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9 D _ l . was it was unable properly to take 3:060 Oil t'tttthtth 'lfdef h (Hear, hear.) As ( in the road, ted .it had been injuriously originited bv 100:1n 'tia,') 'hg.ot,,au,dd"t"e, 3 affected by legislation. It had paid 814,3tl0 i only public: work that plaid, He denied on "WWII: t', 'i/Note-i-tttttgg/ll',':,", l that the Great Western was any benefit to was war ',-ati'el'1', "It tl 1 . hi d ros I St. Catharines- on th ... ' th ad as that scoot e tot , nuns mg an p I 'iii d l . red ii 9 0011241; 8 r0 per-ens town of Berlin, The member for I "a J?,'d contracts tgt i d?! 0thm§ggi Iiouth.t Victoria made s gigantic mistake when . . F I while oth had W D tnr 1 he and that the Welland Railway !P,1, 'll'l" l the " or; not done tro, and "PM?" chilly benchtted the County of W client . I bl R, and ruleI would work inequit- Every town along the Niagara river-Ihsd de l any. on the dU.tinotion made between creased in population and extent. The Pre. i 3 stys and other improvements wat, also I mier also seemed to press hard upon the. i unjust, because, It,,t'egh, railways were now y Town of Uobourg, which had been ruined by of greater public neht than gravel roads, l injurious legislation, more so even than Pree- ' {Mlle latter had been of great benefit in I ML I I 23:: 2S He claimed 31.0 that last year's l l he House ad ioilrned at six. 1' l amen was not a fair teat of the ition . , ox many municipalities. St. casing: latrt M. t , _ I',",','",'? mm" . - ' iit (net'girir'hit'y'"i"irif, higher than say other UIIIIIiI.k l MAKER took the chair at [.30 s,t", . munici t in the Province ro rtionall ', "t . l ' T , , ' u C" . because with parties to mail, II','),,',:',?)','; AGRIUUL'l one AND ARTS. Popular had reduced the rate. Pa the The House went into Committee on the other hand Brantford was assessed very low. hill to amend the Agriculture and Arts Act, I ' Whether this was done in miticipation of I which W" reported, with an amendment I the presentstion of this scheme, he proposed. by Mr. Monk. The bill was read I did not know, hut it looked susln' I a third time and passed. T i cious.ed'l;heI tpi'/'/tl,', of flt C'r'b, inf", HIGH SCHOOL LAWS. I assess o n is vs so, an e rarer. inc _ T 'd I _ v '.fg ' memheirfor South Victoria to deny "m? refill} oiliiie'iiiil'hAT 1trl, It l like?11d _ fact. This and other townships had been muh School iaws OHamtII: ,he one yy ' assessed, wrv low in anticipation of this i,"if,'iV,i,",'r, of tl 'tin f, 1 oug t that too . ' scheme. Thisn taken large town or city,' lew-thv dis t I' I a? d pot. excite any "v, , With farms skirting the municipality, Al -tiiJT,i./i C'rtlrtit,",',rl.i,. : ; e princidpnl "fur?" , I," . I joining pieces of property thus situated were ii' J/r, ', . .. piff'SAonym" ing or tne l . l assessed at very ditferent values those inside I," , Cd p nomad y, of the terms of Office of l the town being assessed much higher than I 'l,if', Imuf of the Imenibers of the Council of ': those outside. Tho Premier could therefore I 1 nine instruction. It was proposcd,also,thsi ": show no sound mason for taking the "I I thcre should be three elected members, one i t"'. . . b the master of Pt bl '81 ol o l he , . si-siment of 1tiP2 as the proper basis for l y ' , t i l IC (.10 ts, ne syt e I the calculations of this scheme. He com I "$831"? of High behools, and one by the l tif'llld'il that School rates should be rcgardid at to iJi1"'tie,t., It: was also proposed to I as ordinary and not, rxtraordittary expendi- 2:13:05 C: examinations more uniform than I ' turn The. ordinary expenditure of St. lit r): . li o,,' i i Catharines for the last 15 years was if) niilis ', hi t1l'rll,f,; [,tl"i'rj',',', . 