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Whenever possible, these have been omitted from filming/ II se peut que certaines pages blanches ajoutto lors d'une restauration apparaissent dans le texte. mais, lorsque cela itait possible, ces pages n'ont pas ete filmtes. Additional comments:/ Co.-nmentaires supplementaires: L'Institut a microfilm^ le meilleur exemplaire qu'il lui a iti possible de se procurer. Les details de cet exemplaire qui sont peut-. 3*820 94 Excess of receipts 7!7!7~ "J'JS 26 Total revenue 115,728~00 $1^8~00 EXPENDITURE, 1880. Police department |16,686 89 'ire " ^^ _ ^ 12 Oil 88 Salaries account !!!'.!',!* 13*464 76 Street Improvements ia'a(\q m Major's H^ii Park ■..:.:..:::::;::::; ^'ill II Markets o ,k, Xq Board of Health .......*.*;.';■; 4471 34 Charity account i 'c7q m ■ PrfJf-"^ :::::'.::::: liSeai Gaol and jury expenses 11,287 18 Instalments and interest 5 407 00 Interest account y'r^o rn Registry Office :::::::;: 'itlll Hiiection expenses ggg qa Inquest !!.'.*!!.*.'!.*! 97 oo Printing and advertising !.".*..!'.! 1 671 90 Stationery ..*...*.*! 248 15 City Hall account .*.*.'.".... ..'.*.".!.'!!.* 945 03 Corporation Gratns j qqq oq {"^"^^"ce *.'.'.■.';..*.'.* '626 60 Legal expenses... 848 75 Kf^funds of taxes, &c .,, , 377 ji Miscellaneous .'.*.'.*.'..*..','/'.'..' 1 ll6 21 Total expenditure.... , flI4,694 68 - )0 10 ■ ' Of Thic/!! |3,gi0 04 a»e accottnts of 1879 paid in 1890, « follows:- Arrears of g&ol and jury expenses paid IKJ ^=J2 qi Interest paid maturing 1881 " *^';^ouats levied upo^.nd after reductions had been made for losses on collection and non-resident llnds, was as fol wl In 1877 '*. w ■ In 1878 $12,800,000 In 1879 11,408,000 In 1880 10,600,000 In 1881 • 9,760,000 9,700,000 compared with 1877, and 3.spite this decrease, the municipal service has been oarru^d on with a Keduction in expenditures, which I shalf refer to agZ In n>y hr.t address at the opening of the Council for 1879, 1 express'! a belief tha the assessment of rateable pr.op^erty had reached i.s meridian and that hereafler th. rule of value and «ot meit valuation must b* applied ; f^mher that we could pot for some time expect a valuation of more tf Jf O^SoO upon wh.ch to levy rates. This eerimate has proved correct, the figures falling below rather than reaching that sum. Thisyear (1881) the total of the revised roll, fuhjcct, however, to the reductions nmde by the Court of Revision &c was as follows : — Vicioria Ward,... Wellington Ward , St George i Ward By WarS Ottawa Ward I Real Propertj fl,:^75,200 4,254,850 2,048,325 1,1.18,850 857,500 $9,075,725 Income. $25,250. 170,250 1(5,650 H,750 4,400 $220,950 PereonnI, $107,100 278,250 68,450 24,500 18,300 $496,600 Total. $1,508,5.55 4,704,000 2,13H,425 1,167,100 880,200 $lo,:i9;{,275 With the reductions on appeal and percentage for losses in collection and non-resident lands, the amount will not exceed $9,700,000. Hence it must be apparent that unless policy of scrupulous economy is maintained and strictly carried out, it will be impossil \v to devote such sums to necessary improvements as the public interesideuKin!.. You will agree with me that when a municipality is reduced to the n' .....ity of voting infavor of debenture by-laws for the purpose of applying the proceeds towards the payment of floating cheques and liabilities, or