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_ TOROCNTO f, HOUSE--RBUILDING AssocL rarge y ATION, readivg of a B?fiMERON moved the gecond House--Buildip to incorporate the Toronto Carrieq, . 4 "THibolation. the Whols I"!;g"retcnod to a Conimittes of Th @, to sit on Monday. ef hte House adjourned at five minutes past ght c'clock, tilj Monday, NOTICES OF MorIox. _ The following notice of motion has been yiven : Mr Lyon--For leave to ; entitled '"'An Act to decls::h:t'\ieuc?n:df ill: | abich the side lines of the lots in the town-- jha'l'l hS l:g.',-fy, in the county of Carlston, *n n frmmenirrmmys COMMITrRpS | LAND IMPROVEMENT FUND. | fIhis Com.mittee met in Room 3 at 9 15 | «his morbing. Present--Mesers, Plrdez ' (chairman), Blake, Boulter, Ferriet, Finlay. <on, and Hon. Mr Richards. The ;xamin{- | tion of Mr Gillis was resumed. He raid he -- bsd heard that the conditions of seitlement | in the county of Bruce were, that the land cost §2 per acre, and one fourth of this curchase money was to be expendecd on local mprovements. When he went to settle in . the county the Land Agent confirmed this | cconnt, but did not make it a condition of | the sale, i Mr Ecrrorp, of Brant township, also tes-- | tiied to hearing Mr McNabb make the state-- . ment. |__MrRowr, one of the first settlers in El-- derslie, who built the first house in what is | now the village of Paisley, was next called. He said he had a good opportunity of learn-- ing the general opinion of the pseople on the subject, from the fact that he kept a tavern ' and was well acquainted with every settlor in that part of the country. The belief was universal that one fourth the purchase money | would be expended in local improvements. -- Many of the settlers regarded $2 per acre as a very high price to pay for their land, but were satisfied when Mr McNabb made this explanation, _ | Vr H. Brown was next examined, and | said be had made large improvements in the township of Elderslie before the Act of 1853 was passed. It was urderstood when he paid for his lots in 1854, that one fourth of the money would be expended in local im-- provements, butit was not made a condition of| the saio. _ | Jamzs Ray, one of the early settlers of Elderslie, was next examined and tostificd to the same cffect. The Committee adjourned at 11.30 till to-- morrow.