ABSTRACT
The federation exhibits all the normal characteristics of federal government. There is a rigid constitution, with a very elaborate distinction of federal and local powers, and a federal court whose duty it is to secure the due observance of the limits placed on the centre and the local governments and legislatures. The Crown has asserted protection over the areas without necessarily securing the assent to the tribes to such a position, and by treaty the intervention of Afghanistan in regard to these areas has been excluded. The difficulties of dyarchy were clearly exposed in the provinces under the Act of 1919, and there is no reason to suppose that they will not be repeated in the federation. Payments in respect of the relations of the Crown and the states will be audited by the auditor-general and the auditor of home accounts, the report being made to the secretary of state.
