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FINANCE AND TRADE (continued)—
Discrimination between States .
Interstate Commissions . :
Taking over of State Debts .
, Limitation of Commonwealth Power
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§ 9. Papua AND THE NORTHERN TERRITORY
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(b) The Federal Capital .
(¢) The Northern Territory
The Pacific Islands .
10. THE ALTERATION OF THE CONSTITUTION
Powers of the Parliament :
The Change of the Constitution
Limits on Alteration ’ »
Mode of Change . .
The Referenda ,

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The Referendum in the Dominions
(1) Great Constitutional Changes
(2) Alterations of Constitutions
(3) Important Issues . .
Religious Education in South Australia
Liquor Licences in Canada :
Religious Education in Queensland
Increase of Salaries in South Australia
Reduction of Members in New South Wales
Education in Victoria . .
The Queensland Act of 1908 . :
»Lord Balfour’s Imperial Bill of 1911
Disadvantages of the Referendum

CHAPTER III. THE UNION OF SOUTH AFRICA
§ 1. Tur FormaTION OF THE UNION
The Convention of 1908-9
The Early Suggestions .
Lord Carnarvon’s Attempt . .
The Results of the War of 1899-1902
Railway Rates and Native Labour
The Federal Constitution of 1877
The Formation of the Union

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