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saving would he effected in regard to plans and spe for such undertakings. not eatried out, the be paving the way for survice. He cared not himselt other persons than members of the Government in the Board of Works; but he thought it advisable to bring in one or two persons not connected with them, to act along with some

of them asa Board of Works, which was the way in the) Lslan

other Provinces, They saw that there were Boards of Works in the other Provinces and in Great Britain; and there was

yreat need for one in the Island; for the present system of

building large bridges was the means of throwing away money, in consequence of their continually going out of repair, They should be under ese superintendance of a proper person, Should a general superintendent be appointed, that would be

the means of introducing new improvemen's; for It was not hkely that a Road Commissioner with a salary of £10 a year

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provements, In that manner, great improv made in bridges in New Brunswick ; [un Canada, he believed there was one superin knew hon. members were afraid of the expense ; but if there would be expense connected with the board, there would be a saving effected in the works executed. wou!d supercede the present superintendent of Public Works, and to him would be entrusted the management of the principal public undertakings, the survey of new lines of roads, und the preparing of reports respecting such works, with their estimated cost, which could then be provided for by grants from the House. He did not think it was necessary that the bill should be postponed till they saw if the Municipality Bill was carried into effect.

Mr. MACINTOSH said, he would approve very much of a Board of Works, if he saw means to carry it out; for he thought as long as they had the present system, but little improvement would be made. [f the Statue Labor were commuted into money, he thought there would be something for the chief engineer to go by. He believed there were very few bridges that would not require to be built again ; for they were constructed of such perishable material that they soon deeayed. As for roads, he thought it would be necessary that some better system be adopted to keep them jn repair than the Statate Labor ; for it was a loss to the people, and the labor was not well done. He for one would he for postponing the bill, unti! Municipalities were established in the country. If they passed the bill, a great part of the duties to be performed, would devolve on the chief engineer ; but really he did not think the Colony was in a state to build new bridges at present.

Hon. COL. SECRETARY said, this bill was not going to ereate additional expense. In taking up the publie accounts, they would see that large sums were spent in paying the Superintendant of Public Works for visiting different places ; and in some eases, as Darnley Bridge, his plan was not carried out ; but if'a chief engineer were appointed, his plans woul! he carried out ; he would be responsible for them, and much would be saved in building bridges, Xe. The members of the board would not receive pay, except perhaps 10s. a day for every day they attended, The hon. member complained of the present system ; but the bill would be the meaas of remedying it.

Hon. Mr. MONTGOMERY had always thought that a better system than the present relating to roads and bridges. might be adopted ; for large sums were spent for bridges year after year, with but little beneficial results. If a competent person were appointed to look after the bridges, he was convinced there woulkbe a great saving to the country; for though they might cost a few pounds more in building, yet they would be cheaper to the country and last much longer than if built as many of them were at present; such as Wilmot Creek Bridge, which if properly built at first, they would not now be called upon to provide a large sum to repair it. Unless some better system than the present were adopted, be thought it was only throwing away money to huiid more new bridges. It was for the House to say if there should be one superintendent. He was of opinion that something was wanted in this Colony; but whether the preseut bill would remedy the evil, be was not prepared to say.

Mr. COOPER had often mentioned that they required a different system from the present. They ought to have road| contractors who would take a lease of the roads to keep them) in repair fer a number of years; and until they had a party of men that had an interest in doing the best work, they wight lay out money to little purpose in paying for contracts, us a number of men teok contracts on the roads, and just

Even if the Municipality Pill were from the hon, member, Mr. Clark, it did n: . . , al extablishment ofa Board of Works would knew much about the matter. He (hon, Col. Treasurer) had “s the purpose of . . ; ¢ . or a change in the system of the road known that such a Bill was fo be brought before the House! gill did not pass ;

{ whether there should be any this session; and when in Ireland lately, he had made in-

would feel much interest in stadying new plans and im-jand from the inquiries ne had made. than iu the whole [sland. tendent for the whole Province. Helof Works were established with one competent person to un- ‘dertake the superintendence of the roads and bridges, it ‘would be quite sufficient ; for in Canada one superintendent |

sifications| Hon. COL. FREASURELR said, from what had fal'eslof the

it uppear that he/trom tl

qiiries respecting such matters, and found that there they ‘had a County Surveyor, who surveyed the roads cf a County ; ‘and one of thos counties Was nearly as large as the whole 1: but not a rut would be found on the road in it. The ‘work on the roads there was executed as the ha». member, Mr. Cooper, had recommended, by letting it to a number of ‘individuals. He objected to having a superintendent. for each County for the reason that it was more difficalt to pro- ‘cure three competent men to discharge the duty than oue ; ‘and he certainly believed that one man occupied the whole ‘summer, could superintend the erection of every bridge to be

