The Statesman.
London, England, 1822-02-28 00:00:00

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meat a round sum. A greet elbjuiliset Int Web. masa
nee in which the land was peedood set- a 1110111010611.1
large intervening tracts were leit totally I ii,
whilst the emigrants were scattered about,
being no villages, they were unable to give sea
that support which was necessary to all colonies. is
consequences of this mismanagement were et'',
marked by the contrast which Canada presented ten
the neighbouring districts. A line was 'trawls bones
Upper Canada and the provioces of the United 11bW01.
sad though the mole of caltivatiou was alike, rea=
the British side the laud was of small value end
peopled, whilst on the other there was a deem
lion,
ee, and the land was five or six times more rid
This state of things was attributable to the este**,
laws. The revision of these laws was one of the prayees
of this petition. Petitioner also called the attendee of
the house to the mode in which the G meet of Co.
node was administered, and be asserted that if ems el.
'minion was not made in these respects, Canada.in sew
years hence, would not be a dependant on Great Whale.
He suggested that it was better to make it the Interest
of the colony to remain subject to this country, than be
hereafter obliged, at a great expense to retain them.—'
The Hon. Member said. the petition contained many
other observations worthy the attention of this house,
suit as upon reading it over he found that it contained
nothing objectionable, he would move that it be bright
up.—The petition was laid upon-the table.
Mr. hI A BERLY gave notice of a motion for Thunday,
the 14th March, for an inquiry into the auditor the pe,b-
lie accounts.
HAWISERS' AND PEDLARS' ACT.
Mr. HUME seeing the Hon. Secretary of the Tres-
snry in his place, said he would take that opportunity
of moving for certain returns connected with the Board
of Hawkers and Pedlars and Hackney Coach licenses,
to the production of which he expected there would be
no objection. lit would state very shortly what was
the object of his motion. One great purpose which be
had in view by the production of these papers. was Is,
show to the public, that even in this very email establble
meat, the Board for managing their licenses, there ins
apparent the greatest neglect of economy with regeed
to the collection of the revenue. He referred the Hoe
to the Report of the Committee of Finance of 1797. in
which it was stated, that the office of Hawkers' and Ped-
lars' Licenses, was one of great expense and little utility,
and they recommended therefore, that it should be ist•
tirely done away with, and its duties tranferred to the
S:amp Office, to be executed by distributors appelled
by them with the same allowance of pounds as Is
other cases. The Report stated that this transfer MOM
be safely made, for that in ten years only one osettested
case came before the Commissioners. Another Repose
was made in the same year upon the Board of Hackney
Coach licenses, and it was recommended that the duties
of that Board should be also transferred to tie Stamp
Office. The concluding words of that Report were—
** In which ever wiy Parliament would reform this. the
present expenditure would admit of the most material
retrenchment." If the suggestion of that Committee
had been attended to, a great saving would be made.
Instead of that, however, the two offices were thrown
into one. The whole expense of the Hawkers' and Ped-
lars' Oifice was 4,01001. and of the two offices together
nine or ten thousand potluck. The Revenue which they
collected was got in at It per cent. The number of in-
NrCtott in the country, instead of bete 4iseinisbed.
since these Reports had been increased from HP to
au, of whom 24 had 100 pounds a-year each. Them
were still five Commissioners with salaries if fielss
three hundred to five hundred pounds wiyear. These
gentlemen were obliged to attend gull once aireek, and