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m....-,.,,,.--,..-----.------------------------'" . ONTARIO LEGISLATURE. FIRST 11"D"f'/) ly I The following Bills were introduced and ' read a first time .--- J Third nrlismmt-/niri1 Sesmon. Mr. cameror?-To. enable the Corporation --_-. of Leeds and Grenville to sell ceitiun lands. 1aatsrartvn Assam)", Mr. qtuyrott-.!Tit??, the Toronto Tones-re Jan " and Nipissing Railway Company. . ' . . Mr. Cameron-To incorporate the Toronto The Speaker took the chair tits o'clock. Stock Exchange Company. I Prayers were read by tho Itcv. Dr. Mr. cameron-Respecting the Elmsley opp. estate. REPORT OF ESTATE COMMISSIONERS. B fir. fitei,e.t""" the relief of W, ll. . e an at ere. Mr. SPEAKER presented a report from . . the Commissioners of limiter; suggesting Mr. t!ey1sc-?yy.ttiyr the Gait and amendments to the. Good 'l'einplars' and the } Guelph Itailway Company. I Port Whitby Harbour Bills. . Mr. Massie-To convert o burial ground 1'E'1'r1'l0NS" in the town of Guelph into a park. . . ." I . , Mr. Clarke (wc1linirtony-RetTecting the The following petitions were present-i Credit Volley Railway Company. ed l-- . Mr. scott-nothing to the town of Peter- Mr. ginchtir--Of the Township Cousin (lit borough. the united townships of Mvdora and 001 ; ' - . . , . '; also, ofJuhn Board and others, of Wood, ":Irisg'gu Joetl1l,ia1',r2 the Midland Ilair. severiilly praying that no Act may pins to y , . l ' . . erect the Provisional County of Muskoka. Mr. sfo.\t-uhti.pectltyr, the Toronto and Mr Ihtroclie--0f E .1) O'Flynn el ttl Ottawa ltnilwuy Company. of Miidoc; also, of iN. .Moorc, ct, "1-10;- Mr. Mowat--Psetspecting the equalization Madoc, praying that the. Bill now before the ofthe Assessment [toll of the county of 0x- House respecting the Belleville and North ford. Hastings Railway may not pass. Mr. 1hoer.r-To reclaim swamp lands on Mr. Mtus.sie--0t the County Council of _ the ticugog Iliver. Wellington. praying for certain tutrcudsrenttt , UNIVERSITY ENDOWMENT FUND. to the l otcrs' Lists Act ot 1876. M . , Mr. 1'srown--0t the. Town Council of o', r. 't'AUDFtR .y'J/fct'.r, 'l" flfg ottlt.e Whitby ; also, on. 11. Long, et al., of Whit- out"'. "531.? "if fl "fem an "PW!" by, severally praying for the abolition of turetrin etai r.e a 'Y f) tho Endowment oiismptious Fund ofthe UniverSity of foronto and Uni- . vomity or Upper Canada KJollege since date AID TO AGRICULTURAL SOCIETIES. oflnst return; also, it statement of moneys . . n ' t on new structures and of mono or M .CLAr'hP. No folk resented n eti- We" . t . l L'lhd inclining aid to in}; South U/f/i hon-rowed tif.?.nyh. and on what security, trt Agricultural Society He submitted that commotion with said institutions respective- to petition was an Englishman's right,which 2t 1yi"'ide "d" ([33:31' allzozcgopiles . . . . ' . ' ' , at y no by laws "m!" take on}. . . the Government relating to said in. Mr. ROSEVEA" believed "l obeying his stitutions since date ot last session. otperiors, and if the presentation of such . lie made. this motion for nreturn in con- petitions Wtth' contrary to the rules ot the tinuation of a. return made last your cover- House he did not desire to present any. Ile ing the period from 1867 to last year. The wished, howerer, to oy,tt petition from the Senate of the University had made no re- lAgrlfculturiil it/ite oi Lust Durham, te; turn of their receipts and expenditures since ttg or an en "ft-{unit nt of ti 0 moneys t ey Confederation until such a return was ask- hare had. (Laughter) ed for by an order of this House. and when ( . Other petitions of a similar character