An Act to amend the Post Office Act. An Act to amend the Naturalization Act. An Act to amend the Boards of Trade Act. An Act respecting Juvenile Delinquents. An Act respecting the sale and marking of manufacturers of Gold and Silver, and Gold and Silver Plated Ware. An Act to incorporate the Alberta and British Columbia Railway Company. An Act respecting the Hamilton, Waterloo and Guelph Railway Company. An Act to amend the Customs Act. An Act to amend the Timber Marking Act. An Act respecting the payment of bounties on lead contained in lead-bearing ores mined in Canada. An Act respecting the Dominion Guarantee Company, Limited. An Act respecting the Lake Champlain and St. Lawrence Ship Canal Company. An Act to provide for the payment of bounties on Crude Petroleum. An Act respecting the salary of the Superintendent of Insurance. An Act to assist in maintaining an independent and efficient service of telegraphic news from Great Britain for publication in the Canadian press. An Act respecting the office of the Auditor General. An Act respecting a certain patent of William B. Smith. An Act for the relief of Arthur James Townsend. An Act respecting certain patents of the Metal Shingle and Siding Company, Limited. An Act to authorize the sale to the Grand Trunk Railway Company of Canada of a portion of Major's Hill Park, in the city of Ottawa, as a hotel site. An Act to restrain the use of tobacco by An Act to incorporate the Synod of the Diocese of Keewatin. An Act to amend the Inspection and Sale Act, as regards Grain. An Act to amend the Manitoba Grain Act. An Act to authorize the issue of Government Annuities for Old Age. An Act to amend the Railway Act as respects the constitution of the Board of Railway Commissioners. An Act to amend the Criminal Code and to repeal section 415 of the Railway Act. An Act to amend the Canada Shipping Act. An Act to authorize the sale or other disposal of certain ordnance lands in the cities of Toronto and Montreal. An Act respecting the National Battlefields at Quebec. An Act to amend the Canada Temperance Act. An Act to authorize a bounty to volunteers who served the Crown in South Africa. An Act respecting Proprietary or Patent Medicines. An Act to consolidate and amend the Acts respecting the public lands cf the Tominion. An Act to amend the Civil Service Act. An Act to prohibit the importation, manufacture and sale of opium for other than medicinal purposes. An Act respecting certain aid for the extension of the Canadian Northern Railway. the Edmonton-Yukon and Pacific Railway. An Act respecting aid for the extension of dies in aid of the construction of the lines of An Act to authorize the granting of subsirailway therein mentioned. An Act respecting the Quebec Bridge and Railway Company. An Act to amend the Dominion Elections Act. To these Bills the Royal Assent was pronounced by the Clerk of the Senate in the following words: 'In His Majesty's name the Deputy to His Excellency doth assent to these Bills.' Then the Honourable the Speaker of the House of Commons addressed His Honour the Deputy of His Excellency the Governor General as follows: May it please Your Honour: The Commons of Canada have voted certain Supplies required to enable the Government to defray the expenses of the Public Service. In the name of the Commons, I present to Your Honour a Bill intituled: An Act for granting to His Majesty certain financial year ending March 31, 1909. sums of money for the public service of the Then after the Clerk of the Crown in Chancery had read the Title of the Bill; To this Bill the Royal Assent was pronounced by the Clerk of the Senate, in the following words: In His Majesty's name His Honour the Deputy of His Excellency the Governor General thanks His Loyal Subjects, accepts their ber evolence, and assents to this Bill.' After which the Deputy of His Excellency the Governor General was pleased to close the Fourth Session of the Tenth Parliament of the Dominion of Canada with the following Speech: PROROGATION OF PARLIAMENT. Honourable Gentlemen of the Senate: Gentlemen of the House of Commons: The increasing demands for improved transportation facilities in a country so widely extended and so sparsely settled as this Dominion, warrants public aid in the construction of railways, and the experience of the past amply justifies the liberal subsidies in the Act that has been assented to. I am glad to be able to relieve you from further attendance on this long protracted session, and I thank you for the assiduity and The placing of the telegraph and telephone care you have given to the unusually large systems under the jurisdiction of the Railway number of important subjects that have been Commissioners will meet with the hearty apsubmitted for your consideration. It is, how-proval of all classes in the Dominion. The ever, satisfactory to note the many excellent measures that have been passed, and which it is hoped will prove beneficial to the people. of Canada. Among other Acts, attention may be called to the Manitoba Grain Act and the Grain Inspection Act which, while