§ MR. RIPLEYasked the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Whether negotiations have recently been conducted between the American Government, Sir Edw. Thornton, as representing this Country, and a representative of the Canadian Government, for a renewal of the reciprocity Treaty between the United States of America and the Dominion of Canada; whether such Treaty has been submitted to the Ame- 129 rican Senate; and, whether a Copy of the proposed Treaty may be at once laid upon the Table of the House?
§ MR. BOURKESir, negotiations have been undertaken at the desire of the Canadian Government by Sir Edward Thornton and Mr. Brown, a Member of the Senate of the Dominion, for the object to which the hon. Member refers. A draft Treaty was submitted by the Government of the United States to the Senate shortly before the close of the last Session of Congress, and its consideration has been postponed until the next Session. Papers on the subject will shortly be laid before the House, with the draft Treaty.