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FRIDAY. nmum-nr- 24, - ------------"'""-""-"'"C"--"-"'"""- The Budget is Stilt the Subject _.of tyukussion. T , w Ah" OTHER DAY fl DEBATE. mrnettehtt EMteet of the Restriction l'pon Exportntlon of Lotrn--Cau- "In For Canadlans. . Parliament Buildings, Feb. 2'.3, The afternoon sitting of the Legisla- ture was again devoted to a discussion of the budget to-day. The speakers wore Messrs. Hisiop (E. Huron) and Farwell (E. Altroma) on the Govern- ment side and Messrs. Duff (W. Sim- one) and McLaughlin (Stormont) for; the Opposition. Mr. Farweli's stirring i advocacy of a thoroughly Canadian policy which will secure to Canadian workmen the greatest amount of em- ployment in developing and manufac- turing our natural products was receiv- ed with cheers. which also greeted the. prediction that as a result of the em- bargo upon the exportation of logs American iumbermen contemplate the erection of mills in Ontario.. ' A petition was received from Chas. Miller and others praiing that the1 bill to incorporate the Toronto Elevat- ed Railway Company be passed. It was presented by Mr. German. Mr. E. A. Macdonald's name was to the petl- ' tion as the agent of Q. T. Mallory. 1 '. A petitfon signed by E. A. Maedon. aid, 0. P. Ridley and w. J. Urquhart was presented praying that an act be passed to interpret and amend the act under which the Toronto Street Itali- way franchise was disposed ot to Mr. Keily so that the rights and privileges of the city'might be procured from the present company. The Cut ot Logs. Hon. J. M. Gibson read a return of the cut of logs in 1897-98 on the limits in the Georgian Bay, Lake" Huron and Lake Superior districts. and which were driven to either of these lakes ".-. Pleces. 3,887,120; feet. 308,766,312; left in the woods, 8.932.080 feet; exported, 211,153,412 feet; unexported. 106,544,977. feet. 1 New Bills. ) Mr. Graham-An act to amend the: municipal act by providinx that the) 't'ounci'l of a township may pass a by- ' law for establishing tire limits in un- . incorporated villages. T '