2,715.00 | ary . ‘ ‘ : 300.00 | apperwed tome that to bring about the | through wilful misrepresentation or ignor~

,650,00 | very desirable end that our kind Rector ance of the true state of affairs, I consider | has in view, the first and most essential | it my duty to put the matter in a proper

Service : te fe | She Stock Farm lation was never larger than it ts at pre-| County Exhibitions . : | Fire Department, Charlottetown, ‘ 3) ve > > s PSs pov It is sent to nearly every business | including grant of 1875 un-

vlad not collect the sums for which they Its cireu~ the people, for school purposes. en urgent necessity for amend. xiucation Actand placing the whole old

newspapers in the Province.

A. Cc JAN PH SITY \ Ad} ae er = " < <a> -.<celeaasoneemaaeems eee — ae BO RD EO SO ORR ARE PC SP EN ISO ' ; i ili —————— . | MAO POODPAVRP VY i ’ wp mar? : swag i a I r y r ) Ry ecules daiaied te 70 ADVERTISERS. The Poor ilouse 300.00 | CORRESPONDENCE. | CORRESPONDENCE. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS, NEW ADVERTISEWENTS i not t nk the people ‘ rpected ihe ‘ 4 | Paupers 2,600.00 | cH : ae ; a — LR ROLE LOLOL I a a WE inosine. . » teachers to be increased from ee | Box : af tae cere. ae : Pe Ne ee ee a ad ning af, another acyaon | Beard of Meat | Sua plene ve Maeieapae Nok V0 FINANCES PROSPECTUS public Treasury, bu the y ah aiees \v the beginning of, another season | Coroner's Inquests ; nee PURE WATER INTEMPER ANCE CIVIC PINANCES. {Os 4; p ~ PORK BARRELS, wer to tax themseives ior tit urs ; . : alll : — ante } Public Printine auc Stationers Vy. | : i rder that the burthen might fall the subscriber begs to thank his adver 4s Postage 230,00 | Lo t Editor uf Ed qnriner, For the City Press. os OR SALE— on} wm all en lace he aes . ° . ~ . ; # 000.00 ai ; : ' ‘equally upon all. and to place the | ii cae patrons forstheir support during | Contingencies We jsoee fe Nl Ay io. ac ae aa oo na more efficient sia tle h wi : . : | Expenses Advisory Board, Phila- . in,—-W1 le listening to the Kev. DV. Pitas GENTLEMEN,—Finding that many ol the | WEEKLY NEWSPAPER | 300 PORK BARRELS wo Ayr lly a aaa pas eet year Gnd Se eqipit a ccotinggve ye es 40 00 Gerald’s excellent and ebariteble sermon, | citizens of Charlottetown are under the ims 120 Halves do.’ say Board ol pusvees7? . - ' cae | Survey of Summerside U0 | sates a® dice On lt ‘ : : ee ; : : i : : nd, and he was still of opinion of their favors. Tur EXAMINER is now | The Deaf and eaeate Institution, on the evening of the 26th—the whole tone | pression that the financial condition of the TO BE PURTASTIED IN oh’e ‘ CARVELL BROS i ind, and | till i af an : : cas ile as : ito April? —% . tement was correct. If the | 1». oigost and one of the most popul r Ilalifax, 500.00 | of which must have been s0 encouraging to | City is not in a healthy state, and that they | SOU RIS p F | “2 town, April 3, .—3in , ’ aa Ab ) ey a . « - i i Die . : : if : . ; . | : were not lawiully elected, they Lae River Steam and Packet to those who really wish to improve—it | have been led to this conclusion either 5 ’ s dey | ' i i

Tho first No. of which will be issued | SOLE LEATHER, POO SIDES No. | and EXTRA.

eased ere was

nag the

—_

in a few weeks.

