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CABINET FORMED JULY 13, 1896	.
President of the Privy Council (Premier)	Rt. Hon. Sir Wilfrid Laurier, P. C., G. C. M. G.,
K.C., D.C.L. (Oxon.)
Minister of Trade and Commerce	Rt. Hon. Sir Richard J. Cartwright, G.C.M.G.
Secretary of State	Hon. R. W. Scott, K.C., LL.D.
Minister of Militia and Defence	Hon. Sir F. W. Borden, K.C.M.G., B.A., M.D.
Postmaster General	Hon. SirWM. Mulock, K.C.M.G.,K.C.,M. A.,LL.D
Minister of Agriculture	Hon. Sydney Fisher, B. A.
Acting Minister of Railways and Canals	 | TT	0 ^
Hon.  W. S.@: yielding.
Minister of Jb inance	J
Minister of the Interior	Hon. Clifford Sifton, B. A., K.C.
Minister of Customs	Hon. Wm. Paterson.
Minister of Public Works	Hon. James Sutherland.
Minister of Inland Revenue	 Hon. M. E. Bernier.
Minister of Justice	Hon. C. Fitzpatrick, B.A., K.C.
Minister of Marine and Fisheries	Hon. Raymond Prefontaine, B.C.L.
Without Portfolio	 Hon. W. Templeman.
Minister of Railways and Canals	(Vacant).
(Not in the Cabinet.)
Solicitor General	Hon. Henry George Carroll, LL.B.
Clerk of the Privy Council


John J.: McGee.



OFFICERS OF THE HOUSE OF COMMONS.

Hon.   L@: Peter Macdonald, M. P


Mr.  T. B.@: Flint


Mr.  J. B. R.@: Laplante	
Lieut.-Col. Henry Robert Smith
. Speaker.
Deputy Speaker. .Clerk of the House. Assistant to the Clerk. . Serjeant-at-Arms.



OFFICIAL REPORTERS.

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Albert Horton	
Stephen Abbott	'
E. Joseph Duggan__
J. O. Marceau
Thos. P.: Owens....
Alphonse Desjardins.
A. C. Campbell...
George Simpson...
R. C. Dunbar	 '


Chas.   W.@: Boyce
Chief Reporter.
. .Reporters.
Assistant to Chief Reporter.



