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PROVINCIAL . LIBRARY. ANNUAL REPORT.

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To, His BoNoR .MA1T11Ew HENRY RrceEY, ESQ,. · Lieute11ant-Gove,·1101· of tk« Province of Nova Scotia, ew.

MAY IT PLRASE Youn Hoxon:

·• An. act to provide for the amnlg'llnation of the Library of the · Nova Scotia Historical Society with the Legislative Library, and for the management of the joint collection" requires that "an annual report of the expenditure, and the general state of the Library, shall be· laid upon the table of each branch of tho Legislature." In

· aceordance with this provision the Conuuissloners following tho course hitherto pursued, beg leave to submit the following stat~mcnt, and · to add thereto the re] ort of the Librarian to themselves, &.'! forn1in1i · part of their own. It will be observed on I 'reeding his statcri1ent that more than 800 books have been added to tl-o Library during the past year. Many of these arc most valuable works in nrt, science and general literature, purchased in England and the United States on most favorable terms, Great care wns .taken in making a selection, the chief object in view being that of filling up deficiencies in the general departments and procuring books on some subjects which

11 were scarcely· represented at all. In order to show that the money generously granted by the Legislature was expended judiciously by the Commissioners, it may be state.l that in tho fit-st place, a com­ mittee of the Connnission was appointed to discover in what elasses of books the Library was most deficient, and then to select, to the best of their judgment, such w01·k11 ns would supply tho gaps. Tho li11t thus made with great pains and much expenditure of time by the committee, wa. .. laid ,befm·e the full board of Commissioners at general lengthened ~ittings, who went ove~ it systematically, book by book, l,clvising that some be omitted and that others be added. Thus thoroughly sifted, the list, was completed, the books ordered, and l.aving safely arrived they have been catalogued and placed on the shelves of the· Library, thereby forming o. most valuable addition to it. Of course, the Library is very far from complete, but the Commission­ ers are glad to state· that now there are but few great sul(iect.'I of interest on which we have not at least some books which treat of themby master minds, Sinco our last report the Commissioners have appointed the gentle­

man who w1v1 then in custody of tho Library to the office of Librarian; When the office became vacant more than a year ago, n largo number of applications were mnde for it, but as none of tho applicants were possessed (lf intimate acquaintance with libraries, the Commissioners thought it would be the wisest step to place some one of the gentle-

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1,, n in custody of the Library, in order that his fitness for the office 1,. !.{ht he tvxted before making a permanent appointment. Hnppily, t !.~ gentleman so npp<;>in.ted proved !1im1wlf admirably 1ul~ptc,I to the J -ost, and the Commissioners unnnimonsly promoted h1111 from tlw custodianshlp of the Library to the Lihmriansh'ip. J The detail» presented by him this year will ho read with interest \,y the members of the Legislature, affording, ns thev do, all neeessarv

· i'i1 formation. - • :, The Commissioners cannot close their report without expressing t I ,...it warm ap~rcciati~n of the deep !ntcrc.~t taken in the Library l,y the Hon. A. <.,. Archibald, when Lieut-Gov-tnor of the Province The coun~ry is und,ir; a gr1!at debt to him fur the time, pains an«i :·,,;ci:11 e ~t Jnd,;m,c,nt winch ho has .brought to l~nr on enlarging and 111,provmg this important possessron of the Legielncure,

Hl·low will be found the financial statement for tho year.

WILLIAM T. PIPES. GEORGE W. HILL. J. W. LONGLEY. W. D. HARRINGTON. JOHN H. HARVEY. '

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Feby. 28. Balance at this date :.. . .. . . . $522 11 Sundriea due C. C. Morton,not then paid 34 66

Grant ~y Legislature, 1883 ••.•••••. 8556 77 750 00

188.3. March 3. .·\ pl'il :J,

Sl,306 77 E. G. Allen-Books per Invoice • . . . $HO 76 C. U. Morton-Account, 1882 .. $:l4, (i(j

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F~. J. l--111nll-llookbin<ler sr: 2,> A. Ji', Church & Co. . . .. • . . . . . 4 00 35 25 Pthmm'11 Reuriniseenees . . . . . . . • 3 75 little, Brown & Co-s-Booka per

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LIBRARIAN'S REPORT.

To THE LmRARY CoMKll:ISIONERS :- FEBRUARY 9th, 1884,.

