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Fire and Life Insurance Company, OF EDINBURGH AND LONDON, ESTABLISHED IN 1809.

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No. 35 Water Street, Charlottetown.

GEORGE W. DeBLOIS,

March 16, 1882—eod GENERAL AGENT

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NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC

E beg to announce to the public that we have purchased W the good will and interest of OWEN CONNOLLY, Esq., in the Dry Goods business heretofore carried on by him at Charlottetown.

We invite an inspection of our large and varied Stock, especially in the following Departments:

Dress Goods, Silks, Velvets, Shawls, Millinery,Hosiery, Gloves, Muslins, Shirtings, Shestings, Linens, Lace Curtains, Prints, Tickings, Grey and White Cottons, ge.

Cloths, Worsted, Scotch and Canadian Tweeds, Ready- made Clothing, Hats, Caps, &.-.

Carpets, Oil Cloths, Wall Paper, &c., Cotton Warp, Small Wares, &.

We have decided to close some very large lots of these Goods at cost to make room for spring importations, and to give bargains in every department.

JOHN McPHEE & CO.

Charlottetown, March, 1882—wkly In reference to the above, I do hereby return my sincere thanks to the public for the generous patronage extended to my Dry Goods business at Charlottetown, and take this oppor- tunity of soliciting the same patronage for the above firm in the future. " ,

OWEN CONNOLLY.

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For Scoteh and Knglish ‘weeds or Worsted Suits

For Canadian Tweed Suits,

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Remember the address, two doors above Apothecaries Hall Corner Charlottetown, Oct. 11, 1831.

THE LOCAL BUDGET!

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(CONTINUED. )

With regard to Education, the hon. | member for West River referred to the’ want of

A PROFESSOR OF AGRICULTURE,

and demanded of the Government why they had not made provision in the Estimates for such an official. The question is away beyond the hon. member's ken. The pro-; position is a new one in this Province. In a question of this kind it is no use for a Government to go very far in advance of the requirements of public opinion. When the country demands the appoiut- ment of a Professor of Agriculture, then it will be the duty of the Government to ap-, point one. The outlay which would be in-| volved.is one which it would pay this Pro-| vince well to make. In Northern Europe: —especially in Denmark—in Ontario, and; in several States of the neighboring Repub- | lic, the advantage of agricultural education ' has been amply demonstrated. This isa question upon which the farming communi- | ties of the Island should be consulted. ' The hon. member for West River should try to find ont what his constituents think ; about it; and an expression of public. opinion in gener:! should, if possible, be} elected. There can be no doubt that every- | thing judiciously done to foster the agri-| cultural interests of the Province will re-: dound to the welfare and prosperity of its, people. With regard to the large reduc-' tion which has been effected in the cost of; ths

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ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE, a word or two may be said. The adminis- ; tration of justice cost thepeople of this

Province in it

1877 the sum of......+.-

1878 * & 30,804 74 1879 “* 26,612 17 1880 “ <« 20,440 78 igsl “ 20,875 33

Thereshias been effected, as you will not

fell (ge a very large saving since my hon,

friend the Leader of the Government be-} eame the head of the Department of Jus- tice inthis Province. There were expexided in 1878 Over nine thousand dollars* fhore than in 1881 ; and in 1877 about eight thous-

hand dollars more than tho avanaaa of ibe, three years during which the present Gov-

ernment have held the reins of power.. In connection with this subject it may be re- marked that when the late Government were in power it was stated that the then Attorney General employed

COUNSEL AT THE EXPENSE OF THE PROVENCE

tofperform duties appertaining to that office during his absence as one of the Counsel before the Fishery Commission ; and it will be in the recollection of honorable members of this House how strongly it was denied that any charges were mae against the Province by the counsel se employed. Hon. members will, perhaps, be surprised to learn that over $2000 were paid to the gentlemen employed by Mr. Davies out of the Treasury of the Province netwithstand ing the emphatic denials which were made that such was the fact. Some persons say this should not be referred to. I see no geod reason why it should not be referred to, the more particularly as there has been with regard to it such a flagrant breach of faith with this country. The present At- torney General is discharging all the duties of the office efficiently and well; and in the two years of 1880 and 1881 there has been effected a saying of about $18,000, as compared with the two years of 1877 end 1878.