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a ° : . ae who bad spoken on the subjeet. A bilk different House ould be required, if the suggestions of

prsent one, W ae member were carried out. This bill was not prepared

going into operation, if the Municipality hut it was similar to bills in the other | Provinces for the establishment of a Board of Works. If the ‘House next session should not pass the bill for the establishment a bill could be introduced to abolish the

lof Municipalities, &@ DU . office of Road Commissioners, and to provide for the appoint-

(mont of a superintendant for each county ; but the country

| was not able to support a chief engineer for each county. He

‘agreed with hon. mem hers that there was not an urgent inecessity for passing the bill now ; yet there were several large bridges going on, and people were desirous to have more com- | petent persons to superintend them than the Road Commission-

lers, and a chief engineer was not to be had. He wished to

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‘built, and also report on everything of that nature pequired' ine change in the existing system. He thought the bill so

The chief engineer|had a district five or six times as large as Prisce Edward &

‘Island.

Hon. COL. SECRETARY said, what the hon. member, Mr. Ciark, alluded to, one superintendent for each County, might be carried out, if the municipalities’ bill were passed next session, and then if the House thought proper one might be appeinted for each County to act in concert with the chief engineer; but this Bill was not intended to provide for that.

Mr. COOPER did not sce the necessity of passing the;

Bill the present session, as there were no great works com- menced or likely to be commenced this year; and the road money was already appropiated. ‘The Bill might lie over one session,

Mr. MACINTOSH quite agreed with the opinion first expressed. An alteration of the existing system would be required before they introduced the Bill; but had it been brought forward before the road appropriations were made, they might have considered the measure more particularly.

Mr. DOUSE felt inclined to support some new plan with reference to the roads and bridges iv the Island; and a re- modelling of the whole system, he thought, was much re- quired, At the same he did not feel pledged to carry out the system proposed. He thought it would be almost im- possible that ove superintendent would be able to discharge all the duties required of him. The hon, Col. Treasurer had alluded to Ireland; but the circumstances of that country, and those of this [sland were quite different; for there they could work on the roads all winter, and likewise bad rail- roads, which was not the ease here. Lt was no use to think that a person ata salary of £75 a year could devote hi- time sufficiently to the public service. The salaries proposed in the Bill were certainly too low. He thought if they could adopt some plan to be well matured, and brought in next session, a saving might be effected as regarded the pub- lic expenditure ; tor he kuew cases in which the public money

in the country, He spoke from the little experience he had,|r.» as it went, was very well; an There were More) \{qnivipality Bill were ements bad been!roads in the County in Ireland to which he had alluded,|in the bill providing for the He felt satisfied thatif a Board'sioners.

dif in another year the not passed, a change might be made appointment of Road Commis- Nothing could be worse than the present system,

Mr. COOPER made a few additional observations. He ‘thought the management of the roads should be under the ‘general Government or Board of Works, especially the fixing of the amount of rates, which should be done in an equitable manner.

Hon. Mr. WIGHTMAN said, that introducing the bill would be paving the way for some improvements next year, and if they allowed it to go into operation before the Municipality Bill, the country would have an opportunity of judging of its benefits. The present system of road making was confeesedly a bad one, incurring a large expenditure ; and unless some competent person were appointed to superin- tend the outlay of the money appropriated to the road service, it would continue so. There was now much more travelling than in former years, and also a great increase in the carting of produce to places of shipping. So long as the system of throwing loose soil on the roads was continued, they would be bad, or until they were macadamized as in Nova Scotia and New Brunswick. Wherever the roads were macdamized in this Island, they were excellent. He approved of the bill so far as it went ; but it did not go so far as he wished.

