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THe Darty EXAMINER.

FEBRUARY 26, 18384

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The Dominion Exhibition.

Ixn the Senate Debates of the Ldth iust.. we find that Mr. Haythorne in- quired if the resoiuiions and proceedings of public meetings held here had been received by the Ministers of Finance aud | Also whether a memorial, |

Agriculture. settivg forth the claims of this Province | to the Deminion Exhibition, 1584, | would receive the favorable con-| sideration of the Government. senator Haythorne, in a forcible and convincing speed h, showed the indisput- able claims of this Province to the Dominio: Exhibition, 1884. Hon.

Alexander Campbell, in reply, said that the resolutions and memorial referred to} had been received, and that the matter | was under the consideration of the Gov-| erument

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Zevenue Returns.

The Canada Gazetie contains an uD- revised statement of inland revenue accrued during the month of January, 1884, viz:—

Spirits... 2... 6. see c ee ce eee eee ees $296,787.26 Malt Liquor 15,000.00 Malt. 935.16 Tobacco os 87,506.40 Petroleum inspection 1,702.31 Maoufactures in bond......... 2,690.70 Seizares «obs cee ‘ 429 30 Other receipts.... Ss ncistietiliale @ 470.36 Total excise . ; ia eo J ne Hydraulic and other 6,103.16 Inspection of weights and measures 2,555.16 Canals and other revenue 1,107.73

.8440,472.54

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Our Post Office Department.

The Postmaster General's report states that during the fiscal year 1882-83 two hundred and twenty-four additional Post Offices were established in different parts of the Dominion, making a total in operation at the end of October last of 6.395. The number of Post Offices authorized to trausact money order and savings bank business was increased by twenty two during the year, and money orders are now exchanged between Canada and Germany, Italy, Belgium, Switzerland, Austria, Barbadoes and Jamaica, in addition to the United King- dom andthe United States, as before. France will, it is expected, be soou added to the list.

The following figures will be of inter- est to illustrate the exten’ of the service and the amount of business done during the last fiscal year:

Number of Post Offices.......... 6,395 Miles of Post Office route........ 441,643 Wo. of 6S ee _ 62,800,000 No. of post post cards............ 12,940,000 No. of registered letters.......... 2,650,000 No. of free letters. : . (925.364. .0:3 2,600,000 No. of newspapers and periodicals,

otherwise than from office of

pablicntiqnioe.<picrig-nclenesorens 7,402,000 Books, circulars, samples, pat-

iis ba eins §,724,009 Tee 00 BONNE 0 o cnr toes antares 463,209

The following is a statement of the revenue and expenditure by Provinces :

Province. Revenue. Expenditure. Oatario........$1,268,487.83 $1,256,648.02 Quebec....... 471,627.85 629, 896.59 Nova Scotia... 171,961.14 268, 624,25 New Bruns-

EE ie ce 161,212,59 236,078.02 Prince Edward

jonene .”. .’.'.. 29,278 95 54,061.02 British Colum-

oats’ 29,020.79 63,397.94

Manitoba, Kee- watin, North- west Terri-

torjes....... 132,795.79 148, 688. 57

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Total.... $2,264.384.94 $2,687,394.51

In the year 1881-82 the revenue amounted to $2,022,098.44, including the postage on newspapers and periodi. cals sent from the offices of publication, which was subsequently abolished. The revenue of the department continues to show a steady increase. In 1878-79 it was $1,534,368 ; in 1879-80, $1,648,007 ; in 1880-81, $1,800,710; in 1881-82, $2,022.098.44; aud, as above stated, in 1882-83, $2,264,384. The increase last year was larger in Manitoba and the Northwest than elsewhere, but it was general throughout the country, In a Department in which the business is increasing at such a rapid rate it is only reasonable to expect that the ex- penditure should increase in proportion. At the end of the fiscal year 1878-79 it was $2,167,266; 1879 80, $2,286,611 ; 1880-81, $2,352,398 ; 1881-82, $2,459.- 356 ; 1882-83, $2,687,394. It is gratify- ing to find, however, that the revenue is increasing at a more rapid rate than

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‘which took place on the Ist of July,

Domestic business increased 9 per cent. a8 agaiust an increase of 0 per cent. in 1882, as compared with 1881.

