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 HKTUIIN 10 nil Adiirosn ot llif Honourable T.w W'Ui.-: .,1 Coimuoii.-. 
 (lilted 10 Mnv \W'n\—foi: 
 
 '• COP^' or Extracts ot iiiiy C'oRRBSi'ONnKNCK bftwivii t'af ( ulouial 
 OHi.v iin.l th.- Autl...riti.'S ii> Camida and JintiJ' ( Uun,l>i„.unt\u' subject 
 „f tl.f proposeaTKLKGRAPmc Commi:nicati..n b.-twren ranmla and the 
 i'«c7>V (in .•onti.inati..u of Parliunientiiry \\^>vv. No. 4:{8, of Se><si.)ii 
 
 Coloniiil Offiic, \ 
 l(i Jun.' IHtU.J 
 
 FUKDElllC ROGERS 
 
 {Mr. SiiK-liiir Aj/fitini.) 
 
 Ord.red. by 'llu- House ol' CoiiiUions f" ''• /'nn^.'^/, 
 1 7 June I Sti4, >^ 
 
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 f'OPV or l'".XTU\( i> of any ronuKSi'ONMKNrK Ix'twccn llir Colonial Office 
 anil tin- Autliurilio in ('(iikkIu and lirilhh <'i>/iiiii/iiii. on tlic "iiihjcct of thf 
 |)ro|i()M(l TKLKCiUAi'mc ('(immimcmion hctwccii ('(111(1(1(1 and tin- Paci/a: 
 in continnation of Parlianu ntary I'apcr, No. I;»h, of Siission IfHili). 
 
 No. 1. 
 
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 No. I 
 
 \ iscdlllit Mlllirk 
 
 {'oi-Y of a 1)I'>I'A'I ( II from N'iscoimt Monch to llisfirare tlir l)iiKr ol tu ilir DuL. »r 
 
 .Xcircdsflc h.u. Ne«.'iuti.-. K.o. 
 
 gueK.r, 25 .April 18(i2. --:. .XpnliS.-j. 
 
 (Kiceivc'd H M'lV INI)-.'.) 
 Mv lioni Dlikr, (.Answcnd, 124, 3 Juriu IHii'J, im^;c 5.) 
 
 I iiAvi. llir luiMoiir 1(1 foiWiuJ to sour (irarc a Minulr of tlit- Executive 
 Council, a|)|)ruV(ii by nic. on tjic -uiijcct of tlic c-ialilirJlinniit of a |)ostal co'n- ^' 
 inunicatioii throuuli tic llmUonV Hay 'IVrritnry, lictwccii ('iiiiail;i anil Hritisli ''"^'•>t 
 
 Coliiinliia. coiitaiiiinu n Icltir from the Provincial Secretary to tlic .\!iinai;i;r ol 
 tlie lliiilsoii - Ha\ ('om]ian\', ami tliat ^eiitleniau"< leply. 
 
 'I'lie s'.ilijcct i^ iPlic of eoii«i(!rlalilc ilii|ii irt;ilicr, holli in all Ini|P( rial |ioiliI ol 
 view, ami as rej^anU llic [lariiciilai intrre-t- of ilii> l'i(i\iiiei. : l,ui iIr. litter ol 
 Mr. Allcvn eutei.-- .so fully into the merits of llic i|m>iioii ,iii liotli ;;r()iiniU, tliat 
 1 ilo nor tliink it lucissary to trouble your (iraci' willi aii\ oIim r\atioii^ ii| my 
 
 U\> 11. 
 
 ■J'lic answer of .Mr. Dallas woalil scciii to in, ply that the exislcucc of the 
 prc-iciii ri;;ht- n!' the Hudson',- May t'oiiipaiiy will ppiv a ji' rniancnt obstacle 
 to tin rciilizalioii (if tlic \ie\vs wliicli tin Caiiadi;iii (iovcriiMi'Mi! eiiteitaiii ill rcicr- 
 ciiec to the pro|)Osi.d cuiiiinuiiication. 
 
 As the Government of this rmvince liavc no means of actin<i- upon the llndsonV 
 Hav Company, except tliroii<;li Ilcr Ma|cst\',- ^.linistcrs, I would, on its beliall, 
 ask ol your (irace (o take such steps as ni.'V enable tlu' authorities here to carry 
 into cxciiitioii till ir desire for an cxfciisi'ii oj' jiostal coiumunication between this 
 Province and the r-hores of the Paciti;. 
 
 I have, (Soc. 
 {signed 1 Mintc// 
 
 Enclosure in No. 1. 
 
 Copy ol' .1 Hi rnnr of a Coniiniilii' hI' llii' llniiiinialile tlie {•".xccntivc ('ouncil, Mppr.iVcil Em I. i Ni>, i. 
 li\ his l",M('l!('lii'\ l'.. (Inxcnmr (iiiiriMl in C'uiiiu-il nii tlic 2-1 April lH(i2. 
 
 [n rfli-rini'e tn tlu- rcconl (•ni-i-i-spoiujcncc lirl ween the PriiviiU'iii! Cinvcniincnl ;iiiil tlio 
 (joNcrniir III tin- lliiilsiiii- P,;i\ Territory on the subjrot ol' the pio[iosiMl ovorlaml eoui- 
 Diiiuiciition with 15ritir-li Cnluniliiii. tin" Coniniilti'i' roppciriiliy ailvit<o tliat copy of the 
 biimn be tninsniittiMJ li\ your Ivxcclleiicy to lii.s Ciriicc tlu; Secretary of State for the 
 Colonie-=. 
 
 (certilicd) Wm. If. /,•■<■, 
 
 Clerk ol iIk' I'.xfciitive Coiineil. 
 
 Sir. Provincial Sci-rrtary's ( Iftii-e. (^iichcc. l.-'i April IHIi'i. 
 
 Tnt. (JovernniPiit of Caimila have hail tlicir attention \cry ^Ironirlv ilircctcd to tlie ini- 
 jKirtaiil subjert of an o\erlaii(l i-oininiiniiation with Piritis]\ Cobiiiihia throiiiih the llndsons 
 IJay territory. ri,i the IJed Wiver. anil I ani now ('oniiii.iiidecl by his Ivxeelleney the 
 Governor (icneral to inlbrni yon of the stejip proposed lowaTii.s ed'eeting this object, and 
 to seek the i o-nperation of the llndsinfs May (dnipany therein. 
 
 The t'anadian (Jovernment do not wi.-li at present to raise any question as to the rights 
 of the rornjiany, who must be regarded as ile facto iu pusscssiou of the country intervcuiug 
 between ('auuda and Britiuh Columbia. 
 
 402. A 2 Thry 
 
I'AIM'HS l{ ELATING TO 'II 111 
 
 Thi'V ('(Ml>'iilt'l' tlllll lli"^t lMi|iiirt:illt iHllilii' illtri'i'sl- ili'lil.unl lln' r>l;ilili.^||ilirnl of II 
 iiractii iilili* iiiif ril ('<iiiiiiiiiiiirutii>n iioni"^ tin' <'(iiitiiK'iil, ami tlicv iloiic ti> Iiiim' iIio 
 iiractual aiil nl' voiir ('(iiii|iany in iiirryiii;: it iiiln I'llcrl. 
 
 Aniini'iiiii'iitH wi'ic iiiailc williiii llir lu.«t I'lmr yi'iir'* I'nr |io-lal -ii\iii willi iJi'il liivcr ; 
 liiit llii' want I'l' li'irltoi iai iii.'lit-al Kcil Kivi r, anil iilonjj llir ^^tciitir |iail nl the route, 
 (Iclcalcil llii' I'laiis "( till' ('anailian (i<<V('i'niii('iit. .iimI .iltci a \rr\ I'l'ii-iiirialili' millav tliu 
 liiu' I'lail I" Ix' :il>aiiiii>iii'ii. Aiioilii'i ciliii't in now liciii^ iiiailc in tlir -iinn- iliriclinn. nnil 
 ii> the Iliitlr-iinV Hay ('(iin|iaiiy ilaiiii the linjiis nC TfiiMnry ami I invci'iiini'iil mcr lliirt 
 ri'i'aiii. It i- liiiiu'il tlnv will ul.«i> ii,--iiiilc llicir ru-njativi' iliitii'-. ami iiiitr with ('iiaililit ill 
 n|a'liinj: li|i IIk' I'liiiliti v. 
 
 Tilt' C'aiiailian (■I'Mrtiimii; air alu'iit to I'.-talilisii >ti'iiiii i I'lMiniiniialinii witli l<'iirt 
 William I'll Lalic Sii|H'iinr iiiiini'diati'ly ; a lur^'r Iriict m| hmil :it iliix |i<iiiit iia^ lici'ii 
 jiiirM'vcd. and n Crown Laiiil^ ajiciit liii.« l.cfii rccciitiy a|i]"iiiitcil in rcsiiif lin'ri' ; ap|)ri)- 
 jiriatiiiii> liav" iu'iii inadf i'y tiir !,t i.'i^ialilrf lin- mail.- Inward- Kcii Itncr, on v\ iiiiii fVcu 
 ".'rant? will be iiiaili' til MttiiT.-. anil CMTv I'tliii't will 111' inaili' In iii trail M'ttlt'incni : tiie 
 ulliniatc ulijiTt brill;; llir I'nnncxiiiii with tlic Ucil Uivcr and Saxl^ati lu'waii. ( aiiadii is 
 tlurclnrc nnw pri'iiart'd tn f;uaiaiiti'c tliai, hi I'lir ii.'» iicr iiiiili,'<|iiitrd liminilary fxti'iidx, 
 I'vcry t'ai'ility will lii'iiri'tnrwaid cxl^t tnwariLi a I'niiimiiiiiratinii willi tiic wi'st. 
 
 Till' (.'anadiaii (invrriiini'iit caiinnt dniilit liuit liu' ilinisnn'.i liay ('Miii|jaiiy art- I'nliy 
 alive III tiie vast ini|inrtaiir(' nl'.-iieli a rniiiiniiniratinii. 
 
 Tile recent i^nld disiiiveries nii tlir Sai>i<atrliew an laiiiinl liiil tn allrart many ailven- 
 turii>. who niii-t at prr.-ent lie |iriiiri|ially dratvii Irnin tlie I'liitid .'"itate,-. 
 
 Tiie Settlement (il Ked Miver it.-ell' lias nnw its snle rniiiiiiiiiiiiatinn witli Miniii'Mita, 
 and will naturally inibilie Ainerii'an )iriiiii|ile? and .iew-, uiili-s lirnii>_dil into eninicxinn 
 witli tile Jlriti-ii Settlements east and west. Canada iiiiisi Innk with Mime a|i]irelien.-inn 
 tn tile ]ir(ilialile result tiiat in a very lew years liie |iii|iiilatinn lyiii;.' tn lier west will lie 
 wlinllv t'nrei):ii : anil that iinles- I'aeilities I'nr settlement lie atliirded trniii Canada et|iial to 
 those enjiiyid trnin the United Stales, and unless ettieieiit livil (iovernment lie s|iei'dily 
 estaldished, IJritisii rule over tlii.s part ol' the inntiiieiit will viriiially leive |iasseil away, 
 and tlie key ot' tlic trade to Uritirh Cnlumbia.and ultimately China, iiave iieen >urrendere«l 
 tn I'Ur rivals. 
 
 The lindsnirs Iiay Ciiiii|paiiy eannot dcire a result that would i i|ually militate a^'ainst 
 tlieir nwii intere>ts. Anil the (anadiaii Cioveriinient theril'nre Impes (or llieir iii'iirl\ eo- 
 njieration in npeiiiiifr nl" tin Heii liiver and Saskatrliiwan Tirrilniit? liy a (■nininiinicatiou 
 from Canada tn liritisli ('oliimliia. 
 
 '{"he (iovernment ot' ( aiiada innsiders that in iniinrxlnii nitli the means nl' transport 
 
 uero,-> the coiitiiient. a tele^fi'aphie lomniiiiiii'alioii shniild lie e.-talilished as espeeially 
 
 stary tor iiniierial interests, liiasmiiili as Imtli the I ' iiiled States and Kussia pnssess 
 
 •raphie lines tn the I'aritie : while (ireat JJi'ilain has im other mnile nl' doiiif.' mi, hut 
 
 oii^h the Iludsnr."' IJay 'Territory. Reieiil event-; ha\e pio-.ed the paraiimiint ini- 
 portanee ol siieii a line. 
 
 Leaving unloiieiied, theretnre, all disputed i|iiestinns. I am conimamled bv iiis l'^\eelleney 
 the (iiiveninr (ieiieral, to state that tlie Canailian (invernmeiit have deeided at onre to 
 Cftabli>h steam and sta^'e eomninniealion to liie extreme limit ol' the lerrilory under their 
 (Jnveriiment : and are ready tn unite with the iliidsoirs l>ay Cnmpany in a mail serviee 
 and ]iost riiute tn Uritish Cnlmiibia. 'I'he Canailian (invermnent is alsn jiiepared to 
 guarantee the ennstrui'tioii nl" a tele^'iaphie line In the extreme we.-tern limits nt' the 
 jirnvince. 
 
 I renue-t that ymi will inCnrm me how far ymi wiil be prepared to aet for the Hudson's 
 Bay Comiiany in carryin;"; out olijii'Is of sucii jrreat national import.'inee ; and wliieh 
 eannot be loiii; delayed without the most serious injury to the inteiests ol' the empire, and 
 espeeially to the future proi^ress and ^eeurily of (.'anada. 
 
 i have, &e. 
 Alexander (i. Dallas, I';si|., (.siirned) C.AUnjn. 
 
 (iovernor-in-(liief of Rupert's Land, 
 Jlontreal. 
 
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 ^"■, Montreal. K! April 1S62. 
 
 I llAVi; the iionnur to aeknnwledfie receipt nf the impmlanl rnimiiunieatinii which you 
 liave addressed to me by eonimaiid of his I'^xceileney the (iovenior (Jeneial, under date 
 the l.-.th instant, wherein vnu intimate tlie desire nl the ( loveriimeiit of Canada to estab- 
 lish an overlanil lomiininiiation with British ("olinnbia ihroiifrj, t|„. Ilmlsoifs IJ^y territory, 
 as we!l as the .-teps ]iroposed towards etleetin^' that objen ; and further iei|iii'st the eo- 
 ojieration ot' the Hudson's Hay ( rmipany therein. 
 
