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Libe ‘a adeuservat ive STANDARD-BEARERS.

PRINCE COUNTY. Frast Distraicr LARKINS & BLANCHARD, Seconp District, A. MacKINNON, ESQUIRE. Tarrep Disrrict,

HON. JOSEPH O. ARSENAULT & HON. J. A. MacDONALD.

Fourta Disrerct, HON. G. W. BENTLEY & MAJOR |

WRIGHT, ESQUIRE, Firra District, DAVID ROGERS, ESQUIRE, & GIL-| BERL DesROCHES, ESQUIRE KING'S COUNTY First Disrricr, JOHN MacLEAN, ESQUIRE. Seconp Disrricr, ; J. 0. UNDERHAY, ESQUIRE, & J. P. SULLIVAN, ESQUIRE. Turrp Disrrict,.— CYRUS SHAW & HUGH LORD Mac- DONALD, ESQUIRE. Fourra Disraricr, HON JAMES CLOW & ANGUS Mac- LEOD, ESQUIRE, GE >ReErowN, Common & Royatry,

HON. DANIEL GORDON & HON. A. J. MacDONALD.

QUEEN'S COUNTY. First Disraicr,—

HON. WILLIAM CAMPBELL

HEBER HASLAM, ESQUIRE. Seconp Districr,—

DONALD MecKAY,

CURRIE, ESQUIRE. Turrp District,

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ESQUIRE, & D oe

HON. DONALD FERGUSON &

LUCIUS O KELLY, ESQUIRE. Fourta District, -

HON. ALEX MARTIN & A. A. Mac-

LEAN, ESQUIRE. Cuartotretows, Common & Royattry.—

HON. NEIL McLEOD & P. BLAKE, ESQUIRE

Tuk DAILY EXAMINER,

JANUARY 20, 1890.

Belfast.

A correspondent at Valleyfield reports (Jan. 17) :

“We had a large meeting at Grandview tonight Oar party is not only holding its owa,but gettiay recruits daily from the ranks of the Opposition. Everywhere McLean and Martin meet with expressions of contidence in the new Administration.”

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Cardigan.

We learn that over one hundred and sixty electors were present at a political meeting held im Cardigan on Saturday evening, of whom not morethan a dozen were Grits. MucDonald and Shaw were unsnimousiy nominated. There were no Opposition candidates to propose. Any opposition that may be brought forward in the Cardigan District will be merely fac- tious.

hath

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To Your Guns.

Tue fight may now be saidto be on in It will be short, sharp and Hungry Oppositionists may be to make use ot every means, just or unjust, to reach power and office. But the odds are against them. The record of the late Gov- ernment, the faith which every honest man has in the new leader, whose fame is as fair as the nounday sun, the fear of a return of the culpable extravagance of the Davies Administration, and a hundred and one other considerations,are against them. The standard-bearers of the party are a happy From the first district in Prince, where the French people are bound tu have a French representative, and where Messrs. Blanchard and Larkins are meeting with a success clearly indicative of their triumphant return, to Murray Harbor and East Point come reports the most encourag- ing. To your guns then, electors of Prince Edward Island! Let your action relegate a singulaily dishonest Opposition to home avocations and their disreputable tactics to the list of lost arts.

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good earnest. decisive. depended upon to strain every point,

choice.

Not in Farnest.

‘Tne Opposition are not serious. They pretend that the Province has been ‘* bank- rupted.” But they don’t say what they intend to do about it! Can they do better than the administration of Hon. Neil Mc- Leodl? They do not attempt to show how they can! They have put forth no plat- form—except the single plank that ‘* Fer- guson and the Government must go.” Would men who are in earnest act in this way! Did Sir Jobn Macdonald act in this way when he was in Opposition? No. He announced the policy of his party, and the two parties divided upont heissue thus raised. Has any earnest, practical statesman who ever lived, acted in this way, when he be. lieved that the affairs of his country wer- going wreng, and that something must be done tw right them? We never heard cf one. The conclusion which intelligent men will draw from the fact that the Opposi- tion have no policy, is that their declama- tion is 4 mere pretence. They don’t believe that the Province is bankrupt, or that they can do better for the country than the men whose othces they are most of gl] suaicus

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THE DAILY BX

Not Under the Doom.

