The History of Canada: Canada under British rule

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Roswell & Hutchinson, 1897
 

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Σελίδα 177 - ... the king and parliament of Great Britain will not impose any duty, tax, or assessment whatever, payable in any of His Majesty's colonies, provinces and plantations in North America or the West Indies ; except only such duties as it may be expedient to impose for the regulation of commerce ; the net produce of such duties to be always paid and applied to and for the use of the colony, province, or plantation, in which the same shall be respectively levied, in such manner as other duties collected...
Σελίδα 329 - Majesty's dominions, or between either of the said provinces and any foreign country or state, or for appointing and directing the payment of drawbacks of such duties so imposed, or to give to...
Σελίδα 329 - America, or relates thereto," it has been declared "that the King and Parliament of Great Britain will not impose any duty, tax, or assessment whatever, payable in any of his Majesty's Colonies, Provinces, and Plantations in North America, or the West Indies, except only such duties as it may be expedient to impose for the regulation of commerce, the net produce of such duties to be always paid and applied to and for the use of the Colony, Province, or Plantation, in which the same shall be respectively...
Σελίδα 305 - Britain, to endeavor to establish that boundary by amicable negotiation. It appearing, from long experience, that no satisfactory arrangement could be formed of the commercial intercourse between the United States and the British colonies in this hemisphere by legislative acts, while each party pursued its own course without agreement or concert with the other, a proposal has been made...
Σελίδα 463 - We read that in old times, when the villeins were driven to revolt by oppression, when the castles of the nobility were burned to the ground, when the warehouses of London were pillaged, when a hundred thousand insurgents appeared in arms on Blackheath, when a foul murder perpetrated in their presence had raised their passions to madness, when they were looking round for...
Σελίδα 329 - Plantations are ordinarily paid and applied": And whereas it is necessary for the general benefit of the British Empire, that such power of regulation of commerce should continue to be exercised by His...
Σελίδα 545 - ... modify it to suit the interests or the passions of the moment. 10. Resolved, That with the possession of a power so unlimited, the abuse of it is inseparably connected ; and that it has always been so exercised in the selection of the Members of the Legislative Council of this province, as to favour the spirit of monopoly and despotism in the executive, judicial and administrative departments of government, and never in favour of the public interest.
Σελίδα 132 - Government to provide in this case, but we are certain if some measure be not adopted to define, without delay, the limits, power, and authority of the Hudson's Bay Company, a contest will ensue in the interior, the results of which will be dreadful with respect to loss of lives and property.
Σελίδα 570 - ... sale, in small parcels, at low rates, secure the advantages of competition, and will prevent the Company from using the privileges to the detriment of the community. In the formation of counties for the election of representatives, the townships, which are held by the tenure of free and common soccage, and are therefore the natural resort of British settlers, have been divided into counties, according to the actual population, without making any provision for their future growth, although the...
Σελίδα 545 - ... faithful subjects had conceived of seeing the legislative council reformed and ameliorated, and has confirmed them in the opinion that the only possible mode of giving to that body the weight and respectability which it ought to possess, is to introduce into it the principle of election. 18. Resolved, That the legislative council, strengthened by a majority inimical to the rights of this house and of the people whom it represents, has received new and more powerful means than it before possessed...

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