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&f Drainage Deobentures Railway Fund......_ _2 _.le _0 0 T PV mm wmodg UUncts wis i tender from the Life Insurance Company, of Hartford, to whom they were sold. ~The price paid was a little below 4} per cent. dis-- vount. .. Last year we soid at a little below 44 zer cent., and I then stated thut 1 expected this year to be able to do better, and | think the result has shown that my expectation has been realized, Civil Government . I,:'r.:l.ulmion'............... Administration of Justice, T oncation ....,.........: .. Public Institutions -- Ma o i.r: : esA rl...iln. .. Imunl@rafion :.............. Agricultnire and Arts...... Hospitals and Charities .. sale, So that no sale has taken place during the year, and the result has been that the re-- cveipts from this source have fallen short of the estimate. 1 might here state that it is our intention during the present session to introduce a Bill dealing with this question of _ arrears of taxes. But to return to the comparison of receipts with the esti mates. -- From the Mnnim'{ml Loan Fund we estimated that we would receive $10.000. The receipts from this source did not come up to my expectation from the fact that the sum of $7,000, due from the City of St. Cath-- arines, was not paid, and our total income under this head was $2,047, received from the Township of Hope. From the Agricul-- tmural & Arts Association we expected to receive £2,000 as the balance of the amount due from the association on account of the repairs made in Agricultural Hall, in accord-- ance with an agreement we entered into with thera. in consequence of the untoward weather, during the holding of the Provin-- cial Exhibition last year, the receipts of the association were much less than the association expected, and therefore they were not in a g\ositlon at the close of the year to pay the $2,000; but it will be re-- ceived during the Fresent year,. To sum up, our total estimated receipts from all those sources for the year were $2,585,148, and our actual receipts have been $2,697,420, or an excess of recei{\ls over our estimate of $11?,-- 212. Our receipts from annuities were $268,-- 651. These are the proceeds from annuities to the extent of $14,000 annually, which were issned in June last for the purpose of taking up the certilicates to railways falling due during the year, Tenders were asked for the Pnr('-hu.jo of t.hlese',qlld'amoug others was a A COMPARISON,. I will now ask the House to follow me while I make a brief comparison between onrestimates of receipts and the actual re-- ceipts under the various heads as they stand. The items of subsidy and interest on capital account are, of course, the same as we esti-- mated. Of interest from banks and other investments we estimated that we would re-- ceive $50,000 ; we have received $50,284. From public institutions we estimated that we wonld receive $91,000 ; we have actually re-- ceived ©'$99,112, an increase of over eight thousand dollars, Inthe Education Depart-- ment the estimated expenditure has been ex-- ceeded by $749, 'The receipts from casual revenue were estimated at $34,000, and theg have beeft exceeded by. over five thousan dollars, the amount actually received from that source having been no l'éss than §$39,556. We estimated that the receipts from licenses would be $168,000, but the actual re(-uigts have been $162,3350. 'The receipts from this source for 1884, as hon. gentiemen well recol-- lect, were $211,353, but in consequence of the Bceott Act having come into operation in a number of counties on the 1st of May last, wa estimated that we would have a reduc-- tion of $43,000 from licenses from the receipts of the previous year. But the result has shown that the reduction has bean move than we anticipated, amounting to 549.060, on ac-- count of licenses in those counties which have adopted the Scott Act. From Algoma taxres the estimate was $10,000 ; the recéipts were only $1.020, In making that esti-- mate of $10,000 from _ Algoma taxes, it was intended during the year 1885 to have had a sale of lands for taxes, but on looking into the maiter in connection with those taxes it was evident that the previous at-- tempts at enforced collection had not been satisfactory, and that some change of plan would be necessary in regard to this subject before we should go the llf:ngth of placing the writs in the sherift's hands and ma'l)u: a forced 1 now come to a stat ture for the past year sale of annuities $271,399, making the total eceipts from all sources during 1885, $3,005,-- EXPEXDITURR--18@5 ent ........+..«..+ § 104,254 40 ***1i1.«i...«.+..*«¢ * KoTE Ob n of Justice....... -- 354.923 35 tiat*1i1+«:1««1« : -- +6 *' ©099,00¢ 46 utions ---- Mainten-- Es¥t+.rircs : +*+++:as ---- OF,070 89 19,088 11 id Arts............ '199,970 45 Charities ......... 06,421 28 [aintenance, P.B.. 62,601 54 &S................. -- 186,f20 29 oatls."!.;......... 121,425 32 wn Lands........ _ 98,573 08 31,023 41 ces s v s s s s es ssssse}.4 _ 100,820 18 $2,003,525 90 ntures............ _ 40208 78 atement of the expendi-- ts from all those $2,585,148, and our i $2,697,420, or an estimate of $11?,-- TObM%.,.....