§ MR. HOGAN (Tipperary, Mid)I beg to ask the Secretary of State for the Colonies when the nomination of the first Governor General of the Australian Commonwealth may be expected, and whether the official residence of the Governor General is to be located at Sydney pending the establishment of the permanent Federal capital.
§ MR. J. CHAMBERLAINThe hon. Member will have seen from the announcement in the press on the 14th instant that Her Majesty has approved the selection of the Earl of Hopetoun as the first Governor General. The question of the Governor General's residence is the subject of communications now passing with the Colonies.