ALPHABETICAL LIST OF THE MEMBERS OF THE HOUSE OF COMMONS

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Third Session, Ninth Parliament
Alcorn, George Oscar-Prince Edward.
Angers, Charles-Charlevoix.
Arohambault, Joseph Eloi-Berthier.
Avery, Melzar-Addington.
Ball, Georges-Nieolet.
Barker, Samuel-Hamilton.
Bazinet, Charles-Joliette.
Beith, Robert-Durham, W.R.
Boland, Henri S£v£rin-Beauce.
Bklcourt, Napoleon A.-Ottawa.
Bell, Adam Carr-Pictou.
Bennett, William H.-Simcoe, E.R.
Bernier, Hon. Michel E.-St. Hyacinthe. Bickerdike, Robert-Montreal, St. Lawrence. Birkett, Thomas-Ottawa.
Blain, Richard-Peel.
Blair, Hon. Andrew George-St. John (City). #Borden, Hon. Sir Frederick W., K.C.M.G. King's, N.S.
Borden, Robert L.-Halifax.
Bocrassa, Henri-Labelle.
Bourbonnais, Augustin-Soulanges.
Boyd, Nathaniel-Macdonald.
Brock, William Rees-Toronto Centre.
Broder, Andrew-Dundas.
Brodeur, Hon. Louis Philippe-Rouville.
Brown, James P.- Chateauguay.
Bruce, Frank C.-Hamilton.
Bruneau, Arthur Aoif:-Richelieu.
Bureau, Jacques-Three Rivers and St. Maurice.
Calvert, William Samuel-Middlesex, W.R. Calvin, Hiram A.-Frontenac.
Campbell, Archibald-York, Ont., W.R. Carbonneau, On ekiphoke-1,'Islet.
Cargill, Henry-Bruce, E. R.
Carroll, Hon. Henry G.-Kamouraska. Carscallen, Alexander W.-Hastings, N. R. Cartwright, Rt. Hon,. Sir Richard, G.C.M.G. Oxford, S.R.
Casgrain, Thomas Chase-Montmorency. Champagne, Louis N.-Wright.
Charlton, John-Norfolk, N.R.
Christie, Thomas-Argenteuil.
Clancy, James-Bothwell.
Clare, George A.-Waterloo, S.R.
Clarke, Edward Frederick-Toronto, West. Cochrane, Edward-Northumberland, Ont., E.R. Copp, Albert J. S.-Digby.
Costigan, Hon. John-Victoria, N.B.
Cowan, Mahlon K.-Essex, S.R.
Culbert, J'OHN-Brockville.
Davis, Thomas Osborne-Saskatchewan.
Delisle, Michel Simeon-Portneuf.
Demers, Louis Julien-Levis.
Demers, L. Philippe-St. John and Iberville. Desjardins, Samuel-Terrebonne.
Douglas, James M.-Assiniboia, East.
Dugas, Francois O.-Montcalm.
Dyment, Albert Edward-Algoma.
Earle, Thomas-Victoria, B.C.
Emmerson, Henry R.-Westmoreland.
Erb, Dilman Kinsey-Perth, S.R,	.
Ethier, Joseph Arthur C.-Two Mountains.
Earquharson, Donald-Queen's West, P.E.I. Fielding, Hon. William STEVENS-Shelburne and Queen's (N.S.)
Fisher, Hon. Sydney Arthur-Brome. Fitzpatrick, Hon. Charles-Quebec County. Fortier, Edmond-Lotbini&re.
Fowler, George W.-King's, N.B.
Fraser, Duncan C.-Guysborough.
Gallery, Daniel, Montreal, St. Anne.
Galliher, William Alfred-Yale and Cariboo. Ganong, Gilbert W.- Charlotte.
Gauvreau. Charles Arthur-Temiscouata. Geoffrion, Victor-Chambly and Vereheres. German, William Manly-Welland.
Gibson, Alexander, Jr.-York, N.B.
Gilmour, James-Middlesex, E.R.
Girard, Joseph-Chicoutimi and Saguenay. Gould, Isaac J.-Ontario, W.R.
Gocrley, Seymour E.-Colchester.
Grant, George D.-Ontario, N. Riding.
Guthrie, Hugh-Wellington, S.R.