 After statiiij: that the (iovernment ot Ciinadii, rerrardiiig the eoini>anv as ilc f'tiito in 
 possession of the interventnfr territories, docs not wish to rai.se any iiiie.-tioii as to its 
 rijihts.yoii proeeed to jioint out the jrieat puliiie interests wiiich are invoKcd by tiie forma- 
 tion of a ciiain of settlements, eontiei'ting Can.iila with I5ritl>li Columbia, by |.ii.stal ami 
 teleKra[iiiir services, tlie paramount importanci' of which is provi'd by recent events. 
 
 Yon also jioint out the daii<rer of the Red River Settlement, from its close connexion 
 with Minnesota, consequent upon its isolated position 
 
 ith 
 
 ■aril to Caiiad'i, bei 
 
 ing 
 
 iintiiieil with Amenean principle- and views, and passini^f awav to our rivals, tlni.s depriv- 
 ing the country oi' the key of the trade to Uritieili Columbia, and ultimatelv to China. 
 
 While 
 
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 I. Till' llril IJiviT iiikI Sii'kiiirlii'wiiii MilIi'VH, iliniijrli mil in ilimiMlvi'- 'iii-lMiiriiij' 
 ili-ilrirl-, lire tin' -iiurci'-i Huiii uliiiii'i' llir main -ii|i|ilir.'' nl winter (imil Mr [hmi iircil 
 I'lir llic niiilliiin |hi>I-i, iVniii llif iii'ikIium' i T iIh Imlliiln iiiinl''. A iliain o!' -itlli'iiiciils 
 
 lliiim;,'li llii-r valliy- wniiM ii"i only (lr|iriM' llic i'oiii|iaiiy nl' llic aliii\c vitu! n'-mii , 
 
 lull uiiiiiij iiiijiri Til) , ill iiiaiiN oilirr wav-, -n inii'i'l'i'i'i' willi tliiir norllpi'iii tra.ji'. u^ tn 
 ii'inlt r it nil Innurr wmlli jHh-i riilin;.' mi an cvtriiili'il ncali'. Ii winiiii iirrc-^ai'lU lie 
 liiviili'il inlii \ aiimi- riiaiiiiil-<. |iii-<-ilily tn ilir |Hililic iiriulil, iiiit tlic i nni|iaii\ rmiM nn 
 l(ili;;t'i' i'\isl oil il- |iii'Sfiil liiiiliii'.'. 
 
 'I'lir aliiiM' I'l'iii-Hii- aL'aiii-l a |iiirtiiil ■'in rin.li'i- ul uiii' iriiiunics may not ii|i|ii:ir .-iitli- 
 > iiiitiy iili\iiiii- Id |iarru'> not coinri^anl wilii tlic liaili' oi- liiii roiintiy, liiit my kiio\vlc(|n;i' 
 ot' lioili, lia.-i'ii I II |i( I'Miiial i'\|i('i'i('iii'<', ami I'l'iiiii utlicr .-loiircc^ o|ii'ii to nic, |iiiini tu tliu 
 roinlii-iiiii. tliiil |iartiul rniico.— imih iit tin- (iii^lriclH, wiiitii iiiii«t luM't'-.-arily lie iilicnutcd, 
 wiiiilil incNitalily liaii to the cxlini'tinn nl' tin? ('iiiii|iiinv. 
 
 V. (irantin^' that liir ('niiijiaiiy wen- willing to i<iii'nKi'L' its triiilin;; inti'ri'xt.-, ilic ^i-ry 
 ail would ilr|>riM' il ol llii' mt'aii-' to riirry nut llic inopdriiMl nR'asiiri'r'. 'I'liurc is no -iiiiii-ce 
 nl' riMiiiif III incft tlir iiinst oiiiinary (>\|ii'miitiiro : iiiui cm-ii iimii r |in'-('iii iiri'iiiii>taii(c.s 
 tlir ('oni|iaii\ lia- prai lliall\ im |iowi'i' to lai-c one. Tlic co-DiU'ratinn |i;'(i|io^c(l, in laliinj; 
 on llit('niii|iaiiv 111 |ir!lorm il* io-rciati\c duties, |ire-.sii]i|ioses ■• tn slaiid in: an cijiial 
 I'liorm;; willi ( aiiada. 
 
 Il is mil lo lie Mi|i|io-c(l ilial llie Ciowii woiilij i;raiit inoi-e exte;isi\e |io',vcrs to liiel'oin- 
 paiiy tliaii those roiiM'scd liy till' riiai'ler. If any ehan;;! he made, it is |.reMiniiil that, 
 dii-ecl ailminislraliiiii liy the Crown woiild lie resoried lo, as the (nily inca-iire liiiely to 
 ;;i\ r |;nlilir satisl'irlioii. 
 
 Not haviiiii anliii|ialid llie |iresrnt (|nesiion, I am wilhuiit iiisinirtiiins from :ho lioard 
 of 1 (iri'ilnrs ill l/inidon lor my jiiiidanee. 
 
 I lielieve I urn, howe\er, safe in statin;^ my romirtion, that the ('oni|iany uill lie wiliin;; 
 to inert llie wishes of the counliy at lar;:e. Iiy idiisenliiitr to an ei|iiitalile arniiij;cmeiil lor 
 llie .silirender of all the iif.dils eoiiveyrd liy the eharter. 
 
 1 siiaii li\ till' !,e\t mail forward eojiies of this enrresjiondcnoc to the lioard of Oiroetors 
 ill London, who will thus he |ire|iared. in the event of the suhjeet heiiiir referred to Her 
 Maji-lv s Serretar\ of Slate for the Colonies. 
 
 I nia\ stale that it i- my intention to make immediate arrani;cliielits, at the exlstinjj 
 settlement of Ked l!i\ei, lor the sale of land, m easy terms, I'rei' fioiii aiiv ristrietions of 
 trade. It woiijil. I lieiie\e, lie iiii| ililie to make any distini'tioii lietween liritish siilijeets 
 and forei^fiiei-. Tlic infusion of a J{iili.-h element m ist he left to the etleets uf a eloser 
 eoiinexion and identil\ of interests with Canada and tie mother eounlrv. 
 
 The Honoiirahle (Jliarles Alleyn, 
 I'rovineial Secretary. 
 \e. Se. \e. 
 
 
 I have, &o, 
 (signed) ./. a. Dnila.^ 
 
 'njn. 
 
 — No. -2. — 
 
 : (No. I-M.j 
 
 '% Coi'Y ui" a DK.SPATCII from His Grace the Dtike of \aocastk\ k.c, lo 
 
 (iovcrimr (Ifiiertil Viscount Monc/c. 
 
 .Mv l.onl, Downinif-stivet, 3 .lime 18(12. 
 
 ! it.w K tlic lioiimir to aekiiowlctigc tlic reccij)! of your Lonishiji's Dcspatc'i, 
 No ~U* of llif U.")tli ot" .V|iiil liist. ;md tt transmit lo you, for your itit'orniiit'oii, a 
 eopv ot a letter I'roni llie Hudson's IJay Company {received iit this department a 
 lew (lavs Jil'ter vour Despiitch rciiclied iiie), on tlie suhjeet of eslahlishiiifr postal 
 t' le(ira|ihic cotnniuiiiiation, throut^h the Company's territory, between (.'anada 
 and Hritish Coluinliia. 
 
 .'Mthou^h it is not in the power of Her Majesty's (Joverninent to ^rant assiut- 
 ance from Imperial funds for ctirrying out the ohjects whicli tiie Canadian (Jo- 
 vernnunt has in view, there would he every desire, on liieir parts, to co-operate 
 in any well-devised scheme for etlectinj^ this important communicallon across the 
 American Cuntiiieiit. As :i possible preUniinary to such an undertakino, I would 
 direct your Lordship's attention to the facilities for the acquisition of hind which 
 the Uudson';- Bay Compaii) announce their intention of otl'ering to settlers pro- 
 ceeding lo the Ked River. 
 
 1 have, iStc. 
 (signed) Aeacastlc. 
 
 No. 2. 
 Duke of New- 
 castle, K.li., to 
 Viseouiit Monck. 
 .; liir.c 1862. 
 
 • IV 3. 
 
 I Tlie ciielosuros to this Uespatch will bi- I'ound priiitrd at piwe a of llousf of Coniinorw P.i|ii|., 
 No. tSS, of ISO:!. 
 
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 402. 
 
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I'Ariil.^ IIKI AllNti TO I'llK 
 
 All. J. 
 Vi 1 iiiii Miini'k 
 to llii' Diiko 1.1 
 
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 ■; Fe!ir .\ iKi 
 
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 — No. ;». — 
 
 l',\iU.\(i iViiiii , |)l'.Sl'.\'H 11 Iriuti ( ii;vrrii''i' ( it'll. I'iii \'i^i'iiiint MdihIi In llin 
 (Iniiv tlir DiiKiMil' \,wi-ii^ll\ h.(;.; il.ii^ il (Jm luv. -i: I'', liiuiu y I Hti;i (Nn. -jo). 
 
 I iiA\K t!ir liniii.iiv li) oiiilii-i'. KH" Mi'.ii' liniff'- iiil. niiiiii iiiii. ;i n jMirt o; tlii 
 I'li^trriiisU'i' (I'IU'ImI nt CimikIii 'u tlii" siil>ji'i't ul the | osimI c iiiimuiiiiMiion 
 t!;iiiupli wliiit is liTini'il " rill' Niirl..-\\ I -I 'i'lTniiuy " witli Hritl^ll (Juliiiiiliiit, 
 H'li) uMilllllr ol" tlir E.\('t.'l|livi' Coilliril tuiilitli'il iI|imii i|. 
 
 I'.Ili'losnr'' 1, ill No. .1. " 
 
 lioi.'i. I. 11' N<'- MM "f I MlM'TI of IV ("niiiiiiidi'i' ciT till' i;.\iMMili\f ( niiiiril. Mppiovi .1 hv III.- I'l.xrclli tiry 
 
 tliu (ii)V(riiiii- (icuiTiil, II I'llinmrv ISli.'J. 
 
 Tni: ( nnimitlri'. Iiiiviiiif tiilii'ii ::ilii rou-iili'iMtidii tli. rc|i,irl of tliu llimniinilili' tlic I'lMt- 
 mn-tiT ( irlli'ial mi llif r\|ii'iliriiiv nf ii|MniM'_' llji ilinl lirllil- -rciil'IlL: iDlllinuiliriltiim Wi'St- 
 iViiril t iwiirils IJriti-li ( nliiiuliiii lliliril!.'li lirili.-li li'liilnry. fur a lilii:i:iip|iir iiiiil |ni(itill 
 :fci'\iia', nin.'iir ill ilu' I'piiiinii f\iir,'--('il in llial irjiniM. m^ n';.'uiil- liif ;;iiviiiil:ij;r ijf si'i'iiriiij; 
 .-iirli cniiiMiiiiii.aliMii, mill ImiiiJiIy a.l\i-c 'lial :i -iliii ul' '(l.uilil ilulli r.- lir [iliirrtl in tlxi 
 Iv-ilii:i:itr- ul' tlir a|i|)iiiinliiMf;' Si'-.^iim. liir tlit' |iiii|Mi.-r 111' i-ani in;; out tlit' .-ami' in tlii' 
 iiiaiii.. r ■iiijr;i[rsti"l in that riimrt. or in anv nllur thai mii\ liciiiil'iiT lit; iliriiu'il more 
 ■ :|ilv!i'i!a'.^iMiiis. 
 
 (rtrliliiil) //■///. //. /,.•-■. 
 
 Cliik ill' llir I'^MTiitiM' Ciiiinoil 
 
 i 
 
 hnol. '.; ill No. 
 
 F.nriu-liri' -J, ill No. ;». 
 
 RKFI,':i:I.M, 111 iiit' I'liiTiv-jioiiilrncr iia-i nitli iii- (irai-i' tlir Dllki" ol' Ni'wr.i-lk', tin" 
 C'aiunliii 1 ( iiiMTiinu'iil. miil frrlain of llii' nlVnii- nf tin- IliiiUoii'n Hay ('niii|ianv. ivitl. 
 ■till Ml !m ilir i'-iaMi.«!iiiu'iil iif |iii.-lal anil i'li';ini|iliir rniiinmnicallon, tlir'niLili llii' Cnni- 
 |:a:i\ - tr. rilMiii- I sii-rallcil). Ix'twci'ii Canaila ami Mriti^li C nliiinhia, iilnl to hi- n'|iorl ol tin' 
 ;ll-! iliii\ lii>t oil till' -iilijrrt 111' |iii-lal rnnininnii-alliin With the Nnrlh-wi >t. tlui iiinliT- 
 .-iLTiK'tl iia.- tiip liotioiir to .-iilmiil. liir tin; I'oii-iiliTill.ni <<\ iii- lv\'i ilinry tin' ( imrnior 
 ( iriirral in CoiiiH'ii, a- I'lillnrt - ; 
 
 I'Ik' I'iri'lllil-llinrr- whlrli. I'oi- -..nir ' lai •■ |i.l-l. haw iiniir.ilril till' rS|!i'iiii:i.\ ol'iiiirninn 
 iiji fiiiiininnii'alion- \vi'-l\vai'il t'i'oin Laki' Sii|i('rior iIitIm'. in thi' iinlirnii'ni nl ihr iiniliT- 
 ,-ij,'iU'il. aiMitiiiiial liii|iiii'tanri.' I'l'iiin ihr icri'iit ninl runliniiiiu." inli'n'niir-t' with iii-iti.-h 
 ( iiliiiniiia. i'iiiiM'i|iU'iit ii|iii)i till' ili-rovcrit's tliiTi' nl' \aliialilr L;.'|illii'li|< : wliil.-t thr n - 
 I'lii'ti'il rxi-tciu'i' ol ihi' -anil' iirci-imi- iiirtal in lln' Icililr \alh'\ n| thr Sa.-kalilirsvan lia.s 
 hail till' flti-.i III' awaki'iiiii;: a \i'l ihr|>i'r inlia'c^t in what in (anaila i-i |io|iiilai'l\ km.wnaj 
 111!' Kill Uivrv { oiintiy. 
 
