THE DAILY EXAMINER.

The Pablic Accounts, ix the report of the Previncial Auditor ibmitted to the Legislature to-day —we have a very clear statement of the public accounts of the Province. Nothing in the report is obscure ; and, knowing the Audi tor. we may be certain that nothing “has been hidden away or suppressed or ‘‘ carried over.” While the information which the ac counts convey is not so pleasing as we ild wish. it is, at all events, satisfactory to know the worst at once it appears that the receipts of the Goy ernment during the past year amounted to 64 as follows

B29 OFF ~*~ $233.9

John S Bagnall, vaccination account...... 30 oo 1, W Watson, vaccination account,........ 60 00 R MeNoill, M D, services New London

Roark. 70 wo

R MeNeill, M D, services Rustico Bourd.. 645 40 W BK Dyerand others, various accounts, sundry Boards. .oe.....e.eeeeeeeeses aac 91 80 JV Jenkins, MD, services during small pox epidemic. ee .. 1,620 00 Cuairman Township No 18 Board, dis- bursements uch os cnqueeeuewe ove «©6212 SS

_ ee -eeee eis ecaneue $8,311 63 The payments of the Government for Education during last year amounted to 111,992.21, or $56,442.08 more than was paid by the Davies Administration in 1878 ! Taking this fact into consideration, to- vether with the extraordinary payments on smallpox account, the Government will not, we think, be greatly blamed if they have failed in their endeavor to keep the accounts square without having resort to direct taxation. While running into debt is not to be excused on the ground that the people would like to be free from taxation, vreat credit is, we think, due the Govern- ment for their honest efforts, in the face of vreat and persistent opposition, and in the face of difficulties which they were unable to surmount, to keep the accounts square, und at the same time secure to the people immunity from the distasteful and costly visits of valuators and collectors. The financial situation of the Province is not serious; but it demands careful con- sideration, with a view to making ends neet witheut reducing the balance at Mttawa. Shall we return to direct taxa- tion? Or shall we cat down our establish- nent? These are the questions. Lot us rope that they w be discussed, after thorough investigation, with a single eye to that whieh, in the interests of the Province,

is best to be done.

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Ji Subsidy from Domion Government, $173,537 20 Public Lands ‘ ; ceneeebeeee ee 47,378 19 ; ° Casual Revenus? eeooees i S20 1d Py i secretary, fees received., 858 CO . hon ary 1,910 39 t . i Deed 5,369 29 ‘ ee ae wdee 2,072 35 Hospital forthe Insan 1,187 6 Prin of Wales Coilexe a 112 Ut Private Bill i 113 0 Peddlers’ Licenses ses 42) Pinu md Penaltic s . 10t 3 Ve nd rs i eeeec coe See eeeesecees . ut v : rt Sau $233.77 Ua On the other hand, the expenditures of » ee en th (,overnpm smou ited two $504,460.60 dist ited in the various services as [vl lows Sup yur salaries $ 3915 0 Si ‘ Jarurs’ Fees, Di Irse i 3, & 3,101 7% ( laty Courts, S laries. {,su0 U ( Cyurts, Rents aud D,.sbu i 62a 3 Jailsa Lou Hou 3 Maintenance, x 6.484 2 M is 705 l . ti. alll S511 6. } j LLl,vue 2 i {,uzo i A ‘ l 3 XI aital i x 16.971 77 I 4179 i y R soz 4. | i i ys s.: I I 5.43) | > P 3sit G6] r vy ~ ; j Bi my m os ae ih’ I Va >t | ~ ~ x , U1 : 45) 7. ~ > Se | 3 I S 304,466 0c | I , 7 5 cit i ‘ii pidbat ‘ 7 = )t } t t i be nce | = 7 ‘ i ttl i ! t or 1OOV i 3 i te bt recur ‘ ‘ i OF tne avr stion of th tax act, $142,516.02. Ur, if we do th ‘i wWilich iv CGroverninent — . il has t had the presumption todo, W we r rl the duty bonds due the Government #3 vaiuele i2 bilan igainst the Pro- v.uce at the end of last year was $148,209. - " j j 4} : " a } i? »O That during the years that the peo- p I eenjvyed treedom from taxation,

th roverniment have gone into debt at the rate, on the average, of about 350,000 a cr or yout twenty-five cents per head ulation per annum. Assuming that, as a result of the efforts » Government during the. past year, abvut $590,000 add.-ional will be placed to the credit of the Province at Ottawa, the financial state of the Province is as follows: Balance at Ottawa in favor of

Province Dec. 31,1886 Amount to be added say)

