The Pamphlet Collection of Sir Robert Stout: Volume 47
Supplies
Supplies.
Chap. 1.—Is the supply bill, granting $2,595,059 for the services of 1878. Also, out of the escheated estates of the late Andrew Mercer, $5,000 to his natural son Andrew Mercer, to pay his debts, $15,000 to be invested in the hands of trustees for his benefit, and 150 acres of land or $10,000 additional at his option. A further $10,000 out of the estate to be applied towards the erection of a Provincial Eye and Ear Infirmary, to be called the Andrew Mercer Infirmary, and $90,000 for a Reformatory Institution at Toronto to be called the Andrew Mercer Ontario Reformatory for Females.