THE CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILROAD.
[The Times.!
Canadian advices state the terms agreed upon for the admission of British Columbia to union with Canada, and which have been embodied in a series of resolutions by Sir George E. Cartier, as the basis of an address to be presented to tha Queen. Under this arrangement Canada is to be liable for the existing debts of British Columbia : but as these debts are not equal in proportion to the debts of the other provinces of the Dominion, an annual payment is to be made to British Columbia to adjust the difference. An allowance is also to be made to British Columbia for the support of its Government and Legislature, and the Dominion is likewise to provide a mail service between Victoria and San Francisco and Victoria and Olympia. The charges of the various public services are at the same time to be adopted, and suitable pensions are to be secured to officials whose position may be affected. The existing Custom and Excise Duties of British Columbia are to remain in force until the province shall be connected with Canada by railway, unless the Legislature should meanwhile decide to come under the Canadian tariff. The province is to be represented in the Dominion by three members in the Senate and six in the Lower House. With regard to railway commuuication, the clauses are highly important. The Government of the Dominion are, within two years from the date of the Union, to com mence the construction of a railway to connect tho seaboard of British Columbia with the railway system of Canada, the work being commenced simultaneously on the Pacific and on the Canadian side, the Province ceding for the purpose a similar extent of public lands along the line through its entire length in British Columbia, not exceeding 20 miles on each side, as may be appropriated for the same purpose by the Dominion Government in the North West territories and the Province of Manitoba. The Dominion is also to give a guarantee of five per cent on £100,000 lor ten years for the construction of a first- class graving dock at Esquimalt.
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Wellington Independent, Volume XXVI, Issue 3251, 14 July 1871, Page 3
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THE CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILROAD.
Wellington Independent, Volume XXVI, Issue 3251, 14 July 1871, Page 3
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