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i A Gamey Commissioners' Report Presented to Legislature. A Toronto despatch says: The finding of the commissioners in the Gamey cose was read before the House on Thursday afternoon. Is as follows: As to the demeanor and credibility of the witnesses generally, the commissioners woluld report that most of them seemed to be desirous to tell the truth. Of the more important witnesses the commissioners! were impressed by the evidence of Br. Arthur. Dr. Struthers, and Mir. J. F. Boyd. Frank Sullivan and Mr. Gamey were two of the chief actors in tho variety of transactions under investigation, and their evidenco is contradictory and irreconcilable at most if not all important points. Both, by their own confession, practiced systematic duplicity and pursued tortuous courses of dealing with self-serving interests much in view. Implicit reliance should not bo placed upon their uncorroborated statements in material points, and where these statements conflict with those of independent or disinterested witnesses the latter should be pre- "CAN'T YOU FORGET?" Whatever comment may be made upon the expression attributed tc the Provincial Secretary by Mir. Hammond, when recalled, it seems to the commissioners unwarrantable to assign to it such exaggerated import as to overshadow the who! body of substantial evidence In favor of the Minister and against the member. The testimony of Hammond was on a comparatively minor branch of the enquiry, that is, relative to the Globe interview, which, apart from the payment oi money as to its price does not loom largely in the investigation, and tho statements of Hammond conflict with those of tho Provincial Secretary, save as regard! riation in details which happen very commonly in evidence of different THE GLOBE'S INTERVIEW. It was a proper thing to take steps to advertise publicly the change in the political attitude oi Mr. Gamey, and had greater prescience been vouchsafed, the publicity would likely have been more, advantageous if made earlier. Looked at in the large, Mr. Barney's version is, that his purchase originated with Frank Sullivan and tho Provincial Secretary, that he was taken to tho Minister' office, whom he did not know, that the letter he was to sign was all ready, arid put before him for signature, and the information volunteered by the Minister that the protest would bo withdrawn, all the patronage given to him, and td valuable consideration paid when ae signed, but not ready, the bargain and sale Mr. Ayleswcrth's evidence alone, «.t which it was not disputed verity attached, sitfficera to show that this rersion is misleading and untrue. GAiMEY NOT CREDIBLE. The conduct and memory of Mr. Barney, as to these bribe monii'S, detract from his credibility, at a momentous point in his life, and within a few months of the concurrence, tie is uncertain as to the day when Mid tho person from whom the §3,->00 came. Having conferred with prominent men in his party (as he tays) and arranged his methods, he employs his share, $1,500, in business, as if it were a legitimate tran-mction. Ho makes no mention in lis statement to the House of how he came into possession of $1,200, part of the moiety, said to be re-teived by Sullivan and of which, he lays, $900 was paid into the Cros-!in business. But, when this is dis-rovered by search in tho Crossin books, the two pages containing entries for tho 10th and 11th September disappear, not by the hands of Mir. Crossin--and Mr. Gamey is the only other who had access to them. Then follows tho procuring of the fleposit slip from the bank by Mr. Gamey and its disappearance. Then tha explanation given to the reporters at Buffalo, with a view to publication, that this $900 was collected during tho summer in Manitoulin Island; and the final statement under oath, that it was part of a loan of $1,200 from Frank Sul- DIDN'T GET IT FROM STRATTON The evidence on the other side pre-eWdes the conclusion that this $3,-000 was received by Mr. Gamey from the Provincial Secretary on or about the 11th of September, ami, if that'be so, its truo source is not yet disclosed. THE $500. And, again, as to the $500 said to be received on the 29th January. Though Mr. McGregor comes expressly to assist Mr. Gamey at this stage of the enterprise, and does assist in correcting the Globe interview, and