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Manitoba an date the 17 The CO under severa ^3^^;^ E. A. Paren Under Bcht 1. Orders i 2. Lieuten: Appoini Postal a Custom! 6. Deaths 7. Small-p( 8. Census 9. Great S 10. Electric 11. Bounda 12. Digest < 20 3. 4. 5. RETURN To An Address of The Housh of Commons dnted 17th February, 1871 ;— For copies of all instructions to thi) Hon. A. O. Archibald Licut.-Governor of Manitoba, and of the North West Territory : also copies of all Orders in Council relative to said Province since January, 1870, not already published, also copies of all reports and official correspondence between the Lieut.-Governor and the Dominion Government, from the date of his appointment. By Command, JOSEPH HOWE, for the Secretary of State. Dbpartmbnt of the Seoretary of Stati, Ottawa, 8th March, 1871. Ottawa, 8th March, 1871. Sib, — I liave the honor to transmit, herewith, for the information of the House of (No. eois.) Commons, the corresponJence and documents relating to the Province of Manitoba and the North West T-nn-itory, called for in the Address of the Hou.se under date the 17th ultimo, communicated by you to«this Department on the 18th ultimo. « The corre?pondonco and papers have, for more convenient reference, been classified under several heads as shown in the accompanying Schedule. I have the honor to be, Sir, Your most obedient Servant, E. A. Meredith, Under Secretary of State for the Provinces. E. A. Parent, Esq., Under Secretary of State. MANITOBA ADDRESS Schedule of correspondence &c., between the Dominion Government and the Lieutenant-Governor of Manitoba, &c, 1. Orders in Council, Commissions and Instructions to Lieutenant-Governor. 2. Lieutenant-Governor's Reports of Proceedings \vith copies of Addresses and Replies. 3. Appointment of Honorable Mr. Johnston as Recorder and Special Commissioner. 4. Postal arrangements. 5. Customs. 6. Deaths of Scott, Goulet and Tanner. , 7. Small-pox in the Saskaxhewan Valley. ] 8. Census and Elections fur the House of Commons. 9. Great Seals. * 10. Electric Telegraph. 11. Boundaiy Line. 12. Digest of the Laws of Assiniboia. 20a— 1 9 1.— ORDERS IN COUNCIL, CO^IMiaSIONS AND LIKUTENANT-COVEllNOK. INSTRUCTIONS TO Copy of a Report of a Committee of The Ifonovable the Pviey Council, approved by Hit Excellency the (Jorernor General in Council, on the 20th ^fity, 1S70. On tlio recoiumciulation of tlid Hononiblo Sir (li-orgo Et. dirtier, tho Committee advisa that the Honorable Adiims Udor'jo Arclubald bu (ippoiiitod Lieutona;it-Oovcrnor of the Province of Manitoba ; and that a Coinmia.sion issue under tho Great Seal, to take effect from and after tlie day on wliich lltsr JMaJeHty shall, by Order in Council, issued under tho authority of the 14«th Section of "The British North America Act, 1867," admit into the Union or Dominion of Canada Rupert's Land and the North West Territory, of which the said Province of Manitoba forms a part. And on the same recommendation they advise that Mr. Archibald's salary, as such Lieutenant-GoTemor, bo fixed at seven thousand dollars per annum. Certified. (Signed), Tho Honorable The Secretary of State for tho Provinces. Wm. H. Lek, Clerk, Privy Council. (Copy.) Department of Juwice, Ottawa, July, 19th 1 870. Depabtment of the Secuetaby of State, Ottawa, 29th July, 1870. Sir, — I have the honor to transmit to yoti for action the several Commissions issued to the Honorable Mr. Archibald as laeutenant-Governor of tho Province of Manitoba llnd the North West Territories, and to draw your attention to the enclosed copy of the recommendation of the Department of Justice, resp(;cting his appointment as Issuer of Marriage Licenses in those Countries. I have Ac, (Signed), E. Parent, Under Secretary. E. A. Meredith, Esq., Under Secretary of State for tho Provinces, Ottawa. The undersigned has the honor to suggest that, xn the iincertainty which prevails as to the laws of marriage of Protestants in Rupert's Land and the North West TeiTitories, it may be desirable tliat a Commission should issue, under the Privy Seal, appointiag the Honorable Mr. Archibald lieutentant-Governor of Manitoba, (and another Commission as being Lieutenant-Governor of the North West Tenitories) to be Deputy of the Governor General for signing Marriage Licenses ; and that hr, be instructed to retain the same and not to make use thereof, or to Act thereunder, unless he shall find that it becomes a matter of necessity so to do. (Signed), H. Bermard. Deputy Minister of Justice. Approved. (Signed), G. E. Cartier. (3C6.) Sib, (No. 25(1.1 bearing dii Manitoba! of the DorT "Vic, Caj I encl with your I for signina Specil Commissi^ week. The Hono Copy of a On til that ihe ment as Governor i issue unde the Parlia " 33 Vic, " Manitob Majesty si " Americii Union or And the servic the said o The Hon( The (Copy— 3 Sir, No. 257 bearing North "W rCTIONS TO salary, as such (3C6.) Office of Sf.cuetary of State for tub Provinces, Ottawa, 30th July, 1870. Sir, — I have tho honor, by command of Ttifi Excelloncy tho Governor Oeneral, to trans- (No. 23(i.) init to you, hornwitii, a (Jonimisnion mulor tho (irmit Seal of tho Dominion bearing date the L'Otli May lust, (ii»i)oiiitiii^' you liiftuteiuint-Govt'iMior of tlio Provineo of Manitoba, under tlio provision! of thu Aut [Kuscd duriii:,' tlio last sossion of tho LL-gislaturo of the Dominion of Canada, intituled "An Act to ainond and continuo tho Act 32 and 33 "Vic, Cap. 3, and to provide for and establiHli tlio Govornniont of Manitoba." I enclose also a Commission under I lis KKcclloncy's Privy Seal, bearing even date with your Commission as Lieutcnunt Governor, np))ointing you ilia Kxcellency's Deputy for signing Marriage LiconscH in the said I'rovinco. Special instructions in reforonco to tho duties devolved on you, under each of the Commissions now transmitted, will bo forwarded to you in the course, i>robabl7, of next week. I have, kc, (Signed), E. A. Meredith. Under Secrotaiy of State for the Provinceg. The Honorable A. G. Archibald, Lieutenant-G overnor, Manitoba. Copy of a Report of a Committee of The Honor, Me the Privy Council approved by Hit Excellency the Governor General in Council, on the iiOth May, 1870. On tho recommendation of the Hon. Sir George E. Cartier, the Connnittee advise that the Hon. Adams George Archibald, whose name is herewith submitted for apjjoint- ment as Lieutenant-Governor for the Province of Manitoba, be appointed LieutenanW Governor of tho North AVest Territories ; and that a Commission under tho Great Seal issue under the provisions of the SSth Section of the Act passed during the last Session of the Parliament of Canada, intituled " An Act to amend and continue the Act 32 and " 33 Vic, Cap. 3, and to establish and provide for the Government of the Province of " Manitoba." Such Commission to take effect from and after the day on which Her Majesty shall, by Order in Council, issued under the authority of " The British North " America Act, 18G7," admit Rupert's Land and the North Western Territory into the Union or Dominion of Canada. And on the same recommendation, they advise that tho question of remuneration for the services of such Lieutenant-Govf rnor and of his expenses in discharging the duties of the said office be left for future consideration. Certified. (Signed), The Honorable The Secretary of State for the Provimces, (tc, I have to have a li that may all j)arti€ C5 packa 11 anival at Fort rernor General rovnices. mce with the At the hour named, the Commissions and Oaths of Office wore read in the presence of the whole assemblage, immediately after which the Members of the late Council of Assiuiboia, through their President, Mr. Donald A. Smith, presented an Address to me, of which and of my answer I send you cojties herewith. Tliis Address of the Governmeiit that had passed away, to the Government that was coming in, seemed a graceful commence- ment of the new Regime. The people presented to mo constitute, I uudevstand, a fair sample of the different classes in this settlement. There were the Bishop of Rupert's Land, and the Bishop of St. Boniface, the Archdeacons and Clergy of the Ei)iscopal Church, a number of the Roman Catholic Clergy and the members of the other leading denominations, besides a good representation of the men of l)usiness and the farmers of the settlement. I was gratified to learn that the general feeling that followed the Levee was one of much satisfactibn. There was some fear that the assemblage containing elements of so contradictory a character might have led to some unpleasantness, but it was necessai'y to make a beginning, and I am quite satisfied that the effect was beneficial. I was recpiested to receive, on Wednesday, the 7th instant, the Address of the people of French origin, at St. Boniface, which is on the op])oslte side of the Red Rivei- and about half a mile from Fort Garry. I accordingly went over witli Col. Wolseley and Mr. Smith, who kindly accompanied me, and received the Address and delivered the answer of which I send you copies enclosed. A large number of persons were then presented to me, who had been unable to be present at the Levee. I have arranged to receive a number of Addresses from different Parishes on Thurs day, the 15th instant. Yesterday I went, accompanied by Col. Wolseley and a small party, some twenty-five miles up the Assiniboine, to a place called Lane's Post, where, the year before last, 10,000 bushels of wheat were raised by the Hudson's Bay Company off 300 acres of land. I mentioned in my last that I had promised to take an early opportunity of seeing a large body of Indians who are assembled in the neighborhood of the mouth of Red River, at a place called the Indian ]Mission. Since leaving there, Henry Prince, the Chief, has written to press an early fulfilment of the ])romise. 1 learn from the people of that neighborhood that, until the interview is over, the Indians will not disperse, and that it would be better at once to see them. The people hei'e are unwilling to have them come up to the Fort, as it is impossible to prevent them from procuring supplies of intoxicating liquors in the town of Winnipeg, and in such cases there is always a great deal of drunken- ness and quarrelling amongst them. I have accordingly arranged to go down on Monday to see them and have a talk with them. The Indians in this neighborhood are in a state of considerable excitement. They are very much demoralized by the transactions of the last few months. They do not seem to see why they should not have some share of the property, which they know to be in the possession of jieople who are not its owners. It will be necessary at a very early date to make some arrangements with these Tribes to put their relations with us on u satisfactory footing. I shall endeavor to obtain from the Rev. Mr. Cochran, who is of immixed Indian blood, and who is one of the clergymen at the ]\Iission, some account of the numbers and necessities of the Ti'ibe, and shall, after my return, be in a position to give more accurate information on these subjects. I propose at once to make arrangements for the taking of the census. I shall be glad to be at work at something. My present reluctant inactivity is due, partly to the desire I have to know more of the place before moving, partly to the desire that people should have a little breathing space after the excitement of the past before commencing anytliing that may create further excitement. To this policy the sanction of the leading people of all parties is given. Of the outfit sent on by Mr. McDougall, which in all comprised C5 packages, 53 were brought into the settlement by Mr. Fousoed, who is refen*ed to in It Mr. McDougall's letters published in the blue book submitted to Parliament last Session. The rest remain at George Town and I am making arrangements to get them in. As to the contents of the 53 boxes, they were, I suspect, largely furniture, and I am able to find in the apartments occupied by the Provisional Government a considerable quantity of furniture^ but I am inclined to think there are several boxes missing, of whose contents I have as yet been able to obtain no account. I am anxious no time should be lost in pushing on the telegraph to Fort Garry. I called the attention of the Minister of Public Works to the subject before leaving Ottawa, and learned that the propositions originally made to the North West Company had been renewed with modifications. I have since seen in an Ottawa paper, I do not know with what authority, that the propositions have been accepted. I hope it is so. It is of infinite importance to have this communication open if possible, this fall, or at all events part of the way. Ee kind enough to press it on the Department and let me know as soon as possible the condition of the negotiation. I have, &c., (Signed), A. G. Ahchibald. To the Honorable The Secretary of State for the Provinces. His Excellency the Honorable A. G. Archibald, a Member of Iler MaJestiJ s Fnvy Couiicil fm' ilie Do7ninio7i of Canada, LieuteTuint-Governor of the Province of Manitoba &c. May it Please Your E.\cellency : We, the Members that constituted the Council of Assiniboia, nominated by the Governor and Committee of the Honorable Hudson's Bay Company, desire to welcome Your Excellency on your arrival in this country to assume the office of Lieutenant- Governor. We would OApress the hope that you may peraonally enjoy your residence amongst us, whilst we rejoice to believe, from the general approval which Your Excellency's appoint- ment has met with, that your services are likely to be of great value to this country at the present delicate and critical juncture. Your Excellency may rely on receiving from us individually, as private citizens, our best assistance in your administration of the affairs of the country, and as those who wei-e formally accountable under the Governor appointed by the Honorable Company, for the direction of affairs, we venture to assure Your Excellency that, notwithstanding the events of the past year, you will find the people of this country loyal to Her JIajesty, obedient to the laws, and ready to support Your Excellency in the just administration of them. We look forward to a rapid change in the circumstances of this Province from the opening up of the country and the development of its resources, and we feel sure that its union with the Dominion of Car da will greatly promote this result. We would, therefore, express our pleasure at this unio.. being now happily secured, though we are not unmind- ful of many acts of kmdness shown from time to time by the Honorable Company to this settlement. We would then, in welcoming Your Excellency amongst us, hope that Your Excel- lency may see a large development of the resources of the country, while it is under your charge, and we pray that, by the guidance and blessing of God, wise measures may be adopted, and peace plenty and prosperity be the result. To the Members of the late Council of Assiniboia : — Gentlemen : — I thank you sincerely for your kind welcome. Your assurance that I may, in the administration of the affaiii of this country, rely upon the assistance of the 1$ t last Session. 1 in. re, and I am ^ considerable iiiife', of whose rfc Garry. I ving Ottawa, nyhad been ity, that the aiice to have l^e kind condition of HBALD. »«i^ Council itoha dr. ited by tlie > welcome ieutenant- mongst us, 's appoint- country at iizens, onr who were y, for tlie he events obedient lem. fi'om the > that its here/ore, unmind- ipany to II* Excel- ler your may be gentlemen who constituted the late Coiincil of Assiniboia — an assistance the value of which I do not underrate — gives me encouragement to hope for some measure of success in the Government of the country. Of this, at least, let mc ussui-e you ; my whole time and any ability I may po.y Despatch of the 10th September last. I have tScc, (Signed), AuAMS G. Arciiidald. The Honorable The Secretary of State for the Provinces. (No. 4.) Fort Garry, September, 17th 1870. Sir, — I have the honor to report that since the date of my last letter of tho 10th instant, 1 have been much engaged in public business — so much so, that I fear I shall be unable by this mail to forward yoti very full details. On Tuesday I visited tho Indian Mission at the mouth of Red River, some twenty- five miles distance from here. There were collected some two hundred Indians. I held a long intei'view with them, and urged them to disperse to their luniting grounds. They declared they were unable to go, as they possessed neither clothing, provisions nor ammunition. However, they jn-omised eventually they would go, and the powrwow Jnded, as these meetings must always end, in ordeiing tliem a present. The people of the neighborhood were very anxious to have the Indians disperse. Tlipy arc very yoor, and so long as they remained, levied tribute upon the settled Indians, half-breeds and whites of the settlement, and after getting a promise from them to separate, I engaged to see them in the si)ring and conclude a Treaty with them of some kind, I used thefactthat the small-pox is at this moment prevailing most extensively on the Saskatch- ewan, and that a case of it had occurred at Portage La Prairie, about sixty miles from this, as an argument to induce tlieni to leave. The Indians are in great terror of this disease, which proves so fatal to persons of their i-ace, and I am in hopes they will, for their own sake and for the sake of the neighborhood, innnediately disperse. On Thursday I found another large body of Indians gathered at the Upper Fort, also wishing a pow wow — which of course had to be granted, and with the usual termination. On my return on Tuesday night from the TiOwer end of the Settlement,! found the peo- ple in a state of gi-eat excitement. A man of the name of Elzcar Goulet, who is said to have been one of the men of Kiel's party, and one of those who satupon the so-called Court-martial in the case of Scott, made his aj)peai"iincf' in the town of Winnipeg, was recognized in a drink- ing saloon, and pointed out, when he began a retreat in the direction of the River about half a mile distant. He was immediately chased by three men, and when he came to the River, rushed in and tried to make his escape by swimming. His pursuers are said to have rushed after him, and Goulet, before he reached the other side, sank and was drowned. His body was found next day, and taken, as I understand, to the house of the United States' Consul, tho deceased being an American Citizen. I gave directions immediately that steps should be taken to investigate the circum- stances connected with the death. Dr. Bird, the Coroner, was absent from the place, and the investigation had, therefore, to be condi'cted by Magistrates, but I ga^'e directions to a Mr. McConville, a lawyer from Montreal, who is now here, to conduct an investigation on behalf of the Crown, before the Justices, and to spare no pains to find out the facts and to do all that wa* necessaiy to vindicate public justice. The inquiry is still in progress, and I shall acquaint you with the result when the investigation is closed. On Thursday I was waited upon by the Executive Committee of the Synod of Rupert's Land, and by Bishop ajid Clergy of the Episcopal Church in the Province, and by Com* ie niittees from some twelve difforeiit ParisheH, who sevei-ally presented me AddreHses. I encloce you copies of tke Addresses and my replies. In addition to the written ond formal replies, I took oociwion to address the membera of each deputation orally, urging upon them the necessity of their uniting with me to put down any attempt at violation of the law, and I obtained from each member of tlio several Committees a very positive ivasurauce that he would do every thing in his power to put down the excitement which prevails. There is very great uneasiness among the population. The Fi-ench assert that they were promised an amnesty, and many of them declare there can be no solid peace till that ]>romi8e is fidfillcd. The English party, many of whom were sufferers in the late troubles, declare that it is impossible peace can prevail, till the principal actors in the lato troubles are arrested and punished, and they are very uneasy lest it should be the intention of Government to pasi over all these matters and lot the men from whom they have suffered go unpunished. This explanation of the sentiments of the two different classes of the population, sentiments so entirely antagonistic, is necessary to explain the tone of my answers to the Addresses, and the remarks I have made above as to the nature of my verbal Addresses to tlie people. Thinking it was now time to organize a Government, and that I had become suffi- ciently ac(juiiinted with the people to form some idea of the material out of which this could be formed, I have chosen a man representing each section of the population here, and appointed them Members of my Executive Council. Mr. Alfred Boyd is a merchant of g(K)d standing here. Ho is a man of fair abilities, of considerable means, and very popular among the English half-breeds. He was chosen by the Parish of St. Andrew's (the most populous parish in the settlement), as a delegate to the Convention hust winter. While highly esteemed among the English party he is not obnoxious to the French. I luvve appointed him Provincial Secretary. • Mr. Marc Amable Girard is a French Canadian, from Varennes below Montreal, who has recently removed here. He is a notary by profession, has been Mayor of Varennes, and is a gentlemen of some property, and of good standing, and seems to be the nominee of the French party. I have appointed him Provincial Treasurer. I have also issued a Proclamation wliich my Council approve of, and of which I send you a copy. Tt is intended to promote, and I hoi)e will have some effect in promoting, a feeling of reliance upon the Government for the protection of the peaceable inhabitants. I have been obliged to write in great haste. In the primitive condition of affairs here, the most trivial matter must be brought to the notice of the Governor, and from morning to night I have not a moment to myself, and in this case I have been obliged to begin tliis letter after the hour named for the close of the mail, keeping it open till 1 shall have completed it. I have, «kc., (Signed), Adams G. Archibald. To the Honorable The Secretary of State for the Provinces, Ottawa. , y [L.S.] PROCLAMATION. Province of Manitoba. Victoria, by the Grace of God, of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Queen, Defender of the Faith, &c., «fec., &c. (Signed), Adams G. Archibald. II Addresses. I the members th me to pufc of the several 3r to put down lert that they 5eace till that >lare that it is arrested and tnent to pass i^iished. 5 population, r answers to ' my verbal become suffi- f which this lation here, H merchant 3, and very t. Andrew's last winter. Frencj), I Montreal, Mayor of IS to be the 'ich I send Jnioting, a kbitants. 1 of affaim and from obliged to ill 1 shall ALD. To all whom it. may concern, (JUEETINO :— Wlicicas, by LottorH PiiU'nl, niului' Uiu Ornat Seal of the Dominion of Caniidn, bciuing dnt(t tlit! twontioth day of May, A.n. 1870, wo liavo appointed tho Konorabhi AiliUns Gcor;^o Archiltiild, of tho City of Ilulifiix, in tlic Proviiico of Nova Srotifl, in Our Dominion of (Jiiiuuln, to bo ijioutoiiant-Clovoiiioi' iu nuil i,v('r Our Province of Manitolia ; and wlieivas Our Haid Licutcuant-Oorcnior was, on tlin 23id day of July last past, tbily Hworn into oflicc! as Hudi J,i(iiitnnaiit-Oovoruoi' boforo Our Trusty aud Well-licloved tho lligiit Honoralilo Hir John Youni;, Our Govoruor (Jcuural of Our Dominicm of Canada ; and whci'oan, our said Licuttiuant-Oovernor lias duly eutorcd upon tho dutios of the said oflice, and whi'icas, Wo are desirous to jtut an cud to the mdiapjjy tioid)h'8 and disturbances which have prevailed for some timo in Our said I'rovinct, wo therefore h«reby strictly enjoin aiul command all Ovu' loyal aud w«ll-I)eloved subjects within the said Province, to keep and nuiintain the peace, to aid and assist Our Magistrates and Peace Officers in tho suppression of disorders and riots of all kinds, and we strictly enjoin all Our Magistrates aud Peace Officers to watch over Our peace, and to bring to justice and punishment any and every oilbnder who shall violate tlio j)eaco or be guilty of any assault or aggression of any kind or naturo on any one of Our suV>jocts ; and We hereby assure all Our faith- ful and loyal subjects of Our said Province that it is Our determination to suppress all disoi'dci's and disturbances of Our peaoo from whatever cpiartor the same may come, and to secure to all Our faithful subjects of Our said Province protection in the peaceful possession and enjoyment of their rights and i)roperty, and We do hereby require and enjoin Our said subjects to return to and engage in their usual occupations and pursuits, relying on this Our assurance that no person or persons shall bo allowed to take the law into his or their own hands, or proceed against any of our subjects in any other way than in duo course of law. In testimony whereof. We have caused these, Our Letters, to be made patent, and tho Gieal Seal of Canada to be hereunto affixed. WitneHs Our Trusty and Well-Beloved tho Honorable Adams George Archibald, Lieutenant-Governor of Manitoba, at Our Government liouse. Fort Garry, in Our Dominion, tho Seventeenth day of SopteiFiber, in the year of Oiu- Lord, One thousand eight hundred and seventy, and in tho thirty- fourth year of Our Pkcigu. r>y Coiiuuand. (Signed), Alfued Boyd, Provincial Secretary. troland, OiFiCE OF Tiir, Skcuetauv of St.vti: Fou the Provinces, Ottawa, October 24th, 1870. Sir,— -Your Despatch of tlie 17th of September, witli numerous enclosures, has been laid before the Governor General and the Privy Council, and I am commanded to convey to you His Excellency's approval of the discretion and ability which you havo displayed in tho difficult circumstances in which you havo been placed. The answers given to tho numerous Addresses, copies of which were forwarded with No. 433. your Despatt:li, are aitpropriate and well expressed. Tho circinnstances which led to the death of Elzear Goulct are much to be regretted, l)ut the sad end of this unfortunate man must convince tho comnmnity that the only securities -for life and jn'operty in ^Manitoba are to be sought in the r.iaintenanee of order and the supremacy of tho law. The appointment of the Councilloi's, whoso names you report, is approved of by the Governor General. The spread of the small-jiox among tho Indians is much to be deitlorcd, and ought, if possible, to bo ju'evwntod or miligati'd by general vaccination. You will Unn your 'J0«— 3 Attention to thU Bubjcct without delay, and I Hhall bii gliid to ho informed to what extent, and by what agcncios it is in your power to control thia loiith»ouio iliseiise. I have, «kc., (Signed), Joseimi llowi;, Socrotury of Rtiito for the ProvinccR. His Honor The liieutonant-tlovornor of Manitohn. '^ (noo.) Opi'ice op the Secuetauy op State pou the Puovinces, ChTAWA, 25th October, 1S70. Sin, — I linvo tlio honor to trnnsniit to you, lierewith, for tho infornuition of IIIh Excellency tho Governor General, a copy of a Despatch from His Honor tho Lie\ilenant- No. 4;»3. Governor of tho Province of Manitoba, with its enclosure, under date tho 17th ultimo, detailing tho course of eventH in that Province uj) to that date. I have, itc., (Signed), Joseph Howe, Secrctai-y of State for tho Provinces. Tlio Oovornoi's Secretary. (No. S.) FouT Gaurv, September 21, 1870. Sill, — I beg to inform you that on tho close of the interview with the Indians of thi.H neighborhood which took place on Thursday, the ir»th instant, and of ^yhich 1 advised you in my last, I directed a small i)resent to be made to them, after exacting from them a promise that they would disperse to their hunting grounds in tho interior. The next day, however, I received a m jage from them that they must have another Council, and I found it necessary to agree to hold one, which I did on Monday last. There was a largo body of Indians assembled, with six chiefs, one of them being tho son of " Los Grandes Oreillos," and the others, chiefs of bands. In all, they repn>sented themselves with their wives and childi-en as being about 550. They said that what I had ordered them was only a mouthful for each ; that they had been waiting all s\nnmer, being informed, that so soon as I came, tliero would be a treaty mado with them about their lands ; that they had neither food, clothes nor amnuinition, and that they could not leave till they were provided with a sufficiency of each to enable them to go to tho forest and pursue their usual occupations. In fact, their statement as to their destitution was, I was well aware, quite true. They had been induced to hover round the settlement, either by ie|)rosentations made to them, or by their own hopes of pi'esents. I have no doubt that, with a view to keep them quiet during the troubles, largo promises were hold out to them, and having shewn them- selves ready to sustain the authority of the Crown, and having refrained from pillage and disorder, they feel that they have claims for consideration and remuneration, and it is impossible not to admit that from their point of view there is some justice in their claims. At the same time, it is quite clear that no regular treaty could bo mado with thoni, without having all their chiefs collected, and without a great deal of discussion. Nor could it be made without more enquiry, than, in tlie present state of afTaire here, it is possible to make, nor without much delay, which would keep them about tho settlemejit, and make them a burden on the people, or perhaps provoke hostile collision between them and tho people, which would have a v((ry disastrous effect. On consulting, therefore, with the jjorsons hero who know best the habits of the savages, and a.scertaining what was absolutely necessary to get them away, and afford tho means of their earning a living for themselves,— but first e.\!ii;tiug a solemn promise, which i It tho chipfK pivo me thoir hiimlH to confirm, that thoy would, immodlfttcly upon rocoiving tlioir pivHotit, Iwivc, — I (>ruj)plying any Indian with intoxicating drinks is Table to lioavy penalties aiul inniishnient ; and whereas, in the interest of the Indians, and also in the intiu-est of the conununity, it is necessary to enforce those statutes, and to i)unish any oifender against their provisions, with the utmost rigor of the law. In order therefore, that all persons may bo duly informed of the natui-e and character of the statutes on the subject, "Wc^ have thought lit to promidgate the several sections of the Code of the lato Province of Assiniboia bearing on this sr.bjcct, and now the law of the land, which said provisions are as follows : — XVIII. The Intoxu'ATIN'^; oi' Indians. If any person, v.ithont distinction of race, sui)ply or sell to any jierson popularly known as an Indian, or iiny member of an Indian Nation, tlio means of Intoxication, ho shall, on being convicted before a Petty Court, on the oath of one or more witnesses, be Ihietl for each ofTence, ns follows : " Two Pounds for furnishing any Brewing U'ensils ;" the fine to go to the iuforuier. " Three Pounds for furnishing Malt ;" the fine to go to the informer. " Five Pouiids for furnishing Bt^er or any fermented liquor ;" tlu! fine to go to the informer. " Ten Pounds for furnishing Distilled Spirits, or any other immediato cause of intoxication than fermented liquors ;" half the fine to go to the informer. In evei-y case the offender, after conviction, to be imprisoned until the fine is paid. XIX. In addition to these fines, the offender shall make restitution to tlie Indian of all the equivalent which !e may have received, if any, for siich furnishing, every pai't of such equivalent, not being money itself, being valued fo' the purpose at j)rinie cost. XX. If any intoxicated Indian commit, or threa*"n to commit any unprovoked violence, ho may be imprisoned, in addition to any specific punishment, till he prosoc\ito the person who may have been guilty in the matter. XXI. If any ])erson possess, or have possessed malt, or beer or spirits, or any other of the above specified means of intoxication, im the society or tent of any Indian, he shall bo held guilty of furnishing such means of intoxication to Indians. And We do hei-eby proclaim, that hereafter, the provisions of the said Act shidi be rigidly enferced ; and We do hereby strictly enjoin all our Justices of the Peace, Constables, and Peace Officers, to take all proper steps to enforce the same, and to bring to punishment any ofTendei linst the said laws. And whereas. We have been informed that a number of persons in this Pro\ince urci now engaged in the sale of spii'ituous liquors, contrary to their licenses, or having no licenses therefor ; We do therefore hei'oby prockiui, and make known to lUl whom it may concern, that instructions have bean given to an Otiicer under the Crown, to [)rosecute all jicrsons so offending, and Wo do enjoin on all Our Magistrates, Constables, and Peace (Jlllcers, to take care thac any breach of the said laws coming undei', or brought to their notice, be dealt with in due form of law. 21 In testiiiion" whovpof, Wo liiivo caused tliesc Our Lottors to be mailo Piitcnt, and tlie Oroat Seal of Slaiiitolm to bo liorcnuto allixcd. Witness Our Trusty and Well • Beloved The IFonorablo Adams Ceorgo Archibald, Lieutenant-Governor of Manitoba, iit Our (jovcrnmcnt House, in Fort Garry, in our Dominion, the Twenty-fourth day of September, in tho year of Our Lord, one thousand eight luuulrcil iind seventy, and in the Thirty-fourth year of Our Reign. By Command. (Signed), A. Ijoyd, Provincial Secretary. (LS.) (iovKiiNjiEXT liorsi:, FouT Oahrv, *_'7th September, 1870. His Honor, tho iiiculcnantCioveruor, Ins bcMi pleased to ma1c(! the following Apjmintments : — (Jcorgo W. llill. Esquire, IVivate Sectreiaiy to tho Lieutenant-Clovenior, t)yd, and the Honorable Mare i\n;ablo Girai'd, a Justice of the Peace for tho Province of Manitoba. Th« Hon. Alfred Boyd, and the Honorable Miwe Amable Gir,\nl to be ('omniis.sionci's, to admini.ster the oaths of oHlc(! and allegiance to tho other -Justices of tiio Peace; ajipointed on the 30th September, ult. Thomas Sinclair, Jr., to be Koad Sujieriutendent over the same s(>ctii3n of road, which Avas suMcrvised by tko late Thomas Sinclair, decease, William Tait. To bo Petty Justices for tlio ]\nddle District ; Andi'ew i'r. V>. P>ann;ityne, Presid.-nt : Solomon Hamclin, William Dease, Alban Fiddler, John Bruce. To bo Petty Justic(^s of the Lower District : Donald ( !unn, Pivsident : John Fiaser, Donald JIurray, Edward L. Hays. (L.S.) GovEUX.Mi;.NT HoLsr, FoUT Gauuy, '27ih September, 1870. His IIo]ior, The f.icutenaiit -Governor, has been pleased to appoint Frank Villieis, Ks(|., to be Chief Constabk', and ( 'liief <>f Police of this Province ; and Louis do Plainva', H].sq., to be Dei)uty Chief Constable, and i)e[iuty Chief of Police, in this Province. following FoKT Gariiv, 30th S'-. !u''cr, 1870. His Honor, The Lientenant-Govei-nor, has been jtleased to . iak( ^qiliointments : — To be Sheriff of the Province of Manitoba : John Sutlierlnnd, f To bo Coroner for the Province of Manitoba : Curtis J. Bii'd, i',>,.i., '''. i). To be Justices of the Peace for the I'rovince of ^fanitoba : The Hon. Alfred Boyd, the Hon. Mare Amable Girard, Donald A. Smith, Donald Guini, Bobert IVIcP.eatli, Solomon Hamelin, John Eraser, Andrew McDermott, lloger Ctoulet, William Henderson, Pierre Delorme, Tliomas Sinclair, Jaiu'>s McKay, Charles Nolin. William Dease, Jean Baptisto Desantels dit Lap(nnt(>, Tlioiuas Truliiwaite, Pasclial I'relan, Cliarlcs l>egg, Alban Fiddler, John Bruce, Patriend five times the amount wo have had to 2iay, it woidd have been wise to incur the expense. As it is, tlic amount, as compared with the result obtained, is inconsiderable. I enclose you, herein, tho Hudson's Bay Company's accounts of sujjplios furnished to the Indians on my order, and have to inform j'ou (hat I have authorized tlie Company to draw on you for the amount. I have, ttc, (Sij»iu'(l), A HAMS G. Aiu'IIihaij). The Honorable . Tho Soci'ctary of State Ottawa. for the Pro\ inces, (117.) Office of the Secretary or Spate i'or the Province.?, Ottawa, 28th February, 1871. (No. 619.) Sir,-- 1 have the homii' to acknowledge tlie receipt of your Des))atcli, No. 92, of tho 4th insian^^, announciHg with reference ui your Despatches, No. 3, of 11th September, and No. T), of tin; 21st Supteinbor last, ilie siu-ccssful result of your ))olicy in having induced certain Indian trilies of the Province of Manitoba to retire into the into riur, and at the s:nno time enclusiugan .iccount from (In' lliiilson's 15ay Company, iunoiiut S0 ingto£218 13a. lOd. for supplies furnished to the said Indians on your order for wliich sura you state you have authorized the Company to draw on tlio Doniiniou Goverunicuit. I have, (fee, (Signed), Joseph Howe, Secretary tf State for the Provinces, The Honorable A. G. Archibald, Lieutenant-Governor, Fort Gairy, 3.