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Sir,-— You are, no doubt, already aware, that at the last Session of the Le- h gialature of the Province of New Brunswick, RESOLUTIONS were unanimously passed by the House of Assembly, affirming that " Whereas the Province of New Brunswick accepted the Scheme of Con- ,** federation in good faith, and distinctly on the terms fixing the rights and " claims respectively of the M;:ritime Provinces of Nova Scotia and New <* Brunswick agreed upon by their Delegates and approved by their Legis- « latures, and ratified by the Imperial Parliament by " The British North *^ America Act 1867;" and, in the opinion of this Honorable House, the " claims and £jancial status of the Province of Nova Scotia in the Dominion " should not have been improved without at the same time granting and " securing to this Province a proportionate advance ; and by. granting to the " Province of Nova Scotia increased subsidies and more advantageous terms " without increasing the subsidy and improving the financial terms secured « to this Province, the fundamental provisions of The British North America " Act, and the solemn compact entered into with the people of New Bruns- " wick, have been re-opened and materially altered ; " And whereas the Province of New Brunswick is therefore justly entitled " — and should respectfiiUy demand — to have provision made for it, to the " same extent and value, eftect and amount, as the better terms so granted " to Nova Scotia are in excess of those actually provided for and granted to " the said Province by The British North America Act; " And whereas also the terms granted to the North "West Territory, and " offered to Newfoundland and British Columbia, are proportionately largely " in advance of those given to this Province, and appear to have been com- " pleted on a basis entirely different from that on which the Scheme of Oon- " Federation was arranged and agreed to ; and the arrangements entered into " with this Province, subjected to the terms subsequently made with Nova " Scotia, and offered to British Columbia and Newfoundland, are inadequate " to meet the actual and pressing requireipents,— and must, in the opinion « of this House, fall far in arreai of the future exigencies,— of this Province; "therefore '. :; bene, .e™, subso^z.^ri to CTo r.::^^ jt^t'r siQies and terms actually securpH fo ti^nf t» • , i^ ^^ °* *"® ^^^- " suty three thousanrdS per aZl 1" T '"^'^ "°'"" '"'°'"'"«« "^ •' annual eobsidy of miiUvTn,rLZTT'~u °^ """ "' »"''''«<"' "> h" " sand douars I t^.j-^T,':^:^::^^^'"'"-' •"" '"»■' '^''°- " annum, and shall be deducted from .l,!p • • , o °'^*" Percent, per •• cing the ,a.e near,, ^XZdtw '"''' '"'""'^' ""^'^"^ -'- ^nd M7/tcrea5 the financial condition nf tv,;! r> • "highly desirable and expetrthrthere houl7r " T'''- *'' " '' " it was deemed iust ,"d expe^ienTto ^^f^" ^°' "'*"*^ ^'""' «'»'»• .. wMchr;tut:crw:.T.Ll:^.tntrr'"""' «^^»"— ^Uh :^rpr:^^;7t^S„it '"~" -^^^ "due " sann " amo "4. "toN " Novi " Trea Imni seiited *' an hi " such On t fromH appoint of the abstract — and t ral in C i probabL I federati( ' It ma^ ponsible } their dui cause Bi ■ sideratio Ihof Unioi I original ■ I *efficientl' time to p of the ]o( whatever bilityofi the terms positive a Crown, (i prerogati^ perial Act proceed w called upo that, in tb and in the Scotia, or ; Accounts the "Corr a part of the feed ory constitatibnal ainion, the right terras nnd«FT^e terms original/y ied subsidies and xcess of the sub- Vhe British North hPP. 158,195. ! by the Legisla- 8 of Canada, Nova Hotel, London, I of New iJruns- upon her local n the time when lal allowance of additioo to her and fifty thou- le Dominion of "ck is indebted K thousand two 8 of The British 'e per cent, per thereby redu- sach, that it is duction in the of interest ac- ble additional 32nd and 33rd nff Nova Scotia, )le to the Pro- i67; therefore •nal allowance icient to meet dollars— with t proportional hich are now lal subsidy to Public Debt, due consuleration should be given to the propriety of placing her in the same posU.on as the Maritime Province of Xova Scotiaf in rfgard to tie amount of debt with which she entered the Union. ^ "4 Besoh'cd That an additional subsidy, proportionate to the sum allowed ^ Nova Scotia under the provisions of the Tbove recited Act rda 1^10 ?r "'^'' fr'"" ^ ^'^° «"^"^ '^ ^«- «— -k f om the Domiln Tveasury."-lJournalsofthe Legislative Council of N B. 1871,^^. 21 66 jT^fTX"'^''. ^^' P^^^'^g^ of tl^o Resolutions recited, they were pre ' nt uml r^ m"""'" *'' "^""^^"""^ «^^^^"- «^ ^^- B;unswick « wTth an humble Address, praying that His Excellency may be pleased to eZl such steps to be taken as may give elfect" to them from"ll!rFr.ll^ day of June last, the Undersigned had the honor to receive THE NOVA SCOTIA READJUSTMENT 8.der.,,i„„ of the financial branch of the Scheme o(Co^mJLo!Z^ZT: ? positive action of the Ca Ln P:;na™rt'l„'r,i: offi 11' ''°"' "^ *» Crown, (,« i„rrf GTOri&V ijirS tw it llL i, , f"'"?? ""■ ""« prerogative of that I'arliamenftl'^opU a d re 1 C"s«^^^^ *^ ^*'"' perial Act to the contrary notwithstandinl i, Ju ""' *' ^°'- proceed with any argumrt ol topolM ' Th " T 7'- ""f "".^ ^"'^^ "> called npon to refer fo The" n mat- I T f •* '^"''^™S»«-', however, feel that, in Jheir presentationTfr :::; "tml V^^r^T^^^Z "' 'T"" and m their institution of "comparisons" heZn Lt ftovince "nT^r Scofa, or any other portion of the Dominion,_and in theiraZiZ tfr Accounts as they exist between those Provinces and .),» nL ..""^ *» *« the "Correspondence -d Kegotiation'l'rtedt ^h ^^'7^° the "Ne^olmHon," ^ "y opinio.,, they may have CDtertained while THE SPIRIT OP THE NOVA SCOTIA NEGOTIATIONS the Dom?„i„i,^:,[:j;t:,t. '^"-"^'P™"-- - -'" ^o™ Seot., a. laid heforo nZ^JM^'^""""^" of Canada, under date of the 6th day of Oetober IfM fc^srShrprjt;!-^^^^^^^ be the care and wi»h of the Government, and of the Parliament <^f Tk' mtensi, of Norn Scolia and the MariUme portion of the KmLm '• i^l P»EM,ER proeeede to say, under the same date •- '*°'* *" "Nova Sco^irGott "' ^r'"'"'"" ■""'•'<"" """ """y "» ™«ed hythe " Z«»tT ^°'f """"'■ "'■ y""'^''"' »*• *•■» Representatives of Nova Scotia to the Parliament of the Dominion. • . . . a °, T „ ™ reiterate the assurance I then gave, that the Government here wiUcmeU^Z inan jmhec, for the sake of secunng the eo-operaHon. of the peopk of Morn Scotia 7.tZ/ '*' "^ '*"'."'*"• ^« "'" »'" »Pon thfs enq^rwhen- .. 7Z '"' V°r «'"'^'"«»«. -"1 the Canadian QovernmenJ enWe to press upon Parliament, with all the influence they possess, the leSon " liament of .1,. n "'.°'""?°''y 'l-' """est of the Government and Par- " rNovaLJln'"'"'™/''"' ""^"°'' "'""''i *<«-k satisfactorily, that « 'f,.^?"'.Sf<'*'« Representatives may rest well assured of every aug/estion of theirs bemg fully considered."-[iVi,M SeoHa COrrespondenee ^* to the re^Jt^^p""''^' principles the Undersigned desire shall be applied to the case of the Province of New Brunswick ; not that they senk "more secL-T-li; "' ""^'^ *"* '"''™' ""■> J-'' consideration which Th^l of New B™ZT r""' °'""" °"""" " '-"P^-tion " which the pe^l It m New B Conatit to cond requirei Undersi Bhip," a hy a det would ] J^ew Br Canadia |the pen Snterests 'Bolidate i Colonies pother depend e< iLieutena Vote in ;^ sion in was fe I" Federa fias ad mi ' Canada f * of N"ew I" the Le^ I" then ra I that New I isolation ; « Position requirement, of the pulie service under W^r"'.?"" ''f? """=' "'" ^nders^ned do no. 5aim thatX-nTt ^l^l^^r^^^^J: Vote in New Brunsw ck fad '' 2, n t''"''^'. '^''' '^' ^'^^'''''^ ^^''^^^^ j proposition for a General Confederatinn r.f +i.« n i . '"^^"*^®^' t'^at the iher. ^Lora Mokck's BupalZ^rZclm: a:^ZuZVt:T '," Canada, 2Brd Seotember ^f^(^±^c...A ^ "*'««« -'«"'«fe5 o/ ^x. Commcj^, I I li 6 roliticalori In ^ll f"'S«l"turo a,„l by tbc,l>rc.«. of all ,ba,lo, ol" Ibo p, Government ^ STl'^-'^^^' '"' "'"' "'" ™""=»' ''"P"" "f '!« Britiah 1 •• It i,, aflmrs,™rown,forCBZ»i^k"d llf' '" ?"""' °" N"™ Scotia f po^ibl. " moditieation of the original tr.m„f 17^,7 \,.';'r''°''' "■• '">; There i J^r„s.,, . otherwise thaTon ITo^rn^of : ^i ^'wlIiT' et^ "fZ f "'■° "' " recourse Ic " mimof JMrZLmZ ZVt ^ ft'" """"'"' *"""» 4^" Union _arr«p„«fe«..]