1 ', on the SI. and this was exclusive of school _ tl '.I'. l c, UI YI, read from the Lieut.. l txvrmditure. Th: vcinre it would be sci-n iineinors spcccn at the opening of the i thit this min-w , would operate very im- , 'f',"""' to show that this bill was apart of the i justly to that town. The fact was that St. lioi'crnnicnts policy for the seamen. That i i iiharines was not paying cxmnscs. The 3:10" the bh of January, and he thought ' I Premier had not ~hawh due Gre in his pro- l 'y..' the Government were censurable m i I paralion of this "c'ucntt, which ly .r,itrwe Inning so long delayed the progress of the i _ 1.. i. ' Y.. . , , ag o bill, and in now asking the House to or)". I UltClprl rs' in many places, would do more e. 1.. . . l; . _ harm than good. If he understood the. f',"." itot tic tag end at the session. At; scheme, W1('Xl)lalucd hy tho Premier, it way thr., lip"U day ti, T"" quite itrtyyetiirde for ' . only those indebted to the Fund which rim". MN to/contain tlys'o Mere the Vle,'W8 "f ( Would hee,llowed the $2,000 per mile for1 a» l. .c"listi,tycmts's with reference to the 1lailwavs. pun "ions ot tun measure. [twee important I i tion." Mr. MOWA'I' said that he intended t,0itt j',',)"?]':')":"' Sim-um In": att opportunity to I I to give that sum to all the municipalities. I C(ilIInUlL ITitrt their constituents before the I I Mr. liYKElt'l' said that thehon gentle-i .t"ylsye buy-mu law. He proceeded to i I man bad not then worked out tho scheme on [ "li';',?:' several festures of the bill. I l that irisis, and the discrepancy showed that l t 8"m. in Kluli'l and FLRGUSON took , C I i the ho l. gentleman did not know how to 0 {View}? to 1ttttre) clauses. t i i work out the tigurcs. The schedules showcd I _ in LAMLRU) stud that there was no . i _ l that to none bot those who wore inlebtcd Ut liouftithat a b-lu of -thls kind would excite s :- I I _ the Fund was t'ue ii2,000 per mile ullowan -e I.,-voe '. cal of discussion. lleIhzid had some ', made When the scheme was tirst iiitTdiiiU,',i' I cxpcriencc in educational 1'n,islataon---(hear) ', . a certain hon. gentleman (Mr. Swine-r mctit- i J, "lull he could tell the I'ei.ticr that he i [ her for Waterloo,) was greatly Uii'i'is1',i mil Li)?" not pass this, meytre.y.ithout it being I; I threatened to oppose the 'i,i'iiii'ntiiiii'iiiiric.r, I iIiIiiccti-d to contiletixbly.criuyitrm. If the _ rir'ir ', ."iohl' but 110% we tind certain "inUiiti)iii,' he _ Iicllnier had matured this schcine and de. ' ll . i i; . t introduced, which have led to a pacih'cation 'r'l1c'. to ll ass it.thryuh this Betrtno11 he would . ~'. " He would like to know by what rule or rot . i 'hl?' Ito olrjectiou, but he understood that '_ : lotion the Premier allows Berlin three all? lb" was not a matured scheme, and there. .. I fourthousastd dollars who, and "mi. I _:,",:'),',:,.:,,,)','::-'),), new Wsht to stand or I I ton $8,009 per mile, while. he allows other It" WHSWH, ctp.ocially if the House was to , I Municipalities only 82,000 P'r mile FL', , 'e/",er,y'y,'c11P,i,s, yyyk, IN itt reference to . , Trvatitueyy of