The Signal, 1898-2-4, Page 101,.vellrileiletterw-Milangr,. .
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Supplement to "The StgnaI," -tCoderich, Ont.
�IiRR10'S SPLENDID P081110
Financial Statement of lion.
R. Harcourt.
Legislative Asscmb:y,
Tomato. Ler. 14. ler.
Mr. Speaker, --Owing to the unusually ear-
ly
ar
ly date of the r«umeacement 01 tbo era-
sion. and to aha fact that the accounts In
the hands of hon. members cover only ten
months of- 1De present year, is.Ieel.ert tla
full calendar year as heretofore, my state-
ment this aflentsen must of necessity differ
ronslderebt7 from those I have pre Io1Illy
bad the honor to deliver, both a to its sub -
and we bare realized a our ammo price
At the eery •sellest bout possible the ac- 181.22167 per mile.
The berths disposed of at en? Mlle net
August are situated chiefly near fake With -
peptise, In the Townships of Itatbbca.Sead-
ding. Kelly, Paris and Hanmer.
These rive townships are situated In a 61.-
trlrt that has been prospected by miner*
and In which hundreds of applications hare
been made for leases or patents under the
mines set. The department could net grant
leases or patents before It bad disposed of
the pine timber.
October from this sal. $81.812. The balance
Is still outstanding. Omitting &together
tbe proceeds of this sale, our Crown lends
receipts for the tee months of 1107 have
been eleeptloually large.
The Sandfleld Macdonald Corcrnment, It
wlU be eemea,beea4. Led few sales of tim-
ber, one during earn year of Its term of
office. 7 h• avenge price realized et these
four sales was $.300.41 per 'title. We have
had only erten sales to twenty-six years,
founts for the balance of the year. viz..
for lee months of Nosembcr and December,
will be presented to the Hndoe In the. usual
fern. and hon. member" will then, es al -
wars heretofore, hate the fullest oppor-
tunity to examine them In detail, and sub-
ject item In committee, If need be, to clos-
est s'•rultny-
It must he apparent to everyone tbat
a,ucb tuluablo time will In. !Ms way be
Saved. that the business of the session w111
he greatly fat li:ta..•d and expedited by it was therefore abselotely necessary, as
hfAs41*I down -iraw; ale we hsve-d•te, ii►--Mak-11 prudent, to sett ttria-titribeta order
full aetnenfs of the' year up to the end of that the applicants might obtain their titles
O••tobrr hist. and tLnt the.courenlrnce of
hon. wembers nIII thus b beat suited.
fLC9:I1'TN, TEN MONTHS IiNULO 31st
OCTOBER, 1807.
_ 1 llC. 72
trust pect4a gasut r
and That very serious Inas by fire might be
greeted.
INTEREST RECEIPTS.
Friday, February 4th, 1898.
Y
measltme, these rs11Ra7 obllgatloas will email auteu bu'lootoMaori's
one-flfthbotf tmihnthe oes mill{ theaeud,of le06,this
a rry'lucA111from
AoA that ldoubttobi., dpretalled as to the I4n0 Ai�O,:
decrees* a 1140 rob li else&toeiUife i
Nest year three obligations w111 be 0215,000 e>.pc45diturc. In Ontailo the mnnlrlpetl• the Oppoaltlo0 In the variant, ihte'rvonlu;( the ewpiw of debt 40 cu•ew tat 50'.tit00•000'
less tbau those we baro met this year, in tire, on the other baud, are relieved of the parliaments per are v oftegedouless
sph n three I thatwhibbeing
the
extent
rireedf v nclaf debt"
f 1
the there will be a deo drop of 01, set burden altogether. dily
the folluwlug year a drop of 91:,UI)n, end 1 could readily giro further illusi11Oo45s The ODpusitlou to this present Parliament Custrdcrwtloe, the het that dedoctlewt& to
ePY
four years from now they will, as compared to show that thle Province It extremely has taken objection to less then 1 per rent• Ike troutouut of our e1,0011 (year were c7w••�
with thy year, he diminished to the amount liberal in the grants It eves wttb the of all our npcudlturea. mMs BBCtoy+ tau meet tb. to harps of
rola seise of debt tuts eIt wa• wlkh pre- of expansion au.l of growth Ae. !u a hue
-
brought
en sate,
0, the . In 1884, the year of our object of relieving t the mu expetlsa. Neatly all of our expeeAltures elq�chesored pinsion ud o nitre Nlni un flue h u
blot mile, the purchaser's investment Our two lducati n an of artpm.hnt n are
brought him an interest yleid of about 4u. [hone for education and for maintenance ed els& of waste and ve0ted the Macdonald Administration
entrra'g upon tar 90th 7 meta per cent, Th. purebasers tbls year will re of our public inslltatlois. tat 41s
cele. few than 314 pee coat. aro their 1n- In 1905 we expended lee .loIe0 porta
Teltment. 042. while the Prorlue. of Quebec
It must always be remembered that the only
be 1.ame year w1'apeet for mafatsn•
Issue and sale of these annuities does not
add one dollar to our eil,ttng oblltona ante of pntlle lnetitottene, Inelading hes-
Itals, $989,443, while Quebec spent only
hes-
When we sell annuities we merely postpone D
the railway oWtgallons which mature dur- $$The6 n.ane asylums of the State rat New
Ing the year In wblrb the sale takes place.
Iaq,. York are beyond questtoa carefully man-
ddmla;atration and eters. N to matters of
pipe, (Mors: ars lit (hued and a 4sleadias,
amt that ■II , 0 1 %I*1one drawn therefrom
are fedi* and tnluele10. We must mice
again ropiest thew that the MuAo of
today la'teler Si liege territorially 1* It
was In Medfield'• time, that we care aloe,.
1100 more people to seven). and that le abs
Intervening yearn the work of development.
We La
1884.
last t
them e
exempt
1500.
receive
D▪ uPt
over, t
hate p
annuli
reeely
(erred
16 had nine sales of annuities s
W. bare had five salea.during ttjes aged institutions. The people of the State.
ter
• Parliaments. We hare not .Qjd as I inv. said, aro tined directly for their
eery year. We d1d not sell nem, support. A ratepayer assessed for $3,000
e. 1n 1403 or 1804. or in 1880, 1480 or pays tts often urCed that • year for
wh this
purpose.
ta:r
We have paid out ter ralletay rid
1104 u.at'tzsurtrrrna'N'sa ws.Pin, tion Is resorted to the tsipaYer will close-
d from our Muss .ales of annul- 17 scrutinize every antler and teem ire
strictest economy.