-And tbat thoirapltaneeatS d toth I^-tteTfc^"''" ^ "™™ .n relation to Nova Seotia, may be appreciated, xJvM^X~lt{l71i ' following JSxtraeta relating to that point, serUiUm — ^ F Sir JoB« RosK said-" It is farther urged, that notwithstanding the increase td Nova on her burdens, the total amount received by her from tho Don,;„t,! T t. -i^^^ " sury, and from the Provincial sources of RevenLZ ^ZaZT i r"'''''"^^ ;; to her, fall far short of what she formerly had and re less inde^^^^^^^^^^^ '• Xcri c3t:':io'n\!"™""'",*' ""ip"""'^'' '"^ •>■» "-»" -'^- «uica tne ^constitution has assigned to her "— PA' .o ;; ik..KoU ,...on ,et.eea us viz : has Nova Scot^e mi:"^^^^^^ ^^^a^bcaU^penditur^^ without having recourse to direct ta' alon! gfft )ffj In easy cir otwithstai idustries- aluable ai e conditi r flontly claim at tl.o " or sonio other moans of raising tho rofiuisito r-von.,n nvn, i , ^ l«r,CHt and mo.. " it will have to contribute towLn the Cr^ GoT;.- . t" f7s T ico™io,„ arc ,„„d,, " on tho M,nH..ip„|i,io,. It , tu" tte hi . 7 77'^"' ,''"'''""^ "' '"'"'• Mi. affair, nearly " proper, a„,l that .vi,l„„t L Mn ,i , , "'^''^"T '^ ^'""' ''>' ^"""'''' .rovi,lo for service, f "ot «. kepi up ,o i,, „( ll, ! T" v , '''™' '■»'«'"■"""■'> """M ■..al i„d„.,ri™ an,l » '/«.> /V«n>,.^( revenues Jc^ZL t aiZ,^ Z """' '"" """"'' '*"' they will bo com- « % r«„r« ,o mnicipal lalaZtfm" '" ' """' """"'"' '""■ nfe.leration,y,„ld»f Sir Jon., and which ther^Ch a^nliJ r',,"' ""° '""■"' '"""" diJ^a}!lv^.l,e,tateme,,ts which thoy have L h^onTw Tubli 1 '" "" '"■''''»""°"« '"•' of the Country." f e,ui„ of Ike e.M„, ZlnZat It ad, h"T ""^ .r'T"™^ '° '"""' '*' ly feelingly make ♦ lion, with a view to discoVo i ,„ 1 i ? "'""' "* "'"™' '""mina- on KovaScotiaf po.a'ibIybo "nfl t ^vT 8 '^i " t^VZ /^T'^i "f''''"'' "■■'"•" to seek tinancial |;..r/„mcrf."-(:A'om &ote, aZl^o,ule„'c "' ' *"' *'™ ^"'"'■''■'l'!/ the rest of tho ?!„„,morcial conaide™ o^a^d rot J" 'T, ' T" '""" '-'""""'"tional Ind meet the expon- beets of this Provi,°c7 Th-.t wh3 , ''^ *;■"""••'"' I'"''""" '""' P™»- wUkout A.™, »L Union when t^nanst "»£>""•'' ^°"«\'''«"»''» P^-^i'^'^a 'f, a>.d,o "*«iheirpolitieal,nachin.r..eorpiratrdrd,t '',"',''" ""^""'"'^ """'• ^"^ ■"-INova Scolk t, severe contest an-: ; ""'Pf '""''^ "'"' d-'fAed ; and Novo, Scotia, after tterof Taxation, Lepted the clthution wh rw / r''""'-' "^ ""= •""'» "' ^nion, rned present tho fha, of the old Prov " es lid that w""^ '"'"•"°" "" "^" """^o «'» f anrplns in their re pcctlvet"!'" "'''''' °"'""" ""^ <*"'=''«<= "»" ^"Joy ing the increase ind Nova Scotia hasTnoceedlira ■^Vl'''""',"''.''^ '"'"•°"' <" <>'"l»™. Assets re8erved tro6Derou8ad.nTaT;:: ,i|' t[„.,r,i- i '^""-"J "' ^ ''^ '""'I services, a nd the ' ""^'^ "-an is £gtheniZ.,;k ; ^it S - ^!'!';°"'"'-"'^^^^ e local eervicestniSFdSSfwtS^I^^ >rrM2'om<«e.-biotwithstanding a Ions term of d.n™= ^•''°,' " ™n""«"-eially hopeful, >llow: . . . fndustries-parfedS heTformTrZ' '".™'7"'"'""'^™»'=''"°'<^" >yNov»Sooti,, falnable and increasingirratl^tiv. r."'' t"** *™"f^'-f«on for the sake of the new W the basis «/?^o„iousand sucLsmi^aoX, L 7/1° "'°'''"« " ""^ """' " "f " •>«- »' ""Tying on UamUa^hersa^" tl !f 1 r -°'' '"'""'f '""• -'"t^"- ""'■"'i'-V '' Wtaxat™^^ i! oulargoJ- cpntributing to Stonm nnnr^?."^ I'rovmcial purpce. alrca-«r of argument. Indeed there i« WeLk m „? ^ t?'' "''''°'''''«' «>>« ''''»1'' I' " « faturewhidMnnstboasirr a ,!l7„.in7'' . ^"" "'''"""'='' f"™ ""d »'■" oxoept in the obtaining of a tinanci,!! I™ • , ""'' ""'"'"■ "> ^^' People.ment, n, the Undoreigned hum* ly "nbZ ' L h ^''7"',!'"'' '«'«" terma."^ AndW S 28.] knowledge of the,e fact, b Im"^ TreJZ^ f T'f"' "™'"« '""" "■•«"« «' i" order "that the best intereeteand nl! f "^w °°'' <''"»<'"««tive, andBofore i " North America may he "roted brrPel'' T^j" """'""'^ of BritlahHrunawi " of Great Britain"lf iLJt^''J,J l*,;'';--^ Um^ the Crownydo to leading to such irritation and dismtUf!!./! . ^~"'^ ™'"«' direetlyl^rties ai fiotb^vo^ed^vjii^^ liie adoptio n ui ' tlic new L ' onaiiinf l nn wn. — ^ '"?• power to tho terms conceded to the Provin uVdeHrr^ri? '"* ' ''''' ^°" ''' and4«oluteI matters involved in the problem MrT^Zl "^P"' V*^«'' "Pon them, wero# numei Lo sa,s, » there has not been t^me durln. the "h'T '''"'; "'"^ *^ ^^'^ whengceVsity « Confederation has been fully^It to e.ll T ^.'"°^' ''"'^ '^' '^^'^ offWil ." the financial consequences to ^o^a Sco L • » Vj^ t^T' "''^ "7 certaintylpposed in the same Report he admits that " the nrin.s T ^^''^^^?«'^««^e,J-andfe admig " the Provinces are to be a certa led L^v ' f ' T'' ""^''^ '^' ^^^ts otfmainten "upon "-three years after the rof Union £ d"" '""^ 'ietermined|ent. B the case of Kew Brunswick. We are now able t 7 "°' °'"^ "^^^^ *^^'^'^ ^-^ inequalities and injustice in the case ofV.^Q I ''^'''' "°* ^'^'^^ *« thcfesJlm] Jation of the Dominion Parl^Ln but'^vTh^T T "t-^"'^ ^^ *'^« legis-felX tion. and by the reduction o^Xt were tst ^.r ^ T^'"^ '^ Confedera-0t this Pr< with great accuracy to the llent and Ln nTr ""Y' ""'' ^"^*«' *^ comeitH-powerf Kew Brunswick. It is nearly reduced Tn ^ 7' ''' ' *' '^" ^'''"^"'" of iepresenta eulation. Whatever mrim^e been t^p ^ be easily tested by the fe^trand %ures ^f thT^^^^^^^ '' '^' P««*' *^^^ -ay fad equal deductions from nearly five yearsTs orv .f^K T •*'• *°^' ™"^'"^ J°g><^«l ^^^ ^^°^" in a very short time in^hea'^s7rJ^^^^^^^^^^ taken from us,-estimate or forecast thpTr • ' ^^'' """"""^ ^^'^ befeople nor the Confederacy. *^^ ^"^"'^ ^ «**''•« for this portion oi jented to f TEE PENITENTIARY CLAIM. Pefjbli r Jr""^ i"' ^ ' ^''°*^^'' ^™Portant matter which may nrohahlr ha «, ^^anty stip, rectly and conveniently considered at this time thTni th« J^ ^ be more cor- J^ .^ ^^ ^ claims :.ore Justly coming under the title of^^,^",^'' '"^'""^^'^ ^^ ^^^or short'; I w,ll appear from the papers which are submittedTat a verv 1« F""? tbei pective charge is referred to, as about to fall uZ tL P 1 ^ ^ ^^ P^^^'f hard labo upon Confederation, and for which the lo 1 GCer^L^^^r;, ^^"-•"""«'«'.- atak!««ndtbret2U<(«ceint of tlio Kootot of tl.„ fw r r ''""»'''"" ""vcnmieiit until (ho »..clud„ tho wl,ol. I. i. dear that by The JlrwJh NoHk AJZLnZ \llf'- , .• t;:H:nf."H:i:S::iI■;^:.^-r.t1o™::;r under theCrow^do to the V.oZj.TvJ^,,:^^''' ZZ .""^ '''"" °' ^'''''^ ''''■■'^- upon them, werof numeroua Provinoiol Statutes mxAtZZTi " ","'",''"«•«'. recognized p I i/ j ■efers to thia when feeirity of e»tabliahi„e inaS,^^. o nta.l upon the loeal a„,ho,i,i,„^ /^>^<«^ «nce the effeet otf a twie IW "o fVe w ^ vlr'^n'Z ■ith anycertaintylppoaed that i„ thia Provinee , "d ho JaintaiST'^^^^'" "='« annum will bcf-pU nor the Legislature ofS^ZS^ST^""'''''' this portion of Rented to transfer for ever beyond their own enrrnl ,1, • T^"' ''""' °°''- Wth the remotest prospect of Drovwll ! T • '" '"''™'''' Institution, H eatab.ishment'„;riLtitS^;!,™riT„rr^^^^^^ *""'* ''^""»■' scanty stipends granted to them for oth~lZs ofTherir "' '"•'" 1 18 said proport bnallv more exnen.iv. . ,. "'"^S«"«i«8 ot the public service. ror short penal termsC genTrX of ' a 1^ ''™°"" "'"^ °°""<'' ''''"■•^" uring their limited time of-?rpS„men,tr; •""'"'""'' "'^^■-"""W". phard labor" to which thev m»v 1? . ' ^ T^"'"' ""J" Proficiency in the am . . >«■■ «<>» 'o th« reveal rfftTFlhrt'™''^' \"^ """^^ ™"«bute by at present ad- 1 j . , ^eveuues or the iliStablishment in the aami^ ^fio. »„ • • / ly be more cor iscussion of the eiy large pros- 'ce consequent at present ad I;l til port, mat thi, will Jwnu*: zX'':v^'"'f"' "■^""» -■ «"i;*f c„: ted at 114,500 per annnm ' " ""ooltei, and may be roundly e8tinn,-|tJ„ion ^^^tzs^^i^^ iS'^ -r '7- »"" '"^ -''"• '= the eabject of the local establirment at fh!?l. "'? "•' ^'''°' ^"^^ »' «">'!<» • mmd. however, that whatever nte™ "hat C t'v an'rt r "."' """ •"""« "'*^«™ the general e„bjeol ae already pre,ente, -and hat rt -°? ^ ""^ """^ "*'"!