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Hackett, Edward-Prince West, P.E.I.
Haggart, Hon. John Graham-Lanark, S.R. Hale, Frederick H.-Oarleton, N.B.
Halliday, James-Bruce, N.B.
Habty, William-Kingston.
Harwood, Henry S.-Vauclreuil.
Henderson, David-Halton.
Heyd, Charles Bernhard-Brant, S.R.
Holmes, Robert-Huron, W.R.
Hughes, James J.-King's, P.E.I.
Hughes, Samuel-Victoria, Ont., N.R.
Hyman, Charles S.-London.
Ingram, Andrew B.-Elgin, E.R.
Johnston, Alexander-Cape Breton.
Johnston, Robert-Cardwell.
Johnston, Thomas George-Lambton, W.R.
Kaulbach, Charles E.-Lunenburg.
Kemp, Albert E.-Toronto, East.
Kendall, Arthur S.- Cape Breton.
Kendrey, James-Peterborough, W.R.
Kidd, Edward-Carleton, Ont.
Lancaster, Edward A.-Lincoln and Niagara. Lang, John-Peterborough, E.R.
LaRivi£re, Alphonse A. C.-Provencher.
Laurier, R. Charlemagne-L'Assomption. Lauhier, Rt. Hon. Sir Wilfrid, G.C.M.G.- Quebec, East.
Lavell, John Reeve-Leeds and Grenville. Lavergne, Louis-Drummond and Arthabaska. Law, Bowman Brown, Yarmouth, N.S.
LeBlanc, Oliver J.-Kent, N.B.
Lefurgey, Alfred A.-Prince East, P.E.I. Lemieux, Rodolphe-Gaspe.
Lennox, Haughton-Simcoe, S.R.
Leonard, J. E. Emile-Laval.
Lewis, William J.-Albert.
Logan, Hance J.-Cumberland.
Lovell, Henry-Stanstead.
Loy, George M.-Beauharnois.
Macdonald, Peter-Huron, E.R.
Mackie, Thomas-Renfrew, N.R.
MacKinnon, D. A.-Queen's, E.R. (P.E.I.) MacLaren, Alexander F.-Perth, N.R.
Maclaren, William Scott-Huntingdon.
Maclean, William F.-York, Ont., E.R. Macpherson, Robert George-Burrard, B.C. McCarthy, Leighton Goldie-Simcoe, N.R. McColl, John B.- Northumberland, Ont., W.R. McCool, Charles Arthur-Nipissing.
McCormick, George-Muskoka and Parry Sound. McCreahy, William F.- Selkirk.
McEwen, George-Huron, S.R.
McGowan, John-Wellington, C.R.
McGcgan, Malcolm-Middlesex, S.R.
McIntosh, J ohn-Sherbrooke.
McIsaac, Colin F.-Antigonish.
McLennan, Angus-Inverness.
Madore, Joseph Alexandre C.-Hochelaga. Malouin, Albert-Quebec Centre.
Marcil, Charles-Bonaventure.
Maroil, Joseph Edmond-Bagot.
Martineau, Pierre R.-Montmagny.	[DOT]
Matheson, Joseph-Richmond, N.S.
Mayrand, Hormidas-Maskinonge.
Meigs, Daniel B.-Missisquoi.
Mignault, Roch Moise S.-Yamaska.
Monet, Dominique-Laprairie and Napierville. Monk, Frederick D.-Jacques Cartier.
Morin, J ean Baptiste-Dorchester.
Morrison, Aclay-New Westminster.
Mulock, Hon. Sir William, K. C. M. G.-York,
Ont., N.R.
Murray, Thomas-Pontiac.
Northrup, William Barton-Hastings, E.R.
Oliver, Frank-Alberta.
Osler, Edmund Boyd-Toronto, West.
Parhelee, Charles H.-Shefford.
Paterson, Hon. William-Wentworth and N. Brant Pope, Rufus H.-Compton.
Porter, Edward Guss-Hastings, W.R.
Power, William-Quebec, West.
Pr£fontaine, Hon. Raymond-Maissonneuve and Terrebonne.
Pringle, Robert A.-Cornwall and Stormont. Proulx, Isidore-Prescott.
Puttee, Arthur W.-Winnipeg.
Reid, James-Restigouche.
Reid, John D.-'Grenville, S.R.
Richardson, Matthew Kendall-Grey, S.R. Riley, George-Victoria, B.C.
Robinson, Jabel-Elgin, W.R.
Robinson, James-Northumberland, N.B.
Roche, William- Halifax.
Roche, William J.-Marquette.
Roddick, Thomas G.-Montreal, St. Antoine. Rosamond. Bennett-Lanark, N.R.
Ross, James Hamilton-Yukon Territory.
Ross, Jean Auguste-Rimouski.
Ross, Hon. William-Victoria, N.S.
Ross, William-Ontario, S.R.
Rousseau, Jeffrey Alexandre-Champlain. Russell, Benjamin-Hants.
Schell, Jacob T.-Glengarry.
Scott, Walter-Assiniboia, West.
Seagram, Joseph E.-Waterloo, N.R.
Sherrttt, John-Middlesex, N.R.
Sifton, Hon. Clifford-Brandon.
Simmons, Oliver-Lambton, E.R.
Smith, Ernest D.-Wentwor.th, S.R.
Smith, Ralph-Vancouver.
Sproule, Thomas S.-Grey, E.R,
Stephens, George-Kent, Ont.
Stewart, D. A.-Lisgar.

