1 5 6 ONTARIO 



Tlu- executive power of the Province is vested in a Lieutenant 

 Governor, appointed by the Governor-General of the Dominion in 

 Council and aided by a Council, the members of which have seats in 

 the Legislative Assembly, to which they are responsible. The 

 of Government is at Toronto. 



There is only one House, an elected Assembly, consisting of 106 

 salaried members. The duration of the Assembly is four \ 

 unless sooner dissolved. There is manhood suffrage, limited by 

 residence and citizenship. The session- ,-ire annual. The powers 

 <>f the Legislature are defined by the British North America Vt. 

 The subjects that fall within the legislative authority of the Pro- 

 vincial Government are very numerous: comfort and convenience, 

 liberty and life, all the rights of citizens with respect to propem. 

 and the endless matters that daily affect a community. 



The legislative powers of the Province relate to the management 

 and sale of public lands and the timber and minerals thereon; ad- 

 ministration of justice in the Province; property, and the rai<i 

 revenue for provincial purposes; the establishment, maintenance and 

 management of prisons, hospitals, asylums charities, education, etc.; 

 tavern licenses, local works and undertakings, and generally all 

 matters of a local nature. 



The revenue of the Province is derived from the sale of Crown 

 lands, timber and minerals, from liquor licenses, succession duties. 

 and other fees, supplemented by a subsidy from the Dominion. The 

 total revenue of the Department of Lands, Forests and Mine 

 1912 was $2,900,204.74. The Province expends a great deal of 

 money in public services such as are maintained elsewhere wholly 

 bv the municipalities. These include the care of lunatics, the main- 

 tenance of institutions for the deaf, dumb and blind, of reformatories 

 and refuges. Aid is given to hospitals and charities, and the Pro- 

 vince undertakes the care and protection of neglected children, and 

 further aids the municipalities with large grants for Public and High 

 Schools. 



Statement of leading items of Expenditure by the Province of 

 Ontario for the year ended October 31. 1912: 



Civil Government $680,451 95 



Legislation 281426 73 



Administration of Justice 674,300 79 



Education 1.963.251 64 



Public Institutions Maintenance 1.313.969 48 



Agriculture 687.503 04 



Colonization and Immigration 106,227 63 