Unper a doom themselves—the penalty of their unpopular acts in 1878 and 1879-

those who are hungering and thirsting in the cool shades of Opposition are new voci-

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| ferating that **the Government is doomed.” his is in accord with what we readand know sbout the nature of angels and of men. The immortal Milton portrays the fallen angels,

of hell,

they might reach the higher and brighter

n the cool shades plotting how

spheres, and, if possible, bring down upon

those, better and more fortunate than them-

selves, the dvom in which they were in-

volved. The poet represents Satan as ad-

| vising a visit to earth, where, perhaps,

‘* Some advantageous act may be achieved ;

* * * Either with hell fire To waste his whole creation, or possess As all our own, and drive as we were driven The puny inhabitants; or, if not drive,

Seduce them to our party ”"—

Uppositionists are now in the country striving to the same end. What has the Administration of Mr. McLeod done that

**doomed ?” Why should be consigned to the limbo of those who have been con-

They will strive in Vain, Hon.

should

the be

Liberal-Conservatives

lt the

demned by the people ? They have, by re- ducing the scale of public expenditures, sav- ed to the people, in the past ten years, the of they by representations to the Dominion, ubtained of $20,000 -equal to a capital sum of $590,000 —be- refunds to the amount of 877,462.19.

round sum of a million dollars ; have, an annual grant sides So that this Province is now, by reason of their economy and

il

their prudent their labors, better off than it would

policy, be they had net obtained offie, by near'y ONE MILLION EIGHT HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS, Chey have expended $40.00) a year more upon education; they have given more aid to agricultural exhibitions ; they have given to our farmers ; they have given us better bridges,—than were expended and given while the oppositionists held office! Why should they be doomed? They are not doomed! On the contrary, we have the assurance that they stand high in the favor of the people.

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The Law of Citizenship.

greater encouragement

roads and

A WORD IN SEASON TO ELECTORS, Tue Rev. James Simpson, Incumbent of St. Peter’s Church, preached yesterday morniag from the text, St Paul’s Epistie to the Romans, xiv., 7: ** None of us liveth to himself.” In the course of an excellent sermon he said : ; ‘*The very nature of man is framed in opposition tu the principle of self-love and _self-living.

- + + + Neither is self love rightly the true law of citizenship. As citizens we shvuld not live for ourselves, but tor the good of oar city and the good of our coun- try. Forthe government of a city ora vation is exactly what the majority of men in a city or nation make it—either good or bad ; for it is the reflection ot the wishes o1 the majority of individual voters, and they are responsible for theactions of those whom they have chosen to represent them. It is, [ think, as weil to remind you of this at the present time, when elections for the local Parliament and for the City Council are about to take place. I have nv intention of attempting to influence your votes for any party, or for any person. There is no question of vitsl importance to us as churchmen likely to be introduced, so there is no reason why | sheuld interfere. Should such a question arise at any time, it would be my duty to place the matter before you, and advise you which way you should vote. But for the present there is no such need. Only | would point out that ic is your duty as citizens to vote con- scientiously for the good of the State You are responsible to Gud that your vote be given and your influence be used to further the public good just as you are responsible to Him for the right use of all your talents And you have no right to shirk that re- sponsibility by refusing to vote. There is no government so corrupt that it cannot be more corrupt. There 1s no government su pure that it caanot be improved, and it is our duty that we do our parts towards such improvement. While there are different interests there will always be different parties and a person may quite conscien- tluusly vote for one party while another may equal.y conscientiously vote for the oppusite. 1 only ask you to be conscien- tious about it. There ought to be no ques- tion of personal benefit connected with the matter, but simply the good vf the com- munity and the credit of your Province or city, always remembering that no man liveth unto himself, but we are all mein- bers one of another. ‘This thought should also check all angry feelings, a}l bitter re- criminations, all false accusations which are so common when men’s passions are roused by party strife, Whatever our party may be let us try to be just to our opponents and refrain from attribnting evil motives to their actions. What is evil or unlawful let us b :Idly denounce; what is honest and straightforward, although perhaps ccntrary to our own interests, let us not be back- ward in acknowledging.

