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r " ""R , . . MP', .. r . . T i, g don during the election was at Ottawa an debatealilc question. The amount this year V ', " , he believed Mr. Iebester. of Section B iame. , was for 86.000 fy.t' the hacapd0us risks which '.' 3 j was registered there at the same time. Very onl was due lie,.year,. . , ' _ soon news came from Ottawa that 895,000a ll,.' CARNEGIE spoke In favour ot the ' 1 V, tulle had been tiven for a colonization rail- Government. taking its own risk. , way, and the dl of hay and two bags of Mr. FERHIS was in favour of insurance. I , oats, which were to fultil the promise, soon He had been insured for 30 years and never ": made their a pearance. The rant was of no drawn a shilling from it, but still he. regard- C use. the road) was one wi'Jllyi,rt'la'n' nowhere ed it as only a measure of prudence to in. _ l F, and ended nowhere.and was evidently plan- sure. Insurance was always considered an J 5 l ned for political purposes. unprofitable investment. and all hoped that " Mr. A ERRICK said that some roads had they would never get their money back. . . 1 ', cost $500 tor repairs, and another til,260 per lion. C. F. Hi \SElt said it all depended T mile for construction. He thought the sys- on the word "if." If a fire did not occur, tent adogltved b§the Government was bad. then the premium was lost ; but if a fire 0c- e r M r. A RF, contrasted the expenditure curred, then it, was not lost. It was purely a , 5 under the Sandtieid Macdonald Government. I matter of chance. and the onlv wise thing to r and under this Government. Under the ido was todo with these public buildings as . ', former Government 213 miles of road had tncv would with their own private business. z. _ been built and MI repaired at a total cost of and if a loss mine from insuring they would t" 8193,000, or an average cost of 8293 per mile. have to stand it. ,t while tu!d.erth.ist.iovern,myl 2.515 miles of Mr. O'C,t)NNC',Rsaid that the large rail.. , road had been built and 4,732 repaired at an way companies oi' this country insured. He ', average cost of $159. In this ca culation he had been told that the insurance companies t V had included 201 bridges under the latter had lost on theGrandTntnk Railway Cum. . i 2'gfi"l,,r,"vt,t, and 18 under the Sandticld Mae. pany. ' i ona t Government. Mr. BRt DFlR-That's ,recariousor er . V , . Hon. T. It. Pardee, Mr. Carnegie, Mr. Mr. O'('()).\' Noll Not //J2,aJi/l1c.ir?Jfll"t'hr/, , Civiglcou, Hon. A. S. Hardy, Mr. Lyon, and lunatic asvluyns, (LuughterJ T i Mr. Meredith continued the discussion. Mr. WOOD thought that, it, would be very ', Hon. T. u. PA1tlW,E said Ive was willing ' imprudent for the Government to abandon f ) to o over eawlt detail of the expenditure and I the insurances on the buildings. l deif-nil it. He detied hon. Acutletnett to lay Mr. Aidi'JLON thought that' the buildings . their tinger upon It single expenditure which should be insured at, considerable less that) i was corrupt. lie-fore the last elections Mr. thch value. . a ' Wilkinson, the agent of the Conservatives, I Hon. Cr. w. ROSS said that this was the l complained in Alumna that the (loverntncut present practice. ' ' did not spend nearlv enough on colonization l T r "In". PA , . O. _' roads. that what they spent was a mere '" . Ill:' ok . . ts'r;1u'rr. . " F, , pittance: while in Middlessex he said that, l N Hie Items [unknown] and unprovided, - , no money should be spent for that object at .y'5p,0?0,yy.yl, . to covet' sundry eXfienses ot m . all. ro'85,' 877,434 99, were passed. ' he coni- ' Mr. Mt'PHIAY said that the fault he had nsictee NSC and reported. l . to find with the Government was that they CoNilHtItEN'C'E. . i did not place a large enough amount in the ' l number of the resolutions passsed in i . 'estimates. The expenditure was not too l caaiiiu, of Supply were concurred in l . large. He approved of the policy ofthe IV i 1 -- The House in iTfif/i/di," on the Bill. re- v , partment in making what expenditures were 1 opening: Mechanics' institutes ' T,), necessary in onlcr to complete roads once. i (in motion ot" lion ti w ROSS the Bill ' ' i begun. lie thought that the money "WN l was amended so 35."). provide 'thzit if the . ; judicioush e.