Federal government in Canada;

Bourinot John George Sir 1837-1902

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Historical and Political Scienc
HERBERT B. ADAMS, Editor.
History is past Politics and Politics —present History i^reenwin.
SERIESSEVENTH
X-XI-XIl
GOVERNMENTFEDERAL
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CANADA
By JOHN G. BOURINOT, Hon. LL. D., D. C. L.
Clerk the House of Commons of Canada ; Honorary Secretary of the Royal Society Canada ; Authorof of
ofParliamentary Practice and Procedure in Canada, Manual of the Constitutional History
of Canada, Local Government in Canada (in Johns Hopkins University
Studies, 5th Series, v-vi.)
BALTIMORE
N, MuKRAY, Publication Agent, Johns Hopkins Univkrsitt
October,November,December, 1889COPYEIGHT, BY N. MUERAY.1889,
JOHN MURPHY & CO., PRINTERS,
BALTIMORE.TABLE OF CONTENTS.
Page.
Lecture I. Historical Outline of Political Development... 7
II. General Features of the Federal System 29
III. The Government and the Parliament 77
The Provincial Governments and Legislatures.. 121IV.Corrigenda.
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