.g these two I'ar11"menta, more- And yet we bave succeeded in this i'ro-
hit is fr m 1800 to 18J1 inclusive, we vhtre In keeping our asylum expenditures
ald out for railway old and to retire considerably under those of the State of
lee 91,(%19.732 more than we hare New Tork,
cd from the aro sales of annuities Dors rot this mind to peeve that we man-
age our Institutions with duo regard to
to, economy l
SUOGEItS1ON OUT! ES.
I es
' acrea
1'p to
093,548
four t
before
the e
adml
COuutl
f east.
rento.
celved
bloc
bare
timated that we wonld recelrc from The State Commisslon he L•nieY in New
State remtuly revises t
monthly estimates, which are prepared by This analysis of Itmlf shows at a glance
the stewards of the lateens hospitals under what large sums we return each year to the
tbe direction of the Superintesdenu, livery people, end how little Is expended for or -
precaution 1s taken to keep down etpenses. dinary purposes of gereromeot-
1t will, I am sure, interest hon. members INCREASED GRANTS IN AID.
1f 1 compare or contrast with some detail We bare spent under the heed of educe -
one of there New fork State Institutions tion this year 1673,199. Our total *rpseal-
wlth on. of our" 14 retards exPe*dttares. tore last year for tale purpose was $To.437.
'The'iYylum St tlgdettetra fp, -New- - ett, <s In 11'f. i rte anent t157'STMt tngptt &rani. we
railed the St- Lawrence State Hospital. The the Prot -lace spends about $19 of it geed to
Itirer 8f. iawrence, .04 It None, separate* support our sellouts, For boepttala and
It from our *5).tflil`it Hlertrlll.--.No two charities we have siren, tad these are cosh
institutions could be mon almila[fy clream- eleIDents sent to the Treasurers of the eart-
stanrrd. Theft h aceommodatlon for 1,300 I its ustitetlons, this leer $IIIC,t8N• W'c
atlents at Ogdensburg and 000 at Brock- I _. b to tbe Boners of Being,
111���lIItbe Counties of Peru ana�matoa,
For merit -niter* we spent this year $11/.-
03_. In 1887 we spent $130,567. Vor ad-
ministration of justice we spent this year
0=8,642_, while ten years ago we spent ST24,-
4A5. This tllustnte's in wbat ways oar ex-
penditures Ineres•e. in emelt caw the addi-
tional expenditure carries with It corres-
ponding relief to the municipalities.
Our total expenditure for all of 1907 will
be cooalderably leas than the Souse au-
thorized to to speed. W'o spent last year
$143.587 len Glen toe Souse voted, and tb.
Fame statement 4* true for every year for
ten years past, end the amount ■oexpeeded
each year is considerable.
is not this fact couelurlre proof et oar
earnest desire to eeonomlre wheneter pos-
e1Lle7
The additional fact that our total expendi-
tures hare been cont)eoonsly decreased for
severai;.asa.3•x1 ctljjaoi be ererlooked.
Oor fetal eapendllore la Ili 4nie0sted to
04,1(.9,130: 16, p4,aN.257; 16 81. 111107.146:
1804. $.1,942,10.5: 1816, $$,111,816: 1996, $3,-
703.379.
1 ran ■unre the loose that on? total ex-
penditure for all of 11!07 w111 be reminder -
ably less than that of 1106.
Some of our eapeadltores are uncentrol-
Ieble. They Increase automatically from
year to year.
OW' gnats for 'duration. for agrlcalture,
for mslotaInteg our large asylums with
their ever-increasing number of t*m•teS,are
lof this character. Other expenditures, on
the other hand, are well wither' Ger control,
and tt U by eserclslnt caro and centime
prudence and economy as to ibis class tett
we have been able year by year for seven
years In unbroken suet -melon to cit down
oar egereSale ezpendltmres.
Will hon. gentlemen opposite name a Pro-
vince or a State is which s. desirable an
end has bten sueresafully accomplished?
SAND IELD MACDONALD'S POLICY.
Hon. gentlemen opposite hare been for
Months past talking eeatinae117 about the
policy and economy of the SaodOeld Mac-
donald Corernment.
Was tt the policy of John Band4old Mae -
4 t.ald to keep adding to the surplus year
by year and time form a targe resaxr•e fund
to be constantly Increased by yearly er-
t•am'ttatlonsl Neither he not soy member
of bla Government advocated such a policy
for a single moment. No member of Any
fovernmeut In any eountry, w far as I
know. erer acted en suck a pollee. Let us
eoudder bri0Ay what his Anaaclal polley
was. Whe* he left otfiee there was la the
treasnry, e• I shall show later on, an avail
ante rash rondos of less than $1,300,0110.
Our financial critics opposite from a 1sn11.4
dfeteat pIitt.lwlt llama recently stated
feat It *molested M *4.009,606• Their sole -
take or exagtentlos to the extent of $2.-
ttOu.000 is ono of 'eyelid striking examples
�whieh f eenld readily giro Of the toese as-
sertlon.Of the nnreetnteed 1105... of speech
they habitually indulge la wben disowning
one finan0ea.
Rome of them, 1 am eempelled rel.etentty
to nay. judgia( from their etaggented
speeches only recently delloerel, de
not ' seem to eerie tlleb It s*eeteary
to respect tori tntelllg•ses of thbtr 1ttN-
e.•r.a. ie a new Prertaoe, with 11* ever -
Increasing and loud ennead" ter eeeb 11be-
✓ at 514 and 'enemas expeedlter• as 00014
alone fnr*Iih the me000 of helping the pen-
p1e to help theni,etres-tbi* svellabie ass
e nrpine *1 $1.550.000, inlets f$ Seid*M4
M*edmatd Admintetretle5 acemmnlated
from 1t*M to 1871, must soma %eve bete ex-
banoted.
