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Page 11 - July 1. Union of the provinces of Canada, Nova Scotia and New Brunswick under the name of the Dominion of Canada.
Page 10 - June 5. Reciprocity Treaty with the United States signed at Washington. It provided for mutual rights of fishing in certain Canadian and American waters, for free interchange of the products of the sea, the soil, the forest and the mine ; it allowed Americans the use of the St. Lawrence river and Canadian canals on the same terms as British subjects, and gave to Canadians the right to navigate Lake Michigan. The Treaty was proclaimed by the President of the United States on 16th March, 1855, on which...
Page 192 - By the same Act the British hundredweight of 112 pounds, and the ton of 2,240 pounds, were abolished, and the hundredweight was declared to be 100 pounds and the ton 2,000 pounds avoirdupois, thus assimilating the weights of Canada and the United States.
Page 71 - Govern, me'nt of Quebec for sale. Lands purchased from the Government are to be paid for in the following manner : — One-fifth of the purchase money is required to be paid the day of the sale, and the remainder in four equal yearly instalments, bearing interest at 6 per cent. But the price at which the lands are sold is so low — from 20 cents to 60 cents j eracre (15d.
Page 10 - Superior concluded. (The main features of these treaties, viz. ; — Annuities, reserves of land and liberty to fish on the domains of the crown not alienated — have been followed in the subsequent treaties.
Page 14 - Honourable," as conferred by the Queen in the Duke of Buckingham's despatch, No. 164, of 24th July, 1868, explained by Earl Ripon to extend to all parts of Her Majesty's Dominions. See Official Gazette (Canada) Augusts, 1893.
Page 174 - ... vein or lode. He may abandon his claim by notice in writing to the Recorder and may remove his machinery and extracted ore ; he cannot re-locate the same claim (or one which he has not recorded in time) without written permission from the Gold Commissioner. Lodes discovered in a tunnel to develop a lode may be marked out as a mineral claim and recorded by the owner. The interest of a free miner in his claim is deemed a chattel interest. The lawful owner of a mineral claim is entitled to a Crown...
Page 4 - Canada. 1775. Outbreak of the American Revolution and invasion of Canada by the Americans ; every place of importance rapidly fell into their hands, with the exception of Quebec, in an attack upon which General Montgomery was defeated and killed on 31st December. 1776. Reinforcements arrived from England and the Americans were finally driven out of Canada by General Carleton.
Page 176 - Free miners may obtain a lease of placer-mining ground for 20 years as follows : — Before application for lease, legal posts to be placed, with names and descriptions, and plans, &.C., to be deposited with mining recorder; creek diggings, or abandoned or unworked creeks, half a mile in length ; any other placer mining grounds, 80 aeree ; precious stone diggings, 1 0 acres.

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