in other words covering d-ficits, ihat moment ratepayers may rest assured that there is either a careless administra tion of afiairs or else wilful extravagance and that moment they may also rest assured that the foundation of future civic depression is laid. Those who wish to select a permanent place of residence, those who are looking for a business location, usually consider the rate of taxation, ere adopting a final policy ; hence a heavily taxt-d city, too often means a city whose really neces- sary public improvements cannot be performed, and whose municipal service requires such close financiering, that those acting as the governing body of the Corporation feel that they cannot do justice to themselves or justice to the Corporation by reason of the stringent economy necessitated under the circum- stances. The vast public improvements made in Ottawa durin.^ past years, require large outlays to keep them in any kind of respectable condition, and it IS incumbent on the representatives of the people, either to allow such improvements to fall into decay-thereby sacrificing large sums already expended-or to maintain them by levying such taxes as will meet sll requirements. There can be little doubt that much money might have been saved in the past had there been less sectionalism and manifestation of true zeal tor the public welfare. It must therefore be a source of gratification to all sensible peop!e tofind a more harmonious feeling animating all classes, and consequently a marked diminution, during the past few years, in such services as create the larger share of expenditure out of local rates and rev- eoue. To illustrate this, allow me to submit a comparative statement of expenditure upon five different services during the years 1877 and 1878 as compared witli 1879 and 1880 :— ' Police 'Jeimrtincnt .... Fire Depurtnient Salaries .' Printing & advertifiinjr Street improvementa , MisceJlaneoua 1877 1878 $20,075 7(J 21,129 08 14,161 a7 H,465 35 29,767 14 3,274 65 1879 $ll),;m 41 19,490 45 16,092 89 3,586 80 13,827 61 3,872 76 $17,304 13 12,801 15 12,951 37 2,36S 93 15,279 34 2,721 30 1880 $16,686 89 12,011 88 ]?,464 76 1,571 90 14,408 51 1,115 21 Thus you will perceive that .n the Police Department, Fire, Salaries. Printing and Contingent expenditures a reduction of $28,000 has been made m 1879 and 18S0, as compared with 1877 and 1878, the totals being- 1877, amount expended Arono/- i, 1878, •' $62,086 11 1879, " 62,440 40 1880, « 48,14188 ,. . . 44,850 64 or a d.m,nut.on of cost for these services of over twenty-five per cent as com- pared w.th the two preceding years; this too with local revenue der vlTe fron, rates, decreased by over $25,000 each year. uerivauje OIVIO DEBEXTURKS AND CIVIO DEBTS. It i» true we had an apparent surplus in 1880, but that cannot pr. r.rly be termed a surplus, wh.le there are deficits remaining over from forme years deficits that will necessitate the closest economy until they disappeir ako-' gether. It may be well, whilst on the financial subject, to give a o,^ se STrlslls:-'"'^'"^'^"'^ '^'^"^"^- -'' .eneral^ndebtelness,^o;:u;:: crrv DEBENTrrtEs and city debt. Debentures 310, issued in 1871, due 1891-Balance ^ r, onn Deben ure 3.37, issued in 1873, due 1893 . '. :;•••• %^i'l^.^. Debenture 371, issued in 1875, due 1895-Balance ' Debenture 398, issued in 1876, due 1896 ... 