HD settler apart In lite teat year 0r of0re
by aiatate the sum of 81,Ot10.On0 to old rail-
ways p141117 Indicated *bat %ds polls/ wmi
In able *ay to meta tap tb• vaunt?, *454 de-
ye1np Its reentries. and net to beard Op
year bf y0t 5 174)0158 s.rplus,
R.d4Os. tb.re Is 5 pail& •e4 me*Ifost res -
en. *by he did .et at ea earlier date an-
nonnr. • p011'; .f large ,1lwn41tnn 0r rat
eieldb0tI0s of tee available money en hate
for. pshlf nIM.
The! reason, Mr. Speaker, beteg, end nude
n1,b1y, la so follows&
in throe early lean, from INN to 1181.
the L.glslatnre gid (hnrerement were loot-
ing forward, 50 we ore errs neer. to the
en"1 adjustment of the *eeenats between
the Proelm'e*. and Ile • 0 044541 .s a ee.q
end tee Treaserer n• �`
he detailed
Mon duties during the year 5175.000.
Tork o e
the end of Uctobcr we bad received
Only flay relates out of tbree or
hots -sand tame within the act, 1 will
the semlon (loser be able to gilt
'act number of estate* which were
nittered during the yes.. In 26 of our
es not a senile estate maid duty this
abs-t,auste.of,,. Ihtk. Ipcludug 10-
pald half of the total num ire.
e 1802, when our act wap psa!ed, we
received 8744,378, The Goyernmtnt
nod is entitles :o much credit for
ergs receipt- All economists agree
4M*-4a-es-4ue-.,4,t tt.!- a -
Ising revenue no has erer been do- I rills,
It fully conforms whit the founds- Tttn rnpltiI espeb'dlture es lands. buitd-
eincleits that all taxation should bare Inge and furniablap •t Ogdensburg
amonnts to 82.272,411, that at Brockville
04411.121.
The rate of ceeq! per b.4 at Ogdensburg
f" 51.751, at Rroekvl I5 8170•
The per capita cost et matetsaasee at
Otdenabnrg last year Well $$11, at aroek-
Tlite 5143. The number of medical orbiters at Ogdeele
burg is 1 for erer, 127 patients, at Rroek-
rllle 1 for erer, 193 patients.
The pumber of officers, .ttrsdanta, nurses
and employees at Ogdensburg 1s one for
every four patheets, at llrockvllh• one for
every 51x.
At Ogden"bmrg 812 Is psid for eateries of
effirints and ,tnploteee for every patient. at
Broekrllle $48.
1d supplies at Ogdensburg sr. bought by
the steward in the open market : we boy
our supplies for the meta part (vis. A4 per
cent.) by tender.
Their C eoulwtb*ers bellers they ran
only make sure 01 getting provisions of the
beat quality by buying In the open market.
The buildings at Ogdensburg. hating re-
gard to the neeommodatton, rest twice as
much en those at Rrockeille, the per remi-
t* cost of maintenance Is 0f1 per cent. high-
er, the number of °facials 50 per cent.
target.
Tho .nlarfes paid to officials generally at
Ogdensburg are nearly denbte those paid
at Brockville.
The Superintendent of the Ogdensbmrg
Asylum. the Assistant Superlutendant, and
the Bursar, each of them rorel,. (wire am
Inrge a salary as we pay the same officials
at llro'kville.
These figures speak nes plainly a.4 forci-
bly that I need not further comment cm
them -
tiny i gars enetber cnmpartann 7 1 w111
refer to al* representative asylums Waite
In four of the most advanced States of tb.
Union.
Per remit* cost of patients to s1* Ameri-
an asylums in 1900 :--
DNIy Ar'ge
Anneal. Weekly. Y0p•
(oe:. Cost. latlun.
Kelimarnn 11tc'h,,,918092 8,tee 1,171
i'ontlae, 141 41 1175 41 1 e7 1.000
('ninmhus, OAIn 1114 7(1 '2 448 1,274
Cleveland. Otto , . , 114 (44 2 57 1,1(01
Warren. Penn 107 I% 361 944
Harrisburg, Penn188 412 1 LT 841
Province of Ontario, 12A 28 2 4T 4.254
We received ea Interest th4 year on out , claim
rue funds- and urettmentu 3234.041. Ot
this y
-loot.
amount ',414 was remitted to nt3y 451 re
;Med.
tion p
11 1:16.672 t10 th0 Dominion Gorernment as the interest
0154 die us or, the fonds It holds In trust for us.
intrrP*t car eaplitl held
d, bre dor L:: the lromL,fuu w The balance, $22,233. rcprsserts Interest on
Ontario ,,,,., ..-,,,r. 212,41441 .se lnlMp ebenuurea mid interest J er..t 041 it►4erttw4.4e ..-..�.___t,:1c41 _-- -_� r.
--
--- -- e1NreTtrom fie banks on our depalti.
• 82:14.647 51 The plain het, Mr. Speaker, that we have
• Crown Lands Department- thus reccired this very year $212,414 from
rows lands- 1 444.4044 10 the DominionGovernment. *14 I expect as
t re ''row•, t+tudo,-.,-. 14.78501 ideational sum before the yes? closes,
missy Innd^ 176 b9
Clergy kande :.619 11 conclusive proof that the Dominion holds In
('nmmou 1.eheol ln11.11. 1/4(11996 trust
for tar •teat• capital food of serail
Grammer 44-ha,4 l.ywl• _'114 12 millions of do!lam on which It regularly
Unlrersily laud" 70110 7
W'eode sad (ptirMe..4•.� : 1.1x.:111 49 pay" us interest. I will take occasion later
1111.11(5 licenses 2,411 24 esu to refer to this question.
