the 41st rule of the House be suspended and the Bill read the second time. Hon. Mr. HAYTHORNE I should like to ask whether that Supply Bill contains an item for improving the means of transporting mails and passengers between Prince Edward Island and the mainland during the winter season. Hon. Sir ALEX. CAMPBELL It does not. Hon. Mr. HAYTHORNE - I will just make a few remarks to impress on the minds of the Government the importance of taking hold of this question, and I hope I will be able to draw from them an assurance that another year will not be allowed to elapse before taking decisive measures for placing Prince Ed ward Island in a better position with regard to the mail service with the rest of the Dominion. At the present time the members of Parliament from that Province who are about to return to their homes find it impossible to determine by what route they will be able to go. We cannot tell whether we shall have to cross a strait nine miles wide in a boat not much stronger or heavier than an Indian canoe, ΟΥ cross from Pictou by the It has been Northern Light steamer. will occupy their attention during the recess, and that next session they will be in a position to recommend something of the kind to Parliament. Hon. Sir ALEX. CAMPBELL - The Government are quite sensible of the obligation which was incurred when Prince Edward Island joined the Confederation, and we did, in pursuance of the obliga tions which devolved on the Dominion, endeavor to maintain steam communication with that Province, and put the steamer Northern Light on that route. It was supposed at that time that this steamer would give complete and satisfactory communication at all seasons of year. the maintain steam communicatiou between the Island and the mainland during the winter season, but I cannot hold out a reasonable hope that the Government will build the branch lines which the hon. gentleman referred to. Of course, there must be a limit to the expense which the Government is justified in undertaking with reference to such matters, and I am afraid that the service is not of such a character as would justify the ex- Hon. Mr. MONTGOMERY - During the months of January and February and a great part of March the mails can never be sent from Georgetown and Pictou. my impression is that the Northern Light is not a suitable steamer to ply between Capes Traverse and Tormentine. She draws too much water -about 18 feet. A suitable steamer, such as they have at Quebec, with small boats, could keep up the communication at the Capes, and if the branch railways were Hon. Mr. CARVELL I think, notwithstanding the not very favorable answer which the leader of the Government has given to my hon. friend's inquiry, this is an important matter and the Government of the day have held out a hope that early action will be taken to establish communication by way of Capes Tormentine and Traverse. Inquiries have been made as to whether the people living along the route which have to be would ken for the branch railways would be willing to give right of way for the purpose, and those on the mainland, where they have municipal institutions, have consented, I believe, to do so. The passage of the Straits is as important to the other provinces of the Dominion as to Prince Edward Island. I venture to say there are more residents of Toronto or of Montreal than of Prince Edward Island using that route, and it is not a merely local work. But above and beyond this, there is a distinct contract which binds the Government to keep up daily communication across the Straits, and I hope that next year, at all events, the Government will be prepared to take some active measures to fulfil that contract. Hon. Sir ALEX. CAMPBELL— There was no contract or pledge that a road would be built to Cape Tormentine. The contract was to keep up communication by steam, which we supposed we were doing by means of the Northen Light, and which we shall try to do with some other steamer. Hon. Mr. CARVELLI do not think that putting a steamer there is a fulfilment of the contract that was entered into. Building the branch roads is the only possible means of keeping up the when we entered the Union. daily communication by steam promised Hon. Sir ALEX. CAMPBELL -- It was thought by everybody that we had accomplished it by means of the Northern Light. She was built for the purpose, but has proved a failure, and we must now find a better steamer, such as my hon. friend (Mr. Montgomery) has suggested, to make the passage. Hon. Mr. GIRARD I wish to know what provision has been made to enable Manitoba to administer provincial affairs within its new boundaries. I know the Government is well disposed towards the Province, but the present subsidy is not enough to meet the increased expenditure and responsibilities. I must, at the same time, express my gratification at the ample provision that has been made for the early construction of the Canadian Pacific Railway. It will give Manitoba an opportunity to develop come its resources, lead and beone ere long of the ing provinces of the Dominion. I wish to express my thanks to the Government for the appropriation bey have made in recognition of the services done by the St. Boniface Hospital in caring for persons who have been wounded or sick while working on the Pacific Railway. some I wish also to ask the hon. Pestmaster General if he can give m explanation as to the financial