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

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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

Collection:: Economics Books

cuap. 11] CONTROL OVER INTERNAL AFFAIRS 1047 24. While I am unable to advise Her Majesty to grant the prayer of the petitions, this decision must not be understood as an expression of opinion on the merits of the Contract, or on the action of the Government and the Legislature in connexion with it. My opinion on these points has already been made known to the inhabitants of Newfoundland by the publication of my dispatch of March 23, in which I com- mented on the extraordinary and unparalleled character of the Contract, and the serious consequences which may result from it. 25. My action has throughout been governed solely by constitutional principles, on which I am bound to act, and I think it desirable that it should be made quite clear that, in accepting the privilege of self-government, the Colony has accepted the full responsibilities inseparable from that privilege, and that if the machinery it has provided for the work of legislation and administration has proved defective, »r the persons to whom it has entrusted its destinies have failed to discharge their trust, they cannot look to Her Majesty’s Government to supplement or remedy these defects, or to judge between them and their duly chosen representatives. 26. I have to request that you will publish this dispatch for the information of those who have signed the petitions. There is perhaps no more striking proof of the freedom given in local matters to the Colonies than the treatment of the land question. In 1840 (3 & 4 Vict. c. 35) and 1847 10 & 11 Vict. c. 71) the Canadian Parliament received complete control of the lands which were situated in those provinces, and the plan adopted in every case of the grant of responsible government to the Maritime Provinces took the form of a grant of full rights over the lands in exchange for a civil list. In 1847 two Acts of Nova Scotia regarding Crown lands failed to obtain the royal assent, but after an Act of 1848 (c. 21) an Act of 1849 (c. 1) was assented to, and therefore the matter was disposed of. In 1851 (c. 3) the control of lands in Prince Edward Island was surrendered in exchange for a civil list. In 1852 an Imperial Act was passed to make good the grants in these cases, as it had been realized that the Crown in the United Kingdom had sur- rendered to the consolidated fund by the operation of the

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