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| would bé%equivalent to 12 per cent. of i duia River in order to pro-- the carnings and 3 per cent. of the %n;fi?tr P!:rtorgrthur l;:3;11(_11 l 22 paid--up capital stock. Such a tax was vide the i Tth 'a Supply 'Of Water !anogetber out of proportion to that 'Fort Willflam w To the extent of T50 spaid o e on h. Havigy 1"':" 30&; :nd el%c'f't:: ez;;(t"tgg' t?)wris were repre t a £ . Hardy dismisse orsep s g # gfi:::l';.}l.":ll'lon"'iglr the ¥atement that sented and asked for more bdeffinit:ha'sr their representations would be duly | surances from Mr. :Ienlsoni he ore the C § | considered 4 \ Agreements with him, which were ye 'c : j avaiting signature, were ratified. The 1 Will Not Relax. | bill was not disposed of and will be 4 | For several days a rumor has bgen 1 taken up again. ;current that the Government co'ntitun; . *:"Tna 'Pobaceo of Kent. | plated the relaxation of the regulations o f | requiring all logs cut upon Crown lands Mr. C. C. James, Deputy Commis-- 'to be sawn in Canada. The rumor sioner of Agriculture, yesterday morn-- | robably originated in the report that ing received from <--Mr. W. H. Pardo ; {')ertain lumbermen who had partially of Cedar Springs, Kent County, broth-- made arrangements to have their logs er of Mr. Pardo, M.P.P., a magnificent ! sawn in Canadian mills had l'efcently bunch of _ tobacco leaves _ grown I;'.'i\.'en indications of an inteontion to on his --farm. The bun'(-h was withdraw' from the negotiations, and hung in the members' _ _smok-- | | had hinted that they would not re-- | ing room, and was much admired | | quire to make any "':;awhkg ('cl(::ll)tgm::(tb by. the mtf:mb(-;'st ]\\'h?oappremato the s lian side. + t re-- '{ ualities of good tobaceo. # ;'))El'tter:-eastkiga'li{on. Mr. Hardy Whesl'"*l' 1 4+ The Agricultural Depart_ment is f("?n- there was any truth in the rumor. The stantly in receipt of applications from a Premier replied that there was not | all parts of the world for copies of the a shadow of foundation for it, and in-- various reports and bulletins |s'sued by timated that there is no intention on the department. Recently in IP'Spflnff; the part of the Government of receding to an application a copy of the """,'."J | from the position which had been taken' 'eport of the Agricultural (','r.mege l\."a. | in respect to securing employment for | sent to a resident of Harrisville, M){ nft | Canadian workmen in the manufacture ; who. in acknowledging its receipt, f 'of the logs into lumber. ' wrote: "I have shown the renort to + everal people, and they speak most ' ftainys River Ralilway/ i ?fif";:y n? its excellence." { An influential deputation this artor-i un remnneen nmiee nnantentiees 2 _noon presented strong arguments to the | ; Government in {avor of further a'd to | the Ontario & Rainvy River Rail'\"a)'.l They were introduced by Messrs. (c»'n- mee, Charlton and McKay, M.P.P.'s, and consisted of Wm. Mackenz'e and lJudge Kingsmill, Toronto:; Georgo T. | Marks, Mayor of Port Arthur: Thomas | Marks. and D. F. Rurke, and ex--Mayor McKellar, L. L. Pi'ke and John CC-Op- er, Fort William. Mr. Mackenzie said the line had already received a subsidy of $3,000 per mile for 208 miles from Port Arthur to Fort Frances, and he now asked for another $1,000 for that portion of the lin=. Tt was also asked that the Government give a subsicdy of $4,000 for the remaining 75 miles trom Fort Frances to the Rainy River. A ; subsidy of $3,000 a mile had hbeen grant-- ed by the Dominion, snd it was expect-- ed to increase that to $6,109 on ac-- count of the difficult nature of the | work. Twenty miles had already been constructed, and it was expnocted to complete the road in two seasons. If the anticipated (Government aid was forthcoming three or four thousand men would be put on at orce, and 80 miles built by the end of the year. The line from Winnineg, which it was expected would connect with the On-- tario & Rainy River Railway, would be | completed before many montbs. A de-- tour of thirty miles was being made through Minnesota in order to open up the timber belt. «after a careful hear-- ing of the deputation the Government promised the request careful considera-- tion, 43. se Valuable Water--powers. l The Private Bills Committee had be-- *L fore them yesterday the bill to enable Fdward Spencer Jenison, engineer, of Chicago, to divert the waters of the ( pemmmmmmmmmmmnnmmnmmnnmnnniatniinnintenninniiniin i NNi ienss e _j__