“ It is understood that, in surrendering to Her Majesty all the rights, etc., of the Company in any part of British North America not comprised in Rupert's Land, Canada, or British Columbia, the Company are to retain the posts they actually occupy in the North­West Territory. ”

“ Resolved,—That the Senate and Commons of the Dominion of Canada, during the first session of the first Parliament of Canada, adopted an Address to Her Majesty, praying that Her Majesty would be graciously pleased, by and with the advice of Her Most Honourable Privy Council, under the provisions of 146th section of The British North America Act, 1867 ”

“ Inasmuch as the northern branch of the Saskatchewan River is the northern boundary of The Fertile Belt, and therefore any land on the northern bank is not within the territory of which the Company are to have one­twentieth part, it is understood that, in forming the townships abutting on the northern bank, the Company shall be at liberty to take their one-­twentieth of any such townships, giving up to the Canadian dominion an equal quantity of the portion of lands coming to them of townships established on the southern bank. ”

“ It is understood that any claims of Indians to compensation for lands required for purposes of settlement shall be disposed of by the Canadian Government, in communication with the Imperial Government, and that the Company shall be relieved of all responsibility in respect of them. ”

“ That the 146th section of the British North America Act, 1867 provides for the admission of Rupert' s Land and the North-­Western Territory, or either of them, into union with Canada, upon the terms and conditions to be expressed in addresses from the Houses of Parliament of this Dominion to your Majesty, and which shall be approved of by your Majesty in Council. ”

“ That the welfare of a sparse and widely­ scattered population of British subjects of European origin, already inhabiting these remote and unorganized territories, would be materially enhanced by the formation therein of political institutions bearing analogy, as far as circumstances will admit, to those which exist in the several provinces of this Dominion. ”

“ It is understood that a list of the stations round which the Company will require blocks of land, with the size of the blocks they will require, shall be made out forthwith, and communicated to the Canadian Ministers. ”

“ The Company may defer the exercise of their right of claiming their proportion of each township or district for not more than ten years after it is set out, but their claim must be limited to an allotment from the lands remaining unsold at the time they declare their intention to make it. ”

“ In laying out any public roads, canals, or other public works, through any block of land reserved to the Company, the Canadian Government may take without compensation such land as is necessary for the purpose, not exceeding one­twenty­fifth of the total acreage of the block ”

“ That upon the transference of the territories in question to the Canadian Government it will be our duty to make adequate provision for the protection of the Indian tribes whose interests and well­-being are involved in the transfer, and we authorize and empower the Governor in Council to arrange any details that may be necessary to carry out the terms and conditions of the above agreement. ”

“ Canada is to take over the materials of the electric telegraph at cost price; such price including transport, but not including interest for money, and subject to a deduction of ascertained deterioration. ”

“ And whereas Her said Majesty Queen Victoria and the said Governor and Company have agreed to terms and conditions upon which the said Governor and Company shall surrender to Her said Majesty, pursuant to the provisions in that behalf in the Rupert's Land Act, 1868 contained, all the rights of Government and other rights, privileges, liberties, franchises, powers. ”

“ That by a despatch dated 8th August, 1868, from the Honourable the Secretary of State for the Colonies, the Governor­General was informed that, in pursuance of the powers conferred by the Act for the surrender of the Hudson's Bay territories to your Majesty, he proposed to enter into negotiations with the Company as to the terms of such surrender, whereupon, under authority of an Order of the Governor-­General in Council of the 1st October, 1868, the Honourable Sir George Et. ”

“ That terms of agreement were conditionally assented to by the Delegates on behalf of the Dominion, and on their return to Canada were submitted with a Report dated 8th May, 1869, which was approved by his Excellency the Governor in Council on the 14th day of the same month. ”