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 V. Imperial control over dominion administration and legislation // Chapter III. The treatment of native races

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1074 ADMINISTRATION AND LEGISLATION [parTvV expenses of the Commission shall be borne by the respective territories in proportion to their respective revenues. The Governor-General in Council shall annually prepare a report on the territories, which is to be laid before both Houses of Parliament.! These provisions, which represent the principle on which the administration of the territories is at present carried out, can be altered by an Act of the Union Parliament, but any Bill affecting the provisions of the schedule must be reserved for the signification of His Majesty’s pleasure, and cannot therefore come into force without the approval of His Majesty’s Government. At least this seems to be the force of 5. 25 of the Schedule. The protection thus assured for the natives of the terri- tories on their becoming part of the Union appears as com- plete as it can be made by law, and should go far to obviate any fears which may exist as to any loss of native rights on the Protectorates becoming part of the South African Union. The Basuto chiefs appear to have accepted as adequate the assurances given as to their future in the Union, and in any case the transfer cannot, it is obvious, be carried out at any very early date, as no alteration in existing conditions could conveniently be made pending the coming into full operation of the Union Government. At the same time, the surrender of control over the Pro- tectorates will necessitate the definitive assumption by the Union Government of responsibility for military control, so that the Imperial garrison may be reduced to a mere guard for the naval establishment at the Cape, or be totally with- drawn.* If Imperial troops are to be potentially available for maintaining order among the natives as at present—for they would and must be used in any case of disaster to the Colonial militia—the Imperial Government cannot, of course, renounce control, as it remains responsible to the Imperial Parliament. ' This is in imitation of the present reports issued by the Colonial Office. Similarly reports on Papua and on the Indians are presented to the Australian and Canadian Parliaments every year respectively. * Cf. Mr. Molteno in House of Commons Debales. ix. 986.

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