870 INDEX

155; Ministry, 319; civil service
(Act No. 41 of 1904), 349-52;
legislative authority, 355 n.1, 358
n.3; privileges of Parliament,
448; limitation of length of
speeches, 466; Speaker, 468;
summons, prorogation, and dissolution,
 470 n. 5, 1597 ; duration, 502 ;
franchise, 486, 487 ; qualification of
members, 497; payment, 503;
electoral matters, 506, 508 ; Upper
House, 539, 540; relations with
Lower House (cf. claim to be
"non-party’ followed by rejection
of Public Works Committee Bill
and disagreement on Arbitration
Bill, Debates, 1911, pp. 671, 711),
631-3; representation in Federal
Council, 782; attitude to federation,
 784-8; financial irregularities,
 248; instructions as to
reservation of Bills, 1013, 1014,
1601 ; imperial control of internal
affairs, 1036 ; public lands, 1048,
1051; nativeaffairs, 1062-8; Chinese
immigration, 1075, 1078; Indian
and Japanese immigration, 1080-2,
1086, 1087, 1099; navy, 1271;
judiciary (24 Vict. No. 15; 44
Viet. No. 10; 50 Vict. No. 28;
57 Vict, No. 8; altered in 1912),
1331; appeals to Privy Council
(Order in Council, June 28, 1909),
1364, 1369 n. 1; prerogative of
mercy, 1394, 1395, 1412, 1597, 1602;
church, 1426,1450 ; education, 1451,
1452; alteration of constitution.
127-32, 434.
WNestern Pacific, annexation of portions
 of, 1134-6.
Whales, prerogative of the Crown
respecting, 146.
Whitaker, Hon. F., Prime Minister of
New Zealand (1882-3), 188; resignation
 of, in 1864, 1253.
Whiteway, Rt. Hon. Sir William,
K.C.M.G., Premier of Newfoundland
 (1878-84, 1889-94 (disqualitication
 for office removed by Act
of 1895), 1895-7), 221-3.
Whitney, Hon. Sir J. P., Premier of
Ontario (1905 ), 655, 1619.
William IV, alleged dismissal of Lord
‘Melbourne, 1628.
Williams, Hon. Sir J. S., J. of the
Supreme Court of New Zealand,

views on shipping legislation of New
Zealand, 1204.
Willis, Hon. H., Speaker of New South
Wales Legislative Assembly, his
authority defied (for his agreement
with Government, see Parl. Pap.,
December, 1911, and Debates, December
 11, 1911), 1618.
Wilson, Rt. Hon. Sir A., member of
the Judicial Committee, 1375.
Wilson, Hon. J. M., Premier of Tasmania
 (1869-72), views on preference,
 1179, 1180.
Wireless Telegraphy, in the Empire,
1538.
Wisdom, Hon. Sir R., views on prerogative
 of mercy, 1405; on power
of dissolution, 190.
Witwatersrand Court, Transvaal, 979.
Wodehouse, Sir P. E. G.C.S.I,
K.C.B., Governor of the Cape
(1861-70), views as to responsible
government, 41-4.
Wolverine, New South Wales war
vessel, 1270.
Wolseley, Sir G., later Field-Marshal
Viscount, XK.P., G.C.B., G.C.M.G.,
Governor of Natal (1879-80), views
as to responsible government in
Natal, 48, 49.
Vood, C.J. of Manitoba, question of
removal of, 1343.
Woodford, C., Resident Commissioner
of the Solomon Islands, views on
removal of Kanakas from Queensland,
 1099.

Yass-Canberra district, seat of federal
capital, 915.
Yelverton, R. D., resignation of appointment
 as C.J. of the Bahamas,
1383 n. 2.
York,Duke of, precedence in Australia,
1311 ; opens first Parliament of the
Commonwealth, 789 n. 1.
Young, Sir John, afterwards Lord
Lisgar, Governor of New South
Wales (1861-7), refuses to accept
advice of ministers, 212 ; Governor-General
 of Canada (1868-72), views
on disallowance of provincial Acts,
726.
Yukon, Government of, 767-9.
Zululand. 300.