Keewatin.

395,000 square miles of the N. W. Territories, were, by the Act of 7th Oct, 1876. detached from these territories, and erected into the "D strict of Keewatin." This District extends between 910 8′ and 1000 8′ west, and from Manitoba and the International boundary to the northern boundary of Canada. A Council of six gentlemen were appointed, and they were organized into a Board of Health, and took stringent measures to prevent the spread of small pox in the Territory, but the expense being found much greater than the Government estimated, it Intimated to the Council its desire that they should resign, and they accordingly did so on the 16th April, 1877, the emergency for which they were appointed no longer existing.