House of Commons. See Parliament.
Howe, Joseph, a colleague of Sir John Macdonald: his opposition to Confederation, [79]; enters the Dominion Cabinet, [79-80]; his work in connection with the transfer of the North-West, [88-9]; lieutenant-governor of Nova Scotia, [80].
Hudson's Bay Company, and the transfer of the North-West, [49], [51], [87-8].
Independence of Parliament Act of 1857, the, [59-60].
'Institut Canadien, L',' the members' attitude towards the pastoral letter of 1858, [110-12].
Intercolonial Railway projected, [48].
Jameson, Sir Starr, and Cecil Rhodes, [174].
Jesuits' Estates Act, an amusing incident in connection with the, [162-4].
Jones, Walter R., his letter proposing a railway to the Pacific, [50-2].
Kingston, the principal town in Upper Canada in 1815, [1], [2], [4]; as the seat of government, [14], [16], [27] n., [52]; its population compared, [14], [48].