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62 been reécelving the attention _ the Government. Inquiries had bom' and it had been hopeéd that an ade-- quate remedy would be secured. It was confidently hoped that as a result 'of the Government's efforts a > recur-- )rence of the damage would be pre-- "the irvestigation was not likely hafteetive....1;0sl5L0L s Bs uol AiK vented. Hon. Mr. (Gibson, responding to Dr. Pyne, said that no application . was made to the Government or any mem-- ber thereof, by the West Elgin Com-- mission or any member of the com-- mission. for assistance. Neither had any members of the commission indi-- vidually or. as a body sugg_esged that Hon. Mr. Latchford, in answaor to a notice of motion by Mr. Barr for cer-- tain correspondence, said that the at-- tention of himself and the Government| had been given for some time to the consideration of the question of leas-- ing any laekes in Ontario for fAishing by nets or otherwise. There were two sides to the question, and both had strong supporters. In Quebec the sys-- tem of leasing a number of the lakes had resulted in much good. For his own part, he was in favor of leasing a num-- ber of Ontario lakes. He was in hopes, however, that a definite policy by the| Government would soon be announced. | Cold--storage Again. ' Mtr. McLaughiin moved for un order| of the House for a return showing the location of any cold--storage «tation or stations established under act of last session, with amounts paid. HMe said that in answering his question on this point the Minister of Agriculture had mentioned the station at 8t. Catharines. He (Mr. McLaughlin), however, was of opinion that the station had been es-- tablished before 1990. _ -- _ _ h _ Hon. Mr. Dryden was of opinion that the station had been established under :;2: act, although it had been talked of ore. "fi;.-'Whltney contended that the de-- claration of the Minister simply meant &tt nztmnt had been accomplished by e ac The Premier answered that many thln'a did not come to pass immediate» y after action had been'taken by the House. That was & common «xpeér-- jence both on private and public meas-- ures. Mr. Whitney was giving another proof of his Jdesire to minimize CGovern-- ment measures. PDr. Jessop (Lincoln) moved for a re-- turn showing the number of San Jose seale infected fruit trees in JAncoln County -- condemned, the number destroyed, the number condermned but not destroyed, and a list of the owners of those not destroyed and the reason why not destroyed. In support of his motion he said he knew of cases where the trees in one orchard were destroyed, while in orchards adjacent they were condemned but not destroyed. . He thought the Government should still further remunerate those whose trees West Elgin Commission. The Leasing of Lakes. San Jose Scale. '3' ?n. ction ed for. that a ©W¥¥on. Mr. Dryden salid he had io ob-- jection to giving the information ask-- ed for. He was perfectly. well aware that a good deal of objection was taken by the owners of trees to havlzgo them destroyed. The object of the vern-- ment's legislation had been to stamp out the scale altogether, but the meas-- ures had not prevented the gcale from spreading so far that it had got beyond M on oc s 0+ C P wl PR t thoir control. While the Jaw did not do all that had been expected, it had ac-- complished a good deal, and the scale had been stamped out in a hundred places where it had hbeen started by nursery stock. In 1898 the inspector ascertained that the scale had spread so far that it would have cost E'SO().- N00 or $400,000 to recoup fruit--growers for the destruction of all the trees that were infected. That was the reason the destruction of the trees was stop-- ped. Every precaution was now being taken in the fumigation of nursery «stock. He knew of no reason why some treoes should be condemned and not de-- stroved and others destroyed in the same no_ighborhoo'g. [ \r. Whitney--Perhaps a shot. prevented the destruction. (Lnsg;tfig Provincial Liabilities. Col. Matheson asked for a ret copies of all awards made by t}f:",?f bitrators between the Province and the PDominion subsequent _to the réturn brought down during 1900. He sard that the Dominion accounts showed that in 1892 the Province owed to the pominion $1,815,000, to which between $400,000 and $300,000 had to be added The lattor amount was for the Parlia-- ment buildings and Rockwood Asyjuim . "t'gl('h mox&eys had been borrowed, p» e award 0 e j uSK. n the common school The Preéemier said that all matters dispute except the common schoior; fund and treaty number three were practically closed debts. The Ltreaty and the common school fund were the only liabilities in suspense. A liability would probably arise in regard to the former, which they hoped would soon: be submitted to arbitration. --In_ re--| gard to the common school fund, he' had been adviged that the Province was liable, as was Quebec, for' only $100,-- 000, and that the $12,000 additional, which the hon, gentleman contended | was part of Ontario's share, was really | held in trust for: the Province by thej Dominion, and bearing interest at 5 per cent. o Mr. Whitney, on a question of privil-- ege, said that he had been incorrectiy quoted in an evening paper editorial in regard to his attitude on the univer-- sity question, and explained the dif-- ference between the actual words he used and the inference drawn in the editorial. The House roge at 4.15. Large Increasge in Fees. The fees recelved at the Provincial Secretary's Department during the month of February amounted to $12,-- 106, being the largest amount ever re-- ceived by the d\eémrtment in one month, and being $2,013 more than the whole year's fees in the year 1891. This amount was largely made up of the fees prescribed by the recent act for