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DOMINION LEGISLATION,

Tap salary of tuc Licutenant Governor of this Island has been fixed at seven thousand dollars, while the Lieut. Gov- ervors of the other Provinces—Ontario aud Quebee excepted—receive nine thou- gand dollars, and in the two Provinces named, ten thousand dollars each. The salaries of the Pusine Judges of the Su-

ef the Dominion Ll usine Judges re ceive from four to five thousand dollars. The Chief Justice here is to recive $3.500, while io no other part of the Dominion is

Bay Ohief Ju-tice paid less than five

thousand dollars, and travelling fees be-

sides. It would seem as if our represen tatives at Ottawa were agreed upon pay-

ing our own people smaller salsries than are paid elsewhere in the Dominion. This would be fuir enough if they placed smail er taxes upon the people of this Islund than upon those of the other Proviaces, Bat euch is not the case. The very re- verse is the fict. A new tariff has been imposed, which is unjust and oppressive to the people of the M.ritime ? rovinces, and especially so to the peuple of this Island —who are so extensively engaged in shipbuilding, and who import from other countries so many of the materials re- qsired to carry it on. While Sir John

McDonald’s Government held the reins of |

power, the revenue alwys met the ex- penditure. There was then a very large free list, which ewbraced all goods used for the manufacture or outfit of ships, from the iron or copper in the keel to the very bunting that floated at the mast head—all were free. Shipbuilding was carried on to an extent before unknown ia the provioces. (ur shipbuilders and mechanics made money by it, and thereby enriched the country. The Muckenzie Government hardly have the reins of power properly in their grasp when they reverse this judicious policy. Their first act is to place a tux of from five to ten per cent on all shipbuilding materials and outfits. It is easy to see now the truth of what we stated when the new Government came into power, that ‘ On- tario rules.”’ thousand tons of shipping annually; and these are nearly all Like craft—barges and canal boats—with as much copper er iron in their hulls as we put in a good vised marling spike. The other Pro vinces build nearly one hundred and fifty

thousand tonsa of sea going ships—not |

lake crafts, or birges, or canal boats, without anything over their decks but « flag pole—but first o'ass ships, rigged, and

Jassed, and fitted to sail to any part of | Herod, so with siniar resu ts

the word. This tax. then, on the ma- terials ased in the construction and outfit of these ships, fulls with great severity

epon the entire population of the Lower |

i . | Secretary & Registrar 3,200 5 ; ‘

Provieces. We psy fifteen dollars of it | of them,—to sue whom he liked, to dis- | Assistant Secretary, 1.600 for dollar paid by Oatirio. It is | train when he pleased, to cject at his | —— Registrar, "900 | every a aa ee .__ | Clerk, % equivalent to a direct tax of one dollar a | pleasure, if ouly £200 were annually de- do 750 |

ao : os Lineal oo in euilin es ti.| de 700 top on every ton of shipping which will | " sie Mr. Haythorne’s credit at bi | Saou pn be bailt in the Maritime Provinces this P49*°" 5- 4 er cis ceed. seamemament. year; and we believe there would have | Mr. Haythorne is very fond of holding | Commissioner a been two huadred thousand tons, The himself forth as the tenants benefuetor. eee 1'700 quantity may be lessened beeause of the | He is never weary of representing them Clerk, 1.250

° ‘ oer ; ? 850

tariff’; but we have no doubt it would | ** penetrated with a profound sense of init cone

bave reached that had it not been tor the gratitude to him; and instead of attribut- Book-keeper, 1,250

ebeck whieb that branch of industry has | ing his election two the political combina- | Registiar, “— . . . . ce eepe v

eo suddenly and unexpectedly received. | tions which ensured it, he is weak —— Messenger, | ala 500

. ee . :. | to believe, or at least endeavors to lead | Commissioner of Public Works &c., 3,200

