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An Extraordinary Notice.

A vew days ago we called attention to a somewhat extraordinary notice placed upon the Order Book by Mr. McKay, member for Rustico. We quote the notice for the benefit of our readers :

‘+May 27th, 1879.

“Mr. McKay gives notice that he will to-morrow ask the Government if any ac- counts paid in 1878 are charged in the ex- penditure of the present year; and if that a statement of such accounts be laid on the table of this House.”

This is certainly an extraordinary notice, and would not have been placed on the Order Book, we believe, by Mr. McKay unless he had some good reason for believ- ing that something wrong exists in connec- tion with the Public Accounts of last year that have been submitied to the House. If Mr. McKay is not perfectly satisfied in his own mind, ify evidence of a strong character that accounts were paid in the year 1878 and charged by the Auditor in the accounts of 1879, yet there has been sufticient, no doubt, discovered by him to justify suspicion, and ‘‘suspicion is a just

ground of inquiry.” If any payments made

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in 1878 are not charged io the expenditure of that year, then the Auditor's statement

“ submitted to the House must be grossly de-

ceptive. There are grave rumors abroad in reference to this matter, and it is high time that some person should ‘rise and explain.” Surely it cannot be that man- ipulations of figures only known to desper- ale and unscrupulous financiers have been practised in the Public Accounts of this Province. We have heard many ground- less ‘and visionary statements about the public interests being endangered by amalgamating the, offices of Clerk of the Executive Counci! and Provincial Auditor; but if half the statements now made re- specting the state of the accounts of last year are true, no change can be for the

worse.

Tf sums were paid in 1878 and charged in the Public Accounts to the expenditure of the present year, as has been rumored, then it would appear that some collusion existed between the late Government and the “Auditor. If the Provincial Auditor is supposed to be independent of all poli- tical parties, and a guardian, to a large ex- tent, of the public interests to prevent and expose fraud in the Government Accounts, then it is his duty to refuse to be made a tool of by the Executive to cover up or mask corrupt practices.

The history of this Province dces not show another instance where the method has been followed of carrying over acounts paid one year and charged to the expendi- ture of the following year, and no honest Government would resort to such question- able practices. When the Auditor bécomes a party to such action, then the usefulness of his office immediately ceases.

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Lying Telegrams.

Tue Patriot of Thursday last contains a short article relating to some telegrams which it says were received from Ottawa previous to the last local elections. It would appear from the reading of the article that some private telegrams are al- luded to, as no mention is made of pub- lished ones: Let the Patriot publish the “Lying Telegrams” in full, and we will assist it in denouncing those who were guilty of sending untruthful despatches. If copies of the telegrams cannot be obtained, then let the editor refer to those who ex- hibited them for the purpose of deceiving the electors of Charlottetown. We will not endeavor to shield either the man who sent lying telegrams or the one who exhibited them. If the Patriot cannot comply with our request by publishing the despatches or allude to any one in particular who showed them, then his insinuations must be for the Purpose of trying to injure the private characters of his political opponets.

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Tur trial of Hirtill, for murder at Lunen- burg, N. S., was concluded on Thursday last. Judge James charged the jury to find murder or manslaughter, according to their view of the prisoner’s intent, the prosecution having failed to prove, tech- nically, that O'Farrell was acting in the dis- charge of his duty as a constable «+ the time of the assault. The jury rei.- -d at 7.30, and at 9.30 brought in a verdi-t of

ilty of murder. Being asked by the

udge if they had any recommendation to make, they were allowed to retire, and in a few minutes they returned with a unani- mous recommendation to merey. On Fri- day Judge James sentenced Hirtill to be hanged on the first day of August, intimat-

ing that he would endorse the’recommenda- tion of the jury,

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Don’t forget the meeting of the «Prince Edward Island Fish and Game Protection Association” to night, at- Dr. Strickland’s office. at 8 o'clock,

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Prorogation of Parhament.

