352 Canada. 
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. 
