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agn A s ~work was carriea on shall submit m Appeil [ am hard' ; ' mu. gbuc Works Dmrtmentq & ; &w ; tmm' 6 statement setting forth the cost of such attack as {ou are in this report r?n- work, such statement to be certified by ; 'kented as having muw the Jus-- a competent engineer that the reculu-] tices of the Court of A #hould not S tions of the Public Works D»artmentl I.o unnoticed. I cannot believe that have been complied with, and on the| you have been correctly reported, but ' receipt of said statement by the Pro--| deem it my duty to call your attention * vincial Treasurer, certified and agmv-. to the article in question and to ask # ed by the proper officer of the Public you whether the same Correctly sets Works Department, the municipality | forth the language used by you, and, if shall be entitled to receive out of the not, what was the language which you F moneys hereby set apart for public made use of ?" ; § highways an amount equal to one--third | On the following a.{ Judr Carman of the cost of the work, but not to ex-i replied as follows :--'"In reply I beg to L ceed the proportion of the appropria--~/ _ #late I am not correctly reported as to F tion to which such munic¢ipality is en--: what I said: at the """"'g of Judges 3 titled. | at Niagara Falls when L\:' ment was ® (T) Any municipality may apply the |\given in the steol arch gco appeal. 3 whole or part of the moneys to which T aid not say anything that would re-- | it may be entitled under this act to. flect on' the court nor on the Judges. wards paying any expenses that may be I had been handed a copy that morning & j incurred for the purchase or abolition of the judgment of the Court of Appeal f & ~ t of toll roads within such municipalities, in the Queenston Heights bridge appeal, | j and the ':'éfi?:::; of approved road-- and what I did say was : I don't lg{o ' making m * th sler's judgment. He E ({)' 'The statute labor, for which all "g.to&%gtti\:gx? ?eledr fr%m'tho judg-- 1 § lands fronting on roads constructed or ment) : 'I cannot but think that if the 1 repaired under this act may from year learned Board of County Court Judges -- to year be liable, shall be commulted had applied to this case when it came | : o i venvent af 'pp"et? t?;'iml:'d' th:r t':e' before them the principle enunciated, ' : *4 provement of the other highways ' with sufficient cléearness by this court ¢ To o ons Pefetls concerned." _' |in the cases 25 A. R. 851 and 27 A. > the Township Councils concerned. |R. 88. this appeal would have beean al Cold--storage. | ':Frtx:cos:a;y.' 1 said w;:ntdh"vo;:d to t \distinguish the cases a ought we J Hon. Mr. Dryden, replying to Mr. had done so, and I thought the Court hy McLaughlin, said that a cold--storage Lof Appeal might have reversed our .. 33 company had established a station views in more courteous language." E * under the act of last session at St. -- Tt will he seen that there is a very Catharines. _ . wide difference between the language k _ An Old Claim. :tafifd by dth; J','l?" todhal:'e lbeen ::- *# vally used by him and the language j Hon. Mr. Davis, replying t°.l» ques-- \which he was reported to have used. 5 tion, said, that the Government \The case is a strong illustration of the | djid not intend to_ place in the esti-- 'trouble which is apt to ensue from a mates any sum for George O. Mays re 'loose method of reporting the state-- j the discovery of gold in Marmora \ments of men in public positions, the: l Township, Hastings County. This claim |language attributed by the newspaper | ' had been brought to the notice of his having been of a most unwarrantable $ predecessors in the Crown Lands De-- character. 6 a partment, and all had agreed that it 7 (€" could not be entertained. As to Allens. l Judge Incorrectly Reported. "Ho(r'n."Mr. Davl'-. l'r'x' answer to Mdr.' 1 t /ardell. aade | Mr. Farwell asked if the attention of as. to wh'::dn:?ng& :'y .:fign':eff n'ny' | f a the Government or of the Attorney-- were employed in construction work on General had been directed to a report the Algoma Central Railwag. No in-- published in The Niagara Falls Daily spector was employed by the Govern-- Record of January 30 last, purporting ment to see that aliens were not em-- -- to be remarks of his Honor the Judge ployed. The railway had not yet locat-- of the County Court of Lincoin reflect-- ed any of the lands offered by the Gov-- ing upon two eminent Judges of the ernment, because surveys had not been Court of Appeal for Ontario,. _If so, completed, nor had any such lands what action had been taken, and if no been conveyed to the railway. _ No action has been taken was it intended penalties had been imposed for violat-- to take any official cognizance of the ing the alien labor law, and no com-- lu;{utte said to have been used ? plaint had been made to the Govern-- on. Mr. Gibson, replying, said : The ment on the question At all. attention of the Attorney--General has been formally called to the mattér, and The Mining Act. | on the 1l4th of February instant the Hon. Mr. Davis said, in answer to: Attorney--General directed a lettert to Mr. Whitney, that at present it did his Honor Judge Carman in the fol-- not appear advisable to bring into force p lowing terms : "My attention has been sections 4, 2 and 11 of the Aact to 4 called to_a f'%"'" contained. in ,;%h" amend the mines act, passed last ses-- Nia?n Falls Daily Record of the ul th sion. The sections referred to give the of January . last, under *he lh:a e Government power to prohibit by proc-- -'aflm--company gets off with only lamation the exportation of aickel ore Te enpesl Judgbs Jndes Carman yakns c annd appeal Judges. Judge RC ooZult)g:' to argaign the Judges of the, Flood Prevention. : The Prémier informed Mr. 'PN"OI; that the apolication of the City _ 0