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' sll:ould be i:uodugzi«;:. j fi:r.lmioggv;?:t | on the Sydney Exhibition. C there was not an 0 en | E s ment more useful to the people than that | thgs;;x:lp':l":fx wished to have a copy of f of Inspector of Division Courtg, Hg con-- . cA oo * Aj , [ sideted also that the Inspbcior of Registry } copy was ordered to be obtainea. Offices was an efficient officer, and as nearly Mr. G. B. Cowrzr, of the Woods and every citisen of the country held real \ EForests bx:anch, was ex&mi.ned as to a pay-- estate, and as the records of the same were |\ ment to him for extra services of $200. He f kept in the Registry Olfices, for a matter of explaimmed tbat. ho was pald. that sum for $2,000 it was not wise to do away with such work done by him in connection with con-- valuable inspection . ducting sales of timber .hmlts. !hat same | ts Mr. HMUNTER belicved it was a re-- amount had been paid to him on a cognized fact that there weroe irregularities similar occasion in 1872, While conduct. ' in the Division Courts, and the lnspector ing the sale the work in his oftice accumu-- was necessary, Considering the tact that lated, and on his return he h'ad been forcegl there were only torty registry offices in the | . to make such extra exertions aS to seri-- | Province, he thought the Inspector of those ously injure his health, 'The salary he was | offices was paid too much, paid was $2,000. + | \ The item was then cartied, The Com. Mr. Ross asked for an explanation as to 4 ! mittee rose and reported. § the expenses connected with the McQueen ' ; 'The House adjourned at 10;:30. _ investigation, $1,156 14. Mr. HMHarpx said the expenses were in. 1 NOTICES OF MOTION, curred in the investigation into charges | ---- against Judge McQueen, 'The Commission ' _ Mr, Fraser--On Monday next--Bill to was issued in 1876, and the Government | amend the Railway Act of Ontario, thought it was only proper that as the Mr. McCranoy--On Monday next--Bill to charges against Judge McQueen had been amend the Muni¢ipal Act respecting Har-- dismissed a proportion of the expenses < p bours, Docks, &¢. should be borne by the Government. The Also--Bill to amend the R. S. of 0., re-- prosecution, to a certain extent, was a pub-- specting Ditching Water Courses. lic one, and though the charges were dis-- Mr. Watterworth--Bill to amoud the missed certain irregularities had been Agriculture ard Arts Act. shown, and the Government bad thougbt it | Mr, Wood--Bill respecting payments in the public interest that a portion of the ; under 'the Municipal Loau Fund scheme expenses of the investigalion should be -- where Indians aro interested . borne by them. Mr. Curric--Bill respectivg the, sale of Mr. Mxrzoirx thought it strange that if ; land under mortgages. the investigation were a proper one that _ Mr. Springer--Bill to amend the Muni-- the Government should pay the expouses ' | cipal Act. s > 6 25 of both sides., -- He asked an explanation of | § Alsq--Luqmry of Ministry--Whether it the amount, $48 10, paid to Sneriff Perry in ' :; the intention of the Government to intro-- connection with the investigation. | ":'lx:r?t?ul«??:'ifiutf:;t'frmut; thtc pres'c;u(l.. gession Mr. Haroy said that the investigation ' * g aid to sugar beot mantlactories, _ had beon conducted before a regularly con-- | | _ Also--Enguiry of Ministry--Whether it 4 x i+ was m Cice un I | q nla A # stituted Court, and that it was necessary to is the intention of the Government to in. § [3 | troduce auritiy Alhe presée ol have the Sherifl in attendance,. \ | g the present session a mea <4 & sure to amend the Licenee Law, changing Mr. Mxn!{mm said it appeared %hnt the i ' the hours for innkeepers to clasc. expenses of the prosecutor had been eu.