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and 20 Bronzes, " Caractacus."
30 Silver Medals of Wilkie.
10 Chromolithographs.
250 Porcelain Busts of " Apollo."
164 Sets of Photographs of Rome.
and 200 Volumes of 12 Photographs.
faking in all 830-prizes.
The report having been unanimously adopted, the draw-
ill,!of the prizes was then proceeded with. The first nuin-
*awn from the wheel by Misses Henderson and
Mks was :

6,782-Major Murray, Army and Navy Club £2O
5,566-Miss Graham, Nowtonbury 6O
2,791-4. C. Hancock, Devonport
-1,375-G. Dyke, Farringdon .. 60
7.979-Mrs. H. Collier, Dalston-rise
7,224-R. Baker, Sydenharn 75
9,514-Dr. Tuke, Albemarle-street l5
10,397-Roberts and Co., Adelphi 2O
2,9)3-Dr. Marsh, St. Ives
7,991-F. C. Barry, Birchin-lane
1,151-F. Casebourne, Hartlepool
8,340-M. J. Mumford, Minories lO
6,164-J. W. Long, Clapham-rise
7,810-R. Coleman, Wandsworth
5,602-Heil. Mrs. Biteson, Grosvenor-place 30
3,578-Rev. W. Metcalfe
1,377--G. Judd, jun., Farringdon
9,116-D. Lawrie, Kilmarnock 3O
864-Lady Brigg, Brighton
5,719-Miss F. Fraberne, Bridge-end 4O
5,316-W. Mecklehobson, Berbice 25
443-R. Saunders, Exeter 2O
1,166-J. Jobson, Hutton-le•hole
6,222-J. Hutt, Moorgate-street
4,871-M. Dittinger, Hague lO
1,011-C. Holdroyde, Dewsbury .. 20
2,090-G. Gibson, Leeds
5,234-B. Homer, Smyrna
10,169-R. Loydd, Gracechurch-street 2O
10,063-W. Brankil, Shepherdess-walk 10
7,763-Mrs. Col. Wilson, Head Quarters 10
9,922-Mr. Hatfield, Cumberland-street 3O
7,872-Mr. Harrison, Wandsworth .. 10
7,258-J. Wells, Percy-st., Bedford-square 40
8,420-W. Ward, Hull
2,784-Mr. Harper, Plymouth l5
7,223-Rev. W. C. Powell, Hereford 2O
8,913-J. Nicholson, Westbourne-terrace lO
9,767-D. Robert, Old Kent-road
8,869-J. Dell, Coventry
9,983-Cleland, 9th Lancers lO
555-Dr. Tesmaker, Exeter
4,123-W. Purdon, Kelso lOO
746-S. Dobson, Cardiff 2O
8,980-Walker, Croydon
6,288-J. M'Donald, Antigua
2,211-J. Johnson, Liverpool 3O
3,633-Mrs. Memton
1,280-J. Green, Plymouth
9,594-W. Morris, Chester
1,920-J. C. Grundy, Manchester
6,982-N. H. Clifton, Islington 2O
1,379-H. Taylor, Bampton
1,013-R. Crichley, Dewsbury
1,873-W. Whittacker, Manchester
6,736-4. Sloper, Grosvenor-street
1,926-Sadler, Mansfield
7,201-3. Gossett, Mayfair
578-J. Stannley lO
6,057-3. Homerton, Bengal-place
8,637-3. Ford, Wolverhampton l5
9,159-Dr. Small, Boston
9,100-G. Hoare, Todmorden
• 262-W. Pearce, Bristol ' 25
t7,638-R. Hussey, Brixton • 2O
432-R. Berwick, Derby l5
9,347-Mackintosh, Inverness....
