OFFICE. Prime Minister. . Lord President of the Mr. Akers-Douglas. Mr. Anstruther. leigh. Sir W. Walrond. *Mr. Gerald Halfour. *Mr. Walter Long. *Mr. Hanbury. E. of Onslow. *Mr. Austen Chamberlain. - - (14). *M. of Londonderry. Ld. Windsor. Bur Mr. Anstruther. Mr. Balfour's Admini. stration (reconstructed Oct. 1903). Mr. Balfour. *Mr. Balfour. *E. of Halsbury. M. of Londonderry. *M. of Salisbury. *Mr. Austen Chamberlain. *Mr. Akers-Douglas. *M. of Lansdowne. *Mr. Alfred Lyttelton. *Mr. Arnold-Forster Mr. Brodrick. *E. of Selborne (5). E. of Dudley. *Ld. Ashbourne. *Mr.G. Wyndham (6). Mr. Graham Murray (8). Sir W. Walrond. *Mr. G. Balfour (10). Mr. Walter Long (11). E. of Onslow (12). *Ld. Stanley. *M. of Londonderry. Ld. Windsor. Ld. Balcarres. [(16). Mr. Ailwyn Fellowes Mr. H. W. Forster. Mr.VictorCavendish. Sir A. Acland Hood. Sir Savile Crossley. Adm. Ld. Walter T. H. Rear-Adm. W. H. Rear-Adm. J. Durn- Capt. F. S. Ingle ford, C.B. Mr. Pretyman. The names of Cabinet Ministers are indicated by an asterisk (*). field, R.N. Mr. A. H. Lee. † Defeated at General Election Jan. 1906, resigned, and Capt. W. Norton appointed in his place (Feb.). (1) And 1900-1902 President of the Board of Education established under the Act of '99. (2) Resigned Sept. 1908. Lord Wolverhampton succeeded. (3) Resigned Oct. 1908. The E. of Crewe succeeded without salary. (4) Appointed Governor-General or S. Africa. (5) Succeeded by Earl Cawdor. Mar. 1905. (9) Succeeded by Lord Fitzmaurice Oct. 1908, who was succeeded by Mr. Herbert Samuel, Jane 1909. (6) Succeeded by Mr. Long, Mar. 1995. (7) Succeeded by Mr. A. Birrell, Jan. 1907. (8) Succeeded by M. of Linlithgow, Feb. 1905. (10) Succeeded by the Marquis of Salisbury, Mar. 1905. (11) Succeeded by Mr. Gerald Balfour, Mar. 1905. (12) Succeeded by Mr. Ailwyn Fellowes, Mar. 1905. *Sir H. Campbell-Mr. Asquith. Bannerman. *Sir Robert Reid. *Mr. Asquith. *Mr. H. Gladstone. *Sir H. Fowler. *Earl Carrington. *Mr. Asquith. Ld. Tweedmouth (2). M. of Ripon (3). *Mr. Lloyd George. *Mr. H. Gladstone (4). *Sir Edward Grey. *Earl of Crewe. Mr. Haldane. *V. Morley. Mr. R. McKenna. (cr. Ld. Pentland). V. Wolverh'ton (9). Mr. W. Churchill. *Mr. John Burns. *Earl Carrington. Mr. Asquith's Administration as reconstructed in Feb. 1910. *Mr. Asquith. *Mr. Asquith. Lord Loreburn. "Visct. Wolverhamp ton (20). Earl of Crewe (unpd.) Mr. Lloyd George. *Mr. W. Churchill. Sir Edward Grey. *Earl of Crewe (21). *Mr. Haldane. *Visct. Morley (22). Mr. R. McKenna. Earl of Aberdeen. Sir Samuel Walker. Mr. A. Birrell. Lord Pentland. "Mr. J. A. Pease. Mr. Sydney Buxton. Mr. John Burns. *Earl Carrington. *Mr. H. Samuel. *Mr. W. Runciman. *Mr. Harcourt (23). Mr. J. H. Whitley. Mr. J. W. Gulland. Mr. O. Partington. Mr. W. W. Benn. Mr.E.J.Soares(upd.) Mr. P.H. Illingworth (unpaid). Mr. C. E. Hobhouse. Mr. C. E. Hobhouse. Mr. G. Whiteley (19). Mr. R. K. Causton. Master of Elibank. Ld.AshbySt. Ledgers. OFFICE AND SALARY. Prime Minister. First Lord of Treasury, £5,000, Lord Chancellor, £10,000. of the Lord President Council, £2,000. Lord Privy Seal, £2,000. (Chancellor of the Exchequer £5,000 Home Secretary, £5,000. Foreign Secretary, £5,000. Colonial Secretary, £5,000. Secretary for War, £5,000. Secretary for India, £5,000. First Ld. of the Adm., £4,500. Lord-Lieut. of Ireland, £20,000. Ld. Chan. of Ireland, £8,000. Chief Sec. for Ireland, £4,425. Secretary for Scotland, £2,000. Chan. of the Duchy, £2,000. Pres. Bd. of Trade, £5,000. Pres. Local Gov. Bd., £5,000. President of Board of Agriculture, £2,000. Postmaster-General, £2,500. Vice-President of the Council (Education), £2,000. Pres. Bd. of Education, £2,000. First Com, of Wrks., £2,000. Junior Lords of Treasury, £1,000 each Financial Sec. to the Treasury, £2,000. Patronage Sec. to the Treasury, £2,000. Paymaster-General (unpaid). (13) Member of the Board of Education as established under the Act of '99. (14) The Secretary to the Board of Education now represents the Board in the Commons. (15) Succeeded