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Sutherland, Hon. James-Oxford, N.R. Sutherland, Robert Franklin-Essex, N.R.
Talbot, On£siphore Ernest-Bellechasse.
Tarte, Hon. Joseph Israel-Montreal, St. Mary. Tatlor, George-Leeds, S.R.
Thompson, Andrew Thokburn-Haldimand and Monck.
Thomson, Thomas Inkerman-Grey, N.R.
Tisdale, Hon. David-Norfolk, S.R.
Tobin, Edmund William-Richmond and Wolfe. Tolmie, John-Bruce, W.R.
Tolton, Edwin-Wellington, N.R.
Tucker, Joseph John-St. John, N.B , City & Co. Tupper, Hon. Sir Charles Hibbert, K.C.M.G.- Rictou.
Turcot, George-Megantic.
Turgeon, On^siphoiie-Gloucester.
Vrooman, Adam E.-Victoria, Ont., S.R.
Wade, Fletcher Bath-Annapolis.
Wallace, David Wardrope-Russell.
Ward, Henry Alfred-Durham, E.R.
Wilmot, Robert D.-Sunbury and Queen's.
Wilson, Uriah-Lennox.
Wright, Aaron Abel-Renfrew, S.R.

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Third Session, Ninth Parliament
Addington-Melzar Avery.
Albert-William J. Lewis.
Alberta-Prank Oliver.
Algoha-Albert Edward Dyment. Annapolis-Fletcher Bath Wade. Antigonish-Colin F. Mclsaac. Argentecil-Thomas Christie. Assiniboia, East-James M. Douglas. Assiniboia, West-Walter Scott.
Dun das-Andrew Broder.
Durham, E. Riding-Henry Alfred Ward. Durham, W. Riding-Robert Beith.
Elgin, E. Riding-Andrew B. Ingram.
Elgin, W. Riding-Jabel Robinson.
Essex, N. Riding-Robert Franklin Sutherland. Essex, S. Riding-Mahlon K. Cowan.
Frontenac-Hiram A. Calvin.
Bagot-Joseph Edmond Marcil.
Beauoe-Henri Severin Beland. Beauharnois-George M. Loy. Bellechasse-Onesiphore Ernest Talbot. Bf.rthier-Joseph Eloi Archambault. Bonaventure-Charles Marcil.
Bothwell-James Clancy.
Brandon-Hon. Clifford Sifton.
Brant, S. Riding-Charles Bernhard Heyd. Brockville-John Culbert.
Brome-Hon. Sydney Arthur Fisher.
Bruce, E. Riding- Henry Cargill.
Bruce, N. Riding-James Halliday.
Bruce, W. Riding-John Tolmie.
Burrard-Robert George Macpherson.
Cape Bretonf Alexander Johnston.
\ Arthur S. Kendall. Cardwell-Robert Johnston.
Carleton (N. B.)-Frederick Harding Hale. Carleton (O.)-Edward Kidd.
Chambly and Veroheres-Victor Geoffrion. Champlain-Jeffrey Alexandre Rousseau. Charlevoix-Charles Angers.
Charlotte-Gilbert W. Ganong. Chateauguay-James P. Brown.
Chicoutimi and Saguenay-Joseph Girard. Colchester-Seymour E. Gourley.
Compton-Rufus Henry Pope.
Cornwall and Stormont-Robert A. Pringle. Cumberland-Hance J. Logan.
Digby-Albert J. S. Copp.
Dorchester-Jean Baptiste Morin.
Drummond and Arthabaska-Louis Lavergne.
G-aspI-Rodolphe Lemieux.
Glengarry-Jacob T. Schell.
Gloucester-Onesiphore Turgeon.
Grenville, S. Riding-John Dowsley Reid. Grey, E. Riding-Thomas S. Sproule.
Grey, N. Riding-Thomas Inkerman Thomson. Grey, S. Riding-Matthew Kendall Richardson. Guysborough-Duncan C. Eraser.
Hamilton- 1
Haldimand and Monck -Andrew Thorburn Thompson.
„	. (Robert L. Borden.
Halifax \ William Roche.
Halton-David Henderson.
J Samuel Barker.
\ Frank C. Bruce.
Hants-Benjamin Russell.
Hastings, E. Riding-William B. Northrup. Hastings, N. Riding-Alexander W. Carscallen. Hastings, W. Riding-Edward Guss Porter. Hochelaga-J. Alexandre Camille Madore. Huntingdon-William Scott Maclaren.
Huron, E. Riding-Peter Macdonald.
Huron, S. Riding-George McEwen.
Huron, W. Riding-Robert Holmes.
Inverness-Angus McLennan.
Jacques Cartier-Frederick D. Monk. Joliettf.-Charles Bazinet.
Kamouraska-Hon. Henry George Carroll. Kent CN.B.)-Oliver J. LeBlanc.
Kent (O.)-George Stephens.
King's (N.B.)-George W. Fowler.
King's (N.S.)-Hon. Sir Frederick W. Borden, K.C.M.G.

