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Description and Holding Information
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1936, Proposed Amendment to Constitution of Southern Rhodesia
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Despatch from the Governor of Southern Rhodesia relating to the proposed amendment of the Southern Rhodesia constitution: 62p, Cmd. 5218, London,
HMSO, 1936. (A persistent source of friction between the governments of Southern Rhodesia and Great Britain was the exceptional distrust shown by the
Colonial Office for actions by the British South African Company, the original agent for Great Britain in the territory, and its successors white
oligarchy in the territory. The specific grievance was a clause in the 1923 constitution, which, although it made the colony self-governing, reserved to the
Crown final approval for any legislation differentially affecting the native African population. In this dispatch the Governor again raises the
oligarchy’s resentment at being treated differently from other self-governing colonies. He needn’t have worried overmuch. In practice the home government
never effectively exercised the reserved powers, and Southern Rhodesia was able over time to construct a discriminatory regime that relegated the
native populations to the less desirable portions of the territory.)
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Title:
Despatch from the Governor of Southern Rhodesia relating to the proposed amendment of the Southern Rhodesia constitution / presented by the Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs to Parliament by command of His Majesty, July 1936.
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OCLC Number:
873611731
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Available Volumes
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| Name | Fiche Count | Online | Paper Backup |
| Vol. 1 | | Yes | No |
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