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"be some final arrangement of financial terms. 'The people of Ontario have a right to say that Ontario must come| & in for her share.of it." ; P It had been charged that the Gov-- & ernment were depleting their timber, Treserves. Instead of selling timber! limits, said Sir James, they were buy-- ingx them. They were going to buy more, and further, he stated, they _ were not selling the limits to their| political friends. "If any such scan-- dal or blot should be cast on the 'escutcheon of this Government in 'connection with the sale of timber limits as had been cast on a pre-- \vious Government, this Government would hide its head in shame from a Justly incensed people." | Bar Receipts. | Sir James saw no reason why ob-- |Jection should be taken to the Gov-- ernment receiving five per cent. of the bar receipts in the Province. "Are the honorable gentleman's sympathies still with the liquor dealers," he ask-- ed, "that he begrudges the Province of Ontario the small sum of five per cent. of the receipts? If that is hnis position, I trust he will not find many |penple in Ontario to support him." l Sir James admitted the justice of onme criticism made of the Budget, in that there was seemingly a falling oif in the amount provided in the esti-- mates for colonization -- roads, there being only $133,000, instead of nearly 'half a million last year. "If he will wait twenty--four hours, or perhnaps 'Ionger, when the supplementary esti-- ,mates are brought down, he wili see 'that we are going to spend a great 'deal more than that on colonization roads." No Bilingual Schools. Sir James also made an explanation of his statement before the elections that there were no bilingual schools. "I repeat what I said before," he said. '"Legally speaking, there are no bi-- lingual schools in this Province. There are no laws to provide fot TO TAKE OVER RADIALY _ -- YHEn ofy Lnms t--mumuareccommemegs | MR. M'NXAUGHT'S AMENXDMENTS TO TORONTO SUBURBAXN AND FPOREST HILL BILLS. Legflslutiun empowering them to |. t take over such part of any ra-- v_ dial or suburban railway as may come ¥ within the present or extended bound-- aries of the city of Toronto will be sought by the city. _ _This is embodied in an amendment ; to the bill of the Toronto Suburban and to that of the Forest Hill Electric Railway, which was suggested by Mr. , W. K. McNaught, M.P.P., in the Rail-- 'way Committee of the Legislature j yesterday. s The Toronto Suburban Railway asked for an extension of the time' for the construction of their line to| . Brampton and _ Woodbridge. Thc! Forest Hill Electric Railway sought | for incorporation and entrance into ; the city by the Forest Hill road. Both bills were put over until .Friday, i when Mr. McNaught's amendments: ; to them will also be considered. | | APOLOGIZED TO BARRISTER. | Mr. McDonald of Centre Bruce Re-- i tracts Statement Made in Committec. | Mr. W. McDonaald (Centre Bruce) | apologized at the meeting of the Pri-- | vate Bills Committee of the Legisla-- | ture yesterday for a statement made regarding the creating of a barrister by the Legislature. The incident | aroge out of a discussion on a propos-- | | al to Mr. J. G. Bagley, Port Arthur,. ' a barrister. Permission <for the city of Port Arthur to extend its municipally-- owned railway into the country was refused by the Private Bills Commit-- tee of the Legislature yesterday morn-- ing until the city has some definite p,-oposal to make. Colonel S. W. Ray, Mavor of Port Arthur, was present to iry to secure the passing of the bill. A dispute between the city and the Canadian Pacific Railway Co. as to the building of a common dock for lake hipping Will be settled by the vote sf the ratepayers of.that city, accord-- fng to the ruling of the committee. senmtemnetepaaannintemams