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¢ APRIL 3 # Ofl"' io D t t | To Cost $60,309,636 $ I | . | Estimates of $60,309,636 for ti-- ) the latter expendirure amounting to nancing departments of the Prov-- | $861,084. incial Government--the highest in | The increase in funds to be voted, l Ontario's history--were placed be-- |\however, is offset in the totals, | s A | fore the Legislature yesterday by 'chmfly by a $9,286,200 reduction in{ Premier Hepburn. The figure ex--|the statutory Department of High-- | ceeded last year's estimates by $1,« | ways account. In summary, estim-- | 969,154. ates to be voted, and the statutory s . R R # Major factors in the increase, ac-- |estimates for 194243 amount to cording to a comparison with the |$120,024468 as compared with the 194142 amounts, is an accelerated $127,926,426, total for the past fiscal health program and cost of living !)'cm. ' bonus payments to the civil service, In the Department of Health, | through a program that is dircctl,\': associated with the war effort, m-! * pecially in the laboratory work that | is being performed on behalf of the | armed forces, and a general poliv,\'[ « of maintaining health in war--time, | there is an estimated increase of | $1,065,795 in expenditures. ' Broken down, the figures show ; an increase of $28,900 in laboratories, | $32,880 in the laboratory divisions, | $26,590 in tuberculosis prevention ; | prevention of communicable dis-- eases, $59,850; hospitals, gencral of-- fices, $465,700; hospitals, grants, $146,000; and Ontario hospitals, $195,975. P As stated by the Premiler in his Budget address, the Department of Education expenditures will be ,in-- creased $611,622--the increase being earmarked almost entirely for tech-- nical training, for wraining men and women for munitions work,. and for training pre--enlisted men for tech-- > f nical services in the armed forces. , Curtailment in general expenses | is indicated in every department M? meet the added cost of the cost--o'-- living bonuses and the extra pay-- ments which are allied with the war effort. P Public welfare ts increased $107,-- 45 to $19,031.870. Among its larzgor , items is a $28,600 increase in the grants to refugzes and orphanazges % and a $20,775 increase to the Chii-- drea's Aid Branch. Drop Change in Municipal Act As 'Public U 7 '_Felt The |.)il.} to give the Department| Minister A. J. B. Gray, was to en-- of Municipal Affairs greater super--| sure that funds allocated by a mu-- visory powers over Ontario munici--| nicipality for a certain .pairpose palities, is to be withdrawn by Hon.| were used for that purpose only. 'L,B._.\luQuo;S!.f'n' "In view of public| There was no intention of stripping * uneasiness existing." Mr. MceQues-- | the municipalities of their powers, ten said yesterday he had received | Mr. Gray emphasized. numerous representations on the| In announcing his intention to matter. _ . | withdraw the bill, Mr. McQuesten Iho bill was introduced in the| said: "As the act stands now the Legislature last Friday as anamend--powers desired under the amend-- ment to the Department of Munici--| ment are invested with the Ontario pal Affairs Act. One of its main pur--| Municipal Board, and I propose to poses, as explained later by Deputy |let it stand at that."