protecting the high standards of western grown grain from inferior mixtures, secures to the farmer the increased value attaching to those standards. rapidly increasing number of applications to the Board of Railway Commissioners involves the necessity for the appointment of additional members on the board. The extension of the time for the payment of a bounty on lead ores, and the enlargement of the conditions under which the bounty may be earned will, it is believed, stimulate the growth of an important industry in the province of British Columbia. In response to an advanced public opinion, The physical and mental degradation followappointments and promotions to the civil ser-ing from the too free use of opium have long vice will be made henceforth only after a com- been recognized, and efforts have been made in petitive examination in which those who excel all countries boasting of advanced civilization will receive the reward of merit; and, while to stamp out its use, except when prescribed the operations of the Act are limited to the for medicinal purposes. The increasing conservice at the seat of government its provi-sumption of this deleterious drug in Canada sions may later on be extended to the service throughout the Dominion. The Act revising and consolidating the laws and regulations affecting the disposition of the public lands will it is believed meet with the hearty approval of the western provinces more immediately interested. One of the principal features of the Act is the permission to take up a second homestead within a limited area, and also the right of a homesteader to acquire by purchase the adjoining quartersection. It is intended that the proceeds of these sales shall in the first place be set apart as a fund for the construction of a railway to Hudson bay. has prompted the adoption of the Act to restrain its use except when authorized by medical men. The issue of government annuities for old habits of thrift and economy, securing to the age will, it is confidently believed, encourage holder some provision for declining years. received much attention during the year, and The subject of immigration from Japan has it was deemed desirable to send one of my ministers to Japan to Majesty's ambassador at Tokio, and with the discuss with His Japanese authorities, the advisability, in view of the local conditions in this country, and The amendments to the Bank Act allowing, tion. other reasons, for restricting such immigraunder certain restrictions, an expansion in I am glad to know that a satisfactory the circulation of notes of the banks during sured that the terms of the agreement will arrangement has been effected, and I feel asthe period of the year while the crops are be-continue to be faithfully carried out. ing moved, will, it is considered, facilitate the quick transport of the products of the farm to the markets of the world. Important amendments have been made to the Act respecting elections which it is confidently believed will more effectively protect the rights of the voters and guard against the exercise of undue influence in electoral contests. The proposal to make a free grant of land as a bounty to the volunteers who rendered valuable service to the empire in the South African war will meet with hearty approval. The reduction of the duty on dropped letters in cities and certain towns, and the enlargement of the area within which the postage on certain classes of newspapers may be carried free, will I feel be much appreciated. from India having also become desirable, a to discuss the question with the this case also with results that promise to be authorities of the United Kingdom, and in entirely satisfactory. In both these cases it has been the desire of my government that while caring properly for the empire at large should also be regarded. the interests of the Dominion, the welfare of The Gold and Silver Marking Act will stimulate the manufacture of a superior quality metals, and at the same time will protect the of those articles composed of the precious public from fraudulent representations. The Act respecting juvenile delinquents will enable those societies that have for their object the reformafion of children living under the influence of criminal tendencies, to more efficiently accomplish their purpose, and thus save the innocent little ones from the evil influenecs of vicious environment. The amendments made to the Inland Revenue Act, whereby the discrimination against Canadian grown tobacco created by distinctive labels used in cigars and tobacco will no longer exist; it is confidently believed that those amendments to the Act will have the effect of improving and encouraging home grown The Act restraining the use of tobacco by tobacco and prove of great benefit to that por-young persons will, it is hoped, check a growtion of our agricultural population engaged ing habit that is seriously affecting the health in that industry. of many Canadian boys. When parliament opened in November last a serious financial depression prevailed throughout the adjoining