9,419-G. Horsley, Alfreton
1,492-W. Banner, Blackheath
5,727-Capt. Best, Bryanston-square .. 10
5,069-Plato, Oporto
1,494-J. Dearden, Deptfoi4.- , lO
8,987-A. Starry, Swansea .. 10
5,014-W. Townshend, Halifax, N. St . 10
1,746-M. B. Callander, Birkenhead- 100
1,223- l5
6,711-Mr. Jones
6,139-H. Coles, Thrapstone l5
1,881-W. Blinkhorn, Manchester
7,565-3. Kirby, Hyde-park lO
1,061-J. T. Burrows, Lea
8,221-Mrs. Thurloe, Bank of England 25
7,443-G. Willey, Islington 3O
383-G, W. Gibson, Chester-le-street 15
5,105-11. Gernan P. ... .
6,560-3. D. Maitland, Camden-road-villas 2O
1,893-3. Hogden, Warrington
8,109-Capt. Black, Madras 6O
10,301-Mr. Spreckley, Wood-street, City
3,506-De S) lvester, W. Bromwich 25
707-S. E. Belton, Ancoats
8,906-H. W. Mason, Bermondsey lO
7,667-F. B. Moseley, Liverpool 4O
10,455-F. Toole, Dublin
2,762-F. Davis, Pershore lO
4,239-A. T. Pollock, Norwood .. lO
1,264-X. Y. Z. .. 15
211-3. Horsfall, Thirak
2,578-G. Smith, Middlewiek
5,295-E. R. Gerditch, Antigua 4O
8,125-Captain Deans, Kilmarnock
1,315-W. Proctor, Clifton
4,999-M. Sinclair, New Zealand
6,298-T. Hughes, Antigua lO
6,411-J. Grove, Wandsworth 2O
3,636-E. Jones, Wolverhampton .. 10
1,129-J, White, Hartlepool l5
8,183-Mrs. Thompson, Regent's-park 20
4,611-H. P. Machin, Montreal
7,729-Captain Barber, Leadenhall-street
3,357-Mrs. Dytes, Torquay l5
9,914-L. B. Morley, Liverpool
8,025
4,767-G. Hazleman, East Indies
6,268-Mrs. Yeoman, York
1,251-W. G. Cork, Blackburn
824-Ayscough, Birmingham
4,824-Simpson, Madras
9,368
6,236-Galloway, " London Gazette" Office 25
10,507-A. Wilson, Vigo-street. l5
9,093-T. Lord 2O
6,909-W. Hall, Tottenham . lO
9,183-J. B. Gegg, Halstead, Essex
9,373- 4. Hodgen, Sheffield .. „ 20
1,216-R. Dobson, Birkenhead
5,747-Capt. Boultby 2O
1,0604-J. Swan, Lincoln
8,676-C. J. Jeake, South Australia
7,167-W. Moore, Drury-lane l5
6,427-S. Younghusband, St. John's-wood 30
9,279-H. Brown, Cheltenhem • 10
2,201-J. Lupton, Leeds.. 25
8,454-D. Hadfield, Blackburn l5
9,298-73. Symons, Helston, Cornwall .. 40
10,582-G. Wells, Birmingham 75
3,711-J. Parsons, Yarmouth 4O
9,874-Miss Jackson, Carshalton. lOO
78-B. Little, Bath 25
434-M. George, Derby l5
3,013-S. Markham, Salisbury 75
3,160-P. Beck, Shrewsbury
8,626-11. Gilham, Chepstow
7,543-A. Blundell, Cornhill 25
449-It. S. Moore, H.M.S. Impregnable 3O
6,442-G. Lester, Bayswater
The drawing for the bronzes, medals, and other minor
Prizes was then proceeded with, at the conclusion of which
the proceedings terminated.

THE WEATIIER.

METEOROLOGICAL REPORTS.

