Extracts from Order in Council, dated 24 June, 1870 
surrendering the North-West Territories of Canada. 
“It is hereby ordered and declared by Her Majesty by and 
with the advice of the Privy Council in pursuance and exercise of 
the powers vested in Her Majesty by the said Acts of Parliament’ 
that from and after the 15th day of July, 1870, the said North- 
Western Territory shall be admitted into and become part of the 
Dominion of Canada upon the terms and conditions set forth in 
the first hereinbefore recited address® and that the Parliament 
of Canada shall have from the day aforesaid full power and 
authority to legislate for the future welfare and good government 
of the said Territory. And it is further ordered that without 
prejudice to any obligations arising from the aforesaid approved 
report, Rupert's Land shall from and after the said date be 
wdmitted into and become part of the Dominion of Canada.” 
The conditions contained in the Address from the Parliament 
of Canada regarding the North-West Territory were :— 
“That the Government and Parliament of Canada would 
provide that the legal rights of any corporation, company or in- 
dividual within the same should be respected and placed under 
the protection of courts of competent jurisdiction.” 
“That the claims of the Indian tribes to compensation for lands 
required for purposes of settlement should be considered and 
settled in conformity with the equitable principles that had 
uniformly governed the British Crown in its dealing with the 
aborigines.” 
The conditions relating to Rupert's Land were :— 
1. “Canada to pay the Hudson’s Bay Company £300,000 
when Rupert's Land is transferred to the Dominion.” 
2. “The Company are to retain the posts they actually occupy 
in the North-West Territory and may within twelve months of 
I i.e. B.N. A, Act, 1867: Rupert's Land Act, 1868, 
2 i.e, from the Canadian Parliament,