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OTTAWA: PIUNTED i;V MACLEAN, UOOKU k CO., WELLIXOTOX STRKBT. 1875. Th Go MESSAGE. DUPFERIN. The Governor General transmits, for the information of the Senate and House of C .mmons. copi.s o!' a C'orrespoiid. nre which has taiien place on the subject oi" the non-luHilnient of ihv terms of Inion with the Province of British Columbia Government House, February, 1875. TEliMS OV UNION-BUJTISII COLUMBIA. A. B. C. 1. 2. I'- 4. 5. 6. V. 8. , i'^th .rune, 1874. (Ti'l.; 13th Jun«, 18T4. 19-1 SCIIUDI-Lt: OF DKiSPATCIIES, 4o. Lieiit.-GoM'riior. Hiiiish Coliimliiii, 26lli July 1373 hiciit.-Govpnior. Hiitish Uiiliiirihi:i, '.'nili Fi-brunrv I8V4 Lieut. -Govcnioi-, liiiii^h r,.liaiibia, (IVl.) Htli M.iy, lrtT4 (lovrriior Ct'iuMiil. 'Jiiili Deci'inlMi-, 'H?:!. Secretary of St.iiP (or llic Colonics ;-.tli January 1874 .Minifltvr I'ulilic WvrU6, I'.Mh au.l Jlsi February, 'l874 ' UOTeruor Genoral, l.".lli .\lav, 187-1. Governor (Jeiient I, l,",lli Mii\-. J(<7-1 Secretary of .Slate fur llie Colonic^ HccietHr.v of Stiilc for tliL- Cohmif.x, Governor Gener.tl, '.ttli Julv, IbTl. J. D. Kdgar. I7ili June, is;'... 8A. Privy CoiiMcil, stir July. I.<7t. 9. Governor (leucral, !t|li".riilv, l.'^Tt. 10. (Jovenior (iiMiiial, l-. Governor Geia-ral, I'l.^t Aii>.nijt. M7t. 17, 18. Governor Genital, KStJi Sepieinher. l'<7t \?: o, *^iT''"'-^' °'' ''<•""' *'''<• 'I'" Colonics J7II1 Xovembcr. 1874, ^11, 21. Governor (ieneral. IHIIi Kecember. 1871 22. Secretary ..f State for the Colonies Kli Jann.ary, 1875. lA. Lieuf.-(,overnor Mnti.-o, nt tlio roqiU'fnminioii (ioveriimt'iit of ilu' lllh iSoctioi. of tho 'JVrms of Union of British Coliimliia wlih l";in:iil:i. i'\()iv.sNiii;j; icLriH't llint tho riiilway htu* Qot boon commonc ed, ami -^troiiirly iirotr.^lini,' ;i,i.',:iiii.si the l>ioach of a condition of tho torms 80 highly important to thi.^ Trm inco. 1 havo lliv lioimr to lio, i^ii', Voiir obodicnt ;oiv!int, (Signc'i.i .lo.sEi'ii W. TuuTcii. Tho Hon. J. C. Ailvins, Socrotury of State for Canada. Copy f/ 'J Jiejiort of a C'mnvfti''' "f the llnviruMe th" Eifutirc C^umil. approved by His ExceUeii'y tin JJeud wmt-d"! i-riwr './i the. ii.'nh iliiij of ■ uli/, IHlli. ThoCommittoo of Ooiincil iiavo IukI iiiMit'C cou'.^iiloi'atioii the noii-fiillilnicnt l>y tho .Dominion (lovernmonl of iIk- llih Soo'.ion of Uk' 'roinit* of I'nioii. Tho Cmuniittoo. rogrot tiKit ihi' cou.'Jt ruction of th(> railway !i;'s not ho( n (.'um- moucod, and thoTvloi-o ^^fI•o||^|y jUMiost a^ainsi llm 'iicich l.y ilic I KtminiDu (.iovern- mont of a condition ot" tiio l .-o lil;hly iniiMU'iiint to ihc l'i-ovinc.\ Tho Committoo r(>cnnimotiil iho aliovu i\>y llic. an|iroval of Voiif I'xcollonoy, and, if fian('tiono do-|t:itcli aid is oiulo^uro hoforo His lv\celloncy tho (iovernor o !j,d enough in liing to ills lv\ci.!iiency's allontiun th«> f)roviouM miniito.s of lv\i'cnti\i' ('mmcil on Iho hiimo ^nlijoct whidi won' forwiirdod for lie consideration in my dos|iatcho-, No. (17 ami .No. tiS of tin' •Jlilii .Inly lu^t— Iho latter of wliich convening a jjrotest from tlii-- < iuvoinmont on tho tailiiie of the Dominion Governini'nl to rcciiro the commomi-mont within two year.- tioni tho date of Union of tlio coii.sti'iiction of a railroad iVom iho I'acilic lowjuds lli<" K'ocky Mniin tains — as provided in the llth .\riii'lo of tlie tci'in-^of (niou — i- \el iiirtnswoi-(*d. and U) move Jlis iv\oellency to cominiinicato to this (iovernnn'iii in whalovn r manner ho raay doom udvibublo iu time to moot the ruijuiremont of tho desire indieutod by my I 3 Miiii.sUMM, llic o.xiiNi' iiiM'iil.'l ;. Ii.. CiU.-ii \,v ihr |) tiniiiiou (lovcrnmuiit in fullil- moiit of lli^' lltli Ai'lii'lc! i>;'ilii.' 'IV. 'in- ol' U!iii).i nl'iliis I'l-oviin.-o with Canada. I liaxc llio Imiior to ho, Sir, Vu',11" oiicdioiil >orvuiit, (Si;r,,o(l.) Josirri W. Trctcii. The Iloiiorablo tlip Socrcfaiy of S'at« ' Cor Canada. Copy 0/ a ttfjiurt <>}' a Cninin^ttir •■(' th'' Ifunnrdiilr the E.rceutivc (^ounril, approved by JL's E.irrll'ii''i/ f/,,' f.ri(trniin'\ i>;-iini"iif Ml i?;iti.|i CnliiinlMa lia-. |ii'(>tc>icd ai;ain-it tlio iion-fulfil- mciit liy I lie I) iiiiiiiioii (i 1, (■ ■iiiiHMl Ml' ilu- I I ill Arlii'ii' i>l' ill.' Ii'riiis of Union. 'I'lial lu'voml ilic a'l-iiiMwIc l;iiic;.i mI' ivicipt 110 ivjiIn' lias Lh'i'ii niadt' by tho I) 'million (io\-('nnii('iil |m iIh' .li'^|ialili i-Miivi'viiii; liii;l jirotot. Tiial llir (J.ivcnimciii nf |Jriii>li ( '.i|iiiii'.i;i, lookiiii; at llic ai'tuftl position of atTaii'"-, I'rll i'miii|ic11i' I Im a\v;»ii i!ic iiiiin;i ni' iji,' I'ailiaiiK'iit of Canada, oxpoctod ■>liorll\- to niccl. ami wliicli "lid mci't on llu' Jiird UiinluT last ]>aNt. 'Piial till' i':irliiiini'!it <>(' ( "ina la lia- l.i'cii ]»r.)r>)i;-iii'd, not to moot until February iioxl, witlioiil inakiiii!: |i:M\i-iMM i'mi- i||,. (■.>ii>iri)''tiiii nf ilio Paoiti<' Railway. That the [."Lri-^iatix o A— iiiil'ly ni iii.' i'l-Mvinco -^taiid- I'ailiMl to nu'ot at Victoria on tlio l^^lh day mi' I >,■ •ciiih ■!• nc:-.;. an i thai liio iiMn-fiiltilmi'nt by tho Dominion fiovornrnont of tho Tcj'iii' o|' riiinii li;i-. causod a .stroiii; t'coliui:- of finxioty ami di.s- roiifai^t'iiuMil |m (xi^i tln'Miinlioi;! tho I'roviiioo. T'lio ( 'oinmitiot' advi.so your Uonor to asic tho !• >!iiiiiiMii (I >\o; iiai 11' ihi'o;mIi ilio propi'i* ohaiiiiol tor a ilooidotl oxpression of it> |i.)!ioy ^vil!l rct;ai'd In the riilliimi'iit nf tho Iltli Afliido mI' the 'JVrms of Union, in ordor that tii" inlii'iiia'io;! may Im« l^Ivci. l > tho Lciri^laliiro ai tho opening f»f the oomiiiLr .'-Jii-siMii. .\iil iM rf|iio-i ilia' \\\>- doiM-^iMii iii'iiv^'d a! tx' c immnnicated to youi- lloao;' !'y ie!o:;-iMm a; li ui iio-i ihmuk'hi i>o.-<^ililo. ami liio Cominittoo rospoot- fully Hii:;no>'t liial if tho prc-ioit ropni bo -anctioiiod, your Honor will bo ]dcaHod to forward tho -^amo to Ili-* KxroHoiioy tho of < '■nim-il, each iH-aiiiiij dalo the L'oili July last, on the same subjoot. one liein'j' a |ii-o!o>( auain^^l tho bvcaoli of Article 11. and I ho other a denial of tho riixht of tho Dominion (l>voniimMil to ,( ounvoyaiioo, or hovofal of any of the public lands for railway |nir|>W(., nniil tho line of railway nhould bo dotinod. ( '(Miitiod. (S'MlH'd,) W, .1. ARMfiTRONO, • Cdrk, Executive Council. To Tlis Honor /A-' f.ie'ittuiaii/-(i'"rirni>i- ot JtrHigh Calmnhia, Virioria : — Sir, — I ha\'o tho hom>r to aoUim.v lou-o tho rocoiut nf your dc-^patch, No. 96, of tho 'illii ultiniM. enolM,iiii;' with I'ofoi'iMico ti> yniir )i!'o\ious do^j-atohes on the subject, Ji further minute ot'\Miir Kxo -ufivo Cninoil ivspooMnn' tho non-tultilmcnt by the Dominion flovornmonl of tho llth Ariiol.- of the -'Terms" of the Union of British Columbia with Canada. In ropl}', I have to inform you that tho subjoci will rccoivo tho conbideration of the <^iovernment. I have, &c. Department, Secretary of Slate, i;Uh December, 1873. (?,S1 D.) Copy of ii Jlejiorf /)roird by Hit J%.i I- f/i'iiri/ ihi' (r'H'iiti''! liiiiif'if ill I'lHiiril, mi tin 'Z'.\r*7'5. Tho Cuiiimiltoo luivc li;ii'li'r:iliMii [\w |i^l«'h iliitffi 2Jtli N'nvcinl)er, 18715, frr Mii(i«li « nliiiuliia. oinldHin;; n t'iii'tiu>r minute ! Ills !'',.\eriitivi' ( '<.imi-il, ri'tiTi'iii:: to iIk- nun fill li linen ( l-y tim l>iois cxiirosi'tl in tluN niiniito, lie* re- qiH'sts lliut this (lcs|ial
  • inmcnt in wiiati'vrr Jiiniiner nia\' III' ditincd advisal>li' intiiiiolo nncttln- iot|uirpniont of tho (io-iic indiratcd liy lii- Miiiisici-. ilio cniiisn iiitoiidcil l<> lit« t«ki'ii l>y tlio l>oniinion .'oviMMiint-nt ill t'lilliinu'iii o| liic lllli Arlii Ic ni ihc Tcrm^ nf I'nion of tlmt I'rovinco with < 'aiiiida. Tho C'oiiiinilUH' oft'oinnii i'(VH|M'>ll'iilly li-coiiiniond tJial the Lii'Ulcnuiit-ttovornor of HritiBh ( 'oliiniltiii Ix* inlMrnicd tint liiis (rovi>!'iiint'iit is giving its moHt ournoHt con- sideration to tho pr.ijort 111.' ilic (Mii-tinciiitti oj" liu- I'acitic Railway, an oiitliiio of wliii-li was ^ivcn in tlic s|ncili dtiiv'Tcl liy Mr. Mafkcii/ii' at Sarnia, on tlu^ 25lh Noveinher, a schenn' wliiil! liny Iptiicvc will I c a'nx'|ital>lo to the whole J)on>inion, imliidiii^ British < '(diitnliiM. and liiat tl^y hn|Ki to lie al>l<> witliin u Hhort time to cominuuicalu moix- dofinitdy with (has i'lovinci' on tho Hulijt'ct. ("'jititifd. (Siur.i'il,; W. A. lIlM.SWORTH, Vlak of Pricy Council. To tlie Iloiiorablo Tbo .Seerotury of State, (690-246.) Dkpartment, Skcrf.t.vry op State, L'oth December, 1813. Sir, — Advorliiiu; to your (lespatches. Nos. (IS and !• (iuvcriin;' (iincnil in ('(iiinril, on tin- siiliji'cl nf tho ntin-riiltihnt'nt liv tin- hoiiiiiiiun ( ii»vci'iiniciit ul" tlio lltli Ariiilo i>|' ihc Toi niii of rnjoii (dllii- I'roviiiro willi <'anaila. I liavo tlio lionnr to l)o, Sir, Vuur oliodiont sorvnnt, (Siuneilj .Ki?.Kni W. TiiUTcH. Tho lloiioniMf l». <'liri^tio, Stnvtai'\ i.t Sliitt' liir ('aiKicIa, < )lta\VH. • 25th Ot(/IC(( rs. <1 24th u hore- iilcr of (.f the Tor in a l4. I before U'losed (B.) [Copy of No. 9.-633 D.] PRirrsii Tor i-Mrr.\, tiMinli|\ if thi- I'roviuii'. ivi, ir^iin:,' nn- to jii"oti-;t on bi'- ropy<.f.\.l.lrc". i,.,if nf iIr. I^.M-i^iaimv and ik'oj.Ii. orlhitir.h ('oliin.hia. aj;ain-.t tho MitMiic 111' Kxi'- iiilVariiMii (if (li.. 1 Itli Artii-li' nf thi 'PcrnH of I'liioii .f Hiiii^li t 'oliini .iiiivi' Cimmil. Ilia with t'aiiaila, I'V wiiicli ilif Hi ,...iion iindi-rt'inU In mtiii'c the foni- nii'iifoinciit siinnltainon«.|y wiihiii iwn yoar- iVom iht'ihi'.i'of I'nion, of thi- t'onsti-m'- tion of a i;.'lway from ihc I'aiitic lowarl- lla- b'oi-Uy Momitains, ami from -■uch point as ma_\ (.«• -I'lcitcil 1 usi uf liic lIorKy .Moiint.-ii'i^ tovard^ tlic i'ail\ lor tin- comnu'iici'ini'iit of ilu' lu-tnal n 1 'rm-lion nf i-il. conciirrin^ in the iirayor of this Aihlress to nn. ami rci omiiicmliiii:' that a eopy thereof he t'orwanle.l li\' mt^ to Jlis Kxeelleiiey the < loveiiiur deiieral, with ,• renii.-i that lie will hr )ilea>.e'l to order immediate action tn lie tnUeii thereon. In aecordanee tlu'relbre. with iheadviee nf my .Mitiislei-«. I I e;r that ym will Im) f^ood enoiiu;li to lay thi- d<'>.|iale|i and iK cm l<'-,iire> heforc ili^ h'.xccllency tlu lovei nor ( Tciicral, a lid t< nncml lo Ifi^ KNccllencv- favorahlc eon>^ideratioii tlio repri'seiitafions and iiri;enl rciiiic-i of iln. (Juverumenf and Lci^'ixlaluie <>{' Uritinh Coliimhia heroin M't forth. I have the honor to he. Sir, Tho Hon. B. Christie. Socrotarv of State for t'anada. ^ oiir oliedicnt sorvant. (Sii:iied.) Joseph W . Tritoh. Copy of rt fic/iort "f ,1 t'lOiDniHriof tin' Unnninhli- thr Exu'iitin <'niinniiiri/. 1S74. Tho ( 'ominittoe of Council have liad under i-oiisidoration an .Vddri'ss of the Leg- islative Assi-mlily of the Mth instant, respect in;.; tho hroaeh of the railway olaiisc con- tained in tho terms of I'nion. On tho 25th .Inly laer last strong protests and roprosontatioiis on tho siihjoct of the Address v.t', forwarded to the Dominion (iovernmont. hut no reply of an assuring character has vol hocii reneivod by tho I'rovinco. Tlio result of this sileneo h:is lieon one of painful ami growing dissatisi- factioTi. The Committee fool that a strong hut resjioeffiil protest ag«iii )nii'iio:i (InvoniDiciit -Intiil 1 I'l' onco moiv forwaivloil to IFis Excellency iht' ' iovoi'imr ( ir. , pjil. The Ci'iniiiinci' i'<'ciiiiMiu'iish>(| to caiiso a f'0|ty of the Atl(lr'-'> to lie lli:-\v;ii'il('(l 111 l]i> lOxrcllciicv ilii' < iuvci'iioi' ( ii'in'nil. with a n'([iio.»t that ho will 111' jilra't'l to orilcr iniincili!!i<' nriion lo lie lal«'n tlioivoii. Till.' Comiiiidi'f nivi-c that thi-h ii'i oinnu'iiilatioii lu' ap))voveil of. C.Ttiticii, (SiLiin'il.) W. J. Armstrono, Chr/:, Ext'i'uth'e Council, To JT:< JIn)\'a- the U'lii'i'lhh' J'f.i'iti«il» Colinidiia. in Pai-lianu-iit as- " si-inlijed, Ih'l; K'avf lo a|(|i:iiarii ymii' ! lonoi- with oiii- I'cspoctl'ul rcfUU'sl tliat yoin- " lloiioi- will hf pic;i cd to lake inio consideration the followiiii;' iH-solution ot' the " IIoMsc. •• Wliorca-, on the L'lltli .Inly. I'^^Tl. ihr Colony of Hi'itish ('olnnd)ia was tinited to '•and horann' |imii ot' the I'oniinion of ( ';inada. in accoidanct' with coi'tain tenns, " ami whereas hy See'ion \\ ot' the -aid teinis. the (loveinment ot' the ]>oiiiiiiion ■• nndef.oik' to secure 1 lie coninieiicenien!. siniiiltant onsly within two yeai-s from the " dateof I'nion ot' the con^ti'nction of a railway fi-otn the PaciHc towards tlie RoeUy •' -Monnlains. and from -ueh poinl a- niiy he seleeteil east of the RixdvV ^loiintains " towards the I'aeltie. and whei'i'a-^ the two years therein referred to exjiired on the •■ 2(ltii .Inly la -I, and tl e consli iiction of ilie said railway was not tlieii. and htis not '■ sinci- lieen roniinence i. ' aii-ini;' therehy -erioiH lo>s and Injiir\' to tlie people of this •• I'ro'/ince, he it theiefore Kcxntrci, That an hiimlile Address he presented to His " Ivxcellency the J/eiitenan'-< io\ ernoi-, respectfiillx" reijiiestiiii;' him to ]irotest on '■ lelialf of tin- Leu'islatnre and peo|ile of this I'rovince anain>! the infraction of this ''most impoi tant ilause of ihe Teinis of I'jiion. and to iip.j're-- u])on tlie present " ailmini-tratioii the al>-^oliiie neee-vity of lomiiieneine- the actual construction of the " i'ailw;iy from ihe -!• ihoard (f r.riti>li ("oliimhia early in the [iresent year." iSiuned.) .1, I{ot,anii IIett. lUh Fehruary, ;S7J. clcrh <■/ the Assembly. Dki'art.ment. Secretauv ok Spate, iL'th Mtii'eh, 1874. iSn, — I have the hoMor lo aeknowieilH-e the receipt of yoiir des2)ateli, Xo. 9, of the L'Sth nit., covering a copy oi' an Adi|i'e>s of the Li'iii>la'ti\'e Assembly of tlic Pro- vince (>f Hrilish Colinnl'ia and ot a mimite of your Executive < 'onneil, founded tlierooii on the snhjoct of th.e non-fnitiliuent of the lltli Section of the terms of I'nion of llie I'rovinte to the I)ominioii. \oiir ilcs|)i!ich and its enclosnio will he sui unit ted for the consideration of Ills Excellency the (love imr (ieneral in ('omieil. , 1 ha-.e, &.V.. (S',-sm-d.) KnouARi) J. Lanoevin, To Hi s Honor lluler Sccninr)/ of 8faf<: Tiie Lieiitenanl-(io\criior i.f Uriiish ("olumhia, Vieioria, (<^) (Tolegram) VirxoRrA, B. ('., Sth Mav 1S74. It bi'imi- fe|>orlel heiv lo-day lh:if the Premier stated in House of CommonH on 4th inst., that eoi.struiMion of railwav in Hritish ('oliiinl)ia would not bo co'amoncod I xccllcncy 0(1 of JIi9 i|>y of tlio iiuot tliat re Council Province of ll SUl'jOClH. iaiiu'iit :is- tliat yniii- tioii ot" llio s tinitoil to Ijiiii tofiu?'. • l>ninini(Mi rs from the llio Roi'Uy Mountains irt'd oil tlio 11(1 i)a- Udt iplo of this tod to His ])rotest on tion of this ho prosont tion of the nhly. 1874. \o. 0, of |(if the Pro- led thereon nion of the iion of llii^ !(■ Sfatr. 1S74. lonunons on io*uiuone«d this yoai-. thi> tidvornnioiit iirirfiul\- roi|iio>i^ to he fully infocmcl irmnodiateiy by leio.ijraph of pariiciihii-s of poli. y adopiod I'v Dominion (.lovormnont respecting railway tdaiise ol terms of l.'niou. (Siiiiiod. ) Jos. W. '{"HiTrii. /.'I utendiit-'iorcnwr. To llonoralilo The Secretary of Slulo for Caiiitda. rToloj^ram) I'liivv I'oi ncii.. r'AXAn.A. Ottawa. Mh May. 1S7-1. To LlK( TKNANT-doVKR.NdU TnriTII — Mr. Maokon/.ie siiaply si.-iiod thai iiiiiil lli" Imation ^r ilu im.kI w.is a~coriairiod it was ini)t(is>llilo lo ciiiiimoiii'o con-ii'iicliihi. Tliai a iar^c sinAoyiiu; loi't'o was now ni work, and, tlioro wa- ii'> loasoii io hcliiAc that ii o Lioutonaiii-iio\ Liaior of l>l•iti^il ( 'oiiimiiia io tin.* Seorclary of State of ( 'aiiada, forwanliiiiX a minuio oi' \u> ;^xoiMi;ivo < '.lUiicil. i ofi'i I'iiiu' to the iion- fiiltilincnt on the |iart ot'ihc tiovoriimciit of tlm dominion, ot' ',Ik' iliii Artielo of the terms of I'liion with tiiai i'lDviiico, in ro-poi t lo t!io I'oiistnictioii ■ i' the Canada I'aoitic Railway. I also hoi; to transmii '■n\ty ot' a ro|iorl of a «'omnultoo ol the I'l'ivy Cdunoil of 2;inl U(.'toiiilMr tho .Dominion, on iho ai)o\o moniioMoil do.-palch, .--latinu- that my (iovernniont is givinir its most oarno.'?t cuiisidoraiion Io ilio projooi I'or the enii.>5iriio- tion of a I'ailway to the L'aoitio. I have iho IkjIiui', \o. DuFt'EUlX. The Karl of Ivimbciley. (381 D.) Coi'V <;('(( Ri i">rt '.'/ ll ('oiiiiii'tti ,• 'll' t/i,- H'ii„,riil)/i fhr Pr-V!/ ('o>ii,''''. 'i/'pi'"rul h)/ IT'S ExftlUni'i/ till! (I'oriritur (iiKt'nil in f'uuiu'il. on t/ir 2.'!/''/ Dcmiiln r. l^T.'l. The ( 'oiumiftt'o liavo had inid(.'r con-i Ici'alion I he d(^pal( li daiod 2 l!ii I'iovomlier, lS7i?, from tho laeMton;iiil-< io\ ornoi' of !>;-itisli ('(dnmliia. ondii^-inu' a fiirllioi' niiniUo of his I'lNoi'iitivo ( 'oniiiil rot'iM'i'ini,' Io tho i.in rullilmont ot ilio lioniinim t iovornmciit of Iho 11th Article of ilio Torms ot Cnion uf tjii< rroviiico with ( aiiada. and staiiiif^ that in aooor(lance wilii the advioo ol his .Mini>tt'rs t-xpics^od in this minnto. ho ro- (jiiests that this dcspalcli and it> oik losMrt> l^o jjiid hol'oro \diir Exoolioiuy. to^oth.er with tho previous minutes ol'liis hixcoiitix o ( ■oimcil on tho '••aww sidijoct. which wore forwarded for consideration in his despatches, N'os. (IT an! (iS, of the I'dlh .inly last, tho latter (Ft' which convoyiu).;' a prolost from that (lovornmonl on (ho tiiiliiro of the Uomiidon tiovornmont (o ^ooaro tlio comnioncomoni within two years from the date ot ITrtioii of the coiistrtiction of a r;uh'(xid from the I'acitic (<>w!iri|s the Kooky Motir- ttiin.s as provided in tho lllh Ailicio of Iho Tirins of I'nion. Ik^ state.s is yet im- nns\vere(.l, and requesting Voui* Ivxcelloney to communicate to thti' liovernmont in whatuvei'iiuiiinei niii\ l»f lU'C'iiiL'd iii|\ i>iiMo ill liriu! lo incot the rotiiiireineiit of tho desire imlic:iteil liv liif- Miuisicrs. tlir ioiir>e inlcmlod t<» be takon Ijy tJio Dominion (lovornmeni in rultilnn-nl cfliio lltli Article ol" tint Terms of I'nion of that Provin«o with Oanjuia. The (Vnnnuttef ol I'ouiioil ri'>|)«H't fully ret oniniond llial ilie Lioutcnant-Oovornor of British Colniiihia Ik- iiilbi-incl tliiti ihi-^ (ioverninent is givini;- il> most earnest t'on- nidcration to the |»r"iori for tlie consti'mtit'!! of the I'aciHc Kaihvay, an outline of whioli was^isen in the spoech lioliverod I'y .Mr. MaeUenzie at Sarnia. on the 25th Xovenilifr. a stheine wiiiih thoy helii'Ve will I'o at foptalile lo (he whole honiinion, ineliniinii' British < 'ohiiiil>ia, ami iliat tliey iiupe to he able within a short time to comniunieute more iletiiiitely with that I'roviiiee tin the subject. t'ertiried. (Si;-iKHl,) W A. lli.MswoKrii. (.Vtv/r, Piicij Council. (Copy No. 96.) ( i oVKRNMKXr U III SK, 24tli November. 1873. Sir, — I have the honor to cmiose a fiirthtM- niiinite of my E.xecntivc ("onncil referrinii' lo the non-tiiltilment hy the Duininioii tioxcrn neni of the lllli Article of the terms of Union of this l'ro\ iiice witii Canada. in accordance with the advice of iny .Minister.^, c.\|u'e-isi.ti in the minute, 1 be^ you to lie Jilt iiseJ to lay liet'oiv His IXcfllcncy (he (loM-rnor-lieneral. and to he jj^ood enonji;!) to lirini>' to His K.\cellency'-; attention, the jnevioiH ininntes of my K.\ecutive Council on t^ie ^aine siilijvci. which w^w forwarded for iii- coiisideratitin in my desjiatclies, Xo. (i7 and (i'8. 2t!th .Tiil\ la^l, the latter of which eonvevinj!; ii protes* from this nininion ( lov ernine'it to secure the com- mencenuMil v.ithin twn xcars trom ili<- djiii' of rnitin. of the coiistriiction of a Rail- road from the I'acilic towartis the K'ocky Mountains as jirovided in llie 11th Article of the Teiins of I'liion, is ycl iinaii wercd ; and lo iiio\ e His K.\celleniy' to communi- oate to this (Jovernment, in wiiatcvcr manner he may deem !i,i-'iiiciriiiir. on tht Tlitd ilaij of Xuciniln'r, 1873. The Committee of (.ouiicil liiivinn' hatl iimler t'oiisitlerulion a niemtu'andum from t!ie Honorable the Provincial Secrciaiy, dated 19th Xovemher, 1873, setting fortli the facts — That the (ioverniin'nt of Ihitisii loiumiiia has |»rotesten-fultil- ment by the ihitninion liovennnicnt nf the lltli Article of the Terms of Union. Tiiai beyond the acknowK'tiniiK-iit of the receipl, no reply has been made by tlio Dominion (iovernineiit to the despatth conveying the protest. That the (iovernineiit of Hriiish ('oluiiibia. looking at the actual condition of affairs, felt compelled lo await the aition of the Parliament of (,'iinatla, expected shortly to meet, and which diil meet al Ottawa on the 23rd of October last past. That the Parliament ofCamidji ha> ln'cn prorro\ ision liir the construction of the I'acitie Railway, That the Legislative Asecemlier ne.M, ami, That the non-fullilluient by the Dominion (^Jovcnimeut of the Terma of Union t of tho ominion Province lovenior ie>f con- aline of t\w 25th ominion, time to Council. ,873. e ('((iincil \rtiolo of Utf, I Ix'j^ I) be j:;ood Kxi'Ciitivo )n in my ii jirote^' ! tin- com of ii Rail- tli Article •onimuni- timc to tiiiii^t>monl in oxi-^t ihroni^-lioiit tlu- I'mvinco. The t'omniitteo ailvi>o Vuni- n.miM' lo .i.-!^ liir i»niiiiiiii)ii t lu-.cninu'ni, tiiioiitii! tho propoi' diannol, li'i- a ilccidc I ^'^|)|■^'•;>^il) i tif il.-. poli'-y. wi' Ij I'l.'aid !<• tho fullil- mont of the llth Ariick' of iho 'fi'i-iii-. M' I'iiimm, in oj-doi- that iho iulurnialioii may he given to the Lci^ishitiu'e at liic ojieiiin;;' nlihi I'Midng SeH.sioii. And they ro(Hient liiat tim di'ci^ion arrived ai ni> cuminunieatfi! Ii> Ynur IJoium- by toiejrram at liie caivli'.'si nioine'il |>'>-.-ii'!>' , and ;hf < 'oniniilli'i- iv-iu'i'lfiilly ^iil:^ohi, tiiul it tiie jUH'.-^ciil IJep )rt bo saiii-lioiied, 'I'dUi' ilniioi- '.vi'l bo |i!ea.'fd to fofwaid thi. Kime to ill-* Kxcelleiicy the tinveiiioi' Ucncral; and a!'-.> dra'.v hi • ;iUonli<)n lo (h^' Minuto> of Council, eacii l)eari j;x d:iu- tlu' lif); a I'ay nt .li.ly !;i-,i, I'.i i In- same f-iilijcii, one licin^r ii l'"'oU'st a'^ain^i tlio I'roarh of Ai'ti.|(ali-li iVoni iho Liciuenani Governor (d' Jii'itisl. Colnndiia, with a cups i.r a niiniile of hs Kxecativo (^^>unl il, rcferriiii!; to the non-fuiiilnieni, <"\ ihe purl of the C.iiialian (Jovernmenl, of tho lltli Article of the terms of I'nioii bei\voe:i liiai L'io\ inee and Canada in respect to tho construction of the Paeifu ktiilway. 1 liave tho honor to be, y\y Jiord, V(jur L'jrd>iiips ino-i obi.'diciK humble servani, (.Signed,) KiMBEKi.v. (iovernor (icncral The Jiight Honorable The Karl of Duirerin. K, P.. K, ( '. H. &.V. iVe. iVc. jii'uced h]f lum t'rom forth tho Inon-fuitil- lon. lie by tho lidition of expected last. |Febrnar\' VTctoriu jf Union ((Jonlidontial— Copy 3,494.) Ottawa. IVIi; nary Hi, 1^74. Mr Dear .Sir. — In yoin* eonvei-^aiion^ uiiii loading men in and out of the Ciovernnieut in Columbia, il will be weU to let ihem nndmslaiid that in proposing ;(. take longer time tiian i.-. |;ro\ided in eon^•lrll^■tin.^• lla lailway, we a.e aeiiiaieil solely 1)y an urgent neees^it_\. Tlnii w.-aie as.anxi'iis as po-siMi' ,(, reai Ii the object wught by all — llie early coii..triii tion of the roin' AVe are, however, advised b\- our Pugineeis, ibat ii 1 \ -il ai impossibility to conslrnet the I'oad in thai :ime— iha! is wilnin llie tiini' ])rovided in the terms of tho Union, and that any attempt to do bo can only re.