cost of the mileage subsidized as is in excess of $15,000 per mile, such subsidy not exceeding in the whole the sum of $6,400 per mile :

1. To the Central Ontario Railway Company, for an extension of their railway from, or from near, either Coe Hill or Rathbun Station on the Company's railway to, or near to Bancroft, not exceeding 21 miles, in lieu of the subsidy granted by chapter 5 of 1892;

2. To the Great Northern Railway Company, for a railway between Montcalm and St. Tite Junction, on the Lower Laurentian Railway, Quebec, not exceeding 533 miles ; and for a branch from their main line to Shawenegan Falls, Quebec, not exceeding 61⁄2 miles;

3. To the Phillipsburg Railway and Quarry Company, shortage in the extension of their railway from a point on the Company's line at or near the end of the subsidized section, to the Government Wharf at Phillipsburg, Quebec, not exceeding of a mile;

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4. To the Strathroy and Western Counties Railway Company, for a line from Strathroy, Ontario, via Adelaide and Arkona, to either Forest, Tedford, or Park Hill, not exceeding 24 miles, in lieu of the subsidy granted by chapter 4 of 1894;

5. To the St. John Valley and Rivière du Loup Railway Company, for a line of railway from Fredericton, in the county of York, New Brunswick, to Woodstock, in the county of Carleton, not exceeding 59 miles;

6. For a railway from Port Hawkesbury, on the Strait of Canso, Nova Scotia, to St. Peter's, not exceeding 30 miles;

7. For a railway from Windsor, Nova Scotia, to Truro, via the township or Clifton, not exceeding 58 miles, in lieu of the subsidy granted by chapter 4 of 1894; For a railway from a point at or near Brookfield Station, "Nova Scotia, on the Intercolonial Railway, to Eastville, not exceeding 25 miles, in lieu of the subsidy granted by chapter 4 of 1897;

9. For a railway from Cross Creek Station, on the Canada Eastern Railway, to Stanley Village, New Brunswick, not exceeding 6 miles;

10. For a railway from the village of St. Rémi to Stottville or some point on the Delaware and Hudson Railway (Grand Trunk) in the parish of St. Paul de l'Ile aux Noix, not exceeding 19 miles;

11. For a railway between Pontypool and Bobcaygeon, via Lindsay, Ontario, not exceeding 40 miles;

12. To the Pontiac Pacific Junction Railway Company, for a

railway from Aylmer to Hull, Quebec, not exceeding 9 miles, in lieu of the subsidy granted by chapter 4 of 1897;

13. To the Portage du Fort and Bristol Branch Railway Company, for a branch line from a point on the Pontiac Pacific Junction Railway at or near the village of Quyon, towards the village of Portage du Fort, Quebec, not exceeding 15 miles, in lieu of the subsidy granted by chapter 4 of 1897;

14. To the Orford Mountain Railway Company, for a branch from their railway from a point between Lawrenceville and Eastman to Waterloo, not exceeding 13 miles; 15. To the Atlantic and Lake Superior Railway Company, for an extension of their railway from Caplin to Paspebiac, Quebec, not exceeding 30 miles;

16. To the United Counties Railway Company, for a railway from St. Robert Junction to Sorel, 6 miles, (this subsidy to be payable only in the event of adequate running rights over the South-eastern Railway between the two points above mentioned not being granted to the first mentioned Company on terms to be approved by the Railway Committee of the Privy Council,) and from Mount Johnson to St. Gregoire Station, 1 mile, not exceeding 7 miles.

17. For a railway from a point on the Central Railway in the county of Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, to the town of Liverpool, via the village of Caledonia, or to the village of Caledonia, via Liverpool, or for any part thereof, the whole distance not exceeding 62 miles;

18. For a railway from Indian Gardens, Queen's County, Nova Scotia, to Shelburne in the said province, a distance of 35 miles;

19. The subsidy which the Ontario and Rainy River Railway Company is entitled to receive under chapter 4 of 1897,

shall be $6,400 per mile for the 80 miles mentioned in the said Act; not exceeding in all $512,000.

