From Westgarth's _Colony of Victoria_ we extract:--"The Commission produced a lengthened report, in which the whole system of gold-fields' management was proposed to be reconstituted. The miners' earnings were found to be, on an average, rather smaller than those of other branches of colonial labour--a circumstance not favourable to the persistent maintenance of a heavy license fee of practically very unequal incidence. The report recommended the abolition of this fee, and in its place the imposition of a moderate export duty on gold. The issue of a 'Miner's Right' was suggested, at a cost to each miner of one pound a-year, and conferring upon him both the mining privileges and the franchise. The title of 'Commissioner' to the head of each gold-field, a name now associated with the wranglings of the past, was proposed to be changed to the old English mining title, 'Warden.' The Commissioners recommended local elective mining courts, and benches of local unpaid justices of the peace, who should sit with the regular paid magistrate. The more intelligent of the miners were constituted local justices of the peace, and arrangements were made by which the mining districts elected their own representatives to the 'Colonial Legislature.'" Mr. Peter Lalor[A] was one of the first of these representatives, and has since been in several ministries, and twice Speaker of the Assembly. [A] Recently the sum of £4000 has been voted to Mr. Lalor, on his retiring to a well-earned rest from the arduous duties attending the Speakership of a House where so many members require a strong hand and determined will to teach them the responsibilities of their position. Thus ended one of the few unfortunate incidents of Australian history. The miners have since been as loyal as any other section of the population, and, by their industrious delving in the seemingly inexhaustible gold mines of Victoria, they have contributed a full share towards the prosperity of the colony. _Printed by_ WALTER SCOTT, _Felling, Newcastle-on-Tyne_. * * * * * Transcribers Notes: Some minor obvious typographical errors have been corrected silently. The footnote and illustrations have been moved to underneath the paragraphs they refer to so as to not disrupt the flow of the text. Multiple versions of words not changed: monstre, monster flag-staff, flagstaff over-crowded, overcrowded End of Project Gutenberg's Australian Heroes and Adventurers, by William Pyke