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< \\\h\ DOMINION oF. The year IflOt- 



;-.r!aiif |--ri-t ill the history of til* 



' only ha- tlun t--. 1; a < hang of 

 .1 from Ihr < .,n- rvu'n. * (f.r I .lirml 



.11 UirM-l.- 



I. 



te upon the question will be 





I I I . . I Hlf 



lister of Kail- 



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rOli -in the D- 



jmrtni. i.t .1 .lii-'i- | .>!.! hi ,i- . . | tan ' 'i" II I 



High! h Parliament was opened in iUto 



-. from the throne outlined the |M,ii-v <f the 

 party in j..,,-r. 'It Mgniflcant 





after the last sm-ioti th- < 

 A was iimt.-.l t<> hoi.i .. 

 * on ih. Mihjift of t he grievance* 

 f that province r.-latn.i; to 

 1 in 18!" -M-- to t! 



1 



was readied IN t \\.ni tin 

 >. win. h wa> the best Arrangement 



. measure will be submit t. '<>r the re- 

 of the tariff, whirl. ,-d will pi 

 fccioary r ng due re- 

 gard t industrial interest?., will t fiscal 



masses of the 

 I- .. 



A ill be asked to a bill 



ling 'he pn- 



and adopting, for "ii o*f 



cr* of the H..UM- of 



several provinces, 



lias determined that the ail- 

 vantages to accrue. b..th to o.ir u ,^tern producers 

 and the business interests of the wl 



the completion of the works for the enlarge- 



f the M. Iawrence canal*, should no longer 



1 ha-, .iil.j.. t to the approval of 



Parliament, tak. >tei for a vigorous 



prosecution of thone work-, and for the perfecting 



"Arrangement?* have U- 



1 enable th.- Inf. r... I. .nial Kailway 



,i. and thus >harv r 



smrge traffic centering in that eitv. App 



rarmei 



n gootl condition, n 



> at creameries, on railways at |-rt, and on 

 steamer*, by which thcv- products can be preserved 

 at the dc*irrd tempemtu- 



nit of pnhi. ti-'Tt to (in at Itntain. 

 le that the mind of the j-e< 



*rlv ascertained on iheMibject 

 and a measure enabling the electors 



-1 r.-^rri i Ut the rrcripts from the 



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proMtedrv ' 



-ill. -rtors the 



t- ..... M : .' .1 - M- ' - 



l of tU most 



important were prastntsd and di uesrd. but were 



uliin 



Ion. The 



I >r u tuition. ! railway bill, nhteh iropord the pur- 

 fthass of a short lineconi 



olonial Kail* ,iif\. a lh. 



lrty kostility an 



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. . .- , 



Charges of c. r 



f. . :...' . 



l ; 



j^ naurr w -i t tl 

 was th the PwlftwJU Company, of 



establish a fa* At 



i.adian M, 

 An alien labor n< i a |*>*nl, mofMsd pntiss 



Iv aft 



rnniriit iui ar- 



-le only at the will of the 



luce. The Comptrollers of Inland 

 Revenue and Customs were raised to the rank of 

 Btmbtn of theCabinel Th \ . 



lies were given coi 



ineiit. Arrangement^ ere made for the regulation 

 andrc^istr i.emr fa t.-ri. . an-i 



>rage t ranportai ion fmilm. 

 > f $15,000.000 was aiithoriied. jy 



id way and other schemes, and the Goven 

 was given power to pay bounties upon iron and steal. 

 to levy ex|M.rt duties on log* and minerals. 

 was a good deal of private legislation con- 

 nected with railway charter* and projects, which 

 was made subject to a railway commission wi 

 was proposed by the Government to organize here- 

 after. 



But the most important event of the session was 

 the new tariff. It wa> introdi. Iding 



rgan 



with a MIII mars of the financial position from the 



angrs an- 



noiin. ! were niuinp rtant in detail, but not in 

 illy I'lcdp ^rrn- 



njurious to rev 



inimical to the maintenance of the protective tar- 

 iff, huties on iron were reduced considerably, to 

 help the implement manufacturer* in 1) 



. the American finished product, 



>n smelters as a set-off to 

 Auction. On spirits and tobacco the excise 

 an. I im|-rt dutie* wrrr made very much heavier, 

 were especially affected. In fom) products 

 little chants vas made except in flour and sugar. 

 upon duties were lowered one half. The 



duty on coal oil a* reduced, and tliat on bitumi- 

 nous coal was maintainnl at 00 cent* a tn. anihra- 

 It was promised, however, that if 

 the I Mrnt w<mld lower it* duty 



wan I her 



Canaila oiild r. Rut Ihe moi impor- 



tant |mint in the tariff .M-)*edule, which wan a great 

 surprise to the count rv. was the enact men: 

 when the customs tariff of any other coantry t> 

 made favorable to Canada the duties upon the 

 pnmluet* of tK, -.or he lowered 



. ami after Juh 1. 18B& one imsrtcr. 

 <^e ma*le applirabl. to .ivaJ Hritain 

 created a roost favorable impression in the 



oompe- 



t, .hile 



and 