There is another aspect in which this | e, ae his | Secretary of Board of Works, 1600

tax appears especially odious. Builders | the public to believe, that he owes his} GQ). 5x5 each, 800

hare contracted for the delivery of their | present position to a spontancous burst of

ahips at « fixed price’ A tax of one doliar a ton is possibly as much as their profit wouldte. Itis swept sway from them by this ‘egisixtion, and they have worked for nothing. They have not even the melin- choly satiefaction of knowing that their money has gone to pay handsome salaries to Dominion officials in the Colony; fer they find our people who hold similar positions to those in the other Provinces, ure not receiving anything like the same pay. To this there is one marked ex ception. The man to whom we should jook for redress, the man whom we would expect to set these matters right ; the man whom we seut to the Dominion in order to see that we received fair play,

is himself that solitary exception. Is his| were presented by and on beha f of the

\ my less as a Dominion Minister | tenantry, Mr. Coles, the late Col. Swa-| 0/0’. aaiary any less a ” eaeery . | islative Union of the three Maritime Pro-

because be comes from the sma!lest Pro vince ? No.

Assistant Judges at two thousand five

and he looks sleepy too. Even the Usher of the Black Kod, worn out by his exer- tious at the Bar, and at the various courts where he stands the head of his profes-

encounters, and in his cosy chair he

sleeps quietly too. In fact, the very air

Some of the members, ashamed of their position, und the ridicule which attaches to them, have evolved an idea from their inner consciousness, or, rather, we should | swy, have evolved two ideas. These are, | first to throw out the Appropriation Bill, and, secondly, the Land B ll.

There is often a method in madness. We do not for a moment mean to say that such an affliction has fallen upon the wujority of the Legislative Council , and, therefore, we discaim using the proverb in an Offensive sense ; but we do say that

sion, lays aside the fire and eloquence | which distinguishes him in his forensic |

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is soporific, and every one seems under its |

influence. But all this is to be changed. | ‘ | to whut he then stated. As to the “ pri-

| ‘* arrangement,’ he bas written about it |in the newspapers, he has spoken of it

their wandering, childish helplessvess fol lows an evident though evil guidance in their obstructive conduct As to throwing out the Appropriation Bill, the idea, we believe, although entertained, |

was sova relinquished; for it dawned |

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upon them that certain portions of the

| revenue Were annually confiscated to pay preme Court in this Island, are fixed at | them for doing nothing; and that in re- $2,500 each ; while ia the other Provinces | jecting the Bill, they would be losers by

| the transaction.

Idea number one, was, dismissed

therefore as impracticable.

| When he (Mr. Bourke} became agent ‘there were £300 or £400 of arrears.” We will undertake to say that sucha ‘statement eould not be made regarding any the Island. Mr. Bourke obeyed his instructions only too weil ; for not only was everg farth ing of

other estate on

the annual rent extracted from the tenants but arrears were reduced from about £400 to £70. Even the Lot which was only 2,000 acres larger than Mr. Haythorne’s, Mr. Hodgson handed over £3000 of arrears! !

Mr. Haythorne’s answer to this may be two-fold. when he gave this evidence ; and, second- ly, thatthe “ Was a pri vate matter with which the public had We admit the correctness

in

First, that he wes not sworn arrangement ”’

nothing to do.

of the first statement; but most surely had |

he been sworn the Holy Volume would only have been withdrawn from his lips, | that he might have spoken with all the | energy be possessed, to urge the Commis: | siovers to bind still tighter the retters he | had imposed upon his unfortunate tenan- | try. We will credit him with consistency

so far as this— that he would have sworn

vacy "’ of the “ arrangement,’’ we venture to differ from him. He has upon so many | eeeasions ostentatiously paraded this |

before the Royal Commission, upon the | hustings, at public meetings, and in the | Legislature, that it is too late now to| it, and | urge the plea of privacy.

