Terms :—Five DoL_tars a YEAR.

** This is true Li hess. A when Free-born Men

having to advise the Fublic,

wider r.

may speak free.”’—Evriripes,

Srincie Corres Two CENrts,

NEW SERIES.

NOTICE TO THe PUBLIC

X7E beg to announce to the public that we have purchased \ the good will and interest of OWKN CONNOLLY, Esq., in the Dry Goods Charlottetown.

business heretofore

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

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

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

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

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 eats

“MARCE SALE !

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CLEARING-OUT PRICKS |

J. B. MACDONALD.

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7000 yards Grey Gotton, - -

9000 yards White Cotton, - -

8000 yards Print Cotton, - 13,000 yards Ladies Cold. Dress Gadi.

5 cents up. 7 6s ““ 5 ‘é és 8 ee “cs

3000 yards Black & Cold. vaamenertn 22 a 15000 yards Spring Tweed, 49 << 6s “ec

700 yards Table Damask, - 20 600 yards Pillow Cotton,

White Cotton Sheeting, Lace Curtains, Curtain Muslin, Tapestry Carpets Scotch Carpets, Felt Carpets, Hemp Carpets, Flour Oil Cloth, all widths. and Room Paper.

During the month of March I will give Bargains in ev ery Department? Cash eustomers will find no cheaper goods in Town.

J. B. MACDONALD.

Brennan’s Old Stand, Queen Street, ow 28, 18k2—wkly, pat pres

Por Sooteh and. English Tweeds a - Worsted Suits

For Canadian Tweed }

Suits,

For Overcoats of all Descriptions,

GO ToO- A eee wel No x

UPPER QUEEN STREET, TWO DOORS ABOVE APOTHECARIES HALL CORNER There you will find the largest and best assortment of Cloths in the

Island. Prices very moderate. The best workmanshlp and a perfect fit yuaranteed,

-—— ALSO—

A complete line of Gents’ Furnishings and Felt Hats, cheap,&c. Xe.

Remember the eddrens, two doors above Apotheearies Hall Corner Charlottetown, Oct , 1881.

| no : peeoared ieee qpeeupianicncaeminen eae

THE EXAMINER JOB PRINTING OFFICE

HAS LATELY BEEN REPLENISHED WITH |

A Large Supply of Printing Types and Material,

OF THE LATEST INVENTION AND BEST BESCRIPTION,

ARE

AND WE

Under the Careful and Skilful Supervision of Mr. J. W. Mitchell,

TO? BIW TT

LETTER HEADS, RECEIPTS,

NOW PREPARED, :

BILL HEADS, BLANK CHEQUES, NOTES OF HAND, POSTERS, HAND BILLS, DODGERS, &c,, Ke.

On Short Notice, in Good Style, at Cheap Prices.

?

carried on by him at;

ae

THE LUGAL BUvGET!

Hou. Mr, Ferguson's speach,

Sieiiaedilgin ) The expenditure on Roads, Bridges, Wharves and Ferries, as furnished by the Public Accounts for the following years, Was :- For year endin 1865.

3lst Jan., , $35,305 72

gy «

1866 37,980 99 ” " " 1867 42,060 18 r ” . 1863 43,720 21 a " “x 1869 | &5.641 17 “” a o 1870 3=—s- 7,338 74 + "“ as 187t = 71,464 44 ra - " 1872 51,530 52 ~ sy 1873 613,225 2) " - 3lst Dec., 1873 76,310 59 iy *s i i874 100,505 50 “4 “s “ 1875 86,220 80 ss re rs IS76 95,836 99 a ‘s + 1877 91,669 68 ¢s es ee 1878 105,404 62 " ie nag 1879 66,121 24 ” “a “5 1880 =: 8, 169 8] és “ ee 1881 60,829 82

The expenditure for the same public works during each of the three years imme- diately preceding Confederation—years of great prosperity in this Province, when we had possession of our own revenues from Customs, &c.—was only $184,220.17, while, during the past three years, when, accord- ing to the Opposition, everybody was poor, the present Government expended $185, - 120.87, being an increase of $300 over and above the amount expended during the three years immediately pre- vious to Confederation. He would leave it to the House to say whether these fiyures would corovorate the statement made by the hon. member for West River respecting the expenditures for the periods alluded to. It is true that, as our popula tion increases, the wear and tear of our highways increases in the same _ propor- tion; but, on the other hand, the oldor the country becomes, the necessity for operng new roads diminishes, and the increase of population adds to the amount of statute labor; and besides that our Statute Labor Act is more effective than the old one, which accounts, in some measure, for the PRESENT GOOD STATE OF THE ROADS.

