NEW BRUNSWICK. 



M:\\ POUNDLAND, 



billois Commit ulture. ll.n. I.. I', 



ifl miniver without |*.rtf 

 .u.cex. Vs budget speech was de- 



the e.-ur-e "f it In- aftld : 

 live iMues of bonds altogether. 

 In November tilt Government -mid $40.0"' 

 > at n rale of IWS'W^. The I 

 tooeil f,,r |HTimineiit Bridges 



under .V.h Vin-rm. -h..- ' '! f-rty 



Tears to run. and hal n< 



-,. niatunt). A sinking fund 

 provided. In December $7.000 of redemption b 



v.VJj. with twenty years to run ami 

 no optional redemption. In the same month there 

 had been oM $35,000 of (iulf shore Kailu,.v bond- 

 at la't-.YJf with forty years to run. option.. 

 demption after ten yean. On .Ian. 1. 



water wharves ami grain 



elevator*. St. J.-hn. had been sold, with forty yean 

 to run. ami no option of redemption, nt 10<HH5. < Mi 

 Feb. 8 there were -.Id on Parliament-bridge aeooanl 

 bomb ...nut of $25,000, under the sam< 



is as the issue of November, at 108-06$. Turn- 

 lated expenditures for iv; ii would 

 be seen that win!.- tin- :-r admin 



f justice was $14,400. ihe a.-tual out lay was 



$12.7n:>.14. Upon agriculture the estimate was $24,- 



.shile tin- a.-tual expcndit ure was $21,888.46. 



that Only $3,000 Of bonds 



n of horses wen- retired instead of 



$4,OOO. and the sinking fund was now all paid up. 



These bonds would eomedue in .luly.and the money 



was now in the People's Bank to pay them at ma- 



turit\ irat also Incraaaed by the 



hat no im|H,rtation of cattle had been made 

 last year as was Jut ended. Fr the !'...>-' Indu 

 Home 4 1.500 haa been paid instead of the $500 es- 

 timated. Thi- institution was well worthy of sup- 

 port, and upon the representation of the tr 

 that the full amount authorized by law was needed. 

 it was paid by 1 1 -u.-nt. uontingmefM had 



been at $13,000. while tin actual outlay 



was $11 oil. This amount varied from year to year 

 somewhat, and wasdiffieult to estimate." It inc'lud- 

 ed all the contingencies of the departments and all 

 \fMMisesof the Legislature except salarii-s. Tin- 

 estimate of $188.914.48 upon edu<atin had been 

 'illy exceeded, the actual figures being $191,- 

 Jl. The excess over the estimate ha<l IM-CH ap- 

 plied to common schools. The expense tor elections 

 had been placed at $6,000; the amount paid WM 

 $5344.87. The estimate for executive go \ i r 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 

 was $38,420. whi-h had been excwd, ,i 

 That increase was fully accounted for by increased 

 salaries paid in the Board of \V..r'u>. The work of 

 that ili-part iiM-iit was much greater than it had been 

 fonnrrly. 



heries protection $1.200 had been asked, 

 of which $939.66 was exi ;. !>!. The a ll.v 

 und.rthe free-grants act, $2,000, hail be, 

 by$4M.50. For pme protection $2,000 hail 

 voted, of which 1,971.48 was expended Interest 

 .n th.- U.tM-,1 debt had been estimated at $1 1 : 

 bat $119^75.97 bad been ex \ * nded. The c...t of the 

 Legislature was $20.711. 7!. which w,is $::,::/jl less 

 than the amount roted by the H..,I- ; .ei,<l- 



Ic asylum of $41,872 was slight- 

 ly within the estimate. Upon mining $500 wn 

 BMtod, bat only $800 was expended. (Jrantsr,- 

 bad been made to the Natural Hi^ 



Brunswii I'ublic health 



had cost $1.:7.09. whi< h wa-s $?2.91 less than es- 

 timated, and $4.400 had been expanded upon pub- 

 lic hospitals. The pnint f-r t.ublic printing was 

 $11,000, and the amount actually expended on this 

 service was $11,433.36. Public works had co.t $203,- 

 150 as compared with the rote of $195,150. Re- 



!iil- the nmiMint 



. was $'JOO. For relief ..f the sufVeivr> by tin- 

 Cliati u paid. I an-i 



railw., i. en. lit ure wa> 



while the estimate Was $.O(K). Stumpa.L'f eollee- 

 -'.>.250as compared \vith the e-iimate 

 f $,0<K). Unforeseen ex|>ens. ed a t..tal 



of $1,465.55. or $584.45 l< 1. making 



in all ! x;ci.J;-j.(i:;. \sh.i,. !) 



Tweedie said the n< if of 



tiie province la-t > ear was $698,437.96, leaving a de- 



Kdiiciilioii. The annual report for ISJMJ ,f the 

 Chief Superintendent of Mdm-at ion wa- volumn 

 It sh..\vsthat the total number of day schools wan 



.' pupils live to ten y-ar. nf a^- 

 Sunday BCl .pi Is live t 



n of age. 



Thearerageyi i eg were as follow : Ciam- 



^884.61 ; fuperior-school < 



crs, $563.84 : lir-t ( lass, male, $504..V.) ; second class, 

 male. jjfJJHj.oii : third da-s. nm le. $'J'J i 

 nd cla>s. fen.a! 

 third, la 



The expenditure on schools for the year, not in- 

 cluding district a-ses-ment forselmul boildiDfl 

 '.. wa> : l'ro\incial r;ra 



:ity fund, 



$91.527.88: di>trict a-e-mcnt (approximate), | 

 111.77: total. sl;i.;: 

 Agriculture. In hi- annual r : >\ in 



,. Mr. Chipmai . 



culture. jave the following estimate of 1 i 

 lion for the year in tons : lla\. . 



wheat, 166,189; bar 



buckwheat, 203,896: potatoes. 1 



898; turnips etc.. l.l'.M.; 



NElol \IM.\\h. Leirislalion.-The 

 ernor i- Sir Herbert 11. .Murra\ . !\. < '. I'.. T!i< 

 lation of the session of lsj>7 was not important, 

 be in;; mainly routine. The supp' renO 



; i-ovided for the expenses of the cr 

 meiit of the colony and for the cojitinuance of the 

 u-ual duties on iinf)orts. A grant of $125,000 was 

 made for construction and repairing ot 



bridflet* 



The railway act provided for the c..n-t ruction 

 of three branch line.-, from the prc-i-nt trunk line, 

 to Clarke'- I'.each. to Carb.. near, ami to Burn! 

 al-o for fi'\\fii\K <-crtain lines and laying h- 

 rails. T'he payment for these i-^ to b- in debentun- 

 bonds bearing interest at 3i \ md matur- 



ing at the eiul of fifty v. 



the French h 

 tinues this act and the modus vivendi till !' 



isoa 



The act amending the education law c(.m- 



j appropriating 

 $600 annually, for three scholars). 



An act respecting the administration of local 

 affairs provides for the establishment of 



An act to amend the deer-preservati. 

 1896 ; !iit tli.- close season for 



le from Feb. 1 to .July l"i. and from Oct. 7 : 

 . each year: and that in. 

 any part of a carcass from Feb. i jo till July K 



The "act for the pre-ervation of Leavers makes 

 close season for beavers from April 1. ! 

 1, 1900; breaches of the law to be visited by per 

 ties not exceeding $200, or imprisonment for tl 

 months. 



The act to am<-nd the law of evidence prorii 

 that an entry in a banker'- book shall in li-gal p 

 ceedings be received as prima facie e v i d . r . 

 entry and of matters therein recorded. 



