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Iitangible. Two or three instances of ne-- glect of duty were specifically poiated to, and as to these searching inquiry is now being made. While too much weight is not to be attached to general and in-- definite statements uttered in the heat of political debate, and founded mostly or wholly upon mere 'hearsay evideice, and in respect of which the member or ' person making the statement does not claim to have personal knowledge, and while I am fully satigfied that the in-- spectors and commissioners generally aim at an honest and efficient discharge of their duty, I feel called upon to di-- rect your attention to the statemoents referred to, as reported in the public press, and to remind you that the gov-- ernment will continue to firmly insist on a strict compliance on the part of all its officials with the letter and spirit of the I law. -- Further, in view of the statements | made, it is my duty to remind you that | political considerations should not be al-- lowed to anter into or influence the ad-- ministration of the law (if, as is alleged, they have heretofore found any place in | -- that administration), but that they should stand aside, and that the law should be administered impartially and without re-- ference to such considerations. A strict investigation into any irregularity, ne-- glect of duty or charge of misconduct will be promptly held, and those of its 'officials who are shown to be neglectful of duty, careless, partial or incompetent, will not be retained in office. I have the honor to be, sir, your obedient servant, Richard Harcourt. NoTES. On the third reading of the Strathroy , bonus bill, Mr. Wood (Brant) entered a 'strong protest against it. If, he said, |the legislation of last session was wrong, ' the bill did not provide a remedy. The house had pronounced very strongly against class legislation, and sectional legislation was eqpally bad. It was, he thought, unfair discrimination to alow one town to give a bonus and yet prohibit another,. Before its third reading, a clause was inserted in (Mr. Gibson's game law per-- mitting foreigners who have paid the 1 license fee to export fifty ducks. | _ _Mr. Hiscott of Lincoln kept a watchful | eye on Mr. Dryden's bill " For the bet-- ter preventioan of certain diseases affect-- ing fruit trees," and, coming, as he d'd, from a central fruit district, his remarks were of considerable value.