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Respecting the Brockville Mutual Build-- ing Society--Mr. Cole. To incorporate the Waterloo, Wellington, and (Gicorgian Bay Railway Company--Mtr. Springer, To amend the General Road Compaunies' fAct--Mr. Sexton, Respecting the Water--Works of the town of Port Hope--BMr, Rosevear, To extend the powers of the Hand.in-- Mand Mutual Fire Insurance Company-- Mr. Harcourt, To incorporate the Loyal Orange Associa. tion of Ontario West and the Loyal Orange / To extend the boundary line of the town of Ingorsoll--Mr. Crooks. To amend the Municipal Act--Mr. Sex-- ton . To authorize the sale of certain lands in the village of London East, heretofore known as the Mcthodist Cemctery--Mr. Mevedith . Respocting the debenture debt of the London and Port Staulcy Railway Com-- pany----Mr, Meredith, To repeal the Actrclating to the Queens-- ton and Grimsby Road--Mr, Meredith. To amend the Building Societies' Act-- Mr. Bethune. "Fo amend the Jurors' Act----Mr, Sexton. Respecting the Georgian Bay and Wel-- lington Railway Company--Mr, Hunter, Respecting the Lake Simcos Junction Railway Company--Mr. Lauder. "To amend the Acts reiating to the Brant. ford, Norfolk, and Port Burwell Railway Company--Mr, Wilson,. Rolating to the Hamilton and North. Western Railway Company--Mt. Williams, Respecting the municipality of Shuniah ~--lir, Lyon (Algoma), To incorporate the Brantford Street Rail-- way Company--Mr., Mervedith, To incorporate the town of Mount Forest «=--Mr, McGowan, % To amend the Act authorising the Church-- wardens of St. James' Cathedral, Torouto, to issue debentures--Mr, Bell. To incorporate the Industral Exhibition Association of Toronto--Mr. Bell. Respocting the Whitby, Port Porry, and Lindsay Railway Company----Mr. Paxton. Respecting an agreement entored into between the City of Brantford and the CGrand Trunk Railway Co.--Mr. Deroche, To logalize certain tax sales in the eounty of Kenfrew--Mr. Deacon . Respecting certain property in the town of Puterboro'--Mr,. Scott. Respecting the Port Hope Harbour Com-- pany --Mr. Rosevear, To consolidate the debt of the county of Middicsex--Mr. Tooley. Respecting Billing's Bridge, and to legal-- izeo the transfer thereof to the Ottawa Road Company--Mr, Monck, To enable the county of Carleton to sell certain lands in the city of Ottawa--Mr. Mouck. To legalize a certain by--law of the town of Strathroy --Mr, McCraney. To revise and amend the Act incorporat. ing the Ontario Mineral Railway Company «----Mr,. Deroche. Respecting tho Yorkville Loop Line Railway Company--Mr. Lauder, Mr. DBRROCHE presented the first report of the Committee on Standing Orders,which was adopted, * To extend the limits of the Towa of Walkorton--Mr. Sinclait. The following Bills were introduced and raad the first time :-- FHIRD PARLUAMENT--FOURTH SESSION, ONTARIO LEcisLATuRE. _ Lecarsuartys Asszxueny, * January 28. The Speaker took the chair at 3 o'clock. Prayers were read by Roev. J. D. Cayley, REZORTS, R INTRODUCTION OF BILLS. Mr. Sinclair--On Thursday next--lIn-- «quiry of Ministers :----Whether it is the in-- tention of the uovernment, now that the arbitration is finally settled, to apportion and distribute without delay, to the muni. cipalities entitled to it, the sum of $124,-- 685 18, being amount of the Upper Cavada RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES FoR 1878. PR Mr, MEREDITH asked when the abstract of the receipts and expenditures for 1878 would be brought down, Mr, MOWAT moved the ad, the House, Tho House adjourned at 3:45 Mr, MOWA'T said that in the absence of his hon. friend the Treasurer he was not able to state the exuct time, Association of Ontario East--Mr. Merrick. Mr. MEREDITIH--Is it proposed to ex-- tond the ballot ? Mr, CROOKS replied in the negative. 'The Baill was read a first time. EAST KENT LICENSE INSPEC POR, Mr, HARDY--In answer to the quostion asked yesterday by my hon, friend the mem-- ber for London in regard to the License In-- gpector for East Kent, I may say that no appointmn:ents have been made this year to the position spoken of, and that none will be mado so long as the individual indicated continues in the position of Reeve, CcarRDWELL LIQUOR LiCKNSES, Mr. FLESHER moved for an order of the House for a statement showing in detail the total amount received by the License Com. missioner of Cardwell for tavern and shop ticenses and fines for infringement of the licenso laws during 1878, Also, to show in «detail all payments out of the License Fund of Cardwell since the 1st of May, 1878, the person or persons to whom, and the author. ity on which, such payments were made, and the amount of the palance on hand on the 1st day of January last.----Carried. To further amend the Act incorporating the' Hamilton Gas Light Company--Mr. Williams. To incorporate the Prudential Lite Insur-- ance Company of Ontario--Mr. Williams, To incorporate the Ontario Steam and Heating Company--Mr. Williams. Respecting the property of the congrega-- tion of St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church, Almonts--Ar. Fraser, o Respecting the Whitby and Bobcaygeon Extension kailway Company--Mr, Eaxton. REPORTS AND RETURNS, Mr. HARDY presented the report of the Bchool of Practical Science, and the pros-- pectus of the course of instruction therein ; the report of the Depository Branch of the Educational Depariment ; the statement of the Bursar otf _ the University of Woronto -- and Upper Carada Col-- lege _ of the cash . transactions for the ycar ending the 30th June, 1878 ; the report of the distribution of the Revised Statutes of Ontario and thes Sessional Sta-- tutes ; and the eleventh annual Report of Asylums, Prisons, and Public Chatities, THE SCHOOL LAW, Mr. CROOKS introduced a Bill respecting Public, Separate, and Migh Schools, Me said it contained three prominent features, viz., it extended the franchise, provided for & less expensive mode of holding school elections, and made provision tor placing checks on the expenditure on capital account both for Public and for High Schools. These chechs would be in the vote of the rate. payers in certain cases, and in others the councils of cities and towns would have a tertain discretion in complying or not with the demands made upon them from time to time by School Boards, 'The Bill also;con. templuted remedying some defects which experience had shown to exist in the law as it now stood, lie would make fuller ex-- fih;.lnatious on the second reading of the ill , To incorporate the Suowdon Iron Mining and Blast Furnace Company--Mr, Williams, 'Fo amend chapter 84 of the Revised Sta-- tutes of Ontario--Mr, Sexton. To amend chapter 174 of the Revised Statutes of Ontario, respecting municipal institutions--Mr. Scott, NOTICES OF MOTIOx MOWAT moved the adjournment of