sent. T WILL CONTAIN 28 COLUMNS OF | CARVELL

ystem upon a proper footing. Our : : .*. : ae 650,00 | Step to be taken is to provide the pure | light, in so far as m position entitles me to : B sad system was going down, and was alto-| man in the Province, and it is read in all ‘ire D peer need S atte 100,00 | : as rarnestiy , ded. Witt : d with need ti I ask reading matter, aud will be repiete with | Ch'town, April, 2, 1876 —3in Ros. Fire Department, Summerside . waiter sO carhesly recommended, ith | act, and without Dias or suggestion. the Latest News, Fishing Intelligence, | ————_-— imi ln

rether behind the requirements of the coun-

ei ; . . rea. . : Phals | ae . ; ‘ : ae eg try. Detween the Superintendent of Pab« | Parts of the country. Tt is, therefore, a) Widow of late oy ht. Bey ipo | the mass of the people of Charlottetown, | that you will kindly give place in your next | Market Quotations, and everything tending ST. PATRICK’S ee ean Se : sid . +o: in considers if ser- ae oe Fs i. : sligi ar ’ j : * Works and the Road Commissioners | ¢ood advertising medium. Advertising Sees tae husband) 500.00 | this greatest of ail luxuries is almost umats | issue to the accompanying extracts,coupled | we ye a cuatie tal - 2 s there :no connecting link, : te a ee es : ™ : . : ‘ . n poiltics a strictly independent course | there was no connecting link, and no hat rates moderate Salary of Keeper of Provincial tainable. The poorer class especially, must | only with the following :—It is, I believe, wiil a pursued. It will comin ok

500.00 | 500.00 : 7 200.00 | thing stronger than water with the nauseous | debt. | stuff they are obliged to use to make it | following wili show.

80.00 |

tween the werking cf the

» institutions, A public work that was considered too small for the former was by the latter considered too great for his de-~

‘Total Abstinence Society

\ONHE VERY

ee oe suilding ae do do Law Courts Gate Keeper, Government House

| Salary of Keeper Court House and

often be sorely tempted to mix somes | represented, that the City is $30,000 in | promoting the business interests of King’s So far from this being the fact, the | County by Se ee its splendid na»

| tural resourchs, and advocating its rights. At the end of our It will be a secular paper; and whilst main-

W. L. COTTON. REV’D DR. McDONALp has kindly consented to deliver the

CLOSING LECTURE of the Season, Detore

a TS, ee i nla

° partment: the consequence was, that much \ Market House Geo’town palatable Now althou b Dine ' } pte j fi i . . + ‘ 7 h |} palatable. Now, 2 many may have | financial year, we were, as you will see b ining a high mora! tone, will cont or vas left undone that should be done. In ct Nae? | @o do Signal Station, Block- | 7 ey: ean ae ie Y | ta rin Ea Ph ey Be sg ns Mr Y — _ the above society,in ST. PATRICK'S HALT ielaying such necessary reforms as those * | onan 30.09 | the most ardent desire to reform, it will be | the published accounts, $4,697 in debt, on | #0 sth apy man’s religious ‘ o thiek he ope Agra ® — 7 an 3 cs 28 ae ; | convictions. to which he had alluded, the Government | ' do do Assayer of Weights |impossible for them to carry out more | account of unpaid bills, which represented | "Paving nad ap experiee a? eiar' Ye | Gn next Thursday Ev’g,

were shirking their duty. They had been | urged from time to time by the people's representatives to move in those matters, | but they appeared unwilling to touch them, | it they went to the country to-morrow,they would not say a word about the necessity x” reform in those systems; as long as | they could obtain seats in the House for the | next four years, they did not care. When} the hon. Solicitor General stated that the | Land Purchase Act of 1875, contained all the machinery necessary to carry out the | principles upon which it was framed, hon. | members could understand what his opins | 1ons On the matter were worth. L[low, in | the name of common sense, could that hon, | member show that he had, as a member of | the Government, done his duty, after ad. | mitting in his speech, that there were many matters which urgently required atten | ton which had been neglected by him?

, Charlottetown, April 3, 1876,

———SSSSss Ses.

LEGISLATIVE,

Tre public accounts have been laid be- tore the Legislature. The following is a summary statement of receipts and ex penditure during the past year :—

RECEIPTS, Dominion Subsidy, Dominioa Gov't in payment for Steam Dredge,

Public Lands, Land Assessment, Under Loan, Act 28, Vic. Cap. 5, [nterest from Banks on Deposit, Casual Interest on Bonds, | Fees from Prov’l Secy’s Office.

