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Anptes. The yote for agroultpre, ate., be $238,150, compaced with ©212,197 Jnst year, hz. howerer, whll smy A Ancrease whap it m he proposes tp Apar©880,/000,ascompazed with $40, hw.bm»% And sstroys and As Fombovar ‘The estimates show heary reductions in the cost of militis, mounted police, the postal service and the operation of Government reilwoys, A portion ‘of the smount thus seved is to be applied to the carrying ont of a more vigorous hmmigration policy, to cold storage ete., for the improvement of the condition wf the people. There are two items of $5000 each ktoword statues for Heor Msjesty, the &-m‘ Bon. Alexender Mackenzie. jntention is t:‘mo them in the grounsts of the F. pt buildings. _ In the depertment of marine and gbories Mr. Devies asks for #171,476 Sess than was asked for last yeer. Mrâ€" rydock hes cut the estimetes fe his Aepertment down over $150,000, the grprer part of which reductionp is the peapit of cancelling mail eoniracts let hy fayor. Ip the Premier‘s orn department there is s sweeping reduction of $145, m. m.mum‘ hes the lergest increame in the eoti The Government is hampered in its efforts towards reduction by the very large amount of uncontrollable expendiâ€" ture. It requires $13,016,857 for debt charges and $4,239,500 for subsidies paid to the provinces every year. These two expenditures, nearly half of che totel, must be met every year. Then the interest cherge for debt increases Bg the debt increases. The Goverpâ€" ment proposes to expend over $5,000,â€" 000 in the enlargement and derpening of the Bt. Lawrence canals so that » fourteen foot waterway from the grest lakes to the Bt. Lewrence may be seâ€" cured ms soon as possible. This exâ€" penditure will be justified beceuse it will lessen the cost of transportation, ppen up new avenyes of trade and add to the material wealth and the tex psyâ€" ing capacity of the Dominion, The estimates for the year 1897â€"8 were brought down by Mr. Fielding last Thursday. Last year the House of Cammouns voted $39, 698,925 for the maintenance of the publicservices and the carrying of the public debt. It voted , $5,132,102; for capital expendiâ€" turee, such se caRal and railway conâ€" struction and debt redemption. This year it is asked to vote $38,111,663 for maintengnce and debt caarges and $6, 886,696 capital expenditures The re duction in the cost of operating in the public services is $1,587,262. Whatie a very great decrease in a single year but the people of Canads may reasonably expect even greater reductâ€" iops in the future. THR ESTIMATEA BROUGH ( DowWN THURSDAY, APRIL l5cb, 1897 TO AuVERTISER Notice of changes must be left at this office not later than Saturday noon. . The copy tor changes must be left not later than Tuesday noon. Casual Advertiseâ€" ments accepted up to noon Wednesday _ Advertising Rate« reasomable, and will be wmade kaown on ai 4 ucAtion ('i:.l n Me;u-aélmonv.r{\' a *‘ Colee m pou D . Chaâ€"«‘s Rem dies. Wisham‘s Pb k P lix. Muny n~ Remedics ?hlfl.l Kidnuey Pilis h > l.<at Chnce. Sc o t‘~ Kmnlâ€"ion rmw Cu e Bm ligut Soup en iigut Soup Linmo d Dycs Waterieo County Chronigie. : Low P.ice Hanne â€"2. miuder & Co. 5. Kxanmin tioâ€"«â€"Th a. Feance. ming G+ adeâ€" w. \\ eich 1 & =on. ame mad > 1t ; Cainecsâ€"r. Wiad, Aucion S« eâ€"Christian rndt Boe YÂ¥ou ~o« 1i J.Feuus 1 & som. t den Tooâ€"\ . K. cece . tured Knd »w meqfi;(}ihuiol‘ih. ish © lainb.s Gol 96. y ino. ;‘ghu Hares Chas. is BaseOu, h nas arew c.â€" ‘Ihe Buwhiaoer Co. Wxiches Helor Hroe, Phcvnoline Mediciies G>«] Imnrewi Th New Footwo A C anfurt for si RBewv.