The Examiner.

Chalottetown, April 17, 1876,

LEGISLATIVE.

Tue Solicitor General’s speech on the subject of Civil Service Reform, will be found in another column. The resolu- tions which form the basis of the speech, were carried on the morning of Tuesday last. Immediately after their passage the Hon. John Yeo moved the House into Committee of supply. motion the Hon. L. C, Owen, Leader of the Government, gave an abstract of the estimates of the Province for the current year, and showed how the revenue is to be raised,and in what manner he proposes that it shall be expended. The salaries of the officials and all the expenses of the Executive Government, he estimates at $10,069. For salaries he estimates the same amount as last year, because six or nine months must necessarily elapse, be- fore the new Civil Service Reform Bill can come into operation. The cost of education he estimates at $60,000. The Supreme Court will—owing to the increas- ed allowance to jurors—cost a little more than last year. The County Courts will also, probably, be mere expensive. The eost of both, Mr. Owen estimates at $14,- 268. The Public Lands Department, with the addition of $10,000 to defray the cost of proceedings, under the “ Land Purchase Act, 1875,”’ will take $13,775. Mr. Owen intends to layout in Public Works, during the current year, $64,593. The Road” Services is down for $19,500; and ferries for $6,725 ; for land damages ete., in connection with the Railway, $12,- 615.92 are required. The maintenance of the Lunatic Asylum is estimated at $9,000. The Poor House and paupers, will cost $7,100 ; printing and stationery $4,500 ; Agricultural and Industrial Ex- hibitions ete., $2,950 ; steamers and pack. ets $2,715. For sundries and contingen- cies $7,542.50 are set apart. Mr. Owen's total Sstimate of expenditure is $258.- 434.32. The revenue for the year Mr. Owen estimates as follows :-—

Subsidy $170,000 Land Assessment 12,

Interest 8,000 From Public Lands 25,000 Fees 10,500 Fines 400 Wharves and Bridges 2,500 Hillsboro’ Ferry and Ferry Steamers 5,000 Licenses 1,500 Casual Revenue 2,000

From Lard Purchased under Act of 1875, for Interest on Purchase

Money 10,000 $246,900 Balance in Treasury 144,637 Estimated amount of Revenue $391,537 Estimated Bxpenditure 258,434 Balance $133,153 Estimated amount ef Receipts Revenue $246,900 Less amount from Public Lands 25,000 Net Revenue $221,900

Gross amount of Estimates

For Court Houses

County Court Houses

Costs under

Land Purch- ase Act

On account of Railway

$258,454.42 $12,500

5.0%)

10,000 12,615.92

40,165.92

218,268

Balance “$3,631 The Bill amending and consolidating the County Court Act occupied a great dea] of attention during the week. This highly important measure provides that the Courts shall in future be held quarter- ly instead of bi-monthly as heretofore. It permits a creditor to sue a debtor in the County in which the debt was contracted. Formerly it was uecessary to sue in the County in which the debtor resided. In case adefendant in a suit shall fail to ap- pear in court, after the issue of summons, a plaintiff may in future, recover the full amount of the debt by swearing to its cor- reetness, instead of, as formerly, being required to prove each item of the account. Capiases will not, in future be granted to recover a less sum than $10; and the ap- plicant for a capias will be required to swear to the name of the person who in- formed him that his debtor is about to leave the Province, etc. Execution will not, after the first of July next, issue against the body of a debtor—who con- tracts the debt after that date—for a jess sum than $20. This provision will prac- tically have the effect of abolishing im- prisonment for smail debts. Other import- aut changes have been made in the old Jounty Court Act, but those we have mentioned are the most noticeable, We shall at a future day, endeavor to give an abstract of the new Act.

