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$171,000 in 1871 to $609,223 in 1885. Not only was there a large number of inmates in the several institutions established before 1871. but there woere many, such as the Central prison, the Mercer reformatory and others, THE BUDGET, Mr. AWREY rose amidst cheers to resume the debate npon the motion to go into Com-- mittee of Supply, He scid it scemed strange to him to hear gentlemen opposite making comparisons of expenditure with 1871. since that time the people had over and over again declared their confidence in the Government, thereby making it clear that they belioved there had been no unnccoessiry increases. Gentlemen opposite did not charge extrava-- gance nor did they point out any items which they were prepared to say should be cut down. It was quite true the expenditure was greator. The sum of £7,337,623 had been exponded by this Government over and above what wovuld have been spent had the rate of expenditure of Jokn -- Randfield _ Macdonald's time -- been maintained, -- Under the system of the i:ror;cnf Covernment this simply meant that $7,537,823 bad been spent to relieve the burdens of the ine increase in the Publric -- schools from 4438 in 1871 :t 5.316 in 1885, ig Separate schools from 160 to 207, 1f hon. gentlemen c6ndemned the expenditure on this branch they should rise in their places and say so. On public institutions also there was a hlargelymiu-.'renso:d'expemli!ure, from $256,000 in 12 the in ecounty Model schools, training institutes, and other institutions not in existence in 1871, there were large expenditures. \THE GooP REsSCLTS were shown by an increase in the sums spent by the people in support of schools from NMr, MEREDITH said it seemed to him they were making the mistake in this Parliament flxey made in the last, of sending to the Mu-- nicipal Committee bills to wRich the Govern-- ment were opposed and which could not be passed. He thought that this was the place to diseuss the principle of a hill, and he hoped that this Pavlisment would make a good start and discuss and setile those questions in the House, He was not sure that the Attorney. General trasted the people so much as he said. The municipal councillors all over the Province compared very favorably with the appointees of this Government tn'fmsition: as justices of the peace, -- He believed if this bill were passed the people would be able to elcct magistrates in whom they had confidence, a dsecided ad-- vantage, The promoter of the measure had been out of the din of party politics, ccoupy-- ing for eight years the S!n,-a.l;--r's chair. it seemed too bad, therofore, that whon the hon. gentloman brought in a hill like this, the re-- sult of his matured deliberations, for the At-- toracy--General to ait upon it as he had done, They on the Opposition side were more consid. ato, 'zm«i he {Mr. Meredith) strongly supported tha hill people. In 1871 the pgrauts to Public schools amounted to £172,9855, and in 1886 they amounted to $2357,534. Poor schools in 1871 received $5,590, and in 1886 $21,706 ; High schools, 1871, $71,000; 1886, $87,000,. On county Model schools, training institutes, and other institutions not in evxistenca in 1271 the bill, > D BT w soara*s The bill was read a second time and referred to the Municipal Conmittee. lhat' the 3,000 justices who would be appoint-- ed if this bill' passed would not be active magistrates, If a change were needed it was certainly not to be found in the aweeping change proposed by this bill. These were his opinions, but as he had great confidence in the Municipal Committee, he had no objection -- to the bill going there. He thought it right, how-- ever, to state his views at the outset. & ~ 1O pport of schools from o $A0M4,110, and by Public -- schools from o -- 5,316 in 1885, been built, 4,732 repaired and 201 bridges ': built. Any gentleman who cared to caleculate f the rate per mile would find that it was less }, than under _ Joun Sandficld -- Macdonald. |; Gentlemen opposite charged extravagance, and [( yet cvery one of them justified the enormous i( exponditaures of the Dominion Government-- ( all, except the leader of the Opposition him--' ( solf. in the late contest it was said the houn. gontloman 6 to recover from the wounds given him in the local contest, feeling that he had been wound-- ed in the house of his friends, As the Opposi-- tion did not charge corruption and were unable to iind serious fault with a single item of ex. penditure, the policy of _the Governmert should receive the support of the House, Mr, BIGGAI said he regretted he could not accept the bright view of the finances--of the Province that gentlemen opposite took. The comparison was made over and over again by the Governinent between Oniario and Quebee. But the comparison was not a fair one and did not include all the factors which should be considered,. 1t was true the treasury of Que-- bee was depleted, but the men who had con-- trolled the destinies of the Province could provdly say they had made themselves poor in order to save the people from direct taxation. They in Quebec were not now thinking, as this Government was, of a resort to direct taxation, but like wise men they were consid-- ering the making of a demand upon the Do minion for further assistance. 1t would be well for the people of Ontario if this Governiment, wow that the Quebee Covernment was in ac-- cord with it, would join with that Coverniment in demanding from the Dominion additional subsidies for Provincial purposes. The Pro. vince of Ontario was heavily burdened by Airect tavxation. For instance, $809,000 had veen spent by Bruce County on public works, aud 290,000 was expended annually by the same county upon roads aud bridges. The counties of Quebec were not thus burdened. He con. sidered the surplus qnestion. sustaining the contention of the men:\)m' for North Crey (Mr. Creighton) thit the railway subsidies not yet P.'."d should be considered a present liability, The Government, while claiming a large sur-- plus, was running the Province largely into debt. The people had so high a regard for established since then. ~ 'The p'mc did not condeimn the expenditure of 'the Government, oa the contrary, they petitioned for niore asyluin accomimodation and larger expendi-- ture. _ Gentlemen opposite said that the receipts from -- sale of Provincial pre-- perty were treated as ordinary revenne and so expended. The amount of mouey so collected under this Government was $7,500,000. But there had been spent in pub-- lic buildings $3,1885,247, in public works, romds and bridges $2.293,249, aud in railways $3,910,000,. So thaz the amounts thus spent in adding to the permanent wealth of the Province was $2,000,000 more than the terri-- torial revenue. _ CGentliecmen opposite might say that the experditure on railways should not be counted. _ But in speaking ahout the Dominion debt these same gentlemen always souchkt to offses it by pointing to the Canadian Pacific railway, which hadt been built by Do minion funds. _ He then dealt with the ques-- tion of the surplus, meeting the argu-- ments on each item and showing reasons why it should be counted as an asset, The only charge made by gentlemen opposaite with any show of indignation was that there was unjustifiable expenditure on Colonisation reads. But thesegentlemen would hardly condemn the principle of these grants, nor could they show any corruption in the ex-- penditure, -- Since 1871 2,85635 miles of road had RFsTZD IK BISs TEXNT & large sur-- largely into a rogard for