111r,wllauruw _,-...... - .. - 711
Itetnml. al "!.8
LICENSE RICCEII'?S.
sl:.oi.1Nt 441 NT'. rerelved altogether this year from
it
ie I.•1e. 093 liquor licenses 8'280,157. It 1■ made 0p as
Law w .1.414. --+Lt1:,. 79 fullows: - -
tlon hepartmeut -- :Rf.i724 25 -Itsrenue front Revenue from 6Ity muuhdpuUtlea oth-8116.162 12
.t {suds ■1 Toronto 1...1.,4.0110 er than cities 154,1103(10
P fie Iustltutlona reran t:,•--
gahst,r l.nnall. Aerluu. $ '1'.113 let Total $271,167 12
ximien I.uostle Aay: , 7.6260-4 Rerenie from brewers and die -
18.000 ),unser Asr 10,4^1111 tlCere. 1897 I8,/k10 (44)
rlt11ta
Luuallr A nn, .... '.4410%
sinn I.nnat4• A.v,nw 44'[1224 Total rrcennr for 1007in.luAktllls Lnnatl. i11111l .,, All r5 ler brewere' and dl.ttllers' 11 -
la Lunette Asritnn ':.511 (9t
Rad,ot r
Reformatory for los. . . . 1 1.94105 ns w 1280,13, 12
Itrformaiury fnr Itny+
:Clew Th. revenue from Ilquer Wen's.' (not In -
Rend Dome ute 'halal eluding brewers sad distillers) show• a net
Central I'rlsu0 udustrle. 15.(i*)td1 increase of 82,084 over lost year, the rete -
,4e8 87 I reti* -from the cities baring lncrcnse4 by
reseal Release- 03,540 and that from other municipalities
Prnrinelal t+e•retery's hrpart• I de•reased by $5e6
men,
8, :13-41"43 The fee for n brewer's license In 112,61.
ProrUtelnl Itegtstrar'e Inane!,., I:[nrtr.
11.1).trar-(ienernl's brooch ..,, •':al:n 1 Slnee last sereion the Prlry Council eon -
/Ines, et''. "-MOO 'firmed our right to exact a Itemise tee from
Insurer)... enmpanles' fees -On•
(.r10 art and 18x1 art
lean moment... (ees
l't*Nic offeers' surplus fee• . 17
tile, cep. 0, awl 1t.P.1
11'e••,4.oeM baster& of OUes. 2.9:01 88 1 ed amongst the municipalities during each
Rhnnting anti lisping Wessell. 2,11n 21 I of the last Ars years:-
tire-estleen•ell ..-.. ,-., 101 4e
1pte.tss estates moneys ,,,. 0.845 18 1.1eettseTr. Prorinre. liur.lelpalltlee.
rat 44.1.4 tlarctte 11.970 76 11.193 821)4.5111 72 92*0.900 71
1'rtrate 1.111,4,04R e') hA94 - 277,31%) 14 242,471 97
5refutes / 1,181 02.1mr, 272.8.61 12 272.101 31
Ground rent, old Agrteultunl • 14.141H8,1(44 T4 ?A7.n72 NI
Hill tire4,tK11 M 18''7 .... 271.157 1^_ 270.000 01
Bellied,. 4 41
Incidentals it 77 I The Prorinr. of Quebec retsina all llreuse
In«nror.rr mntpanlea' nsaee•- moneys and relnrne no port of them to the
meet ro expenditure for In.
eurn4.0 brawl, ,200, 9, mnulclpalUlea. It received from this source
Removal of patients to asylums 4,:318 24 11.11 year 1003.087.
115104 a8 1 The total number of tnrern, 'atop and
if,
Pnrre.elnn Mtt10.
teem I vehnleslate (net Including brewers' and dis-
llraluage works nsse.sntenta4.W9 17 tillers') Ileenses
4
83,A4,,4'n1 7l leaned In 1Fer2 was
Pratnaae A'-henettre• 1;( 1140 11 homed In igirt n•a,
4
Deninn a del.•uturea, the ,,,, 4,21[8 I.sued In 05 )41.111-41)41.111-41 14 11 40'.60. n'ns
wns
Sal• of auuWUe. .. 150,-4'7111 tamed In 1400 was
----
1113.03(t.138 11'2
1KPE.NDITTRF-. TEN 110NT110, F-NOEP
3187 OCTOBER, 11197.
1 4 4444 M 1 brewer. «nil distillers,
10.148) 05 I The following table shows the amount of
Itleense revenue retained by the Provtnee
l 5µ td)1 r 10,Ps0 2i for Ile own use and the amount It dtstrlbat-
0
challenged, but when an election sppr from
the old and time hoeor c Alelat rur-
extratagunce are revived,
A tondderable portion of our yearly c' pias reranuo earlier abet I4 414. .Had tat
penditure eoaNst of direct grunts, *gayer- not been for such circumstances the Mee
-
ere,
of money •sent to County Treasur Jon'LIQ Oovernmeut would not Dare left 'a
cul rel Societies
of Srltonl Boards, of AFI• aurllsbte ea!b anaphia f. stn, 0at30t;MRlot
cultural Societies and of Hospital Roards• times atI least, forget, and wilfully too.
We glee the money Itself directly back to
the people, and they spend It In their own too dominating elrcumstaoces of the ease.
Immediate localltles In retest of allele 1«al BANDFiELD MACDONALD'S SURPLUS.
burdens, In 18944, for insiaeui,• ite gave
direct grants In this way to 1141 50100451 of 1 hare •feted, sir, tbat t4I. Macdonald Ad -
11.002,098. for example, 1? we take x11 one mhalatrailo* lett Wee with an araliata
ble
expenditures of a single year, we will And eash rnaneet et with 0;27.0,000
is 1.as follows. 1i0tathe
alit out of every 510) foe maint ce spends
0115 93 of It 11 spent for mrintnlel*R our C1�lsof lnrest 1 the
enols Prorince
the bad
at Its
of s3,
pibllc institutions. 51896 for purposes of ) .^t or a1.
education, $15 12 for_publie work" and s67.9i0. and (2) cash 00 band$172,
buildings, $974 for administration tat jus- togeller 1:1,110.964• Owever he
ales, $361 for railway aid. 0434 fnr atrlcul. from this total there must, b
tures, $4 22 for hospitals and charities, 56 18 deducted four Bente.- alt $1.511'1.4100 set span
fin 1871 by statue for railway aid, and which
82r ctrl) government, W 55 for legislation.otber purpose.
