§ MR. KINNAIRDsaid, he would beg to ask the First Lord of the Admiralty, If he has received any official Communication from the Government of the Dominion of Canada respecting the prospects, on arrival at Quebec, of the Artizans and Labourers who were last year discharged from the Royal Dockyards and Ordnance Factories, and who are now proceeding to Quebec in the "Crocodile" and "Serapis;" and, if so, whether he would have any objection to lay the Communication upon the Table of the House?
§ MR. MONSELLIn answer, Sir, to my hon. Friend, I have to inform him that a Despatch such as he inquires about has been received from the Governor General of Canada. He states that the emigrants sent out by the Admiralty will have the same facilities afforded to them as other emigrants that arrive in Canada. There is a tax imposed on emigrants for emigrant hospitals; that tax will probably be dispensed with in their favour by the Government of the 1699 Dominion. Government emigration agents will meet them at Quebec, and will give them all the assistance and information necessary for them. The Government of Ontario gives free grants of land to emigrants, and the Intercolonial Railway will probably afford employment to any that may wish for it. There is no objection to presenting a Copy of the Despatch if my hon. Friend will move for it.