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That by a dospatch from tho Goyernor of British Columbia, dated 23rd January, 1871, with other papers laid before this House by message from His Excellency the Governor General, of the 27th February last, this House learns that the Legislative Council of that Colony, in Council assembled, adopted in January last an Address representing to Her Majesty that British Columbia was prepared to enter into union with the Dominion of Canada, upon the terms and con- ditions mentioned in the said address, which is as follows : — To the Queen's Most E cellent Majesty, Most Gracious Sovereion : We, Your Majesty's most dutiful and loyal Subjects, the Members of the Leufislativc Council of British Columbia in Council assembled, humbly iipproach Your Majesty for the purpose of representing : — That, during tho last Session of the late Legislative Council, the subject of the admission of the Colony of British Columbia into the Union or Domi- nion of Canada was taken into consideration, and a Resolution on the subject was agreed to, embodying the terms upon which it was proposed that this Colony should enter the Union ; That, alter the close of the Session, Delegates were sent by the Govern- nuint of this Colony to Canada, to conler with the Government of the Do- minion with respect to the admission of British Columbia into the Union upon the terras proposed ; That, alter considerable discussion by the Delegates with the Members of the Government of the Dominion of Canada, the Terms and Conditions hereinai'ter specified were adopted by a Committee of the Privy Council of Canada, and were by them reported to the Governor General for his ap- ' '?:: proval; y. That such Terms were communicated to the Govarninent of this Col- >' ony by the Governor General of Canada, in a Despatch dated July 7th, 1870, "* and are 110 follows : — - ..^-4-- 1. Canada shiill be liable for the Debts and Liabilities of British Colum- bia existing at the time of the Union. 'J. British Coluiii bia not having incurred debts equal to those of the other Provinces now constituting the Dominion, shall be entitled to receive, by half- yearly paynients in advance from the General Government, Interest at the rate of live per cent, per annum on the ditl'erence between the actual amount of its indebtedness at the date of the Union, and the indebtedness per head of the population of Nova Scotia and New Brunswick ($27.77), the ixtpulation of British Columbia being taken at t50,000. ■S. The following sums shall by paid by Canada to British Columbia for the support of its Government and Legislature, to wit, an Annual Subsidy of !5;Sr),()0i) and nn Annual Grunt equal to 80 cents per hetid of , the said population of 60,000, both hall-yearly in advance, such Grant of W cents per head to be auirmented in proportion to the increase of pop- ulation, as may be shewn by each subsequent decennial census, until the l)opulation amounts to 400, noo, at which rate such Grant shall thereafter remain, it being understood tliut the first census be taken in the year 1881. 4. The Dominion will provide an efficient Mail Service, fortnightly, by steam communication between Victoria and San Francisco, and twice a week between Victoria and Olympia; the Vessels to be adapted for the conveyance of freight and i)assengers. f). Canada will assume and defray the charges for the following Ser- vices : — A. Salary of the Licntenant Oovernor ; B. Salaries and Allowances of the Judges of the Superior Courts and the County or District Courts ; C . The charges in respect to the Department of C ustoms ; D. The Postal and Telegraphic Services ; E. Protection and Encouragement of Fisheries ; F. Provision for the Militia; G. Lighthous's, Buoys, and Beacons, Shipwrecked Crews, Quar- antine and Marine Hospitals, including a Murine Hospital at Victoria ; H. The Geological Surv«y ; I. The Penitentiary ; And such further charges as may be incident to and connected with the services which by the British North America Act of 1867 appertain to the GenenJ Government, and as are or may be allowed to the other Provinces. 6. Suitable Pensions, such as shall be approved of by Her Majesty's Government, shall be provided by the Government of the Dominion lor those of Her Majesty's Servants in the Colony whose position ani emolu- ments derived therefrom would be atfected by Political changes on the ad- mission of Uritisli Columbia into the Dominion of Canada. 