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* 'Yok 7 | law this was unavoidable, as it threw a part ; e of the costs upon the Province at large, -- 1 Mr. LAUDER thought this am?uut ' e <=L should be protested against, as the (,our't | J had been often adjourned without good | . O reason, thus throwing this large bill upon _ the Province. | i The item was carried. I P | With regard to the item $7,675 for mis-- | i ccollancous justice, after some enquiries, | Mr, MEREDITH desired to know if theI || | Government intsnded still to support the M lpnlicu magistrate and policcmen for the M town of Clifton. | | _ Mr. MOWAT esplained that these | | officers would still be employed, as this be.-- i ing so near the Niagara Falls, a place of | | Provincial importance, and one where very l | many visitors from all other countries con-- x ! gregated, it was to the interest of the Pro. vinte to see that justice was strictly admin-- TE | istered and order well maintained, Since | the appointment of these officers the state & 2} of aflairs there had been relieved from the * disgraceful condition into which they had fallen, and several notorious gangs of crimi. nals who had made the place a rendezyous ' had been broken up, | The itom was carried. | With regard to the item $385,282 for the 1 | Toronto Insane Asylum, t | _ Mr. WOOD said that the office of Assist-- Th ant Engineer had been done away with, t | because the water was now pumped to the N ; 5| Contral Prison and Asylum by the same t engine, Also, that by the consent and I @9 | assistance of members on both sides of the | House, the cost of beer, wine, and spirits $ had been reduced from $1,850 last year to $900 in the present year. The item was carried. : With respect to the item $104,116 for the ' é Asylum at London, Mr. WOOD explained that owing to the opening of the refractory ward, and the in. I crease of the number of patients, a larger stail of attendants was necessary ; also, the appointment of a third assistant physician. Savings had been effected in the item of fuel and other particulars. ' Mr. MERRICK opposed the appointment of a third assistant physician on the ground that such an oftice was not necessary. 'The | y cost of maintaining the public institutions ' ] was growing very large, and the strictest l economy was necessary. | Mr, HARDY claimed that virtually there was no increase, for in To-- 1 _ _ronto they were three medical attend. | ants upon 670 patients, and in Lon-- 3 C don there were 850 patients, 120 of whom were in the refractory ward, in a separate R building from the main institution. Over { {his ward the former assistant physician T had been placed at the same salary ($800), | and a gentleman appointed to replace him ¥ | at asmaller salary ($600). e _ __|_ Mr, DEACONgasked if theso physicians ' 1 | gave their whole time to their dutics in | ' E | the asylum. | | Mr, WOOD replied in the affirmative. | | | Mr. PRESTON said it was not necessary | lto bave so many medical men for these { patients. Me instanced the Toronto Hos-- | pital, which he claimed was superintended by one man. : Mr. WILSON thought before such ap. pointments as this were made the House 4 should have information of the reasons for | ¥ making them, | Mr. FERAIS quoted from a calculation |he had made to show that medical atten-- * Idance in London cost $5 10 per patient, i which was less than in any other asylum in the Province. | ]; The item was cartied. ' ¥ The House adjourned at 10;54. El NOTICES OF MOTION. i Attorney--General--On Wednesday--Bill ; | ig, p; to provide for the administration of justice | | |yrgl itn the northerly and westerly parts of On-- li ario, | d J' Mr. Ferris--On Woednesday next--In-- l" ' jeq quiry of Ministry--Whether it is the in. 11 tention of the Government to put a sum in ': 3 the Supplementary Estimates for the pur-- E* pose of removing such dams or works on | m'; the River Trent as may on investigation be l i found to be no longer of public utility,