Ar half-past four o’clock this evening, His Honor Sir Robert Hodgson, Lienten- ant-Governor, Ctc., Legislative Council Chamber, and, after assenting to the Bills passed during the present session, prorogued the Legislature with the following

SPEECH : Mr. President and Honorable

Legisiative Council :

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Ur. Speaker and Gentlemen of the Assembly :

are now conclud-

‘ cyatulating

which vou have

As your Legislative duties 4, Thave much pleasure in you upon the

tuted during the Session.

Gauri

useful measures

Mr. Speaker and Gentlethen of th

Assembly :

I thank you for the liberal supplies which von have voted. They will be expended with that economy which the public service re- | quires. :

Mr. Pre sicle nt and Honorabl (/¢ ntle men of the

Li gislative Council :

Mr. Speaker and Gentlemen of the House of Assembly :

The Act to amalgamate the Prince of Wales College and the Provincial Normal School will, [ trust, whilst considerably reducing the- ex- penditure, tend to promote the efficiency of the educational system of the Province.

I hope that the Act for the Abolition of Im- prisonment for Debt, as well as the other

beneficial influence.

In now bringing the session to a elose, I have to express my earnest hope that your labors will, under the blessing of Almighty God, contribute to the prosperity of the Pro- vince.

+?4Pre o The Fishery Award.

Tux following is the Joint Address of

the Legislative Council and House of As-

sembly to the Governor General on the sub- ject of the Fishery Award :—

To His Excellency the Right Honorable Sir John Douglas Sutherland Compbell (com- monly called the Marquis of Lorne), &c., &c., Governor-General of Canada and Vice-Admiral of the same.

\WWe, Her Majesty’s most dutiful and loyal subjects, the Legislative Council and House of Assembly of Prince Edward Island, in General Assembly cenvened, approach your Excel- lency and represent—

That by the Treaty of Washington, 1871, it

was, among other things, agreed upon by the

High Contracting Parties thereto, that, in ad-

dition to the liberties secured to the United

States fishermen by the Convention of 1818,

the citizens of the United States should have,

in common with Her Majesty’s subjects, the liberty, for a term of years specified, to take fish of certain kinds on the seacoasts and shores, and in the bays, harbors and creeks of the Provinces of Quebec, Nova Scotia and New

Brunswick, and the colony of Prince Edward

Island, without being restricted to any dis-

tance from the shore, with permission to land

thereon forthe purpose of drying their nets and curing their fish; and it was previded that such foregoing agreement should take effect as soon as ‘the laws required to carry it into operation should have been passed by the

Imperial Parliament of Great Britain, by the

Parliament of Canada, and by the Legislature of

Prince Edward Island on the one hand, and

by the Congress of the United States on the

other.

That in a despatch dated at Downing

Street, 17th June, 1871, enclosing to

Lieutenant Governor Robinson copies of

the ‘Treaty of Washington, and other

documents, Her Majesty's Government strongly urged upon the Government of

Prince Edward Island that, for certain reasons

stated in the Despatch of Earl Kimberley to

the Governor-General of Canada, the applica- tion made by the United States Government should be acceded to by this Island, so that

American fishermen might be at once allowed,

during that season, the provisional use of the

privileges granted to them by the Treaty of

Washington.

That in deference to the wishes of the Im-

perial Government, the Government of Prince

Edward Island promptly sanctioned the ad-

mission, on July 24, 1871, of American fisher-

men to the liberty which was intended to be secured to them by the Treaty of Washington,

1871.

That the Treaty of Washington was ratified by the Legislature of Prince Edward Island on the 29th day of June, 1872.

That thereafter Prince Edward Island was,

as a separate Government, and a consenting

party to the treaty, entitled to a share of any award which, under the provisions of the

Treaty of Washington, the Commissioners ap-

pointed thereunder might make in favor of the

Imperial Government.

That Prince Edward Island entered the

Confederation of the Dominion of Canada on

the Ist day of July, 1873, upon certain terms

and conditions set forth in the order of Her

Majesty the Queen in Council, dated June

26, 1873.

