§ MR. HOGANI beg to ask the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether ho has now received an official report from the Government of the Dominion of Canada in reference to recent proceedings in the island of Anticosti; if so, can he give a general indication of its purport, and does he contemplate any action in connection therewith.
§ MR. J. CHAMBERLAINI have received such a report. The purport of it is that the island of Anticosti is private property, the title being derived from a grant by the King of France in 1680. The present proprietor, M. Menier, has taken proceedings for the eviction of certain persons who have been settled for a considerable period on the island, and the actions wore at the date of the report (the 29th of March) pending in the Superior Court of the Province of Quebec. The settlers being poor, the Provincial Government of Quebec had retained counsel to act in their behalf, and had undertaken to bear the costs of their defence. I do not contemplate any action in the matter.