There is another item of expenditure, a comparison with regard to which will serve to show the economy, and care for the pub- lic interests, observed by the present Gov- ernment. These are the expenditures in- curred in connection nig

THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL.

In 1874, these amounted to...... $1,990.85 Ta 1875, i PY 2,212.17

In 1876, ae nw | ROBE In 1877 . sevens 2,860 32 In 1878, ire ee ee In 1879, a veceee 1,932.54 In 1880, ae es 753.83 In 1881, “& esos 682.98

THEN IN THE COST OF LEGISLATION, large savings have been «effected. The present Government have, it is well known, striven earnestly and persistently to abolish the Legislative Council. They have, 8o far, failed; but nevertheless they have suceeeded in making a large reduction in the cost of Legislation :

In 1874 Legislation cost......... $18,255.58 . ce

SN oe Oe 18,218.80 See 16,202 98

7 + e¢ ail i ae 9 6s . a8 wo comeil isa aAe te a Oe as Inigg0 “ veese 13,240 74 Ini8si ‘“ “ vessseess 12,058.93

In 1879 it will be remembered that there were two sessions; and so the cost was a little greater, (though not so great as in previous years), than it was in 1880 and in 1881. But comparing the cost of Legis- lation in those years, with the cost of Legislation in former years, it will be seen that the present Government have, not- withstanding the failure to abolisn the Legislative Council, effected a saving of about $5,000 a year. Had the Legislative ‘Council been abolished this saving would have been more than donbled. Then, there is the

LUNATIC ASYLUM.

The .expenditure in counection with the Asylum we have not been able to control to any great extent. The Government, | when they camea. to power, found a large jaud expensive building in course of con- \struction; end the maintenance of this in-) stitution, with all the appliances connected

CHARLOTTETOWN, PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND, THURSDAY, APRIL 6, 1882

} with it has necessarily cost more than in

the olden time.

The cost of the maintenance of the Asy-

lum was, in

BT Bits snes... psnseakuesonin.d RATERS

cs meet chet 15,030.96 | | a aeaieetincssitiiginn 14,290.98

Thus it will be seen that the current ex- about But while the new building was / being erected it was estimated that the

penditure of the has

doubled.

Asylu:n

‘yearly expenditure in connection with it

would be about $20,000; and the present Administration have succeeded in maintain- ing it in some $5,000 less per year, than. the amount which was __ esti- roated by those who proposed its construc- tion,

Azhon. member of the Opposition has found fault with the Government for having

'expeaded $400 in a Commission appointed

for the purpose of investigating CERTAIN CHARGES

mad¢ against the manage:ucut ef the Asy- lum. It is well known to hon. members that owing to an ovtrage committed ip the “Arylum, the public mind became excited. The Government, therefore, felt it to-be their duty to instigate an investiga- tion. ‘There is no public institution of the working of which the public are more jealous than Hospitals for the Insane. People living in the country, who are com- pelled to send relatives to the Asylum ,must aud should be assured that these unfortun- ate ones are as well treated there as it is possible that they should be, and every one desires that the Hospital for the Insane shall be a comfortable place of abode for those who suffer from a mind diseased. The Government, therefore, felt it to be their duty to appoint a Commission. One hon. member objects because a gentleman, whods also an officiai under the Dominion Government, wasa member of that Com- mission. He dare not .attempt to throw the slightest suspicion upon the character of that gentleman; and the Commission, as a whole, was com of men who stané! very high in this community. They id ‘their work thoroughly, sitting week nw week, examining witnesses upon oath, d-taking every precaution to obtains statement of all the facts, before mak- their report; and, he was sure, no one ‘thé hen, member himself would think ° g to the Ocmmissien,-

the expense entailed upon the Province

was $400. It isa most gratifying circum: stance that the report of this Com.aissicn was favorable to the management of the Hospital.

