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mar w repuedtosnow, a. - t...,__ "we. 1,'g 53mm had been» incl-cued, und heinitaneed the L'astorn Home office" at Toronto inproof. Bo thought it would be much more to the point if hon. gentlemen, instead' of indulging in hood general charges, would. polfi - . 7 __ --. 1. liroad general (merges, mm". .. to n. angle individual whose "In; a been irpptitperly increased, or any ofrioerr He pointed who» services Were not required. Mr. LAU DER said they were ready to do that " the proper time. _--- . q aL, S-. non'jlu Ron. MrfI'o'EASER aid the man was My todo anything. mad, to mt. in the country 1 _ . . "--' I..- In Ann - - - W""'." Ron. Mr. FRASER aid the hon. gondo- man was My todo anything. He was even Nady to lute in the country tint the Gov- ernment had asked for on appropriation of I 8126,000 for ute'"tt purpose, while ltr 1 had gt ask for 825.000. Lg'11' hears When 0 hon. gentleman 0 that " , men, he was an or ignorant of tho ' "aM. Iomething also, which he won"I - satttg or terizo, been» it might pr' "a ntt ourau. mentarr to do " " be quite partly J-l_'J_J LL- :"n, . lugging!" He GGG6 --"e to do i". it; i'ii'i'.") ""iii; defended ttP"uasi, of te, "Juries on tu tpryed,_th A everything else had increased ite?', " we same utip, 9nd lulu-ion in ; -r, -.___ -- -'-----"-="' "V" I ,.t Government had done. m .u 3, T .utt a great d'iffertmoe tln-re was in w :rl',1t', of ttlt' oflioisU as compareo To 1n slmi P positions in On- tarid. The hymembor . for South Grey complained owe mamas In the expense for legislntion, bums hon. gentleman was him. se t every year reaping some of that increase, and he supposed he would not object to I further increue (Chemo and laughter ) Re repeated that when the return was brought down the exhibit would be such tint the Government, instead of having my rowan to fear it, would show the country that the pub. lie atuira were in this respect well and economicnlly administered. (Cheers ) Mr. PRINCE referred to the virulent oppo- sition with which the Ron Attorney-General's amendment had been mat on the previous day and upoko with force upon the propriety of "obtaining all the informatinn that could be obtained on the subject. He had no doubt that when the return was brought down it would tell greatly in favour of the Govern. ment. Mr. MCOALL was "tisiied that the enlar- iee and numbers of the ohieera had been largely and unnecessarily m creased. Mr. BOULTBEE objected to the reference to the Ottawa and Quebec Governments, as the comparisons ware. he considered, wide of the queatym, The Provincial Secretary had thrown in their faces the oddities of the allowance to members which be (Mr. Boult. bee), however, did not think com enseted the gentlemen who neglected their interests in coming to the House. Ho for one Would be willing to support a motion for the reduc- tion of the sessionel allowance if it were brought forward. mmvaroinl homes had also grown very Tttttat greater. There was no mun, in what. ever capacity, who was not paid very much more mane. for his uervicoa than in 1867. Mr. L',1'i1eh' Maodonald's Government had Mr. SPEAKER trusted that no further reference in the course of this debnte would be made to a previous debate. promised 5n increase of sum-ion to civil lar- vmta in their departments,nnd had they been in 03in; up to the present 'tlt nt,ttet nonno pm 'ana 0. he? w ul t'r'tltMth' to Ecru-e At Lilfrdf, Mr. CAMERON thought tne course the hon. Provincial Se :n-tary had talk-n in re- ferring to his (Mr. Cameron's) votes was ob- surd. Bis colleagues were not responoible for his votes, and wero st libert to tote just what course they chose. The Ul'. gen- tlemm Was unfortunate in another ot his suggeatioy, He had stated that he had supported the increases, but the journals of the Bottist _ -contained. " motion of " in which. he had objected to increases in the mu" of the Public Works. He had no doubt that they would find, when the return was brought down, that there had been great extravagance in the departments of the Government. Hon. Mr. McKELLAR aid, with regerd to the appointment in his Depnrtments, which had been referred to,the strongest and most conclusive rruons were given why it should be made. ' r the Conservntive Gov- ernment, Mr. Edwards was appointed Sec- retuy of Public Works and Secretary of Emigntion. By the system that was inaug- unted under Mr, Blah " Government a large amount of money Wu spent in inducing emigrants to come to this country. A good deal of correspondence had necessarily to be "tried on, and it was utterly impossible that Mr. Edwards. though a most efficient oflioer, could act in the double enmity. Hence tht - necessity for the sppojntment of Secretuy o" PM to show P' _ ' 'd'tC,'2 ', gt the proper ind Emi rotten end he thonaht hon. gentlemen 'd'llfl ogre; with him that the snlery to thus ' offiotal was not too much for one 'qelified tor the place, He found hon gentlemen "good quite iidierently in the House towhet thip did out of the Home. From their Speeches outside the House, it was clear they considered the lete G0vernment . perfect model, and he, of course, thought that the nuinher of oitrcials employed, nndthe edema: Oaid by that Government met with the Bil" Provnl of those gentlemen. In or. der to test the sincerity ot this cry which had been raised, ( they desired to have a comparative 1 statement, Be happened to hove in his pos- session e comparative ateteme nt, and he found that the cost u officers for legislation in the Dominion Parliament to be $63 000, end in Quebec $43,000, both of which sums exceed» 0d the coat of the ammo class of ofli can in the employ of the Ontario Government. m thought the Government woe pursuing the Broiler course in bringing down a compen- tive Itetement, particularly at hon. gentle- men oppoeite reset-dad the late Government at a model Government. He was convinced they would be able to show that the Outerio . i -. -~-nln mnrA economical they would 06 Dunc w can," _--- - . Government was much more economical than that Government He would like to know which yen, 1868, '69, or TO, hon. gentle men wish to make particulsr com- parison with, because he found by reference to the public records that the expenditure of the Saiidfieid Mmedonnld Government in. creued yeer by year. Mr. LAUDER--you are quite wrong. Ben. Mr. MCKELLAR maintained that he was perfectly correct, and Went on to say that the cry which hom gentlemen oppOsite were renewing would be es easily answered as it had been before, Lest ear it was stated that the Government LI not a single ferthingin the Treasury; but that was an swered. and the people now knew there was r not the_elightest truth in the statement. l.n thought hon. gt nth men Md better con- fityttrtrmse1.vye' the discussion of paper BDbe-cts, ' nd let this cry they were again I s,'tt'ing T? tuoue, because it would be con- trsdicted every time, and proved {else by l the public documents of the country. (Cheers.) Mr. RYKERT denied that the salons; increased under the Administration of Sand- lield Maodomsld, and objected to the Miami. mentprhioh had been moved by the leader of the Government on the day previously. He considered that the Government should be willing to stead by tho return of their 0.71:. The motion was carried. MUNICIPAL LOAN FUND. Mr. LAUDER moved for n Return-it.) Of copies of all Orders in Council paved durin the year 1873, relating to the Muni- cipal Ill',' Fund, and the Actof last Requiem relating thereto. (2 ) All oorreapoadeaee and telegrams between the Government and Municipalities, their oftiosrq or other penone. regarding the settlement ot the add Mani; - - - n q __A u.- --. A." .n. IVs-unlua - .rrNr_ete-'"-- - - __ - cipd Loan Fund, and the and Act and Schedules thereto. (3) A statement of all changes made in the Schednkes to the said Act of last Session since tho same paged to a third reading. Hon. Mr. MOWAE said that a return whlch would contain all the information was being printed, turl Would epeedily be laid before the Home. lie would, therefore, ask the hon geutleamu to allow it to stand over for a short time. Mr. LAUDER cemented to defer the mo. hon. Mr. BETHUN E moved the House into Committee on the Bill to amend the Law of Landlord and Temt, and to provide for the Apportionment of Rent, The Committee rose and reportcl the Bill without amendment The report we: adopted. THRESHING MACHINE ACCIDENTS. Mr. CLARKE (Wellington) moved the second reading of the Bill to require owners of threshing and other mechinel to guard against accidents. He pointed oat that within the last few years there had been a hsrgelineretyse in the number of threshing me chine amiientir, and they had become as common as railway accidents. Members re. presenting rural constituencies would he ewe that these accidents were principally caused by the nbsenoe of neceseiry guards 'e,'rt/"i"4 dangerous portions of the machi- nery 0 found no legislation had taken piece upon the subject in England, butiu several of the States such legislation had been most successful. In W'iscousin, accidents of this kind had been reduced titry per cent. APPORTIONMENT OF' BEN Il,