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 COLONIAL BILLS. 
 
 NORTH AMEIUCA. 
 
 RETURN to an Addrem of tbe Honourable 'Hie Iloiiiu of Comraonf , 
 ditted 37 Mu}- 1864;— :/ur, 
 
 "The Titles and Dates of Bii.i.s passetl by the Legislatures of Canadu, Suva 
 Scotia, Ntw Brunswick, Xeu/ound/aiu/, aiul I'rince Kdraird's Island .-.iiice 
 the Year 183G, which have been Reserved by tlie (iovernors of those 
 Colonies respectively for Reference to Her Majesty's Secretary of State 
 for the Colonies, and of the Titles and Dates of Bills so referred to 
 which the Royal Assent was ultimately Refused ; anil Copy or Extracts 
 of the Terms in which such Refusal was conveyed." 
 
 Colonial Office,! 
 35 July 1S64. J 
 
 FREDERIC ROGERS. 
 
 {Viscount Bury.) 
 
 Ordered, by The House of Commons, t\) he Printed, 
 26 July 1864. 
 
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 UrpEB Canada -- 3 
 
 LowEB Canada ...---.--.. fi 
 
 Canada « 
 
 Nova Scotia - !> 
 
 New Brunmwick ----..--.--h 
 
 Newfoundland -.----.--_. 16 
 
 Prince Edward Island - ----..--.17 
 
 CopiEH OK Extracts of Despatches in which the Royal Assent was 
 
 REFUSED to CERTAIN RESERVED BiLI.S CONTAINED IN THE FOREGOINfi 
 
 Schedule .------.----20 
 
 Appendix. 
 
 No. 1. — Table shewing the ntiiiiber of Laws " rc8crve<l " by the Governor for 
 the signification of Her Majesty's pleasure, in each year from 1836 to 
 1864, inclusive, or containing clauses " susjjending their operation" 
 until Ilcr Majesty's pleasure shoulil be made known - - - -17 
 
 No. 2. — Table shewing the number of Laws to which the Royal Assent was 
 
 refused, in each year from 1836 to 1864, inclusive - - - - 47 
 
 m 
 
 Note. — The Aet.' of whiih thr titles nre printed under the heads " Nova Scotia," " New 
 Brunswick,'^ " Nttrfoiindland" and " Prince Edward Island," and possibltf some of those 
 of tchich the titles are printed under the heads " Upper Canada" " Lower Canada," and 
 " Canada," ircre not, strictly speahiny, " reserved"' by the Governor for the siynification of 
 Her Majesty's pleasure, but contained clauses suspending their operation until Her Majestt/s 
 pleasure should be made known. As, however, the effect is the same in both cases, it is inferred 
 thc.i the Return is intended to comprise both classes of Acts. 
 
 ^im. 
 
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 RKTUKN' of the Titlec iiinl Dntfc of Bii.i.s pa-^noil liy the Lej^iKluturcK of Canada, Xora Scotia, Ain» 
 Druimwich, NnrfouniUaml, suhI I'rinir Eilimrd Island, siiici; tlii" Vear 1M3«», which hii\c liecu RcbcTVCU by 
 the (iovernori" of thof>c Ciiloiiioit rc:'i)Cotively for Rcfcrenoe to Her Majc?tyV Secretary of State for the 
 Cohmics, iintl of the Titleit ami Dates of Killn no referred to which the U<iyal Aoitcnt wan ultimately Refuted ; 
 and Copy or Extracts of tlic Teniin in which sudi Itefututl waj* conveyed. 
 
 906 
 007 
 908 
 
 009 
 910 
 
 on 
 
 01-2 
 013 
 
 914 
 015 
 
 016 
 1,062 
 
 UPPER CANADA. 
 
 No. Date of PaMinjr, 
 
 Title op Bill 
 
 001 
 
 10 April 1890 
 
 00-3 
 
 March „ 
 
 9U3 
 
 10 April „ 
 
 904 
 
 April „ 
 
 905 
 
 31 March „ 
 
 « April ,. 
 
 14 April „ 
 
 15 April „ 
 
 10 April ,. 
 
 18 April ,. 
 
 18 April ,, 
 
 18 April „ 
 
 18 April „ 
 
 20 April „ 
 
 19 April „ 
 
 19 Feb. „ 
 4 March 1B37 
 
 .V29- 
 
 An Act (rruntin^ lu Iliii Mnjeiity a Hum of Money for 
 the Iinpruveinviit uf Roads and Bridfrcs in the leveilil 
 Uiatricts ot tliix Province. 
 
 An Act to Loan 2,noo/. to the Wellnnd Caiml Company. 
 
 An Act for the Kclief of John M'Millan. 
 
 An Act for the Kclief of John Pe irse, William I)ninl)le, 
 and Williitni Honr. 
 
 An Act to authorise the Payment to the Treasurer of 
 the District of <lltii«ii of the Approjiriiition towards 
 the Support of Common Scliouls in said District for 
 the Years 18:i5 and 18)0. 
 
 An Act to provide Additional Aid in Support of Com- 
 mon Schools in the several Districts of tiiis Province. 
 
 An Act to Improve the Navi;j;aliun of the iiduiid Waters 
 of the District of Xewcustle. 
 
 An Act granting: a Sum of Money f.ir improving the 
 Hill at the River Roirge, and other purposes therein 
 
 mentioned. 
 
 An Act gmntin!; a Sum of Money to complete the P.iy- 
 ment of the W'ar Losses. 
 
 An Act j;rnntin{; a Sum of Money in Su|>port of the 
 Provincial Penitentiary, and for oilier purposes therein 
 mentioned. 
 
 An Act fjrantinst to His Majesty a Sum of Money for 
 the Support of l.i!,'Iitliouses in this Province. 
 
 An Act jimntinf: .loo/, towards the Completion of a 
 Li<rhtiiouse in Uois Blanc Island, in the Western 
 District. 
 
 An Act {•ranting to llis Majesty the Sum of 100/, 
 for the purpose of Itepairiiif; the Dwellinif-house of 
 the Ligfithouso Keeper on Gihraltar Point, in the 
 Home District. „i,„^„, 
 
 An Act to raise a Sum of Money tor the purpose of 
 Completing a Steam Dredge for Deeiiening the several 
 Harhours in this Province. .i,,^, ,,, 
 
 An Act to amend an Act parsed in the I'irtt Session 
 of the present Pf.rliaiiient,intituled "An Act granting 
 a Sum of Money for the Erection of a Liglithoii»,e 
 on Gull Island, or such otiier I'hicc as the Com- 
 missioners may select." 
 
 An Act to allow Persons indicted f<'i- Felony a full 
 Defence hy Counsel, and for other purposes tliciein 
 mentioned. 
 
 An Act to provide fur the Disposal of the Public 
 Lands in this Province, and for other purposes 
 therein mentioned. 
 
 A a 
 
 Remabks. 
 
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 ■M r. 
 
 ■'IS 
 
 
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 RETURN RELATING TO 
 
 U I* !• E K C A N A I> A— < un/mu. </. 
 
 No. ' DutaofPwiiinK. 
 
 'I'lTLI <il IllM. 
 
 
 .'n 
 
 1 
 
 If.' 
 
 5;: 
 
 i 
 
 r 
 
 4 
 
 1,043 
 
 l,U04 
 
 l.OOft 
 I.UflO 
 
 !,oe7 
 
 1,(108 
 I.Ofllt 
 
 1,070 
 
 RiMJ 
 
 4 March mn? 
 
 4 March „ 
 
 4 March „ 
 
 4 March „ 
 
 4 March „ 
 
 4 Mnrrh „ 
 
 4 March „ 
 4 Marcli „ 
 
 1,071 ' 4 March „ 
 
 l,«i72 4 March 
 
 1,073 
 
 4 March 
 
 It 
 
 1,074 
 
 4 March 
 
 ■• 
 
 1,076 
 
 4 March 
 
 » 
 
 1,070 
 
 4 March 
 
 »» 
 
 1,077 
 
 4 March 
 
 J9 
 
 1,078 
 
 4 Murcli 
 
 If 
 
 1,079 
 
 4 March 
 
 » 
 
 1,080 
 
 4 March 
 
 J,147 
 
 11 May 1830 
 
 1,148 
 
 llMny „ 
 
 1,I4U 
 
 11 May „ 
 
 An Act to lniTC!i»c the Cii|iital Stork of ihc Uank of 
 r|il>rrCiiiiiiilii, iinil to Alter inul Aticml tlic Chiirler 
 thcri-of. 
 
 An Act t." -M't-urc tin- In'Ii'pcinli'iici' nf th" Conifnntii 
 lloiixc of A»-<'iiitily cil' tlii-i I'rcivii.cc, and (or other 
 |iar|>o»cii tlicrcin riirnlioncd. 
 
 All Act (or IiK ii i-iiiu' the (-'iiliiiiil Slock of tlic Com- 
 iiicrcini Bank oC the Midland Dinlrict. 
 
 An Act to Kxtalilish a Dank at Brockvillc, in the 
 Diitrict of Johnitown. 
 
 An Act to Iiicor|ioratc certain Persons under the styh; 
 of "The Upjier Canada Ix>an and Trust Company.'' 
 
 .An Act to Incorporate sundry Persons under the style 
 iind title of " The President, Directors, and Com- 
 pany of the Bank of the Ntwenstle District." 
 
 .An Act to Incoriiorate sundry Persons under the 
 style and title or "The President and Directors of 
 the Upper Canada Life Insurance and Truit Com- 
 pany. 
 
 An Act to Incorporate sundry Persons under the 
 style and title of " The President, Directors, and 
 Company of the Erie and Ontario Bank of the 
 Niafjara District." 
 
 An Act to Incorporate sundry Persons under the style 
 and title of " The President,. Directors, and Com- 
 pany of the Prcscott Bank," 
 
 An Act to Incorporate sundry Persons under the style 
 and title of " The President, Directors, and Com- 
 pany of the Prince Edward District Bank." 
 
 An Act Incorporating a Joint Siock Company under 
 the style and title of "The President, Directors, 
 and Company of the London District Bank. 
 
 An Act to Amend the Charter and Increase the Capital 
 Stock of tlie Gore Bank. 
 
 An Act to Incorporate sundry Persons under the style 
 and title of " The President, Directors, and Com- 
 pany of the Western District Bank." 
 
 An Act to Incorporate sundry Persons under the style 
 and title of <* The Xia^ra' District Bank." 
 
 An Act erecting certain parts of the Counties of Hal- 
 ton and Simcoe into a new District by the name of 
 " The District of Wellington." 
 
 An Act to Naturalise certain Persons therein named. 
 
 An Act to Authorise the Erection of certain Townships 
 and other Territory heretofore forming part of the 
 Newcastle District into a new District by the name 
 of " The District of Colborne," with Peterborough 
 for the District Town. 
 
 An Act to Incorporate sundry Persons under the style 
 and title of " The President, Directors, and Com- 
 pany of the Freeholders' Bank of Upper Canada." 
 
 An Act to Dispose of the Lands commonly called 
 " Clergy Reserves," and for other purposes therein 
 mentioned." 
 
 An Act to Appropriate the Casual and Territorial 
 Revenue, and for other purposes therein mentioned. 
 
 An Act to Regulate the Value at which Gold and Silver 
 Coins shall pass current within this Province. 
 
 ; Assent refused by Despatch, No. 20, of 
 the 12th October 1830, page 30. 
 
 \ Assent refused by Despatch, No. 49, 
 J 9th December 1839, page 23. 
 
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 COLONIAL BILLS (NORTH AMERICA). 
 
 «h, No. 20, of 
 ', page 20. 
 
 atch, No. 40, 
 ge 23. 
 
 No. Date of I'aftinK' 
 
 1,1 SO 
 
 1,lul 
 
 1.152 
 
 1,1)3 
 I.IS^ 
 
 1,155 
 1,308 
 
 1,290 
 
 1,300 
 1,301 
 
 l,n02 
 
 II May 1 830 
 
 II Mnjr „ 
 II Mav 
 
 II May „ 
 II May „ 
 
 II May „ 
 10 Feb. 1840 
 
 10 Feb. „ 
 
 10 Feb. „ 
 
 III Feb. „ 
 
 10 Feb. „ 
 
 I IM'KR 1 AN A DA-/. .«/„«««. 
 
 TiTi.t >ir Bill.. 
 
 l.nO.T 10 Feb. 
 
 1,31)4 I 10 I'll). 
 
 i,ai).-. 10 Foil. 
 
 1,:)00 1(1 Fob. 
 
 J, 307 10 Feb. 
 
 1,108 10 Feb. 
 
 l,.30n 10 Feb. 
 
 l.nio 10 Feb. 
 
 An .\i't to iiwtTlalii iiml |iri)viil<< fur iIm- I'mmPiit nt' 
 III! jiigt t'lHiiiii" i(ri«iiii^ from lln' liilr Hotifllion niid 
 Invii»i(iii» of llii* I'r.n iiii-r'. 
 
 ,\n Act til auilinri«e ihc i--iiii' ot liill* of Croilil - 
 
 An Act toniitliori«c ibi' I'lin Ii;i>m' of tbi> l»riv;iti' Sioik 
 in tbi' WtHutMi Ciiiiiil iin tlif |i!irl of tliin I'loviiicr, 
 nnil for otIiiT |itirpiis('» tlipreiii tornlioiiril. 
 
 An Act to nfl'oni fiirlbe- l-'nciliticK to nc^otiutp Debcn- 
 benture^ for tlic Com|ilt'tioii of crrtiiiii NVoi-k>. 
 
 An Avt to ninko Pi'ovi>ion for tlir Diviximi of tlip 
 interule<l iitw Dialrii't of Colbornc into t\r<> Coiiii. 
 tief. 
 
 All .Act to ('liable Hill .Mnjigtv to iniikc n (irniit of 
 Land to ,Jiiini"« FitzOibbon, Vmi. 
 
 An Act to impoM Duties on certain Articleit imported 
 into this Province from the United States of 
 .Anicricn. 
 
 I An Act to iDikc Provision for the Miiiin<;t'incnt of xhc 
 I Temporalities of the Uiiitod Church of Kiiglnnd and 
 j Ireland in thiH Province, and for other purposes 
 therein mentioned. 
 
 I An Act to niiicertaiii and girovido for tho Puvnioiit of 
 ull just CIniinH arising from the l.ito Rclicflioii anil 
 I Iiivaeions of this Province. 
 
 An Act to make Provision to indemnify Persons from 
 I.os8('8 occasionei' by tlie nets of Iiiceiidiiiries, lie- 
 twecn the 4th'',. nt December in the year of oiir 
 Lord 183^, am 1: Ut day of January I h to. 
 
 An Act to iiniend nn .ict passed in the 0th Year of the 
 Rci<;n of Kinp Gcorjje 4, c. 2, intituled, " An .\nt 
 for the Relief of Religious Societies therein." 
 
 RtMARKH. 
 
 Asiiont refiiKcd bv Di iipatrh, No. 20, of 
 the 12th Octulx-r IM.11I, |iagr 20. 
 
 .An Act for the Relief of John Stewart. 
 
 An .\(t to enable Her Mnjcsty to make a Grant of 
 Land to James ritzGibbon, ICsq. 
 
 Assent refuseil bv Desputoh, No. 31, of 
 the 27th October iH.io, paije 21. 
 
 All Act to Naturalise Elijah Ncllis. 
 
 An Act for iilterinp; and amcndlii>; the Charter of the 
 President, Directors, and Coni|iaiiy of the Bank of 
 Upper Caiiailii, and for increa-'iii^ the Number of 
 Shares to be iiekl in the Capital Stuck of th<; s:iid 
 Conijiany, 
 
 An Act to increase the Capiu^l i«cock of the Gore Bank, 
 and the Number of Shares to be held therein. 
 
 An Act for altering and amending; the Charter of the 
 President, Director^-, and Company of the Com- 
 inercinl Bank of the Midland District, and for in- 
 creasing the Nunibtr of Shares to lie held in the 
 Capital Stock of the Company. 
 
 An Act to Incorporate sundry Persons under the style 
 and title of " The President, Directors, and Company 
 of the Prince Edwiir' District Bank." 
 
 An Act to Incorporate the I'armers' Joint Stock Bank- 
 ingCompany, under the style and title of '' The Pre- 
 sident, Directors, and Company of the Farmers' 
 Bank." 
 
 Assent refused by De»|i!itili, Ne 
 22d July 1840, page 2J. 
 
 184. 
 
 .Assent refused by Despatch, No. 4o:, 
 loth July 1841, page 2.>. 
 
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 M( IX Sojil. „ 
 
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 18 Srjit. 
 
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 18 Sept. 
 
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 It* Sept. 
 
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 IH Sept. 
 
 II 
 
 01 
 
 18 Stpt. 
 
 '1 
 
 U) 
 
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 1' 
 
 DM 
 
 IH Sept. 
 
 II 
 
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 1 H Sept. 
 
 II 
 
 1)« 
 
 IN Sept. 
 
 II 
 
 u:* 
 
 1 H Sept. 
 
 II 
 
 loo 
 
 101 
 
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 li Oct. ,, 
 
 !) Doc. 1843 
 1) Dec. „ 
 
 I) Dec. „ 
 
 20i I Dec. „ 
 
 An Act to rcuulute llie iM'pectiuii of Flour iiiid 
 Meal. 
 
 An Act to rxlend tlic CImrler of llip"City Biink," 
 and to incrcaHC the C'npital Stock thereof. 
 
 All Act to Incor|>orale sundry IVmcinti under the Htyle 
 and title of •' The i'rui-idinl. UirectorH, and Coni- 
 piiny of the Hunk oCthe Niiipiru District." 
 
 An Act to provide for tiie Freedom of Election 
 throu(;lioiil this Province, and for other purpose^ 
 therein iiientioind. 
 
 An Act to Incor|iorii>e the Quebec Hoard of Trade. 
 
 All Act 10 rcffulatc the Iiispeclion of Ueef and Pork. 
 
 An Act to esliihliHli ii C'linipiiiiy, to he culled " The Hal- 
 diiiieiid (jiaHHWorks C'oiiip.iiy." 
 
 An Act to rem w the Charter of the Hiiiik of Montreal, 
 and to iiieivii«e itn Ciipitiil Stock. 
 
 All Act tor tiie Ditiposiil of Puhlic Laiidn. " 
 
 An Act to Incorporate the Montreal Board of Trade. 
 
 .\ii Act to extend llii' Cliarlcr of the Quebec Bank. 
 
 .An Act to rcjriilHlc llie Takiii); of SccurilicM in all 
 OHiees ill reiipcct of uhich Security ought to he 
 ^iveii, and for avoiding the Grant of all such OiP.ceH 
 ill the event of «iieh Security not being given within 
 n Time hinited aftei llie Grant of hucIi Office. 
 
 An Act to regulate the Currency of thi:* Province. 
 
 An Act to permit the Business of the Bank of Upper 
 C'aiiada to ho can icd on in Toronto as usual, 
 
 An Act to aiitliorisc the Banks heretofore chartered 
 Ity Acts of the laic Province of Upper or Lower 
 Caimila to cany on their Business throughout this 
 Province. 
 
 An Act to make Provision for tho Management of the 
 Tenipoiaiitich of the DiiiieJ Cliurch of England and 
 Irehiiul in the DiocCM' of Qiielici; in this Province, 
 and for other purposes tlicreiii mentioned. 
 
 An Act to impose ii Duty upon Foreign Wheat im- 
 ported into this Province. 
 
 An Act for the Discoui-agcincnt of Secret Societies - 
 
 An Act to repeal certain Acts therein mentioned, and 
 to Illlike Better Provision respecting the Admission 
 of Land Surveyors anil the Survey of Lands in Upper 
 Canada. 
 
 An Act for better securing the Independence of the 
 Legislative Assembly of this Province. 
 
 An Act tj amend the Act incorporating the Bank of 
 the Niagara District, by providing for the Extension 
 of the Time limited for the Paying-up of the Stock 
 of the said Bank. 
 
 I)' ' 
 
 „ !.1 
 
 Assent refused by Despatch, No. 180, 
 of 27 March 1844, page 37. 
 
 906 
 
 300 
 
 207 
 
 314 
 
 aio 
 
 316 
 
•»1^ 
 
 ( OLONIAL BILLS (NOUTII AMEIMCA). 
 
 < ANADA — ronfiMHn/. 
 
 No. 
 
 I, No. 49, i){ 
 2.1. 
 
 ao4 
 
 306 
 
 aoo 
 
 207 
 
 314 
 
 319 
 
 316 
 
 317 
 
 DbU of Puiinif. 
 
 Deu. 1843 
 
 Dec. „ 
 
 Dec. , 
 Dec. „ 
 
 Dec. „ 
 
 eO Mar. 1845 
 
 SO Mar. „ 
 S9 Mur. „ 
 
 20 Mar. ,, 
 
 318 !;o Mar. „ 
 
 810 ' 20 Mar. „ 
 
 320 I 28 Mar. ., 
 
 420 
 
 427 
 
 June 1846 
 9 June „ 
 
 No. 180, 
 
 423 I June „ 
 
 420 
 430 
 431 
 
 June 
 9 June 
 June 
 
 TlTL* i>P UlLL. 
 
 IUll4K«l. 
 
 An .\i.'t to liltcr nnil nmi'iul rrrtnin p«rl> ni' an Art 
 therein mentioned rilulin^ i<> (In- NHviunimn <i|' the 
 River Ht. Lawrrncv, in no fur hi iIiv ouinv rv utc to 
 the Fort of Quebec. 
 
 An Act for veitiii); the Mirkcl IVock In tin- Tn'tn of 
 Niai^nt in iho Council u!' tlic «,iii| Tnuii, unci (or 
 other purpoM.li. 
 
 .:^ r<>l 
 
 .5 29- 
 
 An Art for the better neourini; the Independence of I Ativnt refu^ril l>r IV-palcli, N<> -Jul 
 the Le(;i->lutive CouDcil of thi« I'lovincr. Ibtii Apiil IN44, |ii-t' .';. 
 
 An Aft to Incorporate the Chiircli Sociftii« of ihe 
 United Church of Knirlind nnd Irelnnd in the 
 Diocroeo of Quebec and Toronto. 
 
 An Act to Incorporate certain i'. r»on» ca^^J■in^; on the 
 bunines* of Hankin;; in the Citv of Montrcui, under 
 the name of" Ui Uanque du I'euple." 
 
 An Act to (lisfolvc the Murriu|;(> of llenrv WilliHro /Vx'ent rcfimrd liy l)f>jiiitili. V .. jm*; 
 IlnrriH, Km|., with Kli/u Wulkcr, iillicr«i»e I'Blled I 18th Novcinlii-r I -4.), |iiij;i- i-. 
 HIi/a Luck Walker, \u» now wilip, u'ld to fiial>lo liim '. 
 t'l iniirrv iipiin, and lor other purposes therein * 
 
 nientioni'<l. | 
 
 An .\ct to .'inlhori'C (oaccrlain extent the Seizure and | 
 Attacliinent of Ulficiiil SalurieH towardii Payment of I 
 the IniMiiMlient's Debts. | 
 
 An Act to provide a Lcjiiil Recourse to Her Majegty'i 
 Subjects in ihin Provinee havinjj lepil or just 
 C'hilniBU|ion the Executive (lovernment thereof, und 
 to eiiuliie Her Majesty the more ottci'tuully to do 
 Justice in such caties. 
 
 An Act to estaldish the Boundaries of the Lots and 
 Gores of l.und in the Sixtli, Sevenlli, Kitrhth, Ninth, 
 and Tenth Coneessiars of the Township of Beverley, 
 in tlic County of llolton. 
 
 An Ac) to explain and amend part of an Act passed 
 iu the Seventh Year of Her Majesty's Iteiiin, in- 
 tituled •' An Act for vesting in the prin<-ipal OHieors 
 of Her Majesty's Ordnance the Estates anil Pro- 
 perty therein descrificd, for itrantini; I'owers to the 
 snid OOicers, and fi)r other purposes therein men- 
 tioned " 
 
 An Act to quiet the Title to Lands of Persons tintura- 
 liseil under the Statute of Lower Canada passed in 
 the First Year of the Hci^rnof his late Mnjesiy Kin;; 
 William the I'ourlh, an:l t'lr other purposes therein 
 mentioned. 
 
 An Act to make further Provision regarding Aliens. 
 
 An Act to In 'orporale a Company to extend the Great 
 Western Railroad from Hamilton to I'oronto. 
 
 An .'Vet to amend an Act passed in the Eighth Year 
 of Her Majesty's Keign, intituled" An Act to amend 
 an Act passed in the Sixih Year of the Reign of 
 his late Majesty King William the Fourth, intituled 
 an Act to incorporate liie City of Toronto and Lake 
 Huron Railroad Company." 
 
 An Act for erecting a Suspension Bridge over the 
 Niagara River at or near the Falls of Niagara. 
 
 An Act for supplying the City of Quebec and parts 
 adjacent thereto with Water. 
 
 An Act to restore the Rights of Persons attainted for 
 High Treason. 
 
 An Act to Tncirporate the Wolfe Island, Kingston, 
 and Toronto Railroad Company. 
 
 A4 
 
 I 
 
 
v.> 
 
 >v 
 
 m 
 
 «Mi 
 
 t: 
 
 <■';; 
 
 
 ' i .' 
 
 RETIKN RELATING TO 
 
 CANADA— ronlioK'rf. 
 
 No. 
 
 Date of PuuiiK. 
 
 Trrti or Bill. 
 
 RniAM*. 
 
 4a3 
 
 June 
 
 1N4II 
 
 An Act to Inrnrpuralti llic PvlfilKtraugli •ml Port 
 Ilopn Rail«*y (nnipany. 
 
 
 433 
 
 June 
 
 tt 
 
 An Act to liiL'urponite l.a RiimiUf d(*< .Mnrrlmnda. 
 
 
 414 
 
 U June 
 
 I* 
 
 An Act to liicorpontta tliu Moiitrr«l itnil Kinifoton 
 Kitilrunil CoiniMnjr. 
 
 
 43.) 
 
 June 
 
 I* 
 
 An Ai't lor (iriiniinK a Cifil Liit to Hi r .Mtjptty. 
 