7. Itisiiffreed that the existing CuKtoinsTuritf and Excise Duties shall continue in force in British Columbia until the Uuilway from the Pacific Coast and the system of Kail ways in Canada are connected, unless the Legislature of British Columbia should sooner decide to accept the Tariff and Excise Laws of C'auada. Wh(Mi Customs and Excise Duties are, at the time ot the Union of British Columbia with Canada, leviable on any Ooor.ially iijiiilipahle to and only affoct ono and not !i' cs now < fiuprising the Dominion, and except so far t> likt^ejciunt as they apply to the other Provinces the continued m 10. Theprcn cept th»«e partx t) ment aky b<' heiili- the whole W ^h:- Vi as the sail i(^ni:i\ b*« •- in the «amf way and of the Dominion, and as if the Colony of British Columbia had been one of the Provinces originally united by the said Act. 11. The Government of the Dominion undertake to secure the com- mencement simultaneously, within two years from the date of Union, of the construction of a Railway from tht^ Pacific towards the Kocky Mountains, and from such point as may be selected. East of the Uocky Mountcins, to- wards the Pacific, to connect the seaboard of British Columbia with the Kailway system of Canada ; and further, to secure the completion of such Railway within ten year.s from the date of the Union And the Government of British Columbia agree to convey to the Do- minion Government, in trust, to be appropriated in such manner as the Do- minion trovernment may deem advisable in furtherance of the construction of the said Kailway, a similar extent of Public Laiids along the line of Kail- way throughout its entire length in British Columbia, not to exceed, how- ever, twenty (20) miles on each side of said line, as may be appropriated for the same purpose by the Dominion Government from the Public Lands in the North West Territories and the Province of Manitoba. Provided that the quantity of land which Crown Grant within the limits mav be held under Pre-emption right or by its of the tract of land in British Columbia to be WW e '/'") m e»* 80 conveyed to the Dominion G-overnment shall be made good to the Do< minion from contiguous Public Lands ; and provided further, that until the commencement, within two years, as aforesaid, from the date of the Union, of the construction of the said Kailway, the Government of British Colum- bia shall not sell or alienate any further portions of the Public Lands of British Columbia in any other way than under right of Pre-emption, requir- ing actual residence of the Pre-emptor on the land claimed by him. In con- sideration of the land to be so conveyed in aid of the construction of the said Railway, the Dominion Government agree to pay to British Columbia from the date of the Union, the sum of $100,000 per annum, in half-yearly payments in advance. 12. The Dominion Government shall guarantee the interest for ten years from the date of the completion of the works, at the rate of five per centum per annum, on such sum, not exceeding £100,000 sterling, as may be required for the construction of a first class graving dock at Esquimalt. 13. The charge of the Indians, and the trusteeship and management of the lands reserved for their use and benefit, shall be asKumed by the Dominion Government, and a policy as liberal as that hitherto pursued by the British Columbia Government shall be continued by the Dominion Government after the Union. To carry out such policy, tracts of land of such extent as it has hitherto been the practice of the British Columbia Government to appropriate for that purpose, shall from time to time be conveyed by the Local Government to the Dominion Government in trust for the use and benefit of the Indians on application of the Dominion Government ; and in case of disagreement between the two Governments respecting the quantity of such tracts of land to be so granted, the matter shall be referred for the decision of the t5ecretary of State for the Colonies. 14. The constitution of the Executive Authority and of the Legislature of British Columbia shall, subject to the provisions of the " British North America Act, 1867," continue as existing at the time of the Union until alter- ed under the authority of the said Act, it being at the same time understood that the Government of the Dominion will readily consent to the introduc- tion of responsible government when desired by the inhabitants of British Columbia, and it heina likewise understood that it is the intention of the Governor of British Columbia, under the authority of the Secretary of State _„ for the Colonies, to amond the existing Constitution of the Legislature by -JjproAriding that a majority of its Members shall be elective. a:| The Union shall tak^ ettect according to the ibregoiug terms and con- xjj ditions on such day as Her Majesty by and with the advice of Her Most II Honorable Privy Council may appoint (on addresses Irom the Legislature of I' I the Colony of British Columbia, and of tht^ TToasesof PivTliament of Canada, ; in the terms of the 14rtth section of the British Noi'th Anericn Act 1867,) and British