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INCREASES UNAVOIDABLE, Now, we have had frequently before, in fact it has been the burden of the criticism made by hon. gentlemen un'ggslte against the finan-- clal admwnistration of the Government, that the increase in expenditure is going on from year to year,. 'That charge has been made over and over agnin in various ways, and 1 intend, for the purpose ofshowing how these increases must take place from year to vear, to bring before the House the various in creases in expenditure that have become, as jiat were, an annnual. charge on > a 'revenue from 1872 to the present timie. I -- will _ briefly -- recite the different items, and I do not think hon, gentlemen will be able to put their finger upon one itein that they can say is not necessary to the proper administration of the public service, that ought not to have been undertaken, and that is not of matertai interest to the Pro-- vince. In 1872 the School of Practical Science came first into operation, involving an ex-- | penditure amounting to an annual charge of | gb,OOO. 1 think 1 may say that the in-- creasing popularity of that institution shows | that it was a wise move on the part of the ' Government to establish it, and that it was 1P »ueve i COss OVy Cafe To eVe agreed to allow them the interest that has accrued as a rebate. We are to receive' from them some $40,000 instead of ?80,000, making a reduction of some $40,003. expect to ba in a position to lay the whole matter before the House before the close of the session. From the statement I have made, it will be seen that our total assets are $7,135,031, and our total liahilities $368,910, leaving a surplus of assets, atter deducting liabilities presently payable, of $6,766,091. (Cheers.) Hon. gentlemen will see that there is a considerable reduction under the headinq. * Balance re Municipal Loan Fund Debts," from the estimate of last year. 'That esti-- mate was placed at $86,976, while the asset this year is only $49,891. in the first place some $2,647 have been paid in by the town-- shiv of Hope, and then an arrange-- ment | has been made with the town of -- Cobourg to allow _ a reduction of their debti, and though it has not been ftinally consummated, 1 thought I would be justiftied in making the fact known, and that it would be only fair to place the reduced amount we expect to receive, The avrrange-- mertft is that they shall issue new debentures to tak:e thll" plm-g of the old, and we have Surplus of Assets after Quebec's proportion according to population of 1881..... .. " . . Collections on sales male since 6oh March, 1861.... Less 6 ner cent..cost of Management. Ifrr pop uc * ob * pyr® s +k ) }+ + $7,1353000 31 LIABILITIES oF THE PROVINCR aAr PRESEXNTP PAYABLE, 1. Balance Due to Municipalities ' re Surplus Distribution., . ++« _ $1,845 97 2. Balance Dueto Munic(glltles re Land Improvemen "und, (balance of $124,685 18, see ;\\\nrd)...................... 3,994 81 3. Quebee Share of Common Fund made up as follows 1== Collections _ on account _ of Lands sold betweenr _ 14th * June, 1853, and b6th March, ' 1';')1 $854,872 20 Less 6 per cent. cost Management .. .. $51,292 33 Leoss one quarter for hLand | Ituprove-- ient Fand ; .: .. ~MATit NE . |-- sat nen'us & Baxr Banaxors : -- OtHEr Deers Puor ro THE® Provixer : Balance e Municipal Loan l*undDeb_ts..........._..,.... $49,89 C re Mortgages, Mech-- Anies' Institutes, Toronto and Land at Orillia Asylum ..... 7,90 * _ re Mimico ds$ ........ £ o0 'plu%lof .i)\slxsota after dleduot- ing Liabilities present y pay-- able..........................$6.766.090 29 ('urrencXc_c;unts............. $156,315 o5 Special Mepuosits...... ... 2 [ ** ty dcryeu mie Totul...s. Total .. irsnrsecr+s::~~ $03,000 24 §305,324 53 18,319 47 2135,718 05 _ 265,010 38 oo Ssn Sage tel o «+ ++... . $368,910 02 memere m emmgnes stemmumns $237,005 11 ; $876,860 93 | _ 71,579 75 #$227,894 2o $64,792 65 §$49,891 32 7,905 08 6,996 25 ' THE BOARD OF HEALTH, Then in 1882 the Board of Health was es-- tablished, and I thiuk the occurrences of last year need only be mentioned in order to show the necessity for that step. It was ftelt that the people in the (different localities l were _ not strongly enough -- impressed with the nevenqit{ for preventive sani-- | tary measures, and it was thought advis-- | able that a Board should be appointed | to stir up the loca! authorities to take greater interest in the matter. J may illustrate the usefulness of this Board by mentioning the outbreak of smallpox which took place in the township of Hungerford last year. 