 
 490 
 
 9H July 
 
 1847 
 
 An Act to fiu'illlnir ('oinniiiliition of lhi> Tonurr of 
 Iiitnili* nil Riitiiri' in thr Qucen'n Dumnin into tb*t 
 oC Free iiinl ('oiiiiiinii Sihtuhp, auil to nvoiil the un- 
 nacTMRry Dflnyii unil Kxpente horelofure incidental 
 to iiui'li CoinniiilHtiunii. 
 
 
 047 
 
 38 July 
 
 i> 
 
 All Art to I'xtrnil tlie Time for takiiit; llieOatli and 
 iiinkini; tli« Drcliinitlon rivinircil of FiTsonK nniunl- 
 iai'il in llii' Province. 
 
 
 438 
 
 ■2% July 
 
 » 
 
 An Art In iiiiT('ii'<(' tlic t'lipiiiil .''lurk of iho f^iii'boc 
 liniik, mill lo iinicnil in part tlir Act to cxtcnil the 
 Clmitrr nf llic i>iiiil Hunk. 
 
 
 •ini) 
 
 •JS July 
 
 n 
 
 An Acl to ciinlilc tlic Hunk of Monhviil lo iiicrcniic 
 ilH C'apitiil .Slock. 
 
 
 440 
 
 3d July 
 
 »» 
 
 An Act to initlilu tliiCity Uuiik lo incrcii^o hi Capital 
 Stock. 
 
 
 441 
 
 38 July 
 
 >» 
 
 An Act to Incor lornlc llic Wooilmock iinJ I-«ko Erie 
 Railwiiy nnJ lurliour Conipiiny. 
 
 
 442 
 
 •JS July 
 
 ti 
 
 An Act lo Incorporulo tlic Uylowii iiiiil Britannia 
 Hailway Company. 
 
 
 443 
 
 38 July 
 
 l» 
 
 An -Act to Iiicorporiile the Carillow and Grcnvillc 
 Railway Company. 
 
 
 4t4 
 
 28 July 
 
 >» 
 
 An Act to Iiicorpot'Htc the I^kc St. Louis niiil Pro- 
 vince Line Ruilwiiy Company. 
 
 
 440 
 
 28 July 
 
 »i 
 
 An Act to Incorponitc the Montreal and Priivincc 
 Line Jiniclion Riiilwiiy Company. 
 
 
 44U 
 
 28 July 
 
 » 
 
 An Act lo Inuorporate the Cnnailii, New Brunswick, 
 and Novn Scotia Railway Company. 
 
 
 447 
 
 38 July 
 
 »i 
 
 An Act for Inrorporatinf^ the Toronto and Goderich 
 Railway Company. 
 
 
 448 
 
 28 July 
 
 ft 
 
 An Act to Incorporate the District Bank of Quebec. 
 
 
 o78 
 
 25 April 
 
 1840 
 
 An Act to iiiisc an Income of 100,000/. out of the 
 Public Lnndi> of Canada for Common School Edu- 
 cation. 
 
 
 670 
 
 36 April 
 
 » 
 
 An Act to repeal a certain Act therein mentioned, 
 and make Better Provision for ihc Naturalisation of 
 Aliens. 
 
 
 S8U 
 
 36 A])ril 
 
 19 
 
 An Act to Incor|>ornte the Queenston Suspension 
 Briagc Company. 
 
 
 681 
 
 26 April 
 
 If 
 
 An Act to amend the Act relative to Savings Banks. 
 
 
 C8i 
 
 35 April 
 
 !> 
 
 An Acl lo Incorporate the Toronto, Simcoe, and Lake 
 Huron Union Railroad Company. 
 
 
 683 
 
 26 April 
 
 '» 
 
 An Act to Kccnre Titles lo Ileal Estate to certain Per- 
 sons Hiituralised under the Statute of Lower Canada, 
 1 Will. 4, c. 53. 
 
 
 0<.)4 
 
 30 Aug. 
 
 1851 
 
 An Act to provide for the Establishment of a Church 
 Society of the United Church of England and Ire- 
 land ill each Dioceso of that Church in Lower 
 Canada, and for other purposes connected with the 
 recent Division uf the Diocese of Quebec. 
 
 
 0D& 
 
 30 Aug. 
 
 >• 
 
 An Act to make Provision lor the Management of the 
 Temporalities of the United Church of England and 
 Ireland in the Diocese of Montreal, and for other 
 purposes therein mentioned. 
 
 . ' 
 
»^^' 
 
 COLONIAI. BILLS NOHril AMF.RICA). 
 
 CASAnA-fimimtttJ. 
 
 No. 
 
 MNI 
 
 l,l7-.> 
 1,7J9 
 
 '.',413 
 
 IHtcofl'MiiiiK, 
 
 80 Autf. IHOI 
 
 097 
 
 30 Att((. 
 
 »» 
 
 098 
 
 30 Auk- 
 
 1' 
 
 OOO 
 
 30 Auk- 
 
 »» 
 
 10 June 1807 
 18 May I HO I 
 
 June 1803 
 
 TitiK or Dill. 
 
 I 
 
 .Vii Act to ri'iM-iil •<> iiiiii'li iif lli« Arlof llir i>Mrlisiii«nl 
 ofdrinl Hrituiii |ui»c'i| in tliclltl Ycnr »)' l)ir Kriirii 
 ■ •I' Kinu fii'iirL't' till' Tliiril, uml ctinpliTril 31, an 
 rpluti't Id Kcctnrico mill Oif i'ri'Tritiillnn ol Iihmiiii- 
 (n'mIi Io ilir miini'. ami I'ur nllirr |iur|MHrii rdiiiirrliHl 
 willi nucll l{c<-liiri">. 
 
 All Act to lnriir|mmtr llii- Fnit Krir nii'l lliitTiilii Sii»« 
 |i('ii<iiin }iriil};c anil I'liiiiicl ('iiiii|i.iii\. 
 
 All Act In iimrnil llic Act fur GrHtitiii;; ii Civil Li*i to 
 Her Mnjf^tv. 
 
 An Ai'l to KpUiit'f thr S«lu."ii" iiltiulii'il to rcrtuiii 
 .ludicinl Oflii-eit ill tlir ('iim'<i therein iiii iiMi)n>-il, ami 
 to Fix till! tialurirH of the Siii'iiUrrx of tlie I.<i{i»l0" 
 lilivr Council nnil of tlic IrfL'inliiti' ■ \»inMntily. 
 
 An .Act for till' Relief of Williiini lliiirv lliroMJoril. 
 
 nill, '* An Act to Incorpuruti' llic Iiiloniitlioiiiil Uridyl' 
 vJoiiipaiiv." 
 
 An Act to I'lialile Frederick (Miani- Caprrol, K.>ii|., to 
 (li'pnHC of curtain Liinilx liy .Vllotiinnt, notwith- 
 Htnniliii)^ Cliiiptcr Oo uf the ('nii^olidiili'il SliituicK of 
 Cttniiiln. 
 
 An Act to Iiicorporiitc the New Kiliiibur;;h and Water- 
 loo M:iini Ferry Company. 
 
 NOVA SCOTIA. 
 
 1,051 
 
 Feb. 
 
 1830 
 
 All Ac'l relating to the Fishcrleg, and for the Prevention 
 of Illicit Trade in the Province of Nova Scotia and 
 the Coasts and Harbours thereof. 
 
 
 1,704 
 
 •.>0 Mar. 
 
 » 
 
 An Act to authorise the Lieutenant (jovemor t« 
 appoint Commisxioners to run out the Boundary 
 Line between Nova Scotia and New Brunswick. 
 
 
 1,729 
 
 20 Mar. 
 
 »i 
 
 An Act to divide the County of Sydney, and to 
 regulate the Represeiiiation thereof. 
 
 
 1,737 
 
 13 Mar. 
 
 ,, 
 
 An Act to Incorporate the General .Mining; Aissociation. 
 
 
 1,738 
 
 29 Mar. 
 
 j» 
 
 An Act to erect the Coiiniy of Shelbournc into two 
 separate and distinct Counties, and to regulate the 
 Representation thereof. 
 
 
 1,743 
 
 12 Mar. 
 
 » 
 
 An Act for Deepening tlie East River of Pictou 
 
 Assent refused by Despatch, Nu. 
 t>f 3l8t August 1636, pa^c 28. 
 
 1,808 
 
 31 Apr. 
 
 1837 
 
 An Act to enable Members of the I louse of Assembly 
 about to leave the Province, or unable from indis- 
 position to attend their duty, to resign their Seats 
 therein. 
 
 
 1,833 
 
 21 Apr. 
 
 » 
 
 An Act to divide the County of Annajiolig, and to 
 Regulate the Representation thereof. 
 
 
 1,837 
 
 21 Apr. 
 
 >» 
 
 An Act for the quiet of the Subjects in their Pos- 
 session of Lands, Tenements and Hereditaments 
 within this Province. 
 
 
 1,881 
 
 17 Apr. 
 
 1838 
 
 An Act for attesting the Repretenlation in General 
 Assemblyr, as respects the County of Inverness. 
 
 
 529- 
 
 B 
 
 !*! 
 
A^ 
 
 lO 
 
 KKilKN KKLATINCJ TO 
 
 NOVA SCOTIA— Oi«'/f«i(.-/. 
 
 1- 
 
 li* 
 
 i 
 
 
 
 1. . 
 
 m li' 
 
 No. 
 
 I)ataofI>ug»iiig. 
 
 TiTIE or Hll.L. 
 
 Uemarks. 
 
 
 1,S83 
 
 17 April 1H38 
 
 An Act tor rrf(ulutiti<; tliu Intrrnai Fo^tatre nf thin 
 Provinrr. 
 
 
 
 t.UflO 
 
 30 Mi.t. 1839 
 
 An Act ailditioniil tu, and in furtlu'r AnienUinunt u(, 
 the Al'I concerning Ccuielcriis ot ISuriul Gruum'' 
 
 Axscnt refilled by DfHpatch, No. 
 of mil NoTcnibir !«:)!», page 31). 
 
 12, 
 
 1,907 
 
 30 Mar, „ 
 
 An Act to proviilc for lli'> I'clci'iiiiti iim) iijipoitit i:ont 
 of Tnisttcs of l.andi>. urantfil, rcwrvcd. or ollier- 
 wisc allotted, lui Sclioul l.andH, ur t'ur Si'IiduU in ilm 
 Province. 
 
 A^grnl ('fused" by D(-patc!i, No. 4 
 ■J3d SeptemlW IHJIU, pige 21t. 
 
 of 
 
 i,WH 
 
 30 Mar. „ 
 
 An Art for ncltlinjr Titles i" a certain Tract of Lanil 
 in Cupc Breton, culled " Tlic Mire (irMiit." 
 
 
 
 S,OOB 
 
 4 April ,, 
 
 An Act to provide for the Settleinri.t of li^juitable 
 Claims upon Heal Etitaie in certuiii caM-s. 
 
 Assent refused by Despatch, No. 
 11th November 183!), page 30. 
 
 12, 
 
 S.Ot-J 
 
 27 Mar. 1840 
 
 An Act for Incorporating the Trnsteeg of the Queen'* 
 College lit i(ortoii. 
 
 
 
 2,043 
 
 97 Mar. „ 
 
 An Act to repeal ilie Tenth CInugc of llic Act tor 
 scttlint; Titles in u certain Tract of Lind in (^ape 
 Bretoii, called " The Mire Grant." 
 
 
 
 9.0^4 
 
 27 Mar. „ 
 
 An Act fur limiting the Duration cr Continuance of 
 the General Atusetublieit. 
 
 
 
 3,046 
 
 27 Mar. „ 
 
 An Act to i^riint a Drawback on Foreii;n Wheat Flour 
 in certain cases. 
 
 
 
 3,040 
 
 27 Mar. „ 
 
 An Act to ap|ioint a new Board of Governors for DaU 
 housie College. 
 
 
 
 3,168 
 2,179 
 
 10 April 1841 
 20 Mar. „ 
 
 An Act for facilitating the Recovery of Seamen's Wajjes 
 An Act to Incorporate the General Mining Association. 
 
 Assent refused by Despatch, No. 
 of 30th August 1841, page 31. 
 
 71. 
 
 3,191 
 
 99 Mar. „ 
 
 An Act to amend an Act for In(;orporating the TruB- 
 teea of the Queen's College at Horton. 
 
 
 
 2,197 
 
 29 Mar. „ 
 
 An Act for Incorporating the Trustees of the St. Mary's 
 College at Halifax. 
 
 
 
 2,274 
 
 19 Mar. 1843 
 
 An Act for regulating the Currency of the Province. 
 
 
 
 3,268 
 
 19 Mar. „ 
 
 An Act relating tu the Courts of Probate, and to the 
 Settlement and Distribution of the Estates of De- 
 ceased Persons. 
 
 
 
 3,309 
 
 29 Mar. 1843 
 
 An Act to repeal the Act for settling Titles, in a cer- 
 tain Tract of Land in Cape Breton, called "The Mire 
 Grant," and to substitute other provisions in lieu 
 thereof. 
 
 
 
 2,370 
 
 29 Mar. „ 
 
 An Act to amend the Act for regulating Elections of 
 Mem'iers to serve in General Assembly. 
 
 
 
 3,461 
 
 29 Mar. 1844 
 
 An Act for granting a Colonial Duty of Impost for 
 the support of Her Majesty's Government with- 
 in this Province, on Flour and Moliisses in certain 
 cases. 
 
 
 
 2,607 
 
 19 April 1844 
 
 An Act concerning the Registrars of Deeds in the 
 County of Halifax, and the other Counties of the 
 Province. 
 
 
 
 3,714 
 2,715 
 
 30 Mar. 1847 
 80 Mar. „ 
 
 An Act relating to the Crown Land Department of 
 this Province 
 
 An Act in addition to, and alteration of, the Acts for 
 establishing Regalalions for the Disposal of Crown 
 Lands within this Province - - - . . 
 
 AsBsent refused by Despatch, No. 
 of 80th September 1847, page 31 
 
 38, 
 
 2,797 
 
 30 Mar. „ 
 
 An Act to amend the Act relating to Marriage Licenses. 
 
 
 
 2,813 
 
 11 April 1848 
 
 An Act to provide for the more accurate Audit and 
 Iiispuction of Public Accounts in this Province, and 
 for the appointment of certain Public Officers there- 
 in. 
 
 
 
 No. 
 
 2,91 
 
 2,Hl 
 2,81 
 2,87 
 
COLONIAL BILLS (NORTH AMERICA). 
 
 ^^7 
 
 II 
 
 NOVA SCOTIA— rominitt-f/. 
 
 No. 
 
 Date of Pnming. 
 
 '.',8 IS 
 
 3 April 1848 
 
 3,816 
 
 11 April „ 
 
 3,817 
 
 11 April „ 
 
 2,878 
 
 8 Mar. 1841) ' 
 
 1 
 
 2,808 
 
 31 Mar. „ 
 
 3,U09 
 
 31 Mar. „ 
 
 2,986 
 
 28 Mar. 1850 
 
 3,U3I 
 
 28 Mar. „ 
 
 3,126 
 
 .11 Mar. 1853 
 
 3,127 
 
 31 Mar. „ 
 
 3,128 
 
 31 Mar. „ 
 
 3,101 
 
 4 April 185 
 
 »,53H 
 
 24 Mar. 1868 
 
 3,679 
 
 7 May „ 
 
 3,867 
 
 15 April 18RI 
 
 4,017 
 
 20 April 1863 
 
 Title or Bill. 
 
 An Act II) riiidpr the JtidgCH of th<! Supreme (^"oiirf, 
 and till" .Ma»tiT of the RolN, in(lr|>endent of the 
 Crown, and to provide for tlicir rt^moval. 
 
 An Act relating; to ilir Crown Land Uepartniont of 
 tills I'rovinci'. 
 
 .^n Act to coniniiite tlie Ciowii Ucvrni|p« of Nova 
 Scotiii, and to provide for the Civil List thereof. 
 
 .\n Act for trnnsferrinjj the Crown Hevenian of Nova 
 Scotia, and providing; tor the Civil List thereof. 
 
 An Act to incorporate the Itoinan Catholic Bishop 
 in Halifax. 
 
 An Act to uuthoritc the Sale of the Court HouM and 
 Jail Grounds at Shelhounie, and the purchn.se of a 
 new Mtc therefor. 
 
 An Act concorniri<^ Refjistmrs of Deeds. 
 
 An Act to divide the County of Cane Bre'.oD, and to 
 regulate the Keprejentatioii tkcreor. 
 
 An Act to Incorporate the Nova Scotia Railway Com- 
 pany. 
 
 An Act to authorize the construction of certain Rail- 
 ways in this Province. 
 
 An Act to authorise a Loan for the Construction of 
 certain Public Works within thin Province. 
 
 An * "t to Incorporate the Governor.-' of Kiii!;V College, 
 Windsor, and to repeal the Act for founilinf;, esla- 
 blishin::, and maintaining a Collefre in this I'rovince. 
 
 An Act to extend the Operation of eertain Grants of 
 Land. 
 
 An Act to extcn<l to this Province certain Provisions of 
 Port Third of the Mirchant Shipping Act, 18.54. 
 
 An Act tor assessing the City of Halifax for Railway 
 Liabilities. 
 
 An Ant to amend Chapter 32 of the Revised Statutes 
 Naturalization and Privilege of Aliens." 
 
 RaMiKvi. 
 
 "of the 
 
 NEW B R U N S W IC; K. 
 
 1,002 
 
 1,003 
 
 1,077 
 
 1,078 
 
 1,070 
 
 1,080 
 
 8 Mar. 1836 
 
 lO Mar. 
 
 1 Mar. 1837 
 
 1 Mar. 
 
 1 Mar. 
 
 I Mar. 
 
 sag- 
 
 An Act for the quiet of His Majesty's Subjects, by 
 limiting Actions and Suits of the Crown relating 
 to Lands in this Province. 
 
 An Act for the Naturalization of Aliens in this 
 Province. 
 
 An Act to iiicorporato sundry Persons by the Name of 
 "The President, Directors, and Company of the St. 
 George's Bank." 
 
 An Act to incorporate sundry Persons by the Name 
 of " The President, Directors, and Company of the 
 Bank of Fredoricton." 
 
 An Aet to repeal all the Laws now in force relating 
 to the Establishment of a Tender to be made in all 
 payments in the Province, and to make other pro- 
 vision for the same. 
 
 An Act in addition to, and in amendment of, the Laws 
 now in force for regulating £lections of Re|>re8en- 
 tatives to serve in General Assembly in this 
 Province. 
 
 B 2 
 
'^'^ 
 
 ii 
 
 '* 
 
 1 
 
 I 
 
 i; 
 
 12 
 
 RETURN RELATING TO 
 
 »' ( 
 
 NEW BRL'.NSWICK— Md/muz-rf. 
 
 No. 
 
 1 
 DHtcofFaHing. 
 
 __ 
 
 1 Mar. 1H37 
 
 TiTi.f OP Bi:.L. 
 
 1 
 
 Kbmihks. 
 
 1,0*1 
 
 An Act for coiitiiiuini; the General Awcmbly in this 
 Province i'l caiv o( the ileniiite of tlic Crown. 
 
 
 1,082 
 
 1 Mar. „ 
 
 An Act to erect part of the County of Gloucester into 
 u soparute 'tiiil distinct County. 
 
 
 1,166 
 1,167 
 
 Mar. 1 83R 
 Mar. „ 
 
 An Act to incurpomte sundry Persons by the name of 
 the PreiiidenI, Dirccturs nud Company of the 
 Mimmichi Bank. 
 
 An Act to increase the Capital Stuck of the Chartered 
 County Bank, and to amend the Act incorporatin^r 
 the same. 
 
 Assent refused by Despatch, No. 132, 
 3d January 1830, page 33. 
 
 1,1 5H 
 
 1» Mar. „ 
 
 An Act to amend the Laws relating to the .Solem- 
 nization of .Marria^^e. 
 
 
 l.JOO 
 
 '23 Mar. 1830 
 
 An Act to make perpetual " An Act for the support 
 of the Civil Government in this Province." 
 
 
 1,301 
 
 23 Mar. „ 
 
 An Act to incorporate Sundry Persons by the name 
 of " The President, Directors and Company of the 
 Provincial Bank." 
 
 
 1,3A8 
 
 31 Mar. 1840 
 
 An Act further to provide for a limited time for the 
 Support of the Civil Government of the Province. 
 
 
 1,386 
 
 !>0 Mar. 1843 
 
 An Act to limit the Duration of the Assembly, and 
 for other purposes therein mentioned. 
 
 
 1,387 
 
 30 Mar. ., 
 
 An Act to increase the Representation of the County 
 of Restigoiiche. 
 
 
 l,3HH 
 
 30 Mar. „ 
 
 An Act relating to the Mines and Minerals in the 
 County of Gloucester. 
 
 
 1,380 
 
 31 Mar. „ 
 
 An Act to incorporate the Grand Falls Company. 
 
 
 1,300 
 1,431 
 
 4 April „ 
 37 Mar. 1843 
 
 An Act relating to Bankruptcy in this Province. 
 
 An Act to facilitate the Negociation of n Loan to pay 
 off the Public Debt. 
 
 
 1,433 
 1,431 
 
 11 April „ 
 11 April „ 
 
 An Act relating to the Collection of Duty on Timber 
 and other Lumber. 
 
 An Act to establish Regulations for ihe future Disposal 
 of Timber and other Lumber cut on Crown Lands. 
 
 issent refused by Despatch, Na 184, 
 4th September 1643, page 33. 
 
 1,434 
 
 l,43r> 
 
 11 April „ 
 1 1 April „ 
 
 An Act to improve the Law relating to the Election 
 of Representatives to serve in tne General As- 
 sembly, 
 
 An Act to repeal the several Acts now in force for 
 establishin^r a Legal Tender in all Payments to be 
 made in this Province, and to make other Provisions 
 in lieu thereof. 
 
 Assent refused by Despatch, No. 107, 
 of 14th October 1843, page 34. 
 
 1,47H 
 
 13 April 1844 
 
 An Act to regulate the Management and Disposal of 
 the Indian Reserves in this Province. 
 
 
 l,'i70 
 
 i;i April „ 
 
 An Act for the Division of the County of Carleton 
 into two Counties, and to provide for the Govern- 
 ment and Representation of the new County. 
 
 
 l,4H0 
 
 I,4»<1 
 l,4H-2 
 
 13 April „ 
 
 13 April „ 
 13 April „ 
 
 An Act to enable Her Majesty's Government to carry 
 into effect, within the Province, the Provisions of 
 the 4th Article of the Treaty oi Washington. 
 
 An Act to Incorporate the Ari8l.,'ak Boom Company. 
 
 An Act for the Relief of the Rev. Samuel P. Rice. 
 
 • 
 
 1,530 
 
 37 Mar. 1845 
 
 An Act to facilitate the Settlement of the Crown Lands 
 on the Military Road from Nova Scotia to the 
 Canada Line. 
 
 
 1,531 
 
 27 Mnr. „ 
 
 An Act to increase tlie Representation of King's 
 County. 
 
 < 'it'll 
 
 1.1 
 
 1, 
 
 I, 
 1. 
 
I 
 
 «tcll, No. 133, 
 ge 33. 
 
 cli, No. 184, 
 age .13. 
 
 Ii, No. 197, 
 age 34. 
 
 COLONIAL BILLS (NORTH AMERICA). 
 
 ^Vi 
 
 13 
 
 NEW URUN8WICK— ro..r,«i«-,/. 
 
 No. DateofPaMJng. 
 
 1,633 
 1,534 
 
 l,S3S 
 
 1,636 
 1,637 
 
 1,538 
 
 TiTLK OF Dill. 
 
 37 Mar. IR4.'> 
 
 97 Mar. 
 
 27 Mar. „ 
 
 14 April „ 
 
 14 April „ 
 
 14 April ., 
 
 14 April „ 
 
 1,639 
 
 37 Mar. 
 
 »i 
 
 1,640 
 
 14 April 
 
 »» 
 
 1,641 
 
 7 .Mar. 
 
 1840 
 
 1,642 
 
 11 April 
 
 »» 
 
 a, 043 
 
 11 April 
 
 It 
 
 1,044 
 
 14 April 
 
 II 
 
 '1,64J 
 
 14 April 
 
 II 
 
 1,040 
 1,047 
 1,718 
 
 1,719 
 1,700 
 
 1,721 
 1,722 
 
 1,733 
 
 14 April „ 
 
 14 April „ 
 
 33 Mar. 1847 
 
 14 April „ 
 
 14 April „ 
 
 14 April „ 
 
 14 Ai)ril „ 
 
 14 April „ 
 
 All .\ct to divide tiie Coiinty of WevtniorelHiul into 
 two Coiiiities and Im nrovidr fur tlio UoTeriiraeiit 
 and l{epre«riitation of tin' ni'W County. 
 
 .\n Ac*, rt-lutiii); to certain Fee*. 
 
 .\ii An to HiniMid uii Act to fucilituttf the NegociatioD 
 ofii Loiiii to pay ort'thf PiiMic DeliL 
 
 An .'Vut til autliorisH a Return of DuticM in rrriain 
 Case*. 
 
 An Act to increase the Repreaentatioii of the County 
 of Northumberland. 
 
 All Act to autlioriiie the Sale of certain Lands in the 
 County of York, commonly called "The Hermitage," 
 lately lielonging to the Fionournblc William Odd I, 
 deceased, and to regulate the Disposal of the Pro- 
 ceeds thereof. 
 
 All Act relating to the Election of Representatives to 
 serve in the General Atsembly. 
 
 An Act to amend the Charter of King's College. 
 
 An Act to revise and continue an Act for the Naturali- 
 sation of .MiciiH in this Province. 
 
 An Act to incrcasjc the Representation of the County 
 at Albert. 
 
 An Act to Incorporate the Roman Catholic Bishops in 
 New Brunswick. 
 
 An Act for the better Prevention of Illicit Trade. 
 
 An Act to Incorporate the New Brunswick Railway 
 Company. 
 
 All Act to facilitate the making of a Railway from the 
 City of Saint John through Frederictoii and Wood- 
 stock to the Grand Falls of the River St. John, and 
 from thence to the Boundary Line at the Province 
 of Canada by the New Brunswick Railway Com- 
 pany. 
 
 An Act to aineiid an .Vet, intituled, " An Act to amend 
 the Charter of King's College." 
 
