ernment in this: that it is subordinate to, or, in other
words, in the habit of obeying, the government of
another political body."

It has been pointed out, however, by Mr. C. P.
Lucas, author of " A Historical Geography of the
British Colonies," that this definition is not entirely
satisfactory, inasmuch as the subordinate govern-
ments to which Sir George Lewisreferred did not
possess, in fact, all the institutions requisite for the
performance of the several functions which are
proper to a government, for no Foreign Office was
attached to them.

It may be further noted that when Sir George
Lewispublished his work complete self-government
had not been granted to the larger colonies, and
that the form of government which these colonies
enjoy to-day would not fall under the definition of a
subordinate government as given above. The Aus-
tralasian governments, for instance, are not " in the
habit of obeying the government of another political
body," except in a very narrow and restricted sense,
and they might be more properly termed coördinate
than subordinate governments. The only practical
limits to the complete independence of the great
self-governing colonies of Great Britain are that the
Crown reserves the treaty-making power and the
right of declaring war, and appoints a governor to

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