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THE BUDGET SPELUR.

CONCLUDED, }

, ay ; a The question remaining to be answered,

i is hew do we prepose to prov ide ways and | means {oO meet the expenditures of 1380. | The amount that will be required is esti

: Soro O09 Od mated by the Government at Pls, Or a. ot

I have shown you how economical Ww been. I do not think any one will accuse) the present Government ef very great ex-| travaganee in the past; and i think this| sum will meet our requirements, Now, 4) will tel! you how we propose to raise 1b. | We expect this year, as subsidy from the Dominion Government, an amount very | much emaller than ever we received before ; viz , about $153,000. The publhe lands, last year, yielded about $45,000. We did not, | owing to the scarcity of money throughout | the country, receive so much as we anticl-| pated. I think we may fairly estimate the; hat source of ratuer | The | amount paid at the Land Office during the} early part of this year is largely in advance} of that paid during the corresponding | period of last year. | think we may fairly | argne irom this fact that we are likely to)

} © havel

i ;

i

receipt this year from t } ‘ wre more than we recgived ias par.

have aii increase in that Department. ‘Uhe| Depar! ment, a3 you are aware Sir. SporKer,

, : , . ae as ; has recently been placed under the charge |

Provincial Secre- will be responsible te and to the of the Public! )

ie Will

of mv Hon. friend, the tary-Treasurer. He the Government, to this Honse country for the manage! Lands’ Office, and I feel sure th conduct the business of the Department

nent

at

° ; t ? i £4 fue regard to the interests both of the! her en: oe ent i } of : > people | ryyce | UY On these grounds | think we are fair-

verium and of the people [on saying |‘. ha pa +. vebas * ek Lai. D1. Ly entitled to some credit from thia Hvuse this I lo not wish to insinuate that the Public} ‘7 &™ i | ow : ably inanaced by the late} 2nd from the country. Lands were net ably inanaged by i late | ° : a? ; =— Tae ceealeniineameds ee eae —

Com ssioner, [am weil aware, anda Lie } country is well aware, thai it wenld not be} 7, the Editor of the Examiner.

. . ’ >. ee ‘ cia possi)ie fo get in this Province a man mors

sponsible office than Mr. Po! Brit 2 was considered te be in the mterests 0

+1 +. the public to ainaigamarve Loe ja-

. . YY wt wmate with the oliice of 1 rovineial | . ,

OF woicu are

partment Secretary-Treasurer, th comparatively light.

that we shall receive fromthe Public Lauds Office the sum of $50,000. The amount owing to the Province on accoun oi the Assessment is about $16,009. I do not es-

tUtic }

estimate

\V el} we

receive cine Wo e a}

timate that.we sali ; that sum. Of course we shali not But | think we may fairly caleulate on 83 000. It

is possible that we shall get $12,009 or} $14,000 ; and we are, I believe, safely| within: the mark when we say that we shall} receive $8,000. We received from the} Assessment last year the sui ef $22,000 That ymount collected this year and ad ted | to the $3,000 of arrears, will give us $30,- 000, and i believe iv than that sum from this senrce

The County Courts, we calculate, will us $7,000 : the Registry Oflice, $5,800;

~

Prothonotary’s Office, $5,890 ;

we shali re more | “ive | tie} ,

Secretary-Treasurer’s Office, $800 ; Prince | and ont of money. af Wales College, $590, in the shape of fees. ‘turn home if they were able to pay their There is one public institution from which | passage. ' : vineialists find their way back by the St.

