Female Suffrage: New Zealand: C.D. Act, Repeal of, advocated by female voters, 196 Domestic servants' weekly half-holiday Bill, 203 Elections, Radical returns, 193 Electoral Bill of 1892 conferring franchise on all adult women, 192 Equal wages for similar work of men and women demanded by female voters, 209 Juvenile Depravity Suppression Bill, 203 Liquor legislation and prominence of temperance movement, due to, 194 Modifications of female voters' views, 207 National Council of Women, resolutions passed by, 204, 205 Sentiment, tendency of subordinating reason to, danger of Female Suffrage, 210 Totalisator, suppressing, result of, 196 Women's franchise leagues inducing female voters to support candidates on moral considerations, 205 Queensland, result of adopting in, 185 South Australia: Election to Parliament, women eligible for, 187 First elections under new franchise, 188; results of, 189 Licensed Victuallers' Act, prohibition of employment of barmaids, proposed under influence of, 191 Plebiscite [see that title] Voting privileges accorded to female electors in, 192 Tasmania: Plebiscite, proposed application of for, 177 Result of adopting in, 184 Victoria: Plural voting, abolition of, included in Bill, 186 Result of adopting in, 184 Finance [see title Revenue and Expenditure] Financial crisis in Australia, causes of, 246 Financial extravagance in New South Wales, means of diminishing, 34 Financial statement, Queensland, 1896, extract with regard to export of home produce, 79 Foreign competition in Australasia: Great Britain, hostility towards in consequence of, 296 Labouring classes' opposition to, 294 Foreign politics, Australasians' imperialistic views of, 298 Forrest, Right Hon. Sir John, 157, 166, 253 Free trade policy of New South Wales, 212 Fremantle, Government harbour works to induce mail steamers to call at, 303 Friendly societies and savings banks, individual efforts of labouring classes demonstrated by, 259 Frozen meat industry: Queensland: Distributing agencies, 80 Financial statement of 1896, 79 South Australia, receiving depot at Port Adelaide, 21 Victoria, State advances for, 148 Fysh, Hon. Sir P. O., 178 G Gold-mining: Discovery of gold, effect of, on Australasian Democracy, 244 New South Wales, right of mining on private land obtained by Labour Party, 49 New Zealand goldfields, roads and water-races on, Government constructing, 105 Victoria, state encouragement 147 Western Australia: Coolgardie goldfields [see that title] Crown lands, miner's rights on acquiring, 165 Inducements offered to immigrants, 165 Goldstein, Colonel, Honorary Secretary of Leongatha Labour Colony, Victoria, 151 Government advances to Settlers Act, New Zealand, 99, 118