GENTLEMEN,

Since my la<it .\nmml Report waci mn«l~. 814 HookR, of which 260 were duplicatmi, and 10:J Pamphlets (,•xchu,ive of those issn.:d for a1lverth1ing purposes) have been adcle1l t.o the Lihrary. · Your new purcha.•u)s, having Leen carefully 1111,i systematically !!elected, lu~ve supplied wanti in mocit depnrtments, impcrat,ive ,vants in Home. Valuabh, autographs also have been prP~entcd to the Library in the past year, by .le\'. Samuel Longfelluw, Archbishop Trench, and others; and to the11c it ha.',! given me um h plensu1·t- to add a numbe1· sent to me by kind f1·iends of my own. Tho collt·cfion, which is a growing Ol!e,"alrendy includes autogmphs of di!!Lin•~uisheJ authors, statesmen, divines. and members of our Royal Fan\it/

Some duplicates have been exchanged (for pa1founent1u'y· publica­ tions of Ontario, &c.), and a few of our «luplicate \Provincial documents have been given to puhlie men nn«I societies hy authoriza­ tion of memhe1·s of the LPgisl1Lturc or Library Commissionm·11. Two books, the "Cn'nailinn Pnl'linmcntary Companion" for 1880, a1ul Harrison's "Common LILw Proce,lnrn Act," have mysteri,m!:lly dis­ appeared from the 11hcl..-es. 'l'welvc volumes of ncw'lpapcn1 of the la11t century have been reclaimed by awl returned to the supnn11P1l donor, who stated thnt she hail only lent them. A few: books claimed by the late Librarian hn,·e been handed to him by dircctiuu of membei'~ of your Boal'll.

A catalog.,ue ot' the Pamphlet.'!, made dlll'ing the year by .P.lr. W. A. Cnlnek, ennmerntmi 8,24!) Pamphlet.'!. Beside!! these there are some 4000 others, ,•,hich, ns bdn~ either duplicates or else businel!s circulars 01' other \'ahwluss p11blicntiom1, were prorcrly let't unentered by the gentleman employed to make the afores1ti< catalogue. 1 am preparing a 1mbject-i111lcx to this catalogue. Thnc nre now 10, 17.J. catalogued Books, including bound newspapers,

which 1\l'c enkn•d on Uw saml' catalogues a'! other bound volumes. In rulilition to these we have 3,524 duplicate Books. The number of these dnplicntcs, which then hatl not been 1mparate1l from other vulmnes, ·Wns 1111<lercstim11t,i1l in my Inst Report. '!'hey have since buen arrnng,111 by thcmsel\'e< in presses or, when our 11hclf-room was

. exhnusted, on tl1e floor o( ·"' ,pper room in assorted sets. The card catalogue, in , . .,.hich <'Very new book can bo entered in its

proper alpho.beticO:I place 111d defective entries removed withoijt blots or endle&.,. addenda, seems much the best system for building up a satisfactory subject-index, at oil event.'> where the cataloguer, like

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~~s~lf~ is only acquirin_g his oxpo!·ience. Be,;itlc,i making now and c111 rcctmg some old entries, I have introduced many cross reference­ ete.; und I trnst that within n year tho cn~d c~talo"ue will h,m: !'eacl!cd 11u~h an improved condition M to justify your B~nril in havin~ it printed m book f?rm, 11ho111d tho Legi'llature nuxt yenr think fit t;, 11111ke an appropnnnon for tho purpose. I have indicated in tho folio t~aL,Llogu~ tho pince of ?very book ; hut the pince-mark has not vet been .written on all the cards, tho calls upon my time having lntdv lt,CCll increased hy the fll'Olon~ml blimlnesa of the Li \Jrary JIICSliCll"er. lw~!l'Y ~xmk, p~111phlct. or other accession, is now stai11pc1l on °it, i.rravul m tho Library, an I cataloguorl wit!•m~t, 1111!1,·c1.•ssnry delay. . Ir.,. tho 11\.'!t year I hav.o 111~110 I\ des~rapt1 vu }•st, with n subject- 1.11.Jcx, of nll-~ho Mn!111scrapt.'I in _ tho Library. I hey nro numbered frona I to la.), but Ill some c111es several have been placed in 0111'. wrapper. and c.01111ted as one. The date is nffixed wherever it hns bet!!! indicated Ill the MS. or could he otherwise ascertained. Since my liL'lt lt<1port I have ahm mnile a Jrt<>rc strict nrranrromcnt of

