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 336 THE BRITISH EMPIRE: — SOUTH AUSTRALIA

111 1911, 1,306 vessels of 3,625,202 tons entered, and 1,305 vessels of 3,627,174 tons cleared the ports of the State.

The State possesses about 2,700 miles of metalled made roads. For railways see under Australian Commonwealth.

Banks.

There are 8 banking associations. In 1911 their total liabilities were 11,450,250Z. (including 302,790Z. Perpetual Inscribed Stock), and assets 12,103,058Z. The average note circulation was 117,577?. and deposits 10,933,676?.

The Savings Bank is managed by a board of trustees appointed by the Government, and has 22 branches and 247 agencies. On June 30, 1912, there were 222,988 depositors, with a total balance of 8, 223, 261 Z. bearing interest and 17,034Z. not bearing interest ; 3^ per cent, interest on deposits was paid for 1912. The penny bank department in 1912 had 232 agencies at schools, with 9,983 depositors, and deposits amounting to 8,101?.

Statistical and other Books of Reference concerning South Australia.

Annual Statistical Register.

Blackmore (B. G.), The Law of the Constitution of South Australia. Adelaide, 1894.

Brown (H. Y. L.), A Record of the Mines of South Australia. 3rd ed. Adelaide, 1800.

Finniss(B.T.), The Constitutional History of South Australia(1836-1857). London, 188G.

Gordon {D. J.j, The Central State. South Australia: Its History, Progress, and Resources. Adelaide, 1903. — The Nile of Australia: Nature's Gateway to the Interior, Adelaide. 1906. — Handbook of South Australia, Adelaide, 1908.

Gouger (R.), The Founding of South Australia. Edited by E. Hodder. London, 1898.

Hodrfer (Edwin), The History of Soutli Australia. With Maps. 2 vols. London, 189ii.

Pascoe(J. J.) (Editor), History of Adelaide and its Vicinity, with a General Sketch of the Province of South Australia and Biographies of Representative Men. Adelaide, 1901.

Rees (W. L.), Sir George Grey, K.C B. : His Life and Times. 2nd edition. 2 vols 8. London, 1892.

Rya7i (H. V.), South Australia, a Handbook of Information for Settlers, Tourists, and Others. Melbourne, 1911.

Searcy (Alfred), In Northern Seas. 1904. - In Australian Tropics. Adelaide, 1909.

Vivienne (May), Sunny South Australia. Adelaide, 1908.

WESTERN AUSTRALIA.

Constitution and Government.

Western Australia became a British settlement in 1829 ; in 1870 partially representative government was instituted, and in 1890 the administration was vested in the Governor, a Legislative Council, and a Legislative As- sembly. The Legislative Council was, in the first instance, nominated by the Governor, but it was provided that in the event of the population of the Colony reaching 60,000, it should be elective. In 1893 this limit of population being reached, as set forth in a proclamation dated 18th July of that year, the Colonial Parliament passed an Act (57 Vict. No. 14) amend- ing the constitution.

By the Constitution Acts Amendment Act, 1899, further amended by