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Ordered, by the House of Assembly, to be printed, 5tl. Marcli, ISat. QUEBEC; Printed by Frechette & Co. 18!M. THE HEPOirr p. 1. IMlMirKS Ol' i:Vll)KNCK, 12. Al'l'ENDlX, 25. WITNESSEjS. Henry Jcssopp, Esquire, Joseph Vary, Es(|uiie, Tuesday, lltli Febmniy 1834. Joxeph Cary, Esquire, Joseph Ce:-y, Esquire, Saturday, 15ili Februaiy 1834. Wednesday, 19 , F. bruaiy, 1834. Tuesday, 20th February 1834. Dommick Daly, Esquire, - . . . „ . Thursday. 27th February 1834. Err ol Boyd Lindsay, Esquire, _„ Wednesday, 28th Februcy 1834. 2 homas dinslie Young, E^cimrc, p. I'i. ibid. 14. 19. 21. 22. 23. LI«IT OF APPENDIX. No. n.— No. 19. No. 13. No. IJ No. 1.— ADDRESS to Hit Excellency Lord Ajimer, 18tt< "annary 1834, p. No. 2.— ANSWKIl lherelo,9l8t January 1834. No. 3.— AUUIll'ZSS to His Kxcellen.y LonI Aylmer, 18th Januiry 1834, No. 4.— ANSWKUlhereto, 21»t Jniiuary 18at, No. 5.— ADDKKSS to Ilia Eicellency Lord Aylmer, 18th Januiry 1834, No. O.—AN-^WKK thereto, 2l8t January 1834, No, 7.— AUUIIKSS to His Eicellency Lord Aylmei, fSlh Jaaunry 1834, No. 8 ANSWKa thereto, 2l8t January 1831, No. 0.— MKSSAUb; of His Eicellency blr James Kempt, 30th February 1829, No. 10. — EXTIIACT from an Account of certain indispenaable Eipenaes of the Cifil Oo- vernnient of Lower Canada, incurred during the year ending 31 st December 1839, laid befureihe Legiilature by Sir James Kempt, on tiie 19th Febrnary 1830, nod for which a Supply was granted, EXTIIACT from the Kniiinate of the CWil Eipendlture of Lower Canada for ths the yuar 1834, transmitted to the Aesembly by Lord Aylmer, on 14lh February 183K .— RKI^OLUTION of the House of Assembly on the 24tn March IB31, — EXTRACT from the Slatrment shewing the Eipense of the Civil GoTernment of Lower Canada, during the year 1831, transmitted to the House of Aiiembly by Lord Aylmer, on the 2d l)eceniber 1831, , — EXTHAO T from the Estimate of the Civil Eipenditiire of Lower Canada for the year 1832, tran.>'mitted tu the House of Assembly by Lord Aylmer, on 37th Janiiiiry 1832. — IIICSOLUTION passed by the House of Assembly on the Olh February 183?, — ADUKE^S til His Excellency Lnrd Aylmer, 29thJanuary 1831, — ANSW Ell thereto, 8lh February 18S4, — STATEMENT of »he sums of I'ut- Money deposited in the Vault Becured by tlirce Locks on 1st January, Ut Ap:il, Isl July and 1st October of each year, commencing with the 1st January 1831 and ending with the 1st January 1834, ADDKKSS to His Excellency Lord Aylmer, 29lh January 1834. .—ANSWER thereto, blh February 1834, — ACCOUNT of Cash received by John Hale, Eiqulrc, Receiver General of Lovv- rr Canada, on account of the Civil Government, between lOih April and 11th Oc- tober 1833, — EXTIl.\CT from a Statement in the order of their dates of payments, made to the Receiver General, by the late and present Colleiiors at Quebec, from the 6lh Jaiuiaiy 1830 to the 5tii January 1834, rendered by the Collector of the Customs nt Quebec, nnd dated the lOlh February 1834, — STATEMENT of the amount of Public Monies in the custody of the Receiver G'.-neral of Lower Canada, made up ut quarterly periods from Ut January 1831 to l.st Janu^iry 1834, . — STA TEMENT of the amount of the Receipts of the Receiver General of Low- er Canada, made up at quarterly peiiuds from 1st January 1831 to Ist January 1831, . —STATEMENT of the amount of Payments made by the Receiver General of Lower Canada, up tu quarterly peiiuds, from 1st January 1831 to 1st January 1834. — .MESSAGE of His Excellency Lord Aylmer, 21at January 1834, . — First Report of ilic Special Committee to whom were referred His Excellency Lord Ayliner's Message of the 14th February 1831, with the accompanying Esti- mate of the Civil E.\pendilure of the Government of Lower Canada for the yeai 18SI ; Hia Excellenry's Messages of the 23d and 3Sth of the same month relating tu a jiroposed Civil List, and other Documents, No. l.j. No. Hi.- No. 17. No. 18. No. 19. No. 20. No. •.!1. No. 22, No. 23. No 24 No. '2r,. No. 2R. Nj. 'i7. I 31. ibid, ibid. 28. ibid, ibid, ibid. 97. ibid. 38. 39. ibid. ibid. ibid. 30. ibid. Ibid. Jl. ibid, ibid. 32. 35. ibid. 38. 37. ibid. 39. \ SECOND REPORT. THE SPECIAL COMMITTEE to whom wore referred the Message of His Ex- cellency the Governor in Cliief of the 13th January lust, relating to the Finances, with the Estimate accoiifipanyin<,' the same ; His Excellency's Messa.r^cs of the 2(1 D(!ccmbcr, 1831, with the Estimates accomiumying- the same, — that of ihc 21st January, 1832, relating to a proposedCivilList,— that of the 21st Novem- ber 1832, relating to the Supply Bill of 1832,— that of the I4th December i83g, with the Statements accompanying the same, — and that of the 4ih January 1833, with the Estimate of the probable expenditure of die year 1833, accompany- ing the same; His Excellency's Message of the 21st January last, relating to the Supply Bill for 1832 ; His Excellency's Answers to the several Addresses of this House of the 1 8th Januaiy last, praying for communication of divers Books of Record, andof divers original Accounts and Vouchers relating to the Revenue and Expenditure of the Civil Government ; and His Excellency's Answers to the two Addresses of this House of die 2!)th January last, relating to Public Monies in the custody of the Receiver General, and to his Receipts and Payments, — with power to report from time to time, have the lionor to present their Second Report : — YOUR Committee limited thamselves in their First Report, to bringing imder the view of Your Honorable House, the difficullies which had been originated in regard to the communication of certain Records required to enable Your Commit- tee to enter fully into the consideration of the various references made to them. Your Conunittce have now to refer in Uie first place to the Addresses presented by Your Honorable House to His Excellency the Governor in Chief, with His Excellency's Answers thereto, which are contained in the Appendix to the present Report under the Nos. 1, £,3, 4, 5, 0, 7, and 8. Your Committee submit that the prayer of each Address is made in the ■ame words, viz : — " to direct the proper Officer to communicate" the Docu- ments and Papers asked for. It is also apparent that the interpretation given by His Excellency the Governor in Chief to the prayer of the several Addresses, was, that the documents and papers were to be Heft in possession of die Committee, in- asmuch as in answer to the first Address, His Excellency declined directing the Receiver General /o rf7*posse*» Ai»n*e(/'q/' the original Vouchers of his receipts and payments, on the ground that they constitute the security of that Officer in the settlement of his Accounts with the Lords of the Treasury. His ExcellcrKy's Answers to the Addresses Nos. 3 and 5, were given in the same woixls, viz :— "The proper Officer will be directed to furnish the information prayed for in this Ad- "dress." And in compliance with the Address No. 3, the Civil Secretaiy appeared at tha Bnr of Your Honorable House on the thirty first tiny of January Insl, anJ de- livered tolho Clerk, the Returns of the Civil Government, commonly known under the designation of the Blue Book, thus divestinpr himself of their [lO'f-LSsion, and sliewing- that lie understood the prayer of the Addresses, and Hi< Excellency's Answers thereti I, to mean that the communication of these documents should ho made by leaving them in the possession of the House. In conformity also with Address No. 6, and in obedience to directions conveyed to him, thioug'h the Civil Secretary, the Inspector General of Provincial Accounts communicated and left with Your Committee, all the original Accounts and Vou- chers relating to the Civil GovcrniTient, which were in his possession. Your Coinmiltee so far encountered no difficulty in obtaining infii<(inul D >€umeiiU ri'latin^; to tlie Revenue and Expenditure of the Civil Gnvtrnnx-nl of ibe Fro> vince, which from lime totione any future Committee may require Ivefne co- ining to a final concluiion on the siihjentof the Finances ; Your Committee sub* init the evidence which they have taken, and refer particularly to that of the In- Hpector General of Provincial Accounts, whereby itappearN that thn trueexpen- iditure in any one year is not laid before the House, and that the Officer whoie duty it haH been to prepare the Statements annnally laid before the Legislature, has not givn lalisfactory explanations on the difl'erent points ct-spectiiig which be was questioned by Your Committee. It appear* that \i hiiN been the practice to itiiue, to diflt'rent Officers, monies on account of the disbnraemenis which in virtue of their offices they were required to make for the public service ; that in many instances the advaiiccH thus noade hsve exceeded the actual expense of the year, and that in making out the Returns for the ioformaiion of the Lej^islature the Slims so advanced have been stated as «'.ie amount expended instead of the miinies actually disbursed by the Officers. Public Officers bad thtii balancei lying over from year to year, and the Public Revenue was charged with an ei- lienOiture that had not been incurred. It ahoappcan, that in other instances where the sum appropriated for the service of one year exceeded the disbursements, monies on account have been issued to a larger amount than was required, and charged against the Revenue, instead of the actual expenditure ; and if, in the ensuing year, the appropriation was IcHS than the disbursemen's, the amount of the appropriation only has been staled as the expenditure, and the difference made goo«npprnp(ia(c(l by tlie Lpgiglnlure in the year 1831, while in the Ilctii'iis transmitted tn Ki){;liiiid, ihi- same llcvcniie for the same year iiota- ted ti» lie. lit the cxcliitiive (!if)'*il ol" llic ('mwn, Your Cominillee wern induced to examine what iiud hren the practice prior to that year and the nyRteni followed sinro Th' v huvc uacertnined Ih.il up to the yeiir lH3t inclunive, " a Statement " of the Funds at the disposal of tiie Provincial Purliument of Lower " Caiiiuin, iind tlm Nuveri)! approprialioiiM lii< rcof," was niiniially laid before the Lcf^is'ature, and that »\< to the y^ar 1830 inclusive, the Ifoveiiiie cf the I4lli Geo. II' Cap. tW, was not included in that S tiiement ; that no siiniliir Slutcmcnt BC latter date." On the ciedit siile of this, the whole llevnue ofihe )car, a4 detailed in the In- come Arciiimt, it iiicludcif ll:s Kvrclleiicy ihe Governor in Chief, of the 21st November 1832, in which lli> Ky-.-IIency intimates that His Mujesly will provide for cer- tain < hortifs of ihe 'Jivil Govtrnment, " mitof (hose Funds which tin- Lnw has " placed at His cwii 'isr os;il, — " to the Address of Your lloi orable llouie of the3()ib Jaiiiiuiy )8.'i3, piuyinpfor acommnniciition ofa detailed Statement of the pariiciilar Funds lowhirli His Excellency's Message above mentioned refeiij, and wheiher iliese Funds are derived from sources of Ue.enne wiihiu this Province,' — audio the answer of the Governor in Chief to the Addre*'? of the 4th Feliiuaiy 183.'), in which His Excellency stales that the Message of Mie 21st November I8.'}2, was drawn up in stiicl conformity with the Instruclions received by him (Voin Ills IMajesiy's Secretary of Slute for the Colonial De|)artment, when in he la directed in general terms to provide for the cha''ge.s of the Civil List from out of ihe Funds which the Law has placed nt the disposal of His Ma- jesty, and as the said Instructions do not specify in di-tail the Funds wliicli are to be applied, His Exec Icncy concluded as of course that it was intended that the charires of the Civil Lint were to be borne by such Funds as may have been consi- dered by His Majesty's Government, to be at the disposal of the Croivn at the dale of the Instructions above referred to, namely, the month of April, 1832. Your Committee f>.'lt conviiced (hat Ihe Returns laid before Your Honora- ble House, dit not convry a correct view of the state of the Revenue, nor of the preterlions of the Goverimient in respect to a portion of it. They therefore pro- ceeded to examine the lii'pector of Provincial Accounts; and on the first Item of the Statement No. 11, of the 11th December 1832, from which it appeared that the Ucceiver General paid ou account of the Civil Government, a sum of upwards of X5,n00 more than he had received, the Inspector explained that the overpayment might have been made nut of the Funds of the Jesuits Es- tates (upwards of £9,001)) and the Land and Timber Funds, and also (hat the Statement laid before the Legislature must have been taken from one which the Receiver General was requested by him (o furnish. It does not appear to Your Committee that in this case the Inspector did more than to copy a Return prepa- red by (he Receiver General, and conaequeatly he cannot possefta sufficient in- formation lo enable him to give a correct explanation as to the lources from vbich the supposed overpayment was made. Ill ta- (I .(I nt *er aid ve, in for of mid to If Your Commillee itibmil that the Receiver General could not have npplird my portion of tlio Funds of the Jesuits Estates in contravention of tlio enactinoiit mn- tmnelic Accounts prepa- red/or the Legisluttere and those of the Receiver Gentrul. Your Committee highly approve of the attempt made to shew the connection be- tween the annual Returns and the Receiver General's Accoujits, but they do not see what necessity there could be for omittinga Statement which, if correctly made, would liave conveyed to the Legislature, information that it appears to have been the ob- ject of the local Government during the last thretf Sessions, studiously to withhold, that is the ical state of the Finances, shewing the several sources of Revenue which His Majesty's Government bon&Jide lay claim to. The Inspector General next admitted as a fact, not as an opinion, that at the time he made out the Return of the 1 1 th December 1832, it was not determined by the local authorities, whether the Revenue of the I4th Geo. III. Cap. 88, was or was not to be considered at the disposal of the Legislature, and that according to his Instructions, he could not at that period determine what sum was so considered ; but at the present tiitie the only sources of Revenue subject to appropriation by the Legislature, were such as are derived from Provincial Laws. Your Committee further obserx'e, that in the Returns included in the Blue Book for the year 1832, *' the ordinary and fixed expense of tlie Departments of Govern- ment for that year, is stated to amount to £bQ,\9\ 12s. lOd. ; that the monies to meet this expense stated to be at the disposal of the Crown, and of which the Re- venue of the Nth Geo. III. Cap, 88, forms a part, amounted to £51,381 4s. 8d. ; and that the difference was granted " out of the Revenues at the disposal of the Le- "gisiature." This is a complete explanation of the interpretation given by die local Government to the Supply Bill of 1832, a piece of information which Your Com- mittee endeavoured in vain to elicit from the Inspector Geneial, although he must have been well acquainted with the facts. It is also another proof of the man- ner in which the King's Government and the Legialaiure liave been misled by the operations of the local Government. Your Committee next enquired why Statements similar to those of the 80th November 1881, No. 9, and Ik th December, 1832, No. 11, have not been laid before Your Honorable House, along with the other Returns for the year 1^3. To this the Inspector General answered : " as respects Statement No. 9, of the 30th "November 1831, 1 refer to my answer to question No. 36,"— and tb-^t no Str^tement similar to that of the 1 1 th December 1883, No. 1 i, was fvmished for 1833, beoaae on ac-ount of payments for School AHowaDcei^ it was almost impoesible to deter- mine the balance in the Receiver General's hands, at any specific date, as it varied Jf from hotir to hoar. It thus appeared that tho Statement of tha Fimdd at the dwpotal of the Legislature, and the several approprintions thereof, for the year 1833, was nolfiiniishcd, becauoe it was deiirable to render an Accoant shewing the connection bitweenthe Public Accounts and those of the Receiver Geae- rul (nee answer to question M '^ . 36^) and that the latter Account was not reu- dered because it vfas almost impossible to make it out. Your Committee conceiving that were the Receiver General to enter bis receipts and payments immediatelv in the order of their dales, and add up his Hooks dully after office hours, it would be possible to ascertaiit the balance of raonifs in Ms hands on any specified day, requested the opinion of the Inspec- tor General on the subject, who agreed with Your Committee that it would as to the balance in the Receiver General'ii hands, but added that this would not es- tablish the relation between the Public Jccounts as prepared by him and those of the Receiver General. Your Committee now respecl fully submit that they have shewn the necessi- ty of proceeding to the examination of the prrsent state of the Finances, by the Inspecfioti af all the Ori|;inal Records and other documents having reference to the Public Acronnts, and that to enable the King's Go«ernmeut and the Provin- cial Legislature t<» Come to a final and amicable adjustment on the questions now at issue, it is necesiary that the most full and ample information be given in res- pect to every branch uf the Public Revenue, and that an end be put to the at- tempts at concealment, which unfortunately for the interests of (he King's Go- vernment and the welfare of the country, have been pcrseveretiin by the Iccaf Civil Government until it has been reduced to its present state of weakness and inefficiency. Your Committee have also enquired whether His Majesty's gracious in- tentions in respect to the security of monies in the hands of the Receiver General have been fully carried into elTect, and on this head they report (hat His Excel- lency Sir James Kempt communicated to Your Honorable House by Message. on tiie 20th February 1829, (Appendix N°. 