IV.  Amerika.  1385  246.  Canada.

remain.  Such  grants  shall  be  in  full  settlement  of  all  future  demands  on  Canada,
and  shall  be  paid  half-yearly  in  advance  to  each  province;  but  the  government  of
Canada  shall  deduct  from  such  grants,  as  against  any  province,  all  sums  chargeable
as  interest  on  the  public  debt  of  that  province  in  excess  of  the  several  amounts
stipulated  in  this  act.

119.  New  Brunswick  shall  receive  by  half-yearly  payments  in  advance  from
Canada,  for  a  period  of  ten  years  from  the  union,  an  additional  allowance  of  sixtythree
  thousand  dollars  per  annum;  but  as  long  as  the  public  debt  of  that  province
remains  under  seven  million  dollars,  a  deduction  equal  to  the  interest  at  five  per
centum  per  annum  on  such  deficiency  shall  be  made  from  that  allowance  of  sixtythree
  thousand  dollare.  i

120.  All  payments  to  be  made  under  this  act,  or  in  discharge  of  liabilities
created  under  any  act  of  the  provinces  of  Canada,  Nova  Scotia  and  New  Brunswick,
respectively,  and  assumed  by  Canada  shall,  until  the  parliament  of  Canada  otherwise
directs,  be  made  in  such  form  and  manner  as  may  from  time  to  time  be  ordered  by
the  governor-general  in  council.  |

121.  All  articles  of  the  growth,  produce,  or  manufacture  of  any  one  of  the
provinces  shall,  from  and  after  the  union,  be  admitted  free  into  each  of  the  other
provinces.  |  |

122.  The  customs  and  excise  laws  of  each  province,  shall,  subject  to  the
provisions  of  this  act,  continue  in  force  until  altered  by  the  parliament  of  Canada.

123.  Where  customs  duties  are  at  the  union  leviable  on  any  goods,  wares  or
merchandises  may,  from  and  after  the  union,  be  imported  from  one  of  those  provinces
into  the  other  of  them  on  proof  of  payment  of  the  customs  duty  leviable  thereon
in  the  province  of  exportation,  and  on  payment  of  such  further  amount  (if  any)
of  customs  duty  as  is  leviable  thereon  in  the  province  of  importation.

124.  Nothing,  in  this  act  shall  affect  the  right  of  New  Brunswick  to  levy  the
lumber  dues  provided  in  chapter  fifteen  of  title  three  of  the  revised  statutes  of  New
Brunswick,  or  in  any  act  amending  that  act  before  or  after  the  union,  and  not  increasing
  the  amount  of  such  dues;  but  the  lumber  of  any  of  the  provinces  other  than
New  Brunswick  shall  not  be  subject  to  such  dues.

125.  No  lands  or  property  belonging  to  Canada  or  any  province  shall  be  liable
to  taxation.

126.  Such  portions  of  the  duties  and  revenues  over  which  the  respective  legislatures
  of  Canada,  Nova  Scotia  and  New  Brunswick  had  before  the  union  power
of  appropriation  as  are  by  this  act  reserved  to  the  respective  governments  or  legislatures
  of  the  provinces,  and  all  duties  and  revenues  raised  by  them  in  accordance
with  the  special  powers  conferred  upon  them  by  this  act,  shall  in  each  province  form
oneconsolidated  revenue  fund  to  be  appropriated  for  the  public  service  of  the  province.

IX.  Miscellaneous  Provisions  General.
127.  I£  any  person  being,  at  the  passing  of  this  act,  a  member  of  the  legislative
council  of  Canada,  Nova  Scotia,  or  New  Brunswick,  to  whom  a  place  in  the  senate
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