“he

975,872.90 500,000.00

$1,475,872.90 Balance against Province here Dec. 31, 1886 (gross).. occu 16 Se

Amount in favor of Province over nd above the local debts .$1,327,663. ll Therefore,saying nothing of the large am- ount of property owned by the Govern- ment, the state of the Province is not by any mears—notwithstanding the freedom

of the people from taxation for so long a

time—financially bad. If the Government have succeeded ss we believe they have the balan st Ottawa in favor of the Prov in t is $553,000 more than it would have

The kidnappers who stole Prince \lexander from Bulgaria have entered a

iit against the Prince for the amount of ravelling expenses on the occasion. For he defence it is | feudel that they sued

the wrong man—-they should have sued eh . } . } ‘, Lnelir ¢ Apuove}l the Uz

Walliace’s Year-I8 of Trotting

and Pacing.

The second volume of this most valuable imnual, covering the year i850, has just reached our table. It is embraced in 340

large octave pages about sev enty more han last year—closely printed and every line a fact. The labor in its preparation has been inumense, and the workmanship in its manufacture first-class. it is bound in green cloth, with fiexible covers, and how such a volume can be compiled and published at the nominal price of $1.60 is beyond our comprehension. The first part of the volume, extending to 192 pages, is levoted to the trotting and pacing sum- imaries of the past year where any heat was inade in 2.50 or better, all carefully revised from the most authentic and reliable sour- ces, and an index to every performance and performer. linportant and valu- able as these summaries may be in show- ing what has been done in the past year, they are of but passing and transient value when compared with the great tables which follow, in which may be found every im- portant fact of all past experience. ll trotting and breeding history is here con- densed, and every lesson it teaches may here be learned. The table of all 2.30 performers under their sires not ‘only em- braces the performers themselves, but every son and every daughter of that sire that has got or produced a 2.30 performer is added, with the number credited to each. The table of great brood-mares not only embraces every mare that has produced two or more 2.30 performers, but every mare that has produced one performer and the sire or dam of a performer. The table of sires with nothing to their imme- diate eredit in 2.30 or better, but with sons or daughters that have got or produced 2.35 trotters, is a new and most satisfactory feature in this class of statistics. The closing table embraces the fastest records of all periods of time, at all ages, at all ways of going, and at all distances. Taking the work altogether, it is by far the most