THE MOST IMPORTANT QUBSTION

engaging the attention of this House is this: “ Is the Government, at the present time, in view of the financial statement before the House, and the estimates of ex-

nditure which have been placed upon the

ble, in a position to repeal the Assess ment Act.” Now,this much may be said at the outset: If the Government cannot show

that there is a reasonable probability this

year and some succeeding years of making the receipts. and expenditures of che Province balance without the

justified ‘im © repealing » it. that, at the” last election, without refer- ence to the financial position of the Pro- vince, the Government once to repeal the Assessment Act, not aware that such a promise was made. The Leader of the Government, in his card to ths electors, stated that the Gevernment would carefully husband the resources of the Province, and would impose any taxes which might have to be raised in such a way that they would bear with as little harshness as possible upon the people. As for the statement that the Government were pledged to an

IMMEDIATE REPEAL

of the Assessment Act, I am not aware that any such pledge was made. And even if the Gorernment had made it, there are circumstances which were net known to members ef the Government at the time, which rendered the repeal of the Assess- ment Act, at that time, impracticable.

The Public Accounts for the year 1878 had not then been laid upon the table of the The dissolution of the Legislature

House. took place immediately after the formation of the Government, and mwembers of the Government had not had time to cl»sel7 examine the Public Accounts, It was not till after the elections for this House that the BNORMOUS SUM OF $52,000

were found to have been left unpaid by the late Administration, and to have been carried forward into the accounts of the succeeding year. This was the state of affairs which the Gevernment at the time of the elections did not contemplate, and so the Assessment Act could not then be repealed. The next year brought about a great storm which carried away a large number of public works, such as wharves and bridges.

extraordinary expenditures, These hon.

members knew very well that the fury of the storm was unparalleled in the history of the Province, and, as a matter of fact, it

DESTROYED PUBLIC PROPERTY

to the value of $20,000—which the Govern-

ment had to replace. Now, it was not the

policy of the Government to repeal the Assessment Act unless they were in a position to do it; and on account of these

circumstances they were not, until now, in this position.

But some hon. members say: ‘'Oh it looks suspicious to repeal the Assessment

Act on the eve of an election.” These hon

geatiemen will not deny that the Assess- ment Act could not be repealed before the|mation in But it chn be repealed| way If the

present session. now ud now is the time to do it.

aid of direct taxation, then they will not be It’ is stated

promised at I am

Some hon. members have tried to make little of the effects of this storra, and have had the hardihood to state that it did not involve the Government in

ea

Act should remain in force, a re-valuation of the property on which the Assessment is to be levied must take place during the present year, and this would involve ad ditional expense. The Appraisers snd Col- lectors required under the Assessment Act make its operation expensive, and if direct taxation should be again resorted to a less cosily mode must be adopted, But it is not the intention of the Government to provide any means of direct taxation. They are now able to show that they are in a position to maintain the public service of the Province without any direct taxation for Provincial purposes. or this purpose it is necessary to go back to the advent oi the Davies’ Government in 1877. When Mr. Davies took charge of our public affairs, there was a balance

REMAINING TO THE CREDIT

of the Province of about $40,000. In that year (1877) there were collected under the Assessment Act, $45,583.59. In the same year, $12,854.72 were collected under the provisions of the old Land Tax Act. it will be remembered that under the old Act the taxes were usually collected in the month of January, so that in the year 1877 the Government received not only the amount raised under the Assessment Act, but $12,864.52, as well. Then, in 1878, they received $38,834.68 from the Assess ment. So that in the two years (1877 and 1878) they received by means of direct tax- ation, $97,282.79,

