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Technical and Bibliographic Notes/Notes techniques et bibliographiques
The Institute has attempted to obtain the best
original copy available for filming. Features of this
copy which may be bibliographically unique,
which may alter any of the images in the
reproduction, or which may significantly change
the usual method of filming, are checked below.
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Cover title missing/
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Coloured maps/
Cartes gAographiques en couieur
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Encre de couieur (i.e. autre que bleue ou noire)
Coloured plates and/or illustrations/
Planches et/ou illustrations en couieur
Bound with other material/
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along interior margin/
Lareliuro serree peut causer de I'ombre ou de la
distorsion ie long de la marge intdrieure
Blank leaves added during restoration may
appear within the text. Whenever possible, these
have bean omitted from filming/
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lors d'une restauration apparaissent dans le texte.
mais, lorsque cela dtait possible, ces pages n'ont
pas 6ti film^es.
L'Institut a microfilm^ le meilleur exemplaire
qu'il lui a eti possible de se procurer. Les details
de cet exemplaire qui sont peut-dtre uniques du
point de vue bibliographique, qui peuvent modifier
une image reproduite, ou qui peuvent exiger une
modification dans la m4thode normale de filmage
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Th« copy filmed h«r« has been reproduced thanks
to the generosity of:
McLennan Library
IVtcGill University
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The images appearing here are the best quality
possible considering the condition and legibility
of the original copy and In keeping with the
filming contract specifications.
Original copies In printed paper covers are filmed
beginning with the front cover and ending on
the last page with a printed or illustrated impres-
sion, or the back cover when appropriate. All
other original copies are filmed beginning on the
first page with a printed or Illustrated Impres-
sion, und ending on the last page with a printed
or illustrated Impression.
The last recorded frame on each microfiche
shall contain the symbol —»• (meaning "CON-
TINUED"), or the symbol y (meaning 'SNO"),
whichever applies.
IVIaps, plates, charts, etc., may be filmed at
different reduction ratios. Those too large to be
entirely included In one exposure are filmed
beginning in the upper left hand corner, left to
right and tap to bottom, as many framea as
required. The following diagrama illustrate the
method:
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L'exemplaire fllmi fut reproduit grAce i ia
gin^rositi de:
IVIcLennan Library
McGiil University
IVIontreal
Les imagea suivantes ort txi reproduites avec ie
plus grand soin, compte tenu de ia condition et
de la nettst* de l'exemplaire filmA, et en
conformity avec les conditions du contrat de
filmage.
Les exemplaires originaux dont la couverture en
papier est Imprlmte sont filmis sn commen^ant
par Ie premier plat et en terminant soit par ia
dernlAre page qui comporte une empreinte
d'Impresslon ou d'illustration, soit par ie second
plat, salon Ie cas. Tous les autres exemplaires
originaux sont filmte en commenpant par la
premiere page qui comporte une empreinte
d'Impresslon ou d'illustration et en termincnt par
Is dernlire page qui comporte une telle
empreinte.
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cas: Ie tymbole -^ signlfle "A SUIVRE", ie
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filmte A dee taux de rMuctlon diff Arents.
Lorsque la document est trop grand pour Atre
reproduit en un seul cliche, il est f ilmi A partir
de I'angie supirieur gauche, de gauche A drolte,
et de haut en baa, en prenant Ie nombre
d'images nteessaire. Les diagrammes suivants
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PROCLAMATION.
By His Excellency J^VISIES DOUGLAS, Oovernor
and Commander-in-Chief of Her Majesty's Colony of
British CoKimbia and its Dependencies-
PROCLAMATION having the Force of Law to
Indemnify the Governor and other Officers for Acts
done before the Establishment of any Legitimate Au-
thority in British Columbia.
WHEREAS, large number of Ilor Majcsty'o subjects and others, have resorted to and
settled on the territory now comprised within the limits of this Colony, before the
establishment of any settled form of government therein, and it ha3 been necessary to
take steps for the establishment and maintenance of peace, order and good government,
and for the protection of the rights of Her Majesty, and for the collection of a revenue
from lands belonging to Her Majesty; some of which steps maj'^not have been fully au-
thorized in point of law :
And Whereas, by a Commission under the Great Seal of the United Kingdom of Great
Britain and Ireland, I, JAMES DOUGLAS, Governor of the Colony of British Colum-
bia, have been authorized, by Proclamation issued under the Public Seal of the Colony,
to make Laws, Institutions and Ordinances for the peace, order and good Government
of the same :
Be it therefore known to all whom it may concern, that I, the said James Douglas,
Governor of British Columbia, do hereby, in virtue of the authority aforesaid, enact and
proclaim that every act, matter or thing bona fide done and performed for any of the purpos-
es, aforesaid before the date of this proclamation, by me, the said James Douglas, or any
other person or persons acting under ray authority or direction, shall be deemed to be
and to have been valid in Law, and that I, the said James Douglas, and the said other
persons, shall be and hereby are severally and jointly indemnified, freed and discharged
from and against all actions, suits, prosecutions and penalties whatever, in respect of any
such act, matter or thing, and that the same shall not be questioned in any of Her Majes-
ty's Courts of Civil or Criminal jurisdiction in this Colony.
And I do further enact and proclaim that any declaration in writing, under the hand
of the Governor, or officer adniinistering the Govenmient of British Columbia, to the_
effect
such purj
poses oft i ' • 1 1 1 •
be a sufficient discharge and indemnity to all persons meirtioned in the said declaration
in respect of th.' act, raiattcr or thing specified therein.
Issued at Fort Langly, under the Public Seal of the said Colony, this nine-
teenth day of November, 1858, in the Twenty-second year of Her Majesty's
Reign, by me,
JAMES DOUGLAS,
Governor,
{l,s.}
GOD SAVE THE aUEEN.