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f. M. i l ' \ l l P" - -__" --= 'f _ i 3 out which for mine in. With" '500,000. . " "o ' " 1 a. umbo:- of you: had been under tin? 5.133 Mr. oAhnrRotr--sytir the dues are 30- ':Xa'l,, I t IEl.sl ;. 'ddr""" belongingtothe party '13.. ttttlit more than that, alter thesale of ".,N _';':"),"'" ' _ 33° Generics said the increase was de ,ii'iii'2Ti2ltlolf1r/,ylil'i at"? "1. _, 'i',2h,",t,'t2ttt of I',',' efpenditure on . about!" qrttat would. 2,",'l',tt be :2 , of Crown timber e recs W rem "I. gale the canal amount received. 0 next come a . toths casual revenue, from which he ex- l Eon. Mr. CROOKS said the contrast was F pesxtted $22,000, the amount raeoived W nevertheless such as he had made. [he a car. m. included fines and forfeiturel. J .' Provincehad improved in its resources near- I {m of Secretary's oifitto, advertising in the I t . million and a half in one year alone t Ontario Gav-Amide of statutes adjourn", . hon. . tratltite ,rould '00 farther, Private Bill fees. The fourth item dinoome _ "connection with the financial operations was tavern and sh licenses, $70,000. '.o rr of the Government, that it had made I hoped, . more 'i'ifhii' system of inspection - two moves entirely the advantage 1 would ineresse th amount. The next item: of the country, two 1isti)oU moves. Tn. were Algoms taxes, $6,000; law stamps. iimt was in removing the Government do. $40,600, assuming that this burden upon, the r pants from I banking institution which country would be relieved, at least, one half; l yes in no sense idemtitiUd with the banking Education Department, 850,000, based upon . tnt"ty" ot Ontario, which on more than one the information furnished by the chief Super- occasion by the action of its management had intendent; public institutions, $24,500. his declared that Upper Canada as a banking amount was estimated after making allowance had was unworthy of its attention. The for what, appeared to be the wish of the _ Government had thy the Government ac- Legislature, namely, that the childrm whose ofiuntsriu the ban a of banks that were on- parents were unah e to any for their tuition . tirely Ontario banks whose capital was own- and maintenance at the Institutions for the , ed by our neighbours and friends. whose blind and for the deaf and dumb should head _o.tlitris were here,and whose whole unan- . be admitted to them free. After cval ability was devoted to tce transaction of 1 making allowance for the expense of their the Provir cc. The amount of these Govern- ( maintenance, he looked to public institutions " ment deposits was now being used in dove. I , for a revenue of $24,500. Worn the Domin- Irping thensouroesofOntarroinsteadof being ', I ion, including the amount of $35,000 for used y all sorts of foreign financial . marriage licenses. he would receive $1,089,- _ ccnrresin swelling the receipts of a booking l 960. e had taken a less amount than 3 institution which to all intents and inte. l the Commissioner of Crown Lands had li, poses on foreign to the Province. the l furnished him with, as the robable re- , F.', Govormnont had insisted that those cash l ceipte from the Municipalities Bund, clergy " balances left in the different banking institu- l reserve lands. and Common School lands. ' tires should yield at least fire per cent" and j The amount from these sources he that these amounts could be safely and so- i' put down at $185,000. This would make (only used by them at a prou't which would l the gross probable receipts, for 1873, bereaeonable, over the tire par cent., which l $3,089,401. Hon. members would now be _ _ ti ey should pay to the Government. In curious to know how much of that was to be these two respects it appeared to him that l expended in connection with the service of , tho financial policy of his predecessor. the the Province for 1873. in the estimates Hon Mr. Mackenzie, had been certainly 3 brought down they would find that the sum raucous and entirely in the right direction, total of these estimates was 82.771323 having regard to the interests ot the Pr iv- They would also find that $271,000 was In- ' If his hon. friend would take the ivy eluded in connection with the muaieiitalitieq meted fund which he had maritime and de. ' fund and the land improvement fund. and duct from that the balance still payable in I $80,000 in connection with the expenditure connection with this railwa fund," he would of last year, which required to be covered by find that them was still a handed balance of a vote of the Rouse, making some $350,000- 82 670.765. He was afraid that he tetbs no. The House would find that the estimated tying hon. members with these statements, were in excess of last remnlthough last year _ . but it was necessary that they should g , should properly be charged with $50,- 'il through the same course which he bid 074 that appeared in this "ara 13; ' gone through in order to inform himng on t estimates, which should ho reduced by that all tliesr- points. moat,"ng thatdsdorrectly 1t,'tig1t'2t.' Mr. RYKER - " '5 amount rovi for this year, inc u - Aatat the has" li,'? 