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I _ _ .. "may -------_ Moxmr. March 10. The Speaker took the chair at three o'clock. FIRST READINGS l Mr. MOWAT-Bill to amend the. statutes or l l enacting the establishment of municipal insti- I tutione in the district of Algoma. Mr. MoWAT---Bill to amend the statutes re- spectiin'r Masters and Servante' Act. THIRD READINGS. The following bills were read a third time P- Respecting the Ginonoquo & ltidenu Railway codpsny.---Mt) Sills. To emisolidate the debt of the town ot 1wantsrston.--Mr. McKlm. To authorize the corporation of the town of Strath- my to purchase certain lands therein for a pub. lie tremistery.--Mr. Ross (Middlesex). Respecting I tho Yorkville Loop-Lino Railway 13ornpan.r-- l l Mr. Ferris. Respecting o certain briaw of the l ' town of Trentou.--Mr. Sill". To incorporate , I the Silver Brook Tramway Compauy.---Mr, Gib. _ l Son (ILunilton). _ i PRIVATE BILLS. l The House in Committee reported thefollowin;t I . bills ..---To amend the Acts respecting the Na. l prince River Improvement Company. -- Mr. . Wilmot. lt esprit-ting the fit. Catharines and "Niagara Central llailwov Company.--OIr. Neolon. Relating to the, municipality of Nor-b- irw.--Mr. Lyon. To amend the Act to transfer the securities of the Anglo-Uniindmii Mortgage Company to the thnnirun tiecucities Company.-- Mr. Gibson (lliiiiiiitoii.) Respecting the Hamil. ton and Dundns Street Railway Company. -Mr. Awroy. To incorporate the Toronto, Hamilton, & Buffalo Railway Company.--). Hound. To authorize the Supreme Court of J udututare for Ontario to admit Dolos lingual: l).wm'to practise no a solicitor.--). Balfour. To incorporate the Toronto Tenement Building Associatiou.--Mr. Buduerow. RECTORY SA LE ACT. The bill to ainrnd the Synod and Rectory Sales Act, affecting the, Diocese of Toronto. was read the second time. _ ANOTHER WORLD'S SHOW. Mr. RUSS (Hmon), in reply to Mr. WHITE said it was not the intention of the Government toiiialco ruch arrangements as will enable this Province to be rvprmomtt d by way of promoting on exhibit of thi- uroducts of the Province at the Wornd's Industrial ond Cotton Centennial Expo- sition ut New (ii-leans. l LICENSE DUTIES. '; Mr. PRESTON asked whether the Govern. , ment intend to collect m future, as in the poet. through their license officials, a. revenue from ' tuoncuwtlities in which no licenses are issued,and i W.'rere the Dunkin Act is in force, in aid of the 1 license fund of the distinct in which said munici- ' politics are situated. Mr. HARDY said the question was founded on :i ttiruwwupuennim, as no revenue was derived _ ii no municipalities where the Dunkin Act we _ ii. force except in Storinont. in which were ex- ', cepttoual circumstances. i THE TORRENS SYSTEM. J , ir.Fa1tM.hTlh'G Ell. moved that in the opinion , of lllls House a system of land tr.msfer and regis- trot .on similar to that known as the 66 Torrens " : sys'ein is muted to the requirements of this Pro- l Vince, and should be introduced upon no optional ', or voluntary basis therein. He proceeded to 1 men t the present system. and gave l many illustrations of the tidfiemtiee expe- riench in obtaining: a good title, even i oft-m it lied been ascertained that the recistry i office entries were all richt. Notwithstanding: there i was a "(hunting Titles Act," the trouble was it I would not remain quieted, and it was proposed to keep the title perfect from the time that it was pronounced perfect. He proceeded to remark _ that it had been adopted in the Australian 1 colonies and British Columbia, He stated by " the opcration of the Act that in the Australian ; colonies on insurance or guarantee fund amount. E inc to.'?1,5.'00,000 had been formed. It had been , obj :ted that the coat of brink"; land under the Act would be large, bat in Ausiiiilio it had been mum! to vary from £3 to S20. After stating that a syn 'ttl similar had been advptpu' in England, he quoted Lord Coleridge. Lord Selborne, and others in favour of the Torrens system. t i F It being six o'eioek the' Speaker left'the chair. ' AFTER RECESS. Mr. ERMATINGER resumed his address in l support of his motion, He did not think the' lawyers would stand in the way of such a reform. Their revenues would not be so largely affected. There would be an increased activity in the real estate market if the Torrens System woe adopt. ed. The system he thought should be introduc- ed on nu optional or voluntary basis. TH: GLOBE had advocated the system tor the Nortlr.West Territories, and he thought that neWspniier had when the right stand with reference to the ques- tion. He from: a list of financial societies and council; w tich had petitioned in favour of the system. He moved his rtsolytion. Mr. WHITE seconded the resolution and expressed bis approval of tho system. Mr. BAlftllillUW spoke in iovour of the sys- tem. It mattered not, who would suffer by the introduction of the Torrens System if it was in the interests of the public. There were, no doubt, difficulties in the way, and he thought they should consider the question fully before takinzony action. He cited n number oicases