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CIHM/ICMH 

Microfiche 

Series. 


CIHIVI/ICMH 
Collection  de 
microfiches. 


Canadian  Institute  for  Historical  Microreproductions  /  institut  Canadian  de  microreproductions  historiques 


Technical  and  Bibliographic  Notoa/Notas  tachniquM  at  bibliographiquaa 


Tha  Instituta  haa  attamptad  to  obtain  tha  beat 
original  copy  availabia  for  filming.  Faaturaa  of  thia 
copy  which  may  be  bibliographically  uniqua, 
which  may  altar  any  of  tha  imagaa  in  tha 
raproduction,  or  which  may  significantly  chariga 
tha  uauai  mathod  of  filming,  ara  chackad  baiow. 


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Colourad  covara/ 
Couvartura  da  coulaur 


I      I    Covars  damagad/ 


Couvartura  andommag^a 

□    Covars  restored  and/or  laminated/ 
Couverture  restaurAa  at/ou  pallicul4a 

□    Cover  title  miasing/ 
La  titra  da  couverture  manqua 

□    Coloured  maps/ 
Cartas  giographiques  en  coulaur 

□   Coloured  ink  (i.e.  other  than  blue  or  black)/ 
Encre  de  couleur  (i.e.  autre  que  bleue  ou  noire) 

□   Coloured  plates  and/or  illuotrations/ 
Planches  et/ou  illustrations  en  couleur 

□    Bound  with  other  material/ 
Ralii  avec  d'autres  documents 


D 


D 


Tight  binding  may  cause  shadows  or  distortion 
along  interior  margin/ 

La  .*w  liura  serrie  peut  causer  da  I'ombre  ou  de  la 
distorsion  l«  long  de  la  marge  int^rieure 

Blank  leaves  added  during  restoration  may 
appear  within  the  text.  Whenever  possible,  these 
have  been  omitted  from  filming/ 
II  se  peut  que  certaines  pagea  blanches  ajout«es 
lors  d'une  restauration  apparaiasent  dana  la  texte. 
mais,  lorsque  cela  6tait  possible,  ces  pagea  n'ont 
paa  6ti  filmias. 


L'Instltut  a  microfilm*  la  mailJeur  exemplaire 
qu'il  lui  a  iti  possible  de  se  procurer.  Les  details 
de  cet  exemplaire  qui  sont  peut-Atre  uniques  du 
point  de  vue  bibliographique,  qui  peuvent  modifier 
une  image  reprodulte,  ou  qui  peuvent  exiger  une 
modification  dans  la  m«thoda  normale  de  f ilmaga 
sont  indiqute  ci-dessous. 


r^   Coloured  pages/ 


Pagea  de  couleur 

Pages  damaged/ 
Pages  endommagdes 

Pages  restored  and/oi 

Pages  restauribs  et/ou  pelliculAes 

Pages  discoloured,  stained  or  foxec. 
Pages  d6color«es.  tachat^es  ou  piquies 

Pages  detached/ 
Pages  d6tach6es 


I     I  Pages  damaged/ 

r~]  Pages  restored  and/or  laminated/ 

r^  Pages  discoloured,  stained  or  foxed/ 

I     I  Pages  detached/ 


I      I    Showthrough/ 


Transparence 


□    Quality  of  print  varies/ 
Quality  in«gale  de  I'impression 

□    Includes  supplementary  material/ 
Comorend  du  material  sunnUmantai 


Comprend  du  material  suppl^mantaire 

Only  edition  available/ 
Seule  Mition  disponible 


□    Pages  wholly  or  partially  obscured  by  errata 
slips,  tissues,  etc..  have  been  ref limed  to 
ensure  the  best  possible  image/ 
Les  pages  totalament  ou  partiellement 
obscurcies  par  un  feuillet  d'errata,  une  pelure, 
etc.,  ont  iti  filmtes  d  nouveau  de  fapon  A 
obtenir  la  meilleure  image  possible. 


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Additional  comments:/ 
Commentaires  suppl^mentairas; 


[Printed  ephemera]  1  sheet  (verso  blank) 


This  item  is  filmed  at  the  reduction  ratio  checked  below/ 
Ce  document  est  film*  au  taux  da  reduction  indiqu*  ci-dessous. 
10X 14X  18X  2ZX 


26X 


30X 


12X 


16X 


20X 


24X 


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32X 


Th«  copy  filmed  hw  has  b«en  rapro  .ucad  thanks 
to  tha  ganarosity  of: 

D.  B.  Weldon  Library 

University  of  Wattern  Ontario 

(Regional  History  Room) 

Tha  imagaa  appaaring  hara  arm  tha  bast  quality 
possibia  eonsidaring  tha  condition  and  lagibility 
of  tha  original  copy  and  in  kaaping  with  tha 
filming  contract  spacificationa. 


