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-

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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

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Collection:: Economics Books

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

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1132 ADMINISTRATION AND LEGISLATION [PART Vv alike, and compensation was paid to the victims of the riots in question. It results from their position as parts of the Empire that the Dominions have no status as international entities. Accordingly no ministers are accredited to them, and the Consular officers who are accredited to the Governments are not invested with any diplomatic status as a general rule, though no doubt in particular cases, as in the case of the agreements in 1910 made by Canada with the German Consul-General and the Royal Consul for Italy with regard to trade matters, the Consuls are for the time being permitted to hold a position which is semi-diplomatic, though not completely so. But Consuls are entitled in the Dominions to no diplomatic privileges, though they receive certain courtesies,! mainly in the shape of the exemption from customs duties for stores for their official use, in cases where the Consul is not a British subject engaged in trade in the Dominion. It is provided also by the Colonial regulations that communications from the Governor to a foreign Consul or Consul-General should be signed, in the case of a Colony having responsible government, by the Governor’s Private Secretary. In some minor matters a certain degree of independent recognition is ascribed to the Dominions. Thus in postal matters the Dominions are represented at postal conferences and have votes like the Imperial Government itself, and the same remark applies to the Radio-Telegraphic Convention.? Under that convention it is probable His Majesty’s Govern- ment will obtain at conferences the same number of votes as is accorded to the British Empire under the Postal Union Convention of Rome, namely six. ! Lord Dudley refused to accord Consuls in Australia the private entrée (Daily Telegraph, October 5, 1908), and the same rule has been adopted in South Africa; for Canada, see House of Commons Debates, 1909-10, pp. 853-5; 1910-11, pp. 973-80. The consent of a Government is always asked for the appointment of a Consul; see e.g. the case of Chinese Consuls in New Zealand, Parl. Pap., 1908, A. 1, pp. 3, 4. * New Zealand Parl. Pap., 1908, A. 1, pp. 3,4. On such matters direct correspondence with foreign Governments is allowed, e.g. New Zealand Parl, Pap., 1910, F. 7.

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