Reports, of which 25 magnificent volumes have been published, containing the judgments of the High Court of Australia in all the great cases which have come before that tribunal since its establishment. These reports in themselves constitute a veritable library as well as a treasury of legal knowledge and information, without access to which these commentaries could not have been written.

The useful index attached to the official print. of the Constitution has been used as the framework and model of the exhaustive index to be found at the end of this volume, covering, it is believed, all the subjects and matters herein dealt with.

BENDIGO,

10th October, 1919.

JOHN QUICK.

THE COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA.

ESTABLISHED 1ST JANUARY 1901.

GOVERNORS-GENERAL.

RT. HON. EARL OF HOPETOUN (afterwards MARQUIS OF LINLITHGOW), P.C., K.T., G.C.M.G., G.C.V.O. Sworn 1st January, 1901; recalled 9th May, 1902; left Melbourne 2nd July, 1902.

RT. HON. HALLAM BARON TENNYSON, G.C.M.G. (Acting Governor-General). Sworn 17th July, 1902.

RT. HON. HALLAM BARON TENNYSON, G.C.M.G. (GovernorGeneral). Sworn 9th January, 1903; recalled 21st January, 1904.

RT. HON. HENRY STAFFORD BARON NORTHCOTE, P.C., G.C.M.G., G.C.I.E., C.B. Sworn 21st January, 1904; recalled 8th September, 1908.

RT. HON. WILLIAM HUMBLE EARL OF DUDLEY, P.C., G.C.M.G., G.C.V.O., Etc. Sworn 9th September, 1908 ; recalled 31st July, 1911.

RT. HON. THOMAS BARON DENMAN, P.C., G.C.M.G., K.C.V.O. Sworn 31st July, 1911.

RT. HON. SIR RONALD CRAUFURD MUNRO-FERGUSON, P.C., G.C.M.G. Sworn 18th May, 1914.

*On this occasion, the Governor-General (Sir R. Munro-Ferguson), acting on the advice of the Ministry, under section 57 of the Constitution, granted a dissolution of both the Senate and the House of Representatives, this being the first simultaneous dissolution of both Houses.

RESPONSIBLE GOVERNMENTS.

BARTON ADMINISTRATION, 1st January, 1901, to 23rd September, 1903.

FIRST DEAKIN ADMINISTRATION, 23rd September, 1903, to 26th April, 1904.

WATSON ADMINISTRATION, 26th April to 17th August, 1904. REID-MCLEAN ADMINISTRATION, 17th August, 1904, to 4th July, 1905.

SECOND DEAKIN ADMINISTRATION, 4th July, 1905, to 12th November, 1908.

FIRST FISHER ADMINISTRATION, 12th November, 1908, to 2nd June, 1909.

THIRD DEAKIN ADMINISTRATION, 2nd June, 1909, to 29th April, 1910.

SECOND FISHER ADMINISTRATION, 29th April, 1910, to 20th June, 1913.

COOK ADMINISTRATION, 20th June, 1913, to 17th September,

1914.

THIRD FISHER ADMINISTRATION, 17th September, 1914, to 27th October, 1915.

FIRST HUGHES ADMINISTRATION, from 27th October, 1915, to 14th November, 1916.

SECOND HUGHES ADMINISTRATION, from 14th November, 1916, to 17th February, 1917.

AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL WAR (HUGHES) GOVERNMENT, from 17th February, 1917.