"170 msronr or PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND.

Vgood railroad, provided that the contractors would accept in payment the debentures of Prince Edward Island. The Honorable Mr. Sinclair proposed an amendment condemna~ tory of this resolution, on the ground that a general election for both branches of the legislature had recently taken place; that the question of constructing a railway was not then properly before the country; and that two petitions were before the house against the proposed undertaking, and none in its favor. On a division, Mr. Pope’s resolution was carried by seventeen to eleven votes. A committee, con- .sisting of the Honorable Mr. Pope, the Honorable Mr. Howlan, the Honorable the Attorney General, the Honor- .able Dir. Perry, and Mr. Richards, was then appointed to prepare and bring in a bill in accordance with the resolution passed by the assembly. The bill was immediately pre- sented, read a first time, and ordered to be read a second time on the following day. The bill was accordingly read a second time, and committed to a committee of the whole ihouse,—-—Mr. Beer being chairman. On the main question being put, the measure was approved by eighteen to eleven votes. The report of the committee was then received, and the bill engrossed under the title of “An act. to authorize 'the construction of a railway through Prince Edward Islam.” Thus, in two (lays from the time of its introduc- tion, the bill received the sanction of the assembly; and it may be safely affirmed that few measures have ever been passed by the representatives of' the people of greater impor- tance, as hearing on the material interests of the island. It

:is only fair to state that it was mainly through the tact,’

energy, and determination of Mr. James C. Pope that the scheme was carried to successful completion.

During this session an act was also passed for assimila- ting the currency of the island to that of the Dominion of