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Acres Amount Amount I Service Sold. of Salon. of cow. mtlway lands........ 9.400 318.571 $11,562 Crown lands..........50,035 79.841 74.031 t lergy lauds... ...m.. no 1,219 6,037 Com won School lands. 220 766 11.758 i UralumarSchoollunds 654 367 1.538 Total............-- 3100.777 8104.928 The total collection of the department on account, of all sources of revenue was $1,113,052, made up as follows o-Und col- lecliona, 8185,571 13; woods and formta- timber dues 8722.580 14, ground rent $58,096, bonus $155,479 53--g916,155 67 , casual and other fees, 81,193 18 ; expendi- ture refunds, $10,132 31; total, 81,113,- 052 29. The total disbursements of the deput- meut for the yen" amount. to $290,953. m-'- . n sort of boom, which ' V led to numerous sppli- cations to the depart- oiii tis; ment for leave to pur- l," " ll //chnse mining lands. By _ I]. order in Council, dated "."sf' the 29th November, 1890, the nickel-trearing region was with- drawn from sale or location until futhcr notice." With regard, to mineral surveys the report tsaysr.C"The General Mining Act requires that npplicnntl to purchase mining lands in unsurveiycd territory shall file sureeyorU plans, tiel notes and descrip- tions by mates and bounds of their locu- tions in the department before my sale is carried out. Under this ststutory regula- tion a. number of applicants in the Districts of Aigoum, Nipissing, Rainy River and Thunder Bay have filed pleas, etc., etc., and an area of upwards of 14,000 sores has been sold and patented to them, for which upwards of 828,000 has bsea received. " The patents in the Rainy River district covered 7,845 acres and brought $16,066, while those in the other districts named covered 5,975 sores and amounted to 811,950. OrcwnLnnds Bold. This statement of lands sold, amount of sales and amount of collections for the year "given:--. Woode and Forests. The total collections for the you for woods and forests mnounted to $916,155 67, which includes $155,479 53 on ecconnt of bonuses, leaving the revenue from timber dues, ground rent, etc, to be $780,676 14. 6k The revenue from woods and forests," the report says, " is somewhnt below the esti- mate, which is accounted for by the collapse in the square and waney board timber trade, there being very little demand for this clue of timber during the past year. While, therefore, the quantity of timber estimated wee got out, it was unenlenhle, in still in the hands of the producers and the duel remain unpaid. There wee else ndepree- eion in the sawed lumber trade during put of the season, and this, together with the financial stringency which Dre- "MP-boo" DI pumw UpllllVll. or. Preston of [mods moved the Adjournment ot the debate at 11.30 o'clock. . - . The Crown Lands Report. The report of the Commissioner of Crown Leads for the year 1890 was laid before the House to-day. One of the tirat matters referred to in it is the discoveries of the ' _ _ dep0aits of nickel in the " Sudbury region. It says ) these discoveries "were _ A ' so extensive as to create 3 ' _ l f,f " -/ t'ti,', f _ ' - r 4'h./j "s. "3 A If {minced . wonnenul 't0M"M"UUJ V' TrFift Inch lathe result of hi, complete mast?! m the whole broad question of educutiqn- "1" the olemmttary branches to Utt1v.er.'s a Yl'aduntion he know: tho "smut of his t,elth ls speak; with the libcra am of the ndvnnc ' oduehtiomst, tem c-red with the politician I aretytion otpu his: opinPhc, -a:...ummnnt ---------.------" mum" had " u bond of 8." WM" lyho onto u w train a half mil- 11.0:: gill/l/IS'.",?, ,','rgi'iin,S,t'fi not be the M'- i'te,t. "w in, 1.32:". it it were W for hf; armed men and her scientists. and tstMt 1."lll i not continue to spend so much on high" blu- S?,1tior.t if she had not found it from»: o. S?yyAudfmi.' he ma he hoped t no House l'/rilldvg,evie,t.i,e true to the instiml'ls gc)',' " Vince and give nmnmcent Y n :3 1"i 'ilirr'gea schools but to I" that tends 0 lg " education. l I The you Minister Ind roused the torpidi louse Into liveliest Interest. And when he not l down there was» rousing Found of IFPI'W' It: lasted several moments. When , r. Ros: I 18eaky upon matters relating to hinetopqr_tt1"8y' QUINN . wonderful mmumny 991393}; I to 8190. Under the head of free grants the report says that last year there were 153 townships open for settlement, and during this year the Township of CsVendish has been added, Daring the year just closed 610 locations were made on 83,273 acres of land, and 53 locutees purchased 2,545 acres; 456 patents Were issued to locatees. ©olonisation Roads. The work done on colonisation roads dur- ing the year was as follows ..