Mr. PERRY did not see the necessity of passing the bill this session. His views on the subject had been so well expressed by Hon. Mr. Palmer, that he had not a word left. He certainly thought there should be a measure introduced providing for a road superintendent for each county ; because if there was Only for the whole Island, how could he know the state of the roads at Tignish, or the East Point. If the bill passed this session, it would cost the country £500 or £600 ; aud he would, therefore, let it lie over for a year. It would be much better, in his opinion, to take it up next session before the road appropriations were passed ; and he was also of opinion that the bill did not go far enough. He thought every hon. member would admit it was high time that the system of making roads and bridges was revised.

Mr. LAIRD thought the subject had been pretty well discussed ; and the general opinion seemed to be, that as they had appropriated the money for roads and bridges, and as there were persons appointed to take charge of it, it was unnecessary to pass the bill this year. He agreed with hon. members that a change in the road service was necessary ; and he also agreed with what fell from the Hon. Col. Secretary, that one person might superintend the roads for the whole Island. He thought that before next session the subject would ho pretty well considered by hon. members ; he, therefore,

was expended to little advantage; and he really was of opinion that something might be dune, as the municipality Bill was likely to go into operation next year.

Hon. Mr. PALMER said, he thought no part of the pub- lic service called more for a change of system than that of the expenditure on public roads and bridges ; and he believed it was the opinion of every person capable of forming an opinion on the subject, that a change was loudly called for in the system in which the public money was appropriate: for the publie service throughout the Island. He did net believe that ove fourth part of the statute labor was applied as the law provided it should be applied ; and what was don iy contracts was very much slighted, and in too many place: it was overlooked from a dereliction of duty on the part of

Jthe Commissioners. He thought if the real value of the

statute labor were expended in labor or mouey faithfully ap- plied, they would soon see a visible difference in the state of the roads and bridges of the Island. He did not thiuk, however, that the present Bill was calculated to remedy those evils; nor did he think that the circumstances of the country required that a Bill should pass in that form; be- cause the public buildings were not of that magnitude to call for a separate Board us was proposed in the Bill. He would willingly advocate such a change as would ensure to the country that the money expended in future would be applied more faithfully and honestly, aud more to the credit of the

executed them in such a manner as to make the work puss.

Government aud the benefit of the country than at present ;

if they bad men to take a lease of the road contracts for 4 jput he did not see how that would be more effectually ac- number of years, the public would be overseers ; and when |¢omplished by the proposed measure. He thought the only

a person passed along a road and found it bad, complaints! could be wade, and the contractors might be proceeded | against. In case, too, of such contractors being employed,| they would be prepared for their work with proper imple-| meuts and other. requisites for roadmaking, and would not, proceed according to the very inefivent manuer in which | that work was uow frequently performed. Some of the.

roids were repaired with the top soil, notwithstanding the

directions of the Road Commissioners to the contrary ; yet!

when they went to inspect the work, they could scarcely, have the hardihood to say—the contractor being a poor) man,—that be wust take it off, and put ou gravel.

Hon. COL. SECRETARY could not agree with some of fhe remarks just made ; for at present there was no man to) take the management of the work ; but if a Board of Works) or chief engincer were appoint

plan that would be a pubiic improvement, would be to place each County under a chief supervisor, who would be a res- ponsible person, and would require to give security that all the work entrusted to him was faithfully and properly done. What responsibinty had the present Road Commissioners ? Supposing they squandered the money and overlooked the work, they might indeed be discharged from office ; but the salary attached to it was so trifling, that they cared not to retain office. He would give the chief supervisor a salary of not less than £200 a year,—something that he could look to and be apxious to retain,—and who would devote his whole time aud atteution to the subject, in short, make it his busi- ness. If necessary that there should be a Board of Works, that might be done along with what he had suggested; and let those supervisors for each county might be members of

ed, they could attend to the|the Board, to meet from time to time in this County as

matter. Were the making of roads let for a number of might be necessary, aud Jet all money appropriated for the

years, the chief engineer might perhaps draw up some plan for making those roads. ‘Ihe parties contracting would then fvel it to be their interest to fiud grav material to keep the roads in repair. But how was it now ?) The Road Commissioner let perhaps a mile to one party and| a mile to another, who repaired the road with the top soil, whieh the first rain that cume afterwards swept away, leav- ing the road worse than it was before, and so it remained during the season. That was the way in which the work was generally doue. He certuinly thought it was time some- thing should be done; and he did not know of any other schenie than the one proposed. Lt would be some time, per- haps, before a competeut person could be obtained ; for there should be such a persou,—a civil engineer from some other country. In that case, no doubt, great improvements would be made in the roads and bridges.