« #* Prothonotary’s Office,

$210,220.61

22,000.00 24,333.94 14,592.21 654.24 11,547.70 236.72

Che hon. member might as well have blam. ed the Dominion for having more than forty miles of railway between Charlottetown and Summerside, as for inetlicient management of the road. At present, he believed that the railway did net benefit the country in .ny way whatever. Should we not teceive | some little benefit from a public work that had cost this Province about four millions of dollars The cars had, all winter, been stopped, from time to time,

Registrar's Office, 1,933.34 “ County Courts,

Fines and Penalties,

Licenses, (Store, Tavern, and Pedlars),

Rent of Warves & Bridges,

Wharfage,

House of Assembly, for Private Bills,

Monies Refunded,

Casual Revenue,

1,864.14 1,228.82 151.80

210,00 1,100.64 175.69

”»

and Measures

On Thursday last birth was given to] the “ Ancillary Bill.” It is entitled | ‘“ An Act to amend the Land Purchase | Act, 1875,”’ and it explains and declares the extent and meaniog of that Act. ‘To meet the case of Mr. J. F. Moatgomery— which has been returned to the Commis- sioners for reconsideration, and in which there was a difficulty, owing to the im- possibility of again securing the services of Mr, Childers — it provides that the Commissioners appointed for the time

32.50 |

914.43 | meet any such case. 2,325 00 | Gommissioners be a relative of the Pro<

by the most trifling alfected the

way while the cars had not been able to get further than one quarter of the distance!

ile believed that the Dominion Government |

had pursued a very liberal policy towards this Province, and that in a short time the oad would be much better equipped than twas atpresent. Why did not the Goy- | ernment that constructed the road make | provisions for suflicient rolling stock, and, also, fer proper engines for operating it? Instead of acknowledging their own faults n reference to this matter, they now at- | tempted to throw all the blame upon the | Minister of the Interior. That hon. gentle- | man had proved himself, by bis talents,and | bilities, a credit to this Province; and he would yet come back for re-election and be returned with flying colors, with laurals on his brow; and continue to occupy a seat in | the Dominion Parliament. Mr. Beer thought that the Speech had | provoked more discussion on account of | what was not in it, than on account of what treally contained. When stripped of the head and tail the body was worthless. He fully expected that some of the matters, to which his hon. colleague had, during his late canvass, promised to direct the atten- | of the Government, would have found a place in the Speech; but in this he was | disappointed.

That hon, member was one | of the delegates appointed to wait upon the | Governor to ask for the early convening of |

storms which scares 0 “ common roads at ali, | Str. ‘ Southport,’ Special Trips, “im one occasion he himself had pro- | ceeded about sixty miles on the highs |

2,503,11 641.78 86.47

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Hillsborough Ferry,

Sarplas Assessment Money,

Total Receipts, $301,160.19 EXPENDITURF.

Education, $60,481.51

| Road Service, 88,405.78 ' Board of Works, 47,793.16 Supreme Court, 6,433.99 County Courts, 10,166.00 Jails, 4,069.62 Lunatic Asylum, 9,457.00 Poor Asylum, 4,887 87

| Stock Farm and Exhibitions, 4,500.00 | Boards of Health, $92.03 Coroner's Inguests, 726.50 In aid of the Poor, 2,680.00 Elections, 310,17 Packet Service, 1,120.00 Pablic Lands, 3,909.07

_ Telegrams, 270.19 | Colonial Building, 2,705.83 Legislative Library, 405,00

| Executive Council, 2,212.17 | House of Assembly, 11,795.06 Legislative Council, 6,823.74

| Public Printing & Stationery, 6,399.70 | New Ferry Steamers, 28,905.96 Salaries of Public Officials, 9,121.75 Land Commissioners’ Court, 6,065.42

| Miscellaneous, 33,407.78

Small disbursement (Treasurers

account) 37,806.20

$395,277.48 This statement shows that the Govern- ment have paid out $94,117.24 more than

the Legislature, and was noj at all satisfied | they received. By the accounts, however with the reply, but prepared a resolution | : oar . protesting strongly against the manner in | We see that no less a sum than $144,296,

which the affair had ended. The hon. 70 of the $395,277.43 expended, were paid to liquidate debts, and to provide

member's friends had good reason to ex.

pect that his influence would have secured 3 ‘

4 more prominent place in the Speech, for | permanent improvements. The following the Land Question, than had been allotted items included in the former amount do to it. There were a great many other mats 4

ters which he [Mr. Beer] would have been ; 20t properly belong to the ordinary ex- glad tosee noticed in the Speech. The penditure of the year :—

