserved and not assented to, being replaced by a later Act. New Zealand is the only Dominion which has a distinctive flag for shore purposes as well as at sea, under the Merchant Shipping Act, 1894.2 The relations of the Imperial Government to the Dominions in money matters have several times been discussed. The view that in any sense the Imperial Government is responsible for the finances of a self-governing colony because the Governor assents to Acts and they are not disallowed by the Imperial Government? has been strenuously and correctly denied by the Secretary of State. The matter came to an issue in 1895, when the distress in Newfoundland in consequence of the failure of the Commercial Bank caused the Government, through their special commissioner, Sir F. Evans, to ask that the Imperial Government should guarantee the sum of £20,000 a year for twenty-five years as interest on bonds which they proposed to issue; the Imperial Government declined to do so, as it was a necessary conse- quence of the fact that Newfoundland bad responsible government that it should not look for Imperial assistance in any financial matters: but they were ready, as the distress was so great, to send out a special commissioner who would inquire into matters and relieve actual cases of distress. The Colonial Government then asked that a loan might be made to enable the savings-bank, which was embarrassed by the failure of the banks. to meet the loans of depositors, t Parl. Pap., H. C. 196, 1894, p. 11. * Parl. Pap., H. C. 184, 1908, p. 4; Canadian Annual Review, 1910, pp. 261, 358; below, pp. 1314, 1315. 3 New Zealand Parl. Pap.. 1873-4, A. 2, No. 25; cf. Colonial Stock det, 1877.

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