the book11 on tho shelve:i according to their subjects; ''but this itnnnge.ment, though answering fairly for the pre-;ent, I hope eventn· :dly to improve upon. I have been able to complete a few defective ~··ts already, and hope_ s~n to lay. before you an accurate list of all tj1e 1i11pc1·fect set."l.and sor1es m tho Ltbrarv. , , The By;laws lu~P.ly adopted by yoi,r Board nnd approved by the u .. -'Crn0Mn-Counc1I hnvo alreacl.y gone into operation ; and I hnvo 110 do11l,t that membera of ~he Leg1slaturp and other gentlemen entitled t · •.-cc~n:1.ult tho books .wil} cqurteously recognize tho fact that some 1., ~l-1:_ict1ons are cssont1al 1f any 11ystcm 01· arrangement is to be main- ti1111nd. · ,

I append. a list o.f do~or~ for ho yoa1·, and with many thanks for , .-ar kmd Uld and direction m my woi·k ' ' I remain, Gentlemen,

Your obetlient servant, F. BLAKE CROFTON,

Librari~n.

LIST OF DONORS.

Acarlin Atlummtni; Aml1e1·st Gazette; Archibald, Hon. AdamK 0. Bnrlmlos, Government of; Bl'id11etown .Monitor; British Colum­

lJiit, Go ,·em men t of. . ' · . Calrwk, W. A. ; Campbell, Sir Alexander ; Canada, Government of; Cnnl\d inn Institute; Cw1l·d, Antigonisb; Challice, Oerahl C.; Oltignecto J>oHf ; ('lnrendon Historical· Society ; Clal'ke, Robert & Co.; Cobden Cini,; C.-ofton, r Blake. ' . '

}),, ily · Sn11., Ht ,John.; D,.1.l/wnsic Gazette; Denni11, Willio.111. /;',•Hf, ,·n 0/11'onfofe, Oovemmcmt ·Qf Orcat Britain; Green, Samuel A,; Gtuwdiq.n, Truro. Jfo11tH ./11nr11,1l; Harvey, J. H.; Hi11torical Pablication Co., of New

York ; Hc,neymnn, Davicl ; Howe, Sydenham. . Jnck, D. R; Ja111Bicn, Government of; Jenkins, T. K. J( i'ng'H eoUege Record: ' J,i ,.r.,·1111ol Aclvctnct!; J,ivel'p()ol Times; Longfullow, Rev. Samuel ;

Longley, J. W. , . Mac1lonalcl, J. S.; Manitoba, Government of; Jlfa1-itfo1e Sentinel;

l\la!'i,;achusotts Hi~toricnl Society; Merriam, G. & C.; Michigan, State Lil ,rnry n ll(I _Oovornmcnt; Muir, David M., M. D., (donor of 32 volµm0$.)

N,•w England Historic Genealogical Society; New Era; New York Hi,toa-ical Society; Nortli S!Jtlney /lerald.

Ontario, Government and Parliamt.1ntary Library ; Osgood, Jam,?s &. Co.

l'id111t NewH ; J>laindtalel'; Power, Hon. L. 0. Qu,•hte, Go,·ernment of. . H,:fo·l',;, Port Hood; Rhode Island Historical Society; Ross, Hon.

W ; Royal Colonial Jn11titute. :::.,s/,,itdwu:an 1/ernlcl; Sinclair, Rev. J. McLean; Smithsonian

111-.tit.ub·; Rtnnwooil, J. R; Stewart, J .. J.; Sumichrnst, F. C. Thihnult; CIIBrll•II; Thompson, J u<lge John S. D.; Tobin, W. B. i

'l'rPtwh, Arclihi11l1op; Tnmcli, 'l'. Cooke; Twining, H. C. D. P1fr1·11" . ...:tote~ f:,n·pt·nmpnt; Urqnlmrt, David. Yict nrin ( A ustm lin) l'ul,:ic Library. Wel,lt,·r, M1-s. I<'. .r.: JVr.~fe!1un; Weatern 0/,ronicle; Wisconsin

Hii;tol'icBI Rocid.y; Wood ward, Miss L. Young, Edward .

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BY-LAws 1-·01t T111-: Ri,:nUJ.ATION 01-· Tm: Jo1sT LrnRARU:s or nu L•:msr.ATuni,; AND nu; ~OVA SconA Htsroutoar, Socnerr,

( Adopted by tire Board of Library Commiu'one,.., Nomnbtr 28, 1s,s.) (..fpprol'fll by I~ Oo11m1or i11 0,1111cil, Ja11w,ry 11, 1884.)

