4UBTRALA8LL 



the 



Taaala. The 

 A*M*mbly, of whom 



i U-.-n mad.- : 

 r Iry , oats, horses, and hops are 

 iirtsingi for a similar 

 uth Australian wine, olive oil. 



a uecrease :u, wnica left a defi- 



.-ar of at 

 A reciproci 



lece granted 



. \ustralla. The Legislative' 



ril hn >H*rs, elected for six yen 



owners of land worth i'lOO. 



' 



..Mr William < . |\ 



tig 



M 1805 was composed as fol 

 rvasurcr. 



OonunMoM of Land.. \. i:. rUdMrdson; 

 Mustard PnMk Wort* n. w \. : . ; .. M ; ,~ 



fcj lot Kines an< 1 Kdu, ,',. r.. ii. w,n,-i,r 



June 35. The Government presented bill, f.-r 

 establishing a 



laws, reducing taxation on the neoeesarie* of hf.\ 

 JBprovfesfl " postal sjsjd : mpt M fc I, MM 

 organising public sanitation. The revenue for 

 s.,r.,.' , > , :.. i . u --"I" , :. 

 ansjtoJ MtUMowtiM previoni few, 



in, 



ned to be made in IWtt. A party 



an enormous ledge of rich quartz ion miles be- 



>..nd botaardk < am.- Inj ntt ' vftb th ns> 



live* and killed a great number, and w h.-n thry 

 r.-iiirned they were arrested for manslau 

 Prospectors suffered greatly for lack of water, 

 and many were unable to procure sufficient f.-d 

 at the high prices prevailing. Good rainfalls 

 cave murh relief, Immigrants were am* 

 May at the rate of 500 a week. The exi 



ounces. The South.- Cross and oth.-r mining 

 companies declared large dividends. In order 

 to develop the reefs that have been found in 

 great nun. Coolgardie district, some 



of which are found to be exceedingly rich, near 

 the surface at least, water will have to be sup- 

 pli-.i. On some <>ft) 

 to obtain water for boilers or stamps, a 



. li.-r.- i as been put up. it hat 



to be purchased at the* price of 6 shillings and 

 upward per 100 gallons. Surface storage ressr- 



... certain rainfall and the porous soil and 

 rapid evaporation. The Government has set 

 apart a *um of money to be devoted to boring 

 artesian wells in various parts of the gold 



fl.-ld. though the geological 



formation 



mite, whirh never has been known to con- 

 in wator. If this plan fail*, water will hav.- 

 to be pumned 84 miles from Swan river, whirh 

 can gi -r tho 



ore must be collected and carried by railroad to 

 tin- n\,-r. or M*a wator must be brought in pipes 



pumped to an elevation of 1.500 fort. 



ander a proper 



thai 



' -. Lftjlejej 

 are S7. ere sleeted 







than 



I in 

 The ministry in the beginning of 1896 was 



: , ' . , i- .- - I S . 



mi Chief Secretary. W Trens- 



r of Lands and Works. A. J 

 ly. 



l^fi.L.t,..., IWh.t..rl,t.nk*WMOnSMd 



i 35. had little to consider except Bnan- 

 cial matter*. The Treasur i to avoid 



the necessity of fresh taxation by curtailing ex- 

 psnm in various departments. The year's ao- 



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



deficiency enta.l, d Urn previo. 



N-. A d * . ' ttl Si HjHI 



< tit . WM proposed, repayable in five years. The 

 metal production of /Si was W0.6oo. a lane 

 orerthe previous year. The Premier oV 



sired to arrange a treaty of 

 with 



Jand.-The General Assembly con- 

 sists of two chambers. The Lnjbla 



tfsjfl eVMnn^nn^nl t\f ^T ffns*ffnlMra. InAnnvflnsV tftfca>lf^ nWsM^M 



for nW0o TMn, uont tbow who werr n\ppoi0t* 



,,i besVm8ep4 i: fin, vfcei " km ' r 



The House of Reprceentatives has 74 sisnv 



:.-- . ', " -. ' ,.r 



nor is the Earl of Gmsfow. 



The miiii.trv in the beginning of 18B5 was 

 composed of the following members: Premier, 

 Minister of Public Works, an.. 

 live Affairs and Defense, R. J. Ssddon 

 ney-General and Colonial Secretary. Sir I* 



.y: Minister of Education. Minister of 

 Labor, and Commissioner of Stamps, U iv 



MM.jst.-r of \.-r . ' .' I : 

 Forests, J. Mackenzie ; Colonial 

 master General 

 missiooer of CnstomsTand Minister of Marine and 

 of Industries and Commerce, J. (i. Ward: rep- 

 resentative of the native race, without portfolio, 

 roll; wit) niiromery; 



Speaker of the House of RepreseotatTves, Sir 

 Qeotfi v - .':";: 



Lsfjlslat Ion. Parliament was onnvened on 

 JuneW. Recipro, South 



tralia and Canada were ratified. The 



, . . 



. 

 Commissioner of 



turv approved a scheme of village sHllemenUes 

 a means of makinc people out of work self-sup- 



c. The military forces were all 

 wtth the Mamiii.|ln. r y' rifle before the end of the 

 rear, as Parliament had aulhoriaed. The Mid- 

 land Railway Companv having failed to oom- 



n'trart. the (ioveniment took 

 skw of the line. The legislati 



ve 



s gra 

 tain 



mitted to the General Assembly were measures 

 for rating the unimproved value of land, for re- 

 forming local government and charitab e aid. 

 for reafijnsting the tariff, for protecting family 

 homes bv restricting the influx of aliens, and 

 for making provision for a living wapr in all 

 public contracts, beside* several other labor hills. 

 The House of Representatives has a Manding 



