§ SIR ALEXANDER GORDONasked the Secretary of State for the Colonies, If he can inform the House whether a permissive prohibitory measure, under the title of "The Canada Temperance Bill, 1878," introduced by the Government of Canada, has passed through the Dominion Parliament and received the Royal Assent; and, if so, whether he will lay a Copy of the Act upon the Table of the House, or provide a synopsis for the use of Members?
§ SIR MICHAEL HICKS-BEACHSir, I do not know whether any such measure as the Canada Temperance Bill has 834 passed the Dominion Parliament; but if it has, it would seem to be of a nature which would justify the Governor General in giving the Assent of the Crown to it, without reserving it for consideration by the Home Government. In that case it would in due time be sent home with other Acts of the Session, and, I believe, a copy would be placed in the Library of this House, but I have no copy of any such Act at present.