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1. A roper cahlogne of the books belonninrr to the Librnry slnll !t ke~t I l~I \ho Librarian, in whom tho cu;totlv and respon~il;i!ity

iereo 8 Ill ie vested, and who shnll' l,o required to report to ti;, ~~tlto

1°f ~R1immhly tlirough the Provincial Secretary nt each sessii;,;.

o . ie, ,eg1s !ltur(• the actual stato of the Lihrai·r. · ~· I The L1.hrnry shall he kept open every <lay in tho year, Sun<lnr,

n.n • egal holidays ~xcepted, from IO n. Ill. to ;j p. m., Lut duriuir th~ 111ttmg of the L<•g1slnturo it shall be open from !) a. m to 'J r'i From ~ny to. Oct«_>bt,r inclusive, it shall close on P.,t,mla~8 nt' 111;, :::: 1·:· Ihd ~lbrnrmnl shall bu constant in his attendunee upon the

1 ro.ry . nrmg the J0111'8 above specified, and shall perform such o~:1~r1 cJut1~.'i as may l!u i1.11poscd by law, or by the rules and regulation, \\ ne I may be prescribed by the Commissioners. . 4-. A!1 ~xccutin~ committee shnll be appointed by the Commission· Cl'S, cc111s1st111g of three of their numher who shall b · , ted · · I , • , .~ o mvcs •u wnn l"t l'r to c1xccute t.hc <loc1sio11s of the Co1i1mis.<.ionors and to whom r~ ?t'cncc 8 1all he 1111ulc lty the Lilnadan in a.II cas~s of <loubt 0 1hffic11lty. r

;;: The t'o111111!ssioners.of the Lil,rnry mny from time to time sdl or ,.xchauge tluphcatcor imperfect hooks lmlonui1w to thu LiLrnrr not ncet·s,mry for the tise thcred' n "' • ·

. l \. It slu~II be tho <luty o_f th~i Libro.ii,_111 carefully to prcser\'e t11,, 101° s,. 11111ps, charts, «mgrn\'lngs, ntnn/1scr1pts me<lalti furnituru nwl ot tcr l;~opt•tt_y lil:lm:ging to the Library. ' ' .

7. l lw follnwmg J>l'rsons shall he,entitled to vi8it tho Libmrr un,I

1ommlt ~he hooks, maps, charts, &c., under the rules hercinaftci· laiol . c0"1"· )'IZ) the Lh•utcnant-Go\'P,fn')l", the members of the Exeeutil'l'

ounci , t 1c niemlters of the Lc.,islutive Council an<l the Honsl' of _ ~R.~eml,1.v, 1ue1:1lt1:s of ~he Sennt; and of tho"HouRo of Commons 11f

ynnnda, the Chief ,Justice 111111 Judges of the Supreme Comt tlw • utl~l's of the County Court, the ofticer11 of both hr11nches: of thl' I;c?1slatm·<•, tho. S11.1wri11tcndent of Etlncation, the J>rnvincial En~i111·1·r. t IL Inspector of Mnws, the Deputim1 nntl Clerks of the sovcr11l depan­ men.t,; of tlw Provincial Oo\•cmnwnt, the Shoritt: the J 111l«e a11tl ~gtstrar of P~ohntc, the Prnthonotary and Herristrar of Ueo·lsfot tlie

· \?unty of Hnhfnx. tho Htip~ndiai·y Mn..,istro.t~ nml Uecortlei· of the ~1t!: tho ~0111111a11dt•t· o~ ~l!c Forces, the ~Admiral on the Station, the -Clucf Office~ ~f the M!h~m, the Mayor of Halifax, Clorgymun awl · Prof~8S0f8 ot Coll.<igcs, htl1tor11 of NcwspaP.ors, Foreign Consu!s, llll'lll· hera m full stnnd111g of the Nova Sco~ia Hi'itorical Society, and snch

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pt·tsonR us 111oy he in~rmlueetl by n Cotmnissioner of tho Library, who ,li11ll ltc huh! n·spons1ble for the pct·son 1111 introducctl, in ca: .. ;o of llll\' I, . k or other propert.y btiing injlll"t•1l ot· lost. Huch introtluction shall r · .t.inuc in force ouly fo1· two wct•ks. For any lon!!er peri111I nn i11u-ocluctio11 11111st lt1i oht.ninc<I from the Bonni of CmumisHioners; hut 1111 one PXCP)>t those herciunfter s1wcitit•1l 11hnll be pem1ittc<l to take 111,.v book, chnrt, 11111p, &c., out of t HJ Lihmry roo1m1. 8, No btmk b to be tnkcn from the shclveH mcccpt hy l'l'<]U0>1t or

