Order of Her Majesty in Council Admitting British Columbia into the Union, 1871
(Now renamed British Columbia Terms of Union, 1871)

Document Summary:
This document admits British Columbia into Confederation. Some important conditions negotiated are listed in the Schedule:

• Section 1: The government of Canada assumes all the debts of the province.
  
  
• Section 11: Promises a railway from the rest of Canada to the province within ten years.

This document also contains:

• Copy of a Report of a Committee of the Honorable the Privy Council, approved by His Excellency the Governor General in Council, on July 1, 1870.
  
  
• Address of the Commons of Canada.
  
  
• Copy of a Report of a Committee of the Honorable the Privy Council approved by His Excellency the Governor General in Council, on July 1, 1870.
  
  
• Address of the Legislative Council of British Columbia.