though he and Mr. McGregor meet that same night and discuss the matter, yet the money is not exhibited or mentioned. It is not shown to anyone, but carried about continuously in Mr. Gamey's pocket until produced in the House, j Afcd thon, when Mr. Gamey ally preparing for making hi night before the inferem aftei if that be sc of this money Crossin factory the House met. From these is most persuasive that money was received from tha f vineial Secretary on the 29th J uary, but that the re wards acquired, and, then the local sourc is not yet disclosed. This much more bo said about "Where tho money came from, that Mr. Gamey declined to make any statement under oath commissioners about tho "Deposit slips and those things," ostensibly on the ground that criminal action was being contemplated in that regard. But he said further that he "Cannot understand how it is relevant to his case." THE MISSING PAGES. Without pressing against him the maxim, "omnia presumuntur contra sppliatiorem," and though the despoiling was done pendente lite et sedente curia, it is very reasonable to believe that if tho missing pages of the Crossin book could be seen they would disclose or give a clue whereby would bo discovered the genesis of tho $900, and of the $1,-: 500, both coming, as Mr. Gamey now swears, from one and tho same His explanation of the particular source is not so worthy of credence as if tho books had been left unmu-tilated. PLAYED A DOUBLE PART. It is difficult to frame any consistent account of Mr. Gamey's career as member, for it was throughout inconsistent, as he played a double part. But. this much appears in the evidence. His politics Manitoulin, with Gamey as appraisal of the member's erratic course will depend upon the estimate that may bo made of this report, with its appendices of exhibits and evidence. Mr. Gamey had no personal intercourse with any member of tha Ministry except the Provincial Secretary. With two or three of the others he had some official correspondence, but with the rest not even that. With regard to the added charge of conspiracy, tho Commissioners aro of the opinion, that as a matter of law, there Is no evidence whatever to sustain it, as against the members of the Government and the other persons charged. And, according to tho methods of an ordinary trial, they would be discharged from the said accusation by tho presiding judicial officer. CHARGES DISPROVED. This being so, the matter of the original charge alone remains, and as to tha Provincial Secretary, there is the testimony that has been commented upon. In our opinion the corrupt charges stand disproved by a great body of evidence, which credible than that adduced in support thereof. The $1,200 mentioned hereinbefore has not been paid into the hands of tho Commissioners by Mr. Gamey. The Commissioners have impounded two sums of money, $500 produced by Mr. Gamey : House and $1,500 represented by his marked check of the 3rd April, 1903. These sums have been lodged in tho hands of the accountant of the Supreme Court, and tho Commissioners advise that tho amounts be carried in to a separate acci be paid out upon the joint order of tho Chancellor of Ontario and the Chief Justice of the King's Bench for tho timo being, upon its being made satisfactorily to appear that any claimant has legitimate title thereto. THE MARKETS Prices of Grain. Cattle, etc iu Trade Centres. Toronto, Juno 9.--Wheat -- Tho market is quiet, with tho tone firm. No. 2 sold at 72£ to 73c middle freights. No. 2 red winter and white quoted at 73c east, and No. 2 spring at 70*c middle ; No. 2 goose at 65*c on Midland. Manitoba wheat is firm. No. 1 hard quoted at 84c Goderich, and No. 1 Northern at 813c Goderich. No. 1 hard, 90c grinding in transit, lake and rail, and No. 1 Northern, 89c. Oats--The market is steady ; No. 2 white quoted at 30Jc high freight, and at 31c middle freight. No. 1 quoted at 32c east. Barley--Trade is quiet, with No. quoted at 44c middle freight, t 42ic. steady { might f l power, shai side of any Govei ;o the end that constituency, a: i the v _ -.ipposed possible by scrupulous men. First was formed the Jones-Gamey combination, a view of acquiring "franch But, as Mr. Gamey's friend, Frank Sullivan, by his braggard style aafd pretended access to the Minister (page 1,323), fostered the belief that he had more influence, the