Public works: New South Wales, Parliamentary Standing Committee of Public Works, means of diminishing political pressure in, 40 New Zealand: Communication, improving means of, by public works scheme, 85 Co-operative construction, 105 Encouragement of settlement--public works scheme valueless without, 120 Railways, preservation of Crown Land for constructing, withdrawn by Government, 92 Queensland, facilitating occupation in outlying districts by construction of public works, 78 Victoria: Audit Commissioners to recover arrears of money due to State, proposed authorisation of, 146 Extravagant expenditure, on, 143 Irrigation and water supply works: Inadequate preliminary investigations, 145 Liabilities--failure of works to meet their own liabilities, 144 Railway Commissioners' libel action against Mr. David Syme, 143 Western Australia--difficulties of the Government, 160 Q Queensland--Australian Federation Enabling Bill, rejection of in, 235 Central and Northern Queensland's separation from the South: Agitation for, 55 Arguments in favour of, 56 Boundaries adopted by Separationists, 56 Claims of Central Queensland, 56 Constitution Bill, attempt at introducing, 59 Decline of agitation, 61 Federal Convention delegates--proportion of Northern and Central Queensland representatives proposed to be sent, 60 Financial Districts Bill, 59 Imperial Government's intervention, Lord Knutsford's reply to Northern deputation, 57 Natural products, interchange of between the separated Provinces, 58 Public Debt Liability, 59 Revenue of the districts--Royal Commission of Inquiry into, 59 Supreme Court judges, appointment of, 60 Female Suffrage, result of adopting in, 185 Humanitarian legislation [see that title] Labour Party [see that title] Legislative Council, members nominated for life without salary, 121 Pastoral industries [see that title] Railways, management of by the State, 251 Revenue and expenditure--development of industries by the State, 77 Sugar cultivation [see that title] R Radical result of elections after establishment of Female Suffrage in South Australia and New Zealand, 193 Railways: New South Wales, appointment of railway Commissioners, 39 New Zealand, reservation of Crown Lands for constructing, withdrawn by Government, 86 Queensland railways, management of by the State, 252 Tasmanian land-grant railways, encouragement of enterprise by, 181 Victoria: Extravagant Expenditure on, 142, 246, 249 Railway Commissioners' libel action against Mr. David Syme, 143 Western Australia, 162 Referendum [sec title Plebiscite] Reid, Right Hon. G. H., 36, 50, 51, 227 Religious bodies, Western Australia, grants to, abolition of, 159 Responsible Government: Australasia, advantages and disadvantages of, 264 Western Australia obtaining, 156