cua. 111] TREATMENT OF NATIVE RACES 1069 
territory within one year from the date of the proclamation, 
and such disallowance on being made known by the Governor- 
General by proclamation shall annul the law from the date 
when the disallowance is proclaimed. This procedure pro- 
vides that the legislation shall not be counter to the wishes 
of the Parliament of South Africa, and yet at the same time 
secures that the Imperial Government shall have a negative 
voice in legislation affecting the territories. The principle 
's clearly a compromise, but it is one which should be 
satisfactory to both parties! 
The administration of the territories is entrusted to the 
Prime Minister of the Union, who, however, is to be advised 
by a permanent Commission consisting of not fewer than 
three members, with a secretary to be appointed by the 
(Governor-General in Council, who shall take the instructions 
of the Prime Minister in conducting all correspondence 
relating to the territories, and shall have under the like con- 
trol custody of all official papers relating to the territories. 
The members, who are appointed in the same way, shall be 
entitled to hold office for a period of ten years, which period 
may be extended to successive further terms of five years. 
They shall be entitled to fixed salaries which cannot be 
reduced during their tenure of office, and they shall not be 
removed from office except upon addresses of both Houses 
of Parliament. They shall not be eligible to become members 
of either House of Parliament. One of the members shall 
be appointed to be Vice-Chairman, and two members of the 
Commission, with the Prime Minister or his deputy, form 
a quorum, unless the Commission consists of four or more 
members, in which case three members will form a quorum ; 
' The concession of the power to the Imperial Government is doubtless 
due to the pledges under whic that Government is to protect the interests 
of the natives in Basutoland and the Protectorates. The legislative power 
of the Governor-General in Council appears to be meant to be exclusive of 
Parliament ; see Lord Crewe in House of Lords Debates, ii, 764, 765. But 
contrast House of Commons, ix. 1636-8, and the curious use of ‘Bill’ in 
the schedule, 8, 25, where reference is made to the reservation of all Bills 
altering the provisions of the schedule, unless it merely means draft 
proclamation, See p. 1074.