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gearegces. Another subject t3 whichh he, in- n e togive some ntten ion ur in: t 0 our , was that of retorortiutt. He called for e re'port aptmqeUtqd. Th. m for ttte hoes-tel In, from Mr. Phipps upon um. and it had been WWW" t"'g,Ne0hat'tgPg, to the esti- found that attention had been given more to mate, "tttd "tet s maiea xhibition ex- planting tree-i upon fuming lends than upon, [)0th in ittg,Te2tth' The total sum reforesthig the new territory. lie bud receivol appropriated feHt " 'Str, JT. 4hmso Supplemen- communications from eminent authorities on ity, estimates " thtife, . Tht, usual vote t'fiirit,rr,f, in ref]. United 1"ltt onde Mr. tr,P'e', gwgmgrhgdggmhtwfiotpending the rope nonporon t e nu iecr, at e . Iptt 0 so . mid been unable to do more than make a be . pita "that "" (NW) in!" 1tairisd for. p ginning in this direction. Mr. Bronson had a - ' ".eerc-.tee.rry.eeese.ieeie. on gone very exhnuuiively into this and had . . prepared a statement which unfortunately . could not be acted upon this session. As to the protection of tho formats from fire. he re- ' gutted that he was unable to consider the motion. lie regretted to any that the reforest- ing of thin country was practically inmonsihle Without beginning the promise ill route: hing of the manner of the nursery. it would thus be seen how enormously expensive evcn in initia- tion this would be. i'ho progress in the work would be slow and the work itself experi- mental. The 1t,Nirte,'lY, next took up the timber anion. lie id not know that he need go again into it at length. The timber sales were always open. They were advertised for three months to give every pun-ml ullUppor. tuuity of ttho,'",',',; It was supposed that no man would ur unless ho had tirst explored the reserves. to show that the Government had no intention of forcing them upon the market without ample opportunity for ex- Iilorntion being given. Mr. Hardy referred to nuances of t miner lands being with- drawn from ml: because they were unexplored. The 1nb.rttw.tion that the Government received from their odicere as to these woe kept under loc i and key. so that peo- ple could not. after having made it purchase with which they might fuel "isstvtititiod, my they had been deco void by the d pertinent. The valuation of the timber reserves was a. matter that would be attended with very great ditttcuitr. tt would necessitate the engagement oi'n number of men of long experience. and. they were very ditticult to not. They could _ get 1.000 men who would apply for the position ' of winger. but there was not one in a hundred 1 upon whose information the department could rely. it required enormouu' oy:perierwe, the pnu'licQ of your: and your»; to enable men to e mute the value of those forests. There was some little discussion upon the quuttion ofthe export duty on lupin. and Mr. Meredith had a. word ",to say in ever: fthe encouragement of local industry. the establish ment ot "aw millu on tho Canadian side of the border. but Mr. llurdy did nm go into the general question. The export duty ho quite agreed might come irritation and probably re- taliation. but it implied only to special cases. and there mu no renion for taking up the whole question. _ The Railway Subsidies. Mr. Meredith had one more question to raise. There had been no announcement with regard to the railway suhaidy proposals. lie tee,.',',",',',', tlint as no 1esoiutions had been submitle tht re were to he no grant» this 'us.suiiost,but he thought it was due, to the promoters of these enterprises that some .q.'.atrmtettt should be made we to the reasons that had inttuenced the Govern- ment with regard to I hem. _ 'l'he AttornitrUoncral briefly replied that the Government did not no,» its way to accede to the requests that had been made this rte-salon. but he did not see any advantage in eta. leg the reasons that had intiuemceu them. They might reconsider mum ot these iiiuttera and submit them to tho Home next session. The supply Bill was then pnsaed. and the Home rose at 12.40 pan. Supplementary Eatimatu. The T'tl',','r"itlatii; estimates for 1891 were brought own in t c Legislature on Friday. They include grants to county bonus of refuge as follewa c-. . Countyof r.lgin...........................33,000 '. Lincoln.......................... 4.000 " Norforlk......................... 2.250 " Welland......................... 4.000 " Brant.-..................... 3,500 " Middlesex....................... 4.000 " York......................- 4.000 " "'nlorloo........................ 4.000 " Wellington...................... 4.000 The following grants were made to hospitals and charities _ St. Joseph), Hospital, London. . . . .. ....81,531 67 tit. Joseph's Hospital. Hamilton... .... 225 00 Old Lad ee'Honie, Gait................. 180 95 Aged Women's Home, London. . . . . .. .. 506 31 Among the items of public buildings is one of $1.300 for the reconstruction of the {gardeners cottage at Government House. he public works eetunatee include 3300 to complete the channel from Indian [liver to Lake linseeau ttll toward a landing Bier at Port Elgin. and 1.000 for a similar wor at Southampton. One of the estimates under Crown land. refunds to holders of timber limits heretofore no d by the Province and taken by the Dominion Govern- ment on part of Whitotttsh indian reserve $47.- 600. The sum of 80,800 is appropriated tor the cost of the Mining Bureau and mining impec- tion. Among the miscellaneous items is one to cover the expenses of the arbitration with Quebec. 810.000. For the Drainage Commission 82.00) in provided for, tho salary of referee under the Drainage Act $5,000. and for other expeneee incidentto the act, now. For the Teachere' International Convention 32.500 in