 rmltr -o |io\viilnl an im|inl.-i'. a rapiil stii'iiin of iMniLTiition ha- .-I't tm'aiils ihf I'ai'llii'. 
 .\hirli j;iM'- inilii'aliiiii- ol' inik'Unitc i'\|iansiiin. in \ii'W ol ihi' cin'onniiiinif i'i'[iort,- whii-h 
 ai'o coii-Ianih ii ri'i\i'il of tin' rirlini'-- ol' thr niiiu'.- ami thi' \aliii' nl' iho i'ininli'\ a.'* a tii'lii 
 I'ov -otlli ini'iit. I'hc -liorlr'-t ami ino-'t nitnral roiilr to tlii'^i' imilim.'' trrrilorios lic-i 
 tliioiii;ti the St. I/awa'iici' iiml itn I'liain nl" tiilnilai) laki ■■. Mnt. nwiiii: to |hi' want ot' 
 I'arilitic- I'lii' ti'an.slt lit'yoml thr hi'ail nl' I<iiki' Snpi lior, |n'i'.-on.- ili'-iimil tor thi' wi',-*toi'n 
 -I'llli'iniMil.- iipoi'.-sarily niakf thi' vnya^i' liy sea. or arronipli.-li the lir.-l staijc in iho laiul 
 joniiicy n'"oit (iairii,', nn ih.' Ili'il l(i\ir)l)y way nf .Minnc-nia ami Daroiali. 'I'hn.s il 
 may in truth hr -aiil ilial tin' pinpli' of the iii'ijj;liliniirin!r Slatr- Imlil thr key to ihi' liiitisli 
 po>.-r...iiin- in till' W I'-l ; ami v\ hili' In llii.- nii.'aii- their u iM lami- ari' lieiiiu; -I'tlleij ami iin- 
 pro\o(l. our-, lyin^ iinniiiliali'lv ailiiirent. ami ipiite a- will littcil for inllivation, reinain a 
 ini'ri liiiiilin'..r-;;innnil lor the -oh' lienelit ami ailvantaire of a oonipany of lr:iih'r.-, whone 
 nhjoi't it is to keep thilii a wililrrili'ys prmliietiM' mily of nanir, ami "h to thi.- enil.ilo all 
 in their |>nw('r to ilivert iiitn fnr('ij:n ihannel.*. to the |iriiinotiiiii < I ilii:n int're.'-ts, the loin- 
 iiierif rarrieil on hv them »illi llu^ oul.-iile worhl. 
 
 in the jmli;nienl of the nmler.-iifneil. the lime ha.s arriveil wlii'ii mm IceLsive ami 
 rU'eeti\e means than have licrn yi't put forth shoiihl he einployeil in opini' j- up and por- 
 lei'tiiiir the eiiniiininiratiiin westwanl from Lake Superior itiroti^rli lliiti-'- territory. Cut 
 nil from intereoursi; with their felhiw-snbjeets, exeejit on lomlitiiiR of :lilimiltin<; tn the 
 ;.ii'iin\enieiiecs, the losse.s, and \\\i: nuiiiermis vexations of a eireiiiloiis jnurmv thrmn'h a 
 . 'reiirn eountry. and whieh. on the onnrreiire nf dillirully, woiild he rlosrd to them, or 
 liiil ailiirtl faeilily liir iheir invasion and, under the eireuin.sljinee;*, all hut eertain eoiujuust, 
 the peopU^ of the Red Kiver Sctlluuiuiit liave for many years past been loud '.. ;li ir e.x- 
 iiri'-<ioiis of di.-satisl'aetion. 
 
 M'.Me'sota 
 
 I 
 
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( \\.\1)A AM) \'\i IMC TKLKillAI'il. 
 
 Tuy 
 
 Minili'i'olii iiimI Mill ( iiiiikIu i*. fmin iiii|<ri imi- iiri'i h-ily. tin c'iii|iiii'liiiii 'I llii i ,i'iii' ' ; 
 llif rliii't ri'i'i'iit iiililili'iii- III llicir |iii|iillatiiiii iilt' IVkiii iIic I iiilnl Mh<i> ; Mini tin li' -Mii- 
 |i:illiici>, in H|iili' III llii ir wi-lir-. iirr I liiij; ijiiiwii iiiln :i cliiiin'rl liMtlin:; in mm ii|.|'.-ili 
 illici'liiin lli>lll llilll 111 llir i-niilrr I'l llii'ii- 'lliu' imn r. In :| wind, llic rciilrii! link ill llii 
 (.'liilill tiC nrtllrinrlilH wlijrli •>li<i||lil I'niinri I ( .itiinlii willi lirilisli ( iiliiriil>i:i i- liiMli;r i'.i|iii||\ 
 Aiiicriciiiiii'.i li : iiiiil. iiiilivi' II |iiriiii|i| illi.il lir iiiiiili' In inUiiiii'' Itiili'li iiili'rf''t- in Hint 
 uirci'tiiiii. lln IT \* li'il-<iili to li'iii llllll iliriili ilhiliir IliiiTliirl' will I' llnw. 
 
 Tlir IrliiJiMM'ii'H wliii'li li:iM' ill tlir liiiiiii ii|i('i'iili'i| in kir|iiiiL: ijir NnitJi Wr'ti'l'ii ( liiliitrv 
 iImmm! Ill llif inilll-lrilll rliliTi (• I't' ill!' |lii|i-li ;iiiil ( ':i|iiii|illll |iri'|i|r II|!|\ In- tnir'ril In |lic 
 
 iilli'(;(-i| (ili-iai'lfp in llii' wiiv nl' ilic nui-'ii iirnnii .il | larticalili' i'imiU iiml tlic iin|>MV(.'iii('nt 
 'it' nii\ iniiiiiiii. 
 
 liicrni f.viilnliilii n«. Iiuhim r. |prci\r llicnc iili,-iiirlc> in li:i\r lirii ijiciiljv t'xii^(5iTiili'ti. 
 
 'Ilir (■\|icililiiiii-' nl till' liii|i(ii;il .iiiil ( iiiniiliiiii ( ii vi riiiii' ill - (Unniii^lriitf llii' cnlirc 
 liiihiliilily 111 1 -Inlli-liiii^' (■ninniniiiriiliiin. Inr pn'.ial anil li'i(".:iniiliii' ^i r\icc. at rra-ipiialilr 
 rates lliinii'jli liii' !■ rritMiMi's wlii.-li tin' lliiil-iiii~ llav (I'liipanv 'laiiii a- licin^' iiiiiIit tin'ir 
 {iiriHirn'lii<ii. 
 
 Slai lin;,' (Vi'iii llif lirail nt' I.akc Sii|ii I'ii i' i » illi w iiicli. iliiriii'.' llic ■•iiniiiii'r iimiilli'. iMn- 
 ftiinl inli riniir.-i' is iiiniiiliiiiiril li\ -Icaincivi llic rniilr iialiir;i|l\ (li\ iiic- ilM if iiilu lliivc 
 d'cti'iiis llic lir-l ( xtctiiliiij.' In llic Itcil |{1\ 11 Sclllciiii 111, the next -Irclcliiii^ rii'Waril to 
 llie 111 I'kv Moiinl.uii', ami lln' lliii'il rei>e|iiiii: llii lire tn the I'aeilie, it may I'e a'ivanla- 
 (jcoiir. Iii'iill'. tn (■iji-liicr llic [■l'iiiei]ial cliaiaeliii-lics nl' e;cli, ill llic nvilcr in w! irl, llics 
 !irp licic |ire<cnleii. 
 
 Mr. Siiiii'ii l)aw~nii, w lio cxplnrcii llie lii-t-naincii Hrction nt' llic imiu in Is.Vs, iiiiilcr 
 llic ilirci linti of the I'mxiiiciiil (iovcninieiil, iIcmtiIics that |inrlioli of il cxlendinn' li'niii 
 Liilxc Sii|ieiiiii In Lake ^V iiini|iejr " a.- a hilly ami Innkcii eniiiilry. inlcrcceleil hy iii|iiii 
 rivers ami wiiic-|iicaii lake.-. 'I'iic iim imlain-. '.onm • " lie allli^'. '"tin not rise ;.' aiiv 
 (:ieiii clcxalinii. c\(e|ii on llic iiniiii iliaie Imrildv nl i.akc *«ii|icriiir, anil tlu-rc iirc ^niiic 
 line alluvial valleys, llie iiio«l cxIcn-iM' of wliieli i- llial ■ I liainy liiver. 'I'lic lake- ami 
 ruer-," lie ^ri'cs mi tn say. " |irc.-eiil Imie- reaches if .laxijiahle water, the priiicijial nf 
 which. cMemliiii; iVnin j'nrl I'ramis in ihe w c-lerii c\Ueiiiil\ nl' Luke I'lat, is 1 'iS miles 
 111 len;.rlll. I Icllsc fnrcsis cnvlT the w llnle nf llii- iciiinl), a..il llic llinst \allialilc kilnls nf 
 wond arc seen in \»iinn» places anil in cnn-iileralilc i|iiaMtilieK. " 'llic inosi dilHcnll ami 
 lalioriniis part nf the ji iiiney i,- the liisl. |i aiiiii;^ up In the " hci^hi of lami," t'rmii Luke 
 >iipt rinr. Itel'nic .Mr. I)awsnti'- cxplnialinii llic link \ . 1 unkcii rt nictiiro of the eniintiy 
 hy the Kaniinistnijiina w a> tlinii^rht In present an iii-iipcralilc lianier tnt'iirtlicr extension, 
 except at an iiniiiciiM' expeiiililnrc : Inil lii' exiiiniiialintis Icil tn the ilieeovcrv of a jrnoil 
 line i'ri'in 'rhiimlcr Itay In 1 )n^' L.akc. Iiy which llic ciilirc jiracliiMliilily of tliul part >>>' the 
 r.ii.t,. .viiw c-*:iMishe(i. 'I'lic cmiiitfy fnur, llic L.il.i nf ihc vVn.id.- to Tort (iarrie i.-i.-pikcri 
 ■1 l.\ ihc siiiiie anlhni'Iu as a rcMinn ililii rnir a> widcK as inav he in its physical cliaraetcr 
 from thai which had pre\ioiisly fecii desiiihcd. .MlhniiL'h the ilistamc aci'nss from the Lake 
 nf the Wnnils tn l!ci| H'xcr is hul HO mile-, tile iniiiiliN eradiiallv iiiidcrfrncs a cliailL;e Inr 
 the licller. iiiilil the prairie rcirioii is reached, almiii .'!'! iiiilcs ca-i nl' Knrt (iarric ; llicmc 
 tliiniiiih the lied Uiser Seltlcnicnl-. Iiy the \'alle\ ni'tlie Siiskatilicw an. tn tin hase ut' the 
 linckv .Mnuntaiu- Inrininj.' the sccnrid section of the rnnlc ). the iniinlry presents the -aiiie 
 tavoiirahlc eharinicristics of fertile jirairic. lliinly wnndeil here and tin re hy cltinips nt 
 tirnlier. (her this, hv far the most extensive nf ihc three iliv i^illns referred to, irood 
 niiiiiral roads, in cniistant Use hy the h'ed Hivcv --rlllcr- •■iinl the Iliidsoii's Hay C'ompany'B 
 cinplnM s, alrcadv evist : licsidos which, the Na-kiitchew an li'ivcr is reported, mi j^nnd 
 aiillmrilv. In lie iia\i;_'.ililc fnr sUMimlmats frniii near its inoiilh, w illi 1ml one short intcr- 
 rnptimi. In ihc vcr\ fnni of the nioiint.ains. The ernssiiiL' of ihc IJncky Mmintaiiis has 
 
 hecn olijected to us m f llif clistaclcs in the overland rmitc, Inil that too lias hien 
 
 prnNcd, hv actual exploration, to he much less lormidahle than il had heeii supposed ; 
 ( ajilain I'alliscr, in lii< report In the Mriti-h ( invcrmiient, -taliiiLr — " I am rcjniccd to -ay 
 that I haxc ininplelrly -ucci : U'd in iliscnvirini; a pass, praiticahlc iinl nnly for horses, Imt 
 mip VI hicli with htit lilllc i <peiisc. could he remlcred a\ailalilc for carts also. This pass 
 will rnnnei i llic jiniirie- m the .S'isk.itclicwan with Her Majesty's possessions on the west 
 -llic III the Ivnckv .M'.'iintaiii".'" .And liirllieinn in llic .-nine repnrl. speaking' nfannther pass, 
 < xplnrcit h\ 1 )i-. Ilcclnr, who was atl'ichcd In the cxiicditioii in a scicntilie capaciiy. 
 Captain I'alli.-er adds : •• lie fniiiid the fnililics t'nr ernssiiii: the nmiintains sn i^rcat ;is to 
 ica\e little iloillit in liis mind nl'lhc praciicahiiity nf constrnctiiej c\cn a railmad eonncct- 
 ilijf llic plain- nf Ihc Sa katchi wan with the nppnsitc >iile of the main chain nl the limky 
 Mnunliiin-. " Dr. Ileetnr himself in hi- i-cpnit says, " The a-cent In the watershed Irnin 
 the ,'^askatcliewan is hardly peiceptilile In the traveller, vvhn is jircpared for a iremcmloiis 
 i liinli. Iiy wliicli 111 veaeli the ifnidinc- riilLic nl'lhc linrky Mninilains: and tin lalionr wmild 
 ire rei|nireil, except thai nf hewinj; tinihcr. In cnii>|riict an easy inad fnr earls, hy wliicli it 
 iiii;_dil he attained." (.If the dcscoiil on the western slope of the inonntains, he icmaiks, 
 " A mad for carts down the Valley of X'crmillinn Uivcr, from the hcij;lit ol' land In the 
 Knnianic Kivcr, could lie cleared without ilitiicnlty ; for, siipposiiiir the road to follow a 
 slrai;_'lil line aloni.' the river, and the descciil In he uniform, which it almost is, llu; incline 
 would only lie HI Icet in a mile, or I in I'!.')." Oilier pusses diseovered indicate ri[iial 
 facilities. 
 
