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Public Accounts Submitted to th House. REVENUE AND EXPENDITURE t Favorable Showing as Com. l pured With Lust. Year. i Important Bill Respecting the Number of County Councillors- Details of P1 ovluce'a Finances. lu-gislutlw Chamber, Feb. w. The prlnt-lpal cvt-nt at to-day's alt- ting of tln. House was the bringing duwn of the publlc accounts, which ttre now In the hands of the members. To-morrow the estimates may be ex- Pectrui, and then the 'budget speech wlll 'lw duv. Slr Oliver Mowat and Mr. Mart, I' had a short discussion to-day as to when the Treasurer was to deliver his annual review of the Provlrui's tinances, the Premier Ibelng anxious that it should take place on Wednesday, while Mr. Matter wished a Jay's postponement. The matter was left open. . A number ot petitions were present- ed at the opening ot the House. Mr. Flatt presented a petition from the Wentworth County Council pray- ing that public market places be cov- I ered; also one taking that socletles who brlng Irresponsible pauper chll-l dren to Canada be reapomlble for! :13?) until they are eighteen years of I tur Ollv M r .. tion or _il'i'eS"tl 1r.]rptt,1tc1it,1,t,vvtt,t l that the " Kraut power tol