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€ 1us at all, but" allas 'gentlemen that as far as possible our were in debt to some $ A -- _ record for the next twenty or thirty this point Mr. Matheson m ad»" 6 _--_-- _ years, more or less, will be on precisely journment of the debate and the House %e same lines. (Mlnister{;l chee'lr.;l.()e adjourned at 5.55. > ds / e cannot improve wpon them. ¢ . work has been most excellent. Estimated Receipts. f m The following is a statemen ¢ Cause for Confidence. § estimated receipts for the year 1985. re-- ' We are starting the closing yea» 6| ferred to in Mr. Rogg' summary :-- the century with a record that makes Subsidy, $1,196,872.80 ; interest on 3 us feel that we aré entit'ed to more, capital held and debts_due bz' the Do-- $ indeed, of the confidence of the country minion to Ontario, §§42.214- 8 ; inter-- than perhaps we had received owing to est on investments, $30,000, f the representations, or misrepresenta-- Crown _ Lands Department--Crown 4 tions, made with regard to us by some, lands, $185,000 ; clergy, lands, $3,000 ; 3 hon. gentlemen in this House and out common school landg.o&Q.OOO ; gram-- . of it. 'I assure hon. gentlemen that I mar school lands,'$2. ; {'Vfif"?odaog"d do not believe the supplementary esti-- forests, $1,300,000 ; total, $1,500,000. mates will be very |arge' a!though I Public institutions :--Toronto Lunatic 1 am not able to say now positively whe-- Asylum, 34"-000 ; London Lunatic Ass:- ther they will be or not. The expec-- lum, $13,000 ; Kingston Lunatic Asy-- : tation is they will not bé very large, |lum, -?"!)-0("': Hamilton Lunatic Asy-- # and I hope that when the financial tl}lm- $12,000 ; Mimico Lunatic Asylum, 3 'policy of the Province is discussed, and |§14,000 ; Brockyville Lunatic Agylum, *J when our public accounts are examin-- |£3,800 ; Orilila Lunatic Asylum, $33*'"0 h t ed from cover to cover, as I trust they |Reformatory for Females, $1,700 ; Re-- | 8 will be, it will be found that the Gov-- |formatory for Boys, $700 ; Central Pri-- | § ernment in its financial transactions| gon, $20,000 ; total, $102,700, o has endeavored honestly and frankly to \Education Department ......$ 50,000 | 3 disclose to the eountry its true finan-- Casual revenue .............. 129,()00 |' W cial position, and to discharge its trust lSuccesslon duties ..... ..... 173,000 + M in the management of the three or four \Tavern and brewers' licenses. 64.'.).0(") . million dollars that come to its hands [Law stamps ...... .......... _ 60,000 f as becomes an honest and faithful trus-- | Algoma taxes .... .......... o -_4.6)"0 6 $ tee. (Loud Ministerial cheers.) YFisheries .......... .. .. .. ... _ 35,000 4 Assessments, drainage works . 5,000 s Mr. Matheson Replies. Irsurance companies ........ 3,000 $ Mr. Matheson rose at 5.35 and spoke Kemoval of patients ....... 4,000 F until the House adjourned, commencing lt Age! ho ¢ his reply to the Plgemier. He contend-- Total estimated receipts.$3,9063,487 28 3 ed that sums -- amounting to $447,000 Cash balances 3lst Dec-- es « were included in last year's receipts ember, 1899 ..... .... _ 836,195 39 x which really belonged to capital ac-- P ememmans 3 count, and that instead of there being From revenue bill ....... _ 220,000 0Q € a surplus gf some $400,000 there was a 'TOotal® ... +1+% .. ) .+. >80,010,082 G1 3 deficit of $62,000. He ciaimed that the )# i mu amartan h Province was going behind by about Dined at Government House. & $400,000 per year, inasmuch as they The followirg gentlemen had the hon--| ) had to raise that much by direct taxa-- or of being invited to dine at Govern--| f tion. He declared that the last timber mont House last evening :--Lieut.--Col.| P sale was one which ought to be de-- J. Vance Graveley, the Rev. Arthur j nounced from one end of the country W. Baldwin, the Rev. Richard P. & to the other. It was conducted by a Rowles, Surgeon--Major W. Napier , Minister of the Crown who was guilty |\ Reefer, Mr. William J. Allen, M.P.P. a of an act in North Waterloo which, if * f done in England, would have driven f him from public life. It was conducted a1 without proper facilitiee for buyers to T see the limits, and on short notice, and . 3 he believed the Province. had thereby 8 -- lost hundreds of thousands of dollars. ( o Mr. Matheson prophesied that unless |-- s the Government imposed some more | ww direct taxes, as last year, the Premier's 'Sf prospective surplus for the year would l S not be realized in any measure. ' cz Mr. Harcourt rose at this point and & pointed out an omission of $220,000 in t the estimated receipts of the year, as t first presented, which made Mr. Mathe-- 3 son's calculation admit a surplus of f $75,000, 9 Surplus Denied. 3 Continuing, Mr. Matheson declared P the report of the Financial Commis-- sion would be valueless, as had been the 4 k é reports of commissions in the past, 3 which had been acted upon, notably the * one on school books, recommending a ' / reduction in price. He denied there ' ~wh was any surplus of two million dollars. § We had some trust funds at Ottawa, ' but they were not available to pay any of the Province's debts. We had no