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e o 8y e e Eampneyy Rws? Leul ce 'i'},:- *44. " "°¢ * A y » y "':,..N § § $ f T */994 :v :/' n Th [ i: hi O8 K h wal ¥* U | inet -- iuess Eie S meks "An, tomplutmed ic Accounts Committee si & 'al 2 | this Committee held no _ mectings . of ing of the Public Accounts Committee since 4 y : when they were h 'I':! s blx?llld first attend it was stated on the floor of the House that j : K2' ' for East Grey hi Ll «_ The hon. member several thousand dollars had been drawn ~/ anfl | TOUF tmes thi imself had only been present trom the bank for the Agricultural Farm o q 5oL. | mes this session . (Applause.) without any proper authority. 'Thus the Ad E e | | Mr. LAUDER--That statement is not Opposition had been precluded from moving 4 t *94 | | true. (Order.) I was present last week for papers and witnesses, and investigating 4 |R f i k | and could not get a quorum. the irregularity. ~ B l f +i 45 | 1 ?II." WOOD--The hon. gentleman came Mr. MILLER advocated the reduction of E E e | half an hour late, and he calls that attend-- the quorum of committees. _ It might also | a :. k h ',7 | ance. be considered as inconvenient that the same a % ' ,'3.;.; | Mr. LAUDER--The cletk must have chairman should preside over two important ' f <y t . | made a mistake in not noting my presence '(J'mumlptcgs---l'mutmg and Public Accounts. # ¢ Te s | more than four times. lng{ l'rmtn}glColinmutcc had be}cn luhscsmon e eilig® | Mr. W Mnsd up to one o'clock to--day, and the chairman f f YCt | man onl_)?gtlt)en({fi;t t{:::'l:'efl:nhonf' gcn'flf- could not well be in two places at onc time. | 4\ ; | times, of swoenty l Theaccounts ought to be brought down earlier, * L f k 9 e and*perhaps a change in the commencement -- j f + e j | Trne;rs'"rg;'tz'tph}:'?i:é'IICI':!i does the hon. | of the fiscal year would hauve the desired re-- j s I Mr. WOOD--Fro n:;a s3 tes of tl ( 5y ¢ ' a *. --From the minutes of the L Af, PAKC an'A Hhak i i ix' «n : 2 ; 1 | C')mmlttee, and from the journals of the | ""A;Y'v < ]',("..N: f::.l!l (':::'. h"' "u.' 'l'lll-lnf' A('- ' F House. -- 'The hon. Sleman i h mts ( ').n"n.tln e went on with the busi-- ¢ 9 \ who finds gentlieman is the ont ness in the absence of the Opposition mein-- 4 | 0 nfl.s all the fault and makes all the Bers. they wou! us his imputatio \| | BE I complaints; and anticipating, and believy-- of nattiayihey" in ue weare moless ae s in ' I P § a ¢ I ing, and being almost certain that he would L X,- ".14],",' s i ts t tha i{l'.'%';"" 'L sA Tax i _1 P A | do so in regard to this Committee, I pre-- Pamarcls. anditing of the Accounts, MUL10! } ": | pared a calculation. * )"lt' ill"l'li')llll' days a (,mn'nl!'ut 1'(»|ll('l not be ' | ; 6A f dbtained in congequence of the absence of f a~ 7.' I Mr. LAUDER said that the Gov.crnmcnt ; mcmbers of the Ul,)!.(m}(.un. (Hear, hear.) | & | | h . M | had . packed the Committee during one | | 1t did not lie with them, theretore, to make ' §~ | session, and gave themselves a large majo-- | | the complaints they bad been making. He ' | . w6 \ rity. The present Treasurer was more was in favour of the fiscal year being made 4 Bs | willing to allow the fullest examination into | to end in September or October, so that the Ilh > . | the accounts than any of his predecessors | accounts for each year could be prcscnted h R | under the present Administration. The to the House at the first session, and each & K f Government at the present time had a year's accounts could be audited within f ' . .. e j majority of two to one on the Committce. proper time. i "/ e . ' Mr. WOOD--No! no! Only ten to Mr. HARDY pointed out that the hon. | ; ~ k | seven. member for Eagt Torcuto, who had been | o e | Mr. LAUDER contended that the mino-- complaining of there Loing no <>1fpur'ur,my | ~~ Aaale ( s rity was not to blame for non--attendance, to cross--examinec withesses before the Pub-- 8 s F4 ' F | but the majority. | lic Accounts C(,rlll'llllllt!.'!, had uttcndletl the MA ¥ ':;2 | Mr. WOOD said that the seven members y Ull'_".!f""h f'_f "";tl ' ':1"11:""'1_"' ouly £wice in { 0 ons i of the Opposition last year attended sixty-- MCC y(':mb: "'( CAF, LCR ") s f / + | five days, or an average of nine days each. Mr. sCOTT favogrcd the fiscal year being es s \ \The ten Government supporters had at-- endcd at a time which would allow the ac-- | ~ yarats . | | tended 143 days, or an average of fourteen counts for that year to be presented to the | ue s | days each,. 