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T----_'--W__--_. T9 9P e 'TWP' PT " ow -- 'WW M eX P huie C 3 T P 2 To * f | $ e . Lk d ; irt r | | hgrnour, and the observance of the strictest i ' sSUPPLY. #4s s m s & | hles of political morality,it was a mu}ter of | The House went into Comumiitee of Sup-- great regret that the hon. member did not | ply. cepudiate-- edly bound, as | : , F repudiate--as he was "']d""l'é" Y hont | On the item of expenditure on account of ' | a member of the House and a P'i')mm'" Crown Lands, $89,000, publi repudiate--the lotter to on public man, to rep Mr, PARDEE stated i A v 4 it, 1Z & c i " which he bad referred. That hon. members | on abred lox"th?s' o :lq'lstqf)lxgo(;'lll*l)rornm. s A h *a/ | 1 qSaC 1 C 4 3 might not misunderstand the full effect of fas Yolcd Iast Y year was ©2,600 less than the leiter he would read it to the House :-- was voied last year, This was owing to less X;\l } A 1 ¥ t 4 ® * + h 5L > ' i " being required for surveys than was the case rivale.] ast vear Ciftec mshbi mara enmr Toroxto, Dec. 18, 1975. ' i"' t ye :" .ll"t".'" L'(l'""i\}llps were surveyed My Puag (iraxr,--I write you with the approval | "'4{_." l's IC'.-s 1 6 l,n hC uron and Ottawa of G. Stephen in regard to the . Bays. It is known | t 'll:lil'!'), aud seven on the shores of Lake | | that Mackenzie has abandoned all oi idiyre :fl:w Superior and Lake Huron--and about the | ! ever had any, which I doubt--of purchasing the la miA nber w« t CILEE AAF m tn 3A ' ' Company's lands in the North--west. _ Entre nows, I ':"_""'L' 'Illll'.ll C l ". uld .b'v surveyed this year, | suspect that he was put up to announce the fact of The whole district ])'mg between the CGeor-- | such negotiation by the Montreal \\1.4-1'1*.{0.';!, m('ludll',lm ' j_;i:l!l "il)' and the Ottawa River would ulti. | ex--Governer Smith, in order to put up shares. 'The nataly hnuva y mm t is | ruse had the de u!'fl,l effect, but now the denoxwement | mal I.' have to be b.lll\(., ed, approaches, for when Parliament lllc'-'ldl"'lfiu""" iry | _ Mr, LA UDER said there was no objection Mackenzio will have to confess that the Dominion [ in eranting anay 'Far eureate | Government will not purchase,. Moreover, fars I (" h""'J'"-;' )J""l'_\ for surveys, but he ' | are dull and almost unsaleable; they are now | thought they would be useless unless thg | chcaper in Montreal than {'nr .\'i:u-s. ){ouq\}'\.ll be | districts surveyed were settled. He pointcd alle to say how they stand in Emgland. Stephen ay R < * up . Hake U says they are a drug thero also, and that if the usual t"'%' that the % ].'U"' member for Mus-- dividend is paid it will not bo out of this year's koka _ (Mr. § {vhllcl') was A dealer profits. He admits the shares 0':6;"'- "013 to 'l'" above in timber limirs, and he considered that par, viz., 17. He and the Montreal people who were hat / omised his nosition as s irlle *bails," are vow all * bears." This you may rely on. thi s comproinised his position as a member I intend to get some article in the papers here on the i the House,. land question, and to refer to it in our Local House U p a sTtau m A Aiz when we ,_..,m:. to discuss the railway question. I 'fh . MILLER |4)\.1I.l ved fl'hlt.flny]m l) had will send you these papers, and you can, no doubt, a right to purchase timber limits,. Members get paragraphs copied into the :uub'lish lw't'l'f"-nlu}'_ # of this House, as well as of the old Parlia-- know I always contended for all, if | intatOanaida nad tremus rripa Ts Sis $59, f the truth could be got before the public. | m 1..101(,.11.mlallx';fl frequently dealt in timber Let us make & "big push" and recover limits, As a matter of fact, he had never in-- ?ur ]\:S'I:'PS, As lan c:.rn?stt oll' S.t(fl'!il'}l'flt FO";t} dividually owned afoot oftimberlimits ; some aith may teli you that he has just sol« « to Himtthe) Hs akpp ic narim s i. 300, of which he gives me one--half profit,and will him timber limits had been returned in his solf stand the loss, if any ; but this is too small a | name, though actually owned by the Parry "go," and 'I want you t(; join in ttlw lnto\'cmcnt\'uml I f Sound Lumber Company, a joint stock com-- give me a chance to reduce that mortgage. Now, | nmwar w# tA 5 SE G charolnlslas { like a sensible and just man, turn this matter over ; pany of which he was a sharcholder, and tell me what you think and what I can flo to Mr. GIBSON thought the member for East [ | help the fall. I will have a question put to Macken-- ; Grey should be the last man to talk al} | | zie as soon as the House opens, and the answer I am srey snomd be the last man to taik about j | sure will be conclusive as to the Government buying the Independence of Parliament Act, when | H. B. lands, 1 will also try to get the Times corce-- he was the only member of the, House for spondent here, whom I know, to allude to the matter rhose special benefit : Iittle clause was in.