 An Act relating to an Exchange of Land^ in Frederic- 
 ton with the Ordnance Department. 
 
 An Act to tiicilitate the i.iaking of a Railroad from St. 
 Andrew's, in the County of Charlotte, to Wood- 
 stock, in the County of Carleton, and Branches 
 thereof. 
 
 An Act in relation to the Trade between the British 
 North American Possessions. 
 
 An Act to repeal the Duties imposed upon Articles 
 Imported into this Province, under the Act of the 
 Imperial Parliament, intituled, "An Act to v(<rulate 
 the Trade of British Possessions Abroad." 
 
 An Act to regulate the Importation of Books, and to 
 protect the British Author. 
 
 An Act to fucilitato the making of a Railway across 
 the Isthmus which connects the Provinces of New 
 Brunswick and Nova Scolia, to open the Communi- 
 cation between the Waters of the Gulf of Saint Law- 
 rence and the Bay of Fundy. 
 
 An Act to authorise the granting of a Tract of Land 
 as a Mill Keserve to tlie Hon. John Robertson. 
 
 B3 
 
 RlM«k|S. 
 
 Asicnt refuted by Despatch, No. 322, 
 of 18th Augutt'lS4a, page 3.j. 
 
 i j 
 
 k 
 
^ 
 
 M 
 
 RETURN RELATING TO 
 
 NEW HKDNSWICk-rbriM/mr./ 
 
 »»!;» t 
 
 Nu. 
 I,mi 
 
 1,81.! 
 
 J,»7n 
 
 1,874 
 l,87S 
 
 1,676 
 
 1,877 
 
 I,87H 
 1,870 
 
 1,880 
 
 1,881 
 1,058 
 
 1,050 
 
 1,000 
 
 1.901 
 1,902 
 
 i2,003 
 
 S,003 
 
 9,064 
 
 3,065 
 
 2,066 
 
 Diitcof PaMfii^. 
 
 ai) Mur. I84B 
 3U Mar. „ 
 
 :iO Mar. „ 
 
 30 Mar. „ 
 
 14 April 1M9 
 14 April ,, 
 
 TlTLB 01 HiLt. 
 
 HKMian. 
 
 14 April 
 
 ,» 
 
 14 April 
 
 „ 
 
 U April 
 
 »» 
 
 14 April 
 
 „ 
 
 14 April 
 
 ,» 
 
 14 April 
 
 1, 
 
 14 April 
 
 I' 
 
 26 April 
 
 1850 
 
 20 April 
 
 » 
 
 26 April 
 
 » 
 
 26 April 
 
 » 
 
 20 April 
 
 '.f 
 
 28 Mar. 
 
 1851 
 
 28 Mar. 
 
 •I 
 
 30 April 
 
 », 
 
 30 April 
 
 1, 
 
 30 April 
 
 » 
 
 An Act to reuoliiX' t'"' Wlportution ot" Bi>ukD, nm! to 
 ProlccI llif liritJKli Author. 
 
 An Act Id ixifnd the Provisions of nri Ac', iiitinili'<l, 
 " .411 Act to fiu'ilitati' tlif iniiklMi; of ii Railrnnd 
 from M. Andrew's, In tliv roiinty of Churioltt', to 
 \Voo(Uu>fk, in tlio (.'uuntv of Carlvion, and DruiiclicH 
 thereof." 
 
 An Act for the l>etlcr Pri-veiilioii of Illicit Trade. 
 
 An Act rcluliiif; to Iniinit;ration and the Care and Safe 
 Keeping of the C liildren aiitl I'ropcrty of Deceased 
 Kmif(rantH. 
 
 An Art to vacate ihr Srats of Meiubeni of the Assembly 
 in uertmiii caM». 
 
 An Avt for the Redaction of Judicial Salarie* in this 
 ProTince. 
 
 An Act in aniundiiient nf and in addition to an Act, 
 intituled, '* An .\cl in addition to an Act, intituled, an 
 Act to extend the I'rivileue of »oleinnizin(; Marria(>e 
 to all Ministers and Teachers of llie several Reli^jioui 
 Dcnoiniiiatioris in this Province." 
 
 An Act for the Adjustment of Claims of certain I'ur- 
 cliBsers of Crown Latidw. 
 
 An Act furthei- to fucilitate the niukin;; of a Railroad 
 from St Andrew's to Womlstock, with a Branch to 
 St. Stephen. 
 
 An Act ill further Aniciidnient of the Charter of the 
 City of St. John. 
 
 An Act to Incorporate the St. John and Shediac Rail- 
 way CJonipHny. 
 
 An Act to Incorporate the St John Suspension Bridge 
 Company. 
 
 An Act for the Relief of the Rev. Edward D. Very. 
 
 An Act for the more efTectivc Auditing of the Public 
 
 Accdunfs. 
 
 An Act to fiiuilitiite the making of a Railway from the 
 Harbour of Shediac to the Bend of Petitcodiac. 
 
 An Act to consolidate and amend the Laws establishing 
 the Value of Coins and a lefjal Tender within this 
 Province. 
 
 An Act to Incorporate the Grand Fails Railway Com- 
 pany. 
 
 An Act fur the Kstablishiiieiit and Regulation of In- 
 land Posts within this Province- 
 
 .'\n Act to facilitate the Construction of the European 
 and North American Railway. 
 
 An Act to facilitate the Construction of a Railway 
 from St. Aiidrew'.s to Quebec. 
 
 An Act further to facilitate the Construction of the 
 Eurojicaii and North American Railway. 
 
 An Act ill addition to and declaratory of the Meaning 
 of the .\cl8 now in force establishing a Legal Tender 
 in this Province. 
 
 An Act to provide for the Establishment of Municipal 
 Authorities in this Province. 
 
i/Ol 
 
 COLONIAL HILLS (NOUTII AMLRK A). 
 
 tS 
 
 N L\V UUr.NsW ll K— . oni4„u,,l. 
 
 No. Dateof Pasfiing. 
 
 3,067 
 
 30 April 1861 
 
 2,068 
 
 30 April „ 
 
 «,ortO 
 
 30 April „ 
 
 2,070 
 
 30 April „ 
 
 2,141) 
 
 7 April 1852 
 
 Tnui OF Biki. 
 
 4,144 
 
 2,14(1 
 2,170 
 
 3,227 
 
 2,2-28 
 
 3,230 
 
 2,231 
 2,232 
 
 12,290 
 
 2,440 
 2,497 
 
 2,458 
 
 2,620 
 2,621 
 
 2,707 
 2,863 
 2,035 
 2,082 
 
 529- 
 
 7 April „ 
 
 7 April „ 
 
 30 Mitrcli „ 
 
 29 Oct. 
 
 29 Oct. „ 
 
 14 April 1853 
 
 14 April „ 
 3 May „ 
 
 1 May 1854 
 
 12 April 1856 
 12 April 1860 
 
 12 April „ 
 
 I May „ 
 
 1 May „ 
 
 13 April 1850 
 12 April 1801 
 23 April 1802 
 
 30 April 1803 
 
 An Act til Hii«|icii>l till' Operalion nf cvrluiii ^ovitiont 
 of llic Militm Ijiwh. 
 
 All Act to cxlt'iiil llw Priviline of Sulciniiiiint; Mnr- 
 ria(;e to all Minidm ami Tenchpni of ihi: xrvoral 
 Religious Congrpf(ationR in tlii* Province. 
 
 An Act in Amrndinriit of an Act, inlitalcd " An Act 
 for the liiMlcr I'rcvenlidri iif llliiit Triulc." 
 
 An Act to iiliolish the Vi<e» now nceivril bv llie Jiid^)'* 
 of tlic SiipriMiio Court. 
 
 An Act for i'»tab!l«liin(; a ToikIit in all Piiymrnl« to 
 lie made in this Provinw, iiml (iir ConHolidiitiiij; 
 and Amending; the Lawn rolatini; in ihu Currency 
 therein. 
 
 An Act to exeluili" certain Per.Juns frcmi icrtinit as 
 Members of llie lx-.;ii.|alive Council in this Pro- 
 vine-". 
 
 An Act to lncor|>or;ile the .Vlbert Mining Coni|mny. 
 
 An Act to I'oiiHiilidale nml nineml tli>> 1 aws relating 
 to the Collect ion and i'mtection of thi.' Hcvenueot' 
 tliig Province. 
 
 An Act til rijieal certain Acts of ABgembly for facili* 
 tutiiii; the Cnnstruction of the Huropenn and North 
 American Itailway; and to make other Provisions 
 for tlie Con-'truution of the same, with Branches 
 and Extensions. 
 
 An Act in adilition to and in further amendment of 
 the Act to incorporate the European and North 
 American Itailway Company. 
 
 An Act tn continue the Act suspending the Operation 
 of certain Provisions of the .Militia Laws. 
 
 An Act relating to the Coast Fisheries, and for the 
 Prevciiliori of Illicit Trade. 
 
 An Act to confirm the Conveyance of certain Land in 
 the City of St John, belonging to the Estate of a 
 Lunatic. 
 
 An Act to nmrnd the Acts relating to the European 
 and North American Railway (Company. 
 
 An Act relating to Mines and Minerals. 
 
 An Act for further facilitating the Making of Part of 
 the St. Andrew s and Quebec liailway. 
 
 An Act in addition to and in amendment of the .^ct 
 rcluling to the St. Andrew's and Quebec Railroad 
 Company. 
 
 An Act relating to certain Exemptions from Duly 
 
 An Act ill adilition to Chapter 23, Title II L, of the 
 Revised (statutes of Charlotte County Exemptions 
 from Duties. 
 
 An Act to establish! the University of New Brunswick. 
 
 An Act relating to the Naturalization of .Aliens. 
 
 An Act relating to the Office of Commander in Chief. 
 
 A Bill relating to certain Exemptions from Duty at 
 the Port of St. Stephen. . _ 
 
 B4 
 
 ItlMABKS. 
 
 Assent refused by Uesp.itch, So. 1 1, 
 24th June l».'ri, page ;l.i. 
 
 Assent refused by Despntrh, No. 70, 
 22d Noveiiibor IHjO, page iiS. 
 
 i 
 
 i 
 
 
.«.> 
 
 i6 
 
 RETURN RELATING TO 
 
 N E W F O I N D L A N D. 
 
 f ■' > 
 
 I i^^!;J.||j'i 
 
 No. 
 
 71 
 
 96 
 
 20 
 43 
 
 C'fi 
 
 71 
 lOo 
 
 131 
 126 
 
 lUU 
 IdO 
 184 
 
 3U4 
 248 
 
 Date of Passing. 
 
 May 183S 
 
 35 Oct. 1838 
 33 May 1843 
 
 30 April 1844 
 i\i April „ 
 
 33 April 1845 
 
 33 June 1846 
 
 23 April 1840 
 
 30 April 1850 
 
 31 May 1851 
 31 May 
 
 14 June 1853 
 
 15 June 185S 
 4 Aug. 1855 
 
 li May 1850 
 10 May 1858 
 
 Title or Bill. 
 
 An Act lor prcrcntliiK the MiK-liielii aritini; from 
 the Printinf; and Publiihini; Bookii, NcwspaperH, 
 nnd I'aper* of a liko Nature, by Perionii unknown, 
 and to re);ulatc the Printing and Puliliihing the 
 same. 
 
 An Act doclarutory of the Vninc of the Dollar in this 
 Colony, and to remove oil Doubts of the same licing 
 a Legal Tender in certain Cases. 
 
 An Act to aholi»h the Oaths now by Law taken 
 by MrmberH of the Legislature of this Colour, 
 and to snhMitutc the Outh of AUegiancc instead 
 thereof 
 
 An Act to provide for the Establishment of an Academy 
 at St. John's. 
 
 An Act to prevent the Iinporlation and Clrcnlution 
 of Spurious Copjicr Coin within this Colony nnd its 
 De|)cndencios, and to niiike Provision for a t;ood 
 and sufficient Copper Coinage therein. 
 
 An Act to continur and ai<«.id nn Act psisscd in the 
 Fourth Year of the Reign of Her present Majesty, 
 intituled " An Act to regulate the Packing and 
 Inspection of Pickled Fish for Exportation from 
 this Colony." 
 
 An Act to rai'^e by Loan a sum of Money for the 
 Rebuilding and Improvement of the Town of St. 
 John's. 
 
 An Act to repeal certain Duties of Customs. 
 
 An Ant to provide for the Vacation of Seats of Mem- 
 bers of the House of Assembly in certain oases, and 
 for the Election of Members in their stead. 
 
 An Act to improve the Copper Currency of this 
 Island. 
 
 An Act to authorise the issue of Treasury Notes, 
 and for the Reduction of the Public Debt of the 
 Colony. 
 
 An Act to amend the Act for the Establishment and 
 Regulation of Inland Post!;. 
 
 An Act for regulating' the Appropriation of Packet 
 Postage in this Colony. 
 
 An Act to repeal and amend certain Parts of an Act 
 passed in the Fourteenth Year of the Reigo of Her 
 
 ijesty, intituled " An Act to authorise the Issue of 
 Treasury Notes, and for the Reduction of the Public 
 Debt of the Colony." 
 
 An Act for establishing the Legal Value of certain 
 British nnd other Coins in this Colony. 
 
 An Act to provide for the Appointment of Surveyors 
 of Shipping in this • ' ' ' " ' ^ ' 
 connected tnerewith. 
 
 of Shipping in this Island, and for other Purposes 
 ' th( 
 
 Remarks, 
 
 Assent refused by Despatch, No. 15^'. 
 2&th March 1844, page 36. 
 
 Assent refused by Despatch, No. 301, 
 8th February 1845, page 36. 
 
 .Assent refused by Despatch, No. 7. 
 27th July 1846,'pagc 37. 
 
 Assent refused by Despatch, No. 41, 
 6th January 1854, page 37< 
 
fe«^ 
 
 COLONIAL BILLS (NORTH AMERICA). 
 
 »7 
 
 N i:\VrOl .\l)I,.\ND—«u;ir.nii.<i. 
 
 Nn. Date of Puwin);. 
 
 273 
 
 li, No. JAJ 
 36. 
 
 275 
 200 
 
 304 
 
 T1TI.F. CK Bill.. 
 
 14 Mny IRfloj An Art to amriid an Act |in««c 1 in tlic Scvinth Year 
 ! of Hit Miijiittyn Hri'^ii. iiilitiilcil " -Vii .\i't to miike 
 Provision (or tlif l)i>|i(>snl uml Siilc of ( 'iii;ninl(d 
 :inil rii(>i'(Mi|iie(l Crown LiniU witliiii tlii' 1 .laiiil of 
 Newfound land and iu ni-|M'ii<lrni'ii'<, niid lor oilier 
 Piirpospi;" and to make Provision lor urumini; 
 ^lininu l.ici'nM'", I.onscii, and GruiitM ol' Mineral 
 l«ind«, and for otlicr Purposes. 
 
 14 May „ An Act to |>rovi(ii' for tlic IVotoction of Property 
 wrecked on llic Cou-t of Ncwfoundliiiid. 
 
 27 Mar. 18(12 An Aet for tlie belter setuvins; tlie Indcpendenee of 
 • lie House of .Assembly of tills Colony, by diaaliliiif; 
 certain Persons from lieiiij; eleetod lliercto, or of 
 i<ittini; or Voting therein as Members. 
 
 27 Mar. „ An Ai't to declare the Intention or Mcaiiinf; of tlie 
 \\ords " IJriiish Sterlinj;" and "Sterling," and 
 " Pounds, Miillings, and Pence," introduced into 
 anv Act» pushed since a liPjiislaturo was granted to 
 this Culonv in the Year 1 832. 
 
 Remahki. 
 
 Ii, No. 201, 
 36. 
 
 PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND. 
 
 451 
 
 452 
 
 tell, No. 7, 
 
 484 
 
 :h, No. 41, 
 J7. 
 
 602 
 
 eio 
 
 20 April 1837 
 20 April „ 
 
 Mar. 1838 
 
 610 
 
 25 April 
 
 1830 
 
 540 
 
 20 April 
 
 1840 
 
 642 
 
 20 April 
 
 >> 
 
 556 
 
 20 April 
 
 1841 
 
 683 
 
 16 April 
 
 1842 
 
 684 
 
 10 April 
 
 » 
 
 15 April 1843 
 15 April „ 
 
 i: 
 
 529- 
 
 An Act for levying an Assessment on all Lat'.ds in thia 
 Island. 
 
 An Act to enable the Proprietors or Shareholders of 
 a Company, called " The Dank of British North 
 America," to sue and be sued in tho Nama of any 
 one of the Local Directors, or of the Mamiger or 
 Agent for the Time being of the said Company in 
 this Island. 
 
 An Act to alter and amend an Act passed in the Sixth 
 Year of the Keign of His late Majesty, intituled 
 " An Act to consolidate and amend the Election 
 Law." 
 
 An Act for the Relief of certain of the Amciican 
 Loyalists and Disbanded Provincial Troops, and 
 their Representatives. 
 
 An Act to authorise the Appointment of Coroners in 
 King's and Prince Counties. 
 
 An Act to authorise the Erection of a Building near 
 Charlotte Town, as an Asylum for Insane Persons, 
 and other Objects of Charity, and to provide for the 
 future Maintenance of the same. 
 
 An Act to authorise the Appointment of Coroners in 
 Prince and King's Counties. 
 
 An Act to authorise the Issue of a Copper Coinage in 
 this Colony, and to prohibit the Circulation oi^baso 
 Coppers. 
 
 An Act to alter, and in addition to, an Act made and 
 passed in the Tenth Year and Ucign of His late 
 Majesty King George the Fourth, relatinf^ to the 
 laying out and altering of Hiirhways, and for other 
 Purposes therein mentioned. 
 
 An Act relating to the Fisherie.=, and for the Preven- 
 tiim of Illicit Trade in Prince Edward Island, and 
 the Coasts and Harbours thereof. 
 
 An Act in further Amendment of an Act passed in the 
 Tenth Year of the Reign of King George the Fourth, 
 intituled '' An Act to regulate the laying out and 
 altering of Highway.s, and to p Dvide a Mode for 
 obtaining a Corapeniation fur those who may thereby 
 be injured, and to cause those who are benefited 
 thereby to contribute towards their Formation." 
 
 c 
 
 Assent refused by Despatch, No. 9, 3 lit 
 October 1830, page 38. 
 
 Assent refused by Despatch, No. 08, 31st 
 December 1842, page S^. 
 
 I 
 
 Hi 
 
u^* 
 
 !M 
 
 
 m ^1 
 
 !'?!' ^' 
 
 nn 
 
 ■ 
 
 
 11 
 
 II 
 
 y 
 
 ^i^ 
 
 n 
 
 n, ■. 
 
 i^ 
 
 IK 
 
 RETI'RN HFJ.ATiNf: TO 
 
 I'UIN( i: i:i)\VAUU I.>I.AM)-n..i<i »<«.</. 
 
 Nil. l)Htf of \'Hm'intf. 
 
 Oil 
 
 (!;)'.• 
 
 04)« 
 
 i,m 
 
 Title 'ir Dii i.. 
 
 IIemahki. 
 
 ?!•.' 
 
 7-.'t! 
 
 7'J7 
 
 15 April im', 
 
 •luMarrh 1x44 
 
 17 April 1846 
 
 April 1817 
 
 813 
 
 814 
 
 828 
 
 80!» 
 
 872 
 
 892 
 
 897 
 
 013 
 
 ,1 
 
 J May 1H48 
 
 4 Mny „ 
 
 4 May „ 
 •2 May 184U 
 
 •23 April 1851 
 15 May „ 
 
 11 Feb. 1S62 
 
 ;i April ,, 
 
 lit April 1853 
 1 May 1854 
 10 May „ 
 17 April 1866 
 
 An Aft to niitliorliic thr iMtui' tic novo of pcrt-iin Writ!" 
 unilir t)jc Unml Conipt'liMilioii A< t!>, in rer'ain 
 C'im"<. 
 
 An Act for r(4i«itiir ;i Fuml tlir the Kncoiirn^cni.nt of 
 \l.'ri( iiltnrc, to lie cxpi'iitii il In tlir iTectiun of Lini*' 
 Kilns, ani] tlie Imrninffof Linn". 
 
 An All to luiipfnil mrrtain C'lauacin ilie Lund AueM- 
 nicnt Act rcliilln); lo tliu canci'llin); of Trcadiry 
 Notes, 
 
 An Ai't to n (« al certain DulicH nnil Customs net forth 
 in a ccrlain \c'l na^'ed in the Si-«ion of Parliament 
 lioldin in llic IjtJMtli iinu N'inili Years of Hi r present 
 MMJesly- 111 ijjiJ, inliliileil " An Art to ri'miliite llie 
 Trade of the liriliili I'osM'ssionii Aliroad, solar as llie 
 same relate to ibis Colony." 
 
 An Act to entrml the Provisions of tlic Act relating to 
 till- Siitlrnuiit ol' Town«lii|i Uoundary Lines. 
 
 An Aet fi>r layini; further an Asse-sment on all Lands in 
 tills f'lilipny, and (or llie Eucinirageinent ot Ivliiea- 
 lion. 
 
 An All to repeal so niiieli of the Land Assessment 
 Aet now in force, as relates to the cnncellintr of 
 Treasury Notes. 
 
 An Act to incorporate ii Mnlual Tire Insurance Com- 
 |iany. 
 
 An Act 10 jirovide for the I'aynient of the Civil List, 
 and to niter the Appropriation of u certain Sum of 
 Money raised liy the present Land Assessment Act. 
 
 An Aet for shorteninf; liic Laiii^uai.'; used in Atls of 
 the General Assembly. 
 
 An Act foreslalilishin(f the I'ale'i in Currency at whiili 
 Rents reserved in Sterlini; shall henceforth be jtaid 
 in this Island. 
 
 An Act providinji for the Payment of the Civil List of 
 Prince Edward Island, and for commuting the Crown 
 Revenues thereof. 
 
 An Act for the Encournjiemont of Education, and to 
 raise PiimU for that Pu rpose by imposint; an additional 
 Assessment on Land in this Island, and on Real Estate 
 in Cliarloitetown and Common, and Georgetown and 
 Comnum. 
 
 An Act relalinfrlo certain Lease and Monetary Obliga- 
 tions entered into beforu the passing of the Currency 
 Act. 
 
 All Act to incorporate sundry Persons by the Name of 
 " The President, Directors, and Company of the 
 Bank of Prince Edward Island." 
 
 An Act relating to certain Lease and Monetary Obliga- 
 tions entered into before the passing of the Currency 
 Act. 
 
 An Act to impose a Rate or Duty on the Rent Rolls 
 of the Proprietorg of certain rented Towriship Lands 
 in Prince Edward Island, in order to defray the 
 Expenses of any Armed Force which may be re- 
 quired on Account of the Withdrawal of the Troops, 
 and for the farther EncourBgement of Education. 
 
 A««ent refnwd by Despatch, No. SO, 4tli 
 Deeenilier 1843, pajje .lU. 
 
 Asient refused by Despatrh, Xo. 11.",, 
 IHlh .September 1844, page .10. 
 
 .Awent refuM'd by Despatches, Nos, 1.14 
 ond l:iit of the 1st and 18lh Au- 
 gust 1845, page 40. 
 
 Assent refused by Despatch, No. 3.'), 
 26th November 18.'>l, page 41. 
 
 Assent refused by Despatch, No, 13, 
 17th November 1855, page 41. 
 
 Ill 
 
6«v* 
 
 COLONIAL MILLS (NOHTH AMKKH \' 
 
 10 
 
 Jtcli, No. «o, 4i!i 
 
 iat<li, No. 11.',, 
 , I'Ui^i: .10. 
 
 itchc!!, No*. 1.14 
 and 18tli Au- 
 
 itch, No. 35, 
 jage 41. 
 
 A No. 13, 
 Ke41. 
 
 I'RINC'K EUU.XUl) ISL.VND— ..mn»i../.i. 
 
 No. 
 
 uu 
 oia 
 
 08S 
 063 
 
 097 
 1,046 
 
 1,053 
 1,100 
 
 1,105 
 1,106 
 
 Duteof PaMiiig 
 17 April 1865 
 
 17 April „ 
 
 17 Ap'il 
 
 14 April lLi56 
 
 1 April IH58 
 ■-' Ma) I860 
 
 3 Maj „ 
 20 April 1861 
 
 17 April 1862 
 17 April „ 
 
 1,127 
 
 17 April „ 
 
 1,130 
 
 IS April 1863 
 
 1,136 
 
 22 April „ 
 
 1,137 
 
 92 April „ 
 
 1,145 
 
 22 April „ 
 
 1,148 
 
 2 May 1864 
 
 599- 
 
 TlTI-K 111 BiLt. 
 
 An .Act tu lnciir(Kir;ile siiiidry Pir-nii- tiv ilie Nuiiii' of 
 '• Tlir I*nr«iilfm, Dirnior^, uiiil Company of the 
 Uaiik of PriiK-e KdwurJ Iiilaiid." 
 
 An Art to sicnre Conipc ii«;ition tu Tenants in Piincf 
 Edward Inlaiid, uiid tiiiri'liv tu iirumolc tlie Improve- 
 ini'nt ot'ihp Soil. 
 
 An All lo nstiirulizi' Jiimen Senrlp Mann. 
 
 An .\rl to ini'ro.'i«r tlic VhuiIht of Mcinbi'r* to c.^rvc 
 in the (lemral A^BOinhlv, and to cDnKolidali- and 
 nmcrid tlio La"'* relaliiii; to Llrilion>-. 
 
 All Art relating to the i-'ialiurv Kfiitrvc!< iii this 
 Island. 
 
 An Act to onahle the Controller of Navigation Lawn 
 in lliij Ulund to );mnt and issue Fi.-hcry LiieiiMS 
 to Citizen* of the I'liitid States, for Ves'sels liullt in 
 Prince Edward Inland and owned hy them. 
 
 An Aft lo niituralize Uucliel Niehol.i Gihson. 
 
 Ati Act to repeal certain Parts of the Act consolidalin;^ 
 the Election Laws, and to mnkt other Provisions in 
 lieu thereof 
 
 An Act to give Effect to the Report of rhi Coniniis- 
 sioners on tbe Land Qiieetion. 
 