'This year the seven Opposition ' next gem;iun of the House. He thought the oge C 3 ; | | members attended 34 sitting, or an average | e0, nmitt «s were too large, as they divided & _ * >~~ | ' of fivxs each; and the ten Government | 1p.: atte.tion of the members, | * 1 | | supporters attended 94 sittings, or nine | M« _ IBSON said that on the days when | "') $ j | each, (Applause.) So it was not the Gov-- " th 's . member for East Grey (Mr. Lau-- | / I | ernment supporters who were to blame | qce. ~#Bs absent from the Public .»\.('c(-unts | ,{:' R E: \ because there were no quorums, | o wittee their business was 'rupndl_\' pro-- ' +/ t e | Mr. MEREDITH .pointed out that the ce .:c.' l with. (Ih-ur,'lzn-ur, and laughter.) 1 t j Opposition and other members were on the ué'agreed with the last speaker that the s BP -- -- wo Exemption Committee, discharging the committees were too large. I J K ' ' dutics which the Government ahould have Mr. WILLS thought the Public Accounts : ' f \ ' performed. Committee should be a small one, that it m | _ Mr. HARDY said the supporters of the shmfld be appointed at the opcm:z';' of r;ul-h s k l Government had been charged by the hon. parliament and last as long as the parlia-- ' | member for East Grey (Mr. Lauder), who ment. F A was trying to draw the charge back, with After some further discussion the motion § fe E having neglected the Committces, but he was carried. | < had to learn now that it was the Opposition NTONX 80 RECTINX® 3 t I which had abaudoned the Public Axcc-.;uu(s | UXION SCHOOLRCCILOUD: w | Committce. ' The House went into Committee on Mr. } | Mr. DEACON argued that the blustering ljrunlgs' Bill respecting Union School See-- course of the Government and the style of wous. | \ f ) its attack would prevent tuse Opposition The Rill was reported with one or two \| ; C from making any statements in the House, amendments. } " uo I He charactcrized the assertion by the Hon. | [ RDS [D TENXNANTS «f | Ireasures that the Opposition hn dYabandoucd LANDLORDS AND TENANTS. | | the Public Accounts Committce as being Mr. MOWAT said that -- the Government o false, (Order! order1) | did not intend to proceed with this Bill. It \ Mr. WOOD--I made no such statement, --| ;vasdilm(;mlvd lt(z be itn tlie :ntcn-:]ts both of ! \ m o % andlords and tenants, but as there were qCgEZEE'Ir):'A%?g;,I,,h?Ofin;l;)ee I:f:;rf:;"';'l some provisions in the Bill which might a c o lw y that the statement Hintd:s Pilirag with advantage be further considered, it order, I say tha e statement is untruc, was thought that the opinion of the country 4 (Order 1 order1) upon it shouid be ascertained. _ He moved % The SPEAKER--There is a parliamentary | therefore, that the order for the second read p way of expressing the denial, | ing of the Bill be discharged. l ¢ Mr. DEACON stated that he had been | | _ Nr. CAMERON concurred in the view ofi l most regular in attending the Committees | | the Attorney--General . of the House, and to--day was the first occa-- _ The motion was carried, and the order was s sion on which he had missed doing so, discharged. Mr. HARDY had not intended to appl mBnp nnheranrh am armmt ns $ his charge to the Opposition gencr:ullv]:r;'u{ | THE REVISED STATUTES. t certainly the hon. member for Renfrew (Mr, | Mr, MOWAT, in moving the second read-- y Deacon) :\n(! the hon member for West Hast-- ing of the Bill to make certain amendments |' ings (Mr. Wills) must be exempted . in the Revised Statutes, explained its vari-- T Mr. CAMERON reviewed the whole de-- ous provisions, The amendments in the Bill § bate, and argued that the fact that, in an. were in the order in which the Acts | 3 ticipation of complaints from the Oppo-- amended appeared in the Revised Statutes, B . sition, the Treasurer had provided himself and they were such as were expected not to § with a prepared calculation, was in itself a involve any difference of opinion. The ® proof that the Committee, from design, had first clause embodicd the resolution passed not been called. -- There had been no meet-- a couple of days ago to the effect that mem-- '3.;.» ' ' --1 L