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furnished him with a most decisive ground of attack, actu- the exact. amount of the duty paid stock, and this being
ally charged our deficiency twice over upon our backs. really large the consequence was that scarcely any /Jilts,
(Laughter.) "First of all," he said, " you have taken so was paid for 12 months. In point of fact, we are now start
much out of the balances of the Exchequer, and sccondie'. big afresh. For 12 months the duty paid was only £2,875
you have a deficiera yof 21 millions," evidently adding thy' whereas for two mouths this year it has made £9,:.;65, and
two sums together. My hon. friend did not fall into that if it continues at that race it will make an annual tett-
error, bal he dwelt on the point with needless detail. He nue Of £56,000, which would be more than 1 eetimated.
was very anxious about the state of the balances, and he eon- (Cheers.) But at the same time I must tell my hon. friend
tended they had fallen more than we expected them to sill that, it would be imp.eeeible to get exactitude in minute
towards September. Of course they did. But I should like items ; what I rely upon are the general results. My hon.
to know how I was to tell what drafts would be made upon friend alluded to another subject—namely, the customs
the Exchequer for China by the officers there, who desired t) duty on paper, and complained that I had debited myself
make thentselves. very strong in funds in order to prepare with only £15,000. Now, the duty received the last quarter
themselves against the contemplated expedition in that comes on paper was £14,000, consequently I took £56,000 for Ihe
try ? To my hon. friend's inquiries as to the health of the year, and debited myself with £15,600. I cheered when my
balances, 1 have every short answer to give. They are not hon. friend approached this subject,
but, it was a friendly
only as well as can be expected, but. they are in a state very cheer, something like the warning one would give to a friend
satisfactory to their friends. (A. laugh.) I cannot give a if he saw him going on very dangerous ice. (A. laugh.) It
better description of them during the past financial year is perfectly true that in the last two quarters we received
than by stating that, during the whole four quarters, the £26,000 customs duty on paper, and in the two first £14,000,
entire sum paid as interest upon deficiency bills amounted the last being open trade and the two first under the old
to no more than £1,850, and in the quarter which is now system. I say that what I did was entirelyjust. I had two
passing not one shilling has been paid for that purpose. quarters open trade which yielded £26,000, and two close
(Hear, hear.) My born friend seems to think that some giving £14,000, and therefore I was fully justified in making
strange trick has been performed in applying the repay- an estimate of between £lO,OOO and £50,000. We are, in
ment of advances to meet the deficiency of the past year's fact, now receiving the duty at the rate of £lO,OOO or
revenue. This is neither the place nor the time to enter £50,000. These, however, seem small matters. My hon.
upon a consideration of the provisions otour law, but surely friend went also to the great heads of revenue, and attacked
my hon. friend ought to have known that when advances my surplus of £1,923,000. My hon. friend boldly grappled
are repaid, they become part and parcel of the consolidated with it. In toy customs he questions £300,000 ; inland,
fund ; and that it would not have been in the power of the £300,000 ; China he strikes out, which is £700,000; the paper
Government, even if they had wished to do anything so duty he says we shall not get., and from the whole he makes
absurd, to draw any distinction between those repayments £1,950,000, so that instead of a surplus he hands me a deli-
and any other money paid into the Exchequer. (Hear.) ciency of £23,000.
Then my hon. friend said he was sorry that I omitted the Mr. MOFFATT said that what he had stated 'was
fortification loan from ray consideration. I omitted it not
£1,200,000 certain to be had, and £700,000 doubtful.
because my responsibility was one whit less than that of the The CHANCELLOR, of the EXC HEQUE It—With re.
gentlemen who sit near me, for it was a common responsi- spect to the £600,000 excise on paper, the hon. member said
bility of the Government, but simply because the sum which that the trade would stagnate, and that nothing would be
had been required was so exceedingly small that it was not received. If my hon. friend had an intimate knowledge of
worth while in my opinion to call the attention of the house the working of the trade and the working of the drawback
to it in any great detail, when I was dealing with sums on on paper, he would not have made this calculation. By the
the one side or the other of £70,000.000. My hon, friend way, is it not odd that last year, when the duty was to be
was also very much alarmed at the idea of there being repealed on August 15, there was no alarm, and this year
another drop under the French treaty, or, at all events, if there is none when it does not cease until the 15th Oct.?
