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Register of Tabled Papers REGISTER OF TABLED PAPERS ALL FIVE SESSIONS OF THE TENTH PARLIAMENT June 1888 to November 1892 Register of Tabled Papers — First Session — Tenth Parliament FIRST SESSION OF THE TENTH PARLIAMENT 12 June 1888 1 Writ and Oath for Thomas Plunkett as the Member for the Electoral District of Albert. Writ and Oath for James Campbell as the Member for the Electoral District of Aubigny. Writ and Oath for Boyd Dunlop Morehead as the Member for the Electoral District of Balonne. Writ and Oath for Frank Reid Murphy as the Member for the Electoral District of Barcoo. Writ and Oath for Robert Harrison Smith as the Member for the Electoral District of Bowen. Writ and Oaths for Sir Thomas McIlwraith, K.C.M.G. and Sir Samuel Walker Griffith, K.C.M.G. and as the Members for the Electoral District of Brisbane North. Oath for Henry Jordan as the Member for the Electoral District of Brisbane South. Oath and Writ for John Donaldson as the Member for the Electoral District of Bulloo. Writ and Oath for John Frances Buckland as the Member for the Electoral District of Bulimba. Writ and Oath for Walter Adams as the Member for the Electoral District of Bundaberg. Writ and Oath for Thomas Glassey as the Member for the Electoral District of Bundanba. Writ and Oaths for William Oswald Hodgkinson and Ernest Charles James Hunter as the Members for the Electoral District of Burke. Writ and Oath for George Hall Jones as the Member for the Electoral District of Burnett. Writ and Oath for Charles Powers as the Member for the Electoral District of Burrum. Writ and Oath for Frederick Thomas Wimble as the Member for the Electoral District of Cairns. Writ and Oath for Patrick Perkins as the Member for the Electoral District of Cambooya. Writ and Oath for Justin Fox Greenlaw Foxton as the Member for the Electoral District of Carnarvon. Writ and Oaths for Robert John Sayers and Arthur Rutledge as the Members for the Electoral District of Charters Towers. Writ and Oath for John Stevenson as the Member for the Electoral District of Clermont. Writ and Oath for John Hamilton as the Member for the Electoral District of Cook. Writ and Oath for William Allan as the Member for the Electoral District of Cunningham. Writ and Oath for Jon Shillito Jessop as the Member for the Electoral District of Dalby. Writ and Oaths for William Henry Groom and Robert Aland as the Members for the Electoral District of Drayton and Toowoomba. Writ and Oath for James George Drake as the Member for the Electoral District of Enoggera. Writ and Oath for William Salkeld as the Member for the Electoral District of Fassifern. Writ and Oath for Robert Lyons as the Member for the Electoral District of Fitzroy. Page 2 of 60 Register of Tabled Papers — First Session — Tenth Parliament Writ and Oath for Louis Goldring as the Member for the Electoral District of Flinders. Writ and Oaths for John Watson and John McMaster as the Members for the Electoral District of Fortitude Valley. Writ and Oath for William Henry Corfield as the Member for the Electoral District of Gregory. Writ and Oaths for William Smyth and Matthew Mellor as the Members for the Electoral District of Gympie. Writ and Oath for Alfred Sandlings Cowley as the Member for the Electoral District of Herbert. Writ and Oaths for Andrew Henry Barlow and John Macfarlane as the Members for the Electoral District of Ipswich. Writ and Oath for Isidor Lissner as the Member for the Electoral District of Kennedy. Writ and Oath for William Sheffield Paul as the Member for the Electoral District of Leichhardt. Writ and Oath for William Rodger North as the Member for the Electoral District of Lockyer. Writ and Oath for Earnest James Stevens as the Member for the Electoral District of Logan. Writ and Oaths for Maurice Hume Black and David Hay Dalrymple as the Members for the Electoral District of Mackay. Writ and Oath for Matthew Battersby as the Member for the Electoral District of Moreton. Writ and Oath for Robert Dunsmure as the Member for the Electoral District of Maranoa. Writ and Oath for James Crombie as the Member for the Electoral District of Mitchell. Writ and Oath for Hugh Muir Nelson as the Member for the Electoral District of Murilla. Writ and Oaths for John Thomas Annear and Richard Matthew Hyne as the Members for the Electoral District of Maryborough. Writ and Oath for William Henry Bligh O’Connell as the Member for the Electoral District of Musgrave. Writ and Oath for John Murray as the Member for the Electoral District of Normanby. Writ and Oath for George Agnew as the Member for the Electoral District of Nundah. Writ and Oath for Samuel Grimes as the Member for the Electoral District of Oxley. Writ and Oath for Albert Norton as the Member for the Electoral District of Port Curtis. Writ and Oaths for William Pattison and Archibald Archer as the Members for the