«'' very large and in,portant will be readir;o„ceded th T-""^- "'"°'" '*'•'»"■" mllyftom that of the Province of N^ Br„t ';7i^^''"'T '''*^" '""'' ■*««"in absolute and tangible money and land^efest or inv^,, ^" ^"'"i" ''"' ■"♦••■«■•«' establishment which was not oonsidl.^ investment m the oxistinoj^alue - the tn.„sfer was made to the Dom t If tb7" T'7'' ""^'"''''' ->>«: m y i borates or illustrates the preseuT'ZsitL? 11 v.°. °°'' 'I "'"'"^ °"™ •="-"'. >»ent, maintenance and manageme7orprni,e„i ■ "*'■ '""^ " "''"''l"'' Whor a ff£.n°t debated and ±:.j-4- , if, ftr^,! ™'. '■" '^° »'>"""™'|>ther w. ffiiClty and n.:.^,Tny:j;r-^ " "■ . "' » "" v iew of tb. i.„„i :....,.„^ J: ^e-'"" 'tie adl&raSs i>v tie . ""^ '"?""" "" ^'""«"i«>it t.fonZa Dominion legislation. NorSeCrt Z th r^'t'''"^'^ "^ recen|„nlc„"„„ propose to re.transfer the establishmenrot certain ,°''""'^°™™"'«»|of">«t t County of Saint John, in extinguishment of h r Hi ,?',' '" "" ^''^ «"''|disq"iet gate thegres.bardship of the cafe under conliS^Ttr' "' "" ™.'"l'»-8« ' of that project would simply alter the nartie7w , i,'""">"»°n">i«tion|the cons, province, in the matter. It would th! "^ •' , '"" "•« P™'""" of thefof New I |menttot.kecareofto.„.J LTu ''fo'rn'lr "" 1'"^'"' ""-"'Pto o m New Brunswick, and for this PoS ehbl T™ °°'*"''''"'"'"°'i''f '*■« ''° County of Saint John from their sfarre^urcerfnr. ^ •\''''' ^'^ «"1«'ithout , the,r short-term prisoners with hard labT the ~r ••' "S""'" "-"u^the Hon. cent^ to the transferred Prison, and on s„oi tr,2 T"? '"""'!> Jl" M "Ne^t the Cty .„d County of Saint John should diZ T °"''™'»«> " f ^»»-» oeedmthe erecUon and equipment and annuaf^^r"'^' '^°'' ""^ P™ " impossi Penitentiary. Neither can the Conn^^ n , ■ """"""''nee of a eep.rat<<" ifLr^ purpose. "^ ^"""«y «»o'» be at all utilized for tha| And iu It^-II.. . '■^^ INTER-COIOMAL KAILWAY '"I^Med It Will be observed from fho ^-keme of • "ntereHt therein i>*roviDce of Ne v B™^li'l ?"'''''"«<'' """ """"^ ""y «ove™mt„t. The claim differs mate Lrtai" ^ivon rr„T. 7 n '""'' "'"' ""' dominion Government, upon 'be former had a*;,-, fmpr ™ 't'^ rofTnTri ''V'""' ""' '» '»°°'' ^ ''-'"« en, ■„ the ox,stin,^.,„e,_.he''e,p:: 'jrin l,:cr vl br""''r"f " ""P°"""- ""1 "veated in that cZl^l^V^^'T::^''':'' "\'° '»-'' P-Wio rt, It simply corro acoount,_but apart ont' ' v fZl. « b "» »''™"l"ge, and on Dominion g the " establish rather as a TJC Z-.i/to «. / °""°' P''""=' "^ C»»fe'ieration, and ■n «boD„minio,^,her words, -'^ZZZTtl^l-- it'Z'Z "' '•''' '"'■J"""'' ^nion. In ^J2ali|!taaw*rovi„ces o Upper and Lower cln2^ 'T"? '" "° '»«■" »^"™) *" *» of Parliament tofijnion as a solution T™ " ''" '°* '» »««k and should obtain .Wished by reeenJuni:::;: l^TllZTI Tnd tot ""'• .T"''"='" '"-^ '-"" *« -'« " .d.an Govemmenllof that political machineTta'ndi """,*! ?"" l""™""'"-' working =, o the City an,l|dis,„ietide and Trrit. "on^'anS at ,he ,? .•' '""^ »°'»'«°-Ji»« <=«"«» of beconsummatio„4e consolidation of the CornirrndLr. P°^ T^^- ""' »"'''*''» '''"•o»t 10 position of thcfcf New Brunswick was led toT„«?H .? Constitution ,■ so the Province Canadian Govern, and to opeu the CorTespondrnce and an™' TnT" °' *"" "'O" P™"""' 'fndred crimin.yof the building of the Inter Colli.? « ' i f^'^Sates, " in consideration " to the City aniwithont unnefes ary delay ^'"''''7! ''^.'^« »<"""■"»■• Government nght to sencene|tho Hon. Mr. TuLKr He'said!!! '"""'"""aHy stated at the out,et by ':rz^S Z-::m:: r ^r '-"t "'- '^''"'™^ "^j-- "» «"> <"» feeing ide for and pro I i„.,oZuZe tZll^lZ^:^^ " '^ """'""'■ '* ™ """'^ utilized for tha| And also by the Hon. Mr. CaLiikb wht said « T „. , I " I>lated while m tke Lower ProvinZ That whiil "''°"' *" ^"^ "*"' f " and t,rri»orial elements wS^otocon J, "« P?»M»od the personal '« Scotia affairs " in the MariHmeelement. D„rf„ '12 u ? ?' °' '"" ""^ """'"K ; benefits, pecn " at the door of our neighbouHn ofder r. "" ^°" "' "«' *» ''"""k ."g of that grea " be tolerated. This ConfederatLn ml^K "^ "". °" '™^°- ™b cannot hution made .| '• citizen of Montreal wirunde ' tand 1, °f T*" °"'- ^ '^°'"' *•••* <='^'y o argued in tlJ" look to Nov. Scoulto New Brun.li I f" "i"'™' «"'«"« 'kould laeoftheassell-for the elementa wanting h^Ca^ZTtr *° ^"""^ ^''"^ I""1 »hip " stock iJ Montreal, 29th Oct. 1866. *''' ' «'''»' nation. "-[,Si«ecA a« "''''"'"' ■■ So, likewise, the Hon. Mr. Shown said-" W. i. ' it frankly-to buUd the Inter-CoToni. «~, J^' b«ve agreed-I announce ^ ^ — , ..-.«TTioo, me non. Mr. ±Jrown sai, e advantages 01 "U frankly-to buUd the Inter-CormaT of the 8ch( J2 I leme per se sitaated as wo have been. Bat I have at the samioad " w^Jh AV T 'r "^ "\"^ *" adnnt,-a„d I repeat it heartily t^day^his bee « Vint" wi^^^^^^^ Railroad there could be no Unio'n of thL Pr J p^' vinces. -^lipeech at Ihronto, November, 11:66. i ^ «dt!fS' ^r\'' .^^f «••«"««' 10th October 1864. certain Resolutions wer^hl m\ adopted a. ^A. basis of a proposed Confederation of the Provinces aod CoTof" 65 n.es of Canada, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Newfoundland, and Princci cons'ol Edward Island, and bj Resolution 68, it is provided- % Zrt "Tifr' ^h!^;^^"«'-a^ Government shall secure, without delay, the com I media pletion of the Intcr-Colonial Railway from Riviere du Loup, through Zsiondon " Brunswick, to Truro in Nova Scotia." ^ f rpj^^ ^ «f nI^'t.^"*' 27th February 1865, His Excellency the Lieutenant Governoin Conf of New Brunswick, (Hon. Mr. Gordon) in his Despatch to the Imperiafhe agre Government, says— ^ |ati8fact( - I find, however, that a very general impression prevails, that the con fatiou, ^ struction of the Inter-Colonial Railroad from River du Lou^ to Trurol" f " Attc « I^i.^' -n T T'^^ ''"'•^''" '' P^^"^^^ ^'^^^ ^^«^ ^^««'y'« «ov| as a wl " imr/ T\ ^ 'l^S'"''^'' *o *h« I'^Perial Parliament, for ]f the wa « Z^l^U/T" -1 """"^ " P''^"'"^ wouldappear to Her Majesty'l' alterati Government to be either unnecessary or unjust; unnecessary, if (as w J' Govern Zlr^'tr''' 'V'f T? ^'°"'' "^ ""^"^^^-'^ -^ insu'^erlble obi ^Z^. stacles arise) the new Federal Legislature votes the construction of a workl beenfui en.e we would not hoar mnclj>-g>ini " flr^t, and "Station "ex'. '°^ """ '" H"""^ '""' ""M tUe Eaii:, ." Hon"' m'' f *-"""'-=''»• M- TxL.„ had eaid that. " onfthe Eaiiw.™"-^"'" " '""'"' "" "'"" '» "-^ Confede^tion with " Hon. Mr. Ross — * * ♦ rn. , •■ question of the Inter-Colonial Railwav wtch after n"'" """"^ *» **" •' great peculiar horror— the i,rp«f ^ i p T- ^ ' '"' '*"""» *° ^e hi " him. Veil, I will turn aXo^ d D™;tT« '"'? "\^ "^^'H' ^!^ lowing passagea, remarkably appose to the tub e^t"^"' '° *" ""* '''"* Brit •■ ;P>e«on of any satisfactory'col::Lli fn ^ett: n Ejlnd O Tl' ^^ would, m fact, produce relations between theTo Pro! 1 .1 .^"'""T '""»« "render a General Union absolutely nrceasarvsX. " '""'^4 ffive e ' J-'t a Railway would be perfectly ^rS^i^X^j-'T f o-ll^,,; " ' Ihe formation of a Railway from HoUr,^ * i^ l ^* * f « after -aome of the distinguishes Za!tet.lso1^tV""t^^^^^^^^^ " * they would possess a far more cerinm ««^ o . ^'""^ ^"'^^"5' ^a«y "c er next came to th( all, seems to be hi . . I 15 • •we of the conditions o^Jlitares in New Brnnswiolr on/i „« .^ aa ..id the Bailwa|.« the construction of » E Z ^1 ° ' O 7"'°'/?^ '"' °"«'°"^- 7 Whereas the construction of Th^ conncohng Quebec and Halifax, to-wit: I Canada, and pro^oT^r ilt.^^ Brit X"^ *■? "^fff ]867, Seclim 145 <"'°«™ »">■•»' "f 'he as.e„t thereto of Neva Sc2 »n7Z alifa. and Quebeol fZZl'c^^t^l:^^'^ "^"^ '*»< ^.^^/shonld bo .ade foMt! inadas. Jw^^earf olc intL^i.^ l\ ®''°*'^' »°<^ for the construction thereof with n„f mng half the yea^, ^°*«'«^»««^o«. and the completion thereof with all practLable spe^^^^^^ ■atrni throughout --«<-. d « place. It w Jideratiou of HU Exceltncv Z a " n"^'" """="'"" '''"• «■» -=»"' ^e received its flralompiled from he best a^LriL^ JT" ?'"'°'^' '" '^■'""""- ^hey are asion to quote tt, fess to New Brunswick and o?'.? .'" ?"P°'"'' ^""^ '» » V^' "f .il n Probable adjustment or assumption Balifa. , and it ifca.ter of R X^ Zl 7™""''°' ""^ I"""-"--'"'- I" the «rsl..lthe to secure the confhould not1Zi1^^Zi'^Z7\^ Tl ""■ '»*««™!"»'i. -nnot and •Umi, is al^otutellh, nature of disp„,ed oWms InH ^^^^ Y'f^'''^"'^ ■ «■"» »» ">«? are in e, not to speak ofe™ Governmen rLnd do not . ^ ''f ?'' ^'^'""^ •>«"«» «!>« «spec- nderstood in thfhe Cons,itu«r'they w„u?d hft ' "^ !■' """"* "' ^""^ ^-»" ""-i" ■LLEt-Uon. Mrltheir case by imiortiX ftem *° '™«=<'°'J'»8 '"«■• duty and complicating 'r««,ic/: to . Jequitable they may cofsdrth!.. H P^™' discussion, however just and i^o^nsake." |rew Brunswicr^^ fn "'r * "T ,hf «" *'™ ^ "^ «"'«''«"■»«" of the eMminatioJOnfano .'i Mi THE ACTION OF THE LEGISLATURE OP NEW BRUNSWICK. «e««- laiare ana People,— and provisions made for Nova Smtia rar<,ni i CO ?r| Mr 'airs, I decidt Kepi those sec ured to New Brnnswint ««„ ' "'n ^^^-^-"""""-y *" aavannfl of momw m matters of Trader^evenue,S^8ia{es, Great W gl ^ks. Parliamg nHrf Adopt er nnm/n AllrknTn.^r>» „_.i ;_ j> n . _ . vf f" terior of debi Taking dMr. lewing :epresentation, and per capita Allowance, ani in full view of whrh^ Dominion Better Terms were ceded to N^va s't!: Te P ovTnt of V^^^^^ Brunswick has a further right to ask that the ^> com ;romisVs"'l! H Quebec and Londo n, and the iniurious'^ 4 ' ecta nt' ^^h'Z? " ^ ^e readj„sted,-that New Brunswick ™ay not continue at^lo e rio^^a dtfT°* work of the new Constitution •• o. to secure the aLi io„ it h Un o,*""' " of Bnttsh Columb a and Manitobah, and the basis presented for the a^Z ance of the outlying Colonies : NewBrunewicfchas a right to cWrtha the ^auadian Government and P;:rii;;^ l. ..,„|,^o, J^*'^ ^ ^ AndSm .» now a«c"erta,ned thai ihe terms granted tolfew Brunswick 1° when supplemented by thelKEe reserve fund th.n inT. 7 i. %. „ - hat by no means at their disposal can the Goveru,n„n. »„H r^°l ° !"7i™l" „'r„ * innecti( comp] feion bef it do n e Genei rplus o\ 6 per :~r.i"Si=tS£~^£.SiB5 the action of Govern- BRUNSWICK, impose a three-foldj original and solemi 17 l atltflrfiBOrt^itg -nnd aU under a ConBtitntion which r^ram ^.oA mfort-New Brunewick-^aTTiMgHrtr^ ^re I>ominion to gra ease an d CM^„,«„ „,„u=».vn „a8 a ngnt to ask tho DotniniiSlS^rant to hJr ^r^> r " '"^' "' '""" •'Wily '"oeptional at the time o£ . 7d°«o.^fort °"^°°'' '''•='J"'»°" """" t^-'o". «»" *«' 'o her .erious I0.8 ^J^M^^^M^ AoditorGeae.,I.,»„xoN, in hU elahorate Beport on Kova Sco.i. Is^'^rlirSfSlddldttt'ir T''''' "^, -"'^^°*" '""> C„nfede.f.o„ n,„st be »tly iu advanc e ot should at leoel haM bem taken inlo JZdeZ^" '"'"""* '*'«*»'« »«». y, and coneTrtntionl nd the late Minieter otT^^t Zj^ntZji^'t^' <=*^'r''*"«-]^ JESnraSstSrf Adopting this view. andZng .ho avolf of C*^^^^ "'^'- .w of whieh by thi terior to Confederation, Nova IZ Z2C\t^^tuZ'^rj'" i Proymee of Ne,v| of debt than is allowed to her."_[/fcW. »3,0S1,000 more , ^ "■= Pri»«ipl«» ft" laid down by the Hon. Minister of pf^cft 't' ^ ,d Mr. Lasoio^ as oaroriteria, wepresent the Returns, as compiled blT* '^**-^ ewing the amounts contributed bv New Branawi,.v «.,.:! I '/- /" / SilSffi. to the Public Works of ,he'D„mTnfo:„fcln;,^SF£^'f' ^^ .ry justly stated here, that this asset iu the eommon "^trtntrehin ".Lt ^/*^ .nded over by New Brunswick at an enormous discoun ter .1 p"?!^ ^ et, IS yearly becomiug mo,^ and 'r^^. ..i , ■ ,„ , ^'^ ZoZl Iturnswai show; and .t is qmte reasonahle\o-^Spp5SV^h.t wLn th, Uecfons and Extensions now constructing in and near New Brunswick .completed and herge„e«l Railway system, indicated by PrvfncialTeS^ on before Union, ia vx^rfi^oicA ♦k;„ ™:ii i , -^ *""'"<'*»» legis- iises' •e now BO aerious l, legislative Council at 80 serious a dis 3 well as the Pro le terms originallj^ to share " in th4 on into the Unioif SSS'fconbefo';;yni;„:7sTeX;e7;Zwrra"„f'''^^^^^^^^ J3runswick— eveiprplus over maintenanet of ftAS SAi.Qn • ''"««"iD" m 1870 sl-^ ^^-^ffto ind-have prove! 6 per centum, Id Th-lfSa/r :" "a! \^!:tt ^'T'O^^J^ e public servicelundred thousand dollar, wi'u yield onVand one-fifth J r "n '" wh rf' '^-'-^ i Leg,slatore^o|e Public Works of all elasse. which old CanadT^SSI; th. t jes committed tfock, eetimated by Mr. Ljhotok at S46 «67 «i !,^?„ ,^ j • ^'"'"^ vorks of intemite of O^SZper centum on threes t^le for 't^ ^ ^'*"**^ "°^T "' "■« iemandsignore# Nova-S;ai.. inste«l of pr^^Z^'/h. ill" '''° 'T^ ^^'' "-^Kailways the^ ,4hat i le DominiontsV a^.^ fw.^ .J ? ':°'''°> ■, f" "«"■■*"'«"«'. ^^"lycost absolutely takef nts a capital ot" fe«,g53. ' ^ t ^v S.^ f 1 ^' '*.'"■ "«"" ''P'^" Direct TaxaUolat the l^' <>^^L:^^ ^.ofZ Xt.^::l'^::X::t — 3 .i; I : i : ! Weatern interest is enforced sav m ^ ' ""^"^ '^' '^"«°«^« ^^ the Grd KewBr,,3wickcontribrg^^^^^^^ t^e population. t1 Illustrate the position in this way --^Thft whl^ ?u ^' ^'^- ^'^ ^« «»^ aa above reimburses the DomTnTou 4 5.1 Jf ' *^' *''^.' ^« contribute the debt of $7,000,000 with which lf^7^""M^^"^' ^^ ^"*«''««t "P^l Union, the contributing asset of tfeTlder Pr^^ ^'' ^^"^^"^^ '' « '^^ one per cent, of the interest on «62 500 000 f^ • "f l'' '"*''''" ^"'^ 2:^ coming again to the Public WofL of S « 1' "°^'' *^' ^'^^i tributes to the Dominion «58 841 w f ^''^^'^^ ^' ^«^ Brunswick coJ period, while l^ovXaa^!; sh^^n IT/-? ff'f'' '""^^^ *^« «- .on $541,603: in order to place the tVo Pro't:' ^'''^l'""'' being intere (this Account, the Dominion would hlrn ^f^^*°^«« ""^ ^^e same footing i New Brunswick «58,8"1 and pa^ ovt wT[l^^^ "'"' '^ *'^ ^---« 'on this branch of the public service Inf "'"°* *^' ^"^"^ ^^»32,4j| By way of stating this Account more fnlli. th. *i- ^ ,, Bubmitted from the Accounts of 1869 H^ ' *^' ^^"^^^°« ^*«^« « 1869. Total Public Works of CanfldA T»« • • . 1 B ' ••• ... , Balance, JDerfuo^-Expendlture, as per Account, page 233,* 440,112 $473,378" 305,304 [Public Accounts, Dominion, 1869, page 243.1 Eailwats— iVbya Scotia— (f age ^48.) Maintenance, 261,398 76 $168,073 ii These Iw Bru [$195,2 Ls elu< Bi Deficit, Railways— JVeio Brtmswick— Receipts, Maintenance, $1,113 51 Ba: $179,827 42 126,149 71 ^"'P^asr $53,677 71 > •" ... 58,677 i>aft«?<— Deficit on JTova Scotift PAii», n . *221,761 less than MaintenSce ^*^^^W Receipts ' 1,113 Net balance from Public WorkiS IS^ The net intenani ftpital oi The Nov It the D( Iresents i Bven in this view, wb; i collection of the Gre : on the population, t\ aper^ead. Orwem^ le aes^t we contribute 4en^. of interest upc vas permitted to ent.^ is return only 3-5th t under the AcT~0, ^ New Brunswick coj >88, during the sanl ,496.20, being intere| 1 the same footing iJ ind to the Province | Qtthesumof|J32,4£^ e following items a ! A.nditor ... $913,491 ings of ... 440,112 t'rib1t"]*K^l''v ^ 'f ''^ '^.*^'^^*« ' ^^fi«*' while New Brnnswick '::^:^:!r'''^''^'''' '^'^ *^« ^--t« ^f mo, we may pursue 1870. Receipts from Public Works in the Dominion of Canada «1 OOfi fUA «t i>«/«./-Nova Scotia Railways, ^g 56 ^''"^ '' New Brunswick Railways, 198,525 29 Receipts which old Canada transferred to Dominion Against this sum is charged an Expenditure of Leaving Balance of net Receipts, ' ' ••• ••• ••• ... Net balance derived from Public Works, ~ 471,658 85 $535,290 82 866,421 82 $168,869 00 58,841 80 $227,710 80 82.496 20 $195,214 10 ... $473,878 • 233, 305,804 $168,073 jj These figures again shew a deficiency in the Nnv.. «««♦;„ a (Page 19.) Receipts Maintenance, Deficit, Railways— -iVcw Brunswick— (Page 19.) Receipts, Maintenance, $273,028 66 305,524 76 $32,496 20 $198,525 29 189,683 99 W&JB^ eipts 58,677 $221,751 1,113 $220,688 Surplus, $58,841 30 New Brunswick Railways. L^L^ceTZmo^^^^^^^^ ^orth American Railway over !»pital of $980,688. ?^58,841-30, which, at 6 per cent, represente Nova Scatia Railways. Lhe Nova Scotia Railways, insi of leavinop ..i „ t the Dominion in 1870 ftsL^.QO ? ^ :*■ ^"''^^^^'•'"^'ntenance, resents a capital of $^i;608. ' " "''''^''^ ""^''^^ ^' ^ P«' ^^^t' li! t ■ i I Si ' "I!; Rajlwajr I088 to the Dominion, «32 496 20 r •* , ^ ^ «1,522,291 legitimjte results, fearint as he alknn^? 1 this enquiry, or full credit to| lead t^^^^^rrassin, co^l'Z^r^'^^^^^^^^ the sanw time, however, he does nnt LV T f ' *^'''*"'*'^ ^4, 186?.]- " facts o which reference has reenlde' " i"^'"' '^'' " *^« ^'^'Jo^bt The Alitor General, Mr LiNaTON fn V'?,"^"'''^'*''" to consideratior ject, sais :- ' ^'^ •^'^''°^' incidentally referring to the same si " ^-tr/et trkte^^^^^^^^ ^- «-^- Railw.' " increase. This is no doubt true Zu^Z " "^t receipts from them .y « be on a par mth them, and our public wo^I.^ ""'"' ^T^^'"^ ""' '^'^^^ *^»« <> " more temunerative. We may JLo jont T^' ""** "" ^"''^* ^'"^ ^eco "our advances to Railroads If i? *"" '°"'' ^'^''^^^^ returns fr, " d.e to us from the oZd Zl\T^':T'' *'^ '^^^'^^^ ^^ -*- " and S0 cease to enter it up annLli 'lifr k "'• ^^"'""^ ^^^^^^^^ " any material improvements in T^ii^ ^ *'''™ "^ *^^ ^^^S^^^ jet up « interest would rlZ Z'j^tfuS ^'^'^^ ^^I cZ " with iova Scotia. We have madl iinl '*^f "'^ '^''^•^""^ "i'^« « I " as yet, at any rate, they Ijd a tZ '"*' ^""^ "^"^^ *« ^^^i^s* a This being the case th/nn^! ^. / '^^'^^"''^ P«' *»«a<^-" that neither'old Crd^tr'^o S^^^ V' T'""'''^ ^'^"^ «- ^^eVA" Mw Brunswick; and they would hV -"^T f ' ^^"''•^"^^^ «« « i^ failed to institute those "compLhon ^ . T.""''^^"^ "^ *^^''" ^"*^' ^^ th to enter into the most miZ'™ ^at"n JfTtL^'^^^ .""" ""^^''^'^ the respective Provinces, and the rmfnrlT a ^ *''^*' contributed i^ot, let them add, for he mere sake of " '*"*"°^^^*i^« ^^^ne of the. J^:^if^:z ^::f,- -,:tr- r --mg sta^ and Income from Local I^omZuZce^^anT!^^^^^^ ""^ ^^^ ^W Aare a^ jfe rf^po^a^ out of Union .^'''^'''^ ^""^ "'^^A New Brunswick wov s:k»s?.,.^ »«■■■'• loot- 8 e: •48, iTEiilJ I c I J p p A E L Pi In 8t El M Ui Irn Po Co Gr 5^ Pu Ste Sui Ma Pul Car Peu is clea the Capital, $980,088 Oo Capital, $541,603 0(j i^a Scotiai " ••• «1, 522, 291 DC atthelatellon.Minis- airy, or full credit to I lach investigation woC'' January 24, 186r.]~ t, that " the ondoub claina to conaideratio erring to the same s 21 fiAL Revenue— brought forward, Export Duty, Casual lie venue, Supremo Court Fees, Fees Secretary's Office, Auction Duty, Net earningd E. & N. A. iVailway, 11,174,099 16 «65,000 00 40,000 00 2,000 00 6,600 00 100 00 58,841 SO " 171,441 30 "^®' 1,008,984 48 $336,555 98 Balance at disposal of New Brunswick, Nova Scotian Rail wr •ecoipts from them \\i ubled we should atill oi no doubt will, becoij further returns frqj the arrears of inter] practically abandons, the Ledger, yet up| 'ur claims for currt^ ^^ are fully upon a ^\ ly equal to theirs, a ^ head." utended, justly assfj is head fully on a ji »f their duty, if thi eir entire willingne issets contributed fttive value of thet^ embarrassments, hi ost rigidly examinl the foregoing Stat a 'ck in (he year 18?! m, and Ml Stami yew Brunswick woi% 11 76 srest on Dfthf_«7 Knn nnn •' "*'" •■"■ Cillf Lis^ ^*'^*-^^'500,000, Legislative expenses! Judicial, Agriculture, Education, Lunatic Asylum. Public Health, ' .V: - - Indiana, Steam Boat Inspection, Elections, Militia, • TTniversity, Immigration, ! Public Printing, ...' Cont agencies, Postages, &c. '" Great Roads, S , o^c. ... Bye Roads, ?"^"fT?«i!di°^«,F«rnitu;;,&c.*'' Dteam Navigation Surveys and General Inspe'ction,"* Marriage Certificates. ' Public Hospital. St. ^ohn; Total, ... $450,000 00 40,000 00 35,000 00 20,400 00 42,000 00 20,000 00 12,600 00 120,000 00 25,000 00 6,000 00 1,'200 00 1,000 00 1,600 00 20,000 00 8,884 48 1,000 00 9,000 00 12,000 00 85,000 00 65,000 00 9,000 00 9,000 00 4,000 00 800 00 1,200 00 900 00 8,600 00 22 79 64 61 $1,008,984 48 •$1,174,099 i^ss2sm^&s^^ks£ ept I onder tls l^giglgtion of the Domi J provide* for «ii K«. r>.,ui:- r. 22 I provide! foraJl ho. P„bn s7v o " ^t effl ^l "^"^ »."eeffeo.„„| tho it«,i set forth, .ml co«riDT^M T °*°'»""f' '" "•« "'•■ner and . boon refcired to provide rjr and hL? TT" "^' ^'•"'°" """W ''^ vice., *or..e,n^.armt h edevelJ^^^T^i^^'''' '" "'"""rdinary ' -r to .lie re,nir:l''nt ofte'p'oWnT- '''"^' '"^ '^P'^ " '" '*« ■»' ... $852,698 (58 Import Duties, .Export Duties, fSeizures, |Auction Duty, mlailway Impost, 'ft ^ n^o"'® ^"^'««' - p. & D. Seamen, ^uoy and Beacon, Jape Race Light, Jopjrieht Duties, ,[ndian Keserve Fund, iSupreme Court Fees, Sums Refunded, Casual Reveijue, iFishery Fund, >.. 65,185 07 A')'J 67 19 88 184,217 07 51,760 46 25,408 85 8,517 21 8,921 64 881 61 98 80 868 87 8,021 00 841 29 47,504 42 880 75 t Total in 1866, ... ki9Ati-nn~^ J8er™._^ he provided f<.r as p^r p^cedin,' '''''"' " ' ••• ••• ... 1,008,984 48 %^alance at disposal of New Brunswick, 1^,1^^^ Assuming the population to have increaae/l in «.,« Z I and a h»lf per cent, the number wiuIdT 970 9.0 ^Tf ""* '^^^' «^' would be $8-82 <.nectod under the ^d f .^^^ f i^Sl V'l2'' M post, as against «4-ll on the population ^I i SOi .n H 1 • ^ ^"""^ ^ same rate of increase for the next ^Zlj i ' ^ ^^*'"' assuming i 1870 would be 289,853, Uth at L 82 2^^^^^ ^T' '^' P°P«l««on Bources »l,107,288-46. ' Toti^lTZZe' "'"^' ^"'' '"'"^ *^« ^'^ U I LOCAL REVENUE. [Imports and Railway Duties, above 1 Export Duty,' ... '-^ £*! .sures, (as in 1866).' Auction Duty, ... Net earnings Railway^ Light House Duties, (1866) o. & D. Seamen, « 11,107,238 46 68,135 65 689 67 45 09 58,841 30 . 25,408 85 8,517 21 ^in^iJSnP^rdy 81.268.726 9A she could have effectoa ly, in the manner and] the Province would b« s^l, for extraordinary sBourceB, and general pi $ m,555-9 8. d in the Province of „, and a^ply it in like ml ew Brunswick in iB<]^, ... $852,698 ,3 6,'">,t86 07 .'",■;[) 67 19 83 •• 184,217 07 61,760 46 25,408 85 8,517 21 8,921 64 88 r 61 98 80 868 87 8,021 00 841 29 47,504 42 880 75 $1,245,115 67 1,008,984 48 $286,131 19 'ears from 1866, 8ev| and tb -i rate per hd itiesf li iJailwajlj I again, assuming i irs, the population I yield from the sai 1,107,238 46 68,135 65 639 67 45 09 58,841 80 25,408 85 8,617 21 23 iJUoy and Beacon, " Cape Haco L ijht, Copyriglit Dutieg, a Indian Reserve Fund «' Supreme Court Fees.* Sums Refunded, « Casual Revenue. Fishery Fund, Fees, becretary's Office, Lunatic Asylum, 38rd Vic. Cap. 25 $1,268,726 23 8,921 ;4 887 61 • ' 9S 80 868 87 2,100 00 841 29 • 85,988 23 330 75 5,465 15 880 00 $1,313,603 57 .'BMBNT Shewing the Estimated Expenditure of th, A."~ '• not taken place, in 1870 as shetnnTTi? ''"''''' '"^ ''''' ^"'^^ had of that year :1 ' '^'''^ *^ '^'' ^''^^'»^^« ^^^ ^ovincial Accounts Interest on Debt. Civil List, Legislative exp™„,: ;;; ;• PoTofflcV"' *'"''!"'"■' '^"»"»'' Agriculture, Education, Lunatic Asylum, .'.".' Public Health, ... - - Indians, Steam Boat Inspecti'oii. Elections, Militia, University, *** Immigration, Public Printing, "• - - Skater ^^^'^^-'^c; ••• Bye Roads, 8t"il!f T?"^^'^'"^^' FiVniture,' &c. •" Steam Navigation, ... ' Surveys an(f General Inspections "" Marriage Certificates, ^ ' Public Hospital, St. John. PeSti^a^f^^'^^"*"^^^"-^;- Light Houses, ;•• BuJ^sa^nd'Srns^^^^^'^-S-P^^^ Cape Race Light, I'isheries, ^ Copyright Duties, *'* Pensions, Unforeseen expenses," ,268, . $*50,000 00 40,000 00 40,000 00 2 ),400 00 4l 000 00 20,000 00 12,600 00 120,000 00 26,000 00 6,000 00 1,200 00 1,00( 00 1,500 00 20,000 00 8,884 48 1,000 10 9,000' CO 12,000 C ) 85,000 0" 65,000 00 9,000 00 9,000 00 4,000 00 800 00 1.200 00 900 00 8,600 00 15,262 58 7,290 71 3.201 35 419 69 2,787 50 134 44 160 00 10,000 00 24 on account of New Brunswick an J fl! ^ dominion of Canada for or Treasury b, the DominrnTo'^ ft Z.Ze^'^'Zfitt "' ° *'^ ""T'^' department, that the undersiffned MtitZ-^ . "^^^ '° "^'^^ ^^ this ter of expenditure by he DZnfnn • '\}^^''J^^y ^o fully to meet the mat- of the iLr.CoZa'Jtlar^^ ^° the construction are omitted, which, hltvT; if «7^.?!i "m?' ^''^' '^^' ^^'^'^ <'ha''ges s"It; whiie\here aUtrc^ncernil :i ^^-* ^^« - fully heard before it is conceded Jo bf bs to Tl^'^T^'"'^ '^"^^ *« ^^ tions. ^ ^^ J"" to embrace them in the calcula- ^ment sf..in, Amount, a^ ty tke Lminion 0/ a.na,a for N^ Bruns^iclc. A./^..-^^^ -Subsidy ^ ^"''""'*' '^^'-^ l/.A^A^'^nterestonDebt,."* i:; ;;• - f^ Salary Lieutenant Governor, ,. '" ^ammiBtration of Justice, Light House and Coast Service, Fite,'^"*^^'"^^'^---' Militia, ... ::: Provincial Penitentiary, Post Office, (P. M. Gei's Acc't,'paffe 306 \ '" Manners' Fund, (Public Acc't ,^rpage\lfi N. Brunswick's proportion of expenseHf Gov4 L L L i. i. page 102, " 209, " 261, " 218, " 148, It. $314,637 60 450,000 00 7,000 00 -28,129 38 89,041 05 75,168 47 9,622 63 24,595 58 8,500 00 37,906 59 8,244 50 86,000 00 $1,088,845 80 I Vide Public Accounts, 1870 ] Spm.B,Mal.Li,„„r.Mah:Tob«co,4o: :;; ^^^'l " Marine™'' Fand, L pawls' J-O** 42 »1,245,896 64 the^'CillT.ToKXgo''"!.''''";^'"^™"™'* ^'^^^^^0 from ^^^2||jjggjM5^Mheacta«llyyaia into the TreMnrv dnring the 608-57 to meet ^362^7 in the traposts on the I would be no ion to the fol- Canada for or the General a view of this neet the mat- > construction rtain charges affect the re- 1 desire to be 1 the calcula- D Brunswick. 37 60 90 00 50 00 29 38 U 05 J8 47 !2 63 '5 58 00 6 59 4 50 00 5 80 Brunswick. 76 61 79 • 12 30 42 54 54 2o same year, «l,245,896-54, and the Dominion was really the gainer to the/ extent^of $157,05u-7 4. Indeed, iTgeneral langua^je, it may be confidently assertedTas it is universally believed in New Brunswick, that-apart from all collateral considerations arising out of the geographical position and maritime character of the Province,-New Brunswick, in a monetary point ot view, has proved herself to be a valuable constituent of the " Partnership" of 1867. PUBLIC DEBT. Referring to the Better Terms granted to Nova Scotia, the Undersigned direct attention to another item in the readjustment By the British North America Act, it is provided— "New Brunswick shall be liable to Canada for the amount, if any, by u T u V' u "^^'° ^^^^ '^^'^^' ^* *^^ U'^^^" ««^en millions dollars, and « ?heleon '• '^'"^ "^''^ '''*^'^'* ** *^^ '^*^ ""^ ^""^ ^^' centum, per annum « New Brunswick shall receive by half-yearly payments in advance from Canada for a period of ten years, an additional allowance of sixty three thousand dollars per annum ; but as long as the Public Debt of that Pro- vince remains under seven million dollars, a reduction equal to the interest at five per centum per annum on such deficiency, shall be made from that allowance of sixty three thousand dollars. "-[5. N. A. Act, § 115 119 T Now under the arrangement made at the London Conference, the Dominion ^r''^"^t°i d;d not allow to N ew Brunswick the interest nn the seven ^i^'^" of debt until ikai amount had actuaUy been reac hed. But by the term s oHEe readjustment with Nova Scotia, theDominion Government granted, and have paid. Nova Scotia the interest on the balance of their debt from 1st July 1867 tlZ-t "^ T^ ^^'''' '^^^ Undersigned claim, that had Ne^ Brunswick received the same consideration, and received interest on the balance she would be entitled to 854J40-71 at five per cent, the rate con! templated by tEe British North Am^ri^Act; Or at 6 per cent as naid tn Nova Scotia «65,088-85. The terms of the Act, as appKo Ne/Buns- wick, and the terms of the readjustment, on the same subject, as appHed to Nova Scotia are singularly dissimilar ; and the effect of it is, tha New Brunswick does not receive the same liberal consideration as the sfsteT upwarr. "^"^"-*°^ *^** *« *^« -t-t of sixty five thousand dollars Ind SAVINGS BANK ACCOUNT. Proceeding to the Accounts Current for 1869 between Nova Scotia and the ' Dom.n,on, and between New Brunswick and the Dominion, a marked dWer " ance >B obeervable under this head. In the Nova Scotia icconnt Cur !n (Public Accounts m., page 16,) Nova Scotia is charged with Savings B^°fc Deposit. aM MucH.,Jen per cent. In the Nova Scotia Correspondence (Seporl ofBonFmance UinUtn) we find the following :-« The pointe ad vanced touching the special character of these items, (ProvS Not "■"='"""'■■ "O Savings Bank Deposits,) composing pait of the debttf I deposits would never be demandM JZ .t i •""■ """""e' "f the gross <• not to ch-rge more intereelZn if A .d t' '.'T "t" *^ "»■»'■'!<'» ought " capital of these two items of he pl^ti '• , f l""""'^ absolutely reduce fbe ;; toues the Fiuanc. MSertLrZwh: ,''''*'• .'"^^ If-d^signed (cou! " case as urged by Nova ScoHa buTaft^ ^ 'T',°'°» '° *» "''^ "f «■« •state of these Aceounts, he Mieves^w"?"' '""""ion iuto the " ceeding 10 per oeut. of Jaoh may wii t " "'^'T P" «<">««««. "<" ex- " aecouut ; that on this pereenZe „„ ' P""""'.'^' ^ P'"="» «" « »"»pense " Bomiuion is called onL' r.^Xr 1°^^^*'^ ""'" '"^ !.r-rs:^o:^:---^^^^^ " be relieved from any charleTnntlrr . \ ^^* ^^ «9,188,756, and to « and that she would recefvf for t^l ' ?'"'' *^^* ^"^* ^^^^^^d thit sum « of 682,693 annually/'Tt wLnVeTr. 7.^''^^* ''"'^ ^«^^' « -^ id/ we discover that the allowance of ^*1V' ,' ^"u "° ^'^^^^'^^^ ^^1869 Undersigned can conceive no rea son whv!"J' ^'^ alg^ ^^Sgla^etoade. The begiventothecaseofl^ewCrrktiS^T^^ whereas, on the contrary, the Arcouit til '^^^''^^^^^"^^^^^"^t, without any such deductiin. Thus"! ^' "^ ^^'^^'^^^ ^i« Province IfifiQ « • r> ^^^'^''^ ^^««' Nova Scotia. 1869. Savings Bank Deposits, (Pub. Accts nin ifli Less 10 per cent. (Ibid ) ^' ^^^' - «^44,687 02 'V ••• - - - 64,468 70 S^^^'^^'s Ba5k, l^Ew Brunswick. I%1T.V "^ ^;P°''*^' (P"^- ^«<^t«- page 18 > If from this we deduct 10 per cent ^^ We have *777,359 85 77,735 98 It is therefore claimed that 1,. t. *'* *" SSH «77,735.98 on this Tcount l^^I t^ ""' ^'^"^' -ceivrT;;^^^ already been absolutely given to Vovlw "^ZT '^** * ^^'^^ <^'"«dit has Hon. Minister of Fina/ce^ Z^L'^^o^tTa'ced '' recommendation of the mayor may not have been accepted buMn 1 "r°'"^^«°«'^^" receives the full advantage of anTsol'utrl^-.^?''*"*^"^" ^^^» Scotia probable the continffencv con^r^ni ! i^ u f^'* °^ *^** *n»oant, while it is if it shall ever, arise^ "^ contemplated by the late Minister will not soon! 1 arge of interest ^hen as regards vas urged that ige of the gross ominion ouglit tely reduce the ersigned (con- tie view of the ation into the ntage, not ex- to a sospense [•ged until the erence to this ions, so far as I -"That Nova 8,756, and to ed that sum ; 67, a subsidy >unts of 1869 made. The n should not nkAccount, is Province 27 Staiembmt shewing amounts of Import Duties collected in the different Provinces^ and the amount per head of the populations by Census 1861. Pbovincb. Duties. Population. per Head. Canada, $7,262,987 2,607,657 $2 90 J^ Nova Scotia, 1,133,344 330,857 3 43 *^ New Brunswick, 1,015,111 252,047 4 03 ^^ The data for this Table are taken from the Public Accounts of Canada for the year ending 30th June 1870. A Comparative Statement of Amounts paid for the Provinces of Nova Scotia. and New Brunswick. Nova Scotia. Subsidy and additional Grants, Lieutenant Governor, Administration of Justice, 1870, Light House and Coast Service, ... CofUiction and Protection of Revenue, Interest on Debt, $407,383 60 7,000 00 21,915 00 62,650 00 122,040 00 551,205 36 Totals, $1,172,193 96 ••• •»• ••« Imports, Paid by Dominion Government, Surplus, ... Deficit, «.. $1,133,344 00 1,172,193 96 $38,849 96 Nbw BBinrawicK. $314,637 60 7,000 00 28,129 00 39,041 00 75,168 00 420,000 00 $883,975 60 $1,015,111 00 883,975 60 $131,135 40 ^644,687 02 64,468 70 ^80,218 32 777,859 85 77,735 98 399^623^87 credit for credit has tion of the Account," va Scotia ^hile it is Dot soon, A Comparative Statemmt of Bailway Earnings and Expenditures, Nova Scotia and New Brunswick, (vide Public Accts. Ottawa, 1870, p. 62, part II. Receipts, Expenditue, Surplus, Deficit, Capital or Gross outlay. Surplus equal to Deficit equal to 6 per ct. interest on Nova Scotia. $273,028 56 305,524 76 $32,496 20 $6,706,984 00 561,603 00 New Brunswick. $198,525 29 139,683 99 $58,841 30 $4,703,385 16 1 J per cent. THE PER CAPITA SUBSIDY. The per Capita Subsidy to the different Provinces has occupied the atten- tion of the Undersigned, and they complain that the amount will be unju st and unfair t o the Province of New Brunswick as soon as its populatio n at- geeds 400,00 0. By The Britisli North America Anf (» T\r a" a.* o^iTTie) Ontario now receives, and will continue to receive for all time to come, 80 cents per head on a population of 1,896,091, as ascertained by the Census of u^. 28 ~- ing to the present armngements nt ' cT -^ *^ «201,637-60, and accord! ^SO cent« on 400,000, no matter to IT ? '^'''^^ '"°'' ^^^'^ «220,000, beinl - B m, ^ . LEGISLATIVE GRANT Quebec,' $80,000 00 Nova Scotia, '" 70,000 00 New Brunswick, - «'',000 00 The Undersigoed submit ib.t S', . "L •" *"''""' "" aunual G«„t to Nova Sa IboLld !'^'' *?" " "" 8»°'J «■'"'» why this «.ent of ,10,000, WhaCr the Ic^r/oft' '^r'^ ^™"'"'*' '"'"e been during the last "Tia^lr-Tr^y^^y^ml't.on may app... ,„ k^-. Specled ToTB erease - more ^,.> .\°L\7.."??r' S^JmL!msS<>bh be Kt, separate from this ar^oiSSf^^^^^-^^^^SSjiiSjEliu're. NewBruuswicfc, seems, as°itt, „?fKfir*P^^^^^^^ |u.urfestly so. The cost of govern 1 °i" "f °°« '>«"'«" «»«" more locally, cannot, and should u^ot be sfdTsrimtf ""/ ^'"' *"' ^"■^"^ Constitution intended to be perpetua Tr 'J"'' »°'^ "' ««°8»«ed by a «bew„,'. said the Hon. Dr. tS "" tha ?" 1°«' '! ''"' ""- "bundantly cost) "of working the British Sstit«.oVa, .t'?""''? •'""'^ "^'^"^ «''0 "to the size of the Colony to which ti, I. ^^°'- " '" «» '"o™ ™tio MSTMBUTIO.V OP DOMINION PATRONAGE ou ^^^:^ZT£:r^zi^^:L'tVT' '""'^""^"."-rd,.. •uatterof justand serious complZin C 1 '°« *'"' " •"» ''^» of the Public «„„= i, ,^, di&;rt w"^?"'"'*, that the e,osn... the Dominion, thSTSSfeTairCTS^; , .41;££t^^^of ^^■■^^^ote^tbi;^^ n like manner of 1,111,566, to receive the 0, and accord- 520,000, being naaj increase, rrect arrange- Government hej have tho or Quebec ? ould she not »t least up to ») it is pro- 1 Provinces, ) ) >D why this nek, to the ear to h^ va tsonablyh ft the future , ion against even more Provinces lized bj a bundantlj ''ortiori the ^erse ratio 'er to Earl i record," has been expenses each of tribu tion le peopl e fficiala of ^, would itants of 29 the Mariti me Province s. While they desire no unnecessary increase of cmices, and ot tne public burdens, the Undersigned do claim as a right, that in appointments to office, and in the distribution of honors, New Brunswick receive that full consideration due to a Province which contributes so largely to the Exchequer, and to the effective government of the country. REQUIREMENTS OF THE PUBLIC SERVICES IN NEW BRUNSWICK UNPROVIDED FOK. Among other things, it must be clearly apparent from the preceding obser- vations, that under Confederation,— it may be said, in consequence of Con- federation,— the Public Finances of the Province of New Brunswick at the present time, are in a very unhealthy state ; that the local services are only provided for by the exercise of great economy ; and that even to maintain the expenditure to its present frugal standard, a resort to Direct Taxation must be had. But after all, we have yet to consider the pressing require- ments of the Province— indeed emergencies of the service, yet wholly un- provided for, simply for the mortifying reason that there are now no balances or funds upon which a call can be made. It will be expected, perhaps, that a statement of these be submitted at this time. Obviously, such a statement cannot be made up complete or full, or particular as to details. In endeavor- ing to estimate the nature and expenses of such services, it is to be remem- bered that the probable progress of the Province, and other like data, will from time to time present exigencies now wholly unforeseen ; and for this reason, if for no other, a Province should always be in possession of a surplus fund or reserved balances in its Exchequer. As the ConstituHon, subject never- theless to the action of Parliament, may be said to be " not for a day but for all time," no man can be expected to exhaust this enquiry. But there are important claims already fully staring the Country in the face, and which there is no provision or power to meet. To only a few of these the Undersigned desire your consideration. 1. A Local Penitentiarg.—The Undersigned have already dwelt lengthily on' this subject. It is yet confidently hope«l, that Parliament may be induced to reconsider their severe action on this subject. But if this is not to be expected, it will become the imperative duty of the Local Government to submit immediately to the Provincial Legislature a measure to provide fo r the erection and equipment,—" the establishment, maintenance, and inanage- ment,"— of a Penitenti ary in and for the Province of New Brunswick. It is not difficult to foresee the temper in which the Legislature will receive such a measure. Referring to the proceedings of the Delegation from the City and County of Saint John, it is found that in the year 1839 the cost is estimated as follows : — Lands, Building, Keeper's House, Iron Doors, &c. Fences, &c. ^460 7,000 430 200 420 48,600 30 ch'oei-y, 4o. 4c. There were all il°* ""P'o^menls upon the m.. which do not appear on the CeonheArornTr'Thr"', V, """''=' """-" «bor, maintenance, 4c., has all verv nTn?.. ? ^/ °°" ''''""'^> e™otione, •mpoaaible in 1871 to purchaee a aUe a^,d1„„ /T"' '"* " ™°W "« l-"^ and carry on ite operations nnderlCenH^r l^of *' "^ «° ^°»'"««<"' «re of opinion that the following iatheli""'' '^ '*^'- ''''° --dereigned time :_ """°S " ""« minimum estimate at the prient Lands, Buildings, Machine™ «,„ r Nonunion Pakame^ilTiik^i^t^^^^ .T" ' V^' 'f '^ Pemtentiary, 8100,000, interest ^' '^ ^^"^ * ^^^^incial Cost per annum for maintenance ' Annual charge to New Brunswick, $6,000 00 . 8,500 00 314,500 00 2. Great Moods, Bye Roads, Bridges d-c Th. u a • suggest that many of the services w^f^h h , ^°^«''«'g''ed venture to Government are of a pecular charge r' Zf? "^^^^ '^' ^'^ «— ick by others. As an illusfration of t^t the RoTdT'''^ ^"'^ appreciated upon the finances of the . nnn..^ . Ij i' ^. ^^^^ ^g^^^ce is a sev... ^^p^^ nra l-xuvmce, oi liailway-exleSion anS P'-«<^*'««I ^^ect, in a sparsei; set- cast new burdens upon this bZr;f "he « '^'°'°^n?'^ Settlements, is to miles of (?rea/ Roads (see slss^nfi^ r^"^' ^We are already 2331 Paper 8, ^p;,..^.^ 230 whLh ranifrr- "^ '^'^^''^ ^«^^' ^''^^ 2. Ao 3 fer of Bye Roads to' Ve aLuCd^^^^^^^ *^« —-^ trans: Roads alone the total length of CI is c^^^^^^ "''^ ^'^ these Great atter yearly involving af expenditure of Ko Th""'^^T "'■'^^' *^^ the repair and maintenance oiBye Roads fsfllfit nnn t7^° *"""*^ ^'^""^ ^^ .- » .. ilso that a large amount is <^o^^^ltTs,^^' tT'' ^^ ^^'"embered, ^..,v^,-.*^ observe, that this work has Wn and fsf^nf ^i*'"'' ""^' ^' '« P^^oper ^ N> preeisely in the same manner as before the ?^'""1 "f ^'^ Confederation withstanding .his expenditure of monevVnH , k " u°°^ P^'^"' ^"^ "ot- very inefficiently provided for! and lar^e !nH "*' ^^'^ ^°"^ ^^''^J^^ i« but or unaccepted because there ^iZrl:^!:::^^^^^''^-^^ "^ "''"^^-^ xnent. A striking illustration of thT mav ho }a ^'T^""^ *^^ *^^ ^^^ern- " 6?rea ""-^^ withou or «6000,)-to place it in complete and Jll '"^ 'eq"ired.~(say «5000 ^ City Press and people have been driven to advo "T"!^ '^'' P°''^««« °^ t^e upon it: anovel resort which luTbe.er^^^^^^^^^^^^^ rrom time to le equipment pon the ma- onvict labor id, erections, uld be quite I Institution undersigned the present $6,000 00 8,500 00 314,500 00 venture to Brunswick ppreciated gere str^n arsely set- ents, is to eadj 2381 2, M. 3, ary trans- ese Great miles^ the 3rant for embered, is proper Jderation 5ut, not- ce is but n noticed Govern- e of the of Saint a large bas this without y »5000 ~ 3 of the oil gates sh very 'e; nor 31 would the adoption of such a plan, in view of the flourishing state of Ibo finances of other Provinces of the Dominion, commend the present Consti- tution to the respect and support of the toll payers ! Nor is this an isolated x> case,--it is only a very suggestive one. By a reasonable e stimate, ^J50,OOo4^ vV^ more per annum are required to be judiciously and economically expended uXy«/ on Koads and Bridges ! But' where is it to come fr om, if the local Govern- ment has no means at its disposal ? 3. Emigration.— Tho importance of a wise and judicious scheme for the introduction of Settlers into the Dominion cannot be over-estimated. And no part of Canada presents more advantages and inducements, all things being considered, than New Brunswick. This subject has recently attracted more than ordinary attention here, and it is conceded on all sides that action must be taken if progress is to be made. The Press and the People and the Legislature expect this. The teeming populations of the old countries turn their eyes in doubt and expectation to this Continent ; New Brunpwick is ripe with many inducements to the industrious immigrant ; the streaming y exodus from the old World actually flows past our very doors to the Ameri-^^"^*^ '^ can Republic, and the hand of the Local Government is helpless from lackX, o f means. Wholly unable to contribute a sudicleni sum tor this service, we content ourselves with hearing of the influx of settlers into less favored localities in our very neighborhood, or in reading the eloquent Resolutions of Emigration Conferences. New Brunswick will never be able to do her full share of duty to the Dominion and justice to herself, in the cause of Emigration, with her present financial arrangements under the Constitution. 