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" wr r ' W, r I In... a tax was imposed'tom Ether . s",", V K' alFN" Ch.- _ 42 mount it was proposed to if'6'ii'isth"tk' iii? a hat re' ', P d WI macaw)» ' l" Premier had not given any real idetof m f f ati '(0 pool tio a made) , the actual state of the hrianeitii.)r ' In 't'fflTllt',l'l',' 2,eo','l',','t'l', Ira' 'l'gllrii'. a had said that the Province had a tntr-r t Go En e t h to nd that the sum ( plus of nearly 8200,000 over the ex- ",'l"l' 'al Slag!) e 'tll nod "as due to ' . Penditure. but he had not shown-how th Fa ' 1 G Gem. " fl a {aged iiil' this was brought about. From the e n lend, a _ mm :1th 1380* iid ttatement ot receipts certain amounts the no. a 2'lt'.lled'l ma P. n ' "an" ashould be deducted, the am bolus! the tProvltngJa Ji,'?,',',',".",',? hind om he? 1te1,lffee 9,r,tgl,'."e on bonus of'tim- t','L" t,tguthe. amour: iot irrtyt'e"t t a 'l W736}. g? 11.133.231.00 Stg'i'tlitJ-Segfg', I The Premier said that the-Dominion: land which wan really due to fi/teff o- .Government had rerelved the amount] Giiiiiliiriirv'eiiGieiE while $24,:0001had tt interest due to within a. few thew. (been received on capital srddisifiit"tiir 'i"ap.f,1d'ne,lla"t, _ . l drainage debentures, and could I '0 one. atheson, resuming. said", lnot possibly be accounted as ordinary {that te wet. statement or 'as-l (revenue. (Opposition applause.) Here 13;":- and _ liabilities was tttttp. 'was a total of $677,000 which should be 14:9":- tm"; t beginning" to end. ldeducted. leaving a revenue available h d [for 0 .1," Royal Comutisgion (tor ordinary expenditure of $l'o.l5L5,000. I a not Wm to my regarding a surplus. The total expenditure. however, was simply giving assets and liabilities, but given at '84,0a't,729.37, from which it it they had deducted one from an- was fair to deduct $02,000 refund an ac- ',',toheti, 2,'T . would have found count of asylum mortgages, the cost of El we} 'l, available to pay the debts. the London Normal School. the Cobourg o as m if. the common pr high echool LEiivjiiiii.', the Patriotic Fund. northern 1u,,ng1/tvtQigtmpi,a,ir, anmtities or-th0andl, (exploration and Ottawa Fire Fund, a t )- ', _,',',.',,'",',,',",',',,",,",,',',.' futttlt, WPrts uvailabi" for I tal of. say. $200,000. This would leave 'i,t,t.i1e.e.yeey Ate tt matter pf fact th" I the ordinary expenditure at $3,803.000. il Ionncc had nearly $.i.(mil,000 of debts. The Provinces expenditure was thus. 39d tag"??? 2lto'tg actual cash lmiuncc. 8288.000 behind its ordinary receipts.; " aonu " ' " . The Premier and Treasurer had also ' Not a Dollar to Spend. 1 admitted that next year there would I ttetoethttt. ', He then rci'crred to tho proposed Px- l , penditurcpf 51.000000 on colonization Figured Out a Big Deficit. ; roads. which. he declared. meant taxa- . It was estimat d th t th i ' J'tion. Tho Province had not got a dol- '-would be? 795 (5)0 an?! thee Jiteut/ll tile 'Ury JI', 2l" 'tvhaiv. and that was St ' _ . . -', ' g 10 peop t? false _itl,'iel,tt,giti2h"g""e'ei,t,,hte,'ht; 9:215? 'f,,'it,"'ct,,t,h only 1txtt to o"x'Gihziiritl, ('i,'rii?i!a'i,'i' certittcate 'ii,i'b'iitia,it, 'iki'f ,i'rgim l "this //.'ht,,f,ty'1u'lh,t? (133:1 I p . ' . 7 . _ - srtflu'lns1faljltolt'tt, 327;?13'3'3-23 (ll/rin/i';,,",') t'fsbtl'fso,','ag""/,r,1.'d t"! another timber sale the Province would /Wr.st Elam 'i'ilGiGisa';Gi Td, 1? i run behind next year to the amount of reason." he asked. ."ia there {31" :gglég-b Bunglhere "gas to be a tim- this Government existing when at the,' informed y p c ten er, he had been foundation ot it lies the fact that they; Mr 'it'iar...ame highest or lowest ten 1 't1t,nt1"rtotteh,,'"tf1t',tgei. byt i.,iiiieiii,i':l,, . . . - ' a 'erc can T' ppoaiq 2"c'efft"id,thaalittegi, 1IT//i',enfie,dd/e" be thin applause and Government laugh- , less Gi" department considers it :3: 2g) (if: er-ctmf1 mission a report was the sirable. By the time set for tenders the- useless 'if, "t'ifLu Ch er made. It was Government will be in possession of men 11du"'/f, :gwgir" 11'i,1i1dd'"tT, trhe , e- 1/if,x,'.'tl,t? Jiel'aar1"ei,e,.edivnal?,,e, of the 'ciTi',i'c)'. t", Province wilfully dopriv, ; Colonel Matheson thought it would ed 1",'f,2l'h", the": Nightstand mung" .rbe unfair to ask men to pay travellingt pmiilon 'ily/L',',.,'",'.',"' bat ots mm. (01).! ex .nee _ i . . .'m.. t ["122 not zzfnghzg t1',"'dlt." the limits, Referring to tho development of "or." The Premier replied that." frequent-J fhty1',: Col. blame-son said that the ty happened that sales were postponed , can"? 1:11!" \" m;- s'",,".?!,'",', 'rivirttt the Col. Matheaon. continuing said that" my n kins-t in I" had not a word to the assets claimed by the Government. ". y'! . _ r. may". That gentle- included the $636,000 of the "ttatt bonus man in business was to get all he could. for timber sales which he iiiuriiii/2 and considering that the country'was ' viously mentioned. He then iiiiiUriGl treintt given to him, he could not have the statement of liabilities Claiming. fallen into better hands than those of that the figures as presented were mia- the Government. (Opposition applause.) leading. For instance. the. balance of He contended that in the case of the account current with the Dominion Algoma Central Railway. for ipt'tancs.'. from Confederation to date including far too much in the way ot land grants, common school funds and other trans. had been given without adequate re-, fem. capitalization of Crown ciiiiiU turn. He then referred to some of the', under tribal treatiea assumed by "I; legislation of last session. and in par-' I Dominion Government, was stated to be ticulur protested acuinst a bill which,; I $1,8t6,tutk8tt. He had tttFurther Pro; he Said. had been rushed through at' l mier " that amount included the Moll..',; tho, last moment. and which. he con-l 1100 Awarded against the Province iaéti tended. gave. to insurance and loan 'Year for education. and had been Lir, companies the power ot loaning moneyi, ;swered. "I assume that it does." "iii; if: "th in .o""Gie""'et',e't' of a tiittti- .wanted 0 "."a., uro. e e t of this t know where else they touid! was to throw the control of many oom- q-g-------.--.-,