— APPOINTMENT OF HON. MR. JOHNSON AS RECORDER AND SPECIAL COMMISSIONER. Copy of a Report of « Committee of The Honorable the Privy Council, approved by His Excellency the Governor General in Council on the 20th Aiujust, 1870. The Comuiittec of Council have had umlor consideration a Memorandum dated 19th August, inst., from the Hon Sir George Et. Cartier, recommending that lie be authorized to secure the services of the Hon. Francis Godsehall Johnson, one of the Judges of the Superior Court of Lower Canathi, wlio, for several years, was Recorder of Rupert's Land and of all places under the jurisdiction of the Hudson's Bay Company, and Governor of the District of Assiniboia, as Commissioner to proceed to Fort Garry under a leave of absence to be granted to him, and enquire and report with all convenient speed to Your Excellency on the state of the Laws now existing in tlie Province of Manitoba, with a view to admit of the introduction during the next Session of Parliament, of suck measures as may tend to introduce, as far as practica'ole, into that Province the system of Criminal Law and Criminal Procedure, now prevailing in the other Provinces of the Dominion. And that lie be requested to transmit copies of any Laws, Ordinances or Regulations of the Hudson's Bay Company, now in force there, together with a full report as to the mode of administering justice, the organization of the Courts, theuumbtir and mode of appointment •f Justices of the Peace, the Police arrangements, and the means ado[)ted for keeping the peace, ., be appointed from the 10th September next, as Assistant Judge of the Superior Court for Lower Canada (now the Province of Quebec) during the absence from the office of Judge of tko Superior Court for Lower Canada, of the Hon. F. G. Jolmson, and that Mr. Ramsay, whilst holding that office, shall receire the salary and allowances appertaining to tlio Judge of the Superior Court, officiating iu the District of Bedford and Reauharnois. The Committee submit the foregoing recommendation for your Excellency's approTal. Certified. (Signed), Wm. H. Leb, Clex-k, P»ivy Council, Canada. (429.) Sm, Ofkicb op the Secretary of' State for the Provinces, Ottawa, 16th September, 1870. I have the honor to transmit, herewith, for your information, copies of two Ortler.s of Ells Excellency the Governor General in Council, dated respec- tively the 20th August last, and the 13th instant. 2. The Order in Council of the 20tli August, refers to your recent appointment as a Commissioner to enquire into iuul report on the state of the Laws now existing in the Province of Mauitcl)a, and explains yo>ir duties as such Commissioner. 3. By the same Order in Couucil yo>i are requested to make a similar enquiry and report with respect to the I^aw.s, Oi'dinancos or other Regidations, now in force in Rupert's Land and the North West Territory not included in the Province of Manitoba, and now constituting the North West Territory. And you are further requestedin making these encjuiries and i-eports, to put yourself in comnmnication with His Honor the Lieu- tenant-Governor of Manitoba and the North West Territory. 4. The Order in (!oinicil of the 13th instant, gives the said Lieutenant-Governor of the North West Territories iuithority to ajjpoint you Recorder of such portion of the North West Territories heretofore known as the Territory of Rupert's Land and of all such other places wherein trade was carried on under the Hudson's Bay Company's Charter. I have &c., (Signed), E. A. Meredith, Under Secretary of State for the Provincea. The Honorable F. V<. Johnson, Care of C, Schiller, Esq., Clerk of the Crown, Montreal, 28 (430.) Office of the Skcretaky of State for the Provinces, Ottawa, IGtli September, 1870. Sir, — I have tlio honor to oncloso herewith, for your infornmtion, copies of four Orders of His Excellency tiie Governor General in Council, one dated the 'JOth August last, and the other three dated severally the 13th instant. The Order in Council of the 20th August authorizes the appointment of the Honor- able F. G. Johnson, one of the Judges of the Superior Court of Lower Canada, as a Commissioner to enquire into and report on the Laws of the Province of Manitoba, and also requests him to make a similar enquiry and re[)ort into the Laws of the North West Territories, and for the pur[)ose of such reports Mr. Johnson is directed to put himself in communication with you. By one of the Orders in Council of the 13th instant the aj)pointment of the said Mr. Johnson as Recorder of the Province of Manitoba is recommended, and by another Order of that date, you aie authorized to appoint Mr. Johnson Recoider of the portion of the North West Territory heretofore known as Ruiiert's Land, and of such other places where trade was carried on under the Hudson's I'ay Company's Charter. The third Order in Council of the 13th instant, grants Mr. Johnson leave of absence to enable him to proceed to Manitoba. I have further to inform j'ou that Mr. Johnson's Con.'missions as Commissioner and Recorder as aforesaid have hem forwarded to him, and that he is about to proceed forth- with to Manitoba to enter upon his duties. I have, &c., (Signed), E. A. Meredith, Under Secretary of State for the Provinces. The Honorable A. G. Archibald, Lieut.-Governor, Fort Garry. P.S. — Copies of Mr. Johnson's Commissions are transmitted herewith. Fort Garry, 7th October, 1870. Sir, — I beg to acquaint you that I have received your Despatch, No. 395, dated IGth September 1870, covering four Order.s in Council, one dated 20th August, the other three dated respectively, 13th September last; also copies of two Commissions, one a])pointing the Honorable Francis G. Johnson, Recorder of Manitoba, t';e other appointing him Special Commissioner to enquire into the state of the Laws and other matters con- nected with the administration of Justice iii Rupert's Land and the North West Terri- tory. I may add that ]Mr. Johnson is expected here, in the Hudson's Bay Company's Steamer, which runs between Frog Point and this place, and, which may be expected here to-morrow. I have, &c., (Signed), Adams G. Archiuald. To the Secretary of State for the Provinces. Ottawa. 523. (No, 395.) Office op the Secretary op State for the Provinces, Ottawa, 31st October, 1870. Sir, — I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your Despatch, No. 14, of the 7th instant, reporting the receipt of my letter of the 16th instant and its enalosuros, aiul also aunouuciug tlio niTival of tho Hoaonililo Mr. Jolin- son, at Fort Gairy. I have, drc, (Signed), Jobki'II Howk, Secretary of State for tho Provinceg, Tho Honorable A. G. ArehibaUl, Lieutenant-Governor, Fort Garry. 4.— POSTAL ARRANGEMENTS. (No. 8.) Fort Gahuv, September 29th, 1870. Sir, — I have tho lionor to report io you tlie state of I'ostal matters in this Province, and to request that you will take an early opjtortunity of bringing the same to the notice of tho Postmaster General. The entire Postal coraniunication of the Province consists of a Mail from Pembina, down the Red River to Winnipeg, a tlistance of (if) miles ; a Mail from \Viuni|)eg further down the river to St. Andrews, about 14 miles ; and a Mail from Winnipeg u{) the Assiniboine to Portage La Prairie, about 60 miles. The two first named Mails arc carried twice a week — the latter once. The total weekly travel is therefore four hundred and thirty-six miles, for which the weekly payment is about twenty-four dollars, or 51 cuts per mile. There are four Postnuisters, of whom two only ai"e paid. The Postmaster of Winnipeg gets .$250 00. The Postmaster of St. Andrews gets $30 00. The other Officers receive no pay. The postage charged on each letter, is Id. sterling, per h oz. ; on each newspaper, \d. This fee is collected by the Postmasters and credited to the Provincial funds. The carriage of tho Mails was originally a private enterprise, the adventurer under- taking to carry the letters to Pembina for a tixed sum, each, in addition to tho American postage. The Government of Assiniboia afterwards assumed tho duty, charging the postages above named. Practically the business of the Department here is to carry the letters to Pembina and mail them there. The party despatching letters tiiat ho wishes prejjaid, not only ))ays here the Id. Provincial Postage, but procures from the Postmaster hero, American stamps, which are put upon the letters here, and thus when they are delivered at Pembina they are in a condition to pass through tho American othcos. In this way, therefore, we pay double j)Ostago, our own and the American as well. Tho Mails from this i)lace are all sorted at Pembina. That frontier town is the haunt of a number of disorderly persons, including some of those that wore in arms hero last winter. On the arrival of the flails coming either way, tho ol^ice is crowded witli tliese people and the lettei's are opou to their inspection. Tho Postmaster is believed hero to have repeatedly tam])ered with letters last winter, anil seems to have taken an active parfe in tho jjlots hero. A letter from him to Mr. Ricl, of a very compromising (iharactor, was found among the papers left behind by the Provisional GDVornment, and was. I think, transmitted to Ottawa. You can readily supiiose, tlieri^fore, there is great doubt hero as to the security of mail matter passing through tho hands of tliis otliciul. The Mails arrive at Pembina at 7 o'clock p. m., on Tuesdays, but do not i-each hei-o till the evening of Thursday. They arrive at i3embina at 7 p. m., on Satm-days, but do 80 ti; not reach lun-e till tlin cvonin^ of Mondiiy, being tliuH forty-oight hours on thn road from Pcnihiiiii licro, jiorloriniii!,' tlit> Hi\ty-tivo miles iit tho rate of iihoiit 1] miles iiii hour. You ean readily uudeiHtand that such n state of Postal affairs coidd only exist in the primitive condiuou of things lierp, till lately, ami cannot lie tolerated now. It seems to mo that no time should ho lost hi having the whole matter put on a better footing. In addition to the old population, wo have now liero seven iiundred volunteers, a largo luiiuber of whom reeeive letters and papers by mail. In the month of August there were transmitted through the Winnipeg Office : — Letters. Newspapers, For outgoing Moil, 1,018 I'JG „ -ncoming „ 9''>0 1,375 In th(! first fortnight of September, from the 3rd to the 1 7th : — Ijctters. Newspapers. Per outgoing Mail. 1,524 23;l 1,050 1,53G Tliis very large amount of ^lail matter is entitled to bettor arrangements. We .should have the Mftil from Canada for lied River made up and cai'ried as a close mail, so as to save the delay of sorting at Pembina and the danger arising from the letters being open to examination by the people who crowd the office at Pembina. We should have the same arrangements between Manitoba and the Post Office of the United States that exist in the other Provinces, so that a letter may be prepaid by a Canadian postage stamp, instead of having to pay our own postage and also that of the United States. The postage prepaid in Canada or in the Uniteil States sliould exempt the letter from postage here. Tl- arrangements for tiansmitting the Mail should be improved, and the time I'cduced from forty-eight hours to thirteen or fourteen. Ar, regards the transmission of the ]\Iail at a higher rate of spcjed, that can easily be effected by allowing an increased rate of pay, and as it is of the highest im})ortance that this should be done at once, I shall venture to take it on myself to act in anticipation of the arrival of an officer, and make arrangements for a few weeks at an advanced rate, so as to insure the delivery within a mere "easonable period. I shall feel obliged if you will urge on the Postmaster General to give his early attention to these matters. I have, itc, (Signed), Adams G. Aiiciiibald. The Honorable The Secretary of State for the Provinces, • Ottawa. (193.) Office of the Secretary op State for the Provinces, Ottawa, 20th October, 1870. Sir, — I have the ho-.or to acknowledge the receipt of your Despatches, No. 8 and (Xa. 449.) No. 10, dated resj)ecti.ely the 29th ultimo and the 1st instant, reporting ontho state of Postal matters in the Pcovince of ilanitoba. I shall lose no time in l)rin5ing your Despatches under the notice of the Postmaster General. My letter, No. 492, of the 19th instant, covering a communication from the Post- niaster General, will have acquamted you with the steps which liave been taken by M tbo Govommetit to improve the iirraiigfineutH for poutal communication between tho Provinces of Ontario and Manitoba. I have, &c., (Signed), Joseph Howe, yecrctary of Stato for the ProvinceH. Tho Honorable A. G. Archibald, Lioutenant-Oovcruor, Fort Garry, Manitoba. (No. 10.) Fort Garry, October 1, 1870. Sir, — I bog to enclose you copies of a letter this day received from the Acting Deputy Post Master of Winnipeg, tdgether with a copy of a letter therein referred to, which will throw some additional ligiit upon tho wretched ci>nditiou of Post Otlice matters in this Country, and which should lind their way with my conunuuication of tho 29Ui ult. to tho Postmaster General for his action. 1 have, tltc, (Signed), Adams G. Auchiuald. To the Honorable Tho Secretary of State for the Provinces, Ottawa. (Cooy.) Post Office, Winnipeg, Manitoba, 30th September, 1870. Sir, — I would lay before Your Excellency, the poverty-stricken state of the present postal arrangements in this Province, and state a few of the absolute neceshiivies wliich this most important branch of tlui Public Service is in want of, and without which it is almost im|iossible to perform it eHiciently. In tho first place, we are indebted to the Postmaster at Pembina for the bag (and lock and key) in wiiich the mail is carried to and from tliat place, for tho transportations of mails from this otHce to the various oth(;r offices in tlie settlement we have no proper bags, and for such as we have, there is not even , and this T believe is owing to there being no "through bag," but only a " way bag" which is opened at the sevei-al oiHces it passes, and either designedly or by accident papers, ic. aro left behind, and perhaiis do not come on for a mail or two. I enclose a letter received by hist mail from Mr. Dewe, Chief P. O. Inspector, Toronto, regarding a quantity of mail matter, returned from Fort William, which I received 81 horo j'OHtt'rday, Imt no " lottor liill" wliicli, lie hlatcH, was f'orwurdfil — owin^ to wliioh I waH iinalilo to know wluit iiiiKmiit of " unpaid poHtafjc" to collect, hut tlclivort'il tlicm on puynteut of the local ])o:itage of wlucli I iiavu tlii^ day wiittt-u to him. I havo, (kc, (Signed), Andukw ttrnACY, Deputy Postmaster. His Excellency Lioutenant-Clovernor Archibftld, Oovomnicnt House, Fort Gurry. (Copy.) Post Offick Tnhpectok's Office, ToiioNTo, Dntaiiio, ir)tii September, 1870. Mt Dear Sik, — 1 have just returned from Fort William, Lake Superior, at which plnco 1 found a niuubcr of letters and nuwspapers addressed to Fort (Jarry. Tli(^ Military Mail from Fort William to Fort (lany liaviii!,' I>ee;i, as I was infonaed, discontinued and tlieio l)eing no moans of sending thes(* letters and papers forward, thoy w«re returned hero. The letters liavo been placed in packages, marked " paid," and forwarded to your addrtsb i'/(« Ptmbina, tho unpaid postage lieing charged against you in u regular letter bill. The newKpai)er8 have been [ilacod in a canvas l)ag, laiielled, " Newspaper nail from "Toronto to Fort Garry lUd (Jhicago, St. Paid and Pembina." 1 have written to tho Postmasters at Chicago, St. Paul and Pembina, to be good enough to forward them to Koit Garry. IJ^ntil instructions are received from Ottawa, letters and paj)ers will hereafter be forwarded as above. Yours truly, (Signed), Postmaster, Fort Garry, Manitoba. J. Dewe, Chief P. 0. Inspector. (No. 449.) Fort Carry, October 13th, 1870. Sir, — In my Despatch No. 8, wnder dat*^ of the 29th i ' I liad the honor to call your attention to the state of Postal matters in this Province, and to suggest certain • alterations in tlie arrangements. Since that date the Courier carrying the mail iietween Winnipeg and St. Andrew's, down lied Kiver) and between Winnipeg and the Portage (up tiie Assiniboine) has thrown up his contracts, declaring ho can no longfsr afford to carry at tho rats he lias rcceired for the last year. Unfortunately, the contracts were not in writing, and '^esides, were not made for any detinite period, the [tayment being for so much [ler trip, which was paid as earned. In ordei- to ))r(!vent tlie sto|ii>age of conmninication by mail, I took it upon me to call for Tenders for the ScTvices, on behalf of the Postmaster General. The Tenders have coma in, and the I'oute between Fort Garry and tlie Lower Fort, which is .some four miles belosv St. Andrew's, has been tendered for at a small addition to the rate previously paid. I have nndeitaken to authorize the party to go on at the new r,ate till tho oilicer to bo despatched from Ottawa shall reach here. As regaxls the route to the Portage, tlie lowest Tender is doublethoamount])reviously paid, and I have therefore informed the Postmaster at Winnipeg, that I cannot under- take the responsibility of accepting any Tender in reference to this Service, and that the mail must be allowed to drop till the airival of the Officer of th« Department, or till some Tender is made more n«arly approximating the old cost. 33 [ liiivc inivilo t«in|)()r:ii'y Hrriiii)^oiiuiiits in rct'crt'uoi' to tlio (.'aiiadiiui M.iil wliicli will givn UH tho btiiioHt of itM ivt'oi|it twi'iil y-foiir lioiirn Nooiicr tliiiii it UHml to iimvc, aiul siive ima siiiilliir iioriotl in the (Ii'np:itcli. Wiit.'ii tlio ollljor of tlm Post Otllco arnvos lioro ttill fui'thur itn|)rovomoutti luny bu iimilo. I Imvo, dec, (Signotl), Adamh 0. ARCUiUAf:. Tho lioiioniblo Tho Sociotiiry of fltatt) for tho Provinces, Ottuwii. (No. 542.) Okfic'I'; ok tjir Heckktaev oy Statr for thk Provinc!K.s, Ottawa, r)th Nov«'nil)or, 1870. Siu, — T have had tlic, lumor to rflcoivo .and lay iM'tom His Kxi'dleiicy tUv Ciovernor Oeiioral in (Jiaincil yoiir l^(>s|ialrh, No. '22, <>\' tli(! 1.1th ulliuio, rfh-niii^ to yi.'.ii" Dospatch of tho '29tli ultimo, on tho stiitc of Postal Matti'rs in Miniitolia, and n-portinj; that tho Courior carryini^ tho mail hotwticn Winnipi';^ and St. Andrew's and lietwcon Winnipeg gnd tho Poi'taifo, had throsvn up his contracts, and stating' tho st(!ps which you had takoii under the circumstances with a view to piovont tin." stoppa^t! of comnnmication hy mail. I liavo caused a copy of your Despatch to he communicated to the Postmaster Ocncral for luH report, and for such action an he may think necesnary in tho premiscH, 1 have, t of you letter. No 480, of tho 7th instant, transiniitiuv,', for his consideration, tho copy of a l)esi)atc!i. No. 22, 13th October, from tlie Lieiito^iant-Governor of IManitoba, respecting the failure of certain Mail Oontiacts in that Province and the ste^)a wliich 20ar—5 ' , 34 have been taken by the Lieiitenant-Govcvuor to prevent the stoppage of communication by mail. I have, ifcc, (Signed), Wm. White, Secretary. The Honorable Josepli Howe, Secretary of State for tke Provinces, Ottawa. Ili^^ i i If; ; 1 (Copy.) Post Office Depautment, Ottawa, 17th October, 1870. Sir, — 1 have the lionor to request that His Honor the Lieutenant-Governor of Manitoba may be informed that the Postmaster Geueial lias entered into an ari'angement with the Postmaster General of tlif United States for the transmission of closed mails between the Provinces of Ontario and Manitoba via Detroit and Pembina, to take effect from the 1st proximo. Certain transit charges will be paid by this Dej^artment to the United States' Post OtlicB on the transmissions by thoss closoil mails, but these charges will not be levied on the coi'respondence. The postage rates on letters and printed matter exchangetl with Manitoba will be the ordinary Canada rates, ntuncly : — As respects letters. — Three cents per lo/.., if prepaid, and five cents per |oz., if unpaid. As respects newsi)ap('is. — When sent from oflice of j)ublication in Canada (inchiding Manitoba) to any other place in Canada, if published once a week, 5 cents per quarter; if published twice a week, 10 ci'ntsper quarter; if jiublisliod three times a week, 15 cents per quarter; if j)ulilislied six times a week, 30 cents per quarter: jjayablo at the place of publication or bj' subsciil)er at ofHci.- of delivery. Transient pa})ers being pa^jcrs that do not come within the foregoing class, — two cents each Periodicals, such as magazines, and serials of a like character — one tent per 4oz, Printed papers.— One cent per oz. These rates on tiansient newspapers, periodicals and ))rinted jiapers must always be prepaid when posted, and such prepayraent should be marked thereon. The charge for registration of a letter is twocent^, in addition to the ordinary postage ; both charges should be prepaid. Letters and other )nailable matter to and from the Public Depai'tments at the Dominion seat of Government, Ottawa, will pass free. The clo.sed mails from this end will l)e made up and despatclud daily from Windsor, Ontario, to Detroit, addressed to Fort Garry, Manitoba, aiul all correspondence from Ontario and the Provinces to the Eastward will be forwarded for this purpose to the Windsor Post Otllcc Th..' Postmaster of Windsor will be instructed to number his mails consecutively in each month Nos. 1, 2, .3, and so on in November, and in like manner for subsetpient months, so as to indivio nunii'. A supply of these seal rivets, with instructions for their use, will lie .sent to Fort (larry, and until they can be brought into use, tJie canvas bags containing the mails addremsed to Wind.sor or to Fort Garj'v can be secured 1)V string and sealing wax. 36 It is, of course, untlorstood that tlieso canvas bags or closed mails will not bo opened in any of the United States' Post Offices. With each dcspatcli from tliis end, the Postmaster of Windsor will send to the Post- master of Detroit a Dill stilting, willi the date and niiaibe'i' of the desjiateh, how many ounces of letter matter and lunv many ouiicos ol printed mutter the closed mail contains, and the Fort Garry ollice should transmit JSills contaiiunj^ similar information to the Post- master of Pembina, with each dcispatch from Fort Gariy for Windsor. As these Bills will form the basis of the account foi' tiMusit charges to bo liquidated by this Di^partmoiit, they must be carefidly made out and recorded, and monthly trascrijits will be required l)y the Postmaster General for the settlement of the account with the United States' Post Office. It will be satisfactory to the Postmaster General to have as early an acknowledg- ment from the Liout.-Governor, as may be practicable, that he has received information of this arrangement, and will cause it to be actitl on as respects the despatches from Forb Garry for Windsor. I liave, &c., (Signed), W. H. Griffin, Deputy Postmaster General. (492.) Office of the Secretary of State for the Provinces, Ottawa, 19th October, 1870. Sir, — I have the honor to enclose, herewith, for your information, a coi)v of a com- munication received tins day fi'om the I'ost Ollice Department, (rio. 447.) 17th October. reporting certain aiTangenunits whicli have been entered into between the Postmaster General of the Dominion and the Postmaster General the United States for the transmission of closed mails between the Provinces of Ontario and Mani- toba via Detroit and Pcmliiiia. Permit me to invite your attention to the last paragraph of the accompanying letter. I have, &c.., (Signed), Joseph Howe, Secretary of State for the Provinces. To the Honorable A. G. Archibald, Lieutenant-Governor, Fort Garry, Manitoba. (498.) Office op the Secretary of State for the Provinces, Ottawa, 20th Octolier, 1870. Sir, — 1 have the honor to inform you that I have sent to the Lieutenant-Governor Oi Mauitolia a co)iy of ^Ir. De[)uty Postmaster Griffin's letter of the 17tli instant, (JSo, 44/.) i.t.,nj.iy(,|| iiy^.y yosterday, repoiting the arrangements which you had ?iiade with the I'ostmaster (leneral of the United States for the transmission of closed mails between the Provinces of Ontario and Manitoba ria Detroit an I Pembina. 1 now chclosc; for your iiiformatiou :uul consideration, cojiies of two (espaiches received yesterday tVom tlu- Lieu'enaut Governor uf Manitoba on the subject of the postal com- munications of that Province. *■ I have, &c., (Signed), JosEi'ii Howe, Secretary of State for the Provinces. Tiie Honorable A. Campbell, Postmaster General. ' 36 Post Office Department, Canada, Ottawa, 4th November, 1870. Sir, — I lic.vc tlio lionoi' to tivmsmit, herewith, for your information, the enclosed copy of a letter from tho Post Office Department at Wasliington, U.S., signifying the concur- I'ence of tlie Postmaster General of the United States in the recpiest preferred by thi.s Depaitment, tiiat correspondence jjassing between the United States and tlie Province of Manitoba might bn subject to the same re^julations as to exchange of mails and rates of postage chai'ged on all kinds of mail matter, as ap])lie,< to corresjiondence and mails ex- changed between the United States and the other Provinces of the Dominion. I have, ikc, (Signed), W. H. Griffin, Deputy Postmaster General. The Honorable Joseph Howe, Secretary of State for the Provinces, Ottawa. P.S. — May I request that you will have the goodness to cause a copy of this enclosure to be forwarded to the Lieut. -Governor of Manitoba. (Copy.) Post Offioe Department, Office of Foreign Mails, Washington, D.C, 26th October, 1870. Sir, — I liavo the honor, by direction of the Postmaster General, to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 22nd instant, and to inform you of his concur- (rso. -3,lo(.) ieiice in your re(piest, to apply to the correspondence ])assing between the United States and Manitolia, (now forming part of tho Dominion of Canada) the same regulations goveining the exchange of mails, and the same rates of postage on all descrij^^ions of mail matter, as ajijjly to coiTespondence and mails exchanged with the other Provinces of tho Dominion of Camula. I am, I have, (fee, (Signed), Adams G. Archibald. To the Honorable The Secretary of State for the Provinces, ,, Ottawa. (589.) $d Mkiiouandum : — of 6c. say 150. of 3c. say 150. of 2c. say 100. of Ic. say 100. Office of the Secretary op State for the Provinces, Ottawa, 2Gt:li November, 1870. Sir, — I have tlie honor to acknowledgo tho receipt this day of your Despatches, Nos. (No. 447.)' 34 and 37, of the Gth and 8th instant respectively, on the subject of the new postal an-angements for the transmission of the mails between the Provinces of Ontario and Manitoba, and am gi'atified to learn from you that the arrangement will give satisfaction in the settlement. I have sent copies of both of tho above Despatches, with a copy of the memorandum enclosed in the latter to the Postmaster General. I have, &.C., (Signed), Joseph Howe, Secretary of State for tlie Provinces. The Honorable Adams G. Archibald, Lieutenant-Governor, Fort Garry, Manitoba. (590.) Office of the Secretary of State for the Provinces, Ottawa, 2Gth November, 1870. (No. 447.) No. ;«— Ctli Nov. No. 37-8th Nov. Sir, — T have the honor to enclose, herewith, for tlie information of your Department, copies of two Despatches received this day from tho Lieutenant-Governor of Manitoba, on the subject of the new ])ostal arrangements for the transmisjsion of the mail between the Provinces of Ontario and Manitoba, together with a <,opy of the memorandum referreil to in the latter despatch. i I have, &c,, (Signed), Joseph Howe, Secretary of State for tho Provinces. The Honorable The Postmaster General. By Telegraph from Fort Qarry, N'ovember Gth, 1S70, via St. ClouJ, Winnipeg, 28th : — To the Secretary of State for tho Provinces. Ottawa, November 28th, 1870. Your Despatch of 19th October, touching closed nuiils through United States, just received, and will be acted on mail leaving here the eighth instant. Adams G. Archibald, Lieutenant-Governor. 25 Col 80 and 425. Post Office Dkpartme:>t, Ottawa, 30th November, 1870. SiR,^ — I have the honor, by the direction of the Postmaster General, to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 26th insl.mt. No. 447, enclosing for the information of M^t 40 this Department, copies of two Despiitclios received from the Lieutenant-Governor of Manitoba on tlio subject of the postal arranj^cnients for the transmission of mails between the Provinces of Ontaiio and Manitoba. I have, «fec., (Signed), W. H. Guiffin, Deputy Postmaster General . The Honorable Joseph Howe, Secretary of State for the Provinces, «fec (No. 49.) Government House, Fort Garry, November 24th, 1870. Sir, — I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your Despatch, No. 543, under date of the 7th instant, covering co])y of a letter from the De)mty Postmaster General, \uider date of the 4th instant, and of letter to the Postnuister General of the Dominion, from the Postmaster General of the United States. I have, (fee, (Signed), Adams G. Archibald. The Honorable The Secretaiy of State for the Provinces, • Ottawa. (No. 64.) GOYERNMENT TIOUSE, Fort Garry, 9th December, 1870 Sir, — I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your Despatch, No. 583, of the 25th \iltiiiio, informing me that you had received information from the Post OflBce Depart- ment, tliat on the 21st ultimo, postage stamps to the amount of $500 would be sent to me. I have to add that the stamps have boon duly j-eceived by me and handed over to the Postmaster of Winnipeg, whose receipt I hold for the same. I have, (fcc, (Signed), Adams G. Archibald. The Honorable The Secretary of State for th« Provinces, Ottawa. 5.— CUSTOMS. Copy of a Bepori of a Committee of the JfouM'able the Privy Council, approved by His Excellency the Governor General in Council, on the 18th November', 1870. On a memorandum, dated lltli November 1870, from the Honorable the Minister of Customs, and Minister of Inland Revenue, referring to a Despatch of the Honorable Adams G. Archibald, Lieutenant-Governor of the Province of Manitoba, addressed to the Honorable the Secretary of State for the Provinces, showing the iiiadeciuacy of the pre- Benc arrangements for the collection and protection of the Customs and Inland Revenue, a d recommending that George B. Spencer, lilsfjuirc, of the Customs' Department, Hamil- ton, be appointed a Special Commissioner, with instructions to proceed at once to the said Piovince of Manitoba, and there to institute a thorough examination into the matter in 41 question, with power to collect duties of Customs and Excise, and to make such tompoiMiy arrangements for their continued collection, and the enforcement of the law relating to the same in accordance with the " Act to establish and provide for tho Government of " the Province of Manitoba," as the circumstances of the case may require, and with further instructions, to report his action on the foregoing matters. And also to report fully as to the permanent arrangements thcit may require to be made in order to ensure the proper collection of the Pulilic Itevenue arising from Customs and Excise. The Committee concur in the said Report, and submit the same to your Excellency's pleasure thereon — and in piu'suanco of said Keport recommend that Mr. ^^poucor, the Special Commissioner thci'ein named, be aj)j)ointed Collector of Customs at thi; Poit of Winnipeg, and Collector of Inland licvenue for the Province of Manitoba. Certified. (Signed), Wjr. H. Lee, Clerk, Privy Council. (754.) Bin, (No. 500.) Office of the Skcretary of State for the Puovinces, Ottawa, 17th November 1870. Adverting to your Dosjiatch, No. 25, of the 21st ultimo, reporting upon the inadeipiacy of the present arrangements for the collection and protection of the Customs and Inland Ivcvonuc in the Province of Manitoba, I have the irtl N 18"0 ^^"'^°^' *o transmit to you, for your information, a copy of an Order of ' ' His Excellency the Governor General in Council, authorizing the appointment of Mr. George B. Spencer of the Customs' Department at Hamilton, as Si)ecial Commissioner for the purposes stated in the Order in Council, and also as Collector of Customs at the Port of Winnipeg, and Collector of Inland Revenue for the Province of JManitoba. I am informod by the Minister of Customs that Mr. Spencer will proceed from 1 ramillon to Fort Garry early next week. I have, itc, (Signed), JosEi'H Howe, Secretary of State for tho Provinces, The lTonor.able A. G. Archibald, Ijiouienant Crovernor, Fort tJarry. (54.) Government House, Fort Garry, December Cth, 1870. Sir, — T have tho honor to acknowledge the recei|)t of yoiu' Despatch, No. 574, of tho 17th ultimo, enclosing nu a coi)y of an Order of the ({overnor General in Council, under date of the IGth Novoiuber, on the subject of the Collector of the Customs and tlie inland Revenue in this Province, and acquainting me that ]\Ir. George B. Spencer, of Hamilton, had been appointed as a Special Commissioner for tho purposes stated in the Order, and also a Collector in ln)tli I'lovinces, and that ho would at onco proceed to this place. I have, (fee, (Signed), Adams G. Arohibau). The Honorable Tho Secretary of State ior tho Provinces, 20a— 6 Id (No. 25.) Fort Gauuv, October, 21st, 1S70. Sir, — By a recent mail I received a letter from the Ilonorablo Mr. Tilloy, Minister of Customs, on the subject of tho duties collectable upon goods brought into this Province, and on replying to his private note, I informed him that I should forward you, for his information, a statement ot the condition of his Depiirtment here. Under tho Council of Assiniboia, there wcro throo Collectors of Customs :— ROGEK GOULET, Patrick Brelan and William Dease, Who were all superseded on tho accession of the Provisional Government, .Mid others appointed in their place. On enquiiy I find that the loosest possible system for the collection of duties has prevailed in this Province. The goods mostly come from Canada and pass through tho United States in bond. At Pembina, entries are made and invoices exhibited to tho Custom House Officer of the United States there, who thereupon grants certificates, which permit the goods to pass on, and the importers produce these certificates to tho Vice Consul here and get their bonds discharged on his certificates. In the fall of the year the United States' Custom House Officer comes I have, &c., (Signed), Geokob \V. Hill, Private Secretary. To ]\Ir. Albert Sergeant. (553.) Office of the Secretary of State fob the Provinces, Ottawa, 9th November, 1870. (No. 490.) Sir, — I have had tho honor to receive and lay before His Excellency the Governor General your Despatch, No. 25, of the 21st ultimo, reporting, for tho information of the Minister of Customs, on the state of his Department in Manitoba. A copy of your Despatch has been sent to tho Minister of Customs, for his information. I have, kc, (Signed), ' JoBEPU Howe, Secretary of State for tho Provinces. The Hon. A. G. Archibald, Lieutenant Governor, Fort Garry, Manitoba. (554.) (No. 490.) Office op the Secretary of State fob the Provinces, Ottawa, 9th November, 1870. Sir, — I have the honor '^ enclose herein, for yomr information, a u f'.tpy f)t'ii ni'S|iati.li ofllic liii'ulciiiiuldoNcninr (if tlm I'roviiu'i! of Mniiitolni, reporting (in f'jmiiliiiiKc \sitli }t)\ir rccjiu'sl), on tlic statu of your |)o]iiirtnient in Manitolta. I liavi', itc, (Kijjnod), JosKi'ii Uowr, yL-i-rctary of State for tlic Troviiiccs. Tlio ]Ion()raI>Io Tlii^ IVIiiiifitcr of ('iisloiiis. GovnnxjiEXT House, FouT Oahky, r>tli Novonilicr, 1870. Sin, — T bog to acquaint yon, for tlio information of tlio Clovornor Genoial, that thp odlcor Kont \>y mo to IVinliina, as nu'utioiK'd in my Dt'spatdi No. 2.") of tlie '21st ultimo, to rolloct information on tlio subject of tlio goods imported into tlio Province via tho United States, has performed that ()|(ln licro, tlioy will import from aliroiul in lioml if they can do hd ii(lvantago()Ufily--l)iit it i^i a mattor in which the poojilo of olil (Janada havo nnich coticcni. I Iiavo, itc, (Signed), Adams G. Arciiidalu. To tho Soc'iotary of Htato for llio Provinces. (:i97.) Office of the Secketauv ok State fob. the Puovinces, Ottawa, 28th Novcmlior, 1870. (No. JDO.) Kir, — I havo the iionor toacknawlcdgo tho receipt of yonr De.spatch of tlio r)th instant, with reforcnco to yonr duspjitch of tii« 21.st ultimo, tho ro.snlt of tlio niis.sion of tho ofticer sent Ity yon to Pfiinhina to oullect information ou tho snlijoct of th« goo4s imported into tho Province of Manitooa via. (ho United States. Tn reply I havo to acqnaint you that I hav« canned a copy of your Despatch to bo communicated to tho Honorable the IMinistor of Customs for his information. I have, itc, (Signed), Joseph IIowk, Secretary of State for tho Provinces. The Hon. A. (i. Archibald, Lieulcnant-Cjiovornor, Fort CJarry. (r)98.) Office of tiii' Secketaiiv of State fob the PuoviNt'F.s, Ottawa, 28th November, 1870. (So. 1110.) Sir, — Adverting to my letter of the 8th instant, J have tho honor to transmit to you liorewith, for your information, a cojiy of a Despatch from His Honor the Ijieutenant-Ctovurnor of the Province of Manitoba, reporting tho nssult of tho mission of the officer sent by Iiim to Pembina to collect information ou the sulycct of the goods imported into that Province via tho United Status. I have, itc, (Signed), Josei'Ii Howe, Secretary of State for the Province?. Tho Honorable Tiie Minister of Customs. Ottawa, 15th December, 1870. (No. 1.) Sir, — I havo the honor to acknowledge tho receijjt of your letter of the 28th ultimo, transmitting to me a copy of a Despatch from His Honor the Lieutenant- Governor of Manitoba, rei)orting tho I'esult of tho mission of the officer sent by him to Pembina to collect information on tho subject of the goods imported into that Province rt« the United States, and it is with satisfaction I learn that the oHicer referred to met with every courtesy and assistance from tho OuBtoni House authorities of the United States at Pembina, for which I would tender iny t'links to the officers concerned. There is reason to believe, from tlie information communicated to the Lieutenant- Governor, and referred to in his Despatch, that the import trade at Manitoba, as shown by the export entries at tho American Custom House at Pembina, is of no considerable amount, goods to the amount of over $100,000 in value appearing to have been imported into the settlement this year from England or Canada, whilst the domestic exports from the Unit«d States at the same point are represented to exceed .