INDEX

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High” Commissioner for the Union of
South Africa, office instituted and
Sir R. Solomon appointed in 1910,
342, 984 n. 3.
iligh Commissioner for South-Eastern
Africa, 299.
High Commissioner for South Africa,
299, 300; legislates by proclamation
 for Protectorates and Basutofand,
 1068 n. 2 ; powers of negotiation,
 1101.
High Court of Commonwealth, Admiralty
 jurisdiction of, 1350 n. 2,
1351.
High Court of Griqualand, 979.
High Court of Rhodesia, 979.
Higinbotham, Hon. G., as minister in
Victoria, disputes with judges, 1345,
1346 ; action in disputes between
the Houses, 604; as C.J. of the
Supreme Court (1886-92); view as
to extra-territorial legislation, 375;
on the position of the Governor, 83,
163-72, 656 n.1, 657, 729; on
foreign affairs, 1131 n.1l; on
honours, 1300 n. 1 ; on the prerogasive
 of mercy, 1404 n. 4, 1406; on
merchant shipping, 298; on legal
basis of responsible government,
39, 64; on reference of a question
to the law officers, 1384 n.
Hime, Rt. Hon, Lieut.-Col. Sir A. H.,
K.C.M.G., Premier of Natal (1899
1903), conferment of P.C. upon, 1302
n. 3.
Hodges, Hon. H. E. A,, J. of the Supreme
 Court of Victoria, represented
Australia at Conference of 1901 on
Court of Appeal, 1376.
Hofmeyr, Hon. H., proposal for duty
for defence purposes, 1465.
Holder, Hon. Sir F., K.C.M.G., Premier
 of South Australia (1899-1901),
 190.
dolland, Canadian arrangement of
1910 with, 1119.
Holland, Rt. Hon. Sir H. T., Bart.,
G.C.M.G. (later Lord Knutsford),
Secretary of State for the Colonies
(1887-92), views as to responsible
government in Western Australia,
36, 37.
Holman, Hon. W. A., Attorney-General
 of New South Wales, views
as to Commonwealth referenda of
1911, 872.
Home Rule, for Ireland, colonial
resolutions respecting, 1461.
Honduras, treaties of January 21, 1887
(denounced in 1909 but renewed
from time to time pending ratifica- *
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tion of new treaty, Cd. 5802), and
3 February, 1900, with, bind all
Dominions, 1109.
Jong Kong, power of Crown to legislate
 for, 1444 n. 1.
Honorary ministers, position of (dis.
cussed in New South Wales Parliamentary
 Debates, 1911, pp. 1415 seq.;
Commonwealth Parliamentary Debates,
 1911, p. 2458), 310, 311.
Honourable,” use of the prefix, 1305,
1306, 1624 ; in Canadian provinces,
651.
{onours, Part V, chap. xi, and see
Table of Contents ; channel of communication
 of recommendation for,
in Australia, 808; Governor-General
allowed to confer knighthood on recipients
 of K.C.M.G., 119, 1299 n. 2,
Topetoun, Earl of (Marquess of Linlithgow),
 Governor-General of the
Commonwealth (1901-2), action as
50 formation of first federal ministry,
789 n.l; attacked by Rt. Hon.
G. Reid, 337, 338.
Jouse of Representatives, Commonwealth,
 state representation in,
791, 792.
lowe, Hon. J., views as to responsible
government, 21 ; opposesfederation
of Canada, 647; enters federal
Parliament, 949,
Hoyles, Hon. W., Premier of Newfoundland,
 224.
Hudson, murder case of, in Tasmania,
303.
fudson’s Bay, territorial waters of
Canada, 764 n. 1.
Hudson's Bay Territory, annexed to
Canada, 647, 648, 680 n. 1.
Hughes, Hon. W. M., Attorney-General
 of the Commonwealth,
views on Australian referenda, 866,
367 ; on naval defence, 1292 n.1;
on agenda for Imperial Conference,
1496.
Hunt, Louisa, case of, pardon of, 289,
1398.
Huntingdon, S., demands inquiry into
Pacific Railway scandals, 891.
Hutton, Maj. (now Lieut.-) Gen. Sir
E. T. H., K.CM.G., C B., dismissal
of, by Canadian Government in
1900, 1266 ; retirement from Australia
 in 1905, 1266.
Hydro-Electric Commission case,
747-9,

Idington, Hon. J., J. of the Supreme
Court of Canada, views on provincial
powers a8 to companies, 705: on

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