That in the said terms of union no mentioa is made of any surrender to the General Gov- ernment of the fisheries, or any compensation accruing to Prince Edward Island by reason of her ratification of the Treaty of Washing- ton.

That the Commissioners appointed under the provisions of the Treaty of Washington, upon the 23rd November, 1877, awarded the sum of

the United States to the Government of Hex Britannic Majesty as compensation in return for the privileges accorded to the citizens of the United States under Article 18 of the Treaty.

That the Imperial Government has paid over to the Governmert of Newfoundland the sum of $1,000,000, as the share of that Colony in the said Award.

That had the amount of the Award been paid over to Great Britain before the admis- sion of this Province into the Confederation, Prince Edward Island would have obtained her share thereof, in the same way as New- foundland, which amount, under the provi- sions of the 107th Section of the B. N. A. Act would, on the entry of the island into the Union, have been taken in reduction- of the Debt of the Province at that time.

That the evidence taken before the Commis- sion at Halifax tended to prove that it was there admitted by the U. 8. Agent that the mackerel fisheries around the coast of Prince Edward Island are the most valuable of any conceded to the Americans by the Treaty of

etc.. came down to the}

House of

measures which you have passed, will have a |

$5,500,090 to be paid by the Government of |

el constitute 68 per tisher.

Washington; that cent, of the usual catch taken by U. 5. |men in British waters, and that their great ‘value contributed very largely to the ‘making of the Award in favor of Great Britain. That Prince Edward Island, haying no | rivers nor extensive forests, is wholly depend- |ent upon its fishery and agriculture as sources lof wealth, and from its insular position, can- not possibly participate in the numerous ad- vantages possessed by the other Provinces in their railways, canals and other large public works. That the onty great public work in Prince Edward Island, viz., the Railway, was built at

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-| the proper cost of the people of the Province,

and the expense of its construction was charged against the Island in the settlement ol the Terms of Confederation. That owing to the very large extent to which the Americans, in the exercise of their priv- ileges under the Treaty of Washington, use the fisheries of P. E. 1., and the destructive modes of fishing employed by them, it is al- most certain that those fisheries, when re- stored to the Island, will be much less valu- able than formerly, and that thus the value of property connected therewith will be depreci- ated, and consequently the revenues of the Province reduced-—that even now the loss of

4 the monopoly hitherto enjoyed by our fisher-

men in the valuable fisheries surrounding our shores is productive of the same prejudicial results. :

That the Government of Prince Edward {sland intimated to Earl Kimberley their dis- satisfaction with the provisions of the Treaty of Washington, and their regret that the com- pensation to be awarded had not assumed the form of another Reciprocity Treaty, or of some tariff concessions authorizing the free admission of the products of her agriculturists; yes stated their willingness to accept any reasonable money compensation in addition to the privileges granted by the Treaty, at the same time suppressing their fears that, under the Treaty nothing of the kind was guaran- teed; to which Earl Kimberley replied that he did not understand why the Prince HEd- ward Island Government should object to the reference of the question of the money com- pensation to arbitration, which seen d to him to be the fairest way of determining sucha point,

That failing the adoption of the comin reial arrangement so ardently desired, and as it was strongly impressed by Earl Kimberley in his Despatch of 17th of June, 1871, that ‘‘it could not reasonably be expected that Great Britain should,-for an indefinite period, incur the constant risk of serious misunderstanding with the United States, in order to endeavor to fores the American Government to change its commercial policy,” Prince Edward Island, in deference to the wish of the Imperial Gov. ernment thus expressed, and being most un- willing to throw any obstacle in the way of an amicable settlement of other causes of dijercnce between Great Britain and the United States, réluctantly agreed te accept such money com- pensation as might be awarded, and subse- quently passed the Act giving eficct to the ‘Lreaty.

That under the terms of Confederation with the Dominion of Canada, Prince Edward lav- ing surrendered to the general Govermment the control of her commercial interests and the regulation of her tariff, there exists a still more cogent reason why it should receive the benefit of amy money compensation awarded for the use of its fisheries by the citizens of the United States.