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Local Notices.

Before stocktaking, great bargaias in al kinds of Boots at the Dominion Boot and Shoe Store. 6i jan20

Men’s Felt Boots, Ladies’ Felt Boots, Ladies’ Felt Slippers, a good assortment tell- ing at cheapest prices in town, at the Domin-

ion Boot and Shoe Store. Gi jan29 Biankets selling off cheap at J. B. Mac- donald’s. Bi jan20

A few Men’s Fur Coats left at your own pr’ee to clear at J. B. Macdonald’s. —6i_ ju 20

The cheapest Cotton Flannels in town at J. B. Macdonald’s, 6i jan20 —_——_»--_—

Mothers who have delicate children can ‘wee them daily improve and gain in flesh and strength by giving them that perfect food and medicine, Scott’s Emulsion of Cod Liver Oil, with Hypophosphites. Dr W. A. Hulbur, of Salisbury, Iils., says: ‘‘l have used Scott's | Emulsion in cases of Scrofula and Debility, — nt gratifying. watt little patients take it with pleasure.’ all druggist, Oc. and 1.00, y

AMINER,

More Successful Islanders. (Vancowve r%; B oe World.)

The present City Council of Vancouver is composed of shrewd, practical and intell- gent men, who have no prejudices and no axes to grind, imbued only with a desire to advance the fortunes of their constitu- ents. It is made up of: 1 wholesale gro- cer (the mayor), 1 real estate agent, 1 tan- ner, 1 physician, | real estate manager, 1 milkman, 1 surveyor, 1 retired sea captain, i carpenter, 1 stone mason and | brewer-— 11. By countries there are two 2 Germans, 2 New Brurswickers, 2 Ontarians, 2 Prince Edward Islanders, 1 Seotchman, 1 Irish- man and 1 Newfoundlander—ll. The two Islanders are Capt. Malcolm MeLeod, lately of Charlottetown, and Mr. W. H. Mason, late of Southy or-.

Ald. Malcolm McLeod isa Prince Ed- ward Islander, having entered this world in Belfast, of that province, in the year 1836. He remained there for 22 years, receiving his education in his native town. At 22 he took tothe sea and succeeded six years afterwards in becoming captain of a sailing vessel doing business between many diff- erent ports throughout the world. With the exception of the first 18 months he sailed his own vessel. He retired from ac- tive life in 1883. In April, 1888, he visit- ed Vancouver, and, seeing that the pros- perity of the town was an assured fact, he decided to settle here, and in December of the same year put his decision into force. He has invested much of his money in real estate, mostly in Ward 4, and has manifested besides a_ lively in- terest in the industries of the pro- vince, and is president of the Van- couver Enterprise Mining Company, an tn- stitution doing business in Cayoosh Creek, Lillooet district. Not being much hampered with business, Captain McLeod proposes devoting as much of his time as is_ neces- sary to the proper carrying out of his Alder- monie duties, and will, in consequence, be a valuable acquisition to the civic board.

Ald. W. H. Mason, the youngest mem- ber of our city conncil, was born in South- port, P. E. 1., 1864 Charlottetown, which is just across the River Hiilsboro from his native town, was the place at which most of his schooling was obtained In the year 1883, Mr. Mason emigrated to Washington lerritury, where he amassed cousiderable property by speculating in real estate. In the month of May, 1886 he came tuo Van- couver and three days after his arrival went into the dairy business at Mount Pleasant, at which he has ever since been engaged, and it has been growing with the town, so much so that only a short time back he had to open up another branch on the West- minster road to satisfy the demand. He was re-elected by acclamativn list April to fill the place vacated by Dr. Lefevre, and so satisfied the people of his trustworthi- ness, that in company with A’d. Doering he was again elected by acclamation to represent Ward 5 and take his place once more in the council chamber amongst the other city fathers, as a civil legislator in whom all have the greatest confidence.

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR.

Public Opinion at Tracadie.

Sr1r,—You will no doubt be pleased to learn that our section of the country is as loyal as ever to the present local Govern- men!, notwithstaning the false ramor which the Grits have circulated, viz., that the greater partof the people of our district have changed their political creed.