Original  copias  in  printad  papar  covars  ara  filmad 
bagi^ining  with  tha  front  covar  and  anding  on 
tha  last  paga  with  a  printad  or  iltustratad  impraa- 
sion,  or  tha  back  covar  whan  appiopriata.  All 
othar  original  c.^piaa  ara  filmad  beginning  on  tha 
first  paga  with  a  printad  or  illuatratad  impras- 
sion,  and  anding  on  tha  laat  paga  with  a  printad 
or  illuatratad  impraaaion. 


The  last  recorded  frame  on  each  microfiche 
shall  contain  tha  symbol  — •-  (meaning  "CON- 
TINUED"), or  tha  symbol  V  (meaning  "END"), 
whichever  appliaa. 

Mapa.  platee.  charts,  etc.,  may  be  filmed  at 
different  reduction  ratioa.  Thoae  too  large  to  be 
entirely  included  in  one  expoaure  are  filmed 
beginning  in  the  upper  left  hand  corner,  left  to 
right  and  top  to  bottom,  aa  many  framea  aa 
required.  The  following  diagrama  illustrate  the 
method: 


L'exempiaira  film*  fut  reproduit  grice  A  la 
gAnirositi  da: 

D.  B.  Weidon  Library 

University  of  Western  Ontario 

(Regional  History  Room) 

Lee  images  suivantae  ont  tti  raproduites  avac  la 
plus  grand  soin,  compta  tenu  de  la  condition  9t 
da  fa  natteti  de  l'exempiaira  film*,  at  an 
conformiti  avav  las  conditions  du  contrat  da 
filmage. 

Lee  exempiairae  originaux  dont  la  couverture  an 
papier  eat  imprimte  sont  filmte  an  commandant 
par  la  premier  plat  at  an  terminant  solt  par  la 
darnlAre  pege  qui  comporte  une  amprainto 
d'impreaaion  ou  d'illustration,  soit  par  la  second 
plat,  salon  la  caa.  Tous  las  autras  axamplairas 
originaux  sont  filmte  wn  commenqant  par  la 
premiere  page  qui  comporte  une  amprainte 
d'imprasaion  ou  d'illustration  at  an  terminant  par 
la  darniAre  paga  qui  compoita  une  telle 
empreinte. 

Un  dea  symbolaa  suivants  apparaitra  sur  la 
darniire  image  de  cheque  microfiche,  selon  le 
caa:  le  symbols  — ^  signifie  "A  SUIVRE".  le 
symbols  V  signifie  "FIN". 

Lee  cartaa.  planches,  tableaux,  etc.,  peuvent  atra 
filmte  A  das  taux  da  rMuction  diff«rants. 
Lorsque  le  document  est  trop  grand  pour  4tre 
reproduit  en  un  seul  ciichA,  il  eat  fllm«  A  partir 
de  I'angle  sup^rieur  gauche,  de  gauche  d  droite. 
et  de  haut  an  baa.  an  prenant  la  nombre 
d'imagas  nteessaira.  Las  diagrammas  suevants 
illuatrant  la  mAthoda. 


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Tljat  ihe  gwiBting  to  Coropamcs  the  privilei^  of  loaning  mooey  at  high  «t«is  of 
interest,  and  to  private  individaalMhe  rigftt  lo  loan  money  ai  any  rate  wMchraay  be  agreed  upoo,  is 
yery  pwjodleial  to  the  interests  Q,f  ihe  cQimti7i  a«»fi  has  heeq  the  caaw  of  the  rain  of  many  thonsand^ 
d|^  best  men  it.  the  ooantry, 

Unt  when  lands  arc  mortgaged  to  C<)-.pani«*,  il>ey  are  in  »  majorj^  of  cases  not  reAHSteed— 
i»t  from  m  amount  of  money  borrowed,  bat  from  i he  high  wte  of  itttetest  charged. 

%ni  pri»^.liartiea,are  charging  from  t«s  «p  hfty  |)f  r  cent.,  and  when  even  l  .^  besj  security  i* 
given,  tvealy  per  cent,  is  not  an  wiwjommon  interest, 

Capital,  which  would  otherwise  be  investeil  in  Bank  Stoofev  and  thereby  increase  the  wealth 
and  efficiency  of  the  Banlcs,  enabling  them  to  giyo  a  moru  liberal  accommodation.to  their  customers 
and  a  greater  impetus  to  trade,  is  now  invested  in  Building  Societies  and  other  Compattfca  chwrtwed 
m  loan  money,  or  is  ftlaced  in  the  h-^nds  pf  lawyer*,  Nvho,  in  oddUion  tg  ^^  high  rate  gf  lnie««l,  charge 

large  fees,  .         , 

your  petitioners  therefore  humbly  pray  that  your  »onourable  Body  wiU  pass  an  Act  restricting 
the  rate  of  laterest  to  Seven  per  cent.,  and  that  a  i|irecl  or  indirect  violation  of  the  same  be  paiii*h«d 
l»  forfeitnteofthc  moneyioanedorusedinpnrchase.  *  '•'■'■ 

\nd  yuor  petitioners  as  in  duty  bonnd  will  ever  pray, 

tignsAT,  Jane  *<^ '^^-  '  '  '  ' 


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