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The Standing CnmmUtoft on Tminigratioii iuul Colonization beg leave to report that, in the report of the Coiuniitteo on Tnunigration and Colonization of 18()8, the clause of the " British America Act," conferring joint or concurrent jurisdiction on " Immigration into the Province," upon the Legislature of Canada and on all or any of the Provinces, included in the Confederacy, is quoted and thus commented upon; — " These clauses seem to place every interest in connection with the public lands, and their settlement, beyond the purview of this Committee" and further that, " in order to avoid a conflict of authority, and to secure the efficiency of any general immigration scheme, it is necessary that there should be an understanding, and, consequently, co-operative action between the General and the Provincial Legislatures." In conformity with the latter suggestion, proceedings have been taken which are thus reported, in certain documents whicu were submitted to the House of Commons, on the 26th of April last. MINUTES OF ARRANGEMENTS. " At a meeting of Delegates from tlic Government of Canada, and the Provincial Govern- ments of Ontario, Quebec and New Brunswick on the 30th October, 1868, on the subject of Immigration, there were present: — Sir John A. Macdonald, K.C.B., and the Hon. J. C. Chapais, on behalf of the Government of the Dominion. The Hon. John Carling and the Hon. E. B. Wood, on behalf of the Government of Ontario. The Hon. P. J. 0, Chauveau and the Hon. Christopher Dunkin, on behalf of the Province of Quebec. The Hon. A. R. Wetmore and the Hon. Mr. Beckwith, on behalf of the Government of New Brunswick. After full discussion of the eubject, the following propositions were agreed to, subject to the approval of the respective Governments : — As the General Government receives the Emigrant Tax and is charged with the admin- istration of the Quarantine Laws and the Establishment and Maintenance of Marine Hospitals and must of necessity be the means of communication with Her Majesty's Government on all the matters aflfeoting emigration, it is agreed : — 1st. That the General Government shall establish and maintain at itj expense an efficient Emigration office at London, England, and such other places in the Unitecl Kingdom, as the <^ovornmcnt may from time to time tliink proper. I 2ntl. TliPt it hhall also cHtabliuli at least one ujrcnoy on the continent of Euro|)e, and im many more as it may from time to time deem expec. er.t. '5rd. That it "liall defray all expenseM connected with the Quarantine cstablishmcntH at (iucboc, Halifax and St. John, New Brunswick. 4th. That it shall maintain and defray the cxpenxoH of Immigration OffiecH at Quebec, Montreal, Kinpston, Toronto, liamilttm, Ottawa, Halifax and 8t. John, New HrunKwiek, and aim) at Miramichi or isome otlier points contiguous to the line of the proposed Intercolonial Uailway. 5tli. That it shall, if need bo, apply to the Parliament of Canada annually, for a ^'raiot in aid of Inlmigratiou generally. Gth. That the several Provinces on their part shall establish an elHcient Hystem of Emi- grant Agency wiUiin their respective Territories, and shall connect it, as much as jxjssiblc, with a liberal policy for the settlement and colonization of the uncultivated lands. 7th. That in addition to the European agencies of Canada, each Province rnay appoint such agents in Europe or elsewhere as they think proper, and that su >h agents shall be duly accredited by the General Government. 8th. That each Province shall transmit from time to tiuicto the Department of Immigra- tion of Canada, and to the agents of Canada in Europe, full ^dformation as to its system of colonisation and settlement, the lands assigned for free grants to settlers, if any, and the con- dition of such grants, together with all such 'aformation as may be deemed important for the ])romotion of Immigration. 0th. That in order to prevent disappointment on the part of intending Emigrants, and to insure correct information, no Province shall alter the terms and conditions proposed to be so conveyed to the General Government and the European agents without due and reasonable notice, and that if possible such information should be prepared during the winter in each year, and be in force, without any restrictive change, for the [ensuing season of navigation. 