The Government have adopted a clause into the Land Bill, that one of the cri- terions which should guide the Commis-

sioners in their valuation of the lands, | !

should be the income which the landlord | receives from them.

endeavor to draw a_ veil over

The principle is a perfectly fuir one, and even if it had not

| veen in the Bill, the Commissioners could

not have refused to consider it. Now we | willsee what Mr. Haythorne’'s views are | upon this point. During examination,

before the Commissioners, Mr. C. Palmer | asked him the following question ;

** Po you consider that it would be fair to take the present receipts of the proprie-

And then Mr. Haythorne, the evil genius | tors a8 a criterion of the rate at which

It is}

of the Council, had Ais nostrum.

the lands should be purchased?” Mr. Haythorne.—*‘ Lecidedly not, because |

to insist upon the insertion of some ridi | the iendency of legislation in this Colony has |

culous clause in the Land Bill; and,if the House of Assembly refuss to accept it, to throw out the Bill. His course is, we believe, that which the majority of the Council intend to follow.

That an infamous action may be per- petrated with an air of specious plausibil- ity, Mr. Haythorne has made evident from the lutely-published correspondence where in he endeavored to tamper with the Rail. | way Appraisers. That correspondence

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Oatario builds but ten |

has opened the eyes of many who were | unacquainted with his ideas of right and wrong. Of al! men, he is the one whose | actions, with regurd ¢ the Land Question, | | have most to be dreaded by the tenantry ; | and therefore, however plausibe may be | his suggestions,—bhowever saponaceous his manner when he propounds them, — they will, as they ought to, be very nar- rowly watched indeed.

We have pointed out before that, as a landlord, in one respect he stood alone. During the time when the tenant system Was most extensive, and landlords and their agents most oppressive, — among them all there was but one who farmed out his tenants and sold them to a middle. man to wring from them all that could be obtained — money, timber, promissory notes—all that rapacity, supported by un- limited power, could gather in. We re- | member being struck by some forcible re- marks which appeared some time ago in our contemporary the Argus, upon this |

| individual, and the very exceptional re- | lations which existed between him and bis j} tenants. Our contemporary suggested | that Mr. Haythorne, in making this “ar- | rangement,’’ had drawn upon the resour- ces of his classical knowledge, and, remem-

| entertain an opinion that men of Prince | | Edward Island are not worth as much as | those of the

i vate establishments in this city.

been to depreciate the value of lands, and render the collection of rent difficult.” |

Here speaks the tenants’ friend. We are willing to credit him with sincerity in this statement. We shall make no} remark upon it, but let it stand, the evi- | dence, the strong unanswerable evidence | of the hollownesss and insincerity of his | loud-voiced devotion tothe people's cause

OUR PUBLIC SERVANTS.

THE authorities at Ottawa evidently |

other Provinces. Their

| opinion has, doubtless, been strengthened |

by their experience of Mr. Laird’s pecu-| liar abilities. They pay their officials in this Province about one-third less than their officials in any other part of the Do- | minion. Men of ability have little in- ducement from the present {ominion Government to learn and labor among us. Nor do the salaries we pay officials of | the Local Gcvernment reflect credit upon | us asa people. We are quite sure there | is no disposition on the part of the con- stituevts of the Island to treat their of- | ficials mesply. Yet, those who conduct } the public business of the country actually | reveive less than the clerks of many pri | The | best paid officer under our Local Govern- | ment receives no more than a good book— | Compare the aalaries | paid officers in this Island with the salar- ies paid in Ontario. The following list is copied from the Public Accounts of the latter Province :—

boring Provinces.

