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, i: . . . . «a. . . Late Ministry's Am - .' ' . _ . At the Butrttetttiott of the Attorney- "We... _ _ . ' General the deputation stated the ' . " progress of negotiations with the SPRO i Hearst Government, According to h _ . the then arrangement, the Roman Catholics were to choose between llifitlll1Blis two alternatives: the Government 11'fel recodgnize their then existing ""'"'"'"-'"--- so oos an they were to open no . "i?fh',1t fl,': :hey could so to the courts. 0aputation From Eastern; q .n es tat ngly, declared the deputa- . . . _ I rzotn members. they chose the alter- Townships Interview i' ma we of going to the courts. . ', It Was agreed at that earlier date Hon. F. c. Biggs {gaihthe matter hwould be referred ------.-.. ' e courts w ere, according tof R 'd t f I" . the understanding of Mr. O'Brien, netSI en; d', lines Edward the "whole question was to be taken co n y an e coun ies of Lennox up academically." Premier Hearst, and Addington and Hastings are $10.: tstraidbhad accepted the principle endeavoring to have the Provincial . 1a e iovernment should pay all f . _ ' _', rho costs of the action. But the itil,'":?::','," 0 dHighways take ovei l DPODosal was not acted upon, be- i e wagon an cat ferry which I cause. according to the spokesmen, operates between Adolphustown, on 'i Th; tfdiyir,y,y,.y,! had later suggest- the mainland, and Glenora, on the . e a , in view of war conditions, . ' , the friendly action be not gone on :3an Td,','?.,'; in? f,','.',,",',",::, it as part l, with, and the Government offered e roxinca ighways turtttem. tttttun concessions. A deputation of representatives of . r Moral and Just Claim. l3elleville, Picton and Kingston ar- I Rev. Father Foley argued very plved m the city yesterday, and Will 3 . 'rnroibly for the justice of the requests see Hon. P. C. Biggs, Minister of i , made by the separate school sup- Public Works and Highways, in , porters. Perhaps, he agreed. it the connection with this matter. ' , law of. 1863 were to be interpreted The interesting feature of the re- . according to'its lettdr, the separate quest which the deputation will T school supporters might not have a make is that the highway system W' claim. But nobody, he said, could does not, as at present constituted, 'ustly argue they had not a moral contain any provision for the in- ' and a just claim to what they were clusion of ferry services. Only "Sign; . bridges and roadways are providedl 'Speaking quite frankly. as a cm. for. The deputation will point out, _ i _ wen." declared the Premier, "rns 11:03:63? that"?! the 31m of Ire Bay! ' , " ' , ._ o unea spam wassihtl can new is that a tremendous mis narrower it would be quite feafgsiblz, take would be made to extend the , . ,t F to build a bridge there. l, separate school system to the high " this wer , l , . . ' . 0 possible, the bridtrel school in the interests of the unit) l, would be constructed and 60 . ;of the people of a united Canada." ' cent of the cost Would b Del t , . . ' , . ' e borne by; ' , In reply. the Bishop .o.t.Peterporo the Province. A structure of this? i referred to English conditions, where nature would cost not less than I three school systems flourished, and $100,000, and the annual carrying?! l i . vet, he said, no one would declare charges on the Provincial share . l that the English people were not of $60,000 would exceed the cost of united. the operation. ot. the ferry. The VA Prefer Privy Council. ',1,1"'tuhtiastigcr11,.1 Justify their claim The deputation left after. eating At present the roads leading to their preference for a decision of Adolphustown and Glenora are . the Judicial Committee of the Privy :ounty roads, controlled by the re. Council, in that it was a constitu- meetive counties. tional question. They stated that _ they did not want to be put in the F position of suing the Government. F Providing the separate school ad- vocates accept the principle of refer- . ence to the courts, the matter of . . s . _ questions to be submitted will be the g . subject of conference between, the T l Government and the Roman Catho- I lie Council's legal advisers. _ _ l 2 - " I " A d I T c 00 uestwn nswere ' l (i .------_---r-..-'-'" - l Hon. R. H. Grant, Minister of Education, made formal 'd,TJrd,'.'t'i, terday in the Legislature to a question asked by J. R. fitiet 1flf Hastings, regarding grants paid to public and separate sc 00 s. . . Cooke's question was: . . . 3 What is the total amount of Legislative. grants paid it? I"? if: , 1921. (a) to rural public schools. (b) to rural separate " 00 l" rural What amounts of the Legislative grants have been paid to but 110w- public schools, (b) rural separate tschools, apportioned upon t e o ing basisz' . . (1) According to assessment. t h I (2) The annual salary paid to one era. , (3) Grade ot certificate held and length of the teachers teaching ' x erience. , I e p (4) The equipment and accommodation of the schools. . l . (5) A graded "fixed grant" where the section assessment is less n 50,000. . . . the I-sion. Mr. Grant answered question No. 1 as follows: (a) i ' $1,510,289.95, and (b) $135,627.52. 'a l Question No. 2 he answered as follows: . t l ' . i Assessment. Public. ' P/tWy,, Below $30,000 so o.............,.....' 167035'2'94 315'653'13 I $30,000to$40.000..............,.. 47,043.80 , Iii; k t 40,000 to s 60,000........,.,,..... 10.21625-03 18,60.9 , ' . , 60,000 to $100,000...........,..... 232,632.66 23,632.01, l ' $100,000 to $300,000................. 707,584.57 54,665.69 b t300,000 and over................... 198,144.95 10,365.28 ( l . $1,455,333.95 $130,241.27 I F in ment and accommodation (about ' V Eq :12 per school section). . . . ' . . . ' .. 54,906.00 5,386.25 Totals a o s o .---$1,i'i10,?89.95 $135,627.62 ., The answer to the'other portions of Question No. 2 was given as er: ' und Public. *Separate. - . " _ 3.20 _ Fixedgrant.,.s...."............,." 17,175.00 ' 3,28 . V, . Grant on certificate................., 118,145.80. 12,880.32 ' Regular grant on salary. . . . . . . . . . . . . 372,638.79 44,143.14 ' supplementary grant on salary... ' .... 947,424.36 69,934.61 , Equipment and accommodation. . . . . ' . 54,906.00 5.386-25 q , " . Total... ...............,......$1,510,289.95 $135.627-62 lf, d' "this includes the 92 per cent. pro rate increase to Roman Catholic . ll 'M' jd gtqraratet, tlytoitu -"'._--- - .- 7 7 w----F- _ 7 " 4, . _ . s'.,"