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readings, and, with.the exception of & :L?:Tnéogortnh: re"t«e':oo::":gt'tmumprg%?;l 102 few questions by members, and one or which the present holder of the con-- two minor measures, the business on tract is alleged to hbave made. Mr. the paper has been practically cleared Wh':tnefy Sflgd' t;?ntglh't!hhad :'é'te'cbe"#i, tol y make rin e matter ore off. A question by Mr. Whitney to--day the Hou%'e at this stage, as it is of more G'"C".?d from the Provlnclal Treagurer 'mp()rtance to the Government and t')' a straight denial that any investigation the people of the country than to hon. is in progress in connection with the ' gentiemen on the oppoglte side of the Government printing contract, but the | House, and he hoped that after bring-- | Ing it before the notice of the Govern-- hon. gentleman took advantage of the ment they may be able to say some-- opportunity to intimate that the speci-- | 'thlng that may relieve the public mind fications would in accordance with the | of that anxiety which may exist wm; practice of the Government be over-- [;yige'r'xr?n;:e tth:?etga;'gir'a long 'tll::: ;;ast hauled before new! tenders are invited, with respect to what is stated in the with a view to obtaining a still more article in questlonhln regar(} to thehtav-' C i r orable contract these gentlemen have, favorable contract for the next five and therefore the statements were no years. The Attorney--General introduc-- surpris> to him. He would like to ask ed a bill providing that municipalities without any further preliminary story : may, in case of necessity, spend their whether there is any truth at all in the , statement that he had read, and also money outside the limits of the muni-- specifically whether or not an investi-- ;"iptg-mes for the purpose of preventing gation has been made or is going on j oods. A Mr. Garrow presented the report of gfis};ehaflofr"nt;;s G;'p'z.','fi'(f':t','énfi' t:ng;?. the select committee: upon the bill which the existing state of @ffairs as relating to a certain by--law of the Town outlined in the article can be im rov'- of Clinton, which was adopted, and Lt;\e t P bill was read a second time, after Mr. | Pattullo had recelved an assurance ; krg(v)vnw.ll\ua; ofij::(;otl:l!: ::r'\d ftx;ee;atargellg from Mr. Garrow that the bill did not have in dlrectin§ the abt.entlon o(f: 'tjhn endorse anything in the way of a bonus House to sgsea--serpent ficttion which at all, but merely sanctioned a loan. ; people expected in the month of August An Explanation. every year. The article referred to was $ filled with inaccuracies; in fact there In summarizing Mr. Hardy's reply is scarcely an accurate statement in it I to Mr. Miscampbell when the latter He assured the hon. gentleman tha.t"' asked if the Government had the pow-- every member of the' Government and| er to change the existing timber regu-- every member of the House is desir-- lations by means of an order in Council, ous that the new contract shall.be more 'The Globe credited Mr. Hardy with advantageous if the trade conditions saying in effect that the act having permit, and he assumed they did had the sanction of Parliament, it mit, than any other precedin fon-- wou'd be impossible to alter it without tract. In the past twenty yefrsm}r:: th'e consent of that body. | pointed out, the work has beén 'we-lii 'What I did say," explained Mr. done, whether It be the press work or| Hardy, "in reply to the hon. member the binding or the composition, but A for East Simcoe, was that some legal to whether enormous pric'es hav "b rq gentlemen had taken the view that given to diffe c not 1§) j rent contractors or not is\ the regulations having had theé sanction a big question, and perha it will of Parliament, it would not be pos-- quire expert knowledge ?: "l- re--' sible for the Government to modifv satisfactorily to the House m}s"er is them or change them, but that my hon. friend be inclined to pa: t'eSt h\h! own view was somewhat different from attention to articles whlet{, Te mof wi i that. I was of opinion the Govern-- founded he remlhded him tz;re not."ell\ ment could make the change because now being said of the pre it contrs is' the act merely approved of the regu-- tors has fieen said of er'?'e.ser;'t o whinl lations, and did nothing more, but it has had a Government ud trm Y hop was an open question, however. Anothker want of accurate invtorm:?ln i the sug. point to which I may dramw the atten-- gestion is made that uon re sug-' tion of the House for a moment is that | ting rich very sudden! o our o¢ ns Lat" I spoke just a moment before that of 'traort. and in order to) fhepve Thet the the fact that it had been urged last three or four contracts l;:l?:;e ave been | winter while the House was in sges entered into durin tge JC * wenty | ¢ sion by hon. members opposite that years have each o-fgth tl,wt in un there would be out during the lumber cession more favorabl "1G Ihe FProvinee season something like 509.000,000 feet | than the preceding o0 5. e tnen onunt of lumber, and that this would be taken ciated them &s Poflows:--Bhe contract away in logs. But our returns bear out for the paét five ptite .--T}}e eantract ; * the statement we then gave, namely. cent. more favor blyears was 60 per that 't.he cut would not exceed 200,000,000 for composition t:arf v:";.sut';: P}!'{O\'lnce l feet. Rose contract of 1868. Complaint hl;gtglrl The Printing Contract. | !;((;rb:grd{made with regard to the charge | a stitchin nhich i i Upon the motion to go into commit-- importa it tten * e einhe. Prisml tee of supply, M_r. Whitney drew at-- tt'rr.mnfls:tétg'?:"q t'm!tl'lf:redhwlth I'Iun- tention to _an article in this morning's has in the Rut'tér cont ~-m b n reduntion Mail and Empire stating that the Gov-- of 58 per cent. In th ie i neductio1! ernment was about to renew the con-- of binding t};o pric e re'malning item, tract for printing, and that an investi-- last five years was li pa}(\i o oip that g_'}thm was being held in connection of the Hunter I{( S se than hailf that with the preparation of the specifica-- --moge--contract, . _ He ad--