301,734 130,000 ^^*dur'l90.3 ^''""^"'^'^= Debenture 331, issued in 1873, $1^050,734 Deben ture 357ViVsued in 'l 874Vdue ' i 904 '. '.'. '. '.'. '. \ '..:: j^MH Debenture 409, issued in 1877, due 1907 '.',',][ UoMO (All the above debentures are renewable for twenty years, as provided by the Consolidation Act.) ^ Ihe following ainount is at the credit of the sinkmcr ac- count, 31st Dec, 1880 Total debenture debt 1,049,584 2,100,318 165,988 1,934,330 6 Broughtfomard $1,934 330 From which may be deducted jeal estate held by the «ly, aa per assessment of 1881 :— V ictoria Ward Mferket and lands , « o i nn Wdlington Wa.»i Market and lands ! ! V. . ;:; '* * ^ oj'ioo City Hall buildhig and. land loJono Collegiate Institute land and buildings . , . .1' V. .'.'.' "'.'.."" 50 qoo Engme House, St. Paul street .... ll^K City Registry Office ;*. i'TZ ByWardMarketVaKe ' 7S Engme House, Murray street 2 100 Andesea Square tiinn Bofton street lots, \,\\, 12, 13 '.■.'.*■.■.■. '. V.V.'.. " ', 2 400 Cathcart street lots, It), 11, 12, 13 " " 2 400 Dalhoug^e street wes^ }ots 1, 2. 3 and buildings '.'.'.'.' 2 700 Carlet on street lot 'kc\n Metcaile Square . °SS Catheart Square .'.'.■,',■ ^'.'.','.'.'^\\\\'.\',',\ g qoo Value of property at fire stations $31 ,000 ^^^'^^^ Umce furniture, maps, «&c 5 000 Value of material on hand, Vatrt- vvorks dept" '.'.'.'. 1 3^500 • 49,500 L$S8 amount due by Corpora:iot,i on real estate aceounfc .. '42,0«0 '• — 307,000 Balance at debenture debt 1 fi27 "^ Flouting liabilities: Outstanding cheques, I»87^ to 1879'.." (;,351 52 Outstanding cheques, 1879 to 1880 18 249 70 Overdraw'!! ftom ^lebec Bank o« account rates, 1879-80. 76',579 38 Amuuut due Ipcal iuiprovemeiit acc«unts 2 966 29 Fr«m which deduct the Ibilowing available assets :— * Local rate of 1879 s^ll due $15 .SOO 00 Local rate of 1880 still due 67'?00 00 Amount due by Public SchQ«| Bbkrd ."'..'.' I'sol 17 Amount due by Water Works Department on ' sin ting fund acoount $9,970 44 Less amount at credit $7,674 10 A ^ , . . .. « 2,396 34 Amount dM^ by L. McQuarne on Market acc't. 1,000 00 Am5unt due by Citizens' Guarantee Co. on J, P. Robertson's account 203 00 Amount du9 by C. Neville on market account'. 500 00 _ — 78,947 51 m , „ . , • 25,499 38 10 meet tins amount there are arrears in the Treasurer's books valued at... 25,499 38 lotal city debt 1,627,330 330 With the permission of the members of the C il, I will refer to civic outlays m various departments for the past eleven years, taking first THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. 1869 Police Department cost... $9,026 27 1871 « .< 11,134 44 1872 « « 10,448 00 1873 « « 12,538 21 1874 " « 13,758 05 1875 « « 15.627 50 1876 « u 17,699 03 1877 « « 19,135 22 1877 ' « 20,075 76 1879 « .. 19>397 41 1880 '• « 17,304 13 -p.,, , 16,686 30 With reference to this department, which is controlled by a Board of Police ^uZZlTcl ^"\°f '^P'"'- '^^' '^- «t-tute should b'e so amended as o Ponrrn 'h r "'^P''"' '"^" "' ''' ^'•^^^•'"^-o representat.ves as a Pohce Committee to act in conjunction with the Mayor and the other two Commissioners, hese latter being the Senior Judge of the County Court and th Pohce Magistrate Questioijs of vital importance, affecting expenditure of money, as we 1 as admistration of municipal law, frequently arise, Ld lean