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Tess ~l " necpn 14-- . M ® i ', T J 1 | feet doep. -- s y | U LEGIS AT s VILLAGE OF TAVISTOCK 7: ® [ Mr. BALLANTYNE moved the secq * C wasrmeseetcm mss ing of his bill to incorporate the V ; c Tavistock, . Parliament, Second Mr. HESS moved that the bill t w . hee + j third time that day three months. He | e > Session. | that by petition the majority of the p | -- Esole ® | Tavistockiprotested.against the said inc */ | L' (By Our Own Reporter.) | "] 1y Moxpay, March 12, 1988. e Bpeaker took the chair at three o'clock. | AAJ FIRST READINGS. The following bills were introduced and read ~_ a first--time :-- To amend the Municipal Act--Mr. H. E. | : s | To amend the Assessment Act--Mr. H. E. | Clarke., ' FQ* protection and reformation of ne-- | | glected children--Hon. Mr. Mowat. I _ THIRb READINGS. | The following private bills were read a third | Respenting the Town of Bowmanville--Mr. McLaughlin. | To incorporate the Ottawa, Aruprior & Ren-- | frew Railway Company--Mr. Monk. Respecting the South Norfolk Railway Com-- | papy--Mr. Morgan. | A HOUSE IN COMMITTEE. The House went into committee and advanc. ed several bills a stage. MANITOULIN & NORTH SHORE RAIL f WAY. ' Mr. L¥ON moved the second reading of his bill to incorporate the Ma«nitoulin & North Shore Railway Company. During his remarks the hon. ntf'emau said :--This railway would o&n up fle sgricultural lands on the north KW shore, passing through three townships, the greater part of which is most excellently suit-- ed for farming purposes. There aro large quantities of timber on those islands, and the rownships which the road would pass through are heavily timbered with pine, yellow and black hirci'hmaple, cedar and spruce. _ There are saw mills erected on Manitoulin lsland with facilities for cutting fifty million feet of lumber per year, besides a great number of smaller mills which are used for manufactur-- ing cedar into railway ties. _ The cedar trade, en those islands is very considerable, the output some years reaching nearly halfa million dollars. No enterprise has attracted so much attention during the past year as the mineral discoveries madoin the District of Algoma. The evi-- dence which I received is that the excitement in that n'u'd is warrauted, and instead of abating will be renewed in the coming sum-- mer 'fth increased activity. 'The construction of this road would also develop this branch of our wealth, and there has been great vigor in mining enterprise in Eastern Algoma and vicinity within the last year. The Copper Cliff mine is now being worked and is turning out much richer than it did at first. _ 'The vein is -- well defined and yielding 25 to 30 per cent. and nickel 20 to 40 per cent., and the quantity is practically unlimited. . The Eyre mine has been tested by the diamond cdrill and showed 25 per cent. solid copper pyrites over a con.-- | siderable area and is only 400 yards from the | | railway track. . 'The Canadian Copper Co. employ 100 men at present, and, it is said, have refused two million dollars for their mines. The International Mining Company bave purchased 3,200 acres, and 1 am . tols it is one of the richest finds of gold ever discovered. 'The voin of free goid is visible over 200 yards and varies from one inch on the suriace to fourteen inches and twenty --five feet in depth. The owners of this mine claim that they have already taken out $150,000 of. ore. The Stobie imine shows a |-- large area of fine nickel, but being open work-- ing it is not pushed during winter, but will be vigorously prosecuted next summer. This is o;fly a few of the discoveries that have been made; there are hundreds of finds that nothing has been said about which will be tested next summer.. Had it not been for the constructien of the Canadian Pacific railway through Hag#«-- ern Algoma those mines woqld not have been discovered, and it would still have been con, sidered a Larren waste. Algoma is righ in |} minerals, rich in timber and rich in agrieul» tural lands, but still undevelpped. What Al-- ilways and colonisation roads || S g.m' wants is ral ¥ to develop her resources, and when developed J it will be found to bo the richest portion of b io. 'The route of this road has been ex-- o l§red by a competent engineer and found to i uite Pg"tic.ble. There is only two water t@etches, one 900 feet, the other 320 ; the | :o w is 16 feet deep and the latter only 3 || <w. i m"" '