>iil! in very great useless ex))ense and iinaticiai disor(ier. You etm poim (,iit ihat the survey'* fur t!io Intercolonial Jiaihvay wore begun in istlt. ami the \V"'.k canicl on iminierrupteil!\ ever sinee, and althougii tlie iitinosl expedition \va- used, il will re-piire still iii;hteen months to complete il. Ft it reipiire.s so maeh tinit; in a .-cttle i eoiinlry to build aUO miles of railway with lacilities every where li)r proeiiring all supplies, one may eoncoive tlic time and labor roi[uired to construct a lino iiv(^ times the length through u country all but totally unucllleU. 19—2 10 Yoli will point out tliiit i! is, in'causc m\i dc-ivc lo jif" in ;,'(mii! i'.iiiii towni'iis Colunil)iJi, tliat we ul oiioo nvi>\v our iiiiil)il!l\ lo cu/iv on; iho o\":icl coiulifions of tlio terms of Union. Thar it woiilil liavo liccii ;v< ci.^y nr.ilU'i' l'ol•tt^ to iiavo said nolliinij about it, or careK'ssiv to liavo assume I ilic la-^k ol'linis!iini;-tIu- loaii l.efoio ilio month of July, 1881. Actinu; fVom n clc; ire \<> dri'.l t; ;i;il-:l_v and honestly with Cohinibia, wo consiidered what we could do to alio; li, at ilie earliest ])o>siM(^ date, nomo nicans of travel across the continent preliminarx to and in ;i(i\an(e of a eoinpieto lino of railway. You will point out that, as pari oi' (';;> Ikiiuinion. it is as much in their interest as in our.s to ]>nrsue a careful, judicious ]iolicy ; also, tliat in as.-umini;- a disposition in spite of all reason to insist on impossihiliiic- iliey are oidy -eltintr ai defiance all the rest of the Dominion and the laws of nuMire. That by insisting- on the " pound o!' tle-h," ihvy will ojdy ^tini.daJe a feeling en the part of people generally lo avoid in tiie lulurc .giving anvlhinL; hut ilie " jKJun I of flesh." You will remember that the Dominion i-- li>)und to leaidi llie sealumrd of the Pacific only, not Victoi'ia or F. '(uiinalt, and you will lonvc y an ii iiinatiun to them that any further extension beyond l!ie he:id waters o;' tin^ Bu;e 1 nlel, oi- Avliatevcr other portion of the sea-waters nniy he leacheil, may ciepend emi'cly on the spirit shown by themselves in asseniiii;; ioa ioasoiiable extension ol' time or a inoUitieation of the terms originally agreed to. Y'ou will also put them in rciiuinlir.-iiire d' ilic terms they thein-elves proposed, which tc.ms were assented to by their Local Legidalnre, and point out that it was only the insane act of the adniiiustration Iiere which gave >uch conditions of Unio!i toColumhia; that it could oidy have been IjecaiiM! that adniinistralion sought addi- tional means of procuring cxieusive patronage inimedialciy before the general election, and saw in I'oming coM'.e-;;s the nuMi,^ of carrying the elecli(jns, that the Province obtained on pa])er terms whi-di at the time weie Ivnowii lo be itn[)o.-.- ibic of fultilmont. If you find any .avorable diposiiion among the lea ling men of the Province towards atl'oriUng a genei'ous considei'aiion to t!ie obsioits ncossiiy of giving a sufti- cient time tbi" ])ushing the ro.ad tiirough ( ' ibihib.a, you will eiulcvor to ascertain what value they tiitach to such con-; of L'nion, hnl was willing to go beyond them when the nccessin'es o! the l'ro\ incc seemed io demand such action, and that we not unnaturally exj)ec! similar ;icti ji oji the ]);:'( of llie I'rovince. In the event ot your lindinn' 'hat tlieiei-- a wiliingnes-. to accept a projiosition to extend the time for bnildin;;' the road, you will endeavor t(» obtain .some pi'ojiosi- tion from them, directly or indiri'cfly. a:id cinnmnnica'ie this tons by cipher tele- graph at once. If, on the other hand, tiny niake or indicate no propo-llion. you will telegi'iijth to us what you think would be acee[-iab!e, lu; wail a icply beloii' nialving any propo- sition. In the event of tlie ieaiinu' nuii e\ incing a uisjiosiiioii to negoiiale. you will endeavor to secure S(unething like a combination of iia.ities to sanction an\' pro[)osi- tion likely to ho generrJly accc|)te'l. It will be well tluit you should ta':e - une mean- ot' a r.'i laining the ]io|)ular view of the Railwa_\' (pn'slion. Thi- maybe doin^ by mingling among the ]ieojtlo and allowing them to speal< freely while you li;-len. icMembering in taking impres- sions that your audience maybe imin-e-- cd by special local cinr^iilerMions i-alher than the general question. it will be well not to cornine yourself lo I he vieiniiy of Ihe (iovernnunil oHiees or Victoi'ia, but (it cross to tlie main hmd and mee! wiMi ihe pcpli^ al We-tmiuster and other towns and villages on the lower reaihes of tlu' Kiazer. It may be that you will find there is a disposition manife.sled tp negotiate at Ottawa, in which ca.se you will advise us of the existence of such a desire. I I , Sri i ilia as t « I'efereiK I the I'ac 4 ]>ower t i quii'o at His Ex( Lie I n l(nvareling on " JlOUU I id of the 1 In them ^vhuU'ver ihe 8i)irit ditic'Jition p-.'oponoci, .;il it was ot" Union i--ht iultli- I election, Pi'ovinco 'ultilniont. I'rovini'o iiii; ii siiHi- ascertain lor of the mount, of ■tl that it in^r to i- k} jiopulai" lie ]i(joplo !';• iinpres- Itlu'i- than ImiI olhoes % (niinstef .gotiato at, Yon will tiilcc sp(>fia! r-uro not to admit in any wnv that wo ai'O bound to build the railway to ivijuinialt or any oMkv place on tiic; Island ; and while yon do not at all threaten not to hniid thcie. to Ui IJKin niidei'stand tliat this is wholly and purely a fonoes.-'ion. and thai its eo!i>(rtiouon musi ho. c iiitiiii^cnt on a reusonahlo course heiiin' )iiii'>ned n^-aidinir otlu-r jiai't-i of the ^chenie. It may i>e tlial the L )i-al (jovei'iiinoiit will dc-iiv to oonstitute the nfomhers for the (!on\mons a de!e,y;ation to d!seu-.s matter^ he.v; if this ho the <'ase, you will still i-emain ii;ilil we rliall coinnnisiii-a'e willi yon. Voii will laia.' every opportunity cf noljn^ fjio various matters connected with Dominion husiue.-i.-, in aeeoixiuiiou wiili ii!>ii ui'Sions tiial will he sent. 1 am. my lirar Sir, Yours laithrully, (s^igncd.) A. Mackenzie. (Copy.) Ottawa, Feb. 19tli, 1874. I)k.\h Sir, — Allow mo lo introdurr V,v. .F;nnos J). K. Edyar, of Toronto, who visits your I'roviinc i!;i jiublic husinoss for the ( ioverument. Mi". Ed^'ai' will confer with youi'selr and o'r.-r Mh'iulo -s of ilio (i'lvc-nmont of Columbia on the question lately aiiilatin^u' the pnlilic mind in Co!iini!'ia, and will be u'lad to reeoive your views regarding' 'lie poli^'y of the i^'ovoriimeiit on I'le eoiistraclioii of the railway. l?ut for (he meetini^of I'arlir.inen' in four week-^, some members of the (iovern- ment would have visited your l*i-ovin<-e, l»nl '!\lr. Ivlii-ar. as a public man, is -well known here ;iiid lully un le.'s!;indM llie <|iie-lious i,c will di>cuss with you. 1 need not, f .uii -ure. a-snre you of my own sincere desire to do all I can, not i;i. It is ill your inte.c- ! and i< ili ■ inlere^s*. of the Dominion thai we should both act with a reasonal'le aiijirociation of dilliciillio- v.-'.iich are un;ivoidablc, and devise means to remove tbein orovcicome tlicm. We have induce I -Mr. Ivla'ar to ^ro to Columbia, as we tboun-ht you yould prefer a full eonfei'ence with a;i aixeni to ;i te lions and jmssibly misaibsiiictoiy eorrespond- enee. T have the honor to be, Yours truly, (Signed,) A. [Mackenzie. Hon. Geo. A. Wnllcem. Attorney-General, Victoria. (Copy.) February 2l8t, 18'74. Sir, — The l)onie;- i- .lanK'> IX lvi_u-ai', Mso.. liarristcr, Toronto, who visits Colum- biaas the Agcntof ihc iXmiinio;-, (io\ern!iicni. to consult with your (iovernment with reforeme to the lali' r.iniatiou conccrnjiii' an extension ot" time for the construction of the Pacitic Jlailway beyond tb.ii promi-cd in the terms of b'liion. .Mr. Kdgar will e.vpla'n to Voav Kxccliciicy our anxiety to do everything in our power to meet the view> of your jicojile. lie will be (.^lad to receive your sM,L!;m'>!ions concerning matters which may re- quire aitontion. 1 am, Sir, very respectfully, Y'our obedient servant, (Signed,) A. iAlACKENZiE. His Excellency LieuleiuinL-'Jovernor T. W. Triitch, Victoria, IJritish Columbia, It l< I ("o. 130.) (inVERNMKNT TTOUSE, Ottawa, May ISlli, 1874. My Tifinn, — I hiivf tlu' honor to cmi'Icm^ for your liOi'dsliip's infovniation a news- <■./ .--jie'i't'li (lolivcic'd Iiy .Mr. Maokonzio on the 12th '' '■ • ihslant.. avIk'h i:nnhiii(iiii;- Kc-olntioiis lor a Bill to proviijc for tho Chiho. i2ili May. {•(iii-I i iial)t'l• of llie 12th instant, oj.jjlanatory of iho ^inv'-rnnion! iirojiHM. I have, &c. ']'!)(■ Right lIon(>ial le (.Signed) PrFFEUiN. The Kai'l o'' ('a!'na;voii. .— !ii conliMnatinn of my dospalch. Xo. 1.10. of tliis day's date, I have '■';iv 14. For nr- '''^' '"*'>'"■ '" <'iii-ln^o an rxt I'act from the Toronto J/(//7, an opposition ticio sec t^cTuii paior, fi-iiicibiu)^ the srlioiiio ol tlio y the houiinion l^irliament, in regard to lh(> I'aoitic i^ail\v;i\ . togetlier with the ropci'l^ df ilie pi'occodings in that Parliament, I'.nd other inrorniai conunnnication.s. have led me t'> apjtrehond that the dill'eronee of oiiinion wliieli has uiitlirtunateiy occu!tc(!, may not oidy prove diiHcult to adjuht. but may not inqtossibly, if it ivmaius litng uu hiinld be within the jnovinee and com- ],cteney of the J»oniinion Government and I.egi.sjaturo to bring to a natisfaetory koIu- rnnieiit and I'ailiamenf to give the fullest consideration iosncli rei»ri'H'nta!iMn :i-, may bo made on ibc p.'wl ot Biitiii-h (.'oluniliia, and to deal in tlio fairest and mo.^t Iibi>r;'l spirit with -wl-.n, may Ix* esta-blished as being the just claims ot'that Province. 3. At the same time. 1 am sirouuiy imjiri's-cd with the imjiortance of neglecting no means tliat fan )iro]ierly be adoii'.ed (bi- eil'ecting the speedy and amicable nettle- mcnt of a <|ne-tion which cannot without risk and obvious disadvantage to all jtartios icmain the subject of prolonged and it maybe, aci'imonious discu.sHion. and it has occurred to methat as in theoriginal ferm; and conditions of the admia.sion of British ( 'ohnnbia into the I'nion, certain points (as tor examjjle the aTnriunt of land to bo app:opri.'i(edfor the Indiau^. and the pensions to be assigned to public officers deprived of employment) were re.servcd for the decision of the Secretary of State, so in tho present case It may ]io.s^iiily I^e .•icccplabU' to both ])arlies tjuit I would tender my good oirices in determining tlj^ new point.s whicii have presented them.selve8 for Hcttl'Mncnf. I acco;'din;r!y addri'sscd !i (clc,;ian\ to you yesterday to the eilcct that 1 gi'ivifly rc'jiclfcl thai ;'• (iitlcicnio .>!iould exist betwee'-. the Dominiim and tho Province in rci^ard to (he raiUvav. mi'l tliiit if both Govornmcnts should unite in J 13 m. !i novvs- he 12th for llio • ol" this instant, RIN. R74. i, I have )j)(isition ERIN. 1874. do])artur» i\ of that pnrse pro- 1 rejiavd to rlianiont, orence of Ijuht. but itisfuction a matter ill these luvl com- tory Holu- 1)0 very iKt of the sidoration to deal in ; the just loglocting le nettle- 11 j):irtio9 nd it has of British and to bo deprived KO in the cnder my selves for L'lVoot that 11 iind the i\ unite in i 4 i desiring to refer to my arbitration all matters in eontrovor.sy, bidintr themselves to aceept such decision as I may tliiiilc fair and ju.-t, i would not (Ux line to undertake this sorviee. 4. Tlie duly which, uudor a sense of (he importance of the interests concerned, I have tlui- otTcred 1(> disclinrjfc is, of course, a re sponsible and ditHcult one, which I could not assume unless l>y fli" desire ni' both pj.rties, nor unless it sbouM lie fully a;;recd ibiit my dccisiuii, whatever it mny be, shall be accepted wiiliou) any question or demur. Ifil i^ cie-^ireii ihai I sb'.iilil act in this matter, it will I'e convenient for each partv to prepare a siiiii^mcnt, to Ix- communicated to the oilier luniy, and after a reasoualdo interval a counter statement ; and that on these written documents I sl.ould, reserving of course to nn-self the power of callinii,- for any olliei- intbrmation to guide mo in arriving at my conclusion, give my final decision. 5. I request you to transmit a copy of this despatch, with the utmost possible speed, to tho Lioutenant-Governor of British Columbia. I have comni;inicated to Mr. Sproat. the agen( for Rritisb rohmibia. f r transmission by teJcLi-raph to the (iovornmeni o| iluit I'mvince, ibe piiriinri of the tclegraui uhieh vesterdav. in order tliai in\ od'ei' in;i\" e.iine lielin-e both iiarlie- a- 1 have, i*ic. iiddresscil to you ooii as jiossible. Governor (iencrai The Rie-ht, Ilonorahlo The Karl of DutVerin, \\.V (Signed.) Carnarvon. , K.C.H., (<-<>i'y-) lY'iin Eari (i( (\trnnrvon tominion Government and that of British Columbia, and in which you have made so considerately a. sugiicstion in reeard to the settlement of the dispute. In accordance with your instructions, 1 have t'orwardcd a copy of the despatch to tho Lieutenant-Governor of British Cluinlii!i. toir(>tlioi' wiMi ;i rcpoil iiy .Mr. I'!i|i.'mi' of lii-^ nii^-ion t'") llmt Prnvinoe, no- ofiin!;:iiiii'i;i. TliO [^nrl '1' (';n:i;irvoi). (Signed,) DiTFEUlN. or bii of 'J'. 'In !ft>i>nr.il>lr th> S'^irttan/ of Sfatr 1'<>r Canadi : III ToRO.XTo, June nth, 1874. ;-'in, -I !i!Ui' iho !,i!ior to i^oport ili.'ii in tlio monfli of J-'ol.ruary last, 1 was ro- qnos.oc! Iiv llu rana'li;i!i (invfriiincnl im |moc'oci1 lo tin- I'l'ovinfu of Uritisli Coliiiiiliia on Mn'ir i'dialt', Z\y inissinn wax fur tho jmi'iioso of ascci'tainiiig tho trno -tato oi' fi't'llu:' in i',r I'iii\ iiir»' ujiuii llif siilijcet of c.'rtain changes wliich were iloi'iuod luMr^-aty . in llio Mvdu ami in liic liinil iif timo foi' tlie I'onstfuotion of Iho t'aiiaiiian j'aciiii.' l{ail\va\'. a-« wi'll as lo aMi-ml I > any other ImsiiK'^s reiinii'cd, and to act aiCanao|i!e of Jh'ilish Cohim- bia. ill jthice (e reieri-iiii;- to railway eon -iriietioii, is as follows: — "Tlie (idVeininen! <>f the J)oiiiiiuon midei'take In seeme tho eominoncomont ".sitiuiltani'ously, within I^Vl> years (Voni the date of I'liion, of tho const nietion of a "ralhvr.y tVoiii tlu- Paeiiie towards the Rocky .^fo^lllIaills, and from such ]ioint as may "lio Hek-eled e.-isi'^or th,- lioeloard "of ]>iiti-'i ''mIiiiuIuji with the lailway system ot Canada; and further to seeuro tlio "coi|ip!otioii of sueJ! railwaN within ten years from the dale o!' (he C'nlon." Tiio \ie\vs and j-oliiy of lii-; (iovernnien! upon the ([uostion of the Canadian PaciH". ]h:il\vay were eommunieated to lae in several interview-; hy the Jlon. ]Mr. MiickeiiJiie. anil [^d^ohad lln' heiiefi; of roi)veisatioii>, upon tho same snhjeet with many memhei ■ oi" •!;!• •iditiiiii'-t 'ation lnt'oi'(. | h'l't Ottawa. On the ove of my do- partur;.'. 1 veeeive I iVoni If.ii. .Mr. .Mae'veazic ccitain I'lirlher inslnielions andiliroctions for :iiy ;;MiIdanee whi'li wi'i'c eonlaiiie I in ihr lollowiiin- K-tter: — Ott.vW.V, Feb. l!»th, 187-4. My De.\h Sir. — In your conversations with leading men in and out of tho Gov- crnmenl m ( 'olnniliia. it will Ik^ well to let liiem undei-stand that in proposing to take longer time than is provided for const riicliii!.'; the railway' we aiT actuated solely by an nri^ent nect'ssiiy ; ili-it we ;ire asaiixioin as ]io-sihle to reach the ol)Ject sought by all. vi.',; the eoMstriiclioii of the roiid. We ari'. iiov/eve'', .advised liv our haiuiiiieci-; that i; i.> a physical impo.ssibiUty to t'on^tru'", the coad in thai lime — thai is within the time jirovideil by the terms of Union, and thai :ny altemjit to do so can only result in wtvy gi'eat usidess exjiense and oin' oat that tho surveys ior the Intercolonial Jiail- way were be^ain in 1X(! !, jind ilic ^\l)|•I; cariaed on uninterruptedly ever since, and aUlioiii^h tho ntnio-t expedition wa- ii-cl. it will still require eighteen months to com- plete ii. « jf it re'(iii;-ed ^o iiiuili lime in a -ettied country to biiihl 500 miles of railway, wii'i facilities every where tl>r |)ro(airing all sujijilies, one may conceive the timo and laboui" re jiiired to constiMict a line hve times that length through a country all but totally unsettled. Vou v.'il! point out (hat it is because we desire to act in good faith towards Co- lumhia that wo at once avowour inaliilily to carry out the exact conditions of the terms of I'liion, that it woukl have been un easy matter for us to say nothing about, 15 inoo, nc- •-(ioneral KlUX. 1874. I was ro- r liritish 'crtiiiiiiii^ >;i'8 wli it'll riK'tiou of iiiiod, and t as might sli C'ohim- oin))lotion of Union. lont'cmont ction of a int asniay J seaijoanl ;o(uro the 11." Canadian on. Mr. jcct with f my dc- irectiona 187-4. tho Gov- >r)8ing to ted solely •t ^(night ■iibility to terms of s expense iiinl Kail- Inco, and IS to com- raihvay, time and y all but rards Co- lis of the ig about, or oarelesslv to luive n^^mued iIp' i;i>k < I lliiishing tli.) roatl 1 .li u ilir ir.oiit}-, fi'July, 1S81. .Vctin;^. linuo\ t'l'. iVniii a dc-iir i(i ilc;il iVanUJv iitid li(in('-il_\' witli l>iiii? li Ci'iiini- biii, we coii^iilcicd wlial \vc (•diild dn tu alVcnl at tiio eai'!ie>t |iii.>,-il'i<' dair 'nmc nioan.s of travel aii-io-- !lir (iiiiiineiil ]>: e'iiniharv to. and in iiilviii.ec of:', cuniiilele l!i:e of railway. \i)'A will |n>in! >.'ii lliai. !i- |ia. I nf the 1' 'miniuii. it is a> nincli in i liiir iiiUrc l< as in niii'- to piirsiif a e.ii ('I'm! iudii-iuii- policy. al-<> that in a>-nmin'X a dispo>iti('ii, in spilt! oi" all ri-a-""!!. in iu.^i.^! on iiii|iii -siliilit ic . iheyare only ^< nini;" at de:!'.'.n'0 all the rest of f lie I >oiiii.iioii and the law > o|' iiatiii'<\ Tiia! Iiy iusi-tih';; on •■ f/ic pound of flesh" they will cnl; -tiinidalr ;i let'linn" on ihc pan nt' peoj.lt.' ;^-f:ier;dly lo avojj in future givinL'' .■inyll;i;i!r l.iii •' tif /■"•nii/ oi' ilcsh." ^'t)a\\ill ii'MieM.! f!' llial tlitt J)oniiinoii is jiouiitl lo rear!: i lif " > .(Ar,,o',7 (/the J'(t('ijic '' only, not V'iftoiia or l!s'|iiiniaidl. :.n I yon will ioii\ ,'\ an iniimalion to l.em that any further extfnsit)n htyoml iIk' ualfis o|' (5uie inlcl. or wli;'.!tVi'r otiittr portion of till! sf.-i watei's ni;iy I.e reat-lHil. M;i\ ilfj ■. iri eniiu'ly on llie.-pii'it shov.ii !>yliiCin- stdvfs in asx'ntin!^ lo a reasonal'if t'.Mi n-ion ":' liinc, oi' a ino iitifali'Mi m' the terras original l\ .ngreeil |i>. Vtiu will also ptu thfin in reKtfndirant-e of ilie Ifrni- lliey tiuini-elvos proposed, Avhich lernis were as>enled to l>y tlitiii- r.i'cal he^-islalnrf, and point e l hat administration s.>ught ad liiional means of proeuring exlensioii of p.i(ri)nage ininie liately boforL! the general elec- tion, end saw in eommg fontrafis tho nutans of enrrying the eleetion-. tha'; tho Provin.-e t)btaiiied on pa])er lei'in-, whiiii al i!ie iiiu.-, wore known t) I'c inipo .■ginph to us what you think wouhl !)e accepiable, but wait, a re])!y bof.ire maiiing .any pro- position. liaie. vou will In the event of the leatiing men evincing a disposition ^^t nei endeavour to seeure N)inelhing like a eoinbination of parties to sanetion any propii- sition likely to be geiK>rally acceptalile, it will bo well lint ytjii should take -otne nuMMs t ■ ( a- eei'tainin: ih. of tho railway ([ueslion. This may bo ilouo bv minglin popu among tlie jieople lar View •'> and allowing them to speak freely while ymi listen; reniendiering in taking imju-e-sions that youi' audienee may be imjire-sed by sjieeial local coiisi derations rati;t:r than neral ijiiestion.--. 1 1 wi II no well not to eonline voursolf Lo the vieiniiv ol'ihe (lovcrnnient oHice' or Vieloiia, but to cross to the main land, a.nd visit the jicoplo at Wesiniinsler. untl otl ler towns antl villaiies tui the lower iwiches of llie I" r.!/.er, m IV be that V oil WI 11 rind there ii tiisposition manifesled to negoliale at, Ottawa, in which casvs yon will advise ul< t)f the existence of such a de-ire. Yon will taki> special eare not, it> admit in any way that wo arc bound to build tho railway to Esipumuult, or to any other 16 I I place oil till! I>l:ui'l. airl wiiilf yt tlu'in uiiil((l i'i\:;artitii(i.' tlio ineinlurs !'i»r tlio ( lommnrn a dfimtalioii t;) discuss tnatici-s hci'c; if lliis ho tlio nisc, you will still remain until wo ^llall I'omiiiuiiifato with \oii. You will laki' rvoi-y o]i|i(trtiiiiity of iiotiiii; the vai'ioiiH matters coiiueclcd with the l>omiiiioii liu.sinoss in accci'daiici' with iiistiMiitioiis thai will hi- st'iit. I am. Miy dear Sir, Voui's f'aitht'iilly, (^Sitjiud,) A. Mackk.nzie. J. D. Kd^ar, I',n|.. Toronto. Whoi\ ] recoiviMJ ihr ulmvi' Iciu-r I lost no linn-, and starling upon my JourMcy and loavini; 'Puront.!. Fid»i-iiai-y iMrd. I arrived upon .Mai'ch !*lii at \'ictoi-ia. the capital of British Coiiimhia. On tho day thai I landed in \ictoria, the lion. Mr. Walkom, loadci'ot' tho liocal (iovcriimeiit, called ujion nn-. and I mado him awaio of the ohjocl of my mission. Ipon the same ilay I haiid(xl him l[oii, .Xfr. .Mackenzie's lotler of Kith I'cliniai'y (Appendix A), also intoi-inin^i; him that i had U-ltcrs fi'(»m His Kxcel- loncy the (iovei-nor-tioneral to his Honor tiic Lieutenant ( lovernor. which were next day delivered. A cry .soon afterward-. Mr. \V:ilkem introduced me to his col- leagues as tJie re|wo>eniali\e o|' the Canadian < Jovcrninent. l']K)ii my ur-ri\ai in (he I'rovinee, i loiind thai an int(;n>-e interc.-l was manifested by all the population in whatever related to the (pie-^tion of railway consii-uction. It is difficult at a distaJici' lo conceive ihe importance ilial i> aliached to the railway by the British Coll, ndiiaiis. Un account of the vast cun lru(tio;i expenditure, and the Bjiarseiii'ssof ilie])opnlation who won Id jiai'iicipale in the iini'iediaili- heiicfits derival)le from it, an interest of a direct and ]iersonal < haracter i~ fell upon this subject. Tho entire white i>opiilation of the Pi-oviiicc. act'ordin;;' to ilie census of 1870, was 8,57*1 souls. Of this miinhcr there were ii]ion the mainlai:d .'JjlOl. and uiion Van- couver J sland, 5.1 7.'». The uliite ]Mipuiatinn to-ilav has prol.;dily inereas^d to 10,000. Witli tho exception, perhaps, of liie n'old mini's, ulio are ci i:tinc-d to the main land, there is no ida-^s in theProvinci' (hat woidd md derive immediate personal aiantly: while lin'-eof means aiul leisuiv would bo cnricheil by (he inerea-c in the value oi' their projierty. The circumstances of the curly seltlemeni of the Pi'ovincc iravc it a po|iulaiion of peculiar intelligence; and the fact that most ot' the rouuher kind of labor i-^ iiertiirmed by Chinamen and Indians, lias atTorded Jn an espeeial way in the people of' \ ictoria. the Provincial Me- tropolis, leisure and ojipori unity for ihc Inlle.