pleted, either by way of mortgage, hypothec, hypothecation, privilege or lien thereon, or purchase, or transfer thereof, as individuals have in the Province wherein such ship or vessel is being built, and for that purpose shall be authorized to avail itself of all such rights and means of obtaining and enforcing such security, and shall be subject to all such obligations, limitations and conditions, as are by the law of such Province conferred or imposed upon individuals making such advances. non-juridical 8. In all matters relating to bills of exchange and promissory Holidays and notes, the following and no other shall be observed as legal holidays, days. or non-juridical days that is to say:— 1. In the Provinces of Ontario, New Erunswick and Nova Scotia,- New Year's Day, The birthday (or the day fixed by Proclamation for the celebration of the Birthday) of the reigning Sovereign, Any day appointed by Proclamation for a public holiday, or for a general fast, or a general thanksgiving throughout the Dominion; and the day next following New Year's Day and Christmas Day, when these days respectively fall on Sunday. And in the Province of Quebec the same days shall be observed as legal holidays, with the addition of,— The Epiphany, The Annunciation, The Ascension, Corpus Christi, St. Peter and St. Paul's Day, All Saints Day, Conception Day. 2. And in any one of the said Provinces of the Dominion any day appointed by Proclamation of the Lieutenant-Governor of such Province for a public holiday or for a fast or thanksgiving within the same. Exchange or 3. And with regard to bills of exchange and promissory notes, As to Bills of whenever the last day of grace falls on a legal holiday or non-juri- notes falling dical day in the Province where any such bill or note is payable, due on such then the day next following not being a legal holiday or nonjuridical day in such province shall be the last day of grace as to such bill or note. days. Inconsistent 4. All provisions of any Acts or laws or portions of Acts or laws enactments heretofore in force in any of the said Provinces or of the Dominion repealed. inconsistent with the provisions of this section are hereby repealed. Extent of 9. This Act shall apply to the Provinces of Ontario, Quebec, Act. Nova Scotia and New Brunswick only. Preamble. 34 Vic., c. 6. Section 16, surplus of assets over liabilities of St. John Savings Bank, N.B. CAP. IX. An Act to amend the chapters six and seven of the IN [Assented to 14th June, 1872.] N Amendment of the Act passed in the thirty-fourth year of Her Majesty's reign, and intituled: "An Act to provide additional facilities for depositing Savings at interest, with the security of the Government, and for the issue and redemption of Dominion Notes,"-Her Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate and House of Commons of Canada, enacts as follows: 1. Whereas by the sixteenth section of the Act cited in the amended as to preamble, it is provided that any surplus or deficiency in the property and assets as compared with the liabilities of the St. John Savings Bank (New Brunswick), shall be taken into account, and a proper allowance made therefor, in the settlement of the accounts between the Dominion and the said Province, and it has been found expedient and has been agreed, that the following provision be made in lieu of that so made as aforesaid, therefore, the surplus of the assets and property over the liabilities of the said St. John Savings Bank, 'on the first day of July, 1871, which has been ascertained to be thirty-nine thousand five hundred and sixty dollars and forty-four cents, shall be left in the hands of the trustees of the said Savings Bank, to be by them. appropriated and paid over for such local purpose or purposes of public interest, in the city of St. John, as may be approved by the Governor in Council,-and so much of the said section or Act as may be inconsistent herewith, is hereby repealed. Provision for distribution of surplus of assets over liabilities of Northumber land and 2. And whereas the affairs and business of the Northumberland and Durham Savings Bank have been wound up and the institution has been closed, in view of the approaching expiration of the Act under which it was constituted, passed by the Legislature of the late Province of Canada in the session thereof, held in the fourth and fifth years of Her Majesty's reign, and intituled: "An Act to encourage the establishment of, and to regulate Savings Banks in this Province,"-and there is no charitable institution to which the surplus of the assets of the institution over its liabilities ought to be distributed under the said Act,-Therefore the surplus of the assets of the said Savings Bank over its liabilities, on the tenth day of April, 1872, which have been ascertained to be eighty-seven thousand six hundred and sixty-nine dollars and ninety-one cents, shall be left in the hands of the Trustees of the said Savings Bank, or the majority of them, to be by them appropriated to some local purpose or purposes of public interest, subject to the approval of the Governor in Counci). French version 3. And for the avoidance of doubt by reason of a discrepance Error in between the English and French versions of the eighteenth of s. 18 of 34 section of the Act passed in the thirty-fourth year of Her V., c. 7,, Majesty's Reign, and intituled: "An Act respecting certain corrected. Savings Banks in the Provinces of Ontario and Quebec,”—it is hereby declared that the English version of the said section is correct, and that for the expression capital versé,-in the second line of the said section as printed in French by the Queen's Printer, the expression capital souscrit ought to have been and is hereby substituted, and the said section and Act shall have effect as if such substitution had been made at the time of the passing of said Act. САР. Х. An Act relating to Bills of Exchange and Promissory Notes. [Assented to 14th June, 1872.] HEREAS doubts exist as to the time of the maturity of a Preamble. Bill of Exchange or Promissory Note payable at a month or months after date, and it is desirable to set such doubts at rest: Therefore Her Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate and House of Commons of Canada declares and enacts as follows: mature. 