'The out. break was of a serious character, and had | gnined great headway beforeit was brought to the notice of the Provincial Board. Eu( when the energies of that Board were enlisted the Cisease was stamped out in a yery short time, The ~ import: ance of the functions of the J:{c);:trd will ap{wnr all the more clearly when we recollect the unfortunate position in | which Montreal was {)laced last year, and | the large expenditure incurred both by that Eo e PHpViNETT C eE ETe ~--the license branch--was established, mak-- ing a new annual charge of $5,800. In 1880 we had the Mercer Reformatory opened, as a result of the praiseworthy desire of the CGovernment to reclaim fallen women. The vost of the building was paid out of the Mercer estate, but its maintenance formed an annual charge on the Province of $30,000. in 1881 a new charge was created by the commutation fees of surrogate judges and local masters. 'The annual ex-- penditure thus made necessary was $19,000. On the other hand our revenue was increas-- ed by an amount about equivalent to this, derived from the sale of stamps. e e e e e NE Vmte C00 AsRDET _ MR undoeriook to pay the expenses in connection with the judges for grouped counties in order to facilitate the administration of justice and assist the over--burdened county judges, and this necessitated an annual expenditure of $2,000, During the same year we estab-- lished the County Model Schools and Teach-- ers' _ Institutes, _ entailing a __charge of _ $10,000 _ a _ gear. In -- 1878, -- in accordance with the strongly expressed wish of the people that some more stringent regulations in regard to the liquor traffic should be adopted, the management of the license systemm was taken out of the control of lhe.l:mnicipalil ies, and a new department e Inunicipalitie ¥ _ Qcpal C FTETE P PTUWITE WA 404C Porting has secured to the different ocalities . a saving _ of exFense in witnesses' fees and jurors' fees ful y commen-- surate with the expenditure of $11,500. In the same year there was the new charge of the revision of the voters' lists, causing an anqual expenditure of $2,000. In 1877 we arge of abont @11 aisa C'CS an annual charge of about $11,000 upon the public revenue. In the same year we also estab-- lished an asylum for the blind at Brantford involving an annual expenditure of $34,500. Then, in 1873, was introduced the sys-- tem _ of _ the inspection _ of Division ('ourts._ I am aware that considerable opposition was shown at the time to the creation of that office, but that opposition was, I think, directed mainly to the indi-- vidual then appointed, and of late years I think there has been no great amount of criticism displayed, Then, in 1874, the first expenditure ap{)eared, in connecdon with the Agricultura College, involving an annu-- al expenditure of about $36,000. 'There has been & great deal of criticism in connection with that colleie; criticism that,I am sorry to say, has, I think, been rather of a hostile spirit than with a view of making the insti-- tution a suceess, but whatever may have been the object of that criticism I think no one will now say that an institution of that kind designed to educate farmers in a more advanced system of agriculture, is not a necessity and should not be maintained. Then in the same year, 1874, we assumed the duty of maintaining the Central Prison, which entailed an unavoidable expenditure of $20,000. Then, in consequence of annoy-- ances and extortions suffered by visitors to Niagara Falls, an expenditure of $7,500 for frontier police was entailed. In 1876 the Court reporters were appointed, upon the recom-- mendation of the judges,. This caused an annual expenditure of $11,500, and l think to--day one acquainted with the business done in the Courts will say that it has been an expenditure that has greatly facilitated the speedy administration of justice. The estahmhn}ent of this system of re-- | an expenditure that could not have peen avoided. Thenr in the same year was + adopted the policy of insuring our public buildinf;rs. Now the question of insuring the bui dinfiz of the Government is one that may fairly be open to question, and I am bound to say that there may be differences of oPinion in reference to it, but at any rate that policy has been pursued, and the item has now become an annual charge, We have _derived considerable sums from the insurance of buildings which have been destroyed dur. ing that time. That invareas ""LOY®°9 &