$250,000 a year. I therefore concur in tho expediency of putting tho Customs' service in that quarter on a better footing than it has hitherto been ; and anticipating upon tho views of the »('. Llcntcniiiit Governor on tliut nulyt'ot, 1 liiid alroaily obliiint'tl th*' Kitn(tU)U of llio noniinion < iovornnuMit to tlio apjiointniont of iv Collector iit Penil>inii, and of Hiitli other ofliccis mh jniiy Iks found necoHHiiry to curry out tho (Jiistonis' lawn on tlm Miinilobiv Frontier, iih I hud the honor of iutiiimting to tho liiouteniint-CSovernor when inforniin;^ him of the n|>iMiint- mont of Mr. Hponccr us ('ollector of Customs, with certain additional jxiworH and instrue- tiouH to act at Comniissionor for special purpcsofj in connoution with tho organization of tlio Cimtonu' strvicu in that (|uarter. 1 havo comnuinicatod tho Despatch of Governor Archibald, as well as tho draft of (his reply, to tho Minister of Iiilnnd Revenue, who re(pi(^sted nu! to way that ho corunirs in tlic touor of this, rh rej^ards oxciHcablo jjoods, and had already ;ippointed JMr. Spencer as Collector of Inland Iloven>io in Manitoba and tho North West 'rerriln themselves i\w functions of Gov^emment, ;i;id "nder the pretence of the exercising of Governmental authority have committed ;.iany unlawful deeds, which need not be here named and specified, and, besides, have inflicted on the colony generally great trouble and loss ; and "Whereas, in particular, Mr. Thomas Scott, a loyal British subject, was foully murdered by the said insurrectionists, and christian burial refused by them for his I _ ly, and it is also unknown how the remains of the murdered man have been disposed of ; and Whereas, also, your petitioners have reason to fear that the leadei-s of said insurrection may escape without being brought to trial, and that the consequences of such a failure of juhtioe will be disastrous to the peace and \'vil-being of the Province j Kow, therefore. Your petitionei-s do most earnestly pray Your Excellency to cause all fit measures to be taken for the arrest and trial of said parties, and that they be dealt with according to law ; and also that by this means a fidl investigation into all the facts of said insurrection may be made, so that the said instigators (if any such there be), as well as i\w open aetors, may be brought to light and justice, and, in particular, that the body of the lamented Mr. Thomas Scott may be presented and delivered to his sorrowing friends for christian burial. And Your petitioners, as hx duty bound, will ever pray, &c., ifec. To the Gentlemen resident in tho Parishes of St. Andrew, St. Peter, St. James, Kildonan and Hcadingly, and in the Town of Winnipeg, ^-ho, on tho 28th September, instant, presented petitions to the Lieutenant-Governor on the subject of the troubles of last winter in this Province, and indie \ting their wishes in reference to certain matters arising out of these troubles : Gentlemen, — I I'ai'o it in command to say, in reply to your petition, that tho Government are most anxious to discharge the functions they have assumed, in such a way as to entitle them to the confidence of the wlmlc community. In entering upon the responsibilities of olfice, they felt that the troubles and disorders' of the last winter, which had created so much of bitterness and animosity between different sections of the people, made the task they had before them one of much diflicidty, one in which they could hope to succeed only l)y co-operr.tion and forliearance on the part of the people themselves. The Government consider it their primary and principal duty to preserve peace and order, to give security to life, liberty and property. Their first act, therefore, was to attom[)t to giv(> \igor to tho civil authority l»y the organization of a £)olice force. (No. 40 .•!;•., Scott's lUALU. I nitobci, and rcth : the iiihabi- iisclves tli(! vcinnicnlal named auil 1 loss ; and was foully I- his l^ ly, led of ; and nsurrcctioii a failure of to cause all dealt with Facts of said well as the )ody of the friends for Kildonan )er, instant, I)le3 of last aiu matters n, that the I such a way nd disorders ty between :h difficulty, on the part ) peace and rily l»y the The soluibvs who are here were never intended to net as policemen. Tliey could not ho employed in that capacity. No free country asks or suffers soldiers to perform police diities. When the civil authorities are resisted, tiien the soldiers may be called in to aid, l)ut it is only on such emergencies they can be used. With a view, therefore, to organize a poligo force an appeal was made to the country. The young men of the Province v/erc asked to come forward and ein-oll them- selves. They were offered a rate of wages higher than is given in any of the older Provinces, and the Government had hopes that their appeal would be resiwnded to readily ; and yet, in point of fact, not a man in any one of the parishes from which th'j petitions ha\-e come, not a man of those who have signed the petitions has offered himself in terms of the appeal to take his share in tlie indispensable work of protecting the public peace. And yet, with- out some such force, it is absolutely inipossible to carry on civil Government in the country, or provide for the emergencies of the present, much less enter into and carry on with vigo'- and impartiality the enquiries to which you refer in reference to th3 past. The gentlemen who have signed these petitions, many of whom are among the leading and most intelligent men of tlie Province, will not condemn the Government, they are too just to condemn it for not doing what could be done only by the aid which they themselves withhold. Disappointed in their hopes of raising this force from among the people themselves, the Government have been driven to seek it elsewhere. It would have been e."..sy to bring in policemen from abroad, but the Canadian Government supposed that the people of this country were jealous of interference from abroad, and would prefer to be governed by the materials they possess themselves. Tiiey may have erred, but only becaus,; they were unwilling to wound the sensitiveness of the people of this country, only because they were anxious to consult, what they supposed to be, the wishes of this people. It is now too late to seek aid from other parts of Canada, and all that remained to the Government to do was to make application to the military autliorities here, to ascertain if a number of men could be detached froui military duties and organized into a police force. They have made that aitplication, and have been met by the gentlemen in command of the troops in the best spirit ; and the Government hoi)e at an early diiy to be able to establish a force aufEcient to guarantee the peace of the community against attacks from whatever quarter they may arise. In reference to your application touching the remains of the deceased Scott, the Governnient consider that the right to dispose of these remains, and take the direction of their sepulture, belongs strictly to the relatives and family friends of the deceased. Still, the Government consider the request of so large and so respectable a body of men, as those who liave signed the petitions, entitled to great weight ; and if the petitioners choose to as.sume the responsibility of disinterring tlie remains of the deceasi;d, without authority from his relatives, the Government will not interfere. I have it, therefore, in command to ,say, that no obstacle will be placed in the way of a committee of your number making, in any place within the control of the Government, search for the remains, with a view to their being ^juried according to the rights and cerer^onials of the church to which the deceased may have belonged. I have the honor to be. Sir, Your obedient servant, (Signed), A. BoYD, Provincial Secretary. (No. 515.) Office op the SKcuEtARt op State for the Puovixces, Ottawa, 27th October, 18T0. Sir, — T have had the honor to receive and lay before liis Excellency the Governoi* 20a— 7 60 General, your Despatcli, No. 18, of tho Sth instant, coverinfMENT House, Fort Garry, September 7th, 1870. Sir, — I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your Despatch, No. 5G8, under date of the 14th ult. referring to my Despatch No. G of the 21st of September, on the subject of the death of Elzoar Goulet, and asking me to repoi-t the result of tlio inquiry which I liad directed to be made into the circumstances of his death. I have already informed you thai I placed the prosecution in the hands of a ]\Ir. McConville, a Montreal lawyer. That gentleir.iu's perfect acquaintance with French as well as the English language, enabled him to ])rosecute the enquiry with advantages whicli would not have been open to u person familiar only with one language. The investigation was protracted many days. At the close of the examination Mr. I\IcnoaviIIe made me a report of the circumstances dated the 27th September, sf which I c?xcloso you a coi)y. Mr. AlcConvillo's suggestion that the IMagistrates should issue warrants in blank, the names to be filled in when the parties were pointed out to the Constables, did not seem to mo to be a justifiable or proper course of pi'ocecdings, and when Judge Johnson came up here, I had the papers handed to him to examine and report upon. He informed mo that he felt the evidence not sufficiently strong to authorize him to say that the Justices ought to issue their warrants, and to day he has made me a formal report to that effect, of which I have now to enclose you a copy. I have &c., (Signed), _i. G. Archibald. Tlie Honorable The Secretary o^ State for the Provinces, Ottawa, To His Excellency The Lieutenaut-Governor for the Province of Manitoba. Winnipeg, 27th September, 1870. Sir, — With respect to the investigation of the circumstances connected with the death of Elzear Goulet, before Messrs. Eobei-t McBcth and Solomon Hamelin, Esquires, Justices of the Peace, I have the honor to say that twenty subpamas were issued and served upon different parties, who had been reported to me as being able to give some informatii n on the subject. I requested that all the persons called should be examined under oath. Two informaticns and eleven depositions were taken in wi'iting and seven persons were examined verbally, the latter course being adopted to .save time and expenses, when the testimony could throw no light or be of no importance in the inquiry of facts and truth through the sad affair. I must state to Your Exc?.lleney tkat on tbe first days I met "with some difficulty in the fulfilinent of ni^ duties, and, acting with as much caution and S3 ■i discretion as I could command, I have uevortlioless succeeded in carrying through the investigation peaceably. Some persons, as I have since understood, were under the belief that this was an inquiry held secretly for the purpose of linding guilty parties, without any consideration of impartiality ov justice ; hence the diffidence shown towards us. Proper interpreters could not easily be found, and some time was lost in several instances, in trying to procure them for the Magistrates (one of the latter understanding only the French language, and the other preferring the use of the English language) — I took upon myself to translate, when witnesses understood both laiifuages, asking them in French whether that which I read in French Avas their testimony under oath, and asking them in English whether that which I read in English was their testimony under oath. Mr. I\lc- Beth understands tolerably well the French language, and was satislied with the transla- lation so given. Some diffident persons seemed to show suspicions Mhen I was obliged to take the notes of testimony in writing for tlie ]\Iagistrates, and I must say that notwithstanding the eilbrts of the latter, they could not secure a clerk for such i)urpose. One, after writing one- half day, did not nsturn, and could not bo found. Anotlier, after vrriting two days, would not continue, and refused to give his services to the Magistrates. F'-om then, I decided that no such ol)stacle or otlier imj)edinient, thrown either jjur- posely or involuntarily in our way, would stop me, and I intimated to Mr. Hamelin, one of the Justices of the Peace, that I woul«l lu-ocoed and do all I could do, and I took caro that the witnesses and the Magistrates did know exnctly what was being written on pajwr. After having called out the jtersons, whose names I had on a list given to me, and hearing of no other who might inform us on the subject, I moved that the Magistrates should appoint a day and a place, where being quiet and undisturbed, we could i-ead over all the depositions and informatitms. Thoy agreed to meet on Saturday last in the rooms of the Government of Manitoba, 'u the house formerly known as the establishment of the " New Nation." On such day, and at such place, after having met the two Magistrates, I proceeded to explain to them wliat, in the eyes of the law, constituted a felony, a murder, manslaughter and homicide, in different degrees, scs who could point out and identify the accused [)arty, and that they, the Magistrates, had given proper instructions to secure the ends of justice. I would, before emling thvi Eeport, most respectfully beg to say, that in consequence r)t of the difficulties with which we meet in the first days of the inquiy, in order to avoid disagreeable and useless discussions, which might ha\e given rise to bad feelings, or might have led to mischief of any kind, some witnesses were allowed to speak otherwise than what may be considered as strictly to the pc'nt ; but as may be seen by copies of tho whole testimony, they were quietly afterwards recalled to tho facts, whiclj it was tho interest of tlie Crown to know and discover. Respectfully submitting ihe Tc'-egoing Eeport. I have, «ke., (Signed), H. J. G. McCoKVlM-E. (Gr.8.) Oepice op Tiin Secuetary of State for the Provinces, Ottawa, 27tli December, 1870. No. 051. 27th .Sept., 1870. 7th Dec, 1870. Sir, — I have the honor to acknowledge tlie receipt of your Despatch, No. GO, of the 7th instant, referring to your Despatch, No. G, of the 21st September, on the subject of the death of Elzeai Goulet, and covering the reports of Mr. McConville, and of Jiulge Johnson on tlie case. I have, itc, (Signed), Joseph Howe, Secretary of State for the Provinces. The Honorable Adams G. Arcliibald, Lieutenant-Governor, Fort Garry, Manitoba, No. 5.51. No. 60, 7th Dec, 1870, (G59.) Office of the Secretary o. State for the Provinces, Ottawa, 27th December, 1870. Sir, — Referring to my letter of the 25th October, covering copies of two Despatches from the Lieutenant-Governor of Manitoba, referring, among other things, to tho death of one Elzoar Goulet,! have the honor to enclose, herein, for the information of His Excellency, tho Governor General, copy of a Despatch received this day from the Lieutenant-Governor of Manitoba, with copies of the two enclosures therein referred to, namely, the Reports of Mr. McOonville, and Judge Johnson on the circumstances connec "id ^»'ith Goulet's death. I have, »tc., (Signed), Joseph Howe, Secretary of State for the Provinces. F. Turville, Esq., Governor's Secretary. Office of the Secretary of State for the Provinces, Ottawa, 31st December, 1870. The Secretary of State for the Provinces lays before the Privy Council Despatches froi.i the Lieutenant-Governor of Manitoba, dated Fort Garry, the 6th and 7th of Decem- ber, reporting the nature and results of the enquiries made into tho deaths of Elzear 55 Goulet and James Tanner respectively ; and tlia Secretary recommends that those Des- patches, with tho minutes of ovideuco enclosed, bo veferrcd to the Minister of Jii.stico. (Signed), Joseph Howe, (No. 57.) - Fort Gahry, Gth December, 1870. Sm, — I beg to enclose you copy of Iho Minutes of evidence taken by Dr. Bird, tho Coroner, in reference to tho death of a person named Tanner, who was thrown from his waggon, on the evening of Wednesday last, and killed instantaneously, \inder circum- stances which required strict investigation. Intelligence of this unfortunate event reached here on Friday. Inunediately despatched the Coroner to hold an inquest on the body, and inquii'C into the tacts, and it appears by the verdict of tho Juiy, th.atthe death is traceable to the mischievous act of two persons, who wantonly frightened the horse of the deceased, so as to make him run away, and throw tho deceased out of the waggon in which he was riding ; but the witness being miable to identify the guilty party, the Jury, of coiuse, could go no further than find a verdict against two persons inaknowu to them. The father of the deceased was, when a boy, stolen by Indians from the house of his father, a Baptist minster residing in the United States, and was brought up among the Indians, marrying a woman of the tribe, by whom ho had tho deceased, who was born at the Indian settlement below Lower Fort Garrj, Avhere there has long been a Protestant mission. I learn that the deceased has been alternately a Catholic, a Methodist, a Presbyterian and a Baptist, preserving, with great vacillation in his religious belief, tho character of an upright man, and a good member of society. He was one of the best speakers of Aw Cree language in the Territory. The truth as to who are tho guilty parties will soon leak out. There are persons already on the track to discover it, and so soon as the evidence warrants, I shall take caro that they are arrested, and held for trial. I have the honor to be, Sir, Your obedient servant, (Signed), Adams G. Archibald. The Hononiblc The Secretary of State for tho Provinces, Ottawa. Copy of Evidence at a Coroner's Inquest on the body of James Tanner, December 2nd, 1870, at Po2ylar Poi it, Manitoba. David McKenzie, sworn. — Knew the deceased, James Tanner, and was at a meet- ing with him on Wednesday evening last, November 30th, and we left about 10 P.M. I was the last to leave the School House in which the meeting ws^s held, and iust after leav- ing met tho deceased. Tanner. He asked me if I had seen Poitier, and I said yes, and I went on ahead to the church yard, and told Poitier that Tanner wished to see him. Tanner then came up, and he and John Taitand I got into a waggon, John Tait driving. I sat in the middle and Tanner at the back. The box was off the waggon, and a board was laid on in its place and tied. We drove oif, followed by Poitier on horse back, till at the lower end of I'aylor's field, at the corner of the fence, tho horse took a Start and ran away. After about a hundred yards, I felt Tanner giving way behind my back, and turned round and saw he was out ; he called out, and the horse was going so fast I saw no more at that time. Soon after, one rein broke, and Tait fell out, but I remained in and stopped the horse by turning him round and round till Poitier came and stopped him. Got back to Tanner about a quarter of an hour after he fell out, and he was then dead. The horse was going quite steady till he got to the corner of the fence where he got the fright. Tanntr Bat facing the wheel. 5C John Tall, sworn. — Was atthemoetingvvitli the deceased and McKenzie, and on leaving went direct to the waggon and waited till the deceased and McKenzie came to nic. Wo tlien drove ofl'. I was (Iriver. Poitior camo after iis on liorseback. We were going pretty free till we cnnio to tlie lower end of 'J'aylor's Park. I noticed the lior.se took a start, and on looking I saw something thrown from the corner of tlie fence, and the horse ran away and bolted off the road, and I eould not stop him. I did not know where the decea.sed fell out. McKenzie found Tanner on the road after we got sloi)ped, and called m«. What was thrown at the horse made him run away. Ho never ran away before, except once from a train of dogs. Went uj) to look at the corner whore the horse took fright next morning with McKenzie, and found some pea straw in a roll aVjout two feet long at the place or near it. Leases of peas were also at the corner of the fenc<;, and tracks of two persons, one with Loots, the other witli moccasins. There Avas some snow, and searching the housa were the same tracks going and returning along the fence, not on the road. At one v/lace where they had bcensitting,werotlieniarksofknees,i'c.,andlsawsomelimestone. Tl' same boot marks were there as at the corner. Saw die same marks at (reorgeGunn's y J. Went and looked there, .is 1 heard some jjooplo had been pelted with snow from t .t yard. 8aw the same boot maiks there as at the other places. David iMcKenzio and Matthew Cook went to see where the jjeas came from, and told me they saw where they Lad been ])nlled out from James Tayl'^r's yard. David McKenzie, recalled. — Went with INlatthew Cook on T.hursday morning to see if we could find where the peas came from. We went along the fence, found the bundle of peas, and we said "That is what started the horse;" wo thought we would find some at the corner, and we fouiul Ioa\cs of peas there, and traced them i\\\ the way to James Taylor's ya..l. There was a stack of peas there, ami we saw where they had been pulled out fresh. It was shortly before sunrise that we went. Tlicre was no snow, and we could see no tracks. Saw boot marks inside the corner of the fence where the horse started, and also going in the direction of the houses. Know them to be the same, as I measured them carefully. Fancied by the marks that the persons had been running in the direction of the houses, liy the marks of the feet, and the peas, should judge the jiersons had been there on the evening the horse ran anay. Saw the boot marks again in George Gunn's yard; went there, as I had heard that Mr. Cunningham, of Headingly, and others, had been p(ilted from that yard. Opposite the corner of the fence where the horse started, found a stick which appeared to have been thrown, as it had splintered on the ground ; it was about three feet long, and looked as if it had been splintered ofl' a fencing stick recently : found one also, not so large, in the cornerof the fence. Joseph Politer, sworn. — Was at the meeting with the deceased, and followed the waggon on the return about twenty feet behind, on horseback. 1 lie horse went quietly till he came to the corner of Taylor's fence. Saw something thrown up iowai'ds the horse in the waggon ; witness' liorso starteil and almost threw him off, and the lioree in the wag- gon started off at the same time, full race, and witness was left some distance behind. When the object was thrown at the horse in the waggon, witness looked and saw two persons at the coi-nor, and hurried his mare towards them, and called out, " you rascals ;" tried to follow them, but the mare was afraid of them, and they ran down along the fence towards the house of James Taylor, senior. One was taller than the other, with lightish trowsers, and liad on a light coat ; the smaller of the two ran close to th(! fence and I did not see him plainly, but the head of the taller was above the fence. Thinks they were men, not boys. Did not know till he came up to the waggon that Tanner had fallen out. Saw some person lying on the road, but thought it was some other person to frighten his horae, and so sheered on one side to keep out of the way, but on retiirning, after the wag- gon was stopped, found it was the deceased. Tanner. Could not see what it was that was thrown at the horse, but is sure and certain that that was what set him off. Dr. James Lynch, .•iworn. — Was called to see a man who was supposed tu be killed by being tlu-own out of a waggon, and was told, also, that the man was the deceased, Mr. Tanner. I was in Mr. Taylor's house, and saw the deceased, T suppose, lialf an liour after the accideiit, found lengthwise in the road, with his feet iu the direction the horse 67 was aaifl to have been goin!;{ when lio was tin-own ont. H« was quite dead. I had liim carried to the nearest lioiiso, and opened a vein, but to no purpose. E.vaniinod tiie body, found a fracture of the skull transversely across the back of the head, about two inches in leni{tli, with severe scalp wound, and the loosening of all tlui scalp anterior to the fracture, giving the idea that the: man had been dragged on the to[) of his heail : no other iii.a'ks of violence were discovered. The scalp wound anil fracture were sullicienv. to cauno death almost instantaneously. Verdict. — Th(! deceased, James Tanner, died from a fracture of the skr.'l, caused by his being thrown ont of aw.iggon, while the hor.so in the said waggon was running away, and that the said hor.se was caused so to run away, wilfully and maliciously, by two persons unknown to this Jury, thereby causing the death of this said James Tanner. (Signed), David Tait, Foreman. Charles Bird. James Bruce. Wiij.um Sanderson. TNIattuew Cook. James McNab. • James Cook. John IMcNad, Jr. James Slater. Benjamin Bruce. t John McNab. Garvin Bruce. Signed at Poplar Point, in the Province of Manitoba, this second day of Decem- ber, 1870. (Signed), Curtis J. Bird, Coroner. (No. 6G0.) Office op the Secretary of State for the Provinces, Ottawa, 27th December, 1870. Sir, — I have the honor to acknowledge tlio receipt of your Despatch, No. 57, of tho No. 550. 6th instant, covering a copy of the Minutes of Evidence taken by the Coroner, Dr. Bird, in i-cfercnce to the death of a person named Tanner, who was thrown from his wag- gon on the evening of tho 30th November, and killed instantaneously under circumstances which appeai'ed to you to call for a strict iiivestigation. Your Despatch and its enclosure will be submitted for the early consideration of His Excellency the Governor General. • I have the honor to be, Su', ^ Your obdient servant, , (Signed), The Honorable A. G. Archibald, Lieutenant-Governor, Fort Garry, Manitoba. Joseph Howe, Secretaiy of State. (No. 7.) , , Office op the Secretarv op State for the Provinces, Ottawa, 7th January, 1871. Sir, — I have the honor to transmit to you, herewith, for the infonnition of His No. 550. Excellency theGovernorGeneral.acopy of a Despatch fi^ra the Lieuten mt-dlovernor of the Province of Manitoba, covering a copy of the Miuutos of Eviden 3e taken at 9, 20a— 8 fl-l 58 ' Coroner's In(iutrsfc,liolil lit Poi'liir Point on tlio 2iul iiltiino, on ilio body of one Jtinies Tanner. 1 havtj tlu) lienor to be, Sir, ' Your obilicnt Kervant, (Signoil), JofiEPii Ifowi;, bocrctiiry of State. F. Tiirvillo, Esq., Governor's Secretary, ttc, &c. 7.— SMA^L-POX IN THE SASKA'l'ClIEWAN VALLEY. (No. -20.) EouT (Iauuv, October L'UIi, 1S7U. Sir, — On ;r; and iMJiongr+hcr sources of information, a lettcsr from Chii.'f Factor T. Christie to Uonalu A. Smicli, chund at Fort Carlton, the 6tli September, 1870, of which I enclos'i you u copy, has been hi nded to ui<', containing very sad and painful accounts of the boliavior of the, Indians, in rospoct to tlrj dis'asj, and incidt'iitally eon- tinning the [irevious statements of Mr. Smith as regards the disorderly conduct of the Indians. At the time Av hen the communication of Mr. Smith reached me, I was too much engrossed in tliB work immediately Kuceecding my arrival hero to be able to give it attention, and since 'hen, feeling that it was too late to send forces to the spot this year, even if the sanction of t'lie CJoveruor (lenoral wer;) oljlaiucd, I did not see that anything remained foi me to do, biic to bring the matter to your notice to bo submitted to His Excellency for sucJi action as he might think lit. Just as I was rdioiit writing you on the .Si'.ljject, Mr. llutler, of the G9th Ivegiment, arrived at the .settlement. lie had been employed by Col. Wolsel/!y to pi-oceed to Ilcd Iliv( / vi(i Pembina, in advance of the troojis, and ol>taiu inform. ition which Col. Wol.seley deemed it important to pofscss. lie executed that commission with al)ility and address, and was also found vevy useful in a subseijuent nussion to the neighborhood of Pembina, which he undertook at my rerpiest after Col. Wolseley's departure. It occurred to me, on Mr. Eutler's return, tJiat it would enable the Government of Canada to ajiproach v.ith tnore satisfiction the great (piestions opening up in connection with the West, if 3Ir. Butler were sent to the Saskatehewau to ascertain how far tho statements niade in referetice to the necessity of troops there are correct, and also accu- rately to ascertain tho facts connected with tho Jiiatters neccissary to be known, to enable the Governmeiit to deal intelligently witli tJie West. I have, accordingly, engaged him to uu■,le!•^•lko the mission, and have given him a letter of instructions, of which I send you a to])y. The Board of Health had hopes of Iieing able to obtain the services of a medical man to go to the Saskatf:hcv,'an with a vie\\' to being employed in arresting the progress of tho small-pox, but they liave been unable to procure the .services of any civilian, and Col. Casault declines to allow a gentleman of tho Ontario Battalion, a Captain McDonald, who \L fi!) is a modicnl man, and ready to go to bo dotachod for that Hrrvico. TIiIh will ox[)'ain that part of thy iiistnictii)ii« to Afr. 15iitli'r, v. liicli toiicjics tho ijuesliou of tlio Hiiuili-i ox. T HJioiild hiivo ])rt;ft'rn'(l waitin,'^', till I. could Ik iir iVoni llic (Jovcnioi- (ienond, iictore pu>,'«gin;,' Mr. lUitlcr'n services, I'lit ho was nliouL to Join his regiment in th" VVesi Indios, if not engaged ; and if he undertook the mission, it w.is of primary iinpDrtnnco that lie Khould set oir, so as to reach soni(( ( f the lowei" posts on the ^'aska-tcho\^•all liefore snow falls. Uncha- tlie.so circninstances. I liad to nsMUiic the responsibility of noting, and (rust my action will meet the approval of tliH rio^ciinuent. It will bo necessary to connnnnicato with tho military aiithoritios to olitain an extension of Mr. I'mtler's leavo of absence, which will lie don<', T presume, by tho Govoru« nicut. I have, Sec, (Sjfjned), Adams 0. ARf'inDAi.D, The ITonorablo TIjo Secretary of Stato for tlio Provinces, Ottawa, ' FoKT CAnnv, IIudsoj^ Bay TToi'sr, Kku lliVKit, 9th yeptembor, 1870. Sir, — I ben; leavo to brin;^ under your uoiiico some iii.;ttor.s connected with tho District of Baskatclmwan. For several years past, outrages have been of frerjuent occurrence there, with wliich the authorities have been powerless eii'octually to deal ; and such ai'o at present the latent elements of disorder, that it is impossible to predict how long a general outburst may be delayed, simihir pos'ubly, in many respects, to that of recent 0(;currenco in this place. So long ago as Christnuis, 18GG, a lirutal nivu-der took place, in which case a servant connected with a free-trading i)arty, named George Daniel, had his head cleft in twain with a hii'go cast steel axe l)y aiuither member of the same expedition, named George Kobertson. 'Hie affair tojk pluce in conscfiucncn of a druidcen orgio, the materials for which had been violently obtained from Mr. Kenneth MacDonald, acting for Mr. Alfred Boyd, tho leader of the party, and formed part of his .stock in trade. This may bo taken as a specimen of scenes to which tho li(]Uor trade gives rise. Even where they fail to end in tragedies so serious to indi\iduals as tho above, their effects are demoralizing in the extreme. The traflSc is striking at tlio root of all subordination in our service, and most seriously damaging our trade. Tho Company has, by a formal resolution of last Fur Trade Councils, forbidden \he sale of intoxicating licpior to Indians in any District. They had previously used it only in those districts in which serious opposition existed, and issued it luider certain restrictions whieli, however, woro far from being invariably sufKciont to prevent lamentable irregularities. It is hopwl that now that this importation of the article for traflfic in the Indian country has entirely ceased. Government will support them by preventing thoir opponents ft'om introducing an unregulated luu'estricteil sale. It has been tlie habit of li(pior dealers in this colony to send a boat load, consisting entirely of alcohol, from time to time into tho interior. These traders liavo gone to Norway House and to the Grand Eapid on the Eiver Saskatchewan, at times when the usunl concourse of our people to those central spots takes place. Encamping in the neighborhood of our Posts, these men sell their wares to our servants and trij)men for anything they liavo to offer in exchange, receiving alike tho furs stolen from our packs, and the wearing apparel of their customers. While their licpior holds out, the scenes of riot which prevail are i)erfectly abominable, and luimanageablo by any force at our command. Tho various brigades of boats passing to and fi'Oiu the interior are now almost invariably detained for many days by drunkouneaa fld at tlici CJniml Hii|)iil. Tn tlio Ruimnor of 1809, Hio nitititiicM, consoquont on Huch dctcn- tiiiiis, (loiniscd us iiftli'' <'iitirt' rrcw.s of two lioats, wliicli hail to Int left ln'liiml \i|ioii tlioir routes ; mid, ilurin;,' tin* present suimiicr, n, ;,'ent'riil nifrtiuj,' took pliico in oiii' of tmr luuHt important ltii;,'iid('H, alter wliieli, only two boats out of six oould Im luiiunod to the iicccH- Hiiry f'xtcut to eiiali|(> tlii'iu to completo tlieir joiuuey. Witli rcjfiird to disturliances of another cliaraetor, the eiicoiiiitcrs Imtwcin tlio Assini- l)oino, lilai'kfeet and Crw liidiansart! ainiually littconiiiii,' more p(!iplt'.