At N-IKM \M A 



.rik of iwue. ' 



nation of tbeli 



'.*|,on,l 



other colonies. For the 



till. at- -I If 



out 



tha 



mjti M, f .- i - > I! . .. I r . - H Hi 



Ijrsmrto on tneipwnd thai it wasaii insult. 



t!,, !,-. IV,,. MM* ..-. .. 



. win. h l..- 



lu- rv venu 



f..r iNlkVlMwiu 



, .-;!. .Ml l.-.v, 



in the As- 





lali-l U\ bill, tli.- !.,-_ 



UM bill for assessing the hi 



by m i 



that th.- Administration wa 



lation. and had VMM 



MM In M, 



- lull and the 

 mil tin 



id income tax. 



: ,*d* III ! 



il if it 



not respect the right of the lower house to 

 Bhaiie the system of taxation to accord with the 

 will of the electors and tax; untry. 



then the parliamentary n A..i,ld have 



, 



the minister could api'ly f 



M his 

 successor had not yet arrived. Moreov. 



MI* unwiii isional 



bridge over the" ci i .1 lifll- 



rulty. n.-r could he be sure that the In 



tnent, however anxious for free trade, 

 nnprovc In- radical changes in taxation 

 met <>f tln> desperate opposition of the 

 and landholdmi: mt.-r.-t unless ) 

 .- mandat 



annonnoeti the dissolut in of th<- House and at 

 the fain scheme for the reformation of 



drad- 



\ : In* Ix^ r i*ltM- < 'oiin- 



cil will consist nominated for 



rejfanlinjr appropriation bilh must 

 rest with the Assembly, but in loan and taxa- 

 tion lull* the upjH r house may pr|iM> amend- 

 ments, which will fail onlaai they are subse- 

 v acrt.pt.. v bill 



that bai biH-n vet.*..i 1 will pass 



Apnmves it apiin in 

 \t session nn-1 H \ their a*- 



5Mit in :i r.-f.-n-n.liim tak< n in the following re* 

 eess. 1 



jhr|" Itu.-tjfH jn.i 



an !i| : bill and in a bill .1-. 



lan >f r.ViimjMi if it -hould ln*s>iiir n-i-waainr 

 MI of thr l*n'inirr thnwn under 

 the table it* an invasion of tin* he As- 



M> in 1 1 alone dissent injr. and 



when 

 Council was submitted to that chamber it re- 



rJulvft 

 rll.MH 

 iutiM with a land tax 



tax JrVIrd ..II Ilir v, 



July S and 



I r.. Ira.:- -. *,. f ., *. : j : , .... r.-.. | 



The fiscal scheme was nullified br the refusal of 

 the Legislative Council to pass the measures re- 



Vet, In A 



fun r mier announced a programme 



' upper chamber. whereby 



irmbership akxli*bed and a smv 



pensive veto substituted for the &!-. utr veto. 



ibor partv wntt further. d-tnand ing that 



the LegUativ. .i.,|. 



::.:.'.;.;,-.. , . - 



m*Mt when the two bouse* dieagr. 



The appeal to the constituencies resulted in a 

 victory for rnment, with ti..- l*bor 



party holding the balance of power. TI 

 Mtortalists in the new Assembl> 



the followers of Sir! 

 i-nry I'arkes, n 



and the UU>r n-prt^nt alive* tt. 

 The new Parliament was opened on Aug. IS. 



-ul introduce! in tl 



a bill for reforming that body, and in the other 



chamber a free-trade budget and a bill for es- 



taxation. The reformed Conn. 



to consist of 60 members, appointed for 



five yean, with chance of rt-api-.intment. The 



land and income-tax sssiiesmint bill pamed the 



Assembly on Aug. M by & vote* to 



25. The Legislative CouttUtv^ed the bm by 



54 votes agaTnat *4. and the bt 



form by Wrote* against i 



Victoria 



bers must possess an estate of 100 annul 

 and electors, unless they belong to the learned 

 professions, must own real property rated at 

 10 a year or occupy leased or rented property 



. ratable value. The LegiskUtt 

 .H 95 memhrr*. elected ft-r 

 Ntl manhood suffrage. Their pay in IM 

 was cut ill i w n from 800 to ft 10 a year. 



m the beginning of 1885 was 

 -toun. appointed in 1HW. He 

 retired in April and was succeeded by Lord 



The' Cabinet in the beginning of 18M was 



oomposed of the following members: Premier 



(ieom Turner; Atlorner-Oeii- 



eral. I^aar I Mam; Sdicitor*Genrral an.l ^linis- 



mnm> 



tkmtr of Trailr and 

 Board of Und and Work*, at 



n Und. and Surrey. R. W. Beat; Min- 



Minea 

 and Water Supply. II. F- 



ner; Minister of Ka 

 .ms: without portfolio* A. lie Lean 

 . MH ulloch. 



he Government had to deal 

 question of reducing expenditure and 

 increasing revenue so as to escape from the 

 chronic deficit caused here, as in the other colo- 



and 





