PREFACE.

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matters of finance. At meetings of this council the Lieutenant-Governor
 is to preside, and he is allowed a vote as well
as a casting vote. Before being introduced all money bills
must be recommended by him to the Assembly.
Notwithstanding the existence of this Assembly the
constitution of the North West Territories differs in several
important respects from that found in the provinces. The
Territories do not constitute “a Province,” and the Assembly
has therefore only such legislative powers as the Dominion
Parliament, confers on it. The Lieutenant-Governor exercises
 the chief executive power and is not to the same
extent as in the Provinces bound to defer to his advisers.
No doubt in time the more settled districts in the Territories
 will be formed into a new province.
I am much indebted to Mr J. G. Colmar, secretary to the
High Commissioner for Canada, for valuable assistance during
the progress of the work; to Mr J. S. O'Halloran, secretary
of the Royal Colonial Institute, and to the Librarian of the
Colonial Office for permission to consult their libraries; and
to my friends Professor T. N. Toller and Mr R.T. Wright
for their kind aid in revising proofs.

J. EB. C. M.

7, NEw SQUARE,
Lincorn’s INN.

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