§ SIR GRAHAM MONTGOMERYasked the Under Secretary of State for the Colonies, "When the Papers promised at the end of last Session in reference to the Prince Edward Island Land Question will be laid upon the Table of the House; whether he will include in these Papers a copy of "The Land Purchase Act, 1875;" the Report of the Commission; and the awards made to proprietors under that Act; and, whether he can give any information as to a reported decision of the Supreme Court of Judicature of the Island declaring some of these awards to be invalid?
§ MR. J. LOWTHER, in reply, said, that the Papers relating to the subject were ready, and would be distributed at 560 once. They would include the Land Purchase Act, 1875, but no Report by the Commissioners had yet been received. With regard to a decision alleged to have been given by the Supreme Court of the Island as to the invalidity of some of the awards, no official information had been received, but information on the subject was being procured from the Governor General. He must remind his hon. Friend, as an explanation of the absence of official information on that question, that the matters referred to did not come directly under the supervision of the Secretary of State, owing to Prince Edward Island now forming a portion of the Dominion of Canada.