truly say, in so fai- as expenditu,-es are concerned, the two gentlemen with whom I have acted s.nce presiding over this Council, have always kept steadily in View the financial position of the city: nevertheless my opinion i's, that it would prove more satisfactor 'representatives chosen by the people were permitted to participate in tue deliberations of the Commissioners. Thp Pohce rorceis at present efficient and active, although not so liberallv re- munerated as might be desii-ed. I am of opinion that a smaller bodv of men With better pay, would result in prompting its menibers to devote themselves m every way to the public, thus becoming a standing force, thoroughly dis- Ciplined and earnestly devoted to the discharge of their arduous duties. THE FIRE DKPABTMENT. Perhaps in no city in Canada is there a more active, spirited and trust- worthy body than the Fire Department of Ottawa. The splendid fire systen. introduced .n 1874 and 1875 (which accounts for exceptionally heavy expend ! tnres dt^rii^g those years) has been greatly improved the nien are sober ready, reliable, and entrusted as they are with the important duty of protect- ing property, and frequently life, the cost of maintenance is sii.all as coin- pared with other cities and the distances between various business portions of Ottawa The cost of the Fire Department since 1868 was as follows- 1869 «-io, Q. 1870 »",134 9o 1871 6,834 24 1872:::'.:::: ::::::::: 5>5?««2 1873 • 5,464 00 '" 6,386 Qi 8 1874.... 1876 •••• 28,939 00 1876.!.!!!! ^^'^^^ 17 1877 21,807 02 1878.'."!! 21,129 80 1879.. . 19,490 54 1880 !.''!!!!!!!!'.*.!!!!!!!!"*! ^^'^^^ ^^ My impression ia, that it ^mZ'impiismeiovedu^^^^^^^^ tarn the necessary force an well as the necessary discipline. The men are ZZ\^:LT' """f ''^ '' r'l' *'^" '' P^^^'^« '^ -y -*-t 'o" th hvZ'J^jVV^^^^^^^^ *^^'^ ^'^'^'^ ^'""^ i« demanded by uncertam y as o the hour or minute their services may be required, and it 18 to be regretted tnat the existing state of civic finances does not warrant a promise of any immediate increase of salaries. CIVIC SALARIES. The gross amount of salaries paid to officials connected with the CitVHall during past years, and up to the present time, is as follows :- 1870 ' • 9 6,227 00 1871 'i 6,388 00 1872! !!! ^ 9,415 80 187.S ,• 9,912 20 1874 * 10,876 88 1875.!!!!! 13,930 13 1876 15,220 23 1877.!*! 16.730 19 1878.... !!! 14,161 37 1879 16,092 89 i88o;:!;!!!!!!!!!!:;!!!!!:!:::!!!!!!!;;;;;;---; ll'm^^ The reduction is reaHy greater in 1879 ancl'l'sSoVhan' Appears upon' the rlcord as compared with preceding years. With certain reforms which I shall ask the Council to assist m introducing, my in.pression is that the services of the staf} now employed can be advantageously utilized. In the department of the City Treasurer, the tune of employees is fully occupied, Mr. Kirby, the Treas- urer, who IS an active, painstaking official, being in his department early and late, when Corporation matters require his attention, CIVIC TAXATION AND POPULATION. When the rates were $1.77 on the $100, ratepayers imagined they were comparptively cheaply governed, whereas they were paying quite as much, in consequence of inflated assessment values, and "floating-cheque" bv-lmiS being voted, the interest on which is being paid to-day. The following have been the rates since 1876, after