we uever received any revenue befure, viz the Asylum fer the insane. We expect, | this year, to receive from it the sam of | $100) )= This sum will be paid by ‘ paying | patients ”—persons who will be required. in retura for the treatment they will receive at the Institution, to contribute small amounts according to their means. We ex- pect to receive for private Bills passed by the Legislature, $59.—nearly the whole of the amount being already paid. Rents of wharves and whartage will probably amount to $2,000 ; fines and penalties to S500 ; easual revenue, $600. Alicvether. these several sums amount to $262,850.00, which will nore than meet the estimated expen diture. I wish to call attention to the fact that wo have not.in this estimate calculated | On receiving any extraordinary payments. We are not calculating on windfalls this year. We have estimated the ordinary rev- enue at the lowest amount. It ought te be $3,000 or $4,000 more than we expect to re- ceive. Ii nothing extraordinary ha: wo expect to come out at the end of this year clear of all the indebtedness in which the Province wasinvolved when we took ‘oflice She ild this hope be gratified, we shall have carried on the basiness of the Provinee, | and at the end of two years be able to} show aclear sheet. That will not, [ think, | be a very discreditable showing ior the} Government. As you are aware, woe last | year called the attention of the proper authoritios to the large sum in which the BDeminion was indebted to this Prevince| for services which they should properly be! paid for by the General Government. I am happy tosay that our representatives in this respect were favorably received, The Dominiun Government admitted the, justice of our claim ; I

} - nappens,

and we siall, during | the present year, receive irom thom a cen- siderable sum of money, Now, I don’t) know that I need take up the time oi tie House any longer. [ have placed before you a statement regarding the financial position of the Province, which I believe to be cor- rect. [have not sought to take an unfair) advantage of our predecessors, We are de-| sixous of giving the Opposition fair play, | and of putting curselves in a right position | Lefere the country. I challenge our op-| ponents, cither in the House or out of it, to stiow that the statement | have now made is not correct. When we siated last year that there was a large indebtedness at the time we took office, onr opponents ridiculed the idea and said, ‘‘How could s-einz that the Provines had to its c:edit in Ottawa upwards of $900,000.” But now the same gentlemen proclaim, through the length and bre:dtu of tie 2, that there is a public debt amounting to $89,-, 00), seme say $158,000—all incurred during tle past year. This statement is uiterly without feindation. It is wot worthy of refutation. L do not think any one ean fairly accuse the present administration of extravagance ; aud now that Government and Opposition are face io face,

ask our =6©opponents to point to a single instance in which we have been xuilty of an undue outlay of the public vaoney. Their attacks have been directed

’ . 4heoet h clia we,

, 02% A OV iii

‘largely

| We have not paid much attention to these

‘and we should be able to lay our financial

ry statement before the country. That istatement is now before you, Mr. Speaker, and befere the Province,

ana we

iwe have kept our promises,

'that we should reduce the salaries of public ‘officials, that we should keep down expen- | diture, and that we intended to

i duced the volume of expenditure by nearly ' $800,000 ; we have paid off a great part of

lessened the taxation of the people.

capab 2 of performi iy the duties oi tise re ; | have been held at Georgetewn, a few days | |

jcalled the ‘‘Atlas swindlers’”’ to justice.

| ‘ |for the work, accepted the same and paid

iwe were Jed to

of revyenne. | young

Provincial |ing around Boston Common, out of work

| saw six other children dead, killed by the

|My wife and the two girls with me are all

| agents of the manufacturers have been scour-

larger migration of Nova Scotia girls to the

is given ia the Cancdian Gaee that applica.

at. dts ~ é

agaitist the Public Works Depart- ment. The late Commissioner of Public Works, while meeting manfully and suce-

:D, J | cessfully the public requirements, endeav-

ored, to the best of his ability, to econo- mize. The consequence has been that never before was the business of the De- artment se carefully transacted, and never befere were the public works so well man-

aged, as during the period in which the

‘present Government have held the reins of

satisfaction has been

power. Universal ‘uiven by that Hon. gentleman, Only a few disappointed and rabid politicians

have attempted to attack his management.

attacks. We waited until this House met,

challenge an investigation. { now leave this matter before the House. During the time we may remain in office we shall practice the utmost economy ; and, if wedo so, | think we need not be ashamed to go before the eleetors and tell them that When we last went to the country we told the people

‘educe the

taxes. Wehave done so. We have re-

we have very materially Next vear we hope to have a smal! surplus to the eredit of the Province: and to be able >» further lessen the burdens of the coun-

our indebtedness ;

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|

Sin,—In the Examiner of yesterday here appears a notice of a meeting said to for the

purpose of bringing these

This is an error. No such meeting was hald it Ge mretaowr +} z who } i} 1 iciad In Georgetown, tiose Whe sRoscrivec

for-the Atlas according to agreement.

May I request yeu to correct the error.

