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The tionstnytion. of the Temiskaming & Northern Ontario Railway had been time would make Ontario's condition for manufacturing almost perfect. Another itertribarts,doi for the en- forcement of the game law, which was still disregarded by many people. A vote of $3,000 was also asked to be.de- voted to directing the stream of im- migration towards old Ontario, which was so greatly in peed of farm labor.. ers, and which offered many induce- ments to men coming out from the old country. He expected there would he calls for the grants for country road systems. Wentworth had earned its . first $20,000. and Simcoe would before long earn its first grant. The Province would have to meet the calls under the act passed a few years. ago. Thebeet sugar industry had been established since the act. oLlast session, and about $2,000,000 invested in it: a.nd between $300,000 and $4oo,ooo paid _in wages in the four factories at Berlin, Dresden, Wallaceburg and Wiarton. There was a total output of 14,999,517 pounds manu- factured, while the bounty earned was $74,997, or $242 less than the sum ap- propriated a'year ago. there was cause for congratulation in the success already achieved under unfavorable ch- matic circumstances la.st year and a scarcity of labor, but it was believed that the prospects were considerably better for the future. . may: in the North.. . . Another item in the estimates was ld small sum of $soo.o for exploration lfor coal in new Ontario. He could not , . . . Id be successful. At the .53) if it won . ijuitction of the Moose and Pidgeml Irivers the stratification of lignite sug- l d the possible presence of coal. lgeste . . l of . -' ; men-mm 5 economic ralue that mineral ren'dereq lea reasonable thing to ascertain if it Was to be found. For many years the existence of coal in the Territories had been. doubted, but it had been found in very large quan- tities. If coal was discovered in On- tario the existence of such large quan- tities of iron and limestone at the Same time would make Ontario's condition for manufacturing almost perfect. WWW mm there had been a vote in the estimates r '". " " _; . .t,"ottg/atliettent t a "former: mgflygfggfggfgmg tt or ounty. t was propose '.' . now to' change that, and instead ot miles, and the cost would be abgut m " . - mob a mile... Itwas expected t at along it a reformatory as they , . . lauded no reiormatory in Oxford-e ",i,ere/ot,fiie"i1t', (itiii,i,?i',ea",1d'-dthet.tthfj I auchter. . arm o a e ema , . l Mr. J. ). For-The hon. gentlemani the fall of Ailo4. trains would. be running is speaking now of North -Oxford. to New Liskeard. L The chief 4i.ffifylty, (Laughter) hl beenfthe egossnlig ff tttie/tfc',', Mr. Ross-Yes. lan_ ,636 eeta ove ea e. ipissmg, ut "It was ro osed to chan e ultimately a good location had been our system p 'ti red.ndi'Jr'g,f. l procltérebd and the first 50 or 60 11rrl For thirty years we had had' wou e completed this year. . at - a reformatory at Penetang which ways east and west were proiected was gradually changed from a penal through the clay' belt by the trans-Can: institution to a reformatory proper. Mia and the Grand Trunk Pacific, which Then the Mimico school for incorrig- would extend a distance of 560 miles. ible boys and the Alexander school for Should either (moor both of. these be girls and the Blantyre school for constructed it would have an important Roman Catholic boys were establish- bearing on the development of that ed, all drawing the material previous- bart of "PW Ontario and on the value of ly sent to Penetang, so that the at- thurTemrskaminig Railway. Some am- tendance has been cut in half in a few endments 'ta'thc bill resncmiilg that years. Of the 160 at the Mimico school road week! be proposeifto the House , or 30hcan be placed in foster _ this 'séssion. ' " _ omes, t e harder criminals can be J. ' .I ", . placed in. a separate class at the Cen- The, McDougall Defalcations. '". tral Prison, and the institution at ' Mr. Ross then Outlined the historyof IPenetang will then be available as a the Alfred McDbutrair .defaleatron$,, tigmef for aged and harmless luna- showing that-they'ha'd commenced as. County will then b b .lnfin x. or any ast summer, and. had amounted in; tics wh h e uit Jor epilep- a , so far as ascertainable, to $27,919. such a 1d,',ad.e 10?: 'rg,' iii ne,ed of P." .Government held Mr. McDougall'sI 392 epileptics in Ont . y.. ere were le, 1nsury1ce policy icy $30000 and' were 138 and "(mang' in St?, there a"?! /l,aryl'l5 the premiums; also thei " ' " , 1e num er is on .Or 5,000. Since the occurren 390.T . . ce chase J,h/i.tieraTeesnto/pgr pulri di.!",','),",,',',",'), methods had been chang- erect suitable buildi ' WOW _ , _, t at Mme er9rieroremeh-w.ill tage plan and give le',',' min] the cot- tiled m the surrogate courts are requir- . v ' s - 'l _, . . 