4. Mucation.—S\m\\sir remarks will hold good on this subject. The Le- gislature has already enacted a School Law, which, casting direct assessments upon the people, will also entail burdens upon the Government. The full nature and extent of these it is impossible to estimate or anticipate. It is enough to say that Emigration and Education can be but meagerly cared for out of the income at the disposal of the Government of the Province. « ^ 5. The University loudly calls for the expenditure of Provincial money, ^ ^r" that its powers of usefulness may be enhanced, and the circle of its instruc- C»^i!»^ tion enlarged. Indeed, notwithstanding the amounts contributed by the Legislature, the returns are not such as satisfy the reasonable expectations of the people. Money is required for the enlargement and improvement of the buildings and grounds— for the improvement of old and importation of new scientific apparatus, and for other necessary expenses. And when it is remembered that the Legislature has taken new and heavy burdens upon itself for Common School purposes, its sincerity in the cause of education cannot be doubted. Indeed the Undersigned believe they only anticipate what may indeed already be public opinion, when they declare, that if the means were at the disposal of the Government, they would advocate an inclusion of the University in the Free Schools system of the Province ; that every inhabitant of the Province should be able to command a thorough education, in all its branches, from the primary Departments and Common "ZTT' """ °'""' •"-''■^ «"»~ """-' ""■'" '»- -.;;r ?:S:f lVfhrS'S■r^™'■""^--'•««<>-- of Aasembly.-for a amall grant Tnli'f 1""^ ?*'"''>'" "f 'he Houso ?h/M "^^''S"-'- «o->e*ron with he 8 *„t jTTt'' ^^'"""'-'^ The Members of the GovemmeDt were not ,Z , , '^'" , °'°° J°""'"' ° tence of the Institution, nor to dellam T- ° " »*nWledge tfce iSp?r. the time when this Depkrtment is s .2 r • • "^ '" "''<' "• Particularly at -t^n was returned th'e st^o ;;eTS"« ■" "! '"J-cy > but to the ap^pl ! to be seen whether this " School "J •'^^' '^""'^'' «"J ■' wi:' remain interesting to all, i„ If^w Br' l^fc" 27,?^^ '°, *",' **'°'-- «»" » deed hard if this should be the Tse .'t » ." \'" ''^^ "^ "■<"""■ R U in- th.t,heO„t.rioGovernmenV„ro^^'', »:;:''» "'lP«bliclyan„o„no^ a Technological School in th; City oSto ™°°°'' " '*""' "> «»'»*«»'' ^ewS^^^^^^ Mining resou.es of ^ he people of the Province themselver B„t A ' ■ ''^ ""/■•» ''««'»«'«. "en rations of the Province which havo been mad.V n •°"'"^ «»»'ogical explo- clu8,on, that New Brunswick is rich in ewl^ f""y Justify them in the con- But this is of little practical momen if^h. ' ?'l'"'"°'' '»'''«™' d'Posto earth. The,« can be no quwbn th/, ^ ""^ '" ^ ^'"^ «"" buried in the ^impor|»utworfc wouldn't ^XrT^Snff'",:^^^^" Province, but also advance thA mof • T ^ ben(jiiL iLo Jocul nteresis oni.a is indeed necessar/rr X,eT/ r;t ^^ ^»^e Dominion^'j examine every probable industry7and8trllf""^ very seriously to discovered that thejrjnvaluaM^iTw^^ ^*' «'««« they have employment ancHSS^^^T^;^^'^^^^^^^^ ^«^«, ^<>"ff been a source of perity to the Province.-and while thJvf f I ''^' *°^ ^^ '«^«"»e and pros to them and their children for e^e^^arfi T' "°' '^'^ fi£ ito.the ^^^,ve., emer ^Anrr '^'-y^ ^ " fiftff m°t Jeopardv. .« ^ f^,.!:^ 7- y^« iVowwcc Buildings, ^ 8. Th£ Lunatic Asylum. Tbe trndersigned forbear to e„la.^_,„ .,, ,„„^, „^^^,^ Byth t ''"''^ ^" ^^^SH COLClilBrA BrunswicMrw"uLtrX"Ir"iniTV^ """ ^^«'»"""« "^ ^"w •mngements oonclnded witT and r. "fewnce is made to the finaneW Manitobah and British clmbi. .nj '°°"""«»°»1 «dv«.tages g^nt^d to These in»l«,many very impllnt TrT^ '° "" """^'"^ *'"°""«»- ■S^««««r»„ « ParLnJ. ^°'""" J""""*' «"««»■■», i-oluding that of >rt8, however, ', unless some the Qovern- and also by of the House 1 School — or jcs Institute . :e the impor- irticularlj at to the appli- wi!! remain nics, and so 18. It is in- '^ announced to establish esources of 'mate, even ?ical explo- in the con- al deposits, ried in the ' money in resis oHhe I. And it >riousIy to they have ' source of and pros- re secured as ft^sacri- iiry. of New financial mted to, tonies. r that of 33 This is indeed a very serious article of the Constitution affecting the Pro- vince of New Brunswick, and considered in the light of the terms ceded to Manitobah and British Columbia, calls loudly for reconsideration, if a fall measure of justice pro rata is to be meted out to us. The discussion of the financial basis of Union with British Columbia and Manitobah, opens a very wide field, and will require many calculations, estimates, and comparisons, lengthy and tedious. While, therefore, claim- ing the right, pursuant to the provisions of their appointment, to import all the constitutional and financial arguments legitimately accruing therefrom, into their case, the Undersigned submit they have already demonstrated the right of New Brunswick to Better Terms, and the great injustice which must ensue if they are not granted. If, however, their case does not now appear to others as clear and tangible as it does to them, and it is deemed necessary to fortify their position by a consideration of the separate cases of Manitobah, Columbia, Newfoundland, and Prince Edward Island, they are at once ready and anxious, at any expenditure of time, labor, and convenience, to proceed in detail into that phase and department of the enquiry. There are probably other branches of the discussion which may have been overlooked, or are not here presented. For the present the Undersigned rest their case as it is made to appear in the preceding remarks. They ask that they may be heard upon V, when the convenience of the Dominion Government will permit. -^ CONCLUSION. The People of New Brunswick, speaking by the united voices of both Branches of the Legislature at its first Session after the local General Elec- tion, have instructed the Local Government to press for Belter Terms by every constitutional means. Commissioned by that Government, the Undersigned have thus far en- deavored to present some of the grounds on which the claim is based. They have brought to the discharge of their very onerous and responsible duty at least a desire only to claim justice from the Dominion. They humbly ^b- mit tha t Ontario has attained under Confederatioji a Revenue unegnalledW that of any previous year in her histor y, and is accumuSing millions o f Hollars, forlo cal d evelopment and internal improvement ; that Quebec is yearly and substantially harvesting the ripe fruits of the General Union ; that Nova Scotia has received terms far in advance of and more advantageous than tnose conceaed to her by tbe Act of Uni on, and accepted by her Legis- lature when ihe compact was sealed ; tii'at Manitobah has secured a local Constitution and Government proportionately loss burdensome and more remunerative than New Brunswick has received ; that Newfoundland and Prince Edward Island will occupy a similar state with Manitobah in this res- pect, or have none of the Agreement ; while the Covenant entered into with British Columbia^ financially and constitutionally, is such as the most san- guine New Brunswicker could never have expected or demanded for his Province. New Brunswick stands c onspixsuously and severely a lone. What- b of Ntrl;";:'"!^ Thf 7,:!i"7,r°:-'"°'.^ accon,pli,l.od ■. tha. the people i We have the honor to be Sir, J Your obedient servants, GEORGE L. HATFrWAY, BENJ. R. STEVENSON, \Vx\I. AVEDDERBURN. j/f