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V3 Em TRCTC $ | * I The Subject of Debate in the House. I F Legislative Chamber. Feb. 26. (-- It was of a kettle of fish that the E leaders in the House talked for a while s to--day. The question was not as unim 'f;' portant as the subject matter migh § . indicate, as it involved the rights o -'; a poor woman and the official action of a Deputy Game Warden, besides the | position of the Province in regard t 4 the inland fisheries. The methods of in the Normal College were made the sub ject of an attack by Col. Matheson up-- 1 on the Education Department. The@N member for Lanark &poke principally in' -- the behalf of University graduates whot # have been unable to pass the examin--' . ation for High School teachers' certifi-- A cates. The Minister of Education ef-- fectively replied to the criticism offer-- ed. *4 Two' private bills were introduced : P ; one by Mr. Charlton to incorporate the { | Seine River and Fort Francis Tele- graph and Telephone Company of On--' _ tario, and one by Mr. Middleton to * confirm an agreement between -- the 'f':," Hamilton, Grimsby & Beamsville Elee-- (Bo tric Railway Company and the City of W Hamilton. x Col. Matheson asked this question :-- 4 What were the dates of the orders in' | Council making the following reduc-- 4 tions in drainage assessments :-- 4 s Tilbuty West. ....... .4 «.... $ 9,520 32 Tilbury East......, :.; «+ ..» 12,863 90 Pm Mersca:..., ... .... i. t sn 5 +¥ 790 69 P . Komney..,".. .;.. 249 12 P Mr. Harcourt replied that one order in Council covered the four municipali-- ties. It was dated February 20, 1896. THE FISHERIES. | | _ Mr. Whitney intreduced the question | _of the jurisdiction over the inland water fisheries, in regard to which he had both a question and a motion. He asked :--Pending the decision in ap-- peal of the dispute bet n the Fed-- eral and Provincial -- ments as to