ALuost Surrocatep.—A litle girl named Vincent the infant daughter of Agricola Street. painter, was nearly sulfocated this morning through the aflectionate attentions of a large cat. She had been put to sleep in a low eradle in the bedroom while her

mother attended to the usual rounds of housework, and received no particular at- tention until about noon when an older sister went into the room to look efter her. She found the cat lying on the breast of the baby, and the Jatter quite blue in the face and breathing but faintly. She drove the animal away and called in her mother, who had dif¥eulty in saving the child. A doctor was sent for, who applied the proper remedies. The chiid is still very ili.— Wed- néstiay’s Morning Herald. 5

In seconding the |

and that as good value has been had for the money expended as could reasonably be expected. There area few items, how- ever, noted in their proper places in the report, which should be made good by the contractors, and which may be summed | up as follows :—~

Clearing, $ 500 Fencing, 1,500 Bridging, 250 Total, $2,250 Gates, $1,600 Ties, 400 Buildings, 1,000 Rolling Stock, 450 Total, $5,700

Mr. Shanley says:— ‘“ Mr. Swinyard estimates these requirements, along with some others not taken into aecount by me, at $100,005.67, and Mr. Boyd at $1,150, which last sum has been held off the con- tractors’ final estimate, and is included in the above summary.

I am obliged to disagree with Mr. Swins yard as to the greater part of his require- ments as far as effects the contract, and I have given reasons for my conclusions under the different headings referring to the items in question, viz: The grading of station grounds; the ballasting; the sidings ; the station dwellings.

Leaving the items estimated above at $5,700 only to be dealt with im order that the contracts may be declared complete, and which, when done, can leave nothing that can reasonably be required under them, the Government will then be in pos- session of a line of railway, quite equal to the demands of the country, for some years to come, at a very moderate cost, though an additional expenditure for im- proved motive power, station dwellings, fencing, dredging about wharves, &c., may still be requisite. This expenditure, however, will not exceed $100,000, or say $500 per mile, making the whole cost of the road—well equipped, and in every re- spect equal to the trade-—less than $17,~ 000 per mile, being within the average eost of the narrow gauge railways in On- tario; and in making this comparison, it should be taken into consideration that the Prince Edward line has wharf accom- modation, which cannot have cost less than $100,000, or say $500 per mile of road, whilst the structures—such as bridge abutments and piers, as well asa)! culverts are substantial and permanently built of stone, those on our roads being chiefly of timber. There is a large per- centage of curvature, but with a great minimum radius, whilst the maximum gradient is but 74, and this at the termin- us, and for a very short distanee, against 105 feet per mile on our roads.

This is Mr, Boyd vindicated and Mr. Swinyard condemned.

OUR STREETS.

Crvizens have, during the past fort~ night, had time to speculate on the com- fort of plankways, while wading through mud and mire where plankways have not yet been laid. We trust that ere long the promise of one of our City Fathers— that plankways will be laid “ from end to end of every street in the city ''—will soon be carried out. At present our streets are our shame. A prominent naval officer—recently bogged in the mud of Grafton Street, opposite the Prince of Wales College—was heard to exclaim in the bitterness of his spirit, that the streets of Charlottetown were a “ disgrace to the nineteenth century.’ Certainly, muck aud mire—traversed by ruts and sloughs —do not, in this enlightened age, form highways worthy ot the people of a city boasting ten thousand inhabitants.

Easter Beey.— There was a splendid show of beef in Market on Saturday last, Prices ranged from 12cts. to lécts. per lb, We subjoin the “ dead weights” of some of the carcasses :—

Blake Bros., 1 ox 980 ” 1 972

” 4. © 939

” a. 953

. 894

ve 1 818

es 1 cow 837

+s 1 ee 721 Robert Bridges 1 ox 1188 es 1 “e 964

be 1 os 964

‘s 1 cow 908

John Burrows 1 ox 752 “s 1 cow 709

es -.. oe 700

“ s,s 670 Samuel Wheatley 1 ox 900 “ I cow 709

i 700

“ hs 670

Mark Wilson 1 ox 936 a oo 700

re os £00 William H. Lord ; 7OL “ 1 cow 680

ee 1 ‘sé 600 Joseph O'Brien 1 ox 501 ss l cow 793

“ 1 * 505

Mr. Godfrey 1 cow 494 John Frizzle 1 ox 700 Stephen Mills 1 cow 535 Lemuel Mellet ; = 602 John F. Farquharson os 817 Mr. Doyle hat 490 Lemuel Clow } * 616 Thos. Peardon 2 oxen 1000 Mr. McLean 1 ox 700 - l cow 500

