, 1874-08-30

Further List Of Discrepancies.

an6 Basse>
T,bo Chairman objected to the reporters inti'
ro.t;vs in their reports that there VICE olstos1'
finn IN the part OF tho Committee not 70 so 10
+he bottom of tho matter. It Was the 1ntenuon
to po to tho bottom. He then pointed out soma
items in several newspapers which conveyed
wrong imnrcssiou, the explanations oot neln9'
,,o sand. sufficiently clear to enable tho COM
,n,,,itv 10 understand the items correctly.
71o comparison OF the bills Of Forsyth 4 Co.
,,th the contract. to eco il the pr1ces o. 1ne ar
+;cles we're tho same, was then p1oeecooa "4tn'
SUGAR.
In bill dated April g. 1s54, waB the Item:
Sir barrels of brown sugar 1t cenea ponno.
1,rax;ous to the dato mentioned the sugar
tr-n;,had tho roor-Honae was ba1led AZ o>s
ceuts pound.
A+to,41av Rountree aaid 4 changs IN the grade
,as n.de about April, and he suggested that
tcetisnonv DO heard regarding it.
rr-,;es;nner Lopergau WEB tr6t qnes1lohel,
.n3 stated that the 6;s-cent sugar "ss very
low Grade, and would run III not weather, anu
Iosa weight: hence, in view OF the conap!alEG'
the change w1a7 MADE 7a,.,,, Any,
roborated this statement. ..u. ~.
Cnmr,iss;oncr Busse knew nothing ABOUT tne
change. -
,,. ~. item: Une btl kerosene oil ut
NJ ..test aforementioned, the contract callng
for liz degrees md l25 degrees at Is cents aad
q cents goIlon. ~
III. FORSYTH said that the test was changed oy
Law from 1l5 degrees to 10 ~ We 1 AZ" dc'
150. AL thai Aao oesaa 1uA-ooe1 ~ ~ 49,
grecs test. ,r,.a
The item WAS passed to hear what tho Warden
OF the poor-House had to say about tho test OF
The oil be received
~ THE ANNEXED 17ENs
we're encountered: .t
T'vo hundred lbs hominy at 45s cents; con-
tract p1ice, AZ cents . pound
Six brIs corr meal, 1900 pounds at 354 cents
= ncuud; tie contract called for barrels.
One tarrol Canada uat1neA. 2oo ponnos, nc ~
cou:y i pound; there was no meal OF thls grade
" one inc barrel Larrel OF IF. ". flour, eli; this ersdo of
-four WAS not in the contract. ~, ~
SIX cases OF lye at 57.50; contract price, S7.6O-
One boz Laundry soap. 10 bara, At vi cents
no such soap VAS called tor Ill the eont'acs Il
proposal ,cu,,
Eight hundred pounds sumn1or~cured goldfish
at ! cents; contract price, ~.
One dozen washboards at $3.25; contract
price, $50.
in the contract, though they were IN ine pro-
pls II bill dated May i, 1874. the tolloUingitsms
-Four barrels of syrup, ISL gallons, at Is cents;
% one I barrel Of pickles. 100, at 90 cents hun
c1s6: the contract prices were SO cents tor
small. and 81 for large pickles; tie slzo waa not
designated in the bill, though they were not, as
III. Pa1iolat had stated, the small pickles.
Three boxes lye st $50; contract price,
s7.G0.
One boz raisins q pounds, At IL cents .
round the coptract OF this article WAS award
I'd to Mcdonald i Wall. .
Sayeuty-two dozen assorted c2nned goods at
Sc 50 dozen !; the article had not been contract
81 for. and no proposal made to furnish them
One boz baking powder, % pounds, at 40
cepts coatract price. IS cents
Ono box baking-soda, GO pounds, at cents :;
Four hundred pounds Goldfish At cents con
tract price fm 3teumner-cured " WAS ~ cents.
and Georges Bank, ~ cents.
Three 6oxes cheese, 145 pounds, at Is cents
contrsct price 10 cents
One-ouarter gross stoye-pol;sh at GO cents
dozen i; contract price, 50 cents
Two hundred pounds Aomlny Ut ~ cents
In bill May 4 the annexed item vas 81 found:
Eighty-one bushels OF potatoes at 6l.3o; con-
IL ! Bill Of May Was found the 11e tolloTins q
SIX barrels brown sugar, s ~ l,7' poanos' II .
cents; contract price ~ cent?: 3ts,< ,,uons a. AZ
e.nts. contract price, II cents.
One barrel rice, 2A7 pounda, at 6I cents;
ponsract price, gu cents.
Eieht hundred pounds SIMMER cured cod
fish, ce,,ts contract price, II cents-
One box cheese. 48 pounds, at 10 cants con-
Or One box soap, 13o bars, ut 81 cents; con-
tract price for r. & G.. 81 cents
Eight boxes lyc at $3.50; contract price,
In a bill! dated June !, 1874, Tere the sub
Joined items
One hundred and forty three and 3 half gal
Ions eyru2 at Is cents contract price, A cents.
Two thoussnd two hundred packages at 30
cents: contract prices, 50 cents for small and II
for large.
ccstract price, 9Ss5 cents.
tue bc. be at $3.50: contact, price e7.eo.
One hundred and forty-fou pounds cheese at
Is ce,1ts; contract price. "a cent?.
One keg slEup. ten gallons, at 50 ccnts; not
contracted for-
rive hundred pounds snmmer-cured Goldfish at
cents; contract price ~ cents.
Twenty pounds bakiug-poTder at 10 cents;
contract price, IS cents,
-Four dozen extract lemon, six ounces. at 50
dozen; cont1act price. IS cents pcr,dozcn for two
ounces; tho six ounces vas not mentioned-
Four dozen NoEcestershira SAUCE At 94.25;
contract price, 81.
Two bsnels peaches, 80 pounds, at 10s<
contract. o1t cents in the proposals both prices
were mentioned.
The Warden is to be aeked whether the peach
cs were quarters (Which Were ordered to be
bought) or ialvea.
In bill OF June /, 1874, the following items
weIe found:
Three hundred and seventy snd one-half gal
Ions Of Hrup at IS cents; contract price, IL
cunts.
One Thousand fire hundred and forty-nine
pounds brown sugar at cauts :; contract price,
~ CENTS.
Tho Chsirmnn remarked that it WAS strange
that tbs brown sugar furnished the Iusane Asy-
ium should To billed ar 9j& crnts q pound, and
t4at supplied the Poor-House at 9 ceu.s.
Mr. Forsyth could not account for it; the
hill-cIerk usually looked back At the bills 20 as
to tn.ko rho price uniform.
Six hundred pounds lominy st ~ cents con-
tract price, 4sf cents.
One rarrel u. ". -four At $1,000 not contract
I'd Cor.
Two hundred and eighty bars Of soap At 81
cents; Kinks soap vas contracted for 1t 81
ceute.
one hundred and thirteen buAhala potatoes,
tl3o contrnct price, .Sl.5o.
Fons hundred pounds suh1ner-cured Goldfish,
cents Contract price, ~ cents.
lAs lase bill whs one dated Julv l, but, though
several dehciencies were found, none Of thom
were matefin1.
A1tleee bl1ls hhd been audited 12y commit
He And pronouncea correct, that ie. that the
PRIZES agreed with thnHA in tha e,t.-~.t