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socea char: in the calendar. and li; EU',', 'e, act of Georg IC., 'which had reference to enterta ments ion the Sabbath day for which an ad- mission was charged. This, the Attor. ney-General thought, came ra.th.er under the jurisdiction of the Dominion Par- liament. Ecclesiastical Acts. There were also the acts relating to ',eeriesiastieal property. This affected only one denomination, the Episcopa- lians. The matter had been su mitted to a number of prominent members of that body, and might be the subject of a bill later in the session. The bill to amend the statute law. the Attorney- General said, was already embodied in the draft compilation, but had to be submitted in the form of a bill because there were clauses which had to be mod- ernized. There were sections relating to qua warranto prdeeedingB, while other sections as framed were the go; duet of the best legal minds of the 0- Vince. Mr. Whitney's Congratulations. Mr. Whitney thought the action taken by his hon. friend in this matter would be received with great pleasure by the legal profession and students of the Pro. vince. He congratulated the Attorney- General on the manner in which the committee had carried out its work and upon the results obtained. A Suggested Change. In moving the second readyig of his bill respecting mortmain and the dispo- sition of land for charitable purposes, the Attorney-General said he merely wished to draw attention to the fact that, under the religious institutions act and other acts of a similar character wills or assurances for religious pur- poses were required to be made a cer- tain time before the death of the testa. tor or assurer, but in the case of wills Ifor charitable purposes no such restric- .tion was made, although it had appear- ed to the committee that it was just jas necessary in the one case as in the iother. The bill was read a second time. On the Attorney-General':, motion the bill respecting Imperial statutes relatin Lto property and civil 1l'l'd,'l'fUpeo"dl'di (into the statute law of Ontario, was lread a second time, Col. Gibson pointing ;out that it provided for bringing the compilation into force by proclamation (of the Lieutenant-Governor. l The House adjourned " 4.45 pan.