DOMINION STATUS 265
India will not be dealt with here. So also Protectorates and Mandated Territories.
Deal only with the Constitutional Organization of the Colonies.
The Constitutional Organization of the Colonies differs according to the mode of the acquisition of the Colony.
Two methods.
(1) Settlement
(2) Conquest or Cession.
Dominions of H. M. [1]
U.K. British Possessions Dependencies
Colony Settlement
Crown Dominions Colony
Dominions
The Dominion Office was established in 1925 to take over Dominions’ business from the colonial office.
At first the Secretaryships for the Dominions and for the colonies were held by the same minister, but in 1930 a separate S of S [2] for the Dominions was appointed.
The Dominion Office deals with business connected with the Dominions, Southern Rhodesia, the South African High Commission [i.e. Basutoland, Bechunaland, Protectorate Swaziland], Overseas settlement, and business relating to
1 His Majesty—ed.
2 Secretary of State—ed.