Respectiully yours, D. G, by reading the article in the Adver‘iser ‘ » ’ believe that said meeting was held in Geergetowa, but have since earned that it was held in Prince Co. learned that it was held in Prince C —--- ae ee s

Rervrsing Home.—The St. John Sun of the I4thinst., says ‘‘ the American boat ast evening brought between eighty and a last evening brought between eight { hundred passengers, including several zy men who ieft New Brunswiek in search of employment. They report that indreds of Provinciatists can be seen loaf- hundreds of Provinciatists can be seen loaf

Many would gladly-re- Every few days one or two Pro-

John & Maine railway. A young man who recently passed through the city from the Western States, on his way: to the homesiead at Cape Breton gave a gloomy account of the state of affairs at Leadville. Thousands, he said, were fiecking in from} the East swelling the number of desparate idlers, who,do what they could, were hardly able to earn enouvh to cover the bear cost of beard. Among these destitute ones he met many Nova Scotiaus ang New Bruns- wickers, allof whom wanted to come home, but been ‘strapped’ could not get away. The money some of them had wasted in lodking for the mythical sources of wealth <o glowingly depicted by Yankee land and railway agen's, would tide them over till work turned up at home at remunerative wages, or go a long way in settling them in good farms on our Free Grants lands. ~so —. —

The following touching statement by Sekukuni appears in a Parliamentary Blue book, March 10:—Further Correspond- ence, {&c., c. 2805, sent by Sir Garnet Wolseley :—‘'I left my kraal before the fighting commenced, and was high up in the mountain in a cave watching. The Swazis killed los of people going down, and cleared out mavy of the caves. The one in which I was, they overleoked. After they had passed down, we went out te see who had beea killed. I saw my brothers, Muriwani and Simpupuru, dead—the first shot, pthe ovher assegaid. I saw my twu sons lying dead, assegaied by the Swazis. Swazis, I am childless and alone now. that are left.”

Os account of a widely extended strike among the factories of New England, several

ing the Province of Nova Scotia, offering young Nova Scotia women high wages as operatives. This fact explains the somewhat

United States, which has been magnified by Opposition writers and speakers into an exodus, <<>> THe CaNnabDA Tetrruone Company.—Notice

tion will be made for the incorporation of the Canadian Telepnoue Coinpany, with a capital of $200,000, the chief place of business being Montreal. ‘the appticants are William Hath- away Forbes, Menties!, Theodore Newton Vail, manager, and Caal-s Fleetwood Size, merchant, of Boston, Audsew Robertson,

| Pree SALE AT A BARGAIN.

Dovcan Melntyre, Joseph Rosaire Thibau- deau and Hugh Mackar, ail merchants ef Montreal. ,

lt is estimated that 13,000,000 cows arein’ MR. R. jlaynanp, late cutter to Mr. H. G. : Gus . . oe . y; z : - the United States, which is six times the! Laurelliard, of Halifax, who comes to them! number in Great Britain, more than twice the | With the highest recommendations.

number in France, two-and-a-hali times more than in England, Jreland. Scotland, Wales, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Russia, Finland, Austria, Hungary and Switzerland cembined, although these countiies contsin four times the population of the United States.

adequate comparison can be made with

’ ;

‘in one of the leadiny establishments in Hal- fax, they have no hesitation, at the com-

No’

Canada as yet, as the séatistical returns have.

not been received.

said place.

aes SALE IN-BULK, AT

ON RCO He LEO ALIEN Lt A OLE OE

Emigrants, Attention,

FPXHE BEST ROUTE FOR A

Manitoba, Colorado, and the West,

Is Vic. TER '

latercolonial and Grand Trunk Railway,

QUICKER TIME, SHORTER DISTANCE and FARES always LOWER from Prince Edward Island than by any other route.