In connection with this subject, it is stated that the number of questions placed upon the order book, and the number of petitions presented to the Government with regard to roads and bridges, show that the vublic works have not been well main- tainvd by the Government, Weil, if the number of notices placed upon the order book, asking for money grants, be any evi- dence of a want of attention to the public works, then there are fewer public works needed now than there were in 1878. In 1878, no less than thirty notices of this kind were placed upon the order book. In 1879, the number was seventeen. In 1880, the number was reduced toten. In 1881, there were eighteen, and in 1882 (the present session) there are seventeen. If, then, honorable members are right in saying that the number of notices on the

order book is an evidence of the wants of the country in regard to public works, the wants of the country are very much fewer now than they were in 1878, under the late administration. But it has also been said that

THE PETITIONS FOR NEW ROADS are more numerous than they were. Well, lut us see. In 1877 the petitions asking for the opening of new roads numbered sixty- eight ; 1879, fifty-four ; 1880, forty-six ; in 1881, twenty-nine, and in 1382, twenty- four. Hon. members of the opposition have said that the number of petitions is evidence of dissatisfaction in the country, and if they are right, there is very much less dissatisfaction in the country now than there was when our predecessors were so WASTEFULLY

expending the money of the people. The proof which they themselves have cited is against them, and shows that when they say the public works are being starved, and dissatisfaction prevails from end to end of the country, they are saying that which is not founded on fact.

The late Government substituted a Poll Tax for statute labor, and as the value of statute labor under the present Act had been estimated by members of the Oppo- sition at $30,000, that amount should be deducted from the expenditure on works for 1877 and 1878, which would show that the present Government had pro- vided quite as well for this service as their predecessors had done, and in a manner much more satisfactory to the taxpayers. By deducting the sum of $14,000 expended in 1878 for macadamizing some roads, principally near Charlottetow n (which was done without the authority of Parliament), from the expenditure cf 1878, it would be! found that more had b een done in any one of the years of the present ad- ministration for ‘ordinary works, service than had been done in 1878. He would now say a word or two

ABOUT THAT MACADAMIZIN f

He wondered that his honorable Shand had!

alluded to it, as he must know the false! position in which it had placed the Govern- ment of which he wasa member. There! was no vote of Parliament for that money. |

He (Mr. Ferguson) not being at that time, a member of this House, interviewed the. Leader of the Government on the question |

of macadamizing before the estimates of 1878 were prepared. The delegation re- ceived no encouragement. formed that the Government were not prepared the money for that: putpose. The result was that not: was placed in the estimates of that amizing whatever. The time fer holding the General Dominion Election rolled on, and the four Conservative members left the Goverumcut. Immediately afterwards their c llesoues expended the sum of $14,-

000 iu inacadamizing, although no vote of

to the expenditure of the year.

. . {that amount, it would be They were in-)

to_asksithe Legislature for:

) car fot any macad-,

CHARLOTTETOWN, PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND, ‘TUESDAY. APRIL 4,

/ 4 ‘he then Gove rnment TOOK THE MONEY DUE THE TEACHERS

if or the last quarter ef 1875, and expended |a portion of it in mae adamizing, Without

any authority whatever and paid only three quarter's salary to the teachers ont of the expenditure of that year, drawing upon the year 1879 for the other qn inter There was a heavy expen- diture oa wor ks imme liately after Co: f-der- ation,

PUT WAS IT A LEGITIMATE ONE?

If we lost, a8 meimbers of the Opposition said, a great poition of our resources -on entering the Dominion, should these ex- traordinary expenditures have been made ? fu his opinion there was no justification for them, excepting the fact that there was a large amount to our credit at that time in the Banks gy there was & pressure from various p of the country for an increase of ere: and it was thonght better to ha¥e the money in circulation than to have it lying unused on deposit. This was the argument brought to bear upon the Owen Government at that time, but they should not have listened to it. If they had carried outa prop -y polliey, and had kept their expenditure within the resources of the Province, and their im- mediate successors had pursue Ate saine course, there would NOT BE ANY NECESSITY FOR THE ASSESSMENT

ACT.

