The following text may have been generated by Optical Character Recognition, with varying degrees of accuracy. Reader beware!

other tenders ? l . The Premier-No, only one. It; "was done from the King's Printer's( (Department, and the price is a con-l 5 siderable reduction. The motion was] fearried on division. l The Premier also moved for ratifi- cation of an agreement for the print- ing of the House with Warwick Bros. & Rutter, to end on July I, 1904. as approved by order in Council. New tenders would be called for for five years after that date. The extension! was for the purpose oi completing the) year. The rates of the union had gone up during the last year. and it was thought wise to extend the agree- ment under the old rate rather than 'call for new tenders for the short per- iod. The motion was carried. Correspondence Returned. I Hon. Mr. Stratton presented a re-', turn of the correspondence connected with the payment of wages at the "Soo," as requested by Mr. Whitney. After recess the Hoiise went into committee and passed the estimates for the following departments :---Crown Lands, $73,375: Public Works, $45,. 250; Provincial Secretary, $22,025; inspection of public institutions, $19.- 150; license and audit of justice ac- counts, $10430: Registrar-General, $15,100; Board of Health, $9.000: Agri- culture, $30.r.yt; insurance, $0,050; neglected children, $6.800: miscellan-i eons. $16,000 The House adjourned at 10.20 o'clock. mm:-