9) an arrangement suggesred by the Lords Commissioners of His Majesty's Treasury, and at the same time intimated that should no enactment be made by the Legislature for the security of the Public Moi>ey in the Receiver General's hands. His Exctllency would deem it necessary to carry the aforesaid arrangement into effect. The plan proposed was, that a proper and sufficient Fire-prouf Vault should be erected to he lecured by three separate Locks, the Key of one of these Locks to be in the custody of the Receiver General, another 5n the custody of the Au- ditor of Provincial Accounts, and the third in the custody of the Secretary of the Government or some other Provincial Officer ; that th« Receiver General should make up and render a Statement of his Accounts on the lal of January, 1st of Jpril, Ist of July and 1st of October imeaeh yedt, and that he shbuld be required to deposit in the Vault so secured, any balanoe of money which might then be in his custody exceeding Ten ihou- aaiul pounds; that the two other Officers to whom the Keys of the Vault are en- trusted ihould be present at such deposit ; and that they and the Receiver Ge- neral should certify to the Governor that it had been so deposited. There are ftirther directions as to the manaer in which the money shall be issued from the Vantt, amd providing for the Inspection of all the Tressure by a Board of five Ofieerarat such periods a« the Governor mary deem fit. No euactment having been in*il«/ Hit EmotlMicy Sir Jamet Kempt ewtmi t\\vK luggeBtiont into ef- 8 feci, and applied to the Legislature to reimburse the expense neceiMrilj incur* red in building the Vault. (Appendix N » . 10) The required amount was voted and included in. the Supply Bill in the Session 1830. In the Estimale for the year 1831, a sum of £56 (Appendix N« . 11.) was stnted as the probable amount of the expenses attending the counting and depnsiling money in the Vault with three Keys, which was voted, and form- ed part of the Supply Bill for that year, (Appendix N » . 12.) A Slim of £55 10 0, was paid to the Receiver General during the year, on accouut of this service and for the purchase of a set of Scales, as appear* by the Statement of the expenditure laid before the L°giilature on the 2d Decem- ber 1831, (Appendix N®. 13) another sum o! -<;25 0, was estimated for the year 1832, (Appendix N ° . 14) and voted by Your Honorable House. (Ap- pendix N ® . 15.) The Legislature thus provided the means_of carrying into effect the sug- gestions of the Treasury, and did all that lay in their power to cause a due ob- servance of the regulations as suggested. It remained fur the local Government to fulfil its part of the duty ; and with a view of ascertaining in what manner this had been performed, two Addresses (Appendix Nos. 17 and 19) were pre- sented to the Governor in Chief; — to the first of which His Excellency was plea- sed to answer on the 8th February 1834, (N ° . 18 ) that it would take some time to prepare Statements of the amount of Public Monies in the hands of (he Receiver General and of the sums depouted in the Vault secured by three Locks OM the 1st days of January, April, July and October in each year, commencing with the first of January 1831 ; and to the second Address, His Excellency an- swered (Appndi* N®. 20) that the Accounts of the Receiver General are made up half yearly on the 10/A of Jlpril and the lOlhof October, but that lie should he directed to make up quarterly Statements us prayed for. On the 10th of February, a Statement was rendered by the Receiver Gene- ral, the Auditor General, and the Secretary of the Province, from which it ap- pears that there were not any deposits made at the periods fiied by the Treasu- ry Order, from the tirst of January 1831 inclusive, but that certain sums of mo- ney mentioned in the Return, were in the joint custody of these Officers at the said periods ; the other Returns prayed for, werij not received until the first in- stant. It appears from one of them (N ° . 23,) that on the firot days of Janua- ry, April and October 1831, first of January, and first of October 1832. first of January, first of April, (irit of July and first of October 1833, and tirst of Jan- uary 1834, the Receiver General had larget balance* in his hamla than in accordance with the Treasury Order he ought to have had. Your Committee therefore submit that one of the most material of the recom- mendations of the Canada Committee has not been carried into effect notwith- standing the measures recommended by the Koth of these are however less than the actual receipts by the sum paid in by the Collector of the Customs, and not brought to account. The next object to which Your Committee directed their attention was (lie extract of the Dispatch from Viicount Goderich, of the I9th April 1832, commu- nicated tn Your Honorable House for the first time on the 2l8t January 18,34. In this, His Lordship accuses Your Honorable House of not only rejecting His Majesty's applicittion for a Civil Li^t of £5900 per annum, and passing; a Bill founded on principles directly opposed to it, but of not even judging it right to return any anxwer to the Message, or to explain the grounds of thiir pennip- tory refusal of the propositions made to them. His Lordship further says, that e\ery demand however cautious and moderate has been repelled without even the obiiervance jf those forms of courtesy which are mvariably maintained by the British Pailiamentandby the Geueral Atsemblies of all His Majesty's Co- lonies. On this head. Your Committee beg to refer to (be Journals of the Session 1831. On (he 23d February 1831, (Journals, pa^e ^2.H,) the Governor in Chief transmitted by Message, a proposed Civil List, the duration of which should be for the life of His Majesiv, and in return, the Governmeitt was lo abandon ail rluim to the disposal of the Revenue accruing from the Act 14th Geo. III. Cup. 88, (he Provincial Acts 4lst, Geo. HI., and the Fines and Forfeitures. The pro- posed Civil List divided into three classes, amounted to £19500 0; but the Go- vernor called on the Legislature U, provide for the sum of£l4*oOU 0, only, "inasmuch as by the Provincial Act ot the 35th Geo. HI. the 8um of fivt; " thousand poundii is permanently gianted towards the maintenance of the Civil "Government." The Mestssgenndacccrvipanyiiig documents were refcned to a Special Committee who reported fully on the subject, submitting at length the reasons why it was inexpeilient at that time to make iiny further permnneiit pro- vision for tlio expenses of the Civil Government. (See Appendix No. 27.) Th .s Urport was referred to a Comniitiee of the whole, and tina ly concurred in by Your Honoiable House. An Address was voted to His Excellency (he Governor in Chiefon the I4lh Manh 18al, (see Journals, pige 302) praying His Exccll. ncy to transmit a Copy of this Report,and of ihe Re>ulution founded on it, to His Majesty'a iVlinis- 10 lets. To Uilg, His Excellency returned aa aiuwer (see JournaU, page 397) in the following words : — " Gentlemen, " The wishes of the House of Assembly on the subject of this Address. " have been anticipated by me, and the Resolution of the'House of ihe twellh '■ instani, together wilh a Copy ofihe Report of the Finance Committee on " which that Resolution was founded, have been forwarded for the information of " His Majesty's Government. .<" (Signed,) «' AYLMER, •< Governor in Chief." " Castle Saint Lewis, Quebec, l6lh March 1831." Your Honorable House had thus proceeded, (in ttrict observance of (hose forms of courtesy which ought on all occasions to be maintained by the diflerent branches of the Legislature in Iheir respective communications wilh each other) to state the grounds on which afurther permanent Supply was refused, and every measure within its competence was adopted to convey the proceedings to the King's Ministers. In his Dispatch of the 7th July 1831, Lord Goderich enters on every sub- ject except that of the Finances, and without any' notice being taken of the pro- ceedings of Your Honorable House in the Session of 1831, (which it is to be presumed were transmitted to the Secretary of State as slated in the answer of the Governor ill Chief before referred to) ne. demands for a permanent Vote e- (jtial at least in amount tojthose of 1831, were made by the local Government in the Session 183133, these ditfered from the former inasnioch as they were made at (iifl'erent periods during the SKSsion, — thus Ihe salaries of Ihe Judges and other expenses attending the administrKlion of Justice were first brought under consi- deration, (sre Journals 1831-33, pages 52,139) and afterwards the Civil List of c€n900 referred to by Viscount Goderich. (Journals, page 300.) The first de- mand was granted, — a Bill passed both Houses which was reserved for His Ma- jesty's pleasure. The second demand might niso have been granted had any in- formation been given in respect to the claim of the Government on diflferent bran- ches of Ihe Revenue. This was studiously withheld, and Your Honorable House hav- ing: ( n its Journals, the Message of the Governor of the 23d February 1831, wherein ii is i?taied,that a sum of £5,000 is already at the disposal of the Crown, and having, by I lie Judq-es Bill, entailed a permanent and encreasing expenditure of from jC12,000 m £14,000, on the Revfiniie of the Province, it could not be expected at oiir;e without explanation, to proceed to another permanent vote of jES.OOO. Had common cour- tesy been observed towarHsYonrifanorabte House, — had the proceedings adopted by (lie Officer who was specially named to conduct the measures of the Govern- ment been in conformity with those of former years, — had any notice been taken of the representations of the former Session, and sufficient correct information been given in respect to the Claims of the Crown, — and had Your Honorable House then not only declined to vote the sum required, but also to state the grounds of such refusal, Your Honorable House might, with some appearance of reason, have been accused of not observing those forms of courtesy which are invariably maintained by mt C V 11 way as to preclude the poLsibilitv of, ^n.l!^ for a Civil List was made in s.ich Government Officer rS?d,^hfS«?nJ°M"' '^'' '"•e«'«°l. inasmuch as the whole Htn,8e,cont?amoe^fablSfedDrnt^^^^ ^r^l"" '° ° Committee of the once n grant of jffi BwiSJ!.t nr^f„L ^•~^'^^^." '^'^ '^'"^ Officer proposed at with his demai^ Suled to ^I^^?mI:Z^T' ^""^ ^ e^foroe'coSpliance Governor in Chief in wWch intima.ion^f ^' " 't"^'' 'T"" "'^ Excellency the voted. HisExcelte„cy'^ltoTrenr?o aTv'Silf n "t'' ''^"- ?'^" '^'«'^°» Members,— Your Committee wo..I,l«sl ,?. ^ '" P'^o^'^'"? «« indemnity to the the usuoi forms of coSrteZ anZSthS „ ^h!"'?^.""?'""'^ the non-observance of similar circumstance have col fo^^^^^ of tne Crown could, under circumstances have a temptedTo eSce hi, il 7't of Commons, or under any resemb^g these of the loSfcre?;"^^^^^ The whole nevertheless humbly submitted. '°'**^^- £• BEOARD, 5lh March 1834. Chairman.. 12 MINUTES OF ETIDENCE. Tuaday, lUh Februartf, ISS4. ELZEAR BEDARD, Esquire, IN THE CHAIR. Henry Jessopp, Esquire, Collector of the Customs at Quebec, called in; and examined : 1. Have you any fixed periods at which you make payments to the Receiver General ? — No ; but I make them as soon as I possibly can after the Quarter is ended. 2. In the Statement ftirnished by you to the Committee, it appears that a sum of ^14,418 6s. Id. currency, was paid at different times during the Quarter ending lOth October 1833, on account of the 14th Geo. III. Cap. 88 ; were the payments made to the Receiver General at the dates respectively set forth in the Account ? — Yes, to the best of my knowledge these are the dates on which we made the payments to the Receiver General. 3. Did you take a Receipt for each payment so made ? — Yes, certainly. 4. Were you discharged from all further responsibility in respect to the Fums so paid, and for wliich you obtained leceipts ? — Undoubtedly. 5. Has it not been the practice to make payments on account, during the Quar- ter, in compliance with an Oitler from the Honorable The Commissioners of Cus- toms ? — Yes, as appears by the Account rendered on the lOlh February instant. 6. Do you make your payments to the Receivei- General at his Office, or at either of the IJankd ? — I never made any payment on account to the Receiver Gene- ral in any place, but in his own Office. Joseph Cary, Esquire, Inspector General of Public Provincial Accounts, cal- led in ; and examined : 1. In Account No. II, dated 11th December 1832, it is stated that a sum of jE5,G67 6s. 4id. was overpaid by the Receiver Generiil on account of the Ex- perisca of the Civil Government, on the 1st December 1831, will you explain how this overpayment was made ? — The payment might have ijeen made out of the Funils of the Jesuits Estates, upwards of £9,000, and the Land and Timber Funfls. Tlie Statement made by me must have been taken from a Statement which he was requested by me to furnish. y. In the Statement No. 6, shewing the Expense of the Civil Government du- ring (lie year 1832, are the sums stated to have been expended for Contingencies, the (wpense actually incurred, as appears from the Accounts rendered ? — In gene- ral they are ; in some instances money may be advanced by Accountable Warrants, 18 which will exceed the actual expenditure when the Accounts are rendered. On the final Audit, when there appears to be a balance in hand, they are either directed to carry on the balance to the next Account, or to pay it into the Receiver General's hands. 3. In these instances, therefore, the actual expense incurred is not stated, but the amount issued on account ; thus, if jClOO be issued to nn Officer, and his Ac- count amounts loi.'60, the Province is charged with jCIOO, instead of jCBO ? — Yes, but it is corrected the next year, eidier by the Acconntant paying the balance into the Receiver General's hands, or giving credit for it iu his next Accounts ; but these differences occur in very few instances, and to a triflinqf amount. 4. Do you mean that if the appropriation for one year, be jCIOO, all of which is issued to the Officer on account, and his disbursements amount foi lat year to only £60, and that if in the ensuing year the same appropriation be made, but his Account amounts to if 140, then the £40 overpaid him in the first year, and charg- ed as expenses of that year, is deducted from his disbursements of ilie second year, and the Province charged with the whole amount a|)propriated for the two years ? —Yes, it has occurred in some instances, in conformity with the Reports of Uie Au- ditor General of Accoimts confirmee' by the Repoits of the Executive Council. 5. So that the appropriation of the first y =ar is made to pay part of the expenses of the second year ?— In a few instances, uialer the above explanation. 6. Will you slute tlie instances in which this has occurred during the years 1830, 1831 and 1832 ? — It requires some time to answer this Question, and I shall senddownthe answer. 7. In the Statement No. ll, of the Funds of the Civil Governnient of Lower Canada, &c. dated 11th December 1832, die amount received on account of the Revenue of the year 1832, is stated at £157,998 Os. 4|d. Currency: will you state the Laws under authority of which this sum was levied ? — They appear by the Account No. 1, under heads of Income and amount of Income paid to the Receiver General. 8. In the same Statement, the Expenses of die Civil Government for the year 1832, are stated at £56,191 12d. lOd. Currency ; were these expenses paid in conformity with any Act or Acts of appropriation, or on the personal responsibility of die Governor ? — Under the Act of Supply for the year 1832. 9. Was that Act an Act of the Provincial Legislature or of the Imperial Parlia- ment ? — Under ihe Provincial Act. 10. Was it considered that that Act appropriated out of the Revenue of the Province, a sum of £56,191 l2s. I Od. towards defraying the Expenses of the CivU Government ? — The terms of the Act of Supply will explain that. 11. Doesthe Debit side of the Account No. 1 1, contain oil the Expenses of the Civil Government from the 1st December 1831, to the 11th December 1832, and the Credit side the Revenue which was at the disposal of the Provincial Legis- lature, and appropriated jjy it towards paying the expenses ; or are there any sour- ces of Revenue included in Ihe Statement which are considered by the Government OS at the exclusive disposal of the Crown, and if so, will you enumerate ihem ?