INDEX

References are to pages. Vol. iendsat p. 568; vol. ii at p. 1100.

Abbott, Hon. Sir J. J. C., K.C.M.G.,
Prime Minister of Canada (1891-2),
306, 322.
Aberdeen, Earl of, advises Queen on
question of dissolution in 1858,
1627, 1628,
Aberdeen, Earl of, Governor-General
of Canada (1893-8), 149 ; refuses to
accept advice of Sir C. Tupper in
1896, 213-9, 1460 n. 1.
Abolition of Second Chambers in
Canadian Provinces, 597, 598, 736.
Aborigines, political disabilities of, in
Canada, 477, 478 ; in the Commonwealth,
 480, 521; in Queensland,
485, 792; in Western Australia,
487, 538, 792 ; in South Africa, 490,
491, 501, 961, 1624; see also
Part V, chap. iii.
Absent votes, provision for, 505, 1620.
Absentees, reservation of measures
affecting, 1026-30.
Act of State, power of Governor to
perform (cf. unsuccessful application
of Government of Victoria in 1901
to deal with libels in this way,
Harrison Moore, Act of State, p. 3),
133, 134, 1620.
Adderley, Rt. Hon. Sir C. B. (later
Lord Norton), views as to disallowance
 of Provincial Acts in Canada,
734 n. 2.
Adelaide Conference on Australian
federation, 785.
Adelaide, strike at, in 1910, 269 n. 1.
Administration, see Letters of Administration.

Administration of Government, in
Canada, 1563; in Commonwealth,
1571, 1575-7 ; in the Union, 1579;
in New Zealand, 1589, 1592-4; in
Australian States, 1597, 1598, 1602,
1603 ; in Newfoundland, 1606-8.
Administration of Justice, Dominion
and provincial authority as to, 699
703.
Administrator of the Provinces of the
Union, 967, 968 ; styled * Honourable’,
 1624. .
Admiralty Jurisdiction, Part VI,
chan. ii, and see Table of Contents;

of Supreme Court of Canada, 377;
of Exchequer Court, 751.
Africans, political disabilities of, in the
Commonwealth, 486, 521; in
Queensland, 485; in Western
Australia, 487; in South Africa,
490, 491, 501, 961, 962, 1623.
4ge, attitude towards referenda of
1911 in Commonwealth, 866 n. 3.
Agent-General, position of, 340-3;
see also High Commissioner; of
Provinces of Canada, 651.
Agricultural Bureau, power of Commonwealth
 to erect, 864.
Agriculture, Dominion and provincial
legislative authority as to, 671.
Airey, Hon. P., minister without seat
in Parliament, 305.
Alaska Boundary, 1141, 1142.
Alberta : Responsible Government, 6,
24; legislative basis, 63 ; petition
of right (Act 1906, c. 26), 144;
Executive Council, 150 ; Ministry,
315 ; legislative authority, 355 n. 1;
orivileges of legislature, 452, 455 ;
Speaker, 468 ; power of Lieutenantxovernor
 to summon, prorogue, and
lissolve, 470 n.5; duration of
Legislature, 502; franchise, 477,
178; qualification of members,
192, 493; payment of members,
504 ; electoral matters, 505; no
apper house, 598; entrance into
‘ederation, 650, 764; representasion
 in Senate, 652; in House
»f Commons, 653; executive aushority,
 681 ; disallowance of Acts
cf. refusal of petition (Manitoba
Pree Press, January 23, 1912) for
lisallowance of Act 1910, sess. 2,
» 9, as confiscating interests of
enders of money to an Alberta
rompany), 735 n. 3; education
juestion, 695, 1452; subsidy from
Dominion, 757, 758 ; public lands,
1051, 1621 ; judiciary, 1337, 1338;
decisions on constitutional ques.
tions, 754 n. 1, 756 n. 2; appeals
from Supreme Court to Supreme
Court of Canada, 750; to Privy
Council (Order in Council, January

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