John Drake y -@ 550 Mr. Carter 2. 604 Mr. McKinnon l ox 500

—_— a> &> o-__-__—__——

AN Hononapite Acr.—Mr. Duport, the colored man who sells newspapers, &c., on the trains, has recently performed an extra- ordinary and highly commendable act. Gos ing toa gentleman passenger he asked him for a cent, saying that several weeks ago, afriend of the gentleman’s had bought a paper and had only thrown him one cent instead of two, His request was acceeded to and the cent handed over. Duport then drew a sovereign from his pocket and hand- ed it Lo the gentleman telling him that it was thrown to him with the cent by the friend alluded to, aud requesting him to return it, Such acts as this are not ofien performed.— Halifax itizen.

the world. The corporation had for some years, 8 room in the old Court House, in which to transact their business, but even that was, at last, hauled away,and they had to fit up another in the Market House. With regard to funds the City had to look after itself as it received no aid from the Legislature. The Corporation were prevent~ ed by law from raising taxes beyond a fixed sum, and could only borrow to a limited extent. The expenditure on the streets was properly chargeable to Capital Account, and therefore the money shonld be raised by a loan, instead of the annual tax. But as the Corporation had no power to borrow beyond a fixed amount, they were forced to expend upon the streets the money raised by taxation. As it was impossible for them to make one pound go as far as five, the streets had become very bad, and were sadly in need of repairs. The Bill now before the House would enable the City to borrow such sums as were necessary for permanent iwprovement,so that the ordin- ary revenue might be applied to the legi- timate expenditure of the Corporation. The City Accounts had been laid on the desks of hon. members of the House, and it would be seen from them that there had been no extravagence whatever on the part of the civic authorities, At least, by an examination of those accounts, there did not appear to be any. Last year $5,. 532.18 had been expended on the“streets and squares, for macadamizing, side-walks, etc. The Fire Department had during the _— few years, required a much larger out-

y than formerly. The ordinary expendi. ture in that department, for last year, was $2874.81 cents. Thisdid notinclude the cost of the new steam fire engine, hose, hook and ladder appliances, etc., amount- ing to $7000. The expenditure in that department for the incoming year would necessarily be very large, as those articies were not yetall paid for. He had been inx formed by those in charge of Civic affairs that, at the present time, they were abso- lutely without means to pay the ordinary expenditure of the City. Unless addition. al power was given the Corporation to raise a larger Revenue, they would be obliged toshut up the Police Department, and suspend operations on the streets, This was a state of matters which no citizen de- sired to see. When he first introduced this matter to the attention of the House, he stated what the income and expendi- ture for macadamizing the streets, for the past three years had been. [For statement see Examiner of the 5rd, inst.} In round numbers, $5000 had been expended in macadamizing the streets, over the actual income derived from the tax levied for that purpose. The street leading to the Railway Station was now in such a condi. tion that it must be macadamized next summer. This work, alone, would cost from $5,000 to $10,000. That street was now a complete bog, yet the Corporation could not improve it, unless they obtained more power to levy taxes. He had made a thorough investigation of the receipts of the City, and had come to the couclusion that no Council could carry out the repairs and improvements now demanded by the citizens, with reference to the streets, with, out having a much larger revenue under their control, The taxes at present paid by the citizens was trifling compared with those paid in Halifax, St. John and Fredrics ton. He would read a statement which had been placed in his hands, showing the financial position of Charlottetown, when compared with those cities. [For states ment see Examiner of the 3rd instant. }