 An Act to facilitate the Operation in certain Particu- 
 lars of the Award or Refiort made by certain Com- 
 missioners, to settle and adjust Differences respectinj; 
 some uf the Township Lands of this Colony - 
 
 An Act for the Naturalization of .Aliens ... 
 
 An Act to Incorporate the Union Bank of Prince 
 Edward Island. 
 
 An Act to Incorooratc the Grand Orange Lodge of 
 Prince Edwara Island, and the subordinate Lodges 
 in connection therewith. 
 
 An Act to authorise the Government toseU the Military 
 Barracks in Charlottetown. 
 
 An Act to Incorporate sundry Persons by the Name of 
 " The President, Directors, and Company of the 
 Farmer's Bank of Ruslico." 
 
 An Act for settling the Differences between Ia,adlord 
 and Tenant, and to enable Tenants on certain 
 Townships to purchase the Fee-simple of their 
 Farms. 
 
 C 2 
 
 RrM ARKS. 
 
 Afseiil rifii-id liy Denpali li, Nn, 13, 
 ITtli NofenilKT 1K45, page 41. 
 
 A'sent refused bv Despatch, No 15, 
 ■-'otii October }•<&», page 4,1. 
 
 Assent refused by Despatch, No. 120. 
 0th August 1863, page 44, 
 
 Asiient refused by Despatch, No. 134, 
 20th September 1862, page 4i!. 
 
 Assent refused hy Despatch, No. 33, 
 21st September' 1863, page 4(>. 
 
 ,m 
 
 m 
 
Ico'* 
 
 30 
 
 RETURN KELVTINO TO 
 
 p 3 
 't * 
 
 COPIES or EXTRACTS of PKSPATrHRs convpjitig the DiMillowuncr of 
 certain KeMTved Uills!) cMiitaiued in the foregoing Schedule. 
 
 
 Upper Caatdt. 
 
 
 ?: Ii 
 
 UPPER CANADA. 
 
 Lord John Jtunnell to Sir Gioiyc Arthur. 
 
 (Extract.) 
 (No. 20.) 
 
 Downing-street, 12 October 1839. 
 Your Despatches, No. 1 10, No. 133, and " Separate," relate to the Bill passed 
 by the Provincial Legislature, intituled (No. 1 117), " An Act to dispose of the 
 Lands commonly called the ' Clergy Reserve?.' " As Her Majesty has, for the 
 reasons which I shall hereafter state to you, been advised to withhold Her 
 assent from this Bill, it is unnecessary that I should further advert to the very 
 clear and detailed statement which accompanies it, than to thank you for the 
 exertions you have made to place Her Majesty's Government in possession 
 of all the information which could be required for the full consideration of this 
 important question. 
 
 The delay which accidentally occurred in the transmission of the Address 
 from the Legislative Council and House of Assembly, contained in your des- 
 ])atch of the 27tli July last, would have prevented a compliance, before the 
 termination of the last Session, with the provision of the Constitutional Act of 
 1/91, which requires that the Bill should be laid before Parliament for 30 days 
 before the Royal Assent is given. But another and more fatal difficulty has 
 been found to present itself to the confirmation of this Bill by the Crown. The 
 Bill proposes, under the authority of the 4 1st and 42d sections of the 31 Geo. 3, 
 c. 31, to repeal the clauses of tiiat Act relating to the clergy reserves, and to 
 the making provision for the Protestant clergy, and to provide that the land 
 shall be sold, and the purchase-money be paid into the hands of the Receiver 
 General of the province, to be approj>riated by the Imperial Parliament for 
 religious purposes. The effect of the Bill is, therefore, to refer to the Imf)erial 
 Parliament the solution of the question relating to the clerjiy reserves. It 
 appeared to Her Majesty's Government that very strong objections existed to 
 this delegation to Parliament by a subordinate authority of the power of legis- 
 lation, and that the more proper mode of attaining the object in view would 
 have been, not by Bill as is proposed, but by an Address from the Lefj,is.!ature of 
 the province to the three estates of the realm, praying them to undertake the 
 decision of the question. In the correctness of this view of the case, Her 
 Majesty's Government are confirmed by the opinion of the law officers of the 
 Crown, who have reported that, although the Bill passed does not exceed the 
 legal competency of the Provincial Legislature, yet that Her Majesty ought not to 
 assent to such a Bill, the principle which it involves being quite novel, and one 
 which might lead to very inconvenient consequences. 
 
 Under these circumstances, Her Majesty's Government have had no course 
 open to them but to advise Her Majesty to withhold Her assent from this Bill. 
 I need hardly state that it is with regret Her Majesty's Government have wit- 
 nessed the failure of this attempt to effect a settlement of this important 
 matter. They trust, however, that this failure is but temporary, and that the 
 opportunity will, at no distant period, be found for arriving at a wise and satis- 
 factory 
 
if) 
 
 tOLOMAh BILLS (NOIITII AMKIlK A). 
 
 (hvinry atijtistment of a qurntion which, from circ uniHtmirfH hryond thrir Vpj^r C»n»d». 
 cuntrul, haH been unfortunately ho long tielnyrd. 
 
 The next reten-ed Bill tu vrhidi I have to advert is that intituled (No. II4H), 
 " .\n Act to appropriate the Casual and Territorial Mevenue, and for other 
 Purposes therein mentioned." 
 
 Your DeHpateh, No. MH, of the iHth of May, antiripates the objection which 
 Her .Majesty's Government have to urjce n|<ainht this Bill. It exelutlrs from 
 the protection of the Civil List, grnnteil in exchange for the revenues ceded 
 by the Crown, the provision hitherto made for the sup|)ort of the chrgy. It is 
 hardly necessary that I should state to you that with such an omission Her 
 Majesty could not be advised to a')'<ent to a Bill of this nature. It involves, as 
 you have observed, a departure from the conditions on which Lord Glenelg 
 proposed that the casual and tenitorial revenues should be surrendered; con- 
 ditions which could not be departed from without a violation of the faith of thn 
 Crown, whicii is pledged to the maintenance of the clergy from these revenues 
 under the arrangement of IH.31. 
 
 Tlic tnmsfer of this charge to the fund derived from the clergy reserves 
 offers, under the present state of that fund, no equivalent which, with a view tu 
 the interests of the parties, the Crown could be advised to accept. 
 
 On these grounds ller Majesty withholds Her assent from this Bill. 
 
 The third Bill to be considered is that intituled (No. 1150), " .\n Act to 
 ascertain ond provide for the Payment of all ju^t Claims arisiug frt)ni the late 
 Rebellion and Invasions of this Province." 
 
 To this Bill, in its present form, I fear that Her Majesty's assent cannot be 
 given. 
 
 Her Majesty's Government readily cnncur in tlie propriety of the nuasure 
 which it is the object of the Bill to ttfect ; but they cannot undertake the 
 obligation which, if it were sanctioned, would be imposed ujjon them i)y the 
 Preamble of the Bill, of providing ultimately for tlie payment c.f this indemnity 
 from the British Treasury. Such a principle ller Majesty's (iovernment are 
 not prepared to recognise ; neither, if it were otherwise, would it be of any avail 
 unless with the previous! sanction of Parliament. 
 
 Should a similar Bill be passed for this important object, free from the objec- 
 tion which I have pointed out, Her Majesty will be ready to concur in the 
 enactment of it. 
 
 The next reserved Bill is intituled (No. 1151), " An Act to authorise the 
 Isstie of Bills of Credit," and to this Bill it has been judged necessary that the 
 Royal Assent should be withheld. The confirmation of it would have thrown 
 into circulation an amount of small inconvertible paper money to the extent of 
 250,000 I. Her Majesty's Government arc decidedly of opinion that such a 
 step would be attended with most injurious effects on the currency and the 
 monetary transactions of the previ.ice, and on the value of private property. 
 But anxious as they would be to concur in any financial measure which could 
 be adopted for meeting the present exigencies of the province, tliey feel that 
 the value of any such measure is to be weighed not solely by consideration of 
 present eflScSency, but by the i'uture effects which may be produced on the per- 
 manent welfare of the Colony, in this instance that present relief would, in 
 their opinion, be attended not only with much immediate, but, from its nature, 
 with much permanent evil ; and tliey cannot, therefore, at such a risk, agree 
 to this mode of sustaining for a time the t^aa^actions of the local treasury. 
 
 1 !i 
 
 (No. 31.) 
 
 Sir, Downing- street, 2" October 1839. 
 
 I HAVE to acknowledge the receipt of your Despatch, No. 191, of the 
 24th of September, together with a separate despatch of the same date, on 
 the subject of the Bill passed by the Legislature of Upper Csmada, on the 11th 
 May last, intituled (No. 1155), " An Act to enable Her Majesty to make a 
 Grant of Lund to Jiimes FitzGibbon, Esquire." 
 
 529. c 3 Having 
 
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 ilHMIt){ «'OliMli«'r«-ii llir uiiulc of till* t\ 
 
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 io 
 
 
 
 nil 
 
 
 1" 
 
 >t 
 
 • liiicfliiriit, I liiivi felt it |||\ (liiiv to lulvix' tl 
 
 ll«T .MMJf«.|y III- In (11 j»|ca».(| to witliliuld I In usm nt fr'iiu tin Mill 
 
 inn«-«*tf(l with thin 
 til roiitiriii it, niwl 
 
 Hir (J Artliiir. 
 
 *tl'. &.!•. \C. 
 
 (No. 1^4.) 
 Sir. 
 
 iici-oriliiii;!), 
 
 I hnvr tiv. 
 (fItfiH'il) J. Itumell. 
 
 Ddwiiiim-tri'ft, 2*J .liilv IH40 
 
 I fiAVK lin«l nmlcr iny roii-.i(!iTati(>ii a risirvcd Hill parsed liy tli • iVi^islativo 
 Comifil ami .\>M'iiihly of I '|i|Mr Canada, diiiiiitt tlic la.»t St^siiin (NO. i;jo-l) 
 intitidnl, " An Act In cnablr Hrr Majesty tn mak*' a (iiiint f Ijtnd tci J.tini-8 
 Fitztji'dxiii, KmiuIh'," wliicli, with otlnT Acts and rcstrved Hil!- vns traiHniittid 
 t(i nic in yonr l>f>|)atcli, No. 'J, of "Jd .Mnrcli last. 
 
 'I'liis Hill is Milistantiidly the smic as .No. Il.'i.'i. wliicli \\;i> passed in \H'M\, 
 and npi>n uliicli, in my dc>|ii'tcli of the '_>7ili (Mohcr last, I .-iiinouneed Her 
 .Majcst\'s decision that, eon»isteiitly with tiie terms of the Act of I Dper Canada 
 for tlie alienation of waste latidH of the Crown, and with the priiieipies on which 
 thut All imu'ccchd, Her Majesty could not aulhori.se tlie i)ro]»osei| «omp<Misn- 
 tioii til Colonel l'it/.( iiidiiin to he miide in the form of a Krant of land 
 
 Having apiin considered the whole of the eirciimstiimcs connecteil with this 
 enactment, I have felt it ni\ duty to advise the Queen not to ronfinn this 
 res«Tved Hill, .No. \M)\; ami ller Majesty has hetn ph-ased to withhold Her 
 nssent from the Hill accordin^ly. 
 
 Her Majtstys (Jovemment cannot he parties to nny departure from the 
 general rule iliat meritoriius puhlie ser\ic(s should !)«• n-munrruted in money, 
 hecause in that (nse there i> an tffectiial rtcurity ajiiunst im])rovident grants, 
 which is wanting when »ueh remunerations are mach* not in n.oney hut in 
 land. 
 
 Sir (leorge Arthur, 
 &e. ike. &c. 
 
 I hnv( 
 
 (signed) 
 
 &e. 
 
 J. Russell. 
 
 * >.io6, 1.107, 
 
 • .Vi8, 1309, 1310. 
 
 Lord ./(///// Rusi.ll to Lord Sydenham. 
 
 (E.stract.) 
 (No. .40;.) 
 
 Downing-street, 1 9 July 1 84 L 
 
 I UKCKiVKi) your Lordship's desjiateli of the 27th May 1840, marked 
 " Confidential,"' on the 17th of June in that year, and on the 20tli of the ?ame 
 month I referred for the consideration of the Lords Connnissioners of Her 
 Majesty's Treasury the various resencd Rills alluded to in that despatch, of 
 which a list* is snhjoined. They are the Bills for increasing the capital stock 
 of the Bank of Upper ( anada, of the Gore Bank, and of the Commercial Bank 
 of the Midland Di.;trict ; and the Bills for incorporating the Prince Edward 
 District Bank and the I'armers' Bank. It was not till the 18th of .May in the 
 present yeor that I was in possession of the opinion of the Lords Commissioners 
 on the suliject of these Bills. 
 
 Her Majesty has heen advised not to confirm the Bills in question, because 
 three v)f them authorise the banks to continue and extend their issues of notes for 
 sunif- under the value of 1 /., and because the Bills for establishing new 
 companies have been framed without regard to the precautionary conditions 
 for which it has appeared to Her Majesty's Government to be expedient to 
 stipulate, with a view to the protection of the public and the proper regulation 
 of banks in all charters or acts of incorporation for banking cum])anies in the 
 colonies. 
 
(DLONIAl. mi.l> (NOIITM AMIUHA). 
 
 ^<i 
 
 Ijn\ K H V \ N A DA, 
 
 l.iiwtr Canada. 
 
 (No. 4U.) 
 
 Sir, 
 
 DoHtiinu i>tn-( t. •» Dt'ci-nilMr i)*:i<). 
 
 With rt'ftTcn''<' fri ni\ n(-|i!itcli. Nn. 'Jh. uI" tlic •.»miIi ( ictdlM-r iu-t. I liiv«' 
 iiiiw tlir limiour to idiivt \ to Mill till' tlrti-ioii ol llir Maj»»ty'<i {iovrrniiuiU 
 on tlif Oniiiimirc No. Jci. \\lii(li was iiu liitli d on Srlirdulc ( . in tlmt l>ts|Mirli. 
 
 riii> ( •idinaiKc tor llir r«';:iilatl(iii of tlir riirrcinN of i!ic |(ro\inff, lias Imcu 
 under tlic coii^iiltriition of tlir Lords ('otiiiiii>sioiit'r'' of tin- IrcaMiry, toKctlifr 
 with im .\( t |)a»«"d tor a oiniilar ol,j»Mt liy tin- Coiiiuil and \s.riiiiily of Ipiti r 
 I'liiiada. .Ill I rc'crxcd li\ tin- I iciitt n.uit (iovt-riior for tin- ^iiriutnation ol I It i- 
 Miiji^ty « |ilfa>nr<'. 
 
 1 i-ni'loT for Nour infoiiiiat'mii and liuidamf aiuMract of a Minute pa-s»(l liy 
 thi'ir liind'hijis m\ tlic 'JvJd iiltiiiio. Matiiifi that, fur tlir ri'aMMin tlu-n-in Klvrn, 
 tlu'v could not advise tlie routirmalioii of lliC'i' la\v>. 
 
 Ilavinc >iilaidtted iliis n jtort to tin- (tiieen, I am cuiiiniandeil l>y ller 
 Miijoty to eoniiiinnicate it to the >|ieeial ( oiineil, a-< e\])i,iii:itorv of tiie r, a><oiis 
 wliieh it will not lie in ller Majesty's jinwer to eontinn tliiH Ordinanei-. which 
 hus a Mispeiidini; clause. This report is likewise explanatory of the princi|tleH 
 hy whiili it is necessary that the leL^islatio.i of the llritisli North Anierieaii 
 I'rovinees on the siihji'ct of ciirrency should be t;i)verned, in order to estahlish 
 tint iiniloiniity which it is indispc iisahlc tu muiiitain on matters of this kind 
 bi'twccii the laws in force thronuiiont the various nienihcrs and dependencies 
 of the lliitish Knipirc. 
 
 I have, \c. 
 
 Tlic Uiiiht lion. I' I'. Tlunnson, (signed) J. Uuswll. 
 
 \c. itc. \c. 
 
 f-OcI, 
 
 '"•Uf, 
 
 F.nclosurc. 
 
 Toev of ThKAKI KY MlNlTK ..f 'J2ll XiiVlllliirr lH:i!». 
 
 Mv Lords have ninlcr ciin-idcriuiiin tin Urdinnnce passod l,y tlie (inveriuir aud Specinl 
 Cimncil on Lnwcr Cuiiatlii mi tli<: .'id April last, entitled, " An Ordinance to rfjrulate the 
 Ctirreiiey nt' liie Province," and an Act jiassicd liy the Lcfri^lative (.'ipiiiicil and .Assembly 
 of rpiMr Caiuid.i in the month ol' May last, entitled, •' An .\ct to regulate the Value at 
 which ( lold and >ilvcr C'liin -hall jiass current within the I'roviiice," which cnartiiients 
 haviiij; liecn rcservc<l tor the siirniiication of Her Majesty'- jileasure, as they Hlinll relat*! 
 to the currency and circulating; medium in tho^c (,'olonics, have lieen referred for the 
 opinion of my Lords' Board, as to the directions it inny he advisable for ller Majesty in 
 Council to irive thereon. 
 
 My Lords oliserve that those enactments provide for tixin^ the comparative rnfeo of 
 value between British sferlinj; money and the local currency and money of account of the 
 respective provinces ; for givinj; curren( y as le|.;al tenilers rf payment to certain 
 foreign coins, as well as to the coins of the Fnited Kinfrdoni. aud ftir the prevention and 
 iHini-hincnt of attcmjits to circulate counterfeit or spurious coins; and that in th<' case of 
 Liiw r Canada a reference is made to arrangements for calling in ami recci'. ■: su;;h 
 imji' '"feet or otlicr coins now in circulation, a.s will not be legally current uji. the 
 |iri)> .riions of the Ordinance. 
 
 My Lords h.ue much satisfaction in remarking, that the attention of the Ici .itive 
 authoriticB in the Canadian provinces has been thus turned to the state of the 1' f cur- 
 rency, and that the tendency of both the meoijures now before them is the intrc .^ tion of 
 a .sound, and intrinsically valuabit circulating medium and standard of value, and the 
 assimilation of the currency to that ipf this country, without depriving tJie inhabitants of 
 the provinces of the accommodation and convenience that may attend the use of foreign 
 coins of ascertained value. 
 
 My Lords, however, observe, that the rates assigned by these enactmentc to the different 
 coins to which it is projiosed to give currency in the respective provinces are not accurately 
 fixed with reference to the comparative values of the corns, aud are consequently such aa 
 would, in both cases, defeat the objects of the enactments. On this ground, therefore, my 
 Lords are of opinion that it would be inexpedlen t that either the Ordinance of the Lower 
 
 ,529. c 4 Province, 
 
'M 
 
 IlETl RN REI ATINfJ TO 
 
 LoncT Canada. 1 
 
 1 !!'l 
 
 ''«! ' 
 
 
 ruMiKf-. i.r tlir Act ni ilic rpiirr J'ruviiii-c ^lll)ul^l lie |M'rinitliiI tu ( onio intu i)]icraticin. 
 In iidilitiiin uImi tii tlii.- <•llllr■lll^iM• rciiKoii tm- witlilioldiiij; IUt .Miijotv'.s (iinfirtiialiiin ot' 
 liiitli llit'M- cmiiliiuiil-, lln' Ac I of tlif I'l'iitT l'rii\iiirc uuiilil lie liiihic til (ilijniii.ii a« 
 rc;.'!iiil- tlii-^'i-ciit viiriflv nl' ruin- niiii|i)i-<M| in tlif S<-li(il.ilc ( A. ). iiml lliciiliv cuii-titiitfil 
 a huiil Icnili I-, mill a^ ri'j;aril» ilir liiiiitalinn of the iluratimi ul' tlir Act ; (or iiiv I^nrdu 
 fiiiifidcr it to 111' dr»iral>lc lliat tlir l<i.'aliz»'d tciidif sliould milv cxlciid to .-inh loins as 
 arc loii-taiitly in lircidatimi and well known, and conscijueiitiy of a.-tcrtaincd liiicnc.-'.'i 
 and lialilc to I'i'cijnciit cxaniiiiJition, Imt that coin.'* wliicli arc obinilctc, or little kiMiwn in 
 the |)ro\ luce, lie left to |ia.-s ar* liullion only: and as it is alwav.* doi-iralilc to alistain, a» 
 far a« |iiiw.il)le from iiroccediiif.'.'* that may tend to nnsittle the cnrrenev, it aiiiicars to niy 
 J^ord>^ that the |lro^-|lcetivc limitation of the di;ration of an enactment of thii* do.-criiition 
 woidd he ine.\|iedient. 
 
 The clau-e al.-o, in tin- Ordinance of the (iovcrnor and Coiineil of Lower Canada, 
 which jiiiriiort.- to cmiiower I lor Majesty tn direct that coins current under iircviuux 
 jtnn incial enactmcntti, Imt to which no cnrrcnf value is assii;ncd hv the Ordinance, may 
 he called in and re-coined into Itritisli ifold and silver coins, with a iir(i\iso that the 
 Hctnal e\|ieiise only of sncli rr-ciiinai;o shall hv horne liy the province, would he ob- 
 jectionahle, as the niudn of etlectinj; any Mich rc-eoinai;e must he regulated bv the 
 e.xistinjj laws of this country relatinj; to the subject. 
 
 Adverlin;,' to these several considerations, my Lords conceive it will be proper to 
 cause a copy of tlii.s Minute to be forwarded to I^ord .rolin Kusscll, in order that liis 
 Lordship, d he does not see reason to dissent from the opinions of this Board, inav con- 
 vey instriu'tions to the officers a<lininisicring the poverinnents of the resi)ective pro- 
 vinces to ajiprise tlie local Lej^islatures of the objection.s wliioh have i)reventc<l the eon- 
 firmat ion of these enactments; and my Lords having; before them a statement cxi)laii.i- 
 foryofthe discrepancies in the valuations of the coins provided for bv the Ordinance 
 iwui by the Act, which must interfere iwjudicially with their circulation, and sliowimr 
 the com|iarutive rates it would be necessary to ado])t to obviate those discrepancies! 
 they will further eatise the Secretary of State to be furnished with a copy of this state- 
 ment, ill order that it may likewise be communicated to the Canadian (ioverninenfs. 
 
 My Lords at the same time deem it advisable to siifrgest for the consideration of Lord 
 John Kiissell, whether the jirincijial objectj" of the Ordinance and the Act now iu ques- 
 tion, might not lie more properly attained by the issue, as in the case of tlie West 
 Indian Colonics, of proclamations by Her Majestv fixing tlie com])aratiyc rates at which 
 the doubloon, the <hillar, the eagle of the United States, and any other coins usually cir- 
 culating in the Canadian Provinces, should pass current with reference to the British 
 sovereigns or jiound sterling : and likewise fixing with reference to the value of the sove- 
 reigns the Canadian currency as indicated both by the Ordinance and by the Act, the 
 currency rate at which, on the principles developed in the statement, that and other coins 
 both British and Foreign, should circulate and be a legal tender of payment. My Lords 
 also apprehend that if this course were adopted, it would only be necessary for the local 
 governments and legislative authorities to consider whether any further legislative enact- 
 ments arc required to protect Her Majesty's Canadian subjects from the fraudulent cir- 
 culation of forged or counterfeit coins, or whether the existing laws may, in this respect, 
 be sufficient. 
 
 i 4 
 
 (No- 93-) 
 Statement relative to the Metallic Currency of Upper and Lower Canada. 
 
 TiiK Ordinance jiassed iu Lower Canada, after reciting that the rates and value 
 assigned to the several coins therein mentioned are inconsistent with each other, and in 
 many cases erroneous, and that it is highly desirable to establish a legal ])roportion be- 
 tween the pound sterling, as rejircsented by the British sovereign and the jiound cur- 
 rency oi' llie iirovincc, and, as far as circimistances will permit, to assimilate the currency 
 thereof to that of the mother country, but without injtiriously affecting the interests of 
 iiiiy party to any existing contract, proceeds to enact that a certain Act, passed in the 
 4Kth of Cieo. 3, entitled, " An Act for better regulating the Weight and Hates at which 
 certain Coins shall pass current in the Province, &e.," shall be suspended during the time 
 this Ordinance shall be in force. 
 
 The Ordinance then enacts that the pound currency shall be such that the pound ster- 
 ling, .IS represented by the British sovereign, of the weight and fineness now fixed by the 
 laws of the United Kingdom, shall be equal to and pass for 1 1. 4 s. A d. currency. 
 
 The old eagle of the United States, weij^Mng 11 dwts 6 grs. 
 Kew eagle of - - - ditto, - - - 10 dwts. 18 grs. 
 Old Spanish doubloon, Mexican and Columbia doubloon, coined 
 
 in the years 1826, 1827 and 1828, 17 dwts. U grs. - - - 
 French 40-franc piece, coined before the commencement of the 
 
 jircsent year ....-._. 
 
 £. s. 
 2 13 
 
 ,1. 
 4 
 
 2 10 - 
 
 3 17 8 
 
 1 18 7 
 
 The 
 
fc" 
 
 COLONIAL BILLS (NORTH AMKRICA). 
 
 ^5 
 
 Tlie niMivo-mcntioiU'd oiwci'. uml iiiulti|il('j ami HiilMlni^iuiM thcrt'ii)', Ix'iii-; nf |irii|Hir- 
 tioniito wi'ifjiil, to he a lejiiil tfiiilcr to iiiiy nimmiit liv tii'.c, wi liin;;u> micli iDifis f\ni\\ not 
 want iiiort! tlmii two jjraiiiH of tlic «ii);lit litTtliy aysi^iiu'il to tin m, liciliu'tinj: one liall- 
 poiiiiy currcticy tor pui'li (jiiartor ot' a fii-aiii any t^ncli coin .--liiill uant of i-nili v.ti;;lit, anil 
 nhall 111- in any rufc. a It'jral tcnilcr hy \M'i;;lit in i*uins cMTcdin^' I'd/, cunvncy ; ami in 
 niiv pavincnt altovc that mini, tlir paytr may pay or the ri'ci'ixT insist on n'Ct'i\inj; e'oiiis 
 hywoijrht, at thi< followinj; rates : — 
 
 IJritich jjold coins. I'liitoil Stat(■^t };oUl ooin-i coined hct'ore tTiilv 
 
 1834 - !>» s. per oz. 
 
 Ditto euincd sinec July ]K)i .-..-- <r< ,«. 
 
