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¢ Renammmmmmees____... annn ons ns omm mmni in mm memeninnmmenmen ns » 3 Ministry to give them the correct facts. Ac--| ONTAR'O LEG' S LATU RE. cording to his contention there was no surplus, | P and their available assets were nothing like | y mm n k io . they were stated to be. If they had all this i F FOURTH PARLIAMENT--SECOND SESSION-- hard cash onhand, how diditcome the Treasurer | < bevpmpmmnnenemenmamerapement had to sell $5,000,000 in bonds? These bonds / Tugspay, Feb. 1. were a portion of the revenue, and whien these i The Speaker took the chair at 3 o'clock. _were1 disposed o:lt:eri \\Ir:xuld "Fh : lf:r;esp;nd- 'n f yop ts ing decrease in the revenue. nks were ! The followin I;i"'f:igxf's)i?.re presented :-- legding mongy t.olthe (iover%;nent s;t f{)&xrl per : * o C riei! -- . ir deposits. They sho ray 6 Mr. Calvin E.Uf the County Council of 23;;;3031;:)!:01\32 when the_er' wer:: gett?n:r§ EFrontenae; also a petition . of the V llll:;f,,'lt; interest at 5 per cent. upon them,. They / Counecil of Portsmouth, praying that the t would be clearing one per cent. Adverting to | before the House réspecting the closure' O 4* the Agricultural Commission, it was not a non-- ' road allowance between iingston and Ports-- partisan affair, as had been alleged. The Con-- mouth may not pass. f servatives were never approached in reference | Mr, Ferris--Of the Viilage Council of Hast-- | to the matter, and the inost notorious Re--| ings for certain amendments to the Assessment | formers were alone consvited. He had not i Act respecting the taxation of dividends seen what would go into the report, and could | Mr. Graham--Of J. Coolnoy and others, of | not controvert the statement that it would be ; Logan, for certain amendments to the Ditches | a valuable report, still he did not believe it | and Watercourses Act. § 2| would. Speaking of the Agricultural College, | Mr. Ross, of Robert Currie and nth(:l'}. ol i he thought that many young men would be | the township of East Wawanosh ; also of Thos. kept out from the College in consequence of | Taylor and others, of Hast Wawanosh. Mrc. the establishment of the entrance fee of $50, i McLaughlin, of township of Darlington ; It would not in his opinion augment the income Mr. Calvin, of TownshipCouncil of Storring-- of the College. In reference to the pmposed' ton--for the abolition of market fees. grant of $6,400 to the Central Prison, this insti-- | Mr. Harkin, of Thomas Gregg and others, tution was becoming more and more expensive of Vankleek Hill; Mr. Calvin, of F. W. every year, and in his opinion this money should | Dodds and others, of Portsmonth--for certain mtr[',,e voted to them. ; amendments to the License Act respecting the Mr. YOUNG did not propose to occupyl hours of closing hotel bars. much time because no new arguments were ad-- s RETURXNS. g:iced bly tl}'ie Opp?sltlou. 'J:h:y §;-lxe<l to keep l y iv ore the House the one point with reference \'c?tl:x:sgl'}i:{t? ¥ preseuted a return relative to to the surplus. It appeared to him that the { # s 5/s hon. gentlemen were hard to satisfy if they ! FIRST READING. werenotsatisfied with the statement oi the Trea-- Mr. GIBSON (Hamilton)--A Bill to amend ; surer. _ With less modesty the Treasurer might I the Liquor License Law. | ll;:;'e dwelt nponf th'e fact th;;t"'t the treveuuc had | INTERPLEADER. | n in excess of the expenditure to an extent ( On motion of Mr. Hardy the Bill respecting | ',',f:;'ez,f;,t";?efi"%m':.':;;ii.;f{""t?;!, ooo de: | {:it:fr glceaitlfx:t;'c;rbl:e;{lllr allfi-sx':iqul'l%f t.'c':'fm?:feffiis | ceipts from Crownu Lands to show the "aie suveet pesare |-- | e hages T hm m is Aoond The debate on the Budget was resumed by Policy done for the lumbering trade ? Mr. FERRIS, who pointed out that no one Mr. PARKHILL said that Ts GromBe had on the other side of the House had ever at-- contended that the N. P. would ruin the lumber-- tempted to say that the million and a half ap-- | meu by raising the price of oats and rough propriated by the Sandfield Macdonald Gov-- | grain, but the N. P. left oats as cheap to--day erninent for railway aid should have been as ever. (Loud laughteor.) taken from the surplus. If the trust funds Mr. YOUNOC was quite as well pleased to were not part of the surplus as contended by have the argument of the oats used against the hon. memelaers opposite then it left the Govern-- j N. P. Tfi oats and rough grain had not ad-- ment at liberty to take away an equal amouut | vanced in price, then what became of the from the annual revennue to augment the sur-- | firmer who was to be so much benefitted by the plus, so that they had after all the same