1662 INDEX 
Re-election of Ministers, 306, 307. 
van Reenen, case of, 272, 279. 
Referenda, of 1911 in Commonwealth, 
845, 846, 865-8, 8724. 1485 n.6. 
1621. 
Referendum, note on case of, in the 
Dominions (in New Zealand liquor 
referendum of 1911 55-93 per cent. 
voted for national prohibition, but 
50 per cent. was necessary to carry 
on: United Empire, iii. 50), 930-8; 
in Natal, 949 n. 1. 
Refusal of assent to Bills, by Lieu- 
tenant-Governors in Canada, 732, 
733. 
regulation, does not permit prohibi- 
tion, 725. 
Reid, Rt. Hon. Sir G. H., G.C.M.G., 
Prime Minister of New South Wales 
(1894-9), 190, 323 ; obtains increase 
of Legislative Council, 574; Prime 
Minister of the Commonwealth 
(1904-5) refused dissolution by 
Lord Northcote, 191; attacks 
Lord Hopetoun, 337; views on 
federation Bill, 784 n. 2, 786 ; High 
oon for Commonwealth, 
43, 
Religion, connexion of Church and 
State, Part VII, and see Table of 
Contents, 
Religious education, referenda on, in 
Queensland, 933 ; in South Austra- 
lia, 931, 932 ; in Victoria, 934. 
Removal of Executive Councillors, 33. 
Representation of provinces in Do- 
minion Parliament, 652, 653. 
Representative government, Part I, 
chap. i, and see Table of Contents. 
Repugnancy of colonial laws, Part IT], 
chap. iii; see Table of Contents, 
981 n. 1; and see also Colonial Laws 
Validity Act, 1865. 
Reservation of Bills, 1010-8; in the 
Union, 965, 1002, 1583; in the 
Canadian provinces, 732, 733; in 
Australian states, 1601, 1602; in 
Newfoundland, 1611, 1612. 
Reserved powers of the States, doctrine 
of, 83743, 
Resignation of Ministry, 327-31. 
Responsible government, legal basis of, 
Part I, chap. ii, and see Table of 
Contents. 
Rhodes, Rt. Hon. C., Prime Minister 
of the Cape (1890-6), 325. 
Riel, L., pardon of, in 1875, 1421 n. 1 ; 
tried for treason, 418, 
Ripon, Marquess of, Secretary of State 
for the Colonies (1892-5), rules 
regarding negotiations with foreign 
Powers on behalf of colonies, 1116, 
1117, 1119-21. 
titchie, Hon. Sir W. J., C.J. of the 
Supreme Court of Canada, on 
Dominion legislation as to Anticosti 
Company, 708. 
tobertson, Hon, Sir J,, K.C.M.G., Pre- 
mier of New South Wales (1875-7, 
1885-6), 184; views on preroga- 
tive of mercy, 1389. 
sbinson, Rt. Hon. Sir H. G. R., 
3art., G.C.M.G. (afterwards Lord 
Rosmead), Governor of New South 
Wales (1872-9), views as to numbers 
of Legislative Council, 572, 573; on 
lissolution of Parliament, 183, 184; 
on prerogative of mercy, 1392-6; 
on military prerogatives, 1263 ; vote 
of censure on, 175; Governor of 
New Zealand (1879-80); grants 
Sir G. Grey a dissolution, 212. 
Robinson, Sir J., urges grant of re- 
sponsible government to Natal, 54. 
Robinson, W. A., Senior Assistant 
Secretary to the Imperial Con- 
ference, 1502 n. 
Roblin, Hon, R. P., Premier of Mani- 
toba (1900— ), 323. 
Rogers, Sir F., Bart., G.C.M.G, (after- 
wards Lord Blachford), Under- 
Secretary of State for the Colonies 
(1859-71), memorandum on removal 
of Colonial judges, 1341 n, 1, 1345; 
his views on ecclesiastical questions, 
1427 n. 1. 
*oman Catholics, education question 
in Canada, 6906; Church in 
Quebec, 1423 n. 1, 1445 n. 3, 1451, 
1625; political interference in 
Canada, 764 n. 
Rosebery, Earl of, views on treaty 
obligations, 1106, 1107. 
Ross, Hon. G. W., resignation of 
Premiership of Ontario in 1905, 220. 
Rossi, refusal of Governor of New 
South Wales to dismiss, 268 n. 1. 
956 n. 3, 1263. 
Royal, use of title, 1024, 1025 1315. 
Royal arms, use of, permission of 
Governor (see Natal Act, No. 45 of 
1906), 811 n. 1, 1315. 
Royal Commission, to investigate 
resources of Empire, established 
under resolution of Imperial Con- 
ference of 1911, 1532, 1533, 1555. 
Royal Commissions, powers of, 888-90. 
Royal Family, precedence of, 1309-11. 
Royal fish, prerogative of Crown re- 
garding, 146. 
Royal naval reserve and volunteer 
reserve. 1271-4. 1277.