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Premier Whitney, in his opening ro marks, confuted himself to an historiml review of the university from its m t'eption in 1797. when it was a. somlar institution, an Anglican university. down 'to the. present time. He briefly review, ied its gradual development into its pre- 'sent status of a non-secular Provincial university, and detailed the aid whielr the Province. through the Legislature. had from time to time granted to it, and the total income received from all sources, compared to the splendid in- Z'comes obtained by some of the larger giversities of the United States. The I s-rFDB, G, $465.000 to be expended on mwesear)' buildings, including a now Gent-ml Hospital. This amount. a: Premier Whitney explained in the Legislature yesterday afternoon when introducing . omised bill respeethtg the univer, lity, secured by the issue of an- Lnuities payable annually for the ensuing lthirty yours fof'm,000 per annum. The buildings on which the money wilt be expended will, it is estimated. Cost. in all $1,690,000. They include c--- A new General llwpilal. low-aids which Mr. Whitney has reason to be- lieve the city will give 8200.000. i A physics building. ( A convocation hall. A museum for the seiener building. Four men's residences. An addition to the women's residence. Glass houses for commencing practical teaching in botany and forestry. The ({overmnvnt will immediately place at the disposal of the trustees of the University of Toronto the sum of The Premier said that $250,000 inf subscriptions from private parties would' be forthcoming as soon as the: bill was passed. The question of what per- use of the sumssion duties or of some other source of the Provincial" revenue would be devoted M an s.ttuttttt' payment to the university would, he stated. be decided next session. In 1ho; meantime the Government would Cort- duct a. full inquiry, with a view to a complete change in the administration of the university, not; necessarily affect- ing the faculty or teaching staff. Government', Grant to be Expanded on " Several New Buildings--" Measure to Provide Annual Expenditures _ Promised for Next Session-Admin- _ istration Changes. Hon. It. Haroourt deprecated ilu, treatment of the question in it, 'partisan spirit. He showed that the late Gov- ernment had not been inattentive to the requirements of the university, and mentioned a number of instances m which the late Government had met thet university needs in a liberal tspirit. Jilhile admitting that the 1Jovernmeu! had taken a, great step, he held that if was an.autonurtie step resulting from the evolutionary policy previously laid down. He thought a better plan than earmtsrking the succession duties might, be adopted. Large PriVate Subscriptions Arty Promised. The Premier Whitney Explains the; Government's Proposhis. W HOSPITALS INCLUDED. Premier's Statement. I} A proposal had boon made to the late Government looking to the improve- :inont of tho relations between the To- i rnnto (Sonvrnl Hospital and the medical l faculty oi the university. This involv-,, ind an offer on the part of the hospital! iliom'vl to ri'aign their trust and aid in, l forming a new tout, providing the Gov.; "', ermtwnt, directly or on lu-lmlfof the uni- _ versity, donated $100,000, and to begin ltlie gradual rebuilding of the lmsnitnl k." .37 , rk had now grown to * 'ttll! i?lrdlll, ' lt coincident with the pro- . 'ill' MllBSlMtitstvinee, that its present: i; . Fr Silaillgallli 3'quflcient to meet its; t22if Iillll5lliiiiiiiii m, and defieiU resmlt. egg-(gm wens.-mét from year to year. by you. of the Legislature. The Tir'; enue this year was $168,087. and. the 93-; penditnre $214,177.89, leaving l". M- tim» deficit of $46,090. He believed hoe. gimtlemen on both sides wouh'iJ agree with him it was time to put a I end to this condition. That at any rate was the conclusion he had reached. unfit-was supported by the majority of the members of the Home. Five of. six years ago, in an address in the Leg-g ishoture. he had taken the stand that an innuediuto step must; be taken toward putting the university on a, sound am stable financial basis, and he quotm' at. some length from the spwah he had l made on that M111 that, speech l he had itrsao'upolcert of what. might have i to berdone for Queen's University. for the apparent intention then was to, separate that great institution (to the work of whirl). as aim to that. oi other religious edueatioual insiituiions. he paid a, glowing: trihntn) from the Presbyterian Church. 'l'hn platform he haul thon laid down had lit-on appl'm ol b.s hi, party. It had Inn-n tmutistak. ohly npprnvml by the wsortlts. and llwl tlovvrtttitpttt worn now by tho bill lu, pmlum-nl carrying out their promi-sw nml fuliilliup, tln- pledgos linulv in the; purl. l met $1.000,0i)0. If the 'Government, would give $250,000 and the city 8100,- 000--.\'lr. Whitney said here that he had reason to believe that the city would give twice that amount-the project seemed quite feasible. The Governme'rd are asked to consent to the trustees usi oznnnn A: LL - . .. Premier promised $|(K),000 if a, similar sum would be given by the city. and on condition that the hospital was moved from its pres?nt site. The almost uni. vorial opinion of the medical faculty supported the removal of the hospital. A new properly-equipped hospital, suit. nblo for-tho comfort of patients and university students and doctors, would cost $1,000,000. If the Government The Basis of the Scheme. 