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seven hundred and t"ttif"tt dollars "I: iiaitri"ftai," Cirifthn, mfiotiirtdir," Weed received in 1891 from t is source, agains (3.." )_14, . _ T 856,486in1890. . , , ' Committee on Standing o'rders---Mr. REPORT ON (new Asp PRISOXS. ' O'Connor, chairman; Messrs. 'he Barr, . I Baxter, Biggar, Bish0p, Bush, Ampbell The 24th annual report of. the imestor I (Algoma) Campbell (Durham), Carpenter, of prisons and public charities upon the I Charlton. Chisholm, Cleland. Dock, Davis, pols, ghoul and reiormatories of the 1'ro- howling, Fell, Ferguson, Field, Gibson vines, ing for the year ending September (Huron), (llendining. Hammell, Hudson, ao, 1891, was presented to the House to. Kei-ns 'uuriUrT, Loughriu. McInnaghon, day. A marked improvement luring. the 1 Monk, M cClearv. McKay tOxford), Moore, past year in the furnishing and sanitary thug" Rsyside, Rorke, Sharpe, Smith condition of these places and in the classih- _ '; (Frontenac). Smith (York), &tiderWprague, cation of prisoners is reported. During the 1 Stratton 'i'ooUy, Wood (Brantr--4E year there has been .a large decrease in b EGiiiVG on Railwe.--Mr. Hardy. crime 2it1t,""e, the Province, the number chairman . Messrs. Allan; Awrey, Balfour, of committal Gving been 10,423 agamst Barr limiter, Bigger, Bishop, Bleard, 11,810 in 1890, or 1,387 less. than the [anzon C aldwell, Campbell gammy"). previous year, a decrease of 118 percent. Campbell (Durham), Carpenter, hisholm, n no year since 1885 have the committals Charlton It. F. Clarke (Toronto), H. e. been so low. The_decreasc has not been Clarke ('lloronto), Cleland, Canines, Dock, peculiar to any section, but has been gener- Davis D owlin , Drydot, Evanturel, Fell, ally distributed over the whole 1,',,rovinye. l Fer'vii'son Fish? Garrow, Glendlnin ' Gib. The most noticeable ti.ecrease.it in Toronto, t','o1?ifl1','ili2'0," Gibson (Huron), Garnet", where the number of .cominittuls Was 5,- a Godwin Guthrie, Hammell, Hlsoott,Kerrts, 371 last year as against 3.,98f. in 1890, or Locum}: Loughrin, Mack, Mackenzie 613 less. The marked reduction in the (West 'iiuarj7iri wood, Matter, Mea. number of committals for drunkenness du.r- chain Meredith F/lr/deli,' Monk, ing the past year of 959 is no doubt due in , Moore fiiGi'iir'i," McColl, Mera, (Vie. a great measure to. the very stringent itoria) 'siiEiGiifl,iiGGha,' McMahon, statutory regulationsin reference lt the iiiii2'nCr' Paton Porter, Preston, Ra side, sale of intoxicating liquors, the ethient Reid Robillard Rorke Sharpe, gmith supervision of the license inspectors and tho (York) Snider 'soriiiiir' Stratton, Tuit growing conviction 'P the part of _t.he Pro. Toole ' White 'ififiitrriviiiiiifii',yira Vince that an excessive use of stimulants (Brain's Wood. (Hastings) W lie-W. is both physically and mentally injurious. iiiiil'ci al c%ifnfiiti"d {in Hardy, The greatest diliiculty in the way of the chairman!)- Messrs. Allen, Away, Bal- proper management of our gaols lathe "four. Bishop Bronson, Bush, Campbell growing disposmon to convert, them into iiiiir'urn")' Cldncy E. F. Clarke (Toronto), py?.rlioysos.. It is a disgrace to the people I lClcland CGiiiiiii inn". Dryden, Fell, INrrc of thisProvinee to allow theirugedpoor who! I mm" ' Field 'i/iii; Gan-ow Gibson have committed no .crime against. the Hanna") (liliiiour iiiuii1ifi ' lawn"... laws of the land to be incarcerated within IG tl rie, 'Hiscott Hudson laws Kirk. prison walls. It is inhuman, unehristiau lwgm', L'ockhart I:oughrin Mack irariiiii. and ttapatriotie, and should be prevented (W lambton) ' Magwood irilii7,' Mea. by tho most stringent legislation if not tm- chain Meredith, aiiLtrriFih3riiii", Moore, mediately remedied by the authorities of M Che iiil'Gi McKay (Oxford) McKay the various counties. There are a few in. If,. t r1l?