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riage law, 1246 n. 1; becomes
Premier of Western Australia,
October, 1911, 1619.
Schreiner, Hon. W. P., Prime Minister
of the Cape (1898-1900), 325 ; views
on exclusion of natives from membership
 of the Union Parliament,
959 n. 1; selected as a Senator, 958
n. 2; contemplates neutrality of
Cape in Boer War (cf. also Holland,
War and Neutrality, p. 3), 1262 n. 2.
Scire facias (cf. on this writ, RB, v.
Hughes, 1 P.C. 81), for removal of
judge, 1339 n. 3, 1436.
Scratchley, Maj.-Gen., Sir P., Commissioner
 for Papua (1885), 910; recommendations
 on defence of Australian
colonies, 1249.
Seal, Great or Public, kept by Governor-General
 or Governor, 104, 128,
1562 ; of Provinces of Canada, 126
8; of Canada, 1562; of Commonwealth,
 1570; of the Union, 1579 ;
of Australian states, 1596 ; of Newfoundland,
 1606.
Second ballots, in New Zealand and
New South Wales, 506-8.
Seddon, Rt. Hon. R., Prime Minister
of New Zealand (1893-1906), 308,
309, 325; asks for annexation of
Tonga, - 922; views on Imperial
unity, 1469.
Sedgewick, Hon. R., J. of the Supreme
Court of Canada, views on commerce
powers of Canadian Parliament, 704.
Seely, Rt. Hon. Col. J. B. E., Under-Secretary
 of State, introduces Union
Bill in Commons, 940, 963 n. 1.
Seizure of enemy vessels, by order of
Governor, 133.
Selborne, Lord, views on Privy
Council and High Court of Australia,
 1367.
Selborne, Earl of, P.C., G.CM.G.,
Governor of the Transvaal (1905-10)
and High Commissioner for South
Africa, memorandum on South
African federation, 945, 946 ; agree.
ment with Mozambique, 1101, 1119.
Semlin, Mr., Premier of British
Columbia, 242.
Senate of Canada, composition of and
legal powers, 214, 514-6; relation
to House of Commons, 587-91 ; ignores
 provincial rights, 653, 654;
cepresentatives of maritime provinces
 in, 762; representatives of
territories in, 763.
Senate of Commonwealth, composition
and legal powers (cf. Notes on the
Practice and Procedure of the Senate

in relation to Money Bills, by C. B.
Boydell, 1911), 519-24; relation
to House of Representatives, 633-8 ;
state representation in, 790 ; change
of date of election for, 927, 928.
Senate of Union of South Africa, composition
 and legal powers, 582-5;
relation to House of Assembly, 639-44.

ervice, Hon. J., Premier of Victoria
(1883-6), views on power of dissolution,
 189 ; on prerogative of mercy,
1405; summons conference to
consider federation in 1883, 780.
Settled colony, law in (cf. Parl. Pap.,
H.C. 229, sess. 2, 1857, p. 3, as to
Vancouver Island), 1, 2, 1613.
Seychelles, power of Crown to legislate
for, 1444 n. 1.
Shea, Hon. Sir A., views as to power
of dissolution, 190.
Shearers Accommodation Act of Vietoria
 (No. 2341; proposed in Western
Australia in 1911), 1622,
Sheffield, protest of Chamber of Commerce
 against Canadian tariff of
1859, 1159-64.
Shenandoah, breach of neutrality in
Victoria in respect of, 1629.
Shipping conferences and rebates,
discussion of at Imperial Conference,
1541.
Shortis, case of pardon of in Canada
(cf. also Blythe's case, House of
Commons Debates, 1909-10, pp. 2009
seq., 2712), 1404.
Sierra Leone, power of Crown to legislate
 for, 1444 n. 1.
ifton, Hon. C., resigns position in
Dominion Government, 764 n. 3.
Silver mines, prerogative of Crown
regarding, 146.
Smuts, Hon. J. C., views on Indian
question in the Transvaal, 1097,
Solomon Islands, 921.
Solomon, Hon. Sir R., G.C.M.G., High
Commissioner for the Union of
South Africa (1910— ), 342, 343.
Solomon, Hon. V. L., Premier of
South Australia (Dec. 1-10. 1899),
324,
Solomon, Hon. A. E., Attorney-General
 of Tasmania, 205.
South Africa Federation Act of 1877.
946-8.
South African Republic, war of 1899-1902
 with (for Victorian contigents,
see Acts Nos. 1619, 1627, 1655,
1698), 1257, 1261, 1262, 1461.
South African Constabulary, 943, 944.
South Australia : representative go-