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The constitution of New South Wales, the oldest of the Australasian colonies, was proclaimed in 1855. It vests the legislative power in a Parliament of two Houses, the first called the Legislative Council, and the second the Legislative Assembly. The Legislative Council consists of not less than twenty-one members nominated by the Crown, and the Assembly of seventy-two members, elected by sixty constituencies. To be eligible, a man must be of age, a natural-born subject of the Queen, or, if an alien, then he must have been naturalised for five years, and resident for two years before election. There is no property qualification for electors, and the votes are taken by secret ballot. The executive is in the hands of a governor nominated by the Crown.
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Statistical and other Books of Reference concerning Australasia
1. Official Publications
Agricultural Statistics of the Colony of New Zealand, in February 1873. Fol. Wellington, 1873.
Census of New South Wales, taken on the 2nd April 1871. Approximate returns. Fol. Sydney, 1871.
Census of Victoria, taken on the 2nd April 1871. Fol. Melbourne, 1872.
Census of the Colony of Queensland, taken on the 1st September 1871. Fol. Brisbane, 1872.
Census of South Australia, taken on the 2nd April 1871. Summary tables, Fol. Adelaide, 1871.
Census of the Colony of Western Australia, taken on the 31st March 1870. Fol. Perth, 1870.
Queensland: Blue Book for the year 1872. Fol. Brisbane, 1873.
Queensland: Report from the Auditor-General on Public Accounts for the year 1872. Fol. Brisbane, 1873.
Results of the Census of New Zealand, taken on the 27th of February 1871. Fol. Wellington, 1872.
Statistical Abstract for the several Colonial and other Possessions of the United Kingdom in each year, from 1857 to 1871. No. IX. 8. London, 1873.
Statistical Notes on the Progress of Victoria, from the foundation of the Colony. By W. H. Archer, Registrar-General of Victoria. 4. Melbourne. 1862–73.
Statistics of New Zealand for 1871. Compiled from Official Records. Fol. Wellington, 1873.
Statistical Register of New South Wales for the year 1872. Fol. Sydney, 1873.
Statistical Register of South Australia for 1872. Fol. Adelaide, 1873.
Statistical Tables of New Zealand for the year 1871. Part A, Population B, Trade and Interchange; C, Finance, Fol. Wellington, 1872.
Statistics of the Colony of Queensland for the year 1871. Fol. Brisbane, 1872.
Statistics of the Colony of Tasmania for the year 1872. Fol. Hobart Town, 1873.
Statistics of the Colony of Victoria for the year 1872. Part II. Population, Fol. Melbourne, 1873.
Statistics of the Colony of Victoria for the year 1871. Part III. Finance &c. Pol, Melbourne, 1873.
Western Australia: Blue Book for the year 1872. Fol. Perth, 1873.
Trade of Great Britain with Australasia; in ‘Annual Statement of the Trade and Navigation of the United Kingdom with Foreign Countries and British Possessions in the year 1872.’ Imp. 4. London, 1873.
2. Non-Official Publications
Boothby (Josiah), Adelaide Almanac: Town and Country Directory, and Guide to South Australia, for 1873. 12. Adelaide, 1873.
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Industrial Progress of New South Wales, being Report of the Inter-colonial Exhibition of 1870, at Sydney; together with papers illustrative of the industrial resources of the colony. Sydney, 1871.
Kennedy (E. B.), Four Years in Queensland. 8. London, 1870.
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Robiquet (A.), Renseignements sur la nouvelle Zélande. Publié avec l’antorisation de S. Exc. M. le ministre de la marine et des colonies. 8, Paris, 1867.
Rusden (G.W.), The Discovery, Surrey, and Settlement of Port Philip. 8. London, 1872.
Smyth (R. Brough), Inter-Colonial Exhibition, 1866. Mining and Mineral Statistics of Australia, 8. Melbourne, 1866.
Taylor (Rev. R.), The Past and Present of New Zealand. 8. London, 1868.
Topinard (Dr. P.), Étude sur les races indigènes de l’Australie. Instructions presentees a la Société’ d’Anthropologie. 8. Paris, 1872.
Trollope (Anthony), Australia and New Zealand. 8. London, 1873.
Westgarth (Wm.), The Colony of Victoria: its History, Commerce, and Gold-mining; its Social and Political Institutions. 8. London, 1864.
Wilkins (W.), The Geography of New South Wales: Physical, Industrial, And Political. 18. Sydney, 1863.
Woods (Rev. J. E. Tenison), History of the Discovery and Exploration of Australia. 2 vols. 8. London, 1866.
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Martin, F. (1874). IV. Australasia. In: The Statesman’s Year-Book. The Statesman’s Yearbook. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230253032_19
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