\pciidcd,:ind the Opposition had directors of a Meclianics' Institute shall , l failed to show any item which was corrupt. for two years "cult." to "Wttt it to the ublic 'M 1 Mr. Dill. said there "as " good deal of orthe "ienuiyers "the J?epartruent of Educa: 'g I frmnltlinf by .Corseretivts who wished to lion iiiav take possession of it and dispose of , y invethc iaudling of the money and who. it on toiitlitioiistotlie municipality. . [ i therefore wanted to have the present system . The Committee rose and reported the Bill ' ' ', changed. if the Government would hand _ The "mm. went, V into Committee on mi. , ' " over to the municipalities the duty of ex- I Bill for further improving: the law ' e, t lr'lllllllg the money it would relieve the Gov, l Up "FMIADH'H stv,r,gested that 'the clauses lil ornment of a great deal ol anxiety and ih'- , relutitig' to i're'GG'ir'? of, matters to the ill il t, ty/,g,1ihi,?,t,ra.ea1,/s thought the estimate ' Court should be. embraced in a separate Bill. FT, B Se'.. At . . . as it was almost. tempting the Dominion . " 'P 'p//i,It:,.:ot"t,,t.ifa, I ends 896 900 Government to disallow the Act, and then ' i ninth". It. PA1tDrlrlcsplained the method ( 2"t 3:313'13.'p'§;!:§,.starlightby$23.33; i adopted by the Government for protectim; _ lie saved even if the clauses were disallowed. F forests from tirel. which he believed would lion o Mow Fi, stated that he would , save tlievcountry urge sums 0 money. . ' consider 11:0 matter. , . Mr. ly 091) said that the y..cy,'1".?yey',ef.y The Committee rose and reported pro- . System of tire protection uasliighly spoken Kress . _ . ot. " THE GAME LAW , . 'f/il.".,?),",,',"?;',?,,'),)?." 28,172 68 Mry, BAW. EROW presented the report of I ' ' It bring b uilock its Speaker left the chair. ma f., ty/',1g',eg1ttli"/i)ll, et friiilltiiil'ittiiit'lsl.' I 4mm: RECESS. I 'e l ow. Pl ' 'ef, j',':',',": . _ I PASSED Tm'vol'iili Ctn1MITTEE. M /y,ie,',"l,'f,"i'c),) l) ))/ee,e,5)), t a e , " a lt'.. Psb 'c'" , l r. l S Nt aruiiton moi/ct la. T _ . o'J,eni1/t'1j,1,'trihri,W'tc'a)v..""' passed through i('onimittee Io., whom the lit-if! .,'.'tt,i'iTt1l'i1se" Mr. Cooke-To authorize the town of In. tuastetes and " orl'nien Y,",',', 'llL {£613.13} 1 ',(i w , gersoll to issue debentures. charged trout reporting,' until. 9, t ' . lat . ..i --- .» 'ba. . ,r N ', . . been considered by the t omnuttce on Bill 64 _ , i Mr. Ncelon Ilvspuctinp, the St.Catharines , . , lie .. lai 'i tl t it & Niagara Central Ram-ray Co. ', and ol. irer legal Itills. " yrxi,'l,'1ley'f,',. m t _ _ l Mr. Meredith-To incorporate the London l 2,11 i/"powc"iibie to get the Conttuittee l &yout1rFlastvrn Itailwu -. t pea Jr. " , ' . . _ Mr. Meredith -'l'o ameliorize the city of (c)); J1/:".:yfl'.Tl objected to this course wr 11git,i1"/1tihtl"ilt,tth"sti,ty.i".0uth Eastern Hon. C. P. It'ltAb'Iillt surur,es'te1 that all the . ' - - . ' , ' , . ttt to whom was re- . , 1tet'mt'i'. i '/t.a,1.el"i'iifsi,';."'d :,'),1,t1/,t,tf)'o1, members of the V t' . . ' . . I t " Hon. C. Il FRASER presented the second Bill No. 64 Committee Le added to the latter report of the Munieipal Committee. Committee. Mr. Lyon was also added to the THE TORONTO BILL. reconstructed 1':,'ar,'eSt,t,,1ee' I Mr. MEREDITH, in the absence ot Mr. 'lt/t mum tr.h'! 91"?"- . Morris, ii'iovcd the second reading of the Ta I The House adjourned at 10:40 p.m. routo Bi . W SUPPLY. lion. o. MOhVAT moved that $40,000 Ire ' ', granted to defray the cost of statute, consoli- dation. He explained that the greater por- . ' tion of the, amount. would not be spent this _ year. _ , Mr. MF'alth'DITll-What, will be the total , , co " of the consolidation! . lion. o. MOWA't' _The cost of printing and binding 25.000 co ties will be 858,000. if, Mr. MEREDITH -{\'ll:tl is the stat" _ i; lion. o. 31OWA'l' There is a secretary at .5 81,000 a month. the law clerk has had to give 3, all hi, time to the work. and some additional i assistance is needed. About $5,000 will cover t the amount. The item passed. iv MISCELLANEOUS. : t, On the item of 345.488 [or miscellaneous, 3 , I Mr. WOtJir suggested that the Progintte Iirl ' should take its own insurance. " l lion. '. M. RUSS said this was properlva I T t ' \W~77,..._-, It PW". on F"