--Miles of new road constructed, 180: miles of road re- paired, 400; bridges erected, 30; bridges remired, 12. The work done was carefully inspected and reported to be of ssstisfae- tory and substantial character. The total expenditure was $127,577 60. of which car. tain items amounting to $2,770 20 were re- funded, leaving the net, departmental ex- penditure to be $124,807 40. The work of the de mrtment, us the report points out, is rapidly growing, owing to the greatly ia. creased area over which control and super- vision are now exercised. The region formerly known as the disputed territory has practically doubled the area to be ad. ministered by this depnrtment, the affairs of which, as to the adjustment of disputes, issuing of titles, supervision of tim. ber resources, explorktions and sur- veys, construction of colonisation roads and bridges, etc, entail enormous labor and require careful attention, and the work in this connection may be said to be in its infancy. By the amendment of last session to the Timber Slide Companies Act, the supervision and control of all companies in eXIstence or being formed, with the object of facilitating the trsnsmission of timber t "In order to enable "those owning mills in the northwest part, of the Provinceto obtain supplies of timber, in hsrmonx with the policy prevailing in other parts, it was determined to hold s sale of . limited are. of timber berths es soon es the necessary surveys and explorations could be complet- ed. With this object in view, an adequste stuff was placed in the field, and the neces- sary information was obtained to wsrrant the holding of s. timber ale on the 1st of October last. There wu . large attendance at the sale, and fair rices were reslised. Four hundred and 'u1'j'fl'd _milen were offered, all of which, except 18b. miles, were in the territory west of Thunder Bay. Three hundred and forty-three and three- quarter miles were knocked down on the day of sale for $321,956 25, and 33 miles Were sold subsequently at the upset price, realising $24,300, making a total mileage sold of 5761. realising 8346,266 25, area average of 8919 Ob per mile bonus for the mere right to obtain license. There has been paid on account $110,729 53, lenviug outstanding $255,526 72." The report says the firtrrtutgipg service continues to give satisfaction and is more largely taken advantage of from year to year. There were no fires during the past year. There were 83 rangers on duty dur- ing the dangerous part of the season, and the total cost of the service. was $17,525 43, one-half of which is refundable ly the licensees. The reports received from fishery overseen and others, the Minister says, lead him to believe the law was fairly well ob- served. The revenue from permits was 8441. Under the amendment to the game I.... ...I.:..L _-_..:.7~7 I . . WWW -- --- 0.....- law which requires foreigners to take out permits to hunt deer, nineteen permits were issued, the regenug from which amounted slow. The mucuuu w - --.--- - _ upon an lumber Ring into the United States from 32 to. Cf thouuud feet board measure came too te in the your to hove very much effect on last "ee? baie ueu, although there wee e stiffening to. wards the close of the year, due, no doubt, to the reduction in queetiou. The quantity of timber being got out this year in very small, and there II 3130 n reduction in the output of logs. It is reasonable,therefore,to expect for the coming "neon a. fair busineee at remunerative prices, end that the reduc. tion of the American import duty will eu- large our market to some exurttt---morq par" ticularly for the coarser grades of lumber. slow. The reduction of upon an lumber ing States from 82 to a g board measure came too have vgry mach effect on vuiled 1.5.013}: slow. The r on, Ill-ll. Y"""'?"""