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King's (P.E.I.)-Jame6 J. Hughes.
Kingston-William Harty.
Labelle-Henri Bourassa.
Lambton, E. Riding-Oliver Simmons.
Lambton, W. Riding-Thomas George Johnston. Lanark, N. Riding-Bennett Rosamond.
Lanark, S. Riding-Hon. John Graham Haggart. Lapraibie and Napierville-Dominique Monet. L'Assonption-R. Charlemagne Laurier,
Laval-J. E. Emile Leonard.
Leeds and Grenville, N. Riding-John Reeve Lavell.
Leeds, S. Riding-George Taylor.
Lennox-Uriah Wilson.
Llhis-Louis Julien Demers.
Lincoln and Niagara-Edward A. Lancaster. Lisgar-D. A. Stewart.
L'Islet -Onesiphore Carbonneau.
London-Charles S. Hyman.
Lotbiniere-Edmond Fortier.
Lunenburg-Charles Edwin Kaulbach.
Perth, S. Riding-Dilman Kinsey Erb. Peterborough, E. Riding-John Lang. Peterborough, W. Riding-James Ivendrey.
I Adam Carr Bell.
Pictou ~! Hon. Sir Charles Hibbert Tupper,
{ K.C.M.G.
Pontiac-Thomas Murray.
Portneuf-Michel Simeon Delisle.
Prescott-Isidore Proulx.
Prince, East (P.E.I.)-Alfred A. Lefurgey. Prince, West (P.E.I.)-Edward Hackett. Prince Edward-George Oscar Alcorn. Provencher-Alphonse A. C. LaRiviere.
Quebec, Centre-Albert Malouin.
Quebec, East-Rt. Hon. Sir Wilfrid Laurier, G.C.M.G.
Quebec, West-William Power.
Quebec (County)-Hor- Charles Fitzpatrick. Queen's, East (P.E.I.)-D. A. MacKinnon. Queen's, West (P.E.I.)-Donald Farquharson.
Macdonald-Nathaniel Boyd.
Maisonnkuve-Hon. J. Raymond Prefontaine. Marquette-William J. Roche.
Maskinongh-Hormisdas Mayrand.
Megantic-George Turcot.
Middlesex, E. Riding-James Gilmour. Middlesex, N. Riding-John Sherritt.
Middlesex, S. Riding-Malcolm McGugan. Middlesex, W. Riding-William Samuel Calvert. Missisquoi-Daniel B. Meigs.
Montcalm-Francois O. Dugas.
Montmagny-Pierre R. Martineau.
Montmorency-Thomas Chase Casgrain. Montreal, St. Anne-Daniel Gallery.
Montreal, St. Antoine-Thomas G. Roddick. Montreal, St. James-(Vacant).
Montreal, St. Lawrence-Robert Bickerdike. Montreal, St. Ma.ry-Hon. Joseph Israel Tarte. Muskoka- George McCormick.
New Westminster-Aulay Morrison.
Nicolet-Georges Ball.
Nipissing-Charles Arthur McCool.
Norfolk, N. Riding-John Charlton.
Norfolk, S. Rlding-Hon. David Tisdale. Northumberland (N.B.)-James Robinson. Northumberland (O.) E.R.- Edward Cochrane. Northumberland (0.) W.R.-John B. McColl.
Ontario, N. Riding-George D. Grant.
Ontario, S. Riding-William Ross.
Ontario, W. Riding-Isaac J. Gould.
Ottawa (City) { Thomas B^kett!00™*
Oxford, N. Riding-Hon. James Sutherland. Oxford, S. Riding-Right Hon. Sir Richard Cartwright, G.C.M.G.
Peel-Richard Blain.
Perth, N. Riding-Alexander Ferguson MacLaren
Renfrew, N. Riding-Thomas Mackie.
Renfrew, S. Riding-Aaron Abel Wright. Restigouche-James Reid.
Richelieu-Arthur Aime Bruneau.
Richmond (N.S.)-Joseph Matheson.
Richmond and Wolfe (Q. (-Edmund William Tobin. Rimouski-Jean Auguste Ross.