been supposing the Government had not | valuable ever issued on this subject. Here pt i cheir claim against the Confeder- | we have the very cream of all trotiing and ation, but taxed the people as the late | Tcimg horse knowledge, and it comes from a e did ae thei : ithe highest authority in the world on the rovernmen Land so kept their accounts} ...;-: y Sa ataees ; . mn y subject, No intelligent horseman or square bud if must not Db forgotten that | breeder can afford to do without it, and by the balance againsi : Province here re- | remitting $1.60 to John H. Wallace, 280 mains in the pockets of the people of the Broadway, New York, it can be secured by Pr a return mail. POY i i <- e I rt yer t Lroverniment had to . . The Jubilee Ode. mmsid piyiulencs to the amount of 33,311 63 | ~ on account of the small-pox visitation. |8?£CIMENS OF TENNYSON’S VERSE IN HONOR ee ; ‘ OF THE VICTORIAN SEMI-CENTENN 4 The 1yinents were distributed as Tol- ro lows rennyson’s jubilee ode is published. It ° = on ‘ . Den lsne e ; on : is ‘ J Newson : oe ania ra, furniture, et _ ai fisentitied ‘Carmen Seculare,” and is in Y aceination ne Ss i i: Iu hern ane Others. cundsyacegunte | alternate three and eight line blank verse sin di pox 7 demi. .. 15 0,! stanzas. The first and second stanzas ‘are Cnhitrinan Vicolalagetl B ard, ‘ishurse oe | aS follows — ; ool b 1 Conicman Rastico Board, aisburse ments 'y 19! ' : uvman Souris board, ins = a : > -. | F.fty times the rose has flowered and faded, P { Mob Mut ea om, of | Fifty times the go'den "a ‘vest fa lan, {89 99 | Bue our Queen ussumed the globe the sceptre. ie KK a) M D, « et Bo l < ~ 356 _ She. beloved for a kindliness ie ‘ sn B di- burse | itare in fable and hisiory, 83 15 | Queen und Empress of [edina, ‘ 7 wheal Sees a ideitia 45 i3 | Crowned so long with a wlem ‘ i ier Ba ae ; Shales ' Never worn by a worihi ped i | Low with pr FPeroatis ¢ tes d 4 j ¢ Aumu urs j Come at isst to the oO - ‘ Crowhing year of het ; 1S ( Lo N us ‘ board re . me 963 The next five stanzas ( t) sing of the { ] ‘ i ‘ 1 ce mane ‘ 9 113 h ik ” rt thie iu thi nd hey enjoin ‘ I Ma. ap a . Fa the nation to celebrate the jubilee with ee 10 0 lluminations, festivals, charities, ete. The Chuirinun Marvay Haruer Board, aisburse- ht : Murcay H r Board, i , | eight h stanza reads as follows : — : . “e “wo ‘ irtmat Alberton Hoard, disburse- is i Yon, the patriot architec t, ; , - teenies cae 87 56) Stape @sta’ely memorial ; ‘ sn ipeud, « Board, disburse- ok Mahe it regally gorzeous— ‘ "i .- 238 60 Some Imoperiel institute, ; \ hia {2 Board, cis- i Ric sinsymbol, in urnament, "ou tte sees neg g ae (0) Which may speak to all the centuries— i aa var disburse Alt the centuri-s after us, ‘ . 138 06 Of isis year of her jubilee. GilsvuUurse- ‘oan oro + cl a ee 48 36 rhe ode is the subject of general ridicule. + » ACCOUNL Montexue ; encre “a et : y ee aie It is regarded asa bad imitation of Walt 5B it Jenkins, MJ), services during smail- Whitman. Even the Conservative Globe Ke adem ‘ : : ; JB Covey, MD, Messunr’ Cesggg; #2 0 Sives a sneering parody of it. . d ‘ : ‘ Soun rapaud sSoiri | rans ' : 196 ; lll agp a oe dies weseil, MD, Account Lot No i9 sa * , . a re ea cnn gic, 18% Scott's Emulsion of Pure ey services during smallpox | gt oe Mettler ine ceases, oo. 6gp gy COd Liver Oil, with Hypophosphites "s ba O'ReCrs, 2ccvunts small- ‘ ° . . plnx epidemic... teccsesceesse.., JQ #8 Prescribed by the medical profession be- e . ‘ . nel . — e . : : ‘ter Conroy, M D, vucvination ac- cause it is not a secret remedy, but a/} a e+ CPs 325 7 le ifiaalliv * So Lawrence Ttmiaiti; MA D, warcieaiion’ ‘ea 825 75 scientifically prepared preparation of two een a ae 5) 7s ‘most valuable specifics, that they find of un- 4 hotties 3 i See rancinésion account 41 25 eqalled value for their consumptive and &, Vaccination aecount,. 32 50 emauciated patients, Take no other,

THE DAILY EXAMINER, ee

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR.

The Subway. Sin, —Please publish the enclosed letter and oblige. Yours respectfully, Georan W. How Lan.

Orrawa, March 30th, 1887. Senator HOWLAN,

Dear Sir,—Permit me to send you the fol- lowing extract from a letter of Vernon Smith, dated March 19th :

**] have done better with the Subway than I could have expected. The subject here is thoroughly understeod.

‘“*Mr. Greathead, a personal friend of mine, is the only recognized Subway Engineer, and brings to bear upon the subject his ten years’ experience with Subways, the contractor who has carried out some heavy works, a patent shield which has already gone twice under the Thames, and which is the cleverest device of the kind, and the backing of men who have already money in Subways.

‘*The most perfect thing of the kind that has been done isthe City of London and jorough Tramway, of which CGreathead is Engineer, The present powers are for a double track, 10 foot tube, with a 3 ft. 6 in. railway from the heart of the City to the Klephant and Castle, two miles, This starts with one tube over another; they then come to the same level and use approaches at each end by a vertizal hydraulic lift. This work is about finished; the section under the Thames was completed in fifteen weeks. I have walked through it. both upper and lower tunnels, and a beautiful job itis ; but there were very serious difficulties to encounter, and in one place it is only 45 feet trom the abut- ment of London Bridge, so that any serious failure of the tube might endanger this work, which is the pride of every Londoner.

**The Company are so satisfied with the result that they are now applying for an ex- tension of two miles more, which will give them four miles of double tube, or eight miles altogether, which: will be finished for £00,000, or $3,000,000 all told and equipped, or one-

a

“WEDNESDA

Provincial Legislature.

HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY. Apri 5. AFTERNOON SKHSSION.

Hon. Mr. Sullivan moved the second reading of the bill respecting mortgages of personal property. House went into Com- mitte. Progress was reported and the House adjourned.

Apri 6.

Mr. Blake moved the second reading of the bill to incorporate the Lorne Hotel Yompany. Reading passed in Committee.