é of Linit s New Advertisements this week paVvID BEAN, Proprietor, "*“““’&Dfiflp‘&‘i@ per anguin in advance fi{fi’f‘; printing, English and German, is of ea ‘h week Weekly Newspaper Published every Thursâ€" w‘s Soo: hing ~yruy W n, Simee tawsl sim n Snyder CHRONOLOGICAL RRESEARC H BY RHiV. Gâ€"F. SALTON, PH. B. A CQLEVER BIBLE STVUDRNT rifuit o . he :5 The statement of the official Gazette showshn increase of $674.000 in custoras for the month of March and of $808,â€" 000 in the excise, ar a tatal of $1,842,â€" 000 for the nine manths of the fisca year. â€" The tatal revenue was $27,451,1 000 compared with $26,843,000 in 1896, an inceesse of over $600,000, The consolidated expenditure was $23,â€" 552,000, againat $22,719,000 in 1896, aud the capital expenditure about the rame. _ Sir Olivrer Mowat, is drafting the probibition plebiscite bill It is not yet known how the Government will wake up the seven or eight millions uf revenue at present derived from liquor, but is is not i bable that a direct tax of about “:\5‘;" head of the whole population may be imposed in the event of the enactment of prohibition. Nova Scotina nominations were held on Tuesday, April 13th, The elections wili take place on Tussday, April 20th, Two Government supporters were re turned by acclamation. creameries and for trial shipments of Dr. Marcott was elected in Cham plain by a majority of 154 !ast year, to promote dairging by m«kâ€" ing advances for buiter and: cheese, to be recouped by the sale of these proâ€" ducts. In the ordinary expenses of his department Mr. Fisher makes a reâ€" duction by cutting down the cost of the statistic«l year book from $7,389 to products and securing recognition of whe quality of such products in the markete of Great Britain. _ We ask= for $100,000, as compared with $60,000 BDiTORLAL NOTES, j MMMM.MQW-M; i. * oou:g 60 per cent Of the raral schools No. 17, Wilmot (Philipsburg) had the highesn average attendance, viz 75.9 per cént. and No. 19, Waterâ€" loo (Clearview), the lawest, viz. 39 per cent. The causes of the bad attendance besides ‘aickaess in the secticn" are attributed to indifference of teacher and ta«w. to teacher being engaged in other occupations, and to boarding outside af the section. The pupils were classified as follows : In kindergarten, 589; let. took,3.837; 2nd. book, 2,326; @rd. book, 2,3223; 4h book, 1,476; Sth. form, 256. 10,117 pupils were studyâ€" ing reading, writing and arithmetic ; 9509, dmwi;: ; 6,664, geography ; 6,â€" 313 music ; 5,086, qmumr and _ comâ€" &mi&iou; 1,587, Engligh histary; 3.294, anadien history ; 3,533, phum!afy and temperance ; £,819, drill and calis: thenice ; 207, bmk-keegmu 230, alâ€" gobre ; 195, geommv; 4 tml; 11, elementary physice and 13 agriculture. 3 TEACHERS, _ The nuwmber of teachers at the end of the year wars 175â€"76 males and 99 females. 18 held lat class certificates issned hy the education dfiwtmat. 4 haid lat clase oe’t‘gmonm i rd lay the old mmt{ board ; 100 held 3nd class and 61 held 3rd class certificates, ad T held kindergarten certificates The average salery in the rural seeâ€" tions of the con tz war: To a manter $403, decressa $18; toa mistress $300, decresse $15; to un mim'Bt $247, the same as :mml year. The m@mt aelary p;i in rure) sectionp wes, to a zmm 650, t§ Bfigm; to a_mistress se pont o than w o# was, iQ » mastor, y in B'I;.g sl’a‘pm ; to a I:'mn. 8 ip No. 3, ullp'lq- 'Bn m»oipm fuel &c., $16,734 16 ; balmace on th« hand at the close of the year, $32,485. 13 f was $30,332.68. They received from egisiatmrvye grant $5,.58492 ; from municipal grants ard school yaxes, $73,â€" 633. 1Q and from other sources $7,854.â€" 64 â€"a total of $117,405.34, The money was expended as follows: For Teachers‘ salaries, $63,591.14% ; for school sites and buildinge, $4,594 31 ; for repairs, Trustees at the bexinning of the year Extracts from the 25th Annua) Report of the Inspector of Pub licschoobotwnudooOom for the Year Ending Dec. The balance in the hands of the PUBLIC SCHUOL MONEYXs. it sn Helseh, d brieker, Dm.::l gw men, &ari \lfwa : en ille, go er. Mu mm[,_ am’aq Hanie! 8. anyder, Alex. Grieants, m on Aidet pamonh ‘3*&33“& gom‘&l n.m h awler, Hear ?n. ay }“x r%. E:Wl.a _W. ?xrfia, 83“.:;', Jahn ér\ot::?nwgmw; Eligg Weber, Eit Horat, Adam Sitâ€" 08 & Qrat, M aa t t @r, enr & a en o L. dn nc . m Weadell 8 Bauman, ourafii Frederick wun§~mG ar Edier, Sidney Weber, Heary pPouxp kyereqs. _ _ John W. uqhwmard. Logig fl:‘_!