Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Anacortes, Wash. Ter.) 1882-1887, 1883-06-02

With reference to the constfuc>
ton of the Vancouver Island Rail
way by aid Of the Dominion gov
eminent, the following proposition
was telegraphed by the Premier to
the local government of British Co.
lumbia last month:
|. The government of British Co
lumbia shall amend the Act of 1880,
granting certain lands, to the extent
of twenty miles on each side of the
line of the Canadian Pacific Rail
way in British Columbia, on the
Yellow Head Pass route, so thattbe
same extent of land on each side of
the line of the railway through
British Columbia, wherever finally
located, shall be delivered to the
Dominion government in lieu Of the
lands conveyed by the above Act.
2. The government of British CO.
lumbia shall grant to the governs
ment of Canada portion of tho
lands set forth and described in the
Act of British Columbia, entitled
the "Vancouvcr Land and Railway
Company" TO be conveyed. to the
said company for the purpose stated
in the said Act, viz: the portion of
the aforesaid lands commencing at
the southern boundary thereof and
extending to line running east and
west half way between Comax and
Seymour Narrows, and also fur
Their portion Of the lands conveyed
by the said Act to the Vancouver
land and Railway Company, to the
north and contiguous to the portion
just before specified, equal in extent
TO the lands within the limits
thereof, which may have been
alicnatcd from the Crown by Crown
grants or presumption light, or
otherwise.
3. The government of British Co
lumbia shall convey to the govern
ment of Canada 100000 acres OF
land, of fair quality, in the Peace
River District Of British Columbia,
in one rectangular block, adjoining
the Northwest Territory of Canada.
4. The government of British
Columbia shall procure the incor-
poration, by act of its Legislature,
Of certain persons 10 BIO designated
by the government of Canada, fol-
the construction of railroad from
Esquimalt to Nanaimo.
The government OF Canada, on
its part shall
1. Appropriate the lands on Vans
couver Island, above provided to be
conveyed to that government and
$3.50, 900 to be paid as the work pro
ceeds 10 the company to be incor-
porated by act OF the Legislature
as above provided, such company
giving satisfactory security for the
completion of the railway from
Esquimalt to Nanaimo within three
and half years from the date O
their Incorporation.
2. The government of Canals
shall purchase from the government
of British Columbia the Esquimall
craving dock, paying for the same
with all the lands, approaches anc
appurtenances belonging thereto
the sum of s250,000, and shall com
plete and operate the same for its
own benefit, receiving the Impcria
appropriation therefor.
8. The government of Canads
shall, with all convenient speed, Of
fer for sale the lands within the
railway belt on the mainland O
British Columbia ON liberal term'
to actual settlers; and
A. Shall give persons who have
souatted on any of the said lands
within the railway belt on The
mainland, prior to this date, anc
have made substantial improve
ments thereon, prior right of pur'
chasing the land SO improved at the
rates charged to settlers generally
The government OF Canada SUP
mits these proposals upon the fur
Their stipulation that, shonld they
be approved by the government O
British Columbia, such acceptance
shall be ratified by act Of the Legis
lature of British Columbia as in full
Of all claims whatsoever of the
government of British Colembis
against the government Of Canada