History of the British Colonies: Possessions in North AmericaJ. Cochrane and Company, 1834 |
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... Assembly , or third estate , composed of fifty members , and consisting of four citizens from each of the cities of Quebec and Montreal , — three burgesses ( being two for the town of Three Rivers , and one for William Henry , * ) and ...
... Assembly , or third estate , composed of fifty members , and consisting of four citizens from each of the cities of Quebec and Montreal , — three burgesses ( being two for the town of Three Rivers , and one for William Henry , * ) and ...
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... Assembly . COUNTIES . Area in square miles . Inhabitants in . Population . Townships . Seignories . In 1827. In 1831 . Members 1827 1831 3,044 .... Gaspé * 7,296 4,919 1,125 6,425 | 13,312 | 1 2 Cornwallis ( 1 ) .... 13,160 Notre 20,012 ...
... Assembly . COUNTIES . Area in square miles . Inhabitants in . Population . Townships . Seignories . In 1827. In 1831 . Members 1827 1831 3,044 .... Gaspé * 7,296 4,919 1,125 6,425 | 13,312 | 1 2 Cornwallis ( 1 ) .... 13,160 Notre 20,012 ...
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... Assembly of the Province . * The Provincial Legislature consists of His Majesty , acting by the governor of the province for His Majesty , of a legisla- tive council of thirty - four members , † appointed by His Ma- jesty for life ; of ...
... Assembly of the Province . * The Provincial Legislature consists of His Majesty , acting by the governor of the province for His Majesty , of a legisla- tive council of thirty - four members , † appointed by His Ma- jesty for life ; of ...
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... Assembly have for the last three ses- sions been allowed by grants of the Legislature , an indemnity of 10s . cur- rency per diem , and 48. per league from their places of residence to the town or capital where the sittings of the ...
... Assembly have for the last three ses- sions been allowed by grants of the Legislature , an indemnity of 10s . cur- rency per diem , and 48. per league from their places of residence to the town or capital where the sittings of the ...
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... Assembly , which may not be agreeable to some individuals , I hesitate not to perform the duty I owe to my fellow subjects in Canada , as also to the cause which now pervades the breasts of civilized men in every quarter of the globe ...
... Assembly , which may not be agreeable to some individuals , I hesitate not to perform the duty I owe to my fellow subjects in Canada , as also to the cause which now pervades the breasts of civilized men in every quarter of the globe ...
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acres American amount Annapolis annually annum banks barrels Bay of Fundy boats breadth Britain British Brunswick bushels Canadian canal Cape Breton Cattle coal coast colony commenced Company Council Crown cultivated distance district ditto east emigrants England English export extent falls feet fish fishery France French Government Governor Grand granted Gulf of St Halifax harbour height House of Assembly Indians inhabitants island Isle John's Kingston Lake Erie Lake Huron Lake Ontario Lake Superior land latter Lawrence limestone Louisburg Lower Canada ment miles long militia Montreal mountains mouth navigation nearly Newfoundland Niagara Nova Scotia officers Ottawa Pictou population Port Prescott province Quebec rapids returns revenue Rideau river St rocks settlement settlers ships shore side snow soil steam-boats territory Three Rivers timber tion tons Toronto Total town townships trade United Upper Canada upwards Value vessels whole York
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Sivu 466 - Labrador so long as the same shall remain unsettled ; but so soon as the same or either of them shall be settled, it shall not be lawful for the said fishermen to dry or cure fish at such...
Sivu 467 - Belleisle and thence Northwardly indefinitely along the Coast, without prejudice however, to any of the exclusive Rights of the Hudson Bay Company...
Sivu 224 - Is the broad column which rolls on, and shows More like the fountain of an infant sea Torn from the womb of mountains by the throes Of a new world...
Sivu 467 - Whereas differences have arisen respecting the Liberty claimed by the United States for the Inhabitants thereof, to take, dry, and cure Fish on certain Coasts, Bays, Harbours, and Creeks of His Britannic Majesty's Dominions in America, it is agreed between The High Contracting Parties, that the Inhabitants of the said United States shall have forever, in common with the Subjects of His Britannic Majesty, the Liberty to take Fish of every kind on that part of the Southern...
Sivu xii - Croix River to the highlands; along the said highlands which divide those rivers that empty themselves into the river St. Lawrence, from those which fall into the Atlantic Ocean...
Sivu 224 - The roar of waters ! — from the headlong height Velino cleaves the wave-worn precipice ; The fall of waters ! rapid as the light The flashing mass foams shaking the abyss ; The hell of waters ! where they howl and hiss, And boil in endless torture ; while the sweat Of their great agony, wrung out from this Their Phlegethou, curls round the rocks of jet That gird the gulf around, in pitiless horror set...
Sivu xii - Cataraquy; thence along the middle of said river into Lake Ontario; through the middle of said lake until it strikes the communication by water between that lake and Lake Erie; thence along the middle of said communication into Lake Erie, through the middle of said lake until it arrives at the water communication between that lake and Lake Huron; thence along the middle of said water communication into the Lake Huron, thence through the middle of said lake to the water communication between that...
Sivu 464 - His Britannic Majesty will take the most positive measures for preventing his subjects from interrupting, in any manner, by their competition, the fishery of the French, during the temporary exercise of it which is granted to them upon the coasts of the Island of Newfoundland; and he will, for this purpose, cause the fixed settlements, which shall be formed there, to be removed.
Sivu 224 - Horribly beautiful ! but on the verge, From side to side, beneath the glittering morn, An Iris sits, amidst the infernal surge, Like Hope upon a death-bed, and, unworn Its steady dyes, while all around is torn By the distracted waters, bears serene Its brilliant hues with all their beams unshorn : Resembling, 'mid the torture of the scene, Love watching Madness with unalterable mien.
Sivu 2 - Bay, including all the territory to the westward and southward of the said line, to the utmost extent of the country commonly called or known by the name of Canada...