NEW BRUNSWICK. 



NEWFOUNDLAND. 





be paid to tin- Hcct -iv. !-<:< m-rul a* part of the public 

 ..., and all uX|K'iww be puid fttnn tin' prov mend 



treiiMir\. The act L.""'" into operation \>\ |>ri>clainu- 

 ; the Lieutonaut-Govurnor. 



An ad relating t" tin; l.ci:i.>liitive Council, which 

 abolishe> the ]. e^i-hitive Council and Vests the li _'i 

 Intive |x>\veis in the Lieutenant liovcrnor anil '. 



.hly. instead of "tin- Lioutonant-tiovor 

 nor, Legislative < 'oimeil, and Assembly.'' Thclnvv- 

 IT liralieh "f tin- I.eiri-iiitiire has repeatedly panned 

 abolish the upper branch, Ixit these have ul- 

 wavs Keen thrown out by the Legislative. Council. 

 The present hill, as intri>duecd l>y the (iovcrnincnt 

 niul pa>scd bv tin' Assembly, ]irovidi-d tor immediate 

 ttlxilition. Amendment* delaying the operation of the 

 measure were movi-d in tin- Legislative ( 'oiineil, mid 

 after much spirited dclmte the Bill as introduced was 

 carried. A reconsideration was moved in the Council 

 on the following day, with the result that the act will 

 not come into operation until alter the Hint session of 

 the Legislature in l^'.il, or when the present House of 

 !.ly ceases to c.xist liy dissolution. 



An act in aid of the construction of railways, au- 

 thorizing the Government to pay a subsidy of $'2,500 

 u mile to an\ co|-|>orat!on onderUkiBf to construct 

 the lines of railway tliut are named in the act, and 

 providing for a loan to meet the subsidies. 



An act to amend the "Common Schools act" and 

 the act relutiinrto the I'nivcrsitv of New Brunswick, 

 by which the Chief Superinteiulcnt of Education he 

 fomes the president of the senate of the university, 

 and makes other changes in the management of th*c 

 institution, bringing it into closer relations with the 

 educational system of the province. 



An act respecting railways, being a general act for 

 the incorporation of companies. It deals with all 

 matters incident to the building and management of 

 railways in the province. 



An act relating to mines and minerals, authorizing 

 prospecting licenses for jrold and silver up to 100 

 areas (each lf>0 feet by 'J.V) feet), issued nt ">0 cents an 

 area up to l<i areas, and _'."> cents afterward ]>er area, 

 L r o,,.l t'..r one year. These licenses can be renewed 

 for second year by payment of half this amount, 

 tor twenty veins' to work and mine, on pay- 

 ment of j-J an area of i;,o feet by _'."< i feet. Kenew- 

 able annually at "><> cents an area in advance. 



Royalty on gold and silver, i't per cent. Licenses 

 to search for minerals other than gold and silver, 

 good for one year, $'20 for f> square miles. Lands 

 applied for must not be more than 2J miles long, and 

 the tract sose'eeted may be surveyed on the Snrvcyor- 

 Gencral's order at expense of licensee if exact bounds 

 cannot be established on maps in Crown Land Office. 

 Renewals for second year may be made by consent of 

 Surveyor-General, on payment of $-20. Second rights 

 to search can be given over same ground, subject to 

 party holdinir first rights, on payment of '20. 1 

 are triven on payment of *"><> for 1 square mile, good 

 for two years, anil extended to three years by further 

 payment of *-j.\ 



The following arc the royalties : Coal, 10 cents a 

 ton of 2,240 pounds : copper, 1 cents on every 1 per 

 cent, in a ton of '2,:i.V2 pounds ; lead, '2 cents on every 

 1 per cent, in a ton of li.-Jlo pound*; iron, 5 cents a 

 ton of 2,240 pounds ; tin and precious stones, "> per 

 cent, of value. 



Agriculture. An exhibition, principally of 

 manufactures, was held in the city of St. John, 

 in September and October, under the manage- 

 ment of ;i local company, and an agricultural 

 exhibition in October, under the management 

 of the District Agricultural Society, was held at 

 Prederioton. The products of the farm through- 

 out the province, both as respects quantity and 

 quality, are in advance of other years. An in- 

 creased interest in the improvement of agricult- 

 ural live stock has been promoted through the 

 importation of a large number of pure-bred 



cat tin and sheep by the Government of tbo pror- 



ince, tlm- ei.nlinuing policy that wa* a<: 

 a few years ago in the imjMirtatioii of bones. 

 The cat'lle and sheep were BOW at reduced price* 

 to the agricultural Hocieties, and by them dis- 

 tributed through th<- province. 



COIIHIIH. Tno third census since the confed- 

 eration of the provinces was taken during tin- 

 summer. The province lias gained only J1 dur- 

 ing the decade, the imputation in 1881 being 

 821,238, and in 1891 being ::-.M.-.".M. Taken bv 

 counties, the gains are shown to have been where 

 the population i> largely French. 



* Largely French. 



Trade. The value of exports of the province 

 for 1891 was $7,182,748, and of the imports $5,- 

 858,385. Of exports, |3,239,190 went to the 

 British Empire, $3,(i46,353 to the United States, 

 and $297,205 to all other countries. Of imports, 

 $2,366,882 came from the British Empire, $2,- 

 994,088 from the United States, and $497,415 

 from all other countries. 



Finances. The balance of debit in the cur- 

 rent revenue account, Dec. 31, 1890, was $42,- 

 587.57. The total payments were $868.013.19, 

 and the total receipts $815,262.20, making a 

 balance of $90,338.56 against the province on 

 current revenue account on Dec. 31, 1891. The 

 irross debt of the province at the same date was 

 $2,484,559.73; assets, $590,468.26; net debt, 

 $1,894,091.47. 



NEWFOUNDLAND. Legislative Session. 

 During the legislative session of 1891 several 

 important acts were passed, which are here 

 summarized : 



A comprehensive net, dealing with the manage- 

 ment of the whole jMLstnl service >f the colony, mid 

 ussiniilutini.' it t<> that >! (treat Hritain and Canada, 

 defines the duties and responsibilities <>t' the Pont- 

 niastcMJciiiTul and the utlieiuls. It also regulates 

 local and foreign jtai_re, paivds-pust, registration >!' 

 letters, money orders, iK'.-t-ottiec savings, banks, etc. 



The act t<> provide ti>r Newfoundland Lloyd's Clas- 

 sification and Rciristry of Shipping uiul for the 

 encourngenu'nt and iinpn>veiiient Of tOiip-buildinir 

 authori/es.the jiavmcnt of a IxHinty "ii ves-els built 

 in the colony, on the ccrtitieute of Lloyd's surveyor 

 that they luive been built in accordance with the 

 specifications laid down in section -'. A fee of t-n 

 cents JUT ton is to !H' paid for sur\ "ii is 



also iinidi' tor tin- annual survey of all steam or sailing 



Vessels ellLMired ill the deep-sen fisheries (including 



Labrador) and the t'on-iirn trade of the colony, the fco 

 to the surveyor to be live cents per ton. liountjr for 

 vessels built to bo u:e)nling to ela>s seven years' 

 cla>s, tour dollars a tn : ten year-' . hi . live dollar* 

 a ton ; thirteen years' class, six dollars a ton. Thre 



