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»nnmmemmmes mnnnentatiam ns ; \ ', n' P \ uf'xv:&-"a\'i:\'\l"c\'f\'&'\ \ A CUT $6,m0,000 TO $38 639 Om Attorney--General Tables Re-- Aeme. turns by Months Under Liquor Control Act Total Vote for Hydro Only innieiie cnreirercantias $8,252,000--Was $]5,- Further interesting information re-- 0 | garding the sale of liquor, beer and 00,000 for 1928 wine under the Liquor Control Act, 'Wlte d ie ie ce intrrcenpevariye nas been supplied the Legislature by Attorney--General Price. In reply to questions of J. W. Widdifield, Progres-- $2']00'000 FOR SCHOOLS sive member for North Ontario, Col. txancumer mmmensememes Price has tabled returns by months, F :t U .~.,. on the sales of intoxicants since the Mam e.stlr'natcs for the flb('fll. Y8°" new law began to function. They are ending Oct. 31, 1929, and amounting to as follows: $38,639.318, were tabled in the On-- SPIRITS. > tario Legislature yest Aing, I1977.............. $2,400,400.13 T ius amount is anorovimmiely quojan| |Suly, 1927.0...crrrice. s ooo mkod's int is approximately $6,000.-- 'august, 1927............ 4,116,491.79 000 less than the estimate for the fis-- September, 1927......... 2007,107.32 cal year,. ending Oct. 31. 1928, as tabled October, 1927........... 3,744,351.11 during last year's session of the House. November, 1927......... 3,152,737.48 * December, 1927.......... 5,4057,101.00 Py Departmenis, January, 1928........... 2,924,601.30 By departments the "1929" estimates BEER. are as follows: , Jjune, 1927.............. § 415,872.02 Licutenant--Governor's Office, $6,050; July, 1927.............. 1,342,134.88 Prime Minister's Department, £8,335,-- August, 1927............ 1,594,567.42 600; Legislation, $384,575; Attorney-- September, 1927,......... 1,500,464.15 General's Department, $2,061,415; In-- Goctober, 1927........... 1,214,371.83 surance Department, $49,625; Educa-- November, 1927......... 883,190.53 , tion Department, $7,900,189; Lands and December, 1927.......... 1.274,439.86 Forests Department, $2,547,450; North-- january, 1928........... 794,428.93 ern Development Department, $499,-- * WINES. 725; Mines Department, $360,600; Game Jjune, 1927................ $ 75,413.60 and Fisheries Department, $527,825; July, 1927................ 101,419.69 Public Works Department, $1,262,165; August, 1927............. 126,376.29 Highways Department, $562,339; Health september, 1927.......... 119,948.19 ! Department, $686,450; Labor Depart-- October, 1927............. 114,951.57 ment, $2,675,705;, Provincial Treas-- November, 1927........... 126,607.50 urer's Department, $619,950; Provin-- December, 1927........... 346,287.48 clal Auditor's Office, $98,725; Provin-- gjJanuary, 1928,............ 133,105.50 cial Secretary's Department, $6,829,-- ' 540; Agriculture Department, $2,608,-- 390; Miscellaneous, $623,000. Chief reason for the falling off in | i this session's vote can be found in the | Hydro estimates. These, as voted a / year ago, were more than $15,000,000. The total vote for 1929 is but $8,252,000. h Of this last amount, the Niagara sys-- tem is represented by $5,750,000, $1,-- M s 000,000 of which goes to the Niagara Falls--St. Thomas line, and $750,000 for Proposed Amendments Would rural extension. For the Georgian Bay +£¢: i srsiom the catinate is sesamve: or. | Make Difficult Discovery of tawa--St. Lawrence system, $375,000; i i Thunder Bay, $325,000; Central On-- Business in Stores tario, $620,000; Nipissing, $437,000; Al-- ; Wivumitmmiew trrcccecmmmemmmes goma, $10,000. . Education Estimates. NEW PENALTlES ADDED Education Department estimates con-- wmuuummacumeuccccame tain a vote of $2,100,000 for grants to 4 rear's rural, public, and separate schools, It may be more diffltcult att noxtt i)x for-- $100,000 for consolidated schools; $53,-- _ Scssion of the Legislature to get in 000 for summer schools. mation regarding the sale of liquor, by h One hundred and thirty ghousam}lsix stores, under the LC.A. Attorney--Gen-- 4 undred dollars is voted for English-- ¢ to French training schools, as compared eral Price yesterday broughtt dotwnthe with $143,.600 of a year ago. The Uni-- the House some amendments to versity of Toronto grant is set at present law which are of a minor na-- :;gg»ggo' and Western -- University, _ ture only, but which provide the Hanna 0 pokk nsks Himn e Control Commission with power, if they _Estimates for th? Department ol desire to exercise it, to "bulk" the re-- Highways show a slight increase. FO" _ gurns of the various shops in their an-- 1929 they are $575,614, whereas for nual statement instead of detailing 1928 they were set at $562,339. them individually Less for Health. s $ f% Tighter Disqualifications., Department of Health shows a fall-- ont "tigchtens up" ing" off in requirement, the sum 107 nc »dequalification . claise (of _ ths 1929 belp «& $636,450, as against §10%.« present act. It provides that if an of-- 600 tor iast year. Department of Labor Tense is committed by any member of shows a slight increase with a vote of the family of the occupant of a house, 32.675,'105' being askeq. Provincial that house shall cease to be a place Treasurer's Department is down below where liquor may be kept legally for a its 1928 mark. Six hl\]mdéedd andd ufir}e- period of one year teen thousand nine hundred and fifly e Sec-- dollars will be voted this session, where tlo'f'xo gg'?eg;%ht';'?e béggs:g%igog glf'bpat- s on o m he chonifela p ent medicines or essences for beverag? Total vote of the Provincial Secere-- purposes. It reads: "Any person who tary's Department is | $§800010 201: obtains or consumes for beverage pur-- ce ns oc 2e Aigiertthennt Tote poses any of the products mentioned in 1928. The Agriculture Department vote Section 62 or 63, or who obtains or is placed at $2,620,490--practically thg COnsLmes for suéh purposes any of §eme fisure as brought down 8. §CM the products mentioned in Section 64 SEe: shall be guilty of an offense and liable to the penalties prescribed by Septlon '103." (This section provides a minimum fine of $100 for first offense and a maximum penalty of $1,000 and im-- prisonment for any further offense.) 4 Section 80, providing that liquor must be kept in bottle in which it was pur-- chased, is amended to provide that the Government label must remain on the receptacle until the liquor is consumed.