Responsible government in the Dominions: Responsible government in the Dominions

Responsible government in the Dominions (Vol. 3)

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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:: 1896935311

URN:: urn:nbn:de:zbw-retromon-237672

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Author:: Keith, Arthur Berriedale http://d-nb.info/gnd/119086794

Title:: Responsible government in the Dominions

Volume count:: Vol. 3

Place of publication:: Oxford

Publisher:: Clarendon Pr.

Year of publication:: 1912

Scope:: XII Seiten, Seiten 1102-1670

Digitisation:: 2022

Collection:: Economics Books

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Title:: Part V. Imperial control over Dominion administration and legislation

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1292 ADMINISTRATION AND LEGISLATION [PART V It should ultimately in 1933 consist of 8 armoured and 10 protected cruisers, 18 destroyers, 12 submarines and 4 dép6t and repair ships, involving a capital cost of £23,290,000, an annual charge after completion of £1,226,000 for main- tenance, 15,000 men for manning at a cost of £2,226,000, £40,000,000 for docks, and a total annual vote of £4,794,000. The plan seems bold and worthy of full consideration, but the number of men required is a serious consideration at a time when Australian prosperity renders it hard to attract men fo a life subject even to the most modified naval discipline. The Commonwealth ! Act, No. 30, empowers the Governor- General in Council to appoint a Board of Administration for the naval forces to be called the Naval Board, and to appoint and promote officers of the naval forces, and to appoint an officer to command the whole or any portion of the naval forces. The appointment or promotion of an officer is not, however, to create a civil contract between the King or the Commonwealth and the officer, a provision necessary in maintaining the right of the Crown or the Commonwealth to dispense summarily with the services of any officer. Officers are not to be promoted except provisionally, unless they pass the prescribed examinations within a prescribed time, which must not exceed eighteen months after appoint- ment, but the requirement of this section may be dispensed with by the Governor-General in Council in the case of persons who are officers of the King’s regular naval forces. Appointments shall be during pleasure, but an officer’s commission shall not be cancelled except for cause and after he has been called upon to answer in his own defence. Except in time of war, an officer may resign his commission on giving not less than three months’ notice. The seniority of officers shall be determined by regulations. Provision is made for appointment or promotion without examination for distinguished service, or for marked ability and gallantry on active service. Naval colleges and instructional establish- See Parliamentary Debates, 1910, pp. 4489-95 (Sen. Pearce), 5667- 1601; 1650-3 (Mr. Hughes), 1653-7 (Mr. Cook), 1657-62, 1671, 1672. Act No. 18 appropriates £2.590,000 for naval defence.

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