EXECUTIVE COUNCIL & ATTORNY GENERAL'S | OFFICE,

bering the eustom of the Romana to farm Clerk to the Attorney General, $2.800 | | out their conquered provinces to the tax ae oo — ey | gatherer, so he committed his“ province "| Messenger, 450 | }in Lot 49 to the gentle, nursing care of | TREASURY DEPARTMENT. | Mr. John Rouche Bourke. And as Judea | . aoe | groaned beneath the oppression of Pilate, Accountant, 1,800 | | and Galilee trembled before tle tyranny of | — ae the | Book-keeper, 17100 |unfortunate rent-payers of Lot 49! -— | | were handed over to Mr. Bourke, upon | a oa} | the express understanding that he should | Messenger, 450 |

He is now im receipt of eight thousand dollars per anoum; and | fore the be fixes the salary of our Governor at | cause.

seven thousund; our Chief Ju-tice at! Before the Commissioners, jt is true, but | three thousand five hundred, and our |

be at liberty to make what he could ont |

gratitude on the part of the electors of the Second District.

We will examine these pretensions and see what foundations there are for them.

Thirteen years ago from the 5th of Sep- tember last, a Royal Commission met in Charlottetown. The Hon. J. H. Gray, the Hon. Joseph Howe, and J. W. Rit chie, Esq., under the autbority of a Royal Warrant, met to deliberate upon the dif- fereuccs between landlord and tenant. For a month evideuce was taken on both sides, Counsel appeared for the con- tending parties,—Mr. Thompson and Judge Hensley for the tenantry; Mr.

Hal iburton and Mr. C. Palmer for the proprietors. Three hundred memorials |

| bey, Mr. Cooper,—all who had the inter- | est of the tenants at heart, appeared be. |

Commissioners and pleaded their |

Where was Mr. Haythorne then ? |

surrounded by jandlords and their agents, giving his evidence and urging every |

lives, neta and buit of the Gishermen, and offspring of his insatiable eupidity. He ou al) raw and wom nutuctured goods re-, 9d the Commissioners of his “ arrange

quired by our tradesm p ;—a Cabinet ment,” gad the hard, pitiless words which which has raised the tariff by au umount he spoke were taken down as they fell

equal to twenty-five per cont of the duties from him. “The arrears of rent,’’ he eellected.

_esid, “ on wy estate are only about £70. tical steps ghou!d be takem im the direction

_an article which appeared in the Halifax | Reporter, of that date,

bovdred dojlurs. He sits io » Cabinet | specious plea he could in favor ot the to eee the opinion of the press of the lat- that taxes the shipbuilding industry five system be now pretends to per cent.; that imposes « tux on the hooks, he unblushingly avowed the monstrous

jhe tea | Proviace upon this important subject.

SECRETARY & REGISTRAR'S OFFICE.

We trust the Legislature may see fit to raise the pay of our officials to a standard more in accordance with the times than it is at present. The lowest clerks in the other Provinces, under Government em- ploy, receive more than the heads of de partments in this Colony; and Mes sengers in Ottawa and Quebec receive more than the priceipal assistants in public offices here.

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THE MARITIME PRO- VINCES.

Owina to the detention of mails last week, our Nova Scotia exchanges of the Sth instant were not at hand when the EXAMINER went to press on Monday last. Consequently, we were unable to notice

UNION OF

advocating a Leg-

vinces—Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island. The Reporter is satisfied that a strong sentiment in favor of such a union exists in Nova Scotia; and believes that New Brunswick js also ready to take the step. We should like

As to Prince Edward Island, we know there are a large number of its most in- telligent inhabitants in town, and through- @ut the country, in favor of the proposed union. The Reporter's article (kefore al- luded to) is as follows :—

* Has not the time come when some pracs

19 estate, |

|; somewhat in advance of ourselves,

| country tothem during the past few

| the | this community.”’

| INER were destroyed.

never failed in its duty of pointing | the peculiar influence which Mr. Laird—

' ’ | meaning | keeper can command in any of the neigh- |

opened on or about the first of May.

area

of a Legislative Union of the Maritime ar? is worthy of dé consideration, and ought, we are satisfied, fu. form part of the policy of either the Govern.

vinees? The quest

ment or the Opposition Party in the Loca! Parliament of Nova Scotia, the advantages of such ar ted by all

urge ‘the benefits in fluence in the Councils « expenditure for purely ¢# wider flelds for al activ and therefore a better training for the grander arena of Ollawa; these are obvious advan- iages resull‘ng from union of the three May line Provinces Decreased expenditure means increase of money for education roads and bridges; for railroads. Increased influence at Otlawa means the preservation of our rights and privileges beyond any at lempt to curtail them

union are admit-

nada: decreased vernmenta) pur

poses ; ity.

