TABLE OF CONTENTS 



CHAPTER I. 



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INTRODUCTION. THE LAND AND THE PEOPLE i 



CHAPTER II. 

 THE DEPOSITION OF BLIGH 22 



CHAPTER III. 

 THE ADMINISTRATIVE PROBLEM 47 



CHAPTER IV. 

 THE LIQUOR TRADE 88 



CHAPTER V. 

 LAND, LABOUR AND COMMERCE 109 



CHAPTER VI. 

 ON THE HIGH SEAS 166 



CHAPTER VII. 

 THE STRUGGLE BETWEEN THE EXECUTIVE AND THE JUDICIARY . . . 190 



CHAPTER VIII. 

 THE EMBARRASSMENTS OF AN AUTOCRAT 233 



CHAPTER IX. 

 THE STIRRING OF POLITICAL ASPIRATIONS 260 



CHAPTER X. 



NEW SOUTH WALES AND THE IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT .... 289 



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