494 CONS TITUTIONA L LAW OF BRITISH D O MINIONS

Albania, renunciation of British
extra-territorial jurisdiction in,
398; supported by Dominions in
admission to League of Nations,
407

Alberta, settled territory, 94; entry
to federation, 109; in 1905 be-
comes province of Canada, 291,
318; parties, 177, 178; Legislative
Assembly, 194, 199; representa-
tion in House of Commons, 194;
in Senate, 201; initiative and
referendum, 232, 233; relations
to federation, 291, 312, 318, 335,
442; see Canadian provinces
Alien not entitled to enter British

territory, 141, 142
Allan, Hon. J., Premier of Victoria

(1924-27), 212

Allegiance, as bond of Empire, 62-

64, 117-24; due to sovereign, 414;

not affected by taking of oath,

66 u.

Allen, Hon. Sir James, G.C.M.G.,

New Zealand statesman, 209
Alteration, of constitutions of Do-
minions, provinces, and states,
34, 35, 104-16; of law by treaties
requires legislative confirmation,
236
Amendments of Covenant of League

of Nations, proposed, 406, 407
American capital, importance of, to
Canadian industrial development,
477 n.

American legal doctrines of con-
stitutional interpretation, rejected
by Privy Council, 338, 346, 347;
adopted for a time by High Court
of Australia, 341

Amery, Rt. Hon. L. S., Secretary of
State for the Colonies (1924-29),
and for Dominion Affairs (1925-
1929), authorises illegal action by
Governor of Tasmania in 1924-25,
157, 158
Amnesty, grant of, under Dominion

control, 284
Amotion of judges by procedure of

Burke's Act, 257
Anglo-Russian agreement, 1930,7 7n.;

abrogated in 1932, 399, 481, 484
Anglo -Russian tension promotes

federal feeling in Australia, 288
Annexation of territory, prerogative

of, 133, 134
Annual sessions of Parliament, 103,

247, 248
Appeals to Judicial Committee of

Privy Council, 15, 21, 35, 36,
265-81
Appellate Division, Supreme Court,
Union of South Africa, at Bloem-
fontein, 261, 362
Appellate Jurisdiction Acts, 1908,
1913, and 1915, 269
Appellate Jurisdiction Act, 1929,
269
Appointment and removal of Gover-
nor-General under Dominion con-
trol, 17, 18, 134, 135, 160 n.
Appropriation Bill, Tasmania,
wrongly assented to, 157, 213
Arbitration, see Conciliation and
Arbitration
Archbishops, precedence of, 449
Areas Reservation, and Immigration
and Registration (Further Provi-
sion) Bill, 1926, 486, 487
Armed forces, exemption from local
jurisdiction when in other territory
(see Visiting Forces (British Com-
monwealth) Bill, House of Lords,
October 25, 1932), vii
Arms Traffic Conference, League of
Nations, 1925, 79, 80
Army Act, Imperial, 227, 264, 416,
421, 422, 423, 428, 429, 465;
adapted in 1932, 431
Army and Air Force (Annual) Act,
1932, 431
Arrest, freedom from, of members of
legislatures, 254
Ashmore Island to be administered
by Commonwealth, 319 n.2
Asiatic Inquiry Commission, 1920-
1921, 486
Asiatics, matters affecting, under
Union Government's control, 369;
see India
Asquith, Rt. Hon. H. H. (Lord
Oxford and Asquith), erroneous
view of, as to prerogative of
dissolution, 150
Assent to bills in Dominions, etc.,
251; to be refused to secession
bill, 67, 160; see Disallowance
Audit of accounts in Dominions,
etc., 243
Auditor-General, independence of,
in Dominions, etc., 243; of Union,
of South Africa objects to ex-
penditure on railway system, 240
Australia, see Commonwealth of
Australia and States of Australia
Australian constitutional safeguard
in Colonial Laws Validity Act,
1865, 106