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."V,'#f:"' 'a o M o Y 0 ' ..,.l.' | _ Mr, E. F. B. Johnston obtained $500 ; from the Clerk of the Legislature on _| Wednesday for witness fees and con-- _| duct moitey. Mr. Johnston has now _| had $1,500, and Mr. McPherson $2,000. E' The Standing Orders Committee met _\ yesterday morning and put through 'about 46 bills. They adjourned until Tuesday morning at 10.30 o'clock. Mr. T. H. Preston (Brantiord) occupied _ the chair. 'The fees for 87 applications Afor bills have been paid. } _A Jarge nimber of new settlers for| the New Liskeard ncighborhood went! in Friday, when the new steam--| boat service of Lake: Temiskaming| was opened. The Canadian Steamship} Company has put on four new nto.'nu-' ers, and a daily service will be given| between Temiskaming and New ], »-- keard. ' Manager H. C. Farnham of the Min--] eral Range Jron _ Mining Company) _ called at the-- Bureau of Mines _\c\u'r-' day morning. He will take in a drill 1~\! _ explore his iron deposits in Mayo! Township. ! ' The Provincial -- Factory Inspectors] \ bave issued a warning that John Kay| of Aylmer, Que.. who is posing as an} Ontario boiler inspector, and giving. certificates for stationary engineers, is not an Ontarie inspector.