§ MR. MONKsaid, he wished to ask the Under Secretary of State for the Colonies, Whether his attention has been called to a telegram dated Ottawa, April 8, which appeared in "The Times" of yesterday, to the effect that the Minister of Finance had stated that the Canadian Government intended to disregard the opinion of the Law Officers of England as to the appropriation of the Intercolonial Railway Loan of last year; and, whether the Government have received any information confirmatory of that statement?
§ MR. MONSELLsaid, in reply, that no information had reached the Colonial Office to the effect that the Canadian 1703 Minister of Finance had stated that the Government of the Dominion intended to disregard the opinion of the English Law Officers as to the appropriation of the Intercolonial Railway Loan of last year, although two telegrams on other subjects had been received that morning from the Governor General of Canada.