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FINANCE AND TRADE (continued)— 
Discrimination between States . 
Interstate Commissions . : 
Taking over of State Debts . 
, Limitation of Commonwealth Power 
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§ 9. Papua AND THE NORTHERN TERRITORY 
(a) Papua . ' 2 
(b) The Federal Capital . 
(¢) The Northern Territory 
The Pacific Islands . 
10. THE ALTERATION OF THE CONSTITUTION 
Powers of the Parliament : 
The Change of the Constitution 
Limits on Alteration ’ » 
Mode of Change . . 
The Referenda , 
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The Referendum in the Dominions 
(1) Great Constitutional Changes 
(2) Alterations of Constitutions 
(3) Important Issues . . 
Religious Education in South Australia 
Liquor Licences in Canada : 
Religious Education in Queensland 
Increase of Salaries in South Australia 
Reduction of Members in New South Wales 
Education in Victoria . . 
The Queensland Act of 1908 . : 
»Lord Balfour’s Imperial Bill of 1911 
Disadvantages of the Referendum 
CHAPTER III. THE UNION OF SOUTH AFRICA 
§ 1. Tur FormaTION OF THE UNION 
The Convention of 1908-9 
The Early Suggestions . 
Lord Carnarvon’s Attempt . . 
The Results of the War of 1899-1902 
Railway Rates and Native Labour 
The Federal Constitution of 1877 
The Formation of the Union 
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