which, upon the new assessment system being introduced. Chairmen of Finance found themselves face to face with stern realities : — " Rate of 1876 *, „ ., „„ « 1877 fl.77 per$1.00 " l8?8;!!!!::::!!:.;::!:::::::;:;::: \ii. ;; " 1879 .., \IH " i«8o... !..:!!!;;:!: Jj^i : ^%«* ■a«f- 9^ *!, ^f ^l^^' "'^ rate Struck cannot be leas than 1.91^. Many imagine that here has been a starthngexouus from Ottawa, but this is not the case, as the following oflicial figures demonstrate :— POPULATION. ,„^^ 1878 1879 1880 Victoria Ward „ ooo o^i-r o ro„ Wellington Ward .: H^? h^l 2.582 St. George's^ -d....... 1^1 HH W Bv Ward ^>^^^ ^'2^8 4,252 olt^jTwaru .::::::::::::::: mi nf, 4,342 5,566 6,008 6,912 ^°**^'" 23,787 24,016 24,025 POPULATION AND VOTES BY WARDS FOB 1880. ?881 cost only « 840 •« "ic .uj, wnijst at the same time, owhm to tliP iino the and not promotive of general publicTela/ePor^^T"''^ P''"^'' P^''"'^'^"- filth and malaria that, all combined, breed con^^T"' '^' ''''^'^^^ ^"d in one ward, if sidewalks and thei 2te„anof""' "T' "'"^^ ''^^'^ The system is cast iron, and yet one wr^ favo'd ?"'"' '^' ""^"^^ «»'«. really b6 so far advanced as to be air o /^ m ^^ '"^^ ^"'^ "*ture, luay the money cannot b. devoted;ev nt caL ^fTnT^ '""^ appropriation, an J ^cahty. ''' ^^ses of emergency, to a Jess favored THB WATER WORKS STSTEM. . The really creditable manner in which ih^ w , been managed durmg 1880 by the c tv V " '"'''^' department has Committee, deserves special rTcogn tio,^ "^ f^Zo' '°^ '^' ^«*«' ^orks ed $91,576.20. The W T ot in tW %"" '?""''^"^ -^«^- one seriously weak feature is reported n ^Ifu ^"'"'''"S order, but niost of you know the pumps are ar^l to r f '^' ^''' ^"«'"««r- As bution pipe which supplies the twoTealf ''. '^' '"'° *^" '"^''^ distri- Theflrst. or 24-inch 'm'ain,isU:redt:^^^^^^^^^ to the city. 12-mch pipe connects and crosses thp ZT \ ^ ^""^^e 5 at this point a and the main is then reducedris' „chef ext!:^^^ T '^'^^"''«^^ ^^-'^^-t ' he nearest valve to the pump hous o^ thrml^';!.^^^^^ ^^'^-gton street ectionery, or a distance of about 600 Lfrn .T "^ ^P^^^'^^ ^oy's oon- nch main extends along Con mtZfr oZt r'"^'" ^'^ ^^^°"^ or 16- IS close to the pump house. Tn case annhinr ''''' '"' *'^ "^^^^^^ ^-^ve street main, it can easily be shut off close to th^r' 7'"^ T'^^ *''« ^^^^^^ can be worked into the Wellington streef li: Tr:^-^:^ ^^^l^ 15 supplied through a Jnch 21 n^^^^ '"" ^'« ^-geme„tof>alvestopu^piltheSa";^^^^^^^^^ ;' \*''« ^^^^^ -- inend3 that a new 24-inch val vp k« «« T V , ^"^ engineer recom- the pump house, so tW all he nur^K^''^^^^^ ^'""''' ""'"' ^''^^^ t'^ found necessary a any in to LfnnllT'" .' "!'?' "^''"'^^'^' '" «*«^ '* be main. The cost will be about J^"^ / '' T '°'''^ *^'"'«^^ "'^ «'*'«•• ^^reet great interest, anla the citv 2l7f '' f """" " ^"^ '"^'°'-'"g -^y water supply,' doubts tir;fl:L"corilr'^n '%'''''"'' '' ''^ referencefoit. In connection with ^LTk r°"""'ff« ^'" act promptly with man of the Water Work and a com n in'''. "'"''^ ^' "'" '^'- *'»^ "^^ ^hair- Works with reference to he ipprofl^^^^^^ upon the Minister of Public ernment. Since the agreement fof a fi? 