92 87 for colonisation roads, 9'-' 48 fur could not be need for any menta made DT
charges on Crown tends, C2 06 for repairs Il CI) 9.91,131, composed of pay
to public building&, 18 cents for Lntnitrattoa Inc Domianed for Ontario during the term
and 54 S9 for tAe man? ♦artnut uacIsalled of ale Marde45ald ♦datlnhatratlon for rarl-
Items wbtcb make up what we ca11 mlzcsl- 01* wrier* rendered the I'rorluea of Un-
la0eoua expeodllure. tarlo from July 1st, 1817, to December 31st.
regard to the ability to pay on tbe part o
tile -taxpayer. Under our set emly isrc
estates (end we bare bet few of them 1
our young country) are dutiable. But on
e state out of etery fifty 1s reached by 1
_-- outs. Dlnct baits Very Marsh pa
anything 4 ,I1 terN and- remote be
Lear nearly all of the hurtles. No estate Ire
In cable than 510.001 pays any duty and
any eln•umstances. Neither husl*nd. nal
nor child, father, mother nor granelaild,
0rm-104aw nor daughter -Miser is call
upon to pay aDytbiug unless the estate e
ceotls 9100.000 In [alae.
In other States and countries, New Tort
Pennsylvania and i:ngland Itself, for e
e mpire stmtlar acts have a mach *1d
application, ,...a -higher scale of dutits, a
reach nrneh smaller estates, livery one
our sister 1'rovIDc•r" Las (espied elle
tion In this direction. The re -elute nag
our act aro cur -[narked by the statute
"elf, and most eo to charitable pm -p
Oar statute dot's not apply to property K
en, steeliest' or bequeathed Pur religlo
charitable or educational purpose"- 5.1
crsslon or Inherilanm. ditties to the amou
81:30
of _..894 were received In New T
State duties. OufelLs a1 year, viz., 1993. T
British ,Geternme,.t ncelt-ed last year
million tt dollars from s snug/estate.
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(•teal government. _._ $ 211,:.41 20
l,est•latlon ... .,„,. _ 1'•lt,pet Vs loan er111 la all probablllt7 witness • 1(111,
A A.1, t',ls. r l t loll rat Mei Ice „.. 1154.442711 eilefe- enter 5 'Atmtnntlon, The net peened
P•Auestion 078.1''9 47, last seselon nlx.lishing saloons and allowing
Ptthllr institutions' maintenance 6112.M10 fel,
Immlxnifon „ 6,767 eel only three tavern Uremia' for the first 1,01)0
Air:relinre 168,0112 171 of the imputation Instead of four as In for-
Hne•pltehs one rharlties 102.A04 118 mer lerirr, end Only one license for path,Repi't's and mai,,,,,,,, 117.414 et !
l'nb'Ic N:11(1111101f0.Nli 24 600 thereafter Instead of 400 as formerly.
Public - wort• 24.77A 701 0111, 1n roneertlnn with the nnwrttten law
(blon(zallon road" 1714.301 e7 i
mare,. Crown L4,44 , ..qi... 144.287 M of the surrirnl of Ihs fittest, Ioevlt.bly cote
lofurt6" . 48,4L'9 87 tribute lo ties result.
Ittatnte■ eownlldetMA
Mbcellseeoes 120,1101 141 14,11111 x0The enm of *118,104, representing whit
we rail "Clonal "ermine," Is meg* up of
1400400re A.h.wHtr.n 004` more than twenty mleeellseeous ifsm• rat re
ill finless• &heeltw.s, the ,.,, b,�lt6(lieNPti. 71* la►ge't of tress Items is (hit
1llailw,y NA renlirst•s 114. tall; of 1121,5k1. which mutes to us from the Pro
Annette 45,100 1D' elitist Secretory'. Department, and nearly
83 leo, 212 igi aft et 86fa la mels up of fees received for
Our total tee -elves for the ten months of charters of Inenrpontlert. The number of
0t
seek
he
•
'1 109
3.270
1,151
3,1:12
3,010
A total decrease In awe leers or 276 11-
e0nw5.
Thr nnntber leanest In 1074 wag 0,1e5, In
I8P4 3,970 tad In 1104 7.151. The nett fire
/f�4Yt.U1[ EXPIIN 117URES.
We c'1 rn,l'd Airing the fen months for
public Institutions ntaintennnle 0E12,090.
This Is more than one-fifth of all our ex-
peedltnres. We spent for this purp0"r lur-
ing all of 14:111 57:61,3. In nor seven large
a.ylnms there wire 4.4151 1etlents In real-
dence on the 30th day of September Inst.
The dally arerng4- population for 1107 wan
4,867. There were 3.1 more female patients
thin male.
This le nearly tele times as ninny pati-
ent* as we had twenty years ago. There
were 137 more than we bad during the pre-
tlons year. The dally average popelatIon
in 1194 wax 4,334; In 1806. 1t was 4,857; In
1808, 4,700, and In 1407, 4,x07. Thr annual
twit per patient ILL. year to 512(128, es
again"[ $131 3.r, last year. it will be at
enee adrllte.1 that this In Itself evInees on
the part of thooe 1n charge of thew insti-
tutions great rare and watchfulness as re -
garde array item of expendltnre.
We tnclndr. In common with sevef31 of
the United Stales (llaasac1neette. for ex-
ample), In our pot capita cost, ordinary
rMNra,
in atrtttateasylums of liaasarl'rnsetta tin
annual per capita coat wap 1176 M. The
1507 to the «ni of °molter amnesia, as hon.
gentlemen w114 netts*, le 13,8110,1311.
tt rxrre4, nit* 0011,511!, which was of
course far the whole ,ear, by 9477.4100.
•.in mating my a(atemsnt, however, list
February. i expreaaly lnfermed the Pomse
Capita cost la Oar 057l'1m5 11
,_Zi'gal r .0In 1697 1n Ontarin was 4,2754. 1f the some
Villi. Brown& rale of maintenance was charged
At Ntelaytime litchtgae, it wsa Ij In Ontario lo mna
411 the Aset5 leatltettona
to (he
accnrAfag to the Inst anneal report, 8175 41, I It world mean to 55 5s lncreesed eatrndl-
and at the Mnttaween hospital, New York,
Lure of 0161,47664• year. ..
8192 20. Tho Inst reports 1 have at hand familial 1? the event(' rate In Onurlo were sp•
arae with some m4,hltlonal eomporlsona,which I4l9'4 in the *Dore Am.rkan asylums It
elite 1 knew, Intnr'at the Menne. Tho a07• would mein to them 1 saving of 5242,76420
* year.
Otmm, or hn.Pltels, a many prefer to r•at1 The enregoing six American naylame ere
them, uhpp01 1 will name are feats and tberOmghly representative- Their Mecum-
wellMulpecrl institutions:- .-, stances and eondlttens aro set arsine oafs.
