334 INDEX 
South Wales (1868-72), adds mem.- 
bers to New South Wales Legisla- 
tive Council, 571; views on the 
issue of excess warrants, 249-58 ; 
on extra-territorial legislation, 374 ; 
on the prerogative of mercy, 1389. 
Benefices, right of Governor to present 
to, 1424 n. 1, 1613 n. 2. 
Benjamin, case of, 804. 
Bent, Hon. Sir T., K.C.M.G., Premier 
of Victoria (1904-9), 325, 330; 
obtains dissolution from Sir T. G. 
Carmichael, 193-9. 
Bermuda, Constitution of, 11; pro- 
posal of money votes in, 641 ; no 
power of Crown to legislate for, 
1444 n. 1. 
Berne Copyright Convention of 1886, 
1220. 
Berry, Hon. Sir G., K.C.M.G., Premier 
of Victoria (1877-80, 1880-1), views 
as to power of dissolution, 189 ; 
action in dispute with Upper House 
of Victoria, 605-24; views on 
neutrality of colonies, 1155 n. 1. 
Bigamy, extra-territorial operation of 
law as to, 383-5, 1454. 
Bishops of the Church of England in 
the Colonies (cf. Bishop of Columbia 
v. Cridge, 1 B.C. (Irving) 5), 1424 
41; precedence of (Victoria Parl. 
Pap., 1890, No. 38, p- 6; dispatch, 
February 17,1911; Canada Statutes, 
1911, p. vi), 1310, 1624 ; style of. 
1436 n. 2. 
Blackburn J., charge in R. v. Eyre 
fef. Cockburn C.J.’s charge in R. v. 
Nelson and Brand), 136, 1615. 
Blake, Hon. E., Minister of Justice of 
Canada, views on reciprocity, 1148 ; 
on the executive power, 65, 66, 
158-63, 657; on the disallowance 
of provincial Acts, 737, 1010 ; onthe 
prerogative of mercy, 1399-1404, 
Blake, Sir H., G.C.M.G., proposed 
appointment of, as Governor of 
Queensland, 84, 88, 341. 
Blaine, Mr., United States Secretary 
of State, 1148. 
Bloemfontein, seat of the Union 
judiciary, 963, 982, 989. 
Bloemfontein Conference, 1909, 939, 
960, 963, 978, 986. 
Bolivia, Treaty of September 29, 
1840, with, binds Dominions, 1108, 
1153, 1558 n. 2. 
Bombay, bishopric of, creation bv 
statute, 1429. 
Bond, Rt. Hon. Sir R., K.C.M.G., 
Prime Minister of Newfoundland 
(1900-8), 309, 323. 1302 n.3: 
obtains increase in Legislative 
Council, 598; negotiates with 
United States, 1165. 
3oothby, Hon. B., J. of Supreme Court 
of South Australia, views on powers 
of Parliaments, 362, 400-8: removal 
of, 1243-5. 
Borden, Hon. R. L. (created a Privy 
Councillor, January 1, 1912), leader 
of the Opposition in Canada, 347 ; 
became Prime Minister in October 
1911, on the defeat of Sir Ww. 
Laurier’s Government, 1157 n., 
1618, 1619; views on naval de. 
fence, 1629, 
Jorden, Hon. Sir F., K.CM.G., 
Canadian Minister of Militia (1891- 
1911), views on reciprocity, 1150 ; 
represented Canada at Imperial 
Conference, 1911, 1501 n. 2. 
Border Conventions, in Australia, 779. 
Botha, Rt. Hon. Gen., Prime Minister 
of the Transvaal, 57; forms first 
Ministry of the Union, 789 n.1; 
views on South African participa- 
tion in British wars, 1157 n. 1 ; at 
imperial Conference of 1911, 1501 ; 
views on Imperial Parliament of 
Defence, 1505; on committee of 
Imperial Conference, 1510; on 
Declaration of London, 1515, 1516; 
on Merchant Shipping, 1525, 1526 3 
on Labour Exchanges, 1537; on 
Death Duties and Income Tax, 
1539; P.C., 1302 n.3, 1555 n. 
Boucherville, Hon. C. E. B. de, 
Premier of Quebec, dismissed by 
Mr. Letellier, 244, 
Boulton, H., J. of the Supreme Court of 
Newfoundland, removal of. 1338 
n. 2. 
Boundaries, in Canada (cf. Debates, 
1911, p. 794), 769-71; of New 
Zealand, 435, 1586 ; of New South 
Wales, 1595 ; of Cape, 948 ; altera- 
tion of, 997 n. 
Boundary questions, referred to Privy 
Council, 1384, 
Boundary Waters Treaty of 1909 (Cd. 
5223), with United States, 1128, 
Bourassa, J. H. N., views on Canadian 
naval policy, 1297, 1618. 
Bowell, Hon. Sir M., K.C.M.G., Prime 
Minister of Canada (1804-6). 214, 
306, 322. 
Rowen, Sir G. F., G.CM.G., first 
Governor of Queensland (1867), 34, 
35, 1184, 1263; Governor of New 
Zealand (1868-73), declines in 1872 
a dissolution to Mr. Stafford, 186 ; 
-ssues an unauthorized medal. 1308