Immigration: Chinese Immigration Act of 1887, Tasmania restricting immigration of coloured races, 170 Consumptive persons, Bills forbidding immigration of, 295 State-aided immigration, workmen's objection to taxation for, 294, 295 Western Australian goldfields, inducements offered to immigrants, 165
Improved-farm settlements, system of in New Zealand, 111
Income tax: Assessment of in: New Zealand, 89 South Australia, 17 Tasmania, 181 Property and personal exertion incomes, difference between taxation of, 279
Industrial disputes, settling by conciliation [see title Arbitration and Conciliation]
Inter-provincial conference on Australasian Federation, 214
Irrigation and water supply works, Victoria: Failure of, 143 Inadequate preliminary investigations of, 145
Juvenile Depravity Suppression Bill, New Zealand, 203
Kanakas: Sugar cultivation in Queensland: Importation of Kanakas, question as to necessity of, 66 Number employed in, 64 Protection of, 63 Re-engaging after expiration of contracts, 64 Traffic in Kanakas decreasing population of Pacific Islands, 64
Labour Bureau and Casual Labour Board for relieving unemployed in New South Wales, 45
Labour Parties: Legislative Councils attacked by, 273 New South Wales: "Caucus" meetings, 51 Electoral Reform policy, 49 Gold, right of mining on private land obtained by, 49 "Solidarity," vote of, 50 Tariff question, disagreement on, 49 Taxation of land values obtained by, 50 New Zealand, 263 Queensland: Electoral reform policy, 75 Failure of, 74 Grievances against Government, 74 New Zealand and South-Australian Labour Parties compared with, 73 Socialistic tendencies of, 73 South Australia: Development and work of, 3 Liberals working in connection with, 4, 263 Queensland Labour Party compared with, 74 Victoria, 263
Labouring classes: Building societies, labouring classes availing themselves of, 260 Condition of, on the whole satisfactory, 301 Foreign Competition: Great Britain, hostility towards in consequence of, 296 Labouring classes' opposition to, 293 Larrikinism of Melbourne and Sydney, exaggeration of, 301 Protection, labouring classes in favour of, 292 South Australian education, secular character of, effect on labouring classes, 32 Thriftiness of, 258
