Denominational Schools, Western Australia, termination of grants, 159 Dibbs, Sir George, 36, 50 Dilke, Sir Charles, 300 Domestic servants' weekly half-holiday, Bill for establishing in New Zealand, 203 Drunkenness and rowdiness, absence of among Coolgardie miners, 314 Duffy, Sir Charles Gavan, 214 E Eastern Railway, Western Australia, course of, 162 Ecclesiastical Grants, Western Australia, Abolition Act of 1895, 159 Education: South Australia: Primary and Religious Education in, alterations proposed, plebiscite taken on, 29, 274 Religious instruction in schools, 29 Secular character of, effect on working classes, 32 State system of in Australasia, 256 Western Australia--Assisted Schools Abolition Act, 159 Elective Executive: New Zealand Bill, 277 South Australia, substitution of, advocated, 26 Electoral Legislation: Queensland--Contingent vote, 176 Tasmania--Modification of Hare's System of Voting, 173 Victoria--Electoral Bill, cause of conflict between Legislative Council and Assembly, 122 Electoral Reform Policy: New South Wales Labour Party, 48, 49 Queensland Labour Party, 74 Expenditure [see title Revenue and Expenditure] Export [see title Produce and Export Department]. F Factories and Shops Acts, Victoria: Cabinet-making, Chinese competition, 136 Definition of factory, amendments, 133, 139 Protection of workers in factories, 137, 140 Royal Commission of Inquiry into working of the Act of 1890, 134 Shops, hours of closing, 140 Tailoresses' Union, formation of, 135 Wage Boards, appointment of, 138 Factories and workshops in Queensland, Royal Commission of Inquiry into, 77 Fair Rent Bill, New Zealand, 103 Family Home Protection, New Zealand, Act of 1895, 101 Federal Council: Abstention of New South Wales and New Zealand, from, 216 Act of 1885 establishing, 215 Permissive character of, 216 Status of, effect of Federation agitation on, 229 Utility of, causes tending to minimise, 217 Federation of Australasian Provinces: Artificial boundaries between the provinces, 299 Australasian Federation Enabling Act [see that title] Benefits of, 235 Climatic differences engendering divergence of opinions, 299 Committee appointed by House of Assembly, Victoria, to consider, 214 Constitution Bill [see that title] Federal Council [see that title] Hobart, Premiers' conference at, 227 Interdependence of Provinces, hastening establishment of, 230 Inter-provincial conference on, 214 New South Wales, Governor of, receiving commission as Governor-General of Australia, 213 Plebiscite, new Federal constitution proposed, referring to, 228 Prospects of, 236 Sydney conventions, 215 Town and country inhabitants, difference in development of, 299