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Division

of records.

Constitution of

143. The Governor-General in Council may from Time to Time order that such and so many of the Records, Books and Documents of the Province of Canada as he thinks fit shall be appropriated and deliver ed either to Ontario or to Quebec, and the same shall thenceforth be the property of that Province; and any copy thereof or extract therefrom, duly certified by the Officer having charge of the original thereof, shall be admitted as Evidence.

144. The Lieutenant Governor of Quetownships bec may from Time to Time, by Proclamain Quebec. tion under the Great Seal of the Province, to take effect from a day to be appointed therein, constitute Townships in those Parts of the Province of Quebec in which Townships are not then already constituted, and fix the Metes and Bounds thereof.

Duty of
Govern-

ment of

X.-INTERCOLONIAL RAILWAY.

145. Inasmuch as the Provinces of Canment and ada, Nova Scotia and New Brunswick have Parlia- joined in a Declaration that the Construc Canada to tion of the Intercolonial Railway is essenmake Rail- tial to the Consolidation of the Union of British North America, and to the Assent thereto of Nova Scotia and New Bruns wick, and have consequently agreed that Provision should be made for its immediate

way here

in described.

construction

construction by the Government of Canada: Therefore, in order to give effect to that Agreement, it shall be the Duty of the Government and Parliament of Canada to provide for the Commencement, within Six Months after the Union, of a Railway connecting the River St. Lawrence with the City of Halifax in Nova Scotia, and for the Construction thereof without Intermission, and the Completion thereof with all practicable Speed.

XI. ADMISSION OF OTHER COLONIES.

Newfound

Union.

146. It shall be lawful for the Queen, Power to by and with the Advice of Her Majesty's admit Most Honorable Privy Council, on Ad- land, &c., dresses from the Houses of the Parliament into the of Canada, and from the Houses of the respective Legislatures of the Colonies or Provinces of Newfoundland, Prince Edward Island and British Columbia, to admit those Colonies or Provinces, or any of them, into the Union, and on Address from the Houses of the Parliament of Canada to admit Rupert's Land and the Northwestern Territory, or either of them, into the Union, on such Terms and Conditions in each Case as are in the Addresses expressed and as the Queen thinks fit to approve, subject to the Provisions of this Act; and the Provisions of any Order in Council in that Behalf shall have effect as

As to representation of New

Edward

Island in
Senate.

if they had been enacted by the Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.

147. In case of the Admission of Newfoundland and Prince Edward Island, or foundland either of them, each shall be entitled to a and Prince Representation, in the Senate of Canada, of Four Members, and (notwithstanding anything in this Act) in case of the Admission of Newfoundland, the Normal number of Senators shall be Seventy-six and their maximum Number shall be Eighty-two; but Prince Edward Island, when admitted, shall be deemed to be comprised in the third of the Three Divisions into which Canada is, in relation to the Constitution of the Senate, divided by this Act, and accordingly, after the Admission of Prince Edward Island, whether Newfoundland is admitted or not, the Representation of Nova Scotia and New Brunswick in the Senate shall, as Vacancies occur, be reduced from Twelve to Ten Members respectively, and the Representation of each of those Provinces shall not be increased at any Time beyond Ten, except under the Provisions of this Act, for the Appointment of Three or Six additional Senators under the Direction of the Queen.

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RIDINGS OF COUNTIES.

10. North Riding of Lanark. 11. South Riding of Lanark.

12 North Riding of Leeds and North Riding of Grenville.

13. South Riding of Leeds.

14. South Riding of Grenville.
15. East Riding of Northumberland
16. West Riding of Northumberland
(excepting therefrom the Township
of South Monaghan).

17. East Riding of Durham.
18. West Riding of Durham.
19. North Riding of Ontario.

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20. South Riding of Ontario.
21. East Riding of York.
22. West Riding of York
23. North Riding of York.
24. North Riding of Wentworth.
25. South Riding of Wentworth.
26. East Riding of Elgin.
27 West Riding of Elgin.
28. North Riding of Waterloo.
29 South Riding of Waterloo.
30. North Riding of Brant.
31. South Riding of Brant.
32. North Riding of Oxford.
33. South Riding of Oxford.
34. East Riding of Middlesex.

CITIES, PARTS OF CITIES AND TOWNS.

35. West Toronto.

36. East Toronto. 37. Hamilton.

38. Ottawa.

39. Kingston.

40. London.

41. Town of Brockville, with the Township of Elizabethtown thereto attached.

42. Town of Niagara, with the township of Niagara thereto attached.

43. Town of Cornwall, with the Township of Cornwall thereto attached.

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