." ___-- reduction of up imporbvdyta Mr. Tait this afternoon introduced s bill to authorise the Supreme Court of Judice- ture for Ontario to admit Mr. G. M. Gard. ner of Toronto to practise in ssid court use solicitor upon his passing the examination prescribed by the Law Society for the " mission of solicitors. The Toronto City But. The City of Toronto bill, as it ftna11y passed the Legislative Committee of the City Council, was presented this afternoon. In the absence of Mr. E. F. Clerks, Mr. Tait presented the bill. Private Bills Committee. In the Private Bills Committee this morn- ing there was an interesting discussion over the bill to extend the chsrter of the Weston Road Company, which is about to expire by ethuzion of time. The discussion of the bill had been put otf from the a it was first brought up in order that 1e'lll'JIf. nuts of the measure and the promoters of [ To-day's BUU. Abill by Mr. Sharpe, introduced this afternoon, amend: the act incorpoutinE the Parry Sound Colonisation Railway om- puny so that the company my enter into arrangements with the Canada Atlantic , Railwnv Company and the Ottawa & Parry ll Sound Railway Company in the "me man- :ner as with res ect to the Northern & 1'eu1ite.tlt.tnctioy I{hilwny Company. . Mr. Guthrie's bill to amend the Assess- ment Act deals with a matter of consider- able importance-that of the exemption f om taxation of farm " g, stock and implements. I 1 ' Under the present law, N . P passed in 1888, all s "r. . armer's live stock, no t " HER matter how valuable, is WSI Mt xxempt, but his imple- MN, irrialii lt nts are liable to tax- rllf, 'm1lllll g ':un. This has been 'ili?ill), . Ni unplained of in some ( " M l :nses as an excessive ex- emption, "Lu "., unequal and unfair to many farmers as well as to other taxpayers. Thin bill proposes that there should be B sub- stantial but not an excessive exemption granted on both live stock and im laments, and that it should be up to a lil'Tl'l'l','l',',t, say in all 81,000. The principle of partial exemption is already recognised in our as- sessment law. Incomes up to a certain amount are exempt. There are also other instances. The second feature of the bill is a provision to render non-resident tax- t'ipi',r.y'li,",l',1t to [the same fl'eff,"ltt,S,' for, ailure to pay taxes by the awful time as l residents sre liable to pay. At present non- l residents escape liability for this, "e while residents have to bear it. The bill introduced by Hon. Mr. Gibeon is to amend the Insurance Act no that in. surance companies may insert in their policies a provision that will relieve them from liability where a tire in caused by u. steam threshing mochine which has been stationed within 100 feet of n barn or stack. The bill also provides for the up intmeut of Provincial coronere. who shalYOeach be both a coroner and a justice of the peace, for may county and part of Ontario, for the hold ng of inveatigitiom into the causes of tires. , " 91:3 q S'at.al8t tr " Si': ""3 r s'h5.,"l,%ul " y, "ajll'NF. [mph A bill introduced by" Dr. Gilmour is to change the name of the Weston, High Park & Toronto Street Railway Company to the City& Suburban Electric Railway Com- pany. The bill gives to the new company certain powerl to produce electricity for thtyet.itys. power ofytid railway. _ work The iG"iieii" Act of Inst session, With the administration of which this deput- mentis also charged, gave rise to s. good deal of correspondence during the par. Perhaps the best indication of the volume 0: worlé is afforded [T, the correspondence o the epartment, w ich s r a": year some 39,000 letters 8::ng ltd answered, contouring some M,000 enclos- urea. The setual increase over the previous year was in letters sud enclosures Indy down the rivers and a F ' Vince, was transferred f t of Public Works to this meat. added materially to its res_ ibilitiu