fu the Province of Manitoba. are of An Act to incorporate "The Montreal Board of Trade and Exchange." An Act to extend the Aet establishing of Canada to the Provinces of British one uniform currency for the Dominion have been made partly by the hon. gen- | wise to amend the Act respecting the tleman and by Hon. Mr. Norquay, Pre- said Bank. mier of Manitoba. Arrangements have been made with Mr. Norquay, which possibly he has not communicated to the hon. gentleman, and those arrangements have been quite satisfactory. Mr. Norquay has been assured that money would be provided to meet the engagements of Manitoba until such time as the Census returns will enable the Government to place the financial condition of that Province on a satisfactory and equitable footing. The Bill was then read the second and third time and passed. Columbia and Prince Edward Island. An Act further to amend the Act incorporating the Canada Guarantee Company, and to change the name of the said Company to "The Guarantee Company of North America." An Act to incorporate the Dominion Salvage and Wrecking Company. The Senate adjourned during pleasure. and Salvage Company of Canada. An Act to incorporate the Wrecking THE PROROGATION. At 3.15 p.m. the House was resumed. At 3.30 p.m. His Excellency the Governor General took his seat upon the Throne. The members of the Senate being assembled, His Excelleney was, pleased to command the attendance of the House of Commons, and, that House being present, the following Bills were assented to in Her Majesty's name by His Excellency the Governor General, viz. : An Act respecting Prize Fighting. An Act further to continue in force for a limited time "The Better Prevention of Crime Act, 1878." An Act to amend the law respecting Documentary Evidence in certain cases. An Act to amend the Insolvent Aet of 1875, and amending Acts. An Act to correct a clerical error in schedule B, to the Act forty-third Victoria, chapter twenty-two, amending "The Bank Act" and continuing the charters of certain banks. An Act to amend the Act forty-third Victoria, chapter sixty-one, entitled "An Act to incorporate the Assiniboine Bridge Company" and to change the name of the said Company. An Act to amend "The General Inspection Act, 1874," and the Acts amending it. An Act to reduce the capital stock of the Exchange Bank of Canada and other An Act to amend the Act of incorporation of "The Accident Insurance Company of Canada," and to authorize the change of the name of the said Company to "The Accident Insurance Company of North America." An Act to provide for the salaries of an additional Judge of the Court of Queen's Bench and an additional Judge of the Superior Court in the Province of Quebec. An Act to continue in force for a limited time the Act forty-third Victoria, chapter thirty-six. An Act to incorporate the Association known as "J. Winslow Jones and Company, (Limited)." An Act respecting the Canada Consolidated Gold Mining Company. An Act to incorporate the Bay of Quinté Railway and Navigation Company. An Act respecting La Banque Ville Marie. An Act to incorporate the Ontario an l Quebec Railway Company. An Act respecting the Grand Trunk Railway Company of Canada. An Act to incorporate the Hall Mines Railway Company. An Act to incorporate the Metropolitan Fire Insurance Company of Canada. An Act to provide for the correspondence of certain provisions of the Act respecting the navigation of Canadian waters with the provison for like purposes in force in the United Kingdom. An Act relating to the Canada Military Asylum at Quebec. An Act to incorporate the Moncton Harbor Improvement Company. An Act to amend the Act incorporating the Souris and Rocky Mountains Railway Company. An Act to incorporate the Acadia Steamship Company (Limited.) An Act further to amend the Acts forty-second Victoria, chapter fifteen, and forty-third Victoria, chapter eighteen, as respects duties of customs. An Act to authorize the raising by An Act to amend the Petroleum In- way of loan of certain sums of money spection Act, 1880. required for the public service. An Act to amend the Acts incorporating the Montreal, Portland and Boston Railway Company. An Act to remove doubts as to the true construction of section twelve of "The Northern Railway Company Act, 1877." An Act to amend the Act fortieth Victoria, chapter ten, intituled: "An Act to amend and consolidate the Acts respecting the Customs. An Act respecting the Northern Railway Company of Canada. An Act respecting the Ontario and Pacific Junction Railway Company. An Act to incorporate the Northern, North-Western and Sault Ste. Marie Railway Company. An Act to incorporate "The Napierville Junction Railway and Quarry Company." An Act respecting Naturalization and Aliens. An Act to incorporate the "English and Colonial Insurance Company." An Act to incorporate the European, American, Canadian and Asiatic Cable Company (Limited). An Act further to amend an Act respecting certain Savings Banks in the Provinces of Ontario and Quebec, and to continue for a limited time the Charters of certain Banks to which the said Act applies. An Act to enlarge and extend the powers of the "Credit Foncier FrancoCanadien." An Act to incorporate the Credit Fon cier of the Dominion of Canada. An Act to amend the Consolidated Railway Act. An Act to amend and consolidate the laws relating to Government Railways. An Act with reference to the