For Tickers and all information Luggage, Freights, &c., apply to

FF. W. HALES, Agent Grand Trunk Railway. Charlottetown, April 17, 1880—Sm wkly

~ CHARLOTTETOWN MUTUAL Fire lnsurance Lompany,

TEVAL Directors, en and after WEDNES-

DAY, the 2)st inst., will pay to Policy Holders their proportion of Division of Funds in accordance with prepared Schedule to be seen at the Office of the President, H. J. CaLterck. Payment made between the heurs of 10 o’elock, a. m., and 4 p. m., at

about

Hl. V. PALMER, Acting Secretary. Ch’town, April 17, 18890—3i

FIVE TEOUSAND THO-BUSHEL SAGKS. HORACE HASZARD. |

Charlottetown, April 17, 18S80—lw

Codfish. Codfish.

a SALE, CHEAP, -— GO Guintals Codfish, W. D. STEWART,

April 17, °59—4i eod Auctioneer.

een a SE IPT Pn

CANNED GEESE,

"N ONE POUND TINS, at 22 CENTS.

For sale at BEER & GOFF’S.

April 17, 1880.

Poiato H'arina. A* EXCELLENT SUBSTITUTE FOR Fg CORN STARCH, and CHEAPER, at

BEER & GOFF'’S.

MHESTS AND HALF-CHESTS, J

Wholesale, Cheap, at

SEER & COFP’S. April 17, 1880.

Marmalade and Jams,

oe yes Py TE SEER & GOFF’S. April 17, 1880.

The ftasei ent Act ef (87) and Amending Acts.

In the matter of JOHN SELLAR, an In- solvent.

FURNITURE SALE,

WILL sell AT AUCTION, on WED- NESDAY NEXT, the 21st of April, at the residence of the above Insolvent, Upper Prince Street, at eleven o'clock in the fore- | noon, the following articles of Household Furniture, — |

1 Organ and Stool, Sewing Machine, Sofa, | Centre Tabie, Rocking Chair, Window! Curtain and Cornices, Carpet, Clothes! Press, Book Case and Desk, set Drawers! and Glass, 1 Sink, lot Carpeting and} Mats, 1 Chest Drawers, Bedsteads, | Tables, Wash Stands, 1 ses Parlor Far- | niture, ete., ete.

Also, a lot of Black-Thorn Plants. |

B WILSON HIGGS, Assignee, Charlottetown, P. E. I., April 16, 1880. {till sale, pat li‘

ROOFING SLATES. |

N STOCK, and FOR SALE, CHEAP,--

nts Ta 80 Tons Pennsylvania Slates, Direct from the Quarries. Imported previous to advance in duties. Builders are invited to call and inspect samples. Terms ef payment easy.

F. S. HANFORD,

April 16, 18S0—5i 43 Water Street.

LONDON HOUSE

Failoring Depirtment, (HO. DAVIES & CO. beg to announce that they have secured the services ©

'

From the long experience of Mr. Maynard

mencement of their Spring Work, in promis-| ing to their customers entire satisfaction. |

No pains will be spared to make this De-- partment of the London House as perfect as. it posaibly can be.

Ch’town, April 10, 1880.—ed tl s eod wk af

CARPET

‘In the Vice-Admivalty Court

Of the Province of Prince Edward island.

DA NIEL McDONALD against the Schr ** Hmilienne,” her Tackle, Apparel and Furniture.

‘N pursuance of a decree of anprai

] and Sale isaued out of the Love Gat

dated the !4th April '880,and to me direct

I will set up and sell, or cause te sold, ag

PUBLIC AUCTION, on ‘PRURRDAY

the 22ud day of April, inst., at 19 o'clock.

noon, where she now lies near Prin :

Street Wharf, the above named Sihebnes

‘‘Emilienne,’ together with her Tackle a

are! and Furniture. ie

Dated this fifteenth day of April, 1899, FRED. W. HYNDMAN _ Marshal Viee-Admiralty Court, {ap 15, pat till sale}

ONE-THIRD DISCOUNT,

THE Subscriber wishes to intimate to the public in general that he has just fitted up apartments in his Warerooms purposely for the Undertaking business in addition to his former appliances, and is prepared to furnish Caskets, Coffins, Hearse $, wC., on the shortest notice, and cf qreatly reduced prices Lelegraph orders from the country will he specially attended to at one hours’ notice. He has on hand a large assortment of Rose. wood, Walnut and Mahogany, Rosewood and Walnut imitation Caskets in a variety of Patte vis and sizes. and prices below any in the city, with silvere plated (Canadian and American) mount- ing in beautiful designs as well ag modijicatic nS OF old cond approved pate terns of mOUnT NG.»