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Canadian issues psyable in the United States increased 31 per cent. as against 1u increase of 28 per cent. in 1882 as

ompared with 1881. Canadian issues

| payable in the United Kingdom increased

50 per cent., as against 26 per cent. ip 1882 as compared with 1881.”

One of the most interesting parts of the report is that which contains the tables of the Post Office Savings Bank. The followiog is a statement of the busi- ness done e¢ompared with that of 1881-82 :—

Year. 1882. 97,380

1883. Dey osits : 109,489 Amount of de

posits..... $6,435,989 $6, 826,266 Number of ac-

counts 51,463 61,065 Balance due de-

positors. . $9,473,661 $11,976, 237

The deposits increased last year by 12,109 ; the amount of deposits by $390,- 277; the uumber of open accounts by 9,600 ; and the amount due depositors by $2,502,576. The follewing statement shows the amount standing at the credit of depositors at the end of éach fiscal year since and inclusive of 1867-68 :

dl ok ule Were dea tee $ 204.588 S9 Bs oaks a, baie otek & 0 00:44 one 2 ee EEE MINE eager Ge ea 1,588,848 &3 MST... (fis ceaee .... 2,497,259 65 PRETENSE ee oe tags _.. 8,096,500 01 3. ae Peak eee 3,207,051 57 1874 re ebtk thsi c abo 3,204,965 46 DOGS os cactwtut bowls vanes ary 2,926,090 48

ee ene U a. LR . 2,740,952 59 i Ee er A ives s &,689,937 47 1$78.... ete bas cuss ses cq ag OM RCGeeerre, UE Ns 3 iid. Uibds «Gir slcbaidann «ene ee eee eee Rents tapnnhb aves deve eere 494 9,473,661 53 ir tirDbern S hullenice hire 4 ...- 11,976,237 31

Pacifio | Railway Resolutions.

MR. BRECKEN’S SPEECH,

Mr. Brecken, after a few words of intro- duction, said: There is one feature of this debate, which I have observed, has char- acterised the speeches of hon. gentlemen on the Opposition benches. Some of them have been very able, I will admit, from an Opposition standpoint, but one of the prin- cipal features is, that instead of directing their great abilities-and experience to the soundness or unseundness of the proposi- tions contained in the resolutions; instead of discusssing the question as to whether it will be to the interests of the country that this House should adopt the resolutions or not, they directed their attention to ques- tions which had only an indirect bearing on the subject. 1 am not going into a history of this railway project, but I think the first time it was seriously contemplated in the Legislature—and I believe the late Sir George Gartier had something to do with it—it was then contemplated the road should be built in ten years. Had the con- tract tuen been undertaken, this work would have been completed to-day. My hon. colleague from Queen's made a long and ingenuous speech; but the impression it left upon my mind was one of doubt as to whether he spoke as a Canadian or simply as a representative of one of the Eastern Provinees, which from its geograph- ical position, cannot be supposed to take that direct interest in the completion of this work, which the other Provinces on the mainland take. Whenever he spoke of these $23,000,000 to be loaned and the $7,000,000 guarantee of dividend, he always combined the two, and alluded to them as an additional payment of $30,000,000. This is, I think, a disingenuous statement. When the people of the Island read the hen. gentleman’s speech—and no doubt it is on its way down there now—they cannot fail in coming to the conclusion that the proposition of the hon Minister of Railways 1s not to lend $23,000,000 on good and ample seeurity, but it is to pay $30,000,000 more. [appeal to the candour of my hen. colleague, if he will take up his speech and read it over again, to say, whether I have come to an unfair conclusion. This ques- tion is the most important one on which he or I have ever been called upon, or ever will be called upon to vote, and I ask him as a member of this. House to play a broader role than that of the representa- tive of a county. Here he is not only a representative of his county, but he is also a representative of the Dominion at large, and in dealing with this question he should deal with it as far as possible from a broad public standpoint, free from the prejudice of party. I know itis difficult for him todo that; | know it would be difficult for myself to attempt to practice what | have endeavored to lay down, but I will endeavor, as far as I can, to let my practice be in accordance with my precept. [am not going to follow the hon. member for South Grey, because I really do not know how far he went. Like many other hon. gentlemen, he did not confine himself tothe point. at issue. Though a Free

