INDEX

1655

of Newfoundland (1896-8), alters
speech, 339; action in financial
crisis, 1041, 1042,
Murray, Rt. Hon. Sir G., G.C.B,
appointed president of financial
relations Commission in the Union,
986.
Murray, Hon. J., Premier of Victoria
(1909~ ), 197, 1620.
Murray river, controversies as to
waters of, 871 n.l, 903; transit
dues, 779, 1165.
Musgrave, Sir A., G.C.M.G., Governor
of Queensland (1886-8), declines
ministers’ advice as to remission of
sentence on Benjamin Kitt, 1406-8.
Muskat, treaty of March 19,1891, with
{adhered to by Natal, Newfoundland,
 Queensland, and Canada),
1109.

Nationality, question of a colonial,
1323, 1454, 1455.
Native High Court in Natal, 979.
Native Affairs Commission, 1903-5,
report of, 945; Natal Commission.
1906-7, 945.
Vatives, reservation of power to
Governor in connexion with, in
Natal, 504, 1071, 1072.
Jaturalization (cf. United Empire, ii.
852), 1322-4, 1482, 1483, 1493,
1498, 1501, 1554, 1624; in the
federation and the Union, 820,
993, 994 ; Dominion powers as to,
697, 698.
Vaturalization Act, 1870, Governor's
duties under, 298. &
Naval defence, Part V, chap. x, §2;
Part VIII, chap. iii. §5; and see
Table of Contents; 1629, 1630.
Naval forces of Australia, 1292-4;
of Canada, 1295, 1296, 1629, 1630.
Vaval Prize Bill, rejected by House of
Lords in 1911, 1628.
Naval Reserve in South Africa, 1295
n. 1, 1630 n. 1.
Navigation Conference of 1907, 1194,
1195.
Navigation, Dominion control of, 679,
715, 716.
Navy, difficulties as to legal status of,
outside territorial waters, 375, 1279,
1552, 1629, 1630.
Ve temere decree, in Canada, 1625,
1626. Cf. Lancaster.
Neild, Col. the Hon. J. C., Senator,
proposes Criminal Appeal Bill in
Commonwealth Parliament, 892.
Neutrality, proposal for, of Colonies
ef. Mr. McBride in Standard of
Empire, November 17, 1911, p. 15),
780, 1155, 1156, 1459, 1553, 1554;
responsibility for observance of,
1629.
Nevis, change of constitution of
bicameral legislature by Act No. 143
of 1866 (one House half elective),
No. 16 of 1877 (nominee) and merger
with St. Kitts by Federal Act No. 2
of 1882, 10, 367 ; no power of Crown
io legislate for, 1444 n. 1.
Vew Brunswick: representative
rovernment, 5 ; responsible governnent,
 23 ; legal basis, 62; Execuive
 Council, 150; Ministry, 314;
‘egislative authority, 355 n. 1, 358
2. 3, 372; privileges of legislature,
152 ; Speaker, 468 ; summons, prorogation,
 and dissolution, 470 n. 5;
juration, 502; franchise, 477;
jualification of members, 492, 493

Natal : representative government,
48; responsible government, 48-55;
 legal basis, 76, 77, 955; petition
 of right (25 N.L.R. 273), 143,
i144; Executive Council, 149;
relation of Governor to Council,
154; Ministry, 321; legislative
authority, 355 n.1; privileges of
Parliament, 449; summons, prorogation,
 and dissolution, 470 n. 5;
duration, 502; franchise, 490;
qualification of members (increase
of number of Assembly to 46 by
Act No. 40 of 1908 never came into
force by reason of Union), 500, 501 ;
payment (£1 ls. a day if resident
two miles from Pietermaritzburg),
504 ; Upper House, 545-7; relations
 with Lower House, 566,
586 ; martial law, 271-6, 279-82,
291-6; referendum, 938; restrictions
 as to reservation of Bills,
1011-4; public lands, 1048;
native affairs, 1066, 1067 ; Indian
question, 1090 ; militia, 1257 n. 1;
1265 n.1; navy, 1295 n.1; judiciary,
 1339; appeal to Privy
Council, 1360; prerogative of
mercy, 1417, 1418; church, 1427,
1433, 1434, 1451 ; education, 1452;
alteration of constitution, 1001;
dispute with Imperial Government
in 1906-8 (Hansard, ser. 4, clv.
247-80; cxc. 113 seq.), 291-6.
Natal Province: entrance into Union,
949; Provincial Council, 969-72;
railway rates, 990, 991.
Natal Act No. 1 of 1897 regarding
immigration, 1082.