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Legisiative Assembly : In disimissing you from the dutics of a session unusually protracted, I desire to congratulate you upon the extent and importance of the legislation which haus occupied, your attention. 'The re-- vision of vhe assessment act by which the basis of muncipal taxation is ma-- verigily broadencd and the burdens more tairiy oqualized is a measure which shovkl prove satisfactory to the mumici-- paiities of the Province, and 1 assent with much pleasure to its enactment. 1 cordially approve of the legislation conpecting the railways of the Pro-- vince with the transcontinental systems of Canada, The extension of the Tem-- iskaming & Northern Ontario Railway to the Grand 'Trunk Pacific, the open-- ing of a line from Thunder Bay to the main land of the eastern division of the same railway, and the construction of the James Bay Railway from Toronto to Sudbury on the C. P. R. will enable sPEECH FROM THE THRONE Royal Assent Given to Much important Legisiation,. Anot Mis Honor read the following speech trom the Throne:-- Mr. speaker and (Gentiemen -- of, the Speech From Throne. of 107 bil and Colo nounced .t his Honor The nex the supply the su the ]'2'.,5 and t! quence and re taimn A. Magee sard and Majoi and read, the Hoy also-- announced. received at by a guard Own Rilles, K. Barker, ber by Co terday atternoon. it wWas i ably tame finale to a fightin There was just a quorum of in attendance, and of the tw Opposition was represented orly, Messrs. Whitney, Foy, 1 bitt and Carscallen. _ There rogue secore VIsILOFPS _ House, about hali ies, and the gall filled. Roval The time. pped kCi 60 went into insert in t bill a gen inadverteni rights of t n Uneventful Finale to a F ing Session. e The 5"3 Nn 8 1 oYyc o | the *manufacturers ° AUO, 005 _ lclnly BB.UG ATIUN UF y "~ of this Province 40 shard more largely *J 3 «cinr #mrtf \_lin the trade _ of Manitoba and -- the fHE L'h'[}IS ATURE Northwest, besides opening for settle-- 4 o hao td .lJ , | ment Crowpr lands now unocenupied and f _-- practically inaccessible. The obligations anninsimmemintfontieemempiciies , thus amposed upon the Province will, i . 1J trust, be more thax compensated for Uneventful Finale to a Fight-; l..\" the i|1<-l'¢';;§') of tr-ful(" .:\n'd populgtion n n enc ng i:\n"'::l usually follow railway develop-- sther Amendment . to the Jennisoa Power Bill--Hon. Mr. Davis Denics That He Intends to Resiga. ssist mor reutenant--A ed at the euard of h Assent to cre Licut.--Uovernor formaily pro-- i the Ontart r had asset xt order w ly bill by t moment it (y nei the the 10 K omnia the ha wit )@i 04 cid us omitte 'rown. ~trov @d arrival of NDiit honot com <On ing been read mOt Bills () +A PRIHL i1aving veen seecu assent thereto ledf eft the chair, and mor, who had been cliament _ buildings from the Queen's nand of Capt. K. 'ted into the cham-- Law, R.K., Cap-- L1 11 the floor ~of whom were ; were -- not f his Honor, the 'and the House of the Whole to Jennison power that bad been preserving -- the fighting session. um of members the twenty, the onted. by five islature -- ves-- were VDC of the vere lad-- not balf rems third Lweo rk-- 'as | ste !_ per ' E'ro i Fre Lhe measure to which sented for the early con Algoma Central and the Hmilways is of great pl The measure to which L have «as-- sented for the early completion of the Algoma Central and the Hudson Bay mlways is of great public interest, as it is advisable to furnish an outlet for the timber and mincrals of a dis-- trict of great natural resources, and at the same time incidentally aid in the re--establishmeut of industries at Sault ste,. Marie, on which much of the pros-- perity of the western portion of the t'rovince depends. * Free School Books. Phe bills which you have passed for the ,consolidation of school boards in cities and towns, for the supply to pw pils of rural schools of free text books, for the improvement of public libraries, and for the extension of tech-- nieal education, cannot fail to promote the cfficiéney of a system of education alreadv deeplv rooted in public conti-- The "Soo" Bill. nicdi the cf alread denec. revenu Provin: of furt Olls wavys munic; that 2 proved their ¢ t1Ons, vQ wOol the Ins hope cial tA tb )( nerd n 101 1s101 ( axation Th m ing i1 UJ ho necessity for providing additional enue for the growing wants of the vince ampizy justiiiés the fimposition further taxes upon railway corpors-- is, particulariy as nearly all the rail-- ys so taxed have shared either in bounty of the Province or of local nicipalities, 1 am pleased to notice t a commission is to be appointed inquire into the methods of taxation Lh no retormator) tution for : additrion, it no further nodation w 1 O} 1( 11 N OeC to-- com»s Dayv t 1 In n 191 ¢ e wil udmo vH 'TivIny N nrotection tn+ I@UH nt on i1300 the VIn{ U tU W1 (1 wbtt (1€ 11 L( i to notice that you are asylum :uf(-'numudat.ions'l ce by the conversion of ry at Penetang into an asylum purposes. With it is confidently expected 'r increase of asylum ac-- vill be required for many .. 'The action taken for impletion of the hospitai wmili, 1 am sure, be grati-- ersons interested in the ction otf this unfortunate V anlways. nmmnity L¥ 1( thei t hi in s@11} of M 9| and_-- agriculturists shard more largely ortant h corp UTC 11 pleasur you 1 y whic re-- have 14 UAH -- clauses of the owing to the de-- Counel, were of rporated in the it > royvince. _i hat the Provin-- ~ right to regu-- s Day on public #¥ai status from x4 ally 0 t nut ttaimmed. tice the Hon. Mr. Davis' Denial. Hon. E. J. Davis, Commissioner of Crown -- Lands, who yesterday re-- turned to the city, emphaticalily denied the statement made in an evening pa-- per that he had intimated to his friends , that he would not seek re--election again, |and that his resignation might be ex-- j pected before the date set for the elsc-- ition trials, September 20 next. " The I story," he said to The (ilobe, "is abso , lutely without foundation in every par-- | ticular." _ The stories appearing so frequently these days in the Opposition newspapers respecting probable changes in the Cabi-- net are causing considerable amusement in official circles. ?pmailifig in "the United States for the information of the Legislature, should | it be deemed necessary in the near fu-- v!turc-. to depart 'from the present basis 'of taxation. Factories Act Amendment. The amendments you have made 4o the factories act, with a view to the greater safety and comfort of the arti-- san classes, command my heartiest ap-- proval. : Where so much of ortr pros-- pority depends upon'skilled labor, your efforts to safeguard the health of the cperatives are worthy of commendation. I congratulate you on the large yol-- ume of private bili legisliation which hay engaged your attention, and which I have no doubt will prove advantageous to the many interests affected. 7 I thank you for the liberality which you have displayed in making the pre-- cessary appropriations for the current year, and I assure you that the sup-- plies which you have voted will be ex-- pended as cconomically as is compatible with the efficiency of the public ser-- vice. The Provincial Secretary, coming for-- ward, declared :--*"It is his Honor's will and pleasure that this Legisliature be prorogued, and this Legislative Assem-- bly is, accordingly, prorogued." _ This conclhuded the ceremonyv. The bill to confirm the agreement between the Public and Neparate School Boards of Sturgeon Falls regarding the division of the taxes from the im-- portal Pulp Mills Company was in the list assented to, his Honor evidentiy considering that there was no suficiert reasen to act on the petition present-- ed to him, asking that the RHoyal as-- sent be withheld.