 Witli refianl to the tliiiil or Hritisli ( olnmlii.in section, as il api)cars. finm ti.e views 
 held liy his lirace the Cnlniiial .Minister, t'lat Canada wotdd not he expected to pariicipate 
 
 402. .\ 4 '" 
 
PAPERS UllLATlMi I'O illi: 
 
 111 till' (■iin.-in 
 hilitv has liei' 
 
 iiclioii iil'iliiil piirt (if till' roiilf. il IS Hilly iiccfssiirv to s.'iy tliiil its priu'tica- 
 __.„ .-!ili.-r:ulMiilv pniviMl. Cuiitiiiii riilli.-or. iiltcr jjiviii^' ull llio ili'Iiiils of liiti 
 i'X|il(ii!itiiiiis wi'.-t oltlif lup.'ky Mdiiutiiiiis, I'laini.i as (Uic of tliu iTsiilts of the ox])C(litioii 
 uii'lfi- his coiiimand. '• Tliat we liavc siUTOi'iloil in liniiinir a way t'roiii the Kcil River 
 Scttli'iiKiil aiiuss tlio Uocky Moiiiilaiiis to tho iiiinith of Krascr Ifivci-, iMitiicly within 
 liiiti.-li ttiriti>:v. ami whiih', ovi'ii in its wild statf." he iiitiniatcs Uthe " ii route |)raclifal)le 
 Ini- lior.-cs tliroii'iliout." Ami heri' il may not l>i' inaiiproiniato to feniafk that then- id 
 aliiiii(lant roasoii lor In licviiiii that tin- hearty fo-o]ieratioii of the jieople of l?ritinh 
 ("oluinliia wDiiM he certain ill any jiidiiioiis efliirt to hrinL; them into closer intereoiirse 
 with tlicirfcll. ■' North Aiiiericaii colonists. Of the pros|icctive value of that intercourse, 
 anil as a:; iiidirat'oii ol' their anxious desire I'or the openinif-up of eonmiunicatiou hetweeu 
 their own (Jolniiv and (.'aiiada. the unilcr,-ii,nieil, I'roin niiincrons coinniunicalioiis received 
 hv him on the si'ilijcit. takes the lilierty of (|Uotini; the lollouin.!.' passai^'e fri^m a letter 
 recently written him liy a Canadian resilient at New Westminster: " We hope that you 
 and voiir I'riemls will not l'or;:et us here, lint that your licst elhirts will he diii'cted to the 
 opeir,iL;-u|i ot' a conunuiiicatioii with this cotmtry hy means ol' an oxerland roule, wherel)y 
 a market mii;lit he secured I'or Canadian produce ol' which the colonists here would most 
 f^ladlv a\ail them.:cl\es. I lielieve that Canada .'oiild supjdy the miners in the Carihou 
 ilistriet as cliea]iK , if not more cheaply, than they were aide to sxet their supplies this 
 Mminier. * * * This counlrv would ])ay in treasure, the very tliinj; you want ; for just 
 as soon as pnnisloiis I'an he olitaiiicd here at a reasoiialile rate, say 2.") to lid dollars 
 per liarrel Inr tlniir. there would at once he an immense extent of mininii country ojiened 
 Canadians now exert a controlling; intluence here, and our ;;reat desire is 
 
 "I 
 
 >ad constructed lietwccn the Canadian and Dritish Colinnhian 
 
 to see a jiiactirahic 
 Provincis. " 
 
 The a\aiial)ilitv, then, of a contimious route on IJrltish soil heiii;; established, the 
 <piestion arises as to its suitahilitv for settlement. On this point there exists aliiindant 
 favourahle evidence. Speaking; "Generally of the country from Lake Superior to Hed 
 liiver. Sir Alexander M"Ken/.ie says: •• There is not jierhaiis a liner country in the world 
 for uncivilizeii man. " * * It ahounds in evcrytliiiifi necessary to the wants and 
 comforts of such a people ; fish, venison, and low I, with w ild rice, are in f^ri'iit plenty." And 
 more p:nticularl\ specifyiiiLT the central part of the same tract of country, Sir (ieor^'c Simp- 
 son, in his iiiterestiiij; work, " A .lonrney round the World." says that the country lictween 
 Lake of the Woods and lialny Lake is most favonrahle to a^rieidtnre, resemliliM>; in some 
 measure the hanks of the Thames near liichinond ; and. descrihiiiij the water-communica- 
 tion from l-drt Francis downwards, he asks. '' is it too iiiucli for tlii^ eye of philanthropy 
 to discern, thronuh the vista of futurity, this nohle stream, connecting; as it does the 
 fertile shores ol'two spacious lakes, with crowdeil steamhoats on its liosom, and po|iiil(>ud 
 towns on its hanks. ' 
 
 Coridhorati\ e of this testimonv is that of Sir Alexander M" Kcn/ie, who, speakinj; of the 
 same stream, savs, " This is iiiie ot' the tiiiesl rivers in the North-wi'st. * * • Its hanks 
 are covered with a rich soil, particularly to the north, w liii h in many parts isclollied with 
 line open proves of oak. with the maple, the pine, and the cedar." ( )!' the country waterecj 
 by the Keil J\i\er and Lake \\ iiinipi'i;,Mr. ,lolin M'l/cansax s: •• i'ted Kiver rises in swamps 
 and small lakes in the distant jilains of the south, and, afti'r ri'ccivine; a iiumher of trihutary 
 streams that ser\e to fertilize and lieaiitily as line a tract of land as the world ]iossesses, 
 dischaiijes itsidfinto the eastern extremity of Lake Winnipeir, in latitude.')!)". The idimate 
 is much the same as in the midland districts of Canada ; the river is ifeiierally frozen across 
 about the hcflinnin^ of .Novcmher, ami open about the he;;inniii^ of .April. The soil along 
 the banks ol' the river is of the riidiesl \cf;etable mould, and of so ij;rcat a depth that crojis 
 of wheat are produced for several years without the :ipplication of iii:iniire. The hanks 
 produce oak, elm. niaiile, and :isli. The woods extend rather more than a mile inland. 
 The farms of the settlers are now nearly idear of wood ; an ojien plain succeeds, of from 
 fmir to si.x miles in breadth, allordinj; excellent ]iastiire. A\'oods and plains alternate 
 afterward.-, until you reach the hoiindh ss prairie." In aiioilur place the same writer says : 
 " Thus it hajipens that the Kcil lliver farmer liiids a sure market for six or ei^lit lui.-hels 
 of whe;it and no more. Wheri' he liiids a market for the remainder (•!' his jiroduce, 
 Heaven only knows! 1 do know this much, however, tli;it the incomparable advantaL'es 
 this country pos.-esses are not only in a j;rcat measure lost to the iiihabil.ints, hut ;ilso to 
 the World, so lonj; us it remaiiis under the dominion of its fur-tradinj: rulers. 
 
 " In the possession of and subject to the immediate jurisdiction of the Crown, Assini- 
 hoine wouhl become a ^reat and llourishiiij; colony, tlie centre of civilization and Christi- 
 anity to the snrroundiiif; tribes, who woiilil be converted from hostile barbarians into ;i 
 ci\ilized and loyal people : and thus (Ireat Britain would extend and e~iablisli lur dominion 
 in a portion of her eni|iire that may he said to have been hitherto unkiioHii to her, whilst 
 she Would open u]) a new Held for the enterprise and industry of her son-." 
 
 On this lii>ad there is much additional iestimony ; but twn I'urther c(Uolatioiis nuiy 
 sutiiee. One is an wxtiaet from an article published in May istid, in toe lU'Wspaper 
 fstiiljlishcil in the Cidoiiy hy a licntlciiian from Canada, wIiom' statenienls are entitled to 
 the l'nlle,-t creilit : " (Jne farnier says, that last year he put down ei;;lit hiisluds of wheat on 
 four acres ol' land, and ent a return of l.'i.'i bushels: Oiis was Iflto Land abotit 3S 
 to the aire ; another says he jmt do\Mi l.'i bushels on IH acres, and obtained "■l.'i bushels : 
 this is more than 17 to \, iiiid 41! to the acre : a third put down lii bushels on eiirlit aires. 
 
 and 
 
 I 
 
 '•'"MM 
 
CANADA AND PACITIC TKLE(^KA1'I1. 
 
 ju'lica- 
 
 ol' liid 
 
 I'liition 
 
 River 
 
 Nvitliiu 
 
 'li('al)lc 
 
 lire id 
 
 Hritisli 
 
 rcoiirse 
 
 I'imrse, 
 
 twopii 
 
 iccivi'd 
 
 Icttor 
 
 I yoii 
 
 u till' 
 
 icri'ljy 
 
 il iii()t<t 
 
 :ii'il)i>o 
 
 s \\ns 
 
 Jijust 
 
 >liilluri4 
 
 'liciii'd 
 
 ire id 
 
 iiniljiiiD 
 
 
 111 liiiil I'M fif n ii'liirii. iM.'ikiMi; L'.') lm>liol9 In 1, siixl .'in tn tlit 
 
 , W(i (it hers arc as 
 
 i'oil 
 
 iiws : t^i'vi'ii 
 
 llM>lll 
 
 nil I'liur lures, vieM 1 7<i 
 
 ■Is. I. 
 
 i\ liiislicls sown (111 4 acres rcturiicil \S[), 
 
 21 It) I , .'.nil 12 |ici 
 wliicli inailc "(I til I siiwn, ninlt.) ti 
 
 the acic. The liclds were aeciiralcly iiicasiired, and tlie I'acts and fiirures were carcl'iill) 
 made (lUt, and iiiav lie relied nil.' 
 
 The littler (|iintalioii is t'rnni tlu? evide 
 
 if C 
 
 lieC 
 
 ilnnel I mltim, lielore ii (.omiiiittee nl llii 
 
 ij 
 
 II. 
 
 if (' 
 
 nmniiins: — 
 
 l|)iic-tioii I!li)7. Mr. Roiliiick.'] fan vim tell nie when the sprin;,' nr siiiniiier there (in 
 Ui'd IJiver Setlleinent ) hcfxins? — The scasnn npcns aliniit the first week in .\[iril, and 
 
 the \{i'A Kiver Setll 
 elii,-es aliniil the middle 
 " .illiM. That 
 
 lilt what (leciirs in Lnwer Canada.' — I thoni'ht it was almnt tliat nl' 
 
 IT 
 
 iiiiiN lie wrniiLr. 
 
 •r Canada ; 1 
 .'il!l!l. Dues the >iiiiiiiicr scasnn elnso as oarlv as tlio middle n 
 
 if \ 
 
 nvoinher 
 
 .'I'l 
 
 siiminer scasnn may lie said tn close in Ani;nst; Imf the Kncst weather is what is called 
 
 the tall, which exieiids IVnin .Vii;,'nst tn tl 
 d 
 
 le iniilUle i 
 
 if Nl 
 
 " ;52(ii). Wl 
 
 idvendier. ami is no 
 
 leil lines tnc ]ierillMniMt siinw 
 
 fall?- It cm 
 
 dier. 
 nnienccs in 
 
 It nil lli< 
 
 Il'nlJIHl im 
 
 til the first week 
 
 the latter part of 
 
 I52(J). Had Mill any niipniiiiniiy of sceiiiLf anylliiiig nl" aj^riculturc when you were 
 
 then- V — A LH-eat deal 
 
 3202. What 
 
 snrt nl en 
 
 sorts nl VI 
 
 I'tahl 
 
 ips did they t;row ?— Oats, barley, and wheat chielly ; luit al 
 
 " ,'!2(i.'{. Did the wheat ripen? — In 90 days from powin?. 
 •' .(201. It ripeneil very ]ierfectly ? — It was the finest wheat I ever Paw. 
 " .'121)5. Was the soil frrlileV — Alnii;^ the ininieiliate hanks of rivers, and extending for 
 jierhaps, the lireadth of \\\o miles, nn finer Innmy snil cnuld he seen with a limcstnin 
 
 nundatlrll. 
 
 " IVJIM;. Is it ''eolimicnllv lime-^tone ?— Al 
 
 tl 
 
 5207. And wherever liiiie-t' lie is there is fertile land, is not there? — I think that is 
 
 le cnnsei[nence. 
 
 )20S. I)n VI 
 
 k 
 
 on knnw linw 
 
 t';ir the limestone extends : Innk' 
 
 it that 
 
 -1 h 
 
 , as a liase of the 
 
 iisieitaincd tVniii servants nt' the lliidsnn's ISay Coinjiaiiy that it extent 
 wlinle prairie-land. In the Ixncky Mnunlains. 
 
 " .'!2ii!). Sn that, in fiict, that part i>\' the tcrritnrv is fit fnr apjrieiiltiire? — (^nite so. 
 
 •• .".210. And would make a irootl inlmiy ? — It iiiiLiiit maintain millions,'' 
 
 As In the .Sa-katehiwan connlry, the richness nf its soil and its adaptahility for settle- 
 nieiit are so well known and undt r.rlniKl, that it id unncce.ssary to dwell on tluni at so 
 fiTcat leiijiih. 
 
 This country is the favonrile resort of vast liertls of hufTalo, an nnerriiiij indication 
 <if the miltlness nf the climate and the fertility nf the Miil. Captain Palliser speaks nf it 
 ii> a ]iarlially-wnntled cniintiy, aliniindini; in lakes anil rich natural pasturaue, in snme parld 
 rivallini; the linc.-t park-scenery in ICiieland. 
 
 The Imlk nf the valnalile trade nf the Ucd ]!i\tr country is at present iiiaile trilmtary 
 to the Wc.-Iern States. I'eni'tratiiiif throii^rh llieir own unsettled territory a dislancc nf 
 Bnme hnndrctls of miles, the people of jMiiincsnta have sparetl no e.xertion or exjiense to 
 secure the \:\v<^c. and proliialde eoinineree of the Uetl River country beyond. 
 