; fur

As things now stand, the inevitable ten- dency is forthe Ottawa magnates to play of! one Province against the othe: The inevil- able tendency of the representatives of Nova Scotia and New Bruuswick is to regard each other as rivals to be watched, rather than as friends to take counsel together

We are satisted, so furas we have had an | Opportunity of gauging public opinion, thata | Strong sentiment, in favor of such a Legisla-

live Caion, exists in Nova Scotia. The feel ing seems to be that the closer the three Pro- vinces are united, the better for themselves We kuow of scarcely any subject which we are more frequently urged to acvance by persons from all parts of the Province. Cer tainly, the feeling of Nova Scotians is not ho-- tile tosuch an union. It is favorable, and, perhaps we might say, more than favorable though thesentiment has as yet found no method of freely expressing itself.

It is well in the management of people, for

| the political parties to take advantage of she

times and tides of popular feeling. The fa- ture may create prejudices which do not now

| exist, aod may rise up barriers which might | prevent the consummation of this most desir-

able union. New Brunswick is, so tar as we can gather,—ready to take the step—is in fact = we rightly interpret the signs of the times Why then snould not the subject be mooted in the House of Assembly? A good debate upon the question ought to be influentia! in bringing the question before the electors, and in moulding public sentiment

Tne Government are greatly to blame for

not having moved in the matter longago. It was their place to doso. If they have ob- jections, let the country hear them. The

Opposition must take up the subject, as the Government seem inclined to give it the go- bye. In fact if the Opposition definitely ad- opted Legislative Union as one of their diss linclive features as a party, we believe they would be adding one more obligation to the many under whicn they have placed this years At any rate let us have a debate > + <—e «+

THE PATRIO1 AND THE RAILWAY.

In the Examiner: of the 13th, we

| expressed a hope—

—‘*that the promise to get a suitable steamer tocarry our mails in early wintei

and early spring may be kept in goo faith.” In the Patriot of the 16th, it is boldly

asserted that—

** The ExaMInerR this week blames Mr. Laird because a winter steamer is not now running between the Island and the Main- land.’

We need not point out the wide differ ence between the two quotations. It i- patent that we have been grossly misre- presented.

‘Tt is well,’’? says the Patriot, «that

EXAMINER wields no influence in Necd we express our

supreme contempt of the detraction of ar

{opponent guilty of giving currency t | such a glaring misrepresentation, as that

to which, in the foregoing paragraph, we have called No doubt the edit rs of the Patriot feel that it would be ‘well’ if the influence of the Exam- The EXAMINER proved by an unbroken chain of cireum- that Mr. Laird — its proprietor and editor in chief—had sold

attention,

stantial evide nce,

himself to McKenzie for a seat in the has

out

Cubinet and $7000 a year; and it

help hoping that the influence ot the EXAMINER may be destroyed. They must, however, be vain indeed if they suppose that their hopes will be accom} lish- ed, by wilfully perverting the EXAMINER'S and falsely detracting from from its merits. A merchant, lawyer or physician who would be guilty of pub. | lishing false statements caleulated to in- jure character, business or practice of a rival or opponeut would be stamped with Does

countenance of

the indelible stigma of disgrace. the the community, when it mean!y states that the EXAMINER —its rival and op- ponent— wields no influence in the com-

~atriot deserve the

| munity, and vainly attempts to injure its character by misrepresenting its words

and meaning ?