20. To the Bay of Quinté Railway Company, for such extensions, branches or additions to their system as will enable the said Company to connect their lines of railway or connecting lines with iron or other mines or mineral or wood lands in the counties of Peterborough, Northumberland, Hastings, Lennox and Addington, Frontenac or Leeds, payable in instalments regulated by the length of each of the said extensions or branches or additions, as the case may be, in lieu of part of the balance remaining unpaid of the subsidy granted to the Kingston, Napanee and Western Railway Company, by chapter 5 of 1892, but not exceeding $3,200 per mile for 10 miles, nor exceeding in the whole $32,000;

21. To the Quebec and Lake St. John Railway Company, for 12 miles of their railway from the end of their line at deep water on the Chicoutimi branch of their railway, to IIa Ha Bay, in lieu of the subsidy for the 12 miles granted by chapter 4 of 1894;

22. For a line of railway from Hawkesbury, Ontario, to South Indian, not exceeding 35 miles;

23. For a railway from Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, towards Michipicoten River and harbour and towards the main line of the Canadian Pacific Railway, not exceeding 40 miles;

24. For a branch line of railway from the main line of the Ottawa, Arnprior and Parry Sound Railway to the town of Parry Sound, Ontario, not exceeding 5 miles; 25. For a railway from the village of Haliburton, via the village of Whitney, towards the town of Mattawa, Ontario, not exceeding 20 miles;

26. For an extension of the Tilsonburg, Lake Erie and Pacific Railway, from Tilsonburg to Ingersoll or Woodstock, Ontario, not exceeding 28 miles;

27. To the South Shore Railway Company, from Sorel Junction along the South Shore to Lotbinière, Quebec, a distance not exceeding 82 miles ;

28. To the Massawippi Valley Railway Company, for an extension of their railway to the village of Stanstead Plain, Quebec, not exceeding 2 miles;

29. For a railway from Port Hawkesbury on the Strait of Canso, to Caribou Cove, Nova Scotia, a distance of 10 miles;

80. For a railway from Fort Frances, Ontario, westerly to a point at or near the mouth of Rainy River, a distance not exceeding 70 miles;

31. To the Central Railway Company of New Brunswick, for an extension of their line of railway from Newcastle Coal Fields to Gibson, New Brunswick, not exceeding 30 miles;

82. To the Canadian Northern Railway Company, for a railway from a point on the present line of the Winnipeg Great Northern Railway north of Swan River to Prince Albert, North-west Territories, not exceeding 100 miles; 33. For a railway from some point near Antler Station to a point near Moose Mountain, Manitoba, not exceeding 50 miles;

34. For a railway from Sunnybrae to Country Harbour, and from a point at or near Country Harbour Cross Roads to Guysborough, Nova Scotia, to make up the deficiency in mileage between points mentioned and subsidized by chapter 4 of 1897, additional mileage not exceeding 15 miles;

35. For a railway from Port Clyde towards Lockeport, in the province of Nova Scotia, not exceeding 20 miles; 36. For a railway from a point on the Intercolonial Railway at or near Halifax towards the Central Railway in the county of Lunenburg, not exceeding 20 miles;

37. For a railway from Labelle, in the province of Quebec, in a north-westerly direction, to Nominingue, via Notre Dame de l'Annonciation, a distance not exceeding 22 miles;

38. For a railway from Owen Sound, in the province of Ontario, to Meaford, not exceeding 21 miles;

39. To the Ottawa and Gatineau Railway Company, for their line of railway in and through the city of Hull, Quebec, not exceeding 4 miles;

40. To the Western Alberta Railway Company, from a point on the United States boundary, west of Range 27, north-westerly towards Anthracite, in the district of Alberta, not exceeding 50 miles;