'f ^^ ''^'''''" '° "»« <^«v- «u ftrtA agreement lor a five years supp y from 1877 tn I8S9 „* $9,000 per annum, was entered into extenaivo i^nil . ^' ** rate ,or .L. pu^ptn^ wXo 7: rj::r„r;rr •"'•""' RAILWAY ENTERPRISES. It will be remembered, that in October IS7Q tu^ „•* ^ i . $2(«).000 to the proposed Tironto and OulVI^^^^^^^^^ The'col: '"".' '' wards sought to secure exceptional'legislarioT and'in • T"^ *'^''-" committee, I visited Toronto, ^ultimateltLTiLglV"^^^^ affectrng the city's interest. Subsequently, a bonus tas a^ain «,,L^ 7 ! rjed lastn,onth thepromotersgulrante'e;ngto^™r h^^^^^^^^^ If th.s >s done, beyond doubt a vast impetus will be given to the cUy and tlfe great railway enterprises now in course of arrangement, if prosecu'ted ^m make a remarkable change in the future of the canital WUK T V^ ' Ottawa and Grand Trunk Railways, we woSrhre^wo'l m^ tl^C tt 1 oronto and the Western States. With the Canada Pacific and the la U ?t! Mane road bu.lt as a commercial line, and the various prov.nc allines ^.n " nectms with the Northern Prcific. we should have twHomp ung 1 nes to the great North West. The Q. M. O. & O. and Grand Tr^u^S I ! competing lines to Quebec, and should the Cotlta' If be bui ^Z^ it York an the?; r T" """^"'^^ '""'^^ *"° "^'^^ -™P«^-g ^i-s to C York-all these lines being competing for seaboard ^ freights. Our railway 16 available points eaJof Jpt ^ a.fSlT" r'' '' ^''^ ^^^'^^ ^- payers to be despondent. Our ZtZttLZ u"^""' "" ''"'^^ ^°' "'''• capitalists to construct these roads To h^» ^" !" '""'' ^""'^ *« '"duce fact, however, that falseecoLTdtsl^^^ *^^^P'"S ^" ^-^ the -tive of those interests -^^i^^lZ :;Zl^:,Z:':^;:' " ^^ ^^^' T GENERAL CIVIO AFFAIRS all ciocurnlttS'^X^^^^^ '--P-^-- Of having some cases I And deeds,^n,ortgls^^^^^^^^^^ '" ^"^^ «'^.^ --"1^'«- I" Jaw offices, some having beenThere for six or «r" '""''"'^ throughout the codified and the Finance Con.Se ehol a« 7" ^T' ^^''''' '^' ^^"^3 rowed for less than 8 per cent we arel^ ''"*^'" '^ "'O"^)' «a»not be bor- $22,000, on market pr'^pertT account LlZT """IR *'^^ '''' "P°" ^-r scheme for paying of!" such sZ as t J ''""''^ ^' ^^" ^^ consider a asinkingfundbyareXclaZLa!^'''^''^^ '''''''''' ^"^ <^'-«^«"g dated. I am Lisfi^d To:nsTo fd"t Zre^rV'^ "'^'^ '« "'^- effort ,s made, and the money saved mi^M ft ? . P"' "'"°*-' '^ ^he purpose. As 3.0U ar. awarUthe e^sl If n .•'^''"*''^ *^ ^^me better Inspector has been abandoned and [l ^ nH ' . ''*'"^ '^'''^'' ^^« ^y an rated. Mr. Langrell. «/!««' Irn'^ '^'''"^ *g*'» inaugu- tiou being accepted with veryXtr^ bis resigL- agaia urge upon the Financ?cl:S:ro^^si^t^to?.^"""• '^^"^^ sent m once a month, and the City Solictor's IroTh. '''°"°*' ^''"« character, rendered at least every thL mrnth/t *''°""'' °^ ^^^^^ Government took possession of Cartier SauaTe .r; T "'' "^"'"^ ^^** ^^e An effort should be made to induce them t^^^^^^ '^^ ^^-P■-d. repair and open to the public. Anothr^r n,«f !u . "' ^^^P"^g '^ in claim made by the GoLn^ent ^r ar e^s 7i tesT '^ ^ "'^ ^ '« ^ visiting the Minister of Public Works [hern^! "" "'"^'* ^^ts ; when that question with the proper auThSes ^T '"'''''^ ^0 well to discuss have to bear testimony to ?he LdSable L7 rT"" ^'^^ '^''' "^^^^^s, I the City Enguieer, Mr'surtees,^'^!"!^^^^^^^ TT' ^" ^^'^^ Assessment Commissioner, Mr. Pratt havp d «.