Last week we called attention to the fact that no preparations had yet been made to redeem the promise—made to the people iast faull—to have the railroad between ( harlottetown and Summerside We stated that not a railway official had been appointed , not a yard of telegraph wire had been obtained ; nota single telegraph post had been sunk along the line. We stated facts. Another week has passed away. In a fortnight the railway should be at the service of our people. still the same complaint to make. No~ thing has yet been done. How, it may be asked, does the Putriot treat this important matter? that “it is well that the wields no influence in the community ;"’ it grossly perverts the meaning of the EXAMINER in the manner we have shown; and it asks the editor of the EXAMINER to “ possess his soul in patience!!’? Peo- ple of Prince Edward Island, possess your souls ip patience. Your interests are much too trifling to engaye the atten- tion of the Minister of the Interior, and the recipient of $7000 a year. But the

Patriot also states that the “road is not |

yet in a condition to be handed over to the Government,’ But the culpable neglect of Mr. Laird cannot, therefore, be excused. The clear and definite understanding last tall] was that the railway should be opened on the first of May. Mr. Laird never even made the first step towards carrying out that understanding. The railway could

not have been opened even had the road |

been ballasted and in perfect order. As it is the officials to whom the lives of our Railway passengers are to be en-

trusted shou'd be now preparing to dis- |

charge the duties efficiently. Every one kuows that railway officia's require in- struction in technicalties. The lives of human beings are much too valuable to be trusted to the care of inexperienced men. Suppose a fatal accident were,— owing to the inexperience of the conduc- tor, —to occur shortly after the opening of

our railway would not what we now term |

the culpable neglect of Mr, Laird be justly called “criminal negiect ?”’ ——__—_~+e-_-__ We seldom find people ungrateful so long

as we are in a Condition to render them service —Rochefoucauld

Theoretically.

In fact, it is hardiv necessary to Increased ins

| Miscellaneous the political traitor—wields at Ottage | How, then, can the editors of the Patriot

We have |

It tells its readers | EXAMINER |

We admit the fact. |

uid 1ON PARLIA MENT.

DQ: « “ ar: i ra ib Ont Mth, the Finance Minister st ntne [Ue iseal year ending

i x3 for the fi mitted e timate ai t

- a tal expenditure 1s June 30, 18 oo . @ lohn ie e419 992416. The St. Jonr actimated at Gt-V- estimated the following di- ayy upp: es : ; xp eas c - 1+ inset down at $116,052,91 4, gest Mhece vs : ; ns . — , increase during the year of which shows in i This mainly consists of two S10 691 52 Phis 2 «(0.000 to cover addi- tem ,sunl ’ i as to be issued, and $3,843,119 onal Ioat ve formerly included with the trust funds. forlher a } » and Quebec The in hsidy t rl < om o e debt is $6,054 426, ar terest as : ; e4 5 ) The charg: ol nerease i 1 f the debt show an increase nan ) to S207,072. The enarge Ne t ol : 4 c 4 nment 2m unt to $Va0,%01 ' . en az on the ye Vi nit ¢ : f the D partmental oluces ali how au r nd also the salaries of show 3! : the judges both of the Supreme and County Courts The estimates of accounts for Penitenti- _ i; bony hor “ show a reduction from $357,525 to aries show 341..55. The following are the items: ~

$100,075

Cingston oe Kingston 83.073

Rockwood

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Halifax 25,448 St. John 42.072 St. Vincent de Paul 69 OSG Directors 1 ,500 10000 |

Miscellaneous

The cost of Legislation is increased from $548.978 to $572,952. There is a reduc- tion in the cost of the Department of Arts, | Agriculture and Statisties, the comparative | figures of the two years being $140,003 and 04 680. The reduction is due to the fact that the preparation of the Census reports, | now nearly complete, costs less this year | In the Immigration

1%, 992 £0, Oant? »

th in last t y

and Quarantine Department there is an increase of cost £30,400, There is an estimated reduction in the cost of the

1,484,906 =1,313,500.

