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evidence against the persons making them. Prisoners 

 may be convicted before two resident magistrates spe- 

 c.i i lly appointed to hear cases under the Crimes Act, and 



in cases where the sentence exceeds a month, convicted 

 persons have a right of appeal to the county chairman 

 at quarter sessions. 



Territorial Extent of the British Empire. 



THE UNITED KINGDOM. 



COLONIES AND DEPENDENCIES. 



CANADA. 



Constitution and Government. As 



originally constituted the Dominion of Canada 

 was composed of the Provinces of Canada 

 Upper and Lower Nova Scotia, and New 

 lirunswick. They were united under the pro- 

 visions of an Act of the Imperial Parliament 



in March, 1867, known as " The 

 British North America Act 1867," which 

 came into operation on the 1st July, 1867, by 

 royal proclamation. The Act provides that 

 the Constitution of the Dominion shall be 

 "similar in principle to that of the United 

 Kingdom " ; that the executive authority shall 



