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_ , --" Mira a _ . is iiTthe opiuioii o ', L5t "Natl " 'ac' ; T this Home recommends the: for" iFRt.t, Mr, , there be aimed a Royal tiytuyttiit)iV,t, r EM entrusted ' such inquiry dtsrit it'll. "he; at? between the .present session 'eltlrif)lillr rp " session of this LegislatureJ' _ ?ii,ifiit) . 'i ' I A. Mr. 0STROM urged that a ulool'P.. Il ' _ Ha T tical sciencoybe established in , . " 2 iii, 3 ." , I order that tuition might be [Hulk My. .: i eulogy. N, . it . 'c'. ' i , . Mr. O'CONNOR agreed in no inseam" , l _ of the teaching of mineralo . "It bulb." I i admitted on both sides of and!" tttit the I i mines had not been develole to the "in. t _ . i extent in Canada us across the b993,"- Ihttt reason for this was the legit tal. A I - silver mine required a gold " ."' ark it! and l in this country we had, i.gohl ttttues. r But the great reason' T ttttt of tb mar. , ket. It Would be the the Royal Corn. , rmueion to tind out" r market VII. St j I present, on account of the prohibitive tsrifrof " ' the United States. we had no market for our copper and iron. The Commissioner of Public 't Works had stated that there is, under license and otherwise in ' the Provnnce ,r . of Ontario, sixty-nine thousand . million l feet of lumber. The American duty ! on lumber was 82 per thousand. The taking , off of that duty Would, assuming the Corn- missioucr's figureis to be correct, mom an addi- tion of 8138,000,()00 to the we" of Ontario. _ Mr. CREitlH'l'ON said that the amend- ' ment ignored the timber interest, and he therefore moved that these words be added to . it r-" That the other subject to which the motion relates be referred to the raid proposed 'e committee, with the name! of Messrs. Me. Lunghlin, Nuirn, O'Connor, Gibson (Huron), ' Ross (Huron) and Nairn tulded." Mr. CON MICE doubted whether either a com. mittee or n Royal Commission would advanco " the interests oi the timber industry of this 1 . Province to any greater extent than it had Sh' , been advanced by the Government. He ap- i B, proved of the amendment moved by the Com. I! ' missioner of Public Works, and brliered it I . true far more practical than the proposal of the leader of the Opposition. He had no doubt, . that one of the means which the Royal Com. MI mission would recommend for developing the i! It mines would be the construction oi railways l. , and that the Government would grant assist- c. " once to that and. Mining interests would also . 'he greatly promoted by the establishment of practical reducing works to test the ore. , Mr. BLYTIIE said thnt the new districts of C Ontario Were ttntit for settlement. r,'; Mr. ARMSTRONG denied this statement so M! br as Parry Sound district was concerned. He y approved of the proposal of the Commissioner ", ll, art Public \\'orks. Li ' Mr. MARTER supported Mr. Creighton', ti l 'Imendmon t. I i; ri Mr. MURRAY said that there was no need i '7 ".0 make a regulation to prevent tho cutting of , imher under 13 inches, because it did not pay ) the lumberman to cut that class of timber. I ' ' i' Mr. H. E. CLARKE moved the adjourn- i' tttttttt of the debate. i r' The House adjourned at 12.10 a. m. tr ,.w_~____ - t . Pr. Coitllyu'rn?as. " " s,-Cltes following committees meet to-day I--- " 9tstterr and Cheese. . ' . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . .10 n.m. '5itl 30b (Ditches, etc). . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . ' . . 9 u.m.. q mortgages.................... ...... 2p.m. {1'11"10........'..'.....................10l.ln. Ei P, "tttttttt of Builers. . . . . . . . . . .. .....10 nun.- .. It) NOTICES 0!" MOTION. . . p -- FH. 'Hon. Mr. ROSS (1ii0lyex)--Reaoiutiot,..., . r t this House concurs in as certain Order in J nail, hearing date the 7th day of March . l thorising the expenditure by the trustees oi . University of Toronto oi the sumof $50 000 l tof the permanent funds of the said iii. ity for the erection of a suitable buildin ' , the Science gown-uncut. g , _ " r. INGRAI --onTiuuauia nex - I ' er ot the House for u roturnyof corned-13:: I'l I . mmeuts, correspondence and Orders .in , ncil relative to the investigation and dis. ' ' of Mr. Archibald McIntyre, license in tor for East Elgin. . l " l