'lt', ta/e/d,'",',) ' ing the municipalities fund and the land im. Jam a .... I . . " provement fund, would be $2,690 9433and l ry, after going credit to the Railway Caut tor two hundrui thousand dollars y the amount last y "I would be $2,1_i92,000, , ' . . and the estimates of 1871 were 82,58t,000; " .yr.. (LOOKS "id the hon. gentleman so that there was nota very large inureasc "lied to understand what wpuld be the over the estimates of 1871. Hon. gentlemen position of the PIOVsECO. with reference to might desire that he should point out specifi- Ira invested assets, lumping that during the cally the difference between the estimates of preeent St" the contends upon the Railwsy this year and last, in reference to the princi- mud would be qadicirut to exhaust it. There pal heads of expenditure. lie had prepared ', woch1U 81,627,214 to be 1,"le tor out of l a tabular statement, which he would read l our invested assets. over. The esstunaotia is: civil government 1' . - . this year was 101, , ing an excess over ode, KNEE-RT- That includes the 'too,. last year of $180,095; legislation the year, 1 o the Itailway fund. . . ll M . , 801,400, a decrease of $9,510; colonization on. . r. c.ru?tyr.r-h' es, lust years; roads, this you, $146,300, an increase ot so that still we had in investment $2,070,705 866 594, The estimates were given in " which was a perfectly clear asset except. so tall for each road' in respect of which I vote far as that it. was subject to certain promises was asked. It would appear from that that the p it connected with this scheme of distribution hon. Commissioner of Crown Lands, with _ Bl i He would now_ come to what he presumed I when this particular expenditure rested, had a would be more interesting to hon. members, carefully considered the wants of the various namely, his estimated receipts for 1873. lie motions of tho Province. m proposed, professed to state what he took as the basis as far as could be done during the current of the estimated receipts for the current year, tcextcnd these oo1onizatroetkrmda into " C' pe. .1 ll" amount ot cash on hand " the the backcountry,with the View of advancing ' WNW tst the you was 33-12991. The settlement in that direction. m had divided P. ' interest on investments he placed at 8200000, the Province into three sections, nor-than at e I which wasuiider the mark. m took this " and esst the cast and west sections bein; l ep, ttPt 855'2,991. Be next PPP to i separated by the Hastings road. The north I l t ft,"d'p'g'l [teh, "E,"lt't'vf,; wht? tu, ', section embraced the Algoma district, which , 'dll 'ill E JI 'll'i'lll 0 c rovuice with not i was snow acquisition to this country. Till , r ' ' ' '. , C,, . last year the whole northern region on Lake Mr. RN KillRT "(are us the details of g tiupiriortetr1tsto" a wilderness, except lo that. , . . I so far as the Dawson exploration party had Hon. Mr. CROUKS said the .dohlll "tatsiiahodaaatall village at Thunder Bay. l were ..--Cromt lands, tt90,000, Clair There were a few light-house keepers, one of j lands. 8t'20.000, Uotnmon "ty3tsoal In". l who in 1871, waitounddeas1 from actiiil , h in, 880,000, Grammar tkhool lands.) " ,1 l want, his applies having given out 1.l00, tere., and forests, $lK0.000, 'Pt i During the present year an immense activity Mtg Uhda, $50.000, (the ..atmyct t'6MMritreq , had been induced in consequznce of the .- let W'" was $68,000, while the nmoaat m' ' some" that attended the development of ' - "med for woods t,',tgl.ttret?, last year was certain of the mineral lauds. And he anti- opwnrit' of tltd?) at'"",'?, m .tt9trntr8, cipsied that with vropMemiouragymsett, and l $35,000:"!!! Ittt, th. . "5 1tref...h/ the judicious expenditure of public. money, detailed estimates furnished by the Lumen... the mineral resources of that large area of sioner, and '."'P. m Pot" ot the amount het i our country would be found even more rich trad placed m his t"le'". . and productive than those on the Paoitio, MraicBA1l08-Givs us details of woods l At present but a very smell portion of that anti forests. . . . l, vast area had yet been in any way explored Hon. Mr. CROOKS said the Commissioner I His own view was that the mineral wealth m supplied him with these iteavc--Notea l to ho derived from that vast region would in given at the late sale of timber berths, $300,- I .' the not remote future become a omeider. "*" - M