Road Service was one of these, and was in| yew court House in Ch’town,

25,584.37

» most deplorable state. Our Public Works | New Court House in Sum'side, 21,841.35 Department, also worked extremely un-| County Court Houses erected, 2,536.55 - stisfactorily, as justice was not done to New Ferry Steamer, 28,905.96 those districts unrepresented at the Board. Ferry House at Southport, 587.85 In the Parliamentary Reporter for last year, Railway, 54,699.97 he found the bon. member for Bedeque, | Dredge, 521.67 reported as stating in his place in the House | Land Commission, 6,065.42 that before he became the representative | Drawbacks refunded, 1,278.72 of that district, its roads and bridges were | Cashreturned, _ 796.12 ina most deplorable condition, but that | Treasury notes paid of, 1,478.72 they 2 i i . 9 4 | oneal

they were nowin good repair. That hon $144,296.70

member beinga member of the Board of |

Works, had secured a much larger amount) Subtract this amount from the total ex- for his districts than other hon. members

| i 95,277.43) ,and the ordina

who were not members of that body had ne a ); ill be $2 "y een able to procure. This showed how expenditure for the year wil ce $250, 980.-

‘hat Department of the Public Service| 73. Then deduct from the revenue state- hed been managed. Respecting the Road 99 . gs Service, he held that the principal portion | made 922,000 reeutted Moth the Demisi- of the money expended was, for years past, | on Government for the dredge, and $24,. worse than thrown away, and he had hoped | 3323 94 received “from the Crown Lands’ that the Government would have given this | a j mater more consideration. [He did hope | Department for public lands sold, and we

‘have as ordinary revenue the sum of

that they would yet see the necessity for making @ thorough change in the present | $254,826.25. This would show a small surplus of $3,845.52. Thus—

system of road making during the present session. Le had also been expecting that

the Government would have announced | Ordinary revenue 254,836.25 their policy with reference to the construc- | Ordinary expenditure 250,980.73 tion of Branch Railways. There had been *

u good deal of excitement throughout the | Surplus $3,845.52

country with reterence to this question,and the people were now crying out from Souris | to West Point, for Branch lines. He cer< tainly thought that the Government would lave come forward and declared that they

Not an unsatisfactory exhibit.

The following estimates of expenditure were submitted on Saturday evening :—

were prepared to forward the interests of | ESTIMATES. the people in that respect. Since this Pros! <,,..., Sotiat : 2 Sigh had entered Confederation, our Re- | a “ fat "aie aie venue had became a fixed one, and some! 44 att'y. and Advocate Gen- : people thought that in order to economize | eral 1136.00 the public funds, the Upper Branch of the | do Solicitor General 650.00 Legislature should be abolished. Was there| «do Asst. Provincial Secretary 650.00 not room for improvement in the House of’ «do Asst. Provincial Treasurer 750.00 Asse.nbly itself, with respect to this mat-| do First Asst. Clerk of Execu- ter. Could not the house consistently di- tive Council 800.00 minish the number ofits members? If it; do Private Secy. to Lieutenant was necessary to abolish the Council, he | Governor 325.00 would say ‘go on;’ but would it not; «eo Keeper of Plans and Regis-

| trer of Deeds 650.00

be acting with very bad grace to be | gin with the Council first, instead of | commencing reform in the House itself ? |

do do

do do

570.00 488.00

First Assistant Second do

do do

then, again, he thought the Government do ttyOmee in Regis- 1,000.00

should vigorously prosecute a search in this | do Auditor of Public Accounts 325.00

island for coal, which he believed existed| 4, Messenger to Public Offices 225.00

