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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cHAP. VI] TRADE RELATIONS AND CURRENCY 1165 ment had intimated that they would be prepared to consider favourably a general customs union for the whole of Australia with an equitable division of the proceeds of importation, but when the matter was discussed in a conference at Melbourne in June 1870, it was found impossible to agree to any such union, as New South Wales desired it to be on a free-trade basis, and Victoria wanted it to be on a protection basis. The conference, however, with the views of which New Zealand and Queensland were in harmony, though not present at the conference, were in favour of the right to establish preferential duties inter se, while they definitely repudiated any claim to be allowed to make treaties, and asked only such privileges as have been given in the case of the Canadian Provinces before federation, and as was accorded in the Acts of 1867 regarding the transit of goods across the Murray between New South Wales and Victoria. In the papers sent home by the Governor of Tasmania on July 14, 1870, was a long minute by the Attorney-General of New Zealand! who argued that there could be no insuperable objection to an arrangement which had existed in the case of Canada before federation under laws of 1859 and of 1866 of Canada, and c. 8 of the Revised Statutes of Nova Scotia, and he pointed out that there was no treaty known to him which bound countries to receive national treatment if one Colony made concessions to another Colony, though the Belgian treaty of 1862 forbade the Colonies to give prefer- ence to the Mother Country. On October 272 the Governor forwarded a copy of the inter-colonial free-trade Bill (No. 43), which was admittedly ultra vires, but which it was desired should be rendered legal by Imperial legislation. On October 82 the Governor of South Australia sent home a petition on the question from the Parliament asking for the repeal of the provision against differential duties, and the Parliament of New Zealand passed a Bill (No. 99) for the purpose of authorizing reciprocity with the Aus tralian Colonies. ! Parl. Pap., C. 576, pp. 39, 40. * Ibid., p. 52. 1279-3 2

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