— I cannot answer now ; I shall send down the answer. Adjourned. .» tj- ■^ 14 Satftrday, I5lh Febrtiary 19S4. Joseph Gary, Esquire, Inspector General of Public Provincial Accountg, ww ngaiu called in ; and produced his answeiti to tlie Questions 6 and U, of the 11th iastant, as follows : — To the Clh — There not being- sufficient time lo point out all the inatancei, the following are selected : Auditor General's Report No. 62, dated 6th July 1831, on the Account of C. B. Felton, Clerk of the Peace for the District of St. Francis, for tlie vix months ending lOlh October 1830. Amount allowed, Sterling, £\9 17 4 The balance due by Mr. Felton on Warrant No. 1484, on lOth April 1830 instant, £13 2 3 He has since received the amount of Wan-ant No. 3132, dated 4lh October 1830, 27 £40 2 3 Deducting from this sum the amount of his present Account, there remains to be accounted for, the sum of Sterling jC20 411 Auditor General's Report No. 64, dated 5th July 1831, on the Account of C. B. Felton, Esquire, Prothonoiiry for the District of St. Francis, for Feea and Allowances, for the six months ending 10th October 1830. Amount allowed. Sterling, jC16 13 6 The balance of Warrant No. 3132, remaining in Mr. Felton's hands, as stated in Report No. 62, of this date, is 20 4 1 1 Tlie sum for which Mr. Felton is still accountable, is Steriing, £3 11 5 Auditor General's Report No. 70, of 15th July 1831, on the Accounts of the same Officer, for the six months ending 10th April IbSl, amounting in Sterling, to £12 2 8 The balance remaining in Mr. Felton's hands, from his Accounts to the lOth October 1830, is Sterling, £ 3 11 5 And h? has also received on account, Amount of Warrant No. 1404, dated 7th May 1831, 22 10 Together, Sterling, £26 1 5 Deducting from this sum, the amount allowed above, there re- mains a balance to be accounted for by Mr. Felton, Sterling, £13 18 9 The Auditor General's Report No. 112, dated the 8th November 1832, on the Account of Charles Whitcher, Esquire, as Sheriff of the District of St. Fran- cis, during the six months ending the lOth April, 1832, Amount allowed, Currency, £66 9 6| Carried forward. £66 9 6i ■ 'I 16 Brougrht forward, £06 6i The amount in Mr. Whitchei-'a hands luiaccoutiled for, on the lOth October 1831, was £24, 4 5 He has since received Warrant No, 2829, dated 6th July 1832, 40 64 4 5 £264 The balance due on this Account is therefore. Equal in Sterling to £2 7, for which sum it is recommended that a War raiU issue. The Reports No, 48, of 23d April 1831, and No. 39, of 9th July 1832, on the Account of W. C. H. Coffin, Prothonotary at Three Rivers, credit balances from preceding years. Auditor General's Report No. 168, dated 26th November 1831, on the Con- tingent Account of Messrs, Peirnult and Burroughs, Prothonotaries at Quebec, during the six months ending 10th October 1831, Amounting to Sterling, jC141 6 9 The balance in their hands on the lOih April 1831, was, in Currency, jC 37 1 1 4 They have received the Amount of Warrant No. 1779, dated 13th July 1831, 130 Equal in Sterling, to Currency, £167 11 4 £150 16 II The balance for which the Prothonotaries were accountable on tlie 10th October 1831, was therefore, in Sterling, £9 9 6 or Currency, £10 10 6i Auditor General's Report No. 40, dated 9th July 1832, on the Contingent Accounts of Messrs. Perrault and Burroughs, as Prothonotaries at Quebec, during the 6lh months ending the 1 0th April 1832, Amounting in Currency, to £74 6 7 The balance in their hands on the 10th October 1831, was £10 10 Oi And they received the Amount of Warrant, No. 2500. dated 2nd April 1832, 50 60 10 6i The balance, in Curnency, £13 16 U or Sterling, jei2 8 6 It is recommended that a Warrant issue for the sum of twelve pounds eight shillings and sixpence Sterling, provided the Prothonotaries have not received the a- mount by accouatable Warrants. Auditor General's Report, No. 108, dated ilth December 1833, on the Ae- coum. of the Honorable Lewis Gugy, Sheriff of the District of Montreal, during the half ye«r ending the 10th April, 1833. Amount paid to needy Crown Witnesses, was £177 4 2 The balance of Warrant No. 2934, in the Sheriff's hands, on the lOlh October, 1832, was Sterling, £59 17 10 Canied over, £59 17 10 £177 4 2 16 Broiiglit ovrr, And he received the nmount of ^'V!^^l■ulll No. 3363, doted lOth Fobruury, 1853, nent. 13. Will you point out in what way a Memorial which has no reference to the Statement referred to, and which was not in existence until months after the said Statement was made, without any communication on the subject with the Auditor General, can explain the details included in that Statement ? — ^As it ap- pears to me to be the object of the Committee to require information as to which of the Revenues of that Statement arc considered by Government to be at the disposal of the Crown, I considered it to be satisfactory to the Committee to have the opiriion of other Public Officers in addition to my own, It Although 'that opinion mi^ht have been given subsequent to the time of mokingf up that Statement. 14. With referenco to your answer to Question 1 1, will you slate what infoi- mation you inmnt to convey to tlie Logislnlure in mnking^ out tlio Statement above referred to? — The state of tlio Recoivcr Gcnrnil's C'licsit. 15. Were any opinion on tlie subject of the Revenue of the 14th Geo. III. cap. 88, given by other Public Ofilcers, and if so, will you produce iheni ? — I know of none. 16. Will you stale what your own opinion was in respect to that Revenue on the lllh December IS32, when you nindc up the Sintcmcnt in question? — I refer to my answer to Question II, as an answer to this Question. 17. Do you mean tlint you are not now competent to explain the Accounts prepared by you and transmitted, ns correct, by His Excellency the Governor in Chief, for the information of the Le^'isluture ? — 1 have exjiressed no such a mean- ing. 18. You have staled that you are not competent to fcrm an opinion on cer- tain Items contained in the Accounts prepared by you, and transmitted to the Le- gislature, will you state upon what information you proceeded, and under what di- rection you acted when you made out the Statement No. 1 1, dated I Ith December 1833, and now produced by you ? — The opinion I have given applies to whether or not certain Items are at the disposal of the Crown or otherwise ; and, as I have said before, this depends upon the constniction of an Act of Parliament, to which I consider myself no». competent. I cannot at this moment say any particular infor- mation or directions I may have received when I made out the Statement allu- ded to. 19. As the Confidential Officer entrusted by the Government with making up the Statements for the information of the Legislature, are you competent or not to state all the sources of Revenue which, on the 1 Ith December 1832, were consi- dered by you, as such Officer, to be at the disposal of the Crown, independent of any appropriation by the Legislature? — I refer to my answer to Question II. 20. Will you look at the Statement of the Expense of the Civil Government during the year 18.31, prepared by you, and dated 29th November 18.31 ; and stale to the Committee the amount entered in that Accoimt, as paid to Messrs. Perrault and Burroughs, Prothonotaries at Quebec, for their disbursements during the said year? — Two huixlred and fifty two pounds Sterling. 21. Will you look at the original Accounts of Messrs. Perrault and Bur- roughs, for the half years ending the 10th April and lOlh October 1831, now pro- duced to you, and state the amount of their disbursements for the year, from those , Accounts? — Two hundred and forty two pounds ten shillings and seven pence Sterling. 23. Will you explain whence arises the difference between the actual ex- penditure and the sum returned by you as paid ? — Monies were advanced to them by Warrants during the year, and that sum being paid, was of course the sum sta- ted in my Accounts. 23. Is not the Province thus charged with a larger sum than the actual ex- penditure of the Prothonotaries Office during the year ? — It was of necessity, as the- Accounts were not finally audited when the Statement of the Civil Government was made out by me. 24. Was there any necessity for stating a larger sum than the amount claim- ed by the Officers themselves ? — The necessity was that the payment was actu- ally laade under the requisition of the Officers at different times during the year, to enable them to meet necessary disbui-sements ; and it was only after that that State- ment was closed, that the exact amount of disbursements was established by a final audit. . \: •< t 19 so, Wn< not the payment made as an advancr for wliich llie OiUceri were to iiccmint ; were (hey not responsible fur the balnnce retnainiii;;; in their bandt, oil renderinjr their Accounts for llie yetr ; and were not ihiir Accouiiti in your po«aeR>ion before clogtn;; your Sluteincntg } — Payinenis were Uiade iri advance for whicli iht; OfTicei!) were uccouiitablc, und of coiM'»e rebpoiisible fur any ba- lance remaining in their hands ; their Accounts niij^ht have been in my poiseii- sinn previous* to tiic Statement in qu^Miou b-ing mndr up, biil as the inspection of my Office does not eKtublish the ii'nount wliich might b? allowed them under Accounts, of conrne I could n.akc nu alteraliun in the amount which was actual* ly paid to (hem. 20. Your Statements ore dated 20>'h November 1831, the Auditor General'^ Report to whicli you have already had icfeience on the Accnunis to 10th Octo« ber 1831, indiileil 26lh November; will you Hlaie whether the Accounis arc sent to you or (he Auditor General in the first instance ? — The Accounts were sent to my Oflice in the first instance ; but notwiihsiiuulinj^ (hut (he Statemtnt was dated the t29lh November, yet it was attunlly made up and closed some days previo»g (o (hat dale, as I have many odicv S(a(ements (o prrpnru for the same time, and (liey could not posHibly lie all maib up o:i (he day of (luir du(cg. 27. Will you look a( (be S(atcmenl of the Expenses of (he Civil Govern- ment for < he year 183^ prepared by you, and d.itcd (lie IKh Di'ceniber 1832, and N(ate the amount mentioned therein as paid to IVlesitrb. Penault and Burrouj^hs, for their disbur^einf nts during the year 1832 } — Two hundred and sinty four |)0undii, four shillings ^nd nine pence Sterling. 28. Will yon look at the original Accounts of Messrii. Perraul( and Bur- roughs, for the half year ending^ (he 10th April nnd lOlh October 1832, now produced (o yon, and «(a(efroin them the actual expenditure of (he year by the Prothonotiiiies ? — Two huiidred and seventy four pounds, four shillings aad two pence Sterling. 29. Will you explain why you staled the expenditure itf (be yar at a less sum (ban what ir appeurs to bo from the Prothonolbries original Accounts 1 — To explain (hia, I beg leave (o refer to tbo Auditor Gtneial's Report N ° . 14, dated (be 9(h July 1832, on (he Accounts of (hesc Officers for the tix months en- ding the IO(h April 1833, which is in the following terms : Pi'rruult and Burroughs rt- nder an Account of diKburnements ns Prnlhonota- ries of the Court of King's Bench at Quebec, during the six months ending (he lOdi April lii'32, amnundng in Currency (o, £74: 6 7 The balance in (heir hands on the lOth October 1831 was, £10 10 bi And they received the amount of Warrant N = . 2,500, dated 2d April 1832, 50 60 10 H The ba'ance in Carrency, i.) jCIS 6 H It is recommended that a Warrant issue for the sum of Twelve pounds, eight shillings and six pence Sterling, provided the Prothonotaries have aot ra ' ceivcd (he amount by accountable Warrant. The Auditor General having thus established the balance liue to the Pro- thonotaries on their Accounts to the 10th April 1833, to be X 13 6 1^ On this basis I stated the amount of their expenditure for the year ended the lOth November 1832, to be as fol- lows : The amount of the Warrant deducted by Auditor Gene- ral, dated 2d April 1830, jC 60 Carried forward, £ 50 £ 13 6 li •Y I. i i\ 19 BrAiif III forwHrd. X'50 Ainoiiiil nf Iheii- diitburicinenla for the lix niodlhi endad lOth Octul)«r ISHi, ^ta Currency, «S0 all % ' ^ \ Total Currency, Or, at char[^d in the Stalrmcnt, Sterling, £\'3 6 11 880 6 II JCi9S 13 0^ £204 a 9 Thii in one«r Ihf Items in (he Sintenient from which a reference it made (o a Note at the bottom, in the following terms : «' Note. The Contingent Expenses on the foregoing' Accounts marked thus • " ar«! not entirely puid, as the AccountH tor the latter six months arc '• nnt yet finally utidited ; but the amnuntn which may probably be " allowed are charged in order to close the Accuunti." Ill the rase nf the Prothonotnries at Quebec, the amount charged was the amount subequentlj allowed. 30. Will you stale fronf> the Auditor General's Kepnrl referred to by you, the amount of the expenditure of the PrnthonotarieH at Quebec, to the lOtli April 1839, as stated by him ? — The amount Currency, was Seventy four pounds six shillings and seven pence. 31. Will you udd to that amount the expenditure to the lOth October 1832, and state the fliinis P — The amount of disbursements for the six months ended 10th October 18.')2, was Two hundred an those of the 30lh Novem- ber 1831, No. 9, and of the llth December 1832, No. II, have not been laid btfoie the House along wiih the Accounts for the year 1833 ? — As to ihe fir't part respecting the Slaiemei-.t No. 9, of the 30th Novenu) r 1831 I refer to my answi-r to Question 36. As to the reason that no Stutement similar to No. 1 1, of the llth December 1832, was furnislud with the Accounts of the year 1833, was on commeociiu^ to pre()are such a Statement, I experienced a considerable diiilcuity in conseijuence of the nnymcnts for the Scliou! allowances fir the six months eliding the 15tli November iS33, being at that lime in daily course of payment by Ifiigfiiy Pay Lists, upon which some of (lie payments were made im- mediately by the KtceiverGeneial, and (nany of the Items of those Pay Lists lay over unpaid, and in consequence it was almost impossible to determine the ba- laiKO in the Receiver Geneial'ii hands at any specified date, bj it varied from hour to hour. 41. If the Receiver Gciieral entered his Receipts a'.id Payments a> they are made, and added up his Books daily after office hours, v/ould it not be possible to asceriain tli<' balniice of monies in his hands on any specified day? — It could as to the bahmce in hmids, hut it would nut establish the relation between the Public Accounts prepared by me, and the Account of the Keceiver G«neral, the more particularly payments for the Sthooh ■\lliide(l to in the foregoing answer are not included in the Siatemcnts for '.he year 1833, those payments being made up to a period subsequent to the lOth October. 42. Arc the Accounts detailed in the Schedule now produced, dated 3ist Janimry 1834, and "igned by you, all that were iu your possession having refe- rence to the expenditure of (he Civil Guverntnent of Lower Canada ? — They are for the period f(/; which they were called for. 43. Have any of these Accounts been audited, and their respective amounts finally dtiermined according to the present system of Audit established by the Lords Commissioners of the Treuiury .'—No, they arc not finally audited. J Vi SI 44. Wil! y«u state why they have not been finally audited ?— Some of »hem for want of lime on my pu.t logo tbrough, and lome wailing for explana- tion. 45. Have you any Accounts relating to the expenditure of the Civil Go- vernment during the year ending the lUlh October 1831, in your poasession^ which ore not linally audited, and if lo, will you produce them ?— There are some, which will be sent to the Committee. 46. In the execution of your duties as Inspector Generalj are you guided by the Reports of the Auditor Generai, or by the final Reports of the Executive Council ? — By the final Reports of (he Executive Council. 47. To ascertain the state of the Accounts as finally audited, it is therefore always requisite to refer to the Reports of the Executive Council ? — Yes, when they are approved by the Governor. 48. Have not you, as well as the Auditor General, access to all Reports of the Executive Council reliiting to ports produced by him, as some from which he derived his information to make up the Statements for the Legislature? — The Reports Nos. 62 and 6i, extracts from which are produced by the Inspector General, relate to the expenses of the Clerk of the Peace and Prothonotary at Saint Francis, for the six months ending the 10th October 1830, — they are dated the 5th July 1831. The Statements of the expen- diture for the year ending the 10th October 1830, were laid before the I^egislature on the 8th Februaiy 1831, five months previous .o Reports being made. These could not have been referred to by the inspector General in making out his State* ments, nor do they, nor any other of the Reports now produced to me, nor any other of my Reports, recommend that the appropriation for the expenses of any one year, should be applied towards paying the expenses of another. The Inspector General knows that I have always recommended a different course. 