A detailed look at the draft arrangements for Southern Rhodesia’s move to responsible government.
This book presents the Letters Patent and related instruments that shape the colony’s constitutional framework and governance.
This edition highlights how the proposed legislature would function, how railways and mining revenue are treated, and how native administration is organized under a new system. It also documents how ministers, courts, and appeals would operate within the evolving constitutional structure.
- How a new legislative scheme would work in the first months of government
- Proposals for railway regulation and protection of existing investments
- Rules governing native administration and land matters
- Procedures for assent, publication, and disallowance of laws
Ideal for readers interested in historical governance, constitutional drafting, and the development of colonial administration.