settled, as the wishes or convenience of the future settlers may hereafter require." APPENDIX B. THE FIRST PARLIAMENT. (First Session, 1860.) THE GOVERNOR: His Excellency Sir George Ferguson Bowen, K.C.M.G. THE MINISTRY: _With Seats in the Legislative Assembly._ Colonial Secretary--The Honourable Robert George Wyndham Herbert. Attorney-General--The Honourable Ratcliffe Pring. Colonial Treasurer--The Honourable Robert Ramsay Mackenzie. _With Seats in the Legislative Council._ Minister without Portfolio--The Honourable Maurice Charles O'Connell.[a] Minister without Portfolio--The Honourable John James Galloway.[b] MEMBERS OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL (15). President--The Honourable Sir Charles Nicholson.[c] Chairman of Committees--The Honourable Daniel Foley Roberts.[d] [c] Balfour, Hon. John. [c] Bigge, Hon. Francis Edward. [c] Compigne, Hon. Alfred William. [d] Fitz, Hon. Henry Bates. [c] Fullarton, Hon. George. [c] Galloway, Hon. John James. [d] Harris, Hon. George. [c] Laidley, Hon. James. [c] Massie, Hon. Robert George. [c] McDougall, Hon. John Frederick. [c] O'Connell, Hon. Maurice Charles. [d] Simpson, Hon. Stephen. [c] Yaldwyn, Hon. William Henry. MEMBERS OF THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY (26). Speaker--The Honourable Gilbert Eliott (_Wide Bay_). Chairman of Committees--Arthur Macalister (_Ipswich_). Blakeney, Charles William (_Brisbane_). Broughton, Alfred Delves (_West Moreton_). Buckley, Henry (_East Moreton_). Coxen, Charles (_Northern Downs_). Edmondstone, George (_East Moreton_). Ferrett, John (_Maranoa_). Fitzsimmons, Charles (_Port Curtis_). Forbes, Frederick Augustus (_Ipswich_). Gore, St. George Richard (_Warwick_). Haly, Charles Robert (_Burnett_). Herbert, Robert George Wyndham (_Leichhardt_). Jordan, Henry (_Brisbane_). Lilley, Charles (_Fortitude Valley_). Mackenzie, Robert Ramsay (_Burnett_). Moffatt, Thomas de Lacy (_Western Downs_). [e] Nelson, William Lambie (_West Moreton_). O'Sullivan, Patrick (_Ipswich_). Pring, Ratcliffe (_Eastern Downs_). Raff, George (_Brisbane_). Richards, Henry (_Brisbane South_). Royds, Charles James (_Leichhardt_). Taylor, James (_Western Downs_). Thorn, George, sen. (_West Moreton_). Watts, John (_Drayton and Toowoomba_). [Footnote a: Captain O'Connell resigned on 28th August, and became President of Legislative Council.] [Footnote b: Appointed 28th August, 1860; resigned 10th November, 1860.] [Footnote c: Appointed for five years by Sir William Denison.] [Footnote d: Appointed for life by Sir G. F. Bowen.] [Footnote e: Unseated on petition in June, 1860--disqualified, being a minister of religion; succeeded by Joseph Fleming.] [Illustration: COCOA-NUT PALMS, JOHNSTONE RIVER, NORTH QUEENSLAND] [Illustration: CUSTOM HOUSE AND PETRIE BIGHT, BRISBANE] APPENDIX C. THE EIGHTEENTH PARLIAMENT. (1909.--Second Session.) THE GOVERNOR: