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h s 9 / n o $ e BBcmcicte s > rdanrts *:>+ s a AG . ~ eg 3:.'«- L * ~~Pe fe-- ies Bs f -. A: '( ,,_"1,. est TN .- ' up -- wit det: '. '; & i t | garding the new Government House., ¢ <| The Government had 'paid $1 m §' for the site, and: «clearing _ j & laying out were expected to cost AL / $69,000, of which $52,557 had been s NY spent. The estimated cost of the new |-- t o 'buildlnx was $100,000. f s¥ The House was again in committes, putting the barristers act and the Ek: solicitors act through that stage. fer.. .---- Both are statute revisions contain-- Ks .+ ing only unimportant changes. : No Telephone Commissioner. In response to questions put on tht . order paper by Mr. N. W. Rowell, K. C., Sir James stated that Hon. 1. B. Lucas had not hbeen appointed _ a Commissioner to investigate the ques-- tion of Government -- ownership _ of telephones. He remarked that Mr. mcas had considered various _ mat-- ters in connection _ with _ telephone systems with a view to sceing wheth-- or legislation was necessary. i Hon. Dr. Pyne introduced a hbill to | provide for the appointment of _ a Board of Govertnors for the Provin-- _|cilal Museum, which will henceforth «a» be known as the Royal _ Ontario Museum. * Salary Increases. ; In addition to the lump sums which l\ have hbeen noted, every department of the Government shows a number ) ~ of salary increases, ranging from $%50 \ tn $200 per year. In the highways branch of the Public Works Depart-- w -- ment the engineer gets an increase f \\. of $250. The Deputy Registrar--Gen-- + \O eral and Secretary of the Provincial * Board of Health, Dr. J. $. W. Mc-- \' Cullough, will receive £#200 per an-- Bs | Y num _ more. The _ new Assistant | Deputy Minister of Agriculture will J receive $1,167.. For the tuberculogsis and public health exhibits $1,000 each is granted. Thunder Bay district will have a Police Magistrate in connec-- tion with C. N. R. construction, who will receive $1.200, Other salary in--; creases in nominal sums go to Deputy ' , Ministers, clerks, stenogrgphers, in-- i spectors, etc. !