COLONIAL CONSTITUTIONS:

AN OUTLINE

OF THE

CONSTITUTIONAL HISTORY AND EXISTING GOVERNMENT

CF THE

BRITISH DEPENDENCIES;

WITH SCHEDULES OF THE

ORDERS IN COUNCIL, STATUTES, AND PARLIAMENTARY DOCUMENTS
RELATING TO EACH DEPENDENCY.

THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY

ASTOR, LENOX AND TILDEN FOUNDATIONS

LONDON:

PRINTED BY WOODFALL AND KINDER,

ANGEL COURT, SKINNER STREET.

ΤΟ

HERMAN MERIVALE, ESQ.,

UNDER SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE COLONIES,

AN EARLY AND CONSISTENT ADVOCATE OF

THAT ENLIGHTENED AND PROGRESSIVE SYSTEM OF COLONIAL POLICY

NOW HAPPILY ADOPTED BY GREAT BRITAIN.

This Volume

IS INSCRIBED BY HIS SINCERE FRIEND,

THE AUTHOR.