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Fennasammegiiea n se e e t CCC praise of the work of Queen's, and &43 sured the member for Kingston that i? aid could be given in the future, consist-- ont with the public interests, the Gov-- ernment would be glad to give it. _ Hon. Mr. Hanna explained that the grant for hospitais this year was $130,-- 00. which was $20.000 more than last vear, and provided for a per capita pay-- ment of 20 cents. With reference to items of $6.000 for a Registry Office and $2,000 for Land Titles Office at Navlt Ste. Marie, Mr. C. N. Smith made the suggestion that a substantial building, sutable for both purposes, be erected on the district jail. property, which is owned by the Pro-- vince, and is one of the best sites in the town . The Attorney--General thanked his hon. friend for the sauggestinn. which would be given every consideration by the department . At some length Mr. Hanna explained the expenditure of $100.000 for changes te Toronto Asylum. _ The building was in a bad state of repair, and equipment was defective. The land had been valued at $200,000. _ The asylum would have to be moved from its present site and some other provision must be made. A new hospital for the insane in --eon-- nection with the new Toronto General Hospital was one of the courses open to theimm. This would do much towards the education of the medical profession in the treatment of mental diseases. Patients who could be eured would be treated there, and only chromic cases removed to an asylum,. Producer Gas Power. Mr. MacKay spoke on behalf of the municipalities who corld not hops for cheap water power. _ HMe suggested that 2 few thousand dollars be spent to $e-- eure expert information as to the cheaP- est alternative power that these people could hope to obtain, as, for example, producer gas and its possibilities. Mr. MacKay named sevreral firms within striking distance of Niagara which had installed gas producer plants. The supplementary estimates for pub-- lic buildings. in all $166,200, were pass-- ed en bloc. Mr. Studholme again made a protest against the Government for its Central Prison labor contract, and moved a mo-- tion regretting that goods made by pri-- son labor were not stamped as such. The question had been discussed once before, the Premier said. The motion was lost on divisia= .