The average amount of taxation in Chars lottetown was now $1.47 per head, against $5.00 per head in St. John, N. B.; $6.3 in Halifax, N. S.; and $. 3.87 in Frederic~ ton, N. B. If it was necessary to tax the citizens of St. John, N. B., at the rate of $5.00 per head, the Corporation of Char~ lotetown could not carry out their improve- ments for $1.47 per head, This tabular statement showed the reasonableness of conferring much great power upon that body. The Bill which he had presented to the House, and which had been read a first time, had been brought to him, direct from the City Council, as approved of by them, and declared by them to be absolutely ne- cessary. The ordinary Revenue of this Province was now $254,000,to which the City was entitled to, at least, one tenth, as its share. Ifthe Legislature choose to break up the Corporation, and to pay over to the City $25,000 annually, it might get along. Either this should be done, or the citizens should be allowed to tax themselves for necessary improvements, Surely the citizens were better able to judge, as to what extent they should be taxed, than was this House. In all parts of the City the people were calling out for improve- ments which must be carried out. Even in a sanitary point of view, it was absolute- ly necessary to spend considerable sums of money. The Bill in all its provisions was a just and fair one; and it was left optional with the citizens either to choose increased taxation or to have matters remain as they were. If not satisfied with the doings of the present Council, the citizens could soon place other men in their places. As ‘he saw no objection whatever to the Bill, he would now move that the House do now go into the order of the day.

THE CIVIL SERVICE REFORM.

SOLICITOR GENERAL’S SPEECH.

Hon. Mr. Suttivax.— Mr, Speaker, in pursuance of a notice placed upon the or- der book, I beg leave to move the following resolution :—

“ Resolved, that it is expedient to introduce a Bill to improve the managen:ent of several de- partments of the Civil Service of this Province.’

In doing so, I may be permitted, briefly, to indicate the changes it is propos~ edtomake. It is generally admitted that the Civil Service of the Province is in an unsatisfactory position. A very bad system has been continued from time immemorial, With every change of Government public officials have been dismissed; and fresh, untrained men have been pu: in their places. The consequence is that the du - ties have not been properly performed, Then, sir, the salaries, which may have been considered sufficient in former times, are now, owing to the increase in the cost of | living, quite insufficient to attract capable men to do the public service. It is, there, fore, proposed to make various changes, both in the offices and in the salaries. The measure which will be submitted to the House, will necessitate a great many alter- ations in some of the Departments. The

rom the head of that Department. Neither are the duties of the Provincial Treasurer very onerous. person shall perform the duties at present performed by both these officials.

Registey

office of Provincial Secretary does not, at | #dvantage, +“ resent, require a great deal of attentior, | Office of Commissioner.

I do| partment. t not see any necessity for two separate heads | 8Ccounts of the office, has hitherto been loose for these Departments. One person with | #24 bad; and I believe it will be found— an assistant, and also a Secretary or engross~ when the investigation, now going on is ing Clerk, can, very well, doall the work of | Over ~that many thousands of dollars have the Provincial Secretarys office: and the | been lost to the Colony. same person with an assistant, will be able | ©aSe8, estates have been purchased at suc.

to perform the duties at present appertain. | Ttes that the tenants conld not or would ing to the office of Provincial Treasurer, It | 2Ot purchase the fee simple from the Goy- is further proposed that the offie shall be reorganized. At the present 4 i time six persons are employed in that office, | been required to pay theirrents, But the

ernment. ants of the public; and they should have

es the fares in connection with that Ferry, might not account for half the amounts re~ ceived oy him. I would not insinuate, fora moment, that this has been done; for I believe that the persons employed on the ferry are very honest persons; but large amounts might thus have been lost to the revenue. Again, there are the County Courts. There is, at present, no proper audit of the accounts of these Courts. Under the law, the clerks are obliged to forward returns of all the fees they receive ; but they have not, hitherto, regularly done so. We have, at present, no means of find- ing out in what state their accounts may be. It seems to me very strange that the amounts returned by the County Court Clerks of both Prince and King’s Counties should exceed in amount that of Queen's County. Yet such is the fact. In Queen’s County the amount sent from the County Court to the Treasury during the past year was $976.37; in King’s County it was 1399.43; while in Prince County it was $1412.54—the total receipts amounting to 3788.34, It certainly is somewhat singular that the receipts for Queen’s County— the largest and richest County in the Province, and the one in which most business is done —should be only - 976, while the receipts for King’s County are nearly $1400, and those for Prince County are over 1400. It seems to me that there must be something wrong. It will be the dutyof the Public Auditor toright the wrong wherever it may appear; and | believe, that the appoint