^t discussion ol' their great (j nest ion of the day. Their keen intelligence and zeal in public affairs ^uggests a parallel in tiie hintoryof someof the minor States of ancient (irecce or Italy. Although a strong feeling ot' jealousy of the greatness ot' Victoria iindoulptedly exists in parts of the main huul, yet thai tnwn istlu; chief eodre of piddic opinion. llu population isalmost equal to the whole of tlu- rc->t of the Province, and in its midst arc tlie head-quarters of Government, of the courts, of the churches, and of trade. Within three miles there is the tine harbor of Ks(juimau!t. with its arsemil ami British ships of war. To Victoria the (|uestionof the location of the railway terminus is all important, bccau.se there is nothing in tiie terms of I'ldon which settles that there shall be any jtorfion of the line upon Vancouver Island, a revocable Order in Council, and the intrinsic merits claimed for the Island location, are the grounds upon which they hoped to secure the terminus at Ksquimaidt. "When it became well understood that tho .surveys were not yet so far advanced as to warraid the (^anailian Government in fixing the i)ermanent route and Western tormimis of the railway, it was strongly urged upon me by many jtersons in Victoria that the construction of the line of rail- way should be ut once undertaken by the Dominion from tho harbor of Esquimault to I amon; while expen< period 1 1 instilu form, '■ourag are re elected istors ( niainla (lignit\ ■ Al session, nuiubci vincial ■ J)opulat to see tl , unfair t t, seniafiv I at the I: : his opt)( i Tli. I week be 1 the 8ubj( minion, the Loc! is as foil " of Un 1! It iro, to It>t (•(»nstrin- lu-r iiiiria minis fur I will Ntill iClcil with ENZIE. \y iouriu\v flu- ca pit ill . Wallcoiii, ciiio oi>ii'(.i ■■> lotU'i' of II is Excel- vliich were > to his ool- , iiiiinil'oslecl ruction. It railway hy lie, aiul tlie its ilerivalilc [this subject. 1870. was upon \ Jin- ,1 to 10,000. main laml, uilvantajft's ami in agri- •0 would 1 10 mcos of tho gonce ; and iiuimcn niid )vini'ial Mc- ■stiou of the ■allcl in tho gh a strong parts of tho [on is almost ad-(iuartors miles there , important, [liall l.>o any [oil, and the Iwhich they Irstood that [oinment in lis strongly lline of rail- luimault to tho pfirt of Nanainio, on iho e;u->t coa--l of VaneouveP Island, a distance of about sovenly miles. Itwasargucd that ai whatevci' i)oint upon tiio mainhmd the l'a;'irlc Railway might ho hi'ouglit to tlie ciM.st. a : ti-am I'errv tlu-nco lo .\ana'.mi> miglil ho ostahlishcM.l, and would rendo'' ilicir pDilion oi railway a means of ciiiiiicidoral>lo and protitnljle traffic over tins linr. in the cairl.i-o of f(;al to DsiiuiniaiilL lor the mines at Is'anaimonnd Departure J5ay. Moreover, it was eontoiidod that in view of tlio admilinl impossibility to coin- pleto the construction of the tians-eonlinenlal railway witliin tiio time originallv limitexl, some substantial <-oiicossioii> should hf mad(! to the j>0O])le of the Ishtnd.as (•omj>ons;ilion foi' tln'ii' disappDintmrni aiiti )Pi'ospt.'fiive ios-os. A I'ontetitioh similarlo tin- hist menliomd one wasalsi pre:ised tipoii iniMvarndy by leading m"n ot' the maiidaiid, who cfMisidered that they were now I'lilitled to have .some definite nnderstaii<» much in -.vgard to Mie nilimate comple- tion, as to the early, vigorous, and eoiilinuous »uusiruelion of the railway upnu lie mainland. It was represented that thci-r engaged in agriciillure aiid st)ck raising in the interior parts of the country were almost without a markoL for thoir produce, partly because the gold miners were leaving iti lonslderahle nunihoi-, and partly for the reason that in anticipation nf I'ailway coiisi ni lion they had raised more crop> than usual. The great distance to liic coast, and the stupendous mountain ranges to he traversed, prevented them fKjtn getting the bulky pi'o lucls of thoir land to the Island markets of Victoria or Xanaimo. Hciiig familial' with the dlliiculties to be mot with b}' engineers in seeking Ini- a railway route througii their country, the main land people were not disposed to blaiue tho Domiiuon lor iii>i-^ting upon fuilhcr time and surveys before tixing the locati ni. Their imincdiato necessities also induced them to attach more inijjortance to tiie >ccaring of an early and steady o.\])enditure ■•imongst themselves tlian to the maiiilainiiig of any .-irbit rary tinie limit I'or completion, while they also expressed theii' perfcel appieeiaiioii of tho agreement that a viu'orous expenditure of ilself involves an accomplisliinent of the wcn-Jc within a reasonable period. In the I'rovincial (Jonsliuitioimf Hriiish ( 'ohnubia the woricingof reproseiitativo institutions, and ro.-^poiisiblo jiarliameiuary government may be studied in a simple form. The system is elaborate.! out oi', |)erhap>, sle'.nler materials, lull has been courageously tiishioned aliei' the mold of the Hrili>h Coiislitulion. Tiio people are represented by a IIoum* of twoiuy-llve members, of whom liiii'loen are elected from the. mainland, and twelve from the Island, in ihis lloa.->c .-ii. the Min- isters of the Cr(Mvn, li>ur in numbisr. two boii.g Inland iiuMiibei'^ and two from tht^ mainland. The deliberations arc presided over l>\- a .S|(oakei'. and duo iv-poet foithe dignity oi" the Assembly is mainlaino;! by a Sergeant-al-Arm-. Although 1 liad not ilio I'orluae to bo in ihi; eouiilry when tho ILoiiso was in session, i was able to discover among the gentleinon who hohl seals, a eonsidorablo numbe)' of much experience, anil somewhat above the average inloUigeuce of Pro- vincial legislators. To thooo Jieeustoiuod to older Canadian eon- of opinion thai no alteration in the fiM clau-c slKjuld Im por- '• mitte,'^e>s few attra(tion> in the cye^ of th«' party in power. Wl)ile jireparedto admit that the J'rovine«> would Ito nio^t reasonahle, and would not ho di- poced to insiht at all u]ion tin- oii^n'mil lime limit for completion, yot membcrM of the Adminif-li-ation, looking at it, fiom their own point of view, very naturally urged that lhi» was apeeuliaily unfortunate time to. -leekanj' alterations. I also diMeovorod that the first Aet of the Provincial Sialuic Book of 187.'<— t eontainod elemcnth of danger to the continued harmony hetwecn the (ieneral and Local Gov- ornments. Tiiis Act hccame necessary to authorize the I'lovineial to reeeive from the Dominion (Jovernmcnt the large stims fit' money, iioth for the Ksquimault graving dock, and for other )»uhlic workH, which the Local Government petitioned the Do- minion Government to advance, and which re(|ue>t.>4 the l.itter com|)lied with as con- cessions to thePiovince in excens ot' what c(ndd bo claimed under Articles two and twelve of the termsof Union. A saving clause oi- |irovi-o wa-' inserted in this Act containing very .strong language eoncerning th«' rights and wi-ongsot' British Colum- bia as regards the railwa\-, and adding: — ''This Act shall not have any Ibrco or " cft'ect unless the above proviso be inserted, in the same words, in any Act of I'ar- '• liument of Canada whion may bo passed for the purposes of this Act." A profound anxiety at once manifested by .Mr. Walkem an^od by the]jOcal(tovernnieut upon the subject, and I was eonlinually urged to jiiess upon the i)ominion (Jovern- mcnt the anxiety of the Vrovineial Mini-^try for liie ado))tlon of the .saving clause, and J took many oj)portunities of doing so. Thi- pressure coniinuet of Mi-. \Vaiieal io tlie peojjle. According to instruc*^ions received, it was my aim from the very tirst to take every means of aseei-taining tlio popular view of the railway question. JufleoJ when it was uudeistood thai the Canadian Governntent Jiad delegatetl ine upon this and general matters, the j)oliteness and hospitable attentions of all classes soon rendered it an* easy matter to form some estimate of public opinion. All were {is willing to communicate as I was anxious to receive their various views and informa- tion. 1 paid two brief visits to the mainland, meeting with peo])lc of !New "West- minttter, Jlope, Yale, and some few other places, and 1 was so fortunate as to meet, at one time or another, neai-h- all the memliers of the Local Legislature, and many other persons of local prominence iiom the mainland. The Lioutenunt-Governor and the lion. Captain Hare, yenior Js'aval Officer at Esquimault, kindly afforded nie an opportunity of visiting the cast coast of the island, in company with them, on boju-d H.M.H. Mi/rmidan. lit ■x^-^ c:-.-ti-5«» Sii-vrflfti^r. • ■t -■•■••.:. - .^v J!— - lid Jh5 i)».'r- //;-t'i. Noiwitlistjindiiig the aililude tluil was assumeil hy the Provincial Governnienl again^t the suhmissioii of a propo.sal, or the <»pening of negotiations to alter the rail- way terms, it wa^- (|uile apparent that popular feeling, all over the Province, was strongly in favor of some detinili- settlement heing arrived at upon the question. The notorious and admitted failure of the original scheme of railway oonstruction had unsettled the businc-s (»t' the country, and the whole community, including even those who would have been the most exacting in bargaining with Canada for new tern , were aiixiou.s to have a proposal made and to have a full opportunity for dis- cussing antl accepting or rejecting il. 1 felt, therefore, (hat I should take an early opportunity of arriving at the view^s of he Local (Jovernmenl ujion the subject. [ was given an appointment by Mr. Walkem in the first week of April, and then confidentially discussed with his .Nlinistry the whole question of Jilleration in the railway terms. I may mention that upon this (occasion no ditRculty was raised as to my authority to reproHent the General (iovernn\ent. At this time there was considerable irritation displayed by Ministers upon the subje(;t at the saving clause before alluded to; they would not admit any necessity for a jiresenL settlement of the lailway (piestion, but still persisteil that next year, or some future time, should bo awaited for the making of any such propositions; aiu'- thcy were particularly careful to avoid saying what concessions in their opinion would be acceptable lo llie Province in lieu of iho original terms. The attitudo of the Local Ministry rendered U. more important than ever thai the pojmhir feeling should be accurately ascertained, and it was my aim to discover it by unreserved discussion with a^ many men as pf>-isihlo of the different parties and localities. It was now quite apparent that the Local Ministers were determined to be obstructive, and it became all the more neeci.ssary to satisfy the ])eople in so far as their views were found to be reasor.ible. After receiving from me the best infoi-mation I could i.U])ply, Hon. Mr. >'ackenzio directed m« lo make the Provincial Government certain proposals which were so arranged as to give large and certain advantages to the mainland equally with the Island; and on the 6th May, I was instructed to put them formally in writing and give them to the Local Premier and a copy to the Lieulenanl-Govei'nor. Upon the 8th May [ had prepared, and 1 read over to Mr. Walkem, the letter of that date containing the proposals (Appendix B) and upon the following tlay 1 lianded it to him, and furnished a copy to His Honor the Liontennnt-Govornor an directed, accompanied with a short note ■^. 20 .^. ' ■_t ' lA (App(>nriix C). I had mnfle arranc:omonts thi- another visit U) tho mainland to ascertain Roinetliiiit,^ innvo of tlio rceliii,!j: t)i(Mc', whilo liic Provincial riovcrnnicnt wore having tho pvopn>^nls mulor <'on^iil(M:ilion. Bot'oio s;iiiina' for Now Wcstniiiistor, however, 1 roccivcA thf lottor from Mr. Wallo peculiar a cornnimiication on Mr. "Walkoni'.- j'aii, :it(cr ho and his colloaaiios had roco.'niiscd me as ^U(•h au;ont ahiiosi evory dav lor two niontlis. that 1 folt it would he better nofe to bo too hasty in acooptinu' "that as a serious and Una! reply to the proposals*, but await tho lap^o of a low days to I o oooupiod l\v nio in vi.'^itinp; Now Westniinstoi*, Bui'iard's Inlot, Yalo and soir.o otiior places on the mainland. I'pon returninc^ to A^ietoi'ia on Saturday, KUh May, I was w.aittMl upon ly a deputation of leading geu- tlonicii, oonnoctcd with holh .-idos of l^oal lioiitics. who inforniod mo that it had been announced in the House ol' Cojiimuiis at Ottawa, iiy Jlon. Mr, Mackenzie, that pro- posals had Icon made on behalf of his Miinstiy. throutih myself to the Provincial (loveininoni as to tlio alteration of tho railway terms; and yet that it was denied by iiiemi ers oi' the Local .Mini-tiy. and ly 'lifir tiew>|::iper organ, that any proposals ■whatever had boon made. They lojircsiiitod thiit the popular feeling was very much excited upon the suhjoct. and thai tlio pooido were anxious to have the earliest oiipoitunily of coiif-idcrinp: and deciding upon the question, and I was asked to in- fotm thorn Avhothcr -iich proposals hail boon made. T'^pon receiving an affirmative rc])ly they took their Icavo, and -hoitiy altoi wards, as the intelligence ."-pread, con- siderable excitement was maniiisted til the treatment the jiroposals were receiving at tho hands of Local iliiiisttrs. In oi'der to alford 3Ir. Walkem another opportunitj- to reply to the proposaln, or to consider them, ifhe v:o]\' ;it all desiious of doing so, 1 again addressed him. and in a letter of l.Sth M.ay, (Appendix F.) endoavoiirod to point out that he could not ignore tho communicali( II of 8th May, ami reiterated the ro(]uost on behalf of the Govern- metu of Canada, that tiio [irdpcsals should leceivo tho considei'at ion to which they were c-ntif led. In reply to ihisl received the letter. (Apjiendix F) and upon the 19th May. under 'directions from Ifon. Mr. Mackenzie. I lelt Victoria upon my leturn journey without any further rfticml conmunication with the Local 51inistry.' I may be iiemiitted to mentiin th.nt Ui^ Honor iho Lieutenant-Governor, through- out tho whole of my vi:-it. wa-- always most obliging in giving me upon all public questions: veiy 'ul! information, which his large expeiience in the Province rendered of the highest value. Ho al.-n manifested an earnest wi h to see a definite and ami- eable sottlom- nt of th.c railway qU'.stion ^]leedily arrived at between the General and Provincial (iovernments. Ill accortlanco with the direction contained in the last paragraph of lion Mr. Mackenzie's letter to mo of the IDth Febvii.avy. I took every opportunity during my --tay in British Columbia, of noting various mtitters conneotod with Dominion busi- ness and interests. In several despatchoB to Heads of Departments, as well a.s in verbal communications with Ministers, ! have already called attention to some impor- ^ .-i: .' *i...i i.:...i i I ^ have the hoiior of oomi " " ipor- and I p;(>po>e to have the hoiior of oommunicatiug in heparalo reports or despatojies upon several other ])(iinls oC intore^^t and importance kind. ■ ~i ■-, ^. , — ..ler jiomls eonneeted with Dominion affairs in tho Pacific Province. I have tlK- honor to be. Sir, Vuur oliedient servant. (Signed,) J. D. EdoaR. APPENDIX A. Ottaw.\, February IGth, 1874, Dk.^r Silt, — Allow me to intro'.liicc Mr. James D. Edgar, of Toronto, who visits your Provinee ou public busiuoss for the Govei-nment. Mr. Edgar will confer with yonrsolf and other members of tho Govornmcnt of Columbia on the questions lately 21 lo ascertain ore haviug however, 1 lijoctions to ■ hopcciiliai- vor<>'niiscd e betier not> ai-a\», but 't'stminstor, eturnin£]f to learling gcii- it liad been f, thiit pro- ; Provincial IS denied by y ]ii'0])Osals g was very the earliefy the mor.lh of July, 1881. In proposing to take a longer time for constru( ting the railway, the Canadian Govemmenl tire actuated solely by an in gent necessity. They are advised l>y iliei: engineers thai tho ph3'Bical ditiic'iliies are so much greater than Avas expecteil that it is an impossi- bility to construct :he railway within the time limited by liic ic-rms of Union, and that any atlemjit to do so can only n'siilt in wasteful expenditure tind frnau- cial embarrassment. It in because they desire to act in gotxl faith towards lh-iti>h Columbia t! at tiie Canadian Miiustiy at oiu-e avow the ditliciilty of tarrying out the exr;ct terms of Union, whilst tliey have no desire to avoid tlic I'liU le.spon.^i- bility of Canada to complete the r.iilway by all means in her power and at tho earliest practicable date. The eleventh Ai'ticle of the terms of Union, eniiioilii's the i old proposition that tht! railway sliould be commenct'd in two and coniiileied i;; ten years I'roni the date of Union, to connect tho seaboard ol British Colund'iii with tlie railway .system of Canada. Feeling the impossibility olConiplying with ilii-^ tin;e limit lor com- l)lotion, the (iovernmen. is ]jrepart.Ml to make ncAV sti])ulaii(Uis and to enter into additional obligations oi' a detinite characler, for tho benetit of tho Province. They projx)8e to commence construe ion Irom Es(|uimault to Xanaimo )i>imediately. and to push that poi lion ol' railway on to coni])letion with the utmost viiri r aini in tlie shortest practicable time. The engineering difliculties on the mainland have Uiifortunaicly uuiied out to be so serious that further surveys must necessarily be made befoi'e the liest route can l>o detornunetl upon. The Government have already !i;dct.«d Parlianuui iov a large sum for tho pnrpot^e of currying on those surveys, and no expenditure will he spared to achieve the mOKt speedy and reliable solecMon of a pormnnont location of the hnenpon T^ II i the mainland. It is useless to propose an actual construction being undertaken bofoi'o the location has been deteimined upon ; but in order to at^'ord us much benetit from tbo woi'lvK ol' const ruclidii from tlio very first, as can possibly bo derived by the people of the interior, the Government woiikl immediately open up a road, and build a tele- graph line aloni!; the whole length of the railway in the Province, and carry telegraph wire across the continent. It is believed that the more commencement to build n railway at the seaboard, as sti]»ulate'» for in tlio existing terms, would give but little satLsfaclion to the producers livinic upr>n the east side ol the ('ascade Mountains, who would be unable without a road being first constructed, to find a marlcet idl along the whole extejit of the railway, wherever construction was progressing. It would then be the aim of the (lovei'iiment to sti-ain every worve to push lurward the construction of the railway; and they would endeavor at the same lime so to arrange the expen- diture tiiat the legitimate advantages derivable from it, would, as mucii as possible, fall into the hands of our own producers. In addition to constructing the road to facilitate transport along (h(^ located line, they are anxious to avail themselves of the large supplies of all kinds of provisions now existing, or capable of being produced, in the interior, and would proceed from the very lirst with all the works of construction in that portion of the (ountry that their energy could sanction. It is to bo observed thai while the terms of union contemplated the completion of the Avhole railway within a certain numbei- ol' years, they made no provisions of any certainty of C/v])enditure in any particular time, or in any particular portion of the line. To predicate the highest expenditure, which in anyone year might be war- ranted in a particular portion of a great work like this, is certainly difficult; and it is Btill moroditlicult to arrive at the lowest fixed annual sum, which in every year and under all circumstances might bo judiciously expended as a minimum in local con- struction. To a country like British Columbia, il is conceded, however, to l)o an important point that not only the prompt and vigorous commencement, but also the continuous prosecution of the work of construcrion within the limits ol the Pro- vince should be guaranteed. In order therefore to secure an absolute certainty in this direction, and although the length of lino within the Province is estimated at only about onc-tifth of the whnle length, the Dominion (Tovernment are disposed to con- cede to British Columbia that the moment the surveys and road on the mainland can be completed, there shall be in each and every year, and oven under the most unfavorable circumstances, during the construction of the ra Iway, a minimum ex- penditure upon works of constru'.-tion witliin the Province, of at least one million and nvo hundred thousand dollars. Thai this will secure the continuous progress of the works in the Province, without any intermission is quite apparent, and it must also be perfectly clear that so largo an annual sum could not bo expended by any Dorainiou administration in a remote district without holding out to the country some early prospect of a return for it, ami at the same time showing that they were i)roceeding with the works with suflicient rapidity to bring the investment into an early condi- tion to earn something. In reference to 'Jus ])oint. I may be [lermitted to refer to the fact that the delegates from British Colum )ia. who negotiated the terms of Union were instriictotl by the PiMvincial Legislature to accept an undertaliingfiom Canada, to build tho railway with a guaranteed annual exponditure in the Province upon con- struction, of one million of dollars, to begin at the end of three years after union. We must assume that this L^narantoe of continuous construction was only abandoned by the delegates upon a eonvit't ion of both the sincerity and the feasabiiity of tho oti'er of early completion that was made to them, i ti'ust that the proposal's of the Dominion Cabinet, which I have sketched above, will Ih; considered and accepted by British Columbia, as an earnest elfort on tho part of ihc former to carry out the spirit of the obligatiims to the Province. The )-)ader of the Canadian (iovernment has instriicUnl nio to place those matters before 3-ou, as loader f)f the Provincial Administrati(m, ami at tho same time to furnish a copy to His Excellency the Licutenant-tiovernor. The substance of these proposals has been sent to mo by felegrajthic cypher, and based upon that, I have the honor of communicating them to you. The Dominion Government would bo ghvd to have tho ken before snetit from the people uild u tele- ■ telegraph to build n but little itains, who 1 along the would then onstructioTi the expon- as possible, ho road to elves of the iroduced. iu onstruction completion rovisions of • portion of light be war- lit; and it is sry year and n local con- sr, to i)o an nt, but also 1 oi the Pro- ainty in this itcd at only oscd to con- lainland can lor the most linimum ex- million and Of less of the it must also ly Dominion some early proceeding arly oondi- j rotor to the m-i of Union om Canada, CO upon con- after union, abandoned )ility of the )osals of the accepted by rry out the hoso matters no to furnish OHO proposals he honor of d to have the consideration (hits proposal entertained by your Administration and to learn the con» elusion of the Government of Jiritish Columbia upon tlio f^ubject. 1 have the honor to Iio, fciir, Your obodiont servant, (Signed,) J. D. Edoab. Hon. George A. Walkem, M.P.P., Attorney-General. APPENDIX C. Victoria, B. C, May 9th 1874. Sir, — I have the honor to inlbrni Your Excolloncy that in accordance with in- structions from Hon. Alox:inder Mackenzie, leader of tlio Canadian Government. I have submitted to the Hon. G. A. Wallcom, loader of your Ministry, the views of the former upon the (|uestioii of the Caiuula Pacilic iiailway. with a view to the relaxation of the tei'ms of Union so far as regards the lime limited for the completion of the railway, i was at the same time instructed tofurnLsh tor Your^Kxceilency's informa- tion a copy, which 1 now have the honor to enclose, of tlie communication addressed by me to your Minister upon that subject. 