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in the Colony by the average contributions for such duties made by 

 the population of Canada, arguing that British Columbia should 

 come into the union with the privileges of, as she relinquished the 

 revenue derived from, 120,000 inhabitants.^^ The railway term was 

 a composite afifair^ — part coach road and part railroad. It specified 

 that Canada should within three years construct a coach road con- 

 necting the Cariboo road with Fort Garry (Winnipeg), and engage 

 to use all possible means to complete a railway connection at the 

 earliest date; that the surveys for the railroad should be commenced 

 immediately; and as soon as the coach road was built not less than 

 one million dollars should be annually expended in its actual con- 

 struction. The only reference to Responsible Government was a 

 provision that the existing constitution should continue until altered 

 under the authority of the British North America Act; in view of 

 Section 92 of that Act the necessity of this clause is not apparent. 

 The representation in the Dominion Parliament was set at four 

 Senators and eight members of the House of Commons. No stipula- 

 tions were inserted on the much-debated questions of Free Port and 

 Tariff concessions. ^- 



As supplementary to these proposed terms a statement was 

 prepared showing that under the British North America Act the 

 Dominion would take $386,700 out of a total estimated revenue of 

 $537,750 and would assume charges amounting to $301,726; that the 

 subsidies demanded from the Dominion would be $213,000, and that 

 in the result, besides being relieved from the repayment of her debt, 

 the Colony would, after providing for local services, have more than 

 $150,000 annually to be applied to the general work of development.^^ 



These terms were debated in Committee for ten days; but the 

 alterations made were unimportant. The chief amendment suggested 

 that the proposed grant of $35,000 for the support of the Provincial 

 Government should be increased to $75,000, and that, instead of the 

 per capita grant becoming stationary at 400,000 it should continue 

 to increase with each decennial census until the population reached 

 1,000,000.^'* Governor Musgrave's hold upon the ofificial members of 

 the Legislative Council is shown by the omission of any term dealing 

 with Responsible Government, and by the defeat of Mr. Robson's 

 motion that this form of government should come into efïect with 

 the union. ^^ In truth, as the Governor stated in his despatches, the 

 terms were a Government measure, and he was determined to get 

 them through the House with practically no alteration. Two supple- 

 mentary resolutions, the gist of which afterwards found a place in 

 the terms were added in Committee, pointing out the injurious efïect 



