Ashburton Treaty, the, [57-8].
Blair, Andrew G., minister of Railways, [208].
Blake, Edward, his opposition to the C.P.R. contract, [143-5], [157] N.
Borden, Sir Robert, and the Canadian Northern, [191], [192].
Brassey, Betts, Peto and Jackson, railway contractors in the Maritime Provinces, [66-67], [69], [73], [75]; in Canada, [70], [72-6], [79], [80], [81] and note, [83].
British Columbia, its terms of union with Canada, [115], [116], [128], [130]; railway grants in aid, [192], [241].
Broun, Sir Richard, his railway, [58].
Buchanan, Isaac, promotes the Great Western, [47].
Canada, before the advent of the railway, [12-14], [19-26], [109-113]; development of water transport, [14-16], [33-5]; of land transport, [16-19]; her railway policy, [27-30], [49-55], [64], [69-71], [169-72], [176], [190], [191], [209], [211], [233-9], [241-3]; railway building, [36-49], [84-5], [93], [98], [182-3]; the Grand Trunk, [71-74], [81-2], [83], [88-90], [94], [187]; the Intercolonial, [106-8]; the C.P.R., [116], [122-9], [139-50], [158-9], [164-5], [176-7], [224]; a 'boom' period, [85], [181-2], [196]; the Canadian Northern, [190-1], [192], [194]; a period of depression, [197-8], [202]; the Grand Trunk Pacific, [206-11], [213-15]; railway interrelations with United States, [231], [232-3], [241]; government roads, [108], [233-239]; Canada's position in the railway world, [240-1]. See Railways.