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Resolution reported;
That it is expedient to authorize the Treasury to guarantee the interest of a Loan not exceeding £300,000, to be raised by the Governor in Council of Canada, under the terms of an arrangement concluded with the Hudson's Bay Company for the surrender of Rupert's Land to Her Majesty; and to make provision for the payment, out of the Consolidated Fund of the United Kingdom, of such sums as may be required to fulfil the said guarantee.
§ Resolution agreed to: — Bill ordered to be I brought in by Mr. DODSON, Mr. STANSFELD, and Mr. CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER.
§ Bill presented, and read the first time. [Bill 253.]