Electoral District of Rockhampton. Writ and Oath for Rees Rutland Jones as the Member for the Electoral District of Rockhampton North. Writ and Oath for John Baptist Louis Isambert as the Member for the Electoral District of Rosewood. Writ and Oath for Patrick O’Sullivan as the Member for the Electoral District of Stanley. Writ and Oath for Michael Brennan Gannon as the Member for the Electoral District of Toombul. Writ and Oath for Theodore Unmack as the Member for the Electoral District of Toowong. Writ and Oath for Robert Philp as the Member for the Electoral District of Townsville. Writ and Oath for Richard Gardiner Casey as the Member for the Electoral District of Warrego. Page 3 of 60 Register of Tabled Papers — First Session — Tenth Parliament Writ and Oath for Arthur Morgan as the Member for the Electoral District of Warwick. Writ and Oath for William Stephens as the Member for the Electoral District of Woolloongabba. Writ and Oath for Horace Tozer as the Member for the Electoral District of Wide Bay. Writ and Oath for William Clancy Little as the Member for the Electoral District of Woothakata. 2 Commissioners’ Commission to administer the Oath or Affirmation of Allegiance to Members. 3 Speaker’s Commission to administer the Oath or Affirmation of Allegiance to Members. 13 June 1888 4 Speaker’s Warrant appointing Robert Aland, James Campbell, James George Drake, Rees Rutland Jones, Abraham Fleetwood Luya, Matthew Mellor, Arthur Morgan, Frances Reid Murphy, Edward Palmer, Robert Philp, Robert Harrison Smith, and William Stephens as members of the Panel of Assessors for the Trial of Elections Petitions during the present session of the Legislative Assembly. 5 Government Gazette Extraordinary – resignation of Ministry and the notification of the appointment of the new Ministry. 6 Resignation of John Murtagh Macrossan as the member for the electoral district of Townsville. 7 Appropriation Bill No.1, 1888. 8 Letter from the Auditor-General, together with the Auditor- General’s Report for the year 1886-87. 14 August 1888 9 Writ and Oath for Hugh Muir Nelson as the Member for the Electoral District of Murilla. Writ and Oath for Boyd Dunlop Morehead as the Member for the Electoral District of Balonne. Writ and Oath for John Donaldson as the Member for the Electoral District Bulloo. Writ and Oath for Maurice Hume Black as the Member for the Electoral District Mackay. Writ and Oath for John Murtagh Macrossan as the member for the electoral district of Townsville. Writ and Oath for Edward Palmer as the Member for the Electoral District Carpentaria. Writ and Oath for Sir Thomas McIlwraith, K.C.M.G. and as the Member for the Electoral District of Brisbane North. Writ and Oath for William Clancy Little as the Member for the Electoral District Woothakata. 10 Annual Report of Acting Government Resident at Thursday Island. 11 Report of the Agent-General for Queensland for the year 1887. 12 Report with Appendices of Her Majesty’s Special Commissioner for the protected territory of British New Guinea fore the year 1887. 13 First Progress Report of the Royal Commission appointed to inquire into the general working of the Civil Service, and the mode of keeping the Public Accounts of the Colony; together with the Minutes of Evidence and Appendices. 14 Annual Statement of Accounts – Pacific Islanders’ Fund. 15 Report upon the financial condition of the Pacific Islanders’ Hospitals. 16 Regulae Generales of the Supreme Court of Queensland. 17 Statement of Accounts – Protectorate of British New Guinea. 18 Despatch referring to tonnage measurement of Netherlands Vessels. 19 Despatch referring to orthography for Native names of Places. Page 4 of 60 Register of Tabled Papers — First Session — Tenth Parliament 20 Despatch referring to the Pensions and the British Settlements Acts. 21 Despatch referring to extension of the Foreign Deserters Act, 1852, to the Republic of Paraguay. 22 Despatch referring to the Royal Proclamation directing coinage of Sixpences. 23 Despatch referring to Acts passed in the Fifth Session of the Ninth Parliament of Queensland. 24 Despatch enclosing Order in Council referring to Colonial Certificates of Competency granted to Officers of British Vessels. 25 Despatch referring to the Convention between Great Britain and the Republic of Salvador for prolonging Treaty of Friendship, Commerce and Navigation. 26 Further correspondence referring to Regulations respecting Naval Cadets. 27 Further correspondence referring to the International Copyright Union. 28 Further correspondence referring to employment of Naval and Military Officers in the Colonies. 29 Further correspondence referring to nomination of Colonial candidates as engineer students in Her Majesty’s Service. 30 Further correspondence referring to the issue of Army Commissions to Members of Colonial Forces.
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