 'Jhe returns have amply rewanled tiiein for tliei'- outlay. And if mere tiadiiiLT interests 
 are considereil as a sntfieient compensation by the Miiines itians for oiicniiit;' np eoinmiini- 
 cation to the Ketl River ,'to them a ft)reii.;n country), Imw much more oiielit the same eon- 
 sitleratiniis, when snperatldctl tn the many nthiT.-- nf enual it nnt of yet hielicr im|iortiinee, 
 which apply in the case of Canada to cause surprise in rcffard to our iiitleeisinii anti 
 Hupiiieness in imt Iniij^ befnri! stretching forth nur comniunications, so as In embraey a 
 country presentiiii; ni many iuvitiii}^ features of Interest .' 
 
 The trade passin^j between the Red River Si'ttlement anil the United States, even In the 
 jire^eiit cninjiliiin nf the .N'nrlh-west, was staled by the Ivirl of Caniarvmi, in his place in 
 the llnii-e of jjords, to amount to no less than l,.'!!!!!,!)!!!! dnilars tliuiiin' the suiiimer of" 
 iK.'il): addctl tn this, trallic to the amount of at least 50(1,(11)1) dollars liiitis its way thrniiu;h 
 the channels nf the Hudtin's Ray. Thus there is a cnmnieree of about 2,(K)I),0IH) dollars 
 aniinally maintained with the North-west, the jjreater portion of which, even siijip -'".it 
 nio.-t of th>; country to cniitiuue under the control of tlu^ lIiuNon's Ray Company, would 
 pas- over the prnpnsod new route, attiaetctl thither by the three eoinliined rei|iiisites — 
 cheapness of earria<;e, slun-tness nf the road, and sjiced. 
 
 Such beine; the trade of the ei.,.'itry whilst as yet but sliehtly improved I'rnm its natural 
 state, who shall estimate its value when brnii^ilit under the inlliieiiccs of .idv.incinir civili- 
 /afiin, and made to ailministcr to the wants of the millinns we arc assiiretl nf its capability 
 of •iistainini; in cnnifort ami afUuence .' 
 
 The undcrsi^'iieil respcelfnily subiuils that such a teriltnry ou.rl t not to be ]iermitted 
 inii^^rer to remain uiiilcr the sole cnntrni nf the mere haiidt'iil nf traders, linwever imwerful 
 and inllueiitial, wlin have hilhcrln mnnnpnli.scj it.s rich resniirces, ami for so many years 
 barred out all other.-. I'min a part!ci]iatinii in its atlwiiilae'cs. 
 
 Sooner or later their Imlil upnii tlmse portions nl' il specially siiilable tn airrienlline 
 inu>t be rehixed ; and a moveiiicnt baviiie for its obj.ft an enti .-o desirable i.~ desei viii;^ 
 of ]iroiiipt and liberal eneourajicmeiil. In our |)ioccedin;,'s hitlieilo we have l.ta'ii I'.ii m.i 
 
 4()'.'. iJ •»i"l.v 
 
 MIMi 
 
10 
 
 FAl'RUS HELATINii 10 Tlll^ 
 
 trtiilv. Ouv ttippsiroit in<li'''v.i'.iicp and uni'oncprn liavo liocii taken advaiitajje of by tlie 
 Ilii(ls(in".-i Hav CiimiaDV t' aiisi'rt, with i'i)iitiiiiiim>ly iucrcasinj: |)rct('iisi(iii. tlicir claimi^ 
 to tlu' t'litii'i' triritiirv ; aiiti, lo-ilay it may lie wiid with truth tiiat tliey IVi'l tluniisi-lves 
 gtromn'r than ever hclorc in their ciainH to keep, if they choose, for ail time to come 
 unsettled a \a.-t rei''.>in in eve'v way .-nited to human liahitatioii. 
 
 \\'ilhnut anv sufjiresiion at ]ire.-eiit a-- to lei^al title, it is lutlieieut that \\c are invited 
 l)V hi.- (iraee the Hnke of Newi'aslli" to join in a<lo|itinj; means to eU'eet the eonuuunieation 
 nil lliis ^iiir to the sunnuit of liie I'ass of the Roi'ky Mountains; and that while, in his 
 l)i-patih of the .'id .June la.-t. he promised the eo-o|ieration of the lm|>erial (iovernment, 
 he aflei\vard~ inlimated to the House of Lords, n]i the llh .Inly last, his hope " that when 
 Parliament met next vear he shmdd he alile to inform their Lordships thai some pro<^rega 
 had heen niad4' towards the e>tidiiisimunl of postal coinuHinieatioii tielwcei; Canada on 
 the one side and New \Ve>tmiiist(r on the other." In the opinion of the undersiirned it is 
 not onlv desiralde Imt essential that advaiita^'e he taken of the [ires.'ut fa\uurable dispo- 
 sition ot'the lm|ii rial .\uthoritii's. 
 
 The late Adurmistration, yielding to the pressure of |iulilie o]iinion, eNJiihited. as well as 
 prot'essed. a stroll!^ sense of the practical importaiic'' of o|icnini; up the tir-t link of the 
 route. To this i nd sulisidies were from time to time, at their reipiest, readily i;raiited l)y 
 Parlianu nt ; hut for sonu' cause or other \vhetli( r arisinjx from ditlicultics occasioned hy 
 rival claimants for the ]ierl'orman<'e ot' the s<T\ice, or want of jndiriuent in the parties 
 inuncdi.ilclv ooMi'crned in the application of the t'unds. or ollicrwi>e. it is not for the undcr- 
 siifued here to express an opinion— the means j;rantid iiy the lilicralily of the Lej;i.-lature 
 fur a 'fiioil an>l useful purpose were wor.-e thiin wastecl, alil.onj:li duriui; the first year, 
 lictore Jiartl-au ri\alrv had liceii introduced, and when real ellorls wei'c directed to the 
 sulution of ihe (|Ue?ti(in. as to the cununercial ail\auta:jes and the fcasihility ot' the project, 
 success lievond tlu' expectation of the jiariics e'ij;aj;ed was the actual n-ult. 
 
 As to the ditHcultics .-u^'iresteil ly the lludsou"s Hay Company throunh ihcir oflicers, 
 (io\ernors ISerens and Dallas, in the eorresjiondenec herein relerrcd to, those giiillemen, 
 in trulli. sulistanlially, thouLrh evideotly unwittingly, vindicate most strongly the views 
 c(jntended for liy the advocates of improvement and eohmi/.ation. 
 
 'Ihe lirst aiul s<'eoiid df the olijcctii'us of (iovcrnor Iierens, :is to (he praelicahility of the 
 route hetwcen Lake Supcriiu' and Kcd ]{ivir. and the deductions to lie drawn tVom the 
 failure ol' the nrojcc'.s hitherto encouraged hy the C:inailian (iovernment, are .-utllcicutlv 
 met liv what has gone hcfiire. His next stateni'Mit c-tal>lishcs, in the judgmcut of the 
 undcrsigu<il. the very reverse of thr c nclusidus he arriv c.s at : and one linds it ditlicult to 
 account for his permitting himself to lie involved in .-'ich manifest ineonsi-tiMK'ics as are 
 apparent on the very I'ai-e of his statement. 
 
 Dircctlv in eoutradicliou of the W(dl-aii(hcnlic:itcil reports of ollicrs, among them 
 (iovernor Palla.-, whosjicaks I'f the Keil Hi\cr ami Sa.-k:itchewan cnunlries as ihe sources 
 of sujiplv of the eiujilincs of the Ciini]ianv. (lo\ erui^r I'lercns dcscrilM-s the country lievond 
 the lull Itivcr to the liiise of the IJnekv Mountains "as a vast di'sert, in pome pl.aces 
 
 without wood nr water, exposed to the iucui'siuns of roving h; 
 
 Ind 
 
 nilians, ami entirelv 
 
 ue 
 
 •tilute of anv uuans of sulisistence for eini'^rants, save henls of linlliilo, whiidi roam at 
 
 through the ]ilams, 
 
 ,d wh( 
 
 iresenee o 
 
 can never he recKoueil on. 
 
 Tlie,-e 
 
 n any iiarticular port 
 
 ion I 
 
 if tl 
 
 .11. 
 
 ursuit oi f< 
 tl 
 
 (a 'iiioil irrou 
 
 ind. 
 
 wed u]i 
 
 icM' iirairies 
 
 noi.ans in 
 
 all the tune 
 
 in the same iinrtKuilar 
 
 :iees |, wlun 
 
 one would say, for the liulhdo not reniait 
 
 liii.-tility will expose travellers to the greatest dan- 
 
 gers." One can well limey ]irecisely the same rea-ons lieing given hy inlere.-t(Ml parties 
 
 ui anv uiicivi 
 
 lizcd 
 
 couiitrv a'.'ainst it- settlement. 
 
 I'he ( 
 
 iovernor eviden 
 
 llv le 
 
 :ht of 
 
 his d 
 the 1 
 tl 
 
 esign to pn 
 
 nilians aiu 
 
 1 th: 
 
 the t 
 
 L' liulhl 
 
 erritorv to he a vast ilesert. w 
 
 hen III 
 
 Ids to that terror those of 
 
 Thi 
 
 le re^iioii: 
 t! 
 
 to which the Indian as w< 
 
 were those ahnve all others the nio,-t fertile and lillcil for culliva 
 
 rly settler in any part of .America wnuhl tell him that 
 •11 as the liutlalo and other wild animals most resorted 
 
 tioii, and just the sections 
 
 niii-t sought alter liy the pioneer, anxious witlun 
 
 the shorte-t 
 
 e jieriod to ma 
 
 ke f. 
 
 uself and those de[ieiidcnt upon him a hahitation. and to aid in compiering i'tir his 
 country, with his axe, his spade, autl his ]ploiigli, fresh aceessions and contriliutions to 
 civilization ami improvement. 
 
 The ( iovernor'.s next fi';ir, namelv, that the eonstruction of telenraiih I 
 
 ines won 
 
 Id be 
 
 cle^s. 1 
 
 lecausc ot the prolialiility ol their heing Imrnt up, is just as groundless, as is 
 jiparent from the fact that over the hoiindlesti plains of Cidifornia, and across the un- 
 ttled |irairios of Hliiiois and other .States, these almost indisjiensahle accompaniments uf 
 
 civilization iire in full, active, and undisluilicil o|)erati 
 
 till 
 
 So with resjiec 
 
 t to the " deiiiedatious nl' the native- 
 
 am 
 
 tl 
 
 le genera 
 
 lese are enconutereil ill everv new countrv, and are not in our dav anything 
 
 1 chapter of i 
 
 lents: 
 
 likt 
 
 fonnidalile oh-ta.'h 
 
 On (i 
 
 H 
 
 they have liceii in tin' past 
 crens" principle, the fctllemeiit of any ] 
 
 lortmn o 
 
 i' A 
 
 merica was a grave 
 
 take, for at some time or other, and at every place within its vast extent, precisely the 
 
 line ilithciillies vvliu 
 
 h I 
 
 animals. lU 
 
 solation liv Hood and ti.lc 
 
 ijiires lip in tin- shape? of r. 
 
 Iiidi 
 
 tomahawk. 
 
 ■!1 
 
 •reneral cM 
 
 iptei 
 
 aecidfuts," existed over them all : however, the uneoiupicralile white race triumphed, iind 
 to its energy and self-saeiilicing exertions and indomitahle perseverance the Itritish and 
 
 Canadian 
 
 )eoiile are indeo 
 
 ted f 
 
 ir an inlieritaiice sue 
 
 h as r 
 
 rovnlciic'c never 
 
 bel 
 
 upiju any race since the world bpiia 
 
 best! 
 
 n. 
 
 I 
 
 ■MpawmUMaBH 
 
CANADA AND PACIFIC TKI.KC.RAPII. 
 
 II 
 
 
 ir tlicv (nil 111 imjiriivi' llicii- i']i|i()i'tiiiiitif's, tlic I(i>^ will I)*' jircipdrtioniitc to tlio ad- 
 ViUit!ii;cs iillii-rv.i-r ('crlaiM ol'attMimiii'iit. 
 
 Ditlfi-iiiij IVniii (iiivcrniir IJcrciis as wiHl as to tin; lai't-^ as willi respect to tlio styli' nf 
 ol)je<'lioii, ( ioviriKir Dallas puts llie whole niatlei' on its true ;;roiiri(l when lie relers to (lie 
 
 Saskalehe.van and the luil IJlvi'i- I'oiintries as the .simi s whenee the llnilsim's Hay 
 
 Conipanv ilraw iheiv siijiplies of looil. Anil the simple cpiesiioM in view of his aihnis-imi 
 is, as to whether oi' not these Miai,'nilieent territories .-hall eonliiiue to lie nieri'ly the sonreo 
 ofsnpph lora lew hiinili'eds of the employes ol' a I'lir-lradinL; company, or the mean- of 
 atlimliML, new and hoiindless eonlrilMilions to civilization and commerce; wiiether they 
 slinll remain closed to the enterprisr' anil indn-^try of millions, in order that the few may 
 moiiop:i!i-e lleir treasures, and keep them for all lime to come as the lialiitatiim of wild 
 lieasis and the appcrs tMiLMued in tiieir pursnit. 
 
 It is hnt HIT ry to add thai in point ot' distance, as well as in other respects, the 
 (.'anadian voiil'. h it< I'aiililic- fnlly devclopi'd, would maiiifestly Ije the superior one. 
 
 From '!"oi-oii*ii I' Fort ( iarrie. Iiy way of St. I'aullor, a* it i.s called, the Minnesota 
 route,', the dist.nice :- o\er i,.')(M) miles; hy the Lake .'"inperinr or CaMadiaii, 1,114 miles. 
 'I'he I'nriini' in its uniinpim ed s|:Me was the moi'c praclicaldo, hecause of the nature of the 
 soil, t'le e\eni'.c.-s of tlic surface, and comparative al)>iiice of woodland; but, with each 
 ei|iial!v iuipi"''\ed. ours would he derldcdlv uie nmre ad\ ;uilai;eons. 
 It i'esi> with us to .sec that our aihanlajxes are not thrown awav. 
 
