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rVirUl fSr. Thb w,,. 

 k. An aiMtti"*** 1 ux wan to be tmpo 



revenue and ox- 

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,w prod- 

 on tht- x 



CfwJei of KiMd aupr. Thia would petal.]; 

 ai^OQLDOO. An arMm**** 1 tax wa to be imposed 

 J^TSSlM^ril^ri^ng perhaps $800,000 Lore. 

 A.hU^OMfbf r*vcnoc7or 18*-16 was $85,000,- 



Mart uf iiawdUiis ftt.Ttmmm ttnr - ii 



-. . . x .--,,:..- of 14,600, 



no had made a rigorou* reduction in depart m- ntal 

 naMH. and had deckled to aak for no new railway 



I'.di Ural. The central siibje. ..f discussion 

 in Parliament ami the country during the ses- 

 the Manitoba school question. The 



d Committee of the Impe- 

 rial Pr d left an opening for Dominion 

 ', the act oFl890 by which the 

 Legislature had abolished separate 

 On the plea that the minority in that 

 i'X had been unjustly treated, the French- 

 laaadian memU r> of Parliament, and their 

 leader 1 '"minion < iovi-nimeiit. insisted 

 upon interrention. while a strong counter-agita- 

 tion was aroosed in I elsewhere. A 

 crisis was precipitated in the Cabinet, and three 

 blisters resigned. Finally harmony was re- 

 stored by the issue of the reme<lial order to 

 Manitoba, by which the Federal authorities 

 practically ordered the province to adjust its 



' alleged 

 /. The 

 made so 



at to legislate in this direction, should Manitoba 

 refuse to obey. 



June 5 a motion was introduced by 

 Mr. Davin in favor of woman suffrage. Mr. 

 Laurier. leader of the LiU-ral upp.,siti,,n. moved 

 an amendment referring the ouestion to the 

 provinces, but thin was defeated by 54 majority. 

 n the original motion 47 votes were given in 

 favor and 105 against All the Liberal leaders 

 voted against it, while 21 of their supporters 

 voted f<>r it. a- -erratives. This was 



the first occasion on which the opinion of the 

 Canadian Parliament bad been taken on the 



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educational system so as to restore the 

 right* of the Roman ( aih..li<> minority. 

 aotmwl rombe of a ixth session was m 



TlM mm of $25.000 was voted to the widow 



and family ..f th- late ! tie leading 



roemben of both parties n( : , pro- 



posal. The national fund f-.r the name purpose 

 already amounted to $87,000. An unpleasant 



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gam expenM of the state funeral that had 

 been given t thr latr i vhjrh were 



found to have reached $25.000. and a cot 

 able amount wa< ultimately pruned from the 

 items a MI bmi 



The treaty with Franc** finally came into 

 operation on Oct, 14, 1805. Under this ar- 



rangement 'Jl articles will ho admitted into 

 minimum duly, and l-'ivnch 

 - are admitted int.. Canada al 



l.y--lccli<>n> in April reunited in a -ain 

 of 8 seats for tin- I. \ "iif. rmce was 



held at Ottawa duritiLT the ses>ion I- 

 delegates fr<>m the < anadian and NVuf,. mid- 

 land pivrrnment-. with a view in tin- Maud's 

 admis>in into ci>nfrdcratii>n. Hut tin- financial 

 demai A i', midland were greater than 



the Dominion authorities cared to accede to, 

 and t' ;..n- fell through, rarliami'iit 



was pror.. U Mi ( -d on .lu 



Legislation. The' ,-hief l.-^i-lali..n of the 

 session was in modifying the civil- 

 hit i'-ns. ini|irovin^ the administration of crim- 

 inal law, advancing ei.mmercr. and extending 

 telegraph and railway communications. The 

 principal bills passed were as follow : 



i ml the in-uraii' 

 To amend tin- uct t> eneoiu.. 



the sea flaheries anl tin- huil<liriL' t'ti>hiiii; veHnela. 



Mcorporate the ontm 

 Company. 



:,< ixl ill.- IK t t<> readjust the rcprcMentati<>n in 



,-e <.t' '..!lilli"lls. 



Toatiien.l the In. linn act 



To amend the Dominion lands act. 



To amend the civil .>.erviee 



i -tiinr ."iiimen-ial tn-atii-s atleeting Canada, 



To amen. 1 the e<.j.\ ri.'ht :iet. 



T<. inerj>rat- the .hi luav ('oinpany. 



T iii.--.rjx.rate the Limlsuy,' Ilalilurt<'ii ah 

 tawa Railway Ci'in|>aliy. 



T> ineorporaU; the Dominion Atlantic Hallway 

 Company, 



To re vine and am-nl the a Dg the Lake 



Manitoba Railway ami Canal Cntiii 



To incorporate the Trans-Canadian Railway Com- 

 pany. 



To encourage nil ver-lead snu-ltintr. 



To amend the cuatoniM tarit! 



Respecting the bounty <.n I ... t root sugar. 



Railways. The number of miles of com- 

 pleted railway at the end of the fiscal y. 

 was 15,768, an increase of 448 miles, of these, 

 all but 141 miles were in operation, and all bnt 

 400 miles were laid with steel raiN. The paid- 

 up capital amounted to $887,975,090, an increase 

 of $15,818,545, the gross earnii 

 528, and the working expense- 

 The net earnings for the year wen therefore 

 1,095, a net decrease of $1,092,260. Al- 

 though the gross earnings and expenses were 

 less than in 1^.:{. the j.asv,.n^er tramV - 

 an improvement, the number carried ij 

 462.498. or an increase of 844,471. The fni-ht 

 traffic fell off by 1.2*2.483 t..ns. the total <imin- 

 tity carried being -JM.T-jl.lir, t,,ns. Twelve pas- 



rs were accidentally killed durin.u' ih- 

 The Intercolonial, the chief (Jnvernment Vail- 

 way, again showed a -urplu-. It-earnii, 

 the year amonnU'd to $2.987^10, and its uork- 



>:'.<-:. <\1\. The tot.-i 

 enunent extH-nditure on this road has l>een $54,- 



The Canadian Par-ifir- Railway at the 

 r-f tlie fiscal year had nnd.-r trAn'u- in Canada 

 6,094 miles, against 5.: in !*!:',. and its 



gross earnings were $19,:; ainst $20,- 



795^04 in the prevj. Itsworkin. 



penses were $12.447.808 leaving as net ear 

 $6,909^90. These figures do not apply to its 