by Mr. R. McKenna, Jan. 1907. (16) Succeeded by Lord E. Talbot, 1005. (17) Succeeded by Mr. J. M. F. Fuller (Feb. 1906) as unpaid Junior Lord, and he by Mr. J. H. Whitley, Mar. 1907. (18) Succeeded by Mr. W. Runciman, Jan. 1907. (19) On elevation to Peerage, succeeded by Mr. J. A. Pease, 1998, (20) Succeeded by Earl Beauchamp, 1910, who was succeeded by Viscount Morley. (21) Succeeded by Mr. L. V. Harcourt. (23) Succeeded by Earl Beauchamp. (22) Succeeded by the Earl of Crewe. (24) Succeeded by Rear-Adm. C. J. Briggs. (1) Succeeded by Mr. Masterman, June 1909. (2) Succeeded by Mr. McKinnon Wood, Oct. 1958. Sir H. Campbell-Banner- MINISTRIES. Mr. Asquith's Admini Mr. Asquith's Admini stration as reconstructed in Feb. 1910. OFFICE AND SALARY. Dr. Macnamara. Lord Lucas. Sir Lawson Walton. Sir W. S. Robson. Sir W. S. Robson (22). Sir W. S. Robson. Sir S. T. Evans. Mr. Thos. Shaw. Mr. Thos. Shaw, Mr. Alex. Ure (14). Mr. R. R. Cherry. Mr. Redmond J. Sir Rufus Isaacs (23). Mr. Alex. Ure. Mr. W. Hunter. Mr. C. A. O'Connor. Sec. to the Admiralty, £2,000. Fin. Sec. to War Office, £1,500. {Attorney-General, £7,000 (and Solicitor-General, £6,000 (and fees). Lord Advocate, £5,000. Solicitor-General for Scotland, £2,000 J.J Attorney-General for Ireland, £5,000. Solicitor-General for Ireland. £2,000. K C.M.G. (21). Lord Denman. Lord Steward, £2,000. J Comptroller of the House- of Lords-in-Waiting, £600 each. Captain of the Yeo. of the Capt. of the Corps of Gentle- Duchess of Buccleuch Duchess of Buccleuch. D'ss of Buccleuch (26). Mistress of the Robes, £500. (14) Succeeded by Mr. Arthur Dewar. K.C.. Feb 1909. (26) Succeeded by the Duchess of Devonshire, 1910. (15) Succeeded by Earl Beauchamp, 107. Finally, it is a Statistical Department, publishing annually volumes of statistics as to the judicial business (civil and criminal) of the country, as to alien immigration, as to mines and quarrics, as to factories and workshops, as to workmen's compensation, and as to the administration of the Licensing Laws; and from time to time preparing such returns on special subjects as Parliament may require of it. Secretary of State for Home Affairs, Rt. Hon. Winston Spencer Churchill, M.P. Permanent Under - Secretary, Sir Edward Troup, K.C.B. Parliamentary Under-Secretary, C. F. G. Masterman, M.P. Assistant Under-Secretaries, Sir H. H. Cunynghame, K.C.B., E. R. H. Blackwell, and W. P. Byrne, C.B. Principal Clerks, H. B. Simpson, C.B., M. Delevingne, J. Pedder, and G. A. Aitken. Chief Inspector of Factories, Dr. A. Whitelegge, C.B. Chief Inspector of Explosives, Major Aston McNeill Cooper-Key. Chief Inspector of Reformatories, T. D. Robertson, I.S.O. Chief Inspector of Mines, R. A. S. Redmayne. Inspector under Inebriates' Acts, Dr. R. W. Branthwaite. Inspector under the Aliens Act, 1905, W. Haldane Porter. THE FOREIGN OFFICE. This is the department of Government which conducts official intercourse with other States. By constitutional law the authority of the Sovereign is supreme; but by constitutional custom he may only act by the advice and on the responsibility of a Minister-the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs. Constitutional practice requires the sanction of the Sovereign to matters of foreign policy. The Foreign Secretary conducts general negotiations, prepares or supervises despatches, and periodically gives receptions to the representatives of Foreign Powers. But questions of importance come before the Prime Minister or are discussed by the whole Cabinet under his presidency. The requisite continuity of general policy, amidst shifting political parties, is maintained by means of the permanent Staff of the Department. Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, the Rt. Hon. Sir Edward Grey, Bart., M.P. Permanent Under-Secretary, Rt. Hon. Sir Arthur Nicolson, Bart., G.C.B., G.C.M.G., G.C.V.O., K.C.I.E. Assistant Under-Secretaries, Sir Francis A. Campbell, K.C.M.G., C.B.; Louis Mallet, C.B.; Walter Langley, C.B. Parliamentary Under-Secretary, T. McKinnon Wood, M.P. The representatives of the Crown abroad are members either of the Diplomatic Service or of the Consular Service, the duties of the former body being, generally speaking, political and ceremonial, of the latter, commercial and legal; though in the less important posts diplomatists undertake consular work, and occasionally consuls act in a diplomatic capacity. The Diplomatic Service consists of (a) Ambassadors, (b) Ministers Plenipotentiary and Ministers Resident, (c) Chargés d'Affaires. The Ambassador, according to historical theory, represents the person of his Sovereign, and so can claim direct access to the Sovereign to whom he is accredited. Further, he takes first rank in order of precedence. The Minister is regarded as a mere agent of the Sovereign, and therefore holds an inferior position, though otherwise he has powers and duties similar to those of an Ambassador. The Chargé d'Affaires, unlike the two former, is accredited not to the Sovereign, but to the Minister for Foreign Affairs of the State in which he resides. Usually he is appointed to act temporarily, in the absence of the Ambassador or Minister. Councillors and Secretaries are attached to the Embassies and Legations, and often Military and Naval Attachés and Commercial Attachês. The Consular Service consists of (a) Consulsgeneral, (b) Consuls, (c) Vice-Consuls, and (d) Consular Agents. A Consul, in addition to giving general assistance to British subjects abroad, has in particular to deal with numerous matters connected with shipping; to issue periodical reports on the trade of the place where he resides; to celebrate or register marriages where one of the parties is British; to register the births of British subjects; to take oaths and declarations, and perform other notarial Besides this, in some countries, functions. such as Turkey and China, he administers justice, where a British subject is concerned, either in his own court, or in conjunction with the native tribunal. The salaries are as follows: 1st grade, Consuls-General, salary 1000 to 1200; 2nd grade, Consuls-General (2nd class) and Consuls (1st class), salary £800; and 3rd grade, Consuls (2nd class), salary £600. Vice-Consuls, £350, rising by 15 to £450. The names of the British Diplomatic and chief Consular representatives abroad are given in the articles on the countries to which they are accredited, or where they are stationed. Foreign Office Passports are granted only to (1) natural-born British subjects, (2) the wives and widows of such persons, and (3) persons naturalised in the United Kingdom, the Colonies, or India. Passports are only granted to such persons as are known to the Secretary of State, or are recommended to him by some person who is known to him; or to natural-born British subjects or persons naturalised in the United Kingdom, who produce a Declaration in a form obtainable at the Foreign Office, verified by some banking firm, mayor, magistrate, justice of the peace, minister of religion, barrister, physician, surgeon, solicitor, or notary resident in the United Kingdom. In the case of persons naturalised in the Colonies a Letter of Recommendation from the Colonial Office, or in the case of natives from British India, or persons naturalised therein, a similar letter from the India Office, is required. In all cases of naturalised British subjects the Certificate of Naturalisation must accompany the Declaration or Letter of Recommendation. All applications for Foreign Office Passports must be made on a printed form obtainable from the Passport Department, Foreign Office, London, S.W. The charge for a Passport is 25. Persons abroad must apply to the nearest British Mission or Consulate. Foreign Office Passports are not available beyond 5 years from the date of issue. Fresh Passports must then be obtained. Travellers intending to visit Russia, Turkey, Roumania, Persia, Colombia, Venezuela, Hayti, or Erythrea must get their Passports vises at the |