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

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1182 ADMINISTRATION AND LEGISLATION [rarTV case of the argument that since 1850 the Imperial Govern- ment had assented sometimes reluctantly, sometimes quite readily, to a system of inter-colonial preference in that Dominion, no doubt in anticipation of federation. More- over, the Imperial Government were most anxious for reciprocity with America for Canada, and arranged such a measure in the Treaty of 1854 whch permitted Canada to accept better terms in American markets than those accorded to England. The difference of treatment corres- ponded no doubt in great measure to the date when the question arose, and when the question of differential duties had become a matter of much more serious consideration than it was in the early days of Canada, when free trade was slowly developing. Moreover, it is clear that some of the objections felt by the Imperial Government were based on a not unnatural reluctance to see the tariff barriers already rising in Australia increased as against England. As a matter of fact, after all the enthusiasm of the Colonies for the Act of 1873 they took no real advantage of it, and the benefits of inter-colonial preference began only to be seen in quite recent history, when Canada commenced the plan of granting the Imperial Government preference. Mr. Seddon, after arrangements in 1895 with South Australia and Canada, adopted the plan of arranging a preferential agreement in 1906 with the South African Customs Union, which is still in force, and under which the two Dominions exchange reductions on certain articles of produce. A similar agree- ment was negotiated by Australia with New Zealand, but the agreement failed to secure: pproval in New Zealand, and has so far not been revived. Negotiations between “anada and Australia have not led yet to any agreement.? * Repeated in a very minor degree in the standing offer contained in every Canadian tariff of a degree of reciprocity in natural products from 1867-94, and carried out as regards fish products in the Washington Treaty of 1871, which terminated in 1885. But it was renewed in a substantial form by she abortive tariff arrangements of January 1911; Parl. Pap., Cd. 5512, 5516. Cf. also Ewart, Kingdom of Canada, pp. 137 seq. : : Of, Commonwealth Parliamentary Debates, 1908-9, p. 837; Canadian Annual Review, 1910, vp. 105; Parl. Pap., Cd, 3524, pp. 419 seq.

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