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has since been drawn and disbursed for Provincial purposes and the 

 subsidy has been increased, as also the rated population upon which 

 eighty cents a head are paid. 



All ungranted lands within the Province, the boundaries of 

 which have since been greatly extended, were vested in the Crown 

 for Dominion purposes ; 1,400,000 acres were appropriated for the 

 benefit of resident half-breeds. The general provisions of the 

 British North America Act were made applicable to Manitoba, 

 which was to come into existence as a Province of Canada on the 

 date when the Queen in Council should admit Rupert's Land and 

 the North-West Territories into the Union. It was also provided 

 at that time that the Lieutenant-Governor of Manitoba aided by 

 a Council of eleven members, should be Lieutenant-Governor of 

 the then unorganized territories. This provision has since been 

 abolished. The North-West Territories have now a separate 

 Lieutenant-Governor and Council. 



The Province once formed, it became necessary to restore order 

 within its limits. As yet Kiel was exercising despotic sway, but 

 this was destined to be of short duration. Arrangements were 

 soon completed for sending a combined Imperial and Dominion 

 force to Fort Garry, by way of Thunder Bay. The expedition 

 was placed under the command of Colonel (now Lord) Wolseley. 

 The force was made up of a little over twelve hundred fighting 

 men. About one-third of these were regulars of the 60th Royal 

 Rifles, with small detachments of Royal Artillery and Engineers ; 

 while the remainder or over seven hundred were picked Canadian 

 volunteers. 



After a good many delays, and the endurance of great fatigue 

 and hardship, the main body of the expedition reached Fort Garry 

 on the 24th of August. " The secret of the approach of the troops 

 had been well kept, and was not known at the fort until they 

 were almost within rifle range. There was, however, no need for 

 any hostile display, as Riel and his chief officers had taken timely 

 flight a few minutes before, when the first intimation had reached 

 their ears. The troops entered and took possession of the fort, 

 hoisted the Union Jack, fired a royal salute, and gave three lusty 