41. To the Edmonton, Yukon and Pacific Railway Company, for a railway from the town of South Edmonton, Northwest Territories, to North Edmonton, and thence westerly towards the Yellow Head Pass, a distance not exceeding 50 miles;

42. To the Restigouche and Western Railway Company, in addition to the 20 miles subsidized by chapter 4 of 1897, and in continuation from the westerly end of the said 20 miles towards the St. John River, a further distance not exceeding 15 miles, and for the Company's railway from a point on the St. John River, New Brunswick, at or near Grand Falls or St. Leonard, or between Grand Falls and St. Leonard, and extending easterly towards Campbellton, such point to be approved by the Governor in Council, a distance of 12 miles; in all not exceeding 27 miles;

43. For a railway in extension of the St. Francis Branch of the Temiscouata Railway to the mouth of the St. Francis River, a distance not exceeding 3 miles;

44. To the Canada Eastern Railway Company, for a line of railway from Nelson, New Brunswick, to connect with the Company's main line running into Chatham, to complete the connection from Nelson to such main line, not exceeding in the whole 2 miles;

45. To the Bay of Quinté Railway Company, for an extension of their line in a westerly direction from a point at or near Richmond Boundary Road near Deseronto for a distance not exceeding 2 miles; also for an extension of their line from its present terminus at Tweed in a northerly direction for a distance of 2 miles, and for an extension of their line from the end of the last 2 miles mentioned in a northerly direction for a distance. not exceeding 3 miles-in all 7 miles; subsidies payable on each of the sections mentioned as each of such sections is completed;

46. To the Ontario, Belmont and Northern Railway Company, for an extension of their railway from its present terminus at Iron Mines in a north-westerly direction, a distance not exceeding 5 miles; and also for an extension of the Company's railway southerly, from the present southern terminus thereof, to the Central Ontario Junction of the Canadian Pacific Railway, a distance

not exceeding 2 miles; but the last mentioned aid for the said 2 miles of railway shall not be granted in case the Railway Committee of the Privy Council finds that adequate running powers on fair terms can be secured to the Company over that portion of the line of the Central Ontario Railway between the present southerly end of the Ontario, Belmont and Northern Railway and the Canadian Pacific Railway Company's line at Central Ontario Junction; subsidies payable on each of the sections mentioned as each of such sections is completed;

47. For a line of railway from a point on the Pembroke Southern Railway at or near Golden Lake, Ontario,

towards a point on the Irondale, Bancroft and Ottawa Railway at or near Bancroft, not exceeding 20 miles; 48. For a line of railway from Paspebiac, Quebec, to Gaspé in the said province, a distance not exceeding 82 miles; 49. To the Lake Erie and Detroit River Railway Company, for a line of railway from Ridgetown, Ontario, to St. Thomas in the said province, a distance not exceeding 44 miles; this subsidy to be payable only in the event of adequate running rights over the Canada Southern Railway between the two points above mentioned not being granted to the first mentioned company on terms to be approved by the Railway Committee of the Privy Council; 50. To the Kingston and Pembroke Railway Company, for the construction of branches from the Company's main line to the iron mine at Bluff Point and to the Martele mine in the county of Renfrew, not exceeding 5 miles; 51. For a railway from the town of Parry Sound extending northerly towards Sudbury, a distance not exceeding 20 miles.

3. The Governor in Council may grant the subsidies hereinafter mentioned towards the construction of the railways also hereinafter mentioned, that is to say -

The Ontario and Rainy River Railway Company, for a railway from a point 80 miles west of Stanley Station, on the Port Arthur, Duluth and Western Railway, to Fort Frances, for a distance of 140 miles, at $6,400 per mile, not exceeding in the whole.....

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To the Quebec Bridge Company, towards the construction of a railway bridge over the St. Lawrence River, at Chaudière Basin, near Quebec, one million dollars, 40 per cent of which amount may be paid on monthly progress estimates, approved by the Government engineers, of materials delivered and work done..

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