Page images
PDF
EPUB

reignty, 183; courts and law,
185; African Orders, 185-8;
Amatongaland Order, 188; East
Africa Order, 189; Zanzibar
Order, 190; Matabeleland Or-
ders, 190; Southern Rhodesia
Order, 190-1; great extent of
powers in these Orders, 191-3;
their legal basis, 191-5; Indian
protectorates, 196.

Protestant marriages in Malta,32.
Provinces, of India, 47; of Domi-

nion of Canada, 81-4, 118, 120;
their powers of exclusive legis.
lation, 200.

Provincial civil service, in India,
53.

Quebec, 77, 81-3, App. i.
Queensland, defence force, 20;
money Bills, 32; power of con-
stitutional change, 74; consti-
tution and legislature, App. i;
foundation of colony, 276; early
constitutional history, 291-2.

Referendum, in Australia, 86.
Regulation provinces, in India, 52.
Representative government, in

colonies, 5-7, 94, 197.
Representative legislature, defini-
tion of, 239; may alter consti-
tution, 240.
Reprieve, prerogative of, 110.
Repugnancy, colonial law void

for, 71, 121, 240, 271, 286.
Reservation of Bills, 78, 113-21,
281.

Reserve power of governor of
colony, 104.

Resident commissioner, 191.
Resident, in British protectorates,
173.
Resignation, of colonial member,
69.

Responsible government, 7-9;
meaning of, 55; informal origin
of, 56; origin of, in Canada, 57-9.
Rupees, 29, 190.
Rupert's Land, 81.
Russell, Earl, 57-8.

Russia Company, the, 149.

[blocks in formation]

Sark, subordinate to Guernsey, 38.
Scott, Mr. Hope, on consular
jurisdiction, 151; his report
reprinted, 242-66.

Sea fisheries, extra-territorial pro-
tection of, 147.
Seal-hunting, 26.

Secretary of State, for the Colo-
nies, 14; for India, 43.
Selangor, 237-

Self-governing colonies, the pro-
blem stated, 54; responsible
government, 55; its informal
origin, 56; its origin in Canada,
57-9; unwritten constitutional
custom, 59; rules as to money
Bills, 60; statutory definitions
of position of executive, 61-5;
the Upper House, 66; the
Lower House, 67; comparison
with imperial Parliament, 68;
limits to legislative power, 69;
legislation must not be extra-
territorial, 69-71; nor repug-
nant to laws of England, 71;
power to make changes in con-
stitution, 72; in Australia, 73;
in New Zealand, 74; in Canada,
75; in Australian Common-
wealth, 76; power to vary con-
stitution of executive, 76; posi-
tion of the Crown in legislation,
77; assent of governor, 77; his
veto, 78; reservation and dis-
allowance, 78; practical limits
on imperial control, 79; federa-
tions within the empire, 80;
Dominion of Canada, 81; par-
liament of Canada, 82; govern-
ment of provinces, 83; Austra-
lian federation, 84-6; the Com-
monwealth Act, 86-8; appeals
to Privy Council, 88-9; federa-
tions of Canada and Australia
contrasted, 89-90.
Semi-sovereign states, 166-7.
Senate, in Canada and Australia,
66.

Settled colonies, 5, 95.
Seychelles, severed from Mauri-
tius, 98, 197.

Shanghai, 163.

[blocks in formation]

Smuggling, in the Channel Islands,

39; in the Isle of Man, 40;
extra-territorial jurisdiction,
147; in Africa, Orders in Coun-
cil, 186.

Turkey, capitulations in, 150, 157,
159-62.

Turks and Caicos Islands, 197.
Twiss, Sir Travers, quoted, 165-8,
183.

Social influence, of governor of Tynwald, Court of, 39.

colony, 107.

Socotra, 169, 173.

Somali coast protectorate, 162,
169.

South Africa, imperial Act for
trial of offences in, 144; com-
mission of High Commissioner,
233-6.
South Australia, military force,
20; constitutional position of
executive, 65; power of con-
stitutional change, 74; consti-
tution and legislature, App. i;
foundation of colony, 276; early
constitutional history, 288-9.
Southern Rhodesia Order in Coun-
cil, 190-1.

Sovereignty, limited to territory,
123; division of, 153, 166, 179,
255.

Sphere of influence, defined, I.
States, of Australian Common-
wealth, 87-9.

Statute law consolidation, xv.
Straits Settlements, 95, 197-8.
Subordinate legislature, 16.
Suzerainty, 44.

Tasmania, Defence Act, 20; con-
stitution and legislature, App.i;
foundation of colony, 276,
278; early constitutional his-
tory, 289.

Thring, Lord, note on Sir H. Jen-
kyns's early official career, xvi-
xviii.

Tobago, annexed to Trinidad, 98,

197.

Todd, Mr., quoted, 19, 104, 115,

120.

Transportation, 277.

Treason, outside territorial juris-
diction, 136, 138.
Treaties, as affecting colonies,
23-4; by Governor-General of
India, 45, 48; as basis of pro-
tectorates, 193.
Trinidad, 98, 197.

Tripoli, capitulations in, 157, 252.
Tunis, capitulations abolished,
157, 175.

Uganda, 169.

United States, constitution of, 56,

90.
Unwritten constitutional custom,
59.

Upper Canada, 81.

Upper house, in colonial legisla-
ture, 66.

Utrecht, treaty of, 24.

Van Diemen's Land. See Tas-
mania.

Venue, in criminal law, 126.
Veto of Bills, 78, 113-21.
Vice-Admiralty courts, 33-4.
Viceroy, of India, 44; warrant of
appointment, 232-3; governor
of a colony not a viceroy, 102.
Victoria, money Bills, 61; consti-
tutional position of executive,
63; power of constitutional
change, 74; constitution and
legislature, App. i; foundation
of colony, 276; early constitu-
tional history, 286–8.
Virgin Islands, 97, 197.

Warrant of appointment, of Go-

vernor-General of India, 232-3.
Welby, Lord, testimony to Sir H.

Jenkyns's official services, xxi.
West Coast of Africa, 183.
West Indies, forms of constitu-
tion, 96-7; federation, 97-8.
Western Australia, constitutional
position of executive, 63; ad-
mitted into Commonwealth, 88;
constitution and legislature,
App. i; foundation of colony,
276, 285; early constitutional
history, 290.

Western Pacific, commission of
High Commissioner, 236.
Wheaton, referred to, 131, 166-7.
Windward Islands, 98, 198.
Writs, in name of Crown, 31.

Zanzibar, 169, 190.
Zululand, 189, 234.

« ՆախորդըՇարունակել »