1 have tlic honor to bo. Your Excellency's obedient eenaut, (Signed,) J. D. Edgar. His Exoellencj- The Hon. Joseph W. Trutch, Lieutenant-Governor of British Columbia. «#• APPENDIX D. Attorney-General's Department, VicToui.v, Ma}- lltli, 1874. Sir, — I have the honor to acknowledge the- receipt on Saturday, the 9th instant, of your letter of the ])rcvious day's date. In reply lo your I'cquest lliat I siiould .submit your projiosiilh for a cliange in the railway clause of the terms of Union to the Local AdminiNtration for their considera- tion and aceejitance, 1 have the honor to inform you tliat 1 am not in a jtosition to advise His Excellency the Lieulenant-(iovcrnor in Council to treat such proposals officially, nor can I tender such advice until I shall have boon iidormcd that you have boon specially accredited to act in this matter as the agent of the General Gov- ernment, and that they will consider your acts or negotiations in the matter binding upon them. J have the honor to be, &c.. (Signed,) G. A. Walkem, Attorney-General. James D. Edgar, Esq., Victoria. APPENDIX E. Victoria, May 18th, 1874. Sir, — I have the honor to a(!knowIcdgo having received your letter of the lith inst., just betbro leaving lor the mainland, lam sure you caDn«)t have forgotten that letters from the highest (lignitai-ies at Ottawa, which have been long ago delivered by rufT 24 4 me both to His l-llxcellcncy tlic Lieutenant-Governor and to youvHclf, have informed you iiuUlcamo to lliis Pi-ovini'o cm behalf of the Dominion (lovornment. and posse.s6ing tlieirontiio oonliilenoe. In my conimunicntion of thc8tii iiist., I stated mostdistinetiy tliat I was makiii:; the )(roi)osal^ contained in it by the instrui tioiis and on bebalt of the Canadian Ministry. Von iiave. however, done me the honor of assiimintr that my ntato- ment was ineorreet, ami tliat I am acting without authoritv or instructions. I can alford to pass over witliout notice tlio personal insinuations, but I must most strongly protest ai^ainst such extraordinary treatment of a document which emanatcs'from the Government of Canada, ujion a sulijcct of such deep and pressing moment to British Columbia. I have thcrotbrelho honor to requost thai the proposals of the Dominion Government may receive the consideration at the hands of the Provincial Administra- tion to which sucii communications are entitled, and which the extreme importance of the subject demands. • , i ha\e the honor to be, Your obedient servant, (Signe-i,) J.l). Edoa*. Hon. George A. Walkera, Attorney-General, c^c. APPENDIX F. Victoria, May 18th, 1874. Sir, — In reply to your letter of this date. I must express my surprise and regret that you should have taUenumiirage at the contents of my letter of the llth insl. Mr. '3IacUonzie is an official, and his onl}- letter to me respecting your visit, has expressly narrowed and c(Milined the object of your mission to the holding of a ])cr80ual interview with my colleagues and myself in order that our '• views reganling the policy " of the Government on the construction of the milway should be ascertained without "tedious and jiossibjy unsutisiactory correspondence'" — I fjuote his words. These tlungs having been dime, tlu' special aim desired, I may bo permitted to think, has been attained by Mr. Mackenzie. When, however, you j)roceed further and pro])0se changes to this Government of tlio gravest impoi-t luco to the Pi'ovince, I must ne |):u'doned for considering it my duty in my piiblic. capacity to ask for your olfi,:ial aulhoi'ity I'or appearing in the ro/c of an agent contracting foi- the Dominion of Canada. This information I liave not yet received. 1 have the honor to be, Your obedient servant, (Signed,) J. D. Edgar, Ksq. Gio. A. Walkem. Coi'V of a Report of a Committer of the IJonorablc the Privy Council, opprovrd by His Ex- cellency the fioL'crnor General in Council, on Sth July, 1871. Tlio Committee of Council, after due deliberation, consider that the proposed mission ofMr. Walkem, Attorney-General of British Columbia, to England onoehalfof thetJovernmcnt of that Province, to com})lain to the Imperial Government of the non- i'ultilment l)y the Dominion Ciovernment oi" the terms of Union, and the telegraphic message of the Right Honorable the Secretary of State for the Colonies with reference to the said mission, inwhicii he offers his good oflices in arriving at some understanding between British Columbia aiidtiie Dominion, render it desirable that a brief statement siiould be submitted showing the position of the (juestion, and the action taken by the present (iovornmentof Canada in relation thereto. ' The Order in Council under which British Columbia was admitted into the Union provided in the llth Section that : " The Grovornmont of the Dominion undortako to secure the commoncomcnt i ■'- fratlier >l.i 25 jrined you posscs^ing distinctly btiltofthe L mv Htato- .;:.. 1 can a ^*tvongly js'tVom the t'» British : Dominion idministra- importance ). EoaAB. h, 1871. e suid regret h ini^t. Mr. r visit, has of a personal ig the ^)olicy incd without nxh. Those ink, has been ivernment of ig it my duty I "ho rote of an Lave not yet WAtKEM. id by His Ex- llhe proposed ll on behalf of jntof thenon- ]o telegraphic ,-ith reference [nderstanding lief statement taken by the llo the Union [mmoncomcnt " Himuhuneously, within two yi-ai-s from tlio date of tin- Union, of tiic construction of a " railway i'rom the Pacitic towards tlio Jvncky ^lountjiiiis, .mk' linni such point as may " be select e Union." The passage of such a provision was very stioniiiy o|i)u.cil in Parliament, the Government of the day securinn' only a majority of ton in support of the moa.-urc. \v. order to induce oven this majority to sustain tlieni. the tollowing resolution was pro])osod and carried iiy the Covoi'umont : '• Thai the railway relci'red to in i lie address to ilor Majesty conceinin.g the Union " of British Columbia with Canac on Saturday, the f-t A])ril "instant, should ho coiistruclod and worked by privale. ontei|)rise, and no! I>y tliu " Dominion (Jovernmenl, and that the ])uhiica.id to bo given lo sefui c ihi.t undertaking "should consist of sucli liberal grants of land, and siicli subsiny in ni'juoy or other •'aid tuit ini'rcasinii flu pracnt rate, nf taxntimi. as the Parliament of Canada shall " hereafter determine.'' The late Government wore compeliod In their followers in the House to adopt this resolution regarding the taxation consequent on the obligation to build the railway as the condition of obtaining tlioii- Mipiporl. I'lvon with this qualifying resolution promised the section iospo('ting the railway was cari'ied but by a majority of ten, the usual majority Iieiiig fi-om lifty to seventy. It is impossible to conceive how such terms could even have been proposed, •A^^ it was (juite clear to every person that they were inca])al>lo orfulfilment. ojiecially as uio British ("olumbia Legislature never asked such e.KtravaganI lerni<. The clause of the term^'^ adopted by that i^ody liaving relerence iothe railway was as follows : — '' Inasmuch as no real union can subsist between this colony ami Canada without "the s])eody establishment of conimunieatiou acro-s (he Kocky Mountains by coach " road and I'ailway, ihe Dominion shall within three j^ears IVom the date of Union "ccmstruet and open for Iratiic siichcoach'road from some ])oint on the line of the Main " Truidi Road of this e(dony lo Fort (rarry, of similar c'.aii'acter to the said Main Trunk •'Koad; ami shall further engage to use all moans in her ]iowor to complete such " railway communication at the earliest ]irai'tieablo date, and that survey- lo del ermine " the proper line forsuch railway shall be at once commenced ; and that a sum not le.ss •' than one million dollars shall be expended in every year from ami after tliree yoar.s " from the date of I'nion in actually consti ncting the initial s(>cilons oi' such railway •' from the seab(,)ardoi'.British( 'olumbia to connect with Ihe lailway :ystomol'Can;ida." Mr. Trutch, the delegate of the Dritish Columbia (iovernment, [irosent in Uilfiwa during the discussions on the term- of Uiuon. expressed hiinrolf as lidlows at a |)ublic meeting, in order to reassure those who were appi-ehensive of the conveyances of .so rash an assumption of such serious obligations; — '•When ho came to Ottawa with his co-lologatcs his! year, th«v entered iid'> a "computation with the Pi-ivy Council as to the cost and time it would take to Imild " the line, and they came to the conclusion that it could be b;ii!i on the lerms pi-o- •' posed in ten yeai's. ll" they had said twelve or eighteen years, that time v/ould " have been accepted with eciiial roa. i-ei;unliii;,' tho raiiway wa:- as llillow.-s ; — A Mini of over a million ol'doUaris lia.i I I'oii <'.\jii'iiiloii in iii(»oculiii,u' liic i-uivovs. ovi-i' ont-liali'of wliicli was Bjtcnt in Hiiti.-ii Coiiunl'iii, lull liic onyiiic'i'rs liaii not beoi: abio lo !(\ate any portion of the lino. A Coni]iany, inidiT tiic L'resAicnry of Sir liii-'h Allan, had bcoii ioi'med by tho lale' (io\ frnnicnl lo cKiistruci llie liiu'. Tliat Couiiiany liad undortakon to complote iJii- raih\;iy loj- a ^lanl of tbirly niillioiis nf moui'y anil a grant of Ivvcnty thousand arics (M" ianl!i;ctioii. Ti.eir nu'-^ion iiiovou a total iailiue. The! i- tailiin- was no complete tbat ^(l(ln aflei' the relmii of Sir Iliigli Allan and hi.- co-delegates fiom England, lliey :eliiHjinslied their cbarter. and the ((oveiiiment ),aid them the sum of one iiuiruiii (lollarr-, whicli bad lieon deposited with the Jvecoivor-(.ieneral under the terms oi' (111' agii'enicnt. The Ib'itisb ("ohnnbia ( iovcriinieiit bad also complained that the commencement ol' ibo worUs of con.-triictioii bad not been nituie within the time ]»rovided. Sir John A. iiacdoiiald, however, giving an informal opinion that (be ternr-i as to conimence- nienl were Mdli.'jenlly and sufstantially kepi by tlie active prosecution of the biiiv< y- . Tbi> (lovei'i'.nient had ibcrctoi'e to provide some other method for the prosecution of the work, !o endeavor io keep sidislaiitially good faith with British Columbia, to avoid I'lu'tber taxation and. if i/ossibic, t-cure the consent and co-operation of the < lovcMinioiit and pcojile of British ("olumbia. Tlic new bill, wliich ba- • iiice lieoonie law. was pre])ared, which enables the (.ovcriiineiii (\\itb the ajiproval ol' j'arlianient) lo get the worlc executed in one or sevesal > onirai ts. I y :; niiiipany ir.' cnni^'aiiies, which may or may not becon e pro- prieior:. of the line alter it is coi!.-.lvictcd. ]\Ii..!aaie> 1'. lulgar was dc iiatclictl (jn a sjiccial mi.sBJon to tlie Province of Ibiiib Cohmdiia. cliarg^d lo coni'ci will: tin' d'oveinnient, and also to visit all classes or ]u:il!c:-, ar;'l ascertain their v;i'A\s. and (o sidmiit any ]»ro]iosal lie might bo diiccied lo make to Ibe local aiitl.i'; itics or to leccive any ]ao])Osilion fj(»m them ilic ^;inle >o OiiaMa jir coiihiderdion. A co]jy of tho instructions ijigar, and cop.'c:- <'f cerlaiii teV'granis already forwarded, and Mr. i;ii; evcntt'ii r.(n,e airangciiKnl being come to. "J'hc .la-oii allegeci li-, .i :i:siiig to coii.sidei- ll e projiosition Mr. Edgar was tinally dijccted io make, l! al .Mi. i > ; 'i' '^^i'- '•"' acci'(ditcil by this Government, was evi- dently a nice !i( l.n.^al I'lcUM > . .\ll ti:al Mr.jEdgar hail todowr.s simjjly to ])re«ent lii jll.]M,^al^ and a.-cerlain en il.c .1:01 wbetber they would be eutertaincd I y tlio Ciovernmeiii. It saiist'ai io.y lo llieni. tlie I'oiiiiiiion (iovernnicni woukl. as a matter of coiir.sc, have ;beni .-ai.clioi.cd in dne li)i in : or if any cotmler pro]iosi(ion Jiad been made, iiistruclioii' Mould lu- given io .Mr. IMgar concerning them. The p!(!|io-i;i(ins made ■'}• -Mr. Eiigar invohcd an iminediale lua\y expenditure in Brili.^b Coiiinibia iioi c(-ii((.niplaie(i ly the terms (tf I'nion. namely, the con.->truction ol'a railwa\ on Vancouver'.-- l^lallr course, lad been made, , V expenditure le construction mainio, as com- mit of a longi r l)i'ji('c(l an obli- .Mit at once, and ice annually on might ho spent litish Columbia road. Ik Jie In orfler to enable tlie Government to carry out the proposiaN, whicli it wan hoped the British Coliimliia Oovcrnnu-nt w.udd have accep'.'d. the ;ivtM'agi' rate of taxation was raised at liie late Session ahoiil tifloen \w\' cent. The ciistoin^ dmie-i boing .-li-o-Kl from tifieen per eoni. to seventeen and a half percent., and tlie o.\ci-e diitieson spirits and toliacco a curi'espondiiig ra'.c, b'ltli invulving adlifioiiai iii.vaiion o.xcoeiin .•; throo m'-lliouH of dollars on tiie transaction-, of the ye-Av. The publir feeling of the wbolc Dominion 'ba-; l)eoii expros-ied sostrongly ;Ti;ainst the fatal extravagance involved in tin- xeyms agreed t > liy iiif lalo (Tovei-iinicut, tlial, no Government could live that would atteinn: or I'ailier jin^tend to attempt llicir literal fultilmeiil. Public opinion w 'uM noi go iicyoul inc pii:pos;il n\ade lliroagii .Mr. I] Igar to tbe 'iovernment. There is ai .> .easf)ii lo believe tlial lo;-,il pillticnl exiixein'io ■. a'one iihlni'c the Government of British Columbia n > to entci'f.'iin tbj : > > > > .i!-. Since those propositions have ocn befoio the p.■ ;a)<'!ings have boon hail on Vancouver's Island and on the mainland, when tlic .'iciioii of tbe Lor.i! Governmonl was ooB'iemn(;d, .and a call made, to :ifce])i tlu- proposals ofi'ercd. A vc;-y iniluciiti.'d portion of the local |)ress lia- a!-) (IccLircd in iavn' of tlic coiii-.i> purMC'<[ by liic bominion Government. It may not be out, of place to incntion iliat tlic action of tlie r)oiniiiion (Iovern- ment regarding the graving d(jck. >]io\vs a desire > > do evei-ytliing that can fairly bi; asked, whether thei'e be an obligation or noi umler ibe terms of the rnioii. Ti»e Doniin- ion was only i)oiuid to guarantee tbe inteivst on one hunrlred thousand [lounds attive per cent, for ten years after the dock sliouM be constructed. The Local Gove.jrnent found it impossible to obtain any coniiacioi' to undoitalce the work im the terms tiu'j we able to olfer, based on the Doiuiiiion gtiarantee. and llmv solicitetintt ])i<,]io>!ils to 1)0 made for each of tho^followiiig sections, sucli proposals to staio the time when the party tendering will undertake to have the telegraph ready for use in each case : '. 1' ). t (laiiy iM a p'liut op))Osite Ftnt Polly, ahout 250 miles. 1". I'oil (ia; ry to the !>ond of tlio Xorth .Saskatchewan, uhout iiy)0 miles. H. J'ort (Jarry to a })oint in the longitude of Kdrnonlon, about 800 miles. -I. Jiac I;a Jlaclie, or othor convenionL point on the existing telegraph system in P; iti>ii Columliia, t(v l-'ort Ivhnonton. ahout 55(» miles. 1). iM);'L (iarry In Xi'iii^on, Lake .Supcri.!!'. ahout -120 miles. *>. Ottawa to Xi'pigoij, Lake Superior, aiiout T'>'" miles. The ahove ilistaiices ai'o aiiproxiuiaie. They aregiven for the general guidance of parties de^inng inlbrniation. Any increase or diminutinn ju the iiscertained mileage after eoHsli'uction will he paid toi' oi' deducted, as the case may he, at a rate corres- ponding with the sum t(Mal of the lender. ]'arlies tendering must s.atisfy the Government as to their ability to cany out the woi-k and maintain it foi- tiie specified time. Pro])os!ds addressed to tiie Minister of Public Works will be received up to tho 22iid day of .Inly next. By Ordei-. Di']iartment of Public Works, F. Braun, June, 1871. Secretary. (No. 192.) Ottawa, 18th July, 1874. My Lord, — f have the honor to enclose a copy of an approved Report of a „., , , ,„,, Committee of the Privv Council requestinii- mo to inform your Lordship 8tli July, 1874. ,, . ,, ,,, ,, ..' . ,, K v .. ., ,» .•' ,. -n -x. i •" that -Mr. ^^alkem, tho Attorney-tTcneral ot the Provnii'o ol British Columliia, has been deputed by that (Tovermnent as a sj)ecial agent to lay befoie your Lordship tho claims of British ("ohinihia. under tho llth clause of the terms of the Union with the Dominion of Canada. I have, &c., The Eight Honorable (Signed,) Dupferin. The Eavi of Carnarvon. « Copt of a Ihport of a Committre of flic Honorable the Privy Council, approved by His E.ccelk'iioj Ihe Oorcnior (leneral in Council, on the ^th July, 1874. v 'On a despatch dated llth June, 1874, I'rom His Honor the Lieutenant-Governor of British Cohimhia. enclosing a niiiuile of the Executive Council of that Province reiiresontiiig that Ihitish ('(ihimhia is sulfering great injuiy from the failure by Canada to carry out (he obligations of the lllh clause of the terms of L^nion, and thai it is advisable in the inlerosts of that Province that the case be laid before tho Impei'ial (.ioveiiiinont by means of a memorial to bo presented to the Secretary of St;ite for the Colonies by the Attoriiey-( ieiieral of British Columbia as special agent and delegate ot that (lovei'iinient. The Lieutenant-tiovernor states that, in accordance with tho advice of his Ministers, he has appointed tho llonorahlo Ceorge Anthony Walkem, Attorney General of that Province, to bo such special agent and delegate, and at their re-piest he begs that Voiir Excellency be inlormed that Mr. Walkem has been duly aiipoiiitod as such s])ecial agent and delegate, and , that You" I'xcellency bo moved to acquaint the Piglit .Honorable Her Majesty's Principal rioj.w.ai-v of 'State for the )m fires or 1 proposals raph ready s. Hj'slom in guidance of ed milea^^e rate coi-res- carjy out 1 up to tho iary. % 1874. Report of a ■LordHhip of Britiidi lefo.e your ■lUH of the ^FERIN. xn-cJ by His Govei-nor it Province iiiilure by Jnion, and before tho ecretary of ;cial agent ice of his Attorney I at iheir been duly be moved ate for the Colonic, that Mr. "Walkeni has boon autliorizod and instructed to place in hiH hands the nu'iihU'ial of that Govcriimoiit, appealing to Her 3Iaje.siy, and to support tho prayer tlicreuf On the recommendation of the HonoraI)le the Secretary of State, the Commitiee advise that tho above recjuest be acceded to. Certitied. (Signed.) W. A. Himsworth, Clerk. Privy ('cuncii. (No. 198.) Ottawa. 22nd JnU, 1874. My Lord, — T have ilie honor to timv.'ii'd herewitli three cojiies of the Act of last .'Session, •• An Act to jn'oviilo tin-thc c(iii>iriu'iiun ni' the Canadian I'acitic lialiway." One copy i-< attested by the Deputy Clerk uf the Senate. The Right Honorable The Karl of Carnarvon. m I have, \c., (Signee submitted for eonsideration. The Ccunmittee advise that Loi-d (Jarnarvoii he informed that the papers already transmitted to the Colonial OfRee, with the inimite of Coiineil of .Inly 8th. havincj speeifl 1 reference to Mr. Walkem's eoninuinieatioii in Ottawa of the ir)th Jul)-, convey Niibst antially all that this (xovernmeMt have to say ii])on the subject; and that the Crovo nment would i^ladly aecejU hisLordshiji's <»lfei'. if it were ])ossiblc to deline, with any degree of exactitude, the matter in dispute. • When the present Government assumed office, ihey found lint the British Columbia Government had protested agaitist the non-eonuneii'e n • il oi' w )rkH of construction on the railway (m or before the 20th day of July. I^^IH, as agreed to in the eleventh section of the Order in Council relating to the Union. They also found' that the means taken by the late l)ominion (rovernment for proceeding witli the works of construction had totally iaileil, although the works preliminary to an actual commencement had been prosecuted with all ])OssibIe despatch. There can be no question of the extreme difticulty involved in the survey of a line of railway across an uninhabited continent, a distance of twent\--five hundred miles. To properly complete this survey and ascertain the best route for the railway would require not two years simply, but at lua t tive or six years, as all experience of works of this magnitude and cnaracter both in the Dominion and elsi-where has bufficiently demonstrated. The expenditure which had taken place up to that time was vei'N' large, exceed- ing one million of dollars, and yet the engineers liad been quite imable to locate any portion ol the line in the more difficult paj'ts of the country t) i)u travei'sed. Under these circumstances the Government conceive that there was no reasona- ble or just cause of complaint on the part of the British ColumbJia Government. No other steps could have been taken furthei- than prosecuting the surveys until the assembling of Parliament towards the close of the month of March of this year. The Government were then prepared with a new bill, taking ample powers for proceeding with the works as expeditiously as the ''ifcumstanccsof the country would permit. No complaint, official or otherwise, has been made as to the suffi- ciency of this measure to accomplish the object in view. It was distinctly understood by the British Columbia delegation at the time the terms of union were agreed upon that the taxation of the country was not to bo increased on account of this work beyond the rate then existing. So anxious, however, were the present Government to remove any possible cause of complaint, that they did take means to increase the taxation very materially in order to place themselves in a position to make arrangements lor the prosecution of the initial and difficult portions <»f the line as soon as it was ])ossil)le to do .so, — and at the same time, a special confidential agent was deputed to Bi'itish Columbia for the express purpose of conferring with the Government of that Province, and to endeavor to arrive at some understanding as to a course to be pursued which could bo satisfactory to British Columbia and meet the cii-cumstances of the Dominion, It should be mentioned that liefore the late Government left office, it had been distinctly understood, as^^one of the result^ of the visit to England by the Directors of the Allan Company, that an extension of time of at least four years would be absolutely necessary. Mr. Walkem, of British Columbia, quite understood this, and there is reason to believe that it would have been assented to by all parties. The proposal made through Mr. Pxlgar to the British Columbia (Tovernment is one which the Dominion Government think should have been accepted as reasonable and just, and as one quite in accordance with the moral obligations imposed on this Government, if not with the actiuU letter of the agreement. It must be remembered that British Columbia earnestly petitioned the Dominion SI jnestion or uccoptcd, a bmitte 1 lor lers already 8th. bavins; 111}-, convey nd that the k'line, with ho British r works of igreed to in ,' also found' iig with the lui-y to an Hurvey of a ve hundred the railway experience cwhei'e has rge, exceed- ) locate any ed. no reasona- nnient. he Hurvoyh n-ch of this powers for he country :o the suffi- understood reed upon this work ^sible cause atorially in )secution of o so, — and umbia for CO, and to h could be lion. t had been Directors would be ■< rea&ou to srnment is reasonable sed on this Dominion (tovwrnnu'nt to niodily the t«M ms ui' riiiim in il> own favor in relation (o (ho con- struction of llio graving (locU. Tlio iJoniinion Ouvcriiniont. cordially assenteeraiity of the Dominion (lovernment, and their willingne.