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is e PS cerirrrsacstmmentemmmah amtenten ocm cpmecememenatarnemeenementenmentepemaremanes RAER * M P PR s ty 0 e m A" . -- f t » C P e ReRoy c . fhicug To s -- 6 ult $ * » ..'/, the Government was going to receive great proposed by the Government was approved bea ns going to receive . 6 * k ITs f lus distributed opposition trom the Opposition side of the is f of. The amount of the surplus distributed, ¥aw* % 'vhe f * 4 isterest, UD to L mt House with regard to some of its measures, principal and interest, up to the presen forgetti ; hese measures were A ents a sum of $3,117,225. -- The orgetiing tiiat many of these measures were time, ":Pw"eudcd on roads and l');i-d{;cs Tss instituted by the Government of Mr. Sand-- t '"m'"""'"'pflwe k "of $1,159,746 ; the lield Macdonald. Both the 'Toronto Asy-- f been the IATS® , sca.£652.038 32 : luimn and that at London were established aln()l"ltf()YC(lllcfltlUll.a'])"['pL')S(,b,$UJ-,0J 2; by the old Governinent of Canada, 'The § for building and improving town halls, s s clan Anelitnqt a" AUlth reference to the buildi low price at which the latter institution : d $145,114 23. | W ith reference to the buriding was built was a constaut cause of complaint 5 3 ut town halls I may say 2s Dill was & Consti SC C uiplit and improving of to 4 by the Befor c e t ('@ brick & p en bui y the Reform Opposition, who, 1 & brick § that 72 town halls have been . built foll out, or anything of that kind cccurred 6 01 g i i w $ or paid for, and a Jlarge number o rspignd To s m en thar 1 3 re bec altributed it to the cheapness oi its con-- r of markets and lock.ups have becn struction, Some of the statistics which f constructed, both separately and in connec»-- fere Feadsue 11 \the *Prongurer}Wwete * 1 . T t d were read by tho hon, the Treasurer were 639 tion with the town halls, The amount de-- n unt ls c chether the expendi 3 e he indebtedness caused I not suflicient to show whother the expendi-- T voted to paying the indebtedness cauused by feposeh, o s f Pliat Pemiirk PR 7 " ilways was $963,734 59 ; ture was well made or not. 1at remurk ; gl'i\n"u" al(l to ral \\nl)& was \,Jb y bo d). e s % f lrun t; 1 mage. ©217,362 27 ; purchsso and im would apply to the matter of education, i i h a 0@ W3 = * * i i drainage, t'»['(:\ijn;ctmi:-h $1,917 62 ; buying e was not aware that any members of the | § e Pn hk nerenitural n ks p d agri Opposition had opposed the expenditur~ ne-- | | PW and laying out agricultural parks and agri« o . 'PPObCU o Cld rencfer . ~a)Cs ¥00ke &4 598 : p cessary for providing increased facilities for fu cultural society grounds, $4,599; town undr education. 'That ths expenditure ROW Ygg $ illage i ovements by construction o ation, Ibalt tho CXP Y Yas age Baiy . n nieee us 1"Y. Ik I plant greater than it was in 1868 or 1871 did n« 8 water--works, making sidewalks, and plant. P ne ho. ue beiter prid & 3 rces. also Duyi steam fire show that teachers were now beiter pa ing shade trees, also buying stca re | P ro un ras mig iy judes as to S 876432 65; paying share of thun formerly, for we could only Judgo as P +8 & " oo 4 « C% ¥t + + + '"nt:""b'f "L ){"',Y l-,'ildir"s'c and -- aid that by comparing the number of teacaers cos 0 POunv EC '5° c c _ she neay & m Atmkorem pet hk ral a ing in the erection of mills and einployed in the 'u_apu,h\e yeXts. s * ' manufactories, $11,38% 50; paying share _ Mr. WOOD said he could supply that in-- . of indebtedness for permanent works not formation at once. The number of schoo.ls > specificd, ©28,570 56 ; paid to unorganized in the Province in 1868 was 4,480, in 3 '( C districts for making roads and bridges and + 1871, 4,508, and in 18 76, 5,042, or 50{"*"-'""8 'E & buildin# schools in the year 1877,$6,352 50. | like 500 .u;hools more in 1876 than in 1871, 4 1 § [ think that having heard these statements which, at $1,000 for each.schoul, \\"ould not 3 f | 3 hon. gentlemen will admit that this money by any means make the difference in the ex-- S f has done a great deal of good to the country, | | penditure of the two years, that for 1871 be-- _ E It has not only jmproved our roads, school-- | | ing $1,191,476 against $1,838,000 for 1876. t houses, and so on, paid indebtednesses in-- Mt. CAMERON wasnot quite sure that o) _ curred on account of iail ways, and built our | these tigures showed that there bad been an l y town balls and other things of that sort, but | improvement in the matter of the salaries ; it has also increased a great manyopcrations | of teachers, but it was gratifying to know e specified in the items I have given, (Hear, | that the people were able to pay teachers A hear.) Theexpenditurconaccountofrailways | higher salaries than in former years. Public reach«d $2,000,000 odd, On accfunt of the School teachers were not, bhowever, well Railway Fund Act we Lave paid $1,499,-- enough paid to induce mauy able men to 837 95 ; on account of rulway _-.ullsnl_v fund, take charge of schools. With regard to the s $452,680 56 ; on accouns of lailway Act 39 Central Prison, be said the Opposi-- Mook, Vic., cap. 22, $33,442; on account of Rail. tion had opposed the formation of a o. ooraincl it (nal way Land Subsidy Act, 40 Vic., cap,. 