THE SPEAKER reported that the House
had that day waited on His Excellency the
Governor General, with their Address to Her
Majesty the Queen, on the subject of uniting
the colonies of Canada, Nova Scotia, New
Brunswick, Newfoundland and Prince Edward Island in one government, with provisions
based on the resolutions which were
adopted at a Conference of delegates from the
said colonies, held at the City of Quebec, on
the 10th of October, 1864 ; and also, the Address to His Excellency the Governor General,
requesting him to transmit the same to
the Secretary of State for the Colonies, in
order that the said Address to Her Majesty
may be laid at the foot of the Throne,—and
that His Excellency was pleased to return the
following gracious reply :—
" MR. SPEAKER AND HONORABLE GENTLEMEN :—I shall have much satisfaction in
transmitting your Address to the Secretary of
State for the Colonies, in order that it may
be, by him, laid before Her Majesty the
Queen."
