Document Information Date: 1865-03-08 By: Province of Canada (Parliament) Citation: Province of Canada, Parliament, Parliamentary Debates on the Subject of the Confederation of the British North America Provinces, 8th Parl, 3rd Sess, 1865 at 770-814. Other formats: Click here to view the original document (PDF). Note: All endnotes come from our recent publication, Charles Dumais & Michael Scott (ed.), The Confederation Debates in the Province of Canada (CCF, 2022). Click here to view the rest of the Confederation Debates. Petitions[1] Antoine-Aimé Dorion [Hochelaga] presented four petitions against Confederation.… Read more Province of Canada, Legislative Assembly, Parliamentary Debates on the Subject of the Confederation of the British North America Provinces, 8th Parl, 3rd Sess, (8 March 1865) →
Document Information Date: 1865-02-20 By: Province of Canada (Parliament) Citation: Province of Canada, Parliament, Parliamentary Debates on the Subject of the Confederation of the British North America Provinces, 8th Parl, 3rd Sess, 1865 at 316-346. Other formats: Click here to view the original document (PDF). Note: All endnotes come from our recent publication, Charles Dumais & Michael Scott (ed.), The Confederation Debates in the Province of Canada (CCF, 2022). Click here to view the rest of the Confederation Debates. Pursuant to the Order of the Day, the House resumed the… Read more Province of Canada, Legislative Council, Parliamentary Debates on the Subject of the Confederation of the British North America Provinces, 8th Parl, 3rd Sess, (20 February 1865) →
Document Information Date: 1865-02-13 By: Province of Canada (Parliament) Citation: Province of Canada, Parliament, Parliamentary Debates on the Subject of the Confederation of the British North America Provinces, 8th Parl, 3rd Sess, 1865 at 161-180. Other formats: Click here to view the original document (PDF). Note: All endnotes come from our recent publication, Charles Dumais & Michael Scott (ed.), The Confederation Debates in the Province of Canada (CCF, 2022). Click here to view the rest of the Confederation Debates. The Order of the Day being read for resuming the adjourned… Read more Province of Canada, Legislative Council, Parliamentary Debates on the Subject of the Confederation of the British North America Provinces, 8th Parl, 3rd Sess, (13 February 1865) →
Document Information Date: 1858-11-19 By: James Douglas Citation: Governor James Douglas, Proclamation, 19 November 1858. Other formats: Click here to view the original document (PDF). V. R. PROCLAMATION By His Excellency JAMES DOUGLAS, Governor and Commander-in-Chief of Her Majesty’s Colony of British Columbia and its Dependencies. PROCLAMATION, having the Force of Law to declare that English Law is in force in British Columbia. WHEREAS, by an Act of Parliament passed in the Session held in the 21st and 22nd years of Her Majesty Queen Victoria, it was enacted that the… Read more Governor James Douglas, Proclamation [English law in force in British Columbia], 19 November 1858 →
Document Information Date: 1858-08-02 By: UK (Parliament) Citation: An Act to provide for the Government of British Columbia, UK, 1858, c xcix. Other formats: Click here to view the original document (PDF). ANNO VICESIMO PRIMO & VICESIMO SECUNDO VICTORIAE REGINAE. C A P . XCIX. An Act to provide for the Government of British Columbia. [2d August 1858.] WHEREAS divers of Her Majesty’s Subjects and others have, by the Licence and Consent of Her Majesty, resorted to and settled on certain wild and unoccupied Territories on the North-west Coast of… Read more An Act to provide for the Government of British Columbia, UK, 1858 →
Document Information Date: 1852-06-30 By: United Kingdom (Parliament) Citation: An Act to grant a Representative Constitution to the Colony of New Zealand, UK, 1852, c 72. Other formats: Click here to view the original document (PDF). An Act to grant a Representative Constitution to the Colony of New Zealand. Whereas, by an Act of the Session holden in the third and fourth year of Her Majesty, chapter sixty-two, it was enacted, that it should be lawful for Her Majesty, by Letters Patent, to be from time to time issued under… Read more New Zealand Constitution Act, UK, 1852 →
Document Information Date: 1850-05-31 By: UK (House of Lords) Citation: UK, HL, “Australian Colonies Government Bill“, vol 111 (1850), cols 497-528. Other formats: Click here to view the original document (Hansard UK — External Site). AUSTRALIAN COLONIES GOVERNMENT BILL. HL Deb 31 May 1850 vol 111 cc497-528 497 Order of the Day for the Second Reading read. EARL GREY hoped he might be now allowed to call their Lordships’ attention to the very great importance of the measure, to the second reading of which he had to ask their Lordships’… Read more UK, HL, “Australian Colonies Government Bill”, vol 111 (1850), cols 497-528 (31 May 1850) →
Document Information Date: 1843-08-07 By: UK (House of Lords) Citation: UK, HL, “Intercourse with China“, vol 71 (1843), cols 316-7. Other formats: Click here to view the original document (Hansard UK — External Site). INTERCOURSE WITH CHINA. HL Deb 07 August 1843 vol 71 cc316-7 316 The Earl of Aberdeen moved the second reading of the Intercourse with China Bill. Her Majesty had been pleased, by her royal prerogative, to establish a Governor and Legislative Council at Hongkong, in China, and it was proposed by this bill to give to… Read more UK, HL, “Intercourse with China”, vol 71 (1843), cols 316-7 (7 August 1843) →