The Cambridge History of the British Empire, Volume 2John Holland Rose, Arthur Percival Newton, Ernest Alfred Benians, Henry Dodwell The University Press, 1929 - Commonwealth countries |
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Page 185
... Legislative Council . The Senators were elected by the Legislative Assembly from among its own members on nomination by the President . After a stiff struggle the Ionian deputies gave way to Maitland's determina- tion that the President ...
... Legislative Council . The Senators were elected by the Legislative Assembly from among its own members on nomination by the President . After a stiff struggle the Ionian deputies gave way to Maitland's determina- tion that the President ...
Page 520
... Legislative Council should be European and half natives . The Governor's instructions forbade the nomination of any unofficial member holding an office under the Crown , and it proved impossible at first to find suitable persons with a ...
... Legislative Council should be European and half natives . The Governor's instructions forbade the nomination of any unofficial member holding an office under the Crown , and it proved impossible at first to find suitable persons with a ...
Page 746
... Legislative Council , and passed , authorising an agreement to be entered into with the Company which had been formed to construct the railway in 1846. The railway was estimated to cost £ 856,557 , but unfortunately no proper surveys ...
... Legislative Council , and passed , authorising an agreement to be entered into with the Company which had been formed to construct the railway in 1846. The railway was estimated to cost £ 856,557 , but unfortunately no proper surveys ...
Contents
CHAPTER I | 1 |
The Loyalists and Canada | 9 |
Rivalry with the Dutch | 15 |
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