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Ontario Scrapbook Hansard, 7 Feb 1879, p. 2

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which but "you" w ]n'vv-u- ...._.... '"""'-" f the law required. The Gavel-wont. however, could not undertake to son um tho municipalities had u linking fund, if their creditors did not see it to their mdvantag" to compel the muuicipalititsa to comply with the law in that respect. Mr. "iiauiJnas-wiat would be we ettegt of aepadiatiottt "rtiGiGriiGiTrraiLrc , Mr. ORBIGHTON and Mr. BOSS spoks briefly in Mrour of the Bill. The Bill was read . second time. DIVISION COURTS. Mr. CURRIE wss shout to move the second read- In; of the Bill to amend the Division Court Act, l when Mr. MOWAT sold this matter had been discussed in the House last so:sion. when there was cvidentiy . strong feeling that the jurisdiction of the Division Courts should he extended During the recess he Ind sought information on the subject from the County Court Judges. who were thought to be the best persons to supply it. He had silo sent circulars to other persons. He desired the House to 31.10"! the opinions of the Judges before they cousi red 'the question. They were now in type, and would be laid before the House In a few days. He therefore hoped the hon. gentleman would allow his Bill to stud for the present. Mr. Clllilllln' was willing to do so in View otthe explsustions of the Attorney-General. but he cer- tainly intended to test ths Home on the question this III-Illu- THE BUDGET. I Mr. MERBICK desired, without rendering up his l, eighth) speak on the budtpst, to give way tothe l leader of the Opposition. (Laughter) He hm understood that. at the conclusion of the "much of f the Treasurer the debut!» was not to no 0 " and an no ', one appeared to move the adjournment, he had done no him-elf. l smou- Mr. M EREDITII said he did not know that the House had much to thunk the b'overtuuontforin bringing down the estimates nt'so late it time. It had been suggested that this diBieulty would in future you" be overcome by nu ttitcrivtiort in the tiaancial your, but it seemed strange that notwith- Itandini: all that had been laid and dune in humor years and: auiiiipio scheme Ihonhl not have been brought into play before. He referred to the pamphlet of Senator AtaepiM'rirost, and claimed that the tigures were correct, whatvvvt. south-- inen opposite might say to the eoucirsiotts which were drawn from them. If the author had done nothing further he derereed the thanks of the people for liming drawn attention to the rapidly incruasiug oxpenditnro ot the Province. It had often been re- ferrod to before that the income: of the Province was tized except trom the Provincial territoriiw, the ru- venue from which source was rapidly diuuuithiuvr " nould'be u sad thing it' tho 1iirve,rutututt in pursuit of their present tinarunal policy would force the Province into direct taxation. in order to make I fair compariot between the years 1871 and 1877. as had been done by the hon. 'rreaswrrr, it was unsanitary to deduct from ouch the amount of the oxtuoruinary expenditure. 1n Ityil the groan expen- diture had been $1,810,576, from which had to be ilu- 5 ducted the payments on special funds ; the munici- pnlitici fund and others $163.1", amount gvattted for the relief of the sullerers by the Ottawa and l Slight-nay iircs i30,000, and the cost of the general olections which had not to be provided For in 1877, $19,505: public buildings and public works, $430,- "o, or a total of $643,267. leaving I balance as against ordinary expenditure of $1,173,600. In Itfit the s expenditure was $:i,1l7,414,from which were to Wh'ill2't,' special funds $792,312, public buildings i Ind works 3.322.105 leaving I bulnnco upon ordi- 1 any upon hum of $1,002,961, or sn increase upon [ the expenditure of in?! of $829,367, which would be l in the proportion of in per cent. But it might be: 1 "in that he should make his compsrisou with the you 1878. " he did so " would appear all the "no for the Goveuuruent, for the ordinary expendi- turo of that year showed an iuerease of about $109,. tll over 1677, oven until] greater iiicrensejc-vc-r 1871. t hu.l bccn aaid-aud very pmpi-rly ttai:l-tlctt there must of necessity be an annual increase in the ex pendituru of the PruVince, but not such an inc-rein. us tlu, mm he had just shown. It' the present pol- icy wen: pun-nod what guarantee was there that the increase should not be as great during the next as during the lust six yearn? If it did the animal ex- penditure would reach the enormous amount of 83Aoo,ihor-tu? amount which might it all inuke every mun in the Province pause. nud_mnke all Well