were it was brought. down, it revealed a state of presented by Messrs. Hunter and Creighton. things which required the notice of the Gov- Mr. MOWAT said it such petitions were eminent and the House. He quoted figures against the rules they ought not to be pro. to Show the state pf the finances of the Uni- scntod. If the, rules are, bad they should be versity of Toronto, University College, and corrected, but so long as they are rules or Upper Carmelo College. In 1867 the income the House they ought to be acted up to. of the two former institutions was $49,630. (Hear, hear.) It had steadily increased till in 1876 it Mr. cmnanou said he was not in ttmount/el tetyint. The expenditure kept the House when this mattrr came up on a pace with Ily .tncyly In 186t it amount. previous (Wt ar:ion ; but he did not under.. gi, to $48,411, in.1874 to $71334, or about stand that such petitions could not be ro- 5'0'900 Ivy: ttttit .a.1/.o.ve the Income, and in ceircd. The object of the rule is to asi'cr- 18t0 to 858.,558,tt little less than the income thin whether there is anything improper in for that year. Where the money come from the form of Irctitions--anythintt reilccting to meet .tlte 1tsrs.re tf/r,", of expenditure upon any person. or (my language which over the 1nco.p.e Itt 1874 he did not know, _ ought not to be ptrmithd---uforo they are ' tie,' a" with 'lt), P011311: :11: Senate to 1 read. . 3 ar WI ecupi o t oProvincei Mr I AUDfill said it r.,. matt r was In t1h1rt, the consent ot the Legislature . g )uit' i.) too . v. P ' ' ' . coming quite a gt"tcvatiri, bccau so people t,l',rltrt,7trg',rd11,.l'g,'e/ttlit'e,itT,i, "16 con- were precluded from prtitioning the House he thought the liousc 1dit,ddttte'gi'g,t',t. 3303::{n5314'f'tl"militia":Jiilllc'mW-hflnlmd tormativn on that point. During the Past CD .mi re. em . rr,uihii ' always been of opinion that this rule re- F your P"" .l'urldinge have "been erected on ni d oditic . . . . the Uppet Canada College grounds. He , .re. m mention tro fat " proviry.iil thought the expense of them could notl ' legislation was concerned. Some action i . . my" ou tht to b tak 1 hic . ' been defrayed out ot the endowment fund mantle" 1'C'tl been 'l. who: the View: oil of that institution. In 1867 the income tion, C u ascertiune on tlnu qucs- :izgountlcii to 1.?1rl,0..1, and in 1876 to $16,- , . . . . ' , IC expctrditure however had co - Mr. Si'i'.fll\Elt said in referring to this respondingly increased, :50 that tlie ciipitiil Patty on liming; he did not give any deci- must have been drawn on for the 'Ile',. th firmly: suited what pe the prac- erection of these buildings, or, as , in It. nighsh House of (ominous. had been stated outside, money had The subject then dropped. tt"gt borrowed upon the hypotluscation , """ , , ' . ' ' 0 some of the. securities of tho University COMM] 1 I'EE 1.121 ttI'sT. endowment fund. It the latter was the case, Mr. pEItUCllE presented the eighth re- tAti-ttel' he", bruins pledging the credit port or the Committee on Shulding Orders, of the lroviiu-e. violated the statute regu- which w" adopted. hating the institution and one of the first , , ' ' ' , t , pr nciplcs which controlled the Government RECORD Oh 1,0th AND bELUliI'lIES. and tho "onset 1.10 made, this motion in Mr. HARDY presented a detailed atate- order.that the Minister of Education might merit of all bonds and securities recorded in explain how the money mu obtained for the Provincial 1legitsuar's aioo since Janu- the erection ofthese buildings. He was not cry 10, 1877. _ blind to the good work the University and . Upper Canada College Were doing, but he