THE BRITISH NORTH AMERICA ACT, 1867. 303 
114. Nova Scotia shall be liable to Canada for the amount Debt of 
(if any) by which its public debt exceeds at the Union Eight BO 
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 Debt of 
amount (if any) by which its public debt exceeds at the Union iid 
Seven million Dollars, and shall be charged with interest at the wick. 
rate of five per centum per annum thereon. 
116. In case the public debts of Nova Scotia and New Payment 
Brunswick do not at the Union amount to Eight million and % interest 
Seven million Dollars respectively, they shall respectively receive, Scotia and 
by half-yearly payments in advance from the Government of By 
Canada, interest at five per centum per annum on the difference wick. 
between the actual amounts of their respective debts and such 
stipulated amounts. 
117. The several Provinces shall retain all their respective Provincial 
public property not otherwise disposed of in this Act, subject to ie 
the right of Canada to assume any lands or public property 
required for Fortifications or for the Defence of the Country. 
118. The following suns shall be paid yearly by Canada to Grants to 
the several Provinces for the support of their Governments and © FOVRees: 
Legislatures :— 
Ontario......... 
Quebec .......... 
Nova Scotia ........... 
New Brunswick ... 
Dollars. 
Eighty Thousand. 
Seventy Thousand. 
Sixty Thousand. 
ftv Thousand. 
Two Hundred and Sixty Thousand ; 
and an annual grant in aid of each Province shall be made, equal 
to Eighty Cents per bead 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 Pro- 
vinces amounts to Four hundred thousand souls, at which rate 
such grant shall thereafter 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,