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CIHM/ICMH 
 
 Microfiche 
 
 Series. 
 
 CIHIVI/ICMH 
 Collection de 
 microfiches. 
 
 Canadian Institute for Historical Microreproductions / institut Canadian de microreproductions historiques 
 
Technical and Bibliographic Notoa/Notas tachniquM at bibliographiquaa 
 
 Tha Instituta haa attamptad to obtain tha beat 
 original copy availabia for filming. Faaturaa of thia 
 copy which may be bibliographically uniqua, 
 which may altar any of tha imagaa in tha 
 raproduction, or which may significantly chariga 
 tha uauai mathod of filming, ara chackad baiow. 
 
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 Colourad covara/ 
 Couvartura da coulaur 
 
 I I Covars damagad/ 
 
 Couvartura andommag^a 
 
 □ Covars restored and/or laminated/ 
 Couverture restaurAa at/ou pallicul4a 
 
 □ Cover title miasing/ 
 La titra da couverture manqua 
 
 □ Coloured maps/ 
 Cartas giographiques en coulaur 
 
 □ Coloured ink (i.e. other than blue or black)/ 
 Encre de couleur (i.e. autre que bleue ou noire) 
 
 □ Coloured plates and/or illuotrations/ 
 Planches et/ou illustrations en couleur 
 
 □ Bound with other material/ 
 Ralii avec d'autres documents 
 
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 Tight binding may cause shadows or distortion 
 along interior margin/ 
 
 La .*w liura serrie peut causer da I'ombre ou de la 
 distorsion l« long de la marge int^rieure 
 
 Blank leaves added during restoration may 
 appear within the text. Whenever possible, these 
 have been omitted from filming/ 
 II se peut que certaines pagea blanches ajout«es 
 lors d'une restauration apparaiasent dana la texte. 
 mais, lorsque cela 6tait possible, ces pagea n'ont 
 paa 6ti filmias. 
 
 L'Instltut a microfilm* la mailJeur exemplaire 
 qu'il lui a iti possible de se procurer. Les details 
 de cet exemplaire qui sont peut-Atre uniques du 
 point de vue bibliographique, qui peuvent modifier 
 une image reprodulte, ou qui peuvent exiger une 
 modification dans la m«thoda normale de f ilmaga 
 sont indiqute ci-dessous. 
 
 r^ Coloured pages/ 
 
 Pagea de couleur 
 
 Pages damaged/ 
 Pages endommagdes 
 
 Pages restored and/oi 
 
 Pages restauribs et/ou pelliculAes 
 
 Pages discoloured, stained or foxec. 
 Pages d6color«es. tachat^es ou piquies 
 
 Pages detached/ 
 Pages d6tach6es 
 
 I I Pages damaged/ 
 
 r~] Pages restored and/or laminated/ 
 
 r^ Pages discoloured, stained or foxed/ 
 
 I I Pages detached/ 
 
 I I Showthrough/ 
 
 Transparence 
 
 □ Quality of print varies/ 
 Quality in«gale de I'impression 
 
 □ Includes supplementary material/ 
 Comorend du material sunnUmantai 
 
 Comprend du material suppl^mantaire 
 
 Only edition available/ 
 Seule Mition disponible 
 
 □ Pages wholly or partially obscured by errata 
 slips, tissues, etc.. have been ref limed to 
 ensure the best possible image/ 
 Les pages totalament ou partiellement 
 obscurcies par un feuillet d'errata, une pelure, 
 etc., ont iti filmtes d nouveau de fapon A 
 obtenir la meilleure image possible. 
 
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 Additional comments:/ 
 Commentaires suppl^mentairas; 
 
 [Printed ephemera] 1 sheet (verso blank) 
 
 This item is filmed at the reduction ratio checked below/ 
 Ce document est film* au taux da reduction indiqu* ci-dessous. 
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Th« copy filmed hw has b«en rapro .ucad thanks 
 to tha ganarosity of: 
 
 D. B. Weldon Library 
 
 University of Wattern Ontario 
 
 (Regional History Room) 
 
 Tha imagaa appaaring hara arm tha bast quality 
 possibia eonsidaring tha condition and lagibility 
 of tha original copy and in kaaping with tha 
 filming contract spacificationa. 
 
