Imperial Defence Act, 1888
Most Gracious Sovereign, WHEREAS Your Majesty's Government and the Governments of Your Majesty's Colonies of New South Wales, Tasmania, South Australia, New Zealand, Victoria, Queensland, and Western Australia, having recognised the necessity of increasing the naval force for the protection of the floating trade in Australasian waters at their joint charge, have concluded the agreement (in this Act referred to as the Australasian Agreement) which is set out in the First Schedule to this Act: ...