14, contract between the Government and the ,<; $10,535 08, mal.ing a total of $2,04106,495 29. Canada Car Company, and now the Govern-- ES P | P But, Sir, while we have expended those ment had to come forward and say that the l | B large sums of money in abling the contract had to be abandonsd. The ex-- ® & railway _ companies--in building _ roads penditure on capital account for that prison d | for the benefit of the people of ine Province had increased from $150,000 to $450,000, a / | --it may be as woell to state what sums the great deal of that increase being due to the $ people bave given, Whether we aided them addition of machinery and other matters . as l}bcrully as they have, or \\".n}ht'r'\"c which the Government represented as im--| considered those enterprises 0'_"{""""(;'" +m# provements, but which were not necessary ' portance to justify the imposition 0i large to the original design of the institution, A | takes for their construction, still we 1'-']1" € great deal of money had been losi in conse-- | experded .tI}oz sutm n}(-xnllunt'«l. I f'"f' tl "'t. quence of the misimanagement of the prison. | ?hv municipalities interested themse \(.} Although a large amount of the interest on | f y | in ntfn--flq rouls _ to s the (-xltn-,nt "0' ! capital account had been lost, although the | & ' 1 in y > + I + '~_7: F;J-_"""'-' A ad ".'""' 1 w _. _ Nt '"l l 10 expenditure bhad become larger than the re-- | | re \'ll'F.' Notwithstanding the increase "d '\lx" ceipts, and although the contract with the ' :.!u."'I;-l':l:lll(llllj_{ Lhu: l_:u;:'.- '.u)nll'\ua })tu' .;1) Car Company had to be abandoned, all that M 3 | the different imunicipalitics, \}t'"h\'t& 'l' the hon,. gentleman (Mr. Wood) told the * _ Ne A uo PF namer » e 45 L}r(.':\s'cAd 'I'""l""" and l'"""il""_'y '"1' C "l'('":b House was, that he was sorry to say that is l:):'l," Ant Jl'"';!.'"'\" (Cheers.) 'ilifly";\lo)nr such was the case, without giving any y f | t;) n?. P s f'""' """ "rfl ;;'rn..t-ln;:" 'f_" hi f" reason for the abandonmeut or submitting | C M > » 10 & 8 a + 84 : 4 JAE | tl'l:')fi'l\ifib (1'. ."'";.' fl" a l!" ,,\'; A 's'mlul a statement of the financial condition i -- P whick wtn'(u .',"'h{' ""d'"" ml ;'t;r't'.«il' of the Company at the time the contract ° -- 1e 08 uLV vi C CoS nC ~ + * 1 -- Consts '_';.' s 1':)"1 't.k-'t' fand. ns , ceased. -- Me thought the Treasurer had im-- s ' I i1 "' "L"'"'. we 1 ":' h Mm 1c than properly classed the money received from id Tease! alu: ore t p + i q § nLv :;: r ": c fvtl o s .m" ties. (Cheors.) the sales of Crown lands as revenue ; for it j insy ofuer patt of _lie. coulliiOs _ACVUESHLES was only the exchange of one kind of capi-- w % I have to congratulate the House that after + 1 C s ; Yb 4 i tal for another. 'The same thing could be baving been able to expend the large amount un & tAls is f inh TB an man an't C we K d said of timber limits. -- The hon. gentleman j since 1871 of $7,618,394 55 on public build-- J eratul; c I uk i n e estanizarinm uie muil Wihus I suci iad concratulated the House on the antici-- . 4 ings, colonization roads, railways, and siuch lor # i c nokorat on s f o ancs aas s pation that there would afiter a while be institutions --after having expended that nothing on which to expend our capital largze sum on those works, alter having pro. oish o peune Oulcapitisi s vided for all the ordinary requirements of Mr. WOOD said the hon . gentleman had the Government for education, for the in-- misunderstood him. He had said that the creased vote for asylums, for buildings, etc,, expenditure on public institutions would ----it is a matter for congratulation that we become in a few years very much reduced. * | still have on hand a surplus of nearly $5,-- Mr. CAMERON said he had understood 4 000,000, (Loud checrs,) I now move, Mr. differently, and he had felt surprise that a Speaker, that you leave the chair, (Checrs.) Reform Government would not be able to Mr. CAMERQN had not much objection find some necessity for tho expenditure of to raise to the statement of the hon. the money. The hon. gentleman had also con-- Treasurer; it was presented as fairly as gratulated the House on the fact that much 1 could be expected., There was now nothing of the money -- distributed to muni-- - in the administration of our monetary affairs cipalities had _ been used _ in local Fhat required any great ingenuity in devis-- improvements, If that were a matter ing ways aud means by which the Govern-- tor congratulation now, it struck him ment was to be carried on, and the duty of that local improvements would be a proper the Treasurer was simply to give an account | subject of expenditure in the future, The & of the receipts and expenditures, and to see | improvement in the Province made by the I t!m!: the latter were kept within legitimate promotion of railways, he contended, was ' limits. 'The Treasurer seemed to think that due to the railway policy of the Sandfield Macdonald Government, which had appropri-- i ' } . ated $1,500,000 for the purpose, and thereby ; M j