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

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cap. 11] CONTROL OVER INTERNAL AFFAIRS 1039 the Bill, as it affected the interests of persons not resident in the Colony. In replying to his request for instructions on March 7, the Secretary of State was not prepared to direct reservation, as the matter was one for which the Government of Newfoundland must be responsible. He desired, however, that the rights of the Company should be properly safe- guarded ; if this were not done, the Governor should not assent ! until a second Bill had been passed. The Legislature at once passed a Bill to safeguard all the rights of the Company. In reply to his telegram announcing this the Governor was authorized to assent to the Bill, which he accordingly did. Mr. Chamberlain followed up this telegram with a dispatch of March 23, 1898, in which he wrote as follows «— 2 In my telegram of the 2nd instant I informed you that if your Ministers, after fully considering the objections urged to the proposed contract with Mr. R. G. Reid for the sale and operation of the Government railways and other pur- poses, still pressed for your signature to that instrument, you would not be constitutionally justified in refusing to follow their advice, as the responsibility for the measure rested entirely with them. 2. Whatever views I may hold as to the propriety of the contract, it is essentially a question of local finance, and as Her Majesty's Government have no responsibility for the finances of self-governing colonies, it would be improper for them to interfere in such a case unless Imperial interests were directly involved. On these constitutional grounds I was unable to advise you to withhold your assent to the Bill confirming the contract. 3. I have now received your dispatches as noted in the margin, giving full information as to the terms of the contract, and the grounds upon which your Government have sup- ported it, as well as the reasons for which it was opposed by the Leader and some members of the Opposition. 4. I do not propose to enter upon a discussion of the details of the contract, or of the various arguments for and against it, but I cannot refrain from expressing my views as to the ' Not to reserve, which cannot probably be done in Newfoundland, but merely to delay assent, as a Governor can legally do. See p. 1016, n. 1. t Parl. Pap., C. 8867, p. 23.

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