10th. That each Government shall appoint a Delegate to meet at Ottawa, for the purpose of mutual conference, and for the better carrying out an cfificiont system at least once a quarter in each year. 11th. That such Legislation as may bo required to carry this arrangement into effect shall bo submitted to the respective Legislatures concerned at their first Session. The within correctly sets forth the agrocracut come to at the Emigration Conference, held at Ottawa on 30th October, 1868. [Signed], E. B. Wood, John Cabling, Pierre J. 0. Ciiatjvkatt, Christr. D'JNKIN." The above minute of arrangements, having been sanctioned by His Excellency the Governor General, was communicated to the several Provincial Governments and replied to as follows : — Province ov Quebec, Secretary's Office, Quebec, 20th January, 186;). Sir, — I am directed by the Lieut. Governor of the Province of Quebec, to inform you that he has submitted to his Council the Copy of the Order in Council of His Excellency the Administrator of Canada, and a Copy of the Minute mentioned in the said Order on the subject of the Conference between the Federal Government and the Local Governments in relation to Immigration, and that the contents thereof meet the approval of the Lieut. Gover- nor in Council. I havo, &c., PlI. J. JOLICOEUR, Assistant Secretary. The Hon. the Secretary of State For the Provinces, Ottawa. t 1 \ -t (Copy— 827— 68) Provincial Secretary'b Office, Toronto, 1st February, 1800. Sir, — I am commanded by the Jiicutonant Governor of this Province to irform you that having h^d under careful conwidoratiou your letter of tho 22in\ December ami itH owlc- H i- I ^ ^ RurfU, namely : a copy of tho MinutoH of the procccdin>,'H had by tho DclcKfttofl, from the (iovorniiicnt of tlio Dominion, and from the I'rovinoiiil UovorninentH orOnfario, Quohec, and New Brunswick, at a Confcrcnco hold at Ottawa on the HOth October, 18)38, to cotiHidor the subject of Immigration, and a copy of a Report of a Committee of tho Honorable tho Privy Council, approved by Ilis Excellency tho AdminiHtrator in (Jouncil on the 18th December, 1868, having further relation to tho subject, ho approves on behalf of the projKwitions drawn up and agreed to at the Conference. I am further commanded to announce to you for the inforiiialion of His Execllouoy thr prrvin.'o being generally 30 cents. Preo grants are given on the Tach6 and Metap. diac aad ochor grial colof.ization roads. Detailed information as to the quantity of disposable lanJs in the various parts of the province and tho prices thereof, are to be found in a table prepared by the Crown Lands Ck)mniis3ioner and attached to the report of last session of the House of Commons Committee on Immigration and Colonization. / r^ 8 The report of the Crowu Lands Commissioner just published also contains similar informa- tion. Last Session the Legislature passed an Act for the encouragement ox' Colonization liailways, granting on certain conditions, an annual subsidy to seven different companies incorporated for that purpose ; and also an Act for the encouragement and formation of Colonization Societies. These Societies may also act as Immigration Societies. Their objects are defined as follows : "1. To aid in promoting the establishment of settlers on Crown lands, to attract emi- giunts from other countries and to restore to this Province such of its inhabitants as have emigrated ; 2. To open, with the leave of the Government, and to aid the Government and Muni- cipalities in opening roads through wild lands of the Crown, or leadiag thereto ; 3. To direct settlers on emigrants towards tho localities which the Commissioner of Crown Lands shall, as hereinafter provided, have assigned to and reserved for them ; 4. To provide settlers with seed grain, provisions and implements suitable for the clear- ing and cultivation of land ; 5. To aid the department of Agriculture and the department of Crown Lands to diffuse knowledge and information of a nature to extend colonization ; 6. To promote colonization and assist settlers, by all means and proceedings which they shall deem desirable to adopt, in conformity with regulations to be approved by the Lieut,- Govcrnor in Council. The Government grants assistance to the societies, by according to them a grant equal to their subscriptions up to three hundred dollars, and equal to one half the subscriptions over that amount, up to a further sum of three hundred dollars. As many as three societies may be formed, in each electoral division, but the total amount to be expended by tho Gov- ernment for these societies in each county is not to exceed six hundred dollars. These societies have, moreover, the right of acquiring property, by bequest or otherwise and of receiving contributions from municipanties and from corporations of all descriptions ; they are themselves incorporated for this purpose. The department of Agriculture and Colonization watches over the organization and working of these societies ; and there is every ground for hope, that a certain number of them will take an active part ia promoting immigration. Over and above the grants to these societies, townships, or pares of townships, will' be reserved for the establishment of settlers, whom they may send thither; and such settlers will have the prefcrcnc cover all others, whether immigrants or natives of the country, upon the ordinary conditions of the sale and concession of Crown Lands, and to each society a fren g mt will be made of one lot for every ten lots upon which its settlors shall have established themselves. Other societies for Colonization