-^s to cuiisidt r ami meet e.\cej)tional circumstances wherever they existed. And this nuitiife>tiitioii of liberality on the part of Ibis (lovornment, they conceive should lia\u been reciprocated in othei- matters by the Provincial (iovernmont. Till' Dominion 'lovi'innieni were also willing to exceed the tonus of union by constnuting a railway on lix' Island of Vancouver, although they were bound only to reach the xvubuKrd ol the I'acitic. At the [)re.sen( time the only violation of the forms of the compact which can be alleged, is that the works of construction were not actually conimencod on the 20th July, 1ST3. Bui it is douliil'ul if even that allegation can beu]»held. It was all but inipossiblo to jd'occed more rapidly with the work of survey, and a very extravagant exi)endiiui'e was the result of the haste already shown in endeavor- ing to locate the line. This may lie understtKMl from tli<- tact that the surveys of th«i Intercolonial Rail- way, 500 miles long, oc(uj)ied not less than four years, though the route was through a settled country, and they were then very incomplete, causing siibNOciueiit serious embarrassments to the contractors, and the ])rescTitation by them of endle.sH claimH for compensation. Mr. Wulkem in his conversations admits frankly that the literal fulfilment of the terms for the completion of the line on a certain day in 1881 caimot be expected. The (mly questions, theretbre. that can iiow arise are, (1) whether due diligence and ex])e(lition have boon exerted liy the J>ominion Government in the prosecution of the works, and (2) wliei'ii- the oli'ers of compensation for tho alleged non-fulfilment of the toinis were Just and fall'. While expressing a very strong conviction that everything has been done that could possibly be done under the circumstances, and that the Dominion Ixovernment have shown a disposition to go fai" licy»nd the spirit of the engagement entered into with British C'oluniliia, considering the t'Xpressions of opinion by Mr. Trutch as the delegate of British Columbia at the time of the union, and the facts set forth in the sevei-al iloeuments already forwarded to the Colonial Office, the committee advise that Lord Carnarvon be i'l formed they would glailly submit the question to 'lim for his decision as to whether the exertions of the (rovernment, the diligence shown, and the otlers made, have or liave not been fair and Just and in accordance with the 8j»irit of the agreement. The Committee advise that a copy of this minute,be forwarded to the Eight Hon- oiable the .Secretary of (State for the Colonies. Cei'titied, (Signed,) W. A. IIimsworth, Clerk, Privy Council. (Canada.) Downing Street, lOth August, 1874. Mv Lord, — With releieiu'c to inv des])atch,No. 110, of the 18th of June, I have now to acquaint you that 1 have seen .Mr. Walkem, the Premier of British Columbia, deputed by his Cioveniment to represent to me the claims of the Province relative to the delays which hav(* occurred in the construction of the Pacilic Railway; the com- [iletion of which works within uceitain un; Brilisli C/(»liiinl>iii. flu- ai'l>itration wh'u'h I tlum^lit it my iliily to utVcr, uiul the ooii- ditioiis of wliicli I t>x|il!iiii('i| tn ynin' [iDrilsliip in my ilo>|»iit(li of tlii' ISth of Juno. H. I liavi- fiirlluT received yoiw ^ll'^|l:ll(■il of tin- 'Al>t July, t'mlo>in^ copy of tho Report of tlio Cniiadian I'rivy Council ot' tli»' 2;!i'(l of .Inly, in wliicii your AliniHtoi'H express their readiness to snlmiit for iii\ decision llic (piotion whether tho exertions of the Dominion (toveiinnent in tlie i>roseciition ot' the woric, fiie dili;j,enco shown, and tlie oilers mtide l>v litem to Ihitisli ColiimMa, liavc or ha\ e not lieeii fair and jusl and in aeeordancc with tin- spirit of the ayi'ccmeiil entered into JK'tweeii Canada and British (*oliimliia at the (late of the rnioii. 4. I iippreciate the conlideiui' wliicli has iu'cn thus placed in me by hotli parties to this contr<>versy, ami so tiir lis lies in my po\v*'r. I am most desirous of contril)Ut- in^ to the settlement of a ditlercnci'. uliicli altlioiinh hitherto conducted with ^roal moderation, tind in :i i-oncilialory sjiirit on hoth sid^s. mii^iit eiisily as>■ .lote thatohject, and will he most coni^eiual to the tecliuiis of all partie-^. (1. With this view. I will proceed to state the case as I understand it, and tiie impressions which I have formed as to the course that ou^lit to he taken. Tltc proposals made }>y ^fr. Hd^ar. tpeedilyja.s jio.ssiblo tiie line to bo taken by thoVailway on the maiidaivl. (3.) To make at once a wa^i;dii road tmd line of telei;iapli idonj^ the whole length of the railway in British Columhia. and to contimic the 'lele^rapli across tho con- tinent. (4.) The moment thi' surveys and road on the nuiiidand are completed, to spend u minimum amount of 81, 5()0.(IO!i animally upon |thc construction of tho Railway withit) the Province. 7. I am under the impression, after conversin;/; willi Mr. W'alkein, that ho is not fully empowered on tho part of British Columbia to make specific ])roposals to the Government of ("amida. o\- to me. tis to what terms British Colundiia would bo willing tti accept, but ho has ■stated very clearly, in conversation at this otHce, the objections entertained In- his Govennnent i\m\ in the Province to the ]>roj)osals of your (Jovern- ment; and they, or a cousiderabio jjart of them, are fully set forth in the petition to tho Queen, of which, as it has been published in the Colonial press, you no doubt have a copy. 8. Taking each point seriatim, i\> numbered in the last procetling paragraph but one, I understand it to be urged: — (1.) That nothing is being ilciic \ y the Dominion (iovennnent towards com- mencing and pushing on a railway *'r<'.ii Es(piiniault to Naiudmo. (2.) That the surveying ])a>iies on the mainland are muuerically very weak; and that there is no eX})ectaiioii in British ('ohimliia. or guuianlee given on the part of the Dominion, that the surveys will be proceeded with as sjieedily as possible. (3) That the people of British Columbia do not desire the waggon road offered by tho Dominion Government, as it would be useless to them; and that even tho telegraph proposed to be made along the line of the railway cannot, of course, bo made until the route to be taken by the railway is settled. ■ (4.) That -'the moment the surveys are completed," is not only an altogothor uncertain, but, at the present rate of proceeding, a very remote period of time, and that an exponditm-e of $1,500,000 a year on the railway within the Province will not carry the line to the boundary oi' Jiritish Columbia before a very distant date. 8. Mr. Walkem further nrgcs that by section 11 of the Canadian Pacific; Railway Act of 1874, it is competent to the Dominion House of Commons to reject at any I 33 il the 0011- of Juno. )|>y of the AliniHtcrH ) exmtionf* ICC Mhown, lir nndjuht aiimlu and c)th parties r()nlril)Ut- with f^roat ^iinio moro the sooner ii-ably, antl I ohjoc't, and 1 it, and ll)c ornmont, to Vom Ksqui- 10 bo taken vholo length OSS the con- ;oil, to spend ho Kiiilway lul ho is not posals to the [d he willing 10 ohjeetions [Duv (iovcrn- .) petition to |)ii no doubt t-agiaph but Uvai'ds corn- very weak; on the part Possible, ti'oad offered lat even the [t" course, bo . altogothor if tune, and l-ovince will laat date. jitie Railway bject at any time the contract tor a Hcclion of ihc railway, and tliiH to provciil the c intinuous coMsli notion of the worlv. It. Kofcrriiig (irst to llii-< laltor pniiit, I ilo iinl iiiidoislatid lliat il is alleged by •Mr. Walivoin, nor do I liir a ihhmu'IiI a|i|iio'u'iiil llial I lio |(.'ovi>o '.\-;i> iniroiiiicoil wiih any belief that it wouid delay the co istniolion of llic railway. 1 ciiiiccuc tlial ell that was intended by il was to retain the power of exen'isiiii;' an adi'ipiate >.u|>i i-- vision ov»'r the tiiuuieiai dot. lis of the sehenie ; i cvectliele-s. tlie olijeetion staleil by 3Ir. Walkoin appeal's to nie one wliieli the i).>niiiiion tiovoi'imienl should seriously consider, as their )iolicy in so iin])ortaiit a mailer oimhl not t le iefi open to criti- ci ni, and British ('oliiinbia may tiiirly ask, according to Hie let'er and the sjilrlt of past ongagoinents, for every roasonalijo seeui-ily thai the railway will lie eonipletcd as Hpeedily as iios.^ihlc, 10. Strong as are, donlit oss, the objeetioiis urged Ity ^\\•. WalUern to tho proposals which I iinniv .Miniate s. and im])oi\aiil as is tlio snlijoel-inaltor of controversy. I, as .at proscnl advi ed, can see no reason why the views of both ])arlies should not lie rec<)nciled to their satis- faction and with Justice to all interests concerned. 11. On the one hand I cannot entert lin the least donlif ot the sincere inti'n;ion of tho Canadian fiovernnient and Parliainuiit to adhere as closely as jiossilile to tho pledges given to British Columbia at tho time of tho Union; to do that which is just and liberal towards tho Province, iid in fact to maintain tho good t'aitli of tho jDominion in tho sjnrit if not in tho letter of the original agreement under circnm- Btanccs which I avii.iit to bo of no ordinary ditliciilty. 12. On the other hand, however, it would bo unfair to deny that the olijeetioiis stated by Mr. Walkem have a certain ll)undatioii and forci', and i have every conti- donce in order to obtain the settlement of a (juostiou of such vital imjiortaiico to tho intoros'H of tho whole Dominion, the Ciinadian (iovei'iiment will bo willing to maUo Bome reasonable concessions such as may satisfy the h eal rei(uii'(Mneiits of British Columbia, tmd yet in no way detiact from the high ]io-ition which tho Dnniinii-n Parliament and Ciovornment ought in my jndgmont to o, cujiy. 13. I am of opinion, thoroforo, on a general review of all I hi' conside,;! ions of the ca.se, and as an impartial luit most friendly advisoi-. wlm. if 1 may be allowed to say HO, has the interests of both parties and tho ]»ros|)ei'it" of the whole Dominion deeply at heart, that the following proposals would not bo otluT than a fair iiasis of adju.stment. 14. (1.) That the section of the railway from KsquimauH to Xanainio should bo begun at once. (2.) That the Dominion (iovernment should greatly imreaso th.' siivngth of tho Stti'voy'iig parties (ui tho mainland, and thai they should undoi'lake lo t>.\jiend (Hi the luvveys, if necessary, for tiio speedy edinplotion i>f the woi'k, if iioi an ei|iial share to that which they would expend on the railway ilsoM' if il were in ;i( laal course nf Construction ; at tdl events some considerable d<'tinitc mininuur, amouni. (3.) Inasmuch as the yiroposed wagi^'on road does not soem to be desired by liritish Columbia, the Canaiiian tiovoriimont and Parliament may be fairly relieved of the eJKpcnso iind labor involved in their oll'er: ami (le>iralile. as in my o|)inioii, the con- itlfuction of the telegraph across the continent will In-, it pei-hap- is a (inesti(ni whether itmay not bo postponed till the lino to bo taken by the railway is delinitely scttlo unnnal miniminii oxpemlituro f»l" 81,500,000 oflored hv tiie Dominion Govenunont for tho construction of the railway in the J'rovinco. is Iiardly adequate. Inurtici- t<. make the proposal not only fair Imt as I know is tho wish of your Min- isterH. lihoral. I would suggest for thoir consideration whether the anumnt should not bo fixed at a higher rate, say, i'or instance, at 82.000.000 a year. 16. The really iniportaiit point, liowever. not only in the interests of the Pro- vince hut for the credit of the Dominion and the advantage of the Enijjirc at large, is to assume tho completion of tlie railway at some detiiiitt' ])erio(l. whidi. from causes over which youi- Ministers have had no control, must now. 1 admit, ho much more distant than bad been originally contemplated, and i am disposed to suggest as n reasonable aiTangement, and one neither nntair to the Dimiinion nor to BritLsii Columbia, that the year 1890 should he agreed upon for tliis ]>uri)ose. In making this suggestion, I, of course, conclude that the Dominion Government will readily use all reasonable otiorts to complete the line before any extreme limit of time that may be tixed. A postponement to tho very distant ])erio(l which 1 have mentioned could not fail to be a serious disajipointmont to the people of the Province, and to all interested in its welfare, and I should not have suggested it were it not for tho full crtt as • io British In making will roatlily of timo that, mentioned [•e, and to uU for tho tull 1 merely the a redenlption f service in a ordiuf^ to the •ms of Union, and opinions, nion, and not consider and hich the Pro- l)ia ultimately i-sonal feeling > say how sin- ,o have in thai [oreneo impair n\i and good ■rs may count \) the strength to reply V»y Iproposod, and ion and with |aeecptable to Ids matter to *NARVON. 1st, 1874. jtn thesubjet't llomcnt of tho and tr.at ot iesi)ateh fron) [of the e()py I (Copy — 813 D) Government Hcv?^., Victoria, B. C. July 29th, 1874. My Lord, — I have the honor to acknowlodgo tho receipt, on the day boforo yostei'daj', of your Lordship's despatch of tho 3rd inst., transmitting by direction of the Eight llonorai)lo The Secretary of State for the colonies, lor the information of this (Tovornmcnt, a copy of a dospatch from that Minister to y Pacific Railway. andHug^ostingcortain modifications ot'ilio proposals made li\' tiic Doiuiiiioii (iovonuneut, throun-li Air. E(pnm!nUt to Nanaimo, on Vancouver Island, in excess of llie terms of LTnion. and to hcgin the work immediately. 2. To commence tlie construction of the railway on the maiidand as soon as the siu'vcvs could he completeil. and tn expend on the work not loss than one and a jnilf millions annually. o. To take till' necessary stojis. meanwhile, to secure the construction of a telo- gra]ilrlinc across ilu' continent on the located line for the I'ailway, at the same time cutting out the railway track and liuilding thereon a trail or road, whi.Ii would become •available as p:;rt of llie permanent works. The arrangement proposed by Lord Carnarvon ombodiessomc amendments. His Lordshii) suggests : — 1st. The immci'.iate conslruclion. as jiroposed. of the short line f.. Vjuicouvor Island. 2nd. After (he location ot' the line tho expenditure of two riiiliCi on tiie main- land, instead of one and a half millions. 3nl. The increase of the engineering (brco to double tho number now employed; tho expenditure on the survey, it not ot' an amount equal to the nropo.sed annual expenditure on C()ns(ruction of some other speciticsum; the pre.scribing of a limited tira ,' for the completion of tne survey ; and the payment of a sum of money as com- pon.sation in (he oven( of its no( being so comple(ed. ■1th. The guarantei! of liie completion of tho entire railway in 1890. It is also suggested that the construction of the telegraph line and road need not be proceeded with, as Mr. Walkem does not consider either as of any use to the Province. Tho <'onuni(toe i-ecoinmend (ha( (he first consideration, which is precisely what was previously otfored, lie again concurred in. In legard to the second proposal, (ho Commi(toe recommend that Lord Carnarvon bo infoi'me 1 (if it bo f()und impossible to obtain a settlement of the (piestion by tho accojitancc of (he former ollci) that (lie (iovernmeiu will consent that after tho con\ ploiion of tho survey, (ho average annual mininuim expondKuro on the mainlni:'! shall be two millions. There is every reason (o believe now that a majority of he people of Columbiii would accept the |)i'opositions jii'oviously made. Judging froui a petition sent from (he mainland, signed by (i-f 1 luuncs (a coj)y of which petition is enclosed). (Ium-c is almost an eiitii'e unanimity (here in favor of those proposals, and assurances were given very lately by gentlemen of the highest position on (ho island tha( (he course oi'iheiiocal (Ioverniuen( would no( meet gent'ral ap))roval (here. An ap[ilication was made by one p.'omineni ufntlennin. an ex-incmbcr of Parliament. (< the (iovornmenl hereto k'uow if the prop )-als made would still be adhered «i>, he pledging him-elf (o secniv (hoi; acceptance liy (he bulk of (he people. it \> therefore earnestly hoped that no change will be considered necessary, as it will be ditHcult to induce the connti-y to accept any further concessions. Tho third condition reiiuires an iiu'ivase o!' the engineer foi-ce emploved or 'n of a tele- le same time ould bcpome ments. His . ■^'uuoouvor on t;.e main- )w employed; iosod annual j; of a limited oney as com- oad need not y use to the •coisely what li'd Carnarvon !stion by tho tor the c; n\ llie mainlnru Ijority of h; [Udging fi\.umed last sjiring tliat a practicable route would bo found from the point wbei-e Fleming's lino touches the north branch of tho Thomp.son River westward towards what is known as Big Bcr.d, on the Fiaser Kiver, from which no serious impediment exists until the commencement of the rapid descent to the sea at Bute Inlet is reached. Had this suppo>it ion proved correct, it is jM'obable tho Government might have been prepared at the end of this year to proceed with the exact location of the line. But the exploiations carried on to tho close of July last resultetl in the discovery of a high range of mountains whicli fill tho country from near the junction of the Clearwater with tlu' Thompson northward to the groat bend of the Fraser ; and. without a very long detour south ov north, they bar the way to the west. The Chief Kniiinecr therefore advised a re-oxamiiuition of tho Fraser Valley, or more correctly s))eaking, ravine, inasmuch as no broad valley anywhere exists, the rivers in their courses h;'ving cleft ways tin- themselves through ■flie rocks, which in s(jme eases they have ])ierced lo a deptii nf 1,500 feet by a width oi' not more dian a single mile, ihus giving as tho nornud conilition exceedingly precipitous bunks. This new examination oi' tlic Fraser Bivcr route will occupy at 'east the whole season. A memorandum from the Chief Fngineei- will give tho strength of the t'orco and sb' \"' its distribution. Nearly twn seasons were parsed in examining the Kocky a>j.ountain Range and the \"alle\' of the Cnliiml'ia in the endeavor to obtain a favorable pass. The I'csult was that the exjiloreis were driven north to what is .known as Jasper House Pass. These facts are mentioned lo give sonu- idea of the enormous labor involved, and the impossiiillily of ])lacing a large fi)rci' in iho field lo do engineering work, when it is not yi-t known where the engineering work is to lie done. Theex|iloratory BUi'vey must be toleraiily coni|ilete before the exuci location of any portion of tho line can be contemplated or po-^sible. and before ])laas can lie nuide of bridges and other works of construction re(|iiireil, and nothing iml the urgency of the contract so imprudently entered into with British Cohunbia would otherwise li:t\e induced tlie ^Government to employ more than half the force now engaged. As pointed out. in previous miMnoranduni, the ex])enditMre to the end of last year n British Columbia alone was consic erably over half a million of money more than ho whole expenditure upon the 2.(100 miles eastward of that Pr an extremely difficult task to obtain the sanction of ihe Canadian Parliament to any specific bargain as to time, considering tlie consequences which have abvady resulted from the unwise adoption of a limited period in the terms of Union for the completion of so vast an undertaking, the extent of which must necessarily lie very impci'fectly undei'stood by people at a ilistance. The Committee advise that iiord Carnarvon be informed that, while in no ease could the Government undertake the completion of the whole lino in the time mentioned, au extreme unwilling. .ess exists to another limitation f)f time ; but it' it be found ab- solutely necessary to secure a jjresent settlement, of the controversy by further concessions, a pledge may i)e given that the ])ortion west of Lake Superior will be completed so as to afford connection l\v rail with existing lines of railway' through a Eortion of the United States and by (Janadian watorsdui'ing the season of navigation y the year 1890 as suggested. With regard to the ameliorating proposal to dispense with the formation of a 7'oad or trail across the country, and the construction of a telegraph line, on the repre- sentation of the British Columbia delegiite that neither is considered necessary, it is proper to remark that it is impossible to dispense with the clearing out of a track and the formation of n rotid of some sort in order to get in the supplies for the rtiilway, and the propositi was, that i.s .M)on as the general route of the railway could be de- termined and the location ascortainendenl of the railway, but as an auxiliary to and a necosstiry ])reliminary to railway constrtiction, the cost incurred forming [»art indeed of the construction of the railway itself. In so vast a country where there are no |)Ostal f*acilities and where there can l)e no rapid postal communications for many years hence, it is absolutety essentitd that a telegraph line should be erected along the proposed route, a.i the only means by whicii the Government and contractors could maintain tiny comnniiacation. Tlie offer therefore to dispense with a telegraph line is one which cannot be considered as in any way whatever affording relief to the Dominion, the undertaking to con- struct the telegriiph line mtist rather bo looked upon ns an earnest of the desire of the Government to do every thing in reason, in order to kceji '.'-ithin the spirit of its engagements. The inention of the Government will be seen from the following quotations from the Act of last Session : — " A lin<» of electric telegraph shall he oonstructed in advance of the said railway i 39 " and branches along tlicir wholo oxU'iit rc^pcotivoiy ;i>i soon as practicablo after " the location of the line shall have licen (Ictci'miiKMi upon." .1 laving dealt with the nioditicaiions siignostev delay in fultiling the engagement to Iniild a railway to the '• Pacific seahoard.'' 2nd. "That the surveying parties on the niaiidan po^ihle." On this point it is sutticieid lo state' that, as r(iniarkeroposals ma-le to British ('olumliia than to indicate public sentiment in the Province. As puinlod out elsewheie. the work is jtractically a part of railway construction, and it is also contideiitly believed will be of very great advantage to the ])eoi»le generally. 