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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Title:: Chapter VIII. The constitutional relations of the houses

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606 PARLIAMENTS OF THE DOMINIONS [PART III a coalition government and he had been compelled to rein- state Sir James McCulloch and his colleagues in office, and the difficulty was only terminated by the arrangement under which Sir Charles Darling, on the prospect of further employ- ment under the Crown, relinquished his claim to the pro- posed grant. It was clear that the feeling of the House was very strong. He himself was prepared to undertake the responsibility in a matter which appeared to him of Colonial interest only, but in view of the dispatch from the Secretary of State of January 1, 1868, he felt bound to refer home for instructions. In a reply of December 20, 1877,! Lord Carnarvon stated that the payment of the members of Parliament was a matter with which the Parliament and Government of Victoria alone had to deal, for it involved no question calling for the intervention of the Imperial Government on which it seemed to him incumbent on him to express an opinion. Under the circumstances, on further discussion with his ministers, the Governor consented to recommend, as was necessary under the Constitution Act, the formal inclusion of the item in the Colonial Estimates. On November 28, 1877.2 the Governor reported that the question of privilege had arisen between the two Houses on the question of a Bill for appropriating £38,000 for the erection of certain defence works recommended for the Colony by Sir William Jervois, on the ground that the preamble infringed the privileges of the Upper House. He pointed out that the preamble was adopted, with the necessary changes, from certain Imperial Acts to which no exception had been taken by the House of Lords. The two Houses, however, continued to wrangle, and the Legislative Council insisted that they had powers other than those of the House of Lords. Then the Legislative Council proceeded to reject the Appropriation Bill, which contained the provision for the payment of members. The ministers then advised the Governor to make, and he made, large temporary reductions in the public expenditure, dispensing * Parl, Pap., C. 1982, p. 14, ¢ Ibid., p. 24,

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