<P> Dominions were semi-independent polities under the British Crown , constituting the British Empire , beginning with Canadian Confederation in 1867 . They included Canada , Australia , New Zealand , Newfoundland , South Africa , and the Irish Free State , and then from the late 1940s also India , Pakistan , and Ceylon ( now Sri Lanka ) . The Balfour Declaration of 1926 recognised the Dominions as `` autonomous Communities within the British Empire '' , and the 1931 Statute of Westminster confirmed their full legislative independence . </P>
<P> Dominions were semi-independent polities under the British Crown , constituting the British Empire , beginning with Canadian Confederation in 1867 . They included Canada , Australia , New Zealand , Newfoundland , South Africa , and the Irish Free State , and then from the late 1940s also India , Pakistan , and Ceylon ( now Sri Lanka ) . The Balfour Declaration of 1926 recognised the Dominions as `` autonomous Communities within the British Empire '' , and the 1931 Statute of Westminster confirmed their full legislative independence . </P>
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