“The Press” In 1865

Press, Volume CIV, Issue 30688, 2 March 1965, Page 12

“The Press” In 1865

March 2, SEPARATION, We assert that the whole accounts of the receipts and expenditure within each province, whether on what are called General or Provincial departments, ought to appear every quarter. It is the double Government, and the outstanding account between the General and Provincial Governments which renders that impossible. But these would consist of an amalgamation and an arrangement as should put an end to all this delay, and bring the whole public finances of the Province into one account. All that the Separatists are trying to attain, by a scheme which has never yet been put before the public in

a digested form, would be attained by the proposal at which we have hinted. It would be to a certain extent a separation of each province in the Colony. It would consist of an amalgamation and consolidation of the power of Government, and a simplification of accounts,.an each Province, which would double its energy, and bring its finances within the more direct control, because within the more immediate knowledge of the people—for there can be no control where there is no correct information—and would place the whole administration under the general control of the central authority, who would administer their powers through the local officers. And all this we assert is not a fancy scheme, but is a legitimate development of what the Constitution Act intended.