The legislatures of the Maritime provinces were pressing on the home government demands of a similar character with equal vigour, and as the policy adopted by the home government was the result of the combined pressure, and affected all the colonies identically, it is desirable, before dealing with that policy, to bring the narrative of events in the Maritime provinces forward to this point.
FOOTNOTES:
[264] This report, with the data obtained by the commissioners, is printed as Appendix F to the Sessional Papers of Canada for 1846.
[265] Circular Letter of Instructions, August 1842 (Journals of Assembly, N.B., 1843, p. 36).
[266] Journals of Assembly, Canada, 1843, p. 51.
[267] Maberly to Stayner, July 27, 1844 (Br. P.O. Transcripts).
[268] Journals of Assembly, Canada, 1844-1845, App. P.P.P.