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and the few long Ministries, which include those of Mr. 
Gillies with Mr. Deakin in Victoria from 1886-90, of Mr. Reid 
in New South Wales from 1894 to 1899, which was upset by 
an indiscretion of the Premier, of Sir G. Turner in Victoria 
from 1894 to 1899, and from 1904 to 1908 of Sir T. Bent, 
whose personal blunders again terminated the régime. In 
Queensland since 1903 the party led first by Mr. (now Sir A.) 
Morgan, since 1906 by Mr. Kidston and now by Mr. Denham, 
has held office with the exception of a brief break in November 
19, 1907, to February 18, 1908, when their opponents were in 
a minority in the House and the country, but since 1909 the 
Government has rested on a Conservative alliance, reminiscent 
of the alliance of Sir S. Griffith and Sir T. McIlwraith in 1890. 
In South Australia, since the Liberal administration of Mr. 
Jenkins from 1901 to 1905, the Labour Party have held 
office with a short break after Mr. Price’s death, when 
Mr. Peake led a party which ultimately accepted a Conserva- 
tive alliance. In Western Australia governments have of 
late been short-lived mainly for personal reasons, and the 
parties are now fairly evenly divided between the Liberals 
and Labour, but Sir N. Moore’s retirement in 1910 has 
weakened his side, which on a vote of censure had only a 
majority of one vote. In Tasmania, since the long Ministry 
of Sir E. Braddon from 1894 to 1899 all has been in flux, and 
the Government still is very feeble. Sir E. Lewis held office 
from 1899-1903, and is now again in power, Labour being 
definitely in a minority. In New Zealand the Liberal party 
has been in office since 1891, first under Mr. Ballance (1891-3), 
then under Mr. Seddon (1893-6), and now under Sir J. Ward. 
It sprang into being under Sir G. Grey in 1877-9, and held 
office from 1884-7. In the Cape Ministries have been less 
unstable than in Australia. There were ten Ministries from 
1872 to 1910, and of these Sir G. Sprigg was Prime Minister 
in four (1878-81, 1886-90, 1896-8, 1900-4), while Mr. 
Rhodes’s Ministry of 1890, which rested on a Bond alliance, 
ended only in 1896, through his participation in the Raid 
in 1895. The Bond itself first took office on defeating 
Sir G. Sprigeg in 1898, but Mr. Schreiner resigned on the