i jarge quantities. fe found in our local| 4, do to Executive

papers the following paragraph: ‘+ During | Council 125.00 |

tue course of a lecture delivered at Ottawa, | Retiring allowance to late Altor-

by Principal Dawson of MeGill University, i uey General 6500 siontreal, he said, ‘ from geological obser- | Legislative Expenses—a sum suf- vations, there can be no doubt but that | ficient under the Island of Prince Edward, vast Expenses of elections do do coal formations exist.’ It is time that our | Salary of Legislative Librarian 130,00 Government took some steps to have this| do Assistant do 200.00 matter linally set at rest.”’ If the Govern- | Grant for purchase of Books 109.00 ment took action, with reference to this Education—a sum sufficient question, it might be ascertained whether | Salary of Clerk of the Crown and artesian Wells—a matter which is now oceus | do ai rent thbte ae pying the attention of the citizens of Char. | i Short Beate ee iotletown—would prove @ success or other- | c ae — i disb —_ wise. Withreference to the erection of a | rips Seale alii Pera 4,000.00 new Lunatic Asylum, he observed that ten. | Salaries a rw andMatrousof - ders had been asked tor, but there the mat- | ~ " Gaola 1,400.00 ter hadended. Something more than this| 4, Medical Attendants toGeols — 73.00 should have been dene, do Crier of Courts 130.00 Hox. Mr. Arsenavit thought itaveryun-| do Clerks of County Courts 4,700.00 fortunate matter for the Opposition that| Rents and expenses of County the Speech, with which the session had Courts 1,600.00 been opened, contained so little as had | Salary of Commissioner of Public been asserted, as they had found it neces- nds 975.00 sary to go outside of it,in order to find| «do Assistant in Land Office 650.00 subjects upon which to comment. It must| do Surveyor General 650.00 have have been very consoling to them that | Disbursements of Land Office 1,500.00 some fault could be found with the Speech ; Expense of Land Purchase Act 10,000.00 and be believed that they had endeavoured | 5P¢cial grant to Board of Works 30,000.00 to point out its defects to the best of their Undalsbed Contracts me ab pi psasped abuity. At present, he would oniy speak | vert Hoese * Goal, Saar'eae aaa with relerence to the subjeet of education. | Building County use 3.050.090 ‘o long petition from the people, asking Disbarsments Prov’l Building 1,100.00 ior redress, was to be presented in connec- “ Law Courts.Ch’to "600.00 ton with this subject this year, and no no« “ Senin ; wn a Lice was yet placed on the Order Book, giv. “6 Gov’t House 850.00 ing notice of any movement with reference | Allowance to Members of Board of to it; yet, the Upposition were now ex- Works 350.00 tremely anxious to go into a discussion ot | Salaries of Sup'ts Public. Works 1,268.00

the question, although when it was fairly | Salary of Sec’y of Board of Works

before them last Session, they were unwil- | Koad Service—Special Grant ling todo so. As we were now on the eve New Roads, and Rights of Way ofa general election, and they see no pross Salaries of Commissioners of High-

238 £33

oe vf the matter coming beture the House, | Ways 1,176.00

ener | aor me to Ye quite willing to amend oe of Road Correspondent 325.00

they would amend io in’ easnpbaaed. that | ther Ferrice, tadtemn saa

thee ot 2 mend it in some respects, but | erries, (including $325 ar

a? a pot state what they wanted, He | oieae eteamer, between

Education wet? members of the Board of | aceemeeie a 1,225.00

Ey : - | »420. one nl thet lay in their | Balance due Railway Contractors 5,615.92

power to carry out th i te Lting 4a nae ocr law now in force, re

perfect as it should be.

‘ Land damages in convection with The Act was not as ) the Railway, or so much be required 7,000.00

; as may LO, fhe Lunatic Asylum,maintenance 9,000,00

being, shall be a competent tribunal to Should one of the

8,788.34 | prictor, it provides that another Commis~ 651.21 |

sioner may be appointed in his stead. It also contains a provision to the effect that a deed given by the public trustee, shall be prima facia evideuce that pro- ceedings have been taken under the Act passed last year. In case a proprietor should happen to be a lunatic, it provides for the appointment of a Commissioner in his behalf. The Act also declares that an entailed estate shail come under the provisions of the ‘“‘ Land Purchase Act, 1875," as well as an estate held in fee simple. These are the prominent fea- tures ot the “handmaiden.”” Hon Attorney General introduced the Bill, and the Leader of the Opposition welcomed it. On Saturday it was read a second time and passed through Committee of the Whole House.

_——o— +

THE CITY BILL.

Tue Bill relating to the City of Char- lottetown—now before the Legisiature—

ciple. Nothing has, in our opinion, con- tributed more to the apathy and deadness which has hitherto prevailed among our leadiag citizens respecting civic affairs, than the irresponsibility and powerless. ness of the City Council. With the right to levy taxation to any extent and in apy way, the Corporation will become a highly important body. Every citizen will be interested in it. Our able, enterprising business-men—-trembling for their taxes — will seek election ; and we will see civic affairs administered prudently, economi- cally, and in such a manner that the City will rapidly regain the ground it has lost, and »dvance nearer than heretofore to the standard of a modern commercial and capital city.

