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Hiee 'that we expena®d q101, 404 :;'g%efil}cq;'cdhgols. and $4,607 on separ-- ate schools ; that we had i1 public |sehools to' each inspector, or each in-- spector of public schools had an aver-- age of 74 schools to ins{pect, whereas each inspector of separate schools had 173 schools to inspect. The effect of , that 'was that the supervision was not las extensive and full as it should be,| and we propose to increase the number of separate school inspectors, and for that _ reason -- we -- have _ slightly increased -- the _ estimate. it' 18 of the utmost importance, -- and what is true of one_ elass. of schools is equally true of the other. For many years the public school in-- spectors have paid semi--annual visits to each school, but during this period the separate school inspector has been unable to pay more than one visit, and then his work was hurried and . not thoroughly done. We hope to remedy that by the increased expenditure which we are making under the subject oL'l education. § There is a small increase also in the maintenance of our public institutions. The expenditure this year is greater than last year; the number of inmates is constantly increasing. In agricul-- ture, also, there is a small increase, as compared with last year. We are tak-- ing an appropriation of $1,500 in order to increase the expenditure now made under "Dairy," or more particularly in butter and cheese making. The Can-- adians have already got control of the British market, so far as cheese is con-- cerned, and with additional instruction it is believed we will get a strong trade in the British market in the matter of butter as well. and with some addition-- al instruction we are advised that that will be more easily obtained. More Asylum Accommodation. Then, by the addition of new hos-- pitals to the statute list, a larger vote is required under that head. A vote is also required in connection with pub-- lic buiidings. It is proposed, for in-- stance, to take the Cobourg building, which we have had for some time, and 'which we knew would be required, al-- 'though we put off the immediate reno-- 'vation of it for public purposes as long _ We also hope to transfer the reforma-- tory at Penetang to Oxford within the next year or two. Thirty thousand dollars is being taken for that . pur-- pose--$10,000 for the site and $20,000 for the additional expenditure on ~the ;bunding. There is no employment that helips to make a man of & boy as well las agricultural employment. lt gives him physical strength and it,. gives him that form of occupation which is j any_boys, and is an as we could find accommodation at the Brockville Asylum and elsewhere. . We have reached the maximum at Brock-- ville and elsewhere, and it is proposed to take $15,000 this year to improve the building at Cobourg with a view to making reom for senile patients who re-- quire very little attendance. This will relieve our larger asylums of the pres-- sure upon them, and provide innmedi-- ate accommodation for those who are confined in our jails,. We hope to in-- crease that expenditure at Cobourg with an expenditure of $35,000 or $40,-- 000 and make it as conveniefit and comfortable as any of our larger in-- stitutions. ' we expended $101,232 There has been also a considerable increase in the amount of refunds. One or two of these items I shall refer to briefly. _ For instance, there is, first, an t the settler. _ In the wintor it is a}-- most impossible for the settier to get to the front without taking a circuit of 140 miles to go a distance of 80 miles in a straight line. In the suymmer the Ottawa River furnishes admirable facil-- ities, but it will not do to lock up the settler there, imprison him during th> whole winter season from the iIst of November to the 1st of May. It will not do if we are going to encourage our young men to colonize and settle in that country, and we hope to open up a road from North Bay to Lake Tem-- iscamingue in order to at least furnish 2 road to the settlers in that country whereby they can come out to the rail-- way system and in that way connect themmselves with the trade of the rest of the world. Hon. gentlemen will also see that there is a considerable increase in col-- orization roads. Following out the policy which we enunciated some time. ago, it is our intention to push the: roads in the northern settlements where* we believe colonization can be effective-- ly carried out. There are two ex-- tremes in that northern district which: will occupy our immediate attention.. There is the western extreme, the Rainy: River district, with over a million acres of fertile land. The sottler must be got in. . Our subsidy to the Ontario & Rainy River Railway will assist, but in an area extending 80 miles in length and 30 miles. in width a railway wiil not supply accommodation suflicient to bring ih the settler. _ It is our inten-- tion to make the railway a base line for the construction «f colonization roads, and in that way give the settler easy access to all parts of that country. | Hon. gentliemen have been favored with a very excellent address by the| hon. member from Ottawa with rogard' to the resources of the Temiscamingue. | There there is a golid block of 800,000 | acres--which is already being colonized | and being settled with great advantage | excellent form of discipline.~ very little to attract the young boy at Penetang. The land is not suited for high agtricultural development, and we believe the institution > can be' made more useful and can also be more econ-] omically managed at Oxford than it is' now managed at Penetang. Some of the institutions built a few years ago were built upon a rather extensgive and expensive scale. The one at Oxford, while being equal to the best, we trust will be so, arranged as to be conducted with greater economy than the one. at 'Penetang is capable of be--. ing conducted, and by the removal of the boys to the new site in the: County of Oxford we will have addi~\ tional accommodation at Penetang for: such patients as can safely be transfer-- ' red to that place--of a class very much the same as those we hope to transfer to the Town of Cobourg. That will relieve the largely--congested asylums and will enable us to care for a large uumber of patients at a reduced cost. _ Amount Due on Refunds Increasod Aid to Roads. Therc"ig ing boy at suited for 63