Tho expenditures for each BP os since Con- federation are as follows

Expenditure for 1874........... $435, 207.5 a A eee 395,277.43 " aR cies soma s 353, 327. 84 . ae 281,632. 13 . NG NOEL: * ides bg oli 334,131.29 OD, ABU edins nik» Shae 313,845. 00 " CR) ae 267,308. 38 ™ hy. SAD ane. we hin 261,275.51

It wiil thus be seen ¢} ture of each of the last

vat the expendi- two years was

OVER ONE HUNDRED than the average of the six years immedi- ately following Geutedération. It will thus be seen how great would bo ihe burden upon the people if the heavy expenditure of years gone by had been maintained to the present time. The taxation from which the carefulness of the present Government had saved the people, would, indeed, dave proved a curse too grievous to be borne. Members of tho Opposition had accused the Government of exceeding their esti- mates of expenditares for iast year. He would refer with pleasure and pride to the fact that the Government

HAD ADHERED TO THEIR ESTIMATES

more closely than any previous administra- tion. They estimated the receipts of the Land {@ffico for 1881 at $65,000 but were told by the Opposition that they wou.d never realize that amount. The general theme of the Opposition at that time’ was that the receipts from that suurce would be dried up after a very short time, and that the Government would not re- ceive as large a sum from it in 1881 as they had in 1880. The fact proved that the Government under estimated the amount. Ii was best, of course, TO BE ON TRE SAFE SIDE,

During the Session of 1880 the Government estimated that they would receive $50,000 from the Land Office and realized more than that amount, alt houg sh the Opposition de clared that the sum would not exceed $30,000. The Cicheedt naan «were well aware that the receipts from the Public Lands Department were dependent upou the harvest and other circumstances, and that, although a larger sum was received last year than for the year previous, it

was possible that the amount fer the pres ent year might be less. But they felt safe, comparing the receipts up to the pres- ent date with those of last year for the same period, in estimating them at the same amount as was received last year— just as they did last session in making the estimate the same as for the year previous. They had been reminded that they re- seived a larger revenue for 1881 than the sum estimated, Well, ”

EVERY CAREFUL BO

THOUSAND LESS

SINESS, MAN

would admic that they had acted wisely in putting. their estimate below rather than over the mark. It was,

a year ago, impossible’ to say what the population for this Province might prove to be, for hon. gentlemen of the Opposition had entertained the House by decrying the state of the country and proclaiming that all our young people were leaving the Island. Owing, hewever, to the increase of popula tion, the subsidy from the Dominion from ithe first July last was increased to the extent of $5,962.80 for the six months. This amount was not, of course, included in the estimate of last year, simply because the result of the census was not known, A payment of $3,227.03 wes made to Mr | Davies on account of his services as Counsel and Solicitor for. the Com nission of Public} i Lands under the Land ! nase Act. The| late Government had not paid that gentle-| | man’s bill, and the matter remained un- jadjusted until the past year. | expenditv re in connection with the purch

| of the proprietory estatez, it could not iproperly be paid out of the ordinary jrevenue, and was therefore drawn, as it!

; shou ld be, from Capital Account. It) ‘appears among our receipis for 1881, but! it increases our expenditure in proporiicn, | and does not affect our surplus in any way. 'Tiwas very unfair to refer to that expenditure as & miscalculation on the part of the Gov- ‘ernment, as it did not properiy belong Deducting found that the Government had only exceeded their esti- mate of expenditure for the past year to the extent of about $7,000. They found that the, were in possession of A LARGER REVENUE fHAN THEY HAD EXPECTED,

and that farmers were prospering and ob- taining good pmces, and, therefore, in- wtructed the hon. Commissioner of Public Lands to expend a little more than his estimates on account of that prosperity,

a aS aR ng eng e

from Parliament, |

Being | an}

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| prodvice trade. The Opposition should be| the first to approve of that course, as the Government, in pursuing it, were expend ing only a liitle of their surplus. In the} managemen tof the Public Departments of | the Civil Service, the hon. Opposition stat ed that the were very properly carrying out the POLICY GF THEIR PREDECESSORS,

