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ment, there had not been substituted, as has been
said, "the rule that no man should be capable of
becoming a placeman unless he served in Parlia-
ment," * the connection between the executive and
the legislative organs could scarcely have been
maintained. But in that case the most distinctive
features of the modern British system of government
would never have reached their full development. †

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* See a witty and forcible letter on "The King and the
Cabinet," by Mr. Thomas Gibson Bowles M.P., in the Times,
October 19, 1901.
† Colonial governors are sometimes instructed in their letters-
patent to attend and preside at the meetings of the Executive
Council, and to be guided by its advice. They may, however,
if they think fit act in opposition to this advice, reporting
the reasons for their dissent to the Imperial Government.
The Governor usually summons the meeting of the Council.
Minutes are kept, and any councillor is entitled to place on the
record the reason for any proposal or opinion which he may
have brought forward at the meeting. Some Australian and
Canadian statesmen disapprove of the presence of the
Governor at the sittings of the Executive Council, and have
expressed strong objection to the practice. See A. B. Keith,
Responsible Government in the Dominions ( 1912), i. 151-158seq.

It is also worth noticing that in France it has now become
the custom to have two sets of Cabinet Councils, which are
usually held two or three times weekly during the session of
the Chambers. At one kind of council the President of the
Republic takes the chair, and foreign policy, and general
legislative and administrative affairs, are discussed. The
Prime Minister presides over the other set of councils, which
are concerned more particularly with parliamentary, and
presumably also party, business.

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Publication Information: Book Title: The Governance of England. Contributors: Sidney Low - author. Publisher: T. Fisher Unwin. Place of Publication: London. Publication Year: 1904. Page Number: 43.
    
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