7"L> 





.l.u!i..ns to the Permanent fund were 



$11,839.69; interest on loans ami invest m. -nts 

 amounted to $9.784.63, ami the loans returned to 

 $24,094.95. The t..!ul p:. :. and 



ih. b..:.i'.. "ii haml at tin- end ..f tlu- \.-ar was 

 $17,671.48. Tin- fund now amounts i,, $298,4 



; 



On 1-cb. 2 the Veil. Jame* Dow M.-n 

 1.1.. D., was con ss rated bishop, ha 



,opof the missionary jui 

 f l>itlu:li. >, t. 2* t|,,. 1{,. V . Cham 



. 

 adjutor "f ill- lout, was 



u Atkin- 

 son Gibson. D. D.. who had been elected Bishop 



;tor of the Diocese of Virginia, was 



f St. 

 Bartholomew's Chu \ oik. m .Inn. 



1 Bishop Coadjutor of Khode Maud. The 

 declined the cleet |, ,||. Mini ill ' 



b. r the Kev. William N 1 >. I'.. 



r of ||, .h i hun-li. Philadelphia. WM 



. -miicr tin- ut. Ue\. 



Ktli. i. 1). !>.. LL. D iisshup 



> "tiling and Idaho, \\ 



tral Pennsylvania, the Ut. i;< \. 



Nelsoll Soinerville Kulison. I>. D.. decea 



Tin- im-i'.nary district of | 



the independent ! i the 



nan <ii-n !! of Duliith made m-tim-t prog- 

 ress toward tht- same a-tion. 



<>! I HI < . f th- Dominion of Can- 



ada; area, 228,900 square miles; population in 



1891, i.i-.-.:::.. 



I. ot eminent. I'.-liiii-al feeling in this j.rovinci' 



ran K: tin- D.-ininioii i-li-r- 



D Mr. Taillon nvi^nt'il \i\< oflirr a- I'n- 



inirr to n-'j>t oflic- tindrr Sir Charles Tupprr, and 

 wassuccet-.l, d hy Mr. .1. !'. Klynn. a member of his 

 mini-try. \vh<> a| thfl province in th- fol- 



lowing* year ana was <: l>ut \\ln-n ih.- 



ati'm- was o|M-n-d in ( t . 



!--au. Mr. Taillon was Mill 

 at tlu- head of affair- .rh fn-m tlic i 



;lu- following significant passa_ 



M\ (iovrrtiini-nt will Milunit to you a l>ill rc- 



iitr tin- i-slaMi-iliim-nt f a sjM-cial fund for the 



more effectual diffusion of instruction in poor inu- 



ie working clas^-s. for im- 



proving the conditi rally, 



for the pur|Nsv of pvinp a further and an 

 getic impulse- t<> primary education. You will also 

 be called to legislate upon a reorganization of the 

 public depart in 



us acts of the Legislature, land 

 subsidies, subsequently converted into money suh- 



-. were granted to certain mil way e 

 and represent an aggregate amount of over $3,000,- 

 000, payable when these lands shall have U-en al- 

 lotted, sold. and paid; that is to say, after very 

 hcarr expense will have been incurred for surveys 

 andadmi: nunent. having been 



requested to carry this legislation into effect. 

 posed to the railway companies interested who 

 might be willing to accept the -ame to commute 

 'inis Miialler than those incii- 

 1 in the statutes, but payable immediately, <>r 

 as they become due. The "principle of thi- 

 rangement ha been accepted by the com pa 



vou will be called upon to consider a bill to 

 allow - of Mich commutation. 



Migration agents are making strenuous efforts 

 luoc our hardy and industrious population to 



nee in order to settle in coin 

 as far distant as Brazil To arrest this regrettable 

 movement, and t. further promote the settlement 

 .r wild lands, my (tovcrmncnt will submit a 

 measure to make a homestead of every lot 

 after conceded ly the C r wn.on certain 

 and to make such conditions easier than in the past. 

 The constant increase of the population, and. 

 le expends for the 



administration of justic.-. of ih,. insane, 



the providing of means of communication, and the 

 development of public instruction and agriculture 



ro and more imperative the readjustment 

 f the Federal suii-. ble under section us 



of the Uritish North Ann 



"I placed myself in communication with the 



al authorities in reference to the delimi' 

 of the northern boundaries of the l'ro\ii. 



ind 1 am happy t say that by an order . 



iency the (iovcnior (Jeneral in Council, dated 



the sth day of .Inly laM. the right fulness of our 



claim was admitted', and the territory claimed by 



my (fovernnieiit. <>r its i-ipiivalen: . nowl- 



i as forming part >f the Province . 

 The Legislature \\a- pr. 'r.;:ued .n .Ian. !'. 1 s !'?. 

 Among the bills passed were these: 



incorporate it,. , and Dabville Kail- 



way Company. 



:iietll the law respecting dellll 

 To repeal the law imposing duties < n transfers of 



property. 



. alii/.e the depart Hid; 

 I.V-peciing elementary schools. 

 To amend the law respecting pr. bale of wills. 



.iig the public debt and it- con\ erion. 



To amend the (Quebec election act 



To incorporate the North >l i-any. 



To incorporate the town of Montreal \\ 

 To incorporate the Municipal n of 



Montreal 



To incorporate the St. llya<-intlie City and (iran- 

 by Railway Company. 



To erect the Quebec Insane Asylum and its de- 

 pendencies into a separate municipality. 



To incorporate the Canada Stone Chinaware 

 Company. 



ncorporate the Coaticook Klectric Light and 

 Power Com; 



To abolish the continuation of community . 

 ing legal usufruct in certain COMB, and. for that 

 purpose, to amend art icl> 

 of the civil 



To prohibit indecent posters in public streets 

 and places. 



.did the - 



To amend the law respecting fi-h< 



amend the art ."i1 Victoria, chap, xxxiv. re- 

 specting benevolent and mutual Dela- 

 tion's and mutual insurance coinpai 



amend the law respecting asylums for the in- 

 sane. 



id the law respecting the protection of 

 settlers and the creation of h< mcMeads. 



To amend the license law. 



To encourage technical education. 



Respecting a grant to the Ursulines de Uobcrvul. 