5. Are there any Accounts in youf custody not reported on by you ? — ^There are none. 6. Are tliere any Accounts in arrear ? — Many that have not been sent to me. I produce from my Record Book, the Copy of a Letter addi-essed by me to the Civil Secretary on the I8th December last. Many of the Accounts therein re- ferrad to, have been since sent to my Office and reported on by me ; many others are still outstanding, several for a period of three years. [Copy of the Letier referred to m the preceding ^nstoer.] Auditor General's OrFicK, Quebec, 18/A December 1833. Sir, I beg leave to refer to a Letter fVom the Inspector General of Public Pro- vincial Accounts, dated 13th December 1832, which accompanied the annual Ac- counts of the Revenue and Expenditure of the Province, transmitted to the House of Assembly, by Message, on the 14th December 1832, and also to a note annex- ed to Account No. 6, of the same year, it which it ih stated, "The Items of the " Contingent Expenses in the foregoing Accounts, marked thus • are not entirely " paid^M the Accounts for the latter six months are not yet finally audited, &c.&c." I' ?! 94 As the tenor of the Letter and Note above refen-ed to, is calculated to convey an indirect censure on the Offlcei whose duty it is to Audit the Accounts of the Revenue and Expenditure, I consider it a duty, which I owe to myself, to report for His Excellency's information the present state of the Public Accounts, in or- der that should any similar representation be made this year, His Excellency may be acquainted with the causes whicii occasion the delay. I have therefore the honor to request you will be pleased to bring before His Excellency at your earliest convenience, the enclosed " Memorandum of sundry Accounts in arrear not yel " sent to the Office of the Auditor General." Lieut. Col. Craig-, Civil Secretary, &c. &c. &c. I have the honor to be. Sir, Your most obedient humble servant, (Signed) T. A. YOUNG, Aud.GenJ. Memorandum of sundry Accounts in arrears, not yet sent to the Auditor General's Office. Accountants. Date of Accounts Audited. Accounts in arrear not yet sent to the Auditor General. Collector at Quebec, Ditto at Montreal, Ditto at St. John's, Ditto CoteauduLac, Com.nissioner Jesuits Estates, Secretary of the Province, Duties received on Licenses, Naval Officer, Treasurer of the Trinity House, Inspector of Rafts at Chateau- g^uay. Commissioners for the relief of Insane Persons, Foundlings and Sick at Quebec, Ditto at Montreal, Ditto at Three Rivers, To5lh April 1833, do. 1 0th October 1832. 5lh January 1833, 30th September 1832. j 5th April 1833. 10th October 1832, 22d February 1831, 1 31st March 183L \ 10th October 1830. Do. 10th October 1831, Two quarters Accounts. Do. One year's Accounts. Three quarters Accounts One year's Accounts. Two quarters Accounts. One year's Accounts, Three years Accounts. 2i years' Accounts. Three years Accounts. Do. Twoyeai-s Accounts. f ^ The Accounts relating to the Civil Government and the Administration of Jus- tice for the six months, ending the 10th October 1833, and some fok the half year ending the 10th April 1833, are also outstanding, as also the Accounts for Light Houses, Hospitals, Quarantine, and many others too numerous to mention. Auditor General's Office, Quebec, 17th December 1833. (Signed,) T. A. YOUNG, Auditor General. tl n I s tl I v I I fl I t i' *2B APPENDIX. f Its ts. APPENDIX No. 1. Address to His Excellency the Governor in Chief, dated 18lh January 1834. RESOLVED, That an humble Address be presented to His Excellency tlic Governor in Chief, praying that His Excellency may be pleased to direct tlie proper Officer to communicate to the Special Committee to whom is referred Hia Excellency's Message of the 13th instant, relating to the Finances, with the accompanying Estimate, the Original Accounts and Vouchers of Receipts and Pay- ments of the Receiver General, from the 11 th October 1830, to the 10th October 1833, inclusive ; the said Accounts to be returned to the Officer in whose custody ihey LOW are. APPENDIX No. 2. His Excellency's Answer to the preceding Address. Gentlemen, The Vouchers of which the production is prayed for in this Address, being the Documents which constitute the security of the Receiver General, in the settle- ment ofhis Accounts with the Lords of the Treasury, I must decline directing'That Public Officer to divest himself of their possession ; but should the House of As- sembly require it, he will attend their Committee, and furnish it with such informa- tion as may be consistent with his duty to his Superiors. Castle of St. Lewis, Quebec, Slst January 1834. (Signed,) A. JS- iar rht APPENDIX No. 3. Address to His Excelency the Governor in Chief, dated 18th January 1834. RESOLVED, That an humble Address be presented to His Excellency the Go- vernor in Chief, praying that His Excellency will be pleased to communicate to this House, Copies of the Returns of the Establishment of the Civil Government of Lower Canada, and all other Returns of the Civil Government of Lower Canada, from the year 1830 inclusive, which are annually prepared for the information of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, and commonly known under the designation of the Blue Book ; and humbly representing, that should His Excellency, to prevent delay, deem it expedient to communicate the Copies which are kept of llecoixl, they will be returned in safety to the Officer in whose charge they now are. 96 APPENDIX No. 4. His Excellency's Answer to the preceding Adiress. Gentlemen, I desire you will inform the House of Assembly, that the proper Officer will be directed to fumiuh the information prayed for in this Address. (Signed,) A. Castle of St. Lewis, Quebec, 21st Januaiy 1834. APPENDIX No. 5. Address to His Excellency the Governor in Chief, dated l8th January 1834. RESOLVED, lliat an humble Address be presented to His Excellency the Go- vernor in Chief, praying that His Excellency will be pleased to direct the proper Officer to communicate to the Special Committee to whom is referred His Excel- lency's Message of the 13th instant, relating to the Finances, with the accompany- ing Estimate, such Original Accounts and Vouchers regarding the Expenditure and Revenue of the Civil Government of this Province, as may from time to time be required by the Committee ; and also to give such information thereon as the Com- mittee may see fit to demand. APPENDIX No. 6. His Excellency's Answer to the preceding Address. Gentlemen, I desire you will inform the House of Assembly, that the proper Officer will be directed to furnish the information prayed for in this Address. Castle ol St. Lewis, Quebec, 21st January 1834. (Signed,) A. APPENDIX No. 7. Address to His Excellency the Governor in Chief, dated l8th January 1834. RESOLVED, That an humble Address be presented to His Excellency the Go- vernor in Chief, praying '.hat His Excellency will be pleased to direct tne proper Officers to communicate to the Special Committee to whom is refensd Hi« Ex- cellency's Message of the 13th instant, relating to the Finances, with the accom- panying Estimate, the Record Book of Warrants issued on the Receiver General, in payment of Public monies ; the Record Book of Reports of the Auditor General of Public Accounts, and Book of Reports on Public Accounts which the Clerk of the Executive Council is required to keep by the 7lh Regulation contained in a Re- port of a Committee of the whole Council, dated Council Chambere, 5lh December 1826, and which was communicated to this House by His Excellency Sir Jame*. Kempt, on the I7th December, 1828 ; the said Records to be returned to th« Officers ia whose custody they are. „ APPENDIX No. 8. His Excellency's Answer to the preceding Address. Gentlemen, I desire you will inform the House of Assembly, that the proper Officer will be directed to furnish the information prayed for in this Address. (Sigpaed,) A. Castle of St. Lewis, Quebec, 2l8t January 1834. APPENDIX No, 9. Message of His Excellency Sir James Kempt, dated the 20lh February 1829. James Kempt, His Excellency t'le Administrator of the Government lays before the House of Assembly, the accompanying Extract of a Letter from the Secretary of the Trea- sury, addressed to Mr. Wilmot Horton, Under Secretary of State, suggesting the adoption of an arrangement for the security of the monies in the hands of the Recei- ver General of this Province, similar nearly to :hat observed in the Commissariat Department for the security of monies in the Military Chest ; and should no enact- ment be made by the Legislature for the security of the Public money in the Recei- ver General's hands, as recommended in His Excellency's Message of the tv\renty eighth of November last. His Excellency informs the House of Assembly that he •will, in that case, deem it necessary to carry the arrangement therein suggested by (he Lords Commissioners of His Majesty's Treasury into effect. Castle of St. Lewis, aOth February 1829. Extract ofa Letter addressed to R. Wilmot Horton, Esquire, Under Secretary of Slate for the Colonial Department, by W. Hill, Esquire, Secretary of the Trea- sury, dated. Treasury Chambers, 30th October, 1826. My Lords desire to 8ugg;est that (he following arrangement may be made for the security of the Public Treasure in the hands of the Receiver General of the Province, viz : That the Governor of the Province should direct a proper and sufficient Fire-proof Vault to be erected in the Office of the Receiver General, or in some other appropriate place, to be secured by three separate Locks : That the Key of one ( f these Locks should be in the custody of the Receiver General, another in the custody of the Auditor of Provincial Accounts, and the third in the custody of the Secretary to the Government, or some other Provincial Officer. That the Receiver General should make up and render to the Governor, a Statement of his Accounts on the first of January, first of April, first of July and first of October in eaca year ; and that he should be required to deposit in !> I m I I 28 the Vnult go secured, any balance of money which may then be in hii custody exceeding Ten thousand poundi, and that the two other OflScers, to whom the Keys ofthe Vault nre enlrusted, should be prveent at such deposit, and that they and the Receiver General shuuld certify to the Governor thai it has been to deposited. If the Ten thousand pnnnds left in the Receiver General'! hands, together with the accruing Revenues should be found not aofficient to dischar^the whole of the demands payable by (he Receiver General, he should be required to state the same to the Governor, who, being Halislied of the necessity of placing a fur- ther Kum in his hands, should address a Warrant to the KeceiTer General, and to the two other Officera in whose pcsiiefision the Keys may be, directing (hem to open the Vault, and to take thereout and place in the hands of the Receiver Ge- neral such a sum of money at the Warrant may prescribe. — And for the further sccuiity of this Treasure, My Lords are of opinion that the Goternor should be required, as often as he may think necessary, and at least once in every year, to di- rect such individuals as he may think proper, not less than five, and being Offi- cers of the Colonial Government, to inspect and report to him the particulars and quantities of monies so secured, and whether the same is correct, according to the Account to be previously rendered to them. A true Extract, (Signed,) C. YORKE, Secretary. APPENDIX No. 10. Extract from an Account of certain indispensable Expenses of the Civil Government of Lower Canada incurred during the year ending 31st December 1829 — laid before the Legislature by His Excellency Sir James Kempt, G. C. B. 0.1 the 19th February 1830, and for which a Supply was granted. John Phillips, Amount of his Account for the construction of Fire>proof Vaults and Offices, for the Receiver General in the Old Chateau, i:i43 17 2 Sterling. This Expense has been incurred for the construction of two Fire-proof Vaults in the Old Chateau, fur the security of the Monies in the custody of the Receiver General, of the description suggested in the Letter from (he Secreta- ry to the Treasury, tiiat was communicated to the House of Assembly by a Mes- sage from His Excellency on the 20lh February 1829. In that sum is also in- cluded the expense of fitting up an office for the Receiver General, from which the two Vaults ill question open. The Public Treasure has been deposited in (he Vaults, and the Office will be occupied by thi> Receiver General as soon as the Season will admit. The Old Chateau was fixed upon as the best situation for the Office and Vaults, as well on account of being a Public Building, as from the additional security afforded by the Military Guard stationed immediately opposite to it. • ' . T APPENDIX No. 11. Extract from the Estimate of the Civil Expenditure of Lower Canada for the year 1831, transmitted to the Assembly by His Excellency Lord Aylmer, on the 14(h February 1831. Receiver (jcneral's Office. Salary of the Receiver General, XlOOO Allowance to Ditto for a Clerk, &c. iOO For providing Extra aosistance, . 100 For expenses attending the counting and depositing money in the Vault w(th three Keys. 56 APPENDIX No. 12. Copy of a Resolution of the House of Assembly on the 24th March 1831. 23. Resolved, That it is the opinion of this Committee, That a sum, not exceeding Fifty six pounds Sterling, be granted to His Majesty, to defray the expenses attending (he counting and depositing muney in the Vault with three Keys, and for the purchase of a set of Scales. APPENDIX No. 13. Extract from the Statement shewing the Expense of the Civil Government of Lower Canada, during the year 1831, transmitted to the House of Assembly by His Excellency Lord Aylmer, on the 2d December 1831. John Hale, For expenses attending the counting and depositing of Money in the Vault 'rilh three Keys, and for the purchase of a set of Scales. Sterling. £b5 16 APPENDIX No. 14. Extract from the Estimate of the Civil Expenditure of Lower Canada for the year 1832, transmitted to the House of Assembly by His Excellency Lord Aylmer, on the 27lh January 1832. 80 Receiver Geiierara Oflice. Salary of the Receiver Generul, Allouai ce to Ditio for u Clerk, Cunlingctil expenses iitletiiliii^' ilie cnunlin"; and de- positing money in tiic Vuull with lliree Keys, £1000 100 2.> APPENDIX No. 15. Copy of a Resolution passed by the Uouhc of Aisembly on the 9lh Februa- ry 1832. 23. Resolved, That it is the opinion of this Coininittee, That a sum, not ex- ceeding; Twemy live pounds Sterling, lie granted to Hi^ Majesty, to defray the expeiisps aticndng ihi' ronnling and dipoiiiiing money in the Vault with three Keys, from the eleventh Ociolier one thousand < ight hundred and thirty oni-, tu the tenth October one thoutiund eight hundred and thirty twu. APPENDIX No. 10, Address to His Excellency tlie Governor in Chief, dated 29th January 1834. RESOLVED, That an hmnblc Address be presented to His Excellency the Governor in Chief, prnying ihat His Excellmcy will be pli ased to direct the proper Officer to lay befire this House, a iStutcnaenl of the amount of Public Monies in the custody of the Receiver General on the first of January, first of A- pril, first of July and first of Octuber in each year, commencing with the fir"! of January 1831. and ending wih the first of January 1834; also, a Statement of the sums deposited in the Vmill secured by three Locks at each of the before mentioned periodw, as required l>y he arran:;cmi'nt contained in a Letter addres- sed to R. W. llorlon. Esquire, Under Secretary of State for the Colonies, by W. Hill, Esquire, Srcrelary to ih Treasury, dated Treasury Chambers, 30th Oc- tober IS'^O, an extract from which wm c>Mnmunicated to this House by His Ex- cellency Sir James Kempt, on the 20ih February 1829. APPENDIX No. 17. His Excellency's Answer to the preceding Address, Gentlempn, In Answer to this Addrcxs I desire you will inform the House of Assembly, that the Stdtemcnts of the amount of PuitI c Mtmies in the Custody of the Re- ceiver General, and of the sums ilcposiled in the Vault secured by three Locks, at the periods therein nientioneil, will take some t inc to prepare, but that they will be laid before the House wiih the least possible delay- Quebec, 8lU February, 1834. 81 APPENDIX No. IS, Sla'cmpnt of the siimi of PiiMic Money depoHiled in the Vault gecnrrd hj Ihree Locks.on (he iHt January, 1ft April. I«t Jii'y ami Ist Octohfroffarh year, commencing with the litt January 1831, and ending ^viih the ht Janua- ry, 1834. There !re frcTt no (1epn«l(g made at any of (he above mcntiond perindR, but on the 1st jHUiiary 1831. this Vault contained : Xd4 7'.M) 13 5 On the hi April 1831. 54 791) 13 5 Onlhe 1 t July l»)l, 64,71)9 13 6 On the 1st Octoher 1831, 12,58H11 3 On (he hi January 1832, 12,.')H8 1 1 3 On the Ist April 1833, I'^.-WS II 3 On the ht July ISaa, 12,1)88 11 3 On the lilt OcloI.er 1832, On the la) Junna>y 1833, On the ht April 1833, On the l8! July 1833, On the UlOtoher 1833, On the ht January 1834. 