v..- r--- . .

T OF THE COMMITTEE ON R E P0 R THE PUBLIC ACCOUNTS.

mum to: the arm enlist - . January 30th isao.

Roans AND Bainens.

Paid by the Correspondent of Ros

Commissioners - - - - £2315 11 4 Repairing Anderson's Road, part of £150 0 . voted. for that urpoac - - 2- Landing Materi s of the old Mount _ 0

Stewart Bridge - - - - 2 0 Cempensation to Lauchlan M‘Leod, John

Muttart, Widow Praught, John Clark,

Widow Mackie and Michael D Leary,

for a right of way through each of

their Farms - o _ - - 89 14 6 Saving Materials and repairing Hope - 8 0

River Bridge - . - - 14 1 Repairing Wright's Bridge - 16 18 9 Road leading from Cardigan to

Mount Stewart Bridge - - 159 2 6 Repairing Auld’s Bridge ~"_- - 5 l9 0 Mount Stewart Bridge (1st instalment) . - 120 0 0 Correspondent of Road Commissioners

Salar - - '- - 30 0 '0 Road C’ommissioners’ Salaries - - 160 0 0

. 2923 6 1 Road Compensation Act. Com nsation for Dagages 11 0 0 Sheriﬁ's Account for rince . - - 135 10 6 count, 146 10 6 Ottawa Paoencu'rions. Attorney General’s Fees - 134 11 3% Solicitor General's do. - 17 6 8 Clerk of the Crown’s Fees and . Disbursements - - 1 15 1 1 7} De uty Clerk of the Crown's ees and Disbursements for Prince County - - 44 3 8

De uty Clerk of the Crown’s ees and Disbursements for King’s County - .

14

Jane AND Conn’r-nousns.

Bread, (Jail)

17 ————325 1410;-

Quem's Canasta. 3 11}

Fuel, do. 0 - ' 56 6 3 Sheriﬂ‘s Account - 86 3 9} Erectin aPickst Fence, &c., Jail) - - 95 16 6 Repairin Court House - 10 0 3 Medical ttendance, (Jail) - 10 0 0 Jailer - - ' g g Matron 343 m 9 King's County. Sherill‘s Account - - £48 8 3 Fuel (Jail) - - - 20 14 2 Jailer - - - 30 0 0 Medical Attendanc - - 2 10 3 ' 101 12 8 , Prince County. - BM.._L___L- 19—~9—~ —‘ Fuel (Jail) - - 7 3 0 Jailer - - - 30 0 0 57 15 2 MA"... By Steam - - - 500 0 0 J. H. White, two trips to Pictou 20 0 0 Winter, including £38 10s. 6d. for carrying Mails between > Cape Tormentine andAmherst 177 0 6 Inland. Western - - - 98 17 1 Eastern - - - 59 10 10 Three Rivera, Belfast and Wood Islands - - - 64 16 0 Miss Chs ll, for conductin Mails pp. - - oz 20 0 0 940 4 5 Executive COUNCIL. Clerk's Quarterly Accounts 189 3 6 Messenger's Salary, - 40 0 0 ——-— 239 3 6 LloisLa'rivs: Carmen“ “Notifying Members (travelling expenses) - - l2 0 0 Cha lain - - - 30 0 0 Cler and Stationery - _ 152 10 1 Usher of the Black Rod - 38 10 0 Printing Journals and Binding 101 10 6 Preparing Index to Journals - 7 10 0 Messenger and Disbursements ‘ 40 5 0 Doorkeeper ~ - - 26 6 6 ‘ 41311 7 ‘ House or Amnu'. Speaker and Members - . 780 6 7} Clark - - - I. 180 0 0 Sergeant at Arms - - 33 15 0 Ditto, Sundries supplied 66 13 4 Messenger - - - 28 17 6 Printing - - 250 18 7 Do'ork‘eeper - - 27 19 6 ‘ ‘ 1374 10 Wmvn ann Hanna. Princetown Wharf - - 243 0, 0 Wharf at Green’s Shore, Bedeque (voted in 183%) - - 50 0 0 Charlottetotm harf (repairing outer block) - - 8 6 Hard oppoaite Georgetown 15 0 0 Repairing Hard opposite Char» lottetown - - - 10 0 0

33286

Nau‘rtcar. Snitst or run Haanouas or Cantos-rs. rows arm Gnome-sown.