1. Every Bill of Exchange or Promissory Note which is made When such payable at a month, or months, from and after the date thereof, Notes shall becomes due and payable on the same numbered day of the month in which it is made payable, as the day on which it is dated, unless there is no such day in the month in which it is made payable, and in such case it becomes due and payable on the last day of that month, with the addition in all cases of the days of grace allowed by law. CAP. XI. An Act to repeal the duties of Customs on Tea and Coffee. [Assented to 14th June, 1872.] ER Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Preamble; follows: Duties e pealed from Proviso: as to tea and which duties coffee on 1. All the duties of Customs whether, specific or ad valorem, 1st July, 1872. now payable on Tea or Coffee imported into Canada, shall be repealed upon, from and after the first day of July in the present year, 1872: Provided that Tea and Coffee on which such duties have been paid, may be re-bonded and re-warehoused at any time before the Twenty Ninth day of June in the said present year, under such regulations (if any), as the Governor in Council may see fit to make, and that on their being so re-bonded and re-warehoused, the specific duties paid on such Tea and Coffee shall be repaid to the owner thereof, as a drawback, by the Collector of Customs at the port where they are so re-bonded and re-warehoused, or by the Receiver General. have been paid. Preamble. 35 V., c. 11. Provision in case of a differential duty in CAP. XII. An Act to amend an Act of the present Session, and to enable the Governor in Council to impose a duty on Tea and Coffee imported from the United States, in the case therein mentioned. IN [Assented to 14th June, 1872.] N amendment of the Act of the present Session, intituled, "An Act to repeal the duties of Customs on Tea and Coffee," Her Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate and House of Commons of Canada, enacts as follows: 1. Provided always, that if at any time any greater duty of customs should be payable in the United States of America on tea or coffee imported from Canada, than on tea or coffee imported United States. from any other country, then the Governor in Council may impose on tea or coffee imported into Canada from the said United States, a duty of customs equal to the duty payable in the United States on tea or coffee imported from Canada: Provided that tea or coffee imported into Canada from any country other than the said United States, but passing in bond through the United States shall be free from duty. Exception. CAP CAP. XIII. An Act to re-adjust the Representation in the House of Commons. [Assented to 14th June, 1872.] WHEREAS, by the Census of the year one thousand eight Preamble. hundred and seventy-one, and in accordance with the "British North America Act, 1867," the Province of Ontario is entitled to six additional members in the House of Commons, the Province of Nova Scotia to two additional members, and the Province of New Brunswick to one additional member, the same being severally in excess of the number of members of the House of Commons for each of the said Provinces, as provided by the British North America Act, 1867: And whereas it is expedient otherwise to re-adjust the boundaries of certain of the electoral districts; Therefore Her Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate and House of Commons of Canada, enacts as follows: 1. The House of Commons shall consist. of Two hundred mem- Representa bers, of whom Eighty-eight shall be elected for Ontario, Sixty-five tion of each Province, for Quebec, Twenty-one for Nova Scotia, Sixteen for New Brunswick, Four for Manitoba, and Six for British Columbia. 2. The Provinces of Ontario, Quebec, Nova Scotia and New Ontario, Brunswick, shall, for the purposes of the election of Members to Quebec, Nova Scotia, and serve in the House of Commons, continue to be divided into the New BrunsElectoral Districts established by the "British North America Aet, wick, to 1867," each represented as it now is, except where altered by this present, except Act, as follows, that is to say :where expressly altered, remain as at ONTARIO. 1. The County of Huron shall be divided into three Ridings, Huron. to be called respectively the North, the Centre and the South Riding, each of which shall be an Electoral District and shall return one member; The North Riding to consist of the Townships of Howick, Ashfield, West Wawanosh, East Wawanosh, Morris and Turnberry; The Centre Riding to consist of the Townships of Colborne, Hullet, McKillop, Tuckersmith, Grey, the Town of Goderich and the Village of Seaforth; The South Riding to consist of the Townships of Goderich, Stanley, Hay, Stephen, Usborne and the Village of Clinton. 2. The County of Grey shall be divided into three Ridings, to Grey. be called respectively the North, the East, and the South Riding, each of which shall be an Electoral District, and shall return one member; The |