70 RESPONSIBLE GOVERNMENT [PART I 
office though without support in Parliament, if they could 
only keep seats in Parliament. 
In the case of Queensland the model of New South Wales 
was followed in the Order in Council of June 6, 1859, and in 
the Constitution Act, 31 Viet. No. 38, and the same rules 
apply. The grant of the Crown revenues was already made, 
and there were no political pensions. Officers were to be 
appointed by the Governor in Council save in the case of 
political officers, who were to be appointed by the Governor 
alone, and minor officers, for whom similar provision was 
made as in New South Wales. Nothing is added to this by 
act of the Legislature or by the royal instructions, and the 
practice of responsible government rests on usage alone. The 
Act 60 Vict. No. 3 merely permits ministers to sit in Parlia- 
ment and dispenses with re-election on acceptance of office. 
Eight may sit, seven in the Assembly and one in the Council. 
In the case of South Australia, on the other hand, an 
effort was made to embody in the act?! some of the principles 
of self-government. By s. 29 of the Constitution Act, No. 2 
of 1855-6, it is provided that appointments of officers are 
to be made by the Governor with the advice of his Executive 
Council, save in the case of officers who are required to be 
members of Parliament, the appointment or dismissal of 
whom is by the Act vested in the Governor alone, while 
minor appointments may be delegated by the Legislature 
or by the Governor in Council to the heads of departments 
or other officers. 8. 32 provides that after the first general 
election of the Parliament no person shall hold any of the 
offices of Chief Secretary, Attorney-General, Commissioner 
of Crown Lands and Immigration, and Commissioner of 
Public Works for any longer period than three calendar 
months, unless he shall be a member of the Legislative 
Council or House of Assembly, and the persons for the time 
being holding such offices shall ex officio be members of 
' It refers to officers as ‘liable to loss of office by reason of their inability 
to become members of the said Parliament, or to command the support 
of a majority of the members thereof ’, a very striking case of the express 
affirmation of the constitutional principle, but only in a minor matter.