'l With regard to the actual ,.eltmtto he" rend from} memorandum, prepared at!) hr,' request by a gentleman who, het thought. "an not connected with the ittuircrsity. and which he said wouldihowI jllal what the bill meant, The prosenti requirements for expenditure on capital' account were c- for physics building, and equipment. $7225.1th toward which, the lute Premier had prrrmined to pro-l vide 8l80,000 to be received from the; Grand Trunk Railway for the old Pats liament buildings. The balance to be provided by the Government was 'i'st5,-) 000. For the museum in eonnew; tion with the science. building. $500103 For convocation hall, $050.00!) to Alfio,-.' 000, of which $50,0001had been suburrib- ed. $30,000 had been promised by the late Premier. and the nnirersity truutevs de<ired to take the balance required from the endowment to be made good hy the proceeds of the sales of wild lands owned by the university. The. Government were 0le asked to grant $5.000 for glass houses for a start in the teaching of practical botany and for.. estry; for an addition to the women's residence $11000. and towarch the cost of four men's residences, costing $40.- 000 to $45.00!) each. $50,000. Mr. E. C. Whitney, the Premier's brother, has al.. dearly promised the cost of one resi. dent-e, and those interested feel they can' obtain from private. sources 870,000 to-l wards the others. ' The New General Hospital. on its, present site or on if financially practicablv. of the university t endowment to mlt' of the uni- and to begin the hospital another site The late b if a similar oeriiril 'irEikpital site. The balance on i 0 out may have to be advanced by , ate than: as a loan, to be 'rtteoveyed i when the site of the old hospital is sold. J The_ direct grants the Government iii'ririft'it, therefore, be asked to make to- f tailed $465,000. and the total COMM". :' plated eWiture for all these projeets was $1; .000. ' . 1e F 14:: Tht To Raise the Money. The memorandum suggested that the', sum to be granted by the Government? could be most readily provided, "with' the greatest justice to the present and; the coming generations" b: the issue of annuities, payable onée annually for the onsming.30 years, for $30,000 per annum. These if sold on a. basis of 3 1-2 per cent. interest 'per annum "mild yield, $551,760. and at 4 per cent. $518.- 760. This would make up the differ. once. if any, between the estimated and actual expenditure. This proposition, Mr. Whitney said. embodied what the Government, proposed to adopt, and they believed it would put. the finances of the university in regard to capital ex- penditures on a sound, stable and per- manent, footing. In regard to current account, he again quoted from the former speech mentioned. in which he hall advocated drawing upon the Rite. ems-ion duties. By next session the Government would have decided upm- what pereeutage of this or other ve'. sources or; tho Province they would draw upon for annual payment to the university. With reforvnce to the inclictmonl brought by 1ho Premier, he woudl take up the points mentioned. 'l'hophysic: building had been assured a your ago. so that the tirst count of the l'rnmioi tuilul. Number two was the seiotwe building. Hid the Promier forget that tho credit forthe building now on College street holnngcd wholly to the late Pro' mior '.' With regard to the convocation, hall. tho university deputation asked for:! $G0.000. and were granted that amount,! gpd cxpeeted to 109509000 more byt In tho meantime. with regard to the direct, management of the inatitulion [there was considerable mom for a l .\lr. Kit-hard Harcourt said it Mas no Ithr- custom to debate surh. hill, on at 'tirst reading. What he had to 'til', ltlwrt-t'oro. would ho of a general char- 'acter. He had hover made a party ap- lpoal to furthor oducational nu-asunw, but thought it was tho iirst thing to insist, on that any educational manure should he discussed in a non-partitanll way. He thought tho Premier had do-l parted in a, slight degree from this om- tom. though not so much so that ho would find fault. lie had had but mt" note to sound in addressing the elm-tors of the Province with regard to tho university. His argument was any to follow, that all who wished to support tho public schools would assist thoir ol- tii-ivncy by maintaining the oiticieney of the 1Inivrrsits. In the 140 secondary schools, with their 600 univorsity-train- od teachers, they had the best reasons for that courso. on account of the vlo,,o community of interest between the uni- w-rsity and the svcondary schools. lu. juring one was a, blow struck at ,thc other, and helping one was helping the other. What the Old Government Did Big Subscriptions Promised change, he would not like to say inr Irrovemont.heeausu, hehad not sufficient pc-rsonal knowledge of tltc Iirum, stain-M. " was time the little dis "tttou and irritation. which had occur rod within tho walls of the univorcitj for years Pttst and which perhaps wow due to some extent tn finaneial ml rail? were ondml. Tho Premier rinsed hy saying that he could we the successful ending this great work he would be "illing sing his political mim- dimiHis. the present moment he understood _ L . . - _ _ 77 u» uuxnylv't'l'l'l Ill hon/friend tho Minister of Edm-atiol bad in hie pocket written assurancm that if this measure worn brought 1 a 6uccessful conclusion $250,000 "11$ ready to be given in aid of the unive sity, Ho. then moved, Twenmlod h llr'" " ... ' ready to be given sity, Hts. then Hon. Dr. Pym. th ac! respnr-Iingr the to." nity of interest, between the uni- V and the secondary schnnlS. lu. one was a blow struck at,tho and helping one was holping the mice with regard to the His argument was may to , all who wished In support schools would assist their ot- maintaining the oiticieney oi ity. In the 140 secondary then , Jule. the in aid of the univo moved, seconded h ' first wading of "A University of Toro nu n