Mr. Ayrton

   Whereas by the "Constitution Act, 1867" provision was made for the
   Union of the Provinces of Canada, Nova Scotia and New Brunswick into
   the Dominion of Canada, and it was (amongst other things) enacted that
   it should be lawful for the Queen, by and with the Advice of Her
   Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council, on Addresses from the Houses
   of the Parliament of Canada, and of the Legislature of the Colony of
   British Columbia, to admit that colony into the said Union on such
   terms and conditions as should be in the Addresses expressed, and as
   the Queen should think fit to approve, subject to the provisions of the
   said Act. And it was further enacted that the provisions of any Order
   in Council in that behalf should have effect as if they had been
   enacted by the Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and
   Ireland.

   And whereas by Addresses from the Houses of the Parliament of Canada
   and from the Legislative Council of British Columbia respectively, of
   which Addresses copies are contained in the Schedule to this Order
--
   approach your Majesty for the purpose of representing:--

   That, during the last session of the late Legislative Council, the
   subject of the admission of the Colony of British Columbia into the
   Union or Dominion of Canada was taken into consideration, and a
   resolution on the subject was agreed to, embodying the terms upon which
   it was proposed that this colony should enter the Union;

   That after the close of the session, Delegates were sent by the
   Government of this Colony to Canada to confer with the Government of
   the Dominion with respect to the admission or British Columbia into the
   Union upon the terms proposed;

--
   emoluments derived therefrom would be affected by political changes on
   the admission of British Columbia into the Dominion of Canada.

   7. It is agreed that the existing Customs tariff and Excise duties
   shall continue in force in British Columbia until the railway from the
   Pacific coast and the system of railways in Canada are connected,
   unless the Legislature of British Columbia should sooner decide to
   accept the Tariff and Excise Laws of Canada. When Customs and Excise
   duties are, at the time of the union of British Columbia with Canada,
   leviable on any goods, wares, or merchandizes in British Columbia, or
   in the other Provinces of the Dominion, those goods, wares, and
   merchandizes may, from and after the Union, be imported into British
   Columbia from the Provinces now composing the Dominion, or into either
--
   That such terms have proved generally acceptable to the people of this
   Colony.

   That this Council is, therefore, willing to enter into Union with the
   Dominion of Canada upon such terms, and humbly submit that, under the
   circumstances, it is expedient that the admission of this Colony into
   such Union, as aforesaid, should be affected at as early a date as may
   be found practicable under the provisions of the 146th section of ''The
   British North America Act, 1867"

   We, therefore, humbly pray that Your Majesty will be graciously
   pleased, by and with the advice of Your Majesty's Most Honourable Privy
   Council, under the provisions of the 146th section of ''The British