result. | National Policy ? (Applause.) This was per-- 'l'll?)' should remember that thr:y !l;l(l a xzegervc H h&pi a (11'&)'65510", but' hOl'l. gcutlglnen opposite source of revenue from timber limits sufficient, | had dragged the subject into the debate. The did they choose to draw upon it, to enable expenditure of ayoung country was of necessity them _ to _ discharge | all their liabilitics always increasing as the country grew, and it was to the municivalities without making a draft a pleasing fact as presfeuted by the Treasurer upon the surplus. Hon. geatlemen referced to that they had a considerable sum of surplus Sandiield Maedonald as the father of economy, revenue. That was that the ord]nary ex-- * Int the House knew -- that when John penditure f;:r the year had been $280,000 less Sandficldl Macdonald was stripped of oflice than the ordinary revenue. (Hear, hear.) He that hon. gentleman, into whose nostrils he was pleased to find that the surplus at the had breathed the breath of political lh!v',)do'.'- P)res'."j tnus, (:-:ntr;wf\' to 'lu: expea,;)tfan:!nlg; serted him and relegated him to the back showed a decrease from last year of only enches. -- (Hear, hear.) The reference, there-- $79,000. The hou. member who had just re-- :':nf::l:hd rot sound \'('r)" well coming from hon. sumed l.xis seat had said that there was no gentlemen opposite, because they had repadi-- surplus in existence. They probably belonged ated the leadership of Mr. Macdonald. His to the sect of philosophers who believed that hon. friend (Mr. NXl»x'x"isb hf.'\d said ftly;xb there xl}oti:ing .\;aixosl':.\l'.u :fi::l;:ix:ieg::;z:l;:l;ltrt;:t l ras a hbalance of trade in favour of the coun: unds. V . in= ;'l'l:'ifl:l' the first time in many years. -- But terest, were a portion of the surplus, and it would his hon. friend tell him when there had was merely a quibble to say that trese funds ever been a balance of trade in favour of the wcmflnut; availabie, for it was 1;;\.11_ asscit .t'uely country ? coul use at any time rey -- desired. Mr. MORRIS--If there never was a balance These funds were placed on the Pub-- of'lt.mde in our favour before, it is all the lie Accounts of -- the Dmmmoq "as a greater ground for congratulation for the pros-- liuh:l:t_\v',. a'ml that was good proof of t}xfxr perity now. t ownership by the Provinee of Ontario. The Mr. -- FERRIS-- Then my hou,. friend railway linbility which hon. gentiemen wished would argue that they nover had 4 a i.}) taiuptn,;tll,'.e L{ml l;)ll;wftlugmuib n!iliealssu)rléllall\:q. iod _ of rosperity in -- this _ country iat was done then they should : ake {)Silnow. \\'.!:s llxis h)on. friend prepared to the anticipated revenue with which to meet Ems argue that? He wished to impress upon the liability and capitalize it, n_s'the Act lox;gr':m...xfn;r House that the system of bookkeeping of the aid to these railways provided expressly for the hon, gentleman opposite regarding the ~1surplnfl Y;ynwnf'ofl grauts out otftn;--' yearly ;'_«iv'en:x;}. ras entirely fallacions. It was searcely rea-- 1e would deprecate any further considerable ;'L:xsable for hon. gentlemen to say that the Gov-- i draft on the cash sm'plus in ghc ['rv:a._.;ury,' for erument had no surplus. He held that the | the grant to the Ontario Pacific Sunction Rail-- finances of the Province were at least in as | way would leave but little actual cash on l.m.ml. healthy a comiition as they were at the time | He would like the hon. gentleman opposite to of the administration of the Hon,. John Sand: | titke a more hopeful view of the ailairs of the field Macdonaid. | Provinee. . . i 45 s ¢ Mr. WHITE contended that the present | _ Mr. METCALFE could not bring himself Atimrinistmtion was less economical tiv':m the | to believe that the statement immade by Sandfield Macdonald Government had been. { the hon,. gentleman _ could be eorroct. He claimed that if the true condition of the He tll()llghl" hl:'lt the ar:'_;m!uantq of the finances was known it would be found that hon. member for North Grey had not been fully | there was a deticit. He thought the increased unsw'?wd. He c()11t<su1lf:"} that t:xe:_-\:poml_nt;lru | prosperity was due to the National Policy, had increased since 1873, Alluding to the | although it was denied by hon. members on the the Teachers' Superannuation Fund, he w as of | other side of the House. It was important opinion tfu}t the fund should _P:c cr'mtnnmcl. | that -- the p('o[;fle should have a correct Speaking of the :}l'.c;,;e'nl surplus, it had not been | statement of the finances of the. coun-- proved to him that there was a sm'plus at all, | try, and it _ was the duty of the aithough he would be glad to tind that he was |