not my.hon. friend, one who spoke near him both in time The truth is that by means of the drawback taken in con-
and place. But there is to be no further drop. The lowest junction with the nature of the trade, you can scarcely
wine duty is already in operation, and it has turned out mark, if not completely, the full activity until the very
apparently to be no drop at all. (Hear, hear.) My hon. moment of cessation. It is now only April, and £200,000
friend wanted to know how I provided for the army excess out of the £600,000 has been received. (Cheers.) The
of 1859-60—for everything, you see, is pressed into the China indemnity is £750,000. My hon. friend says it will
service. I did not provide for it at all—(hear, hear)—and be nothing. Now, in my original statement, I took a mil-
the reason I did not is because it has already been paid. lion for China, besides half a million more on the naval and
(Cheers). What we have to do is simply to apply to military estimates. That was a large expenditure for China
this house to obtain its recognition, and to give form to be supplied from the taxes of the people, and yet lam
and regularity to transactions which require to be told that when asking that sum I ought to have kept back
watched, because they interfere with the regu- the question of how much we were to receive in the way of
larity of our finance, but which have no bearing whatever 'indemnity. My hon. friend says that the merchants must
upon the budget, for they will not make the Exchequer one be paid first, but to that I demur—that is not the view of
sixpence poorer. (Hear.) My hon. friend next said that. the Government. If the property of the merchants had been.
the effects of the bad harvest were not exhausted. Cer- taken for military purposes their claims would have stood
tainly they are not exhausted. If they were, 1 should have in a different position, but if they have suffered losses from
had to present you with a better estimate of revenue. the Chinese, whilst the people of England have contributed.
(Cheers.) A great part of the deficiency of the malt revenue five or six millions to the war to protect these merchants,
goes into the estimate which is before the house ; but all the view of the Government is that the people of England
that has been fully considered. lam the last person to de- should be considered, and that the payment should be made
preciate the effects of the bad harvest, for I consider it pro rota. The sums were distinguished in the treaty—six
would be a moderate statement to say that it has made a millions of taels for the war, two millions for the merchants,
deduction from the revenue equal to two millions of money. which, after the deduction for the families of those who
That I think is a statement susceptible of reasonable de- have suffered, would leave £950,000. Even if we gave the
monetration, but at the same time I believe two things con- merchants £650,060, there would remain £300,000; different,
cerning it. First, 1 believe that had it not been for the it is true, from what I anticipated, but very different also
powerful stimulus which freedom of trade has given to the from my honourable friend's exaggerated statements.,
agriculture of the country, the harvest would have been far This would be about £250,000, leaving to the Government
worse than it was. I believe it also a fact that, though the about £750,000. That is the basis of the calculation. With
exceedingly bad weather, both during the harvest and in regard to the £960,000, lam told by the hon. member for
the months which succeeded, and the early months of this Horsham thathe has looked into the customs receipts for
year, has made. us dependent in a very unusual manner 1858, and that ha finds them not to amount to so much as
upon foreign corn, the quantity of English corn in the we have estimated, overloiking the trifling difference that
country is much more considerable than it would under or- there are new ports to be added to the old ports,. and that
dinary circumstances be ; and that will form a better fund that was a year of war, whereas these are times of peace. I
on which to draw than under ordinary circumstances we can only say that I greatly prefer the reports of the British
should have at this season of the year. (Hear.) Then and French ambassadors, who made their calculations oa
with reference to thefinancial state of the year 1862-3, on the spot iu the expectation that these payments will be
what does my hon. friend depend to prove the improvidence made in the course of four years. I do not deny it is
of our arrangements ? If it be true that we shall lose three quite possible that we may fall short of the estimate by
quarters of a million on account of the repeal of the paper £lOO,OOO, but it is just as possible that we may exceed it.,
duty and the remission of a penny income tax, it must be All I can say is, that there are plans which have been sug-
remembered that by that time we hope the extra charges gested, and certainly, if they are feasible, may be advan-
for China will be 'altogether cleared off, and they at present bageously adopted, of anticipating all these payments by
amount to a much larger sum. The whole case of my hon. means of an arrangement with the merchants, and thereby
friend depends upon the fact that there are a million Ex- shortening the terms of the occupation. I only refer to that
chequer-bonds which will fall due in the year 1862-3. But pat tof the subject because these are matters which do not
if he thinks that that is any reason why we should ask for a admit of precise statement, and lam bound to say that I
million extra taxes in the year 1861-2, he has yet to master think it possible that on the one hand we may fall short of
the principles by which the finances of the country ought the sum of £750,000, and I am likewise justified in say.
