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tho-0.13001" were made in free e England was the reason thnt . r price was so high. This was evidence of the truth that free trade does not make verything cheap. Un- less the conditions were the same it was no argument to say that the prices here were as low as those In another country. The question was. Could the book be produced at a, less coat? All war the rural districts there was a. general complaint as to cost of text-books. Mr. Garrow brought down two bills -one to amend the assessment act, the object of which is to place electric light works upon the same foot- ing as gas works, so far as the ex- "mption of their personalty is con- cerned: and the other to amend the iDivision Courts act. This bill provides {for notice of motion for summary judg- Jnent in the Division Court in suits for tttt recovery of $25 and upwards, L'.brought for recovery on debt or tmoney demand. At present the right to move for Judgment in this way is "nited to cases where the amount valved exceeds $40. _ Col. Matheson suggested that the , hool of Science work should he hand- over to the University of Toronto, _" it was of the same character as the work in some departments there. Mr. Ross replied that while some of the work was of the same kind. and in 'gnct some of the theoretical instruction hiv the school students was obtained " the University. with which the 'school was affiliated, the practical work thug ttpe done in a special school. i Col. Matheson had a lot of fun with' 'the list of books recommended for Pub- _ Elie Libraries and the classification of! ,.,books in it, claiming that books whichi should be classed as ttetion were placed l, under other heads, and so the', .statement which Mr. Ross had madei u',',),'. the proportion ot fiction read had decreased greatly in the last twenty iyears was misleading. Col. Math-i eson had a more serious chargel than this to make in connec-i tion with the grant of 856.000 for Public Libraries. Art Schools, literary d gelentifte service. This was that _e Superintendent of Public Libraries d taken advantage of his position make money. He was told that in e preparation of his catalogue he ked the publishers to send him copies 1 books. and that his son, who was a ookselier, undersold the trade with the books so received.. Mr. Ross re- plied that he had heard stories of this kind and had asked the Superintendent about it, who explained that when ho was preparing the. catalogue he sent to the publishers to know if they would Bend copies ot books with which he was i not familiar. Whether the books were! sent or not Mr. Ross did not know. Any publisher would send him books to see it they were suitable to put upon the list. and what he did with them af- terwards he did not know. The total number received could not be more than one or two dozen. Col. Whitney said that he understood that case af- ter case was so received. Mr. Ross was certain that this could not be "o, but promised to look into the matter thoroughly and obtain a statement of the number received. . ment by an influential and repre- FemntatiVe Reputation to-day. This road, At built, will open up a large territory of .country lying between Lake Bu.. or and the Lake of the Woods, rich Frnincral and agricultural possibili- . The road has already been sub- -' ' y the Ontario Government to of 83.000 tt mile for M miles. tation wantedasubsldy of 'ts, , miles that will be trav- era . the point at which the line leav the Port Arthur, Duluth & Wes- ern, miles west q Port Arthur, un- Upon the question of the classification of books Mr. Whitney and Mr. Ross had," far the liveliest cross fire of the "on. Mr. Whitney accused Mr. Ross of ending the question, at issue " as usual." and was sharply called to order by the Minister of Education for th. insinuations which he opntinual- ml -rew across the Mor of the House. arr" smut of $193,022 for the Depart- " ot Agriculture was then taken [ , k r. Dryden fully explained the - " the appropriation for service, " - is 86,000 less than last year. Of , :~,3601 for service, one-half is giv- Gn F ' _ cultural societies. The Bonus was adjourned before any of the items were voted 116911. RAINY RIVER RAILWAY. The claims of the Ontario & Rainy River Railway were very forcibly pre- Iented to the consideration ot the Gov- d, .....u. uoe augenra book before it was authorized by the department. running the risk of not having its use permitted in the schools. Col. Matheson tried to elicit a state.. ment of the amount received in r0ya!- ties on the hook hut M.. To.-.,-.., Mr. W. J. Robertson, M.A., teacher of mathematics and history in tho St. Catharines Collegiate Institute, was ex- amined in the Public Accounts Com- mittee this morning upon the terms of the publication of his hooks, the "Publie School. History" and the "High School Algebra." Col. Mathe- son conducted the examination, which showed that Mr. Robertson had pre- pared the algebra hook before it was authorized by the department, running the risk of not havinrr tri, .qIMaeV -sws-___?tt , a compromise to share the cost of the Work with the property-owners. The city's hill contained a revision en- abling the city to pay ha?! the rates on! the property south of Hamilton street" The principle of legislative interference; was apprnved. and a sub-committee' composed of Messrs. Gibson, Crawford.' Dana, Taylor and Pardo was appoint- ed to determine the proportions of the) cost to be borne by the different;i classes of property-owners. , IN THE PUBLIC ACCOUNTS. ( c ". eoSwell I r . .- JE, . at _ miles east of Fort " . Gal' ".' ' ultimate intention of the project" w. ' to extend the road to Port . 7,, " but in the meantime it will be term] 1 ated at Swell Bay, as the interveniii " twenty miles presents many dimcui L" ties of construction. The road will at"; ford transportation facilities for th . richest portion of New Ontario ant will serve the gold region and the ire _', ranges. The argument was put toned award that the Province would b _" I amply repaid by the sale of mining an i' agricultural lands and by the increase r-f, 'trade which would result from the de '35 lvelopment of the district. Mr. James. 1C0nmee, M.PP., introduced the gentle-$55 men who addressed the Ministers. TYC" speakers were Messrs. D. F. Burk «I! Mayor Marks, Port Arthur: Mayor 311%; Kellar. Fort William: B. A. Folger, _ Kingston; Judge Kingsmill. Toronto t G. O. P. Clavet, Port Arthur; Thomag' f Marks, 1. L. Matthews, Lieut.-Col. Ray? l J. J. O'Connor, Port Arthur, and H. E. Walker, General Manager of the Bank _ of Commerce. Before Gladstone avenue was ex-i tended northward the cost of the wor in was estimated at $9,000, but when th land damages were reckoned with th fltrure was increased to $32,000. Th addition of interest increased the cos of the extension to $36,000. Some Glad stone avenue property-owners refuse _" to pay the local improvement assess- ' ment, claiming that the by-law ha been illegally passed. They went to the ('uul'ls. Now the city proposes as O'Connor, Thus. Marks, D. F. Burk, J. V L. Melklo. 1. L. Matthews, J. I. Mc- Govern, Col. S. W. Ray, A. F. Mills, F.:-,' Featherspoon, Thos. Squires, Geo. R. 'it. Thompson, W. J. Clark, Port Arthur 'ri Mayor McKellar, E. A. Morton, John m. Ring, Fort William. i"'-, Mr. Hardy, in reply. said that they arguments had. been ably and terseiy ' put, so much so as almost to convince him that the Government ought to do something. He was afraid the speak-' ers had actually convinced some of " I colleagues already. The Government , would take an early opportunity to;1 consider the question and see if they? could do something or otherwise. Be- sides representatives from Toronto., Kingston and other places there wesre,u' inmthe delegation Mayor Marks, J. 14'