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P Cc for that time. He also charged the Educationalf;p Dspartment with uanecessary extravagance. Hs. G rPT A P\? 1¢ 1 closed by saying that it was not consistent wi;ht \YD \' i T!'Ll yr\If 4 v 4 ) honest dealing that they should call on the C * K n vassaeroe e twararenane en eeenneenaiemmemmmeny en | Dominion Government for financial aid, thlll' o um #o 1fi J 1 11 | causing the Dominion Government to increase ; aUMT ) 1 4 'lSi A['Ui h \ | taqation, and at the same time use *' High Tax-- ' OP"" 1 !_j ] ad \ ation " as a hand'e against them to secure the ... I "01\?* "{Iflxfi p'lol)plo iIuIeiuction campaign. " gesntus unssyc * Mr, MoLAUGHLIN moved the adj 6@ ry y Ana "fe fose ""Tu0 : g Fifth Parliamont--3econd Sos-- ( 45 * 4 e House ac!)oume .4.!;'_ ® & sion. aentrmmmemnstctsaten rsienicacamets (By Our Owa L;gp«)l':.OI'S ) Friday, Fsb. 13. ; The following is a repro luction of the part of ITon. A. M. Ross) fAnanciaigetatement relerring | to the Land Imrpovement Faad, in the report ot which printed on @uiurd sy Abs Ogures Arere )96 i inaccurately :-- LAND IMPROVEMENT FUND, | I _ The Land Improvement Fund was established ' by 16 Vic., chap. 39. l"')' "'E""" Act "\_'",'1".":"'" ")f ' |t'w procs ds of raies of Common mthuol lancs | were set apart for local ln_qn'-vnm'mtn in the locas i lires where the lands sold wore situate, By the | same Act on »fifth of the sale« of (,r.»wn\'!'.' ".d' 1 wore set ap rt for the same purpose. In 18b ) '- | | Order m Couneil, this Fund was poe M C xo | | so far as future sw'les wiore concerli 2d, but the | | b fore imentioned roportions of coliections Of ' | saies made be w. en 1853 a: d 1861 wero stll to be I credited to tins Fund, -- Statements ubimitted by the Doininion, at the arbitration bet ween u* | tarco and Queb c, showed tnat :l':- one quar -.r of the c )1 lands so colleclea a in ounted ) | $124,.0685 18, and the one--nitu of similar Col@c-- | tions from Crown Lauds to $101,171 By th | award the Land Improvement Fand was dec atr: e | to be an asset of the Provine» of UOntarno, but did no. st.to what the amount of th t Fund was, Whichever it was it belonged to Ontarto, _ 1290 Arbitritors Laving decided hat Quebec was entitled to share in the proceeds of the Comimen School lands, it was necessary that they s200/" take into account the claim that Ontario bad {or Land Improvement Fund in those lands, aunu they _ directed, that bofore making _ the division between Ontlario and Quebec sum -- of $124,685 18 should 1 deducted from the Cominon School Fund and credited to the Land Tmprovement Fund, and it was on'y in thi« way thaut any airect reference was in 1e to the €121 . 'Tney inads no special referenco to the $101,171, t vere not called upan to do so. Phey simply deciared that the Land Improves ment Fund was to be an asset of Ontario without deciaring what that Cund was or what it con» sisted of further than that the $124,68 owas to be a portion of it. 'Those who mad it the Doim-- inion accounts had evidentally been misled into R supposing that this $124,0685 was the w hole amount of the fund, and had overlooked the amount accrued from Crown Lands. 1 the same principles govern bo. "'1.') were buth provided for by the same Act, and the one is as much a liability of the late Province of Canada is the other, but the fact that the $101,171 is not specefically given in the award may have led the Prov * !','1"l' o to dispute is liem. ALl uc meeting in Vct ber the Treasuri 1 YQQaabec 1« fused to assont to that sum being p aced to tue c.ed.t of Ontario unatil he saou.d ha i ODpore tunity of dissussing the maiter with his Aitor-- ney--General. The item is thcrefore still unset. tied. But Ihave not the shadow of a doubt that when it comes to be discussed, Ontamio will be able to maintain its claims® on behaifi of the miunicipalities to this $101, 171.