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Date: 1865-04-03
By: Prince Edward Island (House of Assembly)
Citation: Prince Edward Island, House of Assembly, The Parliamentary Reporter; or, Debates and Proceedings of the House of Assembly of Prince Edward Island, For the Year 1865, 22nd Parl, 3rd Sess, 1865 at 77.
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THE PARLIAMENTARY REPORTER,

SESSION, 1865.

MONDAY, April 3.

•             (p. 77)

His Excellency [George Dundas] was then pleased to close the Session with the following

SPEECH.

Mr. President and Honorable Gentlemen of the Legislative Council: 

Mr. Speaker and Gentlemen of the House of Assembly:

The unremitting attention which you have bestowed on your Legislative duties, enables me to relieve you, at an earlier period than usual, from further attendance here.

After deliberate consideration of the Terms adopted by the Conference at Quebec as a basis for Confederation of the British North American Provinces, you have refused, on the part of this Colony, to sanction the proposed Scheme.

In accordance with your request, I shall forward to the Secretary of State for the Colonies your address to Her Majesty on that subject.

Mr. Speaker and Gentlemen of the House of Assembly

I thank you, in Her Majesty’s name, for the provision you have made for the Public Service of the year.

The Appropriation you have made for Agricultural purposes is a due acknowledgment of the importance you attach to the cultivation of the soil, and the improvement of stock.

Mr. President and Honorable Gentlemen of the Legislative Council:

Mr. Speaker and Gentlemen of the House of Assembly:

I have given my assent with great satisfaction to the Act, which you have passed to assist leaseholders in the purchase of the fee simple of their farms.

I anticipate most beneficial results from this measure. The assistance which it offers, cannot fail to be fully appreciated by a large number of the people whom you represent.

I observe that several measures of Law Reform have occupied your attention, and that you have taken action with a view of facilitating and simplifying the procedure in Courts of Justice.

I am glad to be enabled to relieve you from your legislative duties, by proroguing this General Assembly.