1it,t employment in th: td wzzi-k fife ","rr1'gv,,(rry"iiihdt),o m: 'hitlt,ionr, .0; IS . . . . . . ovmcia of 1wt,"eld J1a/tt,attt,'ie?, at the head Treasurer illlll'scif, thus obviating 3.5 far continent in regard to 2'c1',"nsd'l,l, this fish ptissibly any opportunity for fraud. for its insane or for its deliiio Ily) 1'ide/1'ir/i1e"', ?rgy.rantee bonds from, There was no State . h L' ."1uentf.. lpu 1C offyi)is handling money had also such a small delinQiigntt e billion "'llh| been extended; in the case of officials . . . popu ation ash receiving less than $800 l tl - we had. While . q . .: . ' . -s,,a ary t 1e Pro igan, a State siniifaiiuilg 02W /ffl'. Mich-l since .paid, the premium. For- those over ,000 Thi . Pl pu.lation, had) receivmg from $80 0t0 $1,500 the Pro- measure to J'e"sca"r"e" 3:6 Jha largeg Vince paid rrne-half,--and those receiving a l i.' . . . . dependent and neglected Children? ourl 0 er $1600 paid the, whole premium. To Explore for Coal. Surplus $r,939,atia. 'em. , TL- am-..-... A: an- 13--...2"- If- n- - there had been a vote in the eitiTirates for the.estahlishment oi a reformatory ttt Oxford County. It was proposed now to change that, and instead ot making it a reformatory--as they needed no reformatory in Oxford-- (lqughter.l -, . Mr. Rosrsaid the difference would be only a few thousand dollars. The last vexeCquestion in dispute,wps treaty No. 3. It had been held by Ontario thatubat did not properly come under the reference to the arbitrators,- and there.had been correspondence with the Dominion in consequence. As a reSult. a reference to the Exchequer Court had been agreed upon. Argu- ment will take place, and if Ontario loses she will appeal to the Supreme Court or to the 'Privy Colincil. _. Gro%intt Responsibilities. .' T ' i."rhave perhaps kept the House too' long," Mr. Ross said, in conclusion, "but I was anxious that we should fully, frankly and clearly understand our fin- ancial position, understand our sources of revenue. and of all things under- stand the demands that are made upon this, large Province in the direction' of the expansion oi our educational sys- tem, our agriculture and the settlement of the vast domain which may in years The assets of the Province, Mr. Ross continued, were $7,824,208, and the lia. bilities $5,884,946, or.a clear surplus of $1,939,262, after all liabilities had been discharged. The money received from the Crown Lands Department, for in- stance. was all invested and could be accounted for. Though $561,962 was paid on railway certificates, $479,132 on public works and buildings and $227,170 on charges on Crown lands. a total of Si;268.165, therd had'betn '3 revenue of $1,338,890 from woods amrforests. Mr. Ross replied that the Govern- ment had nearly closed all the disputes Muilt thc Dominion. The arbitrators were now making an examination of the common school fund matter, and when that was done, all the other ques- tions being settled. we would know to a dollar what our liabilities to the Do- minion were. and he understood that $1,807,986 was as near as we could as- certain it. V C§1."Mathéson -iiked if the ite'nredis cermng debt to the Dominion included the common school fund. Col. Matuson--Thae is only up to December, 1900. naa naa receipts for the year 1902 of '$4,292,ooo, and of these part was ICT- Atainly not 'ordinary receipts. They had la balance from the timber sales of t90t (Mom There had also been paid Bad had va'EcciEt-éa for "And then as to the developntenf.of the latent wealth of this country, which is pressing heavily "upoirus. and which will be regarded as, of the iirtt tm- nortance. whatever me/aris mav lie ne- cesisary' for'that should be forthcom- ing. I believe the revenue of this-year will be fully equal to the expenditure which I have proposed, and J believe the various directions in which that expenditure is proposed will- help- Att make oi Ontario a more comf9it.ayle Province to live in. will help-to bright- i en our homes, will-help- to maker.trasttrt portation more agreeable and more delightful. and help to bring wealth out of the soil through the intelli- gence orthose on whose behalf that money it; expended, and that.when we cross the height of land and. open the lgreat country bey6nd'ftfr setttlement 'by railway and roads, will travel .to A'naccou.ntry as thriityAnd enterprise ing ajopulUtion as have' been settled in the south, and in this view I am surethat I will have the support of hon. gentlemen on both sides of the House, that the Government will have the support of the whole country. Can- adians are not a feeble folk. They are marching steadily to victory at, a rate that is perhaps somethng phen- omenal. We are keeping pace with the most rapid growth of the most favored portions of the United States, and all that is wanted is that' at every stage what we have secured we will hold, and make that the start- Ing place of further conquest, ' of fur; ther settlement. It is in this hope that I submit the estimates which I have the honor to bring before you." (Loud and long-continued applause.) l Col. Matheson on Sir Oliver. 5 ttWaite be the most.va1ssatsieoarraif 6urleritag,e. As I Said, perhaps, in making a former fmanciat statement, we must be equal to, the' responsibilities 9i making the most of Ontario. What- ever can be done. to give us_slcilliq1 artisans must be done as far "as".ou.r means will allow; wh'atcvea can be done by superior "siirreitiott or by a public school' system to fit the "masses for citizenship must' be done keherous- ly and intelligently; nor should we fear carping criticiimr or criticisrtroi any kind, so long' as we are ctrnvinc- ed that the means we are using will reach the end desired." _." _ Developing Latent Wealth?" ff "'. ifr