con- tider when: the and would be. It would ho su-n that he had not placed the amount syn-m. un coloni- ntion road: " against capital amount. He had not, and ho thought. very properly so. Mr. r'ithtH',Iv--itavt, you deducted (rum the amoum urmlu-uditnro 1111677 the cost of consoli- dpum; :ln- "adults , N r. M t,'.itiiD1Tu-Nts, I hove not. Mr. 1rt.A.t,isur--prhat was surely an extraordinary 'tarpvrulittui, and it cost t"r40,000. Mr. MEREDITH: continued that if hon. gentle- men l :1 .2316 could point out any increase in the re- venuw more might be some r-xcnuu for the enormors with." mun-nae in the expenditure. "is then pro- mod vi In quote the rctunts,to nhow that the expend. intro u: hm hol been a littiu over 50 pm- cent. of the "rerute. In tho tour years of John Sundticld Mac- donahi's Administration a ptopotti0nate increase had been 3 per cent., but in 1878the oxlmnditlre was 95 per NHL. and the. iucrvaso from 1571 such as he had nurrbedon each case considering the same items. Me nil-nut to tho 1cttrr ot the "on. Minister of 'lducutttott to tho Huron" Convention, in which he accused nou. Mr. Man-phonon And the Ma il new:- paper or built" inimical to Confederation, This wu not a fatr statemctt'. to make, in cousidemtiou of,tho fact that he could nowhere point to a single word {tom either to support the untcmnnt. But the mom try wouldpvri'nctly wall understand that this will done merely with a view to diverting publin atten- tion from the growing expenditure and want of uonomy in the administration of the 1lovernmettt. He now come to a wunideration of the uurpluo. Up to the time of the lire-out Government, when they "oke of the Illl'plul they limp), meant the saving upon the annual ruvenno. lion. gentlemen opposite prided themselves upon having a statistical human, Butone of the princiyai men ot Itntiuticu VHS to pre- Iorvo a uniform standard by which to regulate pub- lic III-tn. The lion. the l l'OIIlll'Gl' rimmed credit for amount- recoiwd 110m mechanics' institutel and to be received from the Model Farm. , Mr. WOOD-AN they not due? Mr. 21ERh'D1TM--certaialr they no, bat Inch MUWAT mount ghoro w" no mason to fear "'V-V Iv Iv-v' -- -- if, - neglected to provide linking fundq as _ -.. n_AA__._-_n lnn-l-Ul' muld ',Stt' ' A discussion here took place eotteertiintr. tho ' ' Ind a half of dollars which had, been i,',);",,,?,':,')?')','",',',', ;expemlcd upon railways by the Smuliicid Mmulomild Administration, but it was intcrvuy'.ed by Mr. Speaker, who desired that Mr. Mon-1m. should be nllowed to proceed in the quotation of his "guns. ( Mr, MEREDITH then continued that the pram): I roitvsrruattsut demand that they had dish muted I $17,335,551 to the people, end when he looked over the items he thought hon. gentlemen opposite had I good deal of courage to make such I statement on that. For instance, there was the expenditure upon Immigration, which was perhaps more than any 1 other calculated to bring the Administration I into discredit, for the people believed that the i , greater part of it had been spent in the support of the Horace Cook's and other gentlemen of a like class l who were friends of the Government. In order to uncertain how far the present Government were on- titled to credit as compared with the former it was i necessary to quote the Bguro, which he ttsan pro- _ coeded to do, sud showed that the real average dis- tribution of the present Government, deducting the amounts to which he had referred as not to be classed under this head, was 52,391,945 46, and that, under the former Administration, it had been $3,383,836 75. Coming to the estimutes for the coming year, it would be seen that they were framed not only with a view to economy, but with a view to the general elections. Under the head of Legislation the Treasurer pro- posed to reduce the Ministers' salutes by $3,000 and the amount set apart for indemnity to members by 317.600. He desired to state his position with regard to the latter item. He still assumed in its I entirety the responsibility which attached to him in ' connection with that increase. no had never at- tempted to make political capital out of it, and he never intended to do so. Mr. FRA8ER-whr did you vote for the unend- mont to the Address? Mr. MEREDITH said that it was not his fault it hon. gentlemen opposite treated as n motion of want of confidence that which was is perfectly honourable ond'isir motion. But even if it were one of want of confidence, the feelings of the country up0n the sub- Pc.t had changed, and it hon. gentlemen opposite did not choose to recognize that change, they could not blame the Opponition for bringing the matter up in the way they had. 