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     people. The sessional indemnity is $160, with an allowance 
     
     for mileage, stationery, etc. The Lieutenant Governor 
     
     exercises, in regard to matters within the purview of the 
     
     Local Legislature, the same powers as the Governor General 
     
     exercises in respect to subjects within the jurisdiction of the 
     
     Federal Government. The Executive Council is composed 
     
     of :— 
     
    
   
   
    
     Attorney General, (Premier). 
     
    

    
     Provincial Secretary-Treasurer and Commissioner of 
     
     Agriculture. 
     
    

    
     Commissioner of Public Works. 
     
    

    
     And six Ministers without portfolio. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Prior to 1893, there were two branches of the Legisla- 
     
     ture, the Legislative Council, representing the property 
     
     holders, and the House of Assembly. The Legislative 
     
     Council, which became elective by an Act of 1862, consisted 
     
     of I 3 members from certain large constituencies elected by 
     
     voters who owned freehold or leasehold property to the 
     
     value of $325. The House of Assembly consisted of thirty 
     
     members from smaller constituencies elected practically by 
     
     manhood sufirage. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Now there is but one House—a Legislative Assembly- 
     
     the result of the amalgamation of the two former bodies,’ 
     
     which took place in 1893. It consists of 30 members—15 
     
     Councillors elected by one body of electors, and 15 Assembly- 
     
     men elected by two sets of electors, one of each being returned 
     
     by the 15 Districts into which the Island is divided. These 
     
     sit side by side and have exactly the same powers. The 
     
     protection supposed to be given to property holders by the 
     
     Legislative Council still exists. There is no property quali- 
     
     fication for either Councillors or Assemblymen. 
     
    

    
     The For electors of Councillors the qualifications are : 
     
     Frand‘ise “ A British subject—21 years of age—owning prop- 
     
     erty freehold or leasehold, valued at $32 5, or partly leasehold 
     
     and freehold, of the value of $325. To have been owned 
     
    
   
   
    
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