Geor Peacock, Esq. Master H. HF. S. Andromache, for his

services, protracting Plans, doc.

Hon. George Wright, Surveyor General, for his services and disbursements, Charts, dec.

5000 14307

I

3310 4136

193 o 7 Bears AND Baacons—Cnannons-rowu Hanson. Paid by the Surveyor General,

as, vouchers - . Mr. cake, for Cables, GLcJup- plied - ' - -

C. Davison's,.Account, forIron and Blacksmith’s work 5o 15 8 for Buoys -. ~ :

Mr. C. C. Davison, for taking 8 12 2 up Buoys - ,~ - - . ,.

Asaociatioii,‘foriAnchors, 2312 _ 0 .\ .

-_T___.—

157 4 4 'et wn Harbour , one Bea— .

Gezdg a? St. Andrew)’; Paint 3 11(3) (2)

N Lo don Buoys -

CLZumgeque(Harbonr (2 Buoys) lg I; 3

Richmond Bay (1 Buoy) - 8 0 0

St. Peter’s (2 Beacons) - E

Grand River, King's County: 7 12 0

(Bum) - ' —————- 208 14 6

Frsu Bonn“ Ac'r. Benjamin Beers (Schooner Olive

Branch) - - ' 5 0 William Mackay do Co. (Schrs. l5 0 Sarah Ann and Trial) - 25 Walkerdr. Macdonald (Schooner l 5 0 Success) - ' l 5 o PRINTING AND S'raa'ionaitv. J. D. Haszard's Quarterly Accounts, - - _ I- 2628 {(55% J. B. Cooper 61. Co. (advertising), 2" 3 3 Miscrtunsous. Sundr Work in and about Government . Houyse Gb ou’t-buildings, in 1838 6:. 1839. 479 19 10 Balance due on Books purchased for the use 3 2% of the Legislature, _ j V ' William Smallwood, for his improvement on o 0 a Horse-power Machine, _ _ - -

Return of Duty paid on 11 Printing Press, doc. 0 o imported by J. B. Cooper 6c Co. - 10 ll 3 Return of Duty on Bibles, -' - ’ 4 1

Assessment on Government Peivs in St. Paul s

Church, - -. _ ' 6 l9 6 'Assessment on do. paid up to Whitsuntide. 1340. 8 '5 0 Delegation to England, by W. Cooper. Esq'l 300 0 0 Mechanics' Institute, - - ' 20 0 0 Truckage ol' Firewood from Fuel-yard to Guard-

house (Goveriiment House),‘ _ - 3 0 The0philus Chappell, for preparing Plan and

Speciﬁcation of Bridge Intended to be built

at Mount Stewart Ferry, and travelling ex-

penses, - - - - _ 12 6 Isaac Smith—his Account for Plans of Public

Buildings, 61c, - ' 12 0 0 Surveyor General's Account, - - 2 10 0 George Wright, jr., Deputy Surveyor General,

his Account for public services, . :- 27 6 Joseph Ball, for exploring and ascertaining the

best line of Road between the Scotch Set-

tlement, Lot 67, and Lots 28 and 29, and

furnishing aPlan, - ‘ - - . l3 5 5 J. H. White, to reimburse him in expenses in-

curred in defending an Action instituted

against him by, the Commissioners sprinted

to superintend the reprinting of the aws,. 125 0 0 James Warburton, Road Commissioner, his

Account for mileage, and other char es, in

travelling to let a part of the Western oad, 7 7 0 Cutting Ice from Mount Stewart Bridge, 5 0 0 Ellis River Ferry, - _ - - 5 0 0 T. Owen, Esq., for apprehending a Deserter, _

allowed b .50 Geo. 3, cap. 3, - - 5 0 0 Pump in Pu lic Well at Ferry House, oppo-

site Charlottetown, - g - 5 0 0' Protecting Herring and Alewives Fisheries, 24 0 0 Coroner’s Inquests, - - - 32 11 4 Agricultural Societies, - - 150 0 0 District Schools, including £50 to St. An-