\ini{ to the (.'oniiiaiiy'H ])«uplu. Thero is a settlomwut of Kivneh Iialf-hrueds at a phice named St. Allwrt, ahout nine ndles from Kdnnniton, a follision lietween tho inhahitants of wldcli and the Indiang has ahoady occunvd, whUo a rei)t'tition of siuih an event is much to ho dreaded. Nor is it hy any mea'ns prohai>hi that our own peophi can nnu-h h)n^er continn« to live on (u-ace- ful teriiiK witli tlio Indians. To iUusti.ite this, I may mention some recent occurrencus. In tho summer of 1807, our station of Fort I'itt, then jjarrisoned liy only tivo men, was forcibly entered by a wai' party of two liundrcd Jilaikfeet, who iiillngod the trading shoj) and servants' houses, and, sul)se(pi«utly, nieetini,' tho Kort hiuitors in the uei;{hliorhood, carried away their horses, carts, loads and clotliiny. One week later, a Blackfoot fired at Mr. Donald ]Mel)onald, elerk at (.'arlton Houho, wounding him scveiely, though liappily, not fatally on the right side, and through the rii;ht arm. During the jmst spring, some JJlackfeet having beei; butchered near Kdnionton, by a party of Crees, a war party, consisting of several liund: ji; of the former, came down to tho fort with the object of seeking revenge against tlu! Jrees, who attempted to iind refuge within the Edmonton stockades. In closing the gat"s of the fort to pnnent them from executing their design, Chief Factor Chi'istie very naii'owly escaped being stabljcd, through tho interference ui a third party. The individual Cree, who attempted to stab Mr. Christie, actually did gain entrance ; but to have willingly sheJteivd his j)eoplo would have embroiled us with the IJlackfetst. Such is a sj)ocimen of the precarious nature of tho terms on which wo retain the favor of waning Indian tribes. These incidents arc adduced, nu'rely us illui'trations of a class of events of frequent occurrence. But it is not so nnich to tho jjreservation of our neutiality among Indian tribes, as to the relations subsisting between our p(H)i»le and the whites and ha.lf-broeds, that I wish to direct your attention, as evidencing the absence of all material support of law and order in tho West. Early this spring, JMr. William E. Traill, a clerk at Fort Pitt was savagely assaulted Ly a half-breed servant, who struck him on the head with a hatchet, and would have repeated the blow, with probably fatal ellect, had a brother otHcer not interfered. As regards the fuUilment of contracts, there are no moans of enforcing it. This is the more inconvenient, inasmuch as under the debt or advance system, fully half the amount payable for any service is in tho hands of tho agent bcfoi-e the execution of tho stipulated work is commenced. These advances aro necessaries of life to tlio half-Lroeds, whose improvidence necesiitjites their living during winter on the prospective earnings of the approacliing su)nmer. Refusal to comply with this estjiblished u.siigo on tho part of the Company would subject our stores to certain pillage. Tlio power which tho system places in the hands of the lialf-breeds is very great, and was exomplilied in an incident which occurred this spring at Edmonton, when he French half-breed tripmen, engaged to man the district brigade of boats, refused in a bcdy to embark on the evening jirevious to the contemplated commencement of their voyago witli')ut an increase of wages being allowed them of one jjound sterling jter month. As the alternative would liavo lieen tho derangement of idl the provision business of this Dei^artment, and there were no aieana of evading tho demand, Mr. Christie was compelled ti submit. Desertion among European servants, and generally niutinous conduct, without any possible protection for employers, are also complained of. The above instances of lawlessness are selected from the experience of the Company's officials as a commercial body. Tho choice has not been made from selfish motives, but because the Company is the only body of men which has yet invested capital to any extent iu that country ; their experieuco jnoves what may be expected by otlvers who, in Gl the future, may ponetmto wontwunl uiilo.iH lmmont, tlic MiuofK Hruttovoil ii|t nivl dnwiitlio distilct, uml tlm ^rissioimnoH, and otlicM'H wild liavd rt)iiinl('iial ;ci"4 far iiioro HOiiuuH than tlioHU wliifli nuuiacu tlio livtss of tho Coiiiiiauy'H bui-vaiitH ill tiicir |iii.stH. Tho ('xintciifo of tho hittor, iiidt'fil, aU)no rouch'r tho District iiihahitaldo to wliito iiiou, as without Hiu-h ci'iitnjH of iutliu'iu'ii tlm stato of tho country would bo Huoh, that none , exucjit llyiug i>ai'Lit'.s, would be likely to jicMctrato licyond C-'iultou. IiulieatiouH aio not wanting, that Intcniatioiial coiuplieations nuiyalso ariso fmm tho hiwhiHH Htato of tile country. Coiuphiinta recently niado by tho Anu'iiciin Authorities, to tho" KngliHh (lovernnicnt, of trading Mtnlen liorHcn, tho alleged property of tho Aniericau Govtirnnient, and its citizeuH, against ono of our OHicors, have elicited a reply from a a Chief Factor in tho .Service, showing, among other things, that it is impossiblo for our peoplo in their present iniprot(!ctrd eundilion, to withold ammunition from tho Blaekfeet and Piegan Indians, in I'eturn for hoi'ses or any better ecpdvalent they Irivo to offer. While tho American CJov(!rnment oompliiins of such acts, it is for us to co.iiplaiu that American traders come to our side of the line, and trade in the Blaekfeet Camps, — rovolvers, rillesajid ammunition. They sell liipior to the Indians under the very walls of ourForta; and after having spread intoxication anunig tho Indians, retire with thoir jduuder, leaving oui" peoi>le to deal with, and |)acify tl'o infuiiated savagf'S. In tlio presi'tit interest therefore, of the iru(ls(»n's ]5ay Company, of tlio Mining and Farming iiojiulation of tho ilaskatchewan VaUey, of the hidf-lireds aiul of the Indiiym themselves, I wouhl earnestly recpiest that a forco of fifty nipu siiould bo immediately stationed at Kdmonton. In tho future iuterost of the Dominion Oovernment, I would strongly reconuuend the adoption of this course. SUch a force, with another detachment to be sent to Carlton next Spring, would, it is believed, sutlico to meet the pressing dillicultiea of the case. Such a force might easily go to Kdmonton this season. Carts could be procured for tlieir piussago across tho jilains. Their baggage would bo small, as meat an«l every other neces.sary for their nuiintenance, (except Hour and groceries), coidd be obtained in tho Saskatchewan, liarrack accomodation to the extent veijuircd is in readiness, and would bo jdajed at tlio disposal of the force, immediately on its arrival at Edmonton. Witlj much consideration, I have, ifcc, (Signed), Dojf. A. Smith, The Honorable A. G. Arcliibnhl, P.C, Lieutenant-Oovoruor of tho Proviuco of Manitoba. lixlract from a letter from Chief Facto)', W. J, Christie, of the Iladsoiia Ilaij Company, to Donald A. limith, J'Jm/., at Fort Garrij, and ivritten from : — Camp, oiipositc CAUi;ro.\ ItorsE, September Cth, 1870. " It is my most painf\d duty to li;ive to iufoiin you, that the small-pox is raging " throughout this district, and a i/rcal iiiani/ Indians iiave already been carried otl' l)y it. " Out of this place, it has carrieil oil' a good many children, and three women in the " Fort, besides a European clerk, Mr. Donald jMcDonald, wdio died a^'r 7 days severe " illness, on the 19th August. Mr. Peter Ballandine, Native Postmaster, has also been " severely ill, but has recovered. Both eases were snuill-pox of the worst kind. It is " abating here. At Edmonton it liad only connnenced, not in tho Fort, but at the " Settlement, nine miles from it, several deaths had occurred there ; by last advices, " several Indians and Freemen had it, not far from the Fort. At Victoria and Fort Pitt, "it has can-ied off i lany Indians ; and in the Plains whole Camps of Pagan, Blood and " Blackft'ct Indians were cut off alroady. It will carry off niovo tlian two-lliirds of tho " Indian jiopulation. Our supi>ly of medicines will run out, and ^ have to beg and " rcijuofit that you will try and send us an additional supply of nii'(iicine, and a medical " man, as soon as jiossihle, to come on to Edmonton in all haste." "' * ■' " The Indians Mamc; the Whites for it, although they know they Inwvj't it to us '■ themseh-es from tho Blackfeet and Pagans, who got it from the Americans on the " Missouri. Tlicre is no saying what the Indians may dj, so ti-e sooner a small force can " be sent to Edmonton the better ; Carlton, and Foi-t i'itt especially would requii'e a few " ai.-,o, to bii:'.^ s,ij)plics of floui-, and tea and sugar with them. 15 ?',ien and a sergeant " or one oflicer would be enough at those places, and fifty men for Edmonton. If too Lite "for this fall, send an ofScerat once to arrange for their coming up in the Spring; but " send the doctor and medicines. Two piiests and several children are laid up with it " at the St. Albert Aiission. I have to request that you will endeavor to stop any parties " brir^ging liquor \i[) Iiere from tho settlement for trade, to freemen or Indians. A party " of traders went to Fort Benton this Spring, and bro ight in liquor and sold it -sit Fort " Edmonton to our .servants and freemen, and Mr. McCaulcy, the clerk in cliarge there, "gives me a feaiful account of what ho had to endure from drunken Indians anil " Freemen oi the Wurst caste, going about drunk with arms in the Fort, and threatening " his life, itc., smashing doors, ttc., itc. We can no longer remain in this district if wo " have no protection. I won't get an officer to remain, and 1 would not niyself Wo "have endnred too much already. The Indians are becoming desperate. At Fort Pitt, " 200 Indians died, and tliey brought thoir dead and threw %em against tlie Stockades to " tiy to give the infection' to the Whites. In all cases, we have to go and bury their "dead, and I am told the stench is drea'lful. In the ])lains, the air for miles from a dead " camp is infected from the dead lying u.iburied. From the lioeky Mountains to thi.s " place it rages, and by report it is in Peace Iliver, lait not confirmed by any letters I " have received from Slave Lake." * if. '' " We trade nothing from the Indians ; we do all we can to save them, "scattering them in the woods, and giving thc'm am numit ion, etc., gi'atis, and after all " they blame us for the malady. At Fort Pitt, a party came in, thinking to find Chief " Trader, W. "H. Watt there, and were to miu'der him and Traill if they fbund them. "They say they sent the ujalady innong them — poor deluded croatuvc">." * Fort Garry, 10th October, 1870. Sir, — Adverting to the interview.s between His Honor, the Lieutenant-Governor and yourself on the subject of the proposed Mission to the Saskatchewan, I have it now in conunand to acquaint you with the ol)ject His Honor has in view, in asking you to undertake the Mission, and also to define the duties lie desires you to perform. In the first ))lace, I am to say, that representations have been made from A-arious quarters, that within the last tw© years, much disorder has prevailed in the Settlement along the line of the Saskatchewan, and that the local authorities are utterly powerless for t!ie protection of life and property within that region. It is asserted to be absolutely necessary for the protection, not only of the Forts of tho Hudson's Bay Company, but for the safety of the Settlements along the River, that a sn-fiill body of troops should be sen^ to some of the Forts of the Hudson's Bay Company, to assist the local .authorities in tho maintenance of j^-ace and order. lani to ejiclo.se yon a copy of a communication on this subject, from Donald A. Smith, Esquire, Govei'iior of the Hudson's Bay Company, and also an extract of a letter from W. J. Christie, Esq., a Cliief Fjictor stationed at Fort Carlton, which will give you some of tho f icts which have been adduced, to show the represent:\tionj to be well jjroiiuded. (550.) C3 It is the desire of the Licutoiiant-Govenior, that you sliould examine the matter entirely from au indopoudeut point of view, giving His Honor, for tlie benefit of the Government of Canada, your views of tlio state of matters on the Sackatchcwan, in reference to the necessity of troops being sent there, basing your report upon what you shall find by actual examination. You will bo expcotod to i'ei)ort u]ion the wliole question of the existing state of alitiirs in that Territory, and to state your view.s of what may be necessary to be done in the interest of peace and order there. Secondly, you are to ascertain, as far as you can, in what places, and among what tribes of Indians, and what Settlements of Whites, the smallpox^ is now prevailing, including the extent of its ravages, ami every particular you can ascertain in connection with the rise and the sjiread of the disease. You are to take with you such small supi)ly of medicines as shall be considered by the Board of Health hero suitid)lo and proper for the treatment of small-pox ; and you will obtain written instructions for the proper treatment of the disease, aiul will leave a copy thereof with the Chief OfHcer of each Fort you pass, and with any clergyman, or any other intelligent person belonging to Settlements outside the Forts. You will also ascertain, so far as is in your powwr, the number of the Indians on the lino between Reil lliver and the Eocky Mountains, the diHcrent Nations and Tribes into which they are divided, and the particular locality inhabited, and the language spoken, and also the naniis of the principal Chiefs of each tribe. In doing this, you will be careful to obtain the information, without in any manner leading the Indians to sujjpose you are acting under authority, or inducing them to form any expectations based on your enquiries. You will also be expected to ascertaii'i, as far as ])ossible, the nature of the trade in furs conducted iipon the Saskatchewan, the numb(!r and nationality of the jwrsons engaged in what has been called the fur trade there, and what portion of the supplies, if any, comes from the United States Teiritory, and what portion of the furs are sent thither, and generally to make such enipiiries as to the course of trade in that region, as may enable the Lieutenant-Governor to form an aocuiate idea of the commerce of tho Saskatchewan. You are to report from time to time as you proceed westwards, and forward your communications by such opiiortunitics as may occur. The liieutcnant-Governor will rely upon your executing this mission with all reason- able despatch. The Lieutenant Go s'ernor understands that the enm|iensation for your services is to bo what you are receiving since your employment by Col. Wolseley, that is to say, in all, one pound a day, with tra^ elling expenses. It is understood that you are now receiving the sum of six shillings and sixi)once per diem from your position in the army, and that the balance, Avith travelling expenses, is the amount to bo borno by the Government of Canada. I have, tfcc, (Signed), George A. Hill, Private Secrotaiy. A. Butler, Esq., ' (iOth Kegimout. (550.) Office 07 the Secretary op State for the Provinces, Ottawa, 8th November, 1870. Sir, — I have had the honor to recei\e and lay before His Excellency the Governor (No. 478.) General in Council your Despatch, No. 20, of the 13th ultimo, repoi-ting 9th Sept., 1870. that urgent representatious had been addressed to you, to send troops to 64 t the Forts in the Valley of the Saskatchewan, to assist in repressing the disorders which had sprung up in that region during the last two years, and covering a copy of a letter received by you from Mr. Donald A. Siiiitli, on that subject. You also enclose^ copy of a letter from the Chief Factor of the Hudson's Bay Company at Fort Carlton to ]\Ir. D. A. Smith, containing an account of the terrible ravages the small-pox was then jnaking in the same region, and confirming Mr. Smith's statements as to the disorderly conduct of the Indians. You further report that you had deemed it advisable, in view of the urgency of the case, to secure the servi s of IMr. Butler of the G9th llegiment, then in tlie settlement, with a view to sending j .1 to the Saskatchewan to rei>ort upon the alleged necessity for sending troo^JS thei'e, anc. also to take such steps as might be practicable to an-est the pro- gress of the small-pox, in accordance with your instructions to him, a copy of which you enclosed. His Excellency desires me to inform you that he entirely approves of the measures taken by you in the premises, and of your having engaged the services of Mr. Butler. Im- mediate sreps will be taken in compliance with your request to procure from the proper autiiorities an extension of that officer's leave of absence, oo as to enable him to discharge the important mission with which you have entnisted him. His Excellency will also endeavor to obtain from the Militia Department leave of absence for Captain Macdonald of the Ontario Battalion of Volunteers, should you consider that the public interests reijuire that you should hereafter avail yourself of his services as a medical man. I have, lou.'i correspondence ou the subject, Iliave ]8thI)co., 1870. the honor to transmit to you, hercwitii, a copy of a letter from the Assistant Adjutant-,otiER.s, For Uic Earl of Kiuiberley. Governor General The Pight Honoriiblc the Lord Lisgar, G.C.B,, G.C.M.C., Governor Genei'al of Canada. (No. 29.) Fort Ga'{Iiy, October 24tli, 1870. Sir, — In my Despatch, No. 20, of the 13th instant, refcrriug'ainoiigst other uuitturs to the prevalence of small-pox in the Saskatchewan Valley, I stated to yon that the Board of Healtli had failed to obtain the aid of Captain McDonald (wlio is a medical man, in the Ontario liitios), to procoed to the Saskatchewan, in consequence of Colonel Casanlt feeling that he was not justitiod in detaching him from his duties. Failing Captain JMcDonald, the Board were nnable to jtrocuro the services of any pi'ivate medical practitioner except upon terms that were perfectly exorbitant. Ontlie roceiptof copy ofth(i letterfrom PereLaconil)e,of which I have enclosed you acopy, I sent another copy to Colonel Casault, who, in the presence of what was assi.ming the place of a great public calamity, folt himsslf no longer free to refuse assent to the wishes of the Board. He therefore consented to allow Di'. LIcDonald leave of absence. This gentleman is now making his preparations, and iir a day or two will be off with medicines^ which are already packed and ready. I enclose you co[ues of the instructions which I have caused to be prejiared, both in Frencli and Englisli, for the treatment of the disease, and which are to be distributed on the way by ]\Ir. Butler, who precedes Dr. McDonald, and by Dr. McDonald himself in ])laces which he cannot visit personally. I have, &c., (Signed), Adams 0. Akchibald. The Honorable The Secretary of State for the Pi-ovinces. SMALL-rOX : lis description ami aiipropriate (realinent. FIKST STAGE. This stage is characteriv. ;d by chills, which, after a time, are followed by feverislmess — > viz. : heatof skin, quick and generally full pulse — white-coated tongue, and often vomiting ; and in this stage of tliis particular disease thei-e is generally a severe pain in the hack. Some- times there is a severe pain in the head, and dolirium ; i-.nd, in children, convulsions are of common occurrence. 2Veatmen(. — The treatment of this stage is simple. A purgative may first be given, of (say) two compound colocynth pills ; or, six (0) grains of calomel and twenty (20) grains of jalap. A mixture, then, of spirits of nitric lethcr, four (4) drachms ; spirits of camphor, one (1) drachm ; and eight (8) ounces of cold water. Of this give a table spoonful every tlu'ee or lour hours. The peculiar eruption generally l)egins to show itself about the third day of the fe\er, SECOND STAGE. The apjiearanco of the eruption denotes the second stage. It first ai)pears on the face and nock ; then the arms and body, and lastly on the extremities. In slight cases, only a few pustules may be found on the body or legs. When tlie pustules are distinct and separate from each othei*, it is called sini])le small-pox ; but when they run into one another, and are very numerous, it is called coniluent sniall-pox. These pustules grow larger and lui'ger, and become fully formed about the seventh or eiglith day. Treatment. — During this stage, continue tlie mixture as a general rule, but don't purge unless it is absolutely necfsssarj', and, even then, use something mild, as castor oil. If the patient be very weak, give some l)eef broth, ami, if delirious, a little wine may be necessary. Au ojjiatoat bed-time is often of groat ben.'lit in this stage,, if there is luuch restlessness during the night : — for this, give ten (10) grains of jnilverized ipecac oo (Dover's j)owder). The pustules i-emain this way for often three or four days, and then begin to dry and fall oft". THIRD .STAGE. The drying up and falling off of the setiles denote the third stage. r..«< Treatmeit.-~-'D\.n'ing tlio early ]»avt of tliia stnge, considoi'ahlo judgment has to bo exercised. Support thci system with Jiroth or beef-tea, and porliaps a littlo wine ; but, bo careful ; iis, in ii doy or two what is termed the SECONDARY FEVER appears. This takes place, as a rule, about th* eleventh day of the disease, and the eighth or ninth of the eruption. Stjp ail ci^oling mixtures now, and continue beef-tea, and wine, if necessary. Keep the bowls rather 0|,en, but use the enema, rather than purgatives by the mouth. For an enema, use one quart of warm soap-suds, and one oiuice of castor- oil. If the- J be much irritation of the skin, and restlessness, give five grains of Dover's powder every four or five hours ; repeat, according to the circumstances of the case. During the period of the swelling of the face I'ud irritation of the skin, a linimeiit composed of equal parts of olivo-oil and lime-water may be used with a ftather. A. CODD, M.I I., 1st Ontario Bifles. (555.) Office op the Secretary of State' for the Provinces, Ottawa, 9th November, 1870. Sir, — I have had the honor to receive and lay before His Excellency the Govei nor Cieneral in Council, your Despatch, No. 21), of the 21th ultimo, with its (^°' ^^^-^ enclosures, referring to that part of your Despatch, No. 20, Avhich relates to the presence of sniall-pox in the Saskatchewan Valley. His Excellency is gratified to learn that, subsequent to the date of the last mentioned Despatch, Colonel Oasault (on your representation of the great urgency of the case), had consented to give Dr. Macdonald (a captain in the Ontario Jiattalion of volunteers) leave of absence from his regiment, and that the latter oiiicer was i)rei)aring to start with medicines, ttc, for the relief of the Indians sutreving fVoni small pox, in the Saskatchewan Valley. I have, sp,il(.a, given D\: Macdonald (a captaiji in tlu Ontario ix in the Saskatchewan Valley. I have, &c., (Signed), Joseph Howe, Secretary of State for the Province?. Governor's Secretary. a view Right fiO (Copy.— Canada.— No. 311.) DowNiXG SmUiiiT, 15tli December, 1870. My Lord, — I liavo tlie lienor to acknowletlgo the receipt of your lordsliip'.s Despatch, No. 26G, of the IGth November, enclosing a copy of a Def patch from tlio Lieutenant- Governor of Manitoba, ieportin;r tliat Captain McDonald, of tlie Ontario Rifles, had l>eon granted leave of absence, to enable him to proceed to the relief of the Indians suffeiing from small-pox in the Valley of the Saskatchewan. I have learnt with satisfaction tliat Colonel Casa\dt was able tc spare the services of Dr. McDonald, for f :aission so much needed in the interests of humanity. I have, (tc, (Signed), Kimbekley. Governor, tho Right Honorable The Lord Lisgar, G.C.B., G.C.M.G. (17.) Office of the Secuetary of State for the Provin'ces, Ottawa, 12 Mi Januaiy, 1871. Sir, — Adverting to your Despatch, No. 29, of the 2 Ith October In^t, T have the honor No. 493, ir)th to transmit to yon, herewith, a copy of a Despatch from the Right Honorable "''■' ' ■ the Secretary of State for the Colonies, in reference to the leave of absence granted to Captain INIcDonald, of the Ontario Rifles, to enable him to proceed to the relief of the Indians sutt'cring from the sinall-pox, in the Valley of the Saskatchewan. IMay I rerpiest you to communicate the substance of this Despatch to Lieut.-Colonel Casault. I have, tl'c, (Signed), Joseph Howe, Secretary of State for the Provinces. The Honorable A. G. Archibald, Lieutenant-Governor, Fort Garry. rupeut's lahd and the north west territories. (No. 26.) Fort Garry, October 22nd, 1870. Sir, — I beg to acquaint you that I have foiuid it necessary to take some steps with a view to arrest the spread of small-pox in the region of the Saskatchewan, ^nd to prevent its introduction into the Province of i\Ianitol)a. I send you herewith an extiact from a letter of the Reverend Pere Lacombe, to the Right Reverend the Bisho[) of St. Boniface, which has just arrived from the Sa.skatche- wan, and which idvcs a friglitfiil picture of the disease and of its loathsome nature, and of the extent to wliich it prevails. There seems to be nuicli danger of the introduction of the disease into Manitoba, and tliere is givat dilficulty, by a mere Order in Council, to adopt measures siUiiciently stringent. We could hardly give the foice of law to any regulations we might adopt, and such regulations, even if valid, could exteiia to the P/ovince only. Under these circumstances, I havo thou,';ht it best to use the Legislative Authority of the Governor and Council of Rupert'si Land and the North West Territories, to enact such provisions on the subject as the circurahtances would seem to justify. I shall endeavor, herewith, to enclose you a Copy of the Ordinances that have been framed, I» but possibly I niay not bo able to do ho before tli(! mail closes, in which caHo I shall cncloso them to you by tlio next mail. 1 have tho honor to be, Sir, Yoiii' ob.nlieut .servant, (rti^niocl), Adams G. Auchibald. The Honorable The .Secretary of State for tho Provinces, Extracts of a letter from the Reverend Fnther lAicomhe to Ills Lor(''sh!p P/isliop Tache. M St. r (Crkes), 1 nv,l 1 ISSION ( Saska'R'uewax, 12th September, 1870. t I spent all last winter amidst the Crecs and I'cnd Father Diipin and Brother Scandon with the !), 'o of ]Moiisei<;;nonr (Irandin. After takinj,' leave of vi : t" the Bhiekt'cet, wliort,' I arrived after a journey of You are aware, M Blackfeet. Having left Crees, 1 came back here f<, •!;' j,:»> His Lordship, I set out for .' ' ■• • 'e twenty days, and remained .u.al spr : . It was there that I first Itecame acquainted with the terrible ei)idemic disease of wlilcu vo still continue to sufter. At that time tho contagion was not so dangerous ns it is now, particulariy in the carnj) in which I was? btatiuned, l)ut information reached methat at "lUvieredes ^"entres," and near the I\Iissouri, a great luunlicr of the Piegas and ]>loody Indians were cut oil' by it. After a long and trying journey to Little Slave Lake and Peace IUv(!r, I arrived at Lac la Iiiche ,iu the middle of July and considered myself entitled to a few days re.st, but the time had not yet come. I received intelligence th;>t the Indians were on the eve of arriving at St. Paul stricken by the disease. Biilding farewell to rest, I hastened to the relief of my dear neophytes. En route, I met Ilovercnd Father Dujjin on his way to Lac la Diciie, to be attended, — he was dangerously ill. I got here on the 18th Jidy. None but those who witnessed it can form a.n idea of the s|)ectacle offered to my view. IJpwarda of one hundred and thirty families were busily occupied pitching their tents aroLiud my dwelling. Hardly alighted from my hoi'se, I had to respond to the cries of the poor sufferers, calUng on me with all their might. When I now recall to mind the two luonths 1 passed, exposed to the plague, and worn out with fatigue, I most gratefully ucknoivledge the visible and .special protection of Providence. Poor Indians I What a pitiful .sight they then offered, and still offer, as a great number still labor under this ])ainful disease. Every one implored my aid and charity, — some for medicine, others for the beneiit of the last sacraments. Day and night I was constantly occupied. Scarcely liad I time to say mass. I had to instruct and baptize dying infidels, confcvss and anoint our ueo])hytes at the point of death, minister to difl'erent wants, give a drink to one and food to another, and kindle the lire during the cold nights. This dreadful epidemic has taken all compassion fronr the hearts of tiie Indians. The lepers of a new kind are removal to a distance from the others and sheltered with In'anchcs. There they witness tlie decomposition and putrefaction of their bodies several days before death. I cannot define the iiature of the contagion; some say it is small-pox, others scai-latina. For my part, I am led to believe that it as comjilication of several diseases or putrid fevei\ The jiatient is at iirst very feverish, the skin becomes red and covered with pimples, these blotches in a few days form scabs tilled with infectious matter, then tlie llesh begins to decompose and fall off in tragments. AVonns swarm in tlie parts mostiillected. Intlamma- tion of the throat impedes ail passage for meat or drink. While enduring tlie torments of this cruel agony, the sufferer ceases to breathe, alone in a j)oor shed with no other as.sistance than what I can affcrd. The hideous corpse must be buried, a grave must be dug, and the body carried to the burial gi-ound. All this devolves on me, and I am alone with Indians, disheartened and terrified to such a degree that they hardly dare approach even their own relatives. God alone knows what 1 have had to endure morely to prevent theii' mortal remaius being devoured by dogs. On the other hand, my toils are amply 71 TucM. rei)aiil by the consnl'ition I pxperifiicc! in witncKHing the Inippv tlispositumH of tlin ))oor Indians iit tlio lioiir of dtnith. This tiicit tciicliiiif,' of tiif) '• blaster of Life" hiis dimo mori! among the Savage Tribes than all oiu- scrnionH. Whik; I was thii.s oniiiloycil an Indian arrivt'd from Victoi'ia, sent hy Iho (Jiiirf of his ("ani]). Tlu; nirssL-ngtn' eagerly besought nio to conio and visit liis pooplo. WiUi dilMfiilty I escajjed from tho giusp of my own Tndiar.s, and tlio sanio day hefoi'o snnset I was in tlio midst of tho Indians of Victoria. They also waw. afllictrd by tho epidomie, and thought thcnisolves entirely forsaken. I liapti/.LMl several at that place, and did all 1 could to relievo tho sulierers, during tho two nights and a day that I devoted to them. 1 then eamo back to my Indians, many of whom had expired during my absence, but they liad all received the sacraments licforc I had left. At last tho news of my situation reached St. Albert; immediately two lay brothers wore sent to my aid, and were of the greatest service* to me. Tho plague Jiaving become less intense, 1 anticijialed a little rest Suddenly a courier from St. Albert conveyed to mo the doleful news that the epidemic h,"d just reached that station ; the only missionaries left there, being among the first infected \\ ith the disease, wore then dangerously ill, and owing to this, several of their i)Oople had died without religious assistance. You, kind ami lleverend Pastor, can readily imagine! with what speed I flow to assist my dear and alHicled l)rethroii. I rejoiced on finding them out of danger at my arri- '. and during two days I was constantly occupied in assisting tho dying. The (> 'ii,. :^o of tho Sisters of Charity had become an hospital. All tht.'ir or[»hans were h'id ,■[> ; -mce, and reduced lo extremity. Socin*g that tho Fathers wen; recovering, ari*. omc t able to assist tlio sick of their mission, I came back to those 1 had left <, ' i :/ie. Kevercnd Father Dnpin arrived yesterday. He is bettor, but still very wc . . .id .nableto bear much exertion. Nevertheless, ho willingly consents to remain alone. ; id benefit tho poor sufferers that arc still close to our habitation. I am thereby enabled to rejoin the Camp of Indians in tho Plains to ailbrd them assistance, and profit '13 "^od dispositions produced by the hand of God. Your Lordship is nndonliteilly aware that tho same contagion is cruelly ravaging at Carleton. Monseignenr (Irandin arrived thei'o at tho moment of most painful emergency. Y^ou know enough of his zeal and self saciitico to form a just idea of tho ]irodigions acts of charity he has accomplished. As soon as he heard of the illness of tho Missionaries of St. Albert, ho decided to leave Carleton and start for Edmonton. Tho Venerable Prelate })assed this way a few days ago, and appeared excessively fatigued. He cannot be otherwise, for amidst the horror.s of his situation ho has hadasnnich to sufler from his tcnder-lu;artedness, as from his delicate constitution. How conld wc spare ourselves when wo behold such a (y'hief. P. S., 20th September. — i\Iy Lord, what a melancholy sight in all our ^Missions of tho Saskatchewan; our poor population is more than decimated, as many as six burials in a day at some of our stations. What a trial ? This evening J. have received heart- rending l(?tt?rs from St. Albert. Our best families are entirely cut off by the pesMlence. Bishop Grandin having foinid the Missionaries of St. Albert and Ltike St. Anno sufiici- ently rcco^•erod to attend tho sick, has already gone to the plains to succor the hnnters who are dying in great numbers. May God have pity on lis, — " ParcG Domini, inirca " pojntlo ttio." , NORTH-WESTERN TERRITORIES. « ramil the, 22nd of October, 1870. WHEREAS, Small-pox of a very malignant type is now extensively prevailing in the Valley of the Saskatchewan, and southwardly thereof to the boundary line of the United States of America j ami whereas, with a view to arrest tho progress of the disease 72 onstwivnlly, it is necessjiry to adopt sinngontmoaRm'es to jircvent all persons and property wlio, or wliicli inn y, carry infoction, from liciiij,' liroii^'Iit or scut to the civHt, and to uuiko certain rogulatioiiH in I'cspect of hucIi persons ami property ; BE IT TlIEiJEFOUE ENACTED by tho Licutonant-Ouvornor and Council of Rujiert's Lund and tlio Nortli-Wcstcrn Torritoiics. as follows ; — 1st. The following articles shall be considered as capable of carrying infection — that is to say : Eurs, Butfalo Robes and Hides, Tents, Skins, Clothing, Blankets, and Peltries of all descri()tions. L'\». No goods of tho description hereinbefore cnnmorateJ, shall be permitted to pass ciuitwards of the south liranch of the Raskatch«!wan River. 3uD. All s\icli goods and property, as well as tho persons accompanying tho same, coining from the westward of the said line, and i)assing to tho eastward thereof, shall bo liable to seizure as hereinafter ^.^ provided. 4th. All such euumenited goods found eastward of the said line, and between it and the lino of the Province of Manitoba, slinll prbiid facie be held and treated as having come from the westward of the said line, and be liable to seizure, ami the burden of proving the contrary shall bo upon the owners. f)Tll. All such enumerated goods which shall be found to tho eastward of the said line, and .shall have come fiom the westward thereof, shall be liable to seizure ; but tho same may be stored in suitable places to be provided for tliat purpose, and k«pt in store until the same .shall have been disinfected, and so certmed to be, by proper othcers appointed by the Board of Healtli, and siich goods, where so disinfected and certified, may be allowed to pass eastward, or. mo written permit of such oflicer. Gth. No person coming from tho westward of tho said line shall bo allowed to pass eastward until the expiration of ten days from tho time of his pa.ssing such line, and until lie shall have received from such Health OlHcer a certificate of health. Ttii. Any person who shall send, carry, or causo to bo sent or carried any such emimerated goods, or who shall i)ass or travel eastwardly of the said line, without such permit, in violation of the provisions of this Act, shall lie guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall incur a penalty not exceeding One hundred pounds, which may be recovered by complaiiit before any Justice of the Peace, upon the oath of one credible witness. 8th. It shall bo lawful for any Justice of the Peace, Peace Officer, Constable, or other person authorized by the Board of Health, at any place within Rupert's Land or the North-Western Territories, with or wi'ihout warrant, to seize, arrest and detain any ]>ei-sons or goods hereinbefore enumerated, being or proceeding in any direction within such territories in violation of the provisions hereinbefore contained ; Provided always that any person claiming to he proprietor of any goods so seized or detained, may at any time after such seizure, give notice in writing to the person seizing the same, ot the intention of such claimant to apply by written petition to the Lieutenant-Governor of the said Territories to have such property restored, and upon any such application for restoi'atiou of property so seized or detivined, tho Lieutenant-Governor shall make such order provisional or final as to him shall seem fit. 9th. It shall be lawful for the Lieutenant-Governor to appoint a Board of Health, and also such Health Officers, and other Officers, as shall in his judgment be required or expedient for giving effect to the provisions of tliis Act, and any Officer so appointed shall have all the powers and authority of a Justice of the Peace throughout the extent of Rupei-t's Land and the North-Western Teri-itories. IOth. It shall be la^vful for the liieutenant-Governoi-, in any case in which he shall be satisfied that no danger will result therefrom, to relax the provisions of this Act, and to make such order respecting any particular parcel of goods, as the public safety may seem to him to require or allow. 