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B oo o q uo se s CR ECRSE 0o ECedEV Y o a= well as to meet the annuities, From this statement it will appear that while our ex-- penditure for these purposes this year will ex-- ceed that of last &g&r by abou:« $3,000, it will bo $115,557 less in 1 and so remain until 1896, when it will again decreaso to the extent of $5,008, and thereafter be considerably diminish-- ed from year to year. Aiter 1903 the only certificates romaining unpaid will be those of the Port Arthur, Duluth & Western Railway, the particulars of which are well--known to the House. (Hear, hear.) annuated teachers duringg{)ust Parliament were :--1887, $63,295 ; 1288, $53,290 ; 1839, $60,565 ; 1890, $62,105. Railway Aid Cortificates. So much, sir, as regards our ordinur{ ex-- penditure under the Bupply Bill. Outside of this we spent $83,654 in purchasing drainage and tiledebentures, $300,831 to retire maturin railway aid certificates and annuities, umfl: $142,102 on our new Parliament bui dings, makir&a total expenditure for the year of ?&8%. I expect to place in the hands of 10n. members during the session a statement showing the amounts payable cach year to meet %'he c?ruflcal?s' 'gssued in aid of railways fAu wall ns ta mas VaTVhme t FF uP DERt zD Wt t ARCAMUTCVCY T7 THTE we had 139 of these institutes in 1837, we had 159 in 1888, 179 in 1889, and 215 in 1890, an in-- crease in thcir number during the last Parlia-- ment of 70 or 54 per cent. The amounts granted jo these institutes were, during those years, as follows :--1887, $26,107 ; 1833, $23,890 ; 1889, $31,-- 423 ; 1890, $38,242. The amounts paid to super-- annuated teachers during last Parliament were The unoxpended balance on nccount of the aAppropriation for public institutions is due to the fact that the Mimico cottages were not finished, while there was also a general de-- crease under the different headings of the cs-- timates taken. -- Further the coal contracts in several of the inst.Lutions were not completec. The over expenditure under the head of charges on Crown lands of $5,022 was caused Eyexplorat.ions and surveys incident to the mber saile of October last. -- The only other over--expenditure calling for remark is that appearing under the head of education, the amount fieinq $7,445. -- Three services account for this,namely '~--Departmental examinations, mechanics' institutes. and payments to super-- annuated teacheors. It is especially gratifying to know that in-- creased attention is being Puld to the valuable work done by our Mechanics' Institutes. W hile Per wee«. (Only in one of these 78 instisutions n the United States is the per capita cost loss than in ours, while it very much exceeds ours in all the rest. The Week]{ per capita cost of the State hospitals at Utica, Middletown, Poughkeepsie and Buifalo (and these cor-- respond to our asylums) is as follows :---- Utica State Hospital, $% 83; Middletown, &03: Poughkeepsic, $5 98 ; Buifalo, $4 12 ; ing an average of?é 29, or more than ('luublu the weekly per capita cost in our asylums 1 have another statement showing the cost per Batjont. in ten jimportant idiot asylums in the United States and England the average yearly cost in them being $211. The averagze cost at the Orillia Asylum last year was £139 76. ful regard being had to efliciency, in the _management of these institutions. We all recognise at the same time the full force of the truism that aside from all ques-- tions of humanity or sympathy the most humane and intelligent care of the insane is the most economical to the State. 1t is the opinion of experts that, since insanity can in a great many cases be cured by humane and skilful treatment, the proportion of the insane to the population can bo materially reduced. A Comparison With the States. In the last report of the State Commission in Lunacy of the State of New York it is strongly contended that the number of the insanc in that State is steadily decreasing, and that the decrease is to be accounted for by intelligent treatment and superior medical supervision. I have at hand a statement showing the per eapita cost of caring for patients in 78 asylums similar to ours in the United States,. The an-- nual cost per patient in our asylums for the year ending 1890 was $13i 74, or less than $2 54 per wee«. (Only in one of these 78 insticutions quired accommodation ; and yet, judging from the past, recognising the overwhelming im-- portance from a medical standpoint of having ample accommodation ia advance, so that the &:Uenw may at the earliest possible moment placed under the best scientitic treatment, we must expect that our duty to the public will require us at an carly date to erect more of these asylum cottages. Especially is this the case when we remember that for ditferent reasons it may soon become impossible for us to occupy any longer the present 'Toronto Asylum. We have not lost sight of the urgent need there is for closest ecconomy, care-- being an increase of 634 patients or 18 per cent, during the last four years. At the sume time it is some satisfaction to know that for urgont immediate needs at any rate we have tho re-- fAive asylums is increasin?' year by total number of inmates has been :-- s n e n e e e e e 6 e se e n n n n n n The Unexpended Balances. Mechanics' Institutes. year, The ... 