 In dill ■> h. '■ ihe uudeisi;.^iu'd, coiisideriiiLC an anan^iaueiit, the pndiiuitiarii^s of which had 
 hccu a;:r. 'd upon, for the eari'yiiiir «( the mails to I''ort William to he at once impro- 
 vident an' u elcss as rejiards tl pcniui:-u]i of the Icrritory, recominonded it.s ai)ro- 
 
 'j;ation acl the estal)li^h'llenl ol" a temporary mail-ser\ ice for the season, pendinir fur- 
 tlv:- aitioii iif a more permanenl charaeler. In the report which he had then the honour 
 to make. ,iiid wdiieli was adopted hy his Excellency the ( ioverniu' (ieneral in Council, 
 
 tlie impni'.iini i aiding; in tlu" sccuriuf; of the tiecilcd conuuutiication with the Norlh- 
 
 wt;-t territories was fully sanctioncil, lie now re-^peilfully sulnnits, that to render 
 ott'eetive the ,-ui''.':estions then -o rciiiifiiised. It is de>iralil(' that inunediate steps should 
 be taki'ti to conuuence, at the o[ienini; of naviu'ation ne.\t year, a scries of operations 
 lia\!n^ for their ohjeet, lirst, the I'staMi-heieiit of a re^cular mail-service to the head ot" 
 Lake Supei'ior; and, .seeic;dly, the construction of roads, and the improvcinciit of the 
 lakes and rivers thence westward towards Uritish (.'oliniiliia. 
 
 I''rom the hest information olitainniih' on the suhjeet, .and which the inidersin'iied helieves 
 to he wdiollv reliahle, it is ascc-t.iiiu'd that a .-nm of Sll,()lll»/. would he ahundantly 
 >iiliicienl for the |ierinaiieiit openiuL'-np and eslahli-hmeiil ol' elK'ienl .and continuous land 
 and water coniinnniiali'ii 'o Red l{i\er I'ldiu llie head of Lake Superior: thi.'ncc to the 
 passes of the Rucky Munntaiii-, it i.s estimated that an additional H)0,(tllO/. .vouhl he 
 ani]>ly adei)uate. 
 
 Thii-^ the whole cxpendilina", inidudinj^ steam-service on Lake Siuierior and on tlie navi- 
 ij.alile reaehe- heyond, would certairdy not exceed :i(tl),()(IO /, 
 
 With reasouahle encoura;_'cmenl I'rom the GoM-nuuent, the uiidersigneil feels jiistilied 
 ii! statiui;- that no more than ordinai-y ditiieidty would he encountered in tlie ohtainment of 
 the iicees-arv means ; and he has no donlit wdi:itevei-, from tlu; re|ieated assurances of his 
 (Iricc the linke of \ewe,i-tle, speakiiiLT on heliall" of the IJritish Govermncnt, that from 
 tlie Imperial .\ulhi>rities itfcctive co-operation can he relied ujion. 
 
 The ipie-tion a- to what is reasonahly to he expected from (.'aiiiida is that at presoni to 
 be considerci!. 
 
 In \iew of all the t"acts and cireimistaneos, and feidiii^' that on our ])eoplc it is the 
 initiative in the matter rests — that it is to the Province the Imperial (ioverniiu'tit looks fir 
 a commencement of tin: movement, a movemcnl iliinanded alike from our patriotism and 
 our interests, the undcrsi^rned considers him.-elf t"ully Ju^lilied iii snhmittinn- that, iin!e.-s 
 the (lovernment deem it e.\|ieilient to proceed under the direction of the llono' "able the 
 Commissiom'r of Public Works, as soon as it can he satist'actorily shown that competent 
 and responsible ])arties are prepared to assume the work, they should propose to Parlia- 
 ment tlu! iriantint;' of an iinnual .subsidy of 50,001) dollars, or siieh other stun as his 
 K.xi idlenev the Governor (ieneral in ('otiinil may deem judicious, for a term of years 
 towards the undertiikiiiLT. Should the above suirircstion iiir a subsidy be concurred in. 
 tlic iniilersi;j:- d will he in a position to sidimit to his I'^xeellency the (iovernor General in 
 Council the details of such arr.itiifemenls as it may be desirable to make with respjusible 
 parties williiij; to perform the service; hut as the question of the eonstruetion of .vorks, as 
 well as that it" carry injr the mails, would be involved, it is ox]iedient that the Ilonourable 
 the ('onuin.--ioin'r of Public Works should be associated with hiui for that purpose. 
 All of which is, nevertheless, resi)ectfully submitted. 
 
 (signe<l) M. Jl. Foley, Postmaster General. 
 Quoboc, 17 October 1862. 
 
 40-'. 
 
Ivi 
 
 PAIM.RS in'f.A'riNCi TO TriK 
 
 — No. ^1. 
 
 •NO. 4. 
 
 (Ni>. 4[>-) 
 
 l^iiki 1)1 \i»aistlr, {.'oi'V i)la Dll.Sl'A'lX II IVmii lli^ ( iracf tlic 1 )iikc i t 'A< Ktv/,s//f, K.(i.. to (iovciiior 
 
 K...., 10 Vistouni (k'Iici;i1 \ i>c<)iint Monrl,-. 
 
 Alonck. 
 
 1 Ma\ lyf^j. My l,i„-,|, Dowiiiiiu-^trti t. I Miiy IS(!3. 
 
 I i;.\( iom: cniiic' ot'a IctliT* iiddii «m(1 (o iiic Ijv .Mr W iitkiii, < n li. liiill nt liic 
 
 •' Atlantic iiinl t'acitic 'I raii-it and 'rili'^r.i|ili (' jiany," and !ian>nuiiiny' tlic 
 
 iifad^ i>\' a |ii(i|i(i.-al made l^v lliat C uuipaiiy i'uv t-;iil)!i-liiii<j,- ttIv'L^i'a|iliir aii<l 
 jiiislal coMinuinicaiiiin tVirni l.alif Sii|M'rii>f to Niw W'l >tiniii>ti'i-. 
 
 I alM) ('Hi Insc ctipics i)t' till' answi'i' uliir' 1 lia\i' caU'^rd In lie irliirnrd to that, 
 Ic ttir. and ol a Di'.»|iatcii widt'li 1 iiavf addics.-cd to the (iuMTimf ol \ aiicon\('r 
 Inland. I'lom tlic^f you will jii'icfiM' iliat 1 \alur lii^lily ihr ad\aiila;:f- |noinlst'»l 
 bv tlii> >L'ln'nn', takiii a- il <'n::lir i" lir as pafi of a laiiii' >clirinc lot' I'onniTlinjf 
 flnoiiiili Hriti-li IrnitoiN , tlic slioi-c« id' ilic Atlantic with tliat ol tlir I'acitic ; that 
 lam |.r. |jaicil to aiit'dc. on the |iai't ot llcr Maji ~ty's ( ioicriinu ill, to the ;:raiil 
 ol' land coiiiiiiijilarcd in the :!(! Artich ol tlic " llcatU id' l'ro|iii-aI ; " and that 1 have 
 ncoiiiinciKJi d the idjccl to the luiciitaiK'c ol' the t'olonic s ol IJniish ('oluiiihia 
 and N'aiuoiiMT Inland, Mihiict to -iicii iiiodilication> of detail, if any, a- fiiitlier 
 t'.vaiiiiuation may show to he iiercs-aiy With llii~ iiilnriiiatioii 1 >hoiild \vi«li 
 yon to siihinit llie |J^l.|>o^al lor the consideiation of \oiir (loveriinii nt. 
 
 The \'iscoiiiit Moiu'k, 
 lVC. ^c. ^.c. 
 
 I lia\e, ice. 
 (sii^ned) A< ircastli'. 
 
 — No. o. — 
 
 No. r>. ^^"'- ■^'' ^ 
 
 \ i^fiiuiit Miintk 10 Copy oi' a l)l';SJ'ATl'll i'roni Governor (Jeiiei-al Vi-coiiiit Muiif/i to His Grace 
 
 Mk' Duke of New- 
 castle, K.O. 
 S M.av 18C3. 
 
 the iJuke of JVeu-castle, k. c;. 
 
 CAiiehec, « .Mav 1S03. 
 
 (Hoceivpil -Ji; Miiv IH(!.'!.)' 
 
 My Lord Duke, (Answcroii, No. 117, 4 Jul.v' i.sii:.. 1V<' I4.) 
 
 I H.WE the honour to inclose a Memorial from the jieople of Ked River, on 
 the .-iihjict of the estahli.-hiiieiit of coiniiiiinicatioii lielwem Canada and IJritisii 
 Coliimhia. This Dispatch Nvill he illivireil to \oiir Grace by .Mr. Saiidiord 
 r'eiidn<>', who ha- luen (le|jutcd hy ihe loemoiialists to act on ilnir helialf, and 
 to submit tJieir views to Her .Maiesty'> ( io\eriimeiit. Mr. Fiiiiiiiii; is anxious to 
 be alknvid to place your (irace in pos-e>^illu o| ihe iiil'oiiiiati;)ii wliicli he iias 
 acquired on the matters to which the memorial 1 elates. 
 
 1 have. i*ve. 
 (siyned) Mtmn/t. 
 
 Enclosure iu No. .5. 
 
 J-iici in No. 5. ]\Ii;MnitlAL of llio lVii|ilc of K,.il Uiver SeltliiiicMl In tlic lirili.-li and ( aiiailinn 
 
 ( liiM rninoiits. 
 
 Till-, |i(>ii|ili' nf till' Ki'il River .Si'illi'iiiiiil liercliy desire lirielly in .-ci jnrili tjn.ir views 
 iiiiii wi.-lies ill rel'i'vciice 111 the |ire|ioMi| ii|niiiiii.'-iiii nf llie mad frmu ('aiiail.i hi i>riti>li 
 (.'iiliiiiiiiia tliii.'iirli the Ke I Riser ami S.i.-kalcliewaii re^ieii. anil llie e.-talili>liiiii;- nf a teli;- 
 gni|il'ic line alniin' the saiiic. 
 
 'llie ]ii'ii|j|o of Ked River have Innjj; eanu'^tly dcsiii'il tn m'c the Lake Superior route 
 (ipi'n('il-ii|i for eoiiiineii'i' ami ii iiiration. and they rejoii'e to Inar of the proposal to open 
 lip a road ami e.-talili.-li a line of lelejiiapliie luiiiinnniealion tliioiij;li ilie interior in IJrj.iiih 
 (nlnniliia eiiliiely williiii liiiti.-h terrilmy, liern'\ iiijr dial siieli works would j;ieallv heiiolit 
 tins iiuiutiy, while siiliseivinjj; at the same lime liolh ('anailii.n and Imperial inleiests. 
 
 ^\ illi referenee to that seeliim of the lonntiy l\iiij; helween iliis sellleineiit and Lake 
 iSnperior, it is respeetfnllv sulnnilteil llial the ditlieiillies to lie emoiiiiti red in npeninjf-iip 
 an eiisy eommiiiiiealion lu'c eutirclv iivcrraLcJ. 
 
 It 
 
 • I 
 
 Conni 
 
 rill' Eiit'lo!i|ires to tliis De8|iaicli will I„- fDuml ininli'il ^l panes !■.', l;i, ami 10, of llniisu of 
 luiis I'nper, No. 43H, of IHIi.'t. 
 
 MMtf* 
 
CANADA AM) PAflFIC TK M'.nRAPII. 
 
 '3 
 
 It 
 
 i 
 
 It is Inic lliMf till- niiilc. liii- ri':i-i(l|s wliicli .iccil nil lici'i- lie iilliiilcil to, Iims nt' hilc 
 yi.'Jll'-'' ln'CM Iii'iili'rti'il ; vet. wlicM llic I.H'I i« '_;rliciMi Iv kmiwri lliul lllis \V:l- till' fi':jill;il' 
 I'oiilc liy wliicli till' .\iirlli-\N I'-t I'm' ('i>iii|imii\ inijioilid mikI i'X|Hirti'il lir;i\ y '-iii'L;'!"'-. Ini' 
 limn' llriii ;i i|ii;irt('r ul' a I'ciiliiry. miuI wlilch tlic Iliiil-nnV Hay ('(Pin|i,iiiy Imvc ii-i'i| inurt' 
 III' less 1(11' iii'iirlv tlii'('('-i|iiiii'li'rs <il' a ci'iitiiry. it iimst lii' i;'i'aiiti'il tlial lli ■ natural ililliciil- 
 tii's caniiiit 111' so f^rcal as tlicy ari' ronniiiiiily ir|iiii ii'd [i> \h\ 
 
 \Vi'. till' hrii|ili' ill' tliis si'ttlcinclit. arc r-n aiiximi^ In lia\<' a |ii'ii|M'r milli't in llii- illit'i'- 
 tiiiii, llial vvr arc i|iiiti' |ii'i']iarcil uiii'.-cIm'- In iinilii'talii' al mir n'Aii c\|icii>c llic ii|M'iiint;- nf 
 a rnail riniii ilii- -ctllciiiciit tn Iial<c nt' ll.c Wunds, a (H>lancc ni' Dli or ill!) iiillr-. il' I'.ii'i'- 
 la'lil i>r < ana' la will LTuaranli'i' llic ii|iciiin;.|- of ilic -crli'in iVniii Lake nl' t lie \\ nn.i- |o l.aki? 
 Siijicr'i'r. 
 
 I''iiini niir Inliiiiali' kiinwU'iluc (if llic cininlrx Uiiiu I iu'th llii> [ilaii- ami llic itnrky 
 Mnmilaiii-'. wc citii-iilcr llic iirniccl nl' a mail in tlial ilncilinii |ii'rlc.'lly |irai'llcanjc, al a 
 (•nlli|'arali\ iK >iiiiill nlllhu . A I 'ill linn- iliirin;.'- llic -iiininci- -ci-nii. Inadc 1 cart- ^'n iVniii 
 tills place tn Carllnii, {''ml I'ill, ami I'Miiiniiinii. nii ijn' I |i|ier Sa -kalclicwaii : ain! last 
 siiiiiiiicr a |iai'tv nl' ( 'anailians. almiit 20il in iiinnlicr t ' n radii in l>rili-li ( nliiinliia ). piis-cd 
 liver t lie same rnad. and '.\ent \> illi I licir vehicles In llic \ erv liasc nl' llic Umky Mnimiains : 
 ciearlv slii\\in'_r llial alnii"^ the wlinlc wav there arc, c\en at |ii'e^ciil, im iiisn|ieralili' 
 nlistaclc.-. Ill the )iassan'c nt' carls and \\ ai;''i'niis. And il' In iis |irc.-eiil iialiiral niiiiii|i!'nve<l 
 
 .-tale the rnad i- usalile. it luiisl he evidcni llial rnili. a i]iara!ivc!y small miliay \'...nld 
 
 he rciiui-ile In make il all thai cnnld he Jc-ircd. 
 
