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| city and the Province of Quebec solely on ac-- count of the lack of such an organization as we have in Ontario. (Applause.) I believe that the expenditure of the city of Montreal | during 1885 was $150,000. _ This was not all. "The Secretary of the Board of Health of Montreal estimates that the deaths in the city were 3,500, in the suburbs 1,500, and in other parts of the Province 3,000, making a | total of 8,000. Compare this record with that | of Oniario, and you will see what a benefit the ! Board lhas been. We had the closest business | relations with Montreal, and it was expected | that the epidemic would certainly extend to this Province, --Yet during 1885 we had only 138 cases and only 18 deaths. (Applause.) | That gratifying result, that comparative im-- ' munity from theterrible scourge of smallpox, has been secured by a very small e.\pendi-l \ ture. Ibelieve the exvense in connectlor\x with the Hungerford outbhreak was only $3,434, and in connection with the Montreal epidemic it was ouly $6,993. _ This year we had an expenditure of $6,000 to cover ex-- penses previously _ incurred in . connec-- tion with the 'Montreai epidemic. 'This makes a total of '$16,427, which will represent the wholo» expenditure _ of the | Province with' the Hungerford and Montreal | outbreaks ; while, as I said before, Montreal spent $150,000 in connection with the out-- bresak in that city alone. In the same year, 1882, was established THE BURE AU OF INDUSTRIES this supplied a want much felt not only by the farmer, but by the artisans and mann-- facturers. The annual reports of the Burean form _ a -- compendium _ of -- agricultural, manufacturing, _ and _ _labour _ statistics, such as «must be of great value to all those classes, and 1 believe the work of the Burean is thoroufihl_v appreciated in all parts of the Province. 'That has formed an annual charqe of $12,500 per annum. In 1884 the inspection of judicial offices was un-- dertaken at an annual cost of'$2,500. In 1885 there was no distinctly new branch of ex-- penditure, although a new estimate was taken for the Farmers' institutes, a step which met with general and hearty approval. So that in the period that 1 have mentioned, namely from 1872 to 1834,for these new works that we have undertaken, making necessary new branches of experditure, we bave in curred an increased annual expenditure of $281,800. Iask hon. gentlemem, now that I have gone over these new expenditures, if they can point to a single one which should not have been undertaken. _ (Applause.) Then we have had large increases of expen-- diture in connection with asylum accommo-- dation. We have had new asylums bullf in Kingston, Hamuiton, and Orillia, necessita-- ting an annual expenditure of $177,000. Be-- sides this, there were large increases made in the older asylums, necessitating increas-- ed expenditures, which I do not take into account at all. _ All these other matters which I have mentioned, new asylums and new -- departments of w_ork, Al!qfi'ilutreuq; ed the expenditure by $458,000, and there is not an item in that list which can be said to have been improvident-lz undertakea or extravagantly expended. Then we have a large increase in the expense of the Adminis-- tration of Justice in connection with the new districts, But I will not detain the Mouse further than to say that in 1871 the expenditure under this head was $9,908, while now it amounts to $50,790, Now 1 twoa to our estimated receipts. ESTIMATED RE CEIPTS--1886. Subsidy.:..........«....11:...... Pi--l0hOre 90 Crown Lands...,..............:..% : £2,000 00 Clorky Lanils.............s..s ve 5,000 00 Common School Lands .......... 14,000 00 Grammar School Lands......... 1,000 00 Woods and Forests.............. _ 625,000 00 Crowx Laxps Drreartugyxt :-- Toronto Lunatic Asylum .. London #t P Kingston i¥ *4 Hamilton tt + Orillia ** 6 Reformatory for females .. 5 wte . boys..... Posuic IxstiTUrIOXNs :-- Interest on capital held and debts due by the Dominion to OHEBLIG........¢.«s........1..:{G 2O :10 Interest on investments......... 40,000 00 FEducation Department.......... $ 30,000 00 (School of Practical Science). .. 