4th. Mr. Walkem further urges -'That by Sec. 11 of the Canadian Pacific l^ail- '• way Act of 1874, it is competent to the J'ominion House ol (/'ommons to reject at '• any time the conti'aet fur a section of the railway, and thus to }>revent the " continu(nis construction of tlu' work." This is simply a complaint that the present Government jirovided for Parlia- mentary su])ervision over the letting of such vast contracts. It wjis contended I y the opposition in bS72 that in the matter of a conti-act f()r so large a work, for Avhich the Dominion was to pay thirty millions of dollars, and allot nearly sixty million acres of land, the formal sanction of Parliament should be obtained. Accordingly, when it became their t (Gracious Majesty, t lie (^ueen, relative to the non- '• fultilmciit t)f onv of tlie conditions of the terms of Union, and atfirming in said '' jietition that Ks(piiinauil, on Vancouver Island, hail been decided to be the terminus "of the Canadian Pacific Railway, and that a portion of the line had been located "between the hail>or uf Esquiniauit and Seymour Narrows, and praying that Her " Majesty act as Arbitrator, and see that justice lie done to Jiritish Columbia, we, the " undersigned, res])cctf\ii!y submit :'.s follows : " That in our opinion, the order of the Pi'ivy Council of Canada, of It h June, 1873, is in no way binding ujion Your E.xcolleiicy's present (iovernment, and that a line of railway along the seaboard of Vancouver Island toEsqiiimault is no part of the terms of Union. " That in any arrangement which may be entered into for an extension of time for the comineiicenient or com])letion of the railway, any consideration granted by the I'ominioii of Canada to the J'rovincc of British C.jlumbia, should be such as would be generally advantageous lo the whole Province, and not of a nierel\ local nature, benefiting only a >ectioii thereof. "That the league referred \o, acting under the impression that further surveys may detract from the favorable opinion now entertained by the Engineers of the Bute Inlet route, are desirous of forcing Your Excellency's (Jovernment into an immediate selection. "That we consider it would be unwise, impolitic, and unjust to select any line for the railway until time be given for a thorough survey of the dilferent routes on the mainland, believing as we do, that such survey must result in the selection of Fraser Valley route, which is the only one that connects the lertilo districts of the interior with the seaboard. "That as it is evident that the surveys are not yet sufficiently advanced to allow of an intelligent decision on the question of route being arrived at, we consider that a vigorous and immediate ]nosecution of the survey.^ by Your E.vcellency's Govern- ment to be followed in 1875, by the commencement of construction on the mainland will be a laithful carrying out of the spirit of the terms of Union. "Y'our petitioners therefore humbly ]n'ay that Y'our Excellency take the views expressed in this our petition into your most favorable coubidoration." 41 •oposuls to iiitroversy, ■i, ;uul that luld justify nnplaint at rnoi-o could ides for the 3d to. Provinces, lomc extent 3s to defer ho revenue 'y Goxincu. ♦ • The Terms I A^'juicouver .^ to the uon- linu; in said tlie terminus )een located ig that Her ibia, we, the June, 1873,^ lat a line of of the terms n of time for ,nted by the as would be ocal nature, ther surveys neers of the lent into an anj- line for •outes on the selection of ■itricts of the d to allow of risider that u cy's Govern- ho mainland CO the views The Earl of Carnarcun to the luui of Dufferin. DnwsiSi-, SruKET, November 17th, 1874. My LoED, — I duly i-eciMVcil ymii' (U'>[i;ii(li (iT iho liSth September, inclosing an Order in Council settiii.!;' forth tlu^ vit'\v> of your Miiiistors as to llio proposals con- tained in ray dos])atL'h of 1 ho IGth Aui^Mi>i, I'di- iho ■'(.'ItlcMU'iit of the controversy between Canada and Hritisli ('(jliunlii;i ro]jf('tiiiu- tiif I'acitic Ijailway. I subse- quently again saw Mr. WalktMii, aiiil at liis iiqiiost 1 have delayed the announce- ment of the terms which, in iiu' opiiiinn. iiKiy ]u'operly bi; l.-iid down as fair and reasonable, until the receipt oi' a fimlu'i wrilicii coninuinicaliou from him, which has now reached mc, and a I'opy (ii'wlu(.-li 1 cnclo^r. The statements thus jtlaccd U'l'ort> mo arc so clear and complete as to assist me materially in apprciciatiny llio ])osi(ion in whicii Ihe question now stands, and in judging without hesitation what iiKHlification of tlie orij^inal terms should be adopted. And 1 would hei'e express my sati>iact.ion at the tciiii)erate and forbearing: man- ner in which points involving most important consoipienccs have been argued on both sides, and the pleasure which 1 feel in being alilo to think that asperity of feel- ing or language may liave been, in some degree, avoided thro\.gh the <^' portunity of submitting the whoh^ case to llu' indcjiendcnt jmlgment of one who may at least claim to have the interests of Ixttli [)ai'lies equally at licarl. I explained very full}' in my despatch of the Hitli August, the opinion which I entertained on each of the priu('ij>al (questions at issue, and i need now add but little to the simple statement of my decision. That decision is necessarily, as both parties are aware, in the natui-e of a compromise, and as such it may jierhaps fall short of giving complete satisfaction to cither. If, on tlie one iianil, your Ministers, as you inform me, consent with reluctance to the fui'tlicrconccssions which at an earlier stage I suggested, they will not, on the otlici- hanii, fail to bcai' in mind that even after those concessions are made Britisii Columbia will receive considerably less than was pi'omised to her as the condition of entering the Dominion, I prefer rather to reflect that under the amended terms now to be c-^tablisho'l, British Columbia will, after all, receive very great and substantial advantages Iroiu its union svitli Canada, while the Dominion will bo relieved of a considerable part ol tliose obligations whicli were assumed in the lirst instance withoui a sufficient knowledge of the local conditions under which so enormous and difficult an undertaking was to be carried into eft'ect, and to fultil which would seriously embarrass the resources of even so prosperous a country as Canada. Adhering then to the same order in which, on the lUth August, I stated the principal points on which it appeareil to me that a bcttoi- understanding should be defined, I now proceed to announce the conclusions at wliich I have arrived. They are : — 1. That the railway fi-om Esquimault to Xaiuiinio shalf be commenced as soon as possible, and completed with all practicable dcspaicb. 2. That the surveys on the mainlan;! shall lie puslieil on willi fiie utmost vigour. On this point, after considering tin; rc[ii'csentaiioiis of your Ministers, 1 iL'cl that 1 have no alternative but to rely, as 1 do most I'ully and readily, upon their assurances that no legitimate effort or expoKse will lie spai'cil, tirst to delei'mino the best route for the line, and secondly* to proccoil with the details of tiie engineering work. It would be distasteful to me, it' inileed, it Avere not impossible to prescribe strictly .any minimum of time or expenditure'with regard to work of so uncertain a nature; but happily, it is equally iinpossil)le foi' me to doubt that youi- Covernment will loyally do its nest in every way to accelerate the completion of a duty loft freely to its sense of honor and justice. 3. That the waggon road and telegraph lino shall be immediately constructed. There seems here to be some ditl'erence of opinion as to the sj)ecial value to the Province of the undertaking to comjjleto those tAvo W(jrks ; but alter considering what has been said, I am of opinion that they should both bo proceeded with at once, as iodeed is Huggeated by your Ministers. 19— « M' ^ 4. Tliat S2,00(J.()0() ,i yviu; and not §1.500,000, shall be the ininimura expendi- ture on railway works within the I'mviiicc from (ho date at whioh (he surveys are eufliciotiily eoini-.Iol(.''i lu (liable Ihac anioiiui. to In- exjifmicd on constnu'tion. In nav.iing thife aniouiit I un'lcislaiKi ihat. il boiii;;^ alike the inlerc^t and tho-\vish of the Doniiniun Ciovcrnnient lo urtjo on with all s]je(;(i ihe coniiiletion of Ihe works now to be iiuilertaken, iho annual o:;pendi lure will bo as much in cNcc^is of the niininiuin of $2,UU'),Lll!0 as in any yi.-Hv niay be iouiid pi'u.'iieabie. 5. La.-.tly, that o'.i Oi' liofore liie .'Jl'^t of i'lTfjiiber. ISOO. the railway shall bt> completed and open for tratik; Ironi the Paeilii' M'aiioai'd to a point ai the western end of Lake Superior, at which it will iiiU into eonneeiion with existini; lineb of railway tin ouyh a portion of llie United Slate-,, and also with the naviiration on CVuKuiian \/alors. To jivococd ai, jn'e>ent with llie remainder ot' the railway extend- ing by the country northward oi Lake Siiperioi'. to tin- «'xi^ting Canadian lines, ought not, iti my opinion, to be recjuireil. and the time for undertiilciiig tliat work must bo deiernuned by the doveli)]inient of setlleniont and tlie changing circum- stances of ;he coui\try. The day i-, hnwevcr. I hope, not veiy distant when a con- tinuouo lino ofraiiway-through (';uiadiaii territory will be jjraeticable, and 1 there- foro look upon this portion of the scheme !i> postpoi".ed rather than abandoned. Jii onler lo :iii'orm Mr. W.illvoni ol' the conelusions at wldeli I liave arriverl, I have thougUL it cotivonieixt to give li!ni a copy of ihis despateh, allhongli I hiive not communicated lo hiir. any other ])ariot' the eorivspondeneo whi I'lat iho inneliision^ which 1 have now conveyed to "ou upliliokl.-, in the nnun, and .-idijee: only to some moditications of detail, the j'0llc_y auo]);e))Oct to this most embarrassing question. On U'-ceding to oilice youi* -Ministe--- i'oumi ii in a condition which precluded a coni- plian-.-e with the stipulations of I'nion. Il lieramc, thereti)rc. their dnty to consider what otlior arrangemonis miglii cqiiiiabiy, and in the interesis of all concerned, bo Bub.uituiOvi i'or those wbicli had failed. And in iletermiiiing to supplement (he eon- struciion ui' sonje part of the new railway !y that v;!-t ehaiu ot' water conimuniea- tion.s wliich luiture migitt seem ,o ha\e designed I'oi- liie tratiic of a givat country, I cannot s;; liai they letod oijiurwife than wisely. 1 sincerely tru>t that the more detailed t'. . as Avhicli I have now laid down, as tiiose on which this ])oliey should bo carried out wdl be Ibuno -ubyiantially in acco''dauee with the reasonable require- ments o\ tiie Province, and with that sj)irit oi' generous and honoral)le adherence (o past engagenunits which ongiil, iji an es|r,'cial degree, to govern ili(> dealings of a strong and jjopulou.-i community with a feebler neighlM>r, and whiiii I '.veil know to bo the cha.acu'ristic of .-ill ]iai-tiev and slatosmen ahke within the dominion of Canada. I iiave. ikc, CSigned.) CARNARVOPir. (North Ameiicn, No. T'l.")^ Jfr. IValkem (> thr Kurl of Caruarmn. London. October 31st, 1874. MyLuiiii,--! iiiiw li(g Uave ies|)eei iiii iy to oiler, for yrdship's considera- tion, a reeapituiation and !e\ lew of the mi'.in pointiH of the question at issue between Canad.'i and Hi'ili-h Columbia, respeciin;' ilie bieach by the t'ormer of the railwnv agreement in the terms ot' I nion. Although ! have l:een lavc^n I ii\ yuni' F.onlshij) with many and lengthened interviews on the subjeci, 1 ho]iO that tiie ui'ave nature of the interests committed to my care, as well a> the Important Intlnence which your Lordslftp's action at the present time i- '~u:e to exeicise upon (he jiolitical and industrial growth of the Province, will lie of -utlic'cnt excuse for t\is>\'m tfoublijis; vou. • Printed lor tin uic of the Colonial Office, November 10th, 1874. 18 moro igthcncd u it tod to at the of the A written t'onnnniiicnlion of tlic kiiir ihe exprcs- Hion ormygi-alefiil -eiise of tiio ailfution witli wiii.h voar Lords!. ip has boon pleased to rceeive, not only the statcmout of ihe ( a-e >>>' Hiiii',li Cohinihia. as set lorth in tho petition ol' its fiovermniMit. luit alv,. the 'onnn.Mits upon it whii-h 1 Imvo from timo to time made. The I'roviin'ial (loNrriiincii! 'vi'l l„. i.i;i,| i,, !,.;irn — what \oi;r Lordship ha> been M'ood eiioii^fli to vtate— iliai _\nii Ir.wv llr.-w --ralitied with the temperate spirit in which their i'um' has been jn-.-Mii,.d lb/ tli'c c.in^idoratiou of llor Majesty s Gov- ernniont. It wa'-. as 1 liad the honor lo inenlion ai my lir-t iiii-i'view. with a strong feeling of regret, that the (b)vernmeni of \\n- frovime tl-1; iKiMii-elve^ tinder tho necessity of seekiiiu; the advii'o aiu| intci'vcntioii o;' ■[.>,■ Arait-fy's (lovonimiMit in tlils matter. The Provincial (bn-fianiu'iil (K-inVj (., v/ork in Jiai'iiio'ny witli tlie Dominion Oovern- ineul.aiKJ 1 ma\ safely >;iy tliat -iich inlei-v<;n!loii would uoi ba-.o been sought, bad a sntKeifiit etVoi'l fcMi made l.y i!;.: ((oiiiiiiiDii !f> (■nmply n-i;h ilu- -pirit of tho railway agreement. Tlie key l(j the general jiolicy >i' llci- Majc-ty' (b'vi-aim it, in relation to British .North America, i-. so fai- as 1 nndi-i--lai'l.' lo'i.- found in ibe j)rcamble ot' tho Act of ("onfederation, which brii-tlv d.'flai'cs I'la • ('uioii wonld oondiico to tho wcl- " fare of the Provinces V ■.\\\< 1 i)romote the interests of ■• * fi'i'ei';iii\ niii't' '■ "' tho British Kmpire." Tin- Imperial p ib"y liii:^ lUi'laici hits also been tho policy of Canada. Uritish Columliia. ni<('\vi^e. lias ciideavoicl m bcr pai-t loyally lo follow it. It ihi from a due regard I'or the principb-. lai'i ire to pi.iii-;^' bcr ov.-n .■iiecial interests as a Province, that I'.ritish Columbia has proti'sted" ."u-abi^t the aon-fitbilment bvCanada of tho railway agreement of the terms of Luilo". This railway agreement, wliiio purposely and in show, to promote tho interests of liriiis'li (julumbia, i.' stnictionof a railway within merely jirovinciai limit-- ft \h an agreement i» a much more fomiti-ehensivi' mainly to advance, and indeed to elfecl. u n'al Tniou Possessions on the (Continent of North America. pari tV.\med. a • T shall licreaftcr no" an agreenient t'ov tho con- I'or -imply ])rovinci!il purpc-CH. ' eiiaractL-r. do.dg!ie1. in fact, and eonsolidatii^n of ihe British m Ibe attainment of this great end, British Colinnbiu is, owing Ui her pre.-enl isolation, especially interested. A shoi't refertMiee to .a few facis, whii io tile [Tniim of ;be Prnv:u"0 "with Canada, will Ik'sl explain lier true ;)o>itioii. In pursuance oj' the general Confederation poli.'\ ibr.iMi-c 1 i:i 1 '^7, Ilor "\rajest;^''3 (Tovcrnment, in 1^09. addressed a despatch to the Orovornfu- of Ibitish (.'okunl-ia, expressing a desire that Briii.-li Columbia, should bt inoorpoi.atcl villi Ci'.nada. Thi3 despatch not only re-states the principles set ti>rth in (lie Cont'ederaSion Act, but also i^hows in what icspeci they are peculiarly !ip]«lii-:ibk' to Briii.-h Cohiml-ia. The fol- i ... . !• a ( I notation from the dcspalcb : — '"Her ilajc-^ty's (JovernmcnI." writes tlu^ Serve ary of Slate, •• anticijiato that tho interost^^ of fvery Province of lii-iilsh Xortb .iVmerica will be mo7'c advanced by enabling tho wealth, credit, .and intelligence of tiie whole to be !»rought to bear on every part, than by encouraging each i.i Ibc i onifacted nr.llcy >!' taking care of itHoli", possible' at the cxjiense of it-; nem'hbor. •'Most es|)ecially is i!ii- irnc in the c;i-e of Internal tran-ii. It is (nddent that tiio establishment of a .British line oi' coiamniii'-atioii bei^^■cc^ ihe Atlantic and Pacific oceans is far more tea>-iblc by the operations of a single (iovernment ro«]ion- sible for the progress of both shores of the eontiuent, than by a barjj'ain negotiated between se|)arate, ])erha|>s in some iv-^pecls rival, 'bn'ornments and Legislutnros. Tho San Franci.sco of .British North Amei'ica woidd. uiidci' these cireiimsiancos, hold a greater commercial and political iiosition than would be att.ainalile by tho capital of the isolated colony of British Colundda. " H»r Maj^ntjr's' Government are aware that the distance bp(-rr«»e>u Ottawa nod m i Victoria prosonts ii real difflfulty in tho way of iiiunciliato Union. But that very difficulty will not lio wlthniit iis'adviiiilaiit'-.'ir it icniicrs ca-y comniiinication indis- iK-nsablo, ami t'oici-- onwards the (>]K'raliMiis which ari' lo CDinpioto it. In auy case It is an nnder.stood infonveiuoncc. and a diniinishinii' one. and it ai)iH'ars far hotter to accept it as a teni|)'»i'ary drawh.acK cii the a(lvanla,^,■e.^ of Union, than to wait for tho,so obstacles, often inoiT inlraetalih-. whicli arc sure to sprin^ic up after a neglected opportunity." Here four propositions are laid dnwii : — 1st. That the Canadian Kedenil system is based n])on a union of the " weaUIi, credit and intolliifcnce" of the several PiDviiKr-.. which will, when properly applied promote tho welfare of cacli. 2nd. That to seouiv Ihis result, '-easy ■'■'• '•'• '■'• internal * * '^ com- munication " throiiu-li British terrilovv ''is indispensable." 3rd. Tliat ilu' absence oi" this •'e.isy ■■'■ '■'■- * intiTual * * * communica- tion," and " the dist..iii'e bt'tween ( )!:nwa and Victoria ' oon.stitute " a real difficulty in the way of ininitMliate iiinou. ' 4th. That tiiis " roid dit1ir pari of the n-Tcfuu ii! ; and has endeavoured to aid liie Dominion (iovei-nment t<. carrv out their part ; Thtit the Dominion Govci'nincnt have noi. dinin"- il three y^'ars succeeiung Union, made due ellort to complete the railway survey- in iJi'iiish ('..lumhj Tiiat the Dominion (jovernment diil not, on tiie jilili July, IST.'J, commence tlio " Hijnultaneous " railway construction )irovi(lcil for in the agreement : That they also have hitherto faileil toeonunenee any railway const iMict ion wliat so- ever in the Province, though they miii'ht have e menced su'di eoMsti-uction. as they admitted in May last that they were then in a pnsition to licgiu the railwav. Some fiirtiier circumstances eoiuieeled with tlii'se m.-itters ai'e detailed in the petition. It is therein shown that in June, IK7:;, the Dominion (iovei-ninent Kolected the Harbour of Ks(|uimau|t. on the i'aeifie, as the westei-n terjiiinus of the Canadian Pacific Kaihvay ; that they at the satne time deeidcd that a portion of (he main line should be •' located' Ijciwcen the terminus and Seymour Xarrows ; that HOme weeks prior to the day named in the agreeinen' lor the Commencement oftho construction of the main lini", they secured from tlu' I'rovineial (Tovei'iimcut " in furtherance of such const riu-t ion" a reserve ot a valuahh- tract of land lying along this projected line and some :{. 000 s(|uai'e miles in area ; that, as alrcadystated, no Construction whatsoever was or has heeii eominenceil within the i'roviwce; that, tho land so reserved has Ikhmi thus rendered ei>ni|(aiativi'l ,• valueless to the Provi:;ce, iw it has over since I lecn closed to settlement and to tlu' investment of capital. Against the continuance of the ahove state of thini:;-. tlu' I'rovii'.ce, thi'ough its Legislature and its Government, from time to time entered protest after protest, but without etlect, and without even eliciting any reply fnmi the Dominion Government beyond a formal acknowlcilgment of the receipt nf the despatch emdosing each protest. The last ])rotest was forwarded in I'Vhruary of the ]ircsent year. Subse- quently the correspondence took ]»lace which is ai)]tended to tlie petition. From tho questions raised by this correspondence, all those which are unim]ioi'tant ma}' he' UHefully eliminated. I projiose, therefore (sidijeel, perhaps, to a slight digression, where necessary), to contine my olisei-vations to the ])rincipal |)oints in a lettei- from Mr. Edgar to myself, which contains certain projiosals as reganls railway matters. Tho Provincial (iovcrnment did not at the time understand that these proposals wore officiallj' made. They were suhse(|uen(ly withdiawn by the Dominion Govern- ment, and only at tho moment of such withdrawal declared l)y them to have been made with their authority and on tlieir helialf. Tlie above lettei-, which thus became invested though but for a brief time with an authoritativt> character, is valuable as the only o'fficial intimation to the Provincial (iovernmont of the jvdicy of the present Dominion Government on the subject of the Pacific Pailway. In a edition to certain jiroposals or otters to liritish Columhia. the letter contains importanl statements, and some specific admissions, which favor the Provincial case. i shall discuss these offers .scriatiin, and endeavor to ascertain their vidue taken in connection with the conditions attached to them, which conditions, as I shall after- wards show, virtually amount to a surrender by British Columbia of her existing railway agreement. 'l shall then ofVer some (n)mments upon the above statements and admissions, using goneritlly, as t'lv as mtiy be, the language in which they are expressed in the letter, iii order to lessen the danger on my part of any inadvert- ent misconstruction of their meaning. The oft'ers made are as follows : — No. 1. Tho Dominion will "commenco construction from Esquimaultto Nanaimo " immediately, and push that portion of railway on to completion within the shortest " praotioable tim«." 40 Tlio ofrcr to crtmmeDPo woiv immcdiatoly at Kscjiiim;!!;!! (wlurli, as alrea(l !is tho Avoslcni (I'.'iuiiiiis ol" tlio main liiK^ liy an <^ir(Ier of tlio Privy (Council iii" rmiiiila as tar iiaclv as Juiu', I'^T'O is sim|i|y an i»;Ti>;' fo do what tho Doniiiiidii wa" hoini'l tn iiavt- ilciuc in July. 1S7."5, ami wlial tlicy n)iu,'lit Icvt- clone at any tinio siiifc, ami wliiih iJK^y admit in !iii> ii-ltof wa^ (iiiiif ]iiar!ii aitii> in May hast. Tlie ofi'iT. your Lordsiii|is will iiotiii'. i'^ a \ovy limited oih'. Xo licllniti- jn-ovision is mado tbi" I lie cxtriisi,)!! of the main lint' licyond Xanaiiiio (alioiit (id iiiilcstrom Flsijui- maidO ; iioi'. indeed, is ;iiiy doHnile period lived jWr the eoiii|ilt/!i"U ol' i-ven ihis short portinii o!i!ie railway, which wrndd lake neiihe:' mueh time nor money td eiinslrnct. The |)"omise \<> eomplole it "in liieshorle-i praelieaMe time."' — a proniine in otleo.t attached lo all leiter. — is one which. sli;.'iitly nualitied, is im[»lied in the |iicsc);t. jr,.(i in every other ;;u"recm>'nt ol'a .>iniil,ar character, in which no stipula- ti(in i- i'.i-'crled for liic ,,crf'orm.'i"c,. i.r v\MrK wiihiii a c'ivcii tin)e. The phraso in much l.'o "I'l i'c in :ls nic.ininLi' lo ii'inni i.l' any deiinile inleriiretation. It may, for tiic |)'c>''ii. iher.'!i)i'>>. he lidrly omitte I i'roni -tpecial c(iii.--idei'ation, exi'opt as s(ni'e cvidc'ici. (,]' ;i .'^ciicrid intention on tlie |ia;''i of ilc hnmininn (iovcrnmont. T must a-, lime, \v]i':t ii.i lanu-uau'e conveys, thai t!ic words -the p(»rtiiiii ofrailway," me\ns ;l|i' E,>-(jiiiMaii!t and Xanaimo porjiun or j,;irt of the main railw.ay. which is tho only i'ai]w:'y i'efcrr* d to in the leittf. This would lend to >!iow that the position of the (ei'miinis !> un (Hiestiotieil. IvTo othor allusion to the tcrmimts is niailo in tho lot lor. Xo. 2. Tlie Dominion will proviMuttMoid eompleie the surveys, and then detormino •■'llie location of the line upon the mainland." This pi'onnse is ira-onnltle on fhe lace of it, hut it is very \ ai^'Ui". In May last, tho (JovernnHUit of ihe f)oiiunion infii-meil tlie Provincial tonerument that " there wan no reas(»n lo hclicvc that it would he ]>ossihle to complete the -nrveys hofore tho 'oso of the year." ISTd. The rcasoniJile inference deiluci!