 'I'lie wlinlc cniiuti'V i|iriii|i.''h which llic |ri'n|insed mail wnnlil rnii. ahim-i I'mni Lake 
 Siiiicrinr In the ]{nikv Mniiniaiils, i> rciiiarkalilv level, 'i'lic ,-ni face nl' llii- \ a-l reijinii i.-, 
 
 ircneralK -neakiiiL:. like th can siirl'acc in a lalni : .iiid. hc-idcs licinn' sn rciiiaikalily 
 
 level, il i-. Inr the iim-t |.a i, lice I'.iuu tlc-c licasv |nic,-l - which, ill Canada and clsc- 
 wliere, .'.■111-1' such dela\ an c\|ie:isi' in m.'iilinakiiiL;'. \^ c IicHcm' .i r.iilnay ciiiild In; 
 liere laid .il a chca]iei' rale than in iimsi cniiinries. 
 
 Ilaviiiii llms ciir-nrilv .'illmlcil i.. ihc |iracl'ialiiliiy nl' ilc rnad. nii which |iiiiiil nur Incal 
 know lcil'.:i' and ex|icrieiice niiehl In -/wv mir \ii w.- -miic wciiiht. and' while ailmillinn' liie 
 illti'iise interest and sati-t'actinii with which we \iew' the |'i'n,-|iccl nf a wni'k Iraiiii'lil with 
 so iiiiich i.'nnd to lis |inliticallv, sncially. aiiil cniiiincrcially , we niii^ht he allnwed In |iniiit 
 nut \cr\ iiiicllv the views we enlcrlaiii iciranlinv;- it- ini|inrtaiire In l-'-ic^laml ami Canada 
 alike, 
 
 Canada wmild derive jj;real hciielil frnm the nverland c.'irryiiiLi'-trade. which vvmild 
 .spriiii;- 11]" iinincdi.'ili'lv nii the e.-lalilishiiicnl nl' this miile. and llic cnii-laiitly-i^'mwiiii.' 
 trulHc 111' ihis di^lrii'l and i'li'ili-li Cnliiinhia wmilil ihcrcarier I'c an ev cr-iiicrcasi.iL;' sniirco 
 of iirnlil, 
 
 Besidi - this, il may reasniiahlv he presumed that llic jicople nf Central l^iti-li .Xincrica, 
 pi'c-ciil and pi'n-peclive, would prnve |ieriiiaiUMit and liheral ciislnmers in the iii.'irkets nt 
 kiiiiland and Canada. Be it renieniliercd. iiiorcnver, that a va.-t I'lir Inisine-.- i- carried on 
 in tills cniintrv, and that tnvvards the lineky Mniintains rrnld has lieeii discnvored in many 
 (MiiU'tcrs, lii'sides ijold there arc ii'nii, lead, cnal, |ieti'nleiiiii, and nilior minerals, which, 
 Inifcllicr with tlie rich fiir-tradc, vvmihl prove a sniirci; of irrcal wealth not nidy In this 
 rnunlrv lint to Canada; and althniiuli the cnlniii/atinii and sclllement i^\' the va-t area nt' 
 C'llltivaiilc land would sniiicw hat curtail llic lerrilnrial liniiN nl' llie I'lir Ini-ine-s, >lill the 
 milliniis nt' acres north nf the I'crlilu irael will, in all iirnhaliilily , ri'iiiaiii a rich I'nr-cnunlry 
 fur cenlnries to cniiie. 
 
 This it* the iiinst natural hlnhwav hv which cnnnnei'cc ami Liciieral hir-incss ivilh the f'.ast 
 Could he carried on: il wnuld he alsn ihc iiio-t cxpcdilinils. .\iid. as a result nf such 
 comnierce and Irallic alniit;' this mule. Central Krilish .America wmild rapidly fill up with 
 an indiistriniis loyal people: and thus frnm X'aneoiivcrV Island tn Nnva .Sent ia, fi real 
 Hritain vvniild have an nnlirnken series of enlonii!s, a e;raiid confederalion of loyal and 
 Honrisliiiii,^ liroviiiees, skirtinj: the whole I'liitcd States frontier, and conimandiiiL' at once 
 the Atlantic and I'acitie, lii this eoiinexioii wo feid hound to ohserve thai .Vmcrican 
 iuHuenec is rapidlv iiai'ninjr sronnd here: and if action is loiiu; delayed, very unpleasant 
 coiniilicaliniis niav arise. Thus, hotli politically and eoinmercially. the opcnine'-ii|i ol 
 this eountrv. and the niakinir throiieh il a nalional liii;liway, would immensely snhservc 
 Inijicrial interests, and coiilrihiite to llic sl.ilidily and e;lorioiis |ircsti,ue of the ]>ritl.-li 
 Ein|iirc. 
 
 Tlie.se view.s the jicojilc of Ued Uiver desire mn.st respectfully to present tor the 
 consideration of the Hriti.sh and Canadian tiovernnients. and they caniesly hope that this 
 year may witness the formal conimeiieeiiient of operations with a view to a teleirraiiliic line, 
 and a niad from Lake Superior to this setllemeut. if not through the whole extent of 
 eountrv I'rniii Canada In liritish Coliiuihia. 
 
 (signed ) Juiiks lloss. 
 Red River Settlement, Chairman of I'uhlie Meeting.^, 
 
 :il January 186:i. 
 
 40a. 
 
 C 2 
 
14 
 
 I'Al'KllS UliLATINd TO Till-: 
 
 — No. (i. — 
 
 (No. (7.) 
 
 .Mi»ick. 
 
 4 Jul_\ IM'J 
 
 „ , ^!''; "• , Copy olii DESPATCH from His (Iiacc tli ■ DuKe o( XewaiM, k..,., to 
 
 u . 1.. v; , ,„.,! ( lovciiior (xiirral \ islouiii Moink. 
 
 My l,(inl, DouiiiiiL: Stivd, •» July l.H(iH. 
 
 I Dii.v riici\r(l vc'ir l.nr(l>lii;i'- I). -iiaUli, N(i. 4t(,"' nf liic stli i>t' .M;iy, traus- 
 iiiittiiiir ii iiii'iiiurial t'nmi tlic |i( njili' <•!' llu' lied Kivir on t'ac ^ul)il^■t ol' Hit! 
 i'Stiil)lir-Iiiiit'iit(it' a coiiiiminicaiiiiii Ih'Iwivm Ciuiada anil 15rili>li CJolunibia, and 
 iiitniducinji' to \\u: .Mr. Sandl'urd Flvmin,:^, who wa- (kiaiUil liy lln' inciiiorialists 
 to act on tlii'ir hclialt'. 
 
 I am liappy to >ay tli:it th' r* ..ppiMr to lie youd prospects ol' fulliliiiif^ the 
 oliji'i't of tljiir wislit s, and I liavi- the liononr to ctiflosc lor your ini'ornialioli a 
 uin*-' '"^^^ copy of a Ktlir adilifs^cd bv niv dicirtiou to Mr. Flciiiiiii,'. 
 -•^ ' ' ■ I l,a\(.-, .S:.-. 
 
 (si^,'ll(,ll) JS'tlLWiStlv. 
 
 f.ncl. Ill N'<i. 0. Kni'lo-ure in No. (!. 
 
 C"nr> iil"!l JJ",'l"ri,i{ iVoin '/'. i'nilh. Klliiit, \'.-{[.. U< Sdinlfuril Fliinimj. V.<f[. 
 
 Sir, D.pwiiinu- Sirci'l. 2!) -Iinir ls(i3. 
 
 With rcforcnco to ynur loiter nf ihc inili in>i;nit, I :nu (lirciUil liy llic Duke of 
 Niwt'iistlc to iici|U;iiiit yiiu tliiit he lias j;iv('n his lic-l ;iIli'Mliiin In tin iniMitiriiil uliicii was 
 cntrusti'il til you liy llic iiili:iliil;ints of llic Kcil I\i\i'i- Scltlciuciit 011 ilic c-liilili.-liuifUt ol 
 u rcLniliM' >'onuiiMnic':iti<iM with (iniada. 
 
 Tile (juotioii of I'cii-niiiij: sucli a lonniiunication ha.- lopir hccii undtr his (ira'i'".-. anxious 
 ('nn.-idri'aliou. and al lcnj;lh lir has cvv'rv rca.-oii |n h.i|ic (hat it will shoi'tly i:c ai'Coiu- 
 ]ili-lu'il. A sihiiMc i- ill |ii<|iaialiori, aii<l almost matured, liir estalilishiiiLf a )i(istal and 
 teK'j.'raiihii' coiiimiinicalion. eiidiraeiiit!; ihe IJed l\i\('r Sell .aeiit, in llie mule lietwccii 
 Canada and Drili.-li Coluniliia. With ihe ai<l ol' those iwo Colonics, whieli have already 
 liecn aildressed nu the sulijeel. anil liy means o|' a eonces-iori to die |irouio|ers ol' the 
 L'Uler|irise ol land in the dlslriri oreountry which is iVic iVniii the rl;;hts of llu' Iliidsnn's 
 Day Coiuiiaiiy, the Duke of .Newea-lle lru,-ts that die exei'iition of the jirojeet will he 
 entered U[ion at uo distant dale. 
 
 I have. .S:e. 
 
 Saudfora I'lemini:. I'-i)-, (siynedj 7'. rredcrick Elliut. 
 
 \e., iVe., \e. 
 
 I 
 
 No. 7. 
 
 ('. I'ortcetiiP, Esq., 
 M.P., to \'iscount 
 Jloiick. 
 
 (No. 17, 
 
 ■ — No. 7, 
 
 \i. 
 
 Copy ol'a DliSI'ATCH iVoiii C. /'(irtcucur. Ks(|., m.p., to (iovoiiior (jciiL-ral 
 
 \ iscoimt Moncii. 
 
 My Lord, Douiiino Street, !• I'Vdirnury lS(i4. 
 
 Willi rel'tieiice to my Despntelt, No. 4!t,* of liic 1st of .May last, I iiiivc the 
 honour to ac'i|iiiiiiit your l.ordsiiip tiiat I have receivetl, throuo-h the Governor of 
 Vancouver Island, a copy ot a Resolution iirrived at by the House of Asseiidilv of 
 that Colony, on the o,-,th of Xoveniher la-t, to tlie eHct that whilsi reoanljno the 
 desiiins of tiie Atlantic atid I'acitic Transit, and Telefifaph Company with waini 
 interest, the House lorliears to proceed to uetive i.eastircs iu liirtheraiicc id" tlieni 
 until the intentions of the Canadian (iovfM'iinieiit i\specliiio; the umlertakiiio- ar,' 
 made puhlic. 
 
 I liavi;, therefore, to reipiest that you will \i\kv an early o|)p()rtuiiity of 
 uccjuaiiitiijo me with the view.s of your Governmeut on the suhject. 
 
 I liave, &(■., 
 
 (sifined) C. Fortescue, 
 
 (In the ahsonce and hy the authority 
 
 of tiie Duke of Newcastle.) 
 
 ^■H 
 
CANADA AND PACIIIC TKLECMIAPH. i:, 
 
 — .\n, 8, 
 
 (No. 1 8.) 
 Copy ol'ii DKSPATCIl fmni Govcriiov (li'ncnil Viscount Muiicli lo Iiis (inicc -^^ ^ 
 
 the Duke ol' ^cwcdflh', k.(i. Ni-roi.. i \|i,:.( !, 
 
 (,tii,lKr, 1!) Icl.niiiiy l;-t.i4. x,,„^.;,.,i,, K.<i. 
 
 Mv Lord Duke, ( llccuivcil s Mnroli |-<(!l ) I'( I'clii':, V I'U. 
 
 1 invi: tile lioiKiiir to I'licldsii it n.'porf of tlic Ivvcciitivi' ('(»um;il on tlic piojio- 
 sills of tlic Atlniitic iiiid I'iicilic 'IVansil and 'i'dcuriipli Conipiiny, Iriinsniittcd to 
 nie with youv (Jiua-'s Dopiifcli, No. 4!i,* of tin- l^-t .May lHli:{. • |>.,^, , ■. 
 
 I liavf. ^c. 
 (.si<,Mit(l) Muiicli. 
 
 1 
 
 ImicUi»iiic in No. H. 
 
 C Ol'V nC :i l{l^l'()irr 111' ;i ('(iininiltLC nT llic lIuiMiiialik' tliii ICxi'(iiti\c Cuiiiii'il. V.w\ 
 approved l)y His Kxcillcncy llic (iii\('iiini- (u'ncrai mi llii.' 18tli iil' Ft'liniiiry ll^<)4. 
 
 I'll r. ( uir.niillco ol' tilt' Ivxci'iitivc C'lniiicil liine Iinil umlcr (■(iii>idi'raliiiii a nc-paldi, 
 No. to, liDiii liisdnifi' llic Duke nf Xowcastic, ilalcd l>t May l.s(i;i, with ciicldsiircs, 
 nil tlic siiliji'ct of a |iriiposnl iif tlic ■' ^Vtlantic ami I'arilic Transit ami Tclcurapli ('diii- 
 paiiv '" 111 I -laiilisii tell graphic and pnslal (■iiiiuniinicariiia Iroiii Laki' .'^llpl'ritlr to Now 
 Wolniiii^lcr, ill i>rili,-li (nluniliia. The Cimiiiiittco have also liad coiiiiiiiinii'atinii of 
 ecrlaiii fcincspiiiuli'my laid ln'liirc tlio llmiM' (if l^miU liy tlii' liii| crial < rincriiiMciit, in 
 answer to an address, daliil llie 2(1 nf .liily Isti.l. wliiili liiis an inipdrtant liearinj:; mi llio 
 piiijecl leferreil tn in liis (i race's Desjiateii. 
 