Andrew Mercer Ontario Reformatory for females, and the Central Prison of Ontario. An Act in amendment of the Acts respecting steamboats. An Act to provide for the extension of the boundaries of the Province of Manitoba. An Act to provide for the allowance of drawback on certain articles manufactured in Canada, and used by the Canadian Pacific Railway Company. An Act to prescribe a declaration to be taken by employés on telegraph lines under the control of the Government, and to provide for the punishment of telegraph operators and employés who divulge the contents of certain telegrams. An Act to amend the Act thirty-sixth Victoria, chapter sixty, respecting the Montreal Harbor Commissioners. An Act to increase the salaries of the Judges of the Supreme Court of Prince Edward Island. An Act further to amend the Acts therein mentioned respecting the Militia and Defence of the Dominion of Canada. An Act to remove doubts as to the power to imprison with hard labor under the Acts respecting vagrants. An Act to amend the Dominion Lands Act. Au Act to amend "The Indian Act, 1880." An Act further to amend the Act incorporating "The International Railway Company." An Act to amend the Acts relating to the New Brunswick Railway Company. An Act to provide for the incorporation of a Company to establish a Marine Telegraph between the Pacific Coast of Canada and Asia. Then the Speaker of the House of Commons addressed His Excellency as follows: "MAY IT PLEASE YOUR EXCELLENCY, "In the name of the Commons, I present to Your Excellency a Bill intituled, 'An Act for granting to Her Majesty certain sums of money required for defraying certain expenses of the Public Service, for the financial years ending respectively the 30th June, 1881, and the 30th June, 1882, and for other purposes relating to the Public service,' to which I humbly request Your Excellency's assent." rity, the lands reserved for sale by the Crown will, it is believed, be disposed of at prices sufficient eventually to repay the whole of the expenditure of money by the Dominion on the construction of the Railway. The extension of the boundaries of Manitoba will confer the privilege of local self Govern ment on the people already resident in, or who may hereafter occupy, the area now added to the Province, and, by enabling the Legislature. To this Bill the Royal assent was sig- to establish municipal institutions in its ennified in the following words : "In Her Majesty's name, His Excellency the Governor-General thanks Her loyal subjects, accepts their benevolence, and assents to this Bill." After which His Excellency was pleased to close the THIRD SESSION of the FOURTH PARLIAMENT of the DOMINION with the following SPEECH. Hon. Gentlemen of the Senate: Gentlemen of the House of Commons: In relieving you from your Parliamentary duties after a long and laborious session, I desire to convey to you my best thanks for the assiduity you have shown in their perfor mance. The measure for transferring to a Company of capitalists the responsibility of constructing and operating the Canadian Pacific Railway will, I am assured, be followed by most favorable results, and ensure the rapid completion of this great national enterprise. It will be the duty and the interest of the Company to use every exertion to dispose without delay of the lands granted in aid of their undertaking, and for that purpose to promote immigration from abroad on an extensive scale. larged limits, tend greatly to add to the welfare of that interesting region. The amendment of the Naturalization Laws will, I trust, have the effect of removing the disadvantages under which emigrants from Europe have hitherto labored, and of attracting a large influx of population from the Old World. The consolidation and amendment of the General Railway Acts, and of the laws relating to Government Railways has improved and systematized our Railway Legislation. I am pleased to observe that you have not been forgetful of the interests of the Indian population of the North-West. It is greatly to be hoped that the efforts to induce them to forsake their nomadic habits and betake themselves to pastoral and agricultural pursuits will be successful. By no other means can their civilization be promoted, the Indians them. selves rendered self reliant and self supporting, and the Dominion Treasury relieved of the burden of rescuing them from their apparently chronic state of destitution. The extension of our telegraphic system by cable in the River and Gulf of St Lawrence. will aid the fisheries and the commerce of Canada and increase the safety of its waters. In Her Majesty's name. I thank you for the supplies you have so readily granted, and condition of the revenue. Honorable Gentlemen of the Senate: My Ministers will, however, not relax their heartily congratulate you on the improved efforts in the same direction, and it is believed that by the united action of the Government and the Company a large influx of valuable settlers may be confidently anticipated. Such an immigration must tend to enhance the value of the public domain in the North-West. Gentlemen of the House of Commons: I bid you now farewell, and trust that when Parliament re-assembles we hall be able to congratulate ourselves on Canada having While the system of making free grants to meanwhile enjoyed a season of peace and actual settlers will be maintained in its integ-prosperity. |