Hon. Mr. McLeod movgd the second reading of the bill to sant the Diocesan Church Society to avail itself of the inter- est of the Clergy Endowment Fund. Read and passed in Committee.

The London Fire Brigade.

The London Fire Brigade seems a very small one for so large a city. Captain Shaw's last annual report to the Metropolitan Board of Works places its strength at 539 men. Of these 113 do day duty, 244 are on at night, and 182 form areserve for general work at fires. During the year 1886, without count- ing false alarms, there were 2,149 calls in cases Which resulted in actual damage. The engines attached tothe land stations made 32,832 journeys and used ten million gallons of water. The general total gives an average of twelve calls a day, Asin an army, however, the fighting is the lightest part of the labor, as the brigade is busily engaged at all times. It is constantly on the alert, and kept in 1886 as many as 130,305 watchesof twelve hours each.

Bank of P. &. Isiand, it Liquidation.

fifth the cost of the Underground Railway for | the same distance. Greathead is now inun- | dated with work, and has no less than six! heavy Subways on hand. His tirst Subway ! under the Thames from the Tower has now | been working seven years, and has never cost | a cent for repairs,

‘*He uses cast iron tubes bolted together with internal flanges and 1} inches thick, | rhe city subway weighs nearly two tons per | running foot, and the contract is £3 8s. per | ton for the plates delivered,

‘After being put into place they are cover- | ed over with a coating of from 2 to 4 inches of Roman cement which hardens into imper- vious stone and keeps off the action of the very destructive sea water of the Thames.

‘*The shield is a sort of a water tight hori- } zontal caisson, only weighs about two tons, with air lock and everything complete, which sliles over the end of the tube, forced for- ; ward by small hydraulic presses, and then the space occupied by the shield is filled with concrete by a most beautiful contrivance. | Under the Thames both tubes went forward about ten feet per day, and they are now un- der a great massive structure going on at the | same rate, '

“| wish you would tell Mr. Howlan all’ about these particulars.

‘‘At Liverpool under the Mersey, Great- head is engineer for a subway that is going to be 25 feet in internal diameter the setting out of which is now going on, and he thinks, and so do others, that these inexpensive subways are going to be the popular: substitute for tunnels and underground railways, and are going to be very numerous.”

Hoping this will be of service to you and that the P. E. I. scheme may soon be carried to a successful issue.

I cannot say when father will leave Eng- land, a letter would probably reach him. I' enclose you his postal and cable address mean- | time.

I am, Very respectfully yours, W. H. Smiru,

The Scott ‘Act.

Srtr,—I saw a letter in your paper of Tues- day last, headed ‘ Scott Act.”

state of! affairs ; but I think ‘*‘ True Temper- ance” should have said a word about the moral

side,

» I for one do not believe that the moral

sentiment of the community has being height- |

ened by the Scott Act. On the contrary,when we hear of so much perjury being committed and see 30 much sympathy being shown to the violaters of the Act when they have undergone incarceration, I think it clearly shows that the moral sentiment is against it and in favor of some other system.

In the eyes of the law the Scott Act offen- der is acriminal. Is he so in the eyes of the public? I do not think so. Incarcerate a

poor fellow for petty theft, his character is |

gone and credit also. Do the same to a Scott Act offender and i believe that nine-tenths of the community will think as much of him as

they did before, and his eredit will stand just |

as high! Now, Mr. Editor, viewing the situation in

that light, let us have a good license law, and try to do away with the sin of perjury, and |

also raise the moral standard a tritle higher than it has been for the past five years. Yours, &c.,

April 5, 1887. No Fanatic.

An Excellent Remedy for Coughs and Colds.

Take eighteen ounces of perfectly sound onions, and, after removing the rind, make several incisions into each onion, but not tou deep ; thirteen and a half ounces of moist sugar and two and three quarter ounces of honey, which boil in thirty-five ounces of water tor three quarters of an hour. - Strain and fill into a bottle for use. Give one tablespvonful of this mixture (shghtly warmed) immediately onan attack, and then according as required, from five to eight half-tab e-spoonfuls daily,

it is said that this recipe was that used by the twelve Zulu Catires when visiting kurope in 1882, and who suffered much irom the climate ; but invariably recovered upon the use of the above.—European Public Opinion.

