[CHAPTER VIII.]
CROWN LANDS LEGISLATION.
| The Code of 1860.—Crown Lands Alienation Act of 1868.—Pastoral Leases Act of 1869.—Homestead Areas Act of 1872.—Crown Lands Alienation Act and Settled Districts Pastoral Leases Act of 1876.—The Griffith-Dutton Land Act of 1884.—Co-operative Communities Land Settlement Act.—Land Act of 1897—Forms of Selection.—Act to Assist Persons to Settle on Land by Advances from the Treasury.—Extension of Pastoral Leases.—Closer Settlement Act.—Land Orders | [57-65] |
[CHAPTER IX.]
APPROPRIATION OF LAND REVENUE.
| Land Sales Receipts; not Consolidated Revenue. —Arguments used in favour of Treating Proceeds as Ordinary Revenue.—Auction Sales have now Practically Ceased.—Certain Proceeds Payable into Loan Fund. —Special Sales of Land Act; Appropriation of Receipts | [66-68] |
[CHAPTER X.]
LOCAL GOVERNMENT IN QUEENSLAND.
| First Municipality Established.—Brisbane Bridge Lands.—Grant for Town Hall.—Consolidating Municipalities Act.—Provincial Councils Act.—Government Buildings not Rateable.—Brisbane Bridge Debentures and Waterway Acts.—Municipal Endowment.—Local Government Act of 1878.—Divisional Boards Act of 1879; Success of the Act.—Local Works Loans Act.—Two Pounds for One Pound Endowment Repealed.—Rating Powers Extended by Local Authorities Act of 1902.—Cessation of Endowment. —Valuation and Rating Act.—Decline in Land Values. —Unequal Incidence of Rates Levied.—Efficiency of Local Authorities | [69-77] |