Columbia may in its address flpof-'y thv^ J^rtoral districts lor which the first election of Members to servt' in the Hom«^ A 'Commons shall That such terms have proved gonv^rully aoc«pt«bl»' 'o ibi* people of this Colony , That this council is, therefore, willing to enter into union with the Dominion of Canada upon such terms, and humbly submit that, under the circumstances, it is expedient that the admission of this Colony into such union, as aioresaid, should be effected at as early a date as may be found J l)racticable under the provisions of the 146th section of the " British North Ut\ America Act, 1867." We, therefore, humbly prny that Your Majesty will be graciously pleased, by and with the advice of Your Majesty's Most Honorable Privy Council, under the pro\'l8ion8 of the 146th section of the " British North America Act, 1867," to admit British Columbia into the Union or Dominion of Canada on the basis of the terms and conditions otfered to this Colony by the Govern- ment of the Dominion of Canada, hereinbefore set forth ; and, inasmuch as by the said terms British Columbia is empowered in its Address to specify the electoral districts lor which the first election of Members to serve in the House of Commons shall ttke place, we humbly pray that such electoral districts may be declared, under the Order in Council, to be as follows : — That " New Westminster District" and the " Coast District," as defined in a public notice issued from the Lands and Works OIfic(* on the 15th day of December, 186!>, by the desire of the Governor, and purporting to be in accordance with the provisions of the 39th clause of the '* Mineral Ordinance, ■MM! w#T % IMtfy," Hhall couslitnte oiio difttrict, tob« doHigniitod " New WeitmiiiHter District," and vtHurn One Member ; That " {Jnril»oo DiKtrict" and " Lillooet District," as specilied in the Haid puhlic notice, shall conHtitute one district, to be designated " Cariboo Dis- trict," antl return One Meinb«'r. That •' Yale District" and " Kootenay District," as specifiejl in the saiublic notice, shall constitute one district to be desijjnated " Yale District," and return One Member ; That thone portions ol" Vancouver Island known as " Victoria District" "Ksquimalt District." and "Metdiosin District," as defined in the otHcial maps of those districts in the Land Oifiee, Victoria, and which maps are desij^nated respectivflv " Victoria District Official Maj), IS.'iH," " Ksquimalt I>istrict OIH- (ial Map, ISaH, " and " Metchosin District Official Map, A. D., IH.'iH," shall con- sritiite one district, to be designated "Victoria District," and return Two Mei/ibers, And, that all the remainder of Vancouver Island, and all such islands adjacent thereto as were formerly dependencies of the late Colony of Van- couver Island District, shall constitute one District, to be designated "Van- couver Islancl District," and return One member. llesolnei/ :—'2. That the proposed terms and conditions of Union of British Cohunbia with Canada, as stated in the said Address, are in conformity with those prcjimiuarily agreed upon between delegates from British Columbia and the Members of the (Jovernmeut of the Dominion of Canada and embodied in a Report of aCommitttve of the Privy Council approved hy His Excellency the (rovernor-treneral in Council, on the 1st .Inly, IMT'i, which ai)pr()ved Report is as follows : t'cy/// (;/' a Ueiiiiil "f a ('ommillte of llie Jicitm-itliU the I'riry Cininril. amiiovcd by Ilia Kxrillrwij tilt Gntenior (leneriil in Couiiril, «it Ihe Isl July, 1870. The C/onuniltee of ihe Privy Council have had under consideration a Despatch dated the 7th May. 1k'7(>. from the Governor of British Columltia, touelher with certain resolutions submitted l)y the Government of that colony to the Leuislative I'ouncil thereof— both her 'unto annexed-^on the subject of the i>roi)osed union of iJritish Columbia with the Dominion of Canada: and alter several interviews between them and the Honorable Messrs. Tru'cli. Helmcken, and ('arrall. Ihe Delegates from British Colum- bia, and full diseussion with them of the various cjuestions connected with that important subject, the Committee iu)W respectfully submit for your I'iXcelleiicys a]i])n)val the followiiiir terms and conditions to form the basis of a political union between lirifish Columbia and the Dominion of Canada. 1. Canada shall be lial)Ie for the debtn and liabilities of British Colum- l)ia exi.siing at thfl time of the union. ii. British Cohunbia not havini-- incurred debts equal to those of the other I'rovniccs no\\ constitutiuL' the dominion, shall De entlileil to receive by half-yearly i)aymints in advance from the treneral Government, interest at the rate of live per cent, per ann\un. on the ditl'ereiice between the actual amount of its indebtedness at the date of the union, and the indebtednesn per head of I he population of Nova Scotia and New Brunswick ($27.77), the population of British Columbia bein!