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' at the meet; Fae Aibitrators in Aug n whe meeting of the Arbitrators on | -- d Octob:,u;i :f tae :Ardl | Wednenday, the 27th Ootober, Mr. Casault | ' t== & . Ahitchie were present ; but Mr. | E Report Of Hae Treasurer on tht m""'"g:' Caeault said he was not in a position to pro-- | the «rbitrators held at O%}*WA 0n the |) ceed, as he was without instructions and un-- | 31s¢ of August, and the Ist and 2ud of prepared. l september, 1869, &f It was . urged on b?lhallfd %f Ontario tsl:;t j © 'J F honour to repor some decismive order shou e made by the l for th}feufigf,::iziegn l::fs fil:; Excellency that || Arbitrators, or there would be no hope of # on behalf of the Province of Ontario, he did, || making any progress with the Reference; | on the 31st of August and the 1st and 2nd of ! avnd, after a lengthy discussion, the Arbitra-- | September, 1869, attend a meeting of the || tors made an entry in their .mmutes § | Provincial Arbitrators convened unrder the || to _ the purport that Ontario was British American Act at Ottawa. | ready to proceed with the arbitration, | M _ but, in consequence of Quebec not being pro-- The Arbitrators met at about 12 o'clock, pared, an adjournment to some future day coon, on Tuesday, the 3ist of August _ Hon was unavoidable, The Arbitrators stated, Mr. Rose, Minister of Finance, and the however, ilat at the next meeting they Auditor--General were present, to give any should proceed, and effectually to do away information or offer any °'Pll§°"'°° that | with all future excuses and pleas for delay, might be required. The Treasurer °f |-- made the following order :-- en Quebec and _ , Messis. Casauls . and **The counsel for the Provinces of Quehec Ritchie, as bis coursel, appeared on ana Ontario shall prepare and priat their bebalf of Quebec,. After organizing, the wak l?v"w 's e: pr'x.dp Shall~ commnditats | Arbitrators entered upon an informal discus-- the!x:ct; tehe ?rbiéra:ors and to each other for rion with the pattxcs_'pre:seut as to the man-- | such observations in response as they may . cer in which the arbitration should proceed, a o id f +; f eem necessary, (together with an authori-- | srd then adjourced until Thursday, the 2ad tative declaration by the Governments of | September, in order that they might have Quebec and Ontarioyrespectively of their time to read and consider the various doc:"" agreement with the Dominion Government ments laid before them relating to the sub-- [| in tnomatter of the amount of the debt of ject matter of the arbitration, the Province of Canada) on or before the 15th The Arbitrators again met on Thursdaiy, January next, The Arbitrators may order 1 the 2nd September, and it appearing that the either mero motu, or, upon the suggestion of e' Treasurer of Queb:c was not ready to pro-- the counsel, an oral argument upon such M ceed, by reason of his not having obtained I poicts as they may deem necessary. ! information which, aé he allegeci, he u;quired " Orrawa, 27th October, 1869." ) Dominion Government in reference s , , i {uf};eti:eets and other matters and things || _ After which the Arbitrators adjourned to e'.: e 7 meet at Ottawa on the lst day of the next 1 which, be contended, were the subjects of i (nf of the Parli 5 of Candad A arbitration ; aud the counsel for the Treasurer | | ® Geting 0 t PFSrI&IONn® Of UCANIAGR: p having gone home, the Arbitrators, after || _ All of which is respectfully submitted. i hearing discussion for and against it, ad-- | | (Signed) || journed to meet again on tre 23d September. E. B. WOOD. | The undersigned next offered all the op-- T: casury Depurtmer.'t, Toronto, } | prsition he could to the adjournment, remind-- Nov. 1, 1869. ( A ing the Treasurer of Quebec that it was To the Hon. the Provincial Secretary. | understood at Montreal that at this meeting | | ie tw nrom e iniinnmmrmomiinmnere the sitting of the arbitration was to be con-- , f tinued either by himself or some one acting + for bim uatil it should be closed, and urging | \ upon him, as well as upon the Arbitrators, ! . | the pressing necersity for as speedily as pos-- f || sible dete:mining all matters submitted to | them, j The Arbitrators thought that, a« both ; | parties did not appear to be prepa.red | '| to proceed, it would be a waste of time | to longer continue the sitting, . Hence the adjournment. The Treasurer of Quebec undertook to lay before the Arbitrators at the adjourred meeting, a statement in writing of the various assets and other mat-- | ters and things which, in his opinion, formed | the subjects for consideration and determina-- | ]| tion by the Arbitrators, It was arranged that Mr. Langton should | make up for the Arbitrators and the Treas-- | urers of the Provinces a statement of the | assets to be divided, with such explanatory | remarks as might assist them in forming a | correct opinion as to the value of each asset, | accompanying the same with a table shewing | the annual income derived from each asset | for 4} years immediately preceding Confeder-- | ation, and the average annual per contum of | such income for the 44 years, ; f All of which is respectfully submitted. | (Signed) E, B. WUOOD. | To the Hon, the Provincial Secretary, | _ Toronto, 5th Sept., 1869. l Report of the Treasurer of Ontario of the o proceedings of the Provincial Arbitra-- tion, at its sitting on the 23rd, 25th, . 26th and 27th October, 1869. ' The undersigned has the honor to report, [\ | for the information of is Excellency, that | the Provincial Arbitrators postponed the ad-- | journed meeting, from time to time, until the | 23rd October, On that day a session was | held, the Treasurer of Quebec, with his coun-- se!, Mr. Ritchie, appearing on behalf of the Province of Quebec, and the Hon. J. Hilliard Cameron and the undersigned on the behalf of the Province of Ontario. In the interval between the adjournment, spoken of in my former report, and this meeting, the auditor, Mr. Lang-- ton, _ bad _ furnished the _ Arbitra-- tors and the Treasurers with & statement of assets, and the average annual per centum on the capital of each asset for 41 iears, a'so referred to in my former re-- Por After discussion, it was agreed on all bands, that the debt of the late Province of anada was ascertained with sufficient def-- hiteness to enable the Arbitrators to proceed fith, and conclude the arbitration. The reasurer of Quebec, however, was not ready with the statement which, at the last meeting, he had promised to lay before the Arbitrators at this meeting, but stated he would be ready on the following Monday to Iay it before the Arbitrators. He farther stated that Mr, Casault,the senior counsel re-- Brined by his Province, was not present, and |Be did not feel justified in proceeding in his ence; that he would telegraph to him come to Ottawa without dels i _ that he thought he wouY(i there by Monday afternoon,. Mr. meron and the undersigned stated that tario was fully prepareg to proceed and retted much that after all the delay that i taken place, Quebec should still be un-- Epared to go on, After some considerable ormal discussion on various questions ia ved in the Reference, the Arbitrators ad-- irned until Monday morning following. On Monday, the 25th October, the Arbi-- ators again met, when the Treasurer of | ebec stated to the Arbitrators that he had | igned, and, therefore, was not in a posi-- n to take any further part in the arbitra-- in ; that Mr. Richie was the junior Coun-- | ard declined to act in the absence of Mr, | ult, the senior Counusel, and as a cons¢: | ence, nothing could i1 the rival of Mr. Casault. be done "untit The Arbitrators | they adjourned unti BBL AY » e Arbitrators aga; he October, but n%thni:;et&t: Efifi:"'fi' gdr. ault hld not yet Arrived Tho,y .ggin umed till \Nedneadgy. "