20,000 M (Signed,) Quebec, lOlb February, 1834. JOHN HALE, Receiver C nl. T. A. YOUNG, AudiorGeiil. D. DALY^ Secy, of ihe Province. APPENDIX No. 19. Address to His Excellency the Governor in Chief, dated 29lh January 1834'. RESOLVED, Th«t an humble Address be presented to His Excellency the Governor ill Chief, praying that His Excelli ncy wdi be pleased lo direct the Re- ceiver General lo lay before this House with ihe least possible delay, Statements of the amount of hit receipts and p.iyments made up lo the first of January, first of April, fiisl of July and first of Oitober in each year, fiom the first of January 1831, tollie first ot January 1834', both inclusive, dutinguishing the receipts and payments on account of the Expenses of the Civil Government from those on account of ihe Jeswiti' Estates. APPENDIX No. 20. His ExcellenGy's Ansvrer to tlie preceding Address. Genlicmen, In answer to this Address, I desire yon will inform the House of AssemMv that Ihe Accounts of Ihe Receiver General are made up half yearly, on the 10th of Acril and (he lOlh of October, but that he shall be directed (o make up quarterly StBtements as prayed for in (his Address, which shall be laid before the House as soon as they can be prepared. (Signed,) A. Castle of St. Lewis, Quebec, 3lh Feby. 1834. i;; 02 APPENDIX No. 21. ACCOUNT of Cash receiveii by John lUle, Eiquire, Receiver General of Lower Canada, on account of the Civil Government, between JOtb Apiil anJ Jith October 1833. 18.«. April 11. Ilecrived from 11. Jciiopp, Colleclor at Montreal, being for Duties collecied in the Quarter ended 5th April 1833, under Act l4th Geo. 111. Cap. 88. DI427 28-52, 12. Edwd. Ellicc, by the hands of Gen. O. Stuart, be- ing the Amount payable to Hiit Maje&ty in lieu of all future Seigniorial dues upon the unconreded parts of the Seigniory of Villeneuve or Beauhar- nnis, pursuant to a valuation thereof, 13. from I. G. Ogden, SheriflT at Three Rivers, Finp« received by him between lllh Oct. 1829 and 10th Oct. 1832, 10. The Hudson's Bay Company, by the hands of Jas. McKenzie, fur six montJis rent uf the King's Posts, to the lOlh instant, 18. Perrauit and Scott, Clerks of the Peace at Quebec, for Fines imiwsed between lllh Oct. 1832 and 10th April 1833, by Justices of the Peace in Quebec, £39 8 4 By Country Magistfatcs, 8 9 G. A. Gore, Collector at Quebec, bring for Duties cullecled in the Quarter €>iiileil the 5lli iiiHiant. under I4th Geo. 111. Cap. 88, />. G35 10-52, H. JesBopp, do. at Montreal, for do. in the do. ended do. under Provincial Acts, 24, W. Macrae, do. at St. John's fordo, for the do. ended do. viz : Under Aci6ih Geo. III. Cap, 53, £10 6 14»h do. di). do. 88, 3 6 4 Clh Geo. IV. do. 114, 622 II 7 Pnivincial Ads, 258 17 1 Currency. £356 17 8 891 6 3 91 5 9 COO >I.,y 1, W. Pri c, being the Amount payable to His Majesty in lieu of all future Seigniorial dues on ihs property of VVolfesfield near Quebec, the tenure of which has been changed, y. Edwd. Ellice, by the hands of Geo. O. Stuart, in lieu of all future Seigniorial dues on the con- ceded parts of the Seigniory of Beauharnois, be- longing to him, the tenure of which he is about to commute, 10. A. C. Taschereau, Collector at NouvpIIc Bcauce, for Duties collected in the Quarter ended 47 17 4 15S 15 II 11302 18 4 885 15 6 145 731 13 7^ Carried forward, ^15211 5^ 4^ of Ml 5ih January 1833, 5lh April Do. lOlh Oct. IV. Cap. do. do. do. 114. Oro(i)(lit forwird, under tilli Geo. IV. C. Il4, £ 4 5 H do. do. do. 18 di*. ProvincJBlAcU, do. Gtli Geo. 8 £15811 5 4| 6 IT 1 10 3 9 f May 10. neceived from J. & A. Delinle, Cl«iks of (he Peace at Mantretil, for ihcbalanreufFineMcollecleil a( Mun- Ireai, in (lie half veur ended lOlh April, IHS'.i, 20. from D. Daly, Secretary of ihe Piovince, on account of Dulles on Licencei, June 3. Frs X. Larue, J. P. for Finn levied by him in 1832, viz : on Ililaiic Darveaux, I'ointii aux Trembles, ba, Andre McCalluin, St. Augus* tin, 5a. ll. l.ouis Lacroix, on changing the tenure of hii) property in at. John's Suburbs, in lieu of all fu- ture Ueifi^niorial dues, l7. J. Siinpsrin, Collector at C6teau du Lac, amount of Duties for the Quarter ended 5th April 1833. 10. G A. Gore, do. at Quebec, for Duties col- lected in the Quarter ended do. viz : Under Act a.Jlh Geo. in. Cap. 9, i;6a.l5' 3 b.lid & 55(h 4 15 fiSlh 14706 2 10 24. M 4 28 4i R. H. Hamilton, Naval Officer, for Duties un- der Act 45th Geo. 111. Cap. 12, Sec. 24, and 2d. Geo. IV. Cap. 7, &c. for the Quarter ended 5lh January, 1833, Will. S. Sewell, Collocation to His Majesty by Judgment dated 20lh June 1833— viz : in the case (if G. beiii<;in lieu of all future SeigMiioiial duis nn ilieir properly ^t Wolfe's Cove, the lenure of which they ai-e about lo comnuitt", 2 D. Diily, Secrelary of the Province, on ac- coiiiil of Dulles on Lic'cnres, Will. Hall, Collector at Montre, Commissioner fiir making a Road from Noyau l) St. Armand, by lhehands)f Ll. Col, Ciaia;, licing the I'alance sl;ilcd in his ac- count as remaiiKng \> his hands of the mon es ad- \aiir' ll lo him for tii* object, 9 |{ H ilamillon, Nnval Officer, being the •li.ioniit of D 'ids ciiliccleJ in virtue of Acts 45 G.o HI. Cap. 12, Se.t 24, and 2 Ceo. IV. Cap 7 &c. 'ipon Vis-cIs cleared outwards, for the Quarter uiiled 5th July 1833, Oct. 10. The Ihu'son's Bay dimpany, by the bands of Jiinu's McKeuzie, lor rent of Kit. g's Posts fursix montlis ended '.hi' date, — Vie I;. Griflin, on account of Lachine Canal Tolls to the m\' Sept 18.33, — — ^ — H. Jesso|)p, Collector a', Quebec, on account c*" Dalies cidlected in the Quarter ended tho 5th 14861 inst VIZ ; Provii'cial Duties, Emigrania 'I'az, £12000 2000 W II. Hall, do. at Montreal, on do. of do. do. ill the do ei'ded t\o. u der Provincial Acts, — — Sundry Persons for Lodset Ventes, as per Ac- count No. 1, Currency, Amount of Rec::i!>t8, Sterling, (Sig;ned,) 8659 19 7J 13 11 17 3 2363 140 )80 1500 18 3 16165 12 6 14 4 2 882 8 9 600 2400 11000 IIOOO 2142 \6 m £120073 11 4i £113466 4 21 J. HA'.E, Receiver General 'm w ' 85 APPENDIX No. 22. Extract from a Slatenicnt in the order of their dntes of payments, niatle by the Receiver General , by the late and present Collecioi-s at Quenoc, from tl>o Glh January 1830 to the 5th January 1834, rendered by tlio Collector of the Customs ut Quebec, and dated the lOlh February 1834 Payments from the 0th July to the 10th Ocioljer, 1833 !• Dates 14 Geo. III. Provincial Dales 14 Geo. 111. Provincial of Payments. Cai). 88. D utics. of Paynieiil. Caj). 88 • Duties. Bal.fr. 5th July. 40 14 8 brot. U|;, 0,202 3 10 2,012 19 July 20 175 Sej)!. 16 20 ^: 10^ 50 „ 22 oOO ») »> 320 5 7{ „ 23 S34 10 4 31- 10 7 "1 1,403 10 31 1.098 17 9 „ 24 120 17 7 53 8 5 „ 23 bf^ri 15 2j 295 » 25 133 9 2 5> H Oi 977 1 U „ 26 124 14 9 „ 30 101 10 9 H()3 4 „ 29 269 4 5> )) 1,570 4 (i ,, 30 357 10 October, 1 412 15 9 594 1? 9 »» 11 07 1 6 ), )> 137 9 8 872 18 « August 3 293 ,0 8 40 7 „ 7 91 3 125 11 >> »> 123 4 6 70 18 5 »i )) 070 10 11 » 12 808 14 10 Nov. 5 3 380 9 10 »» )> 73 6 I ,, 6 972 2 >» )) 741 6 „ 23 )» J> „' 6000 » 19 354 14 5 ()7 9 4 Paid by tlll<^ >> », 403 12 3 Sherifl on ac- 1 count of ( Bonds. J 5> J» „' 1.101 4 7 ,, 20 347 13 8 498 13 8 1 >» )) 501 4 8 Ua.byMr\Vriglit n »» „ 118 8 September 2 ,, 9 121 4 634 19 9 7 184 76 18 1 5 4 £ 14,418 6 1 15,740 13 8 Can-led up, jCG 262 3 10 je 2,012 19 vl .1 V" it !/ APPP.iDIX No. 33. Statement of (ho amount of Public Monies in the Custody of the Re- ceiver General of Lower Canada, al the periods undermcntiouoi-i. January 1831 , i!2.3,054 April, „ 1:^470 July, ., Overpaid, 5,705 October, „ 11,184 January, 1832 24,9.>8 1st. 1st. 1st. 1st. 1st, 1st. April, " „ S,39'i 1st. July, „ 7(>()5 1st. October, „ 1!2,707 1st. Janiaiy, 1833, 17,()25 1st. April', „ 1 5,500 1st. July, „ 28,898 Isl. October, , 11417 1st. Januaiv, 1834, 17,241 i.ig. 10 5 5i 1 UV 16 5h 4 {)\ 10 4i 17 Oi 14 7i 11 5i 8 Oi 5 3 15 7 4 3i (iaebec, 2Slli February, 1834. (Si-ned) J. 1I\L5':, Receiver General. lu ll 86 AIPENDIX No. 24. Sialcmcnt of the Amount of a>e RcceiplB of the Receiver General of Lower CanaSrS" up to tl- Quarterly periods undermentioned :- Periods. JTotal Receipts Currency 1st. Jan. 1831 £ 61,071 11 01 ru^eiiJs'^irSHilBIS^^^'Sntre Civil Uovern- m J and Jesuit^Estates, dist.ngumhed. Ctirrency. £ 58,679 6i 825 Isl. April „ 1st. July „ lat. Ort. „ 1st. Jan. 1832 1st. April „ 1st. July „ 1st. Oct. „ 1st. Jan. 1833 1st. April ,, 1st July „ 1st. Oct. „ 1st. Jan. 1834 57,365 6 5i Civil Government, Jesuits Estates, Civil Government, Jesuits Estates, 42,956 10 U Civil Government, Jesuits Estates., 106,450 11 6i Civil Government, Jet Jits Estates, Civil Government, Jesuits Estf.tes, Civil Government, Jesuits Estates, 67,016 7 4i 44,160 U Oi e^i /98 14 8i ICivil Government, ' Jesuits Estates, 64,353 3 6i Civil Government. Jesuits Estates, 66,623 8 8i .^^'vil Government, Jesuits Estates, 37 919 13 7 C'^'* Government, ' Jesuits Estates, 63,506 2 6i Civil Government, 'Jesuits Estates, 61,295 2 lOi Civil Government, Jesuits Estates, 55,030 2 61 Civil Government, jJesuits Estates, Quebec, 28//t Febr..»,y, 1834. (Si-ned,) 66,168 6 5k 39,559 16 2 2678 6 2i "106,150 11 64 64,601 10 7i 700 44,081 11 ~0i 63,243 17 4i 754 19 Oi ~63,853 6 6| ""62,918 14 5J 1,940 15 9 85,719 13 7 63,076 18 li 429 4 5& 60,295 2 lOi ~52,363 18 10 1,166 3 8i J. HALfi, Receiver General. f > 37 APPENDIX No. 25 Statement of the Amount of Payments made by the Receiver General of Lower Canada, up to ' e Quarterly periods undermenticned. Periods. 1 January 1831, 1 Apiil 1 July 1 October . . I January 1S33, 1 April 1 July 1 October . . i January 1833. 1 April 1 July 1 October . . 1 January 1834, Total Payments Sterlinff. ^41,287 17 61,315 13 9 57,836 5 6 78,915 12 46,541 7 1 56,409 17 7 58,945 16 7 52,816 1 5 '5,1 5 ij.3,2W 17 8 •..:,763 13 1 72646 2 3 43,703 13 7 Payments on account of the Civil Government and Jccuiu' Estates, distinguished. Civil Goveniment,jC38,702 1 6 Jesuits' Estates, 1,185 17 3 Civil Government, 60,092 13 11 Jesuits' Estates, 45 Civil Government, 56,975 17 11 Jesuits' Estates, 697 7 8 Civil Government, 77,779 6 ll Jesuits' Estates, 673 9 2 Civil Government, 45,634 19 3 Jesuits' Estates, 528 9 Civil Government, 54,829 iO Jesuits' Estates, C; =1 Government, 58,451 J5 11 Jesuits' Estates, 385 14 4 Civil Government, 51,932 18 6 Jesuits' Estates, Civil Government, 53,932 16 5 Jesuits' Estates, 440 Civil Government, 32,944 Jesuits' Estates, Civir Government, 43,441 Jesuits' Estates, Civil Government, 71,345 Jesuits' Estates, Civil Government, 42,599 Jesuits' Estates, 2 5 3 7 14 7 11 11 Q 5 ^ Quebec, 28th February 1834. (Signed,) J. H.*LE, Receiver General. i '■: i|, I APPENDIX . Message of His Excellency the Govenioi AYLMER, Governor in Chief. 'li' ; dated 21st January 1834. With reference to the Address of the House of Assembly, praying for the com- municaticn of a Copy of the Despatches from His Majesty's Secretary of Stet", ii 88 which conveyed the Commands and Instmclions of His Majesty, relative to the Sup- ply Bill of Oil'.' thouisancl eight '"indied .'iiid thirty two, niid which arc relen-ed to in the Mcssnjfc ol' llie Governor in Chief lo tlic House of Assemhiy, of (lie twenty first of Novpuiher One thousand eight hundred and thirty two, the Governor in Chief now tiiuiisniiis lo llie Humbo of Asseuil)ly, in relation to Uiat subject, an extract froDi a Despatcli addressed lo him on ilic 9lh of April 1832, by Viscount Goderich, lute Secretary of State for the Colonial Department. " In Your Lordship's Despatch of the 20th January, is contained a Copy of •' the Message which, on the bihalfof His Majesty, you transmitted to the House, •• proposing u Civil List of £5,900 per Annum, and urging upon that Body the mo- " tives which so strongly recommend that proposal to their consideration. The " House of Assembly, however, not only rejected His Majesty's application, and " passed a Bid founded upon principles directly opposed to it, but they did not even '• judge it right to return any answer to the Message, or to explain the grotnnls of " their peremptory refusal of the prapositions made to them." " Eveiy cffoit which His Majes'y Vins, with the most studious anxiety made " to engage tlie confidence of iho House of Assembly of Lower Canada, would " tluis appear to have l)cen 'inhappiiy fruitless ; cr^J eveiy demand, however can- " tioiis and moilcratp, has ueen repollid, without even llie obscn'ance of those " forms ofcourt(>sy which arc iuvariiihly niainlained by the British Parliament, and " by tlie Gciicinl Assemblies of all His Majesty's t'olonies J Yet it remains to His " Miijesly a source of pcnnanent satisfaction, that the concessions whit' v-iffheen " met by so unexpected n reception, were not wilhhuldcn. To haverei ; ' i, . •' tice to His Canadian Siiljjocts, witli the most scrupulous respect for their ^; ' , <' ami with the most liberal reg'ird to their interests, can never be to His Maje>' ■ a «' subject of regiel, iiowever much that proceeding may have failed to fulfil the • ' hopes which Hi;s Majesty, upon the best apparent grounds, had permitted Him- «' self to indulge." " His Majesty, however, having now been compelled to a^lmit the conviction, thatany np])lic;nion to t!ie House of Assembly, loconcurin the giant of a Civil List, wi'l bo met with an unqualified denial, will not bo advised to provoke the repediion of proceedings wliich His INIajesty cannot believe to be in harmony widi the deliberate purposes and habitual feelings of any class of His Canadian Subjects. Your Lordship will therefore in your future communications to the t^ouse of Assembly make no further reference to the question of the Civil List. TiiC Salaries of the Governor, of the Provincial Secretary, of the Governor'a Sccrelaiy, and of the Law Oflicers of the Crown must hencefor'.h be excluded from tlie annual Estimates. Mis ALijesty will provide for those charges from the Funds which the Law has placed at His own disposal." " The course which has been taken has reduced His Majesty to a dilemma from Vi'hich it docs not seem possible to escajie. On the one hand the rejection of the Bill would inflict great flistress on a large body of persons, impede for nearly twelve months, various public services of the highest importance, and probably excite very general discontent. By actejiting it, His Majesty would on the other hand appear to acquiesce in the exercise of a principle subversive of the in- dependence of die Crown, and in a proceeding marked by a studied departure from those decorous observances which it is of such vital impoitnrae to maio- tain. In the choice between these difficulties. His Majesty deems it better to incur the risk of a misconstruction of His motives, than to expose to soformidBble an inconvenience, a large body of His people, wliose welface it is His mostauxious 09 " desire to promote. lam therefore commanded by the Kin* to signify to Your " Lordship, His *Jajesty'8 Assent to the Bill which you have transmitted." Castle of St. Lewis, Quebec, 21st January 1834. APPENDIX No. 27. FIRST REPORT of the Special Committee to vvhom were referred Hi§ Excellency the Goveiuor in t hicf 's Message of the 14th February 1881, with the accompanying Estimate of the (.'ivil Expenditure of the Government of Lower Ca- nada, fortheyear 1831 ; His Excellency's Messages of the 23rd and 25th of the aanw month, relating tc a proposed Civil List, and other Documents. First Report. THE SPECIAL COMMITTEE to whom were referred His Excellency the Governor in Chief's Message of the 14th ultimo, wiui the accompanying Eslimnte of the Civil Expenditure of the Governmeut of Lower Canada for the year 183 1; His Excellency's Messages of the 23rd and 25th ultimo, relating to a proposed Civil List, and other Documents, — with power to report from time to time, have the honor to ^ ' REPORT IN PART : That they have thought it their duty first to proceed upon the considoralion of the Messages of the 23rd and 2otli ultimo, relating- to a proposed Civil List, as ex- pressing tlie latest determination of His iVIajesty's Govfrnment respecting the pro- vision to be made for the support of the Civil Government of this Province. The proposed measure is a settled provision for such portion of the Expenses of the Civil Government as may appear, upon examination, to require an arrange- ment of a more permanent nature than an annual vote ; and the duration of this pro- vision is desired (or the life of His Majesty. It appears by His Excellency's answer to an Address of this House referred to Your Committee, that it is in the contemplation of His Myjcsty's Government to submit to the Parliament of the United Kingdom, in the course of the present Ses- sion, the expediency of passing an Act to relieve I lip Lords of the Treasury from their alleged obligation of appropriating the taxes wl'ich u:e now levied in the Pro- vince by virtue of different Acts of the British Parliament, the said Act to come in force simultaneously with an Act lo be pasaod here ; and leaving the future ap- propriation of these taxes to the Colonial Legislature. It also appears by the Statement which accompanies the Message of the 23rd uhimo, that the Revenues contemplated, amounting to £38,125 Currency, nett, on an average of the last two years, include only those arising from the British Act 14th Geo. III., Cap. 88 ; (he average nett annual produce of which for the last two years, is .tated at £33,942 Currency; the remainder of the said amount of jC38,135, being chiefly made up of Items under the Colonial Acts 41st Geo. HI. Caps. 13 and 14. ' The Mess?ige of the 25th ultimo expressly reserves for the exclusive disposal rftheCrovm, "by virtue of the Royal P>erogative," for objects " closely connected " with the public interests of the Province," the following sources of Revenue : — r ^^m 40 1. Rents Jesuits' Estates. 