and Immigration, in addition to the three allowed for each electoral division, may be formed, and they arc vested with all the powers of the other fiooietics, but they receive no grant from tho Government. To promote Colonization and Iniiiiigration, the Depaitmentof Agriculture and Coloniza- tion is at present causing to be prepared two pamphlets, one of which will be entitled, " The .Settler's Guide", and will be intended for native settlers, and distributed in all parts of tho i 'rovincc ; the other will be distributed in foreign countries ; both will bo accompanied with maps. The Government has under consideration the establiHliment of agencies in the British IsU'S and on the continent of I'lirope, but has not as yet decided whether it will or will not rest satisticd with availing itself ol' the services of tho agents already appointed by the Fisdt^ral (Jovcrnmcnt. 'J'Ik! Government has obtained IVoni the Legislature, a vote of twelve thousand dollars Cor purposes connected with Immigration, for the oightecn months to which tho budget of the last Session extends. In addition to the ordinary grants for the exploration of Crown Jjands and for surveys, llio liCiiislature at its last Session voted a sum of forty-five thousand dnlhirs for explorations, iiavinij; i'or their object the ascertaining and cau;>ing to In; pcrfocll^y knovviJ, all the resources i)t' the uiuuUivated territory of the Province. -^ 4- The Department of Crown Lands is now engaged in organizing a topographical and geol() Fia St. John, N. B 401) 271 Totals 51,795 57,878 71,448 The destination of all these Immigrants may bo first given in two largo categories, that is: 1st. Of those who have gone to the aoighbouring rc-nblic, amounting, as far as can be ascertained, an follows : In 1866, to United States 41,704 In 1867, do do 47,212 In 1868, do do f>8,68o 2nd category. Those who have settled within the territory of Canada. In 1866, in Canada l^.O^l In 1867, do I0,66b In 1868, do 12,/65 The aggregate expenditure on account of Immigration, comprises the expenses of the different agencies and the expenses of the three (Quarantines maintained at Grosse Isle, Halifax and St. John, including the Medical Inspection carried on at the Port of Quebec; to which may be added the undivided share of the cost of maintaiiiance ol'tlio Quebec Marme and Immigrant's Hospital. The last mentioned institution, in times of an unhealthy Immi- gration, may be and has been occasionally the recipient of a large number of immigrants ; in ordinary seasons the number of immigrants received as patients may be computed at an average of one hundred ; the remainder of the patients arc sailors, residents and people tem- porarily present in Quebec on account of the lumber trade. The gross amount of the expenditure on account of Agencies and Quarantines has been, for the fiscal year of 1866 -67, $52,798.74, for the fiscal year 1867-68, $60,181.58, and the same expenditure for the now current and very soon expiring fiscal year 1868-69, may^be set down at a round sum cf $37,000. In the "expenditure of the year 1866-67, the Pro- vinces of Nova Scotia and New Brunswick arc not included. The gi-oss expenditure at each of the different Agencies for the first fiscal year of the existence of the Confederation, that is for 1867-68, was as follows, including help to and transport of Immigrants. Quebec Head Office, including Inland transport $18,803.24 Agency in England oclJia Montreal Agency _i,oDi;iu Ottawa Agency JSS Toronto Agency i idSOS Kingston Agency I'qtnqi Hamilton Agency 'oq7 7<\ Sherbrooke, temporary Agency ooi'L^ St. John, N. B. Agency 861.52 Halifax Agency ___Z Total $35,727.58 12 i^ The expenses of Port Inspection and of Quarantine have been as follows for the [same fiscal year, 18G7-68 : * o mn /.« Medical Inspection of Port of Quebec : » 3,199.b9 Quarantine rt Grosse Isle ^1'?ot"?5 do at Halifax 2,085.40 do at St. John, N. B _}f'^^ Total -. $24,454.00 These expenses have been reduced for the current year 1868-69, in the proportion of the above detailed total gross expenditure of $60,181.58, to whrt may be put down at a round sum of $37,000; which expenditure will be, according to all probabihticr,, almost equally divided between the two heads of expenditure, namely : Ist. Agencies including help to and transport of Immigrants ; 2nd. Quarantines and Medical Inspection. The proceeds of the Immigrant Tax i^re set down as follows, for tiie three last expired fiscal years, namely : 1865-66 to $32,408.00 1866-67 " 22,621.00 1867-68 " 31,064.04 It is to be remarked that the apparent discrepencies between the relative figures indicatin"' the number of immigrants and the head money derived from Immigration, are owino' to'two reasons. 