advantage to the public service. It will be the duty ef the Auditor to examine the accounts of all the offices under Govern- ment in which sums of money are received. He will inspect the returns made by magis. trates ; and see that they properly account for the fines they receive. It seems to me, that this office is amost important one. Then it is also proposed to abolish the office of Solicitor General. I do not think that the hon. members of the Opposition will accuse me of insincerity when I say that so faras I am personally concerned, the abolition of that office will not be a mats ter for regret, —however they may question my correctness when I state that I do not think it will be s measure of public econ< omy. In the neighbouring Provinces the office of Solicitor General is not consider- ed necessary. At present it only exists in Quebec and in this Island. It appears to me that the chief advantage to be gained by the abolition of the office will be a negative one—there will probable be one official less on the floor of the Legislature. These, then, are the principal changes it is proposed to make. A good many of our friends in this Legislature think we ought to curtail the salaries of those engaged in the public service. 1 cannot say that I agree with those honorable gens tlemen. On this point we can all speak with equal freedom for we are all on the eve of a general election. It cannot he said that supporters of the Government are legislating fer their own benefit, or for the benefit of their friends outside, because the whole matter will be required to be submitted to the peopleat the polls. It may, however, be well to indicate what I think should be the salaries of those officials who will be appointed under the Act which it is proposed tointroduce. The salary of the Provincial Secretary has recently been increased, and it is now $1300 a year. His assistant at present receives $650. The Provincial Treasurer has $950, while his assistant gets a salary of $750. The Clerks of the Executive Council receive $1475. The total expenditure for all three amounts annually to $5,125. Now, under the arrangement which is proposed, these departments may be managed at much less expense, The arrangement of a scale of salaries is, of course a matter for the consideration of this House. But supe posing that the Provincial Secretary and Treasurer should receive $1600 a year; sup- pose we give the Assistant in the Provin~ cial Secretary’s Office $800, the Assistant in the Treasurer’s Office $8U0, and the en« grossing clerk $500—these four persons will perform all the duties now performed by the Provincial Secretary, the Provincial

tary, the Assistant Provincial Treasurer, and the Clerks of the Executive Council for $3700, which will be a saving in those de- partments of $1425. Now, I may take ans other branch of the public service, the Public Works Department. The members of the Board of Works at present receive $500 a year; their Secretary receive $900 —in all $1400, It is proposed to appoint a Commissioner of Public Works, xnd J think, that $1600 a year will not be too large to pay that highly important official. Then, supposing that we give his Secretary $1000 —the cost of maintaining the Department will be $2600—or an increase of €2U0. At present the the Attorney General receives $1130 a year while the salary of Solicitor General is $650—making together $1786. If we abolish the office of Solicitor General, as is proposed, and give the Attorney Gens eral $16U0, the change will effect a saving of $1862 year. In the Registry Office the head of the Department now gets $650; his assistant receives $570, the first clerk $488, the second clerk $488, the third $200, and the indexing clerk $600 a year— in all $2995. Now, Sir, I may here say I regret that the office has not been selfssus- taining. It is not right that the public gens erally should be called upon to pay some $2000 or $3000 a year,over and above the res ceipts, towards the maintenance of that office. 1 think that if we pay the Registrar of Deeds $1,000, the Assistant Registrar the same salary as the Registrar now receives,

viz., $650, and two clerks say $500 each, all the work could be well and easily performe ed. This destribution of the salaries would make the total cost of the officials $2,650, or $346 less than the amount now puaid.

Then, sir, with reference to the auditor of public accounts. The present auditors re.

ceive $325 yearly. They perform duties which, in my opinion, are of no value at all, so that $325 are practically thrown away. I have already detailed to this House the duties which will be performed by the auditor who will be appointed under the Act which I propose to introduce; and I think that ‘f we give that officer 21,200 a year, the salary will not be more—perhaps not so much as he should receive. This will be an increase of $875 in the Audit De- partment. Then there is the Department of Public Lands, for which, provision must be made. No Department under Govern- ment, will—when we obtain possession of the remaining estates—be more important ; and it will, in my opinion, be of the utmost to get a good man to fill the It seems to me, that the office is now in a state of great cons

fusion. That it has not been properly man- It is proposed that one | *8@d, has been my opinion for many years.

