British North America Acts and Selected Statutes: (together with Pre-Confederation Statutes and Documents, a Short Historical Review, a Chapter on Responsible Government and a Chapter on the Years Preceding Confederation; Together Also with Many Acts and Orders in Council Relating to Canada and Its Provinces; to which Has Been Added the Letters Patent Constituting the Office of Governor General of Canada Together with the Commission and Instructions, Also the Form of Commission of an Instructions to the Lieutenant-Governors. Abundant Notes Accompany All These Statutes and Documents), 1867-1962 |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | British North America Acts and Selected Statutes: (together with Pre-Confederation Statutes and Documents, a Short Historical Review, a Chapter on Responsible Government and a Chapter on the Years Preceding Confederation; Together Also with Many Acts and Orders in Council Relating to Canada and ... |
| Author | Great Britain |
| Editor | Maurice Ollivier |
| Compiled by | Maurice Ollivier |
| Publisher | R. Duhamel, Queen's printer, 1962 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 3 Nov 2006 |
| Length | 662 pages |
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