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Mn eanor etc. was discussed in e. "Mr-- is s nees! | ce * 4 powering the Cou by by--law to fix sparse, and it would, therefore, | the assessment of the new Palace Ho-- G;n'rcely be fair to cut them aloof from tel to be erected on King street at $360,-- : ;:r%'file"t aid. | 000 tt'or ten years, and the water rate | € was reported as amended. ' at five cents per thousand . gallons | Government M | above the quantity used by the Queen's§ $ easures Dropped. Hotel. He spok® at some length in Three Government measures were support of the amendment. dropped, viz., Hon. Mr. Hardy's bill re-- thMr. Pa'tltullotd?réired tto gbl;t outt t'}l'la(; | laaut(llnsa ;33 r%ien;\'mtr;:eyzx :'f infants in court e people o oronto ha no A e railway act of O the c';uestlon brought 'before them in j tario respectively, and Hgn.' Mr. Rosnsr' the proper way. Atlgxe tmomen't that | b"}i tol improve the law respecting high | the city was clamoring to tax every-- schools. | thing in sight, and condemning the' The Attorney--General's bills amend-- Legislature for taking away, as they | ing the municipal and assessment acts | elaimed, their powers in this respect, | were passed through committee. Al thbe-yi wer; proposing bteo exebmpt the very ; | provision in the former bill gives a | things which were st able to pay to > itcwn from which an industry h 1 the municipality. The city had refus--| attracted by a bonus granrt};d a:yb:;':] ed to grant exemption to Massey Music other town power to take proceedings Hall, a building used in an educational to quash the bonus by--law passed by ts'e,nse. amii a gregtlbengflt to a}l b}:asses. the town to which the industry has re-- ut now in the dying hours of the ses-- moved. One of th sior:' ask;dt 'forlfxe'n'mflfln tfm dadp{t?S; assessment act enaglgsr(.)t;?lg::c:si)rtg% pective hotel. e also contende a a municipality to such an exemption would be decidedly tefor thp C % es ol ee Sobellitfit € f e the Court of Revision. unfair to existing hotels that for years y § | had paid their share to the municipal Committee of Supply. burden. The House went int R 7 o Committee of | vc;lt'geo:?'ffl:gm):nt C PA NT o) _ iSum)ly for the remainder of the even-- : Acke ng. * Eveniig Session,. ( Victorian Order of Nurses j The followinigWBIKweld reada a third f | time at the ev¥enitng session :-- M?n"fgftChlng t:'::emrandisf;-)ellaneous vote, f | 1 afe' schools 'act-- / ney attac the item of $2,500 M?".ORa;gse.ld the separate schoo for the Victorian Order of Nurses. If MTb amend the 'public libraries act-- gdge;:tn;(,";;zuggft}ded' $1,000 -- was suf-- ! Mr. Ross. l aF, * $ : M'Po (t;mend the act respecting wages-- 8150%111'32.(1 f({)ms tg;i;er;;i e?va'thfi c;rdea. § r. Garrow,. 4 | b oo Cha Tho ! _ Respecti work which was not covered by the | Superll)m? Igc;'we?'aglc:mséf{ Magle' penent ordinary hospitals of the country. | | Mr. Farwell pany and others-- * Mtlh M(g.the?;:n oll)jected to the grant | 'ch s | to the Canadian Institute. It was a ! mente aangc'{et';:geggopggze;:pgecg&vf:- »club.i }lle contended, and did not do the j ;'zrx:h; supply of printing paper tos th)e: ' leraeS: workiAor--which (he grant was ve years was concurred in. Hon. Mr. Hardy maintained that the Manhood Suffrage Registration l-nst:(tute was doing a very valuable i+ e * work. ' w;lshietbm amending the statute Jaw Mr. Whitney suggested that funds be ? E mere erred back to committee and an voted for procuring a portrait of the i i ol n;ent inserted providing that in first Premier of Ontario. He also hoped § mrgg gayiq,og?ttf::m'gn?n do,. flegss only itogsi?x a ;t)lortti;il-t of Mr. Hardy adorn-- $ T , instead of four, of n e chamber. a ;:x:mBo:rdl of Manhood Suffrage Regis-- Mr. Hardy approved of the sugges--| $ l Ss ould be held, one of the days be-- tion in regard to a portrait of Mr.; 3 ng Saturday. Ea.nd}f'leld h}(}acdonald. As for himself, | & e should hardly feel at home un'ess | $ Forest Reserves. the portrait of his hon. friend oppo-- | $ a(:'eie;';:or}nwa:l:z?l added giving the site was close at hand. (Laughter.) : ' ' wer & fine dee nan t a Pind! aroos t : | t!mggr ';;':gtwt:'e'cgw':gs I&)en tracts of In reply to Mr. Matheson, Hon. Mr. | and which the Go e n cut over Hardy said that Ontario would join the convert int e vernment desires to other Provinces and the Dominion in | The bill o'a forest reserve. making a Canadian exhibit at Paris in ftents was reported, with amend-- 1900. ~It would not be of nearly the { 3 us same extent as at Chicago, and thiag Should Government would not have any very oc Assume Burdens. great responsibility, as the Dominion\ 3 ertain verbal changes were made in authorities were making the necessary i f 10')mmittee to Hon. Mr. Ross' bill erect-- arrangements. Messrs. Blue, White, 4 d';:'larzlll;:oulm into a provisional ju-- ; Lumsden, and James would be ap-- 5 F. M rict. During the discussion | pointed honorary commissioners to de-- rl'. atheson took the ground that the i termine what exhibit Ontario should ';g:rlc;: * Muskoka and Parry Sound | make. _ The Government would ap-- thou of swaddling clothes and : point an honorary commissioner to &0 ;fogld be made to bear their full share t0 Paris, and a small sum would be ir: Mdermnctllal responsibility, as did the \ the supplementary estimates to be sections of : brought down shortly. ,OH'){" Mr. Ross t:;inf:gvg:fte.th" the i l'I'-h'g committee rcp¥>rted progress. ' population of the newer districts was e