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rest apon the basis ef our maintaining the land defences. The first step that was taken was to establish a Department of Militia and Defence, which I daresay the other Colonies have established also. ‘We thought that the first step should be towards organization and we established that Department, and we undertook to expent at least #1,000,000 in the military defences of the country. +

The PRESIDENT [Sir Henry HOLLAND, Colonisl Secretary] : -- Including the Militia?

SIR ALEXANDER CAMPBELL : — Yes, including the Mäüitia; chiefly the Militia. 1 have brought with me the official statement of the Department, to show that that has been done; and as I say to my friends from the various Colonies, and to you, Sir Henry, wo did it not only readily, but cheerfully; we were very glad to do it. We made that stipulation with the authcrities, and we desire to carry it out.

This confederation took place in 1867, and there was a 82o0d deal of correspondence and difficulty and delay, so that we did not commence to spend money in carrying out our agreement tiH the year 1872.

I ought to mention also that Her Majesty's Government very handsomelÿ offered to us their Ordonnance lands in Canada, which were of considerable area and considerable value, and which 1 have no doubt cost the Crown a great deal more than any value that could be obtained for them now....…..

With those lands we embarked in the defence of the country, with the agreement that we were to spend at least a million dollars a year. In 1872, which was the first year that we began to spend money under that head, we spent, in round numbers, $#1,670,000; in 1873 we spent $1,406,000; in 1874, 91,121,000; in 1875, 81.194,000; in 1876, #1,126,000; in 1877, for ordinary expenditure, 8580,000; for construction and improvements, 933,000 ; and for maintenance and tepairs, 812,000. The amount for construction, repairs, and improvements appears in each Year. In 1878 we spent #717,000; in 1879, $890,000; in 1880, 8782,000; in 1881, 8738,000; in 1882, 8846,000; in 1883, 8824,000; in 1884, $1,189,000; in 1885, which was the year when the expenditure connected with the defence began, we spent 82,826,000; and in 1886 we spent #4,182,000. Those fast two years were affected by the rebellion. So that we have lived very fully up to our agreement. .....

The result of that has been that we have now in Canada, in addition to an active Militia force of 36,009 men, one troop of cavalry, two batteries of artillery, three companies of infantry and one company of mounted infantry. We have a military police force in the northwest, which is now cavalry, but which is being converted inte mounted infantry, consisting of a thousand men, with the officers. For this we have spent as follows:—For the year ending 30th June, 1877, 8352,749.05; 1878, 8334,748.50 ; 1879, 9344,823,77; 1880, 9332,855,12; 1881, 8289,845,23: 1882, 9368,456,47; 1883, 8477,825,45; 1884, 9485,985,66; 1885, 8564,249,64; 1886, #1,354,694,19; Total, 94,906,231,08....…..

Those are the preparations which I was anxious to state to the Conference have been made in Canada for the purposes of land defence. Those are the military pre parations. You all know also that we have made what we consider may be used as ot”<? preparations. We have constructed at enormous expense the Canadian Pacifie Railway. By means of that railway, and by means of the Intercolonial Railway, which was constructed some years ago under the management of my friend Mr. Fleming, we have extended the possible communication from London to the extreme north-west on the Pacific Ocean, and reduced the time occupied in traversing that distance to a period of a fortnight. So ihat Her Majesty's Government could send reinforcements of men and material to Esquimalt in 12 or 14 days from this place. To construct a railway which can put such a power in the hands of Her Majesty’s Government is undoubtediy a great contribution to the defence of the country. (Hear, hear.) Few things can be more valuable to the defence of a country than the power of ready communication. (Hear, hear.) That has all been done without calling upon the Crown for any money whatever. They have given nothing to Canada for the purpose .f building the Canadian Pacific Raïlway. It might have been very justly said to Her Majesty's Government : “Here is a great work whi:h will be of great use to the Empire; you ought to contribute to it” But nothing of that Kind was said. The Canadian Pacific Railway Company built the road with a contribution from the Government of Canada of 825,000,000 in money and 25,000,000 acres of land and of 627 miles nf raikway constructed, or to be constructed by the Government, and costing many millions of dollars more......

a D] every Way. In all that kind of exertion there has been no want and no stint to the e Mi- willingness, and not much to the real “sérülons, of the country to occupy the position

which Cansdians feel and gladly acknowledge that they ought to OCCUPY in regaré te tia, 1 land defences.

Can Squadrer, and s0 long as that Squadron is at our doors, Canada does not need any

other naval defence. Since that agreement was made by Her Majesty’s the

Colony of British Columbia has been added to the Dominion, and therefore fhere fs «

Coast of Canada now on the Pacific Ocean. That coast js defended for the Present by

Her Majesty’s North Pacific Squadron, which 80es to Esquimalt once a Year, and is more

or less there all the time, as the North American Squadron is more or less at Halifax 21 tim

did try it. Lord Lorne, who was then our Governor-General, applied and was &iven by the Admiralty authorities a frigate, an old frigate, I call it old not in disparagement, but in truth. The name of this frigate was the “Charybdis”, Lord Lorne asked fo this frigate, s0 that we might have a School of Naval Instruction in Canada. This fri-

would be necessary to have 136 men to man her, and that it would cost us a great deal of money. However, we had asked for a vessel, and it appeared ungratefal and unmannerly to rejeet ft, and

YOU could not go to sea in her. She could not steam and she could not saïl,

there was no use in trying to do anything with her. That discouraged our efforts completely.

Les Mr. STANHOPE (Secretary of War): very cifie ture which has been incurred by the Government of Canada, We have all heard, I am ich sure with the greatest possible interest, the admirable and complete statement which Sir we

hear.) It wat not a surprise altogether

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