IV.  Amerika.  1384  246.  Canada.

109.  All  lands,  mines,  minerals,  and  royalties  belonging  to  the  several  provinces
of  Canada,  Nova  Scotia  and  New  Brunswick  at  the  union,  and  all  sums  then  due
or  payable  for  such  lands,  mines,  minerals,  or  royalties,  shall  belong  to  the  several
provinces  of  Ontario,  Quebec,  Nova  Scotia  and  New  Brunswick  in  which  the  same
are  situated  or  arise,  subject  to  any  trusts  existing  in  respect  thereof,  and  to  any
interest  other  than  that  of  the  province  in  the  same.

110.  All  assets  connected  with  such  portions  of  the  public  debt  of  each  province
as  are  assumed  by  that  province  shall  belong  to  that  province.

111.  Canada  shall  be  liable  for  the  debts  and  liabilities  of  each  province
existing  at  the  union.

112.  Ontario  and  Quebec  conjointly  shall  be  liable  to  Canada  for  the  amount
(if  any)  by  which  the  debt  of  the  province  of  Canada  exceeds  at  the  union  sixty-two
million  five  hundred  thousand  dollars,  and  shall  be  charged  with  interest  at  the
rate  of  five  per  centum  per  annum  thereon.

113.  The  assets  enumerated  in  the  fourth  schedule  to  this  act,  belonging  at  the
union  to  the  province  of  Canada,  shall  be  the  property  of  Ontario  and  Quebec
conjointly.

114.  Nova  Scotia  shall  be  liable  to  Canada  for  the  amount  (if  any)  by  which
its  public  debt  exceeds  act  the  union  eight  million  dollars,  and  shall  be  charged  with
interest  at  the  rate  of  five  per  centum  per  annum  thereon.

115.  New  Brunswick  shall  be  liable  to  Canada  for  the  amount  (if  any)  by  which
its  public  debt  exceeds  at  the  union  seven  million  dollars,  and  shall  be  charged  with
interest  at  the  rate  of  five  per  centum  per  annum  thereon.

116.  In  case  the  public  debts  of  Nova  Scotia  and  New  Brunswick  do  not  at
the  union  amount  to  eight  million  and  seven  million  dollars  respectively,  they  shall
respectively  receive,  by  half-yearly  payments  in  advance  from  the  government  of
Canada,  interest  at  five  per  oentum  per  annum  on  the  difference  between  the  actual
amounts  of  their  respective  debts  and  such  stipulated  amounts.

117.  The  several  provinces  shall  retain  all  their  respective  public  property
not  otherwise  disposed  of  in  this  act,  subject  to  the  right  of  Canada  to  assume  any
lands  or  public  property  required  for  fortifications  or  for  the  defence  of  the  country.

118.  The  following  sums  shall  be  paid  yearly  by  Canada  to  the  several  provinces
for  the  support  of  their  governments  and  legislatures:

Ontario  .  .  2  2  2  m  er  ern  $  80,000
Quebec  -  .  2  2  2  2  nr  ern.  »  20,000
Nova  Scotia  .  »  2  2  2  2  2  2  2  2  ren.  »  60,000
New  Brunswick  .  .  .  2  2  2  2  2  2  2  00.  „50,000

$  260,000

and  an  annual  grant  in  aid  of  each  province  shall  be  made,  equal  to  eighty  oents
per  head  of  the  population,  as  ascertained  by  the  census  of  one  thousand  eight
hundred  and  sixty-one,  and  in  the  case  of  Nova  Scotia  and  New  Brunswick,  by  each
subsequent  decennial  census  until  the  population  of  each  of  those  two  provinces
amounts  to  four  hundred  thousand  souls,  at  which  rate  such  grant  shall  thereafter