‘Memorandum Showing the Progress and Development in the Colonial Empire and in the Machinery for Dealing with Colonial Questions from November 1924, to November, 1928’ [Cmd 3268] (1928)

The most important event in the domestic history of the Colonial Office in recent years has been the separation of business connected with the self-governing Dominions from the organization for the control and supervision of the affairs of the non-self-governing Colonies, Protectorates, and Mandated Territories. In July, 1925, a new Secretaryship of State for Dominion Affairs was created, and as a result, the Dominions Office was set up to take over from the Colonial Office, business connected with the self-governing Dominions, the self-governing Colony of Southern Rhodesia, and the South African High Commission Territories (Basutoland, Bechuanaland Protectorate, and Swaziland); including also business relating to the Imperial Conference.