Meekly Anthill, ebmpsrteon with' them t1 tber.fore fete
Root One[
Per rep. Ira'* en. and rest/enable. The per rajrtta seat of
mi,,,,, 1111nnla ......02 70 0144) in mansgeroent le each of them le algin. than
Plkn. New 7 ,41 11ia1...... 1 !O 1,18 42 1n any 0t 0511.
W^I11ar'l, Now Tork, 14.44 , . 2 PO 141 12 T\ey Bate a larger pApn1*tton than e.etn
Hndwnn'*N-c'ft New York. - 1, fry �1ftt I and that feet ab0old tend to diminish their
lflddlei0we, New 1'nrk .. • ,t 53 DM fes per raplt* cwt, since the coat of manalte-
(II*h. thew York
Illet`hamten, New 'fork .. a 50 PM (7t meat should decrease 011h Mennen( tom -
fit. f*wrenee. Now l'0rk.... 4 2fi fill gall berg,
�0ellhhhll"ator, 5.w YOrk ..,.. 4 744 ak', 44
Prov, Mtarto, 7 asylons.. 2 43 120 2!1 Tho 'Opt 0t 10.l, a very Important [tem
We spend more for the maintenance. of
In lbs eeet et maintaining asylums. 15 tench
oar pnt4le IasUlutlons than we do for aa, tem Ie thea. Mates than it Is In nntarin.
other single wrens tis.. nearly, It not in a ereent report at the Cnlnmbne *07100*.
for example, this slatemest appear. t--
fn11y, 02.90. Aly; mut of 0rery lido the "We hart a eentvaet for eat this y
for their support it means a treat deal at th. temarkebty yew peke of 01 04 per
1171, sue% as education, admtalstratlon of
ria trradoeible minimum of demand.
me the ttcaaury Is to -day Sniper eve them
as erect as It was tbei. I &sal
present otrutent myself with Alp • Lem
lurrilt Uluatratlone.
Igy l AND Dietl UONTlCAITI'iOD.
John *Medfield lett officer at the dose of
1971. N,4ber the Central Prison nee the
Destitution ,for the Blind at Rrasttbrd were
Io exlste•ueo at tbat time, The buildings
themselves reset a large •um of mosey.
Their malnler►ance None loot year cot
105.2101. The only sestinas for tiro lamina
we bad et that Mme were, those at Tureen
and Leedom. and )art of that at Klamtesr-
We bare since Duet large asylums at Ram -
Woe, 0.111&, Mlmke and Broekytlle.
The erection of tete tour new asylum*
alone cost us C.,346,000. and for torr sealed
upkeep wo aP. ootayel1.d to pay 1111114.010.
They
1 .010 -
They .eoomta.date 4,060 patient*, ami they
are all fitted to -day save ami of tea esl8tapa
at Brockville.
We m.fntalsed sift *6M Si71sw's its
1872, at a yearly cost of 5wla0111. We {feel
malntala wren 'Legion's at as snail] seat
of 9106,711.
la 1171 only 1.500 patients were starve
for altogether. We new care tee imeues
0.000. W• isnot not forgot that when we
add to our public buildings we aeesagartee
and proportionately add to eV pabl1 an.
anal mafalenance charges.
Under the Macdonald Adstbdatrathem mid
• dollar was actually .psora tut
ahlthic., the e.istraettom ed ani
MI • dB. "l*lrpeas naw Mer
'treys.
Mae* 1171 want more them 50.800.03t Ww
have sew la the Province 6.842 mess ee
completed railway In actual operation, and
1,1177 ogles of It lave received •nbst•*tla8
old from the Provincial Treasury.
4 esa.tsv*tlna _aL Jule 1111PWOMP
tailed as expenditure retitle th• beam&.
amen of the Province b7 way ed wages, mute
tenths, rolling stock. 'tr.. of $50,008.006 e•
010.000.000. a vast expenditure et mese.
which 1• a variety of ways sttmalatad
trade and otherwise aided in the levsis9-
meet of our resources.
Our inions opposite is a petulant wan
eomplala of our 6ssaclal aem8Mtrttline
and Is vague. general, loom terms d•-
aou. s it. As a special evidence of ons
mlamasstemeet they point to tie railway
eertl1eates asd annuities Issued from Unto
to time.
Berl, sir, de an expenditure of over 114.-
1011.000
,108.000 given by us 1n std of railways eine*
1871, Let ms rows to clow quitters foe
once. Lid any one of oar critics, sad moo
of them have hal seats le this House for
two er three Parliaments, ever object from
his ae&t In this Hoose to a Nagle dollar of
It 1 Will m7 boa. friend from Lanark or
trots Rest Tork now rise sad name the
railway which we sided and to welch we
vlould tet have given aid?
Has my hos. friend who leads the Opp*.
salon a different ralPwa7 ptdleY 40 pro
peso y 1f so, the country will be glad to
learn of 1t. So for as i know, be has ant
to title hour o0 • stogie oce*stQu taken ob'
pellets In the Howe to our scheme of rail-
way aid, or to any part of It, or to Gee
issue of a stogie railway certificate. Tie
money we bare 'teen to railways close
since 1571 las mon titan font times oval
eihaust•4 the mise surplus lett by the Mao-
deaaid Ad•slnlatratlus.
And yet tb. leader .f t1. Op eettlo' says.
OM keeps asylum. that we have .gtlader
ed 11e surplus of the previous 0 Melt.
Not one dollar et It, as he well knows, was
spent for ordinary purposes of goverment.
or as part et our current. ordlsary .r ser -
mil expenditures.
Under the surplus dlet,Mtltw ath.ss1
eters was paid dlreetly to the malitalpal4
ties of the Previa*, tram the ProvimM1
Treasury. stalely Is tate years 1814. 11TSs
PM and 1877, more than M,3811.000. sad the
mosledpaI4Ues throughout tit• Province b.
their ten expended this large sag this
directly given te them out of the Previa.
clal Treasury on roads and bridges. teem
balls sad schoolhouses, and la paying .A
their own railway debts. Tills is the Mad
of Provincial e*p*lltnre which ear .eines
at ern time call sgtanderltg On surplus
and at another time di.alpatlag the sarplas,
The Maoboadd Adml5 S8$tlsm 1* its last
yeti 'pat by the way .f 44484 1041148 Ill4
5831.000. We /peat M 1546. Aailla' tlarltt+
es much, T4s•. SPM,&Oti. Rd
dlgtteelefic1• 11 hsittl*g woes wee
ably object. would la a single year make s
sloe addition to our surplus. la Use carp
et a Nagle parlltaa.at we eo.ld is this wag
sats• tt this ons be salted s arisg, 41,400.000.