Mr. CLARK said, all that was very good; but this Bill did not provide anything at all for repairing the roeds ; but this Bill did not provide anything at all for repairing the roads. He was not going to argue against the principles of the Bill; but it did not go far enough. He agreed with what had fallea from hon, members respecting the state of the roads; but no oue person could carry out all that was proposed; aud it was bis decided opinion that they must have one superiuteadent for each County. He would abolish the office of the present Road Commissioners, and give their salaries to pay tor a euperjntendent for each County, Lr was useless to endeavor to improve the bridges, unless they also mmproved the roads. He thought the best thing the Goverument could do with the measure was to allow it to lie

roud service go through their hands. The sugvestion made by the hon. member, Mr, Cooper, was one that be (Mr. Pal-

just proposed. The Lourd might let by contract each year, the keeping in repair of eight or ten miles of road to one contractor, who would thea wake it his busimess to attead to the road, and whenever he saw any part of it likely to give way, he would apply a remedy belure it became worse. To

some scheme of that kind he would be most willing to give)

his support; but the present Bill did pot at all meet his ex- peetations, He fully agreed with what bad been said, that there was no necessity for passiug the measure this session. But it seemed somewhat remarkable, that both this House and former Liouses admitted that the present system relating

to roads and bridges was a bad one, and still a majority of]

the Legislature could not be obtained to agree as to what would be a pew system, He had always been willing to sup- port a new system, and one time did support a measure for having a propeity tux for roads iustead of the present sys- tem. Such a measure had been in operation in New Bruus- wick, for many years past; and it bad been found that the assessment on property worked well. Such a plan could be coubined with the new system of a separate superintendent for each County ; and he thought it would likely come to that at last. According to the present system, the poor man was taxed as highly as tue rich man for the labor on the roads. Hie thouglt the subject was well worthy the attention of bon. members, and that they should come there another session well prepared to consider the question.

over jor a year, aud then bring in a measure providing for w superintendent of roads for each County.

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Hon. COL. SECRETARY said, the hon, member had oniy

moved the following resolution to test the opinion of the House upon the question :—

‘s Resolved, that the further consideration of the Bill in- tituled ‘an Act to provide for the establishment of a Board of Works,’ be postponed till next session, and that the bill be printed and published in all the weekly papers.”

Hon. Mr. LORD said, he would go with the resolution ; in fact, he understood when this bill was introduced, it was to ‘ie over until the Municipality Bill was passed, and the minds if the people were known on that bill. Much had been said n the state of the roads iu the Isiand, and the necessity of an improved system, which was perhaps all very well ; but he had made comparisons between the roads of the Island and those in Nova Scotia and New Brunswick, as he had travelled on the roads in those Provinces as weil as on those in the Island, and he thought, leaving the main post roads out of the question, that the roads were worse in those Provinces than they were in this Island. He was one of those who paid some attention to road making, and when he travelled through other countries, he observed their systems; and he did not think that our system was to be despised so much as some thought. Ile thought when they considered the amount expended on them, that they were as good or perhaps better than those in the other Provinces. They knew very weil that if roads were macadamized, as large amount of money would be expended ; and how was it to be obtained? They went on from year to year increasing the amount appropriated to the road service ; but if so, the roads were also improving. If a Board of Works were established, its officers would require to be paid. He was perhaps wrong in his opinion, but he thought, if a Board of Works were established, there would be a necessity for raising a little more money than at present, or the board would not have a sufficient amount of money to make those improvements that the public would expect. He thought they were going a little too fast ; they must imposes taxes, if they made improvements. Were they to look at the finances ‘of the country, they would see at a glance that it was going ‘to be involved in debt, which he didnot approve of. Hon. ‘members might go on, and appoint officers; but he would tell them that the money must come from the hard working people of the Colony. He would refer to an observation made by the hon. member for Charlottetown (Hon. Mr. Palmer) with reference to a property tax, who had stated that in New Brunswick they had a property tax for the making of roads, Now, he would ask him if he would like to introduce a measure of that nature in this Island; and if he intended to be a representative for this town, he could not moot a measure that would be less popular than such a one. At all events, he (Hon. Mr. Lord) disapproved of it very much.

