THE BRITISH NORTH AMERICA ACT, 1867. 291 65. All powers, authorities, and functions which under any Powers to Act of the Parliament of Great Britain, or of the Parliament of a the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, or of the Lieu- Legislature of Upper Canada, Lower Canada, or Canada, were or Sa are before or at the Union vested in or exercisable by the re- of Ontario spective Governors or Lieutenant-Governors of those Provinces, os Quire with the advice, or with the advice and consent, of the respective vice or Executive Councils thereof, or in conjunction with those Councils, sone: or with any number of Members thereof, or by those Governors or Lieutenant-Governors individually, shall, as far as the same are capable of being exercised after the Union in relation to the Government of Ontario and Quebec respectively, be vested in and shall or may be exercised by the Tieutenant-Governor of Ontario and Quebec respectively, with the advice, or with the advice and consent of, or in conjunction with the respective Executive Councils or any Members thereof, or by the Lieutenant-Governor individu- ally, as the case requires, subject nevertheless (except with respect to such as exist under Acts of the Parliament of Great Britain, or of the Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland) to be abolished or altered by the respective Legislatures of Ontario and Quebec. 66. The provisions of this Act referring to the Lieutenant Governor in Council shall be construed as referring to the Lieu- tenant-Governor of the Province acting by and with the advice of the Executive Council thereof. Applica tion of pro- visions re- ferring to Lieu- tenant- Governor in Council. 67. The Governor-General in Council may from time to time Adana. appoint an Administrator to execute the office and functions of absence, Tieutenant-Governor during his absence, illness, or other in- i, ability. lenant- Governor, 68. Unless and until the Executive Government of any Seats of Province otherwise directs with respect to that Province, the Provincial seats of Government of the Provinces shall be as follows, namely, ments. — of Ontario, the City of Toronto; of Quebec, the City of Quebec; of Nova Scotia, the City of Halifax : and of New Brunswick, the City of Fredericton. fj