BEING AN AVERAGE,

during the two years named, of $48,641.39. Now let us compare these receipts, from direct taxation of two years under the Davies’ Government, with the receipts of three years under the present administra- tion. In 1879 we received from Assess- ment, $26,621.15 ; in 1880, $26,309.35 ; in 1881, $31,133.22 ; or, in the three years, $84,553.78. This would be an averayeo of $28,154.59 per year, received from Assess- ment by the present Government, against an average of about $48,000, received from the Assessment and old Land Tax by the previous Government during the years they were’ ih power. Hon. gentle- men of the Opposition have dwelt upon the amount which have been

DRAWN FROM CAPITAL. But if a comparison should be instituted between the amounts drawn from capital by the late Government and the ameunts so drawn by the present Government, the present Government will not suffer. Thus, in 1877, the sum drawn from capital, under the Land Purchase Act, was $2,632.15; while, in 1878. the ‘ait drawn under the Land Purchase Act was $6,958.75; and from the Railway fund, $30,425,938; all fof which was drawn from capital by the Daries Government in two years. On the other hand, the present Government have drawn from ‘capital, since they came into power, $40,524.22. The average amount drawn from capital by the Davies Govern- ment in two years was $20,008.44 per year; and the average amount drawn from capi- tal by the present Government, for their three years administration, was $13,508 07

per year. -The sum of $17,000, drawn from the Dominion Govern ment, on account of penitentiaries, was

obtained through the good management of the present Government in pressing the just claims of the Province upon the atten- tion of the Government of the Dominion. If these claims had not been so pressed, it is not probable that ‘‘ the refund” would have been received. The amount was not drawn from Capital, but from the revenues of the Dominion, and does not reduce our subsidy in any way whatever. The sum of $3,227 being portion of the refund of last year, although withdrawn from Capital,

within the year, but was paid to Mr. L. H. Davies for services rendered in 1876 ; and

of 1881, it does not affect the surplus. Now, let us see how much the two @ov- ernmsuts have expended Account. In 1877 the Davies administra-

the Lunatic Asylum the sum of $15,067.07, and in 1878, $40,193.56, or $55,260 63. In 1879 the present Govern-

Asylum $43,679.23; and in 1880, $11,- 875.40, a total of $55,554.63 ; or $300 more than were paid for the same service by the Davies Administration. Hon. gentle. men who criticize the acts of the present Government do not, it seems, deem it to be

their duty to make any reference to the

amounts which have been paid on account of Capital by the present Government. They do not forget to mention the pur- chase of the Carey farm by the late Gor- ernment at a cost of $7,200. But they say nothing whatever respecting the erec- tion of the STOCK FARM BUILDINGS

for the sum of $8,239.26 in 1881. A fair com. parison will show that the present adminis- tration have expended more on permanent

than their immediate predecessors.

Government. This macadamizing cannot fairly be held to be an expenditure on capital account, any more than many of the large bridges which have been con- structed by the present Government. Now, when the present Government took charge of the public affairs of the Province there was @ NOMINAL BALANCE

in the Treasury of $13,758.58. The balance was merely a nominal one, because, by a statement submitted by Mr. F. W. Hynd- man, the Provincial Auditor of that day, it was shown that the sum of 252,415.65, belonging to the expenditure of the previ- ous year, had been left unpaid, so that there was, on the 1st of January, 1879, an actual balance against the Province of $38,617.03; besides these there were large expenditures, which had been made by the late Government, previous to their resig- 1879. Hampered in this the Government cams into power, The meeting of the Legislature was some-

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| what late in that year; end it was not till ithe first of July that the measures of te- trenchment caused by the Government came into operation, so that six months had necessarily passed away before the Government could save the public money as they desired, and as it was their pelicy todo. But they did the best they could uncer the circumstances.

f TO BE CONTINUED,

SS eee

NOTICE s PFVHE undersigned ha: 3s entered into Part-

nership as Arrorxeys-at-Law, under the style of

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All law business promptly attended to, Dated March 17th, 1882, el H. V. PALMER, JAS. W. MULLALLY,

March 12, 1882—4w, wkly 4w

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For Sale or to Let.

fHXHAT. Frechold Property, with a front of eighty feet on Pownal Street and eighty- four feet on Sydney Street, the House con. taining 16 large rooms and two Kitchens, Can be turned into one Dwelling by unlocks ing adoor, Apply on the premises to

MRS, BOSWALL,

March 392.

