An Act to provide for the Government of British Columbia.
WHEREAS divers of Her Majesty's Subjects and others have, by the Licence and Consent of Her Majesty, resorted to and settled on certain wild and unoccupied Territories on the North-west Coast of North America, commonly known by the Designation of New Caledonia, and from and after the passing of this Act to be named British Columbia, and the Islands adjacent, for Mining and other Purposes; and it is desirable to make some temporary Provision for the Civil Government of such Territories, until ...