 French (^(dd Coins ....... !»;}.<. \ il. „ 
 
 Ilouhloons - - - - - - - - - K\> s. ') il. „ 
 
 Lowtr Canada. 
 
 COtl- 
 
 Thc Ordinance then enai-t.'' that the Spani.-h inilh'd dollar, the dollar of the I'nitcd .Stale- 
 andof the several States of Sonth America an<l Mexico, eoimd licfoie l.«t .lannary lMl!»,and 
 not weij/hin;; less than ITdwts. 4j.'rs., ,-hall ])as.s fur ti\c ?hillinj:s each, ami sh:.ll he a 
 legaK tender, hy sale, to any ainonnt ; as shall also any silver coins, luinj; snhdivisions ot" 
 8U(di dollars for proportionate .-urns; Imt the suhdivisioiis of sn( h dollars, li<'intr less than 
 quarters thereof, shall he a le^jal tender for .OOx., and no more, provided that thr 
 governor, lientenant-;;overnor. or person administeriiij; the i^ovi'rnmenl may hy jiroclama- 
 tioii extend the ])rovisions of this section, and the section pn-cedinj; it, to any j;old o;- 
 .silver coins of the weif^hts and denominations ahove referred to. Imt of later dates, which, 
 havinii heen assayed iit the Hoyal Mint, shall lie found to he e(|nal in tineius> to those 
 nhovo-meiitioned or referred to respectively. 
 
 It is fill her enacted that all silver coins of 
 
 follovvini; rales: 
 
 the L'liited Kin;_'doin .-iiaU past! n! the 
 
 ./. 
 
 - C 
 
 Britisli crown -----.. 
 
 British lialf-crovvn - - - - - - -;J- 
 
 Itritisli !ihilliii(r .-..-- - 1 .'i 
 
 British .sixpence - - - - - - --7 
 
 British <;roat -- .-. .. -_,j 
 
 and that the silver itoin.s ot 
 for the crown, .'! .v. for the 
 iiid 5 (/. for the fonrpenny- 
 
 The 
 
 The crowns and half-crowns to he a lej;al tender to any ainoiint : hut the shilliiifis. .-ix- 
 pences, and jjroats to he a lej^al tender to the amount oi" ,)().«. currency, and no more. 
 
 The cop])er jiennv of the I'nited Kin{;dom, or any other which Her .Majesty inav 
 cau.se to he coined, of not less than five-sixths of the weight of such copper penny, shall 
 pass for one ]ienny eurreiiey, and the halves and quarters thereof for prii|portionate sums, 
 and such copper money to he a le^al tender to the amount of 1 .■■■. currency, and no more. 
 
 Ill the preainlile of this Ordinandi it is dir.ctecl that it is desirahif that the currency 
 of the provinces should he a.ssimilatcd, as far as cireumstances will permit, and without 
 injuriously atleetinj; existing contracts, to that of the mother einiiitry. 
 
 With this intention it is also enacted that the British sovereign shall he rated at 
 and pass current for 1/. 4 a-. 4 f/. cnrrcney ; and the gold coins of the United .States of 
 America, of France, and of the several States of Mexico and .South America are ratcil 
 according to their res|K'ctive weights and fineness In exact proportion to the sovereign. 
 
 In so far as relates to the relative value of the g<dd coins, the intention ol' tile Ur- 
 dinancc is thus siiecessfnlly accomplished. But the Ordinance |iroceeds to enacl that 
 the dollar of the United States of America, and id' Coliimhia and Mexico, shall pass cur- 
 rent and he a legal tender at the rate of 5 s. currency, 
 Great Britain shall pass current at the several rates of fi.v, 
 half-crown. Is. ',i il. for the shilling, 7Jf/. for the sixpence 
 piece. 
 
 Now these sevenil rates are neither consistent with each other nor with the rates 
 assigned to the gold coins. The dollar, the Britisii crown and half-ciown arc under- 
 valued. The i3ritish shilling, sixpence, and groat are overvalued, not only with refer- 
 ence to the gold coins, hut likewise with reference to the crown and half-crown. 
 
 The dollar is rated in the Ordinance according to the ])roportion of gidd to silver 
 adopted at the mint of the United States, which jiroportion is ahout Ij per cent, helow 
 that which uhtains in the general market of the coininercial world. The ground for 
 adopting the United States iiroportion would seem to he, an ajiiirehensioii that while 
 the two nictahs are valued by law in the United States in the proportion of 10 to 1, 
 their proportionate ,alue in England and in the general market of the world is nearly 
 15^ to 1, and ll.ut if the latter proportion were adopted the gold coins would soon leave 
 the colony, and he exported to the United States. 
 
 It is, however, conceived that the over-valuation of gold in the United States may 
 safely be disregarded, as its effect in that country must be to make gold the only prac- 
 tical standard, and to establish a premium on silver equal to the diU'erence between the 
 legal proportions in the United States and the market ])roportious elsewhere ; in which 
 case little or no inconvenience would be experienced in tlie ('olonies with respect to 
 their exchange with the United States, if the market proportions were adopted. 
 
 On what principle the crown and half-crown arc undervalued, and the shilling, sixpence 
 and groat overvalued in relation to the sovereign is not so apparent. It is, indeed, 
 
 529. D enacted 
 
 ly 
 
 i ■ »i 
 
 m\ 
 
K'l 
 
 f 
 
 9» RETURN RELATING TO 
 
 Lower Canadk. enacted tlmt Kliilliu);H, i>ix|i<'n('Ci> ami tourpeniiy iiicpeo, xhall he a legal tomlcr milv t<> the 
 
 extent <tt .VU. ciirrencv, hut thlc liiiiitatiDii wiiuliJ not prevent the e.\<'lusion nl" the i<ii|h;- 
 
 rior eriinr froin eirruialiun. I» wnnld xtill lie the interect ot' the hnhl-r <>(' >.roUl <-nini>, 
 tlollnrn, crnHUH nn<l halfHTounM l<i e\i'hun^'c tlioiic ex)in(* tiir :<hilliiif;ii and cix|ieneei'. iind to 
 exiMirt them to (ireat Itrituin for that |iur|>o!'e. It would he the intiTei<t of the hanks to 
 |iay all noten of lower denomination than ,)(»*. currency with Itriti.'h xhillin^rr. and six- 
 pence:" : lor the larf:er not<'.- they would h"' exposed to an inconvenient demand for jjolj 
 in coll! ec|uincc of the over valuation of hriti.-h ^ilvcr coin. 
 
 Il'tlic |iro|ier projiorlions had Ix'cii ohserveil in the rates assigned to the several coins liy 
 this Ordinance, they would have hcen respectively as follows : — 
 
 £. s. d. 
 Sovereipn ----------144 
 
 I 'nited States olil eajrle - - - - - - - 2 lU 4 
 
 Ditto - new eagle - - - - - - - 2 10- 
 
 Doiihl.MUi - - - - 3178 
 
 French 40 fiiinc piece - - - - - - - 1187 
 
 Dollar -51 
 
 British crown ---... ..._61 
 
 Ditto half-<'rown - - - - - - - - -;{-J 
 
 Shilling -12/5 
 
 Sixpence ------------ '^g 
 
 Ciroat - - 4fo'j 
 
 Uri'EK Canada. 
 (No. lU'J.) 
 By the Act jjassed in this I'rovince on the 11th of May 18.'}!), all former Acts for 
 regulating the rates and value of gold and silver coins in the province are repealed. 
 
 It is then enacted that the gold coins mentioned in a schedule annexed to the Act shall 
 be deemed a legal tentler. at the rates and value set opposite to them respectively in the 
 schedule: Provided that whenever the said coins shall not he of the full weight set oppo- 
 Bite to them, and also in case of payment of any sum over 2.)/., the said coins shall he paid 
 by weiglit at the following rates : — 
 
 British gold ....... 
 
 French gold -.-.... 
 
 Spanish, Mexican and C'olumhian gold 
 
 and all other coins at the rates deduced from the rates 
 schedule. 
 
 The rates for the undermentioned gold coins in the schedule are respectively as 
 follows : — 
 
 dwts. grs. 
 Sovereign - - - weight 5 2\ 
 United States old eagle „ 11 fi 
 
 Ditto - new eagle ., 10 18 
 Douhlonn - - - „ 17 9 - 
 
 French 40 franc - - ., 8 7- 
 
 and 
 
 s. 
 
 d. 
 
 
 
 at 4 
 
 9 
 
 per 
 
 dwt. 
 
 at 4 
 
 8 
 
 per 
 
 dwt. 
 
 at 4 
 
 6 
 
 per 
 
 ilwt. 
 
 veights 
 
 set forth 
 
 the 
 
 £. .. 
 
 d. 
 
 1 4 
 
 4 
 
 2 13 
 
 H{^\ 
 
 2 10 
 
 - 
 
 3 17 
 
 »l?.^ 
 
 1 18 
 
 (■-i',;'(r 
 
 
 m 
 
 According to these weights and rates the sovereign would not be a legal tender if its 
 weight should he less than 5 dwts. 2j grs. 
 
 This coin when first issued from the mint should weigh 5dwt*. 3*274 grs. 
 
 By a proclamation, dated 1st July 1817, the current weight was fixed at odwts. 2jgr8., 
 being ■j',,',,',, under the full weight. 
 
 By a subsequent proclamation, dated 6th February 1821, the current rate was altered 
 to 5dwts. 2igrs., being -rVii'o) '"" about | of a grain under the full weight. 
 
 In fixing the current weight of the sovereign at 5 dwts. 2§ grs. in the Upper Canada 
 Act, it is ai)prehended that the proclamation of the 6th February 1821 was overlooked. 
 
 The weight and fineness of all the various gold coins enumerated in the schedule 
 annexed to the Act, appear to be taken from a table of foreign coins made out in the 
 United States of America, in pursuance of an Act passed by Congress on the 2l8t June 
 1834. In the United States Act it is enacted, that it shall be " the duty of the Secre- 
 tary of the Treasury to cause assays of the aforesaid gold coins made cijrrent by this Act, 
 to be had at the mint of the United States at least once in every year, and to make report 
 of the result thereof to the Congress." 
 
 This enactment was, no doubt, deemed necessary in order to guard against any altera- 
 tion that might be made in the weight or fineness of any of the various coins made current 
 by the Act. 
 
 The Upper Canada Act is not equally guarded in this respect. 
 
 It is further enacted by the Upper Canada Act in question, that the silver coins 
 specified iu a schedule annexed to the Acts, pass current, and be a legal tender at 
 the rates and value set opposite to them in the scnedule. Provided, that British shillings 
 and sixpences shall not be a legal tender for any payment above 10/., and provided also, 
 
 that 
 
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 COLONIAL BILI.S (NORTH AMERICA). 27 
 
 •liat tlic siiil silvrr ripini* ciiall n<pt ho a Icjial trnclor if rcdiircil in wciijlit almvo l-'J.'illi of 
 
 tlic iirii|i('r wrifjlit of hucIi i-ilvcr coin;'. 
 
 Tnr {'ollowinfj arc the rattM nt whir-h the ;*ilvcr coin" sjk clficil in the p-dioliilc arc to itaf* 
 
 current, an<l arc to he a Icjjal tender : — 
 
 ,.. d. 
 S|>ani;>h, Mexicau, Cohnnbian and United StatcH ilollar - - .'> - 
 Ilrilisli crown ------ ----6- 
 
 llriti;"!! half-crow ,-.-------.'!- 
 
 Hriti^li ^.hiilin;: 1 .1 
 
 Uriti-Ii sixpence ------- ---7J 
 
 French crown - - - - - - - - - 4HJ|"| 
 
 The rates and value iis,-ij;nccl to the gold coii.s of (ireiit Itritain, France, the Ignited 
 States, Mexico, and South .\nierica, hy the Act, arc very nearly the same as those adopted 
 in the Act passed hy the Leirislntnre of Lower Canada. 
 
 The rates an<l value assigned to the dollar, and to Hritish silver coins, arc exactly the 
 same in both .Vets, hut, according to the I'pper Ciinada .Vet, shillings and sixpences are 
 to he a legal tender to the extent of 1(1/.: in the Lower Canada .\ct the limitation 
 isM).i. 
 
 The observations on the Lower Canada Ordinance an- equally applicable to the ,\ct of 
 the Upper I'rovince. In both the rates and value assigiu-cl to the ditRrent coins specified 
 in the Acts are erroneous and inconsistent with each other. 
 
 Lower Canada. 
 
 C 7V N A 1) A. 
 
 Conada. 
 
 if ite 
 
 Lord Stanley to Sir Charles Metcalfe. 
 
 (Extract.) 
 (No. 189.) 
 
 Downiiig-street, 27 Marrh 1844. 
 Her Majesty's assent will not he given to the Bill, No. 199, for the dis- 
 couragement of Secret Societies. The Queen cannot he advised to concur in 
 an enactment, placing atiy class of Her Majesty's subjects beyond tht; jjrotection 
 of the law, and depriving them, without a i)revious conviction for crime, of the 
 privileges to which all British subjects have a common title. You have, as I 
 understand, adopted every necessary measure to restrain demonstrations calcu- 
 lated to disturb the public peace ; and, much as I regret the existence of the 
 societies against which this Bill is aimed, it appears to me more safe, more 
 just, and more constitutional to rely on the executive government for Lite pre- 
 vention of their possible excesses, and on their leaders' good sense tand loyalty, 
 acting on the advice which I am sure you will tender to them in a friendly 
 spirit, for their ultimate dissolution, than to encounter the evil by legislation, 
 affording a too ready precedent of severity and violence for imitation in future 
 times and on other occasions. 
 
 (No. •-•01.) 
 
 Sir, Downing-street, 18 April 1844. 
 
 1 HAVE received from Her INLijesty's attorney and solicitor oencral, a report 
 dated the 9th instant, on the Bill passed by the Council and Assembly of 
 Canada on the 9th December 1843, and reserved by you for the siiinitication 
 of Her Majesty's pleasure thereon, entitled (No. 205), " An Act for the better 
 securing the Independence of the Legislative Council of this Province." 
 
 In that report it is stated that the proposed Bill appears very materially 
 to interfere with the power vested in Her Majesty by the Act of the Imperial 
 Parliament of the 3d aud 4 th year of Her Majesty's reign, c 25, in reference 
 to the appointment of the members of the Legislative Council. 
 
 It is consequently not competent to the Queen, in point of law, to assent to 
 this Bill. In the absence of any other reasons this, of course, would be a con- 
 clusive and insuperable objection to the ratification and final enactment of it 
 by Her Majesty ; that ratification will consequently be withheld, and the Bill 
 will not take effect as law in the Province of Canada. 
 
 Sir Charles Metcalfe, (signed) Stanley. 
 
 &c. &c. &c. 
 
 529. 
 
 D 2 
 
 m 
 
(H 
 
 98 
 
 HETl'RN RELATING TO 
 
 Canada. 
 
 (No. 4.')8.) 
 
 My Lord, DownliiK-strcet, 18 November 18J5. 
 
 In rcfcrfncf to tin- rorrospnndoncf onttnit-rateil in the iniir^in on the subject 
 of Mr. Harris' Divoree Bill, I have now to communicate to your Lonisiiip the 
 accomimnying copy of a report from the law officers of the Crown, from which 
 it a])|>ear^ th:it if the Bill were confirmed by Her Majesty the courts of law in 
 this kinj;(loni wo\ild not consider such an Act as a valid divorce, but that 
 Mr. and Mrs. Harris wouM still retain, in point of law, tlieir conjugal relation 
 towards each other witiiin this kin^d(mi, and ■;\hiresoever else beyond the 
 limits of Canada the law of Knglaud prevails. 
 
 I'nder such circumstances, it will, of course, be impossible that Her .Majesty 
 ill (-'ouncii could be advised to confirm and finally enact this Bill. 
 
 I linve, &c. 
 Lord Metcalfe, (signed) Stanlvj. 
 
 &c. &c. &c. 
 
 Nova Scntia. 
 
 NOVA SCOTIA. 
 
 Upti 
 
 ;\cS"t^ 
 
 Lord Glciidg to Sir (,'. Campbell. 
 
 (E.xtract.) 
 (No. .52.) 
 
 Downing-strect, 31 August 1836. 
 
 The Act, No. 17-43, for deepening the East River of Pictou, has been brought 
 under the consideration of tlu; Lords of the Treasury. I transmit for your 
 information a copy of the correspondence that has ])assed between this 
 department and the Treasury', from which you will learn the grounds on which 
 their Lordships are of opinion thnt the Act cannot properly be confirmed, and 
 the course of jjroceeding which they think advisalile, in order to obviate the 
 inconvenience of which the withholding of Her Majesty's assent might other- 
 wise be productive. 
 
 Concurring in and adopting the views of their Lord.ships, I have humbly 
 advised His Majesty to withhold His assent from the Act in question, and 1 have 
 to desire that you would suggest to the Council and Assembly the re-enactment 
 of it witli the alteration and omissions suggested by their Lordships. 
 
 Enclosure 1. 
 
 James Stephen, Esq. to A. V. Spearman, Esq. 
 
 (E.xtract.) 
 
 Downing-street, 6 August 18.36, 
 
 TiiK Act for deepening tlio East Eivcr of Pictou, contains a clause of which the fol- 
 lowing is a copy : 
 
 " Provided always, and be it further enacted, that nothing in this Act contained shall ex- 
 tend, or be construed to extend, to sanction the original grant or letters patent of the said 
 mines, minerals, ores, seams or veins of ores, minerals or mineral substances to His Eoyal 
 Highness the Duke of York and Albany, or to operate as an assent to the validity of such 
 grant on the part of the General Assembly of tliis province, or to give any force, validity or 
 etteet whatever to the said grants or letters patent ; but the right of the inhabitants therein, 
 or any of them, either collectively or individually, shall be and remain in force, anything 
 in this Act to the contrary notwithstanding." 
 
 The grant to the late Duke of York having been made on the advice of a former 
 Board of the Treasury, Lord Glenclg wishes that their Lordships should consider how 
 I'ar the confirmation of this Act by His Majesty in Council would be consistent with the 
 authority which their Lordships may attribute to that grant. 
 
 il.li 
 
6«^ 
 
 COLONIAL BILLS (NOHTH AMERICA) 
 KiK'losun- ■-». 
 
 A. }'. S/iriirmtiii, Ks(|. to Jnmi.t Sti/ilini, Knq. 
 
 ao 
 
 (Kxtract.^ 
 
 Trpnsnrv ("Imiiiliorj. •.'.' .\iiv;ih! Is.'lfi. 
 
 1 AM (•uinnmiuliMl to ili'iiiro tliiit Villi will .-l:it(' to lionl (ilcnclj: with loi-iioi I to tlic 
 Alt '■ lor (lci'|iotiiii^ tlif K;ist l{ivi'i' cit' I'ictim." lliiit tlic rct'iri nrc liicri'iii to tlic ijrnnt 
 to Ilis laic Uoyiil Ilifihiioss the Diikc ot' York, !»|i[icar.'i to my Lcnls to lie wholly 
 mlll(M•^■^^a^v lis ri'irardj llii' iiiiriin-t- i'onli'iii].l:itiil liy ll.c Ait, i-iiiro it would m'imii to lip 
 <Hiitt' sutlicicnt tliut the |ir(aiiil)!<' of the Act ^llllllltl niVr in ^cui'riil tiTiii* to tlir ooni- 
 pntion l>y tho Miiiin-; A>soi'ialioii of tiic coal mines on the hanks of the river: ami mv 
 Lords (oneeivc that it would he incx]iedieiit on various con>idcnitions that thi" Act >hould 
 be assented to in its jiresent fhiijie. 
 
 In order, however, to prevent any unneecsy.iry delay in tlie uttiiinment of the iisel'iil 
 object for which the Act is intended to jirovide, my Lords would suii-xest tin in ?i;inify- 
 inj; the disallowance ol" it to the Lieutenant (ioMriior of Nova Scotia, he ini;ilit be 
 a])i)rised, that if the Act were altered by the recital in the jireamble. of the occupation of 
 the mines by the Company, without udvertm^ specilieally to the lease from His late Koyai 
 llifjhness the Duke ol' York, the f;rant to wliom \~, us Lord (ileueli; is aware, at jiresent 
 the Mubject of liti^^ation in this country, and by the mnission oi' the siibse(|ueiit clause 
 rc'latinif to that {{rant, the objection to it in its present I'miu would be removed, and that if 
 the local Le;,'islature should .-ee lit to pass a new Act thus amendi'd. the l/ieiitenaiit (iover- 
 uor inii^ht be authorised to assent to its bcinpr cariicd into inunediati' etlici. 
 
 Npva Scotia. 
 
 (No. 4.) 
 
 Sir, Downing-strei t, 2.1 September IH.'lf). 
 
 Among the subjects whieh have come under my review since I received tlie 
 charf^e of this department, my attention hits been esi)eeiiilly directed to the 
 pendini!i: (pirstion relatinc; to the scliool lands in Nova Scotia. Vtiriotis circum- 
 stances liave prevented Her Majesty's (iovenimciit arriving at a decision on 
 this important sulijcct at an earlier moment. The Act (No. l!»(>r) passed ))y the 
 Assembly durinjj; their last Session for the appointment of trustees for school 
 lands, was only received on the .')th ultimo, and much time has necessarily been 
 occupied in weighins;; the representations against the confirmation of that Act, 
 which have been submitted by the Bishop of Nova Scotia, and in obtaining the 
 opinions of the law officers of the Crown on tiiose points of law in which the 
 question wiis involved. 
 
 Those representations and opinions have been fuUv considered ; I am now 
 enabled to communicate to you the views of Her Majt'sty's Ciovernmcnt on 
 this subject. 
 
 The real ])oints which Her Majesty's Cioverninent have had to determine 
 have been the value and extent of the claims which hiive been preferred by the 
 Bishop of Nova Scotia, on behalf of tlie Society for tiie Propagationof the(ios- 
 pel, to the jjossession of these lands for the use of schoolmasters of the 
 Established Church. The decision of the Crown as to the confirmation or 
 disallowance of the Actrecently passed by the provincial Legislature has neces- 
 sarily been dependent, in a great degree, on the success or ftiilure of that claim ; 
 and 1 shall proceed, therefore, in the first place, to explain to you the opinions 
 which have been formed on those ])oints by Her Majesty's Government, after a 
 most careful examination of the whole subject. 
 
 The claim advanced by the Bishop of Nova Scotia extends to the whole of 
 the lands set apart for educational objects, whether ah*eady appropriated to 
 those purposes, or already vested by the Provincial Act of 1 r<JG in the hands of 
 trustees for the use of schools. Her Majesty's Government are of opinion that 
 the Society lor the Propagation of tht; Gospel, although not possessed of a strictly 
 legal right, have established an equitable claim to that portion of the land 
 which is already occupied and improved, and they consider that the Society 
 should be left in the entire and unreserved possession ot it for the purposes to 
 which it is at present dedicated. Setting aside any other considerations the 
 Society, in connection with the Established Church of England and Ireland, 
 have, by the extent and efficiency of their arrangements for dispensing the 
 benefits of education throughout the province, entitled themselves to the full 
 enjoyment of this property. 
 
 You will have collected from what I have now stated, that it is not my inten- 
 tion to advise Her Majesty's Government to assent to the Act passed in the 
 last session of the provincial Legislature, entitled " An Act to provide for the 
 
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 llETlliN IlKLATINd TO 
 
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 f -^ :'i 
 
 NoTa Scotia. Stlcctioii mid Appoint iiKiit (if I rustics of L'iiiil> ;;i:iiit('(l. rcscrvcil or oMitTwise 
 
 allottt (I a> School l.iinds, or for Sclr/ol> in this Province." Tiic Ici;!il opinions 
 
 wliii'li iiavc l)ccn tal\cn on tliis Ad, • .»nfinn the douhl wiiich was I'litcitaincd 
 1)V tlic (iovcnuncnt as to the coinpcteni'v of tiie h)cal Ij'gi>hitiirc to exercise 
 this jurisdiction over the hauls in (lue^tion. 'I'he Ai-t p;i>-ed i> open to tlio 
 titron^j ohjection tiint it «\tends to all lands oriLrinally reserve*! or i;ranted for 
 the pur|)oses of schools, which must he plaiidy improper, .so far ;is relates to 
 lands vested in trustees iii))i;.inted from tinu- to time hy the (Jovernor. Kvcii 
 if tiie claim of the Society had hciii altoj;etlier rejected, still the p'roperty not 
 having ijcen found to lie with ihem, would devolve on the Orown, and l)e di.s- 
 posahlc by the Crown, and not hy the local Legislature. MiU independently of 
 what I have already stated, it api>ear.-> to me that tlie Act is liable to this other 
 Rra\c ohjection. that it seeks h\' a direct exercise of power to enforce a settle- 
 ment of a cpu'stion emhodyimr many iiiiportant points of pro])rietary ri;^ht and 
 c(piitaldc consideration, which lould only he s,iii>faetnrily arranged, ..f'ter a full 
 c'xa:iiinati()n of the jiroumis on which the chiims of the parties were Ibuiuh'd ; 
 nt the •-ame tinu' 1 slioidd wi.-h it to he (li>tiiictly umler-tood tliat Her Majesty's 
 Goveniinent do not exjircss any di.ssenl from tlie <i;eneral vie>»s which the Legis- 
 lature a])pear to entertain, were they to l)e a|)plied to a matti r on whi(;h they 
 could h«' .allowed to operate, with justice to the ("rown and fairness to other 
 parties. 
 
 Should the provincial Lepslat arc undertake the settlement of rules for the 
 ajtplieation of future jrrants. Her .Majesty's (Jovernment will readily concur in 
 the provisions of this .Act fur th;' mana!<einent of iiny hinds whicii may here- 
 after, tnmi lime to tinu', he devot<'d to ediicaticmal purposes. 
 