>- taken at (.1(1,000 •'{. The lollowinir sums shall be paid l)y Canaort of its (loveinnient -.iiul Leiiislature, to wit, an annual sub- sidy of >;.'i;'),(HMi. ami an annual urant ('(jual to SO cents per heiwlof the said l)opulation of ()0,00(t, l.oth half-yearly in advance, su<'h grant of HO cents |)er head to be augmented in proportion to the iiuM-ease of ]>opulation. as may be shown by t ach subseipient deci-nnial census, until the population amounl.s to 400.000. :it which rale such sraiit shall thereafter remain, il beinn- under,slood thai the first census shall be taken in the year IHHI. 4. The Dominion will provide an efficient mail service fortnightly by steam communication between Victoria and San Francisco, and twice ii week lietween Victoria and Olympia, the vessels to be adapted for the conveyance of i'reight and passenijcrs. 0. Canada will assume and defray the charges for the following ser- vices : — A. Salary of the Lieutenant Governor. B. Salaries and allowances of the judges of the superior courts and the jounty or district courts. C. The charges in respect to the Department of Customs. miA Dis- Nuitl itiict," 8tiict" 1 iiiapN cl OJli- ill con- u Two isliviuls Vaii- Vun- RritiNh I'ormity Britiisli ■ iniou ol C'oiUK-il on tilt! ed hij Hit ovation a olumlna, t of that —on tho iiinion ol" lonorablc h Coluin- iti'd with t lor your 1 thp t)asiK )l(.'anaia ninual sul)- 1 of the said 1)1" HO I'cuts i)ulation, as population r rt'uiain, it •iir IHKl. rtniiihtly l>y iintl twit'^' a ili'd for 11h> owing «i^'»- )urt8 ami the '■ h. The poHtal and telegraphic serTicos. E. Protection and encouragement of fisherieH. F. Provision for militia. U. LighthouseB, buoys and beacons, shipwri-ckod crews, quarantine and marine hospitals, including a marine hospital at Victoria. H. The Geological Survey. I. The Penitentiary. And such further charges as may be incident to and connected with the services which by the liritish North America Act of 1867 appertain to the general government, and as are or may be allowed to the other provinces. 6. Suitable pensions, such us shall be approved of by Her Majesty's Government, shall be provided by the Oovernnient of the Dominion for those of Her Majesty's servants in the colony whose position and emolu- ments derived therefrom would be affected by political changes on the admission of British Columbia into the Dominion of Canada. 7. It is agreed that the existini; customs tariff, and excise duties, shall continue in force in British Columbia until the railwav from the Pacific Coast and the system ofrailways in Canada are connected, unless the Legislature of British Columbia should sooner decide to accept the Tariff and «-xcise laws of Canada. When customs and exci-sc duties are, at the time of the union of British Columbia with Canada leviable on any goods, wares, or merchandizes in British Columbia, or in the other provinces of the Dominion, these goods, wares, and merchandizes may, from and after the union, be imported into British Columbia from the provinces now com- posing the Dominion, or from either of those provinces into British Co- lumbia, on proof of payment of the customs or exci.sf duties leviable thereon in the province of exportation, and on payment of such further amount (if any) of customs or excise duties as are leviable thereon in the province of importation. This arrangement to have no force or effect after the as- similation of the tariff and excise duties of British Columbie. with those of the Dominion. 8. British Columbia shall be entitled to be represented in the Senate by three Members, and by six Members in the House of Commons. The representation to be increased under the provisions of the British North America Act, 1867. 9. The influence of the Dominion Government will be used to secure the continued maintenance of the Naval Station at E.sqnimalt. 10. The provisions of the British North America Act, 1867, shall (except those parts thereof which are in terms made, or by reasonable intendment may be held to be specially applicable to, and only affect one and not the whole of the Provinces now comprising the Dominion, and except so far as the same may bt? varied by this minute) be applicable to British Columbia, in the same way and to the like extent as they apply to the other Provinces of the Dominion, and as if th^ Colony of British Columbia iiad boon one of tho rroviiiccM originallyitvitcil by the oaid Act. II. The Government of the Dominion undertake to secure the com- mencement, simultaneously, within two V' ars from the date of the union, of the construction of a railway from the Pacific towards the Rocky