>lc iVom this statom 's, obviously, that the surveys v.iinld lie fuiished -it the <'nd of 1871. Ff a lon^ei 1 had heen deemed necessary lor Ihe pui'posc, tlie fact would have heen suiiod. (' Misiderinif Ihe intimation thus iriven. and lookiuif ti; Ihe louir interval of time that has elapsed witho'it !iny decision a- to tlie route havine- heen an'ived at.it mi<.dit have been expected that tlie lefier would have positively i^-ua.-anleed the I'ompletion, in 18',-1-. o!' these and all oihei' indisocu-;ihle surveys within the Province at least, and havei'irther placdl beyoml conieciure tiic commencement of construction works early in ]8',5. I have been inlic.-meil \>v a r.niiway enyinetr lieic that, as a matter of prac- tice, the ex])loratory surveys settle the ^I'enei'al beariny: or course of a line of railway, and that tho subse(|e;it loeanon surveys may bo proeeedetl with at several points alony; such line .-"innlianeously. and the work of construction be I'omnienced at those ])')ints without waitim;- for ihe acdiial location of the whoji' line. Such beins^ tho <'ase, there is no v.did rea-,on. in view of all the fu-ts above --t.aled. why this jiractioe should not be followed with re-)ioei to ihe I'aeili" .Raihv.ay. The general coui'so of the railway within the Provinc(> a' least, should be determined this year, ajul location survey^ immediately followed by actual consti'iiction. shoidd bo commenced early in 1875, at various points on tho mainland an;l on t!io is];:nd. This is what Bri'tish Columbia above all thin;,s desires, and any definite arr;pie-eme!it which will socuro her' wants in tli!-- ■■e-)icet will ^ive the Province much sfiti^faetion. No. 11 The l)...ninioM will " ojieii ii]i a roai! and build a teleira])h line along the " wliole hi!i;t!i of the railway in the Province, and carry tho leletjraph wire acros'^ " tlie eontinem." The_])orformance of this ofiV'i-, both as to the road and the telec-rajih line, woidd depend, in ])oi!i! of titne, upon liie pei-Jormance of the precedin.'i; otVer (Xo. 2), as the above works v.'ould, accordin!:;'to the letter, only be eonimeiieed after the completion of tho surveys and the h;cation (within (lie Province) of the whole lino alon«,' which they are pj-o_posed to be eonsti-neted. The f..^ josition of mlo in Ow ,\<.tcrmino IV luHt, tho i''llu've ^vsiH ',o'(>n suaod. H' tiMic thai lai^'iit have ,.,.nipletioi>, ut least, an'i works early ..tt.'r ofprao- . of railway, .veral points ,(.(.,1 at those 1 heinu; thu \»is practio« ,..a courso ol . mA U-.cation :icoa early in what Britisli 1 will f^f^'-'^i'"'' i,u. nlong th.' , win' aero--' •h line, wonUi (No. 2), as iho v completion ot ,uir whifh they the voail here oe of tho rail- .ta very large hiipplii's and in iiutI, (iiiij;iiiiM'iiiiy iu' ;.loii^ tlic line (^res.s. a merely |las^;tiJl(! rmttl i-. iiecc-Niuy au!it'( Icrvil, lii'.-t, ill relation to its foiiimoiieeiacnt, Tiie amount to cKj-eci. Tlie eo>t of tlie simply thrown away. I can aiMi iiiilic-.ilaiin;;iy state lliai ll\u loail woiij.l. oven as a temporary sui)>iituti; I'oi- liie railway. I'c wholly unafceplaMi! io iIh- I'l'osiiico at large, ineiniliiin' tin- larniors ainl pi'miuccis of tiie '• iiitorioi'." in aIiom- iiitorots, ami for whoso beiictit it i> alle;j:eil lliiit tlie olt'cr i- t-^pccialiy hkkI". I"oi' i'lc transport of ""*"•'■""■""' '■■ ■ ' ~'-'' ■ ■'■•■ •'■•■••' iji,,. ,;., lailway works pi-o- iiii •triieit il ; ■his, in .Id. is . - , ., , .. would (loulilK-— i lie lif-cl'iil, liut its coiislructioii i-» a i|iu- lioii w ii/ j -Iciul'l lieti'eai<.l in-icpcinltnlly oT ilic rail way ay'rccmfiil. Tiie fiulway i- 'a •.:■'■ i- i oi|uiri 1, :iini ''.w pco|ilc oi' ilir Province would pi'cli'r MH'inn' 'In- time and money wliifii ai'e pro o^rd i,» l>o PNpi ndcd on tlio abovi- viorks ap])ro|>iialed t-.i the larger and intiniiely ncire hcn-rieial enterprise, Xo. 4. When t lie •• siirvev s and load on tin; inainiaml can lie completed, tliere •■• nhull he in each and every yeai- ••' ••• ■■' ■■- dnrinu' the eon-^lriiclion oftberuil- " way, a minimuni CNpciidiiuie iipnu tlie woik> of eonsii-iietion within the Province, "of at least ^l.r>(ll),0lt(i," and ihc hoinlnion •■ will prorecd iVoiii the very lirst with all " tho works olVoiLsti'iicti'in," o:i ihe niaiiiland, ••ll;u'. their eiiuiiners could sanction.'' The expenditure ahove prop"-,., 1 may In- eo:!'.' ■ • • > • ... amount; and iioNt. with reference io the date ol' it- falls far shortof what l)i-ili>h ( 'ulmnbia has lieeii led . ..., _ ...^ line in British Columbia ha- l>eeii roii-'hiy e-liiii,ilcd at !?;jr),iMm,OilO ( tJT.OOil.OOO). AsHumiiig this e.-timale to be emreei , ;ind that ten yciir- would see the com]iletion of the railway, tho Proviiae. in a'eeptim,' the tei-ni- of union, bad a. liiir o.\[iectation of an average yearly expeiidiitiie within lier' limii- of, say, .^.'>.r>iM),UOll ( t'7'"),000j. After a delay of over throe yeai-. >^ i;h iis eonsorjueni lo,-s lo the Province, il is now proposed by the letter that tlii- amounl shall lie rciiiccd to tin- .-iim ol' ^1,5lH».0ll(), (£300,000). Again, dividing ihe whole eor-t $.M.").()iiO,l)UU ( !:7,il(Ml,0(»i) i. by I hi- sum, a period ot twerity-tlirt^e and a half years wouid bo tibtained a- the lime re((uired for tho completion (^Itlu' I'rovin -i.-' ->ction oflhe liiu' alone, {•Kt\>\ thi- period woiiM be only computoil from the da!«' when oxjicmiidiiv would be ( cmmi iiccil, :ind not from the'date of the letter. It i- true thai 'he e\peii inciea>e ^^ith the progress f)t"tbe W'ork, but 1 Mibmit that in estimating the \al.ic of tiiis oi- of ,iiiy himilar proposal, the actual ligiiie- given — and not contjngcnt .ihioiintN whi( h might iiover be s[ieiil — must bo the oa.-os of cak'u!at'u)n. Moreover, not only is tlie ^iropo-ed expenditure iiiaae(|ii;;ic. liiit tlie pt'i'iod wjieii it, iN to be begun is left hugely open to doulii. The loltei- st.ites tiial liie expenditure will follow till- cmnpletioii ■•alwng the whole length oi the raihv:;\ in the Province," of the waggon road mentioned in oiler .No. ;5. The com] dot ion of this road, in turn, has to depend upon the I'omplelion of all the surveys, and upon the location of the whoh? lino on the nudnland (see oiler No. 2) ; and the coinph'tion of Ihcso survey- and the location of this line are. in point of time, wholly left o|)eii i. refer, and are strictly contiiieil to the Jiritish Columbian portion (if the railwav. The letter is wholly silent as to the extension of the line beyond the eastern frontier of the Pj'oviiice. British Columbia is thus by implication virtually requested to surrender one of the elenu'nts most imiiortant to herjn the contract, namely, tho right to insist upon all rail communication with the Eastern Provincee. ^ covtain s^talcments and iliiiiSiii^il *t^va li'n- i. to., years ^;;- f ^- ,,,i.ulun^; ^"l^rS^^S- Tl^so coinpainc^ 41h> (l.-vernmout. '''''^\,^^y..,,.\Je that ciu'li 1^«^"'' ..,,,,., i on the 5th of Febmaiy, With respect t" .h ^i. lu'ecssarj to pia^ ..-ithjut any intoi-mauoii compamcH that tne comi furtbetttm lo»o. mts and bvmor is eers that imposHi- iiiou, and ftnant'inl hout any Llic ''hicf I lead the 4, wectum [ he now fuvorahle the Pacitic on alludetl rttructurcrt Dominion, dated only During the led. Imfiy )mp!ction of ■as keenly , railway ! eont]»anit'!*) within tho ca,ii;oi' Avr.s .th, iniluence Y to neithov ; Government, rmed a new 'sen toil in the of February, e surrender ot vo ref ponsiblo II through lino i^t voars from . uy nor in the fo unsuccessful | • and of their ty of fulfilling t the Dominion remove it. No rtered company il j^ucocss of the any information ,1, of section 8 ot Company " shall uly,l«11, unless* n which case tho iod." Admitting;, oars was dcemt^ L'cd beyond 18y&. > t is, about twclyt mowledge of tlie ,>f the respective a 1881, or at th« The value of the above facts and correspondence is material, as showing, in the first place, that il .was considered all imp<^itant th!>;. a dctinito period should ho as- signed for the execution of a work Hp(>n which coiifedeivition hinges; and in tho next place, that 1881, or at most 1885. was a reasonaldc deiinition of that period. The Province, after all lior ;ii>a])pointnients, abo\ e all tilings de.-iics !'..;, Lho "prompt commencunient, eontiniioiis jiros nnition," and early ci.nijtletion of the rail- way ^hall be detlnitely assured ov, in the language ol' the letter, " he guaranteed." Tho Provincial Crovernment, therelore, strongly but respectfully resist the contention of the Dominion (lovornment tliat the eommenconient, prosecution and completion of the lino shall be left open lo a doubtful and indetinite period. The further opening statement in the letter, that the Dominion Government are willing "to enter into julditional obligations of a definite character tho benefit of the " Province," may be said to have been disposed of as tho nature and character of these "obligations" have, in tho analysis made of tho otters, been already examined. I shall therefore pass on to what I have termed tho admissions in the letter. Tho most important of tlioi^ > is an admission which may be inferred I'rom tho oiler n ade by the Dominion Government to ''commence railway construction immediately iVom " Esquimault toXanaimo." Here it is admitted that the Dominion Govoruniiint were in a position, at least in May last (tho date of the letter), if not before, to have begun tho railway in the Province. There is, and has been, therefore no excuse for d« lay in pushing ibrward the work. Of scarcely less importance is a second admission, which roads as follows : '■ To "a country like British Columbia it is conceded, however, to bo an important point " that not only tho prompt and vigorous commencement, but also tho continuous pros- " ecutioi: of tho work of construction within the limits of the Province, should bo " guaranteed." To those two admissions may be added a third, and last: tho Dominion Govern- ment, while conceding that railway construction should bo commenced at tho nea- board of tho Province, consider it most im])ortant that every elfort should bo made by them to ])ush forward the construction of tho railway on tho mainland, in older that the legitimate advantages of expenditure should, as far as possible, fall into the hands of the farmers and jtroducers of tho interior. This is an object which tho Provincial Government have much at heart, and strongly desire to sec realized. With tho clear and just sense which the Dominion Government thus appeal to have of what is due to tho Province ; Avith their full appreciation, on tho one hand, of the wants of the interior, and on the other, of the requirements of tho Island, it might have been expected that thcv would, as "a Government responsible lor tho " progress of both shores of the continent," at least have given some more definite as well as some jjraetical meaning to their expressions of solicitude for the welfaro of tho people of the Province. 1 have thus dwelt upon the letter at considerai)Ie length, as your Lordship's attention has been specially directed to it in c-. leotion Avith tho present case. I conceive the following to be a synoy)sis of it-^ oilers and conditions: Canada will commence, on tho Island, immediate constrvn' k -i of the i-ailway at Esquimault, Mid finish about sixty miles nl' it (time of comple;if)h indetinite). On the mainland ,sho will prosecute the surveys for tlio reinaindor of the line, and finish these surveys (time also indefinite). " She will (hereafter ''locate" the line falling within the Province (time also indefinite). When this can be achieved, she will make along this " located " line, a waggon road (which tho Province does not want), and u ttilo- graph line (which the Province has not asked for), iind will carry tho latter across tho continent (time of comj)letion of both road and telegraph line indefinite), mately, after tho completion of the surveys and of tho road, but not before will begin, and will continue railway works in tho Province, and spend ther by year, not less than £800,000 (whether this sum will include tho Esquimault line or not is doubtful. U is tho only expenditure ofi'orcd. A.» 1 have shown your Lordsb ip, Canada thus proposes to ensui-e to the Province tho completion of tho lino within l,er i9Mr Ulti- ut not before. Cam da con, year 80 limits in Uvcnty-tliree aiicl :i half years, oi- loss, dating from the unknown period at which the oHerc'd cxjjenditiire can he eonimeneed). Canada will do all this work " in the shortest time praeticaMe," a jihrase a shade str( nger tlian the words "with due diligence."' tliree words, ihe const] uction of wliich lias given rise tomiicli doubt, and 10 much painful litigation, in considei'ation of tliese others (if acce])ted), British Columbia sliall. (1st) abandon all claim to the completion ot' the (.'anadian Pacific Eaihvay within a delinite time; and (2nd') shall (virtually, though not quite so ex- 2»ressed) .surrender hei' right to. and inlei'ost in. tlie comjiletion of about 2.000 miles of the lino neccs^ary to connect the eastei-n frontier with Kastci'n Canada. i\part from tlie very objectionalile features of the last two conditions, {he. indeiinite cliar- actei- of the above jiroposals made to the Pi'ovince is in marked contrast to the state- ment of the Dominion (lovernment thai, " to a country like Eritish Columbia," it is important that the early completion of the railway' within lier limits should be ensured ; and, therefore, that a gmn-antee sIkjuUI be given by the Dominion Govorn- mcnt for •' its prompt commencement " (which de])ends on the prompt completion of tlie surveys), and also Idi' ■■i\> continuous construction" (which depends on yeai-ly specitic (>xpoiiditure). Thi.'^ concludes my remarks upon the letter. 1 luive endoavorud io jiiace belbre youi- Lordshij) a full hi.stor}- oi' the position of British ('olumbia with respect to confederation. A very unsatisfactory state of atfairs has been disclosed, if the iiuestion be regai'deil simply as a (juestion between the Don.'nioii and one of her Provinces. On ihe part of the Dominion there have been delaj-s, default, and avowal of det'ault, followed by oilers and conditions such as 1 iiave de:-ci'il)ed. The jieculiar situation of ib'itish Columbia, hei- remoteness, her weak political jjosition, her dependence on the good faith oi' the Dominion, tlie hopes tliat have been lield out and deferred, the grievous loss that has en.sued, the cou.sequent utter pros- tration of her interests, all tiiese give her claims upon Canada, which the ])resent l)<)niinioii (iovernmenl have, as already shown, to a certain extent acknowledged in words. The.se idainis the I'iovincial tb)vernment liope will not be overlooked by your Lordship in con-iileriiig ihe ii-a-onable measure of justice towhieli the Province is fiitilled under the lei'ins of L'uion. Thi' Proviiiee has not expected anything that is uure:isoiial)le, and does nol do so now. It is her urgent desire that matters should be tbrtlnvith placetl on a faic business-like looting, and above all, on a footing of certainty, with propel' safeguards to ensure liiat eerlainty, so that a good and cordial undorstanding may be restored and nol again Ije disturbed. i have, iStC, (Signed,) CIeo. A. "WamcK-M, President oj the Executive Council of British Columbia. r I (No. 313.) Ottawa, 18th December, 1874. My TiOiii), — \ liiiv(> Ihe honor to tiaiisinil to your Lordship a copy of an Order of lli(> i'l'ivy Council, in which my .Mini-lers convey to youi Lordshijt theii' best acknowledgmeiil foi' the |i;iiiis and li'oiible you have been good enough to take in promoting ihe srllletneul of the diller, iicc which had aiiscii between British Columbia and the Government of (he Dominion. 1 have, &c., (Signed,) Dufferin. The Earl of Carnarvon, &c., &c., &c. 51 riod at irk " in ith due bt, and BriliMh Pacific ■ HO ex- K) miles A part ' cliai- le Htatc- ," it \h ould bo Govern- etion of yearly k (902 D.) Copy of a Report of a Committee of the Honorable the Privy Council, approved hy His Excellency the Governor General in Council, on the ISth December, 1874. The Committee of Council have had under consideration the despatch of the Right Jlonorahlo Lord Carnarvon, Sccretaiy of State I'or the Colonics, of November 17th, conveying a statement of the new terms with British Columbia, which, in hiw Lordship's o])inion, may properly Ik- laid dowii as fair and reasonable concerning the construction of the Pacilic llaihvay. Li the minute of Jul}' li.'Jrd, tiu' (iovcrnnuMit of the Dominion advised that his Lordship should be informed of tlieir willingness lo leave it to him to say wdiethor the oxeitious of the (lovernmciit, the diligence shown, and i lie offers made were or were not fai)- and junI, and in accordance with the spirit of the original agreement, seeing it was impossible to comply with the letter of the terms of Union in this particular. The conchision at which Ms Lordship has arrived "upholds," as he remarks, in the main and subject only to some nioditicalions of detail, the ])olicy adopted by this (rovc/nment on this most embarrassing question. The minute of Conitcil of Septenibor 17tli contained a statement of reasons showing why some of tlu'sc moditications should not be pi-essed. but the (rovernment actuated by an anxious desire to leniove all dilficalties, expressod a willingness to make those further concessions ralhe. than Ibrego an immeiliate settlement of so irritating a question, as the concessions suggested might be made without involving a violation of the spirit of any Parliamentary reMtliilion. or the letter of any enactment. The Committee of Council r(>->pect fully request that \'our Excellency will be pleased to convoy to Lord Carnarvon their wai-m appj-eciation of the kimlness whieli led liis Lordship to tender his good otHces to effect a settlement of the matter in dispute; and also to assure his Lonlship that eveiy etlort will be made to secure the realization of what is expected. Certitied. (Signed,) W. A. IIimsavorth, Clerk, Privy Council. (Canada. — No. 4.) Earl Carnarvon to Earl Bvffcrin. Downing Street, 4th January, 1875. My Lord. — I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your despatch of the 18th of December, forwarding to me a copy of an Oi'der of the I)ominion Privy Council expressing the acknowledgments of the (rovernn\ent of Canada for (he ser- vices which I hav(> been fortunate enough to rendei- in promoting the settlement of the diti'ercnccs which had ai'ison hetween Ih'itish Columbia and the (Tovernment of the Dominion with reaped to the construction of the Pacific Railway. It has been with great pleasure that I have I'cceivi'd this expression of their opinion. I sincerely rejoice to have been the means of bringing to a satisfactory conclusion a (iiie-tion of >oniiich ''esaid, it shall be lawful for the Government of British Columbia, cle 2 of terms subject to the above recited conditions, from time to time, to apply for of Union. anserted, in tlie same words, in an}' Act of the Parliament of Canada which clause, may bo passed for the purposes of this Act. r H (Copy No. 28.) T3iuTisn Columbia. (ioVEllNMKNT HoUSE, 18tl) MajjlSli. .AFiiiuteofExccii- Sth, — 1 havo tlu' honor (o or.clo.se Iierowitli a iiiiiiiitcof thoExocutivo five Council. Council of this Proviiicc to sl.'ilc ihai, in aeconhmco witli the aclvico of Tel. Mess., May my .^^ini -tci's thei'oin ('\prc---cvl. | liavo this (hiy addi'cssod to you a. I8tb, 1874. mcMsagi.' liy Icliv^'rapli, oj' wiiirh a i'oj)y is ajjpcinlwl hei'oto, >, 1 have the honor to he, Sir, Your obedient, servant. (Sis?nctl,) JusEi'ii W. Tkutch. The Ilonoi'al.le Tiie Seeretary of St.nie, Ottawa. (Copy.) Licutoianf-Croccrnor to the Honorable W. Srott. V^'icTORiA. 18th May, 1874. Mv.Ministei'sreq\iest to lie infoi'nied hy 'eleiiTa,,. ..heihei'.\[i'. "vlLtai- is empowered to neL!,'tllute with ihis (iovei'iunent. and whellu'i- projMtsitions purjiortins;' to ho made hy him, on hehallO!' Ilie Dominion (rovernment, will he considered hindiii!^ Ijy that (iovei'nnuMil. (Signed,) Joseph \V. Trutch. (Copy.) Department Secretary ov State, 10th June, 18Y4. Sir, — I have tlie lionor to acknowledu-e the receipt of your despatch. No. 28, of the IStli uh,, purpoi'tiuii,- to enclose a minute of your Executive Council, and alHO co])y of a teleL!,'rani founded tiiereon, and sent liy 3'ou to the Secretary of State on the l."^ll) nil., on the suhjecl ol Ihe missii)n or]V[r. .1. J). Edi^ar to thedovernment of British Columliia. The minute of Council referred to did not accompany your despatch. (Signed,) Edouard J. Langevin, The Honorable Under ^Secretary of State. The Lieutenant-* iovernor of British Columbia. Victoria. f (Copy No. :50.) British Columbia, Government T[ouse, 9th .Tune, 18*74. Minute of Couu- Sra. — With reference ty him iro.u tl„. lioii. i\lv^•a,^H.| i; K .; *, ''''''""^■''''^■'''••'''''' ycsU-ixlay, received The (jo.n„ut.e. advise uku th. ^o: "t^iLuiliri:?!;;;;,;;;:;;'^^ ^" '■^•i-'^- "--^- (Vrliiic'ii. (Sigiiedj W. J. AimsTRON,,. ^'''''^'/'j Executicf Council. (Copy.) ^Vi. iy«.. .1. Macl^,,,;, ,, Z^e«/.. 1874. proposals ,o your dovonuuent .'Js p ■ ' i ,,. fi;;; """^;"^"". (^"vernM..n(, mad. .eriain wluoh involved immodialelv hoavv ■ •, ndi '.. w '''"''T' "^ ""^ "^ •"•'"^ ^^''-y' Iho terms oi' union, in consi.lon.tion , r \, , ' \ ' .•''''.'''''•■'•^?^^ "^' fonlomplatod h^ of the Railway. " K'u-oin- tl.o l.m,,, of time lor the completion ters that the proposals are witlKS,,. '' ^ ^'^'^ "'" "«^^' intorni your .\Iiui.s- (SignodO A. Mackenzie. (Copy.) • 18th May; thai tl,e views on (ho .••, v.v V , ;• ''W'''«'' f"'' ''y lele-ivnu to you of J%ar to Mr. Walkom, uxiclor;iti(>ii of t'orogoing the limit of the time for the completion of the railway. 1 exceedingly regret that voni' (invcrmnent hiuo not replied to the proposaltj, or apparently considered them. I Im'_. therefore, that you will now inform your lainiHtoi'H that the proposals art- witlidrawn. (Signed,) A. Mackbnzih. To Lioutonant-Govorui-r Trutch. i by Hi» General, equertted )OHitionn, e Domin- ic he has uncil- etary. 