drew's College, and £20 to Acadian

Teachers, - - - 605 0 0 Colonial Secretary (including his owu and the

Lieutenant Governor’s Fees, 61.0., - . 177 14 1* Lunatics and Pan ers, - - 294 9 0 Master of the National School, - 19 0 0 Fitting up Telegraph, - - 5 6 ‘4 Town Major’s small Disbursement Account, 11 12 11y Sheriﬁ's' Salaries, £20 each, - l 60 0 0 Assayer of Weights and Measures, - 10 0 0 Chief Justice‘s travelling expenses, 100 0 0 Treasurer's Salary, - . . 500 o 0 Collector of Impost’s Salary, - 230 o 0 . SuboCollectorl of Customs, - . 130 o o Adjutant General's Salary, - . 75 o 0 Central Academy, Masters' Salaries, - - 300 0 0 Secretary to Board of Education, - 15 o 0 ’ Visiter of Schools' Salary, - - 100 o o Wharﬁnger, - - - 32 10 0 Market Clerk's Salary, . . 40 0 0 Treasurer’s small Disbursement Account, 30 17 4 Drawback on Goods exported, r - - 90 1 8 Treasury Notes cancelled, - . 1000 o 0 Bears and Loupcerviers, . - 21 5 0 Interest on Outstanding Warrants, - 564 11 2g

0 Balance, £3319 9 8;»

£17,011, 14 2 _

nncmm AT THE measmw,

For the Year ending January 30th, 1840.

- ,Inros'r DUTY. Charlottetown, ..

£9570 8 3 V - ~ Three Rivers, - - 1173 11 2% as l' d' Bedeque, v - 584 6 3% Richmond Bay, - - - I 460 12 0 .Colville Bay, - 382 2 42 St. Margaret's, - ' - 305 6 ‘0} Cascumpec, ,- 167 5 6 New London, - ‘ - 158 7 3 St. Peter's, . 83 13 1:1 » Crapaud, ~ - 27 5' 7 Rustico, - 17 19 7 ‘ Belfast, - - 4 ‘1 3 ~ ' ‘ ——-—- 129 ' Ltcirr DUTY. 34 19 4} Charlottetown, - - 54 5 5 ' Three-Rivers, . ~ 21 13 Bedeque, . . 1 ' 3 .7 Richmond Bay, . - w” 7 Colville Bay, 1. ' . 5"“? ‘ 3 Put can. - - .- ii: ‘3 ii

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Amwm of Licence Duty, (including £5 m .- I. f. ,

e Pedlar’s Licence,) - — ’ ; ~ Figgs and Penaltiisétdcc. . 4 u Land Assessment , 4 _ . m One Year’s Rent of Warren Farm, 7

- - " 3

‘1

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Collector of Dogqu, - l’ 1 ’Hire ofTubs, - Willis: Mriirphy—on account of Ferry Rent, Her Majesty’s Customs, - Charlottetown Wharf, - Interest on Bonds, -

11?“ 900 0 '- o 10317~V - . reare-

£17011 t‘t

‘ mun ABSTRACT. _

GEN . DB. g L

To amount of Treasury Warrants aﬂoat, and W 1.

bearing Intergsté‘ vtiz : :1 ts' issue e we ’ W183; and 1st February, 1833, I; 910 12 ‘5 Warrants issued between the 1st Fe ruary,1807 , K 1838 and 2lst January, 1839, o - i _' Warrants issued between the 21st January,

en the 1st February,

J , 1840, - $363.10. , , 1839 and 30111 annalﬁdan“, _ £5214 6' 7. £15,295 101‘.

Cit. . By balance on Bonds in Treasurer's hands'. 10,249 10 1 t'g " ditto on Bonds in Attorney Generals

hands, - . .- - .’ 8‘ 1 ,- " ditto on. Bonds in Solicitor General I 5 . hands, - - . > “ Cash and Notes in Treasury, 4355 5 91 ,

£15,295 10 11'

TREASURY NOTES. Dr. 3. To amount of Notes in circulation,

Cr.

