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liament for tluxt purpose." These conclusions respecting the changes in 

 Nova Scotia were submitted by Loi-d Stanley to Her Majesty -'who has 

 been pleased to signify her sanction of them, and to command me to com- 

 municate it to the legislative council, as comprising in substance the 

 answer which Her ]\[ajesty is pleased to return to their loyal and dutiful 

 address."' 



XXT. Ansaver of Legislative C*otncil of Nova Scotia to Lord 

 Stanley's Despatch of 20th Atotst, 1)^45. 



This despatch of Lord Stanley '• comprising in substance the answer 

 of Her Majesty " to the address in question, was communicated in due 

 form to the legislative council of Nova Scotia on the 18th January. 184(!. 

 The council considered the despatch and came to the following resolutions 

 which were embodied in an address to the lieutenant-governor, with the 

 request that they be •■ submitted to Her Majesty's government as the 

 result of their deliberations upon the proposal contained in the said 

 despatch : 



" Besolved, That this house highly valuing the increased stal)ility 

 which Her Majesty has been pleased to confer upon the legislative council, 

 and members of that body humbly express tleir thanks to Her Majesty 

 for a measure so gratifying to them, and in their opinion so beneficial to 

 the country. 



" Besolved, That this house copieurs in the necessity and propriety of 

 the conditions attached to the concession of a tenure for life to its members.^ 

 viz. : That it shall consist ordinarily of twenty-one members, — that of 

 that number seven only shall be persons holding oiiice at the pleasure of 

 the Crown — that if any member shall fail to give his attendance in 

 the said legislative council without Her Majesty's permission, or that of 

 the lieutenant-governor, for such number of sessions as may be tixed by 

 Her Majesty's government, or shall become bankrupt or insolvent or 

 make any general assignment of his effects for the benelit of his credi- 

 tors, or take the benefit of any law relating to insolvent debtors, or 

 become a pulilic defaulter, or shall have committed, or shall commit, 

 any treason or felony, or any crime technically denominated infamous, 

 the t^eat of such legislative councillor shall thereby become vacant." 



XX IT. Despatch of Mr. CtLadstone as Colonial Secretary on 

 THE SAME Subject. 



These resolutions, which show clearly that the legislative council 



gratefully concurred in the changes sanctioned by the sovereign, were 



duly communicated b}' the lieutenant-governor to Mr. (Tladstone, who 



had in the meantime become secretary of state for the colonial and war 



I The italics are the present writer" .s. 