Hitherto, taxes have been so levied, that while they bore heavily upon one elass of the community, the other classes have escaped scot free, This wrong, we may fairly hope, will be righted. We are informed, on the highest authority, that, should the Bill pass, it is already contem- plated to redace, materially, the household tax.

At present, the City is in a disgraceful state. Its citizens walk in the mire, when a few hundred dollars, prudently expended, would give every man and wo- men a clean plankway. A class of idle vagrants and criminals are breeding among us, when a few thousands would provide a City prison and Reformatory, where criminals and vagrants might be employed with advantage to the City, while they were being punished and re- claimed. Year after year, valuable lives are lost, the whole city is constantly en- dangered, and rates of insurance are nearly threefold what they should be, because we have uot a copious supply of pure water. And yet nothing can be done ; and the debt of the city is merely nominal! A radical change is surely needed. Such a change will, we believe, be brought about by the Bill now before the Legislature ; and we hope it will pass.

OUR JAILS.

PvuBLIc opinion has, at last, been tho- roughly aroused on this subject. The voices of the press, the people, and the Legislature, united in the cry for better prisons, will surely have some effect even upon the pachydermatous Governments of the Dominion and the Province. The fact that no less than sixty-four persons, male and female, sick and well, old, young, and midddlwaged, hardened crim- nals and neophytes in crime, are huddled together in one confused mass, within the walls of Queen’s County Jail, is surly sufficient to move authorities to immedi- ate action. We assume that the Local legislature will send to Ottawa, a sirong protest, against the dilatory conduct of the Dominion Government, in the matter of the Penitentiary ; and we trust that they will grant a liberal sum to reorganize Queen’s County Jail.

————-- > 4 e-———

GRAPH.

Committee, Mr. Power made a statement in effect as follows :—The establishment of telegraphic communication between the Magdalen Islands and the residue of the Dominion, would be of great mutual bene- fit ; codfish, mackerel and herring frequently strike in at these shores in plenty for short periods, sometimes continuing no longer than a week. Therun is generally over before its existence becomes known to the fisherman on the mainland ; with telegraphs ic communication the fishermen of Quebec, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island would know when {ish had struck jn, and could at once proceed on

This telegraph would prove of great service to the fishing and trading interests of the Dominion and to the inhabitants along the coust.

-<~_- : There are 3V0U white men in Florida who have not voted since the war.

than one of these reso.utions: the first being of course to abstain from alcoholic

drinks; and the next to use pure water, |

which they cannot do, asthere is none to

| be had,

| remember reading a long time ago the story of a city in France, reduced to great wretchedness by the want of water. In one of the poorer habitations of this city, a poor

vainly cried for water. A kind neighbour hearing of their distress, brought the last ‘drop she possesed, and though in much | need of it herself, gaye it to the sick boy. | This act of kindness was never forgotten, | iis whole after life was one long act of | gratitude; he lived long, but always in the

woman watehed o¥er her sick child, who |

our actual cash liability. Against this there | were uncollected of the City Taxes, the sum _ of $4,540 of reliable arrears, together with | 2403 of other good debts, making our total cash offset $4943, which leaves a bal- ance in our favor of $246. These figures may be called insignificant, for the amounts they represent, but they are, nevertheless, correct. I grant you there is a further debt of $21,000; but this is nominal, be- cause $19,400 of said amount is in Deben~ tures, the payment of which is guaranteed , by law, and against which the City has un. encumbered assets to the amount of $65,000 | This £65,000 represents a clear investment | by the City, of over $3,000 annually, for its twenty~one years of civic existence, 9 cir cumstance that ie now carefully evaded in | the present outside representations. You | will further see, that the City expended, in the last three years, $5,000 in macadamiz-

| greatest apparent poverty: he was never | ing, over = above the anyon of - nas . , Fo. a4 . “ 1 u ' ” known to give alms; be was cursed as a ae ‘potions ‘ne Wee pienianene a miser whenever he wentout. At his death respectable sum of $13,994 has been ex- it was found that he bad amassed a large | pended in the last three years, and for which fortune, left entirely to supply the city | the City authorities appear to get no credit. | with water. The curses were turned into bens tent ee rn blessings. Low much better wouid it be if | payment of arrears of taxes; but a con. we could all fill our hearts with a little more | scientious person that is willing to admit | of this noble man’s heroism, and one and the difficulty of collecting debts during the

ST. LAWRENCE SUBMARINE VELE-

Ata meeting of the Submarine Telegraph frequently sentenced to hard labor. This

all work and deny ourselves until this great neces-ity accomplished. The Spring Park water, of course, is very good; but with the exception of those who fetch it for themselves, two buckets a day is about

Is

they can afford themselves; and every house-keeper knows what a very little way two buckets will go.

