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--COOL MILLION EXTRA OM M , (% 4 rom mmmmmmmmmmommmmemesmmmmmose A » 1 ' € =-- o _3 e grants of $125,000, $100,000 and )iOntmo's Heavlest Item 0'} $120,000, reshpectolvely. 'Is'h}e1 ;'m:ln h * building of the Ontario School for y] Expendlture, 32,730,695, t the Deaf at Belleville is to be recon-- | * structed at a cost of $65,000, while | fOl" Educatlon Kgats New the building of the lgastern (;Dairy | School at Kingston, estroye by \__Court Houses and Hos-- fire, will be replaced at a cost of ® & | + '38.000. | pitals to Be B'"u'--'sec"l & Under the head of};'(,;apital Ex-- ~] # | penditure by the ydro--electric ond c'"ppawa Canal; Power Commission," the supplemen--| A BL d | tary estimates carry items totalling' I nttc:pate | $9,850,000 for expansion of the Ni--! } rvinetirmere use ccromeminess | > agara system. This amotfmt includes | | several large amounts for comple-- 1'12,687,000 TOTAL ' tion of additional umtss atoo the * Queenston power--house; 1,000,000 | HYDRO 'S SEEKING' |\for the construction of a new trans-- mission line between Niagara Falls | | |and St. Thomas, and $50,000 for | _ Despite the fact that no new | "Queenston No. 2 Development." |taxation is contemplated, Hon. Peter | |__In view of talk of a second Chip-- |Qmith tfm: hat t feceipts of pawa Canal the explanation of this (® estimates that the receip 1 item is interesting. '"It is essential the Provincial Treasury for the fis-| on account of load increment that cal year ending October 31, 1923, | investigations on a second develop-- | 5 MB s case | ment be proceeded with at once. fwm bs 339'37"'0'9'08' CC MA k.'m'" | This amount should be provided this of $864,717.99 over the receipts of |}.em..u the year ending October 81, 1922. | __The total asked for by the Hydro-- | | electric Commission is $12,687,000. | Hope for Future. : | Of a total of $2,782,794 set aside' l The details of this estimate, as | for the Timiskaming & Northern Cn-- iplaced before the Legislature by the ltario P}(ai(llws;y. $1,750,000 has been | m h earmarke or extension of the + Treasurex: guring his Pudeket sPefC | ' main line north from Cochrane. lyesterda). indicate, among ot rer | _ Following is the summary of esti-- | things, that the Motor \'ehiclc-s' mated receipts for the fiscal year iBranch anticipates an increase of ; 3 'Pndinx October 31, 1923: nearly a million dollars in the| |Bubsidy .. .................»> $2,500,720.08 | revenue from licenses on motor | | Into{est orn common ivehicles during the current . year. j l'g'y otohlo ll';,oduy:lgggg 75000060 ' !The last fiscal year's revenue from | Interest on-- Invest. _ _ _ | ithis source was $3,477,430; the| ments .. ....... . 850,000.00 estimate for this year is $4,400,000. ; ; s« -- -- 925,000:00 Over against the total of his es--| R {fl:':dfl ?)211 F'torentts Dept. ... 3.%.ooomi timated receipts the Treasurer has | alines Department .......... _ 550,000.00 | rthus far brought down estimates for | {..:;h"" Institutions ....... .. 1,000,000.00 | ' f 32.2712%,948.41. | Sducation Department ...... ©00,000.00 , an expenditure o $32,272,948.41. | Provincial Secretary's Dept.. _ 500,000.00 | ! This figure includes main estimates | Motor Vehicles Licenses ..... 4,400,000.00 | ' of $25,598,208.82 voted at last year's Agriculture .. ............... _ 200,000.00 | ' sgession of the House, and supplemen-- l ;::'\::;n?:vfigg:n. en iil; : ;('g%%' | s igiog o +4 4 | & > ment ..:,.. 30,000. tary o:st'lmat'eefii of _ $86,674,739.59 | The Amusements Tax Act ... 1,600.0(1).00! tabled yesterday. c % Succession Dutles ........... 35,000,000.00 | The above figures do not include ,Corporation Tax Act ........ 5.650.000.00 | capital expenditure for the current | The Ontario Temperance Act. 1,300,000.00 | fiscal year, which totals $67,750,-- | Law Stamps .............. .. _ ©250,000.00 | 004.88--$52,280,209.91 of which was j Game and Fisheries ......... 650_000'0(" contained in the main estimates" {;':)tt,g:rq Ailowance Hevyenue. 1'-;(4];':')1100?): voted last session and $15,469,794.97 | Land Transfer Tax u 325,000.00 | of which was announced in the sup-- | Miscellaneous Items ......... ::00:000:00l plementary estimates tabled yester-- | Hydro--electric Power Com-- l day. The latter item is made up en-- l _\ Imission, Interest, etc, ..... 7,002,000.00 | tirely of proposed grants to the | T. & N. 0. Ry. from earnings _ 600,000.00 | Hydro--electric Power -- Commission Total E. *":'__--WI and the T. & N.O. Railway (,'om-l e '_flt_xflt_eq Receipts..$39,3.2,0'.".).osl mission. | f Supplementary Estimates. | T omm n en The supplementary estimutes! Raney Introduces Bill f Pn ied odimacion n the: Tiet To Unite Registry Offices\ contain m * & t 7 s id y indicate the Government's plans for Following the _t"b""ig of 'the r.e-; the erection of new public buildings, | port of the Registry Committee in | provision for aid to the universities the Legislature -- yesterday after-i and additions to the plants of | Inoon, Attorney--General Raney in--| various public institutions scattered | troduced . and 'se od. A s i through the Province. * | + ed and secured first reading | One of the largest items calls for| for his bill to amalgamate the regis-- the expenditure of $2,730,695 on | try offices of the city of Toronto and education. This amount includes the county of York. The measure grants of $400,000 to Western Uni-- provides for the closing of the pres-- . versity for buildings and an addi-- ent county office in the city, the re-- tional $200,000; a grant to Queen's tention of an office for North York | University of $210,000, with a sup--| at Newmarket, payment by the cit:1 % plementary grant of $75,000 for the{ of all expenses of the union over a library; a special grant of $880,000 | period of three years, the county ® to the University of Toronto and a| then to assume 14 per cent. of the ; further amount of $100,000 for the| cost. | College of Education buildings, ana | a grant of $25,000 to the Royal Col--]| lege of Dental Surgeons. | Under "Civil and Cr!minulJustice"' ' $10,000 has been set aside for the} advertising of tourist attractions in| Ontario by the Ontario License| 4 Board. | New Construction. Maintenance of public institu-- tional buildings calls for the spend-- ing of $211,97%. New construction' 5 on the hospitals at Orillia, Whitby s and Woodstock has been covered by C