334 INDEX

South Wales (1868-72), adds mem.-bers
 to New South Wales Legislative
 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; proposal
 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 participation
 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 ; alteration
 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