tion, but they were not lawyers of a judicial stamp, and an observer can hardly help suggesting that the presence in the Convention of a few names so respected as those borne by the judges of the Supreme Courts of the Australian colonies, would have lent an additional guarantee to the work of the Convention. Of the fate of the measure it would be rash to prophesy. Its acceptance, even after the sanction of the Imperial authorities has been granted, is intended to be purely voluntary in the case of each colony, and there is a general feeling that such acceptance can only be satisfactorily ascertained through the medium of a plebiscite. It is not proposed to take any further steps in the matter until at least three colonies have adopted it. If there is little enthusiasm for the movement, there is little opposition to it. Other questions excite greater interest. It may be that the bill will have to wait till these are settled. Bankrupts, etc., 238 "Bank Sheet," the, 284 Barry, Sir Redmond, 161, 176 Batman, John, 23 Bearbrass, 27 (see "Melbourne") Bishopric of Australia, subdivided, 126 Land and Works, 262, 285, 288, 290, 291, 292, 295, 297 Public Health, 262, 263 Boards of Advice, 298, 299 Boroughs, 172, 328 (see "Local Govern- Bourke, County of, 45 District Council of, 90, 91, 127 Bribery, 243 Budget, the, 280-282 Bye-elections, 240 By-laws (see "Local Government") CABINET SYSTEM, 206, 269-276, 375-384 Canada Act, Mr. Pitt's, 10 Constitution of, 193 Capital cases, position of Governor in, 233 "Cash Sheet," the, 284 Central and Local Governments, relations Central Road Board, 170, 171, 285 Circuit Courts, 175 Civil List, of 1842, 73; of 1850, 133, "Clerical Division," of Public Service, Clerk of the Peace, appointed at Mel- Collectors of Imposts, 282 Colonial Office, 200 Colonial Reform Association, 147 Commissioners of the Treasury, 279, of 1828, 14 of 1842, 69 of 1850, 141-167 of 1855, 190-198 alteration of, 246-249 Constitutional Bills of 1849 and 1850, in Council, Executive, of N. S. W., 18, and of Victoria, 157, 158, 179, of Foreign Plantations, 3; abol- Council, Legislative, of 1824, 12, 13 66 of 1829, 16, 17, 43, 170 of 1843, 69, 71, 83, 84, 85, of 1851 (Victorian), 141-144, of 1855, 191-205, 250-252 Criminal Prosecution, process of, 321 Lands, 24, 25, 33, 39, 94-121, Regulations, of 1824, 34, 37; Executive Council (see "Council, Execu- Exports (see "Imports") "FARMERS' COMMONS," 287 Fawkner, Mr., 161, 182, 187, 188, 190, 210 Federation, 129, 134, 199, 366-374 Feudal land system, theory of, 32 Fitz Roy, Sir Charles, arrives, 111; deals Franchise, Parliamentary, 70, 142, 148, Municipal, 331 (and see "Local "Free Port," 30 "Free Warehousing Port," 30 GAOL, proclaimed in Port Phillip, 28 29; first land sale at, 38; incorpor- "General Assembly," project of, 134; "General Hewitt," recommendations sent General Sessions of the Peace, 357 Gladstone, Mr., 146, 147 Gold, discovery of, 155, 160, 178; effect 230-235; substitutes for, 234, 235 Loans, municipal, 344, 345 Local Government, scheme of 1842, 87- 169 1850, 128, 130, 133, 148, 168, history of, 326-328 existing form of, 329-337 Lonsdale, Capt. W., first police magis- MAGISTRATES (generally), 353-359 Mayors of Municipalities, 341, 342 Miall, Mr., 196, 197 Minerals on Crown Lands, 101 Minister of, 304 Mining, statistics in 1855, 221 District Boards, 339, 340 Ministers of Religion, 123, 194, 228 Mitchell, Sir Thos., 122 66 'Money Bills," 255-258 Moreton Bay District (see land") Municipalities (see "Local Government") rolls, 331, 332 surveyors, 346 2 D |