1 do not blame the present head of the dex But the system of keeping the

In a good —

They preferred to remain tens

ment will be a large gain as weil as a great |

Treasurer, the Assistant Provincial Secre- |

Lnecmoneerony | VR. SHANTY’S REPORY : vat ow || think that the duties can very well be] fact is, that numbers of these people § | SEASASSRRASS | (R. SHANLY’S REPORT LOCAL LEGISLATURE. | performed by four, A Registrar, an As | are enjoying the fruits of the money, lald | ; nore oor — ee _ aio ar rl ° aTY Riz . wet | sistant Registrar and two clerks — in| out by the people at large, for nothing. Se <~s ‘SSSeaa ; AAR, SHANLY'S NEPORT Was not need- THE C LL, | my opinon, to be a sufficient staff for that | They refuse to take deeds, and they pay no ' — - x | ed to demonstrate to the people of this Is- siege siete Department, It seems to me ane = rent. This, I need not is, So not - so < i |e Ne ac ah ae . Swin- SPREOR OF MR. UL, By DAVIN" | present, there are entirely too many hands | have been permitted. I think, sir, we can Sa nie cam ; eve _ ™ — pen by Se. Dom Mx. L, H. Davirs moved that the House | in the office; and it is proposed that for the | say, without egotism, that the present Gov- © i* MSSSSSSS5 | yard to their Railway was a false one. | do now go into the order of the day, and } fyture,there shall be employed only a Regiss | ernment have taken every means in their 1 a > esexke |The fact that persons have travelled upon said that some misapprehen:.on existed trar, an Assistant Registrar, and two clerks. | power, to rid the country of the burden of .k | * R<I28R335 it and lived, is f ths Seinverd’s | Ce ree ee ere of this | In reference to the Land Department, it is] the proprietory system; and I have no ne ‘9 = 1 it and lived, is proofthat Mr, Swinyard’s | measure. he Bill did not necessarily 12 | proposed that the Commissionership shall | doubt, that when the estates are obtained, > § | QBSESRSRaSaraa estimate was incorreet. Had Mr. Shan- | crease either the taxation alge ta of the | pemain as it is at present. There will be} such an arrangement will be made for the 4 - rDOmeanes Pe : City ; it merely empowered the Corpora | an assistant, and such clerks as may | sale of the farms to their present occupiers ~« . Se Seaaa ss ley's report never been made, we should | -. = oe oe nett tite ba | ae : ae : ; . : : ea : : ; . : tion todoso. The object of the Bill was to | 4, required to discharge the routine | as will give generel satisfaction, To obtain f£ § SSese oS oak os | have felt satisfied that our Railway 18 4] enable the citizens, if they pleased, to tax duties of the office. The Joard of an efficient Commissioner, and to render - ml aeron“eeeaees | good one. True, its projectors miscalcula- | themselves for such improvementsas might | Works will be abolished and a commiss | him independent, as he should be, I ee SSsoess O25 lted. Notwithstanding Mr. Swinvard’s from time to time e desirable. ‘The Core | .ioner of Public Works will be appointed. | think it will be necessary to give a ee seeder ualpedbnd anders ted. Notwithstanding Mir. Swinyard’s | poration were, at present, prohibited from | Tt shall be the duty of this official to take | salary of $1,600. But, of course, that * TF Rated: the SNS. report—notwithstanding the almost fran-| levying taxation beyond a certain rate. | ohorge of, and be responsible for the Public} will be a matter for the Legislature. = S|) SSaaSaSSRSeQe ‘tie efforts of the anti-Railway Party to | Originally,they could tax both freehold and | \Woi4 of the