1st. From the fact that young infants counted m the number of immigrants are exempt from the capitation tax ; 2nd. That the season of navigation being divided into two periods by the computation of the fiscal year, the figures relating to the calendar year cannot agree with the figures relating to the fiscal year, a circumstance never to be lost sight of when dealing with such statistical information. ^ „ _. , ,,„„ J. C. lACHiii. Ottawa, 8th June, 1869. NOllTH WEST TERRITORY. The prospect of the immediate acquisition by Canada of control over the extensive domain known as the North West Territory, gives to the subject of Immigration and Coloni- zation an importance without precedent in the history of British America Your Committee are under obligations to Mr. Dawson for the information so opportunely given by him touching that territory and the mode of access to it— in reply to questions sub- mitted to him, as follows:— SIMON JAMES DAWSON, CIVIL ENGINEER, EXAMINED. 1st Ouestion. Referring to the evidence given by you before a Committee of the Legislature in 1859, have you, since that time, had any opportunities of increasing your information in reference to the best mode of access through British territory to the Red River Settlement?— AitJWpr. Explorations were carried on for a considerable period subse- ouent to that time under my direction ; and through the summer of 1 868, further examinations were made of the eastern sections of the route as detailed in my report. ,,.,,. 2)irf Question. When the preliminary scheme of opening the communication detailed in vour renort is carried out, what will be the facilities for reaching the Red River Settlement? L-Answer Under ordinary circumstances, when the communication is opened and when steamers are plaxjed on the navigable sections and stages on the land roads, the Red River Settlement may be reached in two days and a half or three days from Lake Superior. '\rd Ouestion IIow would it then compwe with the route through Minnesota ?— A^,.»^r Tt would* be crcatly better and cheaper. The railroads of Minnesota have only yet ^eXTst Cbudwbichl five hundred miles by tie road from the Red River Sette- ment but even if the Railroads were carried to Pembina on the boundary line, the route by Lake SuDcrior would still be the best as regards immigrants. uaKc *e"P™ ^" T_ ^^^t y^sppct?— .4n-'«!c?-. It would be greatly cheaper as there would be so mucrol the'dUtance by Vater* and it would be over five hundred miles shorter as shown on this map, on which the relative distance is set down. ■r I •\ 1 + 18 i^ ^ I •\ 1 + bth Question . What is the population of the Red River Settlement? — Ani,wer.V¥rora what I can learn, about fifteen thousand, but this does not represent a large floating population who make Red River their head-quarters. ^Jth Question. What are the educational facilities, and are the religious wants of the community well provided for ? — Answer. I am aware of no settlement with so small a popula- tion so well provided for in these respects. There are schools and colleges where the youth of the country may accjuire an education not inferior to what may be obtained in any country. There are Seminaries for females where young ladies may learn all the usual ac- complishments that can be acquired in any civilised settlement ; and as to religious wants, there are clergymen of various denominations in full proportion to the population. Ith Question. What convenience would there be for the reception of immigi ants on their arrival at Fort Pai-ry and how could they get located or employed — or what means of sus- tenance could they procure in the interim ? — Answer. In the first place the settlement has always had (with the exception of a year of calamity like the last, when a plague of grass- hoppers destroyed the crops ) a superabundance of food for sale at low rates, and only did not raise more because of the want of a market. In the event of improvement going on there would always be considerable employment lor those newly arrived, who would, or should generally drop out of the labor market before another year, to cultivate their own farms, the facility I'or doing so, being so very great in a prairie country at once fitted for the plough, us compaied with a wooded country, where a lifetime has to be spent in getting rid of the timber and the stumps. Vov the permanent location of settlers, steps should be immediately under- taken by the Government for the survey of townships, first in every available position where the nucleus of settlement already exists, and extending from these centres as rapidly as possible. Of course a proper survey of the lands already occupied should be the first thing undertaken no as to determine the extent and set proper boundaries to existing properties, to be conformed by sufficient titles, under patents from the Crown. Based upon these, the surveys could pro- ceed and in the meantime such settlers as may reach the country in one way or another, can squat to suit themselves and their possession will of course be respected and the pre-emptive right to purchase given to them, as has always been the case in Canada, when the country comes to be surveyed. When the route by Lake Superior is opened, and lacile comumnication with