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"i e se i as had been asserted, ~--_ settled recently in Essex. Mr. LAUDER objected to keeping an agent in England to do work that ought to be done by the Domiaion agents. Mr. MLLLER said an amount even larger than this should not be objected to. Friends of gentlemen opposite had before the late general election spoken against immi-- gration. He did uot understand that t_hero was any reason why immigrants should not be induced to come into the country, for there was a large country to be settled. In the districts of Muskoka and Parry Sound they had room and good lands to locate a million people. There had been hard times in the front, but people haa been flocking into theso places; and not a word bhad been said about the depression, If he bad his way, he would have pamphlets well printed and nicely bound in every hotel in Europe, giving information about the Province. e believed that an agent should be maintained in London, and others | in other cities in Europe. 'IThe London Times bad spoken of the buffalo roaming over the plains of Muskoka, and of Winani-- peg being somewhere uear Bracebridge, It was this style of informatiou that he would do his best to correct. MMr. BARR thought the most of the emi. «rauts brought to Shis ovuulty wers uot of the class best fitted for farm life, and there. fore the expenditure had been to some ¢ex.-- tent unwise . 'The item was carried. _The House adjourned at 11:05 . Cmm mmmmmnoummemammnmeememmemmemmeemnts PUBLIC ACCOUNTS COMMITTEE. ' | Toroxto, Feb. 20. | This Committee met this mornuing, Present : -- Clarke (Weltington), in the chair ; Harcourt, Ross, Striker, Wood, Fer. § ris, Wills, and Hardy, \ Mr. A. G. Hill, Provincial Police Magistrate at Clifton and Fort Erie, was called and gave evidence as to the necessity of maintaining a police force there. Hoe had superintend. ence of the torce ,there, which consists of a chief and three constables. 'The prin. cipal duties performed by the force were A the keeping in order of the hackmen, the 3 protection of tourists trom exorbitant charges and 'robbery, the watching of the many notorious characters who come from w the other side, and the detection of crimi-- > nals attempting to escape from Canada by way of Suspension Bridge. 'The force was in employment continuously in sum-- mer when the travel was great, but had not so much to do in winter. 'The chief of the force received $2 25 per day, the next in authority $2, and each of the others $1 50, besiges being uniformed at the expense of the Province. Mr. Ross asked whether the force could not be with advantage reduced during the winter and increased again in the summer. Mr,. Hit said that the force was not too large at any time, as exceptional work might require to be done at any moment, and if any of the men were discharged dur« ing the winter they could not be obtained again in the summer, thus necessitating the continual engagement of new aud un. tried men. Mr. Haroy asked whether the constables did any work in the interior of the county that ought properly to havre been perftorm. by the county officials. Mr. Hiuc said they sometimes did, but only in cases of emergency, and when ap-- | plied to. Mr, Harox said he desired to impress upon Mr, Hill the necessity of allowing the county to do its own constabulary ser-- vice, and not to permit the expense of work of that descriphon to bs thrown anon | the Proviuce. t