- linger, Jacob Sichweitzer, Iqnatz Sch losser, w&w Bhantz, Heary Zillias John 8 h tion to have eighty gores of his land beâ€" longing to &eghlk 7. attached to 3 8. No. 12. PR queast noy, granted. Â¥ENCE vIEWERS . Michael B Q:iwald, Charles Gies, T sien than Snake addint Ropint eber, Heary Jaco o x Johnwn%ilgim Philip Beisel. Byâ€"L@w No 443 to appoint the sevâ€" eral Township officers for the year 1897, was read a ficat and wcond time and betare the Council, a0d made appli S. S. No 14 Welles‘of and Woolwich altered. under the provisions of, Sectien 43, of the Rubhe mool Act of 1896. Messrs. Ba/lard, Haho and, Wikinson from the Hawkevilie School Section, were presemt in support of the said poticios. â€" Messa, Martinson, Hoffman and, Sqider, truatees of Uuion $.$. No, 14, aloog with a yuober of oubers, were present to oppose s«id petition, and preseuted a perition from 40 rateâ€" payers of smid section No, 14 in opposiâ€" tion to nuy change. _ After hcaring both partigs, and in view of the strong opposition from Voion S. S. No, 14 the Council decided not to take ary «ction on the petitiqn from Hawkevilie sectionp. Ani the memhers presens _ The Beeve in the chair The minutes of the previous session were read and adopted, A petition was reseived from f~e ratepayersof the township of Woolwich, asking to bave the boundaries of U nion, The Municipal Qonneci} of, the Townâ€" ship of Woeelwich mes ar 3t Jacobe, on whe 6ch day of April, 1897, pursmant to agjuurument from !ast session. Mrc. Samue) K. Bruabacher Woolwich Council oc o Macmfips NC wo< se We Ts V T; P “h ks hi. Dpuifi" rietion G. . arhg | Severer thn mearn of 1999 hns hean . _John 8‘ v 80 t "‘ "‘“ '9 “ ” “ ht + â€" | 663, eport aives atatistiee of thog | t omm »wfi,'im c c , " Monne | dar year, 84. wall as _ sintlobles ol the Toh S erart aiok ie n o opane ie tiels ho sonaity dune) reset sys‘ " $18 e to 13 o 4€12,900; Md&:; ::fl’!n ti:‘d ving the o ecepmuas e Hilgcics Ricg td Ring tmprly The efforts of miners Snad have heen directed hnhy to proving the worth of galqd lvtmi«- peoâ€" diture for dey will not quly prove «hat Jea are “\mmw will ‘make hle tha ao at low cost and in ample uwiv‘ m &ilh are bailt. U atqto Join Htack m‘mifl Aot in 1896 the namâ€" a0 Hie i se remad un ?'7500& mf lhe charters to 12» of Te $XA \ deposit of $20,000, have been $70,387. These tigures relate to $ravsactions in Crowu |ude only. There have been large iny: stments in mwd lande, but no «ytempt has an made to procgure & liâ€"s of them. . _ Compared with the transactions in mineral landa in 1894, there was an inâ€" crease lass year in the number of locaâ€" mone sold and leased of 218. in the areas of lands sold and ku-:):: 13 mwww%fim and reatais of $32,644. total collegt lons on account of lands sold aod leased Jost &q.vu $35,581 (no6 inâ€" clading $5,006 of reat, mone prid on lande previong‘y leased), Minmlh last few woerks of the year there was D se ne ied mate 0 "(:L the monthe of m& and December; and as evidence of the gonâ€" tinued briskness of operations, it may be stated that the wu on account of mining lands in the fires three ":““““‘:i the presseat year, exclusive for mining lapda; '-ood?"' by the exâ€" tent of development wor dluuhu: and thirdly, by the number of com: pamies organizâ€"d to carry on mining tracts; The mining industry in (Qucâ€" ario has made a di»tinct advance ourâ€" ins,;bo u-:"y:cm:‘u two ear‘y yoh progress to measâ€" ured by atatistics of production, BURRAUV. OR MINES Mr. Gibeon, Commissioner of Crown L,â€"ads, laid.on the tahle of the House u_ Wednesday the sixth report of the Burean of Mines Kollowing are â€"xâ€" Â¥ ivity is evinced .md : Activity 8 f ways : First by the applications made to procare a i\â€"s of the to of wim‘:n;h;d Aurected is to proving $ gold wtmi«- peoâ€" b! th: Mwoam J 1807 â€" SPRING OPENING â€" 1897 B DRESS GOODS, DRESS GOQDS . . MILLINERY QPENING . . . . GREAT .. _ CORNER STORE Fiverybody come to The Great Corner Store, CC YOURS TRULY very latest. We have just received a second ioi e ie | W%Z’%‘u”« to match, ind s\', entyâ€"fAive piecea new erican & 12ge (olsTpartenn,eugiitend tar waek told Trimmings Every person can be accommodatâ€" ed with a stylish and fashienable hat or bonnet. Our Millinery Opening was a Grand Success. Hundreds of Hats were ‘ordered and sold, We beg also to advise the ladies of Waterloo and Berlin that we are almost daily receiving new novelties in Flowers, Hats and is Q&’W’ ent we always show the ?Efi@‘:.mfilfiga just received a second CA CC h : K€ 154