11th. One half of any fine imposed under this Act shall be payable to the person giving information, and lodging his complaint, and the other half shall be paid into the Treasury, and be appropriated to defray the expeusea of carrying out this Act] 73 12th. This Act slmll be and remain in forco for Six Months now noxt ensuing, and for any further length of tinio the Lieutenant- ivornor niiiy l>y his prooliiniation appoint. (No. 676.) Office op the SEfnETAiiv or State for the Provintes, Ottawa, I'Jth Nuvember, 1870. Sir, — I have tho Iionor to acknowhulgo tho receipt of your Despatch, No. 20, dated No. 41(1. 22nd ultimo, enclosing copy of an Act or Ordinance passed by tho Lieutenant- Governor and Council of Rupert s Land and tho North- Western Territories, for tho prevention of small pox. The Ordinance seems well adapted for tho purpose for which it was enacted, and the only q\io8tiou is as to tho authority to jjass it. On tiiis subject I would refer to the observations in my Despatch to you of the 17th instant on tho appointment of Messrs. Johnson, Smith and Brelan, as His Excellency the Governor General desires to be informed as to the natm-o and extent of tlio authority under which yon are acting. I liavo tho honor to hv, 8ir, Your obedient servant, (Signed), Joseph Howe, ■ Secretary of State. The Honorable A. G. Archibald, Lieutenant-Governor, Fort Gai*ry. (No. 577.) Office of the Secretary of State for the Provintes, Ottawa, 19th November, 1870. Sir, — I have the honor to transmit to you, lierewith, for the information of His No. 401. Excellency the Governor General, a copy of a Despatch from tho Lieutenant- 22nrl Oct., Governor of M vnitoba, coveringa copy ofan Ordinance passed by tiie Lieutenant 1870. Governor in Council, of Rupert's Land and the North West Territories, providing against tho introduction of the small-pox into the Prorince of Manitoba, together with a copy of my reply thereto. 19th Nov., 1870 I also enclose a printe 1 copy of tlie Ordinance in question. I have the honor to be, Sir, • Your obedient sei'vant, (Signed), JoSEPlt HowK, Secretary of State. F. Turvillc, Esq., Governor's Secretiry, , T IiMVo to refer yoii for ox}i!imiit.ioti of the circiiinRtmicos coiuu'cted with this nmttpr, iiml t^r siipiiosetl luitliority iiiwh r wliidi il whh piisHcd, to my DeHputdi No 45, of tlif! 'Jl'iul ulliino, mid uImc to my Desfinteh of tJiis dale, Loiiig No. f)8, written ir reply to yours of tlio 17th Novcmlur hist. J havo tho honor to he, Sir, Your obtjtlioiit .servant, (Sij^nod), AdaJIS Ct. AlK BUULD. Tlio Ilononil.'lo Tho Secretary of Stat-? for tho ProvincoK, Ottawii. 8.— CENSUS AND KLKOTIONS Foil Till-: HOUSE OF COMMONS. (No. 21.) / Fort GAniiv, Octolior 13th, 1870. Sir, — I bog to inform you tliut 1 h.ivo taken Komo Htcps towanls ohtuining im enumeration of the lialflir».'cd iniiahitantH of the I'rovinco. • I was anxious that tiie eiiunieration should be taken in sueh a .vay as to ensure fair play between tlio two seeticnif of tlie population. I havo, therefore, divided the whole I'roviiav! into five sections, as you will se(^ by tlie printed slip enclosed herein, and to each section I ha\e apjiointed two Kmimerators, ono an EngiiKhmau and the otiicr a Freiiehmaii. The Kiii,']isli Knuinerator will lie a cheek on the Frenchman in the French Parishus, and th'! Froiieh I'^numer.itor on tlin KugHshiiian in the English Parishes. I havo also jiri'pared a system of tables and a code of regulations for the governnient of tho Enumerators, with the same aim of ensuring entire fair play. I am happy to be abju to say that my sciieme lias met with goneial ajijiroval on all side-s, and that I have a reasonable hope of obtaining with acmracy the information sought. Tho half-breeds form, perliaps, five-sixths of tho population ; as the Knumeratnrs havo to pass over the ground, a very little additional trouble ei»ables them to fuini.sh a personal censu.s of the whole population. Voii will perceive, then.'fore, that the tables and instruc- tions are framed .so as to coniliine the two objects ; lirst, the one contemplated in the Thirty-lir.st Clai^so of tlie Manitoba Act relating to the half-breeds, and secondly, that re- ferred to in the Sixteenth (.'lause, wliieli requires me in laying oil" tlie Di.stricts for repre- sentation to have duo regard to existing local divisions and jiojiulation. It is proposed that tlie iMnimerators .shall proceed immediately with their work, and I hope in ten days or a fortnight from this date to have their returns. I havo, &c., (Signed), Adams G. Arciiiuald. To the Honorable The Secretary of State for tho Provinces, ' ' • Ottawa. Offici: ok Private Seciiktary, Government House, October 1st, 1870. The Lieutenant-Governor has bgen pleased to divide tho Province of Manitoba into the following Districts,. for the ])urpo,se of making an enumeration of tho half-breed and other inhabitants. w JJintricln. No. 1. From TTultcd Stiitm' houmliirv lino to tlm North liuo of t,ho Purlsh of St. Bouifiic(>, iiicliidiii;,' hotli Hides of tilt' liver, liiil, cxt'Iiiiliiij,' Oi'I; Point. No. '2. From tlid Nortli l/ni's of St. IJoiiifiu-o to »!;;> t-'Iiurcli iit tlio l'ii|ilil-i, including botli Hidi's of tlio liver. No. 3. l''ro'ii tlm (/'iiiirc'li iit tli(> l'iiv]vidn of l/iko \Viiii\i|i('i,', iiicludiiii^ liolli sides of tlio river, and uKo any outiyin;{ .settlcnu'iit on l-uko \\'inni|u',L,', witliiii llm Provinco. No. [. Tin) Pari lu!H of St. Jamos, ^t. Olmrles, llciuUiigly, St. Frvncois Xavier and O.ik Voint, (dcrmau (r-cl.). No. .'■). All tliat ]mA oi' tlu) .scttlcniont lyinj} to Hio West of tlio PariHli of St. Francois Xavier, inelndiii^' llie HettlemenrH on Lake Maiiitolia within tlu^ Province. Tlut iiieiiteiiant-Oovenior has also lieen iiieasinl to apijoiut the following porHons to jnako the ennnieration in the sevoral DistrictH ; — No. 1. William Loj^'iin and .loneph Diilaie. ^ No. 2. l{o;{er tloulet and ThumiiH Sinclair. No. .'). Charles P>e}{>,' and JoHe|ih Nolin. • No. 4. Tlionms Nonjiiay and Pierre Lavallcc, Jr. No. r». I'atricL Prelan ami tlohn James Stutter. InstriR'tionH, tallies und forms are huing jireimred, an u B W B M H s pi M O n -< Ph >P. tl tenauL Gc I 79 (Copy— No. 53.) Government House, Fort Gany, 2SUi November, 1870. SiB, — I havo the honor -o send you, herewith, copies of the code of regulation« I have promidgated on the subject of the elections. I propose hoKling them at an early day, but am still waiting the returns of the enumcratoi-s for one- District, the "Clpper Assiniboino, and the settlements adjacent. All the other returns are in. The population will not much, if any, exceed eleven thousand. I have the lienor to be. Sir, Your most obedient servant, (Signed), Adams G. Archibald. The Honomble The Secretary of State for the Provinces, Ottawa. PROCLAMATION. Provinx'e of Manitoba. ViCToniA, by the Grace of God, of the United Kiiagdom of Groat Britain and Ireland Queen, Defender of i,hc Faith, etc., etc. To all whom it may concern, Greeting : — [Seal.] Whereas by an Act of the Parliament of Canada made and passed in the thirty-third year of Our lleign, entitled " An Act to anu'nd and continue the Act 32 and 33 Victoria, chapter 3, and to establish and i)rovi(le for the Government of the Province of Manitoba," it is among other things enacted that for the first Election o.' Members to .serve in the Legislative .Vssembly of said Province, the Lisu tenant-Governor shall l)y proclamation prescribe and declare the oaths to be taken by voters, the powers and duties of Returning OlHccrs, tlie [jroceediugs to be observed at such Election, and the period during which such Election shall be continued, and sm?h other iirovisions in respect to such lirst Election as ho may think lit. And Whereas, the Rules and Regulations annexed hereto, entitled " Code of Rules and Regulations relative to elections to the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba, prepared by ihe Lieutenant-Governor, pursuant to tht' provisions of the 18tli clause of the Act to amend and continue the Act 32 and 33 Victoria, chapter 3, and to establish and jtrovido for the Government of the Province of Manitoba," Jiavc been duly made and prescribed under and by virtue of the power conforx'ed ui)on Our Lieutenant-Governor under the said Statute. Now Wo do liereby proclaim and make known to all whom it doth or may concern, that for the first Election of Members to servo in the said Geuv ral Assembly, the said Rule3 and Regulations are to t)e observed, and all proceedings at .Aich Election are to be held in conformity with such Rules and Regulations. And We do order and direct all returning oflicers, clei'ks and oth?r persons concerned in the taking or conducting of said Elections to govern themselvesaccordingly. In Testimony Whereof, wi have caused these Our Lcttei's to be made Patent, and the Great Seal of Manitoba to be hereunto affixed. Witness Our trusty and wcll-Iicloved the Honorable Adams George Archibald, Lieu- tenariL Governor of jManitoba, ^Member of Our Privy Council for Canada, at Our Govern- ment House ia Fort Garry, ia Our Dominion, the day of in the 80 year of Our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and seventy, and in the thirty-fourth year of Our Roign. By command, A. Boyd, Provincial Secretary. CODE OF BITLES AND REGULATIONS. Relative to Elections to tlie Legislative Assembly of Manitoba, prepared by the Lieutenant- Governor, pursuant to the provisions of tlic IStli clause of the "Act, to aniond and continue the Act, 32 and .33 Vict., c. 3, and to establish and provide for the Govern- ment of tlie Province of Manitoba." 1. The Elections in the Province of Slanitoba, .shall be held in each of the twenty- four Electoral Divisions, into which the said Province may bo divided, on one and the same day ; which day shall be named in the writs to l)e issued liy the Lieutenant-Governor, 2. The Election in each Electoral Division shall bo conducted by a Beturninn OfKcer and Clerk, to be appointed by the Lieutenant-Governor. 3. The Returning; Officer, immediately on receipt of the writ for holding an. Election, .shall endorse thereon the day of receipt, and forthwith thereafter cause public r^otices to be posted in writing, or by printed handbills in some of the most public pltcesofthe Electoral Division, declaring the day for holding liis meeting for nominatioi. being the day named therefor in the writ; and the place within the Electoral Div.'sion L'^'e the same shall be held ; and also, in case a Poll shall be demanded, the time and p'luie at which the same shall be taken, being also the day named therefor in the wit. 4. On the day appointed :or nominiition, the Returning Officer shall ipeu his meeting at the place named in his n 'tice, between tlie hours o( ten ;ind twoive o'clock in the forenoon, and shall read his writ, and shall take the following oath, to lo ci uministered by a Justice of the Peace, or ;. ly two elcctor.s then present : — " I, A. B,, do swear that 1 have not received .any,suni of money, offif. 3 or c.up'oymeut or gratuity, or any bond, bill or note, or jiromise of gratuity what.soi>- r, cithe b myself or anot.ier, to my use or advantage ior making any return at thi , Election, and that I will discharge my duty impartially and ace ii".'i.;; to law," And the Returning Officer sliall thei' :>. minii-tcr to the clerk appointed to a.ssist him in the Election, an oath for the faithful una impatii'd discharge of his duty, ami shall continue the meeting open, until t" . of the cia:k in ih >fternoon of that d.iy ; juid on the same day, and as soon after two of liie clock ii^• ihr. dii.iCS remaining to be performed will ])ermit, shall finally close the mooting, miless a poll shall be demanded ard granted as hereinafter provided. 5. The Returning Officer shall, at his meeting on nomination day, receive the names of the candidates, proposed by two elector of tiie Electoral Division, previously to two o'clock, and their names shall be entered by the clerk, under the Returning Officer's direction in a record book ; and no candidaki's name shall be entered after two o'clock, and at that hour the Returning' Officer shall ju-oclaim the names of candidates. And whenever, previously to two o'clock, no more than one candidate kas been proposed, the Election shall forthwith be determined, and the Returning Officer shall declare the candidate proposed duly elected a IMember, and shall make return of the writ accordingly ; bui where opposing candidates shall be jiroposed, previously to two o'clock, a ul a poll has been demanded, the Returning Oflieer .shall then grant the poll, and make proclamation o't'ie lime e.'ul place at which tlie ])oll will be taken in the Electoral Divisions, confer mibiy with ilic notice before conditionally given, and then adjourn the jneeting, as regards the Elections in which a jioll shall be demanded, to such Election day. " .\,iy candidate [)ropose'; at such Election may, at any time before one o'clock of L(ipjuat}oj.i day, \j writin;^ Uiider hia hand, or publicly and openly at the mee^^ing, clii-eet 8t his name to be withdrawn ; in which case, the entry in tlie record book shall be ei i?ed, and the Ret'irning Officer shall immediately give notice by proclamation aloud ; and thereupon sucli party sliall n')t he consilciiv 1 us liiviiig We'Mi pi'oposel as a cawdidute. 7. No Returning OUcor sliall rec ivc, nor s'lall any pob clerk rocurd the niiai'.' of a person as a candidate ; nor hall any vot.^ lio receivi^ I for him, uiduss his name shall have been entered as a candidate in the record book aforesaid at the nomination meeting, and shall not have been expunged. Any votes entered on a poll book contiaiy to t'ls jirovision, shall, in respect of such person, be expunged, and not counted by the Heturning Officer in casting up the votes. 8. When a poll .shall have- been granted, it shall be opened at the polling ))lace in the Electoral Division, at nine o'clock in the morning of the day appointed ; and be kept open until four o'clock in the afternoon, when it shall finally close. 9. When a poll has been granted, the clerk shall j)repare a poll boo!., and enter therein in separate colums the names of the candidates, for whom votes are to be given ; and the names of the candidates, and the necessary information regarding them, shall, before the opening of the poll, be furnished by the Returning Officer to any person requir- ing the same. 10. Before any elector is permitted to vote, he shall state his name and residence, and shall then state the candidate for whom he shall vote ; and the clerk shall, under the direction of the Returning Officer, enter the same on the poll book. 11. The Returning Officer shall appoint an Insjector, an Agent and a Clerk, when nominated by or on behalf of a candidate at or before the opening; of the poll, and thciv names shall be immediately entered' on the poll book. The candidate's clerk shall take the following oath, to be administered by the presiding officer : — " I, A. 13., do swear that I will take this poll fairly and impartially, by entering t\w names and places of abode of the electors, and the names of the candidates for whom they shall vote." 12. Every elector before he shall be pennitted to vote shall, if required h\ the presiding officei*, candidate or his agent, or r i elector, take the oaths following, or either of them, to be administered to him by the presiding officer, that is to say : — OATH NUMBER ONE. " I, A. B., do swear that I am qualified to vote at this Election, that I am v.f the fid) age of twenty one years, and am a British Sidyect, that I am a householder within this Electoral Division, entitled to vote under the provisions of the Manitoba Act, and that 1 reside at , and that I have not before given my vote at this Election, do help me God." OATH NUMBER TWO. "I, A. B., do swear that I have not received by myself, cr aiv >v, or any person in trust for me, or to my use, directly or indirectly, any sum of m , office, place, or employment, or gift, reward, or any promise or security for any mo office or employ- ment, or gift, in order to give my vote at this Election. So help m . .od." 13. If an elector, when required, shall not take the oaths presiiibed, his vote shall be expunged. 24. At the close of the poll, immediately after four of the clock df the day of Election, the clei'k shall cast np the votes as they appear in the poll book, i deliver the poll book to the Returning Officer, who shall then openly declare the st ■ of the poll, and nuike return of his writ accordingly, and shall be bound personally to ileliNcr the said ])oll book and return to the clerk of the Executive Council, within forty-eight hours after the close of the poll. 15. Tt shall not be lawful for any person whomsoever, whether such person shall have a license to sell wine, spirits or beer, or otherwise, to sell, give, or allow to bo sold or given to any person whomsoever ; or to allow to be taken or drunk on his premises, on any day whereon an election, nomination, or poll shall be held, any wine, boer, or spirits, or any intoxicating drink whatsoever, Aixd any person whosoever who sLa ' sell, give, or allow 20a~U .1.^ 8:1 to be sold or given, or (Irank on liis ])reniises on any such diiy, and within any Electoral Division, wherein iiu Klcction nouiiiiiition is lieing luld, any wine, beer, spirits, or into icicating drink whatsoever, shall pay and Ibrl'eit to our Hovei'eign Lady the (Jiieen a tine of ten jwiinifs sterVm^, to l»o recovered on information before any J ustice of tlio Peaco within such Election Division, on the oath of one credible witness. IG. It shall not be lawful for any i>erson to carry or have in his possession any fire- arms or other weapon at any Election, nomination or poll. And any person who shall liavo on his person, or carry any fire arms of any description whatsoever, or any other weapon, at any such place as aforesaid, on any day whereon any Election, nomination oi' j)oll is held .at such place, shall pay and forfeit to our Sovereign Lady the Queen, a fine of }tce pounJn sterling, to be recovei-ed as in the last preceding suction is prescribed. (G50.— C'oi.y.) OfI'K'E of THK yECRETAKV Or StATE Foil THE PKOVIxrES, Ottawa, IDtli December, 1871. Sir, — T have the honor to acknowledge the receipt t)f your Desi)atch No. 5.'?, of the No. f)4(). 28th ultimo, together with copies of the Code of Regulations you have l)roniulgated on the bubject of the Elections. I have the honor to Vti, Sir, Your most obedient servant. (Signed), JoSEi-ii Howe, Secretary of Stat'.; for the Provinces. The llouoraljlc A. (.i. Archibald, Licutenant-CJovernor. fort (nirry. Office of the Sst ketarv of St.' :^: roii the Phovinces, Ottawa, -Ith January, 187L Sir, — I have tlie honor to transmit to you, herewith, for the information of His No. r»4(i. Excellency the (Jovernor (Jineral, a copy of a Desjiatch from the Lieu- Noveinlier 28lh, tenant-Governor of the Province of Manitoba, covering a jirinted copy of 1870. .^ cmig ^jf Ivogulatioi's promulgated by him on the subject of the Elections in that Province. [ have the lionor to be, Sir, Youi- most obedient servant, (Signed), JosEi'ii Howe, Secretary of State for the Pro\ iuces. P. Tuiville, E.;.]., CJovcrnor's Secretarv. (No. 02.) CioVERN'MENT JIoiSE, FoKT (lARRV, !)th December, 1870. 8iR, — In referring to the fourth clause of tht* Manitoba Act, 1 observe that it runs OS follows : — "The said Province shall be represented in the first instance, in the House of Com- "mons, by four Members, and for that jjurpose shall be divided by Proclamation of tho "Governor General into four Electoral Distric-ts, each of which shall be represented by " one Member." The division into Distiicts is of course the liusiness of tac Dominion Govern- ment, and 1 am not exactly suro whether it is my iluty, without waiting for ^iuatructions w* from the Governor General, to make nny 8n<,'gostions as to the division, but knowing liow many things there are to occ«[)y the attention of the Government at Ottawa, it is not at all improbable that it may not have occurreil to tiiem tiiat the (.luty of taking any action on tbe subject rests witli them. Nevertheic^ss if there is to be any representation of Manitoba in the House of Com- mons at its next Session, it is time that some afjtion was commenced on tiio subject. I therefore take the liberty of suggesting what seems a natural division. The settled pait of the Province is on the Ited Rivei-, running north and south, and on tlie Assiniboine, which meets the Red River at right unglcs. The Settlemeii s, Mierefore, have roughly the shape of the letter T. the top line repre- senting the Red Rivei-, and the other the Assiniboine. A natui-al division into four parts would seem therefore to be a centre, and the three extremities, the centre being at the junction of the two Rivers, and the three other divisions being the Tipper Red River, tho Lower Rod River, and the I' ppcr Assinibohie. This arrangement is not only iraturally suggested i>y the shape of the Settlements, but would also furnish an equitable division of the pecjple as regards race and creed. In two of the divisions the French would bs in the niiijority, in the other two, the English. I send you, herewith, a memorandum marked (G) which shows tho division I should pi'opose, and a. memorandum (H) showing the comparative numbers of the French and English population, in each. Referring to my Despatch No. CI, of the 8th inst., you will tind that I consider tlie i)opulatiou actually resident in the Province as eleven thousand, of which the one foiu-th, or two thousand seven hiutdred and fifty woidd be the normal number, wero iio[)ulation the sole criterion of representation. I have endeavored to make the Districts correspond as nearly to this, as circum- stances would permit. No. 1. The centre, is as near the normal number as could be obtained without dividing a parish. No. 2. Is beneath the normal number, but it oontiiim, ■• j)ace of sixty miles from north to sout^i, and includes not only the Settlements \m the Red River, but those on the Seine, and is therefore much the lurgcjst of the Electoral Districts. No. 3. Is a little over the normal immber, but tho large population of the parish of St. Peter's is made up mainly of settltd Indians, and the division givea them as much influence as they are fairly entitled to. No. 4. Is consideraljly Iteyoud the normal number, but if reduced by nine hundreil who are absentees, it will leave about the numlior that should send a representative. If, therefore, the Government appro\'G of this division, it might be described as follows ; — Electoral District. No. 1. To comprise of tho Electoral Divisions recently estal dished by the Proclamation of the Lieutenant-Governor cf IMnnitoba for the local Assembly, those known as : — Ileadingly, or St. Charles, ,, St. James, ,, St. Boniface W. &. E. Winnipeg it St. John Kildonan „ No. 8. {). 10. 11 et 13 1«. 1(1. No. 2. To comprise all the Settlements upon the Red River and in the neighbor- hood, lying l)etween the south line of I'jlectoral District No. 1 and the frontier of the United States, including the Settlements on tlie Seine at Oak Point, or St. Anne. No. 3. To comprise all the Sl Rest Engliuh ,137 ,801 ,945 Office of the Secbktary of State for the Piiovintes, Ottawa, 31st December, 1870. The Secretary of Stivte for the Provinces layn before the Privy Council a Despatch (62) from tlie Lieutenant-Governor of Manitoba, tUited at Fort Crarry on the 9th of December, comnnmicating the result of the Census recently taken in that Province, and submitting suggestions for the guidance of the Governor General in Council, when fixing the boundaries of the Electoral Districts, which, under the fourth clause of the Manitoba Act, are to i-eturn four Members to the House of Commons. TheSecretary of Statefor the Provincesalso submits a Map of the Provinceof Manitoba, showing the Districts as proposed with Tabular Statement, marked G and H, giving the population and probable origin of the population which each will contain : — The Secretary recommends that the four Electoral Distiicts, entitled by Law to send Membei-s to the House of Commons, be defined and described as follows. Electorial District No. 1 to comprise, of the Electoral Divisions recently established by the Proclamation of the Lieutenant-Governor of Manitoba fov the local Assembly, those known as : — Headingly, or No. 8, St. Charles, or No. 9, * St. James, or No. 10, St. Boniface, West and East, or Nos. 1 1 and 1 2, Winnipeg and St. John, or No, 18, Kildonan or No. 19. Such District to bo called and known as the District of Selkirk. No. 2. To comprise all the Settlements on the Red River and in the neighborhood, lying between the south line of Electoral District No. 1. and the frontier of the United States, including the Settlements on the Seine at Oak Point, or St Anne. Such District to be called and known as the Disti'ict of Provenchcr. No. 3. To comprise all the Settlements on the Red River, and in the neighborhood between the north line of Electoral District No. 1. and the northern frontier of the Province, including those at Broken Head River, such District to be called and known a.s the District of Lisgar. No. 4. To comprise all the settlements on the i^ssiniboine, and Lake Manitoba, and all other Settlements to the westward of the Wsjstward line of Electoral District No. 1. such District to be called and known as the District of Marquette. (Signed), Joseph Howe. ii 80 Copy of a Report of a Committee of the. Honorable tho Print/ Council, approved hy Ilia K.rcellency the Governor (t'eneraf in Council, on the '>th Jannary, 1S71. The Coimnittoo of Coimoil hiivo had hefoio them, tho anuoxod Report ihitod Slst December, 1S70 fiom the I[(moral>lo the SccretMiy foi i\w Provinces, siihmittiiig ii Desiwxtcli from tlic Lieutoimnt-Oovci-uor of IVIanitolia coinmuiucatiiig the results of tlio CeiiBua lecontly taken in tliat Province, and submitting Hu^'gestionn for tlie guidai'ijo of Yoin- ExceMency when tixing tlio Boundaries of tho Electoral Districts, which, under tho fourth clause of the Manitnlta Act,are to return four Members to tho House of Commons. On the recommendation of the Secretary of State for the Prorinces, tho Committee advise that the four Electoral Districts entitled by law to send ^[embers to the IIoiiso of Commons be defined and described as in the said annexed report recommended, tind that a Proclamation issue under the said fourth clause of tho Manitoba Act accoi-dingly. Certified. (Signed), Wm. H. Lee, Clerk, Privy Council. (No. 19.) OfFKE of the SEf'RETARY OF StATE FOR TFIE PHOVlNCliS, Ottawa, \'M\\ January, 1871. Sin, — I have tho honor to infoi'm you, that His Excellency the Governor General, has had under his consideration in Council your Despatch, No. 02, of tho Dth ulto. sul)- (No. 555.) mitting suggestions for tho division by Pioclamation of tho Province of Manitoba, into four Electoral Districts, under tJie provisionsof tlie 4th section of tho Mani- toba Act. His Excellency has caused the necessary Proclamation to be issued for the division of Manitoba into four Electoral Districts as suggested in your Despatch. Forty copies of the Extra of the Canada Gazette containing the Proclamation are thia day mailed to your address. I have tho honor to be. Sir, Your obedient servant, (Signed), .Joseph Howe. Secretary of State for the Provinces. The Hon. Adams G. Archibald, Lieutenant-Governor, Fort Garry, Manitoba. [L.S.] LTSGAR. CANADA. VICTORIA, by the gi-ace of God, of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Ql'EEX, Defender of the Faith, ikc, etc., - avince of tho Miiui- UviHion of m are this aiccs. id Ireland, concern, KETINO :— made and mend and id provide 8 in effect with the anthority A.ct, 18G7, I Western Territory into tlio Union or Dominion of C niiulu, there shiill ho formed out of tlio same a Proviuci', wlii.'li .shall l>o one of tlu; P'oviii^'i's of Our Douiiiiiou of Canada, and which hIuiU h(i eaili'tl thu Province of Manllolia, and b» honndcd as in the said Act of tlio Parliament of Canada, now in part in i-ecital, is particularly niontioncil and di'scril)cd. And it is further in and hy the said Act now in part in recital enacted, that on, from and after tho said day on which Our Order in Council shall take eH'cct as aforesaitl, tho pro- visions of the Ihilish North America Act, 18()7 shall, except those parts thereof which are in terms made, or hy roasonahle intcnilnuuit may ho held to he specially applicahio to or only to alVect one or more, hut not the whole of tho Provinces at the time of the jmism- ing of the said Act now in part in recital, and except so far as tho same may he varied l»y tho said A( t now in pait in leiital, ho a]»plicablo to tho Province of Manitoba, in tho name way and to the like (extent as they apply to the several Provinces of Canada, and as iftlie Province of Manitoba had been one of the Provinces originally united by the said Act, that is to say, by the British North America Act, 18G7. And it is further in and by the said Act now in part in recital enacted, that the said Province shall lie ivpresented in tho first instance in the House of ('oinmons o(' Canada by four Members, and for that l>urposo shall bn divided by Proclamiitiou of Our Governer General into four Electoral Districts, each of which shall be represented, by one Member, provided that on the com- pletion of the Census in the year one thousand cigiit hundred and ('ii,dity-one, and of eacli Decennial Census afterwards, the rejiiesentatives of tho said Pntvince shall iio re-adjusted accoiding to the provisions of tho fifty-tirst section of tho British North America Act, ISfiT. And whereas "We did, by and with the advice and consent of Our M )st Honorable Privy Council, under tho authority of the one hundred and forty -sixth section of "The British Nortii America Act, 18(57," by Our Order in Council bearing date on tho twenty-third day of . I uno now last past, Order and Declare that, from and after tho Fifteenth day of July, one thousand eight hundred and seventy, Rupert's Land and tlio North Western Territory should bo admitted into, and become i)art of, tho Dominion of Canada. And whereas by vii-tne of tho Act of Parliament of Canada, hereinbefore in part recited, there became, and was formed, on, from, and after the Fifteenth day of July, in the year one thousand eight hundred and seventy, the Province of Manitoba, now one of the Provinces of the Dominion of Canada, bounded as in tlie hist mentioned Act is par- ticularly mentioned and described. And whereas for representation of the said Province of Manitoba in the House of Commons of Canada, as in the Act of Parliament hereinbefore in such respect recited, is ]»rovided, it is expedient that We do, by Proclamation, divide the said Province into four Electoral Districts ; Now know ye, and We do, by and with the advice of Our Privy Coiuicii for Canada, and by and uniler the authority of the Act of the Parliament of Canada, herein- before in part recited, by tliis Our Royal Proclamation, divide the Province of Manitoba, in Our Dominion of Canada, into four Electoral Districts, for the purjioses of representa- tion in the House of Commons of Canada, each of which said Districts shall be repre- sented by one Member, and which said Electoral Districts shall be respectively known by the names or designations hereinafter set forth, and shall be composeil of such portions of the Province of Manitoba as are hereinafter particularly descrii)ed, that is to say : — Electoral District number Ono to comprise, of the Electoral Divisions recently established by the Proclamation of the Lieutenaut-Governor of Manitoba, for the Logis- lati\-e Assembly of Manitoba, those known as Headingly, or No. 8, Saint Charles, or No. 9, Saint James or No. 10, Saint Boniface, West and East, or Nos. 11 and 12, Winnipeg and St. John, or No. 18, Kildouau, or No. 19. IMAGE EVALUATION TEST TARGET (MT-S) // 4r z 1.0 I.I ■u IM 12.2 S«." Ui KS M 1.8 1-25 11.4 11.6 Photographic Sciences Corporation 23 WEST MAIN STREET WEBSTER, N.Y. 14580 (716) 872-4503 Such Electoral T>istrict number One, to be called and known as the Electoral Distiict of Selkii-k. Electoral District number Two«to conipvise all the Settlements on the Red River, and in the neighborhood, lying between tlie south line of Electoral District number One, and the frontier of the United States, including the Settlements on the Seine, at Oak Point or Saint Anne, such Electoi'al District number Two, to be called and known as the Electoral District of Provencher. Electoral District number Three, to comprise all the Settlements on the Red River, and in the neighborhood between the north line of Electoral District number One and the northern frontier of the Province, including those at Broken Head River, such Electoral District number Three to be called and known as the Electoral District of Lisgar. Electoral District number Four, to comprise all the Settlements on the Assiniboine and Lake Manitoba, and all other Settlements to the westward of the western line of Electoral District number One, such Electoral District number Four to be called and known as the Electoral District of Marquette. Of all which Our loving subjects and all others whom these presents may concern, ai'o hereby required to take notice and govern themselves accordingly. In Testimony Whereof, We have caused these Our Lettere to be made Patent, and the Great Seal of Canada to be hereunto affixed : Witness Our Right trusty and Well-Beloved the Rignt Honorable John Baron Lisgar, of Lisgar and Bailie- borough, in the County of Cavan, Ireland, in the Peerage of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and a Baronet, one of Our Most Honorable Privy Council, Knight Grand Cross of Our Most Honorable Order of the Bath, Knight Grand Cross of Our Most Distinguished Order of Saiut Michael and Saint George, Governor General of Canada, and Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Island of Prince Edward. At Our Government House, in Our City of Ottawa, this Fifth day of January, in the year of Our Lord, One thousand eigut hundred and seventy-ons, and in the Thirty-fourth year of Our Reign. By Command, J. C. AIKINS, Secretary of State. (No. 69.— Copy.) Government House, Fort Gabky, 10th December, 1870. Sir, — Referring to my Despatch, No. 62, under date of the 9th inst., in which I promised at an early daty to give you the names of Returning Officers, «S5c., for Electoral Districts, I beg to make the following recommendations : — For District No. 1, Returning Officer, — John Sutherland, Shexiff. Clerk, — Louis Maiion. For District No. 2. Returning Officer, — Nicholas Moward. Clerk, — Roger Marion. For District No. 3, Returning Officir, — Thomas Sinclaii*. Clerk, — Copeland Cowland. Fvr Distnct No. 4' Returning Officer, — Joseph Dubuo. Clerk, — Rollin P. Meade. The place for opening the Court on Nomination Day should be : — For No. 1. — ^Winnipeg. For No. 2.— St. Norbert. For No. 3.— St. Andrews. For No. 4.— High Bluff. m- il Distiict ,ed River, nber One, ,e, at Oak wn as the led River, ae and the 1 Electoral ar. Lssiniboine ivn line of called and loncern, are latent, and trusty and and Bailie- d Kingdom rable Privy ath, Knight lint George, f the Island TTAWA, thw lundi-ed and of State. ber, 1870. in ■which I for Electoral On consideration, 1 think it would bo desirable to have two or more polling places in each Electoral District, and in grouping the population, according to language or local convenience, I would suggest that there should be polling places as follow : — In District No. 1. A polling place for Electoral Divisions, St. Boniface, East, or No. 11, and St. Boniface, West, or No. 11. One for St. James, or No 10 ; St. John and Winnipeg, or No. 18 ; and Kildonan, or No. 19. One for St. Charles, or No. 8 ; and Headingly, or No. 9. In District No. 2. One for St Vital, or No. 13 ; St. Norbert, or Nos. 14 and 15 ; and St. Agathe, or No. 16. . One for St. Anne, or No. 17. .> . , In District No. S. A polling place for St. Pauls, or No. 20 ; and St. Andrews, or Nos. 21 and 22. A polling place for St. Clements, or No. 23 ; and St. I'eters, or No. 24. In District No. 4- A polling place for Praiiie de St. Paul, or No. 5 ; and St. Francois Xavier, or Nos. 6 and 7. One for Portage La Praii-ie, or No. 2 ; Poplar Point, or No. 3 ; and High Bluff, or No. 4. One for Lake Manitoba, or No. 1. That is to say ; District No. 1 will have three polling places. District No. 2 will have two polling places. District No. 3 will have two polling places. District No. 4 will have three polling places. Or 10 polling places in aU. The Returning Officers, I presume, will appoint the subordinate officers, as in Nova Scotia. See sec. 43 of the ch. 28, Acts of 1863, or Rev. Stat., 3rd Series, p. 762, or as in Canada. See ( 'Qn. Stat. Canada, p. 62, section 44. But, of course, all this depends on the code you adopt. ' I have the honor to be. Sir, ^ Your obedient servant, (Signed), Adams G. Aechibald. The Honorable The Secretary of Stat;e for the Provinces. (No. 63.