An Additional Minister

should be appointed, and the Premier pathetically assured the House that Ministers were worked night and day. But shortly after that they had the resignation of three ministers and notwithstanding the work the vacancies remained unfilled for two months—that did not look as though there was too much work page 14 for the full number. He did not think it was necessary or advisable to have more ministers than were at present allowed by law; and the more they increased the number of ministers, the more they increased their voting power. In a small house seven ministers and too whips, nine men were pledged before anything was discussed. As to ministerial interference at elections he thought it was the duty of ministers to go to any part of the Colony and explain their policy, but he did not think it was right that two or three ministers should go at election time to influence the electors in favor of any particular candidate [Applause.]—and he believed that the intelligence of the electors of this Colony was sufficient to enable them to decide as to who should represent them.