Legislature of Ontario Hansard, 31 Dec 1867, p. 11

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D WO JUu td COUT * > 0 JJ 4 U BR O who came to the country by Qaebec, 1,50( , | were cabin and 19,795§%stevrage prssenge Oat of that number, of the latter class ol pas sengers, 9,875 were only in tranais to take , | up ssttlement Ina a foreign country. It mus ts | bo a matter of regrst that ruch is the case, aod he would cok advise the curtallment of the efforts to the working out of a prope § | syatem by any plans of false economy o¥ reduce the cfficlency of the departmen which in the end wou'd be psraimony. Th cext parsgraph regsriiog the appointment 0/ arbitrators between the Provinces of Quebec prd. Detyle.. was oue. in Ate . ppetkond U try, Theie wou'!d be appolnted, one Cl by the Proviece of Quebec, one by the _ | Provicce of Oatarlo, and ons by the Govern:-- ment of the Domlalon. The House would sse the necessity for a judlclous appointment, BJ as the power of the Board would be unlimited ] as fsr as the subject they wero commissioned to deal with was concerned, The expendi-- 4 turo incurred in carrying on the affairs of the W | cour t--y, from the time of the eatablishment " l of the Government to the prosent time, is de«l4s with ia the succsediog paragraph,. In referriay t» this polnt, the Speak:r hoped that it was the Intention of the Government to appoint a proper Board of Audit, It had *A been found to work well in the old Provinces, ' "I aod bhad bsen lotroduced into the CG:avern-- ' | matt of the Dominion. Ths expenditure ' | thus far had bsen iccreased without the sanc: tlon of the Hoaso more from nesessity than oholos, aud would not be, he trusted, the polisy that would guile honourable gentle« 'men on the treasury banches in the future. He believid it to be the policy that should pufde the House, whatever may be the party Ainex in extatence or policy introduced. He 'believed hon, gentleruen would be as one on 'the question that all expenditure of money must first recelve the sanction of the House, noless the greatest reaton is ahown for a '@eparture from the ruls. The cighth para-- graph, the spsaker contlousd, afforded an opportunity of touching on the subject of the [A second chamber, in its refereacs to the neses-- sity for a mature conzideration o all matters comiag before them, especially in matiers of private rights, _ As far as the Provincs was corcorned, at least, the whole of the private leglslation will come to this House. It is, | thav, he aCdsd, a matter of the gromteat % | conslderatlion that we give no exclusive rlihil 1| that would be usjast or iojurious in their AM | character and tendency. in reference to this part of the question, he again felt that the second chamber is a greas aud deairable necessity. There would, he supposed, be a commitiee to whom all private Bllls would be sent alfter their first reading. In conclu» ston, ho stated that the succersful working of the ssheme of Conflederation depended as much on thom as the Parliament of the Dominion, and that their dissharge of the | dutles will be of such a nature that it will be found that the confida20s reposed in them k as a leglalative body kas not baen m{«placed, The fature of the country looked sufficlently prosperous to meet the expectatious of every

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