1042 MISCELLANEOUS. 



(MONDAY, 29th February, 1836) 



A Message from the Council, by Mr. Haliburton : 



MR. SPEAKER, * * * 



The Council have appointed Mr. Cogswell, Mr. Tobin and Mr. Al- 

 lison, a Committee for the purpose of joining a Committee of this 

 Honorable House, in preparing an Address to His Excellency the 

 Lieutenant-Governor, praying His Excellency to forward the joint 

 Address of the Council and House of Assembly to His Majesty, on 

 the subject of the Bill, entitled "An Act relating to the Fisheries and 

 for the prevention of Illicit Trade in the Province of Nova- Scotia 

 and the Coasts and Harbors thereof," together with His Excellency's 

 favorable recommendation thereof, as desired by this Honorable 

 House. 



And then the Messenger withdrew. 



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(SATURDAY, 12th March, 1836.) 



Mr. Uniacke, from the Joint Committees of the Council and this 

 House, appointed to prepare an Address to His Excellency the Lieu- 

 tenant-Governor, on the subject of the Act relating to the Fisheries, 

 and the Address to His Majesty in relation thereto, reported, that 

 the Committee had prepared an Address accordingly; and he read 

 the same in his place, and afterwards delivered it in at the Clerk's 

 Table, where it was again read, and is follows : 



To His Excellency Major-General, SIR COLIN-CAMPBELL. 



Knight Commander of the Most Honorable Military Order of 

 the Bath, Lieutenant-Governor, and Commander in Chief, 

 in and over His Majesty's Province of Nova- Scotia, and its 

 Dependencies, <&c., <&c., <&c. 



The Address of His Majesty's Council and House of Assembly of the 

 Province of Nova- Scotia, in Legislature Assembled. 



MAY IT PLEASE YOUR EXCELLENCY 



The Provincial Legislature have passed an Act in the present 

 Session, entitled, "An Act relating to the Fisheries, and for the pre- 

 vention of Illicit Trade, in the Province of Nova- Scotia, and the 

 Coasts and Harbors thereof," to which your Excellency has been 

 pleased to give Your Assent. That as this Act is of more than usual 

 importance, as respects the rights and interests of His Majesty's Sub- 

 jects, and the protection of the Laws and Trade of this Province, both 

 branches of the Provincial Legislature, have united in an address 

 to our Most Gracious Sovereign, praying that His Majesty will be 

 most graciously pleased to give His Royal Assent to the said Act, and, 

 by an order in Council, declare the same to contain the Rules, Regu- 

 lations and Restrictions, under which the Fishery shall be conducted ; 

 and we respectfully request that Your Excellency will be pleased to 

 transmit the said Act and Address, with Your Excellency's strongest 

 recommendation for His Majesty's Royal Approbation. 



Resolved, That the said Address be received and adopted by this 

 House. 



Ordered, That the Committee of this House who joined in prepar- 

 ing said Address, do join the Committee of the Council, to wait upon 



