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8. That the new building in which are held the Law Courts,
Registry Office &c., shall be transferred to Canada on the payment
of 69,000 dollars. The purchase to include the land on which the
pbuilding now stands and a suitable space of ground in addition
for yard room de.
That the Steam Dredge Boat in course of construction shall be
iaken by the Dominion at a cost not exceeding 22,000 dollars.
That the Steam Ferry Boat owned by the Government of the
[sland and used as such shall remain the property of the Island.
9. That the population of Prince Edward Island having been
increased by 15,000 or upwards since the year 1861 the Island shall
be represented in the House of Commons of Canada by six
members; the representation to be adjusted from time to time
inder the provisions of the B. N. A. Act 1867.
10. That the constitution of the executive authority and of the
Legislature of Prince Edward Island shall, subject to the pro-
visions of the B. N. A. Act 1867, continue as at the time of the
Union until altered under the authority of the said Act and the
House of Assembly of Prince Edward Island existing at the
late of the Union shall unless sooner dissolved continue for the
period for which it was elected.
11. That the provisions in the B.N. A. Act 1867 shall,
except those parts thereof which are in terms made or by reason-
able intendment may be held to be especially applicable to and
only to affect one and not the whole of the provinces now compris-
ing the Dominion and except so far as the same may be varied
by these resolutions be applicable to Prince Edward Island in the
same way and to the same extent as they apply to the other
Provinces of the Dominion and as if the Colony of Prince
Edward Island had been one of the Provinces originally united
yy the said Act.
12. That the Union shall take place on such day as Her
Majesty may direct by Order in Council on addresses to that
effect from the Houses of the Parliament of Canada and of the
Legislature of the Colony of Prince Edward Island under the
[46th section of the B. N. A. Act 1867 and that the Electoral
Districts for which, the time within which and the laws and
provisions under which the first election of members to serve in
the House of Commons of Canada for such Electoral Districts