Return to an Address of the Honorable House of Commons, Dated 5 August 1869, for Copy Or Extracts of Correspondence Between the Colonial Office, the Government of the Canadian Dominion, and the Hudson's Bay Company, Relating to the Surrender of Rupert's Land by the Hudson's Bay Company, and for the Admission Thereof Into the Dominion of Canada

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Page 20 - Territory, or either of them, into the Union, on such Terms and Conditions in each Case as are in the Addresses expressed and as the Queen thinks fit to approve, subject to the Provisions of this Act...
Page 9 - Her Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the Right Honourable Sir Julian Pauncefote, a Member of Her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council, Knight Grand Cross of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath and of the Most Distinguished Order of St.
Page 6 - Territory with the Dominion of Canada and to grant to the Parliament of Canada authority to legislate for their future welfare and good government upon the terms and conditions therein stated; And whereas by The Rupert's Land Act 1868...
Page 65 - It shall be lawful for the Queen, by and with the advice of Her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council, on addresses from the houses of the Parliament of Canada, and from the houses of the respective legislatures of the colonies or provinces of Newfoundland, Prince Edward Island, and British Columbia, to admit those colonies or provinces, or any of them, into the Union...
Page 65 - QUEEN'S Most Excellent Majesty. Lord President. Lord Privy Seal. Lord Chamberlain. Mr. Gladstone. WHEREAS by the "British North America Act, 1867...
Page 8 - Dominion an equal quantity of the portion of lands coming to them of townships established on the southern bank. 8. In laying out any public roads, canals, &c., through any block of land reserved to the company, the Canadian Government may take, without compensation, such land as is necessary for the purpose, not exceeding...
Page 1 - To the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty. Most Gracious Sovereign: We, your Majesty's most dutiful and loyal subjects, the Senate and Commons of the Dominion of Canada in...
Page 6 - Commons of the Dominion of Canada. To THE QUEEN'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY. MOST GRACIOUS SOVEREIGN: We, your Majesty's most dutiful and loyal subjects, the Senate and Commons of the Dominion of Canada in Parliament assembled, humbly approach your Majesty for the purpose of representing: That it...
Page 4 - Majesty would be graciously pleased by and with the advice of her most honourable Privy Council under the provisions of 146th section of The British North America Act 1867...
Page 8 - Company, but so that the aggregate extent of the blocks is not to exceed 50,000 acres. 4. So far as the configuration of the country admits, the blocks shall front the river or road by which means of access are provided, and shall be approximately in the shape of parallelograms, of which the frontage shall not be more than half the depth.

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