— Copy.) , Government House, Fort Garhy, 9th December, 1870. Sir, — 1 have the honor to enclose you, for the information of His Excellency the ' Governor-General, certain tabulated results of the recent enumeration of the people of Manitoba. You will recollect that I had, as already reported, adopted with a view, not only of ensuring accuracy, but of avoiding any question as to accuracy, the system of appointing to each district an English and a Fi'ench Enumerator, who were to proceed together, but indepemlently, P'kI to keep separate books. The result shows some littie difference between the Enumerators — enough to prove that they did not act in •oncert, and not onougji to disturb conMence in the general result. , 2U«— 12 90 I send you, herewith, a document^ letter A., which contains an abstract of thepopu- A. District. Parish. 1 - Enumerator. ;J 1 Enumerator. 1 1 ^ 1 No. 1. . . St. Boniface Logan .., tt i» » • >» Sinclair u )» it ft ...... 821 366 1,098 356 2(541 817 400 1,062 362 2,641 1,790 2,215 3,288 2,011 819 383 1,080 369 St. Vital 11 St. Norbert St. Agathe Winnipeg , . St. John 3t 3,641 No. 2. . . 215 326 343 254 652 aoiili 215 335 303 285 652 216 330 323 270 662 1,790 2,214 3,281 2,017 If 19 II Nolir >» If f» - St. Paul's St. Andrews St. Andrews St. Clements.... I , , , 1,790 No. 3. . . B. ) i J jcrcf 832 447 918 17 842 521 822 30 837 484 870 24 St. Peters Scanterburv St. Anne 2,216 No. 4... Norguay ,, . • • * . ,, .... *i tt It Setter 141 394 323 448 332 1,837 6 335 Lavajn*?fl 323 453 327 1,850 6 330 323 460 330 1,843 6 333 St. James and Fort . . . Headinsrlv »» it a it . . St. Francois Xavier . ... St. Paul's St. Charles White Mu(c 3,284 No. 5... 1 544 275 ■ 512 142 145 316 93 Beauchemin 153 364 1526 270 511 137 159 397 11 636 272 611 140 162 366 62 Portage West Home Mission . . High Bluff 9 9 PoDlar P^int Oak Point Lake Manitoba St. Paul's in Bay Long Lake ' " ---i 3,018 By English Books 11,953 By French Books 11,941 lation, made by myself, from the different Poll Books of the English and French Enumerators. I have classified it in such a way as to show the disagi'eements and concurrences between the different Enumerators. You will see that the total population of District No. 1, and of District No. 2, is the same by both Enumei-ators, but they are differently distributed, owing, I presume, to the uncei-tainties on the question of parish lines. In sections Nos. 3 and 4 there are slight differences in the total, as well as in the distri- bution. The total population by the English Enumerators is Eleven thousand, nine hundred and fifty-three. By French, Eleven thousand, nine hundred and fortv-five, or a difference of only eight. Since the returns, I have b"een having abstracts made from the Census, employing an English clerk to foot up the English books, and a French clerk the French books. Their statements are not yet completed, but there arc certain points that it will be interesting to know, which they have completed. They make the total population Eleven thousand, nine hundred and sixty-seven, by the Bnglish books, and Eleven thousand nine hundi-ed and sixty-three, by the French books, or a difference of only four. : Kt 91 i > ^ 319 »3 980 359 2,641 215 130 323 1,790 2,216 3,284 2,018 By reference to Table B., herewith, prepared by the clerks, you will find the distribu- B. Comparison of Enumerators' Report. Whites. Indians. French Half-breeds. English Half-breeds. Enelinh 1,611 1,565 578 668 5,696 8,757 4,082 French.... 4,083 Total, by French Report 11,%3 Total, by English Report 11,967 tion of the population into classes, by which it appears that there are about sixteen hundred whites, and five hundred and eighty Indians included in the enumerated popula- tion, and that there is a majority of French over English half-breeds of about sixteen hundred. By Table C, which is prepared by the clerk making up the French books, you will find the Catholics exceed the Protestants by five hundred, or thereabouts. Thia, however, has not, as yet, been checked by the calculations of the other clerk. ff2 I o 00 I V > o o I o « I 2 o .a > « o Cm o ■s 4) 5 c ■SU8Z151Q u'BOMsiuy -qng qanug •gMopi;^ •HSiiopjAV S ■si8uig J:) 00 ■paixi«]^ I ••^UB^SS^OJJ 10 ■sonoq^«0 ^ ^ 8' w (» O 5 5 9 5 ^ S 5 S US' N a »- * o» 10 © t^ IS ao ■w A w 5q 5" •♦ rH N JOi •*t>.iHtOrHO> eg o» ■* t- 1- M iH iH lOtO •OirHCO -rH CO WW fH^ .OOt-O tH SS P>^ 1^ 00 O • *S t- M • iH s? S s i; lO 00 © l-H ^ 1^ iO(M ■"ft-l •Dpwvooe^iHeq MO ^^SSg*'"" ^ ^ ■<»«eis 00 0» rH ^ «0 M i-t iH %: rH"* e^^rHO0rH'*NeO s H O 93 -— — — ■ - — _— — . _■■■-. = The results of the enumeration show substantially : — Total population 11,960 "'' ' ' Distribution by race : — White population 1,600 Indian housaholders 560 French half-breeds 8,720 English half-br«ed9 4,080 11,910 By creed : — Protestants 8,720 Catholics 6,240 11,960 I have the honor to be. Sir, Your obedient servant, (Signed), Adams G. Arohibaid. The Honorable The Secretary of State for the Provinces, Ottawa. ' , * (No. 6#6.) Office op Secretary of State for the Provinces, Ottawa, 7th January, 1871. Sir,— I have tad the honor to receive and lay before His Excellency the Governor" General, your Despatch, No. 63, of the 9th ult., covering certain Tabulated Statemeats (3/ giving the result of the recent Census of the Province of Manitoba. I have the honor to be, Sii', Your most obedient servant, (Signed), Joseph Howe. Secretary of State. The Honorable A. G. Archibald, Lieutenant-Governor, Fort Garry. ;, . (No. 80.— Copy.) Govermment House, Fort Garry, 26th December, 1170. Sir,— In my Despatch, No. 63, under date of th* f th December, 1870, I forwarded you an abstract of the population of Manitoba, made from the French Enumerators' books. Since then I have had a similar abstract made from the books of the Enghsh Enumerators, and 1 send you a copy of the same, herewith, marked Schedule A. I also send you a Memorandum, Schedule B., which will furnish you at a glance the difference existing between the results, as ascertained by the different classes of Enumerators. f •»- m M lljllll d ^ I I I I* I ongins. (Copy.) 95 B. Young. Spano*. Total Population 11,963 1,565 558 6,247 5,716 6.767 4,083 11,966 Whites 1.614 Indians (Christians) 581 Catholics 6,069 Protestants 5,906 French Half-breeds , 5,694 English Iialf-bre«ds 4,076 Knglish Books. French Books. The results are so nearly the same, the differences are practically of so little con- sequence, that we may act with safety upon either one or the other. The returns wer« made from the English books by a Mr. Young, thos* from the French books by a Mr. Sponco. Though representing the opposite sections of party on almost every political question, they have united in a letter, of which I enclose you a copy, marked Schedule C, giving their explanation of the causes which have occasioned the trifling discrepancy in the results at which they have respectively arrived. Practically, therefore, you may consider the total population to be 1'2;000. Of these, 1,500 are whites, 500 settled Indians, and 10,000 half-breeds, or they may be divided into Protestants, 5,800, Catholics, 6,200. The half-breeds are in all, say 10,000, of which the English half-breeds are 4,100, French half-breeds, 5,900. Of the whites, amounting to 1,500, half are natives of the North West, one-fifth Canadian, and ene-twelfth English. The remainder are of different origins. I have the honor to be, Sir, * Your obedient servant, (Signed), Adahs G. Archibald. The Honorable The Secret/ary of State for the Provinces. (Copy.) Schedule C. FoET Garry, 23rd December, 1870. Sir, — We have the honor to hand you abstracts of the Census for the parishes ^d Province of Manitoba, having completed the duty entrusted to us by Your Honor to compile the same from the Eaumei-ators' books. "We regret that a trifling difference occura in the abstracts from the English and French books in the columns of Whites, Indians, amd Religion, which may be explained in the following' order : — Ist. The Whites, arising from the irregularity of entries in the Enumerators' books. 2nd. Indians ; from the same cause. 3rd. Religion j a few families of Englishmtn, have been put down Protestant, which are Catholic. Also, a propel- allowance not being made for the children of Catholic and Inglish parents intermarried. The total result in the Provincial abstract agrees, the difference of one per return, existing only in consequence of the double enumeration of one person. W*, therefore, trust that these explanations will meet with the satisfactory approval of Your Honoi*. We have the honor to remain, ^- .■" ' Your Honor's obedient servants, (Signed), Thomas Spence, ' / George H. Yoonq. X • . . Compilets of CensuH. H (Copy.— No. 31.— 576.) Officb op the Becretart of State for the Province, Ottawa, 21 at January, 1871. Sir, — Referring to your various Despatches on the subject of the first Elections to be held in Manitoba for four Members to serve in the House of Commons, I have th« honor to inform you that His Excellency the Governor General in Council has been pleased, under the provisions of " The British North American Act, 18I7," to direct the issue of the necessary Writs for the Election of such Members ; and, that he has further been pleased to name the Returning Officers for the Polling places, and approve of a code of Rules and Regulations t» govern the said Elections. 2. Herewith are transmitted two printed copies (duly certified) of the order in Coun- 16th Jan., 71. cil passed upon the subject, together with th« necessary Writs (4.) 3. The Writs are addressed to the gentlemen named by you in each Electoral District, and the places where the nominations shall be held are also inserted, and the polling places recommended by you are those which are to be adopted. 4. You will observe further, that the Election Clerks are given by name in the order in Council, and are to be appointed by the Returning Officer. 5. The code of Rules and Regulations included in the order in Council, is based upon the rules used by you for the Election for the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba, revised merely as circumstances have required. 6. I am further to state that His Excellency feels itnecessary to request your aid in res})ect to these Elections, in consequence of the absence in Manitoba of the nacessary machinery for the purpose. 7. It is left to you, by Warrant, under your hand and seal at arms, to appoint Returning Officers in the event of any of those named in the Writs not being able to act. 8. It is also left to you to name by Warrant, under your hand and seal at arms, the day for the polling. You will observe that the writ requires the holding of the nomina- tion within pight days after its receipt. Prior to this Proclamation, therefore, it will become necessary for you to name, by such WaiTant, the day for the Polling, which, it is presumed, you will make to be th« same in each of the Electoral Districts. 9. It is further left to you to designate the name of any one Polling place which ■embraces more than one of your Electoral Divisions, and this also must be inserted in the Proclamation of the Returning Officer. Printed forms of Warrants, embracing the day to be named, and the place for Polling are enclosed. 10. You will be good enough to see that the several Election Clerks, named in the order in Council, are appointed by the Returning Officer ; but, in case of the inability of any on* to act, power is given to you, by Warrant, under your hand and seal at arms to appoint other Election Clerks. 11. Power is also given to you by Warrant, similarly, to appoint a Deputy-Return- ing Officer and Poll Clerk for each Polling place. 12. Printed blanks of Certificate of Return, to be executed under the 15th rule of the order in Council, are also enclosed. 13. It is not thought necessaiy to transmit to you any other instrumentsordocuments than thos* above mentioned for the holding of the Poll, inasmuch as the proceedings in all respects will be similar to those at the Elections recently held for the Members of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba, The necessary oaths, therefore, and Poll Books, and Returns of Returning Officers for the ensuing Elections, will besimilar'to those usedforyour Local Elections, and I am to request that the same may be duly provided by or for the Returni]}g Officors, and that a memorandum of any expenses or fees connected with these Elections may be transmitted to me at the time of the Return of the Writs. 14. It is necessary also to ask your attention to the fact that the Returning Officer is to deliver the originals of the Poll Books with all other documents concerning the Elec- tions, Warrants, oaths, &c., with the Writ of Election and his return thereupon to you, as also one copy of the certificate of Election ; and T am further to request that these docum and tl 1 two pr him in 1 missioi TheH L (Copy.; Si Honori viiice o whole 1 I E. A. I U Et Blank (Copy- Si No. 676. Spacka 6ach] packa( Lieut« Edwan 01 n documents may bo sealed by y \, and addressed to the Clerk of the Crown in Chancery, and that you will be good enough to forward the Name to me. 15. You will have the goodness to hand to encli of tho four Returning Officers the two packages addressed to thorn bytlio Clerk of tho Crown in Chancery, and placed by him in my hivnds this morning for tniUHinission to yo\i. 16. Tho envelopes addmssod to tho lioturning Officors, containing tho Writs, Com- missions and Blank Forms of Ret\irn, are loft opon for your inspection. I have tho honor to bo, Sir, Your most obedient servant, (Signed), Joseph Howe, Secretary of State for the Provinces. The Honorable A. 0. Archibald, Lieutcnant-Govornor, Fort Garry. (Copy.) Office op the Cleric op the Crown tv Chancery for Canada, Ottawa, 2l8t January, 1871. Sir, — I have tho honor to transmit to you, herewith, and request you to hand to the Honorable, Tho Secretary of State for tho Provinces, four Writs of Election for the Pro- vince of Manitoba, tog(ithor with tho several documents accompanying tho same ; the whole for transmission to tlio Lieutenant-Governor of Manitoba. I will feel obliged by your acknowleilging tiie receipt of this letter and its enclosures, I have the honor to be, Sir, Your obedit L servant, (Signed), Edouard J. Lanoevin, Clerk of tho Crown in Chancery, Canada. E. A. Meredith, Esq., Under Secretary of State. Each envelope contains : — Letter to R. 0. ; Writ with copy of O. C. Com. to R, 0. J Blank Form of Return ; Blank Form of Recapitulation of Votes. (Copy— 32.) Office op the Secretary op State for the Provinces, Ottawa, 23rd January, 1871. Sir, — I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 21st instant, No 676 transmitting eleven i)ackages containing documents connected with the aproach- ing Elections in the Province of Manitoba, as per margin, with a view to their 2 addreised to ^^^^S forwarded to the Lieutenant-Governor of that PrO" 8 packiu[e8 6ach Returning Officer. 3 vmce Eackagea addresHed to tbe iieut«nant-GovtirHor. Edward J. Langevin, Esq., Clerk of the Crown in Chancery, The docurrents have been forwarded accordingly. I have the honor to be. Sir, Your most obedient servant, (Signed), Joseph Howe, Secretary of State for the Provinces. 20a— 13 08 Copy of a Report of The Comniiltce of ihc Jfoum'nhle the Privy CovncU, approved by Hid Kxcelloicy the Govenim' (ienentl in Coimcil, on tha Kith January, 1871. TIio C'oininittrc of Council liiivo liail imdi'r conHidoratioii tlio iiniioxtul Report, dated 14th Jammrv, IH7I, from the Ilonomltir tlio IMiiUHtcr of Jiistico, rcfommeiulirij^, in nccordaufo Avitli tlm provisionH of "TIio Ihitisli Nortli America Act, 1HG7," the iHHun of writs for tlie fh'st Election of IMemlinrs to hcivo in the Ifouso of Coinnious for the four Electoral Districts of tlio Province of Manitolia, namin;,' tho lleturninj; OIlicerH, fixing tho Polling jilacoH, and Hubmitting a " Code of UuIch ami RoguiationH," to govern tho Haid Election ; and they i-cHpoctfully adviso that tho Haid annexed Report bo approved, und its ttevei'ul I'ocomuiendutiona lulopted and carried out. Cortilied. (Signed), Wm. II. Lke, Clark of Privy Council. Department of Justice, 14th January, 1871. The undersigned lias the honor to report : — Tliat a proclamation hius been prepared for tho purpose of dividing tho Province of Manitoba into four Electoral District-s for representation in the IfouHO of Commons of Canada, in accordance with tho Order in Council to that effect of 5th January instant. That in accordance with the Ihitisli North America Act, 18G7, sfcction 42, the under- signed recommends that for the first Election of Mombcrs for the said Jlloctoral Districts, Writs be issued by the Clerk of the Crown in Chancery, in tho form now in use, and as settled by tho undersigned. And further, that such Writs bo addrpssed to tho persons following as Returning Officers, viz : — For the Electoral District of Selkirk, to John Sutherland, of the Province of Mani- toba, Esquii-e. For the Electoral District of Provenchcr, to Nicholas Mownrd, of the Province of Manitoba, Esquire. For the Electoral District of Lisgar, to Thomas Sinclair, of the Province of Mani- toba, Esquire. And for the Electoral District of Marquette, to Joseph Dubuc, of the Province of Manitoba, Esquire. And that the Writs be addressed to them respectively, nn such Returning Officer, ov in case of death, refusal, or inability from sickness, absence or any other cause to act as such Returning Officer, then to such other person, as in any such case of death, refusal or inability from sickness, absence or any other cause to act, the Lieutenant-Governor of Manitoba may, by warrant under his hand and Seal at Arms, appoint as such Returning Officer, and which Warrant shall be returned with the return of such Writ of Election, to the Secretary of State for the Provinces. That the Returning Officei-s shall, in their several Commissions, be instructed to carry out the Elections, and the several proceedings in connection therewith, in accordance with the Code of Rules and Regulations herewith submitted. • And that tho places within the Electoral Districts respectively, where meetings for nominations shall be held, shall be as follows, that is to say : — For the Electoral District of Selkirk, at Winnipeg. For the Electoral District of Provencher. at St. Norbert. For the Electoral District of Lisgar, at St. Andrews, and For the Electoral District of Mai-quette, at High Bluff. And that if at the said Election, in and for any of the Electoral Districts aforesaid, a Poll has been demanded and granted, such Poll shall be ojiened on a day to be named by warrant under the hand and Seal at Ai-ms of the Lieutenant-Governor, which Warrant ively toba, ( 00 ahal! be returned witli tlio Writ of Election to the Secretary of State for tlio ProvinceH, and Ndch Full nIuiII I>" '--i)t eithor in tlio o|h u air, or in Hotno Ixiililing in the Pulling pliiuoH hereinafter men ' 'or that piirpose, in HUt-h Kloctoral District, tui foUowH, that in to Bay : — In and for thn Electoral District of R<'lkirk,'at one Polling Placo either in St. Boni- face euHt, or No. 11, of tlio Kloctoral DiviHiims of tlio Proviiico of Manitoba; or in St. Uonifaco west, or Electoral DiviHion No. I'J, for voters in St. 15oiiifaco east, and St Boni- face W(^St. And at one other Polling; place either in St. .raines, or Electoral Divison No. 10 ; or St. John and VViuiiiprj,', or Electoral Division No. 18 ; or Kildoiian, or Electoral Division No. 19, for voters in St. James, St. John, and Wiiiiiip(% and Kildonan. And at one other Polling place either in St. Charles, or Electoral Division No. 8 ; and Headingly, or Electoral Division No. 9, for voters in St. Charles, and lleadiiigly. In and for the Electoral District of Provoncher : — At one Polling place either in St. Vital, or Electoral Division No. 13 ; or at St. Norbert, or Electoral Division Nos. 14 and 15, or at St. Agiitho, or Electoral Division No. IG, for the voters in St. Vital, St. Norbert, and St. Agatlie. And at one other Polling placo in St. Anne, or Electoral Division No. 17, for tbo voters in St. Aiuio. In and for the Electoml District of Lisgar : — At one Polling place either in St. Paul, or Electoral Division No. 20 ; or St. Andrew's, or Electoral Divisions Nos. 21 and 22, for the voters in St. Paul, and St. Andrew'y. And at one other Polling place, either in St. Clement, or Electoral Division No. 23, or St. Peters, or Electoral Division No. 24, for the voters in St. Clement and St. Peter's. In and for the Electoral District of ^Marrpiotte : — At one Polling place, either in Prairie do St. Paul or Electoral Division No. 5 ; or St. Francois Xavier, or Electoral Divisions Nos. 6 and 7, for the voters in Prairie do St. Paul and St. Francois Xavier. And at one other polling Place, either in Portage la Prairie, or Electoral Division No. 2 ; or Poplar Point, or Electoral Division No. 3 ; or High Blutf, or Electoral Division No. 4, for the voters of Portage la Prairie, Poplar Point and High Bluff. And at one other Polling jilace at Lake Manitoba, or Electoral Division No. 1, for the voters of Lake Manitoba. And the Polling place of any Poll, embracing more than one Electoral Division an aforesaid, shall be liehl at such one of the places hereinbefore mentioned, as may be desig- nated to the Returning Officer by the Lieutenant-Governor of Manitoba by Warrant under liis hand and seal, and which Warrant shall be returned with the return of the Writ of Election, to the Secretary of State for the Provinces. And the undersigned further recommends that the Returning Officens shall respect- ively appoint as the Election Clerks, as follows : — For the Electoral District of Selkirk, Louis Marion, of the Province of Manitoba, Gentleman. For the Electoral District of Provencher, Roger Marion, of the Province of Mani- toba, Gentleman. For the Electoral District of Lisgar, Copeland Cowlard, of the Province of Manitoba, Gentleman. And for the Electoral District of Marquette, Rollin P. Meade, of the Province of Manitoba, Gentleman. And that in case of the death, refusal, or inability from sickness, absence, or any other cause, to act as such Election Clerk, then to such other person as in case of such death, refusal, or inabilitj from sickne.is, absence, ov any cause to act, the Lieutenant- Governor of Manitoba may, by warrant under his hand and seal and arms, appoint as such Election Clerk, and which Warrant shall be returned with the return of the Writ of Election to the Seci'etary of State for the Provinces, 100 And that tlie Lieutenant-Govei-noi" of Manitoba may, by Wai-rant, under his hand and seal and arms, appoint a Deputy-Returning Officer and Poll Clerk for each Polling place in each such Electoral District, and which last mentioned Warrant shall be returned, with the return of the Writ of Election, to the Secretary of State for the Provinces. The undersigned further recommends that the first Election of Members of the House of C jmmoas from Manitoba be guided by this Order in Council, and by the following : CODE OF RULES AND REGULATIONS For the first Election of Members of the Province of Manitoba, to serve in the House of Commons of Canada. 1. The Election of each of the four Electoral Districts into which the Province of Manitoba is divided, for the p\irposos of representation in the House of Commons, shall be held in each such Electoral District. 2. The Election in Each Electoral District shall be conducted by the Returning Officer and Clerk, and under the Returning Officer by the Deputy-Returning Officer and Poll Clerks, who shall be appointed by the Lieutenant-Governor, under his hand and seal at arms. 3. The Returning Officer, immediately on receipt of the Writ for holding an Election, shall endorse thereon the day of receipt, and forthwith thereafter cause public notices to be posted in writing, or by printed handbills, in some of the most public places of the Electoral District, declaring the day for holding his meeting for nomination, being within eight days after the receipt of such Writ ; and the place within the Electoral District where the same shall be held ; and also, in case a loll shall be demanded, the day, time, and places at which such Poll shall be taken, such day being that which may be named for such purpose by the Lieutenant-Governor of Manitoba, by Warrant, under his hand and seal at arms. 4. On the day appointed for nomination, the Returning Officer shall open his meeting at the place named in his notice, between the hours of ten and twelve o'clock in the forenoon, and shall read his writ, and shall take the following oath, to be administered by a Justice of the Peace, of any two electors then present : " I, A.B., do sweai'that I have not received any simi of money, office or employment, " or gratuity, or any bond, bill, or nota, or promise of gratuity whatsoever, either by " myself or another, to my use or advantage for making any return at this Election, and " that I will discharge my duty imjuirtially and according to law." And the Retui-ning Officer shall then administer to the clerk appointed to assist him in the Election, an oatlx for the faithful and impartial discharge of his duty, and shall continue the meeting open until two of the clock in the afternoon of that day ; and on tho same day, and as soon after two of the clock as the duties remaining to be jjcrformed will permit, shall finally close the meeting, unless a Poll shall be demanded and granted aa herein provided. 5. If a Poll be demanded and granted, the Returniii_' Officer shall, on or before the day of polling, administer to each of the Deputy Returning Officers and Poll Clerks an oath for the faithful and iuii)artial discharge of his duty. 0. Tho Returning Officer shall, at liis meeting on nomination day, receive the names of the candidates, proposed by two electors of the Electoral District, previously to two o'clock, and their names shall be entered by the clerk, under the Returning Officer's direction in a record book ; and no candidate's name shall be entered after two o'clock, and at that hour the Returning Officer shall jiroclaim tho names of candidates. And whenever, previously to two o'clock, no more than one candidate has been proposed, the election shall forthwith be determined, and the Returning Officer shall declare the candi- date proposed duly elected a Member, and shall make return ofthe writ accordingly ; and eball execute and j)rocure the execution, according to the fifteenth Rule hereinafter set ago I " Elel (( ' resil mo lei fortli, of such certificate, and to be dealt with as is therein mentioned ; but where opposuig candidates shall be proposed, previously to two o'clock, and a Poll has been demanded, the Returning Oflicer shall then grant the Poll and make proclamation of the day, time, and places at which the Poll will bo taken in the Electoral District, conformably with the notice before conditionally given, and tlien adjourn the meiitiug, as regards the Elections in which a Poll shall be demanded, to such Election day. 7. The qualification of voters for the iirst Election of Members for the House of Commons, shall be as defined by the seventeentli section of the Act establishing the Province of Manitoba, for Election of IMemljers to servo in tlie Legislative Assembly of Manitoba ; and the list of such voters to b*" used at such first Election of Members for the House of Commons shall be that used, or to be used in the first Election of Members to serve in the said Legislative Assembly. S. Any candidate proposed at such Election may, at any time before one o'clock of nomination day, by Avriting under lus hand, or ])ublicly and openly at the meeting, direct his name to be withdrawn ; in which case, the entry in the record book shall bo erased, and the Returning Officer shall iinmcdiately give notice by proclamation aloud ; and thereupon such party shall not lie considered as having been pi-oposcd as a candidate. 9. No Returning or Deputy Officer shall receive, nor shall any Poll Clerk record the name of a person as a candidate ; nor shall any vote bo received for him, unless his name shall have been entered as a Ciuulidatc in the record book afort'said at the nomination meeting, and shall not have been expunged. Any votes entered on a Poll Book contrary to this provision, shall, in resjiect of such person, lie expunged, and not counted by the Returning or Deputy Ofilcer in casting uj) the votes. 10. When a Poll siiiiU have been granted, it shall be opened at the several Polling places in the Electoral District, at nine o'clock in the morning of the day appointed, and be kept opened until four o'clock in the afternoon, when it shall finally close. n. When a Poll has been granted, the clerk shall prepare a Poll Book, and enter therein in separate columns the names of the candidates, for whom votes are to bo given ; and the names of the candidiites, and the necessary infoi'mation regarding them, shall, before the opening of the Poll, bo furnisliod by the Returning or Deputy-Returning Officer to any person recpiiring the same. 12. Before any elector is ])ermitLed to vote, he shall state his name and residence, and shall then state the candidate for whom he shall vote ; and the clerk shall, under the direction of the Returning or Deputy Returning-Ofiicer, enter the same on the loll Book. 13. The Returning or Deputy Returning Officer shall appoint an Inspector, and Agent, and a Clerk, when nominated by or on behalf of a ciuulidate at or before the opening of the Poll, aiul their names shall bo immediately entered on the Poll Book. Tho candidate's clerk siiall take the following oath, to bo administered by the presiding officer : — " I, A.B., do swear that I will take this Poll fairly and impartially, by entering the ' " names and places of abode of the electors, and the names of the candidates for whom they " shall vote." 14. Every elector, before he shall be permitted to vote, shall, 'f vcquired by tho presiding oificer, candidate, or his agent, or an elector, take the oaths following, or either of them, to be administered to him by the presitUng officer, that is to say : — Oath Numijeh One. " I, A.B., do swear that I am qualified to vote at this Election, that I am of tiie full " age of twenty-one years, and am a British subject, tliat I am a householder within this " Electoral District, entitled to vote luuler the provisions of the Alanitoba Act, and that I " reside at , and that I have not before given mv vote at this Election. So help " mo God." » Oath Number Two. " I, A.B., do swear that I have not received by myself, or another, or any person ^'-e7^i*.iKii. )ll il a • ■ Il Hffil lt2 " in trust for me, or to my use, directly or iiidii-ectly, any sum of money, office, place, or " employment, or gift, reward, or any promise or security for any money, office, or employ- " ment, or gift, in order to give my vote at this Election. So help me God." 13. If an electox*, when required, shall not take the oaths prescribed, his vote shall be expimged. 14. At the close of each Poll, immediately after four of the clock of the day of Election, the Deputy Returning-Officer shall cast iip the votes as tlicj appear on his Poll Book, and certify as correct, and deliver the said Poll Book forthwith personally to the Returning Officer, who shall immediately thereupon cast up the votes as they appear in the several Poll Books of the several Polling places in his Electoral District, and shall then deliver the originals of the said several Poll Books, with the Writ of Election and his return thereupon to the Lieutenant-Governor of Manitoba, for transmission to the Secretary of State for the Provinces. 15. The Returning Officer shall, as soon as possible, after the close of the Poll in each Electoral District, openly declare the state of the Poll, and shall foi-thwith execute in duplicate, under his hand and seal, and procure the execution under the hands and seals of three Electoi-s, a certificate to the followiiig effect : — " We, the Returning Officer and " three votei-s of the Electoral District of , in the Province of Manitoba, " do hereby certify that has been elected as a Member of the House of " Commons of Canada for the said Electoral District of . Dated, &c." And one copy shall be delivered to the person so elected, and the other shall be delivered by the Returning Officer to the Lieutenant-Governor of Manitoba for transmission to the Secretary of State for the Provinces. 16. It shall not be lawful for any jierson whomsoever, whether such pei-son shall have a license to sell wine, spirits or beer, or otherwise to sell, give or allow to be sold or given to any person whomsoever ; or to allow to be taken or drunk on his premises, on any day whereon an Election, nomination or Poll shall be held, any wine, beer, or spirits, or any intoxicating drink whatsoever And any person whosoever who shall sell, give, or allow to be sold or given, or drank on his premises on any such day, and within any Electoral Division, wherein an Election nomination is being held, any wine, beer, spirits or intoxi- cating drink whatsoever, shall pay and forfeit to Our Sovereign Lady the Queen, a fine of Ten Founds sterling, to be recovered on information before any Justice of the Peace within such Election Division, on the oath of one credibb witness. 17. It shall not be lawful for any person to carry or have in his possession any fire- arms or other weapon at any Election, nomination or Poll. And any person who shall have on his person, or carry any fire-arms of any description whatsoever, or any other weapon, at any such place as aforesaid, on any day whereon any Election, nomination or Poll is held at such place, shall pay and forfeit to Our Sovereign Lady the Queen, a fine of Fiv3 Pounds sterling to be recovered as in the last preceding section is prescribed. John A. Macdonald, Minister of Justice. (Tdegravn.) Ottawa, Feb. 25th, 1871. By telegraph from Fort Garry 18th, via St. Clouds 24tli. Sir, — The Election Writs and all other papers mentioned in and sent with your Despatch, number 30 of the 21st ultimo, have not arrived, nothing touching Elections, exce[)t ton copies of certified order, presenting rules for Election has been received, bag contoining missing documents supposed to liave been lost on prairies fifty miles beyond Pembina, duplicate documents — if they turn up, will telegraph immediately — will send particulars by mail. (Signed), A. G. Archibald. To the Honorable * Secretary of State for the Provinces. ii ii 103 place, or 1" employ- vote shall le day of n his Poll illy to the appear in shall then )n and his to the oil in each execute in and seals )fficer and Manitoba, i House of )ated, «fec." B delivered sion to the shall have Id or given an any day i'its, or any e, or allow ^ Electoral s or intoxi- iu, a fine of : the Peace on any fire- 1 who shall • any other nination or en, a fine of bed. ustice. , 1871. 