. From colony to commonwealth, being a brief history of federation. Together with a record of the festivities and ceremonies which took place in the city of Sydney on the occasion of the proclamation of the Commonwealth in January, 1901. t earnings Capital expended on lines optnTelegraph, miles < f wireAcres under Sheep Coal, tons Coin in circulation £2,946,613 . £8,854,976 . 9,198,640 1860. 1887. 1899-1900. 348,546 1,042,919 1,361,120 798 2,925 3,746 70 2,081 2,706 11,841 750,534 1,454,831 £1,422,672 £26,554,357 37,922,276 21,444 38,718 260,798 1,048,305 2,439,639 6,119,163 46,965,1
. From colony to commonwealth, being a brief history of federation. Together with a record of the festivities and ceremonies which took place in the city of Sydney on the occasion of the proclamation of the Commonwealth in January, 1901. t earnings Capital expended on lines optnTelegraph, miles < f wireAcres under Sheep Coal, tons Coin in circulation £2,946,613 . £8,854,976 . 9,198,640 1860. 1887. 1899-1900. 348,546 1,042,919 1,361,120 798 2,925 3,746 70 2,081 2,706 11,841 750,534 1,454,831 £1,422,672 £26,554,357 37,922,276 21,444 38,718 260,798 1,048,305 2,439,639 6,119,163 46,965,152 36,213,514 368,862 2,922,497 4,597,028 FROM COLONY TO COMMOXWKALTH. 58 In the House of Lords the Bill was read a first timeon June 26th. It was read a second time on July 3rd,and on July 5th it was read a third time and passed OnJuly 9th the Queen gave her assent to the Bill. At therequest of the delegates Her Majesty signed the Bill induplicate, and gave Mr. Barton one of the copies, as wellas the pen, inkstand, and table used for the are to be preserved in the Parliament House ofthe Commonwealth of Australia. Western Australia had lingered long in joining theconfederation, and the Queens Proclamation of the. Commonwealth was withheld so as to allow Westralia tojoin as an Original State. Their Referendum was heldon July 31st, and the results were the same as in theother colonies. The figures were : For the Bill, 44,800 ;against, 19,691 ; leaving a majority in favor of federationof 25,109. That allowed Westralia to join the otherfive colonies in proclaiming the Commonwealth on thefirst day of the twentieth century. We are onepeople, with one continent now, and Tasmania joined tous, and our onlv regret is, in the day of our joy, thatNew Zealand is left out. 54 FROM COLONY TO COMMONWEALTH.
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