CANADA, PARLIAMENT OF. 



CAPE OF GOOD HOPE. 



constables employed in connection with any 

 election and otherwise qualified to vote. 



Providing for the payment of an additional 

 annual subsidy of $20,000 to the Province of 

 Prince Edward Island. 



Empowering the employe's of incorporated 

 companies to establish pension fund societies. 



Exempting any vessels not registered in 

 Canada and not, employed exclusively in fish- 

 ing or on a fishing voyage from the payment 

 of any dues under the act respecting sick and 

 distressed mariners. 



Appropriating certain marks for the identi- 

 fication of public stores. . 



Providing for the representation of the 

 Northwest Territories in the Senate. 



Prohibiting the conveyance of liquors on 

 board her Majesty's ships in Canadian waters. 



Prohibiting the use of imitations of bank- 

 notes for advertising purposes. 



To amend the Dominion Lands act by pro- 

 viding that any person making a homestead 

 entry shall declare under which of the systems 

 of homesteading he makes the entry ; that 

 when an abandoned pre-emption is taken up it 

 must be by an actual resident, etc. 



To grant subsidies to certain railways. 



Eelating to canned goods. 



To define the salaries, etc., of penitentiary 

 officers. 



To provide for an appeal to the Supreme 

 Court in criminal cases under certain circum- 

 stances. 



Local and Private Acts. Of the 131 acts passed 

 during the session, 79 were local or private, 

 incorporating railway or other joint-stock com- 

 panies, amending existing charters, granting 

 divorces, etc. Among the most important of 

 these were the acts: 



Authorizing the Canadian Pacific Railway Company 

 to acquire the portion of the Ontario and Quebec 

 Railway not already acquired and constructed, or to 

 be constructed, from Woodstock to the Detroit river. 



Confirming the lease by the same company, from 

 the Atlantic and Northwest Railway Company, of the 

 line from the river St. Lawrence to Mattawamkeag. 



Authorizing the Canadian Pacific Company to join 

 with any other company having a charter to construct 

 a bridge at Saulte Ste. Marie, etc. 



Authorizing the Grand Trunk Railway Company 

 to issue five-per-ccnt. debentures for the consolidation 

 of its interest-bearing obligations on leased lines, etc. 



Confirming the lease to "the Canadian Pacific Rail- 

 way Company, by the Atlantic and Northwest Rail- 

 way Company, of the ''Short Line Railway." 



Reviving the charter of the Quebec and Jan 

 Railway Company. 



Amending the charter of the Winnipeg and Hudson 

 Bay Railway Company. 



Incorporating the Niagara Falls Bridge Company 

 to construct a railway bridge across Niagara river. 



Incorporating the 'Quebec Bridge Company to con- 

 struct a railway bridge acro?s the river St. Lawrence 

 at Quebec. 



Incorporating the Londonderry Iron Company. 



Incorporating the Empire Printing anc 1 Publishing 

 Company. This company was formed for the pur- 

 pose of publishing a new Government organ at To- 

 ronto, the " Mail " of that city having declared itself 

 independent of Government influence. 



Incorporating the Royal Victoria Hospital, with 



Quebec and James Bay 



power to establish a hospital at Montreal, with 

 branches and convalescent homes at Banff, N. W. T., 

 and Caledonia Springs, Ont. This hospital was 

 founded by a donation of one million dollars, given 

 by Sir George Stephen, Bart., and Sir Donald Smith, 

 in honor of her Majesty's Jubilee. 



The act respecting fishing by foreign vessels passed 

 in 1886 and reserved for her Majesty's assent by the 

 Governor - General received the royal assent. This 

 act provides : Any one of the officers or persons 

 hereinbefore mentioned may bring any ship, vessel, 

 or boat, being within any harbor in Canada, or hov- 

 ering in British waters within three marine miles of 

 any of the coasts, bays, creeks, or harbors in Canada, 

 Into port, and search her cargo, and may also examine 

 the master upon oath touching the cargo and voyage; 

 and, if the master or person in command does not 

 truly answer the questions put to him in such exami- 

 nation, he shall incur a penalty of four hundred dol- 

 lars ; and if such ship, vessel, or boat is foreign, or 

 not navigated according to the laws of the United 

 Kingdom or of Canada, and (a) has been found fish- 

 ing or preparing to fish, or to have been fishing in 

 British waters within three marine miles of any of the 

 coasts, bays, creeks, or harbors of Canada, not in- 

 cluded within the above-mentioned limits, without a 

 license, or after the expiration of the term named in 

 the last license granted to such ship, vessel, or boat, 

 under the first section of this act, or (6) has entered 

 such waters for any purpose not permitted by treaty 

 or convention, or by any law of the United Kingdom 

 or of Canada for the time being in force, such ship, 

 vessel, or boat and the tackle, rigging, apparel, furni- 

 ture, stores, and cargo thereof shall be forfeited. 



Divorce Legislation. As usual, a number of 

 private bills were passed, granting divorces. 

 This session, a divorce bill passed by the Sen- 

 ate was rejected by the House of Commons. 

 The bill was subsequently amended by the Sen- 

 ate and passed as amended by the House of 

 Commons. The preamble of the bill in its 

 original form set forth that Susan Ash, who 

 was the petitioner, was lawfully married to 

 William Manton on March 24, 1808 ; that on 

 April 13, 1874, Manton obtained a divorce from 

 her in the Supreme Court of Massachusetts; 

 and that on September 3, 1874, he went 

 through the form of marriage with Mary Ford 

 Hatch, with whom he subsequently cohabited. 

 The preamble farther characterized the di- 

 vorce as null, the second marriage as null, 

 and the subsequent intercourse as adulterous. 

 In the House of Commons Mr. McCarthy 

 moved to amend the preamble so as to omit 

 the stigma on the second marriage, and set- 

 ting forth simply that doubts had arisen as 

 to the validity of the divorce and as to the 

 right of Susan Ash to marry again. The 

 amendment was rejected, but the bill, being 

 thrown out by the House of Commons, was 

 subsequently amended by the Senate in the 

 spirit of Mr. McCarthy's amendment and passed 

 by both Houses. 



CAPE OF GOOD HOPE, a British colony in 

 South Africa. The legislative authority is 

 exercised by a Legislative Council, consisting 

 of twenty-two members, elected for seven 

 years, and a House of Assembly of seventy- 

 four members, elected for five years. By a 

 law passed in 1882, speeches in the Cape Par- 

 liament may be made in either English or 

 Dutch. The Governor of the Cape of Good 