5 with your J touching I has been •airies fifty mmediately [IBALD, Copy of a Repoi't of a Committee of the Honorable the Privy Council, approved by His Excellency the Governor General in Council, on tlie 27th February, 1871. It having been represented by the Honorable the Secretary of State for the Pro- vinces, that the Writs issued for the fii-st Election of Members to serve in the House of Commons for the four Electoral Districts of the Province of Manitoba, with the docu- ments accompanying them, have not reached their destination, the Committee of Cc mcil advise that the Clerk of the Crown in Chancery, be instructed forthwith to issue duplicate Writs bearing the same date, and addressed to the same Returning Officers as the former writs, together with duplicates of the several documents accompanying the same. Certified. (Signed), Wm. H. Lee. Clerk, Privy Council. To the Honorable * The Secrettuy of State for the Provinces, &c., &c. Office of the Clerk op the Crown in Chancery for Canada, Ottawa, 28th February, 1871. Sir, — In obedience to an Order of the Honorable the Privy Council of the 27th instant, I have the honor to transmit you, herewith, and request you to hand to the Honorable the Secretaiy of State for the Provinces, the four Duplicate Writs of Elections for the Province of Manitoba, and a copy of Orders in Council, thereto attached, together with the several documents accompanying the same, as per margin, the whole for trans- mission to the Lieutenant-Governor of Manitoba. I will feel obliged by your acknowledging the receipt of this letter and its enclosures. I have, «tc., (Signed), Edouard J. Lanoevin, Clerk of the Crown in Chancery, Canada. E. A. Meredith, Esq., Under Secretary of State for the Provinces, (fee, (fee. Ottawa. Office op the Secretary of State for the Provinces, Ottawa, 28th February, 1 "T'; (No. four Sir, — I have the honor to inform you that His Excellency the Governor General, j.»g > has had before him in Council your telegram reporting that the Writs issued 28th Feb., 1871. for the first Election of Members to serve in the House of Commons for the Electoral Districts of Manitoba, with the other documents relating thereto and referred to in my letter of the 21st ultin.o, had not reached their destination. His Excellency in Council has, under the circumstances aforesaid, b(jen pleased to direct that duplicate Writs be issued bearing tlie same date, and axldressed to the same Returning Officers as the former Writs, with duplicate copies of the several documents accompanying the same. I now enclose copy of a letter from the Clerk of the Crown in Chan- cery with the four duplicate Writs and other documents mentioned in his latter, as received from him. Duplicates of the other documents referred to in my letter of the 21st ultimo, are in course of preparation, and will be forwarded in one or two days. I have, &c., (Signed), Joseph Howe, Secretary of State. The Honorable A. G. Archibald, Lieutenant-Governor, Fort Garry. gggega ■ MK w — i mwi i i 104 I :. mi No. 99. GOVEENMENT HOUSI, FoKT Garry, February 8th, 1871. Sin, — I have the honor to ackuowledgo the recei])t of your Despatch, No. 31, micler date of tlie 21st xiltimo, which arrived by tlio mail of to-day, and in which you inform me, among otlicr things, that you liave transmitted with your Des- patch, certain documents for use in tlio Election to be held in tiio several districts. The only papers referred to in the Desjiatch that have reached mo, are ten certified copies of the Order in Council prescribing the rules for the Election. Neither the Writs nor the blank Warrants to appoint lleturning Officers, aor the blank Warrants for fixing the Polling day, nor the blank Warrants to designate the names of the Polling Districts, all of which are mentioned in the despatch im which I am reply- ing have arrived by this mail. You mention that the Writs were addressed to certain gentlemen, named by mo, and thinking it possible that the papers might uot have been enclosed to me, I have sent to the post office to ascertain whether they may not have come to the parties to whom you say they were addressed, without being put inider cover to me. But I find that there is no intelligence of them, and therefore I am led to fear that one of the mail bags must have been lost. I have received some information from a gentleman just arrived from St. Paul, in reference to the mail, in which these documents were to have been sent, and I learn that a« he passed along some 32 miles this side of Grand Forks, about 95 miles beyond Pembina, he saw the bags lying ])iled up on the snow beside the mail sled in which they had been carried, and it is i)ossiblc th.at one of the bags has been mislaid or lost. So soon as 1 obtained this inform; i ion 1 sent for Mr. Banuatyne, the Postmaster, and I expect him every minute, when 1 shall be able to ascertain further particul'^i's, and shall be better able to judge whether or not there is a bag astray. If the W^rits wore; here, we could get on Avithoutthe other papers, .as it would be easy with the Code of Rides to frame such documents as would answer the pui'pose. But without the writs of course we can do nothing. You will be able to ascertain, a,t Ottawa, whether the mail wliicli brought your Despatch, also brought the other papers, and if so, and a bag is lost, in the doubt there may bo, whether it will ever turn up, it may be, necessary to forward duplicate copies of the diflerent documents, so an to render it possible to hold the Election. If the bag should turn up, or the ])apers come to hand, I shall telegraph at once. If I obtain sufliciont information to justify me in the attempt, I may send off a special messengerto the spot where the mail was abandoned to ascertainif thebag could be found, us it would save us three or four weeks, if we have to await a new supply of documents from Ottawa. I shall make the dettiils connected with the mail, the subject of a separate Despatch, Bo as to form the foundation, if His Excellency the Governor General thinks fit, for a remonstrance to the United States' Government. I have, itc, (Signed), Adams G. Archibald. The Honorable The Secretary of State for tho Provinces, Ottawa. (123.) Office of the Sfcretarv of State for tiii Provinces, , Ottawa, 3rd March, 1871. -I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 28th ultimo, transmitting four duplicate Writs of Elections for the Pro- vince of Manitoba, and copies of Orders in Council attached, together with the several documents accompanying the same us per margin, with a A'iew to their being forwarded to the Lieutenant-Governor of that Province. SlR,- (No. 576.) 1. Writs, C. C. attached. 2. Letter, CUrk t;. (J. C. to R. C. i. (Communication of R. O. 4. Blauk recftx>itulation of votv». 105 The documents have been forwarded accordingly. T have, ifcc, (Signed). E. J. Langevln, Esq., Olerk ot tlio Crown in Chancery. Joseph Howe. Office of the Secketary of State for the Provin'ces, Ottawa, 3rd March, 1871. (260.) Sir, — With i-eference to my letter of the 28th ultimo, I have the honor to transmit to you, herewith, the fieveval documents mentioned in tlie annexed Schedule, connected (No. 576.) witli the approaching Elections for the House of Commons, for the Province of Manitoba, referred to in the concluding paragraph of that Commission, as received by me from the Clerk of the Crown in Chancery. I have received your Despatch, No. 1)9/ of the 8th ultimo, on the subject of the non- arrival of the Writs of Election, and other documents connected therewith. I have, (fcc, (Signed), Joseph Howe, Sccretaiy of State for the Provinces. The Honorable A. G. Archibald, Lieutenant-Governor, Fort Garry. ', Office of the Clerk of the Crown in Chancery for Canada, OttaAva, 3rd March, 1871. Sir, — I have the honor, in obedience to an Orderof the Honorable the Privy Council of the 27th February last past, to send you, herewith, several blank forms and copies of a certain Order in Council, having reference to the Elections for the House of Commons, in the Province of Manitoba, as mentioned in the accompanying Schedule ; I beg to request you will hand the same to the Honorable the Secretary of State for the Provinces, to be ti-ansmitted to the Iiieutenant-Governor of the said Province. Please acknowledge the receipt of this letter, and oblige. \ I have, «kc., (Signed), Edouard J. Langevin, Clerk of the Crown in Chancery, Canada. E. A. Meredith, Esq., Tinder Secretary of State for the Provinces, Ottawa, Lieut.-Governoi', Manitoba. schedule. 47 Wai'rants, designatinj Polling places, 47 „ „ Applicants R. C, and Poll Clerks, 22 Copies of Order in Council. 22 Returns. 1 1 Warrants appointing Returning Oflicer. 9 Copies, Order in Council, John Sutherland, Esq., Returning Ollicer, Selkirk. 8 „ „ Nicholas Howard, Esc|., Returning Officer, Provencher. 8 „ ., Thomas Sinclair, Ksq., Returning Officer, Lisgar. » Joseph Dubuc, Esq., Returning Officer, Marquette, 20a-~U lOG (129.) Ul'l'KR OF THE SKCllETAnV 01' StaTK FOK THE PrOVIXCES, Ottawa, 4th March, 1871. SiK, — I have llie lioiior to acknowledge the vectipt of your letter of the 3rd instant, (No. CTi.) transniittingseveral blank formsandcoiiiesof a certain Order in Council, mentioned in a schedule annexed to your coninuiriic.ition, having reference to the Elections for tho House of Connnons, in the Province of Manitoba. Tho documents in question lune )>ccn forwarded to the Lieutenant-Covcrnor of that Province. I have, (tc, (Signed), ^ JosKi'H llo'.va. E. J. Laugevin, Esq., Clerk of the Crown iu Chanccrv. 0.— Gil I-: AT SEALS. (Copy) , GoVliKNJIENT HOUSK, OTTAWA, Tuesday, 2nd August, I 870, Presiont, — His Excellency, Tho Governor General — In Council. ' \ His Excellency, by, and with tho advice of Tiie Queen's Privy Council, of Canada, and under tho jirovisions of the Act passed by the Parliament of Canada at its last Session, intituled, "An Act to amend and continue the Act ^2 and 3.3 Victoria, Chapter " 3, and to establish and pi'ovide for the (Joveruinent of tho Province of JManitoba" lias been pleased t:< order , and it i.s hereby ordered, that tho said Province of Manitoba shall, u[)on fvU occasions that maybe required, use a Common Seal, to bt called the Great Seal of the Province of Manitoba, which .said S;al shall be composed uf Vert, a Bufiiilo, Guaniante pro[)er. On a Chief Argent a St. George's Cross — Gules with a Koyal Crown incentie, v/ith the legend or in.scriptiou — "The Great Seal of the Province " of Manitoba." Certified. (Signed), \Vm. H. Lek, Clerk of the Privy Council for Canada. To the Honorable ■ The Secretary of State for the Pi'o\ inces. (411.) OiFicE OF Tin: SEt'UETAUv OF Statk for tiie PkOVINC'ES, Ottawa, 2yth August, 1870. Sii!,— I have the houv^r to inform you that tho Great Seal of the Province of Manitoba has been completed, and has, in accordance with the instructions contained in (No. 344.) your letter to i^lr. Under-Secnjtavy Mci-edith, of the I'ith instant, been forwarded to you at Fort (Jarry, to the care of Messieurs Hill, Griggs &, Co., St. Paul, Minnesota. Tiie press for the Seal of tlu; North-West 'J'erritories, has been ordered, and will bo forwarded to you through the same chaiiuel, when received. 1 have, ^■c'l•!lnlent to pay the Customs' Duty on wire entering the United States, if such be demaiuhid. 7. The wii'e so furnislied for tlie Lino from Fort fJarry to Breckenridge to revert to the Dominion Government in case tlie Tclcgrajth Company should fail to maintain the Line at its own expense, as provided iii clause No. 2, and so much of the additional 200 miles of wire as remains unpaid for to 1)0 returned or made good to tJie Government. The rdinister further reports that the difFerenco botwean the original conditions and the amended ones, consists chiefly in the time for the completion of the Line being fixed in the latter for the 1st September, 1871. — (Hoe clause 1.) — In less favorable terms being now agreed to as regards the rebate to be ;illowed on CrovorniuL'iit messages. (Claiise 3.) And in the Company recpiiriiig the Government to furnish insulators, as well as wire, free of chiirge. (Clause .O.) In a subsequent re])ort from the ]\linister, of the Idth August, he submits that on a reconsideration of the subject, lie thinks it advisabh^ that clause No. 4 should be revised, and read as given hereuncier, inasmuch as the power of granting such right and privilege lies with the Local Government of Alanitoba, and not with the General Govornraent, viz : 4. The Canadian Government to obtain for the Company from the Government of the Province of IMaiiitoba, the riglit of property of proposed Telcgi-aph Line between tlio United St«.te.s' Frontier and I'^ort Garry, and further to use its liost otiices with said Local Government, to insure to the Company the additional privilege of doing business on the same, free ami without taxation. That, after due consideration, he is of opinion it would be good policy to close with the NortliAVo.sfcern Tf^lcgraph Company, on the terms as amended, and he recommends that Your Excellency be pleased to authorize his final acceptance of the Compiuiy's offer. loa Tho Committee submit the recommonclutiouij of the Miniat«r of Public Worka for Yom* Excellency's npprovnU Certitic'il, (Signcil), Wm, H. Leu, Clerk, Piivy Council. (No. 8,154— Sub. 998— Ref. 12,319.) Department op Public Works, Ottawa, 9th September, 1870. Sir, — I am directed to enclose for your ]ieriisnl copy of a Report of the Honorable C f 12114— *''^ Pi'ivy Council, ni)proved by His Excellency in Council, on the 17th Enclost'tl. ultimo, stating tho conditions on which certain arrangements have been entered into with the North- Western Ttdograph Compiny for tho con- struction and maintenance of a line of telegraph between Fort Garry and tlio United States' frontier ; and I am to call your attention to tliat part of the Report referring to clause 4, of the conditions as tinally proposed by tho Government, and which has beou subsetpiently accepted *by the Company. You will notice that it is stipulated that this Government shall olitain for the Com- I)any, from the Manitoba Govenimont, the right of prop^jrty of the line of telegraph in tpiestion, and shall also use its best otKces to secure to the Company tho privilege of carry- ing on its business free aiul without taxation. The Minister asks that you will be pleased to make a formal request to the Manitoba Govennnent in terms of this agreement, communicating the result to the Department of Public Works, so soon as you are notified of the actpiicscence of that Government or otherwise. I have, &c., (Signed). T. Trudeau, . Deputy of Minister, Public Works, The Honorable The Secretai'y of State for the Provinces, Ottawa, (426.) \ (No. 377.) 9th Sept., 1S70. 17th Aug., 1870, Office of the SecJJietary op State for the Protinces, Ottawa, 13th September, 1870. Sir, — I have the honor to transmit to you, herewith, a copy of a letter from the Dei)artment of Public Works, together with a copy of the Order in Council therein referred to, on tlie subject of a proposed agree- ment with the North Western Telegraph Company for the construction and maintenance of a line of telegraph between Fort Garry and the United States' fron- tier. May I request that you will have the goodness to bring these documents, as soon as practicable under tlio consideration of the Government of Manitoba, with reference to that poi'tion of the proposed agreement which relates to the right M property of tho line of telegraph within tlie limits of that Province, and that you will communicate their decision on the subject to this Department for the information of the Department of Public Works. I have, &c , . (Signed), Joseph Howe, Secretary of State for the Province-. Tue Honorable A. G. Archibald, Lieutenant-Governor, F(.rt G any. 109 (No. 11.) Fort Gauuy, 30th Stiptomber, 1870. HiK, — I beg to acknowledge tlio receipt of your Dospatcli, No. 337, dated 13th iio[>- teinber instant, coveri:ig certain pai)crs having reforenco to the projiosed construction of a line of telegrapli to connect Fort Garry with the line of the North West Telegraph Com- pany, and in reply beg to enclose you copy of a Minute of Council passed this day on tha subject, which will explain the action of the Goveriinwnt of Manitoba thereon. I have, itc, (Signed), Adams G. Auciiidald. To the Honorable The Secretary of Btato for the Provinces. At a Council held at the office of tlic Provincial Secretary in Winnipeg, on the 30th September, A. D., 1870. Present : — Tho Lieutenant-Governor, The Hon. IMr. Boyd, Tho Hon. Mr. Girard. ^ Approved. (Signed), A. G. A. Tlie Lieutenant-Governor submits a Despatch from the Honorable tho Secretary of State for tho Pi-ovinces, under date of the l.'Uh September instant, convoyinsj certain .j.ers referring to a proposed continuation of a telegiapli line connecting Fort Garry with tho lines of the North Western Telegrni)h Company, and reciting, among other matters, the terms of a contract entered into by the Government of Canada witli the Noi-th- Western Telegraph Company, which contains, among otlii^r things, the chuiso following : — " The Canadian Government to obtain for tlia Company from tlie Government of the Province of Manitoba, the right of property of proposed telegraph lino between tho United States' frontier and Fort Garry, and furtlier to use its best offices with the said Local Govenmient, to insure to tho Company the additional privilege of doing business on the same, free and without taxation. And asking the Lieutenant-Governor to bring the same under the consideration of his Council for their action thereon." The Council thereupon recommend that tlie Government of Manitoba shall under- take to secure totiie Company tlio right of property of tho line between the United States' frontier and Fort Garry, anil the right of doing business upon the same, free and without taxation, and they furtlior recommend tliat the necessary steps be taken at the proper time to procure an Act of the Legislature of Manitoba to se^iurc these i)rivileges f(jr tho Com- pany. Certified. (Siglied), H. BOUTHILLIER, C. E. '1, pro. tern. (S02.) Office cf the Secijetary of State for the Provin'ces, Ottawa, 21st October, 1870. Sir, — With reference to the letter from your Department, of the 9tli ultimo, I have the honor to transmit to you, herewith, a copy of a Despatch from tho Lieutenant-Governor of the Province of Manitoba, covering a copy of a Minute of his Executive Council, on tlie subject of the proposed con- (No. 377.) 30th Sept., 1870. 110 Htruction of a lino of tel'>gmpli to connect Fort Oi\iTy with tlio lino of tlio North West Tt'legiaph Company. I have, ikc, (Signc(l), J()8i:iMi Howe, Sccretai y of Stato for tht< Provinc«4. Tlio TTonoralilfl The Minister of TiiWic WorkN, ite,, A-c. Ofkice of the Secretauy of State for the Pkovinces, Ottawa, 2 Ist Octolier, 18G0, Sin, — T liavo the honor to acknowled^o tho. receipt of your Deapatcli, No. 11, of tho nOth ultimo, transmitting, with reference to my eomnnmication of tho llJtIi ultimo, a copy of a Minute of your Kxeeutivo (Council, on tlie sul>jeut of tho proposed construction of a line of telegraph to connect Fort Gairy witli the Hue of the Nortli West Telegraph Com- pany. I have, ite., (Signed), .TosF.ni IIowf, Secrctaiv of State fur tlie Provinces. Tho Honorahlo A. G. Arehihahl, Lieutenant-Governor, Fort CJarrv, (No. 7.) Boi'NDAnv Line. Fort Garry, 29th Septemher, 1870. Sir, — In my Despatch, No. G, under date of the 21st instant, I had the honor to advise you that, in auticii)ation of possil)k' interference with tho flat boats coming down Red River with supplies of goods for this place, Colonel Jarvis, at nij' recpiest, had despatched a company of the 1st Ontario Volunteers to the Hud.son's Uuy I'ort, at Pembina. I am glad to le able to report that many of the boats laden with goods have since come down in safety, and that I havo reason to believe the stationing of the troops there has been very useful as a check against anticipated atta(^ks. The troops are at ))resent encami)od about half a mile on thb side of the Hiulson',s Bay Coni])any's Fort, at Pembina. It seems that about the yenr IS.'jO the pi-psent General, thiMi Cai)taln Poi)o, under authority from the United States' Govevnn.ent, took observations tu llx the exact spot where the 4Uth parallel of latitude crossed the Red Kiver, and after spending several days on tliis service, erected a post on the bank of the river to mark the spot. This jjost is about one-fourth of a mile to the south of the Hudson's Ray Cojupany's Fort, and is still standing. Sometime about 1800 the people of Pem))ina eivcted another post, on tho riAer about a mile to the north of the first post. A man from this settlement had put up a house close to the l)ouudary line, and was carrying on a trade in whisky, which was smuggled into the vilbgo of l^embina, and this post was put up, and the local authorities clainieil jtu'isdictionto it, so as to drive tho party away. This has Ijeeu locally known as tho " whisky post," but, besides its local object, had no significance. Last spring a corps of American onguieovs was sent out by tlie United State.H* Government to lay ofi' a military reserve in tho neigliborhood of the boundary line, and a series of observations was made to fi.x. the parallel. ]<]v(!ntually they jjut up a post, which is about half way between the original jiost and the whisky post, ])ut at such a point a.s to throw tho Hudson's Ray Company's Fort into the American territory. I hiive no mean.s of knowing whether they had any authority from their own Goverunicnt to run out the (512.) lit th Wost c«<. $G0. 1, of tlio ), a copy tion of a ph Corn- ices. 870. honor to ing ilown nest, liatl Pembinii. lave since •ops thei'O JTudson's 1)0, under ipot where 1 days ou it is about I standing, ivev about ^, and wius I, and this I tho party object, had ed States' inn, and a lost, which [)oint as to no means un out the ])arallol. Th(i reserve which tlioy were running out was to tho south of the Penil)ina river, and aboiit four niih's distant from tlui bounthiry. Neither have 1 any means of' knowing whetlier, when Captain Pop(! put up hi.s post, ho did so by joint autliority, but, whether or not, tlio same having been put up by the Uniteil States' iiuthorities, it woidd seem to bo sacli an admission of the boiuidary lino, particularly when eoupletl with n possession by us, and continuous recognition by botii parties from IH.'jt) to 1870, that it could not bo disturbed except l>y nnitual consent. At all events, no one [)arty could have tho right to estiibjish a now lino Avithout the consent of the fither, and for all national purposes tho original line nuist, I presume, be assumed to bo tho correct line till changed by mutual agreenusnt. 1](! this as it nuiy, T have felt it to Ite my duty to report tho facts as thoy were related to me, for the infoimation of His Excellency tho Governor Ooneml, and for siich action as lie may think tit to take. 1 think it would bo highly desirable! to retain tho company of volunteers where they arc, for some time yet, but I siionld not like to give any pretext for filibustoriiig, by jilaciiig them on ground in reference to which any pretouco of a dispute may exist. I should not like, if I felt there was likely to be any question about it, to send them to the Hudson's Bay Company's post, which is the only place where thoy could have shelter. It may, therefore, be expedient to withdraw them .sooner than, under other circumstances, would bo desirable. I am hapjiy to inform you that the best understanding exists between the- military authorities at Pembina and our volunteers. 1 sent Mr. Butler to Pemltina to scio Colonel Wheaton, who is in commanii then,', and he reports that that ollicer has visited tho volunteers, and that the utmost cordiality exists between our men and those of tlur United States. He thinks that the company f)Ught to remain, having (piarters in tho Hudson's Bay Company's Port, and that it would have a good elfect in securing the regularity of tho mails during the winter. I shall be glad to be informed of the views of tho Canadiau Government on the rpiestion of bouncliiry. ' I have, il'c., (Signed), Aua.ms G. Akchiijald. Tlio Honorable The Secretary of State for the Provinces, Ottawa, Canada. (512.) Ol'FIC'E OF THE SeCKKTAKY OF StATE POK THE PllOVlNt'ES, Ottawa, 25th October, 1870. Sin, — I ha\c had the honor to receive aiul lay before His Excellency the Governor General your Despatch, No. 7, dated tho 29th ultimo, referring to your Desjjatch, ISO. 448. j^o. 4, of the 21st ultimo, and reporting that the com])any of the 1st Ontario Volunteers hiul been despatched by Colonel Jarvis to the Hudson's Bay Fort, at Pembina, where they were then encamped. In connection M'ith the policy of retaining the troops at the Hudson's Bay Fort you call His Excellency's attention to the rpiestion of tho boundary line between Canada and tho United States in that neighborhood, a subject which will not fail to receive His Excellency's consideration. I have, &c., (Signed), Joseph Howe, Seci"etary of State for the Pi-ovincws. The Honorable A. G. Archibald, Lieutenant-Governor, Fort Garry. , . , , i .J ■ 119 (513.) Office of the Secrktauy oi' State Fon the PROviNfES, Ottawa, 20tli October, 1870. Bin, — I Imvo tho honor to tnmmnit, for tlio infonnution of His F,.\o«'lloney the No. 418, dovcnior General, a copy of a Dcspiitch (No. 7), from HIh Honor tlie Tiicntpuant (lovornor of i\Iiuiit()l)a, (luted tho liOth Hepteiiihor. May I rcipu^st you to invito IHh Kxcellency'H attention to that pait of tlio fiioutenant-Governor'H Despatch, which relates to the (jncstion of tho boundary line between Canada and tho United StutoH, in tho neighborliood of Pembina. 1 have, itc, (Signed), Joseph Howe, Secretary of State for tho Provinces. The Govcruor'a Secretary. (No. 15.) Fort Garry, October, 1870. Sir, — Since writing my D. sj)atch, of the 29th September, on tho subject of tho boundary line between this Provhice and the United States, I have been led to believe that it would bo unwise to witlulraw tho company sent to the Hudson's Bay Company's Fort, at Pembina, so long as they could be kei)t there. I have ascertained that tho company can acconmiodate the troo])s in the fort, and make them quite as comfortable as they would be hero. It docs not a))pear that the United States' authorities consider tho line to be changed. At all events, they have not asked the Hudson's Bay Company's people, who sell goods at tho Fort impoi-ted via the United States, to pay duties, as they would be obliged to do if tlie goods were considered as being within tlie United States' boundary. The Company carry on their trade and dealings in every respect a.s they did before, and there- fore the authorities must b considered as still recognizing the old line. Under these circumstances, and with the knowledge that our only mail comnumicatioii with Canada during the winter is "via Pembina," and feeling that a small force at the fort there will help very much, not only to secure tho niails this side of tho lino from danger, but also to i)reserve the country against possible outbreaks from tho restless men who •were connected with the troubles here, and who are now hovering on the border, I should bo inclined to have tho company continue there till tho spring, if possible. There seems to bo a very general opinion that the presence of the force there has been of great sei'vice, and that their withdrawal would be injurious. I have, (kc, (Signed), Adams G. Archibald. The Honorable The Secretary of State for the Provinces, Ottawa. * . Copy of a Report of a CovwitUee of the Honorahle the Privy Council, approved by His Excellency the Governor General in Council, oh the 20th October, 1870. With reference to tho Order in Council, of the 2'lth of October, instant, on the subject of the boundary lino Ijetween the United States and the Province of Manitoba, the Committee of Council beg leave to submit to Your Excellency a Despatch, dated 29th September last, from Lieut. -Governor Archibald. Tke Committee would suggest that a copy of this Despatch be sent to Sir Edward Thornton, and that he be requested to confer with the Secretary of State of the United States, OS to tho expediency of allo'wing tho boundary lino which waa nin by Captain Ilf 1870. loncy the loiior the u to invito tell, wliicl. tnd StutuH, Provinces. • Pop<>, to Im« (;(inHiil)>i-<'(l ..v tlic liouiulikry for tlir proHotit, iinil until tlm iml l)omitliu'y in iiHcci'taincd uihI tiniill\ '•tllcany's Fort at * "■ Peijibina of tho company of volunteers \ient by you to that place, I have the honor :40a— 15 lU to infoiin you that tho Govornmcut of the United States has signified its consent to the Foit in question being occupied by Britisli trooiis, pending the decision of the boundary question. To save time I telegrai)hed to you, on the 19th instant, the substance of this communication. I now enclose for your information, in connection with the subject, a copy of a com- munication from Her Majesty's Minister at Washington, addressed to Hia nth Nov. 70. Excellency the Governor General, together with copies of the pther documents therein i-eferred to. I have, Jic. Tho Honoral>le A . G. Archibald, Lieutenant-Governor, Fort Garry, Manitoba. (Signed), Joseph Howe, Secretary of State for the Provinces, (No. 47.) Government House, Fort Garby, November 22, 1870. Sir, — I have tho honor to acknowledge the receipt of your Despatch, No. 537, under date of tho 4tli instant, covering copy of an Ordor in Council, ajjproved by His Excellency the Governor General on the 29th October last, on the subject of the boundary line between the United States and this Province. I have, ifcc, (Signed), Adams G. Archibald. The Honorable The Secretary of State for the Provinces, Ottawa. (No. 56.) Fort Garry, D*«fc\ ber 6th, 1870. Sir, — I beg to acku' wledge the receipt, this day, of your telegram of the 21st No- vember last, via St Paul's and Benson, addressed to Colonel Jarvis, with directions to be forwarded to me, informing me of tho consent of the United States' Government to allow the Hudson's Bay Fort at Pembina to be occupied by our troops. I have, tfec, (Signed), Adams G. Archibald. The Honorable Tho Secretary of State for the Provinces, Ottawa. (No. 73.) Government House, Fort Garry, December 16th, 1870. Sir, — I have tho honor to acknowledge the receipt of your Despatch, No. 594, of the 28th ultimo, covering copy of a communication from Her Majesty's Minister at Wash- ington M His Excellency the Governor General, under date of the 9th of November, 1870, and copies of documents referred t'^ therein, on the subject of the boundary line between the frontier of the United States and tho Pro v'inco of Manitoba, and infonuing I 116 me that the United States' Government had aia;nified its consent to the Fort of Hudson's Bay Company at Pembina being occupied by British troops, pending the decision of the boundary question. You state that you had, to save time, previously communicated to me by telegraph the substance of tliis communication. I presume you allude to a telegram from you to Col. Jarvis, Avhich was received by me on the 6th instant, and acknowledged in my Despatch, No. 56, of that date. I have, &c., (Sigiied,) Adams G. Archibald, The Honorable The Secx-etary of State for the Provinces, Ottawa. ' , Copy of a Minute of Council appi'oved 24th October, 1870. With reference to the confidential Despatch of Sir Edward Thornton to your Excel- lency, dated 2l8t July last, on tho subject of the boundary line between the United States and the Province of Manitoba, the Committee of Council beg leave to report : — Thatthey concur in the desire of tlie Secretary of State for the United States, that tho boundary line should be ascertained and laid down with ]irecision by u mixed Com- mission. To this Commission should bo committed tlie charge of ascertaining the boundary line, not only of Manitoba, butof the whole of the North West Territories. The Committee concur in "the suggestion of Mr. Fish, that in order to avoid any misunderstanding, an officer should be api)ointed by Your Excellency who might verify or con-ect Captain Syke's obsei-vations, so that there might be an undei-standing on the sub- ject, in the rueantime and until the line is accurately marked out by a mixed Commis- sion. The Committee will be prepared to submit the name of a competent i)erson for this duty, and meanwhile would pray Your Exc(?llency to request the British Ambassador to obtain a copy of Captain Syke's Report and observations on the subject. Certified. (Signed), Wm. H. Lee, , Clerk, Privy Council. (528.) Office of the Secretary op State for the Provincks, Ottawa, 31st October, 1870. Sir, — I have the honor to transmit to you, herewith, for the infoiination of your No. 470. Government, a copy of an Order of His Excellency tho Governor General iu 24thOct.,70. Council on the subject of the boundaiy line between the United States and the Province of Manitoba. , I have kc, (Signed), Jos?..H Howj;, Secretary of State 'c- tho I'fovinces. The Honorable A. G. Archibald, Lieutenant-Governor, Fort Garry. Sir Edward Thornton to the Governor General. (Copy.— No. 54.) Washingtok, November 9th, 1870. My Lord, — I have the honor to acknowledge tho voceipt of Your Excellency's Despatches, No. 7«> of the 2Gth ultimo, and No. 80, of the 29th ultimo. n« With reference to the former I applied to Mr. Fish for a copy of the Report made hy Cajitaiu Sykes, with regiird to the boundary hctweeu the United States and the Province of Manitoba, which he liits prouused to endeavor to procure from the War Department, hut wliioh may now be of littk^ consequence in view of the steps I have taken, in accorchmce witli the wisli expressed in your Despatcli, No. 80. On tlie receipt of this communication, I hiid befoi-e Mr. Bancroft Davis the substance of tlie minute of the Privy Council, and of its enclosure. Mr. Davis jjromised to consult ■with the Presidcfut upon the matter, which lie did on the 4th instant, and he subsequently informed me that if I would address him a note upon the subject, he would send me an answcir in conformity with the wish I had expressed. I ]iave now thfl honor to transmit, for Your Excellency's information, and for that of the Privy Council of Canada, copies of my note and of Mr. Bancroft Davis' answer. I have aloo foi'warded copies of these documents to Her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs. I have, &c., (Signed), Edward Thornton. His Excellency The Lord Lisgar, G.C.B., G.C.M.G., &c., &c., &c. (Copy.) Sir E. Thornton to Mr. Bancroft^ Davis. Washington, November 4th, 1870. Sir, — The Governor Gor?ral of Canada has connnunicated'to me a c«py of a letter addressed to the Canadian Government by the Lieutenant-Governor of Manitoba, in which he states #iat a small force has been sent to the Hudson's Bay Fort at Pendjina for the ])rotection of boats cominj,' down tlu; Red lUver with goods. At the time he wrote (Sept. !i!)t]i), the foi-ce was encamped about half a mile to the North of the Fort. Lientenant-Governur Arc'hil)ald goes on tosiiy, that it appears that about the year 1850 tilt present Cxcnoral, then Cajitain Pope, under autho'ity from the United States' Goverumeiit, took oliservations to lix the exact sjiot where the 49tli jiarallel of latitude crossed the Hod River, and after spending several days on this service erected a post on the bank of the river t(^ mark the spot. This jiost is about a (piarter of a mile to the south of the Hudson's Ray Company's Fort, and is still standing. Sometime about 1800 the people of Pembina erected another post on the river about a mile to the north of the lirst post. A man from tla; Red Riven- S(>ttlemeut had jmj; up a liouse close to the boundary line' and was carrying on a trade in whiskey wjiich was smuggled into the village of Pembina, and tills j;Oi-t was put up, and the local authoi'ities claimed jurisdiction to it so as to drive tlie p'rty away. It was Iciiowu by ilie name of tlie Whiskey Post. liiist siiring a corps uf iMiginccrs wcro sent out by tl." United States' Government to lay n;V ;i Milirary Ivcscrvc in tlie lu'lghborlioml of tbr bnundai'V line, and a series of oljs"r\ati(>ns was made t so-cdlcd "wliiskcy post." but at such a point as to throw the Hudson's Hay Company's Fort into the Territury of tlif United States. Wiiethei' the post which was erected last spring is on the 49tli |):\rallel or not, can easily lie veriticd ; but in the meantinio it would be very desirable tliat the small force now ill that neighborhooil sboidd remain tlicfc foi' the ])resi'iit for the protection of persons and thi; security of the mails; the uiily slielter, however, which they can lind is in the Hudson's Bay Company's Fort. TJie Governor General has, therefore, forwarded a recpiest from the Canadian Government that I would conf"r with the Secretary of State as to the expediency of allow- ing the boundary lino which '■, is run by Cajitaiu Pojie to be considereil as the boundary for the present, until the real boundary is asceitained and finally Settled, so that the tiiat : said howe lie tion is thi spri 1 for I the mar not C')niJ the a coi and ort made and tlio the War )S I have substance to consult tsequently end me an for that of iWer. Secretary 117 Hudson's i3ay Post maj' be used as a shelter during the winter ; for they consider that it is in tlie intei'est of tlie inhabitants ou botli sides of the line that order should be preserved on the frontier, which result can best be obtained by a body of troops of both nations being stationed in its vicinity. I have, therefore, the honor to ask that this proposal may be taken into considera- tion, and to express a hope that the Government of the United States will view it favorably. I Lave, (fee, (Signed), Edward T'iountok. The Honorable J. C. Bancroft Davis, &c., «&c., &c. INTON. (Copy.) Mr. Bancroft Davis to Sir E. Thornton. 