| in his next letter. I will,during the next week,enclose whose special nenent A JItlie ciause Was in-- | you anything that appears in Canadian papers sertcd in that Act., (HMear, hear.) | bearing on the question. I am afraid if you wait ts COLVDMY salit Hlunia «ts nemaT] T till the public hear that the Canadian Goverament Mr. SCOTT said there was no parallel be-- i have abandoned the idea of purchase, you will be too tween the two cases, 1e thought the state. |} | late to make £3 or £4 per share. All my informa-- + |ments made by the hon. member for Mus. tion from North--west confirms my view thas the fur | a. and tlhe positi itc occhn} ' traders compel the H. B. Company to pay the highest | 1'*"'1\";. anC t'"" position he occupied as the price for their furs, and their general local trade in ]vl:h('l]':ll stockholder in a company dealing # goods is not profitable, Ruuning stcamboats is a largely in timber limits, would justify the ! costly operation,. A o a aag dularin«. 45 If 41 | y Attorney--General considering it, if the In-- | Vory truly yours, lependence of Parliament Act was not to b | (Signed) War Macnoveanr. "'."' 'l' | ',;, iss Crap "het sSot es SV V SC NC | | The on wmember might use outside such | & ucatl IELOCT . | means as ue might consider fair or proper ! Mr., FRASER thought it was hardly ap-! . | to recover his losses, but when, as he stated | propriate for those who should, above all | in this letter, he would get an article | others this afternoon have let sleeping dog l | in the papers, and then refer to it in this lic, to make the references to the hon. meim-- [ | House in order to make a * big push" to ber for Muskoka which had been made, and | recover his personal losses, he (Mr, Hod-- the hon. member for East Grey, \\'hcu: |;C; gins) thought it was the duty of this House, was made the mouthpiece of somebody < Ise, | as he certainly felt it to be his duty, to say | should be very carc{ul in his statements. | * :'l.at it was notl proper for, nor within the | After a few remarks by Mr, Dawson, | duty of, any public ma use his positi nn inas ® ill'nA this 'fl(){:il' fu;' ;J ::xpu:)sl";»fhill\np(xj:)l\tilmt I Mr. LA UDER hoped the Commissioner of 1 & 10 pose InC s y apap s s f rimegy dovagrandin War M SCME | Public Works would formulate his insinua. any investment be had made in private we t arge lar speculation, . (Hear, hear.) tions into a charge, Me declared that if he I uy Aou Meete it +) did not do so, he (Mr. Lauder) would refer Mr, MACDOUGALL said he could not| | to the matter when the Speaker was in the repudiate the letter because he wrote it and chair s + 4 € * he still stood by it. But the hon. member The item was then passed would search the records in vain to find that e oc ie ce vasseii. s | he had used his public position to promote On the item of Land Improvement Fund, | his private advantage; be had never done $16,741, under the heading of Refund Ac-- * l so. At the time these letters were writien count, | he believed it to be his duty to do whateyer Mr. MEREDITII asked why twenty per he could to prevent a huge swindle being cent. commission -- was -- chargzed on the I'L"'l"'tm't"_l on the English people, They amount paid over to the Municipal Fund were not always careful, as a matter of fact, and only six per cent. on the Land Im-- to separate their actions in this House with provement Fund ? regard to Bills and measures from their own Mr, WOOD said that in this matter he l'"\'i"t'l'l'lt'rl'c-\!i Hadnot many of themintro-- followed the precedent established by his duced Bills affecting their private advantage, predecessors in office. and the hon. member among others? Mr. SCOTT drew attention to the ite l Nr. HODGINS--I flatly deny that, of School Lands sale. a y + A My TDEBRB said that Qucber was en Mr. MACDOUGALL said the hon. gentle-- s mss durme in fhak esns ony ols 5 14 tn a ahs in these lands n would man would perhaps have an opportunrity of :"l";[, :,"t'l ?'Hll:d; ,l birslei ifaC0. SBHC MEWL discussing that question at another time. hrs on i :lll" aat UbA ts aenanax He _rt'in-:b.lf'l,l that he had never used his NEY, | MA W AL SAH U the award nau public position for the promotion of his pri-- ncver. OCEH .1 hk * ' * s | Yvate interests, vas extremely doubtfal if Qh : were en« | 1 » > + | titled to any of the school lands, none he TUIRD READINGS. i on lesapionn --1 io tllant. j & k % se money reaiizod d ( . t : 1 "l he _h-ll«)wmg Bills were read a third was Advisable thainow i porti C time and passed :-- * venue falling to O1 o for the . (p j y e « « i r3 4 ll _1.). 1n:-(u'»'m_.1te the (Gcorgian Bay and honld ded to the «¢ a | W cllmgtnul..uhmy(,'«,,ulpuuy.--.\lr. Munter, ol the liovince, | To i morate § 7 s f A y j | | 1()...:(-():1»4;1..tx. the 'h.mchu Valley Rail-- ter 1e i | | way Company,.--Mr. Sinclair, was carricd, | | '1'0. enable ].?'.'uur Brock Burwell to sell On the item for 8 } | c',nrl:un lands in Westminter,-- Nr. Mc-- Mr. DAWSON said that the present sys-- | | Craney,