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Hon. 0. MOWAT in moving the Iluu.-"e into Committee on the Whole, on the resolution re-- rarding the Queen Victoria v';\'i:q.:uxo, F ;l_lls %'urk, said that the Falls of Niagara had for | maxny years been the most attractive place of ' resort on this Continent, and that the interest in them was extending.> In New York State information on this subject had been carefully -- collected. -- Last year eighty distinet excursion . parties, organised by varions -- associations, -- visited the Falls. In a single day they were visited by ten thousand people, and they were ) visited annually by from 200,000 to .",JQ.('O'J. people,. -- Even _ before the State of New Y ork took possession -- of _ the Park, ) the number of _ visitors _ was _ between -- 100,00) and 200,000 persons. The very state-- ) ment of these figures showed that the Falls | were interesting to all classes, and that they % must have been visited very largely by persons of moderate means. _ A still more remarkable ] proof of the general interest in the Falls was , ( afforded by the action of the people of the | State of New York. They had lately pur-- chased over 109 acres of land in the neighbor. 1 ' hood of the Falls for an International Park, i and had paid about $1,500,000 for the land. , i This was all the more remarkable when it was remembered -- that the revenues of / the State are raised by direct taxation, ) ' so that the people, in a State where manhood 3 t suffrage prevails, had voluntarily taxed them-- , i selves for this amount, in order to restore the ~ scenery about the Falls, All the newspapers and all the parties had supported the move-- ment. -- it was a no--party movement there, as here. -- In Ontario, too, there had been no op-- * position to any step that had been taken ; lus ( hon. friends opposite had manifested as much / interest in the project as had the Government 5 1 and its supporters, -- There was thus every in-- dication that the people were fairly alive to the importance of the duty of PRESERYING THE BEAUTA . of the natural scenery about the Falls, This | was the ubject of the whole movement. | 7 n All -- that -- was _ beautifal about the k \Im K MV 11 "IC'? rF7 ; '{1 l'alvf.s' '\:l..s gradually being destroyed l'_'," }hr* | i 1 $y IIO '!' h' 1 % '1 dsz § -- artificial means adopt d -_1.;- money.making | P1lGiIiY fGLUGiALLT 4& [A £4 purposes, The first step taken by the Ontario | wl iesns wes eciovene i Government was to endeavor to induce the Do-- | (% a s & minmicn Government to undertake the work Pixth.: Parliament ------ Pirst . and with that view the Legislature ,I.';:EA.-'\',;:_',] | # % .. > Ant aive nintian wer t a1 hm d Session. pecessary powes.." Megonstions Aoon mase 141 ned h mnogoul & piace .\)' ie atredio'.. * induce them to undertake the work, and ulti-- } (By Our Own Reporters.) n.".'llw';:.' to induce them to undertake a portion Tuursoay, March 31. «l2 8 1"\.'{_',1:".\'\.,.. o WwEBR HHEkH AnHadiaits | FIRST READINGS. ) Aithough heould not apoak with RutiGrits 1 | The following bills were introduced and | belie\ H-I that Ll-'t' ""--'A"" e ]\'lf'. A:"L"")' e | h °3 -- & . DEAICY inat the Untartomembers of the Domin-- j read the first time : o . ion Governiment favored the project, but the | +o amend the Munijcipal Act.--Mr. Bronson. . other Ministers did not see the ,;,lv.__{\'.- in the | To amend the Municipal Act. --Mr. McKay, . same light. Thereupon the Ontario l.Avi.;'l..' id THE LIBRARY COMMITTEKE. + ture passed an Act with a view to having the On motion of Mr. MEREDITH the name of u'x stter dealt with \";f't""! its own jurisdiction, Hor. Mr. Clarke, which had been inadvert-- ll."'" o nping ~ itemplated to have the under-- 2 ently omitted from the Library Committee, C eg ing carricd on by means of a private com was added thereto. ie (h ooo uy "OC bonifol 'and inspestion pf rp> C m TarFs 4 roverniment, and it was ascer Bhijs We ucss '."".'.'? READINGS. -- company could be easily got :;l" 'd'!'l'j!"l'i'lf;';-;l:l'f The fb"','\""\": bills were read the third time -- could establish and con lucet t}"c ark C ) and passed : --1(('5,"(\ Z';X\'_j the Fort George As-- . ably. The general "'11, e . ll:"': }'l>'l sembly, to be henceforth known as the Niagara \ could be done by & 'con} »Au'r' l}:m,. nltl it this Assemmbly, Mr. Garson. 'To authorise the Di. by Klie Province * ; any i6 'LUX'I d be done o onb orna vPVS I + " ince, and that it would be better rectors of the Royal College of Dental Surgeons , and more satisfactory to Ile be f, to grant a certificate of license to Marshall K. ' PRpyiNCR "m A : }"f""l"."'r the ,'\.!;'"\"r:'" to practice dental surgery, Mr, Smith, ! the work. In the '):'.'ii'nl,i':'l'i\lx.'\'l':" roceedings To authorise the t"'n'.st« es of the Warwick con. I they had the valuable 'w»"'»" ince )ot"';:leu ¥dl rreGauti a Atntlsinidis 1 $ , C ¢ asststance rea n L L';lltn.l:n::):l;:t lt.llll':";?x(".L'nl(idlnf.,'('ll'\'l"c!l'ii..t-. '\'\ arwick j "lfnfflr vs. "i']xu Act provided that l;ll;: :'fj:::- | hSt. tain lands, Mr. (iraham. missioners should have a survey of t} 'w¥. QUEEN VICTORIA NiIAGARA FALLS Fcrty made in order tu(lcx.,",,g".,'\.\u.. ."l.e P}lf); PARK, and it was necessary to include ;""'t'h(') l',\":lf" wrertai e d w and to ascertain by moans of a conditional fenm i s