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CHAPTER I.
CLASSIFICATION OF COLONIES.
1. British Colonies may be divided into three classes :-
1. Crown Colonies, in which the Crown has the entire control of legislation, while the administration is carried on by public officers under the control of the Home Government.
2 Colonies possessing Representative Insti- tutions but not Responsible Government,
in which the Crown has no more than a veto on legislation, but the Home Government retains the control of public officers.
3. Colonies possessing Representative Insti-
tutions and Responsible Government, in which the Crown has only a veto on legislation, and the Home Government has no control over any public officer except the Governor.
2. In Gibraltar and St. Helena, Laws may be made by the Governor alone, and in other Crown Colonies by the Governor with the concurrence of a Council nominated by the Crown. In some Colonies, acquired by conquest or cession, the authority of this Council rests on the will of the Crown. In others, chiefly those acquired by Settlement, the Council is created by the Crown under authority of some Imperial or Local Law.
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Crown Councils of the former Class exist in
the following Colonies :--
1. Ceylon.
5. Trinidad.
†2. Mauritius.
3. Hồng Kong.
6. St. Lucia. 7. Fiji.
4. Labuan.
Crown Councils of the latter or Statutory
Class exist in the following Colonies:-
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1*1. Jamaica.
2. Straits Settle-
inents.
3. Sierre Leone.
4. Gambia.
5. Gold Coast and
Lagos.§
*6. Grenada.
7. Falkland
Islands.
*8. Honduras,
*9. St. Vincent. *10. Tobago.
Laws may also be made by Order in Council in all the above Colonies, except those marked with an asterisk.
3. In Colonies possessing Representative Institutions without Responsible Government, the Crown cannot as a general rule legislate by Order in Council, and laws are made by the Governor with the concurrence of one or two Legislative bodies, of which one at least is wholly or for the most part Representative.
In the following Colonies there are a Council and Assembly. The Council is nominated by the Crown, the Assembly elective :—
3. Bermuda.
1. Bahamas.
2. Barbados.
In the following there is a single Legislative Chamber partly elective, partly nominated by
the Crown:-
*1. British Guiana.
2. Leeward Islands, *3. Malta.
4. Natal.
5. Western
Australia.
+ The Constitution of Mauritius was altered by Letters Patent dated 16th September, 1885.
The Constitution of the Council of Jamaica was altered by Order in Council, 19th May, 1884.
§ Gold Coast and Lagos now form separate Govern-
ments.
[ Now possesses responsible Government.
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Crown Councils of the former Class exist in
the following Colonies :-
1. Ceylon.
5. Trinidad.
†2. Mauritius.
6. St. Lucia,
3. Hồng Kong,
7. Fiji.
4. Labuan.
Crown Councils of the latter or Statutory
Class exist in the following Colonies :—
*1. Jamaica.
*6. Grenada.
2. Straits Settle-
7. Falkland
ments.
Islands.
3. Sierre Leone.
*8. Honduras.
4. Gambia.
*9. St. Vincent.
*10. Tobago.
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5. Gold Const and
Lagos.$
Laws may
also be made by Order in Council
in all the above Colonies, except those marked with an asterisk.
3. In Colonies possessing Representative Institutions without Responsible Government, the Crown cannot as a general rule legislate by Order in Council, and laws are made by the Governor with the concurrence of one or two Legislative bodies, of which one at least is wholly or for the most part Representative.
In the following Colonies there are a Council
and Assembly. The Council is nominated by the Crown, the Assembly elective :—
1. Bahamas.
2. Barbados.
3. Bermuda.
In the following there is a single Legislative
Chamber partly elective, partly nominated by the Crown:-
*1. British Guiana.
2. Leeward Islands. *3. Malta.
4. Natal.
5. Western
Australia.|]
†The Constitution of Mauritius was altered by Letters Patent dated 16th September, 1885.
The Constitution of the Council of Jamaica was altered by Order in Council, 19th May, 1884.
§ Gold Coast and Lagos now form separate Govern-
ments.
Now possesses responsible Government.
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