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Mare set forth in the public ac- Item the Government asked $280,870,! counts. the prosperity ot the country ascompared with.$269.wo. This seemv 37 was such and the buoyancy of the ing increase was due rather to a trans-3 . . revenue was such that We were able fer of accounts relating to good roadg' to close the. year's transactions with u. from miscellaneous to civil govern-i balance to our credit of nearly $200,000, ment account. the transfer of other We have been told over and over again small accounts, and some small in.. that Wu' were exceeding our income. creases in salary. In legislation there that nil sorts of calamities would over- was a small decrease the figures bed , take us unless no restrained our hand. _ ins "T2,700. as 'ciri"ii,'ar"iii with $133"! s',Ltd'lo'hdili/ieeinti', 'Ji,"ut,'it,t. '"'r/T, /"l',1l, Il'."',',','),',',',"?,' and the saving, 'tr. wtMr most "itticult to m the "rriiaatii; if _llf.'itet1u'.TlU"'tteTt,,u'uttt1/i',rt 'h' n grow ing country without an increased y Justice 6454 699 72 was 'iiiii d on JI expenditure. This is true of the Gov- tTaUi'o? ii22jik, fi'. due to it: ' an in- ernmi-nt at Ottawa. and was always up of new TI." it "', . e open ng t;uc(ot' that Government ;' it is true of appointing git/l','.',',"'?,',' tt/n"a'.t,cetiltsitr,, t e :overnment ot Great Britain ; it is . _ _ . . . . ', mug of the Govrrnment of the Unlted I gigs-Issuers? 2u',""ie/,.'t of crime pro-i States: it is true of all municipal gov. ition a ' to e Increase ot Impula- "rnnwnt in this country. . Met All Calls. Increased Education Grant. And any man who occupies the w2,n2c/i"t,d,. grunt 9f about $2990" Treasury bontlrs, if he has regard to to Li.'i'l' on education. due chlctly the wants of the people. will have some on {115...}. gm?" Ito: district schools; calls to ho met sometimes of an ox- 1hl!a'fl,et'"', f) f 0.900 for technical - traordinyrry character. and even of a iii1iiiGi old?" if" increase tor the normal character. which will necessi- he in tit uract cal hcience. For pub- tate intrreasrrd_e.xprmditure. Granting 're'aqs {u one maintenance an "1- this, however. as moat of the hon. gon- : t i'"', o nearly $3.000 .wzw'nsked. the tlemen will see themselves. we are able I ll a estimate being 883'o,2Gi,'. the in- to meet those charges and still have a (Jamie fot the greater Dart being due surplus of nearly 8L'.fo.00ir. I was un- , o e t'.',t?1t'ey,rt, of an asylum ior "h .. lust "a to give as close attention l senile patients at Cobouvg. The amount to the financial statement as I would; fl..',' t,1d,or agricultural put'ltoses was, haw lilo-d .' perhaps not able to do "g '?i?r-'?te, a decrease of about $10,000. this your. either. Still. I want to can; For hospitals und_charities 8P.t2.7GH.8.", 11W: attention of the hon. gentlemen our i has asked, as against 818G,:m7.ti5. For" ru-sitc to the estimated teciipts, l maintenance and repairs $Sli.ii4.',_ a, ; rid the "(curacy with which ', decrease ot $3900. 1VttN asked, and for ',' t' anticipated the revenues of thel 'gt,'.y/t,,.,1ru.ll.ty,tyr, the estimate was .-r-nr:try. Our estimated rm-eipts. ar-l $'240.C,2Y. un increase of $40,000. which (cording to the statement last year. were. l [ncludtrd " proposed grant of $33.10" SiJl'OZIST, and our actual receipts w--re; 1"uit,li,tg"1t the {\Kfjicultural Colic-gr: ' 4.102.940. or an excess of "9.132 ver A O mee t e growing te- :ur estimates. So that it \fill be geen 'r1/',i/'egfi',1", 250:2: '43::ng community, from this statement that the Treasury the total 'imo ts ? Q"! "a." asked, Department gave con.qidtrable care to Gk been 'is?,ll,el1).t.-nv.otci1,,l tusp P.ttto hav- the preparation of estimates laid upon 'ca'oi'iiiiiii"i'"'iC0iil, id'.', the matter of the. table last year. The estimated ex- reduction 'lnd'tis t etc "a" , slight Denditure last year was $3,848,151, and 31193-5 'ti', . "to amount Irked was the actual expenditure $3,748,139, or 3.9m: hayin eh'lftu'". ",'iryiWi/yve last . less by $99,991. We kept within the Jc.'C"v'l/'llldllr "a"; '"11.'o'/)2U'.1u. The estiir ates by nearly a hundred thous- amount Gi;, le, oned to reduce the and. With regard to receipts and ex- had not 'l7t"'rtetlyUt"ti been done, but penditures for the present year. the that could be Cl') , tt 2/,', Point where table will show what' our intentions are. extent it was i er a" C".. 'o a Serious We estimate the receipts for the year should. be o f? . JW/e/it,.",',? that roads at $3,795,572, and we estimate the ex- In time to !'felt m new ursttVct.r. but ponditure so for at $3,782,406. We are way lines J2lllt' til)"; exitinmm of _rail- keeping within our estimates. so far as tent t"L7'i/'df t o y atc '0 ." great ex- the demands upon the treasury have The Jdll,'/l'/'d or f"ilfd1,ri,"et,,ioe, roads. gone. by $13.1"). or course. there will lands were "330061,? am?" on Crown be supplementary estimates later. wetre increased t "'s.i.-/1ii1-, Year they; which will probably call for that mar- funds the h d l' 3 "t,oto. in "h. gin. and maybe tor more. although I 'rt1'/'/,','V/d1,':'.ss'laf', teduccd Pt,.tsy.yH.ttt may say to the hon. t"'ntlemen that your. ' Ili,"':"')';',),')') your to t'2.'t,422, this) the supplementaries Will be smaller by the fart th /"/f/',-" I'? accounted for! than last year. when they were $106; 0;". Mm 000 '8. "3 had a charge of IMO ' 4 .po ' , a.ct Year on account ofi . . . . , _ mortgages held by the university which; suppiementaNett Will be mnali. 1 lthe Province had endorsed and which) l hope they will not exceed much" pf,2,rtif/', J'/'lf, oft and disposed of.' more than half that. it they do reach (viii" 'w.1l""s1?,-l.1'li1).u.f the "hartre last'; half that amount. In our expenditures $0.," oiisi "-'~" " -. this Year it was for last year. besides the ordinary calls ""' tt . or a falling oft at $30.000. upon the treasury, a considerable Increased Surplus amount was paid to meet railway iia- . . biiities. amounting to $240,574. 1 I Mr. Rostt then briefly considered the Continuing. the Premier compared in Wttt and liabilities of the Province. some detail the estimates for the cur- which he referred to as a vexed ques- rent Year with those of the previous 'tion. which caused a great deal of de- year, commencing with the turures re- hate in the House and no end of worry Iatine to civil government. On this "n the various constituencies of the Pro-