The north-west mounted police force is

Militia of from to

down for a sum of $185,000. The following |

are the items under which the several pub- | |

lie vorks heads to be voted for in 1874 and

:

1875, and chargeable

Railways Canals Public buildings, Ottawa, Rozds, north-west

With the

to capital -~ $4,632.0' 0 6,408,000 449.125 117,500 exception of £454,000 for the | Prince Edward the

509.000 f

Island Railway, $650,000 for

Fort Garry and Pembina Railway, and

the Pacific Railway survey, the

is tor the Intercolonial.

whole railway vote i

The canal votes are as follows :-

Lachine = 1,500,000 St Lawrence 1. 000,000 Welland 2 OOO OOO Carillon, &¢ 184 O00 St, Ann’s Lock 200,000 | Greenville 154,000 Rideau 18 000 | Lock at Culbate Rapid- 140, 00 Chambly Cans 2? OOO St Peter's 75.000 Jaie Verte 300,000

15,000 for public buildings at

Miscellaneous

Among the item Ottawa, five are of | 60,000 for the exten, sion of the west block, the

very

more space being

required for work of the Departments the

amount to be expended on public works

large increase in

There is a

and buildings chargeable to income. The

this year it is

vote last vear was 1736 ‘OU,

&2 228,500. Subjoined are the items -—

Improvement of rivers 117,00 Roads and bridge 151,500 Publie buildings © ntario 939.) OD Publie buildings Quebee 956.500 Public buildings New Branswick 81.00 Pubiic buildings Nova Scotia 53. O00 Pub ic buildings Maniteba 0.00 Public buildings British Columbia — 133 000 Rents s >1 1 rs a : ! (HMw) Harbors and piers Ontario O00 Harbors and pier Quebec Ff OOO Ha. bor l piers New Brunswick 8650 0

rbors and piers N va Scotia 189 5000 Harbors & | iers British Columbia 11,000 Slides and booms G1 000

97,500

In the ocean and river service cost there s bet slight total proposed The cost of the

lighthouse and coast service is put down

change, the outlay being ‘4) ,397.

at $524,930, an increase of $21,525. The amount to be voted for fisheries is $62,185 an increase of $6,850. The steamboat inspection is increased to | 3,350, the total being $14,200. The subsidies to the provinces amount to ted for Indians shows an increase from $53,613 to

149,10

* 3,757,464 The amount to be v

The cost of collecting customs revenue is put down at $685,939. as against :6 2,- 230 last year. There is au increase on all the provinces except British Colum- bia. he estimate for the Excise depart- ment is { 227,950, as against $2 8,300. The receipts from Public Works are set down at $2867.845, an increase on the year of

“7.7, 200 The estimated revenue of the

bees ai

Intercolonial and other railways in Nova

Scotia and New Brunswick is $2,055,000,

and the appropriations for the year for the

Post Offices throughout the Dominion,

$1,505,500, an increase of £189,500.

The Tarifl Kesolutions introduced by the Finan Minister were as f We

Cigars per lb i TO ets

‘Tea (green) or,

Japan tea, 6 cts. ;

Black tea, 4 cts.;

Coffee (green) 2 ets.

Cotiee (ground or roasted) 3 cts.