1874. ud to nego- [Kle by him at Govern- IH, wernor. TE, I, 1874. h, No. 46, of I, and of the itU May last. VIN, jy of StOi^' i Victoria, Juno 9th, 1874. My Ministons request me to r-tate, in reference to a telegram to me from Mi* Mackenzie, dated yesterdn}-, that it i-onveys the first direct information to this (rovornment (although sm-Ii inloijiiatiou was formally applied i'or by telegram to yon of 18th May) that tin; view> <»n the railway (|iieNtion, contained in a letter from ^tfr. Edgar to Mr. Walkom, were proposals to this Government from the Dominion Government, and that they (.onsider if leinai-Kalilc thai the only communication to this Government which acknowledges such jjnqjo^als authoritative should at the same time withdraw them. (Signed,) Joseph "VV. TRUxcn, L iexitena nt- Governor. The Honortible E. W. Scott, Secretary of State, Ottawa, Canada. (No. 40.) BuiTisH Columbia, (iovEUNJiEXT IIocsE, 11th June, 1874. Siu,— I have the honor t yet been raaile. That the Secretary of State of the Dominion has infoi-med this (lovernment that no eommeneement can be made this year in eonsec^uenee of the surveys being incomplete. That by Ortler of the i'rivy Council of Caiuuhi it, was decided last year that a portion of the Jine bo located between the harbor of Es([uimault and Seymour Narrows, and, that in consequence of that order, and at the request of the Dominion ftovern- meut, the lands foi-a width oi' twenty nules along that line have been i-eserved by the Provincial Covei'nment. That the Premier of the Domiinon Government has in an infomal manner, but nevertheless in a manner acknowledgeil to beat the instance of the Dominion Gov- ernment, otVered immediately to undertake the commencement of the work, provided that ]]ritish Columliia would agree to certain terms of relaxation. That the relaxation ])i'oposed was that British Columbia was that British Colum- bia shf>ul(l agree to cancel tlu^ railway clause of the terms as regards the mainland part of the Province, and accejd in lieu thereof a promise to build a wagon road after the line of railway had lieen permanently located, cm the comjdetion^of which,at an undetined time, railway construction woidd commence. That such proposal has, liowevei', been withdrawn. That according to the preandjle of the '-('aniKiian Pacitic Railway Act, 1874," the railway is to be constructed " as i'a[)idly as the same can be accomplished without '' raising the rate of tax.'ition.'' That the bearing of the J)omijiion (fovernment towards British Columbia in equivalent to the rc-piiuiation of the lialiility of the Dominion to fulfil as fai* as pos- sinle the engagement made res])eiting the construction of the Pacific railwa}-. That by the coui'se of action takeii by tln^ Dominion Ciovcrnmont, British Col- umbia bus sustained, and is sutlering great injury and loss. That with a view to obtain redress, it is advisable that the csise of British Columbia be su-'tnitted for the consideration of the Imp»M'i.'d (Government. The Committee concur with the recouunendation, and arivise that your Kxcel- lency do charge the llonoralile the Attorney-tJencral and the I'l'ovincial Secretary with the preparation of a memorial and remonstrance on behalf of the Provinecfc regarding the non-fultilment of the lerr.is of Union by the Dominion (Jovcrnment to be submitteil toiler .Most Excellent .Majesty the (^ueen-in-Council. The Conmnttee further advise, should this rejjoi't be approved, that the Homir- al)le (ieorgc Aiitho]iy AValkem be appointed a special agent and delegate instnictiHi to i)rocecd at once to Lomhui lor the [lurpose of placing the memorial in the hands of thc'i'igid Honorable the Secretary of State for the Colonies, and of supj)orting the praver thcieof. and reipiest your I'^xcellency to inform the (iovernor General of Mr. Walkeni s appoinlnitut. and ask that he hv. provitled with a suitable introduo- liou to ilcr -Majesty s l'i'inci|>al Secretary of Stale for the Colonies. Certilied. (Signed,) W. J. Armstronq. Clerk, Executive Council, f Til (<^1 reil im "tl « c 59 (No. 41.) HRITtSII CoLI'MUIA, (ri)Voniinoiit Iloiisf. llHi .liiiio. 1874. i Sib, — I liav« the honor lo eiiclosi-, witli rtircn'Mcc to my li'lumraiihu' (U'>.|mtc'li to you of this day's dato, a minute of my Kxecutive Coiincii. in accordance with the Minute of Execu- rwlvieo contained, in wliieli my said desnatch and tliat to the Right tiyc Council. Honorahle. the Secretary of ^',Iatc for the ( 'olonies. a ti-anscript of which was therein reported for the information of His Kxcollency tlie Coroveruor (TGUoral, wero addressed. I have tiie in)n()r lo l)e. Sir, Your ohedient servant. (Signed,) .losKi'ii W. Trutoh. Tho Hoiioral)lo, The St»crotary of State. Ottawa. CovY (if u Hffii'ii t// ii ('oiitinitttr ui t/ir U'ni'iruhh'. t/c Kxn'iitirf Coiiin-'l. it/iproved by His K.vceUfncij tlu: Litittiiuintil'iii in'ir. mi flu 1 l/A thni oj' ,hiia\ i>^T4. On a raemorandnm dated 11th .lune, 1871, from tiic llonorniilc, the Proviiioial Secretar}', roportim^ with reference to tlie hrcach of (lie tii ins of I'liion by the Dominion Government, and the appeal to the iMipciial (lovcrinntnt iliercon ari.sing, that it ift) advisable that a telegrani be sent to the Imiicrial (iovernnienl, informing them tliat British Ooiumhia is aliont to apjioal ai;aiii>t i lie lucaeli by tho Dominion Governmont of tho t«'rms of ridon, and that a delen'atc IVom this (iovernmont w about to leave for London to lay such ap])cal betbre rb<' Iinju'riai ( iovernment. The Committee concur and advise that your I'l.xccllency do telcy-r.-ipli to that effect to the Right Honorable, tho .Secretary of State lor th*- Colonies, and aUo through the uropor channel to His E.Kceilency, tl>' (S-frnor (Jeneral, for the information ol the Dominion (Jovornment. Certified. (Signed,) \V. .7. Armstrong. CU'i'li, Executim Council. (No. 42.) British Columbia, (iovernmcnt House. 11th June. 1S74. Sib, — I have the honor to enclose for tlie information of His Excellency, the Oopy of Tele- (rovornor (lenoral, a copy of des|tatch tins d.-iy adddressed by mo to gram. the Right Honorable, the Secretary of State Ibr the Colonies, with reference to my telegram to his Lordship, of this day's date, a transcript of which hiw* alreiidy been telegraphed to you. 1 have tlio honor to be. Sir. Your obedient servant, (Signed,) .JosKi'ii \V. 'I'ltiTCH. The Honorable, The Secretary of Slate. Ottawa. * (Copy.) Lievti'iumt-Goteriiiir (" Eiirl ('nmarroii. llib .lun.'. 187-i. ' My Lord, — I have the honor to state liial 1 biive this day, ut the instance of my reupousible atlvisers, mklressed to your Lonlship a telegraphic desjnitch to tho follow- ing effect: — "Colonial Secretary, London, eleventh June — ^linistry desii-e notify you "that delegate proceed iramediatelv London, piesent ajjpoul. British Columbia "against breach by Canada Railway "terms Union." ' I huvi\ etc. (Signed,) Jos«PH W. Trittoh. 60 Depaiitmbnt ok iSKcnF.TARy OP Statk, Ottawa, lltli July, 1874. Sir, — I have the honor to acknowledge tho rccoipt ot' yom- doHpatch, No. 40, of the 11th lilt., ooncoirniut; n «'0])y of' a miniiti; of youi- Kxt-riitive ("ouncil, in roforence to the allc^e Doinininn tinvci-nmont to carry out tho oblii^aiionB of the 11th clause of the terms of rnimi, aiw.l rccoininciidin^' tliat tlic cn.H« bo laid before tho Imperial (Tovernniont by iiioaiis of a monmi-iai. to bo ])resented to the Secretary or State for the Colonics, by tbo Attoiiicy-( icnoral of Hi-itish Columbia an apocial tigtntand dolej^futo of the (Jovornmcnt of tlmf Province. To His Honor, (Si,i,'ned,) The Lioutenanl-fiovernor. of British Columbia. Vicioria, Kdouakd J. Lanoevin, Luuler Secretary of State. (169 D.) Copt »/ a Report of a Conmitiic of the Jfononih!, . the Priiu/ Council, approved by Jlis Excellency, the (Jcrcrnor f-itniriil in OounciK on thv Sth July, 1874. On n despatch dated lltli .Iiiiic, 1871, i'vom Hi- IIdiioi-, (bo Lieutenant-Governor of Britvth Columbia, onclosini;' a miniik- ot the Kxecutive Council of that Province representing that British Coliiinl)ia i> sntloriiiir ^roat injiiiy IVom the failure by Canada to carry out the oliliii'ations of ijie 1 lib claus(> of tbo terms of Union, and that it is advisalilo in Ibo iiitcr(.'->tN of that Province that tho case be laid before the Imperial Government by moans of a nictiioriai. to bo ))resonted to tho Secretary of State for the Colonies l)y the Altoi-noy-fionoial of British Columbia, as special agent and delegate of that (iovornmtuit. The Lioutenant-Govcnior states that, in accordance with the advice of 'uh ministers, he has appointed tho Hon. (foo. .\i.tliony Walkom. Attorney-Gei' val of that Province, to be such special ai^ont and (IclojA'ate, and at their roqucRt he ii-gn that your Kxcellency bo infonneil thai ^!V. Wall.eia lias been duly appointed as such special agent and dcleirato. and that Yom- i'.xcolioncy be moved to acquaint tho Eight Honorable, Her .Vraiosty's l'i'inci]ial Socrotaiy o! Slate tor tho Colonies, that Mr. TValkem has been autlioi'i/.od and in>li'ncloil to ])laco in lii> hands the" memorial of that Government ap];oaIin<;- to Her Majesty, iind to support the prayer thereof. On tho recommendation of the lloi'oi-able, iho Secrotaiy of State, the Com- mittee advise that the above request bo acceoilct.1 to. Certitied. (Signed.) W. A. HiMSWORTH, Clerk, Privy Council, To the Honorable . The Secretary of State, &c., &c,, &c. G Department of Secretary of State, Ottawa, 11th July, 1874. ■ Sib, — T have the honor to transmit to you a certitied copy of an oi-dor of His Excellency the Governor (Jonoral in Council on a despatch of His Honor tho Lieutenant-Governor of British Columbia, under date tbo llth ult, relative to the alleged failnro of the Government of tho Dominion to carry o'lt tho obligations of the llth clause of tho terms of Union. In roforence to tho requost of tlio Lieutenant-Governor that the Eight Honox'ablo the Secretary of State be informed that you have boon authorized by tho Government of BritiBb Culambia as their i>pet>{al agont and delegate to tmbmit tlrdir mMiRviftl TbI 61 appealing to Her Majesty, ami t<» 'dippAi-t the prayer thereof. 1 Iwivo t(i state that a despat<'h to that ctToct will bo U'lilrotsed \>y the" (i ntj-nor (Jt-heral to tlio Kai'l of Carnarvon. I have, i\.( . The Honorable G. A. Walkem, (Sigue'I,) 1?. W. Scott, Attornoy-(.ioncral. Secretory of Staff . HritiBli (.^olumbia, Ottawa. Ottawa, July 11th. 1S74. Sir, — As Mr. Himswoi-th arrived fnmi 'rM"ioii>,;i(' !ii>t nitrht, I have Iho honor to request you to fui-ni-ih me— tu-ihi}-, if pON^iblo — with llie (luciinii'ntary autliurity necessary to officially aecivdit me as deleL;;ite iVom Ihe tiovfriiiruMil of British Columbia to Her Majesty's (xovernmeiu. Tho objeot of my missioii has already been stated in a despatch of l.'ist Jiiiie from the (Jovernment of tho I'rovinco to the Dominion Government. It is of importance that I should leave foi- Kmvjand and hrini,' my work to ii gIoho with all convenient speed, hence my leijiiost tliat yoii will provide me with my letters to-day. 1 have the honor to he. Vour obedient MM'vant, (Sinnel) (Jeo. A. Wai.kkji, A ttorncij-deneral, B. O. The Honorable Tho Secretary of State, &c., &e., Ac. of UiB ,1! val of he !' -fif . as such aint the ios, that nemorial eof. Com- 1814. or of His ,onor tho live to the =ona of the Honorable jverninont < OEl'AHTAtKNT OF SECRETAUy OK StATK, Ottawa, KUh July, 1874. Sib, — With reference to my letter of the Ilth'insl., ! have the lionor to transmit to 3'OU, for the information of your (JdveniMier)!. ji copy of an Order of His K.KccUency tho Governor Genoral in Council, and of a letter addres.>,eil to Mr. Attoi'iiny.Oieneral 8th July, 1874. VValkom on the subjeel of the alleged failure of the Dominion tiovorn- llthJuly, 1874. niont to carry out the ohlii^afions of the llth clause of the terms of Union. (Sinned.) KnouARD J. Lanoevin, To His Honor tho Lieutenant (Jovernor I'^nder Secretary of State. of British Columbia, Victoria. (No. 52.) British (^ot-u.mbia, (iovEUNMENT HorsE, July 28th. 1874. Sib, — T have tho honijr to state that \ have roci'ived and laid before my Bxecutivo Council your despatuh of the llUh instant, transmittin<;' a copy ol an or copies of the protest of the Britisli Columbia Govorn- nient iigainst the breach or infraction of tlio 'terms of Union" with (Canada by tho Dominion (JovernunMit. wl;icli I iiasc been authorized to present in person to Her Majoslys (Joverninont. Two copies of tlio cliarts referred to in the protest ar© also herewith foi-wurdcd. May f reipu'st you to ho good enough to acknowledge their I'eceipt. 1 have the honor to ho, Your obedient sen'nnt, (Signeii.) Geo. A. Walkem, Attorney-Getufrat, B. V. Tho Honorable Alex. Mackenzie, Premier Dominion Government. Dkvaht.\ient of Secretary of State, Ottawa, 13th July, 1874. Sir, — I am ilirected to acknowledge tho receipt of your letter of thin date, addressed to the Hon. Mr. Mackenzie, transmitting two copies of the protest of the IJritish t'olumbia Goverunient agai-nst tlie alleged breach or infraction of the terms of Union with Canada liy the Dominion (rovernment, which you have been authorized to ])resent in person to Her Majesty's Government ; and also forwarding two copies of the chart refoi-rcd to in the protest. I have, &c., Honoi-able G. A.. Walkem, (Signed,) Edouard .T. Lanqevin, A' torne}' GtMieral Um/cr Secretary of State. of British (Vdunibia. Ottawa. (Canada— No. IIO.) DowNiNu Street, 18th Juno, 1874. My LoRit.—Tlie intimation which 1 have received by telegraph of tiie departure from British Columbia (tf the President of flu Council md Attorne^-tieneral of that Province, sent to this (ountry for tiie purpose of ai)pealing against the course pro- posed by yiur (Jovernnient and sanctioned liy tiic Dominion Parliament in regard to the Pacific ]iiiilway. togctbci- with tiic reports of the proceedings in that Parlia- ment, and other informal communications havt' led me to a])preiiend that tho ditt'er- o?U'e of opinion which has unfortunately occurred, may not only prove difficult to adjust, but may )'.»\ iiupossihjy. if it remains long unsettled, give rise to feelings of dissatisfaction, and to disagreements, the existence of wlui-h within the Dominion would be a matter of serious regret. 2. If is not my wish, nor is it a part of my ordinary duty to interfore in these ciuosfions. They apyiear to me to be such as it shoidd bo within tho province aud tlio vjompetoncy of the Dominion Government aaid riOgislaturo to bnng to a Haiin- fVictory solution, and y\ will riwidily understand that Hor MajoHty's Ooverntnont v.oruld bo veVv reluctant tc fake auy action which might b« cotiHti-ued m eNpresbin^ J tha ad\ \V. Lor To hitt and orma- (vorn- )y tho o Ilei" ■© ttlso C. S74. 118 date, st of tbe tonuH of ithori/ed vo copies of State. L874. departure il of that bm-ne pi'o- |i,i regard |iil rarUa- Itho dift'er- llifflcult to |fcoUn;j;»4 of [Dominiou Ic in tiieiio ]>vinco and |to a Hatia- overnmont .a doubt of tho anxiely of tlic Doiniiiion Govt'iimioiil ami ParliiUaciil 1o givo the fullest coiisidoration to sucli ivprosi'iiiiitious iis may In- nmdc on (iio pai't of Britisli Columbia, and to deal in tin- inii-ost mid ino>t liitcial spirit willi what ?nay bo estab- lished as being the just riaims of that Province. 3. At the huine time I am stronglr impressed willi llu' imporlanee of iieglocting no means that can propei-ly lie miopti'd foi- ilfertih!,^ iUc speedy aixl amieable nettie- ment of a (pieslioM whirh cannot, witliont i'i>l< ami ol>viiMis disailv aniage (o all ])arlic*'| remain the sui^ieet of pi'olongcfj. anr example, the amount of l.'ind to he appropriated fortlu' Indians, and the pensions to he assigned to |nd)lic ufHi-ei-s d(i- pnved of employment) wero reserved for the decision of the Se<'retary nf State, so in the jwenent ease it may possibly be aeeeptalde to both parties that I should tender my good otliees in determining the new points which liave presented IhemselveH for settlement. I accord iuLi; I y addressed a telegram to 3-011 yesterday to the etl'eet that I greatly regretted that a dilVercnce should exist between llie Dieniniim and the Pro- vince in regard to the raihv.'iy, and that if bntii tiovei'nments should unite in desiring to refer to my arbitration all matters in controversy, Imiding themselves to accept such decision as I may think fair and just. I would not decline to inidcrtnke this service. 4. The duty whi<-h. inidi !• a sense of the imjiortaiiee of the interests eme bet'ore both iiarties as soon yesterday, I have the honor to be, inv liord, (Signed,) .ours, (Vc. 1" Carnarvon. (Copy of Telegram.) VirrouiA, 15. C, Hh .Viigust, i874. .My .Ministers r(>quc>t me to >t!ite for the informal ion of Ihe ( o »venuu' General that tlie following message, luimely, •• Colonial Seen tary, T,ond(Ui. 3rd August, upon advice of respoiisililc Ministers I Mccept, on behalf of MritiNh Coiunibia arbitration ottered in yotn* di's])alch I o Lord DuU'erin ISth .lune, Please acknow hylge. Joseph \V. Trutch, Jjieut.-(ioveriu)r .British ('olumliia" has been this day telegraphed to Lord Carnarvon. (Signed,) Joseph \V. TnTTxcii, To the Hon. K. W. Scott. S*cr«tary of 5>tat«*. bN «cprei4Bi"g JX^ ^:^ ^4'^ (Copy of No. 53.) British Columbia, (tovernment House, 3rd August, 1874. SiK, — I have the honor to transmit to you, for the information of His Excellency the G()Vi'i-ii')r (i(.'noi".'»I, a copy of a tlc-ipatch addressed by me to Her Majesty's Copvot (kriinirli I'li'ifip'il Secretary of .State for the C'olonie&, expressing the accept- Minntonf Rxmi- ^"'"*^ '^.V *'^'^ , — I have the honor to state that on the 28th ultimo, I received and laid before my responsible advisers a copy of your Lordship's desjiatch, of June the 18tb, to Ciovernor Genonil the Earl of Duffei'in. upon the pending ditiereuco between this Pi'ovince and the Goveinment of Canada, in relation to the railway article of the terms of I'nion, which despatch was transmitted to me by Lord Butfcrin on the 3rd tiltiino, in aceoi'dance with yoiir Lordship's instructions. I now enclose a minute of the Executive ('ouncil of this Province on yoiu" said dospati.h, and upon the au traubmittod for the informatlou oi Yoiu* EsccUoncy and rcferroa to them for report. In this diiujjatch ths Bccr&tary of State obberves that be is strongly imyXiibitA that 65 lency esty's ccepl- in his ■ate in (I thi» [Jnion, umbia iiifttor» :e with loseago ication oto, are CH. 8*14. and laid the 18th, ween this jle of the II the 3rd your baid to signify ia of yom* itiona laid patched a lis mail txi General of IDTOH. \ witli tho iiU[jortuiH'c iA' iu;jfli'ctiin;,' ikj nioaiis lliat ran iii()|irily l>i' iidopti'd for I'tU'Cl- ing tho f^ijcody and uinic.alili' sclLfkinciit uf a (|ii«.'f?tioii wliioli <,aiiiiut, witlioiil n>k an I obvious disadvaiitago (o all parlies, n'luain llii' siiliJoiM iiT piolitiiiicd, ami i( may b ; acrimonious, dis^cusHion. That it has occui'rcd to liiiu thai a> in llic ni'i^inal u-nii^ ami cnmlitiniis ot' tin admission »f Britisii Coliunliia into (lie I '1111111. coflaiii |i(iiiil~ wciv itssitvccI t'or tin •locisioii of (he Sei'i-rlary of Stale, sn ju die |ii'fsi'iii . eax' il may |iossil)ly be aeeepla bic (o both parties llial lie slnadd tender his ^ood ulliees in (h-tormiiiiiiu' Ihe new points whieli have pivsoiiteil iheiuselves lor si'ltleiueiil. That if both (iovernineiits: slioulij uniic in ilesji-iiiif to refer lo his ai'liiiration ;ill matters iu controversy, bindiiiu' iheinsilvo u> !i<'ee[tl siieh deeisioii as he may think lair and jiisl, he woiiM not decline l<» niKh-rtake this si-rviee. Thai the duty wliieh, unilci- a sense of (Inj iniporlanee of the interesi eoiuenied. he lias thus oft'orod to disehart!,e is of I'onrse a i't'-.])onsiliie ami ililliiiilt one. which lie coidd not assume unless Ity (lie desire nf liidji jiarlies; mn- unless ii shonhl lie I'nliy agreed that his deeisioii. \vlia(e\ i-r it may he. shall he acicji^'il willioiit an}" (|iiestioii or demur. The (Jonimittee eoncni' wiili ihe Sdivtary of Stale in rei;i'clling that a iliHerenee exists between the I'onunion and this i'mvinee in re^'ard to the railway, and liiat il is most desli'ahle for all parlies ihal all the ((iiesiinns in cuntroversy should rueeive a speedy and amicable settlenieiil. and liny are of o|iiiiinn thai a relerenei* lo arbitra- tion is the course of all others most likely In lead In sn desirahle a result. They therefore advise ihe conlial acceptance hy your Mxcelleney of the arhilr.-i- tion of tlie Secretary of State, in accordance with the eomlilioiis laid down m lli» Lordship's dcsjiati'h of the IStli .lime. IS74. and shunld ihi- re|iort he a|i|iroved ihey recommend that the aece|»lanee ii_\ this ( iovt'rnmeiii, on behalf nf Hrilisli Columbia. of the arbitration of the I'ighl ILonoralile the Secretary of Stale for llie Coioiiies, le immediately comminneale(l by yoiii' l'",\ccllency in (hat Minister liy telegrajth and by mail, and that copies of such cnnimiinicaiions be iransmilled -.imiillaiieoiisly lo the Secretary of Slate for ( 'aiiada, fni' the inlbnnalion of lli> IO.\cellcncy the liovernor Genoi-al. (Cerlitied.) (Signed, J ^\■. ,1. Aumstuono. Miin'sti r of Fiiitinfc. tmy of Telegram.) Liriih:i(iiitt-(iiici iHor io h'lirl ( 'arntirr'iii. LnMiDV. ;;iii Augusi, Colonial Secretary. Upon advice of respMu>ible Miuisler-. I accepi on beball' nl Urili-h Columbia Arbitration offered in ymir desjiadh in Lord Diitlerin. ein'hieenth .litin'. I'leasc acknowledge. iSigiied.) .losKi'ir \V. 'rut Ten. .Liriil.d'i'rrrii"!'. Hritsh ('olniii/iia. pproved by m. losal for a Dominion in the de»- lai'von, Her allency the ion ot Youx' f.iilli.-h'Vi'lli'i) !'■ S,ri;liiril Shit< . N'hl'nKIA. I!. ('.. ol'd ,\u,Lllt-l. 1.^74, My Ministers request uic In sialc for ihe informatinn ''\' (he (in\'t>riioi' ticneial. Unit llie following iiiessage, viz, : — •• l.oMiON. ;!rd August. *• Colonial Secretary. •• Upon advice ot' rcspuusibje .Nl!iiisler>. I ai ccpi nii behalf ^A' IJiili^h Cnlunibiu (.(i A iliii laiioii nlU'i'od in Xdiir i|r>|iiitrli to Lunl I >iitlrriii. iMli .iiiiK-. Plc:i>r ;it'kiiii\\ U'llij'v. .ln>KI'll \V. 'I"in Ji II. /,'■. III. < ini'i'l h"l liiHi.sli. l'i)himhi...ti, Si'i'l'i l;tl-\ I't' St.'ili'. < >tl:i\\ii. ( 'aiKi- t'ljrlnMllT'-. ll'illislilitlili:: till- lilt: i llti il'liial Ion "f Hi-; I'lxi jihcv llu' < i(i\ cniMi- ( ieiici ici'ai. a tii|i\ <\' a 'Ic-iialf! I ai|in'«'>Til n\ \iiii ill.' Ri-li I I'lliurjllilf lilt- Si'il'il;il'\ III' IIk- St.'ltc li'l' llic I 'nliillii'^. i-.\|irr^^ilJlX llli' arri'ptaili'i' I) A "Ur 1 i'i\ I'i'iiiiicii 1 i>\ lli- l,i>l'Mslli|>'- nil iV. a- <-iiii\ cX cu III rlli'jllrrlllil nl .llllU' la hi- 'lojiali'li III' ilir • I. 1" arliiii'alc in llic 'lilVorriirc lu-iwrt'ii llic ( iu\ ci'iinicnl oT l)i'ili-li ( 'I'liiiiiliia anil liir I >iiniinii ui in iTlalinii lu llir laiUsav ai'tii-lc ol' the l«M'iii> nl' I nii'ii. ^'SfAijl \ Hill 'li'-|ial''ll will lie -I I hill ill n I |ii|' I iii> ri ill-H K'l'a t ii 'II ul' IIk' • i i A tM'll lIU'lll . I iiav.'. \r II' I .il'llll IKIIll < i' i\ cl'liul- Hrili-li I I'iiinil'ia. \ iiii .\i.. - A. Ml!. i.'^lii'iUii.) iMiiil'.Mdi .1. l,AN 'li'liniti' inrni'inal ion i'i"»|K'i'Lii n 'liiili.-ii- I" till' l.'iLilit limioralilr llic I 'rimi im I Sccrctai'X ul' .Sttilc i::' in\" 1 1 i> rnii-i'ii'i'i'ii "I' :j,'i'('al ini|iiirlan li\ Ihi' ( iii\ ci'iinu'ii I I'f Bi lir-li ( 'iillllilliia, (l,,'il I -Imiilii ii-r all |ii.>-ilil(' i|i,'s|ial'-li in csciuliiii;' iii\ nii-.^iuii In l'",ii;;laiii|. M l\- I lliil'cfiii'i rii|llr,-l yiMl tn infnl'lll IMC when I -liall be jilll III |l(J>-c--l«lU ol tlic iicii--;il'\ anili'il'IIV I" c|i;iMr inc In ;iiTiini|ili-li lil\ la-l\ I I laVc I I;,- linlinl- In I, N .Mil- nliciTu'llt -cl'\ alll . 'lie lli'linl'.'ililc .\. ..larki'll/ii \" !• A. rT\\\ V .hiK I ill. 1871, '-IU - III I'clil >, I" \ nil!' |i I '' r I. Ml-. Mack ■li/.h-. Ill till- lllnriillii !lc. cll- (iilli'ln-' Alien \ni| ''iiii |ii'ni-iii'c \. Ill' d'c'lciilial 'I till' ii"|M'i'ial ' MIX 1 I'liiiiciil , I liavi tlii'liui ml', li\ iciiiii ll uai' "I IJfii |vli < 'nliiiiiliia lo -t nl .M I'. .Macl\i>ii/.ic III sa\ llial ic iicci --ar\ (J- i\ cnmr < nil Miiiiiic nl ( niiiicil lia- ali'caii \ I'ci n liiruanli il i" Hi-- ri.M'i'llciicv ili. I ill' Hi- l-ixccllciic\ - -i^'iiaiiii'c. ainl I lift I ii will lie ili I i\' en ■! I in \ nil illUin'iliatel_\ ullcl' ihc -jieeial liH'sscnuel' I'cllll'li- will) it In llie eitv, I liaV'c I lie linllfil- In lie. Sir. \o III' nlieiliciii -i'i'\ am. iloll.licn. .\. W.lll, ( Siii'iU'il.) \N M. ill CM.Vi.llA.M. elii. iVt • Hlawa.