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day, 91,872; and San Francisco day (July 4), 79,- 

 082. As in the case of the Chicago World's Fair, 

 the outlook at first was gloomy, as the weather 

 was bad and the attendance light; but the 

 management provided many special attractions 

 for certain days, and soon the improvement was 

 marked. Before the fair was half ended it was 

 a financial success. The managers have not yet 

 made a financial statement, as much business 're- 

 mains to be settled ; but it can be said that the 

 Eofits will exceed $100,000, and they may reach 

 00,000. Already over $100,000 of these profits 

 ve been spent for the Midwinter Fair Memorial 

 Museum, which will permanently occupy the art 

 gallery of the fair. A brick annex is being con- 

 structed to this building, in which is housed the 

 Royal Pavilion, erected by the German Govern- 

 ment at the Columbian -fair. This is 72 by 40 

 feet, and consists of three rooms, beautifully 

 decorated. The middle room has panels painted 

 by Lenbach. These rooms will be the gold, sil- 

 ver, and jewel rooms of the museum. They will 

 be separated from the main museum by the 

 wrought-iron gates that stood at the entrance to 

 the German exhibit at the Chicago fair. Mr. de 

 Young bought, as a nucleus for the museum, the 

 fine Napoleonic collection, recently exhibited in 

 New York city, and many rare gems. The fair 

 was of great benefit to San Francisco, as it tided 

 the city over a period of extreme dullness in 

 trade and stimulated many branches of business. 

 It was especially beneficial to the counties that 

 made good displays of their products, and in this 

 regard it helped the whole coast. 



CANADA, DOMINION OF. Legislation. 

 The fourth session of the Seventh Parliament 

 of Canada opened on March 15, 1894. The pas- 

 sages of special interest in the Governor-General's 

 address were as follow : 



My predecessor was able to express gratification to 

 you last year on an increase in trade, and on the con- 

 tinued progress of the Dominion. It is gratifying to 

 rae to observe that the expectation which was then 

 formed that the volume of trade during the then 

 current year would exceed that of any year in the 

 history of the Dominion has been fully realized, and 

 that Canada's progress continues with every mark of 

 stability and permanence. 



It may be observed witli satisfaction that a large 

 proportion of this increase is shown to have been due 

 to an extension of our commerce with Great Britain. 

 It is cause for thankfulness that our people have been 

 spared in a great degree from the sufferings which 

 have visited the populations of some other countries 

 during many months past, and that, while the com- 

 mercial depression prevailing abroad could not but 

 affect the activity of business in the Dominion, we 

 have been free from any extensive financial disaster 

 or widespread distress. 



The peaceful conclusion, by the award of the arbi- 

 trators at Paris, of the controversy which had pre- 

 vailed so long with respect to the seal fisheries in the 

 Pacific Ocean and the rights of British subjects in 

 Bering Sea, has removed the only source of conten- 

 tion which existed between Great Britain and the 

 United States with regard to Canada. There is every 

 reason to believe that~her Majesty's Government will 

 obtain redress for those Canadians who were deprived 

 of their property and liberty without just cause while 

 the controversy was in progress. 



At an early date a measure will be laid before you 

 having for its object a revision of the customs duties, 

 with a view to meet the changes which time has 

 effected in business operations of all kinds throughout 

 the Dominion. There will also be laid before you 



measures on the subjects of bankruptcy and insol- 

 vency ; for more effective provisions for our lines of 

 steam communication on the Atlantic and Pacific 

 Oceans; for improving the law with regard to Do- 

 minion lands, Indian affairs, joint-stock' companies, 

 fisheries, etc. 



The speech in reply to the Governor-General's 

 address was made by Sir James Grant and sec- 

 onded by Mr. Lachapelle, the reply in behalf of 

 the Opposition being made by Mr. Laurier, the 

 Liberal leader. All the speeches were highly 

 eulogistic of the Earl and Countess of Aberdeen. 



The new members introduced at the opening 

 of the session were Sir James Grant, Henry 

 Stanislaus Harwood, Joseph Martin, and An- 

 drew Hasham. 



Finances. Hon. George E. Foster, Minister 

 of Finance, delivered his budget speech March 

 27. The following epitome contains the impor- 

 tant facts in it : 4 



Last year I gave a gross estimate of $38,000,000 aa 

 the probable revenue for the current year. The 

 actual revenue has exceeded the estimate by $168,- 

 608, the customs overrunning the customs receipts of 

 the preceding year by $452,944, the excise overrun- 

 ning the excise receipts of the preceding year by 

 $422,267, and the miscellaneous revenue or earnings 

 overrunning those of the preceding year by $371,526. 

 So that the excess of revenue from these three sources, 

 besides being $168,608 more than was estimated, 

 shows $1,246,737 in advance of the revenue of the 

 preceding year. 



' I stated about a year ago that my estimate of ex- 

 penditure for the year 1892-'93 was $36,500,000, 

 whereas the actual expenditure was $36,814,052. The 

 revenue and expenditure up to March 10 of the pres- 

 ent year, and of last year, respectively, were as follow : 



Revenue to M;irch 10, 1894 $25.096,000 



" u " 1893 25,771,000 



Expenditure to March 10, 1894 22,633,000 



" " 1898 22,235,000 



Last year, from March 10 to June 30, revenue accrued 

 to the amount of $12,397,000, and expenditure was in- 

 curred to the amount of $14,579,000. If I were to cal- 

 culate on the basis of receiving as much money from 

 revenue from March 10 this year up to the end of it 

 as was received during the same period last year, and 

 making an equal expenditure, we should* have a 

 revenue of $37,493,000, and an expenditure of $37,- 

 212,000. 



The trade and coirTmerce of the country last year 

 showed not only well, comparatively to itself in pre- 

 ceding years, but exceedingly well relatively to the 

 experience of other countries. The Australian colo- 

 nies, in their trade, ran down by hundreds of thou- 

 sands; British commerce decreased in 1892-'93, as 

 compared with the preceding year, to the extent of 

 $133,291,535, her exports decreasing to the extent of 

 $41,678,026. French commerce declined $97,811,239, 

 her exports declining $49.883,914 of that amount. 

 The United States trade fell off $133,182,229, her ex- 

 ports showing a decrease of $68,499,544. With this 

 record of decrease and decadence in trade it is pleas- 

 ing to contrast Canada's experience, which shows an 

 increase in trade of $6,269,177, and an increase in 

 exports of home products of $6,459,344. 



More miles of railway have been operated in Cana- 

 da, namely, 15.020, compared with 14,585 in the pre- 

 cftding year. There has been an increase in the pas- 

 sengers carried ; about an equal amount of freight has 

 been moved 22,000,000 tons; and the earnings are 

 larger than in the preceding year, amounting to about 

 $52,000,000. 



In 1877 there was entered for home consumption, 

 of imported agricultural products, animals and their 

 products : From Great Britain, $56,588 worth ; from 

 the United States, $16,066,963 worth; from other 

 countries, $7,798 worth ; total, $16,131,349. In 1878 



