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"an n slight increase gum, Duration: askedfor field it _ite'l'iMl, ,xpeetintnta, of which 8150 is (ar an ex- .hibit at the Industrial Exhibition. The reduction in the estimated eoat.of the experimental dairy of $609 is ettected in the items of feed and labor. The Dairy School, not/withstanding a much larger. expenditure for appliances than. last year. will not cost as much sis-last year. owing to the largely increased re- venue anticipated. The saving in the maintenance and repairs of Govern- ment and departmental 'buildings is chiefly to be found in the Education and Provincial Secretary's Depart- ments and the Agricultural College. Public Buildings. F V _ The votes for public buildings are as follows '.-u- _ ' Insane Insane Insane Insane _ ville .......'............ ldiots' Asylum, Orillia... Central Prison. Toronto.. Ref. Boys, Penetangui- ton Insane ston Insane tute. Belleville .. .. .. Blind Ins.. Brantford. Agric. COIL. Guelph... Normal and Model Sc shene B.................. Ref. tdr Females, To.. ronto ........'....-...... Deaf and Dumb Inst!- Toronto ......... Normal School, on Normal School. Lo: School of Prac. Bl ronto ................... Osgoode Hall, Toronto... New Par. and Dep. b1dgs., Toronto .............. Algoma District . . . . . . .' Thunder Bay District.. Muskoka District . ' . .. Parry Bound District . Nipissing District ... .. Rainy River District . . Dairy School, Kingston Ref. for Boys, Oxford. . l from navigable streams .. .. .. 750 Maintenance locks, dams, . . I etc., at Bale. and Port Carling ................. 3,557 9,943 i Revotes are also given as follows '.--- ilgtonabee River. $295; Talbot River, ".600 ', bridge across Madawaska. River ie.! Burnstown. $1,500; Payne River, limDrovement of bed of stream, $4,000 ', Totals ...... Expenditure on account (new).. . Repairs .... ....... Tho estimates for public works are as follows '.--. Gull and Burnt River works .................. Lake of the Woods...... Star Lake................ To remove obstructions Asylum, Toronto. Asylum, Mlmico.. Asylum. London.. ,Asylum. Hamil- Asylum, Brock- Asylum, King- Public Ottawa.. London.. . Bei., To- capital Works. hs., Revote. New estimated. vote. ,3,900 $38,450 New Revote. Vote. t 2,000 200 1,500 24,000 68,179 10,860 1,100 600 1,250 600 7,500 ' 5,350 2.680 7,170 $79,039 ' 6.458 2,000 200 2,000 500 16,000 6.80,; 2, 800 5,300 3,350 4,300 3,050 1,450 1.523 4,110 4,235 600 2,400 800 650 200 100 875 1 .950 239 700 ffmbrovement 0t The estimate for mining roads is as tollowtr.--neu City and Mine Centre road, $300; JackthUt Bay and Long Lake 'road, to extend towards Ursa. Major amine, $400: mining roads in vicrirtit.tof Rat Portage, $1,000; Markstay and Kok- agaming road (conditional), $1.000; New Klondike road, extension. $700; Lake Wablgoon mining district roads, $1,000; other mining roads, $2,000; mak- Ing a. total of $6,400. The Public Accounts. From the public accounts presented to the House to-day it is gathered that the revenues for 1898 from all sources amounted to $3,647.:l5309. and the ex- penditure was $3,803,081 83, heing'an ex- cess of expenditure over revenue of $155,728 29. At the commencement of the year the Provincial Treasurer had bai- ances in the banks on current account amounting to $95,849 54, and on special deposit account $li10,000. On Dec. 31 last the amount at his credit on c1srrent.ae- count balances was $271,722 48 and 'on special] deposit 8178.398 Ti'. The receipts were as follows c-: 7 Open accounts .. . . . .. .. .. . ' . . ..C'iii,'ijiri . Expenditures. ' The expenditures were as follows '.-- Consolidated revenue fund-- Civil government, oi . ... ' . .. . .. .8 252.983 Legislagon --v-.- ',G............ 1fiV,,t? Administration ot").ustice ..... 486,276 Education """l.... ........... 735.993 Public in.stitgtiorm mainten.. 0.: a" t r if, 7777' ance .. .................. Immigration ..,...'..,...... The estimates for colonization roads ore divided as follows: North division, $19,450: west division, $12,750; east di- vision, $22,950; general purposes, $26,350. For Mining Development. The charges on Crown Lands show l material reduction this yea-r; 2,000 less is required for base and meridian lines than last year. The amount ask- ed for mining development is $3,120 less than last year. This reduction is ac- counted tdr by the absence this year of the item of $5,000 for. the Port Ar.. thur Mining School. The increases are Inspector of Mines, Michipicoten divis- ion, $1,000 (new item); travelling ex- penses and assistance, $700 (new item); School of Mining, Kingston, $1,500; ex- perimental treatment of ores, $600 (new item); collection of minerals for exhi- bition purposes, $500. Consolidated revenue fund- Dominion of Canada, ......... Interest on capital, etc. ....... Crown Lands . Department .. . Licenses .e............o.....%... Law Stu-Imps s....,'.............. Education Department ....... Succession duty ............... Casual revenue ............... Sale of lands ................... Public institutions s.......... Algoma taxes.................. improvement of be?! of Maltland Itiver in Elma. and adjomlng township, $4,000; drgqmpg Cyrurrd River, $5.000. , ot-thi; above "t.u%iGis"i4yriir reprti- 54an new votes on capital account, and $21,401 on repair account. lib ....-.....qu etc. ...-.ooo ttment .... I ....B......... ............. lent coma-000' ............. ............. ............. ............ loco-I001... .. . .$1,196,872 . . .. 804,060 .. no 1,100,699 on ... 276,761 .. .. 57,283 I... . 59.573 .. .. 206,185 a. .. 116,569 83,458,382 188,971 252988 165.189 436,276 735.998 815,744 94.113 . 4,133 7,108 23