1644 INDEX 
Tisher, Rt. Hon. A., Prime Minister of 
Australia, 307; P.C., 1302 n.3; 
proposals as to financial relations of 
state and Commonwealth, 900, 901 ; 
views on Commonwealth referenda 
of 1911, 873, 874 ; views on Austra- 
lian participation in a British war, 
1157; on naval defence, 1284-6, 
1554 n.2; represents Australia at 
Imperial Conference of 1911, 1501 
n. 2; views on Imperial Parliament 
of Defence, 1505; on Standing 
Committee of the Imperial Con- 
ference, 1507, 1509, 1510; on 
Declaration of London, 1513, 15186, 
1517, 1557 ; on merchant shipping, 
1519, 1525; on Imperial Court of 
Appeal, 1528 ; on emigration, 1533. 
Fisheries, Dominion and provincial 
powers as to, 678, 679. 
Fitzherbert, Hon. Sir W., views as to 
power of dissolution, 190. 
Fitzpatrick, Rt. Hon. Sir C., G.C.M.G., 
member of the Judicial Committee 
(1911- ), 1375; views on disallow- 
ance of provincial Acts, 742, 743. 
Fitzroy, Rt. Hon. Sir C. A., suggests 
federation of Australia, 778. 
Flags (warrant for New Zealand, 
February 7, 1899; for Union, 
December 28, 1910), 1314, 1315; of 
Dominion navies, 1549, 1558 n, 1. 
Florence, case of, 105-14, 1629 n. 3. 
Foreign deserters, arrest of, 1622, 
Foreign Jurisdiction Act, 1890, not 
applicable to naturalized British 
subjects, 1323; cf. 1624. 
Foreign relations, 1130-57, 1622; pecu- 
aiary responsibility for observance 
of, 1629; in South Africa under High 
Commissioner, 299. 
Forrest, Rt. Hon. Sir J., G.C.M.G., 
Premier of Western Australia (1890 
1902), Minister of Defence (1902-3) 
and Treasurer of the Commonwealth 
(1905-7, 1909-10), 39, 324; pro- 
posals as to financial relations of 
states and Commonwealth, 899, 
901; secures abolition of indepen- 
dence of Aborigines Protection 
Board, 1063. 
Forster, Hon. W., Colonial Secretary of 
New South Wales, resignation of. in 
1865, 570. 
Foster, Hon. G. E., views on agenda 
for Imperial Conference of 1911, 
1498, 1499; on reciprocity, 1145; 
on Canadian Senate, 589. 
Foy, Hon. J. J., Attorney-General of 
Ontario, views on judicial appeals, 
1373. 
Fox, Hon. Sir W., Prime Minister of 
New Zealand (1861-2, 1869-72, 
1873), 186 ; defeated in 1862, 1253. 
France, conventions with, of Septem- 
ber 19, 1907, and January 23, 1909, 
concerning commercial relations 
with Canada (Cd. 5021), 1118; of 
1826, 1558 n. 2. 
franchise, Part III, chap. vi. 
French, Gen. Sir J., visit to Canada on 
defence questions in 1910, 1266. 
French language, in Canada (cf. Times, 
February 6, 1912), 760, 761; in 
Manitoba (Rev. Stat., 1903, c. 126), 
691, 696; in North-West Territories, 
691 n. 2. 
“rere, Rt. Hon. Sir H. Bartle E., 
(.C.B., G.C.8.1., Governor of the 
Cape, 308 n.1; dispute with the 
Molteno Ministry in 1878, 289, 290, 
1004, 1258-61; proposed censure 
in Imperial Parliament, 177 
froude, J. A., attempts to bringabous 
South African federation, 941-3. 
Fugitive Offenders. surrender of. 1319. 
Salt, Hon. Sir A., K.C.M.@G., favours 
federation in 1858, 646; negotia- 
tions with Spain, 1115; views on 
commercial autonomy of Canada, 
1160-4. 
rambia, power of Crown to legislate 
for, 1444 n, 1. 
xandhi, Mr., protagonist of Indians in 
disputes in the Transvaal, 1097. 
sardiner, case of the bushranger, 
1397, 1398. 
sarran, R. R., Secretary to the Com- 
monwealth Law Department, views 
on merchant shipping legislation, 
1191, 1192. 
Jaunt, Mr., Police Magistrate of Vie- 
toria, dismissal of, 622. 
+avan Duffy, Hon. Sir C., K.C.M.G., 
Premier of Victoria (1871-2), is re- 
tused a dissolution by Lord Canter- 
bury, 185; views on Australian 
neutrality, 365, 1155 n. 1; on 
federation of Australia, 779, 780. 
Ferman treaty of 1865, 1108, 1153, 
1165, 1168, 1169, 1174-6. 
*ermany, commercial relations with 
Canada (Sess. Pap., 1910, No. 10, 
g, h), 1469, 
Fiblin, Hon. W. R., Premier of Tas- 
mania (1879-84), 186. 
Gibraltar, power of Crown to legislate 
for, 1444.1; judicial tenurein, 1625, 
Gilbert and Ellice Islands, 922. 
Girard, Hon, M., Premier of Manitoba, 
abolishes Upper House, 597, 598.