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i Guelph and Collingwcod Railway am. y. k pn ISTIKATFH. V l The Home again went into Committee of Sn ly and the dlaouaeion of the item of 845330 for Crown lands Department Solar ice wan resumed. Mr. LAUDER objected to the item ot 81,000 for a ahorthand writer. He did not think thp correspondence of the Department had increaaed iuffiountly to warrant this expenditure. Hon. Mr. SCOT l! gave 'er to chew that the oorreapoatdemNs increaeed Mrentrfives per cent. Mr. BYKERT said that Mr. Blake had moved in the Public Amounte' Committee a resolution to the effect that no appointment should be made tghU'trt and that. in epite of that motion . taborthand writer and the Secretary of Emigration and othere had been appointed without the anchor: of the House. m went on to aay , that the Commiaeioner of Crown Lande had made a statement that wa- not true laat evening, when he aid that Glover BarriaorN account had been charged an " drysoodn." Hon. Mr. SCOTT aid that the account, although it had 2ttf by the Govern- ment, could not be f in the public worke, but had been concealed by the late Govern. ment It made no difference to his argu- ment whether he said it had been put down an "drrgoods" or "curtaine" or anything else. Mr. RYKEBT aid that no cheque had honed for that account on the day etated by the Commiaaloner. Ben. Mr.SCO'l'T eaidthat there wae on the _ bottomol copy of the account which he held in F hiahand a atatement aigned by Mr. Ear-rim Gituureottuttuaoiiounthud_tetidh, Maia cheque. m believed it had been paid through Jaquea a Bay. Mr. CAMERON objected to the salary of the shorthand writer. Hon. Mr. McKELLAR explained that the arrearagce at work left behind them by the hon. membera for Kaat Toronto and Niagara were eo heavy that it wan neeeeeary that he abould have anietanoe in getting through the male ot correapondeuce. Mr. CAMERON and Mr. RICHARDS objected to the item of 81,400 for aalary of Mr. Taylor. Thin clerk had left the Depart- ment while the old Government was in gower, receiving a quarter of a year'a aalary. 1thttt the year wae up he had been taken k by the prent Commieeioner. Hon. Mr. SCOTT aaid there had occurred ' a vacancy inithe otfioa, and knowing Mr. Tay- lor'a knowledge of the offioa, he (Mr. Scott) had thought proper to appoint him. V The item wan then paneed. . The item of 815 050, under the head of "Mueelumsotur," waa peeled after acme du. cueeion. as wae also the item $101,400 for " Legislation. " At 1 o'clock the Committee roae and re- ported progreee, and the Home adjourned. ---i----- NOTICE OF MOTION. Dr. Baxter-That when the Home in in Committee on Municipal Loan Fund and Surpha resolutions, he will move the follow. inc amendment ..--Whea, by the fourth resolution, Tt,iftt,1,5"g which cave moneye towards the buil Ing a railways prior to l Confederation, are to have aaeiatanoe to the ' amount of $2,000 per mile, in caeea where Inch roads were built, hut does not make any provieion for aid to 'nunip1patititm that took atcck, and put moneye in ramrtsrtr-- which railwaya were not built through tinan. cial dith1mlti" or otherwise, and whereaa the village of Coledonla. In the year , took Itook and invented in the Hamilton and Port Dover Railway, the turn of ' ' which said railway wan not built on account of the failure of the Company, which under- took to build it; and whereae in'uetice will berdomrtothoaid ,iii"i":oyi',lii'v'i'l't, un- iestouylspetttisior.tly, ','nrg,'liltIti2t,t came aid " though the came road been built, therelore it in expedient that such pro- vincn ahould be made an will entitle the eaid village of Caledonia to participate in the raid railway aid m propoetion to the amount an ipveated. " aforesaid. / - ', ,.4-