uncle was superseded, and the Sulliv Gamey combination began. At first move, support was assSured the Ross Government by the letter of the 10th Sojpteiwber, and e^n the same day Mr.'Gamey tokos pkvrt in tho Conservative caucus at Torori'i THE NORTH PERTH AFFAIR. Then rumors got abroad of his d foction from party lines, and he modified his manner of support b: tho amended letter of 27th October so that while acting as occasion re quired in tho interests of the Con servatives, ho engages to suppori tho Government when the House meets, if Mr. Ross has a reasooablc majority. Accordingly, 1903, he takes part in the North Perth campaign for the Conserva tives, but is embittered because In was belittled by tho action of the I Conservative leader. He repairs to tho Provincial See retary and begins discussing aj pointments, but, being comfronte with his conduct in North Perth, 1 declares his willingness to advertis publicly his real and true positior This was after the Government mt jority had increased to five. The Globe interview is published at the end of January, wherein his political afliliation is still further reduced below the standard of support promised in the letter of the 27th October, and only extends to support "in all matters he is satisfied with." Nevertheless, this publ tion brings trouble around his head from the Conservatives, and his resignation begins to be talked of. But Mr. Gamey is just as unwilling to resign at this crisis as he was after the protest. Dr. Struthers then advised him, as a friend, knowing more of the man and his candidature than a stranger, to ro sign and run as an independent, but thon and always w ixpense," and the risks and chences volved in another contest. Yet, o member is growing in disfavor th both parties, ho is getting to regarded as a double-minded an, with all that that suggests. A DISAPPOINTED MAN. He surveys the situation. The glowing prospects pictured by Frank Sullivan have failed to become facts. The prestige of directing Govern-patronage appears to be meager and illusive. He learns that Government, anticipating his ignation, are planning to put Mr. McMillan, the Socialist candidate, in the field. may be, comes the of deliverance by let-it that money was at of his apparent disloyalty. The peoplo supposed he had timber concession, and Dr. Arthur and Dr. Struthers told him that people would say he had been bought. Let him accept and profit by the belief, or rather the assumption of his mercenary defection, but a desperate effort turn it into :ess by depicting his career as forth in the statement for the s3tate-lH,OUSe' d planning to procure all j SIZING GAMEY UP. possible corroboration from Sulli- The temptation appears chiefly to van, in the hearing of three hidden be the expectation, if he could got witnesses and though tho $500 was corroboration of his story, that ho then actually in his pocket (as he) would become Minister of Mines in a says), ho does not mako the slight- new Administration, •st reference or allusion to it at tho Whether or not this is a correct And then, i patriotic plar ting it leak e FIERCE FIRE AT OTTAWA An Ottawa despatch says :--I dents of tho Ottawa district driven almost to panic by tho cessive fires which are spreading ruin in all directions. For days, almost weeks, the air has been thick with smoke from fires in the surrounding country. Wednesday 30 houses were burned and 300 peoplo rendered homeless in Hull. Thursday morning at 6.45 fire broke out in Sparks street, om block west of Bank street, in Davidson & Thackray's planing mill, sash and door factory. The building and piles wero as dry as tinder and nothing could save the property from total destruction. With it wont stores along Sparks street occupied by Mortimer & Co., lithographers and printers; R. J. Smith & ffio'., clothing manufacturers; P. Stewlxt, painter; and J. R. McEwan, harnoH-maker. The Two Macks' tailoring establishment, at tha Bank street saved, but tha Uainos leaped Queen street and way through as far as Albert. Tho following were burned out in Queen street : Mrs. A. Edwards, boarding-house keeper; W. B. Edwards, expressman; John Mason, Bryson & Graham's upholstering shop, brick houses owned by W. J. Kidd, J. Collins, C. Baker, Ter-rance O'Neill, M. J. McEvoy, and Grey's express. Boarding-houses occupied by Mrs. J. Birch, Mrs. J. O. Boyle, Mrs. Archibald