1wrmi,;sio11 of thu Lihmrian, to whom visitors wi11hing to consult book11 will 1111tke upplicntion. The look thus n•ceh·l·«l must he ruturncd to tlie Libr11rin11's desk, nnd net put upon the i-:lwlf hy the person wh,1 has l11·l'll reading it. The Librnrian will exercise II j,ropl'r 1liscrimina­ ti1111 ns to the ddivt•ry of such book11 1111 lw mny ,111cl:..te li11l le to be i11,i111cd. Mannscl'ipt.'I, mrn arnl vnlualtlo hooks, will he shown only o• p1,1·ial applient.ion to the Lihrnrinn in chnrgc; an,l 11n1ler such reg- 1 :,11 i.,111~ ns the circumstl\ncci, of ench case may in his judgment require .

. ,. , :1y membur of thu Council or Assembly, <luring tlm sel!.'lion of the L1·gislaturc, i,i pcr1i1ittud, muler the rcstriction11, forfeitures nnd p1•1mlt.il's hcrdno.fter mentioned, to t:Jko to his hoarding house or priv.itt, room any book belonging to tho Librat·y, LXccpt ,mch ll8 are l1t•n,i11 <lelt•rmincd to be ncccs..,ary nlways to be kept in the Library ns bt:ok,: of reforl'nce.

10. T1w Lieutennnt-Govemor, mombei·s of tho Executive Council, tl11• Lcgislutirn Council, tl1c Honse of Assembly, tho Sunntc and House of C<1111111011s of Canada, the Chief Justice and JudgcR of the Supreme ('omt., rne111liers of the Nova. Hcotia Historical Society, Commissioners of tlw l,il,nu·y, an<l such other8 ns may be authorized hy vote of ,the tio111111issionors, while tho Legislature ii- not in ses.'iion, shall lmrn the s11111e t'ight to take books from tho Liltl'llry, nnd· under tho H11111e ,:t,ornlations, II..'! t.ltc membot-s of tho Lcgislaturn during it.'i sci;.11ion. ~o bm~k. 11111p ot· nmnuscript, or other nrticlo belonging to tho Lilw1ry, shall lie nt any time taken out of the Library by nny other (H • s1,11, fot· 1111y purpose whatovcr. 'l'ho rcstdction<i and terms above 1·d11Tc<.I to nre contained in the next fivo mies. ·

11. No book can b(1 tnken from tho Library until its title, and the· 1111111c of the person to.king it, h11vo heon registered hy the Librarian. ,\ e11rd 01· rccci pt 11111st also lie gi vcn for it. .

12. No person shall tnkc or recd vo frnm t.110 Li brnry more than two vol11111cs at 1111y one ti1111\ or fot· 11 lon~ct· pcl'io,l thn.n two W•!OkK nt one ti11ll', nnl1•ss hy special leave. ohtaim•d from the C_o1111!1is .. 1ionors. After rccei,·in•• not.ice thnt a l1ook ls o\·cr,lue, anti j,emlm~ tt.'I rctum, the ltorro\Ve1· Jmll hP s11spc111leil from all his privileges in the Library. l :t A book shall ho kept by the Lihrndun with 1lifforcnt col 11mn11.

In No. l shall he insorte1l tho namo of the book; in No. 2 tlrn initi~ls of tlttl receiver, wriLt,~n hy himsdf, and the <lntc of receipt; in nnoth~r th<' d,itc of retul'll, to be certiticd by t.lw initials of the pnrty and the. Lihrnrian." -

14. Hooks, injnml or destroyed !>Y tho person tnking them mm1t hH paid fot· at the £nil price for wluch they can be procured at the liookstom;, · . • . i.;. No volume of statute.'!, nor any legal or const1tuttonnl treatise

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receiving the Mme shall givo a written undertakinc to return it l1y 11 a. m. of the following day. Pending tho n,turn"of any such hook, the borrower shall not he allowed to take any other book from tlu­ Library.

16. Books of reference, such Ilk dictionaries, cncyclopmdins, ~~isters, journals of tho House of Commons of Erwland and Honse of' Lords, directories, newspapers, mn.p11 and engra,1ngi.i, and books . which are valuable from their rarity or antiquity, cannot be taken from tho Library, except that during the session of the Legislature any member thereof 1110.y to.kc to any room in the Provincial Building any such Look, on leaving a card for tho same with the Librarian, but such book must be returned on tho same day on which it was taken.