 Original copias in printad papar covars ara filmad 
 bagi^ining with tha front covar and anding on 
 tha last paga with a printad or iltustratad impraa- 
 sion, or tha back covar whan appiopriata. All 
 othar original c.^piaa ara filmad beginning on tha 
 first paga with a printad or illuatratad impras- 
 sion, and anding on tha laat paga with a printad 
 or illuatratad impraaaion. 
 
 The last recorded frame on each microfiche 
 shall contain tha symbol — •- (meaning "CON- 
 TINUED"), or tha symbol V (meaning "END"), 
 whichever appliaa. 
 
 Mapa. platee. charts, etc., may be filmed at 
 different reduction ratioa. Thoae too large to be 
 entirely included in one expoaure are filmed 
 beginning in the upper left hand corner, left to 
 right and top to bottom, aa many framea aa 
 required. The following diagrama illustrate the 
 method: 
 
 L'exempiaira film* fut reproduit grice A la 
 gAnirositi da: 
 
 D. B. Weidon Library 
 
 University of Western Ontario 
 
 (Regional History Room) 
 
 Lee images suivantae ont tti raproduites avac la 
 plus grand soin, compta tenu de la condition 9t 
 da fa natteti de l'exempiaira film*, at an 
 conformiti avav las conditions du contrat da 
 filmage. 
 
 Lee exempiairae originaux dont la couverture an 
 papier eat imprimte sont filmte an commandant 
 par la premier plat at an terminant solt par la 
 darnlAre pege qui comporte une amprainto 
 d'impreaaion ou d'illustration, soit par la second 
 plat, salon la caa. Tous las autras axamplairas 
 originaux sont filmte wn commenqant par la 
 premiere page qui comporte une amprainte 
 d'imprasaion ou d'illustration at an terminant par 
 la darniAre paga qui compoita une telle 
 empreinte. 
 
 Un dea symbolaa suivants apparaitra sur la 
 darniire image de cheque microfiche, selon le 
 caa: le symbols — ^ signifie "A SUIVRE". le 
 symbols V signifie "FIN". 
 
 Lee cartaa. planches, tableaux, etc., peuvent atra 
 filmte A das taux da rMuction diff«rants. 
 Lorsque le document est trop grand pour 4tre 
 reproduit en un seul ciichA, il eat fllm« A partir 
 de I'angle sup^rieur gauche, de gauche d droite. 
 et de haut an baa. an prenant la nombre 
 d'imagas nteessaira. Las diagrammas suevants 
 illuatrant la mAthoda. 
 
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f0 TM HOMOBikBLE THE 3E.I§ISMTI?fi ASSSJ880 
 
 Tljat ihe gwiBting to Coropamcs the privilei^ of loaning mooey at high «t«is of 
 interest, and to private individaalMhe rigftt lo loan money ai any rate wMchraay be agreed upoo, is 
 yery pwjodleial to the interests Q,f ihe cQimti7i a«»fi has heeq the caaw of the rain of many thonsand^ 
 d|^ best men it. the ooantry, 
 
 Unt when lands arc mortgaged to C<)-.pani«*, il>ey are in » majorj^ of cases not reAHSteed— 
 i»t from m amount of money borrowed, bat from i he high wte of itttetest charged. 
 
 %ni pri»^.liartiea,are charging from t«s «p hfty |)f r cent., and when even l .^ besj security i* 
 given, tvealy per cent, is not an wiwjommon interest, 
 
 Capital, which would otherwise be investeil in Bank Stoofev and thereby increase the wealth 
 and efficiency of the Banlcs, enabling them to giyo a moru liberal accommodation.to their customers 
 and a greater impetus to trade, is now invested in Building Societies and other Compattfca chwrtwed 
 m loan money, or is ftlaced in the h-^nds pf lawyer*, Nvho, in oddUion tg ^^ high rate gf lnie««l, charge 
 
 large fees, . , 
 
 your petitioners therefore humbly pray that your »onourable Body wiU pass an Act restricting 
 the rate of laterest to Seven per cent., and that a i|irecl or indirect violation of the same be paiii*h«d 
 l» forfeitnteofthc moneyioanedorusedinpnrchase. * '•'■'■ 
 
 \nd yuor petitioners as in duty bonnd will ever pray, 
 
 tignsAT, Jane *<^ '^^- ' ' ' ' 
 
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