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/ Moxpay, March 17. The' Spéaker took the chair at eleven o'clock. THIRD READINGS, The following bills were read a third time ;:-- B.'poet,ing co--operative assuciations, joint stock companies, benevolent societies, and other cor-- porations--Mr. Mowat, To amend the Act re-- lrooting ditchss and water courses--Mr, Waters, or the relief of the Venerable Alexander Dixon and others--Mr. Morris 'Fo amend the Acts respecting the Napinee River Improvement Company--Mr. Wilmot. IN COMMITTEE. The House went into Committes, with Mr. | Baxter in the chair, on Mr. Chisholm's bill toz muthorize the Corporation of the 'Town of Orance-- | ville to purchase land for a postoffice site, The bill was reported without amendment. | UNIVERSITY STATE AID. ' Mr. GIBSON ¢Hamilton) moved for a return of all communications between the Senate of the ; Uuiversity of Toronto and the Government on ; the subject of turther Btate aid to the University. ! In support of his motion, he suid he was not at | all desirous that the question should be discussed '| at the prosent time with the view of ascertainiug or cominitting the House to an opinion on the subject of granting further State ard to the Uni-- versity. All the hon. members were aware that such an application had been made, _ They were | aware of the proceedings which had been i taken by the Senate leading up to this application and must also be aware of the very long controversy which had engaged the atten-- tion of the press for months past, The subject was one of great importance, and had been ably discussed by those who proposed that further aid ' should be alforded the University, as well as by | those who had taken the opposite ground, oppos-- | ing State aid to one university, and by those | who hbad the ground that if further | State aid was afforded the Uani-- | versity of Toronto, | the claims of other : Uauiversities in the Province were equally deserv-- ing of recognition, and that further aid should be afforded to them. It was well known that during the past month or so suggestions had been made regarding the matter of federation of the univer-- sities by those interestod in these institutions, | and while there was the slightest possibility of | what had been suggested taking atangible shape he did not think it desirable for Jm | House to plunge this question into the arena of political discussion,. He wished it to be understood that he moved his motion simply to briug down the report and copies of the various papers which had been transmitted to the t Government by the University authorities, which | would show to somse extent the basis of claim which the University authorities made for State mid. This was not the first time he had stood up in this House and called atten-- tion pubncty to the demand that had been felt in the Univer--ity for further assistance. It was not the first time that he had called at-- tention to the fact that while the number of stu-- dents bad doubled and trebled_ during the past ; ten or fifteen years, the staff in the Uni-- | versity remained sbout the same as it did fiftcen or twenty years ago. The object of his maotion would be served if he could induce the hon, mein-- bers of the House betweennow and the nextsession to devote a little attention to University imat-- ; term -- It was one of the three stages of our edu ; eational systemm which, he thought, deserved a little more attention on the part of members of | this House than it had hitherto recerved. Our ; Public School system was the first stage, the High Schools the second, but while the University was | the third, this higher educational system t had been left to-- take care of _ itself, | 'The question would undoubtedly have to be | dealt with in the near tuture, and the motionj which he expected to be carried would serve a | useful fixrpose. | Mr. MORRIS was in favour of the motion, Some time ago he had suggested that the views of the authoritiee of -- outlying _ colleges should be ascertained with -- reference . to the question of federation of the colieges. He asked the hon. gentieman to add the follow-- ing words to his motion after the words "*Uani-- versity of Toronto " :--**Or the authorities of any | other university or any other person." 1 Mr. ROSS (Middlesex) explained that he had ' received no official communications from any other univorsities with reforence to _ the question enggested by his hon. friend from East '?oronto. He (Mr. Ross) had received papers from the Senate of the University of Toronto, in which the aid desivred wus very clearly stated. | These | papers would be brought down immediately. He | was not sorry that his hou. triend from Mamil-- !a ton had moved his motion and called the atten-- | tion of the House to this question. _ If the j Public and High Schools of the Pruvinco' were going to do good work, the teachers ! must receive the stimulus which the Uai-- l versity gave them. They could give their | attention duriag the recess to this question, and | see if they could not moeet next session with more | mature judgiment as to what had better be done | > under the circuiastances, -- He would bring down the papers without delay. Mr. fiORRIS said if the hon, gentleman would giave hiin the assurance that there was no other | comsgondenca such as desired by his amend-- | ment he would withdraw it. Mr. ROSS--I have no other papers. 1 Mr. FERRIS explained that there bad been & | wide discussion in the newspapers, and the only |