2. «ent of the K\uffs Posts, 3. Forgoes of St. Maurice. 4. Rent of Kii)H^'.-> Wharf. 3. Droit de Quint. 6. Lods ct Voiites. 7. Land Fmid. 8. Timber Fund. The Groiss annual amount of this Revenue, on an average of the last tv;fo years, according to a Return commencing' in 1818, laid before the House upon Address of the 25th ultimo, is £11,203 12s. Od. Currency. Your Committee have observed that, according to a Message of His Excel- lency Lord Dorchester, then Governor in Chief, dated 29th April 1794, when the first' Accounts of the Proviricial Revenues and Expendituie were submitted to this House, the whole of the Casual and Territorial Revenue then arising within the Province was expressly stated to have " been most graciously ordered by His Ma- " jcsty, to be applied towards defraying the Civil Expenses of the Province," (See wf?/)»c»rf;xNo. 22.) and that the whole of that Revenue, excepting the " Land " Fund" and " Timber Fund" not then in existence, and the Jesuits' Estates, has since been contained in the Accounts of the Public Revenue of the Province laid before the House, and the amount has gone to the payment of the Expenses of Government, as sanctioned by the annual votes of the House, and formed part of the amount of the aj)propriation for these expenses, passed by His Majesty in Pro- vincial Parliament, in the two last Sessions, and also in the Session of 1825. The Lind Fund mentioned in the foregoing List and Message of the 25th ulti- mo, Your Committee (iiiderstand consists of the proceeds of the sales of the Waste Lands in this Province, or rents of the Crown Reserves of one seventh of these lands, interspersed among the grants made for actual settlement. The Timber Fund is the proceeds of the sale of Licences to cut and carry ofl' ihe Timber on determined portions of the Waste Lands mentioned in the Licences. This Revenue appears only to date from 1828, and Ihe average for the last two years is aa follows : — Land Fund, Timber Fund, £2,209 4 1,576 13 10 5 £3,345 18 3 Currency. Your Committee refer to the aforementioned Return of the Casual and Territorial Revenue since 1818, amounting to £96,055 7s. 8d., and think proper to observe that a sum of ^8,534 IP'- 6d,, mentioned in a note to the Return as having been recovered from the lat.. ' * :nry Caldwell, Esquire, formerly Treasurer to the Jesuits' Estates, is not included in the Statement ; nor can it, in Ihe opinion of Your Committee, be credited with propriety to that Fund, till the question which has been long pending with respect to the responsabiliiy of ihe Estate of the late Heniy Cald- well, for a balance amounting to £39,874 lOs. lOd. sterling, due by him at the time of his death to the othei Funds of the Province, is determined. It appears to Your Committee that the whole of the Revenue referred to in the Message and Statements before mentioned, which has not already in point of fact been at the disijosal of the Legislature, and included in Ihe two last Acts of Supply, and in that of 1825, consists in the said Timber and Land Funds, and Jesuits' Estates, the three amountinp- on an average of the last two years, to £5,515 9d. Cur- 41 rency, per annum ; and ihcy arc now for the firet time expressly reserved from the controiil of the Lenrislnture, while monies amsin!>' from the British Acts fitli Geo, II. Cap. 1', 4111 Geo. III. Cap. 15, and 6th Geo. III. Cap. 53, aniounlinjr, ac- cording to a Statenicut laid before the House on the 31st January 1829, to £1818 14s. 3d. CHrrcncy, per annum, on an averag'e of the two last years in the Return, beingf monies included in the express terms of the Message as " levied by virtue of " different Acts of the British Parliament," are not at all mentioned in the Statement accomijanying His Excellency's Message of the 23rd February last. The Esliinale for Ihe proposed Ci\il Lixt accompanying the'said Messsnge, amounts £19,500 Sterling, equal to £21,666 13s 4d. Currency : it embraces : — Ist. A provision for Ihe Governor's Salary, Civil Secretary, Contingencies: — 2dly. Chief Justice; do. of Montreal ; 6 Puisne Judges, Resident Judge at Three Rivers, 2 Provincial Judges, Judge of the Vice Admiralty Court, Attor- ney General, Solicitor General, allowance for Judgfs circuits, and Coniingencies: — .Srdly. Pensions and Miscellanedusi. Your Committee regret that they have not been able to obtain any detail of the intended application of the proposed amount of Contingencies, Pensions and Miscellaneous services; and it appears from an Answer of His Excellency, that an Address of the House to the same effect has been equally unsuccessful. Your Committee also regret that it appears by an Answer to another Ad- dress to His Excellency, also referred lo your Committcp, that no detailed ac- count can lie liad, at hast for the present, of the intcnli Gnvernmciitund all the L'/^is- tive aiilhoritic!* in the Colony, in the Act passed by His Majcsly in the Provin- cial Parliament in 1799, (39lh Geo. III. Cap. 9) and prrvioiisly sanrlioned by the Kiti;r in Council in Great Britain. (See Extract from the cSpeech of Hii Lxrellency, Robrrt Fresco/ 1, Esquire, Governor in Ciiit/, ofilSth March, 1799, Appendix, No. 23.) The Revenues raised at that time under Ibe Act of 1774, amounted to only jC4.644 8s Oil Currency, annually, an. this amount was by the same Pn>vin> cial Act granted to Hii Majesty in lieu of the Dutiesundcr the British Act, with- out limit «s to duration, while the X5,555 Us 111. Currency, s;ranted in 1795, and no donbt intended us a compensation for the Casual and Territorial Reve- nue, in cou'pqDence of the •'rni ions declaratiim of Hit* Majesty in 1794, wa< also again granted without lioiiiation towad^ the Adminisiration of Justice antin)ale(l, for the current year, at the sum of Thirty four " thousand seven hnndrt'd pminds. " The produce of tlio Casual and Territorial Revenue of thfi Crown, and " of Fines and Forfeiture^, may lie estimated, for the same period, at the sum of " Three ihdUiiund four hundred pounds. " These several sums, making togeiher the sum of Thirty eight thousand one liiindred pounds, coii>fitutc ihe whole estimated Revenue Province, which the Luw has placed at the disposal of the Crown. arising in this " His Majesty has ])cea pleased Indirect that, from (his collective Reve- " nue of Thirty ei^ht ihounand one hundred pounds, theSilary of the Officer « Adm ni.stering the Government of the Province, and the Salaries of the Jud- •' ges, bhould be defrayed : Uut His Majesty being gracioub'y disposed to niark^ 48 " in the Mron{re«t manner, the coiifidencff which He repniei in the libfralily nnd " afleLMJnn (■>' His faitiiful Conitmingof this Fiuvinci>, has bcrii pleuiod l<> com- " matid His Excellency lo niin«uiice to the Agscmhly, Ihiil no fiiitherniiprnpiia- " tioii eniiinents, as l>i (he most " sdvanla^eoiis mode in wnicli it can be applied (•» the public service ; and it " will be Kratir)ing to Hif Mijcs'y, if the rccommendatiun made to the Eis> " cutivv Government of thi; Frovince on this subject, shall be such as it may be " able, with propriety and wilb due allentiua tu the interests and etiiciency of " Hia Majesty'* Goverainenlj to adopt." On the consideration of the aforementioned Cominimication, the House adopt- «d, CD Iho 6th December following, among ottitr Resolutions, the folluwing :->• " Resolved, That under no circumstances, and upon no consideration whatso- " ever, ought this House to abandon or in any way compromise its Inherent and ♦' Constilutitutionnl Right, as a branch of the Provincial Parlianienl representing " His iVIajesty's Subjects in this Colony, '.o superintend and control the receipt " and expenditure of the whole Public Revenue arising within this Province." ♦* Resolved, That on the permanent set (lenient before mentioned bcin^ efTect- " ed with the consent of diis House, it will bo expedient to render the Governor, " Lieutenant Governor, or person administering the Government for the time being, " and the Judges and Executive Councillors, independent of the annual vote of the " House, to the extent of their present saluries." Your Committee cannot for a moment presume that the Inst recited Resolu- tion was intended to be nctetl upon before the recommendations of the Committee of the House of Commons on the Civil Government of Canada, to whom the Pe- titions of the Inhabitants of this Province for a redress of Grievances were also re- ferred, should have their entire exectilion. It is obvious that the said Resolution, being conformable to one of these recommendations, as v/ellas the other Resolutions adopted on that occasion, were intended as a declaration that the House was dis- posed to cfive effect to the recommendations of that Committee as far as it was concerned, so ssoon as the Grievances complained of weie redressed. (See Appen- dix, No. 25.) Indeed a reference to the Resolutions adopted 19ih March 1830, before entering into the consideration of the Supply for the year, will leave no room for doubt on this subject. (See Jppevdix, No. 20.) Your Committee being persuaded that the most material of the recommenda- liofls of the Cannda Committee, have not been carried into effect by His Majesty's Government, although more thun two years have now elapsed since the date of the Report, and that the demands now made do not correspond with the recom- mendations of that Committee on the subject of the Financial differences, nor even with the Schedule annexed to a Bill introduced in the last Session of Parliament by the then Colonial Minister, and proposed to be appropriated by the Colonial Le- gislature, (See Appendix, No. 27,) are of opinion; — That it is inexpedient that any further permanent provision for the Expenses of Ibe Government be made. The whole nevertheless humbly Bubinitted» (Signed,) i M i if I 7th March, 183 L T. A. ¥OUNG, Chairman. i 44 ORDERS OF REFERENCE. House of Assembly, Friday . \^th February 1831. Resolved, That the Message of His Excellency the Governorin Chief, of the fourteenth February instant, with the accompanying Estimate of the Civil Eipenditiire of the Government of Lower Canada for the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty one, be referred to a Committee of seven Members, to examine the lamp, and report thereon with all convenient speed, with power to send for persons, papers and records. Ordered. That Mr. Young, Mr. CuviUier, Mr. Neilson, Mr. Heney, Mr. Leslie, Mr. Lee, and Mr. Quesnel, du compose the said Committee. Orderid, That the Message of His Excellency the Governor in Chief, re- ceived this day, relating to the Repairs of the Cattle of St. Lewis and the Go- vernment House at Montreal, with the accompanying documents, be referred to the said Committee. Ordered, That the Message of His Excellency the Governor in Chief, re' ceived this day, relating to certain expenses incurred by the Collector at St. John's, with the accompanying documents, be referred to the said Committee. Ordered, That the Petitions of John Jeffreys, Gaoler at Quebec, and of Edward Holland, Gaoler at Montreal, presented to this House the eleventh in- stant, be referred to the said Committee. Attest, Wm. B. LINDSAY, Clk. Assy. Saturday, 19/A February, 1831. Ordered, That the Message of His Excellency the Governor in Chief, received this day, relating to Repairs necetsary to the Court House at Quebec, with the accompanying documents, be referred to the said Committee. Attest Wm. B. LINDSAY. Clk. Assy. Saturday, 26lh February, 1831. Ordered, That the Messages of His Excellency the Governor in Chief, of the twenty third and twenty fifty instant, relating to the Financial Affairs of this Province, be referred to the said Committee. Ordered, That the Answer of His Excellency the Governor in Chief, received this day, to the Address of this House relating to the Financial Affairs of this Province, be referred to ihe said Committee, 4f 4k iS"^*^' T«* *£.• ^^I?*' **^ *•"'■ "<"'•• of »''« eighte«nlh inilanl. referrinr the MMitga of Hii Excellency the GoTernor in Chief of the fourteenth inalant with the accompeoyiog Document!, lo the laid Committee, be di8char«d. in *o f«r ai It relatci to the eiUbliahment of the Audit Oflfice ; and that part of the ■aid Message having reference to the eslabliihment of such Office by Law be referred to the Standing Comnailtee of AccounU. Attest. Wm. B. LINDSAY. Clk. Any. Monday, 28//i February, 1831. OrW. That the Statements laid before the House, this day. in compli- ance with the Address of the House of the twenty fifth instant, be referred to the said Committee. Attest. Wm. B. LINDSAY, Clk. Assy. Tuetday, 1st March. 1831. Orrfered That the Answer of His Excellency the Governor in Chief to the Address of this House, of yesterday, praying that His Excellency will be plea- sed toGommunicate to this Hooge the proposed application of certain Items con- tained in the proposed Civil Lut for Lower Canada, be referred to the said Cora- mittee. Ord«-c^ That the Answers of His Excellency the Governor iu Chief to the several Addresses of this House, of yesterday, praying for information rela- ting to the different sources of Revenue classed under the general head of the Casual and Territorial Revenue, be referred to the said Commiltee AAA cJu^^^ *•"* ^1^"^" °f "" Excellency the Governor iii Chief to the :^h„?T^°i t'^?*'"T*i*^W''l?y'P™y•"? '■°' information respecting the choice made by the Judge of the Court of Vice Admiralty in respect to his Sa- lary and Fees, be referred to the said Committee. Attest. Wm. B. LINDSAY, •s -: . Clk. Assy. Wedtiesday. 2d March, 1831. ...^'^""^a. T»*' *•"* Answer of His Excellency the Governor in Chief to the Address of thii House, of yesterday, be referred to the said Committee. Attest, Wm. B. LINDSAY, Clk. Assy. Monday, 7th March, 19Q\. Ordered, That the yaid Committee have power to report from time to time ■ Attest, o .; * , Wm. B. UNDSAY, '^' , . . - ' -. Clk. Assy. I k MINUTES OF EVIDENCL. House of Assembly, Committee Room. Saturday, 19/A February, 1831. In Comniillcc oa the annexed oders of refewnce. Present -.-Messrs. Cuvillier. Qmsnel, Lee, Xeihon, Young, Heney uwi Lealn. Mr. Young called to the Chair. Head the Ordere of reference. Adjourned to the call of the Chair. Mondaifv mkFthmtry, leftk. P«B8ENT :-Mesata. Young, Qutimel. JS-fihoih, Htn^y, Cwallit^ wdLeslie. Mr. Yowig in the Chair. Ordered, That the Inspector General be directed to appear immediately be- fore this Committee. Joseph Cary, Esquire, Inspector General of Public Provincial Accounts, cal- ed in ; and examined : — 1 His Excellency the Governor in Chief transmitted with his Message of the the 23d instant, an Estimate of a proposed Civil List for Lower Canada, is that Estimate in your handwriting ?— Yes. • j •. , „ 2. Upon what piinciple did you ftrm. that Estmiate?— I copied it from a drauffhl ffiyen to me. , , _ _ , ,. o % t)o you know whether that draught was sent from the Office of the Jsecre- tary of State ?-I cannot say positively : it was detached from any other papers. I cannotsay whether it was made here or in England. . ^ . 4 Can you acquaint the Committee with the nature of the C-ntmgencies pro- posed to be paid out of the sum of jCSOO. stated in Class No. 1 ?— I do riot» know ; and this answer will apply to the other Contingencies, Pensions, and MisceUane- ous, in the Estimate. . . , , j o i r 5. Do you know why the sum of £1200 is estimated as the proposed Ssalary of the Chief Justice of ftlontreai?— I have been informed that the additional XlOO was for his aiteuJaiioc in iheCourt of Appeals at Quebec. 41t Dili slie. be. cal- 'the that m a cre- I pro- )W; IDC' yof 100 6. Do you know why the Salary of Che Jud lo V'ko Aihiuralty Court iy you a* In- spector Ueneral, of the net produce of certain rcvenueH (hirin^f die Inst two years? — I was directed to make a Statement of the avcro^'o Amount of tiic revcnutis un- der dieso several Items slated dterein, founded u|)on the receipts of the two lost years. 10. It is stated in the Governor^ Me8saq;c, that His Majesty places nt the disposal of (he Le^islnture ail his interest in thoMO Taxes which are now levied in the Province Hy virtue of dilTetent Acts of the British Parliament, and which ore appropriated by the Treasury uinler His Majesty's Commands, togetlier with nil Fines and Forfeitures levied under authority of such Acts, and that the Amount of such Revenues, iakenupon an average of the last two years, is £38,125 cunemy, will you explain to the Committee why, in the Statement sifrned by you, the Taxes levied under the Provincial Acts 41st Geo. III. cap. Id and 14, are inclu- ded? — I was directed to make up dial Statement in the manner in which i» is made out. 11. Are the Fines and Forfeitures included in your Stotoment all levied un- der authority of British Acts of Pailiameiil ? — Tiie average Amount of Fines and Forfeitures received during the two years, without rolerenco to any particular Acts. 12. From whom did you receive your instructions to make out die Statement; and will you produce them to the Committee .' — My Instructions were verbal from His Excellency the Governor in Chief. 