republic the effect of which was far reaching, involving in a limited degree all those countries having business relations with the United States. The crisis in the money market that followed, coupled with the diminished value of the crops in the prairie provinces, seriously affected the yearly increasing prosperity which Canada had enjoyed during the preceding eight years. The present hopeful outlook for an unusually large crop of the cereals and other products of the soil, will, it is believed, mark the beginning of another long series of years of plenty and prosperity. It is very gratifying to observe the patriotic enthusiasm that has been aroused not only in all parts of the Dominion but throughout the empire, at the approaching celebration of the founding of the city of Quebec three hundred years ago by the heroic French navigator, Samuel de Champlain. To add to the glory of the occasion His Gracious Majesty the King has deputed His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales to represent him at the interesting pageants that will be presented in commemoration of the event. The presence also of representatives from France and the United States at the ceremonial will be hailed with intense pleasure by the people of Canada, and will be accepted as an evidence of friendship on the part of the citizens of those two great republics. Gentlemen of the House of Commons: I thank you for the liberal provision you have made for the public service. Honourable Gentlemen of the Senate: Gentlemen of the House of Commons: Let us earnestly hope that when we meet again the present bright prospects for a bountiful harvest in all parts of the Dominion will have been realized, prompting an additional to a kind Providence for the many blessings reason for expressing our heart-felt thanks we enjoy in this favoured land. The Speaker of the Senate then said: Honourable Gentlemen of the Senate: Gentlemen of the House of Commons: It is the will and pleasure of His Honour the Deputy of His Excellency the Governor General, that this parliament be prorogued until Tuesday, the twenty-first day of August next, to be here holden, and this parliament is accordingly prorogued until the twenty-first day of August next. INDEX PART I SENATORS The following abbreviations are used: 1st R., 2nd R., 3rd R., 1st, 2nd and 3rd Readings; *, without BAIRD, Hon. G. T. Adjournments: M., 405. Cannon Divorce 3. (RR): Int., 876; 2nd R.*, Pulp wood from Canada, The export of: BAKER, Hon. G. B. Church of England Missionary Society B. Accidents at Railway Crossings: M., 176. BEIQUE, Hon. F. L.-Con. Rules of the Senate: Amt. to M. (Mr. Davis) Senate Debates: M. to adopt report, 1323; BEITH, Hon. R. Campbellford, Lake Ontario and Western Canada Weather Insurance Co. B. (37): Int., Civil Service Act Amt. B. (189): on 2nd R., BELCOURT, Hon. N. A. Customs Act Amt. B. (194): on 2nd R., rem., Dominion Lumbering Co., B. (H): Int., 176; Georgian Bay Canal: on M. (Mr. Casgrain) Juvenile Delinquents B. (QQ): 1st R., M. 2nd Address, The: M. to adopt, 3. Georgian Bay Canal: on M. (Mr. Casgrain), Lake Champlain and St. Lawrence Ship Public Ownership of Public Utilities: rem., 661. Standing Rules of the Senate: on M. (Mr. Point of Order on Shuswap and Thompson BERNIER, Hon. T. A. River B. (49): rem., 1170. Procedure, A Question of: rem., 919. Contingent Accounts Committee: on report, Georgian Bay Canal: on M. (Mr. Casgrain), = BERNIER, Hon. T. A.-Con. Georgian Bay Canal route, Exploration of: Grand Trunk Pacific Site in Ottawa: inq., Hudson Bay, Construction of a Railway to: Standing Rules of the Senate: on M. (Mr. BOLDUC, Hon. J. Pulp wood from Canada, The export of: BOSTOCK, Hon. H. Ashcroft, Barkerville and Fort George Ry. Bank of Vancouver B. (32): Int., 501; 2nd Boundary Kamloops and Cariboo R. Co. B. Kamloops and Yellowhead Pass Ry. Co. B. Vancouver Island and Eastern Ry. Co. B. BOUCHERVILLE, Hon. C. E. de, C.M.G. Georgian Bay Canal: on M. (Mr. Casgrain), Juvenile Delinquents B. (QQ): in Com., rem., Juvenile Offenders, An Institution for: on Address, The: on M. (Mr. Belcourt) to adopt, Adjournments: on M. (Mr. Perley), rem., Alberta and B. C. Ry. Co. B. (DDD): Int., BOWELL, Hon. Sir M., K.C.M.G.-Con. Business of Parliament: on M. (Mr. Mc- Canadian Cattle, British Embargo on: rem., Civil Service Commission: inq., 714. Committee of Selection: on M. (Mr. Scott), Contingent Accounts Committee: on report, Customs Act Amt. B. (194): on 2nd R., rem., French Convention B. (57): in Com., rem., French Treaty: inq., 82, 1339. Fur Seal Fisheries: rem., 365. Japanese in B.C., Arrest of: inq., 367. Marking of Gold and Silver Plated Ware B. Parliament, Supplying information to: rem., Point of Order on inq. by Mr. Landry: rem., Printing of Parliament: on M. to adopt re- Privilege, Questions of: rem., 124, 125, 362. Public Bills in Senate, Introduction of: rem., Public Lands B. (181): on 2nd R., rem., 1627; Quebec, Lieutenant Governorship of: rem., Reports to the Senate, Delay in submitting: Rules of the Senate: rem., 317. Senate Debates: on report, rem., 1324. |