This is only a ruse, and intended to de- ceive people living outside of our section. As far as your correspondent can ascertain —and he is personally acquainted with every voter in the district—there will not be a vote lost to the Government. Qn the | contrary, we have good reason to believe | that this place will poll a heavier vote for Messrs. Kelly and Ferguson than ever. For what have we to gain by electing Grits if they be of no more use to us in the house than the two we last! sent to Ottawa ? For, of all the least useful Island representatives, the last batch sent to Ottawa certainly **take the cake.” So we will have everything to lose, and no- thing to gain, by helping to elect two mem- bers opposed to the present Government, particul rly strangers whom we know no- thing about You may rest assured that, if other polling divisious do as well as ours, the Government will b2 handsomely sus- tained on the 30th inst.

Hoping that I have not trespassed too much on your valuable space,

I remain, yours truly, An Oxp VorTER. Sandhill Road, Lot 36, Jan. 20, 1890.

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MONDAY

their destroyers. In the cities, however— especially those having a large fureign popu 'Iation—while the law is well enough en forced to prevent open dram shops, yet if is not well enough enforced to prevent more or less secret dram shops where the initiated can find liquor. The fact that in such places there is still a secret sale of liquor, notwithstanding the large number of prose cutions disclosed by the records of our police courts, is seized upon by two classes of critics for antagonistic ends.”

Mr. Editor, it is greatly to be feared that this is the case with ‘‘Templir 59." Will he acknowledge this to be the cause of his antagonism to the Scott Act? I fear not. Now, sir, here is an item, short, quick and incisive enough to show what the law ol Maine is competent of accomplishing im the way of prohibition; ‘tIn the Brewers’ Di- rectory Maine is conspicuous for its ab-

lisence. England makes baronets of brewers; |Maine sends them to the penitentiary.

| May the Maine type of civilization speedily \spread over our continent.”

Trustivg that the foregoing may prove

‘an antidote to ** Templar 59's” hypecrisy, and that the right-minded and thinking i'men of this city will show him that his cause is a bad one end needs a thorough re-

formation,

'

I remain, yours truly, A TRUE PROHIBITIONIST.

Ch’town, Jan. 17, 1890.

P. S.—Since writing the above, the fol- lowing language fell upon my ears from one of the city pulpits last night: ** The ram- sellers look to the respectable Christians of Charlottetown for a new lease of power.” Whoever made that statement in the hear- ng of that pastor gave him an opportunity cf proclaiming the gospel of temperance in such a way as has not been the lot of many in this city to hear *‘ Respectab e Chris- tians,” are you willing to sssume the re- sponsibility involved in the comimg contest and let them have a new lease of dealing out destruction, death and damnation to the boys and girls of our city, in the time to come asin the past? Oh, see to it that this curse be stamped out before it be said, ** too late.”

—_————_——_—_——__-——__ ++ oe ——_—_—_——_—_——-———"" Criticism of Civie Accounts.

Sin,—Having read the communication in your issue of the 18th inst., under the caption ** Something Wrong,” 1 thought it worth my while to examine the City Ac- counts for the past year, and, on compar- ing same with the two previous years, I have concluded that there is ‘‘something radically wrong.”

I find the City received for 1889 for ma- nure suld, one dollar and twenty eight ceuts, equal to two luads of Mr. B. Heartz’s teams. Again there is not one cent paid in for plank sold, and this it is impossible to understand if we louk at what was done in that line in the two preceding years. '

In 18871 find that $4,264 95 was expend- ed on the streets, and on that outlay Mr. Smith returned for plank, &z., sold, | $141. 20, in 1888 the streets cost $4,452 36 and the same incumbent sold material to the amount of $88.56; in 1889, under our present City Suryeyor, the maintenance of streets cost $6,183 43, and the total return made for sales 1s as stated above, manure $1.28 Now, itis fair to assume that if a larger amount of work was done during 1889 than either 1887 or 1888, the quantity of old plank at the disposal of the city, and the sale of new plank must have been pro- portionally larger; and working on this analugy the returns to the city Treasury should be in the vicinity of one hundred and sixty dollars ($160 00) in place of the paltry sum of one dollar and twenty-eight cents, a8 appears in the published accounts.

