Ontario.

OF THE

LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY

OF THE

PROVINCE OF ONTARIO.

FROM DEC. 7TH, 1871, TO MARCH 2ND, 1872.
(BOTH DAYS INCLUSIVE.)

IN THE THIRTY-FIFTH YEAR OF THE REIGN OF OUR SOVEREIGN
LADY QUEEN VICTORIA.

BEING THE FIRST SESSION OF THE SECOND PARLIAMENT OF ONTARIO.

VOL. V.

SESSION 1871-72.

PRINTED BY ORDER OF THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY.

TORONTO:

PRINTED BY HUNTER, ROSE & co.

VICTORIA, by the Grace of GOD, of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, QUEEN,
Defender of the Faith, &c., &c., &c.

To our Faithful the Members elected to serve in the Legislative Assembly of our Province
of Ontario, and to all whom it may concern-GREETING:

J. S. Macdonald,

Attorney-General.

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HEREAS we have thought fit, by and with the advice and consent of Our Executive Council of Our Province of Ontario, to dissolve the present Legislative Assembly of Our said Province, which stands prorogued to the TWENTY-EIGHTH day of MARCH next; Now KNOW YE, that we do for that end publish this Our Royal Proclamation, and do hereby dissolve the said Legislative Assembly accordingly, and the Members thereof are discharged from their meeting and attendance on the said TWENTY-EIGHTH day of MARCH next.

IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, We have caused these Our Letters to be made Patent, and the Great Seal of Ontario to be hereunto affixed: WITNESS Our Right Trusty and Well-beloved WILLIAM PEARCE HOWLAND, a Companion of the most Honourable Order of the Bath, Lieutenant-Gover nor of Our Province of Ontario, at Our Government House, in Our City of Toronto, in Our said Province, this TWENTY-FIFTH day of FEBRUARY, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventy-one, and in the thirty-fourth year of Our Reign.

By Command,

S. J. VANKOUGHNET,

Clerk of the Crown in Chancery, Ontario.

Canada.
Province of

Ontario.

W. P. HOWLAND.

[L.S.]

VICTORIA, by the Grace of GOD, of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, QUEEN, Defender of the Faith, &c., &c., &c.

To all to whom these Presents shall come- -GREETING:

Attorney denera. W HER meet Our People of Our Province of Ontario, and to have

to

their advice in Our Legislature: WE DO MAKE KNOWN Our Royal Will and Pleasure to call a new Legislative Assembly for Our said Province, and do further declare that, by the advice of Our Executive Council of Ontario, We have this day given Orders for issuing Our Writs in due form, for calling a new Legislative Assembly for Our said Province, which Writs are to hear date on the TWENTY-FIFTH day of FEBRUARY instant, and to be returnable on the SEVENTH day of APRIL next, except Our Writ for the District of Algoma, which is to be returnable on the TWENTY-SEVENTH day of MAY next.

WE FURTHER DECLARE that the election for Members of the said Legislative As
sembly (other than for the said District of Algoma) shall take place and be held on the
FOURTEENTH day of MARCH next, and in all cases (other than the said District) where
a Poll is demanded and granted, such Poll shall be opened and held on the TWENTY-FIRST
day of MARCH next.

IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, We have caused these Our Letters to be made Patent,
and the Great Seal of Ontario to be hereunto affixed: WITNESS the
Honourable WILLIAM PEARCE HOWLAND, a Companion of the most
Honourable Order of the Bath, Lieutenant-Governor of Our Province
of Ontario, at Our Government House, in Our City of Toronto, in Our
said Province, this TWENTY-FIFTH day of FEBRUARY, in the year of
our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventy-one, and in the
thirty-fourth year of Our Reign.

By Command,

S. J. VANKOUGHNET,

Clerk of the Crown in Chancery, Ontario.

Canada.
Province of

Ontario.

W. P. HOWLAND.

[L.S.]

VICTORIA, by the Grace of GOD, of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, QUEEN
Defender of the Faith, &c., &c., &c.

To all to whom these Presents shall come-GREETING :

J. S. Macdonald, De, to meet Our People of Our Province of Ontario, and to
} KNOW YE, that We, being desirous pro risolved on torio, and to
Attorney General. J
have their advice in Our Legislature, do hereby, by and with the advice of Our Executive
Council of Ontario, summon and call together the Legislative Assembly of Ontario, to
meet at Our City of Toronto, in Our said Province, on FRIDAY, the SEVENTH day of
APRIL next.

IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, We have caused these Our Letters to be made Patent,

By Command,

and the Great Seal of Ontario to be hereunto affixed: WITNESS Our
Right Trusty and Well-beloved WILLIAM PEARCE HOWLAND, a Com-
panion of the most Honourable Order of the Bath, Lieutenant-Gover-
nor of Our Province of Ontario, at Our Government House, in Our
City of Toronto, in Our said Province, this TWENTY-FIFTH day of
FEBRUARY, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and
seventy-one, and in the thirty-fourth year of Our Reign.

S. J. VANKOUGHNET,

Clerk of the Crown in Chancery, Ontario.

Canada.
Province of

Ontario.

W. P. HOWLAND.

[L.S.]

VICTORIA, by the Grace of GOD, of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, QUEEN,
Defender of the Faith, &c., &c., &c.

To Our Faithful the Members elected to serve in the Legislative Assembly of Our Pro-
vince of Ontario, and summoned and called to a meeting of the Legislature of Our
said Province, at Our City of Toronto, on FRIDAY, the SEVENTH day of APRIL next,
to have been commenced and held, and to every of you-- GREETING :