/ Trader, the burdeu of his song was that

Mr. VanHorne had employed Swedes, Yankees and Chinese. IL thought

the expenditure. The expenditure| tt « Free Trader was not only 20 O8 : be . a Free Trader in manufactures of of 1882-53 was in excess of that :

e 1878-79 “ 590.198.46 breadstuffs but in labor as well. in the yn ef "y $e 20,121 AG, name of common sense, what has the pro- whilst the revenue of 1882-83 porition in these resolutions to do with the was in, excess of that of 1878-79 by |internal management of the Canadian

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$730,021.26. The excess of expenditure | Pacific Railway, Again, the hon. gentle- ever revenue durizg the past five fiscal | man went into bistory of mismanagement years has been steadily decreasing. In i re — ae bans a) - he oe EEO %. van 280 GAGs 5 ~ ¥ ‘of the subsidies giv ¥ giunicipalities, aane aa “a ae "8565 aaa ‘towns and cities in Ontario, What has 1881 por 95 1882 on $493 208 , that got to do with the question under dis ret ee oe o 3 aeO0, VUY.' cussion! I intend to vote for these reaolu- this is au exceedingly satisfactory ex- | tions and J am going to give my reasons for hibit, and one upon which the Post-| doing so. I know the tone of feeling in master-General and the Government are| Prince Edward {sland, and I am sorry to to be congratulated. | say that my hon, eolleague ia reponaible, to The amount of money orders issued |* — rock a re the people . . , . ‘ e pol at whieh ney have now arrive during the year was $9,490 ,899.62. It on this question, We live a long distance is anuounced that a geveral increase|, way: we are on the edge of Confederation. marked the operations of the money| We do not follow out the development of order system both domestic and inter-|the Northwest, because jt does pot national, during the year. ‘ “This,” it is} confer, directly, any benefit, on us, but said, “has beer especially noticeable in i hope it is not going to injure it. Some

the issues upoo the United Kingdom of our young men went to the Northwest ’ ’! and no doubt this it was that gave my hon.

aud has been influenc i ;

ml os tig oe no ao in | colleague occasion to spe.k of the exodus, : wal € 2 i

g ire by the great reduction io l\ but a great many of them returned home,

the charges upon money orders ex-! and they Lave found out that the fertile |

changed with the United Kingdom, | little Island in the Gulf has land as pro-

EXAMINER, FEBRUARY 26, 15€4._

ductive, though the field may not be as large, and the scope for speculation be to great, as any in thegzreat Northwest We enjoy many advantages not to be found in the Northwest. We are nearer the coast, have a fertile soil, and a very salubrious climate. The best proof of those advan-| tages is, that while we have no very great) accumulation of individual wealth, take | the people in the Island from one end to the other and they are in as comfortable | cireumstances as any to be found eise- | where. Now, Sir, as I said, I think that is) an important point, and 1 think when my | hon. friend goes down to Prince Edward | Island, he will correct that impression. If | he looks through his speech he will see that, | as | understand him, every time he men- tioned the $30,000,000 he spoke of it as} $30,000,000 in addition to the subvention | that was given to the Canadian Pacific Railway Company when that contract was signed in 1881. Mr. Davirs —Just what it is. Mr. Brecken--That is just the admis- sion I wanted to get from my hon, friend. Mr. Davies—It is not in subtraction | from it. Mr. Brecken—Then, I did not read, the hon. member's speech wrongly. Let us see whether it is or not. I need not go into a lot of figures to prove it. The Government, when they entered into this contract in 1881, gave, I think, some ($28,000,000) to the Canadian Pacific Rail- way; they gave them $25,000,000 and 25,- 000,000 of acres of land. The Company have purchased east of Callander these rail- ways that are spoken of, and great fault has been found with the Company by the Opposition for doing so, on the ground, I suppose, that these railways have been pur- chased out of the subvention that came from the Government. Well, my hon. friend says that the hon. Minister of Rail- ways, by his proposition, is advancing $30,000,000 extra. What is the fact? They ask for $23,000,000, and $7,000,000 for the guarantee—call it $30,000,000, Every particle of that railway, the $28,(00,- 000 of work performed by the Government am I right in saying the 1,100 miles built by the Company, and the 21,000,000 of acres of land, the railways purchased east of Callander, their stock, their tools, their implements, their everything, somewhere in the neighborhood of $45,000,000, is to be handed over—the Government are to have a first lien and security upon it, save and except some $3,000,000 or $4,000,000 which | think they are liable to for some of these railway companies, and my hon. friend has the coolness to turn round and say this $30,000.000 is in addition to this subvention. Why, how short his memory is. He had not the honor of a seat in the House when th’s contract was made. What was the cry which I have heard my hon. friend raise in Prince Edward Island! That these valuable lands were given to this Company, that they had a monop- oly of the lands of the country, that they were highly favored, that it was a mon- strous bargain, that the interests of the country were sacrificed, that they were given a great deal more than ought to have been granted to them,and that the Govern- ment ought to have constructed the road and would have constructed it at a much lower rate; and yet this magnificent sub- vention, this 21,000,000 acres of valuable land, and everything that made the terms splendid to them, are offered to the Govern- ment in security for this loan; and we have had the assurance from the hon. the Minis- ter of Railways that one condition of that contract is that that work is to be com- pleted by the end of 1885, and, if one year’s default is made in the payment of the interest, the Government are in a position to foreclose the whole matter. Now, what becomes of the denunciations

