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At the Court at Windsor, the 23rd day of June, 1870.
PRESENT,
The QUEEN's Most Excellent Majesty.
Lord President.
Lord Privy Seal.
Lord Chamberlain.
Mr. Gladstone.
Whereas by the "British North America Act, 1867," it was (amongst other
things) enacted that it should be lawful for the Queen, by and with the
advice of Her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council, on Address from the
Houses of Parliament of Canada, to admit Rupert's Land and the North-Western
Territory, or either of them, into the Union on such terms and conditions
in each case as should be in the Addresses expressed, and as the Queen should
think fit to approve, subject to the provisions of the said Act. And it
was further enacted that the provisions of any Order in Council in that
behalf should have effect as if they had been enacted by the Parliament
of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland:
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And whereas a second Address from both the Houses of Parliament of Canada has been received by Her Majesty praying that Her Majesty will be pleased, under the provisions of the hereinbefore recited Acts, to unite Rupert's Land on the terms and conditions expressed in certain Resolutions therein referred to and approved of by Her Majesty, of which said Resolutions and Address copies are contained in the Schedule to this Order annexed, marked B, and also to unite the North-Western Territory with the Dominion of Canada, as prayed for by and on the terms and conditions contained in the hereinbefore first recited Address, and also approved of by Her Majesty: |
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