Hon. COL. SECRETARY again offered some explanation, showing that the’amount appropriated to the road service, had been greatly increased during the few past years, and ‘stating that the present bill was introduced to make that money ‘go farther. The expenses connected with the working of the bill would not be great, as the present officers in connection

el or some other/mer) was sure would meet with public approbation ; and it|with the road service and publie works, would not then be ‘might very well be carried out by tue scheme which he had

required. He had no objections to publishing the Bill.

Hon. Mr. LONGWORTH thought the hon. member's arguments went to condemn the present system ; yet they were all agreed upon that ; and he thought the majority had agreed that the Bill would not tend to improve it. He felt that there must be a great deal of corruption, when so much ‘money was expended as they yearly appropriated to the road service, and so little benefit derived from it. He thought the old system should be swept away, and a new one introduced next session. He had no objections to allow this Bill to be printed and lie over till next session ; and he hoped that then there would be a measure introduced to embrace a great deal more than it did.

Some suggestions were then made as to amending the re- solution, which was accordingly amended and then agreed to by the Committee. The House then resumed, and the Chair- man reported the resclution agreed to, which was adopted by the House, and is as follows :—

‘* Resolved, That the further consideration of the Bill in- tituled ‘an Act to provide for the establishment of a Board of Works,’ be postponed till next session, and that the Bill be printedand published in the Examiner, Islander, Protector and Advertiser newspapers .”’

WAYS AND MEANS.

The House then went into a Committee of the whole on Ways and Means.

Hon. Mr. Wightman moved the following resolution, which was agreed te:— +

‘* Resolved, That the several rates and duties imposed and levied under the Act 19 Victoria, cap. 1, be continued and amended for one year, from and after the first day of May

expressed the same opinion as that expressed by every member next.’

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Hon. Gol. Seerctary moved the following resolution :—

‘+ Resolved, That the 14th, loth and 20th sections of tho Act 19 Victoria, cap. 1, be amended so as to carry out the suggestions of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury.’’

He then offered a few remarks respecting the Despatch which had been received on the subject, by which it appears to be intended to abolish certain oaths imposed on particy entering goods at the Excise Office.

After several hon. members had briefly expressed themselyeg on the subject, the resolution was agreed to.

Hon. Col. Seeretary moved the following resolution :—

‘* Resolved, That the ad valorem duty be increased from 5. per cent. to 64 per cent.”

He made a few remarks on the sabject, observing that thers had been a practice of some merchants, who, in in porting | goods from halifax, paid duty as if imposed on sterling mone /and not as was intended by the Act ou the currency of Island, which he thought was taking advantage of other merchants. He thought if the evil could be remedied, jg ought to be done. As to the proposed increase of duty, per cent, was the lowest tariff in any of Her Majesty’s do. minions. In Canada, it amounted to 20 or 30 per cent. ; in New Brunswick, he believed it was to be raised to 10 per cent, this year, and the same in Nova Scotia. In fact, when were raising the duty, they might have gone a little higher; but he thought the proposed increase would meet the ex. penditure, and there was no occasion to increase it any more than would be sufficient for that purpose. He thought an in- crease of duty on dry goods would not be objectionable, ag the parties who principally purchased them were those who. could well pay for them.

Hon. Mr. LORD rose to oppose any increase of duty on goods. He would ask the leader of the Government if there was any occasion for an merease of taxation. There might be for education, but in no other way at all. If an increase of duty were imposed on spirituous liquors, he would support it ; but the increase was proposed on the very articles required by the inhabitants of the Island from one end of it to the other. He said the House had no right to appropriate a larger amount of money than the revenue would meet ; and he knew it would be an unpopular movement to increase the duties as proposed; nor did he see why it should be in- troduced this session. If the members of the Government thought that an increase of revenue would be required, why did they not ae 0 it at the first of the session, when the brought down their estimates? The expenditure for onde and bridges might have been reduced, as he thought the roads were very fair for the Colony: and he would rather support a reduction of the grant to them than have an increase of duties. He would not give his consent to an increase of duty, unless on ardent spirits imported into the Colony and those manufactured in it. Every gallon of spirits drank in the Colony might well be taxed 5s. per gallon. It was said that such an increase of duty on them would encourage smuggling ; but it would do no such thing.

