§ MR. AYTOUNsaid, he would beg to ask the Secretary of State for the Colonies, 100 Whether it is the intention of the Government to ask the sanction of Parliament during the present Session for a guarantee of interest on a sum of money required to complete the Railway from Halifax to Quebec; and, if not, whether the intention of doing so is finally abandoned; and whether any Correspondence has taken place between the Colonial Office and the Authorities in Canada and British Columbia on the subject of the proposed telegraphic communication between Canada and the Pacific, subsequent to that which was produced last year; and, if so, whether he has any objection to lay Copies of such Correspondence upon the table?
§ MR. CARDWELLreplied that there was no intention of asking from the House, during the present Session, any guarantee for the Railway between Halifax and Quebec. The subject, however, had not been abandoned, and was still under the consideration of the several Colonies interested in the subject. There would be no objection to lay the additional Correspondence which had taken place on the table of the House if the hon. Member would move for it.