Province. Roads and Bridges | At present the commissioner receives $875 ; a “ o rm eae" li Bl en leasehold property ; but as the law pt will also Depgnder his control. He will | his assistant gets $650, and extras cost say te ss ring the road into contempt, the volume | stood they could levy 2 tax only on the | have an assistant who shall perform all the | $100, a year— ‘ 8 i 2s = of freight and the number of passengers rental to the extent of one shilling — SIX! duties now performed by the Secretary to How. Mr. Ketty would remind the Hon, 2 olacé carried duriug the frst year the railway | OO" ™ the pound, This was a badl sys | the Board of Works and by the Road Cor- | Solicitor General that he had not taken the ~ roe ory . ie Y | tem, as it was unfair and unjust. The tax) »o.,ondent; and the office of Road Corres- | Surveyor General’s salary into account. —_| . R}) eos was in operation, were greater than even | should fall equally upon all classes of the pondent will be abolished. It is fur-} Hon. Mr. Suttivan—I have left the Sur- » Laan the most sanguine of its promoters ever ~agedcere mpl ee oe ae oe propaben i. appoint, - —— saver Genanl os ~~ eutleanten fae - PRaRsesscesecs ate " T . . . ‘| piace oO 1e present system of Audit, a; gether; and, no ing it into account, the a S| | pis chr | anticipated. Therefore, the engines have at present, paid more tax than he, in| caisried official, who shall attend at| totel expenditure of the Land Office, at e i oe proved insufficient in number and _ in | justice, Tr ee eer. all offices where money is paid or res | present, is about $1725 a year. Now, sup= “ S/SRSESSSARASSS | eeiitiits e y . genious contrivance ceived, and examine the public accounts. | pose we adopt another system of manage- ad Ql onamencraace | strength therefore, Mr. Mackenzie Was la light tax, an to take the money out of | 4; present there are two auditors; but it | ment. Suppose we give the commissioner eS ee er eS asked to provide for additional engines. | the poor. ‘The tax should be rateable ac-/ i, {nought that with one responsible | $1600; his assistant $800, and one clerk vo ee | Mr. Shanley’s investigations and exe | cording one aan ee outa person, this important brensh of the public a0. It seems tome that these three a, Ce mee evens oe . , | Seeses ID tne City. service will be better attended to than it is | officials could properly manage the Land a SS ae Ses esses ' aminations have evidently been thorough ; | that the Corporation should not be granted | . + present. It seems to me, that very | Department; but if more assistance is re- me | son ahunal sesmilanee ae and the conclusions to which he has ar- | such power as the bill would —— ere many sources of revenue will be rendered | quired, let clerks be appointed at the dis» eo rived ure very plainly told in his report. a He —— -_ ee prt more productive, by the appointment of | cretion of the Government. Adding the e/a : y necessary that they should posse gn» | this official. There are many offices and | salaries of these three officials together the aia: In summing up he says that the contract | power. ‘The City was incorporated in 159s, | qanartments throughout the country, which | amount is $3000, which would be an in- ee “has, on the whole, been fairly carried out, | #04 started on its own account almost 88 | pcuire a check. There is the Hillsborough | crease in the Land Office of $1275. Taken “ a naked as aman when he first came into | perpy for instance. The official who receiv. | altogether the cost of maintaining the