'tiiiiitiltraqit-rtittrtir-Ntiw'- Uto account the lam under one 1lorertymtnt as under the when; IIe then procoedcd to state other amounts whie he claimed under the present Government were: considered as part. of the surplul, but had not been under Hm former one, and to compare the amounts received from the Mimico Farm and other Iourceu with those of the present, Govertttnent. 110 stated that the surplus under the former Administra- tion was $7,002,202 45, Ions the con-pm'uhvmy small 'amount due to Quuhcc on account. of school lands ated other indebtedness. WM}; Iixsinlwny did you not wait until the Estimates can" down 't Mr. MEREDITH contended that the Government should have inserted a clause in the Speech from the Throne promising a reduction in the item of _ inembcrs' salaries. He had no objection to the hon. I Commissioner of Public Works occupying the posi- I tion he did " the Government as the power behind l the throne, but he did object to his interfering with l the management of ttttttirq on that side of the ones. Wear, hear.) But he warned that hon. gentleman to beware that the same fate did not befall tum which had beisllen another hon. gentleman who had I gone into power with a majority or one hundred ', votes, and who by neglecting the wishes of the 3 country had been hurled from his place. (Opposi- . tion cheers.) He enumerated several decreases ' which had taken place under the head of Adminis- tration of Justice and in the expenditure for Educa- , tion. claiming that on examination of these dedue- l tious showed that they were in the main not ' on account of controllable expenditure, but I on items which were not subject to control. The saving in Asylum maintenance was $18,200, but not one dollar ofthat was on account ot salaries, which, from the tgretstly:resdttced cost of living, ought new to be much less than formerly. The reasons for that decrease were exceptional, " had been ex- plained by the Hon. Treasurer, and consisted main.. , ly oi'the greatly reduced prices at which supplies could be purchased. on thc expenditure for the Cen- tral Prison there was a saving of $17,495, but $13,000 ofthat was for material, and $4,496 tor foreman, do, which as, he understood that the Government in- tended to abolish some of thliudustriaa that had been formerly carried on there, was in reality no saving at all, for the people would not now get the bonetit ot' the money formerly spent in that way. He was pleased to notice the sawing proposed to he vtucted in the item of immigration, 301719 $10,500. It any one could take credit for that it was hon. gentlemen on that side of the House, who had always strenuously op- posed that expenditure. He believed " would be mach better it instead ot spending large sums upon immigration hon, gentlemen opposite would encour- age the young men of the Province, and others who might be desirous of doing so, to settle upon the wild hum: of the country. Such is sclivtno would add much to the prosperity of the country .111 furnishing a market for manufacturers. [ Mr. YRA8ER-How about the N. P.t (Laughton) _ Mt. MEREDITH, continuing, pointed out that out of the entire sum by which the Government claimed to reduce the expenditure but a very small portion would be found to be in the interests of the people. The cost of civic government and legislation had very largely increased since 1871, and notwithstand- ing the. large increase which had undoubtedly taken ( place in the work of the Departmental oilices, the increase was not alutrtitutmr one. la the Attorney- Generul's Uttice alone the expense had risen from $7,639 " in 1871 to $11,660 in 1878, and contingen- cies from 82,602 32 to $3,211 M. In the Treasury Department salaries had risen from $8,765 in 1871 to $12,299 96 in 1878, and contingencies from $1,319 15 to $2,423 12. The expenses connected with the Secretary and Registrar's once in 1871 were $9,195. and in 1878 $111,200, while contingencies in 1871 were 81,003 90, and in 1878 $2,231. Mr. HARDY-MY non. friend leave! out of ac- count the $4,000 formerly paid to deputy registrars. We now do the work that used to be done by them. Mr. MEREDITH said that in 1871 the salaries in the Public Works Depnrtxnent were 810,305, and in 1878 $16,654 92. In the Crown Lands Department salaries had similarly risen from $29,384 80 to $4l.78(), and eontingtmcies from $8,454 to $10,120 M. In the Inspector of Prisons' Ottice the expenditure for salaries and contingencies had increased 80 per cent. ', and under the head of Legislation from 324.319 to $38,072. Much of the latter incrouo was due to legislation of hon. gentlemen opposite, as, for

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