INDEX 1659

Peace, welfare(order),and good government,
 signification of phrase (Hansard,
 ser. 4, exc. 125), 368 n. 3.
Peake, Hon. A. H., Premier of South
Australia (1909-10), 325; attitude
towards referenda in Commonwealth
 in 1911, 866 n. 3.
Pearce, Hon. G. F., views on Australian
 naval policy, 1298 n. 1; represents
 Australia at the Imperial
Conference of 1911, 1501 n. 2 ; views
on British shipping, 1517, 1518,
1519; on British Indians, 1532,1533.
Pember Reeves, Hon. W., first High
Commissioner for New Zealand in
London, adverse vote as to salary
of, 328.
Perth mint, 1156.
Petition of right, 141-5; question of
availability in England in respect of
colonial claims, 1457, 1626, 1627.
Petitions to King, must be submitted.
101.
Phelps, Mr., views as to treaty obliga
tions of the United Kingdom, 1107.
Philp, Hon. R., Prime Minister in
Queensland in 1907-8, 176. 193,
330, 582-6.
Picton, General, trial for torture of
Luisa Calderon, 138.
Pietermaritzburg, formerly capital of
Colony of Natal, 990.
Pine Creek, Palmerston (Port Darwin)
railway, 917.
Pinsent J., of the Supreme Court of
Newfoundland, views as to extraterritorial
 legislation, 378.
Piracy, justiciable by Colonial Courts
(cf. 13 & 14 Vict. c. 26), 1355.
Pitcairn Island, 922.
Plant diseases, power of states regarding,
 864, 865.
Plenary power, of Province of Canada
(cf. South Australia dssembly Debates,
 1911, pp. 1261-3), 718, 719.
Political influence of civil servants (cf.
New Zealand Parliamentary Debates,
cliv, 356 seq., 403 seq.; political
freedom is accorded to civil servants
by new Western Australia Government,see
 Debates, 1911,pp. 4,78),353.
Pollock, Sir F., views on martial law.
270.
Pope, his legislative authority in
Quebec, 1423 n. 1, 1445 n. 2, 1446,
1625; health of, proposed before
that of the King, 1446 n. 1.
Porter, Mr., declines Premiership of
the Cape, 47.
Postal arrangements concluded informally,
 1102.

Postal and telegraph reforms, discussion
 of, at Imperial Conference,
15387, 1538, 1629.
Dostal Union, representation of Dominions
 in, 1132.
Postal vote, 505.
Precedence (for that of archbishops by
appointment, see Canada Statutes,
1911, p. vi), 1308-13, 1624.
Precedence in Courts, power of
Lieutenant-Governors of Canadian
provinces as to, 680, 681.
Preference, Australian, of 1906 to
British goods imported in British
ships manned by white labour, 1110,
and see Commercial Relations.
Preferential voting, in Queensland,
Western Australia, 508-10; in
Victoria, 1619, 1620.
Premiers’ Conference, Hobart, 1895,
785; Sydney, 1896, 1080.
Premiers’ Conference, Sydney, 1904,
808 ; Hobart, 1905, 899; Sydney,
1906, 899; Melbourne, 1906, 899;
1907, 899; 1908, 899: Hobart,
1909, 900.
Prendergast, G. M., leader of Labour
party in Victoria, 197.
Prerogative, relation to executive
power, 656, 664; extent of delegation
 to Governor, 105 ; creation of
Executive Council by, 303, 304;
reservation of Bills affecting, 285,
1021-6.
Prerogative of mercy, Part VI, chap.
iv, and see Table of Contents.
Presents, (Governors forbidden to
accept, 99, 100, 1021, 1621.
President of Legislative Council,
position of, 467-70.
Pretoria, capital of the Union, 990.
Price, Hon. T., Premier of South
Australia (1905-9), 628; proposalsas
to appointment of Governor, 89-91,
192; agreement for transfer of
Northern Territory to the Commonwealth,
 917-9.
Prime Minister, relation to Cabinet,
307-9; precedence in Dominions.
1312.
Prince Edward Island: representative
 government, 5; responsible
government, 23, 24 ; legal basis, 62,
63 ; petition of right (Act 33 Vict.
2. 5), 144 ; executive Council, 150 ;
Ministry, 315 ; legislative authority,
355 n.1, 358 n. 3, 372 ; privileges of
Legislature, 452; Speaker, 468 ;
summons, prorogation, and dissolution,
 470 n. 5; duration, 502 ;
franchise. 477. 478 : qualification of