 I will even go further to meet the views of the Provincial Legislature. \Vith 
 reference to the utioecupied portion of the lands already ■jranted, Her .Majesty's 
 Government are not prep.ired to ailmil the claim of the Society. Neither are 
 they prepared to state the mode of appropriatini which it would be just and 
 proper to adopt with reirard to this portion of the lands. I entertain strong 
 doubts whether in departin;^ from the view taken by the Society, as to tluiir 
 equitable title to these lands, also, it mijiht not he proper, in a cert dn degree, 
 to (pudify that dissent and to admit their claim to a jjortion of them, lier 
 Majesty's Government feel every disposition to meet the views of the Snciety 
 and to aid their exertions for this jiri-at public object, and it vvotdd i)rovc highly 
 satisfactory to them, if by mutual concessions on the p.art of the parties 
 interested, this end)arrassing (piestion c.inM be satisfaet,)rily arranged. I would 
 therefore suggest for your consideration, whether it might not be practicable 
 to relieve the Government from the further discussion of tliis question by t'oe 
 appointment of a commission, which might distinguish those lands upon which 
 the care and the funds of the Society liad been bestowed, from those which had 
 been left altogether waste and unprofitable. I'pou the report of such commis- 
 sion might he founded some measure in the provincial Legislature, with the con- 
 currence of the Government, by which a partition of these reservations should 
 be made, leaving one portion for the support of the schoolmasters of the .Society, 
 and the other to the pnr))oses of education generally. .Some such arrangement, 
 provided it were so clearly defined as not to lead to litigation, although it 
 wouUl not meet the claims of either ])iirty, nught be accepted by both as a 
 means of reconciling those differences which caimot be protracted without 
 injury to the province generally, and more particularly to that important object 
 whichj|all parties have in view. 
 
 I have, Ike. 
 
 Sir C. Campbell, &c. &c. &c. (signed) J. Russell. 
 
 ; il! 
 
 ::.: t 
 
 Lord John Russell to Sir C. Camphtll. 
 
 ("Extract.) 
 (No. 12.) 
 
 Downing-street, 1 1 November 1839. 
 The Act, No. I960, in further amendment of the Act relating to ceme- 
 teries, provides for the exchange of a piece of land belonging to the Master 
 General and Board of Ordnance, which the Commissioners of Public Ceme- 
 teries are desirous of possessing. The Ordnance department had this subject 
 
 under 
 
6»*) 
 
 COI.OMAI. ini.I.S (NOUTM AMI'KICA). 
 
 3« 
 
 uiuliT llicir ciiiisiidciatiDn in the uioiith nf l''«l)niiin la>t, fur on tin- I Ith of 
 that niontli tln-v luUlii-ssnl a coMininnicati'in to my pn'tliu-cssur. statin:,' tht- 
 conditions upon wliich tln-v were willin:; to accfdc to tin- pmposid cxclianitt' ; 
 and I tinii liint liis Lnrdship tran>niitti'd a coin- of tliat ronununication to vou 
 for Aoiir jinidancc in his Hcspafch of thi- Md Nlarcli la*t. 
 
 [laving rcfi-rrcd tlic Act. No. I'.MtO.tu th<' consideration of thi- Master ( itmnil 
 an 1 Bo!>rd of ( )rdiiance, they have informed me tliey eoiij-idi-r it neees-arv timt 
 it >l:(>iild emiiraec tlte terms specified in their lettrr of tlie 1 Itli l"elirnar\-.' 
 
 'I'lu- Act in (piestiun. whieli lias a su^pendini; elanse, will, ihereture, not 
 receive llcr .Nhij( sty's continnati .11 until it sliall have heen amended in the 
 manner pointed out. 
 
 Tlie .\er. No. "JOdS, jirovidinir for 'In- settleiuent of cfjuitahle claims upon 
 real estate in certain ca>es. has formed tin- snltject of a protest hy parties who 
 are i ntitled to estates in reversion or remainder, hut who would, inider the 
 operation of tlrs Hill, he deprived of their interest in property, on account of 
 the tenant fo- life not havini; actively interfered to jirevent the unlawCul 
 occupation of the land hy tnspitsser-, it heiiii; imi)ossil)le lor persons so entitled 
 in reversion or remainder to take any etteetual steps aiiaiiist such trespassers 
 until tiicy shouUl hecome entitled to the actual possession. 
 
 Having consulted the law officer- of the Crowu on the validity of this ohjec- 
 tion, anil they having reported it to he insuperable, and ihat the ihll contains 
 many other oljjectiunahle clauses, I cannot advise Her .Majesty to allow it to 
 pass into a law by the Koyal confirmation. 
 
 Nora SrotU. 
 
 Lord John RusspU to Viscount Falldand. 
 
 (Extract.) 
 (No. 71.) 
 
 Downing-street, .30 August 1841. 
 I HAVK received your Lordship's Despatch (No. .'>(>) of the I2tli .Vpril last, 
 trausiuitting an Act passed by the Legislature ol Nova Scotia, with a suspend- 
 ing clause, oil the 10th of that month (No. 2158\ " for facilitating the llecovery 
 of Seamen's Wages." Your Lordshii)'s Despatch iilso enclosed two addresses to 
 the Uui'(n from the Legislative Council and House of Assembly, praying Her 
 Majesty's assent to this Act, aiul likewise the draft of a Bill proposed hy the 
 Judge of the Vice Admiralty Court on the same subject. I have had the honour 
 of laying these addresses bcifore Her .\l.ajesty, when Her Majesty was pleased to 
 command that the subject should be referred to the ( onsidcration of iler 
 Majesty's legal advisers. * * ******** 7\fter receiving 
 that rc])ort I have found it impossible to advise the tlueen tc allow this .\ct, and 
 Her Majesty does not therefore propose to confirm it. 
 
 \f\ 
 
 (No. 38.) 
 
 Sir, Downing-street, 30 September 181/. 
 
 I HAVE had under my consideration the two under-mentioned .Acts ])assed by 
 the Legislature of Nova Scotia in the montli of .March last, intituled No. 2r !•'>), 
 " An Act in addition to and altering the Acts for establishing Regulations for 
 the disposal of Crown Lands within the Province," and (No. 27H), " An Act 
 relating to the Crown Land Department of this Province." 
 
 I have not failed to lay before the Queen the address transmitt( d in your 
 Despatch, No. 23 of the 1st April, from the House of Assembly rf Nova Scotia, 
 praying Her Majesty to pass the former of these laws ; but it has not been in 
 my power to advise Her Majesty to comply with that address of tiie Assembly, 
 for the following reasons. 
 
 It is proposed by this Act to reduce the price to be |)aid for ungranted or 
 escheated and wilderness lands in Nova Scotia from \ s.Q d.to I s. st' ling per 
 acre, the former price having been fixed as the maximum upset price by an 
 Act passed in the Session of 1843, and continued for three years by an Act 
 passed in the course of last year. 1 have reason to believe that much incon- 
 
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 vciiicricp lia? rcsiiltod from fr('(|ueiit ch.'iiiin's in the ])rict' of Crown Iiiiuls in the 
 North Aincrlciin oolonit;*, and I coiiNidcr tliat it woiihl not hv advi-ialiic to 
 sanction tlii' rt'iHul of a law passed !-o rrccntly us hist year, to coiitinui* provi- 
 sions uliich thf present Aet would necessarily alter ; hut independently of those 
 ohjections, I am far from lieinu; satisfied that any reduction in the price of 
 Crown lan<ls woidd facilitate the ohjects conteuij)lated l)y the Act, of i)roinotinj; 
 the settlement and iniprovenieiii of the country, or of suhstantially assisting 
 the emigrant. 
 
 It has, on a former occasion, heen eon>i(!ered l)y Her Majesty's (Government 
 that tiie rate of I .v. 9 </. jjcr acre for land in Nova Scot'a was too low when it 
 is a maximnm as well as minimmn ])ri<!e ; hut. in defcicnce to the superior local 
 knowledfjc of the Lieutenant (ioveru'r, and advcrtiiia; to the inferiority of the 
 soil of Nova Scotia, as comjiared witii tliat of theadjoininjr provinces, the ohjec- 
 tions of Her Majesty's (iovernnKUt to that h)w v^duati' n were not, at tlu- time, 
 insisted on ; uiuier tln-se circumstances to reduce now to I ,v. ])er acre, tlie price 
 actually cstahlished hy law, is a ))ro|)osal, which, if carried into effect, would in 
 my judiiinent ])rovc the reverse of advantai,'eous to th,- real interests of the 
 Colony ; it would not only tend to diminish the v;duc of landed property, and 
 he unjust in its o))erution towards those ))ersons who h;ive heen re(|iiired to 
 pay a liii;her price for th'' lands which tliey ohlaincd from the Crown, i)ut it is 
 also more than questionahlc whether any re;d advaiitai^e wouhl accrue to those 
 w'lo were cnahled to ohtain land at s> cluai) " ''""*• 
 
 \\ hat is re(|uisitc for the heiietit of purchasers of waste land, and more 
 esj)ccially of emiirraiits who v\i>h to mUIc upon the hitherto unoccupied territory 
 of the ])r()vincc. is not that land slmuld he sold at a lower jjrice, i)ut that 
 the ]iricc ])iiu\ for it should he so laid out iis to facilitate its protitahle occu- 
 pation. 
 
 U])on this point 1 have to call your attention to the following observations 
 which I had lately occasion to make to the (Jovernor General of Hriti-h North 
 America in reyiard to a ])lan of systematic colonization which was projected in 
 Canad.'i. I stated, that ** What seems to he most re(|uire(l, is, to carrv further 
 than lias yet been done the ))rinciple of making ;dl who ohtain land i)ay for it 
 such a price as at once to afford the means of eliecting those improvements, by 
 the construction of roads and bridges, and by erecting schools and other public 
 buildings which are neci ssary for its regular and systematic occupation. If no 
 jmblic lands were idienatcd but at ■\ ])rice sufficient to ])ay for such improve- 
 ments, and if the money obtained from their sale were so cxixuded, land would 
 only be purchased wliere the ini])rovements were already in progress, while the 
 settler, receiving in return for the enhanced jjrice he paid for land, not only the 
 land, but the advantage of those works by waich its profitable occupation is 
 faci'itattd. would not in reality pay more, perhaps not so much, for the mere 
 land, as when it is disposed of at a very low and almost nominal rate. 
 
 With regard to the Act making alterati'jus in the Crown L.-'.nd department in 
 Kova Scotia, I have to state that I have no reason to suppose that the measure 
 which the Legislature has thought proper to pass on this subject is defective in 
 point of detail. But it is open to the objection that it makes provision for the 
 regulation of offices which cannot at present bt? regarded as other than |)ro- 
 visional, whilst the question relating to the surrender of the Crown revenues of 
 Nova Scotia, in exchange for a civil list, continues unadjusted. Until that 
 questit)n he determined on a complete and satisfactory basis, it would be 
 premature to sanction such arrangements as are provided for in this Act. 
 
 You will communicate this Despatch to the House of Assembly in answer to 
 their addresses to you of the SOtli and 31st March, at the same time assuring 
 tliem of Her Majesty's readiness to assent to any measures which may appear 
 to be really calculated to promote the settlement of the ter;itory of Nova 
 Scotia, and place so important a department of the provincial administration 
 as the management of the waste lands upon a permanent and economical 
 footing. 
 
 I have, &c. 
 
 Sir John Harvey, (signed) Grei/. 
 
 &c. &c. &c. 
 
COLONIAL BILLS (NOP"'" AMEllKA). 
 
 33 
 
 i"l 
 
 NEW BHUXSWICK. 
 
 New nriiii>uirk> 
 
 (No. \\2.) 
 
 Sir. I)(nMiiiiy;-«)tre('t, 3 .I.iiiuary iMno. 
 
 Tiu Lords ("ciiiiiiiif'ioiicis of Her Majcslv's Tna-iii v have liail iiiidcr tlu'ir 
 coiisidiiatidii two Afts piisscd l>y tlic I>'L;i-latiiii' ot Nrw Hniiiswick liiirinu; 
 tlicir lii"t. Session, intitiili'd " An Act to iiicor|ioiati' sundry l*i rsmis, liv tlif name 
 of the President, Dircflor.-, and ( oni|aiivof tlit; Mir.miiclii liank.' (No. IL'tiil; 
 and " .\n Act to increise tlie (aiital Stuck tf tlic ("liarlind ('( iinly Hank, and 
 to amend llii' Ait incor|ioratini; the same,'' (No. 11. "i"). 
 
 'I'lie Liivd* (if tile Trea>nr\ are otdpiidon iliat in tlie<c Act- many pr vi-ions 
 ot ^reat iiii|iortaiicc have liecii omitted In tliat relatiu:: to tlic Miiainichi ISaiik, 
 1 1, ere is n > clause i)roliii)ilinu: the i«-sue of notes loi' sums u-ider 1 /, or tlic making; 
 of loans on niortijasic oi' on [liedues of land-, liousi s, ships, or jjfood*, uhetlier 
 a.s din ct or collateral -eciiriiy, or jn-ovidinu- for tiie lorleiini'' of tlie pri\il u;es of 
 tlie conijiiiiv on tlii'ir sns|)en-ion of payim lit- in specie, cir otiiei infractinn ot the 
 nxirr nmiii ial eonditioMs of inc. rpnrafi'in. Their I.ord-ldps al-o con-ider as in-nf- 
 ficicnt the provisions relauiiir to payincnf ol the iioti s that o ay be issied hy 
 tlie conii)aiiy at the |)lare of is-ne. in specie on demand, to the paynu nt of 
 divji'iiids to sliarclmiilers out of profits only, and to the preparation and p i)ii(:a- 
 tion of statrirents showing the avera;j;o aiimutit of t'le as-ets am! ii.biliiie-, of the 
 eompimy diiriii}! each hall-yearly perioil ; and tin} moreover disappmve the 
 unneiessarily Ioul: period which appears to lie allowed for pa\ iny up the second 
 moictv of till' capital. 
 
 With respect to the Act n latin;,' to the Chart' red County Bank, the Lords 
 of the 'IVi a-niy observe, that it not only autlmiises an increase of the capital of 
 that e-t;il)li^hment, but hkewise i-xlends all the existini- ])o\vt rs and privileges 
 of the company, which, under t!ie orii;inal Act of Incorporation, would expiie 
 in the year Lsil.*), lo the 1st M;iy IHijo. Their I.oidships, therefore, consider 
 that this Act nmst be held to he ojuivideiit lo a fresh Act of Incorporation, and 
 oiijjht not theretore to be confirmed, iiidess acconijianied by the same couilitioiis 
 and securities as it is thon;jht necessary to require in the case of the other luivvly 
 proposed establishment. 
 
 As these Acts contain clauses snspendiny^ their operation until Her .Majesty's 
 ph asurt- shall lie declared nspectinuf them, 1 shall abstain from brin^iiii.;- th 'in 
 underthe notice of Her Majestv in Council, until the Lei^ij-laMne of New |)iun<- 
 wick shall have had an opportunity of considerinf; and of rermd'. iiiu; the 
 olijeelions stated to them. 1 have therefore to rei|Uest that j-oii will comnnnieate 
 the substance of this Despatch to the Legislative Council and Mouse of Assembly 
 at their next meeting. 
 
 I have, &e. 
 
 Sir John Ilarvcy, (signed) Gleiidg. 
 
 &c. &c, &c. 
 
 (No. 1 84) 
 Sir, Downing-stnt't, 4 September 1843. 
 
 I HAVE lo acknowledge the receipt of your Despatch, No. 38, of the '.iOtli 
 April last, transmitting certifii d copies of two Acts which had been passed by 
 the Legislature of New Biuiiwick; the first. No. 1432, entitled " An Act le- 
 latmji to the Collection of iJuty on Timber and other Lumber;" and the second. 
 No. 1-133, entitled "An Act to establish indry Reguhitions for the futu.e 
 disposal of Timber and other Lumber cut on Crown Jvinda." 
 
 Each of these Acts contains a clause suspending the operation of it until Her 
 Maje^ij'o pleasure shall have been signified. 1 transmit for your information 
 the accompanying copy of the opinion of the Queen's Advocate and of Her 
 Majesty's Attorney and Solicitor General, in answer to questions proposed to 
 them respecting the Act for the collection of duty on timber and other lumber. 
 
 For the reasons assigned in that opinion, Her Majesty will abstain from con- 
 firming the Act to which it refers. 
 
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 'I III' .\<i to 1 -t,il(li»!i r« ;:iil;iti(iiis Inr tin- il 
 
 I (>r liiiilii r aii'l oiiiir luMilirr 
 
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 cut on ( rowii liiinK must, nt ccui'm-, I>i' iIi-|i<)<i'>I ><{' m tijc siiiiii' in niiicr ii" iiie 
 first-inciitiiiii' <| Act, \tt «lii(h it \* ^ii|i|'lriiiciit.irv anil iiM\ili;iry. \,\f\\ wifioiit 
 rrlrii iici' to iliis ci iic'iisi\c I'lijictinn tluTo wc.iilil liavi' Ih'i'd jfrr.il ilitlii iiify in 
 cHinfinniiiL: tlii>< Art. \Vithi)iit miy iircvioiit iniiniatinn ol tlic Ilnal |iliM>iirc, 
 it n|i(Ml-. ■.\ part i»l the Civil hi-i Act. It ;xrani'< «iili no siiHiiicnt r a-'Hi c xtcn- 
 rivc |irivilr^)> t>> till' iivMici> (if inilU in artiml njciation, anil it i!< c> ii'it i('i|uii'<> 
 flic paMnciil in n aiiy inoiu-v ot ilic tec rc(|nii°i'il Inr ilir tiiiiluT liccii-c 
 
 Kriitn ill' ^tat< intMitK contained in ynnr l)cs|iatcli, and in the U 'inils acc<>in> 
 pinyinn it, I, liowcvtr, conrlmlc tl. at the |ircwnf sytciii of tinlicr license* re- 
 quires inoililicaiiiiii ; lliat it i-> ex|ieiisive in it:^ wurkiti;;; ; iiinl that iimlcr >heltc,' 
 of it fraiuU arc t oniinitte I, which niltiot! the actual ie<ci|its niucli lieinw tlieii 
 just aiiioiinr. 
 
 As you ill e fully aware nl tlie«e evils, 1 trust th it ym will he alilc to ohviate 
 tlieiu hy Hilo|itiiig, wiiii the mlvicc of the lv\i ciitix*' roiiiicil of New Uniitswick, 
 Miine such arianfjcnient a< that to which yoe ve'er in the latter part of your 
 DcH|iatcli. 
 
 Sir Wiliiatn C'olehrodke, I have, .S;c. 
 
 &,c. &e. &c. (*ii;ue(l) Stanley. 
 
 (No. ii»7.) 
 Sir, I)owniii>r-!itri'ct, 14 Octohir 1«43. 
 
 I iiAVK hid under my (onsideratinn an Act ija-sed hy liu- Leiii>l,it re of New 
 IJruiiswick, with u suspendinj^ chiiise, on the 11 th April hist, for r> •:;u!atin^ the 
 currciK^y of that pioviiun- (No. « j.iS). 
 
 I have no ohjectioii to oflcr to lliis Act, except as ref^aids the valuations 
 assigned for some of the coiu:? specified iu it ; ami, as the^e valuatimis are not 
 correctly adjusted according to the intrinsic worth of the coins, «ith itfereuco to 
 their contents iu pure metal and to the relative values of gold and silver, it 
 appears that tlie object of the Act could not he attained without some inoditica 
 tion of the comparative rates assigned for the coins. 
 
 I observe that the values in the provincial currency of coins mentioned 
 Alt are as follows ; viz. : 
 
 £. 
 The Enfjlish sovereign ..... i 
 
 The I'leneh crown piece _.,.._ 
 
 The I'.ngiish crown |)iece ---_._ 
 Ihe Spanish South American or United States dollar 
 The i;old eagle of the United States 
 
 But, considering the dollar to have been the coin principally circulating in the 
 Province, and to he pidperly rated at 5.s. currency, the Ibllowing should he the 
 rates of the oiher coin'< ; viz. : 
 
 in the 
 
 4 
 
 — 5 
 
 — C 
 
 — 5 
 2 10 
 
 d. 
 
 The sovereign ... 
 
 The English crown 
 
 The ea"le of the United States 
 
 £. 
 
 - 1 
 
 - 2 
 
 s. d. 
 
 4 - 
 
 6 - 
 
 3 
 
 I do not advert to the French crown piece, as this ci in is not now fabricated, 
 and has con.seqiiently been omitted from the currency Acts, both of Canada and 
 Nova Scotia. 
 
 Under these eircnmstanees Her Majesty cannot be advised to confirm the 
 present Act ; but you will avail yourself of an early opportunity of n commending 
 the Le^'islativc Council and Assembly of New Brunswick to pass another Act, in 
 which the proper rates mentioned in this Despatch should be assigned to the 
 coins of the Province. 
 
 Sir W. Colebrooke, 
 &c. &c. &c. 
 
 I have, &c. 
 (signed) Stanley. 
 
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6o 
 
 COLONIAL UILliS (N'OlUil .VMl^Kld). ^ 
 
 (No. .}ii.) 
 
 Sir, I>iiwiiiin;.«friit. IH A ii;ii*i Isi... 
 
 1 IIAVK Im<I iiiiilt-r cuKiiliriitioii the Act fifsi'il l)y lli<- L"u;i«l.itiiri> nf N'i>w 
 Bruii»«i. k in tlio itinntli of Miircli l.i«t (No. l.'i.l't, with a sii*|niiiliiit; claii-c, in 
 aiitli<iri><' ilic s.ilr cit' i;( I'titiii l.iuil-> in tlif countv ot° Vork l.i'loiiuin;r t<> tii<- iuii> 
 Mr. W. r, O.Ml. . I. T... -.•,!. 5cc. 
 
 I (l.f ind it ri^lit. Hi llir lii-i iii«t iiiii', lo roliT tliii Aft t'oriln' cuii'iclrr.iiioii 
 of till' law tilHcirs (tf tilt' (jowii in thin co.itilrv. I triiiisinit licrwicli .i oijiv ol 
 tile ri'|) It ^liii'li t1if\ have ina'li' to nic in ri'plv lo tliat ri't'i-ri'iirc. 
 
 AilviTlihi; lu tliat ri I'lii't, I liivo tn u<'i|ii.iiiii vu ili.it it will im' Ik' m my 
 pDWtT 10 ailvi>' llic Qiiti'ii ti iiiaki' a;is' orli-r li>v tlif i' riln in iii m m)' tlii-* 
 Act. 
 
 I have, ice. 
 
 tSir W. (lolc'iruiikc. («if;n'(|) .Stmi/i'i/. 
 
 &.C. wV..'. \c. 
 
 N<» Driiiitwiik. 
 
 (No. 14.) 
 
 Ml', Dowiiiiin-stiVfl, 'it Jiiiii- Is.'i-i. 
 
 I iiAVi; had iinilir iiiv conoid ration lii" Act pas-cil hy the Li"j;i»laturf of New 
 Briinsv\iik in the 1110 ,th of Ai'r.l la-t, t'lititliMl " An Act to I'X' Uitlo i crt liii 
 Pcr^oii^ from siuin-i' a- .Mciiilii'i> o the Lcifi-hii i vf Council of ihi- IVoxiucu" 
 (No. 214 1). traiisiiiiltil in >ir Ldiiiiiud ilci.l's l)i>jiattli, .No. 17, of (he iuii of 
 April. 
 
 I conceive tlii.s A"t to he o|irii to XiTV grave ulijections, heciiiisf its film lions 
 not oidv inteif 're directly uith the Itoyal i)reriig itivc, lint al-o havi t'le elle.t of 
 removing- the l.ogi-Iativi' Coiineiilor fioiii his offiee, l»y diM|iialifviiin- thi' i;i-ho|j 
 of the I'roviiice froiii i x rci-iii.; the [irivihi;.' coiiferre I irion him hv til' (.'lo.vn 
 of sitiiii^- ill tile Coniail. 
 
 I have til i> fore considered it necessary to advi>e Her Majesty lo di~ail iw the 
 Act, and I transmit iiciewitli the noeessary onlrr of the Q'lein in ('oii.icil lor 
 that liUipose. 
 
 I liavr, &e. 
 
 The Olfici r iidiiii|ii-ieriiiir (si;^iicd) J. Pd/dii^loii. 
 
 the (ioveniiiieiit. 
 
 Right Honoiira' le Sir J')fiii Piilti)i<j,iou to (Joveinor the Monaniable 
 
 //. Mitiimm iSiitfoii. 
 
 (Extract.) 
 (No. 70.) 
 
 l)o\vnin"-strpef, 22 Noveiiibi'r IH.Mi. 
 I H.WE to ackiiouled^e your Dospafch, \ /. 11, of 31sr .Inly la-t, forw irdiii}];- 
 an Act, No. 2520, |)a<seil hy tlic L('j>'isiuture of New Drniiswick (with a sus- 
 pending clause), "relatinif to certain exeiiiptions Ironi duty.' 
 
 2. By this Act certain special privileges ar; conferred upon the United States 
 as regards the irade wit 1 the Pi.i .;'" St. Stepiiea's, viz. — 
 
 l6t. Timber exported to the United Stttes trom the Port of St. .Stephen's 
 is exempted from export liuty. 
 
 2(1. Vessels arriving at the Port of St. Stepiien's from tiie United States 
 are exempted from lighiliouse, liarbour, and otlierdiies. 
 
 3. LoLiisl.itioii conferring exclusive privileges of coniinerce is opposed to tlie 
 comniereial policy which this country has deliherately adopted; and, in the 
 present case, besides the ohjection pointed out by yourself, arising from the dis- 
 tinction cstalilished between the Ports of St. Stei)hen and other ports of tiie 
 Colony, the exeinprions proposed to be established in favour of tlie United .States 
 are inconsistent with many of 'the commercial treaties which have been entered 
 
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 New llnintwiii. into liv fiic.it Diiliin Willi ('■triimi ^^t^tpn, aii<l wliirli ro ituiii urticloit (coniniiinly 
 ^~' kiMiMii 'IS till' iii>i-.t t'.ivniiri'<| iiiitiiiii't rhinit) iiMiIrr wliirii a |iiirtici|iuti>iii m «iich 
 
 tXfiii|)tiuii- toiilil jii-tl> li.' tliiiiintl liv tlm-' St.iir». 
 
 4. On iliiM! uroiXKl^ i' .i|)|H'tir'« lo 11' r Miiji>i\'» (invt rriiunt iliit hir 
 Majesty citiiiiot li)> |iM)|inly mUi-cil to Mtiiiiioii tliit Ai!i As it coiit.iitm h 
 !>ii»l c'iiiliii|^ claiix', it nmII tli< It Iuil' niniiiii uitlmut tfll'tct. 
 
 NtwrciiiiKilnnil. 
 
