Budget Speech Delivered By Sir Sl Tilley Minister Of Finance House Of Commons 29th February 1884 PDF Download

Excerpt from Finances of the Dominion of Canada: Budget Speech Delivered by Sir S. L. Tilley, Minister of Finance; House of Commons, 29th February, 1884 Sir leonard tilley'. Mr. Speaker, in moving that you, Sir, do now leave the Chair, I desire to take advantage of the motion to make my statement to the House in regard to the financial condition of the country, and the policy of the Government with regard to the Tariff at the present Session. It will be remembered, Sir, that in the Session of 1882, as well as in the Session of 1883, I felt myself war ranted in stating that at no period in the history of Canada did the credit, the financial standing and the general business of the Dominion stand in so good a position as it did at those two periods. I am in a position, I think, to state to-day that at no previous period in the history of this country did the credit of Canada and the financial con dition of Canada stand better than it does now. With respect to the general trade of the country, I regret to say that owing to the depreciation in the value of lumber, Which is one of our principal exports, owing to over-trading in certain branches in the Dominion, as Well as over-im ports, we have a depression at the present time, which I trust will not be of long duration but will be speedily overcome, and we may soon be in the position we occupied a year ago, prospering in every particular. I trust, Sir, that the statement I am about to submit to the House will'add to the evidence which has been given from year to year since 1879, that the policy adopted by the Government in that year has been successful and in the. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.