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The Pamphlet Collection of Sir Robert Stout: Volume 78

An Extension of the Contributory Principle required

An Extension of the Contributory Principle required.

The principle involved in the establishment and maintenance of the Australasian Squadron seems to be a sound one; and the experiment is one that might with advantage be made in regard to the other over sea colonies of the Empire. At all events it recognises the expedience of, and makes provision for, the payment of a definite contribution by the Commonwealth and New Zealand towards the naval defence of the Empire. This being done, the arrangement made is necessarily applicable to the other British colonies and dependencies, or can be made so. The proposal to make the principle applicable to the parts of the Empire seems to be one that should be of ready application. The position would be that the separate portions of the Empire would each voluntarily consent to pay to the British page 14 Government a certain annual sum, proportionate to their means, for definite concessions in regard to the navy. The arrangement could easily he continued until the time was ripe for the establishment, say, of an