to be guided. Not only is the doctrine strange, but I am ing that it is at leasteas likely that we shall fall short on the
astonished at the source from whence it comes; for if Ex • other side in the very large sum of a million. I. have asked
chequer-bonds are put by, from whom did we learn that the House of Commons to provide for meeting the expen-
lesson? From the right hon. gentleman opposite. In diture. Then my hon. friend swept away two items of
1808, when the right hon. gentleman had to provide not for £1,350,000. He went to the inland revenue, and he says,
£70,000,000 but for £63,500,000, he presented to the house « I question £300,000 on account of the probable diming-
an estimate in which he made no provision whatever for the tion of the income tax." Now, lam a little sun' rised at
two million Exchequer bonds which were falling due. On that statement of my hon. friend, but lam not at all sorry
that occasion, though I should have been very glad if the that he has given me the opportunity of referring to the
right hon. gentleman had made an effort to pay them off, I matter. I only wish I could have placed my hon. friend
did not think:.tnya©l eallad upon to prenounee,any censure on ate uuh.ide of the Glass 800 Hive, and in the inside,
upon the course which he pursued. My opinion is that that he might have the opportunity of seeing the Chan-
whatever might leave been tho case 'at the beginning, these caller of the Exchequer and those he had to consult, and of
Exchequer bonds stand now as part of the public debt, to hearing everything that passed with regard to this matter ,
be paid off if you have a surplus, and it is not more favour- because if I have an interest in making a surplus there are
able to the public service to renew them, but otherwise they others—not my lion. friend—who have an interest in un
have no claims to preference. They ought to be dealt with making them, and I am subject to the advice and expe-
simply with reference to what is the best arrangement for rience of most experienced servants of the Crown, and
the public service. I won't go into the history of their never was the Crown better served than in the offices to
issue—(opposition cheers)—or to expectations which were which I refer; and great indeed would be the responsibi-
formed concerning them. It is a very simple matter. They lity of that Chancellor of the Exchequer who for any poli-
were issued in anticipation of income tax ; and I expresse I tical object, or for any object whatever, would place his
an opinion that that tax at the end of the war would be opinion in opposition to theirs. Never but on one occa-
liable to redeem them. The House of Commons, however, sion did I propose to the house an estimate which had not.
did not adept that opinion, and the matter was at an end, theirsanction, and that was a very peculiar case, It was on the
It is the greatest of all errors to suppose that the good faith imposition of the income tax on incomes of between £lOO
of Parliament is in any way pledged to redeem them. They and £l5O a year. They estimated the produce at £210,000.