1 , er General n “131233.39 . .52.. 6 .0

Less £2108 115. 3d., ap- - . a 7, propriated under the . »

present Land Assess- ,

mentAct, - 210811 3

Balance, - -

' £11,500 0 x, x, A; :1 cars b the above statement, the Expenditu ,, ,7 the pasi’lyear aihounts to £13,692 4:. 5 d. and ‘ ceipts at the Treasury to £17,011 143. 2 ., thereby. - ﬂ, iiiga balance in favour of the Colony, for thatperlod, £3,319 95. 9d; yet the actual balance in its favour, I that time, must'be taken to be £4,319 9s. 9d., in w . g quence of £1000 of Treasury Notes being cancelled u the Act, 3 Will. 4, cap. 13, and charged as expendi w 1 The amount of Treasury Warrants aﬂoat and be interest is £10,081 45. 12d, and the amount of iv and Cash in hand is £I5,295105. 112d. 01' the i V amount £2l08 115. 3d. has arisen under the operatiu the Land Assessment Act, and by it appropriated." ‘ balance then available, to meet the ﬂoating debt of 1' Colony, will be £3,105 15s. 7d.——less the amount ot'Inr est due on oustanding Warrants, over and above the 1n : est that may arise on Bonds in the Treasury, thereby r. ‘ Icing the actual debt of the Colony to £8,394 4s. 511., . Your Committee are gratiﬁed in stating, that there _ been an increase in the Revenue, during the pan y v .g; £5,446 155. 4d. beyond that of the preceding oné; , , is worthy of remark, that the increase of Revenue“; Excise Department, for the past year, is 40 per cent. v and above the receipts of any former year in the . Department. _ l The Impost Accounts for Three Rivers are 5s. 8d. on three Quarters, and there is a diﬂ'erence on the Account for St. Peter’s, for the Quarter ending 30th ‘ I in two small sums which appear to have been calc » ' at 2% per cent. duty instead of5 per cent. “1 There appears on the late Colonial Secretary’s A i u " charge of £16115. for searches by order of the Pri ‘ 7 Secretary ofState for the Colonies : and in theA ~- ‘ I i the late Clerk ol'the Executive Council the sum of£8 for tionery, and the sum of 1s. per side for reading each , of every matter in. Council, and 3s. 41d. for etery- ' , made thereon, which do not appear to have been ch v 5 in this form heretofore; and as these two last wins I V" part of the 65. 71d. stg. in lieu of which the Act,2t A c. 2, and Session 2, ‘allows 35. for each and every I - it makes a difference of £58 6s. 1d. on these items, 3 1st March to 5th Nov. against the Colony. In r - ~ = i the opinions of the Law Ofﬁcers of the Crown, whiz) V herewuh submitted, in regard to these charges, the F. ‘ mittee are at a loss to discover their consistency; . r ‘ much as the legal construction of that not up V I ' * ; held by the Crown Oﬁicers, so greatly at vanitian ‘ intention of the Legislature as manifested in pass' I» i . {10}. and as your Committee humbly consider, go. . i ’ "1 “5 language, they would recommend that it be I: m by an amendment, still more explicit. . The Sheriff’s Account for the Gaol at St. Elea‘ in too general terms, and without a cient voucher; The Account for the Surveys and lane of the Har of Charlottetown and Three Rivers is £193 0s. 7d. '1 £031: Buoys an: Biacons for Charlottetown, £157 4s. I -g 1’83 er ’ ‘ ‘ Is‘and games. y 100 than for all the Harbours of a V The expenditure for Roads is much lar‘ ' >’ ' propriations, which has chieﬂy arisen in mi‘::& » ' the gale or the 13m sepi. last; and the ooﬁuﬁﬁ‘ appreciate-the motives of'his Excellencv the Lieute' over ' ' . . - performam ha'mg “delved these necessary services 1 ‘ A sum of £8 15s. is charged for the Assessment on '

vernme tP ' ' '~ ~ ‘ which 515m aw; In St. Paul s Church, to Whitsuntidc _

sums severally due therei be' Your have nto 1:51 summoned under tlieRoad Compensation‘ Act, have

twenty and thirty miles (1' 1 1 . -

all: impartial‘Jnry could lava: ﬁeghgttbﬁifgi: Neg reason to ' , at the Sheriﬁ‘s ought to be warned - - °n_° ltd 0‘ the. n : q,

less expence. . g ' W1 I premium t

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