13. Did His Excellency enumerate die several Acts the produce of which was to be included in your Statement ? — He mentioned the several Items which I was to include in the Stuiement. 14. What do you conceive to be Hia M^esty's interest in those Tu^es apaii from the interests of the Province? — I cannot take upon myself to say. Id. In the Statement you '"^ve made up in virtue of diese Instructions, you have included the average Am of Fines and Forfeitures for the two last years from all sources ? — Yes. 16. Who gave you the ( .of the Estimate, as mentioned in your answer to the second question ? — The Civil Secretary. 17. In whose handwriting waj it ? — I know not. 18. Do you think it was written in this Province ? — I cannot say. 19. Have you ever seen any handwriting like it since you have been in Office? — I do not know whether I have or not. 20. Are you in possession of that draught ? — I am not : I returned it to the Civil Secretary. 2 1 . Do you know whether the Estimate was made up in this Country ? — I do not know. 22. Have you made up any Statements within the last six months for the purpose of beinff sent to the Secretary of State, having reference to the Estimate ? — I certainly did not 23. Do you keep a Register of the Payments made out of the Revenues ari- sing from the Jesuits Estates, and the Land and Timber Funds? — I do. Ordered, That the Chairman do move the House, That an humble Address be presented to His Excellency the Governor in Chief, praying His Excellency will be pleased to cause to be laid before this House, a detailed Statement of the inten- ded application of the Items contained in the Estimate of the proposed Civil List Co \'} > '■■ '' i T'**,: - 48 Lower Canada, transmitted with His ExciMlency's Meesajire of the 23rd. instant, under the heads of Conting'encies, in Classics Nos. 1 and 2, and under the heads uf Pensions and Miscellaneous, in Class No. 3. Ordered, That the Chairman do move the House, That an humble Adress be presented to His Excellency the Governor in Chief, praying that His Excdif ocy ."ill be pleased to direct the proper Officers to lay before this House, a Statem u of the gross annual amount of the Rents of the Jesuits Estates, classed under the several heads of receipt ; a detail of the Salaries annually paid, and the gross annual amount of otlier expenses of management and tollection, together with a Statement of 'A the annual amounts of other payments made out of the saiiie Fund. Ordered, That the Chairman do move the House, That an humble Address be presented to His Excellency the Governor in Chief, praying His Excellency to direct the proper Officer o lay before this House, Statements of the gror^ annual in- come of the Land Fund, and of the Timber Fund, classed under th several heads of receipt ; a detail of the Salaries annually jiaid, and the gross annual amount of all other expenses of m?.nagen-,ent and collection, together with a Statement of the an- nual amount of all other payments made out of the same Funds from the year 1818 inclusive. Ordered, That the Chairoian do irove the House, That an humble Ad< dress be prei^enled to His Excellency the Gorernor in Chief, praying that His Excellency will be pleased to cause to be laid before the House, a detailed Slate- ment of ihe intended future application of the income arisirj from the rents of the Jesui;? Estates, the Land Fundj tne Timber Fund, and other heads of re- venue classed i^ Hit Excellency's Message of the 25th instant^ as belonging to the Crtsual and Territorial Revenue. 6 . red, That the Chairman uo iiiove Ihe House, That an humble Address lie prcsentpd to His Excellency the Governor in Chief, praying that His Ex- rellency ill be pleased to acquaint ti>i8 House, whether the Judge of the Court of Vice Admiralty at Quebec, has made choice of his Salary, at .ne rate of £200 H(e''i : ,-:er annum, as voted by this House, or offtbe Fkes which under the iiresenti' a. ' < '>e is in the habit of receiving, t Hourned. Tuesday; ist Marsh lesi. Present : — Messrs. Young, Cuvillier, Neilson, Henep, Leslie and Quetntt- Mr, Youn^ in t!:ie Chair. Ordered, \ hat the Chairman do move the House, That an humble Ad- dress he presented to His ExccU :ncy the Governor in Chief, praying that Hit Excellency will be pleased to fay before the House, any information which may be in his possession, and which he may think proper to communicate, respecting any Bill introduced during the last or present Session of ths Parliament of the United Kingdom, by any Officer of His Majesty'b Government, contemrng the Financial Affairs of this Province, or any informaucn relating lo any such Bill proposed to be introduced, together with Copies of all such Bills, and evisry other information relating thereto. Adjourned. '' (aiir, eads i be ocy Uof the lual 49 ... I i : Monday, T/A^areA 1831. Prrsemt:— Mestn. ^eiUon, Cuvillier, Leslie, Heney, Quemel, Young vl^ Lee. ■ -!;^. ■' i Mr. youn^ in the Chair. Mr. MUsM laid before the Committee the draught of a Report, wiiich wui unanimouHly adopted. Ordered, That the Chairman do leave the. Chair, and make this First Re- pott. AVPENmX. . No. I. ' Message, AYLMER, Governor in Chief. THE Governor in Chief has received from the Secretary of State for the Coi> lonial Department, Hi* Majesty'] commands lo make the following Com- nuinicatiop fs the House of Assembly, with a view to the final adjustment of the question of Finance, which has so long engagec* the attention of the Legisla- ture of this Province. His Majesty taking inio consideration the beat mode of contributing to the prosperity and contentment of His faithful iubjects of the Province of (Lower Canada, places at the disposal of the Legislature all His Majesty's interest in those Taxes which are now levied in^the Province by virtue of different Acts of the British Parliament, &ad which are appropriated by the Treasury, under His Majesty'* Commands, together with all Fines and Forfeitures levied under the authority of such Acts. His Majesty relying on the liberality and justice of the Legislature of Lower Canada, invites them to consider the propriety of making some settled provision for sucVportion of the Expenses of the Civil Government of the Province as may upon examination appear to require an arrangement of a more permanent nature than those Suppli' prepared and laid before the House of As< sembly an Estimate of the Sums requirt^..' for that purpo. 3 ; and in directing the preparation of that EstH^ate, His Majesty has been guided by a wish, ne\er ab- sent from His heart, to call upon His faithful subjects forno other Supply than such as may app'jarto >.« required for the due execution of those serviceV which it is proposed to charge upon the Civil List. Hii ]Vr.ijeBty concedes the disposal <.>' these Revenues with cordial good will, and c&nnot doubt that it will be met with a reciprocal feeling by the Re- preae'itktivei of an attached and loyal people. '' '-I f se The Revenues to be given up, taken upon the average of the last two years, amount to Thirty eight thousand one hundred and twenty five puunds currency, and the amount of the Civil List, according to the Estimate herewith transmit- ted, amounts to Nineteen thouiand five hundred ponndx. It is not however ne- cessary to call upon the Legislature to grant the whole sum of Nineteen ibou- sand five hundred pounds, iaaimuch as by the Provincial Act nf the 33th of Geo. lU. th« sutn of Five thousand pounds is permanently (granted towards the maintenance of the Civil Government ; the moderate sum of Fourteen thousand five hundred pounds, is therefore all that is deemed necestary to ask for the completion of the proposed arrangement. It is proposed that the duration of the Civil List should be for the life of His Majesty. It is hoped that the arrangements thus detailed, will be received in the spirit in which they are dictated,— a spirit of eouciliatioa and confidence. His Majesty is prepared to s^irrender a large and encreasing Revenue ; He asks in return for a fixed and moderate Civil List, much less in amount than the Revenue given up ; and the settlement of this long agitated question will be deemed by His Majesty one of the happiest events of His Reign, the glory of which (the people of Canada may be assured,) will be the promotion of the hap- piness and content of all classes uf His subjects in every quarter of the Globe. The Governor in Chief having thus obeyed the com nnds he has received, in making the foregoing comaaunication to the House r :' Assembly, desires to add that, if in the course of their proceedings on this nportant question tbey should deem it necessary to require explanations from . im on the subject of it, he will at all times be ready to afford such explanations ; and ho will moreover most willingly supply any further information they may desire to have, to tho utmost extent compatible with his duty to bis Sovereign. Castle of St. Lewis, • .•V Cvii; , Quebec, 23d February 183L -.r^v-V - LOWER CANADA. PROPOSED CIVIL LIST. ClastNo. I. Governor's Salary, Civil Secretary, Contingencies, jC4,500 500 300 X5,300 CRrried fbrwtrd, £$>9iQ0 P 51 fy. r' |u- lof he id lie lis h't ,.,,^'t. , "-.u.,/::^ f< ' <^" -^-S- '** ' ' Brought forward. Chief JuUke^ £1,500 Ditto Montfcal, 1,200 Six Puimd Judges, £900 each, ,/ 6,400 Itetideat Judge at Three Rivera, .. 900 Two Pmvincia] Judge*. 1,000 q Judge of the Vice Admirally Court . ■ 200 Allorney Generat v ,. • SOO Solicitor General, '^.. 200 Allowance for Judges for Circuits, - . 275 Contingencies, 4T5 £5,300 11,450 Clots No. 3. Pensions, £1.00a Miicellaneoui, ' '.TSO 2,750 Total, 3 Ciaisei, SterNng, £19^00 ill I STATEMENT of the average net produce of Revenues under the following heads, founded on the Receipts of the two last years, after deducting the proportioB for Upper Gana^ : — -i ,... , r, ; ,,, ,>,..,. •< ; ;• Cuatona^ andier Imperial Act Mtb Geo. III. Ca^ 88, Licenses under ditto, Ditto under Provincial Act 41st Geo. UL Customs, uncBei ditte, > '; Fiots and Fovfeituras^ Qudiec, 23d February 1831, £3l,74« 2,300 62 . 3i73& 386 Total Currency, £38,125 JOS. CARY, Inspr. Geal. Pubt Provl. Accts. i No. 2. Meuage. AYLMER, Governor in Chief. THE Governor in Chief havinc in his Message of the 23d inatant, commu- cated to the Home of Assembly the Commands of His Majesty, received through the Secretary of State for the Colonial Department, regarding the ques I us J ' u 92 tion of Finance which has for so long a period engaged (heir attention, thinks it necpsiary to enumerate in detail the several Branches of Revenue which it it deemed expedient to exempt from the operation of the propoied arrangement. Thin further crmmunication appears to His Excellency to be the more de- iiralile,as it will remove all grounds for further discuMion when the adjustment of the main question shall have taken place, and as it will enable the House of As- sembly to enter upon the consideration of this important topic with a full and preciie understanding of the views of His Mejesty'ii Government; these *iews are now exhibited by the Governor in Chief to the House of Assembly in that spirit of frankness and good faith which characterizes the instructions he bts re- ceived, and which cannot fail to improve the confidence of the House of Asstim* biy in the good intentions of His Majesty's Oovemment. The Revenues to which the Governc. in Chief alludes, are, the Casual and Territorial Revenues of the Crown, and ire claised under the following headi. \i2 : — 1. Rents Jesuit's Estates. 2 Rent of the King's Posts. 3. Forges of St. ?<1aiirice. 4. Rent of King's Wharf. 6. Droit de Quint. 6. Lods et Ventes. 7. Land Fund. 8. Timber Fund. If the Funds derived from the sources operated in any degree as a tax upon the people, or tended either in their nature, or in the mode of their collection, to impede or impair the prosperity of the Province, His Majesty's Government would have heutated in rropoiing to retain them at the diapusal of the Crown. They stand, however, upon a perfectly different ground from taxes, properly so called. They are enjoined by the Crown by virtue of the Royal Prerogative, and are neither more nor less than the proceeds of Landed Property, which legally and constitutionally belong to the Sovereign on the Throne ; and as long an they are applied not to undue purposes of mere Patronage, but to objects which are closely connected with the public interests of the Province, it is not easy to con- ceive upon what grounds of abstract propriety, or of constitutional jealoiisy, (he application of them according to His Majesty's coromandi, under responsi- ble advice, can be impugned. A. Castle of St. Lewis, Quebec, Sdth February, 1831. No. 3. Address. Resolved, That an humble Address be presented to His Excellency the Governor in Chief, praying that His Excellency will be pleased to direct the Collector of His Majesty's Customs at the Port of Que^, to lay before this Houses i it ii ^ e- of *• id ITS at e- Statements ofthe annual Importation, in Gallons of Rum or other Spiriu of the ma- nufacture of Great Britain orlrelard ; Rumor other Spirits imported from the Sugar Colonies in the West Indies ; Ruri or other Spirits from any other of His Majesty's Colonies in America ; Foreiiyn B.tindy or other Spirits of Foreign manufacture im- ported from Great Britain or J. eland ; Rum or other Spirits of the produce or ma- nufacture of any ofthe Color Jes or Plantations of America not in the possession or under the dominion of His Majesty ; Molasses and Syrups imported or brought into the Province in Ships or Vessels belonging to His Majesty's subjects ia Great Britain or Ireland ; Molasses and Syrups imported or brought into the Province in any other Ships or Vessels in which the same may be legally imported ; and of the annual amount of Duties collected under authority of the Act of Pariiament, 14th Geo. III. Cap. 88, from the year 1818 to the year 1S21, both inclusive ; from the year 1823 to the year 1826, both inclusive ; and from the year 1827 to the year 1830, both inclusive ; also a Statement of the period from which the said Duties were levied and collected at the rate of four shillings and four pence Steriing, the Spanish Dollar, and the amount of Duties collected since that period, the whole ofthe Du- ties to be stated in Sterling money of Great Britain. No. 4. •1 K*- .1 / S4 or on .•^ 5 ~ ~ X 5 y ^ M IS 00 "^ 2 '*=SlS_5i-.i« ^ Yiaw. hum or otlicr Spirila ol tin Manulhclure uf (jreiit Uritain sr Ireland. Rum or other SpiriK impor- Ifil from ilie Sugar Colonies in Ihe West Imiies. Rum or other Spirits rrora any other nf Hia Majculy's Co- lunles ill America. Poreijjn finiii• H n g t4 H ? !2! o 65 No. 5. Address. RESOLVED, That an humble Address be presented to His Excellency the Governor in Chief, priyin" that His Excellency will be pleased to direct ihe proper Officers to lay berore this House, a Statement of the grosH annual Rmoiint of the Ca- sual and Territorial Revenue from the year 1818 inclusive, distinguishing the amount annually received under the following heads, viz : — Rent of the Jesuits EhIbIcs, Rentot the King's Pos's, Forges of St. Maurice, Rent of the King's Wharf, Droit de Quint, Lods et Ventes, Lund Fund, Timber Fund. No. 6. Answer. Gentlemen, I have much satisfaction in receiving this Address, becnuse it en ibles me to gra- tify the desire, with which I shall at all times be actuated to comply with any request of the House of Assembly ; and because I am fuHy sensible thit at the presnt mo- ment it is more than usually desirtible ihat the Financial concerns of the Province should undergo a thorough examination. The proper Officers shall therefore be instructed to prepare and lay before the House of Assembly, a Statement of the gross annual amount of the Casual and Territorial Revenne,from the jearone thousand eight hundred and eighteen inclusive, distinguishing the amount annually received under the following heads, viz : — Rent of Jesuits Estates, Rent of the King's Posts, For- £3s of St. Maurice, Rent of the King's Wharf, Droit de Quint, Loda ct Ventes, and Fund, Timber Fund. . ■ N«». 7. Statement. Statement of the gross annual amount of the Casual and Territorial Revenue, from , the Year 1818 inclusive, distinguishiog the amount annually received under the following heads, viz : Yeiir. Kent of (lie Jesuit! £a- latoa. Kent of tlie King's Poati. Korgee of Si. Maurice. liunt otitic King's Wiiarf. Droll de Quint. Lode ct Ven' tea. Land Fund. Timber Fund. (irosB annu- al amount currency. 