§ MR. HOGAN (Tipperary, Mid)I beg to ask the Secretary of State for the 652 Colonies whether it has been decided to swear the Governor General in at Sydney, and to inaugurate the Australian Commonwealth in that city; whether Sydney will also be the official residence of the Governor General until the establishment of the permanent Federal capital; and whether the inconveniences likely to arise from the Governor General residing in Sydney, while the Federal Parliament has to meet in Melbourne, have been taken into consideration.
§ MR. J. CHAMBERLAINThe answer to the first part of the hon. Member's question is in the affirmative. The Government of New South Wales has been informed that if the other colonies agree, Her Majesty's Government will not object to the Governor General residing at Sydney while the Federal Parliament is not sitting, but that the matter must be subject to the decision of the Federal Administration. While the Federal Parliament is sitting at Melbourne the Governor General will, of course, reside there.