The Union of the British Provinces: A Brief Account of the Several Conferences Held in the Maritime Provinces and in Canada, in September and October, 1864, on the Proposed Confederation of the Provinces, Together with a Report of the Speeches Delivered by the Delegates from the Provinces, on Important Public OccasionsG.T. Haszard, 1865 - Počet stran: 231 |
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... matter referred to in the resolution . above quoted , whether the Union referred to should include amalgamation with Canada , or merely a Union of the Lower Provinces . Referring to both topics , " I am far from considering , " said His ...
... matter referred to in the resolution . above quoted , whether the Union referred to should include amalgamation with Canada , or merely a Union of the Lower Provinces . Referring to both topics , " I am far from considering , " said His ...
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... matters in which you have a community of interest . Her Majesty's Government have not forbidden me to say this much , and I believe it is its intention to give the most favourable consideration to the result of the deliberations of the ...
... matters in which you have a community of interest . Her Majesty's Government have not forbidden me to say this much , and I believe it is its intention to give the most favourable consideration to the result of the deliberations of the ...
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... matters which could not but have an effect even with a people so disinterested as those of Canada are . ( Cheers and laughter . ) The toast of the " Army and Navy " having been pro- posed by the Chairman , who referred , in a few ...
... matters which could not but have an effect even with a people so disinterested as those of Canada are . ( Cheers and laughter . ) The toast of the " Army and Navy " having been pro- posed by the Chairman , who referred , in a few ...
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... co - operate on other matters as they have on this . The toast having being drunk- The Honorable GEORGE ETIENNE CARTIER , Attorney General of Lower Canada , rose to return thanks on UNION OF THE BRITISH PROVINCES . 23.
... co - operate on other matters as they have on this . The toast having being drunk- The Honorable GEORGE ETIENNE CARTIER , Attorney General of Lower Canada , rose to return thanks on UNION OF THE BRITISH PROVINCES . 23.
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... matter ? I don't think so . I think there was good cause for this Conference , and that this is a most propitious time for holding it . When we consider that Canada has a population of 3,000,000 , Nova Scotia 350,000 , New Brunswick ...
... matter ? I don't think so . I think there was good cause for this Conference , and that this is a most propitious time for holding it . When we consider that Canada has a population of 3,000,000 , Nova Scotia 350,000 , New Brunswick ...
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Strana 228 - Bankers' Balances and Securities for Money belonging to each Province at the Time of the Union, except as in this Act mentioned, shall be the Property of Canada, and shall be taken in Reduction of the amount of the respective Debts of the Provinces at the Union.
Strana 231 - The communications with the Northwestern Territory and the improvements required for the development of the trade of the Great West with the Seaboard, are regarded by this Conference as subjects of the highest importance to the Federated Provinces, and shall be prosecuted at the earliest possible period that the state of the finances will permit.
Strana 219 - The executive authority or government shall be vested in the Sovereign of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and be administered according to the well-understood principles of the British Constitution by the Sovereign personally, or by the representative of the Sovereign duly authorized.
Strana 228 - It shall not be lawful for the House of Commons to adopt or pass any vote, resolution, address, or bill for the appropriation of any part of the public revenue, or of any tax or impost, to any purpose that has not been first recommended to that House by message of the Governor General in the session in which such vote, resolution, address, or bill is proposed.
Strana 223 - Assembly, to make laws for the peace, welfare, and good government...
Strana 225 - The Parliament and Government of Canada shall have all Powers necessary or proper for performing the Obligations of Canada or of any Province thereof, as Part of the British Empire, towards Foreign Countries, arising under Treaties between the Empire and such Foreign Countries.
Strana 3 - But if a union, either partial or complete, should hereafter be proposed with the concurrence of all the Provinces to be united, I am sure that the matter would be weighed in this country both by the public, by Parliament, and by Her Majesty's Government, with no other feeling than an anxiety to discern and promote any course which might be the most conducive to the prosperity, the strength, and the harmony of all the British communities in North America.
Strana 229 - Railways and Railway Stocks, Mortgages, and other Debts due by Railway Companies. 7. Military Roads. 8. Custom Houses, Post Offices, and all other Public Buildings, except such as the Government of Canada appropriate for the Use of the Provincial Legislatures and Governments.
Strana 226 - Education; saving the rights and privileges which the Protestant or Catholic minority in both Canadas may possess as to their denominational schools at the time when the Union goes into opei ation.
Strana 230 - Cents per Head of the Population as ascertained by the Census of One thousand eight hundred and sixty-one, and in the Case of Nova Scotia and New Brunswick, by each subsequent Decennial Census until the Population of each of those two Provinces amounts to Four hundred thousand Souls, at which...