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NEW BRUNSWICK. 



NEWFOUNDLAND. 



the Rothesay list charges, declared the Attomey- 

 General responsible for the non-prosecution of the 

 cTiminals who had created the fraudulent list, 

 and accused him of having disfranchised the peo- 

 ple of Kings County for nearly fifteen months. 

 He spoke of the Opposition efforts to have the 

 " one man, one vote " principle recognized, and 

 declared that in 1895 Messrs. A. G. Blair, H. R. 

 Emmerson, James Mitchell, and other members of 

 the Government had opposed Dr. Stockton's reso- 

 lution along that line. Mr. Hazen charged the 

 Government with awarding various contracts for 

 the superstructures of its steel bridges at prices 

 two or three times higher than the current market 

 rates, and without tender or competition. In 

 financial matters he estimated the increased reve- 

 nue of the Government at an average of $158,024 

 per annum since they took office. He also 

 charged them with an imposition in 1900 of $94,- 

 221 in extra taxes. Yet despite these facts the 

 public debt had increased from $757,697 on Dec. 

 31, 1884, to $2,815,086 on Oct. 31, 1900. He con- 

 cluded by attacking the Attorney-General for re- 

 ceiving, indirectly, a large income from the prov- 

 ince, though nominally only entitled to a small 

 salary.. 



On March 2 Mr. King was elected by more than 

 200 majority, against a majority in 1900 of 829. 



Opposition Policy. In the Legislature, on 

 April 2, Mr. Hazen, leader of the Opposition, 

 moved a series of resolutions embodying the views 

 of his small body of followers in the House and 

 presenting the party policy for the general elec- 

 tions which were supposed to be imminent, but 

 which did not come off in 1902. 



Finances. In presenting his budget speech on 

 March 19, Mr. Tweedie defended the general policy 

 of the Government in connection with lumber, 

 mining, and railway interests, and declared that 

 if its average revenues had increased so had ex- 

 penditures upon public purposes, and he instanced 

 the increase between 1882 and 1901 of the average 

 yearly expenditures upon agriculture of $9,532, 

 upon education of $36,362, upon roads and 

 bridges and other public works of $10,539, upon 

 the care of the insane of $14,928 more than upon 

 those of the preceding fifteen years. He also 

 pointed out that for ten years of the period since 

 1882 the Dominion subsidy had been increased by 

 $63,000 per annum. He th % en made the following 

 statement as to the public debt: 



" The largest item in the debt is, of course, the 

 bonded debt, which at the end of the last fiscal 

 year amounted to $3,291,846. The responsibility 

 for this debt may be divided as follow: Incurred 

 by the Government of New Brunswick from con- 

 federation to the year 1883, $2,224,566; incurred 

 by the Government from 1883 to 1901, $1,067,380; 

 grain elevator and wharf, St. John, $17,000; 

 Lunatic Asylum, $10,000; Dufferin Eaton wharf, 

 $8,000; railway subsidies, $208,000; total, $1,067,- 

 280." 



The net debt was $2,776,264, compared with $2,- 

 851,086 in 1900. This was caused mainly by the 

 receipt of the Eastern Extension award of $281,- 

 821, which offset an addition to the debt, com- 

 posed of $30,999 deficit between ordinary receipts 

 and expenditures, $14,500 on subsidy accounts, 

 $14,419 over expenditure on Lunatic Asylum, and 

 $15,487 for the royal reception, $88,895 over ex- 

 penditure by Board of Works; and $34,192 on 

 steel bridges. 



The estimated receipts for the year ending June 

 30, 1902, included $495,320 from Dominion sub- 

 sidies, $195,000 from territorial revenue, $10,000 

 from fees to Provincial Secretary's office, $25,000 

 from taxes on incorporated companies, $25,000 



from succession duties, $21,500 from liquor licenses, 

 $40,000 from proceeds of loan for smallpox ex- 

 penses and smaller amounts, making a total of 

 $855,676. The total estimated expenditure was 

 $805,267. 



Prohibition and Temperance. In response 

 to a memorial presented to the Government by a 

 large number of residents in the province (9,369) 

 asking for the enactment of a prohibitory liquor 

 law, a reply was made public on May 12. Ref- 

 erence was made to the uncertainty of public 

 opinion upon this subject, as illustrated by the 

 passage of the legislation of 1855 and its subse- 

 quent repeal and the recent change in Manitoba. 

 The conclusion was that the Government did not 

 feel warranted at the present time " in engaging 

 to take any action upon the memorial." 



Public Works. Mr. Tweedie pointed out in 

 his budget speech that the province had to main- 

 tain under the charge of the Department of Public 

 Works 4,000 bridges, of which 1,165 were in the 

 main roads, with a united length of 166,000 feet, 

 or nearly 32 miles. Altogether there were about 

 80 miles of bridge work to look after and keep in 

 repair, together with 2,340 miles of main roads 

 and lesser ones; a total of 9,000 miles. Mr. 

 Labillois, for all these purposes, had $25,000 a 

 year. 



Agriculture. There were 35 creameries ' in 

 New Brunswick in 1901, producing 542,626 pounds 

 of butter, worth $111,043, against 33 in 1900 pro- 

 ducing 462,606 pounds, worth $94,618. 



To encourage the milling of the grain at home, 

 the Government offered a bonus equal to 20 per 

 cent, of the cost of the roller-process machinery 

 for every mill constructed in the province, and the 

 outcome of such a policy has been so successful 

 that to-day there are 24 well-equipped flour-mills 

 in the province, turning out from 25 to 100 barrels 

 a day of high-grade flour. Ten years ago Xew 

 Brunswick imported cheese to the value of $500,- 

 000, while it exported last year cheese and butter 

 to the value of $1,000,000, the change bein<: se- 

 cured by the lively interest the local authori- 

 ties of New Brunswick had taken in establishing 

 cheese factories and creameries throughout the 

 country. There are now 56 in successful operation. 

 The Government gave $150 to the cheese factories 

 and $250 to the creameries, each, while the dairy 

 school at Essex was also liberally supported. 



NEWFOUNDLAND, colony of, an island 

 near the Atlantic coast of Canada, owing alle- 

 giance to the British Crown, but possessed 

 full self-government. Population, 216,615; a: 

 42,734 square miles. Capital, St. Johns. 



Government and Politics. At the beginning 

 of 1902 the Government or Executive Council 

 was composed of Sir Robert Bond, Premier ami 

 Colonial Secretary; W. H. Horwood. Minister of 

 Justice; E. M. Jackson, Minister of Finance and 

 Customs; and Messrs. E. P. Morris, G. Kn<>\vl- 

 ing, A. W. Harvey, H. J. B. Woods, J. S. Pitt- 

 and J. D. Ryan, members without office. Mr. 1 

 Dawe was Minister of Agriculture and Mines: 

 T. J. Murphy, Minister of Marine and Fisheries: 

 and G. W. Gushue, Minister of Public Works, 

 without seats in the Council. 



E. D. Shea was President of the Legislative 

 Council, and L. O'B. Furlong. Speaker of UK; 

 House of Assembly. Some changes took placo 

 in the Government" and in political circles. On 

 July 15 Sir Joseph Little. Chief Justice oi 

 the island, died, and on July 26 Mr. Horwood, 

 Minister of Justice, was sworn in as his suc- 

 cessor. At the same time Mr. G. M. Johnson, 

 K. C., retired from the Assembly and became a 

 judge of the Supreme Court, in place of Mr. Jus- 



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