are not in the hands of the public : they are simply a finan- I thought that too low, and I placed it at £250,000. It pro-
cial instrument passing between the Bank of England and duced between £300,000 and £400.000. That is the diffe-
the Commissioners of the National Debt; but if they were, rence between those who make and those who unmake sur-
that would be no reason for saying that, because they ought pluses. The Chancellor of the Exchequer may be wild,
to be redeemed in the year 1862-3, the government have a precipitate, profligate—for that is the word—but he cannot,
right to ask for an additional million of taxes in the year except in concurrence with those gentlemen, make these
1861-2. (Hear, hear.) lam glad the hon. member for estimates, or else if he departs from them he departs from
Itoniton (Mr. Moffatt) is in his place, for I am going to them incurring a responsibility that no finance minister I
pay him the compliment of making him the hero of the ever heard of would willingly incur. If I could give my
first question which I will now discuss—namely, have we hon. friend information of what takes place in the private
a surplus ? (Hear.) It is said that we have an interest in rooms of ministers it would be better information than the
making out that we have. That may be true. I admit agreeable gossip retailed by my hon. friend to-night in the
that it is satisfactory to every Chancellor of the Ex- House of Commons, as an authentic account of converse-
chequer to be able to dispense with imposing fresh taxes, tions and discussions in the Cabinet. (Hear.) With regard
and to be able even t) propose a partial remission of texa- to the income tax it. is a tax that may be said to be in the
lion. I will admit, too, that I have a special interest in the course of varying, but still not very irregular and progres-
existence of the surplus this year. But if we have an interest sive increase. My hon. friend thinks that last year was
in showing that there is a surplus, there are others who bad year for importers, and that therefore in all probability-
have an equal interest in showing that there is none. (Hear.) the income tax for this year will yield less by £300,000 than
There are the prophets of last year, and the friends of the I calculated upon. Schedules A and B are progressive.
prophets, who are as much committed to prove the negative Schedule D does not depend entirely on importers, but on
as I can be to prove the affirmative; and if the opposition the whole mass of trades, professions, and dealings of every
will assume the duty of the Government, by all means let kind in this country ; and so far from admitting that She-
them bear some of its responsibilities. (Hear.) My hon. dale Dis likely to present a diminution, I think there is
friend the member for Stamford endeavoured to get rid of every probability—nay, except in extreme circumstances, I
the matter very glibly, for he said that the whole of his 1 venture to say there is a certainty—it will present a con-
prophecies would have held geed if the paper duty had not siderable increase. Schedule Din 1860 was put on the basis
been retained and the spirit duty raised. But when I re- of an assessment, beginning with the year commencing
ferred to the "dismal crash" I flew at higher game than my- April 1855-6, and ending in the year 1857-8. That is to
hon. friend. I had the great authorities of his party in my say, it was on the average of three years-1855-6, a year of
mind. Thus the language of Lord Monteagle was that there war ; 1856-7, a year of war expenditure ; and 1857-8, a year
would have been a clear deficit of 11 or 12 millions, which of great commercial crisis. This year we shall drop two of
he sought to cure by retaining£7oo,ooo or £BOO,OOO of paper these years. We shall take in 1858, a most flourishing
duty. (Hear.) Lord Derby was much more cautious. He year—l beg pardon, we shall drop the whole three. Our old
only said that thera would be a deficiency of at least assessment was from April, 1856, to April, 1859. This will
£2,700,000, and very probably much more. But that be from April 1858 to April, 1861. We shall take in 1859-
£2,700,000 was entirely independent of any increase in the 60, a most flourishing year for trade, and we shall take in
China expenditure. The China expenditure was, however, 1860-61, which, although it might have been a bad year for
increased by above £3,000,000 ; but our deficit last year was commerce,was on the whole ayear of great trade and business.
