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in all the colonies State ownership of railways, telegraph canals, irrigation works and other enterprises in which society is immediately interested but which are in the U. S. left to private companies to construct and maintain There are very liberal land laws, especially in Queensland the State in that colony holding all lands, and leasing for long or short terms. Any citizen may take firewood or timber from the national lands for his own use by consent or the payment of a nominal fee, and in dry regions like this where people trust entirely to rain fall for their supply. The Government builds and maintains dams or tanks.
The eight hour law is in force in all the colonies, and wages are high and work plenty outside of the