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 XMWKdl'XDI.AM). 
 
 (No. 153.) 
 
 I)uvviiiiii( Mtri'ot, -2.5 Miiivli 1H14. 
 
 I iiAvi: itrciM'd yoiii |)r<|i;it('|i niiiiilx ri'd H, and ilatfd th<- :ilsl .laiiuiry lKt4, 
 in ('X|i'anati<)ii (if ilic iiioii\i's '.Wiidi led to tijr t'liaeiiiii'iit liy liic l.r^islatiire of 
 Ni'xvfoiiiidlaiid ot llio lociii Htaliitc id' <l \ it t. c. I), alnlisliiii;: tin; oiitig now 
 l»y law takiii by il c iiu'ti'!) rs of that liody, and siiiistitutinj^ tin: oatli of alle- 
 ^diincc iiijitciid llicii; !', 
 
 As tills Act is sii-i I'lidfd for ilir ^i<;iiitlta'ioii of Her Maj sty'n pi a'siiri', it 
 ttill not he in iiiv iiovcr to advijif Her .Majesty to fimtirin it. 1 d > not > ntor nil 
 tlie (|iic9tioii wliitlicr it is or is not lij^iit that the oaths at [ir-.-sciit riciuiu'd Inmi 
 tliK various ineiiilit'rs of the Li'n!<lutui'c sliouM lie dis|ic!iSL'd with, I'xei'iitiii^ only 
 the outh nf nlh'^riiiiici-. My (djjcctioit to this Act is of uiio'h: r kind. 
 
 If tilt' txi"itiii(r oatiis arc ri'HidiVil iindtr tliu authority of Pariianu'iit, it is 
 only bv the Haiiu- authority that tlii' oi)li<:ati()ii of taking tlioni can !>.' annulled. 
 If (as I rather iindt istaud the cise) that ol)li;:ation i-> iinjxwed liy the Queen, in 
 the exercise of Her Majest.'s Itoyal |)rerojj;ativc, the proiier course of proieediiig 
 wonUI bo that the Liwislature should address ihe (iuren to discontinue that exer- 
 cise of iJer Maje.-ty's autlioiity. On either su|)|)ositioii, au /Vet of tlie loeal 
 Legislature is an unlit method of introduoiu^ such a eliange. 
 
 I have, &c. 
 
 Governor Sir John liarvey, (signed) mtaidey, 
 
 &c. S:c. &c. 
 
 (No. 201.) 
 
 Sir, Downiny-street, 8 February 1845. 
 
 1 HAVK received from you an Act, pass d by the Legislature of New found laud, 
 in .April 1844 (No. 29), for the regulation of the copper coinage, with a sus- 
 pendini: ciaui^e. 
 
 As this is a subject the consideiation of which comes peculiarly within the 
 province of the Lords Coinnii^sioners of the Treasury, I have thought it light to 
 refer the Act to that Board, and I enclose for your information and guidance, a 
 copy 01 the answer which I have riceived from their Lordships, stating the 
 reasons for recommending that this Act should not receive Her Majesty's con- 
 firmation. As I (|uile agree in tlie view taken by the Lords Commissioners, 
 I cannot advise Her Majesty to allow this Act to become the law of tiie 
 island. 
 
 I have, &c. 
 
 Governor Sir John Harvey, (signed) Stanley. 
 
 &c. &c. &c. 
 
 (Enclosure.) 
 
 Sir, Treasury Chambers, 3 February 1845. 
 
 With reference to your letter of the 18th October last, I am commanded by the Lords 
 Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury to request that you will state to Lord Stanley 
 that my Lords having had under consideration the Act of the Legislature of Newfound- 
 land (No. 29), relating to cojiner coinage, arc of opinion that the provisions of it are not 
 sufficient for die attainment of^the objects contemplated by the local legislative authorities 
 
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 LuimIk, lliiit till- rir'i'uliiliii;.Mnr<liuiii lit Nrw I'oiiiiiihiiiil i-niiii't- |>rln<'i|Mll\ n| iliilliir*, ihi/<«- 
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 lii'twi'i'ii Ni'wI.iiiiiilliiiiil rmri'liiy iiiiil tlir llrili-li ^Irrliiij:. i« ruii-iiliiril in In- ll.'W. 7.. hi/, 
 t'lirri'iiry tur Iliil/, uli'iliii^, Init tliiit llii' m tiiiil rxclian^r i- ii^iialU at a |>ri<iiiiiiiii I'ur 
 Hlrtliii;: 111' I til (i piT ri'iit. uliiiM- tliat rati', a" wmilil iialiirailv n-ull iVuiii tlir uM'i-xalii.i- 
 timi uf till' iliijlar, wliirli i^ mily ri|ui\ali'iit to li'iir -liilliii;:- ami Iwn jiriiri' i-tirhn;;. 
 
 My Liiiil- ilii mil titiil tliat any ^L'ttlril \aliir in riirrriiiy lia- liitlii'rtu liri'ii ii--i;:iiril 'o 
 Iiriti>li >ilM'r iir ciiiiiiiT riiiii!! ; lint nn aiKi'i'liii;,' in tin' riiiri'iny valurit is |ii'ii|ui'Ci| liy 
 tlic Art iiiiw ill iiiii'-itiiiti III ^ivi- till" Ilritisli rliilliiij;, ii." riiiii|iiiri'i| with llu' riili" nf fiv • 
 fliilliii;;.'! riiiTi'ni'V I'ur tin' dnllar wnrtli I'uur «iliillini{H und two |«'iirc Kti'tliii^, my 'inr 
 kii|in'lii'iii| tliiit UritiKli ciiinit, l'IiIilt iiilvi>i- nr i'ii|i|H'r, wiuilii lio I'xi'ltuk'il In '• 
 c'lri'iilatinii. 
 
 '\'iiii will t'lirthor Ktnto to Loril Staiili'v, tliiit if tlic information almv vt 
 
 reHlici'tiiif^ the rnrrciiry vuliiatinn of the (liillar at NcwCnnmllaiiil i-i I'lirri'ri, " a '.• 
 
 ilc-^iralili', n* a liri'liminary Ktcii to tlii' iiitrmlni linn nl' a ImIIi r '-I'unlatt .1 
 inoilinin, tinit 11 locikl Ai't kIiihiIiI Iii> iiaH-i'il, ilrrlariii;.' ilial llrili-li ininx nl'^'oli . 
 
 (•o|i|i('r uliall III' |Miid and ii-.'i'ivci'. in jtati^l'artinii of all li^il drmaniU i'X|iri'i" 1,, 
 
 till' rurri'iii>y of till' I'rovinri', at tin- rotr ol 24(i. inniiny In tlii' mimti'I^'i fu. .1 
 
 |irii|iiirtionati.' ra'i'< fur Kilvcr and cinipcr roiiiri as tliu said mUvi and i'oji|ii.'i- ijwijis hi'ur to 
 tlic I'livert'lun in cterli j; money. 
 
 •lami'K Stephen, Knq., 
 &c. &e. &c. 
 
 • • • 
 
 i have, i&i'. 
 (tijfned) ('. A'. Trtrili/nii. 
 
 Earl (ire^^ to Sir John Uarvei/. 
 
 (Extract.) 
 (No. 7.) 
 
 Wowniiijj-stifet, 27 .July IHJil. 
 
 The opiiiitiou of the Act, No. 58, is susiiemlctl for the sigiiificntioii of llcr 
 Miiji'>.ty's pliMSiire. 
 
 Her Miijesty's CJovrrnmont lime alreiuly given the most c(mclui<ive proof in 
 their imwcr of the regret ami empathy with which they liive regariied the 
 calatiiiloiis conflagration which iias destroyed so hirge a part id' tin- city id' 
 St. Joiin'8, Newfoundland; but their anxiety io mitigate that di.saster woiihl not 
 justify their advising tiie Queen to assent to an Act framed (<n iiie iissuinptiitu 
 that the guarantee of the British Treasury will be given to a loan to he rai-ed in 
 this country for rebuilding and improving the city. If tie hied L<gi-liitiiri! 
 should see tit to pass a law fur raising siieli a loan on the single seeiirity of the 
 local revenue, I foiesee no objection to such a measure, hut the Act, No. .">H, will 
 not be corifiriiicd. 
 
 (No. 4«.) 
 Sir, Downingstreet, January 18j4. 
 
 I HAVE had under my consideration the .Act (No. loO) |)i.ssed hy the Legi>l itiin; 
 of Newfoundland on the 15th of June last, for regulating tlie appropriation of 
 
 iiacket postage in that Colony, together with the address to the Queen from tin- 
 iouse of Assembly, enclo.sed in your Despatch, No. 6r>, of the lOih September 
 last, praying that the local post-office may be permitted to appropriate a si.tth 
 part of tiie packet to the purpose of defraying the salary and incidental expanses 
 of the Postmaster of St. John's. I have caused the address to hecoinnmnicated to 
 the Postmaster General, and I now transmit, for your information, a copy of his 
 Lordship's reply ; and I have to instruct you to acquaint the House of A-semhly, 
 that, for the reasons therein stated, I regret that it is not in my power to advise 
 Her Majesty to confirm the Act. 
 
 I have, &c. 
 Governor Hamilton, (signed) Newcastle. 
 
 &c. &c. &c. 
 
 539» 
 
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Ct«. 
 
 38 
 
 REIIRN KhLAllN(i TO 
 
 I'riiK'i; Kiluiinl 
 Ulaiid. 
 
 J»RL\CE EDVVAHJ) ISLAxND. 
 
 ' 
 
 h)r.l ./"/'" RiiSKellXn Sir Charles A. FitzUoif. 
 
 fExtnict.) 
 (No. .^) 
 
 Ddwiiiiifj-stieeJ, ;U October ix.'lB. 
 
 I itAVK 10 re(iu('>t your iitt( ntioii to tlie rolliiwin;.^ observations ou iho Act, 
 No. 51!(, for tbc Ueliff of th<* Aiticritaii I^nalisis. 
 
 'I'll! prfuiiiiilf (it'tlii-* Art hcts fortb tbe circiiiiistanccs iinrliT whicii <iriuit« of 
 liiiids ui'ii' inaiiv yciirs back made to (•dtaiii Aiin'riLaii Iciyalists, ami In.w it, bas 
 iia|>|)('iiril tbat tbc.'-o individuals or tbcir bcirs are not now \u possoj^sioii uf tbe 
 laiuU so ^raiitfU. 
 
 Tbe olijt CIS ol tbe |irtseul llill are to establish a commission for investi;; iting 
 the el.iiiiis of these persons or tlieir desrendents, and to provide for ibe satisfac- 
 tiiin (d'suib elaiiiisas may be e'«tal)lislu'd, partly l»y fjreint from the remainiiiif waste 
 lands id' tlio Ci'owii, and partly liy the a])plic itioii for tli if [nirpose of thi' lands 
 of the lirantei'S, or tiieir heirs, wiib whom the plan oriojiiati d in tbe var 1783, 
 o( .iliiiratin^ |iart> id' ihiir estates for ibe benelil of tbiit class of persons. Tbe 
 facts iiio tiio itripeifeetlv e.x|>laiiied in the prrainltle to admit of aiiv conlidi'iit 
 <i|iiniiin b ins;; for.ned as to the nim'its of the (|;iestioii< controveitcid lietwcen tbe 
 old proprietors and tlie luyali-ls. Indeed it is sc nci ly |;o<silile to ascertain 
 what inav b.ivc l)een the nature of tli()se tpiestioii*. All that ap|)iars is, that 
 the U! aiiti'i s, aniimirsi whom nearly the whole siirfiee of the island had been 
 divided, wire persons living in Eni^laiid without the slii>'httst iiitenlion of 
 residing; on the land-, assiifneil to them. Tiie .Vmericiin lnvalisis were at iirst 
 reganUd with o'reat i'avonr, btcaiise tlieir settlemenl in lb' island would increase 
 tbe value of tbe estatis of tbe ahse it'es; and to lenipt theni tbiiber, tiie otFer 
 was made of a surrender to them of cert;iiii parts of the wilderness, in tiie hope 
 tbat till' les might thus become an available snm'ce of emolument. Tbe project 
 was defeated l)y inisnnderstaii'ii:);' ami disputes. All this occurred 8(J years 
 ago. Tiiat tbe loyalists may have hcen defrauded, disappointed, and oppressed, 
 is but too probahle. That the laidt may b ive been tbeir ovvn, or jwrily so, 
 is no extreme iinprohability ; but the whole rests on i;'.)njecture an I surmise. 
 Assuming, however, as tbe local f.^'gislature have assumed, everything ag.iiiist 
 the proprietors, an I in favour of the loyalists, I cainiot allow that even 011 tbat 
 a-sumpti 11 tbii Actcaild be justified. For Iirst, alter a iapse of more tban half 
 a ce; tiiry of undi-tnr'ied iiiissi->ion by tbe old pioprietors, there is a prescriptive 
 title which I must advise the I'rown to respeci. 
 
 Secondly. — The effect o' this Hill would be to transfer to the Cominissiimers 
 to he iippniiiti d under it, not merely the proper fuuctiou of the tribunals, but 
 tbe p iwer of reviviig (piestions on which these tiibunals may have already 
 adjiiilicateii. 
 
 Tliir.ily. — The Bill affords no protection to hnw't fide purchasers of these lands 
 from ilie old proprietors, who acipiired them without notice of tbe remote and 
 dormant claims of the loyal sts ; and, 
 
 I'ourt!ily. — Tbe Legislature here assume a right to dispose of the waste lands 
 of the Ciowu which the Crown has never yet surrendered to their coiitrul. 
 
 For these reasons I should not feel myself justified in advising Her Majesty to 
 confiria tiiis 13ill. 
 
 (No. ,58.) 
 
 Sir, Downiiig-street, 31 December 1842. 
 
 T HAVK the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your Despatch, Xo. 57, of 
 the 11th ultimo, transmitting a report from the executive council of your 
 Government, together with your own report in answer to the objections contained 
 in my Despatch, No. 86, of the 20tb of August last, against the cmtirmation of 
 an Act passed bv the legislature of P'-ince J'.dward Island, No. 582, entitled 
 
 "A< 
 
G2^ 
 
 COLOM/VL I11I.L8 NOltTIl AMKKK \V 
 
 39 
 
 An Aet to authoriM- tlif ls>iit' nf a (' i|>|ht Cuiiia-c in tins Colony, and to pro- Prince linwanl 
 
 iiil)it ilic Cirt nliit of l^aso ('ii|i])' r- 
 
 lla^•in^i, con^iilerctl tliise n.]) jrt«, 1 liavi' to .loiiuaint yon tliut llir M;ij(.'.sty'>* 
 Govi rninriit liavc irsiolvcd not to !«ul)niii tlii* Ai-l to lUr M;iji>!y in * 'uun<Ml lor 
 the Uoyai assent. 
 
 I IliWC, &.1-. 
 
 (sigii'(l) Stiiiilti/. 
 Sir Htnry V. Huntley, 
 
 &c. itc. &c. 
 
 Ulaiid 
 
 (No. 8().) 
 
 Sir, DowninL'-Mrrct. 4 DcccihIht im.»h. 
 
 I iiAVK receivi'«l your Dfspatcli. No. 1 1(», of lin- 'ittli of ( )ctolMT. rt'porliniF 
 upon the memorial which Mr. t-amuel <'\Mi;inl had iiddressed to me, piayiiif^ 
 that Her Majesty's assent mifjlit not he uivi-n to an Aet pa>-sed liy llie Liicislature 
 of Prince Eclward Isl^md to authmise tlie issue dc navo of certain writs uncU'r 
 the Roads ( 'omi)en>aiion Aets in certain eases. 
 
 I refined tiiese Acts to Her Majesty "s Attorney and Solicitor (Jineral. and 
 they liave reported to me that, takinp; into consideration all the eiriMiMistanccs 
 stated in the memoiial of Mr. C'unard, and tlie lett'-r of the .Attuniev (Jenrrai 
 of the island, and nioie esp. cially the litiijatinn which li.is takin place lutween 
 the (iovernmcnt and the inoprietors of the lands in ipiestion r speetini; the 
 validity of the charfje soiifjh' to he imposed upon tluin, they are ut o|iMii'Mi 
 that it would not lie advisahle for Her Majesty li ;:;ive her sanction to iin .Act of 
 the lefjisl.iture for the express pnrinse of making these particular lands liable to 
 the charges. Under the-e cireunistaneis, therei'orr, I cannot advi-e Her 
 Majesty to confirm the Act in question. 
 
 1 havi', &c. 
 (signed) Stanley. 
 
 Sir Henry V. Huntley, 
 &c. &c. &c. 
 
 ds 
 
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 (No. 115.) 
 
 Sir, Downing street, 18 September 181 1. 
 
 I HAVE had under my consideration an Aet passed hy the I,ei;islatureof I'rinee 
 Edward Island during their recent session, entitled (No. (i32), " An Aet for 
 raismg a Fund for the Encouragement of Agriculture, to be expended in the 
 erection of Limekilns and the burning of Lime." 
 
 I have received two memorials objecting to the confirmatinn of this enact- 
 ment, one from Mr. Cooper of Prince Edward lslan<l, the other from Viscount 
 Melville, and other proprietors of land in that island lesident in this country. 
 
 Mr. Cooper in hi!< memorial alleges that the effect of this law wuuld be ti) 
 impose an additional tax upon the tenant without affording to htm any adequate 
 benefit in return. 
 
 Lord Melville and the other proprietors allege, in their memorial, that the 
 greater pro|>ortiori of the land in Prince Edward Island consists either of barren 
 wastes, which could never be profitably cultivated, or of land situate at such a 
 distance from any harbour, or other place where limestone (duld be landiil, as 
 not to be within the reach of profiting by the measure, and that to tax these 
 lands for the sole benefit of the remainder would be partial and unjust. They 
 further contend that the discrimination which the Aet makes betwein ( idtivated 
 and uncultivated lands by the imposition of a double assessment on tiu latter, 
 is liable to the same objection. 
 
 Without pronouncing an opinion ou the validity of these objections, it u})pears 
 to me tiiat the procuring and burning of lime is not a fit subject to be provided 
 for by the imposition of a public tax, and that any enaetuient which might be 
 
 529. E 4 jiassed 
 
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40 
 
 RETIRN RF.LATIXG TO 
 
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 Prince Kdward piissid fur lliis purpose, lniwcver carefully framcil, cnuld not opcrati" otliurwise 
 Maii<i. t|,j,„ p;,iiii,|ly ami uiijii>tlv. 
 
 For ili<<c reasons, llcr Miiji-sty will not he iidvisod to confinii tin; Act. 
 As till' Ad has a Mi^pctidinfr claiisi', it will not l)c neccssarv that any order 
 should 1)1' made hv Hit Majesty in ("iMincil for \l- disallowance. 
 
 Sir H. Ilimflcy, 
 &c. ice. &c. 
 
 I have, .See. 
 (sieiied) Staiiley. 
 
 (No. 134.) 
 Sir, Downing-.-treef, l Aiifjiisf 1.S45. 
 
 I HAVE to ncknowlodpe the n ceipi of your Despatch, No. 01, ot the 12th May, 
 ill wliicli Nou tiaiisniit a joint address to tlie (juc( 11 from the two Houses of the 
 Leyislatnre ol Prince Ivlward Island, praying llcr Majesty '> asseiil to the j)assing 
 of a law to authorise the i->ne of 10,000/. in Treasury notes, redremahle within 
 15 vejirs. 
 
 I hive also received yonr Despatch, No. 65, of the iTth May, enclosing a 
 nienioiiai from several of the inliahitants of Prince Edward Island, ohjecting to 
 any >uch issjie of paper money. 
 
 Ili'.viiijv laid the address of the Legislature hefore the Queen, I have to inform 
 you that Her Maj(st\ was ]>!eased to receive the same very graciously. I reiiret, 
 howevi r. that I have been unable to advise Her Majesty to acced<' to the prayer 
 which it contnintd, for the following rea-ons, which you will communicate to the 
 two H( uses at their ne.\t meeting: 
 
 Having, on several former occasions, directed your attention to the unsatis- 
 factory state of the finances of Prince Edward Island, I have looked for some 
 explanation on that subject on receiving an application for an increase in its 
 liabilities by the proposed issue of paper money. But I neither find in the 
 aiidress, nor in your own Desjjatcli accompanying it, any explanation with 
 resjiect to the finances of the Colony, nor any allusion to the fact, of which T am 
 infornud by the memorial enclosed ui your second Despatch, that, independently 
 of the sum of 11,800(. already existing in the shape of Treasury notes, there are 
 Treasury warrants remaining unsatisfied to the extent of 20,223/. 
 
 In addition to the objections I entertain to the issue of pajjcr currency not 
 payable in specie on demand, I find that it is represented by the parties signing 
 the memorial, whose opinion you consider to be entitled to great atteniion, that 
 the currency of the Island i? depreciated 20 per cent, below that of the adjacent 
 Colonies. On such a statement I cannot but apprehend that the issues of paper 
 money have already been excessive, and that the depreciation above mentioned, 
 and the absence of metallic circulating medium, ate principally attrilmtable to 
 that excess. 
 
 If ihi se impressions be correct, it a|)pears to me that they furnish substantial 
 reasons against the issue of any further paper money ; but i shall be happy to 
 receive from you more explicit information on this subject, especially with respect 
 to the amount of debt now o itstanding, the actual exchangeable value of the 
 Gov( rnment paper, or of the warrants bearing interest as compared with coin, 
 and the arrangements that either have been made, or are proposed to be made, 
 for rendering the revenue equal to meet the current expenditure of the Island, 
 and ibr provii!i»ig for the redemption both of the existing debt and of the suggested 
 addition to it. 
 
 I have, &c. 
 
 Sir H. Huntley, 
 &c. &c. &c. 
 
 (signed) Stanley. 
 
 (No. 136.) 
 
 Sir, Downing-street, 18 August 1845. 
 
 With reference to my Despatch, No. 134, o; ihe 1st instant, I have to acquaint 
 
 Sou, that Her Majesty's Government have had under consideration the Act, 
 fo. 648, " to suspend a certain clause in the Land Assessment Act relating to 
 the cancelling of Treasiirj- Notes," which accompanied youi' Despatch, No. 61, of 
 tlie 12th May. 
 
 In 
 
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t'l 
 
 COLONIAL BILLS (NORTH AMF.UICA). 
 
 4« 
 
 III my f )rnier Despatch I stated tlii' icjwons which prevented my advi^iti'j; Her 
 Majesty lo accede to the wishes of the ( oiiiail hikI .\s«enil)ly for an i xieii>ion 
 iifthe pjiper currency of the isl.uid. For tlio same re:isoiis it is dcsinihle iliat 
 the present amount of the paper currency should be leduicil ; and as the ell' ci of 
 the present Act, if permitteil to heionie law, woidd l)e to <livert from \t^ proper 
 ohjoet the fund specially ai>|iropiiaie.) (or th(! redemption ol the I leasuiv notes 
 now in circulation, Her Majesty ciunot be advised tu cuntirin it. 
 
 Sir H. Huntley, 
 SiC. cS:c. &c. 
 
 I have, S:c. 
 (signed) S'ltnle^ 
 
 i'riooG KdwarU 
 Uland. 
 
 (Extract ) 
 
 Earl Grey to Sir A. lianncrman. 
 
 (No. 3.5.") 
 
 Dowuin'^-street, 20 November 1851. 
 
 With regard to the .Act, No. 814, I liave to inform you that Her .Maje>ty'* 
 (iovernment have carefully weiglidl both the reasons which have Ijcen adduced 
 in iis favour, and tlie protest of the dissentient members of the Lei^islative 
 Council, and other representations which have reached them ajjainst it. And, 
 however unwilling to object to a meunui'e v»hich appears to have received the 
 unanimous assent of the A«seml)ly, they have not felt, themselves justified in ad- 
 vising Her Majesty to confirm an Act of v iiich the olijeet is to alter, by legis- 
 lation, the terms of contrai ts voluntarily entered into by individuals. 
 
 I am not ignorant that in consequence of the long depreciation of the currency 
 of the island, and the practice which has obtained as t) tlie payment of rents, 
 considerable hardship migiit be imposed on some parties by the strict enforce- 
 ment of their legal oljligations. But, on tiie other hand, it would not be merely 
 a hardsiiii), but a direct injustice to those who have leased their land on express 
 agreements that certain payments should be made to them to set those agreements 
 aside without their consent, by an Act of the Legislature, which v/ould nntiuestion- 
 ably lie the effect of the present measure. 
 
 I observe also that the provision of the Act is confined to cases in which 
 the landlords iiave been already in the iiabit of receiving their rents on a 
 calculation assuming less than the actual depreciation of the currency. This 
 gives me reason for hoping tliat no serious practical inconvi'iiience will arise 
 from its not being confirmed, since I am not aware of any good reason for sup- 
 posing that landlords will in future siiow less indulgence than tluy have hitiierto 
 done. 
 
 If legislation should be required in order to facilitate voluntary arrange- 
 ments between landlord and tenant, on the basis of making .'ents payable for the 
 future in currency of the ish:nd at the rate at which it has been practically 
 received, provided they are punctually paid, I think that such legislation would 
 be botii proper in itself, ami likely to be attended with mucii advantage. 
 
 There tnay also be special cases of hardship and injustice likely to arise from 
 the state in which the law will be left from the non-confirmation of thia Act, for 
 which it may be proper to afford a remedy ; but it has not been shown that this 
 is the case, nor does it appear to me that so violent an interference with private 
 rights ought to be resorted to, without much clearer proof of its necessity. 
 
 I cannot but observe, in conclusion, that the difSculties which have arisen in this 
 case afford a striking pioof of the injustice, and inconvenience which are inevitably 
 inflicted on individuals by measures affecting the currency which involve a 
 departure from sound principles. 
 
 In 
 
 (No. 13.) 
 
 Sir, Downing-street, 17 November 18fc6. 
 
