CANADA, DOMINION OP. 



following British colonies and possessions arc en- 

 titled to the benefits of the preferential tariff, viz., 

 British India, Ceylon, Straits Settlements, New 

 South Wales. 



Unless these regulations be complied with in 

 every respect, the articles will be subject to payment 

 of the general tariff rates of duty upon importations 

 into Canada. 



Sir Wilfrid Laurier, the Premier, in one of the 

 must eloquent speeches ever made in the House of 

 Commons, submitted the following resolution re- 

 garding the death of Mr. Gladstone: 



Resolved, That the House of Commons of Can- 

 ada desire to record their profound sense of the 

 loss the empire has sustained in the death of the 

 Right Hon. William Ewart Gladstone. For a period 

 of more than half a century Mr. Gladstone has been 

 one of the most conspicuous figures in the Parlia- 

 ment of Great Britain. Four times Premier for the 

 United Kingdom, his tenure of office was distin- 

 guished by the inauguration of sound fiscal and 

 political reforms, of the greatest and most far- 

 reaching character, and he passes away full of years 

 and honor, among a nation's tears, the most illus- 

 trious man of his generation. The people of the 

 empire are his mourners, and the House of Com- 

 mons of Canada lays reverently on his bier this 

 tribute in testimony of the respect and affection 

 with which they regard the great statesman who 

 lias departed." 



The motion was seconded in a short speech by 

 Sir Charles Tapper, and was passed unanimously. 



The franchise bill, by which it was proposed to 

 make the Dominion or Federal franchise similar in 

 each province to that of the local provincial fran- 

 chise, was vigorously opposed by the Conservatives, 

 mainly on the ground that it would complicate an 

 already complex matter and would place the prac- 

 tical control of the Federal franchise in the hands 

 of the provincial legislatures. The measure passed 

 by a party vote, and, after long discussion in the 

 Senate, where there is a Conservative majority, 

 finally passed there also. So with the bill for a 

 plebiscite or national ballot on the question of 

 prohibition. On June 13 the House adjourned after 

 the Governor General had formally assented, in 

 behalf of the Queen, to a large number of bills, of 

 which the following were the most important: 



Respecting the Lake Erie and Detroit River Rail- 

 way Company. 



Respecting the Hudson's Bay and Pacific Railway 

 Company. 



Respecting the Ontario and Rainy River Railway 

 Company. 



To incorporate the Victoria-Montreal Fire Insur- 

 ance Company. 



Respecting the Columbia and Western Railway 

 Company. 



Respecting the British Columbia Southern Rail- 

 way Company. 



Respecting the Queenston Heights Bridge Com- 

 pany. 



Respecting the Canadian Pacific Railway Com- 

 pany. 



Respecting the Calgary and Edmonton Railway 

 Company. 



Respecting the inspection of steamboats and ex- 

 amination and licensing of engineers employed on 

 them. 



Respecting the Edmonton District Railway Com- 

 pany. 



To incorporate the Cowiehan Valley Railway 

 Company. 



Respecting the Brandon and Southwestern Rail- 

 way Company. 



( To incorporate the Miles Canon and Lewes River 

 Tramway Company. 



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Respecting the Hamilton and Luke Eric Power 

 Company. 



To incorporate the Klondike and Peace River 

 Gold-Mining Land and Transportation Company 

 (Limited). 



To incorporate the Central Canada Loan and 

 Savings Company. 



To incorporate the Montreal and James Bay 

 Railway Company. 



Respecting the Lake Manitoba Railway and Canal 

 Company. 



To incorporate the Miles Cafion and W r hite Horse 

 Tramway Company. 



Respecting the Ottawa and New York Railway 

 Company. 



To incorporate the London and Lake Huron 

 Railway Company. 



Respecting the Vancouver, Victoria and Eastern 

 Railway and Navigation Company. 



Respecting the Canada Atlantic Railway Com- 

 pany. 



To incorporate the Timagami Railway Company. 



To incorporate the Canada Atlantic Transit 

 Company. 



To incorporate the Canadian Mining Institute. 



Respecting the Nakusp and Slocan Railway Com- 

 pany. 



Respecting the Kingston and Pembroke Railway 

 Company. 



To incorporate the Windsor and Detroit Union 

 Bridge Company. 



Respecting the harbor of the city of St. John, 

 New Brunswick. 



To amend the act respecting the protection of 

 navigable waters. 



To incorporate the British American Light acd 

 Power Company. 



Respecting the Montreal American Light and 

 Power Company. 



To incorporate the Klondike and Dawson City 

 Bank. 



To incorporate the Toronto and Hudson Bay 

 Railway Company. 



Further to amend the militia act. 



To incorporate the subsidiary high court of the 

 Ancient Order of Foresters. 



To provide for the government of the Yukon 

 district. 



To incorporate the Dawson City and Victoria Tele- 

 graph Company (Limited). 



To amend the Indian act. 



To amend the acts respecting the Northwest Ter- 

 ritories. 



To incorporate the Lake Bennett and Klondike 

 Railway and Tramway Company. 



To amend the Dominion lands act. 



To amend the post-office act. 



Respecting the identification of criminals. 



To amend chapter xi of the Statutes of 1897, en- 

 titled "An Act to restrict the importation and em- 

 ployment of aliens." 



To authorize certain contracts with steamship 

 companies for cold-storage accommodation. 



Respecting the Saskatchewan Railway and Min- 

 ing Company. 



Respecting the Intercolonial Radial Railway 

 Company. 



Respecting the transport contract between her 

 Majesty and the Winnipeg Great Northern Railway 

 Company. 



To amend the act to provide for bounties on iron 

 and steel made in Canada. 



To provide for abolition of the civil-service 

 superannuation act, and for the retirement of 

 members of the civil service. 



To incorporate the Dawson City Electric Lighting 

 and Tramway Company (Limited). 



