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  2. THE CIVIL SERVICE.

    When the Constitution Act became law (1855), the Secretary of State practically exercised the absolute patronage of all the principal appointments in the Civil Service of the colony. The officers appointed ...

    Article : 4,044 words
  3. RELIGIOUS DENOMINATIONS.

    In the colony of New South Wales all religious denominations are free. There is no national church, and consequently no system of dissent. The State neither undertakes to teach religion, nor to punish ...

    Article : 1,710 words
  4. PUBLIC CHARITIES.

    In New South Wales we have no poor law or pool rates, but we have the poor. Notwithstanding al[?] our prosperity, we have not been able to escape this trouble. Some of it arises from intemperance, some from ...

    Article : 1,865 words
  5. THE POLICE FORCE OF NEW SOUTH WALES.

    The police force of New South Wales is probably as efficient and as able in any organisation of the kind in existence. The force dates its origin from about the year 1838, but changes have from ...

    Article : 1,526 words
  6. THE COURTS OF LAW—THEIR CONSTITUTION AND JURISDICTION.

    Our highest legal tribunal is the Supreme Court of New South Wales, whose judgment is binding until reversed by the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council. There are five Judges of the Supreme Court—the ...

    Article : 1,461 words
  7. GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS.

    The Governmental departments of New South Wales are modelled upon those of the mother country, with such modifications of course as fit them to the circumstances of the colony. Our Government at present ...

    Article : 796 words
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