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Mr, MOWAT sald that Dr. Workman's resignation was his own voluntary ast, which he had put on the ground of the long period for which he had served in that important position which he had occupied. He had stated that he thought the time had come when he ought to be relieved from the ar&u- ous duties of that office. He (Mr. Mowat) _ had _ had _ several _ personal conversations with--and he was not sure but some correspondence also--for the purpose of urging him to withdraw his resignation, but in a long conversation Dr, Workmanhad assigned varicus personal reasons, chief amorg which were the long time he had served and the ago at which ne had arrived, He had thought that under these considera-- tions the remainder of his life should be spent in a more peaceful position, He (Mr, Mowat) agreed with his hon. triend with re-- d to the ability and zeal with which Dr. {"',orkmm had discharged the duties of his cffice, and there was nothing whatever in the correepondence asked for which he had any desire to conceal from the _ House. With regard, however, to the gentle-- man who bad in the first instance been appointed to succeed Dr. Workman, he (Mr. MNMowat) entirely differed from the hon mem-- was a mistake, le was a man of the very highest ability. Hoe had had asylum experl-- ence of the most valuable kind to one hfi(i'ng chargo of the Provincial Lunatlc Asylum, standing the highest in a list of some eight or ten first.--class men. He had held an import-- ant porition in an institation of the kind in the West of England. The motion was carrled, RETURNS, REPORTS, &c,. Mr. CROOKS preseated the Puablic Ac-- counts for the year 1874. Also, state-- ment of receipts and expenditures for the vire months erding 30th September, 1875 Ajso, a return showing the amounts appro-- priated to the variovu= municipalitiee in Ontario under the Munlcipal Loan Fand schemo; the amount appropriated by by--law in the vsrious munloipalities, with the prin-- cipal ard the interest thereon, up to No: vember, 1875. Also, the report of the Immigration Department for 1874, THE ADDRESS,. Mr, WILLS resumed the debate on the ber when he asserted that his ap?o!utment was a mistakeo, lHe was a man of the very to hon, members, _ The raturn asked for would be brought down at the earliest pos-- rible moment, The motion was carried. RESIGNATION OF DR,. WORKM AN,] Mr, LAUDER moved for a return of copies of all correspondence and papers under the control of the Government relating to the resignation of Dr Workman, lats Super-- Intendent of the Toronto Lunatic Asylum, and the appointment of his successor, He reminded the House that the Province in the resignation of Dr. Workman had lost the scrvices of a valuable servant, whom it would have been desirable to have retained even if only in an advisory capacity, The appoint-- ments made of gentiemen to succeed Dr. Workman had been very unfortunate, to Mr, PARDEE regrottod that the hon. member had not felt himself able to move for an ordinary return without making charger against tKe Department. The Crown l.mgl Office,equally with other Dopartments of the Government, had nothing to conceal in regard to its administration, and the cause for any diminution in the receipts from the woods and for'estl branch would readily occur made, :t was important that the House should be l_nfon_nes'f of the recalpts of the 'mso j°als, wWhuo ue exponGiture had in-- creased ard additionral appointments boeen Office up to the latest perlod bafore the estimates were voted. c Mr, L&AUDER moved for a return show» irg the receipts of the Crown Lands Office in its different departments during the year 1875, up to the date of said return, as far as can be ascortained. He said that in view of the fact that the revenue of the Crown Lands Office had considorably fallen off of late years, while the _oxpmd_{turo had in-- ONTARID LECISLATURE, EIRST S©S810N -- THI3D PAFLIAMEXT. The Bpeaker t:ok tre chai: o'clock, CROWN LAND3 OFFICE Moxvay, Nov, at three Addreass, He joined in the regret oxpressed at the death of the late Lieut.--Governor,. He agreed with hon, gentlemen that the Election Law had re:ulted in more decorum in elec-- tions, but regretted that under it some gen. tlemen had been deprived of their. rights for the smallest possible breach of the law. By the Ballot Act, the papers could be de-- stroyed within four weeks, while the Municipal Act gave six weeks within which a protest might be made. The extension of the ballot to voting on by--laws would have, he thought, a very doubtful effect. The hu:g legislation which had taken place show-- ed the advantage of a second Chamber, No-- thing required more care than the distribu-- tion of Government aid to railroads, In Eng-- land such ald was never given except for milt. tary purposes, though our possession of a large surplus made the circumstan:es different in this country, _ The power of municipalisies to loan money to railways had led to many of them becoming immersed in debt, Thera was a doubt as to the constitutionality of Acts giving this Yower, and he hoped the Covernment would give the matter their most serious consideration. Hoe was not in favour of spending so much money on immi-- gration, and believed it would be better ex-- pended in finding work for the immigrants when they arrived, They ought to tursx their attention to the emigration from Ca:-- nada to the United States, and should en-- deavour to stop it. Heregretted the ro. tirement of the Chief Superintendent of Edu-- caticn, but thought this nd%l;t be the best time to inaugurate a new system. He called attention to the small salaries "paid to school teachers, who ought to be selected from the best specimens of humanity wehad. A measure to extend 'the accommodation for lunatics cught to have been brought down before, He thought the Government should turn their attention to the sanitary condition of our towns and cities. The sanitary b{-hws were badly carried out, and the result was the prevalence of dissases which might be prevented. Hecalled attention to tne ad-- visabiness of making the end of the financial year the lst October if the House was to be called together in November Both sides of the House were agreed in supporting the pay-- ment of criminal witnesses, Ballot Act. He contended that the Act had been inefficient in its working, as was evi-- denced by the number of rejected ballots He auggested that the rejected ballots should be referred to a judge, who after examining them should send the result to the return:-- ing--officer, who should amend his return ac-- cordingly. There was no reason why igno-- rant voters should be deprived of their tran-- chise because they were unable to grapple with the _ complisated _ machinery of the ballot. The school lax he con sidered was very defective, As to the proposal to apply the voting by ballot to municipal by--laws, it w as not worthy of sup. port, because the prople had had no experi-- ence in the ballot at municipal elections, where it would not be a suscess, When municipalities were afflicted with the railway mania they were too ready to vote excessive sums in alg of different roads, and such by-- laws should not become law until they were «ubmitted and approved by the Provincial Legislature, The House had always bsen prepared to vote largde sums for immi-- gration purposes, an had made the rame mistake as Misslionary Societies in that safficient attention had not bsen devoted to people at home, to Canadians who desired to settle, The rights of the settler and of the timber licence--holder should be more atrictly defined and bstter understood, and he (Mr. Deason) would introduce a motion with that object during the session, If more attention were paid to encouraging native squatters instead of vofing'large sums Mr, DEACON ccmplained that the Ad: dress contained very few measures of real re form, and claimed that to hon, gentlemen opposite was not solely due the cr_ofilt' for the to bring foreign immigrants here, who short!y left the country, the general interests would be promoted, and fewer of our immi-- grante would leave for the Woestern States, where probably they could obtain greater prosperity, The question of the Public As: counts was one on which the Government should not be boastful, for an opiaion pre-- vailed that the Accounts had not been fairly investigated and audited ; and, in appoint. ing the Public Accounts Committee, the Go-- vernment should not claim more than a small majority. He claimed that the Opposition hsd forced upon public attention tfie necessity of pn{iug witnesses in criminal cases, which should apply cqually to tke Crown and the prisoners, In view of the important moa sures carrled by the Sandficld Macdonald