I?· four days !,eforo the d1Ly fixed for tho adjournment of any session of the Legislaturo, the Librarian shall address a noto to each member of the Legislature having any book belonging to the Lihrary, requesting tho return thereof. Should such request not he complled with within forty-eight hours, tho Librarian shall give the Speaker and the President of the Legislative Council a list of tho members so notified, and of the book's detained by them, for such action as the respective Houses mn.y order. ·

18. No expenditure of the funds of. the Library, from whatever source such.· funds may arise, whether grant of tho Legislature, or revenue of the N. S. Historical Society, or donation, or any other source, shall ho made, except by authority of the Executive Committee.

19. Regular meetings of the Commlssionera shall be held quarterly, on the first Wednesday of February, May, August a.1111 November, and special -meetings on the requisition of three Co111- missioners,

20. Every new accession of books to tho Library must be stamped and entered in the Vay Book immediately on arrival, and fully catalogued without unnecessary delay ; and every pamphlet, map, manuscript, picture, or aeeessicn other than a hook, shall be entered on a list immediately upon its being received in the .Library,

21. Smoking, loud talking, and other conduct liable to distract the attention of readers, are forbidden ; and persons infringing this rule, after a cautiou, shall be denied access to the Library. _

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PUBLIC PRINTING.

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QUEEN'S PRINTER'S REPORT.

Qut:EN's Pnumm's On,·1cE,

HAl,U'AX, January 31, 1884.

· 1'0 His HoNQR MATTIIEW HENltY ~ICHEY,

Lieutenant-Gove1-no1· of Nova Scotia, J:c., J:c., J:c.

MA y l't PLEASE Youn Hoson : I have the honor to submit my report. on Public Pr,intinJ?, ~nd

matter8 incidental thereto, for the ycal' ending 31st December, 1883. The amount estimated as revenue on account of the !loyal G~tta.

was S2,GOO, but tho receipts 1lid not reach that amount, tho total be!ng $2,080.5;3, and S4U0.18 le.'!8 thu.n In.st _year. The cnuso ?f the falhng off in receipts is not fat· to seek. It m part, at leust, ~· ~sos from non­ compliance witl~ tho law by ex~cuto2i_:s • a1!d adn!11nl!11 trtal totl'~. In Chapter {10, Revised StatuteM, Scctwn ' .>, 1t 1s prov1< ct . II\ c.ver1 "executor or a<lministmtor, previous tu tho payment of <!ebts, or ~1stn­ " bution of the estate of tho dcct.1nsed, 11hall by .l\<lvel't1s.0111ent Ill the "Royal Gazette-in all cases. where the estate 1s over eight hundred "dollars for six months, and m other ca.-;es for one ~'.wnth-call u~on "all persons who havo any dem~nds 1.ipon the estate, .. &c., &c. It uts b •before pointed out that tins sectwn of the law 1s not acted u~on con . . <l <l · · t It , t · 11 nouos many executo1-s und ad1111111strato1·s o gmg 1, o. 01,e er,

m a ....., • · · I t.h · t l or only complyinir in part by short_ msertion. n ~ls wny: no on y · }'ttlo rovc~lllC lost to the Uazettc, lmt creditors of deceased IS 110 I · • ta· • t I persons aro put, to consi<lernhle i11conve111ence

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to send their accounts. Y c1·y frequently, app 1cation 1s ma o a 118

ffi e for information us to who is the exec~tor of such and such a <lec:a.-;ed person, when a search of the fyl~s of tho Gazette 1'0Ve1Lls tho fact that the est11to has nevo1· been a1lvcrt1so<l. It .appears to 1110 that ,the remedy fol' thi!i lies with the Judge of Probate m ea~h .county, who should not pn.ss the accounts of any oxocutor 01· ad11.11111st!·ator who cannot show by l'eccipt from thia ottic~ that the law, 111 t_Jus resrct, l be •n complied with. 'l'hc matter 111 thuM refcne1l to, m tho 1opo t}':t u:easures will be taken, through the Ji1<l~es of Pl'obato 01· othe1·- wii;e to enforce complinnec with the Statute. , , .

Th 1 voto<l fo1· Public Pl'inting was S7,000.00. Iho expendi- ture, :.S sue'; list of certified accounts annexu<l, w~ 85,830.87.

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