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HISTORY OF CANADA. 
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Municipal Loan Fund Aet of 1852. "This Bill, which was 
passed, yproposed to cancel the larger portion of these 
debts, so that the balance might be paid. The Act also 
accordel 2 proportionate amount to those counties which 
had not borrowed at all, or had been faithful in paying off 
their indebtedness. "This Act was a great benefit and 
removed many heavy burdens. 
2. By the “ British North America Act,” the subject of 
Education was left to each Province. The legislature of 
New Brunswick in 1871 passed an Act in favor of one 
system of Publie Schools, and excluding *‘‘ Separate 
Schouls.” "This displensed a large party which tried to 
have the Act set aside as contrary to the Act of 1867, 
and for this purpose sought the aid of the Dominion Gov- 
ernment, It, however, declined to interfore. An appeal 
was made to the Crown in 1873, which confirmed the Act 
of the New Brunswick legislature. 
3. Prince Edward Island was admitted to the union 
in 1873. Its constitution has this peculiarity that its 
Legislative Council is elective. It has four members in 
the Senate and six in the House of Commons. The cuurse 
pursued hy the Dominion Government with reference to 
the Pacific Railway, up to this time, did not meet the full 
approval of the House of Commons. Surveys had been 
made of the several routes proposed, but the work of con- 
struction was not yet commenced, "Two large companies 
were striving to obtain the contract for building the road. 
In the moantime a “general elcetion” had been held for 
the House of Commons, and whon that House met, early 
in this ycar, the charge was made against the Government, 
that it had received money from one of the companies 
a. order to influence the Ilato elections. "The inquiry 
ınww these grave charges took up a great part of 
ale year, but before Parliament could pass an opinion