Moun- tains, and fnnn such point as may be selected Kast of the Rocky Mountains towards the Pacilie, to connect the sea-board of British Columbia with tho railway system of Canada; and, further, to secure the completion of such railway within ten years from the date of the Union. And the Government of British Columbia agret! to convey to the Do- minion (lovernmont, in trust, to be appropriated in such manner as the Dominion Crovernment may deem advisable in furthcniiice of the construc- tion of the said railway, a similar extent ol' pul>lic laiid.s along the line of railway throughout its entire length in British Columbia, not to exceed, however, twenty (20) miles on each side of said line, as may i)e appropriat- ed for the same piirpose by the Dominion Croverninent from the public lands in the North West Territories and the Province of Mauitol)a. Pro- vided that the quantity of land which may be held under pre-emption right or by Crown grant within the limits of the tract of land in British Columbia to be so conveyed to th ' Dominion Government, shall be made good to the Dominion from contiguous public lands, and provid- ed further, that until the commencement, within two years as aforesaid from the date of the union, of the construction of the said railway, the Government of British Columbia shall not sell or alienate any further por- r ;•■■ — -J f tion of the public liuids of Dritish (Jolambia in any other wny than nndur right of pro-oinption, requiring uutual rcsidenco of the pro-cmptor on tho land claimed by him. In cnnHideration of tho land to be so conveyed in aid of the nonfitruction of the said railway, the Dominion Gorernment agree to pay to UritiHh Columbia, from the date of the union, the sum of 910U,000 per annum in half yearly payments in advance. 12. The Dominion IKjvernnient shall guarantee the interest for ton years from the date of the completion of the works at the rate of 5 per centiim per annum on such sum, not exceeding i;iOO,000 sterling, as may be required for the construction of a tirst-clasH graving dock at Esquimalt. 18. The chargi! of the Indians and the trusteeship and management of tho lands reserved for their use and benelit, shall be assumed by the Dominion Uovernment, and a policy as liberal as that hitherto pursued by the British Columbia Government, shall be continued by the Dominion Government after the union. To carry out such policy, tracts of land of such extent ns it has hitherto been the practice of the British Columbia Government to appropriate (or that purpose, shall from time to time be con- veyed by the Local Government to the Dominion Government in trust for the use and benefit of the Indians, on application of tho Dominion Govern- ment, and in case of disagreement between the two governments respecting the quantity of HUch tracts of land to be so granted, the matter shall be re- ferred for the decision of the Secretary of State for the Colonies. 14. The constitution of the Executive Authority and of the Legislature of British Columbia, shall, subject to the provisions of the British North America Act, ]8i!7. continue as existing at the time of the union until altered miller the authority of the said Act, it being at the same time understood that the Government oi' the Dominion will readily consent to tho introduction of responsible iroveinment when desired by tho inhabitants of British Columbia, ami it being likewise understood that it is the intention of the Govornorof BritishColumbia, under the Authority of the Secretary oi State for the Colo- nies, to amend the existing constitution of the Legislature by providing that a majority of its irienibers shall be elective. The union shall take effect according to the foregoing terras and condi- tions on such day as Her Majesty, by and with the advice of Her Most Honor- able J'rivy Council, may appoint (on addresses from the Legislature of tho Colony of BritishColumbia and of the Houses of the I'ttrliamentof Canada, in the terms of the 146th section of the British North America Act, 18G7,) and British Columbia may in its Address speciiV the electoral districts for which the first election of members to serve in the House of Commons shall take place. (Oerttft'^l Wm. H.LEE, Cler/c Privff Council. iii^ House concurs in the terms and conditions of rinion SBi'l Add'i'^"- d approved lleport of the Committee ' ■' ■• 't'' itiouod; aufl thiit iii huniblo Address vi- Her Mu). ."iv ^praying that she will bo graciously pleaseO, L) inti with tiie advice of Her Most Honorable Trivy Council, under the HOth clause of " The British North America Act, 1867," to unite British Columbia with the Dominion of Canada, on tho terms and conditions above set forth Rc*.,hp ouneiL tsof rinion Sommittco lo Address gracioirsly ible rrivy tnerica Act, Canada, on