1870. of a letter ba, in which ina for the wrote (Sept. ut the year lited States' I of latituiUi 3cted a post mile to the 5 river about )undaryline' of Pembina, io as to diive )V(>rnnient to il a series of hicli is about sui'h a ])()iut nited States. or not, can I small force protection of can find is in 10 Canadian jiicy of allow- bo boundary , so that the Department of State, Washington, 7th November, 1870. Sir, — I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your note of the 4th inst., touching the discovery naade last spiing by a coi'ps of the Engineers of the Army of the United States, as to the result of a scries of observations that the 49th parallel of latitude, when correctly run, throws the Hudson's Bay Company's Fort into the Territory of the United States. Your Excellency is also pleased to inform me that in the year 1850 the present General, then Captain Pope, under authority from the United States' Govei'nment, took observations to tix the exact sj)ot where the 49th parallel of latitude crosses the Red River, and after spending several days on this service, he erected a post on the bank of the river to mark this s[)ot, which post is about a quarter of a mile to the south of the Hu si'.rface of the ground monuments, to mark tin' line of the lioiiiulary which may Ik' e.stalilislied. Until Congress shall make an apjiropi'iatiou for that purpose, the Government will not be iu a position to propose to Her Majesty's (loverniuent the establishment of such a Conniiission. This Departtneut will endeavor, at the earliest possible day, to olitain from the War 1 )ei)artment an ostiiuati; of the probaide exi)enso to ihe United States of such a commission, with a \ iew of suumitting the estimates to Congress at the coming Session, and of asking for an iipprojiriation for the purpose indicated. It is hoped that ller Majesty's Government, if not already empowered, will take similar steps, so that so nuicli of tlie land boundary to tke west of the Lake of the Woods between the United States and the Dominions of Her Majesty, as has not been already fixed, may be determined and marked by permanent monuments upon the surface of the ground, beginning with the Red River Country. I have, Ac, (Signed), J. C. B. Davis, Acting Secretary. Sir E. Thornton, K.O.B., «kc., Ac, «kc. (No. 44.) Government House, Fort Garry, November 21st, 1870. Sir, — I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your Despatch, No. 528, cover- ing an Order in Council on the subject of the boundary line between the United States amd the Province of Manitoba. I have, &c., (Signed), Adams G. Archibald. The Honorable The Secretary of State for the Provinces. DIGEST OF THE LAWS OF ASSINIBOIA. (No. 67.) Government House, Fort Garry, December 10th, 1870. Sir, — I beg to enclose you herewith half a dozen copies of a printed digest of the local laws of Assiniboia, made from the records of the Council, by Mr. Girard, the Provincial Treasurer, and published here recently at the expense of Government. You ■will find this useful occasionally for reference. There was a former printed digest made in April, 1862. This begins with the old digest, and contains the local enactments in amendment since that date. I hare, &c., (Signed), Adams G. Archibald. To the Honorable The Secretary of State for the Provinces, Ottawa. LAWS OF ASSINIBOIA, PASSED BY The Governor and Council of Assiniboia. GENERAL PROVISIONS. April 11th, 1862. I. All local enactments, when not expressely intended farther, shall apply only to that pai-t of the District of Assiniboia, which forms the Red River Settlement and its environs. II. Fines and Forfeitures, when not otherwise ap^ priated, shall go to the public fimd. III. Every resolution shall bo interpreted without regard to the distinction of gender or number. IV. If any peraon in any way encourage any violation o^ any local enactment, he shall be held to be as guilty as the principal offender, V. Unless special regulation provide to the contrary, every wrong haa its remedy under the general law of the country. 119 koe of tho cretary. 1870. 528, cover- ted States ■BALD. 1870. ?est of the lii-ard, the lent. You itii tho old IBALD. , 1862. ply only to ent and its o the piiblic on of gender lactment, he s its remedy I. All local regulations that were on record on the 13th March, 1862, are repealed. FIRES. II. If any hay-stack in tho open plains shall be injured by a ninning fire, the owner shall not recover damages, unless such hay-stack lias been protected, at a distance of at least twenty yai'ds, by a ploughed or burned ring, of at least eight feet wide. III. If, between the 31st May and Ist December, any pei'son shall kindle a lire intended to run, he shall be fined Ten Pounds, one-half to go to the prosecutor. And if any person without having obtained the presence and assistance of at least four men, shall light a fire for the pui-pose of burning the rings round hay-stacks, as required by the pre- ceding law, he shall be held to have incuiTed the penalty attached to this law. Provided that the Bench may remit the whole fine, if the defendant has both kintlled the fii*e through necessity, and done all in his power to prevent it from spreading. IV. If any fire in the open air, which is not intended to run, shall be left burning without due precautions, or be negligently allowed to spread ; every pei-son who may hare kindled or fed or used the .same, shall bo fined from Five Shillings to Fifty Shillings. ANIMALS. V. If one or more animals be found in an enclosure where damage has been done, the said damage shall be i)aid for by the owner or owners of such animal or an'ials fo\md within the enclosure, if the owner of the enclosure can prove them to be generally known in his neighborhood as fence breakers, and that the amount of the damage shall be equally divided among each of the animals known as fence breakei-s, irrespective of the other animals found at the same time within the enclosure, b\it not known as fence breakers ; and that each animal known as a fence breaker, and found within the enclosure, shall to kept in pledge till its owner i)ays its share of the damage. Provided that the owner of the enclosure can prove that the fence of said enclosure was of sufficient height, strength and closeness, and that the gate or gates of the enclosures were closed. VI. If any stallion sixteen months, or approaching two yeai-s old or upwards, be found at large, the owner shall be fined Twenty Shillings ; half the fine to go to the captor of the stallion, and the animal himself may bo kept ivi pledge, till security for payment of the fine b« given, and during the time the animal is so kept the owner shall pay for his keep at tho rate of sixpence per day. (Amended the 28th March, 1866, J A. If any stallion of sixteen montht old or upwards, not licensed to run at large in the manner hereinafter mentioned, be fo\mcl at large after the 20th day of April next, the owner shall bo fined Four Pounds ; one half of which shall go to the captor of tho horse, and the horse himself may be kept in pledge till security be given for the payment of the fine ; and for the keep of the horse the owner shall pay one shilling per day. Such licenses shall be issuable yearly by the magistrates acting within tlieir respective districts, and it shall be lawful for any magistrate acting as aforesaid, and after consul- tation with at least six of the neigli boring settlers, regarding any horse on behalf of which a license have been applied for, and of wliich the magistrate shall ai)prove, to grant such license in the terms following ;— A. B. is hereby permitted to Ut a stallion, years old, run at lai'gefor this season. Bed River Settlement. 167 Magistrate Section. VII. If any l-am be foimd sft large between the 30th June and 1st November, such ram may be detained by any person till tho owner pay two shillings and sixpence for tho Use of the captor of the ram ; and during tho time the ram may be so detained, the owner shall pay for the keep of the said ram at tlie rate of three pence per day. VIII. If between the 3lst March and 1st November, any pig or pigs bo found in any unclosed field without a yoke of on* foot and a lialf wide, and one foot and a half in height ; 120 the owner of such pig or pigs sliall not only 1)e answerable for all damages committed by said pig or pigs, but shall also pay a fine of three shillings for the seizure of the sam;. Furthermore, if after the owner of the pig or pigs has been warned by the proprietor oi! the enclosure to tak^ his pig or ])igs away, and he neglects to do so, in that case the proprietor of the enclosure may, after the lapse of six liours, shoot the said pig or pigs, and the oAvncr shall not recover any damage for this act, and any person taking any pig or i>igs according to this law, shall be allowed six pence per diem each for their main tcnance, the same to be paid by the owner of the pig so taken. ; (Amended the 20lh May, 1867.) B. Ai-ticle VIII of the Code of Regulations of 11th April, 1862, repealed, and in place thereof it was enacted : When any pig shall go beyond its owner's ground, the owner of the pig, (over and above his liability for all actual damage by the trespass) shall be fined Ten Shillings, which fine shall be recoverable in the Petty Courts, at the suit of the person upon whose ground tlie trespass has been committed. Provided, however, that in any case where a pig, trespassing iis aforesaid, shall have broken out of its owner's enclosiu'o, without any negligence on his part, a»d where, on being informed of the fact of the pig being out, the owner has immediately got it shut up again, he shall not be liable for the fine, but only for such damage as the pig shall have actually caused by the trespass. FISHING WEIRS. 30th May, 1SG5. C. It sliidl be unlawful to erect any weirs or barriers in any part of the Rod River or Assiniboine ; and that on receiving information of the existence of any such weirs or barriers, any magistrate shall be, after the 1st July, and hereby is empowered to order any constable to remove the same. HAY- OUT TING. 20th May, 1867. The 85th of July is permanently fixed fot the commencement of hay-cutting. HORSE-TAKING. IX. If any person takes another's horse to ride or drive without his conser .,he shall be fined One Pound. Half of the iine shall go to the informer, and shall forfeit to the owner of the horse all such equipments of any description as he may have used in such riding or driving ; and if ahorse so taken be injured or lost, the person who so took the horse shall indemnify the owner to the full extent of the damage or loss. - (Amended the '22nd Fehrucwy, 1SU6.J The fine, as specified in the above article, shall be inc.easod from One Pound to Two Pounds. That if, without the authority of the owner of the animal, any ])crson shall, from any part of the Municipal District, bring or cause to be brought into the settlement, and sliall put or cause to be put into any enclosure, stable or byre, not belonging to the owner of the animal, any horse, mare, gelding, colt or filly, or shall knowingly keep it in his possession or with his own band of horses, so as intentionally to deprive the owner of the use of the animal, such person shall, in addition to his liubility to the owner for civil damages, bo liable to a jjcnalty of Ten Pounds, of which one-half shall belongtothe informer prosecuting the offender to conviction ; and it is further resolved that the Petty Court shall have power to hear and decide all actions for the recovering of the penalty arising from the breach of this law. » HAY. X. If any settler cut hay behind the two-mile line before the 1st August, he sliall forfeit the same or the value thereof XI. Any exclusive privilege of cutting bay between the two-mile line and the four- mile line shall be forfeited for the season, as soon as the party entitled shall cut hay beyond Red m Pound to Two ij'ust, he sliall the four-milo line, and at all events, all such exclusive privileges shall lie thi'own open to all after the 15tli / rust, or two weeks after tlie eommfneement of hny-cntting. XII. If any sottlisr trespass Avilfully in another's ground, he shall forfeit the proceeds, whether in kind or in value, for the benefit and satisfaction of the party injured, without I'cceivini^ any allowance for hin !al)or, but, if ho trespass in ignoriuico, he shall still forfeit as before, though not without compensation f )r his time. PtOAD.S, ,te. Xin. TliO main highway shall bo two claiins wide. XIV. Any other actual tlioroughfare may lie rcpairad or improved as a public path, hut not till all the j)arties interested in tho soil shall hnve consented to leave unoccu})ied, from time to time, one uniform breadth, so as to provide against tho encroaolnnents of the river, or any other similar influences. XV. Any i)erson who may dig a hole through the entire thielcness of the ice, or through any portion of it, shall from time to time mark the same at the point nearest to the actual track with a jmle at least si.\ feet high, being otherwise liable to ;.:ike good all injury, M-hicli such polo might have been expected to prevent. XVI. Huperintendents of Public Works shall bo appointed in the difTercnt sections of the Settlement, and they shall be responsible to tho Governor and Council for the sums of money expended on Public Works, as well as for the state of the roads and bridges in their respective sections. Tho superintendents shall jiublicly a])]ily for tenders for all public works to l)c executed in their respective sections, and from amongst those who tender the Superintendents shall select the tittcst person to execute the work ofiered for. Sec. 1. White Horse Plains from the Sturgeon Creek upwards on both sides of the Assiniboine River. 2. Lower Section. — From St. Paxil's Church downwards on both sides of the Red River. 3. ^Middle Section. — From St. Paul's Church upwards, on both sides of the Red River to St. John's Cathedral, from thence to the Forks on the west side of the RedRiv«i', and from the Forks upwards on both sides of the Assiniboine River to Sturgeon Creek. 4. U]ii)er Section. — From St. John's Catheilral to the Forks on the east side of the Red River, and from thence ui)wards on both sides of the Rod River. XVII. The following shall be the Superintendents of Public Works : — 1. White Ilorsc Plain Section. — Patrick Breland, with a salary of £20 yearly. 2. Lower Section. — Thomas Sinclair, with a salaiy of .£2i5 yearly. 3. Middle Section. — John Fraser, with a salary cf £25 yearly. 4. Upper Section. — Francois Pruncau, with a salary of £25 yeany. soth April, iser. D. In place of the existing four sections, tho Settlement shall be divided into the following ten, with Superintendents and Salaries stated oj)])Osite to them, namely : — 1. From the Sturgeon Creek upwards on both sitles of the Assiniboine, and from the Forks upwards on the south side. — Patrick Breland £10. 2. From the Sturgeon Creek, including the bridge down to the upper end of Ross's Bridge, west side of River. — James McKay ; no salary. 3. From the u')per end of Ross's Bridge down to St. Paul's Church, west side. — John Fraser, £10. 4. From St. Paul's Church to St. Andrew's Church, west side. — Thomas Sinclair, £10. (5. 7. 8. !). 10 From St. Andrew's Cliu'rch to St. Peter's Church, west side.— Donald Gunn, £10. From St. Peter's Church to St. Andrew's, cast side, £5. From St. Andrew's to St. Paul's, east side. — David Eannerman, £G. Fi'om St. Paul's to German Creek, cast side. — AVni. Henderson, £8. Fi'oni Gernian Ci'eek to Marion's l.''ci-ry, east side. — Pierre Gladieux, £8. From the Forks to Point Coupee, v.'cat side. — JSTorbert Laronce, £5 20a— 16 ^m 122 BIRSTON'S FERRY. 17th May, 1HG9. A i/ublic ferry ih cstiil)lishiul nl tlic jioiiit on tlu; livcr now occuiiiod by Miigiius Birston, appoiutod to takf chnrgo of tlio HJiiil foi-ry ; Imt the turiif or rates of charge for crossing shall not excpod as follows, viz : For carts or light waggons, with the. animal drawing' thoni, each, 3tl; cIouIjIo teams, 5d; liglit horsos, or other cattle, per head, id ; foot passengers each, !d. TIIP] INTOXK'.VnNU OF INDIANS. XVIII. If any person, witliout distinction of race, siipi>ly or soil to any person popu- hirly known as an Indian, or any nienilior of an Indian nation, the means of intoxication, he shall, on heing convicted before a retty Court, on the oath of one or more witnesses, be fined for each oH'ence as follows : — Two Pounds, for furnishing any brewing utensils ; the fine to go to the informer. Three Pounds, for furnishing malt ; the tine; to go to the infonu(!r. Five pounds, for furnisliing beer or any fermented liijuor ; tht tine to go to the informer. Ten Pounds, for furnisliing distilled spiiits, or any other immediate cause of intoxi- cation than fermented liipiors ; half the iine to go to the informer. In every case the offender, after conviction, to be imprisoned until the fine is paid. XIX. In addition to these lines, the oll'cnder shall make restitution to the Indian of all equivalent which he may have received, if any, for such furnishing — every part of such equivalent not being money itself, being valued f«r the purpose at j)rime cost. XX. If an intoxicated Indian commit or threaten to commit am unprovoked violence, he may be inqirisoned in addition to any specific punishment, till lie prosecute the person who may have been guilty in the matter. XXI. If any jieison jtossess, or liave possessed malt or lieer or spirits, or any other of the above means of intoxication in the society or tent of any Indian, he shall bo held guilty of furnishing such means of intoxication to Indians. LIQUOR LAWS. XXII. It shall bo lawful for the Bench of Magistrates of the Peace and Petty Courts in their several Districts assembled, on the first Monday of the month of June in each year, or at otli'jr times when they deem it expedient, to issue Licenses, which will be in force till the first Monday in June, then next following, to approved applicants, (wlio shall be l.uidowners in the settlement), allowing the sale by retail on their own jiirmises of all s})irits, wines and beer lawfully imported, or of native manufacture, (all quantities of spirits under five gallons, all quantities of wine under one gallon, and all quantities ef beer under eight gallons, shall be counted retail). That the sum of Ten Pounds be paid for a license so issued for the sale by retail of beer alone, and any person selling s[)irits, wins or beer retnil, without such lieenso, shall, on conviction before a Petty Court, on the oath of one or more witnes.ses, for each offence pay a fine of Ten Pounds sterling, and Im imprisoned until the fine be paid — one half of the fine shall go to the informer, — and the form of the licenses sliall be according to Schedule A. or B. ; any ofience against tlie provisions of said license sliall be paid by forfeiture of the same, and in addition, in case of infraction of the provisions of said licenses as regards Indians, the offender shall jiay the s[)ecial jienalry for furnishing the means of intoxication to Indians. SCHEDULE A. . This is to certify that you are hereby permitted to sell on your own premises any lawful spirits, in any quantity under five gallons ; wine in any quantity tinder one gallon, and beer in any quantity under eight gallons, to any jierson or persons, subject to following restrictions : — Not between the hours of niiie o'clock at night and six o'clock in the moruiug j not in any hour during the Sabbath, nor to any intoxicated person] lieai the 18Gi Iiert repe never to an Indian, or any person popularly known as an Indian. Any act contrary to the above restrictions shall make this your liconso void and of nono ofVoct. Thisliceuso shnll continue in force till theJ\toudiiy in June now next foUowiug: — SCHEDULE B. This is Ui certify tliat you are lioroby p«rniittcd to sell on your own i)romisos, any quautity ot lict'v under pijjht p;allons, to any person or persons, suliject to the followinj^ restrictions : — Not l>el ween tii<» hours of nine o'clock at ni;,dit and six o'clock in the niornini;; ; not in any hour dnrin/^ the Siihhath ; not to any intoxicated per- son ; never to any Indian or ])erson popularly known as an Indian. Any act contrary to the ahovo restrictions, shall make this your license void and of none? effect. This License shall contiiuio in force till the lirst IMonday in Juno now next following;. XXIII. Lach Petty Court, out of the fund arising from licenses and penalties, shall defray any necessary cxpiuises incui'rod in rnforciii!f the Jaws a,<^ainst the illegal sale of Spirits, Wines or Beer, or the furni^■hing of tin; means of intoxication to Indians, account- ing to the Goveinor and Council for ad such receipts and expenditure. XXIV. No action shall lie for tlu5 racovery of penalties for any breach of tho laws for regulating the sale of intoxicating liipior, unless information shall have been given within six months after the commi.'ision of the otfence. Zujiior Lavs ameiKfed L?fh (Jan of Jannnrij, ISO-'. F. Hereaftei', Liquor License for one year to approved applicants, shall be issuable by tho authorities, and on the conditions si>ecitied in tho 22nd section of the code of 11th April, 18G2, in tho first week of the months of Juno and of Decond)er respectivoly,and at no other periods. Persons wishing for a license shall bo bounil to lodge their aj)plication with tho President of the Bench o^' the pro)»er District, not later than the 15th of May or the 15th of November, and the President shall, at least once during the interval between the date of the ai)plication and the meeting of the Bench in June or December, give public notice on the doors of at least one of tho (.■hui-chos of the District, of such application having boen «nade, and of the day fixed for tho tlnal disposal of it by the Bench ; but in every case where, on any ground whatsoever, tho granting of the license is objected to by a majority of the householders in the neighborhood of the house where the license is intended to be used, the BlmicIi shall have no power to grant tho license. Such majority of objectors, however, being bound to appear before the Bench, and personally to object. For the purpose of this regulation, the word " householders," shall mean tho head of a family occui)ying a separate house ; and the word " neighborhood," shall mean the six nearest householders on each side of the house intended to be licensed. Excei)ting in so far as altered by the present euactnunit, tho said 22nd section of the present code remains in full force. G.—J,fh Jannari/, 1806. Hereafter instead of objectors being obliged to ap])ear personally on one and the same day before the licensing Bench, any person authorised by the present Law, shall, at any time, during the interval between the ai)plication for tho license and the disposal of it, be entitled to api)ear before the Pi'csident and intimate his objection as eti'ectually a.s he could now do by a personal appv-^ai-ance on tho day of disposal. H.~lSth Man, lf>^^^- In granting licenses on the 1st of June, the Magistrates in the several Districts, shall issue them for only the six months thereafter, for one half the i)resent foes, G.—7lhN'ovemhcr,180S. Excepting Sections 23 and 2-t of the printed local I'ogulations of April 11th, 18G2, and excepting also the regulations against the " Intoxicating of Indiana," which aro hereby declarecl to be retained in full force, all the existing " Li(pior Laws " are hereby repealed, and in place thereof, it is enacted as follows, namely : — 12 1 Excepting as rognrfls tho sale of Riiirits, wino or beer by iniiiortoi-s or wholosftle clcalcTH, there sliall Iicroaltfr lie but oiio tli'scriptiou of Lii|iioi' LIclmiho, \vliicli rIiuU bo issvmblo but oucc a year, as liciviuaftci' nicntioiKvl. Ami siifb liiviiHOKliall j^ivo tho hoh'.cr perniisnioii to niamit'actiiro fspirits, wiuo and bocv, .mil to wll tho samo in any cpiantity, uuiUir tho ivstrictiouH oontaiuoil in tho f()lIo\vinj» Hchoihilo, sliowiiy tho form in wiiich tho licenso shall bo granted : — LIQUOR LICENSM A. B. having paid Ten Pounds, is horeljy licensed from this dito to tho lirst wook-day in Decomber, 187 , inclusive, to nianut'acturo spirits, wino and b(!or, iiiul to m.'ll tho same in any tpiantity, under tho following iestriutit)ns, namely ; — 1. He shall not sell to any person, between the hours often at night and six in tho morning. 2. Nor to any person, nt any time, during Sunday. 3. Nor at any time to any intoxicated person. 4. Nor shall he at any time, soil to any uncivilized or unsettled Indian, either directly to iho Indian, or knowingly on the part of the seller iudiiectly to another, for tho Indian. 5. All manufactvuing and selling shall be confined to tho promises for which this licenso is granted, namely : (/lor to follow tipecijicaflon o/pretnisus). The violation of any of thtso restrictions shall make this license null and void. BED RIVER. December, 181 C, D. Any proved breach of aiiy of tho conditions of the Licenso shall cause the forfeiture of tht; si'.mc without any right on tho hoh.ler'a ^lart to tho restitution of any portion of the license fee. And whonover the breach involves mIko tho violation of the laws against tho intoxi- cating of Indians, the offender, besides losing his license, shall be liable to all such penalties OS he shall have incurred under tho said lawn. But, ag;"'nst any judgment of any Petty Court, ordaining such forfeiture or imposing such penalties, any aggrieved pcr.son may appeal to the next ensuing General Court, on f iviiig .security for such i)onalties (in casas whore any are imjjosed), as well as for the costs of tho original action, and also on making the usual deposit of 20s. for entering tho ajipeal. But, when an appeal is male, tho Petty Court shall still have tho powei of suspend- ing the License till the aj)peal is disposed of. Excei)ting in the case of a person making wino or beer for his own family use, and not for barter or sale, any person v. iio shall manufactui'o or sell ;vny spirits, wino or beer without a licenso, shall, on convictiou before a Petty Court, be liable to a fine of not less than Five, and not more than Ten Pounds, foi- each oflence, and failing inmiodiatc payment of the fine, he shall be liable to imprisonment for a period of not loss than five and not more than ten weeks, provided, hov.x'ver, that at any time during tho period of imprison- ment ho shall bo entitled to bo discharged on l)aying tho iine. But, from any such conviction belbro any Petty Court, any aggrieved pei-son may appeal as aforesaid, on giving security for the fine and tho costs of tho original action, bo;iides making the usuil deposit of 20s. for entering the ap[>e!il. On payment of tho sum of Ten Pounds, it shall be lawful for the Petty jNIagistrates in thoir several Districts assembled on the first we^k day in D.icember, but on no other day throughout the year, to grant Liquor Licenses, according to the foregoing form. And every app'icant for a License shall bo bound to lodge his application with the President of tho Bench of the proper District, not later than the 15th day of November, specifying therein the premises for which the License is asked. And on the first Sunday thereafter, the President shall give public written notice at all the places of public worship in his District, and also in any other District in which any of the nearest neighbors reside, mentioning the names of the persons applying for Britis 125 LiconsoH, anl Hpecifying tlit'ir pronuHOS, to;i[othor with tho diiy ii[»i)ointo(l for tlispoHuig of the iippliciitionH, lint in ilu) cam of any hiicIi npjdicution, whfro tlio gniutiiif? of a LiuciiHo is ohjoctod to liy a nmjoi'ity of tho liousdholiha-.s of tho iii'i.i,'lil)orho()(l of tli«.> lioiiso whoro tlio Liniu.so in iutoiideil to 1)0 usci', tho J touch HhiiU h;ivo no puNver to j^'iaut thu liu'ensc, iuul s\iuli ohjoctors .shall, at any time, lietwcju tho ilato of tho piil)lic notice and tho day for disposing of the appliratioii, lio entitled to intlniiito their o'lj.'jeLlon, cither [M-rsonnlly or in writing, to tho Prosident of tho ik'ncli, without, howeser, k'inj,' Ijound to us:;ign any reason for tlieirohjoction. For tho purpoHOH of this rogidation, tho word •' honselujhler," shall mean tho head of a family oeeupyinjj a sojiaratts house ; or, if oucu])yiii<^ only jiurt of a house, a teiuiiit for not less than a year, and not boiny tho hired semant of any applicant for license. And tho word " noijj;hl)orhood," shall mean tlie twolvohousoholdor,!, who, irrospectivo of district, are nearest to the house intended to ho licensed. In tho case of any application wliatsonvcM- for a li^.'fjnso, whothor it ho ohjoettHl to or not by a majority of the neifihborhood, tho Bench shall have full discetionary ])owor to rt^fuso tho license, whensoever, on grounds relating to tho public interest, they think it would bo improper to giant it. Any person may sue an offender for manufacturing oi- selling without a license, and shall be entitled to half the fine actually recovered. Any jjcrson may also sue any liconhe-holder for tho breach of his licensn, and whoro there is a tine besides a forfoituro of license, tho prosecutor shall bo entitled to half tho fino actually recovered. No liquor license shall, on any conditions, bo granted to any person intending to carry on tho manufacture 01' tho sale of sjurits, wino or boor, on any part of what is known us tho " Indian Ileserve," at tho Indian Hetth.'ment. WHOLESALE LICENSKS. Fiom and after tho first week-day in December next, every wliolcsalo dealer in spirit."? wine or beer shall pay .£10 a year. And any jjerson selling spii'ita, wino or beer by wholesale, without a license in tho subjoined form, .shall l)0 liable to a jtenalty of £10 for each oftencc, to bo recovered in the same way as tho penalties for the breach of tho Liquor Laws generally. Uy the term " wholesale dealers" shall Ije understood a seller of sjnrits or wines, in quantities at a time of not less than five gallons ; and of boor, in quantities at a time of not less than eight gallons. Such Wholesale Licenses shall bo issuable by tho Benches of P(;tty Magistrates, in their several districts, on the first w(;ek-day in Decemlicr, and on no other day, to persons applying to the President, either befons or on that day. But in every case, the magistrates shall have full discretionary power to grant or refuse the License. AVIIOLESALE LICENSE. C. D., having paid £10, is lioroby licensed for one year from tills date, to sell spiiits and wine, in quantities of not loss at a time than live gallons each ; and beer in quantitie* of not less at a time than eight gallons. lied liiver, December, 187 , Amended December ITlIi, 1<^€S. H. In all licenses granted in future for tho manufacture and sale of spirits, wino and beer, instead of the words, " Not to any person at any time during Sunday," the words, " Nor to any person at any time during Sunday, Christmas and Good Friday," shall be vised, CUSTOMS' DUTIES, XXV. All goods imported into the District of Assiniboia, from any part of the British Dominions, or from any foreign country, shall be subject to a levy of four per cent. 12G n duty, to ho nntimatod at th« prion ciurnnt of tlio original plnco of export, ir Now Ymk. itc, excepting Hitch ivrticli's iih Hlinll Im otiuu'wiNi' Npecilipil. Tiio ail valorem Loudon or follo\viii{» shidl !•<• iidinittcd free from Cimtoms' duty, viz. :— I. All Hur froii iiud Htccl. 2 All Books and PubliciitiouH, wht'ther iuiportcd for u«(> or menlmndiHC. 3. All Heipiitifio TiiHtniincutH. •I. All Agriciiltunil MiichiiK'H and luipltMiiouts. 5. All IJiij,'giig(», all Appart'l and IJteuHils that have been ovaro in present use of the owners. (J. All Heedn, Roots or riantH, tending to tJio iniproveniont of Agriculture. 7. All Stationery and School Slates. 8. All Goods, the bona fuh jirojierty of British Hubjects entered at tlio tiiro of Import, as destined for parts not within the District of AsHiniljoia. 9. All Cases, Boxes, Barrels, Bottles, or Cloth Covering, which contain Ooods or Fluids of any description. 10. Monumental Tablets or Tombstones. II. All (rrindstones and Stoves. 12. All Skins, Peltries, Parchment, IJntanned leather, and all pi-oduco of the chase generally. l.'J. All (ioods gratuitously given, and originally designed for the benefit of the Indian Missions of Bupcrt's Land, also all Wines imported for Church Service. XXVI. Th(;re .shall be four Collectors of Customs residing severally at each extrenv) and midael, and in the event of any p.'r.son refu.sinj,' to mIiow hi' Invoieo or Manifest, oi- refusing to pay the duty, ov to jrive a hond for the payment of tho mime, tho CoUcL'tor Hhall l)e a\ithori/ed to sei/o all his ifoods as euntraliand. Any pcr.son makin;; a false! declaration under an oath ant date as may bo ajiplicablo to the same ; in other words tho proceed- ings of tho General Court shall Iks vogulated by tho existing Laws of England for tho time being, in as f»r as tho samo arc known to llio Court, and arc ajiplicablo to tho conilition of the Colony. U. Jr<1 Xovemhcr, ISG.',. Tho sixty-first section of tho i)rinted L;;,svs of Assiniboia is repealed. For every writ in civil actions and iu criminal prosecutions, not public, for tho General Court, there shall bo ji.iyable to the M.igistra*" issuing the same three shillings and six ponce, and for any of tlio Petty Courts two shillings and six jience, of which charges tho sum of two shillings and six pence in the former case, and of ono and six jience in the latter, shall be retained by the Magistrates for the writ, and tho other shilling in each case shall be ])aid by tho Magistrate to the Constable serving it. For such sliilling the Constable shall bo bound to servo any writ within five miles of the residence of the Magistrate from wliom he received it, 1)ut for cny distance ho may be required to travel beyond that in serving a wiit, ho shall, in addition to tlie shilling, be entitled to mileage, at the rate of two ponce a mile, or part of n mile. Ail these fees shall bo ]>ayable to a Magistrate lieforo issuing the writ ; and overy Constable receiving a writ for service shall be bound either himself to .serve it, with all due diligence, or immediately to put it into tho hands of .some other Constable, who iii like manner shall be boxuul himself to .serve it without delay. Tho General Court shall be authorised to adopt such scale of fees, and such rules and fonns of procedure as to the Court itse;f may appear proper. EXECUTIVE OFFICER.. LXV. Mr. William Robert Smith, with a salary of One Hundred Pounds a year, shall discharge all such adiniuisitrativa functions as may not be specially assigned to njiy other j)erson. (5.) No. 557. The Office of the Seohetary op State for the Puovinces, Ottawa, 5th January, 1871. Sir, — I have tho honor to acknowledge the receipt of your Despatcli, No. G7, of tho 10th ultimo, enclosin ■ six co[)ies of a printed Digest of tho Local Laws of Asoiuiboia, made froui . le records of the Council by the Provincial Treasurer. I have, &c., . (Signed), Joseph Howe, Secretary of Stat" for the Provinces. Honoralilo A. G. Archibald, liieutenant -Governor, Fort Garry. (G.) Office of the Secretary of State for the Provinces, Ottawa, 5th January, 1871. Sr-.j — I have the lionor to transmit to you, herewith, for the information of His Excellency the Governor General, a copy of a Despatch from the Lieutenant- No. o57. Governor of the Province of Manitoba, together with a printed copy of the Digest thereui referred to. I have, «tc., (Signed), Joseph Howe, ' ' Secretary of State for the Provinces, F. Turvillo, Esq., Governor's Secretary. RO lis Eng- by tho far of I in'occetl- (1 for tho bio to tlio 3, for tlic ) shillings of which one and tho other five miles r clistauco Idition to of a mile, iiid every ;, with all le, who ill , rules and (Is a year, iSS'gned to 1871. 67, of the d Laws of Treasurer. I Provinces. , 1871. ;ion of His Lieutenant- ff the Digest e Provinces, 135 Dei'autmf.xt 01'' Justice, Ottawa, Jannaiy 18th, 1871. Tho undersigned is desired by the Minister of Justice, to request that comniunicatiou bo had witli tlio Lieuteuiint-Govoiiier of Manitolia, asking that ho will transmit a few copies of tho Digest of tlie Laws of Assiniboia, made in April, 18G2, to which reference is made in tlie despatch of Mr. Archibald, -of the 10th December last. (Signed), H. Bernard, Deputy of Minister of Justice. To tho Under Secretary of State for the Provinces. (33.) Office of the Secretary of State for the Provinces, Ottawa, 23rd January, 1871. Sir,— Adverting io your Despatch, No. G7, of tho 10th ultimo, I have the honor to inform you that tho llonoraljle tli;^ lAIinister of Justice is desirous of having a No. 557. copy of tho Digest of the Laws of Assiniboia, made in April, 1802, to which reference is made in the last paragraj)!! of your Despatch. Mivy I rc(iuost, therefore, that yon will have the goodness to forward a few copies of the Digest in question, to this Department, if in your power to do so. I have, «kc., (Signed), Joseph Howe, • Sccretrtiy of State for tho Provinces. Tho Honorable A. O. Arclubald, Lieutenant-Governor, Fort Garry, Manitoba. \