that were hurled at the Govern- ment for highly favoring the Syn- dicate? I remembered well when the hon.

the leader of the Opposition came in with this proposition for the second syndicate. I have heard it called a bogus syndicate, but I will not apply that term to it, as I do not know any of the gentlemen who composed it. But the charge then was that we were giving away this valuable land. What was the value put upon it by the Leader of the Opposition? Something like $2.36?—and yet, my hon. friend says, in the face of these resolutions, in the face of the assurance given us by the Minister of Railways, that the $30,000,000 are to be given to the Canada Pacific Railway, in addition to the subvention’§ they had already received. It has already been said, and I _ believe it, that some $36,000,000 has already been expend- ed by the Company. A great deal has been said as to how this was expended and what they have done with their stocks. Mr. Speaker, what have we to do with that? What is that to this House, and what is that to this country! The hon. member for South Huron (Sir Richard Cartwright), the other day, made the admission, that we all knew to be the case, that both sides of the House was committed to the great work. I believe the hon. member who represents East York (Mr. Mackenzie) bent his best energies, and, I believe, with the assistance of the hon. member for South

Huron, and with his supporters and coadjutors at his back, he and his Government were devising, and —lI

do not say it disparagingly — were puzzling their brains to find the best means to build this great railway, to develop this country, Various proposi- tions have been brought down, but hats this proposition was submitted by the Minister of Railways, we were told by the Opposition that he was sacrificing the interest of the country, that he was too generous in his offer, and now this magnificent property which he placed in their hands, my hon. colleague says is not worth anything as security for the money which is to be loaned. We have heard of patriotism. I never like to parade the word, because very often the man who is the loudest in talking about patriotism is the least in his patriotic principles. 1 know the definition given, { thmk, in Johnson’s dictionary. 1

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troubles them most is not that the magni

‘figent policy which has been carried out sé ably by the hon. the Minister of Railways is not going to benefit the coun'ry, ‘but that it