/,'Tril'd'd'l'; (E iiiiiiiaii 'Mo- dustrial homes in the western part of the (Kvei),it/,','t 'sGiiiiiii'. O'Connor iiiiiik', Por. Province which are in very cliieient work, to"; 'Ci' Reid 'Robillard ltorke émith ing order. Since the establishment of these (Yrorkit it u "is no ' Stratton ' Tait I'fiiiii"y' institutions there has been a feeling oi W ters' WIilldgu h, iFai'triiiii'tj Wood 'greater satisfaction among the tnunicipali. H: iii', g w 1i'l.lg', , 'ties of the respective counties from the ( te,,',",',':,'),) (in Public Aceotutta--.M+. knowledge that their aged poor are proper- Awfeyi Balfour Caldwell Clone H. E. ly kept at no RPM" cost than under tho -di/ri"d)iiRiiTi)', Davis, Gdrrow, "irtd',i,r't, old system. Tho 'l"ilt,'"'C,"i1 of PM)! _ Hardy, Mackenzie (West Lambton), Mar. 'ir,',,"],','."" throughout t e rovmce is 25, ter,Mcreditli,Kcrns,()'Connor,Smith(York). 51'" m: ('mthT'rrEs. azzflrriixgrgs-{LZR lute, Wood (Brant), The report of the (tio.,',',":',"):',',', to strike To A.ue.ND THE MUNICIPAL ACT. the stunt ing committees is as o ows _ p. . . _ . Committee on Privileges and Eletr1ous- , If"?! :3 ht1fd,tui'2t'h"i'id tit, tll it; Mr. Harcourt, chairman ; the Attorney- SI',',?, l e p . hi bitt Cl n General Messrs. Burr Blezard Bush 0 Jec.ttl"s same pu.tp.orr" .". t o , C ld . l Ch rlton "an; 1.. F ' Clarke year in regard to bridges within 80 chains it, "e, , (a e ' Du 1'l' thlin l) . of county boundaries, declaring them to be (i IT, .0", Jeri,',','., . 1'h.1'd (ll fat' ry- county boundary bridges, but limiting the ('li'l',id,'C.'."'/'dl'li,,' "l'r2,U IMuck "31101:",- 'ohligation to bridges that were originally am, iiiiiaiiT, Miscampbell. Monk, McKay I i built elftlier wholly or in part by counties or (Victoria), McKenzie (It). Lambton), Me. "rural) counties. . Melton, Paton, Rayside, Karlie, Sharpe, 50TH?" or MOTION. Snider, Tait, Waters, White, Whitney, Mr. 11ylloughby-Biit to amend the Wood (Hastingio---37. Municipal Act. Committee on Private P,ilhr-Mr. Hib. I Mr. McKay i0xtord)--Bil1to-d the son (Hamilton), chairman ' Messrs. Allan, Municipal Act. Awrey, Balfour, Baxter, Bigger, Bishop, Mr. 8lsarptr-Bil1 to amend the Municipal Blezard, Bronson, Caldwell, Campbell Act. (Durham), Carpenter, Chisholm, Clancy, Mr. Iyry---rttquiry of the Ministry-s-Did H. E. Clarke (Toronto), bl. F. Clarke vthe Minister of A ricultnre, or any (Toronto), Irack,.luvia, howling, Dryden, person authorised by ism, promise to sup- Evantorel, Ferguson, Fell, Field, Fraser, ply each member of the hrrmers'imstituttt Harrow, Gibson (Huron), Gilmour, Guth. with all bulletins and reports of the Agri- [ rie, Hammell, Harcourt, Hardy, His- cultural College and model farm 2 _ cott, Hudson, kerms, Kirkwood, Mackenzie -re.e"""1P-eeee-tte.ee.et' i (W. Lambton), Magwood, Marter, Meueh- i am, Meredith, Monk, 1lcCull, Me. I Meaghan, McKay (Oxford), McKenzie (rl. I Lambton), McMahon, O'Connor, Preston, luytside, Reid, Rolsillard, Rorke, Smith (Frontenac), Snider, Sprague. h'tratton,'lhit, Tooley, Waters, White, Whitney, Wil. loughby, Wood (Brunt), Wood (Hastings), Wylir--66. Committee on Printing-Mr. Balfour, chairman: Messrs. Bishop, Caldwell, Camp- 'bell (Algoma), Chisholm, Clancy, E, F. ' i Clarke (Toronto), Duck, Evanturel. Har- V