Reform Government In The Dominion PDF Download

Excerpt from Reform Government in the Dominion: Hon. Edward Blake Before His Constituents of the South Riding of Bruce; Speech Delivered by Him at Teeswater, Monday, Sept. 24th, 1877 The Board of Penitentiary Directors was composed of three members. It had a good deal of power, and involved a good deal of expense. Its work was not satisfactory and you may perhaps remember an investigation before a Committee of the House in connection With some transactions at St. Vincent de Paul Penitentiary, which did not reflect credit on the Board or its superiors. Mr. Foumier abolished the Board; substituting for it one ins ector, who is an officer of the Department of Justice. It is true that by this change more wor was imposed on the Minister, but at the same time greater economy, a more direct responsibility, and a higher degree of efficiency have been produced. The financial results have been that whereas the annual charge for the years 1870 to 1874' was within a trifle of the charge for 1876 was or about half the former amount. (hear, hear, and cheers.) 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.