The hon. gentiemen was absent last Ses-| sion, and must have forgotten his own declarations of 1879 and 1880, in regard to the retrenchments of the year 1879. Duar- ing the Session of that year he (Mr. stated that he was sure that those re- trenchments were not made in the interests of the people, that the public officials were not properly paid, and that the result would ultimately be loss to the country. Bus now the hon. gentleman claimed that,in making those retrenchments, the Govern- ment were carrying out the work begun by their predecessors with respect to the Public Service! The Opposition, from the first, declared that the Government were starving the public officials, and the public works, and opposed the system of economy which they introduced ; but as they now found that the measures passed under the present Administration had worked well, and that the CIVIL SERVICE

‘ is '

HAD NOT BEEN IMPAIRED, they claimed some credit for inaugurating that system of retrenchment. The hon. member said that the reduction in the cost of the public printing was entirely due to them, the work having just been let by tender by the iate Government. When did the latter adopt that course? It was when

they were well aware they had lost the confidence of the country. He (Mr. F.)

. this with the view of STARVING THE PRESS OF THE THEN OPPosl- TION,

They said to themselves: ‘‘ We will get all we can for ourselves and our friends, and when we go out we will prevent the Oppo- sition Press from sharing in the public patronage.” However, the course pursued was in the interests of the Prevince. In connection with the letting of the contracts for the public printing, there were one or two transactions which would throw some light on the motives which influenced those hon. gentlemen with respect to that matter. They reserved for the organ of their party—the Patrict newspaper—the printing of the Education Report, and paid the proprietor of that sheet the sum of $537.05 for performing the work in a most

slovenly manner. IN CONTRAST WITH THAT JOB,

the Reports of all the public departments for 1830, had been printed by Messrs. Coombs & Worth, for $584. Yet the Opposition attempted to take credit to themselves for putting up the public print- ing to tender! The late Government, knowing that it would be the _ policy of their successors to abolish the Legislative Council, and repeal the Registration Act, and although they professed to be ready to carry out these reforms themselves, yet, shortly before their resignations, gave a contract, without tender, to the Summer- side Journal for printing the Electoral Lists, all of which was money thrown away. The hon. member for Tignish appeared very much alarmed that

IF THE. ASSESSMENT ACT WERE REPEALED, the Government would, next year or the year after—if returned to power at next election—heap up a deficit, and thus be compelled to double or treble the present tax uponthe country. By referring to the Parliamentary Reporter for last session, page 298, it will be found that, with respect to that Act, the hon. gentleman was re- ported to have spoken as follows :—

believed that they did

‘* He would candidly inform the honorable gentleman that he would repeal the Assess- ment Act to-morrow, were 1t in his power to do so. He would support no Govern- ment that would refuse to do this,”

Was it possible that the same hon, gentle- man now found fault with the repeal of the Assessment Act? Unscrupulous as some hon. members of the Opposition were, they would not say the present Govern- ment had been extravagant in their expen- ditures. If the hon. member for Tignish had been a member of a Government a year ago, he would have been bound to repeal the Assessment Act then. If this had been done, in what state would the public finances have been at the clos of the past year if, accarding to the hon, members assertions, there is still a deficit ? Yet the honorable gentleman now tells us he is ready to act consistently with his statement of last session, and to repeal the Act! If the honorable

Leader of the! balances also Government;

jo open accounts

| HAS REMAINED INTACT

Yeo) accounts of the t

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fact that 150,000 acres of land yet remain unsold, that a

‘large number of persons who had not me ®| done so, had attorned to the office daring i the paet year, that every man who attorns on the ten years terms swells the balance due the office, and that the interest due on further ewells the total

amount due. For these reasons tae amount

| for several ycars; in fact, the balance on open accounts is greater now than on the Ist of January, 1878. This state of things will not of course, aiways continue, but the Land Office are not likely

to be clesed as soon as the Opposition ap- peared to think; and he believed that with’ some little vigor in the collection of moneys due, without pressing severely upon any person, the receipts can be maintained at as hich figures as those of the last two or three years, “for many years to come. He felt sure that the Opposition were not now inclined to take the extreme course with respect to this question, which

was taken by them.a year and a half ago, and that if the Government earnestly look after those in arrears, and see that those very far behind are gently coerced, and that the lands still remaining on band are sold, there will be no difficulty in keeping up the receipts as high as for the past years, for a considerable time.

