Canada and Its Provinces Volume 21; A History of the Canadian People and Their Institutions (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1914 Excerpt: ...the council a communication from the secretary of state for the Colonies, with proposals for opening telegraphic and postal communication between British Columbia and the head of Lake Superior. Finally, he laid before it an estimate of the expenditure for the past year, amounting to 192,860 (of which 83,937 was fr public roads, 12,650 for redemption of road bonds created in 1862, 15,288 for public works, buildings and transport, 13,725 for interest on loans and sinking fund, and 31,615 for the civil establishment), while the revenue for the same period was but 110,000 (of which over 55,000 was obtained from customs dues). Meanwhile bonds had been created and loans contracted to the amount of 65,805, leaving still a deficiency of 17,055, in addition to a sum due to the imperial government for the expenses of the Royal Engineers. For 1864 the outlay, including the debit balance, was set down at 107,910, and the income from all sources at 120,000, thus leaving a balance of 12,090, but this, it was explained, made no provision for the maintenance of a gold escort, or for the expense of public works.1 Douglas's term of office as governor of Vancouver Island expired in September 1863 and his governorship on the mainland ended in the spring of 1864. He decided to take up his official residence in New Westminster for the remainder of the term as governor of the mainland, although his successor in Vancouver Island, Captain Arthur Kennedy, did not arrive in Victoria until the following year. The retirement of Douglas was marked by general expressions of goodwill, in which all classes joined cordially, and he was the recipient of many testimonials of esteem in various forms. There were histo...