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MEMOIRES

C ( ) ~ I { P T E S RENDUSD E LA

SOCIETE ROYALEDU

CANADA

SECON D E StR IE - TOME l V

SEANCE DE MAl 1 8 ~ ) S

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PROCEEDINGS

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TRANSACTIONSO F THE

ROYAL SOCIETYO F

CAN ADASECON D SERIES- VOL UME I V

MEETING OF MAY, 1898

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ROLl L ~ O t ' l ETY OF C \ ,\ IJA' ~ ' n a i!ody and 1 Il l' i }l}ll 'l 'I1W r u l ~ (whom WI.' will, for

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4(3 ROYAL SOC IETY ('rF f ' A ~ A D AFrom which ( : ; they nrglle that ir is n chamhcl'

at all, it h ( ) 1 . 1 h i be ( ' ( ) t i t l l t on :L re p, 'cSC nltl li '{c b a ~ i , . . ; .Th e t.':':"('I1(,(" th en, of t h t' of a !'('('ond ehambcr eon::! iMs in a

righ t a n d i l l :L :< t o t he acinlntagcoi and l i m i t a t i ( ) n ~ of thiR thirdhod.". t ha t t he e : : ; e J ) f : l t i \ ' t (:h a.mhcr, For if c.:hn mb er is a bot h

( ' ( ) n : - ; n 1 ~ ; ( 1 in r--o thorotl).,chly ped cct :L m an ner. afo ! ' - ! supposed,it will l:trgC'ly in fl ue nce tbl' q l l l ' ~ l of the i r a h l ( , : < ! : l (I f :\ ::Iceondch" ,,, I"' r at " II.Bu t Ipt 'I' inqnire :-

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a d . ~ \ m a n d may fairly be made to ineludl..! OVt l'Y I pL crc of g'OYl'rlltnentwil hill its :":copo '? .\\rit h regard to t he Lhuo rr of l l ' - ~ o " V c n t . . i t e: ,sih- olwiotl8 that.

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lWYAL ~ O C I E T Y OF CANAIHThat there n l ' t ~ ~ H ( ' h defc-ds in an y theol'Y of r 0 p r e ~ e n t ~ l f i v e gOVt'l 'Tl

m('ld whil'h (:OV{'l'd wyidely d i n ~ r : - \ i f i e d intel'(:st,'-I, an d \vidoly extC'nried tel'ritory. is nndcniabIt:.

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l:(,Y.\ L ~ O ( , ! E ry OF C.\ C:.\ n. \f'q'lal in p ( f ' H ~ l ' ' ' : l ind fllll('linn:-:. til tlw otlwl' eilam\ll:l'. ~ \ l e l ! a l!ody ma y)\" vithcl' (llp'-lin', ()r \)I:n'tiil:tl'.'-' ' I i ' \!(' appnint('d hy til,,' hl'ad of the ~ t < l t t . \

,\ll vkdiy(' h ( l d , \ ~ ,\,"quld be ~ \ l l ) j \ . ' d . II I all th e d i s l H h a n t a . ~ e s tlwtni l iw\1 tq ( 1 \ : . ' 0 t 1 H ~ l ' r('J!re:-:'I'nl:I' IlII'}Y: and w(luld l a r , ~ e i y h{' a duplitateId' it, "\'PH it' l ' o l l ~ t i t n t c d like t l l ( ~ S t ~ n a t c oj' tlH' trflited S t a t ~ ; . ; . o r : t ~ ou rp\Yll k ~ i : d:lt!Y( ' ( 'Olllllilc: g ~ ' n ( ' ! ' ; ( lly ,,"ere \ldill'(.' ('oJ) tl.-deration.

Tt \P l l1ld f \nl I H ' ( T : - : ~ a r i l y l'PPl'P,- ~ t rnode of constituting fmeh a chamber in i hi!-\ agp

ano. country to han:' it t ' o n ~ i s . t of personR nppointc(l from time to timeby th o Crown, under tlw advice of l ' e s p ( ) T l ~ i l t l e nl1nistef':-l., limited in nnmh e 1 ~ , as may he pl'ovidcd,-appointed for life, and ( ' o n s j ~ t i n g of mrll of:-:1aiioD, wealth and ('.xpcl'ien('t', w h ( ) ~ c knowlpuge of h u ~ i l H ' p . ~ an d atfuil")J.at h i r . ~ c qnalitics thelll to rc\-jc'w thp deei:-;ions al'riYcd at ll)' th e r e p l ' ( ~ ~ m tat-hoe hom;.c, as well under 1imitutinns, to initiate le,dslation themAelV('S,