THE CHANNEL ISLANDS
REFUSAL TO PAY REVENUE TO BRITAIN. ~ ' (UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION COFMIOHT.) <AUBTRALIAK-NI!W ZEALAND CAM ASSOCIATION.) LONDON, Ist December, lne Daily Chronicle's" correspondent in Jersey reports that the local Legislature has rejected a proposal to contribute £325,000 annually to the British coffers, a.nd. also rejected a proposal to pay pensions and other charges now borne by the British taxpayer. The Channel Islands are governed according to their own laws and customs, ; JJiit^sh sovereignty being represented by Lieutenant-Governors. Jersey is a separate legal unit, with its own Lieuten-ant-Governor and Legislature; Guernsey Aldemev and Saj-k share another Lieu-tenant-Governor, though Guernsey has one Government and Alderney another Sark being a dependency of Guernsey.' The Islands are not bound by Acts of the Imperial Parliament unless specially mentioned in the Acts. Their status in these respects is similar to that of the Isle of Man The population of' the Channel Islands is about 90,000; their exports to the United Kingdom amounted in 1921 to nearly £4,740,000, and their imports to £380,000. In the following year the figures were £3,616,000. and £3 747 000
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Evening Post, Volume CVI, Issue 133, 3 December 1923, Page 7
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180THE CHANNEL ISLANDS Evening Post, Volume CVI, Issue 133, 3 December 1923, Page 7
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