 'I'll!' '• Alliiiilie ami I'ai ilie Transit anil Teleu'i'apli t'luiipaiiy '" a]ipear> tn liave lieeii 
 (ii'iiani/ed liv ccrlaiii iiilliieiilial e.ipitaiists in Lniiildii, in ennseipiciice nl inirrviews and 
 difeiissiiins wliirli limk |ilaee lietween tlieiii anil .Me-.-r.--. Sieotre and lliiwland. on tiie 
 ocea.-idii nf their \isil in I'.niihiiid in Demniier !Mi:i.:i> ('anailian ilele^ales in the inattrr 
 of tiie Iiiterenlniiial Railway. The pinpn.-ilinn nl' Me>-rs. Sirntte anil Ilowlanil was fur 
 " the eon-lruetinn of a telc^ir.iph line, ami nl' a rnad m eMalilisli innre freipirnt and easy 
 eniiiniiiniealinn lulwirii (aiiaila and the I'aeilie. and In iaeilitate the earryin;;- nf mails, 
 passeiltrer-, and uatlie, " whii'li they tliniij;'lil wmild he ■" liii^lilv fa\niirahle tn the settlement 
 of an iiiiiiuii-e terrilnr\ ," and also nf " jiieat athaiitaLie m ilie trade lA' l'".n<;land.'' fiiey 
 expressed their nplnimi In ihe n'enlleineii prii|in>ini;' (n finin a eniiipaiiy tn eniistriiet the 
 work, thai the " (.'anadian t inveniineiit \i > iild a.L;reo tn i;ivr a jiiiarantee nf interest at 
 the rate nl' 1 pn- reiil. lip. Ill niie-iliird nf ihe ^iini ixpi'iii'ied, pin\ided the whole siiin did 
 lint exceed .'ilKi.lKlO /.. .-ind pinviiled al^n liiai the .-aiiie ;.;'iiaraiilee nl' interest will lie seeiired 
 on the nllier lun-:h;i(ls t>\' the eN|iendii in'e liy .niperial or Cnlniiiiiiaii ediilrilMitiniis.'' 
 .\\ a ,-iii;-ei|iu'iil .-laiTc nf the iie^nriatinii- . .Mes>rs. .Sientle and lluwlaiid. thoiiiih iiiiwilliiiif 
 tn luileve that Her .Xlajesly's (invernineiil wniijd not aeeeile In ihe propn.sil nf eii-nperation, 
 expressed their npiliimi that ihe Canadi.-in tioveninuiil wi.uld i;raiil In a C'ninpaiiy 
 ni'nani/.ed as prnpn>eil, a " u'liaiantee nf interest e\en mi niu-iiail'nf the capital stated," 
 shniihl the Imperial ( iiiMiniiieiil refuse In einilriliiite ; inil lliey ihelare they wniihl not 
 advise nr prt ■^s with their enlleaiiiies a higher rale nf interest than 4 [ler cent. These! 
 ifoiilleinen were iherel'nre nf npinion. that tn secure the iiliject they had mentioned, viz.: 
 "a leleiii'aph liim. and a rnad tn e,-ialili-h iiinre freipieiil and easy eniiiiniinieatimi between 
 Canada and ihe I'aeiiie, and tn faeililale tlie rarr\ in;;- nl' mails. ]ia,-senu'ers, and trartie." 
 the (inv( liiiiirnl nf Canada wmild lie williiiL;- In eninriliiile an annual aid nr snhsidy nf nnl 
 iiinre than lea tlunisand pniinds ( 1(1,0(1(1 /.') The Canadian delegates diil lint in the npininii 
 (if llie Cniiiinillii' n\er estimate the iiii|inilaiic'e nl' the nlijeels >tated, nor the williniiiiess 
 nl Tne Canadan people In ixranl peeiiiiiary a.id in nrder tn secure thi'iii. lint the Cniniiiittoc 
 nli^erve ilial llie '• Heads nf I'rnpn-'d " siilimilleil liy Mr. W'ntkins on lielialf nf the 
 " .\llaiitic and I'acitic I'raiisit and Tide(;iapli Cninp:iny. " and enclnsed tn ynnr Kxcelleiu'y 
 liv his (iiarc ihe Duke nf Newcastle, are fur a line of lelenraiih niily. It is true that 
 ill the pieanilile of the dnciinient '• a mail post "" is nieiiliniied. and in iho lirst " lu'ad '' it 
 is -tipiilaled that the Imperial (invernmenl. the Cnlniiie.^ and the lliid.-nirs ISay Cnni]iaiiy 
 shall each u'l'ant •• land" and " all ,-ncli ri-iil- a.- may he reipiired I'nr the '"post route," 
 telciiiaph and necosaiy .-lariniis; lint the Cniiipany (In nut prnpnse ^>\^ agree In cnn.-lruet 
 unylliin(.c hut a " line nf lelegraph." The rnad ennlemplated liy Jlessrs. Sientte and 
 Hnwiaiid t.i lacilitale (lie cirryiiiu- nf •' mails, passengers, and traffic," is nnf prnvided 
 I'nr in any of llie '• Hc.ids of I'rnpnsal. " 
 
 li is prnpiisi'd ill the second '• head " llial llie line of telegraph shall licill\ided into 
 sections, and sn snmi as telegraphic (■onmiuniealion shall he estahlished thrmighont any 
 iiuch sectimi. " the ('ninnies of Canada, iS.c. will guarantee to the Coiii|iany a rate of 
 jirolil on the caiiilal expended, nf " lint less than 4 nor nore than .'i per cent.,'" the total 
 capital gmiranteed being limited to ,'i()(>,(HI(l /. Canada might thus he called npnii In pay 
 interest nil the cnst nf seetinns of a telegraphic line wlinlly without her territory, tind 
 having im eniincctioii with any line within it. 
 
 The Cmiimillce nolicc aiso that in the nhservaliniis nf his ( iracc the IJiike nf Newcastle 
 
 on tlie " Hcuds of I'ropusal '' submitted bv Mr. W'atkiii, and which observations arc traiis- 
 
 402, ■ ' c 3 Jidtted 
 
 N'e.b'. 
 
lO 
 
 I'Al'KKSt^CANAIU AM) I'ACU'IC THLKGIIAI'II. 
 
 itti'il t< 
 
 i; 
 
 XCC||C'MI'\' 
 
 liir llii' iiirnniiMliiiii iit'ilic (':iii:iiliaii ( icivriiimriii, ih • coii-'lnii'- 
 
 tiiiii cif 11 I'linil 111 t!ii'ilil:ili' llif iiin\ iiii.r dI' •• niails, |i:i-:<('iii;i'r<, ;iiii| 
 
 illi( 
 
 I 111' mil III III' 
 
 i'iiiil('iii|ilali'< 
 
 hit. 
 
 Tl 
 
 C'liiiiiinlli'i' I'lii'ilu'r oii-crvc llml wlul 
 
 IS 1 1 
 
 illlii 
 
 'iii'hl 
 
 tlic C'liliiiiicK art' to I'l'ceivi' ii^ tliiit ol' ••ilircci IclcLTiijiliic cMHiiiiiiiiiiiali m" imiii'ly. 
 II' cli'cliins lliat '• llif ('iimiiiciu'L'iiii'iit ol' llu: imiK'rtakiii!,' iiiilsl ilriii'iitl mi lln' \villiii^iii''<'< 
 
 iil'llie ("aiiailian (ioVL'i'iiiiiciit .iml Li'L^isliitlin- t iii|ili'ti' trl(';,'rii|)lii<' coiiiiiiiinii'iiliini rroiii 
 
 llic Hcat 111' ( iovcrniiiciit In llic iioiiil mi Lake Siiii ilnr, at vvliirii llic C""iii|iaiiv will lil<i' it 
 
 unlit 
 
 loii winch wiiiilil iMv 
 
 i|m' llic cmi-'iriicii 111 ami niaiiiicnaiicc l)\ Caiiailii. :ii licr 
 
 Tlic (' 
 
 St. iil'sc\ci-al liutiilicil mill's oC l('lcL,'ra|ili line llii'oii:,'li a wililcrticss. 
 oiiiiiiitlcc have imt liccii aliic to iii'i'siiadc tliciiisclvc.-i that tlit! |i 
 
 il' Caiindn 
 
 mill lie likclv to roccivc ln'iicfits (.•ofrcspoiuiiiiij to llic cost of coiislniiliii;^ a line (if 
 
 Icii^rapli Iroiu llic scat ot" ( iovcrnniciit to liie licail of Lake Siipcrior, 
 
 .1 
 
 '_;iiaraiilccin<i 
 
 liall' tiu' iiit(!rt'st of the 
 
 It tl 
 
 cost ol construct iiij,^ a In 
 
 loiii lliat fioiiit In ilii' I'acili 
 
 le same tune, the icrtilc vallcv 
 
 mil plam 
 
 llic 
 
 I 
 
 ii'cai 
 
 itli-Wi'st an 
 
 c coast, 
 lie 
 
 acccssililc to 
 
 (' 
 
 inailiaii scttlci-- 
 
 and 
 
 iiler the |ii'otection ol tin 
 
 i'li'iti 
 
 l",iiiM|u'ati ciniifi'anl- wlio arc in i|iii'-i nt' chea]i latiils. 
 
 Ill a I'l 
 
 iiisiitiitional ( iovcnimciit. 
 
 A •' Iclejirnjih line" will not accoiii|ilish these oliiccts, thoiij^fli it niav serve an important 
 
 l'I"'l 
 
 ml leail uitiinalciv to their attaininciit. 
 
 lint 
 
 unless llie 
 
 All 
 
 intii 
 
 aiii 
 
 I I' 
 
 icitic 
 
 Pransil ami Telegraph Company" are pre]iare(l to miilertake the eonsiriiction of a roai 
 
 imii jxisxii with the telcixraiil 
 
 the (oinmiltee cannot, in the |)reseiit comlitlon of tlit 
 
 Caiiailiaii l-xchei|iier. ami with the important ([iiestions of lioiimlary, territorial jiirisdie- 
 tion. anil form of (iiivi'rnm'.'iit in the v isl territory proposei] to lie opened, still iinseltlcd 
 reconiiiicml the acceptance i 
 
 'I' the •• Heads of I'roposal" as siihniitteil iiv llieiii, and comli 
 
 lioiially approved liy Ins drai 
 
 The (■ 
 
 mini it tec arc ot opinion ili;it. m \ lew ol the icceiil cliaii;:;!' in the eon^iiinlion am 
 
 ihjccls of tlu' Ilndsoirs Hay {^lmllally, wliicii, from the corri -pond 
 
 loiiilcnce laiil lietorc 
 
 tl 
 
 III 
 
 iif liorils, a; 
 
 liears to liase lici'ii t 
 
 tfecled : ami thi 
 
 lia\e rci 
 
 tcrated. with the a|ipaiiiit sanct'on of his (irace tiic Diikc of N 
 lorial rii^hts over a vast re;;ioii not included in their oriLiiiial charter, it is hiiililv expedient 
 
 le 
 
 iiiis winch llic new orirani/.alioii 
 ewcasile, in terri- 
 
 tiial steps he taken to settle dclinilclv the norlh-wc-lcrii lioimdarv ol' Can 
 
 riic Coiiimitlec, ihcrefore. rcrummend that corrcs|iomli'nce he opened with the Imperial 
 
 |ition of some s|iceily, inexpensive, and niulnallv siitis- 
 
 (iovernment with the view loth 
 
 factory plan to dctcniiiiic this importani (|iiostiiiii, and that the claim of Canad-i lie asserted 
 
 to all tli.il portion of Centra! liritish America which can lie shown to have licon in the 
 
 possession I 
 
 f the F 
 
 I'h at 
 
 the periiK 
 
 I'.ftl 
 
 le cession in I / 
 
 (i;i. 
 
 (Certified.) 11'/,/. //. 7,1 
 
 C 
 
 if the I'xcciitivi' Council. 
 
 — No. !l. — 
 
 Extract fViun n I ,I'/r'i" I '. I? Iniin Sir l-'rcdrric Ruiicrs. J{,iii., to ihc Ujo^lii 
 J IdiKiinaljlc Nil I'.i/ini/iii/ Iliad. Mait.. (iatc.l iJowiuiio-stri'ct, li .Imii' istii. 
 
 " Mr. Cardm-ell doc? not uiKlcr^tiind tlnit ymi ;irc wiliino- (,, nnil. rtakc to 
 (•(miplcte ,1 line of teli';2fa]di niid ruiid to llic Pacitir until \ du sli.tll Iravc recfivecl 
 till' assiifiuiccs from C.iiiada. I'liiiisji C'oliiiiilHa. aMil Vaiii'duver Islam!, to wliicli 
 rcferciici' lias been made in tlic t'oniii'r ;'(irris|)omltnct'.'' 
 
 — No. 10. — 
 
 Extract i'rorn a LK'ITI.R from tin- Hit;lit llomcirahlo Sir Kilmianl Ilviid, Bart., 
 to Sir Fnukrir Rogers, liart., datitl lliidsoir.-, IJ ly House, I.omlou, 7 Jum; 
 ISC'!. 
 
 " With regard to tli- latter part of your Icltcr, tlio Hudson's Hay Compiiny 
 are pn pared to take; steps at once for the ereoti m of tlii! teleorapii fr.iiii Pembina 
 or Rainy Lake (as the case may be) to the Pacific at New Westminster. Wlietlier 
 they would conncet this line with ihe Caindiaii line over Britisli territory would 
 depend upon the read"'iess of the Canadian ( iov<;rmiient to eomplete their own 
 telegraph up to Rainy Lake, and fulfil conditions similar to those which were 
 originally discussed with the Duke of Newcastle. As a matter of course, the 
 Hudson's Bay Company would expect from the tJovernment of British Columbia 
 such support and assistance as would on tlieir part be equivalent to tin benefits 
 conferred by a direct and easy commiinieatiou with the Atlair.ic ports, whether 
 by way of Canada or of the United States." 
 
 mKrmmeimfmmm. 
 
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 wnm. 
 
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