If, as stated by **Ward 4° in the Patriot of the 18th inst, $28 was paid in in 1889 for manure sold, the City Clerk has placed in the hands of the citizens an incorrect statement, and the auditors have certified to what is not correct. Perhaps they will enlighten the taxpayers on this difference.

I also find that the Taylors received from the city funds during the year the following sums :

Joseph Taylor.......-.seeeeecee eres $420 38 James D. Taylor .........0seeeeeeee 10 00 Taylor Brothers. ........... js tsne a oe

$762 63

Not so bad for Councillor Taylor, who in-

formed the electors twelve 'm -nths ago that

he wished to enter the Council for the pur- pose of destroying rings.

ELECTOR. a

An Elector’s Report.

MEETING AT MOUNT STEWART.

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POLITICAL A large and respectable meeting of the inhabitants of this and the surrounding

Templar 59 Exposed.

Sir,—In your issue of Monday, 13th inst., Templar59” in a communication headed ** Hypocrisy Denounced,” deplores the ravages of strong drink, * and,

referring to prohibition, * he asks, “Is it

(prohibition) enforced to-day in Maine any vetter than the Scott Act in our town?” He answers, No. But here he fails to prv- duce any evidence in support of his allega-

tion; his No is evidently sufficient for pre-_

sent purposes. Now, sir, what are the facts in connection with prohibition in Maine? Let the following be pliced in evidence in your journal, and | think that **Tempiar 59” of the count altogether. I quote now from the National Temperance Advocate, a jour- nal under the maasgementf such names as Rev. T. L. Cuyler, D. D., the Pris dent of the Society, Rev. J. B. Dunn, D. D., Hon. N. Dow, aud hosts of other such like men of reliability, and whose names are a guar- antee for the authenticity of what appears in its columos. I find the following copied from the Lewiston (Maine) Journal, and this from reples to letters addressed to several responsible gentlemen throughout the State, as to enforcement of the law, and their answers are, to any unprejudiced mind, or ought to be, satisfactory. ‘fT hese writers are agreed that prchibitory laws are so well enforced in the rural sections of Maige, comprising three fourths of our populotion, that trafli: is well nigh extinguished. There is general agreement, also, that on the whole more efforts are put forth to enforce these laws than any other lawson the statute b ok, bug without as’completely satisfactory results in our cities—especially those hav- ing a large foreign population—for the rea-

son that the laws agaiust panderers t» vice |

are always enforced with greater difficulty than ordinary criminal laws. The victimes

je Hino lattay cuss Uuwil they van wo shied

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will find his No ruled out!

even the secret licucr |

country was he dio the hall, on Friday evening last. Wm. J. Logan was chosen ‘chairman. The principal speakers were Hon. D. Ferguson, L. O Keliy, M. P. P., Messrs. Peters and Commiskey and Hon. L. H. Davies.

Mr. Ferguson first addressed the meet- ing, and spoke for three-quarters of an hour, the time allotted for each speaker, He made a telling speech, which was listene | ‘to very attentively, and made a favorable ‘impression on all but a few grits. He showed that the present party in power on this Island is the economical, and safe to be trusted with the reius of government |for the next four years. | Notwithstanding the fact that the Grit’s ' biggest “gun” here, Hon L. H. Davies, -who ought to be at Ottawa, if he is of any

ertbly use there, opened a ‘‘tusilade” oa Mr Ferguson and the Sullivan Administra- tion, he hal his pins for bis gains. M. Ferguson gave him a severe castigaticn, | The big ‘* gun” was svon silenced. Mr. Kelly also spoke briefly and pointed y. The meeting was, indeed, very orderly, and dispersed fully satistied that Messrs. Ferguson and Kelly are again ,the people's chojce in this district.

Yours, ELECTOR. Mount Stewart, Jan. 18, 1890.

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wark Wright & Co are headquarters for _ furniture. lw janl7

Political Meeting.

A MEETING will be heid at Mount Albion ( Schoolhouse on FRIDAY, the 24h instant, at the hour of Four o’clock in the afternogn.

FREDERICK PETERS, JAMES W, CUMMISKEY, jody 4 Uaudidates,

JANUARY 20.