That theaward of $5,500,000 was evidently in tended as a compensation to those Provinces territorially possessing the privileges ¢onceded to the Americans, and in no wise in the nature of compensation to the general Government for loss of revenue consequent upon the free admission into Canada of certain United States products, nor for any benefits accruing to United States citizens by the open- ing of ports, inasmuch as the Commission de- cided that it was not competent for them to award any compensation for commercial inter- course between tie two countries, and ex- cluded from their consideration any advan- tages resulting from the purchase by the Americans of supplies, and from their being allowed to trans-ship cargoes in British waters.

That the right of Prinee Edward Island to the fisheries around her coasts is a Colonial right, and that this principle has heen ac- knowledged by the equitable way in which the claims of Newfoundlafid have been ad- justed by the Imperial Government.

That the B. N. A. Act, in conferring arthor- ity upon the General Government to legislate upon our fisheries, did not contemplate there- by the right to sell or otherwise dispose of them, but merely for the purposes of protec- tion and improvement ; and that, in fact, the disposal of these fisheries was made by Prince Edward Island, as a separate Government, in 1871, two years before her connection with the Dominion, and that, in the settlement of the terms of Confederation, no surrender of the consideration to be paid by the Americans was made to the General Government.

That the general Government having as- sumed the protection of the fisheries, would not be justitied in applying the amount of the award to assist in carrying out an agreement which they are bound to fulfil, under any cir- cumstances, and the cost of which is charge- able to the general revenue fund of Canad.

“hat if, in the case of Newfoundland, where there are no fisheries within the territorial waters of that Island of which the Americans make any use, whereas in every other place the cod fishery is followed in the open sea; and no herring, mackerel, or other fishery is pursued by Americans with- in the jurisdictional limits, the sum of $1,000, - 000 was considered that Island’s fair propor- tion, we submit that, in the case of Prince Edward Island, where, as has been proved,the mest valuable fisheries opened to the Ameri- cans exist, and which possesses no internal sources of wealth as do the other Provinces, and whose people are entirely dependent upen their fishing and agricultural pursuits for their livelihood, the sum of $1,250,000 cannot be considered an unreasonable amount to be set aside for the benefit of this Province. .

We, therefore, humbly pray that your Ex- cellency in Council will take the premises into your serious consideration; and, after a care- tul examination of the facts, order the funding, for the benefit of this Province, of the sum of $1,250,000, which we humbly submit Prince

titled to receive from the Imperial Govern. ment as her share of the Award made by~ the Commissioners under the provisions of the Treaty of Washington, 1571.

And, as in duty bound, Xe.

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A sice lot of Ladies’ and Gentlemens’ English Boot Tops, just received, and made to {order cheap for cash, at Dorsey & Josts.—lw

Love Juice at Beer & Goff’s.

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Edward Island is legally and equitably in- |

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May 7, 1979.- H 50° L se to Let OUSE tO iC. A TWO-STORY HOUSE, on corner Pow- | LA. nal and Dorchester streets, adjoining the | Wagstaff Hotel, and now occupied by Mr. Longworth. Possession given on the Ist July. Apply to WILLIAM MURRAY, Ch’town, June 7--6i Baker.

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LIVERY STABLES!

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Ceanches. Buggies, Wagons, and Horses, in Best Style, and at Shortest Notice.

RATES LOW. A. |. MicKAY.

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TO LET.

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SEASON, a one-acre Lot of excellent PASTURE on the Brighton

Road, having a good fence ail round. Apply to

J. D. MASON.

Ch’town, June 5, 1879--5in eod

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TIES wanting ICE FOR THE SEA- SON, will please leave their orders at the FISH MARKET, Grafton street. I, C. HALL. Ch’town, June 4, 1878—-6i

STRAWBERRY FESTIVAL

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BFPAN CY SA TH,

Will be held in the Y. M.C. A. Hall, in aid of St. Prrer’s Cuvrcu, by the members of St. Peter's Church Sewing Society, on

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WEDNESDAY, 2ad JULY.

