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Legislature Closes Delibera-- tions for Year by Giving Final O.K. to 27 Bills-- House Prorogues on T uesday--Has Sat on 80 Days Since February 14 After the longest session in its history, the Ontario Legislature wound up its 1922 session at ex-- actly 5.22 o'clock last evening. Im-- mediately the Attorney--General had secured assent for a motion "that the House do now adjourn until NO SERIOUS CRISIS IN WHOLE PERIOD 3 o'clock Tuesday, for -- formal prorogation.'" members broke into the National Anthem. The last ac-- tion on the floor was the hearty giv-- ing of three rousing cheers for Speaker Nelson Parliament, called for by R. L. Brackin, K.C., West Kent. The wind--up came even more quickly than members had expected. Although the end of the session was confidently looked for yesterday, the general thought was that the still numerous items on the order paper would keep the House in -- session until probably 10 or 11 o'clock. How-- ever, honorable members were in the best of humor at the prospect of re-- turning to their homes, and measures were put through with the greatest despatch. Longest One on Record. sat on 80 days. This is 16 days longer than the previous session, which also constituted a record. Altogether 270 bills were presented to members, of which the great majority survived the journey through three readings and committee, although, possibly, somewhat mutilated in the process. Probably a score of measures were presented and withdrawn, outstand -- ing among which was the Attorney-- General's bill to abolish appedls to the Privv Council, The session just concluded is the longest on record. It began on Feb-- ruary 14. Since then the House has Qustanding among the mass of legislation that has gone through during the four months wasthe Preé-- mier's Hydro--radial Bill and its all-- important last--minute amendments, which were given third reading yes-- terday. In addition there have been amendments calculated to strengthen the O.T.A. improvements in the work-- men's compensation law; further aid in the distribution of rural Hydro power; Lake of the Woods Control Bill, and the much--discussed 5 per cent. tax on race--track wagers. No fewer than 27 bills were given third reading in the last two hours of the session, one or two of them being advanced through the stage cirectly they had met with commit-- tee approval. On one méasure, Hon. Harry Mills' Gas Bill, the _ House hesitated in its onrush sufficiently long to send the bill back to com-- mittee for one minor amendment, then repassed it and, without stop-- ping for breath, sent it through its third reading. \Hame a Two things probably saved the House from setting up an _ even higher -- long--distance record--the withdrawal of the Attorney--General's Privy Council appeals measure, and the agreement to dispense with fur-- ther debate on the Lennox charges, which were open for discussion on the presentation of the report of the Public Accounts Committee. A week or possibly ten days would have been added to the session had these two tid--bits been thrown to the House. It might be rairly said that the Drury Government was never seri--| ously challenged during the lengthy session. In the dozen or so divisions its majority was never dangerously emall, and as a general rule it had a goodly group of supporters on the Opposition side of the House. Ex-- cept on one or_ _ two_ unimportant measures the U.F.O.--Labor groups voted solidly behind the Treasury benches, and the only rift in the Government lute was when W. H. Casselman. U.F.O. member for Dun-- das, said some rather harsh things of the Government for its failure to adopt the suggestion made by him-- self and Hon. G. H.' }"efguson for still further aid to the farmers in getting Hydro power. _ . _ _0 0. "HOW TO KEEP THEM DOWN ON THE FARM" "Make Farming Pay," Hon Manning Doherty Tells Legislature One farmer member, M. C. Fox, South Essex, voted against all his colleagues . of the _ Government benches in tho Legislature yvesterday, in favor of J. McNamara's resolu-- tion providirg for the apnointment nf a spocilal committee of the Legis-- lature to investis#ssts the problem of the scarcity of farm hands and to reyort on such steps as might be taken to securing a h#ealthy "back to the land" movemoent. The reso-- lution was defeated 2% to 16. Hon. Manning Doherty opnposed tho resolution. A really healthy baclk--to--the--land movement could only be obtained, ho said. by mak-- ing farming conditions really profit-- able and thae lot of the farmer such as to be desired. He mentioned, in passing, that at the very time -- the returned men were making their pil-- grimage to Ottawa, to declare their inability to get work. ha had difM-- culty in restraining the enthusiasm exhibited by a number of farmers over the arrival of 90 British farmer immigrants.