TO BE CONTINUED.

CHA ARLOTTETOWN:

ESUSINESS COLLECE,

(ESTABLISHED 1873,}

Welsh & Owen’s Brick Building, Corner of King and Queen Streets, Char- lottetown, P. E. 1.

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REAGH & MILLER,

Besigned te Educate Yeung Men for Business,

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UR SYSTEM is conducted on Actual

Business and Scientific Principles, and embraces al! subjects necessary for a therough 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 interestiag and practical that 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 willuee, mo 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 ongaged during business hours, but desirous by eveving study to repair the de- fects in his education, each have the advan- age offered by our sessions occupying DAY AND EVENING. Morning Session, 9.30 to 12, and 2to4p.m. Evening Session, 7.30 to 9.30.

Diplorzas granted to such as pass satisfac. tory examinations. Students may enter at any tine. 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.

Fall particulars concerning Terms, Tuition, Scholarships, &c., &c., on application to

L. B. MILLER, Jan. 7, ’81—e od. Priv-capal,

NOTICE. |

rEXHE busines heretofore carried on hy Mr. i Robert Bridges will,from date, be car- ried on by the undersigned, under the name end style of A. L. Bridges & Co A. LL. BRIDGES. March 1, 1882—tf ft ae

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NOTICE.

H* VING rented the premises lately oc- cupied by C. F. Harrts, the subscriber begs to intimate to the public that he is carry-

ing on the TINSMITH BUSINESS

Orders punctually at- A call respectfully solicited.

Proprietors,

in all its branches. tended to.

L. W. HARRIS, Feb. 8, 1882. Upper Queen St. GOLD PARIS, MEDAL, 1878,

JOSEPH GILLOTT’S

member, while Leader of the Opposition, had defeated the Government on this ques- tion, he would have beer. called upon be | form a new Administration, and one of the first things he would have done would h 7 been to repeal the Asse ssment Act.

he ( “fr, Perry) now declares that if ei vat | | Act epealed, the Government will come out, at the close of the financial year, wii hj 1a deficit ! It was to him (Mr, F.) a wonder | the hon. gentletman did not show a} | little more consistency with respect to this 'as well as other important matters. He}

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STEEL PENS.

PY ALL DEALERS THROUGHOUT THE WORLD,

: Darley Harm for Sale.

Sold by PUBLIC AUCTION, at Summerside, on WEDNESDAY, 19th

| April, at 12.30 p.m., (if not previously dis-

posed cf by private eale) either in one lot or , divided to suit purchase rs, that well-known Darnley Farm, lately occupied by Hon. J. C,

,(Mr. Perry) had been a long time in public} Pope.

life, both in local Parliaments, and no doubt many of his! achievements are on record on the Statuie Books of both Legislatures. Yet the! honorable member now asks why the Go- vernment did not repeal the Assessment Act last year, if they could do so this year. The honorable gentleman well knew that the financial condition of the Province} Was

MUCH BETTER-THIS YEAR THAN IT WAS LAST YEAR,

and that the Government were in a better position to repeal the Act. But says the Opposition the balance due at the Land Otilice is only a little over $500,000, and if the receipts continues as heretofore, that source will be exhausted in seven or eight years. The Opposition must have

and Dominion!

The farm consists of about 300 acres, all cleared, well fenced, aad in good condition,

watered by a spring and running brook, and with never failing w vells of good water. There are on the farm a large and commodious dwelling house, with good barns and out- buildings of all kinds. On the shore fronts of the farm are abundant eurplies of mussel mud and a shippin g place.

Terms 25 per cent. of the purchase moncy,

| aah on execution of the deed ; 50 per cent.

may remain secured on the farm ; for the remaining 25 per cent. approved security on real estate will be taken.

Also at the same time and place, about 67 acres of wood land on Lot 20, near Mr. James Sutherland’s. Terms easy.

For further particulars apply to

HODGSON & McLEOD, Charlottetown aud Summerside,

March 2, 1882—law-wkly, wkly pat, sj

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