only two millions and something more, and this year there There is no doubt from the progress of the duty that
is a surplus of two millions. (Hear.) the assessment of the year will cause a considerable increase
Sir S. NORTHCOTE made a remark, in the tax. I asked the Chairman of the Board of Inland
The CHANCELLOIt of the EXCHEQUER-1 he lion. Revenue whether he had allowed for the increase in schedule
baronet says there is a deficit of 8 millions, but the D that was to take place in the new assessment. He said,
noble lord was assuming that the income tax would be "No." I said, "Why, did you not expect it ?" Yes, he
renewed. (Cheers.) My hon. friend, therefore, is only had expected it. "Then, why was it not allowed ?" " Oh,"
flinching, and flying from the question. (Cheers.) . Is said he, "if there was a war in America, and a war in
it not a fact that all the organs of the opposition pro- Europe, and an universal revolution, there might be a fall-
phesicd this deficit down to the latest moment ? Is it not ing off." Now, that is the extreme of caution with which
a fact that, whenever we have had a financial discussion, the estimates have been framed. (Hear.) My hon.-friend
if any allusion was made to the possibility of there being a adverted to the Customs receipts.' lie brought under notice
notice
surplus a Utter ran through the opposition benches ? The a sum of I think £300,000 for corn.revenuefrom
e mis-
right hon. and learned member for Dublin university asked stated it, because the revenue from co rn is £360,000. Now,
me what was a budget. The simplest explanation would I hepe my right hon. friend is right, and that we shall lose
the revenue front
be that it was an estimate of income and expenditure ; but the revenue from corn. Why,
if
losewe
ehs lose thath
for many reasons it may be a very serious grievance and corn, there is not a poundotthheart wsheat
shape.
But the wecusstoall
disappointment. (Hear, hear.) The hon. member for not get £2 or £3 for inan
another gentleman. Irias
Iloniton has summed up all that would he safe in matters of revenue was questioned by admit
detail against the surplus, and certainly he has performed that when we look at the customs revenue we have come
his work with zeal. Nothing was too great or too small for through a bad year. The spirit duty is £200,000 or £300,000
his examination, so that he reminded me of a nation which more than in the past year. The main reason for the dif-
was said to work with the strength of giants, but at the ference is the increased duty on foreign spirits in the year
same time with the fine handling of jewellers. Sometimes that has just expired, but the increased duty was only in
taunting me on the item of paper, on which he says I shall operation for a part of the year, whereas it will tow be in
get no income. Then he goes to China, where he insists I operation for the whole year. The bon. member for Hun-
shall receive no indemnity, and then follows me into the tingdon was facetious even on the subject of the remarks I
smallest nooks and crannies, and trying to catch me out on made, perhaps in excess of anxiety, about Good Friday and
such small matters as £15,000. To begin with the small Easter Sunday, and he said that taxable articles were con-
items first, I would remind him that he took all his cons- surned on Good Friday and Easter Sunday just as much as
parisons from the original statement that was laid before on other days. But I tell my honourable friend that helos
Parliament by me on the 10th of February, and made no entirely misunderstood the statement. The statement
allowances for the deductions that were subsequently made. was this, that the last days of the financial year had been
The fact is, that the yield has been nearly what was to have days. on which business was suspended, and the cense-
been expected according to the reduced cslimate. I esti- quence was not that there was nothing cocooned on those
mated dock warrants at £lOO,OOO. My hon. friend says they days, but that what was brought into tho country on those
produced only £12,000, and that contract notes and other days was not taken for consu mp tion• Well, I went into
items estimated at £BO,OOO produced only a few thousands. the Glass Bee Hive, and we discussed this question
True, but he should remember that very early objection was among others. I put ta.g notion to my honourable friend
taken to the contract notes, and they were abandoned before the chairman of custom on the subject, and he said we
the discussion was over. I trust that now we are in for the might add ZlOO,OOO to the estimated revenue on that score.
discussion of this question of surplus. I trust that the house And as a criticism on the remarks of my hon. friend the
will forgive me if I attempt to exhaust it. My hon, friend member for Huntingd", I may state that I hold in my
assailed me on the question of chicory, saying that whereas hand a return showing the receipt from customs for 28
I anticipated a duty of £90,000, the product was only days from the bat of April, 1860, and for 27 days from let
£22,000. Now thereasonof that was that the trade of chicory of April, 1861, and the 27 days of 1861 yielded. more to re-
being in very few hands, it Ras quite impassible to mertain ~suns by klO,OOO than did the 28 day* 9f 18" (Hear.)

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