1,000 00 Central Prison.............. Deaf and Dumb lostitute. .. ... $ 32,500 00 $ 319,111 10 $ 90,100 00 $ 31,000 00 700,000 000 35,000 00 7,500-- 00 2,800 00 5,500 00 1,400 00 4,600 00 Casual Revenue Licens@s . ..ss e k k6 * * *** Law St@MDS . .+.« 6+ ++ ++ Algoma taxes......... Drainage Assessment.. Municipal Loan Fund.. Insurance companies' meRt$. 2 .k k26 66666 WEUHRCIRSCCTCTT O S Gfaat Insurance companies . aAssess-- fesoces of reuabies 4o T8 P ag uy Aagesassment OL C * ';fiov»,ll of lunat&csx is igmg a 6,000 00 Agriculture an rts Associa-- %ion re Agricultural Hall...... 2,000 00 Total........................$2,720.975 22 In my estimate I {))'e.we the subsidy at the same as the year fore; the interest on capital and dvebts due by the Dominion is also put at the same amount. The in-- terest on investments we place at $40,000. Last year we anticipated that we should ob-- tain $50,000 from interest on investments, and realized that sum. But I am con-- strained to say that the banks will not allow us interest at the same rate as for-- merly. Last year we got four per cent. but they have insisted on a reduction to 34 per cent., and that is why I anticipate $10,000 less than the a'earbefore. This makes a total of $319,111 10 interest on investments, and interest on capital and debts due by the Dominion. -- Then we expect from Crown Lands, $55,000 ; Clergy Lands, $5,000 ; Com-- mon School Lands, $14,000; Grammar School Lands, $1,000 ; Woods and Forests, $625,000, or & total revenue from _ the Crown Lands Department of $700,000. _ From Public ]nst{tutions, the details of which 1 will not detain the House in reading, as they will be found in the public prints, we expect $90,100, Last year we estimated $91,000, and | although we received $99,000, for the purpose of not being over tae amount 1 placed the estimate this year at $90,100. From the Edu-- \ cation Department 1 anticipate $31,000, which | is a reduction of $7,000 from what we receiv-- ed last year, Our casual revenue 1 place a' $32,000, and THE AMOUNT FROA LICENSES at $200,000. It will be noticed that our re-- ceipts for last year for license fees were on'!y $162,000, and wevery naturally ask,as there is a large number of_ additional counties which have adopted the Scott Act, how we expect to derive from a reduced area a larger sum than we got in 1885. In 1884 an increase of the license fees was strongly urged upon the Government and the Government acquiesced. But the general opinion is that the Goy-- ernment did not go far enough. . We have had representations both from advo-- cates of the Scott Act and the opponents of the measurs, that an increase in the license | fees over that made in 1884 would be a desir-- \ able thing. It is set forth that a moral ad-- vantage would result from this in the de-- crease in the number of houses for the sale of liquor : and that it will be, in the second place, a better guarantee for the observance of the law by the persons holding the licenses, because they will be more particular to see that they don't do anything to forfeit the license if it is made more valuable to them. -- Now, to show that an increase in the license fees results in the number of licenses decreasing, 1 will just re-- fer hon. gentlemen to the report of the oper-- ation of the Liquor License Laws. 'The in-- crease in the license fees in 1884, resulted in a decrease of 115 in tavern licenses, 106 shops, 8 wholesale, and 7 vessel, or 236 in all. l;\'fi'-. MEREDITH--W hat did the Scoit Act do ; Hon. A. M. ROSS ~This report is to April 19th, 1884. The Seott Act was not in force with the exception of the County of Halton, and it could not have effected a reduction in the number of licenses, and 1 think it will be fair to assume that the reduction is due to the increase in the fees. h MAKE A LIsTINCTION bet ween the smaller and larger cities in the same way as we make a distinction between a town of 6,000 or 8,000 and the cities--to adopt this scale :-- TAYERN AND SHOP LICENSES, Old statu-- 1884 1886 tory fee. fee. fee. City over 20,000 .. 3100 $160 $250 City under 20,000. 100 160 200 TOWHn: :: .s.}}:.% 80 130 150 Cilty over 20,000 .. City under 20,000. OWYR ::is.s.}r:l% N illiMt. :: .1 1«.s Township, ....... 32,000 00 200,000 00 67,000 00 4,000 00 20,000 00 49,891 32 3,000 00 6,000 00 2,000 00