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3. That between November ist and end of 

 February each year, these sums should be doubled. 



4. Exceptions might be permitted in case of 

 males already hired, and going to employment on 

 farms, females to domestic service, or persons about 

 to join relatives. 



5. The regulations did not apply to Asiatics, who 

 were required to possess £40 each, except in the case 

 of emigrants from countries with which Canada might 

 have special treaties. 



These provisions caused considerable discussion 

 in the Dominion Parliament, The reason for them 

 was stated by the Minister of the Interior on 

 January 19th as follows : — 



" When the Act of 1906 was introduced it was 

 framed with a view of dealing with emigrants from 

 over seas. Although it applied to emigrants from 

 across the line, it was especially framed to meet 

 the other conditions. Now it has become necessary 

 to make similar provisions for the exclusion of un- 

 desirables along the 3000 miles of frontier between 

 Canada and the United States, that we formerly had 

 carried out at the ocean ports. And as the Act was 

 drawn with a view to applying at the ocean ports, 

 it is necessary that it should be amended in its 

 definitions and operations so as to clearly and 

 definitely provide for the exclusion of undesirables 

 who arrive in Canada by rail or by road. There has 

 also arisen since the passage of the Act of 1906, the 