is not going to benefit the Grit-Reform party, as a party. I am not making use of a biassed or prejudiced ex- pression, for, if you look at their very ablest utterances, from the time the Min- ister of Railways came down with his pro- position to the present day, strange to is not a feature, not a trivial feature, in the whole transaction that has met with the approval of hon, members of the Opposition. I know that men are f ail, and that no man is perfectly wise, and that in the greatest schemes that have ever been propounded there will be defects and flaws, but it isa curious thing that the hon. the Minister of Railways should, in the estima- tion of my hon. friends of the Opposition, be wrong from beginning to end. When he brought in his contract in 1881, he was wrong; he sacrificed the interests of the country; @ Waining finger was pointed at the hon. gentleman, ana with a gleam of satisfaction on the countenances of these-—I will not call them his traducers but his opponents—he was to!d, and the leader of the Government was told, that the time was coming, and was not fay distant, when they would have to appeal to the people, and this extravagant Govern- ment, this unpatriotic conduct of the Gov- ernment in refusing the second syndicate, would be condemned by an indignant people as soon as they found they had been be- trayed by the Government of the right hon. gentleman to whom they had entrust- ed the conduct of public affairs. My hon. friend was promised that in 1882 he would be hurled from power, that an exchange would take place of seats in this House, that the moment the people had an oppor- tunity of passing their verdict, he would be found guilty and condemned. But what was the result? The right hon. gentleman went to the people, and this contract and the whole transaction, were explained to them, aye, there was more than that ex- plained to them; the conduct and policy ot the Government were misrepresented and traduced. But, thank God! the school- mester is abroad; people read and think for themselves, and with an umnerring ver- dict the people placed these pubiic men in power again. And I believe, Mr. Sp. aker, that if this transaction is confirmed and this contract completed in two years, the people of Caneda, as a bedy, will confirm and endorse the policy of the Government. I need not go into the question of security. I think I have put that plainenough. But it has been said that the members of the Syndicate have not put their personal pro- perty into this undertaking. I do not know whether they have or not. But oh, says the hon. member, when this contract was entered into in 1881, it was to be com- pleted in ten years. So it was, and it was considered then the greatest boon that could be conferred on Canada.

(To be continued. )

GROCERIES, «.,

BY AUCTION.

fYXHE Subscriber will sell by AUCTION, on

Thorsday Next, 28th instant,

At eleven o’cleck, at the store of

W. A. Hutcheson, Queen St.,

All his Stock-in-Trade, comprising

Tea, Soap, Pickles and Sauces, Confectionery, Crackers, Canned Goods, Wrapping Paper, Coffee (green and gronn:’). Rice, Spices, ete. Also all the Shop Furniture, Show Cases, Nests Drawers, Bins, Scales and weights, Shop Stove and Pipe, 12 bbls. Apples, 10 boxes Valencia Raisins.

Sale positive. WILLIAM DODD,

Auctioneer. Ch'towaj, Feb. 26.

Lobster Cauniag Factory FOR SALE

OMPLETE and in excellent order—1 ,600 Traps, Boats,Can Makers’ Tools, Board. ing House. STOCK—comprising Tin Plates, Cans, Tin, Lead, Solder, Paint, Labels, etc., ready for immediate use. Inquire of

MESSRS, POOLE & LEWIS, Charlottetown

Feb, 26,—2

MORTGAGE SALE,

TO be sold by Public Auction, on Monday, the Fourteeath day of April next, at the hour of twelve o’cloek noon, on the premises, al Fredericton, Township, Number Sixty-seven under and by virtue of a Power of Sale, contained inan In- denture of Mortgage, dated the Third day of June, A, D. 1878, and made be. tween Edmund James Crabb, and Martha Johanna Crabb, his wife, of the one part, and William Haslam, of the other part, which said Indenture of Mortgage, was duly assigned to John Ings, by Deed of Assignment, bearing date the ninth day of December, ¥879.,

LL that tract piece and parce! of land, hereditaments and premises, situate lying and being on Lot or Township Number Sixty-seven, in Queen's County, in Province of Prince Eiward Island, bounded as follows, that is to say : Commencing 91 the southern edge of the Malpeque Road, at the northeast angle of a street leading to the Fredericton Railway Station; thence (according to the magnetic north, of the year 1764), following the course of said street south one hundred

ESTABLISHED Is2!.

een SC);

Subscribed Capital, - = = = = $10,000,000 Capital Paid Up, - - ew 3 000.000 Total Funds, upwardsof - - - = 18.000 000 Total Amount Income, nearly - - 3,000,600

YK Risks at Lowest Current Rates. CARVELL BROS,

Ch’town, Feb, 26, 1884.—1m 2aw Agents.

DESBRISAY & ANGUS,

AGENTS OF 1 Ht

QUEEN AND AGRICULTURAL INSURARCE COMPANIES

AX] HILE thanking the Citizens of Charlottetown for their past patronage, and assistance during the late fire, have to announce that the’ have taken the office in

Stevenson’s Building, CORNER QUEEN AND SYDNEY STREETS,

Where they are prepared to do business. Ch’town, Feb. 22, 1884.

