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$3,040,000, or a total of $4,340,000. l'l'he expenditures of the Department _ of Lands and Forests will amount to $2,290,000, showing a r--t revenue "rom this department of $2,050,000. IM.M. which has been expended by the Province for capital con-- | struction, maintenance and inter-- l est in excess of the highway revenue received. I think these figures will be a surprise to many. $26,000,000 From Autos the Government who have co--oper-- ated in the heavy task of finding sufficient money to carry on the business of this Government. The total gross revenue for the present fiscal year, based on ten months' actual experience and two months estimated--and these esti-- mates have been carefully checked and verified by the officials of the Provincial Auditor's Department-- will amount to $97,845,752. This Is the largest sum of ordinary rov-- enue ever collected by this Prov-- Ince, but it does not indicate, as has been falsely represented by op-- ponents of this Government, that this is the result of increases in taxation. On the contrary, Mr. Speaker, this revenue has been col-- lected in spite of the fact that this The revenue from the Lands Branch this year will exceed $800,-- 000, and from the Forests Branch Government has reduced taxation and has reduced automobile fees and other licenses, and has can-- celled and abolished nmnsance taxes. Forest Revenues The collections from the gasoline tax this year will exceed the sum of $17,600,000, which places this tax, as a revenue producer, in second place, second only to that of the succession duties. This tax, to-- gether with the revenue from motor vehicle licenses, which will amount this year to the sum of $8,300,000, will bring in about $26,000,000. I hope I may be pardoned if I refer with pride to the fact that, whereas but a few years ago, when my honorable friend the former Leader of the Opposition was the Treasurer, the revenue of the Treas-- ury Department amounted to $24,--| 000,000. For this year the gross| revenue of the Treasury Depart-- ment, exclusive of interest ml-' lected, exceeds the sum of $50,000,-- | Frequently I hear the complaint raised that only part of the revenue of the Department of Highways is used for the construction and main-- tenance of highways and bridges in the Province. It will be of in-- terest to this House to learn that from the year 1920 up to March 31, 1938, inclusive, the Province has spent on road construction, mainte-- nance of highways and interest on our highway debt, the huge sum of $505,911,000, and has received in revenue a*total sum of $257,678,000, leaving a difference of over $248,-- With the permission of the House I shall place upon the records an interim statement of gross ordinary revenue for the fiscal year April I, 1937, to March 31, 19386. This statement, as I have already told the House, consists of ten months' actual results and two months fore-- cast. 3. Consultation Service to Physi-- | clans--Conferences were held with jmedical officers of health in all |areas affected. Literature deaiing lwith the most recent medical in-- | formation of poliomyelitis was dis-- | tributed to all physicians in the Prov-- | ince. A group of sixteen physicians were given special training ana were placed as district consultants \ in strategic centres where their services were available at all times to practicing physicians. Special ar-- rangements were made to insure prompt and efficient treatment for [all cases no matter how remotely situated through the co--operation 'nt the Provincial Police and Air | Services, Paralysis Epidemic The Poliomyelitis Outbreak--Dur-- ing the latter part of 1937 an out-- break of poliomyelitis occurred which was of unprecedented size for this Province. In meeting this sit-- uation the Government took prompt action along the following lines: 1. Public Education and the Con-- trol of Alarm--By means of adver-- tisements and daily press confer-- ences the public were kept fully in-- formed, and special efforts were made in the direction of public edu-- cation by issuing precise and accu-- rate information concerning the nature of the disease, its possible prevention, and the steps being taken for its control. 2. Provision of Convalescent Serum--The Provincial Laboratories prepared and distributed to physi-- clans throughout the Province some 2000 treatment packages of con-- valescent poliomyelitis serum. 4. Emergency Care of Respira-- tory Cases--Through the co--opera-- tion of the staff of the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto, the Gov-- ernment arranged for the emer-- gency construction of twentv--three respirators which were placed in hospital centres throughout the Province. 7. Education of Paralyzed and Partly Paralyzed Children.--Prompt measures were taken by the De-- partment of Education to meet the educational emergencies arising out of the epidemic. Grants were aug-- mented for Home Instruction Units, visiting teacher classes and hospital classes. All Inspectors and Boards of Education were advised con-- cerning the method and desirability of establishing special educational 5. Investigation and Research. -- In order that no opportunity of in-- creasing present knowledge con-- cerning this disease should be over-- looked, the Government not only provided funds for an investigation into the effectiveness of nasal spray as a preventive measure, but undertook the systematic collection of detailed information on all as-- pects of the epidemic, a report con-- cerning which will be available shortlv. 6. After Care of Paralyzed Cases-- In order to insure the greatest pos-- sible degree of recovery in cases showing paralysis or muscle weak-- ness, the Government arranged for the manufacture and free distribu-- tion of frames and splints to more than 650 patients. Upon the advice of orthopedic consultants, the Gov-- ernment further provided a period of three weeks' free hospitalization in order that these patients and their parents might receive neces-- sary training in the proper use of this equipment. Orthopedic wards were opened in twelve general hos-- pitals throughout the Province. It was found necessary to establish a special orthopedic hospital in To-- ronto, at which 284 patients received this special type of care free of charge. A grant was made to the Ontario Society for Crippled Chil-- dren for the provision of travelling nurses to insure the proper follow-- up care of all paralyzed cases. Mareh i9 .