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Hospital. Dr. Ryan is stil th> Suner-- intendent of the Rockwosd Hosnital, cecupies the residence thore and re-- celves a salary of $4.352, Dr. Edward Rvan, Directer of Montal Hospitals, cxerciscs jurisdiction -- over the Rockwood Hospits], Kinze«tmn,. as medicsl Girectcr. Ho rsceives $2.100 2 vear as Director of Provincisl Ments] 117,085.172: meintenance for the period. $277.478.10. At Oct. 31, 1928. 24 Provincial officars were working. exclusivel Lioucr Control Act en{fcreement. das during the years 1027 and 1928 to-- talled $116.33€6.98%. cf which < por cent.. or $46.554.70, will b> born» by the Fedcral Covernmeont, according to estimates provided this vear. The total coct to dats of the COttowa-- Prescott Highway of 58.5 miles is: Con-- struction 1913 to 10983 inclusive,. §°.. Durins the last year « had been rcloacoed from tals wore re--admittcd tc tals. Canal Reads Cost. Expenditures cn rcanal bank roods in the Countics cf Gronville and Dun-- & Hixon Limited, Blind River, on Dec. 20, 1926, Certain of the licenses in-- cluded only pins timber. and others all kinds. In addition. a pinec area was of-- fered for sale on Feb. 7. 1927. by public tendor, and sold on April 153, 1927, to Carventer & Hixon Limitod. The total cost of fire ranging during th* fiscal yoar ondcd Oct. 31. 1928, was $1,220,208.52. Against this the sum of $367.313.80 was received from timber and pulpwood. leavins the ncot cost to the Provin--ec. $8532.894.72. The total cost of air service for forest protection during the fiscal yoar ond-- ing Oct. 3#1, 1928. was $301.358.256. Gecorge A. Jordan was aposinted Po-- lice Magistrete 2+ Lindsay on Nov. 29, 1928. suceeding Jrsss Bradford. Two hundred and thirty--ons inmates of hospitals for the insans in Ontario wore reoleased last yeer. and returned to the care cf ths municipalitiss in Ontario. Of theso 16 were returned to the care of Toronto. Durins the last vear 44$% neen's ho A nrumber of timber lisceuses i Mississauga region, held by J. J Fadden Limited. covering areas t! various times had been previous! fered by advertised saie and di:s of to the highest bidder, woere : ferred by the said company to Can but estimatos on the further not yet been made. Mississausa Timber Licenses. Answering Opposition quesiions on the order paper, the Governmeni gave the following information: e The road which is designated as the Ferguson Highway commences at Severn Bridge, on the south boundary of the District of Muskoka, and continues northerly to the Town of Cochranc. a distance of 408 miles. Portions of this road, through the Districts of Muskoka snd Parry Sound, have been in exis-- tence for at least 50 or 60 years; por-- tions in the District of Timiskaming were made from 20 to 30 years ago. and portions in the Cochrane district about 15 years ago, up to the standards that were then required. Much of this road has been reconstructed, and new sections where no sections existed before have been built since the year 1925, and up to date since that time the expendi-- ture unon this highway has been $3,-- 689,617.70. The road is not completed, On Oct. 31, 1918, there were 40 Pro-- vincial Police on criminal law enforee-- ment only, and on O.T.A. enforcement, "6 enforcement officers and 14 adminis-- trative officers, a total of 90. On Oct. #1, 1928, Provincial Police officers num-- bered 223. All these figures wore ex-- clusive of traffic officers. J. W. Widdifield (Progressive, North Ontaric) pointed out that his ques-- tlons on similar topics had been an-- awsored last scssion, and that "now the Government was refusing to answor this year, but not last." Mr. Ferguson sug-- gested that Attorney--Gcneral Prico migzht have beon unduiy genecrous last wear. Reports Ready. Th:n Colonel Price cleared the at-- mosphere by declaring that ths liquor reports were printed and would b> on the members' desks during th> aftor-- moon. "So we can't get ths information from it during this sossion," Mr. Sin-- glair deducted. ;QSJB)/" pLe 4 raq 3?/ 2 6 IL further cost have '5 neenle men'tsl hos such hos Polics 2l y Oi-- posed rer a t _ Th action of William _ Bastedo against DPDr. C. B. Parrar was A PCI~| sanal action, Hon. Lineein Goldis told 'the House. and the Government was \not nameod os dofendant.. Questisned j '"On what authority was $1,648.28: naid |\by the Province as appears in Public} | Accoeunts, 19272" he réplicd. "Vihile | ithe action was brouzht sgainst the, | Superintendent personally, it was vwith |respbort to an official act in the admin-- | istration of a public in"titrtion, and the | Government felt thes it was under obli-- | gation. for that reason, to pay at least the lesal exnenses." It wos siso statod that the action f Wei ty cce e vetunn dn dn egear iefi tip Nee rpiarrere e ie of Rev. Father Minchan again:t $r. N. H. Beemer was a personal acticn. and thet the Government was not named as defendant. A reason similar to the one in the other answer was given for the peyment of $1,848.07 by the Province.