Hamilton WIS s.iii/Ji, or. : tux. Council ol 1 ulillu Instruction, he could FI favours from this Allilillllsll'rllLH'a ill: 1 'fy, Lint-the charges made against it "are , I . should A spacial ruin In mode in f.trov,r 'i; l in a b'enyuicntal,ylly:ttc,tcr., and'.were at no III'II'IH i, thcte (jug, trrrcncirs ? Tilt: whole Quaint) l 'ir/tIre)",,?':, . . '1 hat body had done its duty l from b'mWi"! to trct't, "31* Ono of coi'vilii" l lav-hill"),7 diligently and gratuitously, an?) i tyy, has trauwd in the interest (l'thl'H iii I',': '_.t/'t.s1y,"1l1.y with the gruntblings I ' friends of the Government, Was ill (lino-cf "l _ "Inn it (untamed in some quarters ansinsi. I . and mould therefore he found to IIJIIIIIH ' Linn. ll}: ll as noxious to support thdGov. . is mental to the best interests of the l'ruii l cr1rueu) in carrying any well digested edu- " ', There was no sound excuse Lriven for th m U. c:oiony inmafju'n" "mam" he bclievud that M pliertlon of an 'uxee!rtional :uli: in fa',',:'.",",",, I It)" (lions ol ILIdll hchsIUl the House should . I ,Berlin and Hamilton. li ths i/iii' ti i 7 In: l stcndvd with a wow of obtaining a , were allosed to prevail Prescott and "Ill,'.',- really good, y.y.k.t.et mctumre. . other municipsiiUcs would also have a :iI.IiI.I.I.I . . lion .\lr. MONN AT said that it was all. i to come in for special exceptionu "d,'" , important that the Council oi Public In. they also had been injured by i'cll','iui',',',' ',t,rN:,t,ion should have the confidence of the . , I similar to that by which it was Velai l) public. The proceedings of that Council . Berlin and Hamilton had been ini no were of aprivate nature, and he did not ', ." I The Petcrburough and Hope hurl JllT,f thiure that a body of that nature should be , , lowed ii2,000atuile, batthat tmlu "ttti "1 WWW". for life He would be greatly l, ,. I worked out in the "we of the iiihT," In": 'yrryrjsscd it. the elements . he proposed to i , l I Lake Huron Rail-arm, i'hs; towiiqhi and introduce into that body would not in. I l t [lope "in; ot,Vr.s in lhGt; ciiizeiitoil ll": crease its eilicicncy. With relerence cl, _ _ , We". -~tock shout] he sold to tho iii',', ' t-Ihe .c)Prge that the Government was i ' [ company and should reaping a.) much .I m',')'),', derelict P not having brought up the mea. i I i r and yi-r, altbaoue,h utry were [Duties titty; l tutrc earlier, he would any that the Govcrii- ', transaction, they t:r'uttu' under "no of the In I nicIitIiouud a suilicicnt excuse in thenumbcr l . ca, traordimvy special rules. Take tiw c in f S; l "I" importance oi the measures which the , . In Port ilopu. lie was no: in favour of "Q"; '/l' l "Ivey/tll had fy dual with this Session 1- that town pay tuortt than it was "we lid: h Jr LAhllLlNh'. warned the Premier that l j the Government seemed to overlook this fact a",',',?,",'.','! hurl it gooddcal of pressure brounht l w'w _.. i that Port Hope had a rc'vettue-prolucin ' in to . mar upon hilt" m order toprocure the 3p. . is i vesttneut iy the harbour. He C'cl,'l"dCi pOintniIentIof interested persons to positions th.It Collusion should be classed l at; ee,.'?.'."""' with the Council of Public 11" . with Fremont and have if! debt rill" on. - . . I wiped out. . Hint town took $26,000 mend". 1llt MU" AT sud. that the hon. ; in the Jinn and Ontario Railway " sl "Ir Had no doubt found. it hard to resist I . I 'dtttt 1 Pressure when he was in power, i