EXTRACT FROM A REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE OF THE PRIVY COUNCIL, APPROVED BY THE GOVERNOR GENERAL ON THE 5TH DAY OF NOVEMBER, 1907. On a Memorandum dated 4th October, 1907, from the Secretary of State, recommending,in view of the recent unfortunate occurrence which have taken place in British Columbia as a result of a largely increased influx of Oriental labourers into that province, that Mr. W. L. Mackenzie King, C...G., Deputy Minister of Labour, be appointed a Commissioner under the Inquiries Act, Chapter 104 of the Revised Statutes of Canada, to conduct an inquiry into the methods by which the said Oriental labourers have been induced to emigrate to Canada during the present year. The Committee submit the same for approval. The Honourable The Secretary of State. RODOLPHE BOUDREAU, Clerk of the Privy Council. COMMISSION APPOINTING WILLIAM LYON MACKENZIE KING, C.M.G., COMMISSIONER TO INVESTIGATE AND REPORT UPON THE METHODS BY WHICH ORIENTAL LABOURERS HAVE BEEN INDUCED TO EMIGRATE TO CANADA. CANADA. GREY. [Seal.] EDWARD THE SEVENTH, by the Grace of God of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and of the British Dominions beyond the Seas, King, Defender of the Faith, Emperor of India. To all to whom these presents shall come, or to whom the same may in anywise concern: GREETING. WHEREAS in and by an order of our Governor General in Council bearing date the fifth day of November in the year of Our Lord one thousand nine hundred and seven (a copy of which is annexed) provision has been made for an inquiry by our Commissioner therein and hereinafter named into the methods by which Oriental labourers have been induced to emigrate to Canada during the present year. NOW KNOW YE that by and with the advice of Our Privy Council for Canada, We do by these Presents nominate, constitute and appoint William Lyon Mackenzie King, C.M.G., of the City of Ottawa, in the Province of Ontario, Deputy Minister of Labour, to be Our Commissioner to conduct such inquiry. To have, hold, exercise and enjoy the said office, place and trust unto the said William Lyon Mackenzie King, together with the rights, powers, privileges and emoluments unto the said office, place and trust of right and by law appertaining during Our pleasure. AND WE DO HEREBY under the authority of Part I. of the Inquiries Act, Chapter 104, Revised Statutes, 1906, confer upon Our said Commissioner, the power of summoning before him any witness and of requiring them to give evidence on oath or on solemn affirmation, if they are persons entitled to affirm in civil matters, orally or in writing, and to produce such documents and things as Our said Commissioner shall deem requisite to the full investigation of the matters into which he is hereby appointed to examine. AND WE DO HEREBY require and direct Our said Commissioner to report to Our Governor General in Council the result of the investigation, together with the evidence taken before him and any opinion he may see fit to express thereon. IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF We have caused these Our Letters to be made Patent and the Great Seal of Canada to be hereunto affixed: WITNESS: Our Right Trusty and Right Well-Beloved Cousin, the Right Honourable Sir Albert Henry George, Earl Grey, Viscount Howick, Baron Grey of Howick, in the County of Northumberland, in the Peerage of the United Kingdom and a Baronet; Knight Grand Cross of Our Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George, &c., &c., Governor General and Commander-in-Chief of Our Dominion of Canada. At our Government House, in the City of Ottawa, this fifth day of November, in the year of Our Lord one thousand nine hundred and seven, and in the seventh year of Our reign. By Command, (Sgd.) P. PELLETIER, Acting Under Secretary of State. (Sgd.) E. L. NEWCOMBE, Deputy Minister of Justice. |