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king, and a privy council selected by the governor. 

 The latter also appoints (now 81) senators for life to 

 form the upper house of the Parliament or legislative 

 body, while the lower House of Commons is elected 

 by the people. Besides this imperial government, 

 each province has its own separate government with a 

 lieutenant-governor, appointed by the Governor- 

 General, and an elected legislature; this automony 

 being somewhat similar to that of the states of the 

 United States and the division of functions between 

 federal and provincial governments being also similar. 

 Although the home government retains the veto 

 power, the supreme jurisdiction and various other 

 powers, and although apparently, by the appointment 

 of officials, its influence is guarded, practically the 

 party management as exercised in Great Britain pre- 

 vails, and independence from imperial influence is 

 continually increasing. The closer relation, however, 

 which comes from the appointment of the governors, 

 who with their councils have quite extended powers 

 in executive direction, renders the possibility of devel- 

 opment of uniform policies much easier than in the 

 States. In regard to the crownlands, including for- 

 ests, this division as well as this relationship becomes 

 important. Each provincial government administers 

 the crownlands within its boundaries in its own way, 

 yet on similar lines, while the Dominion government 

 controls only the lands located outside of the provinces. 

 These latter lands were mostly acquired by purchase 

 from the Hudson's Bay Company, the Company re- 

 linquishing its territorial rights in 1868, and the trans- 

 fer being completed in 1870 upon payment of £300,000. 



