ABSTRACT
The power embodied in the Imperial veto was also intended by Grey to be a real limitation and has similarly ceased to be one. The powers regarded as essentially Imperial were gradually diminishing in number. The control of lands was jealously maintained by Lord Grey in Australia, but in North America it had been abandoned for some years past: and Grey's veto on a proposal to reduce the price ofland in Nova Scotia antedates the establishment of full responsible government. The form of constitution was regarded by Grey, despite the Durham Report, as being in general a local matter. The powers of alteration conceded by the Australian Colonies Government Act he was quite willing to concede to Canada also.3 All attempt at constitutional uniformity
