QUEENSLAND MINISTRIES ======================================================================================== Ministers appear in the order given in the Queensland Parliamentary Papers Later appointments appear in chronological order. 1st Griffith Ministry (13 November 1883 to 13 June 1888) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Liberal Hon Samuel W Griffith MLA: Colonial Secretary to 1 April 1886. Secretary for Public Instruction to 3 January 1885. Postmaster-General 17 February 1885 to 17 March 1885. Chief Secretary from 1 April 1886. Colonial Treasurer from 17 August 1887. Hon William Miles MLA: Secretary for Public Works and Mines to 22 August 1887 Hon J Francis Garrick MLC: Colonial Treasurer to 31 December 1883. Postmaster-General to 24 June 1884 Hon Charles B Dutton MLA: Secretary for Public Lands to 30 August 1887. Secretary for Public Works and Mines 30 August 1887 to 12 December 1887. Secretary for Railways from 12 December 1887 Hon Arthur Rutledge MLA: Attorney-General Hon Richard B Sheridan MLA: Minister without Portfolio to 3 January 1885. Postmaster- General 3 January 1885 to 17 February 1885 ---------- Hon James R Dickson MLA: Colonial Treasurer 31 December 1883 to 17 August 1887 Hon Charles S Mein MLC: Postmaster-General, Secretary for Public Instruction 24 June 1884 to 3 January 1885 Hon Berkeley B Moreton MLA: Postmaster-General 17 March 1885 to 22 April 1885. Secretary for Public Instruction from 17 April 1885. Colonial Secretary from 1 April 1886 Hon Thomas Macdonald-Paterson MLC: Postmaster-General 22 April 1885 to 17 August 1887 Hon Walter H Wilson MLC: Postmaster-General from 17 August 1887 Hon Henry Jordan MLA: Secretary for Public Lands from 30 August 1887 Hon William O Hodgkinson MLA: Secretary for Mines and Works from 12 December 1887