various departments under the proposed arrangement, and under the e of salaries I have indicated, will be $14,750. At present the expenditure is $13,357 - so that there will be an increase of $1393. If, however, it were not for the creation of two offices, instead of an increase there would be a decrease. Nordo I think that the money expended on the office of public auditor will be any loss tothe revenue. On the contrary, | believe that a large amount will be saved. I will not take up the time of the House much longer. The Public Service is a matter in which all hon. mem- bers should take an interest. It behoves every one of us to endeavor to make the system better than it isat present. I trust this Bill will, when passed, remove all the evils which now exist. AsI have already said, the Government have nothing to gain by intreducing the measure. It is, however, a duty which we owe to the people to make a change in the various departments of the Civil Service of the Province. If the members of this Legis. lature go to the country without instituting some reforms, I do not think they will be able to justify themselves before their constituents; 1 do not think they can be excused if they leave the Public Service in a condition in which no one of them would Like to leave his own business. Beliey- ing, Sir, that a very large sum will be lost to the country by the settlement of the Land Question, and seeing that our re- sources are now limited, I think we should economize as much as possible. 1 will not take up the time of the House any longer. In conclusion, I would ask hon. members of both sides of the House to give this im. portant measure their careful cons idera~ tion.

A TaLe oF THE Sga.—A SCHOONER UPSET AND FOUR MEN DROWNED.—This afternoon the American fishing schooner ‘ Lizzie R. Clark’ came into port with her ensign flying at half mast, and bringing intelligence of the total loss of the schooner ‘ Henrietta Green- leaf’ of Gloucester a.d of a number of her crew. The Captain reports that on Monday shortly after neon he fell in with a dory containing six men, who were in a very exhausted condition, and were almost entirely destitute of clothing. He took them on board and provided them with all the comforts which his resources permitted. He afterwards ascertained that the men belong- ed to the schooner ‘ Henrietta Greenleaf,’ and that their vessel had been capsized in a squall and hac gone down, carrying with her a number of the crew and giving the remainder bvt little time to escape with their lives. The disaster occurred about three o'clock on Friday morning, when the vessel was a little to the South of the La Have Bank, and before the crew had been called ondeck. The Captain had just turned out aud was putting on his boots in the cabin, when he felt the vessel heel over and quicks ly jumped on deck, Ho got into one of the dorys along with five others and pushed off from the schooner. Another boat containing five more men was also successfully cleared but before the remainder of the crew reached the deck, the vessel went down carrying them with her. Soon afterwards the two boats separated, and of une of them nothing has since been heard. The other boat was rowed about all Monday afternoon, when the schooner ‘ Lizzle R. Clarke’ hove in sight and came to their rescue. The men had suffered greatly from hunger and thirst and exposure to the weather, and were ex- tremely exhausted when help arrived. One man died subsequently. The names of the men who went down in the vessel were Franklyn Greenleaf, James Peters, Alfred Olson and George Connors. The name of the man who died was Freeman C:awford. The crew of the missing dory was composed of the following men :—Joseph Gardiner, George Roe, B. Jewett, Charles Pattie, and one whose name the Captain did not res collect, Peters, Connors’ and Gardner, belong to Nova Scotia, the first being a native of Prospect, and the second of Canso. The destitute men have been taken care of by the American Consul, and will be pas- sengers by the steamer ‘ Chase ’ for Portland en route for their homes. The vessel was new and on her first voyage. Coroner Jen- nings is holding an inquest on the body of the seaman who died after being taken on board the schooner.—Halifar Herald.

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A Mittrary Inxvention.—The Times Ber- lin Correspondent writes:—If all we hear about a new invention is correct, wars are likely to be reduced toeven yet more of mat- ter of scientific calculatiun then they are at present. According to reliable information M. Le Boulanger, has succeeded in con- structing an instrument indicating the distance between two armies by the mere report of the discharge. The moment the enemy fires a shot the action of the report upon the Telemetre—that is the name of the machine—moarks the distance to a fraction. The instrument is entirely self-acting, easily kept in order and requires no particular ex- perience or intricate calculations to use it aright. The experiments to which it has been subjected in the artillery grounds of this and some other countries are stated to have been acomplete success, as regards cannon. Whether the machine marks with the same accurac y the report of one or many rifles and whether the small specimens for infantry and cavalry use are asretiable as the larger ones attached to the guns, is not quite so certain.

- _<- ~ Catarrh is a common disease—so common that snuffing, spitting, and blowing of the nose, meets us at every turn on the street. Your foot slips in these nasty discharges on the sidewalk and inthe public conveyance ; and its disagree- able odor, contaminating the breath of the afficted,reanders them offensive to their associates. There is the highest medical authority for stating that with fully one-half if not two-thirds of those afflicted with Consumption of the Lungs the disease commences as Catarrh in the nose or head, the next step being to the throat and bronchial tubes—lastly to the lungs. How im- portaet then to give early and prompt attention to a catarrh. To cure this loathsome disease correct the system by using Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery, which tones it up, clears the blood, and heals the diseased glands by a special influence upon them ; and to assist, use Dr. Sage’s Catarrh Remedy with Dr. Pierce's Nasal Douche. This is the ouly way to reach the upper and baek cavities where the discharge comes from. No danger from this treatment, acd it is pleasant to use. The two medicines with iastrumeat are sold by dealers in medicine.

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