«.(11...s .+« + $8,046,112 28 I will now take up each item and compare it with the estimate. Under the head of Civil Government, we made an esti-- mate of $181,444 ; our actual expen'd|ture was $184,254, or an excess of $3.810. JFor legisla-- tion we estimated an expenditure of $120,85Q, and we expended $125,762, or an over--expendi-- ture of $4,912. This excess is mainly ca.uso:l in connection with the two items of sessional writers and messengers, and printing and stationery. It was expected that the close supervision which it was intended should hbe exercised over both of those branches, would have enabled us to keep within our estimate of last year. _ We have not been quite able to do that, but at the same time I think we have been able to make very important reductions in those items,. _ The item for sessional , mewsen{gern for 1884 was $17,220 ; for 1885 it ' went down to $15,605, or §$1,614 less, For | printing and stationery the expenditure in 1884 was $435,987, for 1885 it was hruugln, down to $33,048, a reduction of $10,879. For legis-- lation the expenditure in 1884 was $141,440 ; for 1885 we have reduced it to $125,252 ; a total reduction in the item of legislation of $15,678. Mr. Speaker, if that is not quite as low as we anticipated, I think, at any rate, it is evidonce of a fairly successful effort in that direction. (Meae hear.) For the ad-- ministration of justice our estimate of expenditure _ was _ $334,215, _ and_ _ our actual -- expenditure _ was _ $354,0135, _ or ' T?,O,(f.'l in -- excess _ of the _ estimate. \The main item of over--expenditure in that account is in connection with criminal jus-- | tice expenditure paid to the counties. In I former statements I referred to this expendi-- ture as being one over which the Govern-- | ment have no control. This is altogether an | expenditure by the local officiais for the or-- | dinary administration of criminal justice in | the eounties, and it is repaid by the Govern-- \ ment to the County treasurers, therefore it ! is an expenditure over which theGovern--. ment have no control. This expendi-- ture, 1 think, may be taken as a very _ fair -- and _ accurate _ barometer of the prosperity or depression that exists in the country. We arways find that in periods of extreme depression the expendi-- ture in connection with justice goes up. The expenditure for this purpose has not Koen as high as it was this year since 1878. The two maxima of expenditure correspond with the two extremes of depression, _ Knowing that hard times were present and have not yet come to an end we made provision for an increase in expenditure under this head over that of 1884, but wedid not quite come up to the amount that was actually required. 'There has been a considerable over--expendi-- ture in connertion with the Administration of Justice in the new districts. Alarge part of that expenditure is of the _ same character as the expenditure for Administration of| Justice in the counties, and it is subject to. increase from the same causes. Another rea-- son for the increase of expenditure in the new districts is the fact that owing to the completion of work on the C. P. R. a large amount of labour ceased to find employment, and hence there was an increase in the ex-- penditure for maintaining order. the expenditure has been within the esti-- mate. _ We took au _ appropriation _ of $619,685, and _ we expended _ $613.570, or an expenditure below the estimate of §6,-- 115. (Applause.) _In connection with that expenditure I think that while the reduction shows economical management we have a further proof proof of that in the informa-- tion given to hon. gentlemen in the prison and asylum reports. 'Thai report shows that the average cost per inmate of our institu-- tions during the past year has been reduced from. $188 22 in 1884 to $174 40 in 1885, or a reduction of $13 82 per head. Taking our in-- sane asylums. the average cost in 1834 was $135, and in 1885 $123.0r a reduction of $10 per head. In 1684 1 expressed the opinion tflat in regard to our prisons, reformatories, and all institutidns outsideof lunatic asylums the digures showed that we had arrived at the normal maximum expenditure. Of course there may be fAuctuations from time to time owing to temporary causes, but we appear to have arrived at the end of that regular yearly increase which we used to expoct. Last year the figures sustained my conien-- tion, and this year also they bear out the conclusion I drew. I believe it will be a subject of congratulation to the Hous» if we find that we have arrived at the end of INX EDCCATION there has been an over--expenditure of $7,735. The estimate was $525,829, and the expendi-- ture $533,564, _ The over--expenditure has been under two heads--departmental exami-- nations and miscellaneous. --In PUBLIC INSTiTUTIOXN3 ANNUIIO® . .. oys hi l e y y e e e e e e e e 60 Common School Fund........... Municipal Loan Fund........... New Parliament Buildings...... Stationery Office -- Surplus of purchases over distrigution. % Teb 20,400 00 35,000 00 154 48 26 90 5,973 81 A