OF THE

CONSTITUTIONAL HISTORY

OF CANADA

FROM THE EARLIEST PERIOD TO THE YEAR 1888

INCLUDING THE BRITISH NORTH AMERICA ACT, 1867, and a DIGEST
OF JUDICIAL DECISIONS ON QUESTIONS OF
LEGISLATIVE JURISDICTION.

BY

JOHN GEORGE BOURINOT, LL.D., F.R.S. Can.,

CLERK OF THE HOUSE OF COMMONS OF CANADA,

AUTHOR OF PARLIAMENTARY PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE IN CANADA,
LOCAL GOVERNMENT IN CANADA, ETC.

MONTREAL:

DAWSON BROTHERS, PUBLISHERS.

1888.

Checked:

May 1913.

PURIC LIBRARY

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ASTOR, LENOX AND TILDEN FOUNDATIONS. 1901

Entered according to Act of Parliament in the year 88, by DAWSON BROTHERS, in the Office of the Minister of Agriculture.

GAZETTE PRINTING CO., MONTREAL.

To HIS EXCELLENCY THE MOST Noble

THE MARQUESS OF LANSDOWNE, G. C. M. G.

THIS LITTLE VOLUME IS RESPECTFULLY INSCRIBED BY

THE AUTHOR

IN TOKEN OF HIGH ESTEEM FOR A CONSTITUTIONAL GOVERNOR

WHO HAS WON GOLDEN OPINIONS DURING THE

ADMINISTRATION OF HIS HIGH OFFICE

IN CANADA.