Hon. COL. SECRETARY said, the hon. wember seemed to say that no improvements were going on ; but such was not the case. When the free education system was first introduced, it was not thought to cost more than £6,000 or £7,000 ; now the expenditure for it was £13,000 or £14,000. Thus the people of the Island could have education for a paltry tax on lang. The duties, too, at that time had been lowered. The inerease proposed now would perhaps not raise over £1,500 ; and the people would not grumble at that. The hon. member need not be so much alarmed that the proposed increase would be unpopular ; for he was convinced that the people would be satisfied with the increase to carry out the Education Act, It could be seen that the Education Act and roads and bridges took up half of the revenue. People could not expect to get education without paying for it. What had the Education Act done for the people of the Island? It was better than to have free land ; and many throughout the Island would never have been able to educate their children, had it not been for that Act. Therefore, the hon. member need not be afraid of the unpopularity of the proposed increase of duty. He (Hon, Col. Secretary) was one who had no fear of it. The Govern- ment were called upon almost every day the Council met, éo establish new schools; and they had never refused a school yet. The Government schools had gone on increasing till they now amounted to about 260 or 270; and the Government must have funds to meet those demands ; and, in order to meet them, they must impose taxation. The hon. member thought that other articles might bear the increase better than dry goods; but he (Hon. Col. Secretary) thought persons who purchased dry goods could pay for an increase of duty as well as those who tvok a glass of brandy and water, They had raised the duty on spirits as high as they well could, without encouraging smuggling.

Hon. Mr. LORD replied, that then it appeared to be cause of the extra expenditure for the school system, that the in- crease was required; but why not pat the tax on the proper quarter—on the land. Some yearsago when a small sum was required to be given to the teachers, a small tax was laid on the land. He thought the Hon. Col. Secretary must have been mistaken in his allusions to some merchants as payiag duty on the value of their goods in sterling, instead of in the currency of the Island,

Hon. the SPEAKER was altogether opposed to any increace of taxation on land. He was of opinion that the people would rather pay an additional duty of 24 per cent. on dry goods than any increase of the tax on land. He said he spoke of several meetings that had taken place, at which the question had been put to the people, if an increase of the taxation of the country were required fur paying the amount expended for education, would they be satisfied to have it imposed on land or not; and they were opposed to that, but would not object to an increase on dutiable articles imported into the country. Therefore, he did not believe there would be a man outof a hundred who would object to the proposed ingrease, when he saw th»t it was required because of the increased ex- penditure for education, which had not been expected. He considered that taxation on spirituous liquors had a tendency to inerease smuggling ; and was in favor of taxing one article as well as another. He was sorry that when the present educational system was introduced, the Government had taken off the duty on tea to the extent of 1d. per pound, and the same on molasses per gallon ; and he had said it was no benefit to the consumer ; for if any duty were taken off, take it off entirely, and then there would be a reduction made in the price of the article to the consumer. There was no taxation imposed on the country that they would feel so lightly as an increase of the ad valorem duty ; for the one who wore the best clothes, paid the highest. He was prepared to go for that increase in order to meet the deficiency upon the expenditure for schools, or rather the increase of the school system.

Mr. CLARK said, there was one thing that had not been taken into consideration in speaking on the question, which was, that some years ago they had entered into a treaty with the United States, by which many articles which then paid @ high duty now paid very little, Many articles were now ad- mitted duty free from the United States, such as cheese and also flour, on which the duty had formerly been 5s. per barrel. Quantities of boards and shingles were also now imported du free from the other Provinces. He thought the revenue ol not be much augmented by an increase of the duty on spirits; for it would encourage smuggling. The duty on spirits was already much higher than in the neighboring Colonies. The revenue must be increased in some way, else the Colony would go in debt; but as its inhabitants were deriving great vantages from a large expenditure for education, he did not think they would complain of the proposed increase of duty.

Mr. COOPER said, if the Government must have an ad- ditional revenue, he for his part did not know anything that would bear an increase of duty better than the advertisements of quack medicines. The proposed increase was only about 3d. per pound, and just about 1s. more on a fine coat, pepres jd. on the poor man’s shirt ; so there would be very ittle difference in the price of it. The increase proposed was so trifling, that it was scarcely worth while making an jection to it.

Hon. Mr. LONGWORTH said, they might as well say the same thingevery year. But what was the occasion of raising, the duty ? Was it not those land speculators? Were it not for them the country would be clear of debt; and that was the cause of the increase of duty now required.

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