Ot fila large east M 4706.000 the Ow.
althea last genies objected to em17 413,514
and It hal bets already .bows, Mr. Spaker,
Gist the -Items se .bjected te, malting lig
this 518,900. aro not only is them'.ives
esobjectI00able, but also that the MAW?
of our critics la regard t. them M abort.
sighted and nnaound.
justice, hospitals sad cbertlleo and main-
tensece of lunatics at Rockwood Asylum.
These items were charged op against Oata-
rlo. and not settled for until long after 1.671.
(3) 5107,000 doe to the Pros -trice of Quebec
from Ontario. as Its share of the collet -
tions from sabre et Common Reboot 1a1ds
aerie and0$ the years et the Macdoas*
Administration. Tilts ataetr� a been pan
1e rani to Quebec aloe* 1171. (4) 590.800, ha'
leg the priest of tin Itockwood Asylum,
bought from the Doad•Isi Government
prior to 1871, bet aot 11814 for astll atter
1877.
'1'b•1*t
t0 12,484.661, tad dernettag this frog M.-
010,90,4 we bate remal1405 11.120.1183 sr the
exaet available cash surplus lett is rho tree-
sur7 by the Maedenafd Administration.
Our opponents fnrtler say (bat as soon as
Jobs !Medfield left office his.us0enore, the
Liberals, begets at one* to diminleb the saF
plus. T11s Is an.tber reckless asd total/
an warns -tad statement.
T8it SCS.PLCS 01' Twit MOIRAT G01-
ETtN Ml NT .
WhateTM the surplus was. sir. at ale end
of 1871, when Sandlrtd Macdonald left
office, it 055 greatly added t• la 1872 and
1873, a. bell as la later yeen, b7 the
Mowat Government. 'Ile Pr0rlace st aha
end of 1471 bad in investments and In
cash. 13,810,004, while et the end et 1973
1t had atm 1• fib lareetmena and In cash
At me date 1 e2dl0' -*bat we esti tba
trnat funds. in them two years. there-
fore, ria., 1874 and 1111*, the Ant two years
0t the Mowat 00Vetl•ient. the .sassing
Tarp casts su. pilo. outside of that tenet
funds. was augmented to tee *moat of
5000.0130. and yet, Mr. Speaker. the leader
of the Opposition is reported le Tn. Toron-
to Ma11 of Nerrgber 4 last to hale said,
when apeaklag at Millbrook, '1 tell yea.
and I would be were than a fool 11 I did
as without knowtag' 1t t• be true, that dar-
las the extste5ce 0t Sir Oliver M.wnt's
Government there ester Dat an Distant of
time wien the Oorernment bad • sur-
plus."
ur-
plmi,.
The tenth 1s, sir, there hes revel been an
fastest of time wits* the Motrst Owen -
mint bad not a enrolee of millions et deities.
(A•pplauoe.) To -day, allowing for every pea
sible liability, present and future, isdallad
of tease our railway oblIptlea•, we have
an available cash enrplas of at treat from
two to three millions of &AMare. The aosa-
tlo6 of the surpltn, its amount, and of
these railway obligatloas. 1 will ammo
later on. The estremely rash and random
elatetessts of my hos. friends will set otter
the facts. This very year, 11e_.Jpesker,
we w111 have a large surplus, ow total
receipts e1r.edlnt 041? total expiedlt•rea
b7 at least 5330,000•
The surplus we bare bees 4letessiag for
so mail yeses pest 15 ter the most part
the creation of the, Mowat 0.ler1m0.t.
Is the years 1572 and IIir1. to wtdai I UTE
Jost .4104.d, as well as In later :sees, for
imamp4e, la 11160, LOU, 1457, 1866, 111811 sad
1686 mid tills very year, 1167, the total re-
ceipts Of the Mowat Government sad of tate
IiaelY OoTetemwt were tamely is 4x01.s
of the total espendltnres. Tie viand
.111015 and 5cetmmhitloe* of gage 7x•44
I have just aimed animist to men ties
$2,110A,080, e*d la eta et OWN years there
were extraordinary expeadltrxw, *t 11•614
every eao approved, emits. of the osppU
b111. tad la the aggregate involving a lures
outlay of taolm.
Oar ep9os?ats tnile0tly seek to .*.teal
thetact• trout the people. Our railway add
poitey $t*.g*nt.d is 1171 lee ..tatted
rp to Mri pretest time se elpsietitare of
more thea 101000,006, eat .or 101P s 11x•
IvIWtlp ornate.• an outlay at $.1»,em.
Tt44. fist mend lass was Molise *mems
the a anialpalitlee et "be P,wVlMO elhlaly
in the veers 1114 to 1117 Imibaiee. 'Mao
two petioles. vie., %11ws, aid end surplus
dlstribattere, were deliberately tat•*led to
harp the WOO 4t dlmialmla1 oar 1nvest.A
torpid' Holds. 'fn. i.rglslatwre peesed,the
enactments concerting railway aid and ant.
pies dIstiebetl�ep with ^the very r4h)e-t, i
repeat, et 81m1*leblai the etrridni belonging
to the Pr0d*ea• The Legislature plainly
IatNAw1 1441 Our iattpted fond* abnnld he
drew* epos from Base to time 10 meet
these very *Wirt.. It was after most
earefd dillberatloa tbona4t deefrablo Gait
the nitrites revenues of the Praline,. should
be ntulsed 05 fie to possible In drvelnp!ng
005 rew.m-e5 by miens 0t allwsy prate,
and al.n, 0bi4 reilering tnIe1N.A mono.