BEER & GOFF, Choice Bedeque Oatmeal,

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ananassae ananeanenef

CHARLOTTETOWN

SUSINESS COLLEGE,

(ESTABLISHED 1873,)

Welsh & Owen’s Brick Building, Corner of King and Queen Streets, Char- lottetown, P. E, I.

REACH & MILLER, - - Proprietors,

Designed te Educate Young Men for Business. :

was not applied to any expenditure made as it appears on both sides of the acoount

upon Capital tion paid on account of the construction of altogether

ment expended in the construction of the

improvements for the good of the Province An hon. member has alluded to some macadam- izing which was performed by the late

‘she bas opened her Fall and Winter Classes i for Painting and Drawing in all their different ‘branches,

| For terms, etc., apply at her Studio—resi-

UR SYSTEM is conducted on Actual Business and Scientific Principles, and embraces all subjects necessary for a thorough CoMMERCIAL Education. Our facilities for teaching these are the most complete that have ever been devised. Theory and practice are combined, and the whole course rendered so interesting and practical thet the dullest sta- dent cannot fail to be largely benefitted. The course of Study is short, practical, useful and reasonable ; it is just what every Man needs and will use, no matter what his calling or profession is to be The youth commencing a business life with only industry and integrity as his capital, the clerk engaged during business hours, but desirous by eveuing study to repair the de- fects in his education, each have the advan- we offered by our sessions occupying DAY AND EVENING. Morning Session, 9.30 to 12, and 2to4p.m. Evening Session, 7.30 to 9.30. Diplomas granted to such as pass satisfac- tory examinations. Students may enter at any time. No entrance examination required, Business men and others are cordially invited to call and examine our system, Teach your sons what they will practice when they become men. Full particulars concerning Terms, Tuition, Scholarships, &c,, &c., on application to L. B. MILLER, Jan. 7, '81—e oad. Princa

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A* the JUNK STORE, Head. Pownal

£% Wharf, old Copper, Brass, Iron, - Lead,

Zinc, Rope and Canvass, Horse Hair, Rags,

&c., for which the highest price will be paid, Ch’town, Jan 13, ’&82—3m

BEER & GOFF. CHOICE FAMILY £LOUR,

Hiawatha, Pride of the Island, &e.

SCHOONER FOR SALE.

NOW OFFER tbe Clipper Schooner CITY

POINT, 50 tons, *t private sale, as she

pow lies at Queen’s Wharil, Charlottctown

Apply to A. Kennedy & Co,, for purticulars,

or to the owner ut Bay View, New London, ROBERT D. McLEQD,

Feb, 28. 1882.

To Lobster Packers,

HE subscribers beg to intimate that they are prepared to manufacture to order all supplies for Lobster Factories in our line, including one and two pound Cans, Bolder, Boilers, &c., and by manutecturing in large quantities can sell at very low prices, To insure having orders filled promptly, parties hai better order at once.

Merchants and dealers will find our stock of Plein and Japanned Tinware, Tubular Lan- terns ,Coal Hods, &c., &c, the largest in the Provinces, Quality unsurpassed and prices \low.

Price list farnished on application to A. C. THOMPSON & CO.,, New Glasgow, WN. 8.

Mar. 18, '82—im wkly

Remeved.

ARS. W. W. IRVING begs to notify he N friends and the public generally that

Peebles, Sonth Side of King (au 29 tf

dence cf Mr, Square,