Pastoral industries: Queensland: Darling Downs industries, success of, 70, 71 Irregularity of employment in, 69 Land tenure, new form of for shearers, 70 Produce, disposal of: Financial statement, 1896, extract with reference to, 79 Meat and Dairy Produce Act, assisting, 71 Victoria: Protection of the State, 154 Right of selection on pastoral properties dispute--cause of conflict between the two Houses, 122, 123 Pastoral Tenants' Relief Act of 1895, New Zealand, 118 Peace Preservation Act of 1894, Queensland, 74 Plebiscite: Establishment of in Australasian legislation, 276 Federation of Australasian Provinces, proposed framing of new Constitution and referring to, 227 Legislative Council and House of Assembly disputes, proposed settlement of by plebiscite, 273 South Australia: Bill for establishment of, 29 Educational system, alterations in, question referred to plebiscite, 29, 274 Tasmania, Female Suffrage, proposed application of plebiscite for, 177, 187 Plural voting: South Australia, plural voting forbidden in, 2 Victoria, proposed abolition of, 186 Tasmania, partial abolition of, 173 Political patronage, misuse of, in New Zealand, charges against the Government, 269, 271 Postal and Telegraphic Department, Parliament of Commonwealth's exclusive control of, 221 Produce and Export Department: Queensland, concessions to producers: Financial statement of 1896, extract with regard to, 79 Meat and Dairy Produce Act, 71 Sugar Works Guarantee Act, 65 Relations between, Provinces strengthened by promotion of enterprise, 253 South Australia: Institution of, 21 Output of the Provinces, means of securing uniformity, 23 Tasmania--Inspection of exported produce, necessity of, 172 Victoria--State advances to producers, 148 Property Qualification: South Australian Legislative Council: Electors', 2 Members not subjected to, 121, 122 Victorian Legislative Council, 122 Western Australian Legislative Council, 157 Prospecting Boards in gold-mining districts, Victoria, appointment of, 147 Protection: Development, result of, 292 Interchange of commodities between the Provinces impeded by protective tariff, 212 Labouring classes in favour of, 292 South Australia adopting protective tariff, 24 Provincial Legislatures of New Zealand, abolition of, 83 Public Service Board, New South Wales, for investigating all departments of Civil Service, 44