Rouville-Hon. Louis Philippe Brodeur.
Russell-David W. Wallace.
St. Hyacinthe-Hon. Michel E. Bernier.
St. John (N. B.), City-Hon. Andrew George Blair. St. John (N.B.), City & Co.-Joseph John Tucker. St. John and Iberville-L. Philippe Demers. Saskatchewan-Thomas Osborne Davis.
Selkirk-William F. McCreary.
Shefford-Charles H. Parmelee.
Shelburne and Queen's, N.S.-Hon. William Stevens Fielding.
Sherbrooke-John McIntosh.
Sim COE, E. Riding-William H. Bennett.
Simcoe, N. Riding-Leighton Goldie McCarthy. Simcoe, S. Riding-Haughton Lennox.
SoulangeS-Augustin Bourbonnais.
Stanstead-Henry Lovell.
Sunbury and Queen's (N. B.)-Robert D. Wilmot.
Temiscouata-Charles Arthur Gauvreau. Terrebonne-Samuel Desjardins.
Three Rivers and St. Maurice-Jacques Bureau. Toronto, Centre-William Rees Brock.
Toronto, East-Albert E. Kemp.
/Edward Frederick Clarke. (Edmund Boyd Osier.
Toronto, West
Two Mountains-Joseph ArthurrC. Ethier.
Vancouver-Ralph Smith. Vaudreuil-Henry S. Harwood.
I Thomas Earle.
Victoria (B.O.)
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Victoria (N.B.)-Hon. John Costigan.
Victoria (N.S.)-Hon. William Ross.
Victoria (0.), N. Riding-Samuel Hughes. Victoria (O.), S. Riding-Adam E. Vrooman.
Waterloo, N. Riding-Joseph E. Seagram. Waterloo, S. Riding-George A. Clare.
Welland-William Manly German.
Wellington, C. Riding-John McGowan. Wellington, N. Riding-Edwin Tolton. Wellington, S. Riding-Hugh Guthrie. Wentworth and Brant, N. Riding-Hon. William Paterson.
Wentworth, S. Riding-Ernest D. Smith.
Westmoreland-Henry R. Emmerson.
Winnipeg-Arthur W. Puttee.
Wright-Louis N. Champagne.
Yale and Cariboo-William Alfred Galliher. Yamaska-Roch Moise S. Mignault.
Yarmouth-Bowman Brown Law.
York (N.B.)-Alexander Gibson, jr.
York (O.), E. Riding-William F. Maclean.
York (O.), N. Riding-Hon. Sir William Mulock, K.C.M.G.
York (O.), W. Riding-Archibald Campbell.
Yukon Territory-James Hamilton Ross.
Select Committee Appointed to Supervise the Publication of the Official Reports of
the Debates of the House.
Ball, Georges-Nicolet. Champagne, L. N.-Wright. Charlton, John-Norfolk, N. Clarke, E. F.-Toronto, W. Earle, Thos.-Victoria, B.C. Holmes, Robt.-Huron, W. LaRiviere, A. A. C.-Proveneher. Macdonald, P.-Huron, E.
Madore, J. A. C.-Hochelaga.
Monet, .I).-Laprairie and Napiervifle. Roche, Wm. J.-Marquette.
Russell, B.-Hants.
Scott, Walter-Assiniboia, W. Sutherland, R, F.-Essex, N. Taylor, Geo.-Leeds and Grenville.
ChairmanL. N Champagne-Wright.

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House of Commons Debates

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Thursday, March 12, 1903.
The Parliament, which had been prorogued from time to time, was now commanded to assemble on the 12th day of March, 1903, for the despatch of business.