Doors open at 2p. m. Admission 15 cents children 5 cents.

Contributions for the Sale will be thankfully received by the Society at its meetings on Thursday afternoons, in the Church School room, or by

MRS: E. J. HODGSON, Pres’ dt.

MRS. ALEXANDER, Treas.

MISS JENKINS, Secretary Ch'town, May 1579.—2aw 26,

HE WEEKLY EXAMINER, — Per- sons having relatives or friends abroad, and desiring to keep them informed concerning P. E. Island, cannot do soin a better or cheav- er way than by subscribing to THE Wkeaur

Queen Street, Charlottetown, May 19, 1879-—her

Customs, Mercantile and Law Blanks,

STOCK!

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and from the Country will find this Stock uaexcelled in Variety, Styles, @uality and Low. Prices by any House in this City. We will quote a few articles to show the correctness of our remarks.

YOU GAN BUY 20 YARDS GOOD GREY YOU CAN BUY 10 YARDS PRINT COTTONS FOR 0c. YOU CAN BUY 10 YARDS DRESS GOODS FOR $1.20

YOU CAN BUY LADIES’ UMBRELLAS

LADIES. TRIMMED

SOTTONS FOR $1.00

FOR 22c. EACH

HATS

THE CHEAPEST.

Flowers, Feathers, Ribbons, Gloves, Hoisery, Fringes, Laces, Collars, Ties, Frillings, at Bottom Prices.

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enilemen’s Out-fitting Department, we have a full Stock

RHMADY-MADE CLOTE TUN G in Great Variety, Very Cheap.

Made to Order. Good Fits Guaranteed, INSPECTION : SOLICITED.

B. MACDONALD.

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Laing’s Purpte Top,

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| Green Top,

| Skirving, and the | Improved Swede, }

Wholesale and fetal, —AT—

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LIME JUICE.

Rese’s Celebrated Lime Juice and Lime Juice Cordial.

BHER & GOFF.

Ch’town, June 2—

GRAND

WALKING MATGH

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Citizens’ Skating Rink,

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WEDNESDAY,

iith JUNE NEXT.

A WALKING MATCH of 12 hours’ duration will take place in the Skating Rink on the above date, when a purse of $50.00 and

a belt will be competed for. All entrances must be made on or before SATURDAY, 7th June. Entrance fee, $2.00. All competitors must be present at half-past nine o’clock in the morning, as the race will be started at ten o’clock, sharp. The race will be ‘‘ Heel and Toe,” and a copy of the rules governing it will be fur- nished to each competitor. The Band will be in attendance. Admission: During daytime and up to six o'clock, 15 cents ; after six o’clock, 25 cts. By order, W. CU. HOBKIRK, Sec’y. May 27, 1879—3taw

BANK OF P, B. ISLAND.

DIVIDEND, at the rate of Ten per Cent. per Annum, has this day been declared, for the past half year upon the Capital Stock of this Bank, payable at its Banking House, on demand. ; J. R. BRECKEN, Cashier. Ch’town, 2nd June, 1879—ar pat her ne 2i

Union Bank of P. B. Island,

Ne is hereby given that a dividend at the rate of Ten per cent. per annum has been declared on the capital stock of this Bank for the past six months, payable at its Head Office and branches on and after this

date. GEV. MACLEOD, Cashier. Ch’town, 2nd June, 1579.—lw

Wants. Lost, Found, Sr,

Advertisements under this heading, in not exceeding half an inch, will be insert. ed for Ten Cents per day.

ANTED—A man-with a good outfit to Peddle TINWARE. Apply to G. E. Mituixer, Upper Queen Street. {may 22]

GQGhop to Let.—-One of the best Business Stands in the city, in Newson’s Building, te Post Office ; lately in the oceupation

Examrxer. Sent, postpaid, to any address m Great Britain, the United States, ov the

Dominion, on receipt of Ove Dollar.

0 of Robert Brown. Possession given immedi- [ately. Apply to Joux Newson, (21 té