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Show CtNAIIItN lUCtliKMF. Till. Dominion of C'anida aat prea-eutpaanlng prea-eutpaanlng through a polltluil itlila. An invratlgatlon lelatlng tonllldal coiruplloii la lelug hell nt Ottawa, Out. It la reiorted that one of the mlnlrtcta, Hlr Hector lionguvlu, haa lieen aciultlnl of thu chargea mudu agalntt lilm, bu'. the Canadian people rrgarj Ihe reault of the Iuti. ligation aa a tort of hit. Mhlng proiwa. Hooer, the railway committee of the Heualu haa fouud that Mr. Menler, Premier of thu jrovlnceof (Juebec, and aeveml other eipially iomlneut peraona, are among llio.o whu "profile!" by thu "mliapi llcutlou" ofllie aubaldy granted grant-ed by thu province towarda Iho co,u. pletlon of urlalu railroad linea. Dl.conlent and dL-allafartlon I re valla to an alarming extent In the var loiu pitivloceaefthe IViinlnlnn. The exhll It made by the laat cen ana I ring dlMpinlroent, the dlacloaureaof corruption cor-ruption In high hcea tiling humiliation, humilia-tion, and the coet of government brlnga cliaarln an! angry teiuon-trancta. teiuon-trancta. It waaconflltntly aaatrled until the taking of Iho cemua dutlng thla year that Canada would aliow a population of 7,rM,(KXI. InlSIl there wuaMpulatlouof J, Wl, lu ll I It 1,1 10, and In I Ml 4SM,:HI Thieo ,ngnrre ahow an Increa-e of IT ftl i-er cent for the decade 1171 HI, and only II ier cent for IMI W. iMrlng thla lut named drcade there waa an Immigration to Cauada of 8S0.1TI, whllo the Incrcare during thla period la lut GM.MI. Thla liirane that either there haa ln no natural addition, addi-tion, or that moat of the Immigrant! allllply aaaed through the Dominion, or, If they remained, look tliei placea of native Canadlaua who Iheuuelvn left the country. The iautern irovlncea of New Tlruiiawlck, Nova Hrotla and Prince Kdward lalaud aliow actual loa-ea by the returru of thla year'a cetiaiia. Ontario On-tario and Ifuebeo had email gal of, while the we-trrn province aliow Ihe principal Increase. When II la remembered remem-bered Ihat tremendous elTurU have been made by ineana of uteldy, ro-toctlou ro-toctlou anl Immigration during the paat ten yeara to develop the reemircei of Canada, the above ahowlrg la dla-heartening. dla-heartening. Tho national dell of Cana la la now f.VJ.00 t-rr bead, making a total of about f 0,00i,OUO. Taxation at present pres-ent averago 17.00 per bead of the tioNiltllon, the lilgheat proti-ably proti-ably of any nation In the world. The coat of government la a.toundlug. The coat of heating and lighting Hi Qovcrnor-(Ii ooraPe realdenre la aniiu-ally aniiu-ally .). Ilia (alary la fs'i.oun a year, and Ida ix-enata uaually eggrvgate t to.rexi more. Tlie l.lrutenant-Uov-ernoraof provlnct-a alai receive large aalatlra, and the catalogue of alneruru ulTlcra la e'uormoui. Theeo aro evlla that even a chauge of admlnlalratloil can not remove. The l.lt-urala, Ihough confident of aactndamy In the near future, have no mcana of leaaenlng dibt anl taxation, unites by adoring revolutlouar) mruurte. Tiny may prevent and txie cnrruitloo, but they inn not reduce Mlarlea nor dla. eit-u with flgureheada In thu government. |
