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Excerpt from Correspondence With the Federal Government, and Accompanying Papers, Respecting the Provincial Boundary Since Last Session
Sir, - I am commanded by His Excellency the governor-general to inform you that on the fourth day of April last, during the late Session of the Parliament of Canada, the following resolution was adopted. Resolved, That in the opinion of this House it is expedient that the western and northern boundaries of the Province of Ontario should be finally settled by a reference to, and an authoritative decision by, either the Supreme Court of Canada, or the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council in Great Britain, or by the Supreme Court in the first place, subject to a final submission to the Judicial Committee, as the Province of Ontario may choose; that such decision should be Obtained either on appeal in a friendly action brought for the purpose, or by reference to the said Courts, or either or both of them by Her Majesty, under the powers conferred upon her by the Imperial and Canadian Parliaments, as the Government of Ontario may prefer; and that the said reference should be based upon the evidence collected and printed, with any additional documentary evidence, if such there is, and that pending the reference, the administra tion of the lands shall be entrusted to a joint commission appointed by the Governments of Canada and Ontario. This resolution was passed by a large majority of the members of the House, the Yeas being one hundred and sixteen and the Nays forty-four. His Excellency desires me to invite the attention of your Government to this unmistakable expression of Opinion of the Representatives of the People of the Do minion, and further to state that his Ministers are not only prepared, but anxious, to make all necessary arrangements in conjunction with the Government of Ontario for giving effect to such resolution with all convenient speed. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
