SPEECH 



OK THI'J 



HON. LOUIS BEAUBIEN 



COMMISSIONER OF AGRICl'LTURK AND COLONISATION 



DELIVEUKI) IN THE IJXJISLATIV'E ASSEMHI.Y 



2GTH DECEIVIBER, 18G3. 



Mr. t^PEAKER : Sir, 



It is with great pleasure that I opjii this debate on the agricultural 

 policy of the administration. I especially request the members for the 

 rural counties to take a full share in this discussion, for they, more 

 than others, can aid me in finding means to bring to perfection what 

 has been already done, and to inaugurate that which is to be pro- 

 posed. 



I will not at present pause over all the items of the agricultural and 

 colonisation budget ; I reserve myself for giving on each item, when 

 it sliall be brought forward, all the details that can be desired. 



Soliciting the support and co-operation of the members of this 

 House and of all who are interested in farming, and in the develop- 

 ment of the province, by colonisation, I will state what measures I 

 propose to bring forward for the present. This programme may be 

 briefly set forth as follows : — For agriculture : To fill our agricultural 

 schools with pupils ; to establish at once a creamery or cheesery in 

 every parish in which none exists at present. For colonisation : To 



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