, 1880-12-10
Extracts from the Exposure Made by
Prof. Henry Y. Hind, Of
Windsor.
] Many Grass Falsiflcations OF Trndc md
Navigation Returns and Fishing
Reports.
Tho Fraud a Deliberate One, Extending
Over Series Of Years, All for
One Purpose.
CANAp1AN PARLIAMENT.

iHGUl lUuk pHcV luJ1 AlLVlHUANA AS@NSAi~"DI
tho Governor-G Geuernl camo down In state TO tho
scuatc Chnmber Mt o'clock. There was tho
usual amount of gold laco and scnrlct, the gor-
scous costumes Of ladics, md
ri1E 0ESurLECr1USs OF THE GENTLEMAN USHER
or THE nLACK itDt,t
After sl1tnmontns tho members Of tho f1onsc ot
Commons to attend, tho Gnvcrnor- General pro-
ccclcd to read tho speech from tho Throne.
Thet document Is short. anl could not vol sAy
less than 1t docs sny.
TIE uAt0A1N WITH THE sYsD1cATE
FOR tho construction OF tho Pacific Railway Is
referred to, aud It Is stated that tho syndicate
arc to possess tho road In pcrpetuity. Tho I'm.
proved earnings Of tho maritime railways nrc
remarked upon also, and tho distress among
tho Indians OF tho Northwest. Tho Govern.
mont once moro
pLEpaHs ITSELF
TO tho continuance OF tho national policy In re-
rnrd to tho asIt md 1t promises measures for the
enlargement or Manttpbn. for tho Winding up OF
insoivont banks ana Incorporated companies.
tho amendment Of tho Railway net, and sonlo
changes In tho criminal laws The Clvil-Serr'co
Commission !s rcforred to. It Ia hoped that Its
report will 10 la,d before Parliament before tho
session closes.
THE PACIFIC RAILROAD COMMISSION,
which haa fl1led large plnco In tho eyes OF tho
country during tho recess, is not 20 much as
mentioned. Mr. IDENTITY. Of Toronto, will 1uoyc
tho adoption OF tho address In tho House Of
Commons.
IN THE COMMONS
ST. John Mhcdonalds pnpers rcatlpg to tho
Pacific 1tallwny syndlcnto will bo laid before
Parliament nftcr passing tho address In roply to
tho speech from, tho throne.
THE dOvEnN0It-uErEnAL
give stato dinner at tho Government House
this evening, ut which tho Ministers OF tho
Crown md loading members Of Parliament md
citizens wero present. There WIS au evening
party. :
THE F1sIIERIES-AwAH SWTNDLE.
Spsetat Dspaieh 10 Ths Chicago Tribune.
HAL1FAx, N. g.. Dec. IA letter, milking
pRtiphict OF about sixty pnacs, hns l,ccN iss,1ed
by Prof. Henry 7. Hind. OF Wlnusor, addressed
TO tho Governor Gener1lt, on "Fu!siied Depart-
mental Reports" Tho letter opens rs follows:
"Tho voraotty Of tho Departmental reports pro-
scented annually to tho Gorernur-Genornt Of tho
Dominion ia Of tho highest Importance to tho
Etnto. When known to ombo.ly faltncious le-
taiIs tho subsequent use OF those details for my
purpose whatever necessarily carries with It tho
most wol9hty responsibilities. l respectfully
nsk permission to point out to your Exccl-
lency: Firstly, tho condition IN which
tho annual rcpnrts Of ut lcnRt TWO
Departments OF tho Government hnvo heDn
presented to tho Governor. General and tho Leg
lslhture during n gerles Of ycnrs; secondly, to
indicate In part tho Subsequent use mndo Of de-
tails III those reports for stato purposes. ! MN
compelled to tako this step ii. consequence Of
tho recent rcappcarAnco Of important statlst!cal
Attachments, known to me to 10 Krossly falso,
over tho signature OF n Dominion olliolal occupy
Ing high postion. Theso fasso stntomcrts arc
used to influence public opinion In very grnve
matter, and thoy arc tho rehash OF similar stMto-
mcuts previously and successfully employed in
Il Rrcat International contention Mr. Whltchrr,
the promulRator Of those statements. ia
tho Dominion Commissioner Of Fish
cries, and hc. closes bis communication.
which is appended to this letter, Will. the nssur
nuce lhat 1t Is founded on published infor1nn.
ton accessible to everybody | prupDxo tu
shnw your Exccltonoy TINT this 'puhllahcd In.
formation Is glcancd or fnls1flcti from tho nm
nuaa tr.do aud navigation returns Of tho Gus
tuuls Department and tho fishery reports Of the
Department Of Marine and Fisheries; also, TINT
during u serles Of yoars, many OF the tlotAtls
embodied in tho oiIlcaal reports or these Depart
tncnts Of Government aro OF BuoL a doubtful
character as to excite tho Rraycst suspicious OF
trlkfHfJlnH[1. t0
iu,,,,cc s. brl,nf tint ~, rr,rin. nrn nnt,,snus
ntslcodinv. md t,ronetatod'
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+hc fnvcre9cs NJ conu,,nn ,lah nr,n.,s No.,
;mnnrts G,,r,,v ,1,,Scro,t t,s.ai ,or,n,,s 1a ~.
ten;i,nr nyor ,ho 1"st Sow.n."n,,st t,,on, .
v".rs prov,o,a ~ .ho ,rooa sa.,an ~ nsy
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nncurmcv ~ snmn ~ thaso n,.n.o..o. s.,,t',1
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Lon@' eoA'"c1p'at oou'4''Hsi alsu' ttoeatiao tho3
sceso ~ fecorus VI Government Tor tho hass Ut
1e1alatlso ehao.mehts. as wen "s or lmpcrla
na.'a. n,pn"aoy; la ana aro ~ measaro oasod npot