Mr. FitzGerald will doubtiess be very much

tion, probably Wiking that though well known to be absiemeous, they should sign | the pledge for the sake of example. | all of us know the force of good example;

_ but if those who join the society for the sake | } of influencing others, how much more.

© . | is unquestionably based on a right prin- forcible must be the influence of those who

keep temperate without signing the pledge. | With regard to such as say they have tried | to reform themselves, and have failed, let | me urge them ‘o try again. While there is life, there is hope, I[t is better to try and to fail, than never to try at all. But

must have some beneficia! results, or meet

| with some degree of success.

avoid this evil of intemprance, no excuse can be made, and it is almost useless to | bestow pity on those who would only jeer | at the thought of it, However, every effort | should be made to help and protect the | bad as well as the unfortunate. Hoping | | that my feeble attempt to help in this | arduous task will not be treated altogether with contempt, I remain, dear Mr. Editor, |

Yours truly, A Lapy.

April 3, 1876.

| 70 HIS HONOR THE LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR. May it Preass Your Honor :—

session, I beg to call the attention of the |

Jail—to its inefficiency to meet the require-

prevention and punishment of crime, be arranged under the foliowing heads :—

building. 2, The crowded and unclassified condi. tion of the prisoners,

hospital. 4. A constant depot for lunatics.

rants, as a poor house.

6. Anevasion of the judicial sentences of the Supreme Court.

7. A total negation of reformatory dis- cipline.

8. The daily demand for asick ward.

There are in the paison 64 inmates, viz:

To accommodate those prisoners there is

of all comers, both for chronic offenders and tyros in crime. The debtors have only two rooms, and five for criminals. Of the

rooms contain ten each; and two other rooms contain twelve each; one special

cell is devoted to a case of chronic lunacy,

lt thus appears that the chief number of the criminals are located in four rooms, averaging from ten to twelve inmates each, among whom are mixed the twelve young offenders; a deplorable sight, to find that juveniles in crime are obliged to mess, as- sociate, and listen to the veterans in tur- pitude, imbibe their immoral sentiments and disgusting language. Undoubtedly a separation ought to be made here; but

the usual quantity that the people consider |

To return to the question of abstinence, |

disappointed with some of his congrega- |

We)

surely a life spent in repeated attempts |

As for those | who have every means in their power to |

1873. $2625.97

1874. 3493.52

1875. 2874.82

1875. New Engine and Hose, 5000.00

£13,994.31

1870. £564 7s Od, $1831.00

| 1871. 2613.82

| 1872. 1336.69 | Balance in faver of 3 years end-

ing 31st Dec., 1875, 8212.80

As the Provincial Legislature is now in |

Government to the state of Queen’s County | |

ments demanded in a suitable prison de- voted to the detention of debtors, and the

The details in fault complained Of may |

1. The limited accommodation of the.

6. Its constant appropriation as a sick |

5. A general receptacle for pauper vag-

Adult criminals (males) 33 | Boys, from nine to sixteen years, for larceny 12 | Lunatics 4} Females 2 | Debtors 13 | 64

only one room for females, old and young, |

| latter, four are contained in one room; two '

| past season, will easily find the expla.

|nation. Itis not my province, at least for

| the present, to refer to the political aspect ot the case; but youching for the correct. nese of my statements and figures,

I remain your ob’t. servant, James J. O’Reiry, City Accountant. _Ch’town, April 3, 1876. EXTRACT NO. 1, From the published City Accounts, show- | ing the amount realized as a Macadamizing | Fund for the City of Charlottetown, and the | expenditure for the same purpose since the | passing of the Act, 36th and 36th Victoria, Cap. 25, 1872, limiting the sources of In- come to sixpense, currency, to the pound, as assessment on Real Estate and Rental— seven and one-half per cent, being tre total, two and one-half per cent. of which is for macadamizing :—

INCOME.

1873. 24 out of 74 per cent, $41876.7 | 1874. 3827.43 | 1875, 3846.57 Bal., excess ofexp’dt'r In 3 years, 499946 $17,550.16

EXPENDITURE.