[„!. !! *f '^- ^'"^say, and the . fied that three more faithfu offlce^cannot h 'L^^T '^''"^'''^''- I am satis- And now, gentlemen, allow me risr/ua^^^^^^^^ may be anticipated for 1881, basing thTcalcuTaTj;! *V''' '''^'^^« ^^^'^^ fectly «afe estimates. Of course when a P^" T^ ""^^^ ^ «o»«ider per- am sure we will do all in our powlr asSt 'hh'" ''/'"''^'' '' *PP°'"*«^ I well within the revenue :- '* ^"" ^° ^^«P'°g the expenditure Police Department Expenditurk 1881. Fire Department .i; $17,000 ... 13,600 Carried forward . 130,500 already fal- ne of the few won for rate- er to induce in mind the or is it pro- ce of having vaulia. In oughout the i, the bonds a not be bor- e upon over ) consider a tid creating le is liqui- nt'j if the anie better ees by an in inaugu- lia resigna' • I would ints being Its of that ! that the le expired, ping it in led to is a >t8; when to discuss natters, I in which > and the am satis- ominion. lie which ider per- ointed, I enditure 17 •••••• #••• « , . Brought fortoard «aiftriefl account.... Markets Board of Heami:::::;-" w \^^;^^ «'M6o:;;a^th;;;i4;.^o;::.-;::;:;:; Major'H riill improvements ". ] *. .' Market instalments and interest '.'. Interest account.... Jail and jury expenses." ".'.'.'. t^rinting, advertising and stationery Corporation grants . . . """"^ry Charity account .... * " Election expenses..,. {"quests ;;;;;;; Kegistry Office Wal expenses Contingent and miscellaneous ' • •• • • • • . . . I *••.*. .... *• ...... *.i u Corporation debentures on By-law .SIO 337.' 371 398. Sinking Fund . Waterworks debentures on By-law 331 359.', 409.. $30,500 14,000 1,400. 3,600 14,000 14,000 1,000 5,500 7,(100 8,900 1,000 1,700 2,000 1,200 600 200 500 100 600 1,600 Waterworks maintenance and repairs. pump house salaries " C9I lector's Office "" Fire alarm expense Contingencies and miscVlian'eous; 2,100 35,800 18,300 7,900 11,700 30,400 27,000 6,000 5,000 2,450 3,600 1,600 1,009 -|109,.300 76,700 63,400 19,640 4,500 12,500 1,000 13,600 1262,000 Market tolls Kevenue 1881. Market stall rents',* &q\\ l^icenses, liquor Licenses, carter Auctioneer and other licen'flVs Dog tax '•^••ijcenses ^^^^^ Grades in streets .* * 600 Clergy reserves ....' 60 Police Court fines and fees ^00 2,000 Waterworks, revenue account 31»500 146,500 $262,000 18 ..rv!'ll"*T ""^'^l ^T"'^' "' '''' '■'' °^ wearying von, I h.vc entered very fully ,nto every detail connected with the municipal service. lam convin- cedyoawillrecogMizetheimportancoreacI, member becomi„Kconver.antwith cuy affa.r., and my labor will I. doubly repaid, if I know that you aTprS U, or that the city derivea any advantage therefro.n. In return. I a«k your confidence I further .- yo« to torg. t sectionalism, to forget personal consid- erations and unite .. ac. npli .,, ,)., g„o , work which the ratepavers elected youtoperfor.a Ishallk.o .....dehlptl .tinterfereswiththecity'sinterests, I shall have no «!»»»•*., top, ^note the pro«,..fity of the Capital, and u hen ttie year close.. U mil be a prou. moment for all of us to te in a position to g.ve a good .o(K>*„tofour stewardship, and to receive from those who ha e confided m ue .«arances that no trust was betrayed, no advantage taken of the power 4.fif^ed. J thank you, ..ntlemen. for the attention and courte..y extend#^, wd sincerely hope each member whilst sitting at this Council board dur.,, t,.. y..r, may realize, on each and very occasion, when called upon to vote or to sp. ak, that that vote or that speech belougs to the , city whose representative he is. (Applause.) \ \ /