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plained that the Act ot tho AttoenttGetMtrtU _ Mr. LEES 'tne,,).,', would a units: to E? . passed in 1873 controlling the manner of such lower part of the rovince to out off the grant. settlements had been foundto work most un- Mr. WOOD (trtvrti.ruos) "id that the .only fairly to many municipalities. The terms of ground for r eaiewiug the g.rtytt wt" thattKings- the Act had prevented its olc'r being real. ton prepared for the fair this your, and or that I ised, he contended, and while some munici- reason he would "PM"? the grunt for another l lpnlities had been glVGlll mar: relief ft',', they your, although he believed its usefulness was (should have receive, ' or era a received gotT. I {more than they should. .1'he hon. gentlemen _hlr.tW}£lsM(2T asked that 1:1}: 133"; h', 'suggested pomts in which he held the Act P"'.? 0 "'8? 'OHK'". yet'r. h th I could be ll"pr0}\{'e&l. H ) d ld lcloilt lt/pet/red/tft'? w ere ere was a. , Hon. Mr. USS ( uron ssi it won 8" t . , T . . . . hardly do for the hun. gentleman at this late Mr. DRUM said he did not like the dif.re; 'dste to claim that the bill in question was so spectlul and COl'l'hf'Mmd mnnnler m Wilt"; l rpdicully wrong, and it was of little use to dis. l",'"."' members tspoke Pl ste, 0 g Prolvuiciu [cuss the matter. lie thought the suggestions Yyt. (Hear, hear.) home 0 t e otlter ex- made by the hun. gentleman would hardly h.ihitions Iee,1. been turned into Ite..' reces t,ut,tl, Ihave made the Act more mathematically eccu- Circuses. The Board of the I yviycih1 Fair ! irate than it was at present. It had been in discouraged that yyt of t2gtlt,it'1e, thnt ml" _ operation over fourteen years, sud had beta object of the exhibition I' oul If.) ucutioue . found to work most admirably. Perhaps m He pould suggest theft t e commissioner issue some cases alittle injustice would be done one 3 circular to the electoral d.i.stric,t 500w?!" l place or another, and here and there some and ask them Whether th.cy.1ei,i,ov,td the time place might receive a slight advantage. These had come when the Proviueral Fair should be little discrepancies were unavoidable, and Ais.coured. Ho was ani'o. that the large would Always occur in a case where a general cities W"? opposed to. the/air., and if they rule had to upplv to special "mm The hon. closed their gates against it, it must die 9. y',:',',,',',",',:,"::,")",,'?',') that tho mutter had ever c','.1tut'ghtyyh,,te,' :VuIIttoi gimme! t1h:I e1'lll". been use or ar or uses. on t enc ms o ca er oo muci o t u- Aspn ',7,d",',.2'l',Clii,,, loving public, and he was very much deceived Hon. Mr. RUSS (Huron) moved that this if it was possible to please that class and at House doth ratify an Order in Council up- the some time win the approval of the solid proved by his Honor the Lieutenant-Governor farmers of' the country. on the 2nd day of March, 1888, accepting from Mr. MEREDITH asked Mr. Drury whether the City ofSt. Catharines tnunieipaldebentarea he wi." YI furor of the continuance of the of the city for the sum of 84,850, payable in Provincitd Ifnir: , five years, with interest at the rate of five per Mr. DRU RE said he believed the time cent.. payable 1ttubyearly, in fullsottlernent at would come when the farmers would insist , the indebtedness of the city upon municipal ttpon holding such an inhibition. but that at loan fund debentures and coupons now held present the ctrctttmstttttee8 were against it. , by the Province. It being six o'eloek the Speaker left the HOUSE IN COMMITTEE. clmir. The House then Went into Committee of Ster reeeiM', . ' Supply and took up inst the item for ngricul- f Mr. JilWREIY Said hthst "d ld' the ture', 8135,631. 'f,r"leP,, romeo ves w o cause t e Pro. Hon. Mr. ROSS (Huron) explained the a. Vincuil J'ixh.ibitionf to fall into disuse. If they crises in which the amounts asked for this year attended . It, and brought their cattle and ditfeted from those given last year. The chief other exhibits to it, it would succeed l bat i ditfersnce was a reduction from 810,000 to 86,. they appeared to prefer the central stationary 500 in the case oi the item " agricultural usso- teirs,.aii.d these were taking the place of the l ciptions." In connection with this item, the 1,'/oor1t,ciitt1; ulthough the latter had done good hon. Treasurer said that it was a. reduction in with "l/lt/dt!?,,,, th: t l the grant to the Provincial Fair, which the the continuum e f I n a 1e was opposed to Government thought had now lost much of its ieetion to Kine t if grant. He had no ou. usefulness. He was quite willing to have but for sev f,' 01:32th tuegrant titth "ar, tho matter discussed and to hour the views of so This i to? penis t fV will heard the plea, hon. members in connection with the same. The s 0 " t '3 "'3' 2""? only other change in the items of any import- l Mr. BALLAN TN NI". said he hoped the once Were an addition of 8200 per aunum to 9.ovtrnm.ent woual Bee tta Far clear to con- the celery of the Secretary of the Bureau of ti_nuing the grant.fost.tt least the present your. l Statistics and Deputy Minister of Agriculture, li the grant was Jt1stifittbre u all it was justiti- makink it 82,200. This was sausage he was nble m the eastern part ot the Province, where sure the House .would approve of. The gentler ' they had not the some large population as in PY'. in question was a moat valuable and the west. He "Y tstrongly of the belief that is etiieUnt animal of the Government. I 222.31%?" 2,'"3,e11l Exhibition was a ne- ', ms PROVINCIAL FAIR. . l y or 0 country, but the Provincial i d,'.,',,' .' the item of t'4,500 to ngrionlturnl l "t 1"h't,rt, answered to this description. l cieties, , i r. EEMAN said that . , M5METCALFE spoke strongly in favor of l grant for Kingston this year. Aee/',"ggifd,',e,' I continuing the grant for the Provincial Exhi. _ doubt, be some horse-racing there, and they I .bition this ir,',','",',:,,?"" asked that the vote be would have the benefit of the advice of the l increased to 810 th' . _ _ member for Kingston-ister)-.-' might _ tdtso fulhl the Scriptural injunction and "take them in." daughter.) ' ' _ - " _':