Journals of the House of Commons of the Dominion of Canada, Volume 14 |
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Page ix
... Crown the prerogative right o extend the " boundary of Upper Canada to the north beyond that provided by statute , and if so " did that right include the power to extend it over any part of the Hudson's Bay " Company's territories ? On ...
... Crown the prerogative right o extend the " boundary of Upper Canada to the north beyond that provided by statute , and if so " did that right include the power to extend it over any part of the Hudson's Bay " Company's territories ? On ...
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... Crown to make the extension . Those who " maintain that the Province of Quebec was extended by the Proclamation of 1791 26 cannot , at least , controvert it . If , then , it was a constitutional exercise of the pre- " rogative to extend ...
... Crown to make the extension . Those who " maintain that the Province of Quebec was extended by the Proclamation of 1791 26 cannot , at least , controvert it . If , then , it was a constitutional exercise of the pre- " rogative to extend ...
Page xix
... Crown Colony , in fact ? -It was . The Hudson's Bay Com- pany had a council called the Northern Council . Their factors or officers were the " Council of Rupert's Land for all the purposes of Government . Besides having their " officers ...
... Crown Colony , in fact ? -It was . The Hudson's Bay Com- pany had a council called the Northern Council . Their factors or officers were the " Council of Rupert's Land for all the purposes of Government . Besides having their " officers ...
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... Crown , of the fact that the Colony of Assiniboia was a colony , " the existence of which they not only knew of but ... Crown's prerogative right to establish Courts of Civil and Criminal Justice within the territory . ' " then , in 1857 ...
... Crown , of the fact that the Colony of Assiniboia was a colony , " the existence of which they not only knew of but ... Crown's prerogative right to establish Courts of Civil and Criminal Justice within the territory . ' " then , in 1857 ...
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... Crown in Canada has to grant land now apart " from exclusive trade privilege . It was in the year 1839 , on the 13th ... Crown colony . I believe Sir Edmund Head did so too . Most " certainly the Duke of Newcastle recognised as a ...
... Crown in Canada has to grant land now apart " from exclusive trade privilege . It was in the year 1839 , on the 13th ... Crown colony . I believe Sir Edmund Head did so too . Most " certainly the Duke of Newcastle recognised as a ...
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Adventurers of England aforesaid authority bank boundary line Boyle Britain British Canadian ceded Chairman Charlton charter Chief Justice claim coast colony Commission Commissioners Committee Company's territories contract Cotton Council Court Crown Dominion English evidence extend forts France French give Government Governor and Company height of land Hudson's Bay Company Indian Territories islands jurisdiction King Lake Superior Lake Temiscaming Lake Winnipeg latitude letter limits Lord Lower Canada Mackintosh MacLean Majesty Majesty's matter miles Mississippi North-West Company north-western northward Ohio Ontario opinion Ottawa Parliament persons Portage possession present Printing proclamation Province of Lower Province of Quebec Province of Upper Quebec Act question Red River referred Roger Ross Royal Rupert's Land settlement southern boundary tender territory granted thence trade Treaty of Ryswick Treaty of Utrecht Trow Upper Canada Vaudreuil western boundary westward withdrawal Woods words
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Page 17 - And that all disputes which might arise in future on the subject of the boundaries of the said United States may be prevented, it is hereby agreed and declared, that the following are and shall be their boundaries...
Page 342 - Superior ; thence through Lake Superior northward of the Isles Royal and Phelipeaux, to the Long Lake ; thence through the middle of said Long Lake, and the water communication between it and the Lake of the Woods, to the said Lake of the Woods ; thence through the said lake to the most northwestern point thereof, and from thence on a due west course to the river Mississippi...
Page 408 - America, do presume, for the present, and until our further pleasure be known, to grant warrants of survey, or pass patents for any lands beyond the heads or sources of any of the rivers which fall into the Atlantic ocean from the west or north-west...
Page 401 - St. Croix River to the highlands; along the said highlands which divide those rivers that empty themselves into the river St. Lawrence, from those which fall into the Atlantic Ocean, to the northwesternmost head of Connecticut River...
Page 401 - Cataraquy; thence along the middle of said river into Lake Ontario, through the middle of said lake until it strikes the communication by water between that lake and Lake Erie ; thence along the middle of said communication into Lake Erie, through the middle of said lake...
Page 404 - Majesty shall be continued westward along the said forty-ninth parallel of north latitude to the middle of the channel which separates the continent from Vancouver's Island, and thence southerly through the middle of the said channel, and of Fuca's Straits, to the Pacific Ocean...
Page 401 - His Britannic Majesty acknowledges the said United States, viz. New Hampshire, Massachusetts Bay, Rhode Island, and Providence Plantations, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia, to be free, sovereign and independent States...
Page 10 - Commissions; as also that no Governor or Commander in Chief in any of our other Colonies or Plantations in America do presume for the present, and until our further Pleasure be known, to grant Warrants of Survey, or pass Patents for any Lands beyond the Heads or Sources of any of the Rivers which fall into the Atlantic Ocean from the West and North West, or upon any Lands whatever, which, not having been ceded to or purchased by Us as aforesaid, are reserved to the said Indians, or any of them.
Page 17 - Erie ; thence along the middle of said communication into Lake Erie : through the middle of said Lake until it arrives at the water communication between that Lake and Lake Huron ; thence along the middle of said water communication into the Lake Huron ; thence through the middle of said Lake to the water communication between that Lake and Lake Superior ; thence through Lake Superior.
Page 340 - Bay; and also all such territories, islands, and countries, which have, since the tenth of February, one thousand seven hundred and sixtythree, been made part of the government of Newfoundland, be, and they are hereby, during His Majesty's pleasure, annexed to, and made part and parcel of the province of Quebec...