the country is established, all the machinery your emigration committee, and all other influences combined can induce the Government of the Dominion, or private or provincial associations to put in motion, cannot crowd into it a greater tide of population than it will be ready to absorb, even if the bulk of the vast mass of European emigration annually seek- ing the shores of America should bo directed to it. For the first few years the influx of settlers need only be limited by the capacity of the number that may have preceded them to produce food enough for those to arrive in the following year. After that the produce of the country will sustain any number of immigrants that can come. 8^/t Qtiestion. What class of immigrants would it be most desirable to bring into the Red River country ? — Answer. The great mass should of course consist of farm labourers, but with as hu-ge a proportion as possible of the better class of farmers capable of conducting agricultural operations in conformity with all the modern improvemcnis ; the country being so readily fitted for scientific farming, the more of that class that can be introduced at an early period the better, as the system of cultivation thus inaugurated will give a tone to the operations of the more ignorant and lead to the speedy developement of a higher character of agriculture. The ordinary proportion of mechanics and trades people should follow as a necessary consequence of exclusive settlement. 9'/t Question. In an extensive alluvial plain like these prairie countries, will not large quantities of lumber Ik; required for buildings and fences, and how can it be procired ? — Ansuofv. From the height of land west of Lake Superior, the watershed drained by the river Winnipeg and its tributaries — and through which the route to Red River has to be opened — presents a vast area of country, in many respects similar to the valley of the Ottawa and abounding in Pine timber and waterfalls suitable for saw mills ; and this will no doubt at an early day become the seat of an extensive lumber trade destined for the supply of the prairie country to the west of it. For the immediate wants of the settlers there is an abun- dant supply of timber in most parts of the country along the banks of the rivers and streams, and whicli, though of an inferior character for the purpose, will suit very well for all the wants of the early settlors, both as regards building and fencing, and as the country progresses they will obtain a supply from the pine region, as Chicago and the prairies west of it now do 14 from Northern Michigan, The moro westerly regions will in like manner obtain a supply from tlie country along the base and in the valleys of ihe Kocky Mountains, which abound m timber of good nuality. _ .„ „ . , • • ^ o 10/A Question. What facilities are there for grist mills, Thunder Bay, oa Lake Superior, has silver minea of most eltraordinary surface promise* which are now being developed will, if successful, which there seems every reason to hope, give a great impetus to enterprises of that kind. In the North West there arc also large iiuantities of petroleum and salt, which exists also near Lake Winnepegoos, is there found almost in a state of purity. 14^/t Questio7i. Having spent some time in the country at all different seasons ot tLo year, you can perhaps give the Committee your views on the clin.a,te, comparing your personal observations with general report 'i— Answer. During the time I spent at Fort Garry the months of October and November presented the finest fall weather, Indian summer like, I had ever seen. There wore some severe frosts during the winter, as may be seen Ity the register kept by me and given in my report of 1859, but the average was not colder th.in hc?e, and the snow never exceeded 18 inches, and averaged loss than a foot in depth. (Jn the 0th of Aprd ploughing commenced. Vegetation progressed very rapidly soon after, and by the middle of May we were fairly into summer. My impression at the time was that we 'had upon the whole about the same climate as Kingston, Ontario, perhaps o little colder in winter, but with finer weather in the spring and Jail— which is, of course, highly favorable to agricultural pursuits. Further to the West the climate becomes still milder. The clim- atology of the country and the influences bearing thereon, and a comparison between different par ts of it and their counterparts in Europe, seems to me to be very fairly put in the follow- ing extract from the examination of Mr. Wm. McD. Dawson belbre a Committee of Parliament in Toronto in 18t)7. After shewing the effect of «n approach to the Pacific across this continent from the Eaat as being of the same general character as an approach to the Atlantic from the East across Asia and Europe, in it« ameliorating influence upon climate, which is not therefore solely governed b> latitude, he proceeds to say— other conditions being equal- that as "The 49th parallel of North Latitude (which is the southern boundary of our " Western territories), passes nearly a degree south of the southernmost point of England, " through the Environs of Paris, through the Southern Provinces of Germany, and less than "a degree noith of Vienna, there is therefore no reason, as regards climate, why the lower « course of the Frascr river, or the upper course of the Columbia, in British territory and in <' the same latitudes, should not rival the banks of the Rhine, the Mouse o.