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paid capitl'l of the larger amount. cat- culated on the but: at the results in recent cases where attempts had been made to realize upon that class of se- curity. _ _ Hon. Mr. Gibson advised Mr. Osler to amend the preamble. showing that I for as the courts are concerned the Judges have approved of the amalga- mation. and that no one interested has appeared to oppose the bill. As two of the directors appointed by the hill have died since " waa drafted. Mr. Osler asked to have a clause in- serted eoverimt the emergency. but the Chairman advised that the change br made when the bill is in Committee of the House. ' After R. protracted discussion. tho, committee deferred notion until further I information is furnished. i Neglected Children. The report of the. Superintendent of , Neglected and Dependent (Fmdren. l, which was presented in the Legislature [this afternoon by the Honorable R. J. Davis. is one of the most interesting volumes is'smed by the Government de- partments. It covers almut one hundred and twenty Dawes. and deals with every phage of the child-shaving problem. Ad- ditional interest is given by tho fact that there are quite 'a number of illus- trations demonstrating the important-e ot the work. '9ctmietieg for" the m'o-, tection of children have been organized in four new districts, homes have been fo-und for_more dependent children than in any former year. a larger amount of preventive work has been done, and l the greater eillvleney that comes with experience has to some extent been re- alized. The number of "ltildren provided with {outer homes during the vear was: two hundred and twenty-five. In addition to a. very large preventive work by which the condition of children was improved without removing them from parental control. There are now 828 children recorded as making good progress in foster homes throughout the Province under this law. Of this num- her 378 are boys and 455 girls. '=====e==e===e .