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f & t . x half yearly, or until such time as the Domini-- [ ;::s p'::l.tflg'llzugnbgr :l{lo':l"l tt,l)xz )ger%gl?n 'é'l'"!d on Government may pay the capital sum, . own vicinity. He said he had bou TT his ; And that the Government of this Province + own timber, and he did hoE think ig ho 't:: take such steps as they may deem hbest to | i th » C 1@ bring this matter before the Dominion Gov-- $ \ at people should come to his land for tim-- ernment ) ber when they could get lumver from dealers * enrvenentonnnmnmemementerenmentsmemem [ i near their homes. The Order in Council | * s mrmmpenmem opntedenaanitt . covered the whole thing. If his learned } friend wanted information about any speci-- | fic mill he would be happy to give him all | the correspondence in regard thereto, He { I suggested that the motion be amended so | that the return would indicate the quantit y | { of Inmber allowed to each mill east of the | 1 Bobeaygeon road for loca} consumption, the | 1 license for which the lumber is ordered to | ; be taken, and all Orders in Council regula -- i f tions in connection therewith, [ f The motion passed as amended, U f POOR SCHOOL GRAXNTg, f Mr, WOOD moved for & return showing the school sections in the Province which re. ceived aid from the Poor Scehool Fund during ) the year 1885; the sum paid to each section n from said fund, and any further aid given by al township or county municipalities, with the | , regulations of the Education Department 4 ;L';o t:l) the distribution of the Poor School | und. | Hon. G. Ww ROSS--The amount appropri-- | ated to each poor school appears in (fi-tnil in ( the Minister's report, We have no account | -- in our office of the amounts contributed by a | the municipat councils, and if the hon. gentle-- man «wants that information considerable _ delay must occur in making out the return, ' The sums granted are tixed on the report of the local inspector, and the regulations go-- verning the grants will be found in Nos, g'ib ' . to 259 of the regulations of the Department, f We follow these regulations as closely as | f possible, and in the main the grauts are made | according to them, PRIVILEGE, | y Mr. WOOD explained, with reference to a & fiangraph in Tur GnosBs on the subject of 1 is engagement with the Dominion Govern-- ment, that he did not intend to deny that he held a Dominion Government appointment, i f but todeny that he had been appointed $ ' while a member of this House, As a matter | | i »f fact he was appointed two years before he | 4 L was elected to the Assembly for his present ' §\ erm. He did not see anvy reason why he * should be ashamed of holding the place, as | "t was one of trust, and required a consider. ' able amount of svccial information,. If un. [ fortunately he led the House to believe that ) ; he held no place under the Dominion Gov-- ' ment then he would take this opportunity of | ; setting the matter straight, 'l'h(j{ouse adjourned at 435 til Monday J afternoon, | & NOTICEZS OF MOTION. ' | Mr. Gibson (Muron)--Order of the House | | for a return showing the several amounts of land leased or sold by the Dominion Govern-- i ' ment, when so leased or sold, with the names | of those who so leased or purchased, and the | | several amounts paid by thetn, within the l bounds and limits of the western part of | I | Ontario, determined by the decision of the | | Privy Council against the claim of the Do-- | | minion Government, | Mr. Ermatinger--Bill to amend the Muni-- | eipal Act, 1283, f '.\lr. Wilmot--Bil] to amend the Consolidat-- . ed Municipal Act, 1883. I Mrs., Carnegie --Inquiry of Ministry when ' . the roturn ordered by this House on the 11th % March last, or more than eleven months ago, { | with regard to the Ontario College of Agricu}-- _' [ ture and Farm, will be brought down, |. Mr. Waters--Resolution -- That on ac-- | count of the action of the Dominion Parlia-- | R ment as set forth in section 6 of cap. 24, 46 ' Vic., Statutes of Canada, in taking away * | certain railways from under the lc gislative | ' control and authority of this House, and i | thereby depriving this Legislature of any B ' further jurisdiction over any such railways, | Aud as such railways have been declared by, 1| | | the aforesaid Act to he for tite general ad | § ! | vantage of Canada, And as this House has | | from time to time veoted l-'t_!",-fC_ sums of money j | to aid sitch railways, believing them to be | | \ under the jurisdiction of this House, | § ' | _ Therefore it is the opinion of this Touse f é | | that the Government of this Province s\non'ld | furnish and forward a statement to the Do-- i | | minion _ Government setting _ forth the % | i amount that this Province has alrpatl_\v' p:m!_ | { on account of such raitways up to the 31st of | ' | December, 1885 ; and also the amount of | |1 | | outstanding scrip that has been issued on | | t account of such railways ; and it is further | ' 4 the opinion 6f this House that,' the mlul: ' | amount of the moneys already paid, and the | | amount Oof the scrip issued on account § _4 of such railways should be added together in | M | one capital sum, and said '('u.pll:ll'hul)l should § | be assumed by the l)um}n'un. of Canada as a l & ', debt of the Dominion of Canada to l-hg- Pro-- | | a vince of Ontario, and that the Province of Ontario for all _ time to come shall be paid . interest on such capital sum at the rate of live per cent, per annum, interest payable F ;'