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STOCK -TABRING SALE NOW GOING ON!

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Ch'town, Jan. 20, 1890—dy law wky

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TEA!

Ne ee LMOST EVERYONE WANTS GOOD TEA, and they also

want to know where they can depend 01 getting it god. We believe that if we get a man or woman’s trade for Tea, we will sell them their other groceries as well; that end in view we endeavor to keep the standird of our Teas up, and give the best possible value for the money. We don’t import any cheap, low-grade, trashy Teas, as it don’t pay to sell them at any price. Our 24-cent and 28-cent Teas are giving excellent satis- faction this season, and we believe them to be equal, if not superior, to anything on the [sland for the sam2 money,

and with

ne blended Teas at 32 and 40

cents per p und, which are excellent value Reductions made according to qua tity bought.

NE OTL.

We keep nothing but the best AMERICAN WATER- WHITE KEROSENE OIL, which we sell in Tins cheaper

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Queen and King Square Stores,

is not the question of the

Bargains in Far Caps,

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ex S. 8. “Stanley,” and will be

Ch’town, Jan. 9, 13890—eod & wky

The Writs Are Out

—-— {x }-—-- — aie “PROBABILITIES” for the next Thirty Days

hour, but for

Fur Coats and Robes

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I have decided to sell AT COST for Cash

the balance

Just Opened—40 pieces Tweeds and Worsteds, received

sold away down,

D. A. BRUCE, Queen Street,

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Tuesday Evening Next,

JANUARY 2ilst.

PROGRAMME.

.. Messrs. Foster, Earle, Tanton and Carvell

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Estate of George M. Harris,

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ASSIGNEE’S NOTICE.

Y OTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that George - M. Harris, of Chalottetown, Aue tioneer, has made an assignment to me for the benefit of his creditors, and I therefore giv: notice to all persons having claims agaiust him to furnish the same to me at the office of Mr

| Edward J. Hodgson, Q. C., Charlottetown,

P. E. Island, within thirty days from th's date. Dated 20th January, 1890.

EB. R. BROW,

jeu20—2w (m w ts) Assigner.

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lTo the Electors of Char-

lottetown, Common and

Royalty.

ENTLEMEN,—Thanking you for the jiberal support you have given me in

ithe last taree Genera! Elections, and having }

again been nominated a candidate for the

liepresentation of your interests ia the House ‘of A-sembly, I now seek your sutfrages.

Afier the pronotion of the Hon. W. W. Sulivan to a seat on the Supreme Court Bench of this Province, His Honor the Lieutenant-Guvernor entrusted me with the tormation of a Government,

Having accomplished the formation of a Government, it was deemed proper, in view of the number of pertial elections sequired to be held in consequence of the vacancies created and the nearness of the completion of the term of the present Pa:liament, to consult the elec ors by means of a Generaj Election lx fore entering on new legislation.

Agriculture being the main industry of the Province, measures vill be adopted which will best render the labor of the husbandman remunerative, by increasing the aid given to xhibitions, by the importation of improvedsstock, and by providing instruciion on Agricuitural Chemistry and a course of popular lectures on agricultural subjects.

In order to give greater shipping facilities, and until the Dominion Government s' all have taken over all the wharves that became the property of the Dominion Government at ihe time of Confederation, it is our policy to keep in repair such of them as are essential to the trade of the locality where they are respectively built.

As in the past, our policy is to vigorously press toa settle nent our claims against the Federal Government.

Rigorous economy will be practiced in the expenditure of public money, while at the same time liberal provision will be made for the public service.

Pending the adjustment of our claims against the Federal Government, our annual resources may not be sutficient to carry out the proposals indicated, and at the same time provide for the large expenditure required for our eduea- tional system, [n that case, such measures te supplement our revenne wil) be adopted ag will bear the least heavily on the seeuted and wil] at the same time be just and equitable.

Changes will be made in the pubiie service in order to secure etticiency and greater secutity to the public interests,

i have the honor to be, Gentlemen, Your obedient servant, N&IL McLEOD. janis iY LET.—A House on Water Street, containigg eleven rooms with shop. Pos-ession_ given

nlite January. Apply to M. McQuarp, Lowe Queen Sis eos, uf dot