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: RE IHE LEGISLATURE. several Bills Advanced a Stage in the House. w THE MiNXING LOOATIONS. New Bills Introduced by the Minister of Education. Privata Gills Committeo Mard at Work--Mr. White Called Upon for Evidence --From Parry Sound, In the Logisiature yeatorday several bills progressed a stage. The House finished ; the available business early, and a night sitting was not necessary. & Mr. Glendining asked the following question :-- £ Is it the intention of the Government to take any, and if so what, immediato action respect-- ing the removal of artificial obstructions and tho regulation of the waters of Lakes Simcoe and Couchiching at the outlet at Washago at orabove low water mark. Hon. Mr. Fraser replied :--"It is not." Applications for Mining Lands. L Mr. Sol. White made his motion asking for a return giving copies of all orders in + Council with reference to the withdrawal from sale of mining lands since 1st January, 1890. _ Also a statement showing who had , since that time made application for mining {lunds, and what disposition was made of the applications, as well as a list of the sales made since January 1st, 1889, W'Ibh particulars with regard to themm. Speaking to his motion he said there scemed to be a necessity of removing the stagnation that had settled npon the mining enterprises of | the Province. The causes ot the stagnation | ought _ to he sought _ and _ remedies applied so thut the development --of | the mining lands would go on more energetically. The report of the mining comumission, which had been furnished mem-- bers, showed that the people of the United States were Ontario's best customers. From 1881 to 1887 they had taken something like $1,500,000 worth of the Province's product of the mine, while during the same time only about $4,750,000 worth had gone to all the rest of the world. _ He thought a com-- purison might fairly be made bot.\yc_:en Michi-- gan and Ontario, and it was sipnificant that the yield of the Michigan mines was twelve times that of Ontario's. There was surely some reason for this difference. The cause ought to be _ sought, ho repeated, and the remedy applica. Only one--twelfth of the mineral wealth of Ontario had ever been explored, it seemed. If as was stated Ontario's shipping facilities are good, why f were the mines scarcely touched ? The rc-- port raid that the Dominion Government had granted a subsidy of $3,200 a mile for a railway to Gunflint Lake, 85 miles, and that this Government proposed to build a line to Whitefish Lake. The activity of 'operations there, he said, removed f)l,'om | speculation the future of that district, and | he thought the Guvernment was warranted | in giving railway aid to assist in the de-- ! velopment of the riches possessed in the mineral lands there. _ He l':w.rned from the | report that more than one--half of the | capital invested in the mines of the Pro-- | yince was invested by capitalists from the United States, so that thsy were not only th« best customers but also wore taking the luygcst, share i'n_ the development o{ the | mines,. _ Mr. White concluded without hav-- | ing made very clear the relevancy of the lattler part of his speech to the motion he made,