CHAP. I] ORIGIN AND HISTORY 9
elected indirectly, and the members of the central body were
all to be members of a provincial legislature. But this Act did
Dot take full effect, and in 185214 proper measure of represen-
tative government with a less complicated constitution, and
one which abolished the connexion of the central and local
legislatures, was introduced. Without legal change of the con-
stitution responsible government was introduced in 1855-6.
$2. Tur InsTaBLITY OF REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT
In these cases it will be seen that, as a rule, the progress
has been from 3 representative form of government to the
full self-government. Tt is true that in the case of Queens-
land there wag no period of representative government, but
the people of Queensland, as part of New South Wales, had
Passed through the experience both of Crown Colony adminis-
tration and of representative government. In the case of
the Transvaal and the Orange River Colony the grant
of responsible government followed immediately upon the
Possession of a nominated legislature, but many of the
Statesmen who formed part of the first administration had
had experience of self-government either in the Cape or in
the former Transvaal and Orange Free State Republics.
In the cage of Manitoba the transition was from the curious
0d indefinite rule of the Hudson's Bay Company? to
Ordinary responsible government, and in that case all those
"ho formed the Government had had experience of respon-
sible government in other parts of Canada.
But it would be a mistake to assume that representative
government normally results in an advance to responsible
government. As a matter of fact, while the cases in which
feSponsible government has been an advance from a
Preliminary period of representative government are 80
‘mportant as to cause the impression that representative
Institutions are g stage towards responsible government,
"point of fact the cases of retrogression are at least as
Qumerous. For example, Jamaica, after two centuries of
* 15 & 16 Vict. o, 72.
* See Report of Select Committee of House of Commons, 31 July, 1857.