[The above remedy is cheap, seasonable and effective, and should be tried by every sufferer. ]

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A sign‘ficant indication of the progress made by the Southern States isthe fact that one branch of the Tennessee Legislature has passed a bill increasing the amount of the permanent fund available for public schovl purpc ses from $2,000,000 to $5,000,000. An increese of this amount isa sure indication that the ‘*New South” progresses not less energetically ip an intellectual than it does in ap industrial way. The bill is certain to become law, it is said bya good authority, and (hen Tennessee’s appropriation for pri- mary schools will be as great as was that of all tie seceding States combined in 1880. A fact sucely that is aglow with hopeful auyuries

offer the following Goods at Very Low Prices

Towels,

I think it | contained a common-sense view of the present

ALL parties having claims against this estate

are requested to fie their accounts with the undersigned at once, as the estate is about tu be finally wound up.

For Bank of Nova Scotia, GEO. MACLEOD, Mgr., L. GC. OWEN, Liquidators of Bank of P. K, Island,

Ch'town, April 6, 1887 ~4i

Pa

duting APRIL ;— Carpets, Pileloths, Room Papers, Sheetings, Pillow Cottons, Tickings, Gray Cottons, White Cottons, Print Cottons, Table Linens,

Scotch Tweeds, Worsteds,

Gents’ Furnishings, Christy's London Hats,

and a few pair of Gilray’s Patent Lace CUR- TAIN STRETCHERS. Ladies should see

Fas, Pat & C4

MARKET SQUARE. Ch’town, April 5, 1887—dy wky

GRAN D

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WHEN THE

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will produce .the thrilling drama

[ik nLANDOF TO-DAY

founded on events current in Ireland at the pre- sent time, depicting the astraiped relations between landlord and tenant and their cause, to be followed by a laughabl~ farce, entitled,

A PRETTY SURE CURE,

A splendid orchestra wiil be in attendance.

There will be several vocal solos between the acs, appropriate to the occasion,

Admission--Reserved seats, 50 cents; Par qnetie, 35 cenis ; Gallery, 25 cents,

Doors open at 7.15, Curtain rises at 8, sharp. March 28—eod & apr 89 11

Provincial Rifle Association of Prince Edward Island.

THE Annual General Meeting of this Associa-

~ tion, for the election of officers and the coun- | cil, and the transaction of other business will be held in the City Court Roem, Charlot tetown, on WEDNESDAY, the 6th April next, at 8 p. m. |

G, L. DOGHERTY,

for the future.

secy P, R. A,

March 30—t) date wky li

Y, APRIL 6, 1887. ae

a House-keeping Goods, New White and Gray Cotton, New Printed Cottons, Bleached Sheetings, Unbleached Sheetings, Pillow Cottons, — Table Linens, Toweis, Toweling,

——————— Ooo PP HESE goods have just been opened for Spring Sale, and having been bought before ths recent advance in Cottons, will be found extra value. CARPETS! CARPETS! J Brussels, Tapestries, Hemps, Floor Cloths, Matting, Hearth Rugs, Door Mats, Lace Curtaing f —0o-—-—_——_ i t

Department.

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SUCCESSORS TO

CBO, DAVIES & Co.

Ch town, March 7, 1887.—wky

Tailoring

A lot of Spring Tweeds just opened.

NOTICE.

Intendiag to move back to my own store first of April, 1 will sell for the nexi ten days the remaining stock on

hand at a sacrifice, J. B. McDONALD.

Ch'town, March 21, 1887—-dy & wky

AREHOUSE |

STREET.

EXTENSIVE CASH SALE)

70:

BRITISH |

I have decided to close out the | whole of my stock of Staple and |

Fancy Dry Goods, commencing De- cember 15th, 1886, and continuing until the whole is disposed of, at

LARGE DISCOUNTS FOR GASH.

A. Il. BROWN.

Ch'town, Dee, 14-—wiry

ARGH SALE.

, the % people are sick reading advertise

ments all about Big Discounts and void of meaning; but what L. KE. PROWSE adver- tises to do, you may be sure he will do.

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PLEASE READ:

Alotof Remnants of Dress Goods, abou half price.

A job lot of Corsets less than half price.

A magnificent lot of Embroidery, 20 pe cent discount,

Job lot of Dress Goods, 20 to 25 per cent discount,

Black Cashmeres and Merinoes, exceileat value.

tray Cottons, White Cottons, Sheeting, Shirting, Ticking, &c., very low.

“Ii MUsf BE DISPOSED OF.”

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Two Thousand ($2,000) Dollars’ Werth of Hats

FROM 20 TO 50 PER CENT. DISCOUNT, FOR 15 DAYS ONLY.

<A ng Ae ite

NOW IS THE TIME TOBUY HATS CHEAP

TRY US: WE MEAN IT EVERY TIME oe PROWSE: SIGN OF THE BIG HAT, 74 QUEEN STREET, | .

Ch’téwn, March 4, 1887—~éod & wky