CHAPTER XX. 
DoMinioNn CONTROL OF THE PROVINCES. 
THE Dominion Executive has, within very definite limits, 
a certain degree of control over the provincial Legislatures 
and Administrations. 
Veto of As regards the provincial Legislatures, every Act passed 
wy " has to be transmitted to the Governor-General, who, within 
one year, may disallow the same. An account has already 
been. given of the course followed by the Governor-General 
on receipt of a provincial Act’. As a rule it is referred to 
the Minister of Justice, who reports thereon to the Governor- 
General. The power of disallowance is in practice exercised 
only on the advice of the Dominion Ministry. Up to 
the present time it has been but seldom used. From 1867 
to 1882 out of 6000 Acts only 81 were disallowed. Since 
1883 the following Acts have been disallowed? :— 
1883 An Act of New Brunswick to incorporate a Bridge 
Company. 
Two Acts of British Columbia incorporating Railway 
Companies. 
1884 An Act of Ontario respecting Licence duties. 
1885 An Act of British Columbia restricting the immi- 
gration of Chinese. 
L Ante, p. 175, 
? On the Disallowance of Provincial Acts, see Can. Sess. Pap. 1882, 
No. 141: Ib. 1885, No. 29, and Ib., Report of Minister of Justice, 1st April, 
(886. 
Acts dis- 
allowed.