-- | i i it ies ts ie ies t ie e etecis virely borne by the Government. ; PARLIZMENTARY COMMITTIZEES3 Mr. Merszoiru wished to know how the i A-- s | sessional writers were appointed, and [ Loroxro, lith Pob, 189. | whether any individual who had been em. t yard o hmilats | ployed in this capacity had been paid for i |___PUBLIC ACcOUNTsS COMDITTIEE, _ | | services at a time when he was unot actual-- This Committoo met this morning. Pre--| | ly engaged. sont;~--Clarke (Wellington) in the chair, Mr. Ginrnwor, Clerk of the MHouse, said Wood, Striker, Perris, Marcoust, loss, Mer. that nominally the appointment of ses-- rick, Ballantyne, Hardy, Wills, Movedith,} sional writers> lay with him, but the Gibson . | practice was to appoint them on the Tho papers in counection with an item recommendation of members of the Govern-- of $1,%T25 25 for services and expenser re ment, Last year a writer named Fox, who ' Central Prison Commission were laid upou hbad been taken on the staff about the mid-- the table. dle of th'o sesta;ioul, had been paid for his ut & L services trom the beginning ot it. 4e un mg':;:z:';"i':"'r:'x'c'l for an explanation of | ' derstood, however, that he had been brought + es | to Foronto on the understanding that he | Mr. Haror said that a Commission had | | was to be e:mployed from the beginning of | been appointed by the Government aud' i the session, | sanctioned by the House for the settlement | f ai a i ven'l of a dispute between them and the Car| ;dc'fi::' t?flfig?:zt:o adjourned till eluen' Company as to the rates payable for prison { | $ mm } | a labour employ»d by the Company. The | | PRIVATE BILLS, : Government had selected as Commissionors | |__ In this Committee the Bill incorporating | Hon. Mr. Howland and Mr. Brockway and | | the village of Drummondville and the pre-- f Mr, Noxon. The Commission sat for a | | sent South Ward ot the town of Clifton was considerable time, during which it assum. i | passed, ed the proportions of an arbitration, taking | | _A Bill was submitted to provide for the evidence as to the rates that should be | incorporation of the Ontario Veterinar charged. The Commissioners had b«_:cu ' Medical Association, One clause of it a{ allowed $20 per day and their travelling proposed provided that none but those who expenses when visiting se:v_cr:_xl uxytllghO_'H{ wero regularly registered as members of the in the United States, which they did for Society should be allowed to practice as . the purpose of gaiuning . Jormation On yveterinary surgeons, or assume any title to E matlters sgimilar to those in dispuw. L{s- indicate that they were authorized to prac-- j a'jnafs :x.fu.dc.:r_ that head were included in tice as such, In opposition it was pointed e $1,725 25, out by the chairmain (Mr, Fraser) and others Mr. Ma:rrick said the accounts did not that the farmers living at a distance from appear in detail, and asked that the exami-- the county towns would suffer very serious § nation of the expenditure should stand injury if this were carried into effect, as until they could be got, there was hardly one of them that did not Mr. Haroxy explauined the remainder of assume to treat bhis own or his neighbours' the expenses connected with the Commis-- | horses or cattle for ordinary discases. | 'The sion. A shortband writer had been em-- | clause was therefore amended to prohibit ployed at a cost of $696 40, and the report | any but those regularly authorized to do so | had been printed at an expense of $501 95. | | assumi6g the title of graduates of the On. k | A large number of witnesses had been ex-- | ;;rlo To in College. Otherwise the | amined, each party paying for their own | s ill gius the Association the ordinary | witheests: j powers of an incorporated Society . | Further consideration of the item stood | 1t was resolved to ask for an extension l until the accounts in detail Were pwduccd. : i't'.&lmfi for 1-epprllng Private Bills vutil | _ Mr, Mrzazmicx asked for an explanation of | May, the 214t iustant. | the itoom. ©@Barber & Ellis, printing, Rresoeowmeneenteosean ces §$811 232." ' The Cftamarax said that that expense was incurred for the printing of the pamphulet @