- the Moselle. " There is no such reason why the valleys of the Nujiga, the Elk, the Saskatchewan, the lied " River and the Assiniboine, should not yield their golden harvests as rich as tlionc of the " Wcser, the Elbe, the Oder or the Vistula. " The geographical difficulties between these localities, in relation to those icfluonces by " which climate is affected, arc indeed such that it would require some very strong facts, sus- <' tain'3d by a concurrence of all the most credible testimony to prove that the above com- •' parison is too favorable to the places I have named on this continent. The facts established, " however, by all disinterested authorities, prove the reverse." Ibth Question. Do you think that the Indian population will become troublesome ?— Answer. Not if they are properly handled, and liquor excluded from the regions where they predominate. The Indian wars in the United States have, I believe, been chiefly due to the Indian (white) agents of the Government. The Indie js with us have heretofore been accustomed to live on terms of amity with the Whites, and it will be our own fault if that friendly relation is disturbed. Even in an economic point of view, the conduct of the United States towards the Indians has been a mistake, for, it would cost less to maintain them absolutely than it costs to kill them oft". There is no powerful tribe of Indians in any of the parts of the territory where settlement is likely to progress rapidly for some time to coino, and the Indians of the I^ake of the Woods only require to be well managed to be firm allies. 16th Question. Will the means of communication suggested bo suflSicient to bring out surplus agricultural and mineral products (other than gold) with which to purchase supplies needed by settlers, at prices which will leave a reasonable profit on production 'f— Answer. The rates at which heavy goods can be transported, will be apparent on reference to my report lately printed. The first opening of the route would not admit of litrge quantities of heavy, bulky freight, such as agricultural or mineral products generally being transjtorted profitably, but it will be observed that the improvement of the route is intended to be pro- gressive, till in its finished state,with 4i» miles of rail at the eastern end, 90 miles at the Western and continuous navigation between these points, agricultural and mineral products could bo transported to their point of contact, with the navigation oi'tho Great Lakes, cheaper than from any point on tho same meridian to the south of the boundary. Ou the first open- 16 ' I - I !■ n n I ■■ I ■ ■— ing of the route, it is proaumea, that the influx.of new settlers ;^i» «jffo;d a market for the surplus produce' of the settlement, and by the time this «^^««>« ^« ^'^f^^^'^,^^ ';^Zi overTt. raunication should be so far complete as to admit of heavy and bulky ^^ fj* P^f^"? ^.^'^^^ Zmite first initiation, however; there will be an outward trade of great va ue, in furs ^n 'peul^rpaBsin. over 'it,, while the -i-^Vtllf hKrufdlott^ probably afford an extensive market. Homed cattle and horses ^/'"'^,;'7 '''.., v, numbers and transported at a profit; and large quantities of wood could be p.ofaitably pro rSd Jran^^^^^^^^^^ over the route even in Us preliminary sUn^e of developement. KEMARKS. Tn the absence of precise inforn»ation, wioh reference to the topography of the country interven ng bt^enFoft William a^the li^ad of Lake Superior and the Lake of the Woods •""Tit *"„t"if r Sltt^e^*.^. .n™d *at it c^ V. k^pt i. c,^.t.. ■ MependooUy of uaviRation, and to pro,e that .t '• d-^''* «\f "?? '"''jrCseU ia is WcsiAould'fom a link in U.ee«.ting railway »,.tcm °''''" ""TPTifeJ; "Sw route land between Lake Superior, and the Red Riv«r Settlement east tor «evera imn doubt U^cttaS the practicability of -noh a route should be sot at rest by an .mmcdiato Territory yon^cZmi tee cannot doubt that it is the intention "' ^1° ^ZlTil^a Bo S, toeansc an immediate survey of such lands, as «dl probab^r be in t'^J f "^""^j fnd of such other portions as the tendency to settlement mdicatcs, so a. to antteipate ""''as SC'ent' i." of much greater nation^ importance than the -;-gui»ition oHcrrU ri-pa-^S'oTti"^ ^^^=^^^i^SBi^ " "*"=t°i"Sn:tr derte-:: it ttSSt'stSyt :srtrra;e .egiu. n,ate,^:"lthtThr rot^^ras.the act^si^^^^^^ ^"uS^rtrtzXvSToi^rs:;^^^^^^^^ s-ti^Tarret!^^^^^^^^^^^ may be taken out of the way. All which is respectfully submitted. ^^^^^^^^ JACKSON, Chairman. Committee Room, House ov Commons, Canada, HJth June, 1869.