. The story of the Dominion : four hundred years in the annals of half a continent ; a history of Canada from its early discovery and settlement to the present time ; embracing its growth, progress and achievements in the pursuits of peace and war. THE HON. SIR NARCISSE F. BELLEAU Lieutenant-Govercor of Quebec, 1867-73 THE HON. THOMAS WHITE. THE CONFEDERATION OF 111F PROVINCES 357 Langevin and Henry were also present, as were three new men— Ritchie, W. P. Howland and R. D. Wihnot. The final detailswere settled and, on the 28th of March, 1867, the Resolutions, afterpassing thr
. The story of the Dominion : four hundred years in the annals of half a continent ; a history of Canada from its early discovery and settlement to the present time ; embracing its growth, progress and achievements in the pursuits of peace and war. THE HON. SIR NARCISSE F. BELLEAU Lieutenant-Govercor of Quebec, 1867-73 THE HON. THOMAS WHITE. THE CONFEDERATION OF 111F PROVINCES 357 Langevin and Henry were also present, as were three new men— Ritchie, W. P. Howland and R. D. Wihnot. The final detailswere settled and, on the 28th of March, 1867, the Resolutions, afterpassing through the Imperial Parliament as the British North Amer-ica Act, received the Queens assent and became the constitution ofthe new Dominion * of Canada on the ensuing ist of July. Under the terms of this Federal constitution, or by virtue ofBritish precedents and practices afterwards read into it, the followingsystem was established, or has in its working details been sinceevolved : 1. A Governor-General representing the Sovereign, appointedby the Crown for five years and holding, practically, the same place inthe Canadian constitution as the Oueen does in that of Great Britain. 2. A Cabinet composed of members of the Queens Privy Coun-cil
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