 I HAVE to acknowledge your Despatches, of the numbers and dates notet.' in 
 the margin, by which you transmit to me, for Her Majesty's sanction, two Acts 
 passed by the Legislature of Prince Edward Island, in the month of April last, inti- 
 
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 RETURN RELATING TO 
 
 Princr Edirartl tuleil n'fijMctively, No 111 ;i, "An Ad to impose a Hale or Duty «>n the Rontrollsof 
 Iiland. the I'roiirietnre ol certain Tiiwiisliiii LnriU in I'lirice Kdwiirti Ixland, in onler to 
 
 defray I h«- Kx|i('iiS(> of aiiy Aiiiud Forcf whicli may be requiretl tor ilie with- 
 dtawii) of tlic 'i roups, and for the further oncnuragcnient of E^huatlon ;" and 
 No.fcl.'i, "An Aet to Hccuie tOniponsntion to Tenantt-in Piince Edward Island, 
 aiid tliet<hy to pronioK* the iinprovt nient of thf t-oil ;" bot!i <rf which Acts 
 contain Mi-po!idinj.' clause!'. r«'servin;i ih<ni for (lie assent of theCroMn, and also 
 tninsniit rcprcsciita'ionc from \.irioiis partiis inttrcstid in the suhjcct of these 
 Acts. 
 
 Her Maji stv's fiovcr?inient Iiuvc cons'ilt red these Acts separately, Jind with 
 an anxions di sire to do ji ^'lice lieiween tile conimninty of Prince Edwunl Island 
 in pciural inid the pruprii tors of the soil, .mil to allow the fullest possihh scope 
 to the principle of local ndept ndencf in legislative matters, sultjeet only to their 
 panin mint duty not to ii(lvi>e the Crown to assent to any ine.isnre inflicting 
 nianifisl wrong on any of Her snhjects. 
 
 1 regret to he obliged to inform you that Her Majestv's fiovernnieiit find 
 themselves unable to advise Her Majesty to giv • Her assent to either the one or 
 the other of these Acts. 
 
 The Lieuteniint Gevrrnor and Legislature of Prince Edward Island must 
 remember that nithough responsible Government has been estrtblished in that 
 island, rt sponsible (iovernment exists also in Gnat Britain ; and Her .Majesty's 
 Government cannot take njion themselves the responsiliility of advising the 
 Crown to give its assent to Colonial Acts which are at vari.mco with the prin- 
 ciples of justice, and invade those rights of property which are the foundation of 
 social organisation ; and I have to observe that former Govt rnmenta liave on 
 various < ccasions been obliged, with reference to Acts passed in Prince F.dward 
 IslanrI, to uphold those principles and fo protect those rights by pirsiiing a 
 course .similar to that whicli Her Majesty's present Advisers deem it their duty 
 to pursue. 
 
 The Act imposing a ti>x upon the reiitroll of a certain portion of the pro- 
 prietors of land in Priice Edward Island, were it to receive Her Majesty's assent, 
 would be a law passed by a majority, in order to impose a special burden upon 
 an unr» presented minority, and would be an instanot' of oppressive class legisla- 
 tion. If the Legislature of Prince Edward Island should find that the revenue 
 of ihe island is not sufficient to defray the public expensis of the Colony, and if 
 ihose expenser, cannot be diminished by any economical revision without detri- 
 ment to the public service, a general tax, affecting alike all incomes, arising in 
 any way from land, from houses, from trade, from manufactures, from salaries, 
 or fn m any other source, might be a fair and proper mode of providing the 
 requisite funds ; and if such an Act were passed (with sufficient reason shown 
 for it) applying equally to landowners and tenants, to proprietors and occupiers, 
 such a nieiisiire would be free from objection. 
 
 The measure entitled an Act to secure compensation to tenants, is one to which 
 Her Majesty's sanction must in like manner be refused, because its i)lain and 
 direct tendency is to transfer property in land from the owner to the tenant. 
 This Bill provides that where a tenant is unable or unwilling to fulfil the con- 
 tract between him and the landowner by which the tenant has agreed to pay to 
 the landowner a fixed annual rent, usually very small in amount, for the land 
 which he holds, the landlord must either forego the rent, and thus let the land 
 pass practically to the tenant, or he must pay to the tenant a sum equal to 20 
 years' purchase of what is termed the "annual profit to the landlord created by 
 the tenant's or lessee's inipro'enients on the soil," tlu amount of which payment 
 would in many cases be equal to the marketable val' e of the fee-simple of tlie 
 land. In the one case he would make over to the tenant the land itself; in the 
 other case he would make over to the tenant a sum which might even go beyond 
 the value of the land. 
 
 Such a measure of undisguised spoliation cannot be sanctioned by Her Ma- 
 jesty ; it is needless to enumerate all the objections which apply to this measure, 
 and the more so as they are ably stated in the memorial presented against it by 
 some of the owners of land, and transmitted with your Despatch, No, 39, of the 
 2d July last ; but I cannot refrain from remarking that those lands in Prince 
 Edward Island, on which any great improvements have been made by 
 tenants, were let in a state of wilderness at the almost nominal rent of 9d. c Is. 
 an ncre, on the express ur.derstanding that they were to be brought into culti- 
 vation 
 
ilCi 
 
 COLONIAL UILLS (NOHTll AMKIUCA). 
 
 4ft 
 
 vntion by the t* iiuiit ; tliat to t^ccure the tenant the ei\juyineut and prolit ul' liu PruiM Edwwd 
 impruMiiu-iits, Itiut-aol fxtiaonlinarv lorigtli were ^iveii, mul tliat a tenant, who 
 by iiiist'urtiiiie or otiier iuu!-e is iiiial)le tu pay tiiut iimigiiitiraiit rent, is ul\\uv« at 
 liberty lu i^cll liis Ica^o to tiie best bidder, and tlius tu realise iu tiie iiiurkit tlie 
 value of the iinprove;iients he imty iiave made. 
 
 With reyird to the rea!»<inM which you have alleged in favour of liii^t Hill, it i« 
 to be (ili!'er\i(i that if it it true that a feeliiit; prevails in Prince i'.dward ULmd 
 of dislike of the conditii a > f tenant, that dislike may furtiish good reason why 
 those who entertain it siiould not become tenant;', ' .:t ic ciiiuui. 'i;r!;<^li any 
 reason for arbitrarily transferring the property of the lamlowner to tV i«kMnl ; 
 but in truth, tlie term for whicii leteees in Prince Edward Island liohl their .and 
 is in t>eneral s> excesaively \i>u]i, tiiat such occnpiers are rather iu the conditkou 
 of payers of quit rent tiian in that of tenants, us the term is generuliy uni er- 
 stuoii . 
 
 You ex|.re9- yonr opinion that if the measures now laid before Htr Mrfjtsiy's 
 Government are not sanctiontd, rents will cease to be paid. lltr Majesty's 
 Government have too good an opinion of the integrity i.nd of the sense of justice 
 which prevail nmou^: the people of Prince Edward Island to believe that the 
 tenants \\ill combine to break the engagements into which they have ei.tered, 
 and to defraud those to whom they are bound by legal obligations; but it i.'> tlie 
 duty of Her Majesty's Government to see that the law shall tjike its course, and 
 be respected and obeyed in all parts of iler Oominions, and the proper loeans 
 for doing so can uever be wanting'. 
 
 I have, &c. 
 Lieutenant Governor Daly, (signed) G. Gny. 
 
 &c. &c, *ic. 
 
 ( Mf 
 
 (No. 15.) 
 
 Sir, Downing-street, 20 October IHTiS. 
 
 I HAVE received yonr Dosnatih enclosing authenticated copies of an Act 
 passed by the Legislature of Piince Edw;ird Hand, intituleil : — 
 
 No. 997. " An Act relating;; to the Fishing Reserves in this Island." 
 
 After a ciirefnl consideration of the documents relatinij to that .Act, inclndioc 
 the remonsiriinces to which (as my predecessor would seem to have anticipated) 
 it has givcii occ3si(in, I find ii wiioliy itupossible to recommend that it slioiild 
 receive Her .s ajesty's sanction. 
 
 'liio facts of the case I understand to ho the following: — 
 
 by certain Orders in Cr'-icil of 1704 and 1707 tlie Guver'ior of Prince 
 Edward Islaml was directed to grant the lands in tliat Colony to varioun per- 
 sons, subject to a ri feiviition of "liherty to all His Majesty's subject-* in lioneial 
 of currying on a fiee tislicry on the coa»ts .... and of erecting stages 
 and oil.ei' noc;ssary hnildiiigs within the distance f 500 feet froin high uater- 
 niark." 
 
 In parts of the island the land was actually granted on these terms, hut in 
 other parts the grants instead of reserving as right of entry for certain pur- 
 poses to His Majesty's subjects, reserved the lanil itself (500 feet from liigli- 
 watermark) " for the disposal of His Majesty," to erect " stages and other 
 buildings for carrying on tlje fisheries " I understand, however, th;>.t lor a long 
 series of years, I may almost say lor generations, no distinction was in fact made 
 between these two classes of grants, the strip of 000 feet being in all cases alike 
 treated as belonging to the grantee of the adjoinins; land, that the owners have 
 leased it, improved it, incorporaled it into farms, built up m it, and, above all, 
 that they have paid tax^s on it as on their own property, which taxes liie 
 Government have received. Under these circumstances it appears to have been 
 the opinion of the law officers of the Crou n in England, and of the Supreme 
 Court in Prince Edward Island, that when "the disposal" of the tislury 
 rese-.ves was secured to Her Majesty by the deed of g;rant, the actual property 
 of the land reHUiined, and notwithstanding tl;» long adverse occupancy, still 
 remains vested in the CiOvvii. ihe Act now forwarded is pissed in reliance 
 wpun these ofiinions, aivcl while saving the existing rights of 'lie Crown provides 
 
 529. F 2 that 
 
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 44 
 
 RETURN Ri: LATINO TO 
 
 
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 r 
 
 4 
 
 Prince Edwvd 
 bland. 
 
 that wlierevtT such reserves havr Iteeti leasid liv ihi; ri'|)utril owiitr l<i any 
 tcnntit, the tenant f^liali he relit ved i'lnm tlie liahility to pay rent f«r them. 
 
 Now, in the first phicc, the revival of an ohsoh'te claim of this kind, liowivcr 
 tenal'h! in strict law, i« open to olijections uf great furo*. The oiil maxim that 
 " time dies not run against the Crown," has hecn found in England su invidious in 
 its apphcation, so unjust in its coniieqiienees, so prejudicial fo tlie free use of 
 
 t)roperty, and the consecpient dcvelopuient of "ealth and industry, that it 
 las Ion}; since been lejjally annulled in tlie mother country, and for the most 
 part priiciically ahandoiied in her depi ndencies. Any right therefore which 
 
 recpiins the supjfort of that maxim should he exercised with i^reat con- 
 sideration lor persous wjio for long periotis iiave iietn allowed, perhaps even 
 encounigeil, by the laches of the Government, to consider themselves the owners 
 of property. And this applies with p'culiai force where, as in the present case, 
 the Cinveniinent has actually enforced against these per.-ons the liabilities of 
 landowners, and where there appears some lenson to doubt whether the rights 
 which it is now pro()os( d to enforce were not unintentioiutUy reserved to the 
 Crowu. 1 do not say what terms could he eipiitahly oUiired in this or any other 
 
 asc to reputed owners, as tlie^e terms must vary i'lik-finitely with circumstances; 
 but, as a general rule, they siiould cerlainly include, in respect of land not 
 recpiired for any pulilic purpo^e, a right of pre-emption on reasonable terms, and 
 if So required, eompeiisalion for any iuipvovements effected on the property. 
 
 Subject to qualilications of this kind, the assertion, for the benefit of the 
 public, of the frown title t(» those lands might, under certain circumstances, be 
 defensible or even necessary. Not so tlie Act forwarded, which does not resume 
 the lands for the Queen, who is their owner, but by the abolition of rent |»raetically 
 transfers them to the tenants, who have no right whatever to them, except that 
 which they derive from their landlords. It is with deep regret that 1 regard in 
 this Act the symptom of the same contest between class* s which has led to former 
 Acts on the part of the Legislature of Prince I'^dward Island, which one of my 
 predectssors so emphatically disapprove I. And I could earnestly wish that 
 instead oi |)ropoun<ling measures which I am convinced that no English Minister 
 can sanction, the Legislature would devote its attention to some feasible scheme 
 for settling those local t|uestions which have caused so much disquietude in the 
 island. To the expediency of such a settlement I am fully alive. Most gladly 
 would 1 co-operate in measures by which it may be practically obtained in a 
 spirit of conciliation aiui fairness to all parties, ami the subject is engaging my 
 anxious deliberation. But in the meantime I cannot advise that Her Majesty's 
 consent should be given to a law which enforces for the ben fit of private indi- 
 viduals rights of ihe Crown which could not properly be ent irced with so much 
 rigour even in the interest of the public. In the absence of such consent, the 
 Act will of cou se remain inoperative. 
 
 I have, &c. 
 Lieutenant ' jovernor Sir D. Daly. (signed) E, B. Lytton. 
 
 &c. &c. &.C. 
 
 (No, 120.) 
 Sir, Downing-street, 9 August 1862. 
 
 I H.WE recei ed your Despatch, No. 45, of the 25th of June, enclosing two 
 Rills passed, w.th suspending clauses, by the Legislature of Prince Edward 
 Island, intituled, O'ap. IV. (No. 1105), "An Act to give effect to the Report 
 of the Commissioners on the Land Question ; " and 
 
 Cap. XII. (No. HOC), "An Act to facilitate the operation in certain par- 
 ticulars of the Award or Report made by certain Commissioners to settle and 
 adjust Differences rcspectintr some of the Township Lands in this Colony." 
 
 In forwarding these Acts" you informed me that you would shortly commu- 
 nicate to me a Minute, by your responsible advisers, explaining the reasons for 
 framing these measures ; and this you have since done in your Despatch, No. 52, 
 of the 23d of July. I am therefore now in a position to communicate to you 
 the conclusion to which I have been led. 
 
 It appears from the Minute of your Ministers that they consider the so-called 
 award of the Land Commissioners to be binding on the proprietors and the 
 Legislature, and on t'.is ground they state that they are unable to entertain Sir 
 S. Cunard's proposal for enabling the tenants in Prince Edward Island to acquire 
 
 freehold 
 
fcv> 
 
 COLONIAL BILLS (NORTH AMERICA). 
 
 45 
 
 frcelioM intiTrsfs in tlieir lioldinns, wliicli wa^* tmnsniittid to vmi in niv Di-ipatcli 
 of tlie 5tli oCApril liist, No. 103. 
 
 I very much regret that it is not in my pnwtr to eoiunr in tli.' views Ny wliiih 
 your Goveniinint have hien led to preimre these Bills, or to advise Her .Majesty 
 to brinji them into optration hy givinjj Her a<sent to them. 
 
 Your advisers appear to consider that Her Majesty's (ii.vcrnment liid iiro- 
 nosed to the proprietors of land, and that those (iroprieturs had eoiisentcd to 
 pjaee themselves ind their interests absolutely in the hamls of tlie Comnii-sioiieis, 
 This however was far from being the case. 
 
 The propiietors consented that Commissioners should he appointed ''to enter 
 into all the incpiirics tliat might l»e necessary, and to decide uj; )n the ditl'cient 
 questions which might be brought before vheni, giving of coursu to the partiis 
 interested an opportunity of being heard." 
 
 The main questions thus to be decided upon were, first, at what rate tenants 
 ought to lie allowed to acquire freehold interests in their property, and next what 
 amount ef arrears of rent should he remitted by the landlord^. 
 
 On the first and most important of these (incslinns tin- Cornniis>ioners i>ro- 
 fcssed themselses unal)le to come to any eonclusioti, and instead of deciding it 
 they recomni'snded virtually that it should be deci<lr»l by other arliitrators to he 
 hereafter nominated. This however is not what they wt-reeharged todo. They 
 were authorised by the proprietors to make an award themselves; but hey were 
 not authoiised to transfer the duty of making that award to otliers. Tin" tru-t 
 confided to them was evidently a personal one. The proprietors relied on the 
 skill, knowledge, ami fairness of the three gentlemen apjiointed in 1800; but 
 they could not therefore be called upon in reference tc these geutleinen's opinion 
 to confide their interests even to arbitnitors specifically designated in tlie award, 
 much less to persons whose very mode of appointment is undetermined b\ it. 
 
 The objection might of course be waived by the proprietors, hut it is not 
 waived, and being insisted upon, I am obliged to admit that it is eoneliisivc ; 
 and I am bound further to say, that it is in my opinion an olijection founded 
 not on any technical rule of l&'y, but on a sounil and indisputalde p.inciple of 
 justice; tlie principle, namely, that a person who has voluntarily submitted his 
 case to the decision of one man, cannot therefore be compelled, without his con- 
 sent, to transfer it to the decision of another 
 
 It is therefore imjiossible for me to advise Her Majesty to sanction the tuo 
 Acts which you have forwarded, and which of course are intended to render the 
 award obligatory on all who consented to the reference. 
 
 I must instruct you, therefore, however unv i'lingly, to treat the Commis- 
 sioners' award only as an expression of opinion, which however valuable as such, 
 cannot be made legally binding on the parties concerned, and which therefore 
 ought not to be allowed to stand in the way of any other proposal which pro- 
 mises an amicable settlement of the question. 
 
 It was under these circumstances and with these impressions, that I forwarded 
 to you the proposal made by Sir S. Cunard in hopes that it might bo found 
 to furnish a basis of agreement in lieu 6{ th* recommendations of the 
 Commission. 
 
 Your Government refuse to consider this proposal not, as I understand, 
 because they think it in itself inadmissible, l)ut because they consider them- 
 selves as l)ound to give effect to the Commissi(mers' award. This award being 
 now out of the way, 1 have to request that you will bring Sir S. Cunard's pro- 
 posal under their reconsideration ; I do not think it desirat)lc that I sliould 
 myself express any opinion upon its merits. I will oidy observe that it is in 
 some respects more favourable to the tenants than the Commissioners' award, 
 and tiiai it will give me great pleasure to learn that it is likely to I'lirnish a solu- 
 tion of these tlifficulties which, so long as they are unsolved, must continue to 
 obstruct the progress of the Colony. 
 
 This conclusion which I have adopted respecting these Acts renders it 
 unnecessiiry that I should do more than acknowledge your Despatch, No. 4fJ, of 
 the 25tli of June, enclosing a memorial from Mr. Haythorne against tlie Act 
 (Cap. XII.) to facilitate the operation of the award. 
 
 I have, &c. 
 
 Lieutenant Governor Dundas, (signed) Newcastle. 
 
 8ic. &c. &c. 
 
 I'riiicr Filwnril 
 Inland. 
 
 ll- ' 
 
 529- 
 
 »3 
 
 l^if 
 
(U 
 
 )ll 
 
 !■ 1 
 
 
 
 k* 
 
 Prince Edward 
 (aland. 
 
 46 
 
 URTURN RELATING TO 
 
 1:1 
 
 (No. 124.) 
 Sir, Downini^-strcet, 20 Scptemlwr 1m62. 
 
 In ycdir Di'spatcli, No. 54, ol the (ttli ultimo, you trunsinitteil, together with 
 other Acts |)hs>* ■(! I>y thi; Leiiisluture of Priiicf Eii»ar(l Ultiul on the 17llt of 
 April 1.S02, oil'' contaiiiin)? a susfM-ndin^; cIuutH', and iittituled (No. 11-27) 
 " (;ap. XXIV. An Act fur tin; Naturalization ol Aliens," 
 
 Your olijectiou to tlii.s Act was well fbuiitled ; its operation ttliould have been 
 8pi'cirK';!.'iy ciinHiicd witliiu Prince- Edward I^luuil, whioii inigiit have been 
 effected bv inserting tiie words " within the island " after the word " entitled " 
 in the 1st cLiuse, and after the word-, -'and shall" in the 4th clause. 
 
 In ci<ns4.>(|nen('e of tlu; omission of such a restriction, Her Majesty's assent will 
 he witlilield from the Act. 
 
 1 have to add, that the error in the New Brunswick Act did not escape my 
 notice, and tliut tiie Licuti nunt Ciovernor wus instructed to procure its amend- 
 ment. 
 
 I have. &c. 
 Lieutenant Governor Dundas, (signed) Ntwcnuk. 
 
 kc. &c. &c. 
 
 1}. 
 
 'i ' 
 
 (No. 33-) 
 Sir, Downing-street, 21 September 1883. 
 
 I HAVE the honour to acknowled^'e the receipt of the following Ait of the 
 Legislature of Priiicu Edward Island, passed with a suspending clause, on the 
 22d Apiil 1863, and transmitted to me together with other .'\cts in your 
 Despatch, No. 65, of t!ie 5tli ultimo (No. 1130) " Cap. VH. An Act 10 incor- 
 porate the Grand Orange Lodge of Prince Edward Island, and the subordinate 
 Lo«lges in connection therewith." 
 
 I have had under my consideration as well tb<- Act itself as two petitions 
 against it forwarded respectively with your Despatches No. 43 of the 27th of 
 April last, and No. G6 of the 5th ultimo, the latter of which is stated to have 
 been signed by upwards of 11,000 persons. 
 
 I deeply regret that the Legislature of Prince Edward Island should have given 
 its sanction to a class of institutions which all experience has ?hown to be calcu- 
 lated (if not actiudly intended) to embitter religious and political diffei inces, 
 and which thus usust i>e detiimental to the best interests of any colony in uhich 
 they exist. 
 
 Holding these views respecting the measure, I have felt it impossible to advise 
 Her Majesty the Queen to signify Her Royal approbation of it, without which I 
 am glad to observe it will not take effect. 
 The Act therefore will remain inoperative. 
 
 I have, &c. 
 Lieutenant Governor Dundas^ (signed) Newcastle. 
 
 &c. &c. &c. 
 
4^^ 
 
 COLONIAL BILLS (NOHTII AMr'.'.ur.W 
 
 47 
 
 A F P E N D I \. 
 
 No. 1.— TABLE Khowinj,' tho NuiuIht of Laws '• nwrvi'il" liy iho G..virn<.r (or the 
 |^i^'nificllti..n of Ih c MujcntyV IMciiHure, in ciuli Year fn.in \h:\V, to lH»i4 
 inclusive, ..r containing Chiu-CH " i.iis|.on(linf,' their Operatinn" utitii llcr 
 MtycBty'u ripiwure Blioiihl I e made known. 
 
 ;Upper 
 Canada. 
 
 Lower 
 
 1836 
 1837 
 1838 
 IBM* 
 1840 
 1841 
 1842 
 1843 
 1844 
 1845 
 1846 
 1847 
 1848 
 l!;4U 
 1H50 
 1851 
 1852 
 1853 
 1854 
 1855 
 1806 
 1857 
 1858 
 1859 
 1860 
 1861 
 1862 
 1863 
 1864 
 
 16 
 19 
 
 U 
 13 
 
 Canada. 
 
 15 
 2 
 
 9 
 
 7 
 
 ll> 
 13 
 
 Nofii 
 
 Si-otia. 
 
 New Ncw- 
 
 1 
 
 nruniwitk. foundlnnd. 
 
 Princa 
 
 Kdwar.l 
 Ulan.) 
 
 6 
 3 
 S 
 I 
 
 5 
 5 
 5 
 11 
 7 
 6 
 4 
 9 
 5 
 9 
 6 
 3 
 1 
 
 - I 
 
 Total. 
 
 25 
 
 30 
 7 
 17 
 21 
 20 
 II 
 20 
 10 
 2U 
 18 
 24 
 II 
 20 
 
 !4 
 
 20 
 
 •J 
 u 
 
 3 
 5 
 
 I 
 4 
 I 
 4 
 4 
 7 
 C 
 1 
 
 341 
 
 AppfDilii. 
 
 No. 2. — TABLE showing the Number of Laws to which the Royal Assent was refused, 
 in each Year from 1836 to 1864 inclusive. 
 
 
 Upper 
 Canada. 
 
 Lower 
 Canada. 
 
 Canada. 
 
 Nova 
 Scotia. 
 
 New 
 Bninawick, 
 
 New- 
 foundland. 
 
 Prince 
 Edward 
 laUnd. 
 
 Total. 
 
 1836 
 
 1837 
 
 1838 
 
 1839 - - - 
 
 1840 
 
 1841 
 
 1842 
 
 1843 . - - 
 
 1844 
 
 1845 
 
 1846 
 
 1847 
 
 1848 
 
 1849 
 
 1850 
 
 1851 - - - 
 
 1862 - - - 
 
 1853 
 
 1854 
 
 1855 
 
 1856 - - . 
 
 1867 - - - 
 
 1858 
 
 1859 
 
 1860 . - - 
 
 1861 - - - 
 1862 
 
 1863 
 1864 
 
 5 
 
 6 
 
 1 
 
 2 
 
 1 
 
 1 
 
 3 
 
 1 
 
 2 
 
 - > 
 
 2 
 
 3 
 
 1 
 
 1 
 1 
 
 1 
 1 
 
 1 
 1 
 
 1 
 
 1 
 
 1 
 1 
 1 
 
 1 
 
 2 
 
 1 
 
 3 
 1 
 
 1 
 
 2 
 10 
 6 
 
 1 
 1 
 7 
 2 
 3 
 1 
 2 
 
 1 
 1 
 1 
 
 2 
 1 
 
 I 
 
 3 
 
 1 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 47 
 
 5^9- 
 
 F4 
 
6^^ 
 
 1 ••. ' 
 
 COLON I A I, BILLS. 
 
 NdUTH AMLBICA. 
 
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 HKTl'RN oftlio Tillei nnd Piii.Kof Hill* pntud 
 lijr tlio LeKiiliiliirci of Canuiln, .\i)rn Sfolia, JVnr 
 llrunncick, NtwftmndUitid, ami Priuee Jidii-anfi 
 ItlanH iince tlitt Yrar 1H30, which hafs Wn 
 Ileiervrd Ity the (ioTcriioM of those rdoniet 
 refpoctiTely for UefiTrnoc tn Iler Mijcity'i 
 SciTf-tary of Slate for vhr Colniiirii, ami of the 
 Tillei anil DiitfS of Hills io referred to which 
 the Rnyal Ai»eut was iiltiiniitely refiiKfd ; and 
 Coi'V or ExTRACTii of the Tcriiin in which such 
 Refusal was conveyed. 
 
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 i'm\ 
 
 \m 
 
 (Viscount Bury.) 
 
 Oritrti, ty The lloDse of Connnons, to t* Prinltd, 
 26 July l8()4. 
 
 [Price 6d.] 
 
 Under 8 oz. 
 
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 .1;! 
 
 X. *i 
 
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