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Toua lea autrea ■xamplairea originaux sont filmte en commenyant par la premi&re page qui comporte une empreinte d'impreaaion ou d'illustration at an terminant par la derniAre |)age qui comporte une telle empreinte. Un dee symbolaa suivants apparattra sur la darniAre image de cheque microfiche, selon le cas: le symbols -^ signifie "A SUIVRE". le symbols ▼ signifie "FIN". Les cartea, planches, tableaux, etc.. peuvent Atre filmte A dee taux de reduction diffirents. Lorsque le document est trop grand pour Atra reproduit en un seul clichA. il est film* A partir de I'angle aupAriaur gauche, de gauche h droite. et de haut an bas. en prenant le nombre d'imagea nteaasaira. Lea diagrammea suivants iliustrant la mithode. 32X 1 2 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 •j'AS XVi'i Bi2/ia?isi3: coLTrn^Bi^. i I-. PROCLAMATION By His Fxcelleney, JAMES DOUGLAS, Governor and Commander-in-Chief of Her Majesty's Colony of Vancouver's Island and its Dependencies. TTtUIEREAS, Her Majesty has been pleased, by an lustrument made under Her Sig!) '' Manual, to revoke'tbe Crown Grant dated the 30th day c/l May, in the year of Om- Lord, 1838, to the Hudson's Bay Company, for exclusive trading with the Indians, in so io,x as the said Grant embraces or extends to the Territories comprised witliin the Colony of British Columbia. I, JAMES DOUGLAS, Governor of the Colony, now proclaim and publish tliis In- strument revoking the said Grant, for the information and guidance uf all persons in- terested therein. u Given under my hand and seal at Victoria, Vancouver's Island, this third day of November, 1858, in the Twenty-Second year of Her Majesty's Reign. GOD SAVE THE ClUEEN. mnam, g. REVOCATION Of License of 30fh May, 1838, to Hudson's Bay Company, for exclusive Trading with the Indians, in so far as the same embraces the Territories comprised in British Columbia. VICTORIA, by the Grace of God of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Queen Defender of the Faith. To all whom these Presents shall come, Greeting: WHEREAS, by an Instrument under the hand and seal of the Right Honorable Lord Glenelg, then one of Our principal Secretaries of State, and dated the Thirtieth day of May, One thousand eight hundred and thirty -eight, Wq did, fo. the reasons and con- siderations therein recitc'il, grant and give Our License to the Governor and Company of Adventurers trading to Hudson's Bay, and their successors, for the exclusive privilege of tradino- with tlie Lidians in all such parts of North America to the northward and to the westward of the lands and territories belonging to the United States of America as should not form any part of Our Provinces in North America, or of any lands or ter- ritories belonging to the said United States of America, or to any European Government, State or Tower, but subject nevertheless, as thereinafter mentioned; and did give, fi'ant and secure to the said Governor and Company and their successors, the sole and ex- cUisive privilege for the full period of twenty-one years from the tlate of Our said Grant of trading with the Indians in all such Parts of North America as aforesaid (except as thereinafter mentioned) : provided, nevertheless, and We did thereby declare Our pleasure to bo, that nothing therein contained should extend or be construed to prevent the iicrial Crown belont^ing; or constituting any such form of Civil Government as to LTs mi o-iit seem meet, within any such. Colony or Colonies, Province or Provinces. And Wo did thereby reserve to IJs, Our Heirs and Successors, full power and authority to revoke Our said Grant, or any part thereof, in so tar as the same might embrace or ex- tend to auy of the territories aforesaid, which might thereafter be comprised withm auy Colony or'Colonies, Province or Provinces as aforesaid. And Whereas, We have by Our Commission, under the Great Seal of Our United Kin-'dom of Great Britain and Ireland, bearing date at ^^"estmlnster this second day of Sciirend)er, One thousand, eio-ht hundred and tifty-cight, in the Twenty-second year of Oui- reiijn, and in virtue as well of the powers vested in Us by an Act entitled, "An Act to iirovide for the Government of British Columbia," as of all other powers and author- !;ii s belongin"- to Us in that behalf, established witliin tlie territories aforesaid, a Colony, under the title of "British Columbia," bounded as in the said recited Act is mentioned, 1.) the South by the frontier of the United States of America, to the East by the main chain ot the Tlbcky Mountains, to the North by Sinqison's liivor and tlie Finlay Branch of the Peace Rivf r," and to the West by thePacilic Ocean ; and including (iueen Charlotte's Island, aiul all other Islands adjacent to the said territories, except as thereinafter ex- cepted. * 8 And Whcrcafl, it has appeared to Ua expedient that the right of exclusive trade with the Indiana given by Us, in manner aforesaid, to the Governor and Company of Ad- venturers trading to Hudson's Bay, and their successors, within the territories in the said instrument described, sliould no longer bo exercised by them within so much fo those territories as is comprised within the said Colony of British Columbia. ' Jitow, know ye, that Wo do hereby revoke Our said Grant contained in the herein- before recited Instrument of the thirtieth day of May, One thousand, eight hundred and thirty-eight, in so far as the same embraces or extends to the territories comprised withiu the said Colony of British Columbia; And "We do hereby declare, that this present revocation of Our said Grant shall take effect within the said Colony as soon as it shall have been proclaimed there by the Officer administering the Government thereof. Given at Our Court at Osborne House, Isle of "Wight, this second day of September, 1858, in the Twenty-second year of Our Reign. By Her Majesty's Command. f