1873. Expended $5420 21 1874. ” 6597.77 1875. 5532.18

| _—

$17,550.16

EXTRACT NO. 2, Showing the Expenditure of the Fire De- partment of Charlottetown for the three years ending 31st December, 1875, as com- pared with the three previons years,ending 3lst Dec., 1872:—

$13,994.31 A correct statement, Jamus J. O’ReItry, City Accountant. Ch'town, March, 1876.

years in every department of the printing business, we feel confident thal entire sat- isfaction will be given as to its typograph- ical appearance.

The subscription price will be $1.00 per annum in advance, or $1.20 payable at the eud of six months,

W. H. BOURKE.

Souris, March 25, 1876. Lapi3 3in

PROSPECTUS

OF A

WEEKLY NEWSPAPER

10 BE PUBLISHED iN KINGS COUNTY.

pe undersigned, having entered into co- partnership, hereby aunounce that they

April é6th—Sabject :—

‘Catholic Devotion of Old England,

Doors open at 7; lecture to commence at o'clock; admission 10 cents,

MAURICE BLAKE, JOHN HUGHES,

| Ch’town, April 3, 1876.—lin h

8 } Lecture (‘9 m.

Room Paper. F me tn

48 BALLS ROOM PAP;

; ; i |

IR SALE to the trade, on reas able

terms: A

have purchased the material with which | Assorted Patterns, The Eastern Advocate was printed, and iu- tend, on arrival of the necessary supplies of |

Paper, Ink, etc., to publish a Werek.y | MACKENZIE & STUMBLES. Newspaper in GEORGETOWN, containing Ch'town, April 3, 1875,

28 columns, named Pha aia

“The Kings Conuly Advertiser.”

‘TERMs OF SuBscRIPTION: $1.00 payable | in adyapce; $1.25 if not paid in advance.

“Clinton” Fire Insurance Co.. of St. Catherine's, Ontario.

neatness and on reasonable terms. PETER McCOURT, JAMES C. McMAHON, March 27, 18 6.—3io

Danie] Hodgson, and pee Margaret Leah Hodgson, Plaintitfs. vs

Matecolm McLeod,

B* virtue of awrit.of Statute Exeeution,

to me directed, issued out of Her Majes- ty’s ines Court of Judicature, atthe suit of Daniel Hodgson and Margaret Leah Hodg- son, against Malcolin McLeod, 1 have taken and seized, as the property of the said Mal- colmn McLeod, all the right, title and inter- est of the said Malcolm McLeod, in and to all that piece of land, bounded as follows,— commencing at the north-west angle of filty-

Defendant.

Orwell Road, in fee to Donald McLeod, thence, according to the magnetic north of the year (1764) one thousand seven hundred and sixty-four, south for the distance of eighty- six (86) chains, thence by a line running West three degrees south (W. 3S.) eight (8) chains and twenty-five Jinks, to the east boundary of a tract of land in possession of James Gunnip, thence following the course of said east boundary north, three degrees west, seventy-five (75) links, thence by a right angle line therewith westwardiy eight (8) chains; thence south three degrees east (8S. 3 E) seventy-five (75) links; thence west three degrees south five (5) chains an‘ twenty-five (25) links to the east boundary of Donatd McLeod's homestead, thence following ‘he course of the same north three degrees west (N.3 W.) seventy-three (73) chains and forty-five (45) links; thence by a right angle line therewith west three degrees south one[1] chain and sixty-two [62] links; thence north three [3] Gegrees west (N. 3 W.] two [2] chains and seventy-tive [75] links ; thence east three degrees north [(E. 3 N.] one chain and sixty-two links; thence north three degrees west [N. 3 W.] eleven (tj chains, thence east twenty-five chains and sixty links, to the place of commencement, containing two hundred and four acres [204) two [2] roods of land, a little more or less,to- gether with a smal! portion of marsh, bound- ed as follows, thatis to say: commencing at the west edge of the marsh, onthe east side of the bridge over Orwell river, on the Post- Road ; thence following the course of the eastward edge of said Post-road south twen- ty degrees west [S, 20 W.], four [4} chains or

MARCH, 1876. Comparative State of the Financial Posj- tion of the Cities of Halifax, St. John, N. B.. Fredricton, and Charlottetown :—

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