8,008 .4,187 P h\'(&vn. 1 _ a _ CnPVM WITHOUT PREJUDICE. "* The Treasurers of the Provinces of Ontario and Queboe havinlg met to discuss the subject of a settlement o accounts between the two Provinces and the Dominion, are of opinion that before proceeding thereto it is expedient that a statement of accounts betwoen ts t._* i# PAinmimian and L.1r j1¢5 SALACN pPIdCG in the f)ominion. and both Federal and Pro-- vincial elections had occurred in the meantime. This fir--t conterence, as it is called, held in Ot-- tawa in November, 1882, led to important ro-- sults. The Treasurers of Ontario and Quebec, Messrs. Wood and Wurtele, discussed in pres-- ence of Mr. Courtency, then as now the Deputy Minister of Finance at Ottawa, the manner in which the accounts should be made up and tho princi'ele on which interest should be charged. No accounts had been prepared for them. The Dominion led ers, containing the current accounts since Juf{y 1, 1867, were tho only accounts extant. The ollowing memoran-- dum without prejudice was theroupon pro-- pared and signed by the Treasurers :-- **MEMORANDUM wiITHOUT PREJUDICE. * The Trensurers af Fha Dhon. nsl anget. ; c Ld ced as d c cs d ol 6 c ccrac hi A: d t stt uk w 4 elled to express his regret that he was unable {'o announce that satglswc_tory 'FPOHI'O'W had been made in this direction. The Attorney-- General has introduced a bill relating to the proposed arbitration. A similar bill, a copy of which I have at hand, was passed last session by the Governmment of Quebec. We must all rejoice to know that these long standing diifer-- enceos of account uccumulatxnf since tho date of Confedcration will in al {)robubmt.y be seltled at a yvery early day and through the de-- girable medium of friendly arbitration, _A bricf resume of some of the main points of dispute with a recital of the progress made from time to time towards thoir adjustment may not prove wholly uninteresting to the House. Under section 112 of the British North America Act, Ontario and Quebec became conjointly liable to Canada for the amount by which the debt of the Province of Canada exceeded at the date of the U nion the sum of $62.500,000, and the Provinces were to pay to Canada interest at the rate of 5 per cent. per annum on this excess of debt. Section 113 of the same act declared cer-- tain assets to be the property of Ontario and qQuebec conjoint,l({. Section 142 ?n'uvidod for the division and adjustment of the debts, credits, liabilitics, pro()l»crtics and assets of Upper and Lower Canada by means of arbi-- tration. An arbitration was held aid on the Srd day of S¢ptember, 1870, an award signed by two only of the thres arbitrators was made. This award was for various reasons submitted to the Judiciaa Committce of the Privy Coun: cil, and it was not confirmed until tho 26th of March, 1878. Nearly cight years therefors elapsed between the date when the award was made and the date of its confirmation by the Privy Council. Pending the proceedings on the arbitration and until the award was sanc-- tioned the Dominion Government continued to s)uy and receive moneys on account of the ate Province of Canada and assumed in a gen-- eral way, as has been said,the position of bank-- ers and paymasters for the two Provinces. In the public accounts of the Dominion accounts were u{wm'd up in which the Puymunt\ made to the Provinces were charged and the reve-- nues received in their behalf credi'ed to thein. These accounts included, of courss, the pay» ments of the diiferent amounts pail from time to time to the Provinces by way of subsidics. In the meantime and prior to the confirmation of the award, the Parliament of Canada, deem-- ing it desirable to reliove Ontario and Quebec from payment of the excess of their joint debt above the $62,500,000 which Canada a«=sumed at Confederntion, passed the act of 1373 (35 Vic. ch. 50) which relieved the Provinces from th'ia exeess of debt, amounting to $10,505,088. We must remember that the Provinees were chargeable in their account with Canada year by year with inteorest at the rate of 5 per cent. per annum on this excess of debt. Grants and Subsidies to the Provinces. 14 020. G $1 »691,000 entered up against us in the Dominion ledgers as interest on excess of debt. Although 51(5 result of the award was made known to the two Provinces in May, 1878, no meeting of representatives of theo three Gov-- ernments took place until Novemtber, 18392, the long delay being partly due to the fact that & (-hnnfiu of Government had taken place in the Dominion, and both Federal and Pro-- vincial alaotinna Lasg .. __2_ 0_ 3 PLOZE Still another section of the B.N.A. Aet pro-- vides for the payment of specific grants yearly to meet purposes of legislation, as well as sub-- sidies to the amount of 80 cents per head of the opulation as ascertained by the census of 1861, {;)' Canada to the two Provinces. These grants and eabsidies weore to be paid half yearly in ad-- yance to the Provinces, but the Government of Canada exercised its right yoar by year tode-- duct therefrom various suins chargeable as intorest on the sum of $10,500,000, this being the amount by which the debt of Canada exceeded at the date of Confederation the sum of $62,500,-- 000. Because of this there was withheld trom our subsidy year by {]enr up to 1874 (that being the tirst year in which the full benefit of the remission under the act of 1873 was felt) the laurge sum of $291,666 entered up against us in the Dominion ledgers as interest on excess af The Arbitration on Disputed Accounts. Allusion was made in the speech from the throne at the openln¥l of the session to the fuct that a conference had recently been held be-- tween the Government hore and representa-- tives of the Governments at Ottawa and Que-- bec, with the rosult that definite armn{lcmenm were made for an arbitration which would settle inter alia the long--disputed accounts. Session after session my predecessor was com-- atement of accounts uand each of the two