Hearses oF every class, and horses well trained, with careful drivers, and at prices lower than any other Estab- lishment ; and 383 per cent. less will be charged on the Hearse when ordered with the Casket.

MARK BUTCHER, Cueen Square Warerooms, Ch’ town, April 13,’80—pres ar wkly 4w eod

So.

QUEEN STREET, Upposite Bell Tower,

The Best place to Buy

DRESS GOODS. Printed, White and Grey COTTONS,

MILLINERY !

OF ALL KINPDs,

Beddings, fablings,

&c., &C.: Tire, Life, Marine,

T WE E DS, INSURANCE OFFICE.

“a Suetings, Hc,, oe undersigied has removed his Office

from Queen Square to Ne. 61 WATER STREET, the Building lately oceupied by Haszarp Bros.

me hs oN Buee B: 6 Ee w Ss vB eI Ted we

R i \ D y M A D i GRACE HASZARD. = ah Charlottetewn, April 14, '80—lw

CLOTHING, 50,000 GRICKS!

Et AS; &SC. Apply to TREMAINE & METCALF.

April 12, 1570. Im

‘ , 7 rege as Ades} :

~~

nt ee «ree aoe eeikaanckonneas rr ap ae Ms — Wants. £061, Found, Sr.

rQXO LET—tThe commodious and neat COTTAGE, with good yard, Garden, Coach Honse and Stables, conveniently situat- el on Richmond Street west. Possession given about the i7th May, ensuing. Apply to James D. Mason. [ap 17, 31 eod @SF—In this City, a case of Surgical 4 Instruments. The finder will be suitably rewarded by leaving it at AProrHECARIES Har. {ap 16 \Wwierte-s GIRL to do general Housework. Apply at M. Srrvenson’s, Richmond Strect. [ap 18

ft OUSE TO LET—A large and com-

modious Dwelling of 13 apartment, suit- jable for Hotel accommodation, centrally lo- cated on Hillsborough Street, within a few

minutes walk of Railway Depot, Market 0 Af aA a rS | House, and Post Office, Possession given Ist § | May proximo. Apply to Rorr. Brivags. [al stf

A GOOD ASSOATHENT,

O Et A. B';

; ;

j -s- + a ae eee —— W AN TEB--—A COOK, well recommend-

/ ed. Apply to Mrs. Macwxas, Dundas Esplanade, auy morning between 10 and 12 o'clock, [a 33, tf

' OST.— Jn ibis city a GOLD BROOCH, 4 The finder will please lesve it at the | MXAMINER Office, ap. 12 | NOR SALE OR TO LET.—The House at present occupied by the subscriber, on West Street, opposite the residence of James | Peake, Eaq., apply to Samu, N. Earix,—

A GREAT WAREETY,

DELICIOUS TEAS.

iP. 12. — TEX L#i—Good Pasturage for seven Cows, within a convenient distance of

ithe city. Apply at this office. {ad

} onsisiilnasiiiciasiina led EKO LET FOR THE SEASON—Large Garden in high state of cultivation, we

,stocked with choice fruit trees; centrally ‘situated. Apply at this office. {ad

> R S G © 0 2 S : NER SALE—VIS-A-VIS WAGON, near-

Jy new. Wiil sell cheap for cash. Ap- ply at this office. [ad EXO LET —On or about the first April, the House now eccupied by Mr. Benjamin Davies, junr , fronting on Water Street. For information apply to W. W. Cuarke [m 18

if i ‘¢& LEP That comfortable and con- venient COT!AGE (9 rooms). with stable aud coach house, situate on Dorchester Street, adjoining the premises of the undersigned. Possession given Ist May. Apply to H. d. CUNDALL, a 13, eod] OARDERS WANTED—Two or three persons can be accommodated with fur- nished rooms and board in a pleasant part @ the city. Lnquire at this office. {a l4

ALL KINDS OF

AT VERY LOW PRICES, AT

TREMAINE & METCALPS,

83 QUEEN STRERT,

Ch’town, Marchj30, 1880.

FEXO L! T—On the ninth of April, the HOUSE now ocenpied by R. Young, Reg. W. J. Boswaut. {fe

a, i

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