Mp•MtIN, In mmpenSat. 55 fir as prar-
tlesfbte the revalelpalltl.m which hod not
brer4wM It waa d.illwntely tbnnght
nn4eett•1M1e to bonnet mer eerptee r,ottennes,
to IAA them 0p, to keep them nepr4Anrilr•,
in the light of thew. plain feet", ail the
criticisms of on? Opponent" see grnosir
entad end mteleadlne. May i not fairly
*ak that o.. *44. rsd to Meltnrt
pOMtr sndlen(breo 06104441sUt.40.14.1 RH1
.s.. ♦ •s`portawt eneiti*emelt el rami et one
`• �.a�tsfMr 0111111 Met nomsda of
imides 185, we
r atrMa, w '41,4.0
The avenge weekly cost per capita for
the malatenanee of lunettes In -thew asy-
lums was $3 10. la Ontario asylnme. for
1897, it was 0243. a MCerence per capita
of 73 cents weekly.
The average dolly popnlallon et (nestles
charter$ Issued greatly exceeded that of
pinv)on. 70an, t'rom marriage !Menses we
received 01,0[10. In 18M the 4aneheld Mae.
donate (torernment received from marriage
sirens. fere 551,431. Perhaps tht. 1s the
only Instance on record of a loss of reroutes
that 1 was ronfident that the setoal re-' of whirl everyone appror,e.
toilet would exceed the estimate. We have Prem the instrranee Dop*rtm^*t we
re -
Mosel -ell already dnrlag ten month, of this "'red a tlttl• tsmre than 02{L,MO, The
leer a ressiderabl7 larger ram than we tees reeeire4 note, the Ontario Inatrance
lave rer.Hfs4 any eon 7.5, 5404-. 1*4.4. 11 4. met 11 teat ssmmew cmonated to $17,854.
gratify -hog to taew tint we hive reeetved The enlist& reiti.try fres of Dominion
duties the Reil tee mowthe of Dote fear 11r•enr..e and friendly whitlow emon$t* to
'1sm,4e7 mom Item we received ter all s< • 813.441. We ree0tved be way of *nail&
list year.
tstemtr7 o.rttAcste free payable by bnllding
T e mole emus of Menem. 1t will 1s ancl.IH.a, 105& r'owtflsNes asd trait roil
N<1.sd. Is fn IM rsrNpt from Crows Hands. 1 pantie, awl for rlartrre and applirallos
tK 1'le 1".7174'"11741.7410 tti. w%leh 7 mm tiers. 116,x01. Tbte titters of revenue dale*
.ow .s5M4.rw4elpt5 tram i Oren the l st esetas of 111r leas committing),
the Crews bases Department emnw*te.d 40
$1.106.176, the largest receipt of any rear ANNi IT11t5.
Moor UN. 1►s rer0rel from our mals of mnseltlse
11st 7Nr we noo.?e.4 802'1.482. Th. ant- Holm year 815*,942
reeetpt from thyr d.psnmest fee nor ant sale was In
s renal bee been $*71,2/4. From
of Crete Mils we vee -wed t\ta
WOW. *1.408 losses, the
we aid to the a
Thea year we int
Mq
t�wu
14nvinee spends neer/ 62_ of it is require year
therefore that we aro aMe rnnr)n54yAy to
ten."
thew that naw maintain them at a ennsiA.r• '�
• 10110101111 ■omoar7 wi11 prams of t*
-
ably I. cost Thee Is requlred for 'welly torelt : enrage Aver•
,Imll*r Iistltntlone elsewhere, .semi weekly Peen-
Tint
ems*. lathe.
net they are et featly h a*rre and Ptt Atn.rkaf a.y11ms-01(1 i4 51 10 4,114.4
retsorousi, penrlded tor, tenth is rcgaMe Six Outside stylise* .. 126 ^.S 2 41 4,231
diet, e4eM61,i and .'.port pretensions! tent -
meet, .n ane w111 pretend to dlapnf0,
1. omit preen or eight rat the United In 15011 the ooall of teS4M*tlee le Ontario
States ase the Inalrat Insane eared for ems 7 errata per head. *kilo 1* Qnehr' It
et too Prate New lima Pta10 1s ea* of was 1t emits, and in the D'minlne 17t4
their. 0114 It 1046,11 5 .pr.IOI 111 on on the rents.
ii.ini' prnpertr of the State fnr their sap- C1 V If. GOv11:RKMMR\T.
t,-_ sirs, Ties to the .mm,nt of 81,2112144 The snit of Hill IerOnm.nt le Onr"•In
ittied to 1009 Int this .per lnl ' I* 141)11 wit 1114 rents per h004 : In Qi. -
0f the Pisses, aw,nnf then
leblpa and Mesaachnsett*,
t ogre tette sold,
assumes halt -et
Mk.r hot? 04
'rattle gl'ea a
tier 1714 rents. and In tk. hn.0talne !N.
rent&,
A14 set we )15'• there, heard of
095$4., opposite t Of M* 8
,3g,691twn a
n
IIIQB11AS8b GRANTS TO MIIISIOIPALle
T11(5.
John Pan/field in his last rely most 1170,.
0450 In Milne egtl0ult*to. 14*? year we
*merit $192.000. flet Oeverettwat gave tee
bowl els and charities In 1871, 140,0110, one
see lova Ave Hints N usudh, via . 51aa,noo
In 1800. 1s thew three dlreMlOns alone.
• .Ano*tins, *grl'bltnre sad hospitals
. ad nitrifies, the Macdonald Administer
Goo In foot years spent 91,715,828, while
M our last feet years, vas., frngt 11413 to
1108, 1001011n, we spent 14,1118,019.
By ptnehing them. three 1a0ly impartial
rertlrea doves to the narrow 114114e 44x44 M
the Mnedoeald Adminletrtlf0s we *0014
have added In the short armee of tear 7..ri
to our surplus 1e acenma)atl a Of PAM -
000.
in other w6rde w. gave beet to Il* pee.
pie In theme three wny■ alone is font plan
52,488,004 more than the miasma* 4 44.
minliteatfon gore fee a nkw period. To tab
Ment we lightened the burdens of Dat
temple Dorn not this prove 4nanlnsirely
the niter. 1 might well trey rtdtentons, ale
✓ irility. of eempl$0g the 0xpeedl(uth e1
nit early rests with thew of recent ream
atm yet, air, 1t• to di. fact that 15 every
.Map*lgll Obese% of hem. gentlttre* .tops.
site, wttl8al a sibgie •re•.ptkM, eeaatdst
refetertoee Aare bees mrdo to tits male r .
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