1818 2063 Oil 513 10 168 lU 3 10 1933 18 71 4682 Gi 1819 759 7 5 1537 10 500 351 11 2003 6 II 3039 7 5 8813 2 9 18i0 1552 7 4 512 10 500 332 11 233 1 16 1 1404 10 3 6712 ll 8 1821 855 19 8 1025 323 C 2317 10 9 359 18 U «13 9 4 1832 2003 17 11 1025 500 378 2 333 19 3 2000 19 6306 19 1.1 1823 1419 3 1712 to 1250 331 11 613 763 10 31 6144 11 6} 1824 2105 14 9 1200 351 11 474 16 9 985 1 7 5117 4 1 182S 1674 15 1 KOU 600 163 10 87 14 3 1823 C X 5443 Ui 1S26 1428 18 7 1300 500 703 2 937 10 5 1621 7 4i 64)0 13 44 1827 1333 16 5 1200 323 393 19 1)51 6 4J 4406 13 31 IBS8 3153 16 7 1300 1000 404 13 1603 11 1 3631 18 4 2232 13 1193 17 9 14462 10 3 18IW 1769 1 U 1300 5110 331 11 U 965 7 5) 31')3 2 61 2234 9 7 1249 10 1011343 2 ;i 11043 1 1^ 1830 1579 3 lU 1096 16 9 51)0 162 10 946 6 6 3552 8 3304 1903 16 To«.f 21691 1 14631 16 9 6750 1331 2 13938 5 2i 24304 15 1U6321 3 1 1317 4 7196055 7 K Note. — During the year 1830, the sum of £8534 19 6 currency, was recover- ed upon Judgments of the Courts, from the Estates of the late Henry Caldwell, Esci. formerly Treasurer to the Jesuits Estates, on account of the «ums due by him as such Treasurer ; which sum is not included in the above Statement. Quebec, 28th Feby. 1S3I. JOS. CARY, I. G. P. P. A. V i A 1 ! i • i ■". ' i i ' f ^'i i: No. 8. Addrem, RESOLVED, That an humble Addreii be pretented to Hit Eicelienry the Governor in Chief, praying His Excellency will be pleated to cause to be laid before thit House, Copiei of any Despatch or Despatches, orof anch Instruction or Instructions as His Excellency may have received from His MajeHty's Govern- ment in En^iland, concerning the Financial Affairs of this Province, to which His Excellency refers in his Messages to this House on that subject, of the tvrenty third instant, and this day. No. 9. Ansttcr. Gentlemen, I cannot hesitate a moment regarding the kmvfer which it becomes me (o make to this Address. The Despatches and Instructions which I have receiv- ed from His Majesty's Government, and which are alluded to in my Messages of the 23d and 25lh instant, to the House of Assembly, are intended for my own iaformation and guidance as Governor of this Colony ; and are addressed to me in the confident expectation on the part of Hii Majesty's Government, that the commands of the King, which those Despatches and Instructions convey, will be executed by me with that fidelity .which should belong to the character of a Public Officer entrusted with the performance of high and important duties, and honored with the confidence of His Sovereign. I have therefore to desire. Gentlemen, that you will be so good as to convey to the House of Assembly the expression of my sincere regret, at not having it in my power, consistently with the sense ofduty and propriety entertained by me on the occasion, "to cause to " be laid before them. Copies of any Despatch or Despatches, or of such In- " struction or Instructions, as I may have received from His Majesty's Govern- " ment in England, concerning the Financial Affairs of this Province, which are " referred to in my Messages to the House of Assembly on that subject, of " the 23rd and 25th instant." No. 10. Address. RESOLVED, That an humble Address be preaented to His Excellency the Governor in Chief, praying His Excellency will be pleased to cause to be laid before this House, a detailed Statement of the intended application of the Items contained in the Estimate of the proposed Civil List for Lower Canada, trans- mitted with His Excellency's Message of the twenty third instant, under the heads of Contingencies, in Classes ms. 1 and 2, and under the heads of Pen- on s and Miscellaneous, in Class, No. 3. ^ No. II. Answer. Gentlemen, I have it not io mjr power to furniiih u detailed Statement of the application of theltemi contained in the Estimateof the propoied Civil List for Lower Ca- nada, (transmitted with mj Message of the 23d ull.) under the heads of Con- tingencies in Classes Nos. 1 and 2, not being in poisessioa of the necessary in- formation to enable me to do so. The same observation will apply to the Item of Miscellaneous in Class No. 3. Regarding the Item of Pensions in Class No. 3, I have to inform the House, that a communication must be made to His Majesty's Government before a final appropriation of that head of charge can take place. AYLMER, Governor in Chief. Castle of St. Lewis, Quebec, 1st March 1831. No. 12. Address. RESOLVED, That an humble Address be presentedlto His Excellency the Governor in Chief, praying that His Excellency will be pleased to direct the pro- 6er Officers to lay before this House, a Statement of the Gross annual Amount of the Lents of the Jesuits' Estates, classed under the several heads of receipt ; a detail of the Salaries annually paid, and the Gross annual Amount of other Expenses of Ma- nagement and Collection, together with a Statement of the annual Amount of all other Payments made out of the same Fund. Il u ,'Vi I I * , . , ,.,,, . , No. 13. Answer. Gentlemen, Upon reference to the proper Officer, I have ascertained that the information sought for in this Address has hitherto been withheld, in conformity, as I must pre- sume, with Instructions from His Majesty's Government. With this impression on my mind, and in the absence of any precise Instructions on this subject addressed to myself, I cannot feel justified in furnishing the desired information. AYLMER, Castle ol St. Lewis, Governor in Chief. Quebec, 1st March 1831. .' .:•'.' -"'. '' ■ ■ No. 14. • /, ; - Address. RESOLVED, That an humble Address be presented to. His Excellency the Go- vernor in Chief, praying His Excellency to direct the proper Officer to lay before ; f:' I ',31 * ^1 98 this House, Statettif nts of the pross annuol income of the Land Fund, and of the Timbei Fund, classed under tlie several heads of receipt ; a detail of the Salaries annually paid, and the gross annual amount of all other expenses of management and collection, together with a Statement of the annual amount of all other payments mode out of the same Funds, from the year one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, inclusive. No. 16. Answer. Gentlemen, To this Address I can only return a similar Answer to that which I h&ve made to the preceding one, and to that Answer I must accordingly refer. AYLMER, Governor in Chief. Castle of St. Lewis, Quebec, 1st March 1831. No. 16. Address. RESOLVED, That an humble Address be presented to His Excellency the Go- vernor in Chief, praying that His Excellency will be pleased to cause to be laid before this House, a detailed Statement of the intended future application of the In- come arising from the Rents of Jesuits' Estates, the Land Fund, the Timber Fund, and the other heads of Revenue classed in His Excellency's Message of the twenty fiAh instant, as belonging to the Casual and Territoral Revenue. ^' No. 17. Answer. ■ Gentlemen, I cannot take upon myself to say what may be the future intentions of His Ma- jesty's Government with regard to the appropriation of those branches of the Re- venue which are considered as the properly of the Crown, and consequently liable to such changes in the distribution of them, as His Majesty may be pleased to direct. I can only state generally, that it is the intention of His Majesty's Govern- ment, to apply them to objects which are closely connected with the Public inter- ests of the Province ; and I have reason to believe, that the following Items will be made chargeable upon those Revenues : 69 1st.— The odvnncoment ol'Educntion. 2i»d.— The payracnt of the Clornfy of the EstnMishod Church. • 3ixl.— Do. of ouo tUoiisaiHl pounds per annum, to the Roman Cathohc Uishop of Quebec. ■ inf ■ . 4th.— An allowance annually of six hundred pounds, to Presbyterian Ministers. AYLMER, Governor in Chief. Castle of St. Lewis, Quebec, Isl March 1831. No. 18. Addbesb. RESOLVED, Tt.at an humble Address be presented to His Exceiiency the Go- vernor in CUef, praying that His Excellency will be pleased to acquaint this House^ wheSier the Jud^ of tSe Court of Vice Admiralty at Quebec, has made choice of his Salary, at the rate of Two hundred pounds sterling, per annum, as voted by this House, or of the Fees, which under the present Tarifi; he is in the liabit of re- mving. No. 19. Answer. *^TSy"'annot inform the House of Assembly, whether the Mge of the Court ofVice Admiralty has, orhas not, made choice of his Salary, "'/he rate of Two hundred pounds sterling, per annnum, as voted by the House, or of h's Fees. 1 only know, that the Judge of the Court of Vice Admiralty having some time smce maL application to me for a Warrant for the amount o his Salaiy 'or fie yeai 1830. I caused enquiry to be made, whether he had received Fees dunngaiatpeiiod, and upon learning that he either had done so, or at least sti^l asserted his clanns to those Fees, I withheld my Warrant for the amount of the Salary, v^h Jw!"b« found carried to the credit of the Public, in the Accounts of the Expenditure of the past year, now before the House of Assembly. AYLMER, Governor in Chief. Castle of St. Lewis, Quebec, Ist March 1831. I I No. 20. Address. ttF«50IVED That an humble Address be presented to His Excellency the G?4SSf, praVgHisExceUencywillbeple^ this House { ; 60 any informotion which may be in his possession, and which he may think proper to communicate, respectinGf any Bill introduced during the lost or present Session of Parliament of the United Kingdom, by any Officer of His Majesty's Govenunent, coiicoming the Financial Affairs of this Province, or any information relating to any such Bill proposed to be introduced, together with Copies of all such Bills and every other information relating thereto. No. 21. Amswcr. Gentlemen, I request you will inform the House of Assembly, that I am not in possessioa of any official information respecting any Bill introduced during the last or present Session of the Parliament of the United Kingclom, by any Officer of His Majesty's Government, concerning the Financial Affairs of thi; Province ; but a Despatch addressed to me by the Secretary of State for the Colonial Department, dated the 24th of December last, announces the intention of His Majesty's Government to submit to the Imperial Parliament, in the course of the present Session, a Bill for the purpose of releasing the Lords of the Treasury from their present obligation of ap- propriating the Duties referred to in my Message of the 23rd ultimo, and for autho- lizing His Majesty to leave their appropriation to the Colonial Legislature. The date at which it is proposed that this Bill should come into operation, is on the 1st July, 1832. In orcler, however, to enable the Government at Home to give the earliest possible effect to the measures which may be taken by the Colonial Legislature for the satisfactory settlement of the question involved in the subject of my Message of the 23id ultimo, it is proposed to give His Majesty in Council, a power to bring the British Law into operation at an earlier period than the 1st of July, 1832. If there- fore the Canadian Act should provide for the commencement of the proposed Civil List, in January, 1832, or at any earlier period, then His Majesty's Government would lose no time in advising the issue of an Order in Council to accelerate the commencement of the British Act, so that the whole plan would come simulta- neously into efTect. AYLMER, Governor in Chief. Castle of St. Lewis, Quebec, 3nd March 1831. No. 22. Message fVom the flight Honorable Lord Dorchester, Governor in Chief, of the 29th April 1794. DORCHESTER, Governor. The Governor has given directions for laying before the House of Assembly sn Account of the Provincial Revenue of the Crown, from the commencement of the New Constitution to the 10th January 1794. First : The Casual and Territorial Revenue as establishe 1 prior to the Con- quest, which His Majesty has been most graciously pleased to order to be applied < I if. •t townnh (lefrnyincf th« Civil Expcnsos of tlie Provinco. This nnncn from various rii^hts n|iperlaiiiiiiij lo liii! ('rowii, snini) of wliicli arc not now prodiK live Tho (joviMiior doubts iioi but ilio llouuc will bring; forwnnl niia»uron to relii-vo iho sub. jecl by other Duliis not objortiondbic, if raising' tbr IjhIs ct VcntcM, Droit dc Quint, &c. up to the legal standurd, would prove oppnissivo to the people. Secondly : The, Duties payable to His Majesty nnder the Act of tho Itth year of His Reign, Chap. 88, on artieles imported into the IVovincc of Quebec, aiul on Licenses granted to persons for retnilinor Spirituous Litjiiois. As soon ns tho Provin- ces of Upper Canada and Lower Canada shall have puHH<( I Laws layiiijL,'' the snnn! or other Duties to an enual amount to diose which are payabli! under this An, and swli liaws shill have obtained tho Royal Assent, the Kjiig's Ministers wit be ready to pmpose to Parliament a repeal of the Act above mentioned. Thirdly : The Duties imposed by tho Provincial Legiiilature, with the appro- priation and balance. Fourthly : Amount of Cash received, arising from Fines and Forfeitures im- posed by the Courts of Justice. Fithly: The Navnl OflTiccr'sUeturns, Inwards, liince the Division of the Pro- vince, which were originally inteiidcd as a check on Iho Customs, but steal not to answer the end prii|)osetl. The Governor relies on tin,' wisdom and loyalty of the House, Ihst while they select proper ol j. els of luxury for laiiinj; llitwe iiid" the |)uldic exigencies may require^ ihey at ilie same time brmg foi whkI airan;ic- nicnt* to prevent all inegulamies fioni creeping int(» the receipt of the Public Keveiuie. The true nieusiure of the burthen laid upon the people by anv Tax or Duty being the gross sum taken out of the pocket of the Subject on that ac- count; this (;ro:*s sum should fully appear ; the aid given thereby to the State ,is the balance which remains in ihc Piblic Cotiers, after all the eNpenscs occa sioned in tbe Gollectioa are pttid. More effectually to prevent any abuite from connecting itxelF with the leceipt, the Govtrnur recommends that no part of (he burthfu be suffered to lie concealed under the name of Fees, Perquisites, Gra- tuities, &c ; but that lliu whole of the monies drawn from (he Subject be Indged in the Public Coders, and proper compense. jn for thecullection be openly isi^u- ed ihiiefioin by Warrant under the sigi' 'tore of (he Governor or person admi- nisti ring the Government, That the (luu'ti n.i».t of that Act, that lie augmentation ought lo be considered in any other light than as Duties imposed for the regulation of Trade, and consequently -y.t tiie disposal of the Legislature. The aveiage annual importation of Rum during the four years preceding tlic year 1822, amounted to 711,138 Galloni ; and the annual average amount of Duties was i:i3,879 15 7. Durinc tiie f.>ur years subsequent to the year 1822, the importation was an- nually on an average, 806,002 Gali. I'.s : the Duties were £29,389 4 4. The average annual importation from the year 1827 to the year 1830, both inclusive, (during the four years that the Wi'st India Ports were shut to An.eri- lan \esse|s, and the Trade between the Colonies in North America and the West India Islands unnaturally iucrecjed,") amounted to 1^033,045 Gallons, and the Duties to £33,864 9 10. ;a ivm No. 25. Rk-^oLUTiONs adopted by the Houieof Assetnb'y on the 6th December 18'2.S. 1. Resolved, That this House ha* derived the grealeat ratisfaction from liie gracioui expression of His Majejty'n beneficent views towarils the Province and from the earnest desire of Ilis Excellency tho Administrator of the (iovern- ment, to promote the peace, welfare, and pood government of the Province, us evinced in His Excellency's IVlessage of Friday last. 2. Resolved, That this House has, nevertheless, observed with great con- cern, that it may be inferred from the expres't a more independent charac(er and a closer connection with the intere.st of the Colony be uiven to (he Le- gislative Council uf the Province, and that (he Jndgesctase to be mvolved in (he lioiitical business of ihesaid Council, ami (o hold seats in the Executive Coun- cil, to the end, tint His tVIajesty'.s faithful subjects in this Colony be secured in the inesdmable beneiits of constitutional legislative power, co-opera(ing ftr its peace, welfare and good goveimieiit, and an Adminiliatiou of Justice enlighten- ed and independent, and in no way exposed (0 the siispic on of political bins or interested considerations. 'M -1 4 3. .Resolved, That it it further fxpedient to declare that .ihodnttea. of (hii Hou e ctirinot be fully and successfully performed, and (he |jco|>le whom- they re- present lie sufficiently secured ngaiiiMt (he abuses of powtr in high public Ofli- cers, without acompelentand iu'lc|ieudeiit tribuual within (he Proviuc«'i before whom Iti.pcachmtnts by this House may be heard and determined according to Parliamentary usa^e, and a real uud cfliciuut respootiibility aud accuuutabiliiy be f»tabli&hod in offices of high public trust. . ., . -: 4. Resolved, That it is expedient to declare that this House proceeds on the consideration of the said Estimate wilh an. intimate conviction of the ournest eflbrts of His Excellency ihe Administrator of the Government, to establiiih an impurtiiil, conciliatory tind conr^tiiiilioual system of Guvernment in ihis Pro- vince, »nd to remefty, as far as depends upon him, liie grievances and abuses of which His Majesty's subjects in this Piovincc, and this House, have had reason to complain. No. 27. Schedule annexed to a Bill introduced in the Honse of Commons by the Right Honorable Sir George ulurray, G. C. 13. to regulate (be Financial Affairs and difficulties of Lower Canada, printed by oider of the House of Commons, 14lh June 1830. Lower Canada. The Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Nine Executive Councillors, Chief Justice, Quebec, ^ i:l 5,000, Three Puisn6 Judges, Quebec, Chief Justice, Montreal, Three Puisne Judges, Montreal. Upper Canada. Lieutenant Governor, Five Executive Councillors. Chief Justice, Upper. Cannda, Two Ruisne Judges. £5,800. '> ' I ■^ 1< •re to iiy on e>t ail ro- of the icial >e of .