GREAT SALE OF Wew Cottons.

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We have just opened a large Stock of

ENGLISH AND AMERICAN PRINTS, NEW SPRING STYLES, Received Before the Advance in Duty.

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We have an immense stock of

GREY AND WHITE COTTONS,

Purchased when the Cotton market was at the lowest point of depression.

iKieecy Cottons, Sheeting Cottens, Pillow Cottons,

TABLE LINEN AND NAPKINS, Towels and Towelling,

TAPESTRY, SCOTEH AND BRUSSELS CARPETS,

And other House Furnishing Goods, WHOLESALE AND REALL. GEO. DAVIES & Co.

TRADE SALE. Thursday Next, 28th instant,

at 11 o'clock a. m., at the

Subscriber's Warehouse,

Queen Street, 50 quintals choice CODFISH, 50 “« _ No. 1 HAKE, ee = 30 barrels LABRADOR HERRING, | OST—A Bunch of Keys. The tinder will alt oe... 4 be rewarded by leaving it at the La ; Ottice,—-Jos, A, McDonaxp. [reb92 25 puns, MOLASSES,

10 hhds, PORTU RICO SUGAR, OST—Saved from the fire on Quee 29 barrels YELLOW “ Square. but after wards Jeet, a GUN, in & 200 barrels Sup. Extra FLOUR, j mahogany case, with the initials “‘R. b.” 0B 50 barrels CORN MEAL (kiln dried), the cover. Auy information may be left at

NEW

SEASIDES!

A large stock just opened at

. BREMNER BROS. Feb. 25, 1884,—2i

WANTS, LOST, FOUND, ae.

“GU A RDIAN ” FIRE AND LIFE ASSURANCE COMPAN = | 11 Lombard Street, Loudon, E. ¢. |

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have no hon, gentleman in my eye when Ijand thirty feet; thence north seventr-six say it, but 1 think the old lexicographer | degrees,west ninety-nive feet; thence north to defines patriotism as the last refuge of a| the Malpeque Road; thence along the said scoundrel. That is, the open-mouthed | Malpeque Road southeastwardly to the place patriot, the man who is always talking | of commencement; together with the dwell- about his patriotism, as I have heard the |!ng house, warehouse, outbuildings and ap- Opposition do oyer and over again. But [| Purtenauces to the same belonging or apper- say seriously that the Oppogition have been | !2428- ;

persistent in their opasition to the Govern-| For tyrther particulars apply gt the oftice ment, from the time this contract wag | “MMe ¥. L. Hissard,Bollaitor Chaclottotown.

entered into dowp to the prcgent moment, se ate this 26th day of

they have persistently oppoged it, and [ will give them credit for a good deal of ability and a good deal of ingenuity in the way they Fave raked and scraped up their objections to it; but I believe, in their inner Consciousness, that the feeling which

JOHN INGs, Assiguee of Mortgagee, Feb, 22—1i wkly tl sale

DVERTISE in the DAILY EXAMINER Rates moderate.

ng pt rt

TERMS AT SALE.

Ch'town, Feb. 25, 1884.—3i

THe EXAMINER OFFice. [feb25 2i pd

NY PARTY having the run of a couple of stray Office Chairs, removed from the Long Koom during the fire, will please leave word at the Appraiser’s, or New Cus toms, where they may be found, One ®

HORACE HASZARD,

Lower Queen Street,

OFFICE AND WEIGH SCALES) st: <=

TIVHE office occupied by Mr. William Head of Queen’s Wharf.

Ch’town, Feb. 25, 1884.

screw-turn lent, with castors, the other, plain E. L. Lyprarp. (feb23 ‘g°O LET—Half a two tenement Honse, 0 I Camberland Street (near %t. Peters Roa’) For particulars apply at the cfice of Mesgrs. Brecken & Fitzgerald. Tieb2}

PO LB.

ry°O LET—The Union House Barber Shop,

on Queen Street, inns Furnitare, etc. Immediate possession will be give™ Terms moderate. Apply at this office.

Kouzhan as the ~eamen’s Shipping Office, Apply to

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