Sugar, in addition to the advalorem duty of 25 per cent. now imposed on all sugars | equal to and above No. 16, Dutch standard, per lb, 1} cents. On all sugars equal to | and above No. 13 and below No. 16 Dutch standard, per {b., 1} cents ; ; as before. | Sprits or strong waters not having been | sweetened or mixed with any article, so that the degree of strength thereof cannot be ascertained by Syke’s hydrometer, for ‘every gallon of strength of proof by such

hydrometer, and sv in proportion for any | less strength than that strength of proof, and for every greater or less quantity than a gallon, namely: brandy, Geneva ; alco. hol rum, gin whiskey, and unenumerated articles of like kind per gallon, one dollar other spirits being sweetened so that the degrees of strength cannot be ascertained | as aforesaid, namely: rum, shrub, cordials, old tom gin, tatia, scheidam schnapps, bit» ters and unenumerated articles of like kind per gallon, $1.50; cologne water and pers j fumed spirits not in flasks per gallon, $1.50; cologne water and perfumed spirits {when in flasks or bottles, thirty of such flasks or bottles not containing more than | one gallon for each flask or bottle, five cts.; | unenumerated spirits and strong waters, $1.50; spirits and strong waters imported into Canada, mixed with any ingredient or ingredients, and although thereby coming ‘under the denomination of proprietary medicines, tinctures, essences, extracts, or any other denomination, shall be neverthe- less deemed spirits or strong waters, and subject to a duty as such; fruits preserved in brandy or other spirits, per gallon, $1.50,

lhe following are added to goods paying ten per centum, ad valorem: Locomotive en | gines, frames, axles, cranks, hoop iron, or steel for tires of wheels, bent and welded, crank axles, piston rods, guide and slide bars, crank pins and connecting rods, ma- | | chinery for mills and factories, which 1s not | | manufactured in the Dominion, | ‘The following articles are added to the | goods paying tive per centum, advalorem: | Binnacle lamps, blocks and patent bushes | for blocks, bunting, cables, iron, chain ot | all sorts, compasses, dead eyes dead lights, | deck plugs, knees, iron masts and parts of jiron pumps and pump gear, riders, iron | shackles sheaves, signal lights, steering aps | paratus, travelling trucks, wedges, wire rigging, cables, hemp or grass cordage, sail cloth or canvas, varnish black and bright, iron seraps, galvanized or pig, bars puddled, blooms and billets puddled or not puddled, bolts and spikes, galvanized wire, steel

wrought or cast iron bars and rods, do. |

| plates cut to any form but not moulded, ‘ copper (in pigs, bars, bolts, and for sheath.

| hats,

| ules of this

| ply; white not under 20

ment, £396,403 : O:

| $25 832;

on other sugars | ’

| money, [ understand, was voted by the

‘fied. | for Belfust, “ All Hail!’ Belfast is grate. ful to youfor your exertions in her behalf. | Spare not: lift up thy voice likea trumpet, |

ing). yellow metal in sheathing.

Tobaeco and snuff, yalorem, and 25 cents per pound,

Wines of all kinds, including orange, lemon, goose bert y, strawberry, berry, elder and currant Wines, & spe- cific duty of forty cents per gallon, tive quart and ten pint bottes to be held to

ginger, rasp-

125 per centum, ad-!

contain a gallon, on all wines containing ess than 22 degrees ol proot! spirtt by Syke’s bydrometer when imported in wood in all other wines except sparkling wines imported in bottles, 150 per dozen ot quart bottles, five whereof contam » gallon

ie ow © ym: on all sparkling vil tV n of quart bot- tles, five wnereof contain a gallon, being a th tk ! elghty-t ee ent per gauol na ] }

| tins, velvet nd all manufactures thereof, zou or piatea *, articles embroidered with gold, silver or other met ls, | elets, braid, and-so-forth, made of hair, feathers and flowers, fans and fire~ screens, gold and silver leaf, millinery of all | kinds, ornaments of bronze, alabaster, terra

cotta or composition silver, and geld cloth,

thread and other artic es embroidered with |

gold or for embroidering,

tions, writing desks, fancy and ornamental | © L : | Sugar Crackers,

boxes, and other fancy goods, caps, and bonnets, jewelery of all kinds, watches and clocks, and that all goods not enumerated in anv of the sched- / Act, as charged with any other

and

cases

| duty, or declared to be free of duty shall

laces and inser- |