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be, in their opinion, conducive to the rapid THE LEGISLATURE development of the mining interest. Thea I it could not be forgotten that there was i. _.--.-.-.-.....-..- l difference ot view amongst the mining . . . . delegates themselves who met to New Mining Policy Laid Before discuss this question. Whatever might be said of enlarging the Govern. the House. incnt, it was too serious a question to be gone into rapidly. He moved, second. --_.-.- ed by the Hon. Mr. Rom, the first reading , , , of the bills he had named. THE PRINCIPLh'b h OLLOWED' Mr. Meredith was anxious to know what B--------.-- the position of director of mines was to be, and what was to be the nature of his office. Mr. Mrilloughby's Attack on the Hon. Mr. Hardy replitd.tUt, he would have charge of the Mining Bureau and License System. would ossess the powers of mining inspec. ------ tor. I would necessarily be a man who ' was conversant with mining matters, Mr. Harcourt's DaNnce-Mr. Mowat's Vigorous and would probably reinire a min. tkr-th-Marty am. Adam" . ing inipecrlor.h Jtg: Jef sen one Itil _ - car, ut e a on y ad an uncertain on Stage Dwuuuom' griigiiientary amount of work todo. The - -------- mining inspector would not be likely to re- . ceive a very large salary. The direetor's TORONTO» Apr il 8. salary would be equivalent to that of a de. In the Legislature to-day much business puty head of a de.part.tmut.t. . The t?erl was done. The session is now at it height. woald probtbly, for the tune being, have to l All the im rtant le vislation is before the be connected with the Department of Crown po G' Lands. lhe bills were then read the first i House, the committees are hard at work time. 1 and the sittings of the House are marked Consolidation of Municipal Law. by great interest. W. Dack inquired whether it was the in. l Amendments to the Mining Laws. tcntion of the Government during the forth. ' Thelirst mattcrcngaging theconsidcration c".PPg. "we" to takoany isu'pts for the con- of the House was the introduction by the lion. sohdation of the Municipal Act and the A" 1 Mr. Hardy of three bills toainend the min- "fame" Act. . ' l . ' iug laws of the Province. in introducing 7 he Attota.toy-Gunera . m .reply enumer- . these measures the Uouunissioncr did not, ated the ver"'!" cotv.so.lidytyns that had at the present tstage go into the changes been made in the municipal laws, the last I proposed at, great length. lie should not, one having taken place in 1.885 i and he was I he said, make any observations of an exten- '"'rry. to say that each 363310" tnere mttr a site character, but would merely state in considerable number of amendments. Hel. brief in what direction the general policy would have the greatest tttisuct.if.r? 1n pre- 1 tended. These measures were a tntl to parmg a consolidation act now if he couldl tuueud the Mining Act, a bill to amend the at all expect that the amendments would I Public Lands Act, and a bill to amend the ""5".th a number of years. All he could l let relating to mineral lands, untitled say wtut that the Ju/i',',?),',',' of amendment the Mining Claims Act,. The latter would be consider-e daring the recess. was a measure introduced and carried . Licensing Returns. through thc second reading last session. with A conSiderable portion ot, the. afternoon l some changes and some amendments which Was Ttty 1n discussing the licensmg system. l were extremely important - aiueudnieuts l Mr. IN illoughby moved for an order of the i which it struck the Government might well ( House tor i} return _gtvtng tub.ulated state I, be made, and which had been asked for in . "WM ':eyitt5, the license districts "T I behalf ot the iiiiniug interests. As regards I . "ill I'lt.e gross amount collected Itt each i the biil to amend the Public Lands Act the license district for (a) fees for licenses, I amendments proposed might be briclly I (h) ices for transfers, (Cl fees for re- l stated as follows c-- l 'yye,,ls, (d) tines, (e) mileage, (f) costs. 1 (1) That the Uovornmcnt shall not tooi (2) UN amount expended in each license readily part with the ownership of their t ammo" fer the .fo lowing PT"".e1:-(a). public lands without. receiving some ade- l 'nspcctors salaries, (b) CortutMfgtuoners' ; quarto consideration for the general uses of j 1.ravclling expenses" (e) postage and. .sta- the Province, and that when sold it shall .t.iynyry, (d) 'printing, (e) advertising, ' be fort the bona tide purpose of mining _ if) teta and disbursements of counsel, is"? rather than for speculative purposes t---(2) I fees P, ums.uct'tsss'iul 03393: (h) fees In ', To secure as early and rapid a development _ (""93 of CQDVNNUD .where summits not col. oi the lands which may bu sold as possible. ! bvted, (i) detective service, (J) other (3) To secure a revenue to the Province, coats, (k) expenses re transfers and re. l first, by the sale or rental of the lands; movoy. (1) sundry expenses. 1.3). Thci second, from the actual workings of the Pr"p.ot:tie ff the liceetsts fund to .which the ', mines by way of royalty. It is sought municipalities comprising each license dis- 1 to secure these ends r-Ha) By tixuug a tcict were entitled. aud the amounts which l higher price for the land when sold, and wereactutsliy Paid t.o them. .s't.1cli..rettryn ', (b) by requiring development within a to be for each year since and including the I limited time. (4) To introduce the option license Y?" ended the 30th April, 1877, l of leasehold at an annual rent instead of a to and meljldmg that ended the 30th I l grant in fee simple, thus retaining the fee Air": 1890. . I i in the Crown. (5) in making grants ot fie had, he Bald. moved Ior.a. return of) _ lands for agricultural purposes, to retain the "ll".kmd twt years 330. am} with reference _ ownership of the. minerals in the Crown. to h" own district. hast 'iie'r'tiiid'lii;'i'll'l l (b) The establishment of a Bureau of Mines he had submitted, motion for I return. l and the appointment of a director of mines. 11us return was given, but It did not con- I With reterencu to the latter proposal the tam the information that he had asked the l Government had had under consideration 1lo.tuse, to orderhand In .thi? connection he ' the recommendations of a somewhat repre- opined that all information 1n "h? public its, I seiitative mining convention which as- ct.tesst.slould he given by of.1iciaU freely. , seinblcd recently in the city, and they had tiotut information Gd been g"?.'.", but not considered that it was probably not at the "f h form ,ly),ticlt could be "Milly t1ed.ey l present moment practicable to enlarge the "00ft IN' ith regard to the h?" ptsrt of his T Cubinet---to enlar o the membership of the Pop."', the amount collected "reach license Government by adding to it another Min- district had been given very iyiistu1c:tly, i, iattor, as r scouuneadud by that body. There and as regards fees tor transfers and tw- l I might be arguments in favor of that present- movtsls there was no report. y, had the ' ed no doubt forcibly by the convention, same charge of a want of 1s,finitonesst.o: _ but the convention perhaps considered less 'liege 'yep" the .retur.m' of. the amounts _ i the general public and the general question upended "1 eaeh.1.ieemsiyg district. With ', of what would be for the advantage of the regard to the W190" of the 1109110138 fund l country than simply the one of what would tV, I'rtanurrsr n hia budget 'P'Och u given