Cameron, and Mrs. Stinson were partially destroyed in Albert street. ( There was no wind blowing, but the current of air created by the file carried burning boards and other inflammable material quite a distance. Thackray's mill has been burned out a couple of times before. It employed 150 hands. R. J. Smith employed 100, and Mortimer 75. ie loss is generally placed at l $300,000 to $400,000. TO KEEP OUT OCTOPUS Roumanian Minister Opposed to Standard Oil Company. A Bucharest, Roumania, despatch says: At a meeting of the Liberal supporters of the Government on Wednesday Premier Stourdza and Finance Minister Costinesco sppke strongly against allowing Americans who, they said, "have rendered themselves unpopular here," to secure a foothold in the Roumanian oil fields, and urged patriotic Roumanians to refrain from treating with the American experts. The Ministers also agree that an abund-> of British and Continental cap-is available to develop the Roumanian fields. AFTER SUNKEN TREASURE. The treasures that lie at the bot-jm of the sea are now more easily obtainable by the invention of an instrument known as tho hydro-scope. This contrivance is shortly ie put into operation in order to find tho lost fleet of Xerxes, which las reclined on the sea's bed nudism-bed for about 2,300 years. Search s also to be made for the ship bartered by Pompey to carry Roman art treasures to Athens and wrecked in the archipelago 1,950 s ago. STRANGE MOSLEM CUSTOM. All true Moslems when eating aust begin with salt, and finish pith vinegar. If they begin with salt they will escape the contagion of seventy diseases. If they finish with vinegar their worldly prosperity will continue to increase. Tho host is in etiquette bound to be the first to start eating and the last to leave off. The priests recite certain passages of the Koran before and after lunch and dinner, and also before drinking water at any hour of the day. Rye--The market outside for No. 2. Peas--Trade dull, with No. quoted at 64c high freight. Buckwheat--Nothing doing, with prices nominal at 38 to 39c outside. Corn--Market is very dull. Canadian feed corn quoted at 40c west, I and at 45c here. No. 3 American • yellow quoted at 54* to 55c on , track, Toronto ; and No. 3 mixed at 54c Toronto. Flour--Ninety per cent, patents quoted to-day at §2.72 middle freights, in buyers' sacks for export. Straight rollers of special brands for domestic trade quoted at $3.25 to $3.40 in bbls. Manitoba flour steady ; No. 1 patents, $4.10 to $-1.20 and strong bakers', $3.85 to $3.95 in bags, Toronto. Millfeed--Bran is firm at $17 hero. At outside points bran is quoted at $16 and shorts at $17. Manitoba bran in sacks, $19, and shorts at $21 here. COUNTRY PRODUCE. Beans?--Trade is quiet, with offerings small. Prime white are worth $1.65 to §1.75 per bush. Hay--The market is quiet, with car lots of No. 1 timothy at $9.50 to $10, and mixed at $8 to $8.50. Straw--The market is quiet $5.50 to §6 per ton for car lots e Hops--Trade dull, with prices nominal at 18 to 20c. Potatoes--Car lots are firm at $l.li5 per bag, and small lots at $1.25 to $1.30. Poultry.--Spring chickens are quoted at 90c to $1 per pair, and old hens at 10c per lb. THE DAIRY MARKETS. Butter^The receipts of butter good, and the demand fair for choice qualities. Prices are unchanged quote :--Choice lb. rolls, 15 to 16c; fresh dairy tubs, uniform color, 16c; second grades, rolls and tubs, 12 to VUy: creameiiv prints, 20 t«j 21c ; solids, 18 to i&Ji Eggs--Market continues steady, selling single cases 18 to 13*i Cheese--The market is dull « to life per lb. HOG PRODUCTS. Dressed hogs unchanged. Cured meats are unchanged, with a good demand. Wo quote :--Bacon, clear, 10J to lOJc, in tons and case lots. Pork--Mess, $21 to $21.50; do., short cut, $22.50 to $23. Smoked meats--Hams, 13 to 13*c; rolls, ll*c; shoulders, 10*c; backs, 14 to 14*c; breakfast bacon, 13i to 14c. Lard^--The demand is unchanged. We quote :--Tierces, 10*c; tubs, lOJc pails, 11c; compound, 8 to 9*c. BUSINESS AT MONTREAL. Montreal, Juno 9.--Grain--No. 1 Manitoba hard wheat, 79c; No. 1 Northern, 771c, Fort William; peas, 63c high freights, 73c here; rye, 52c east, 78-fc afloat here; buckwheat, 46 to 46-Jc; oats, No. 2, 86fc afloat, 38c in store; flaxseed, $1.15 on track here ; corn, American, 52c for No. 2 afloat ; feed barley, 48c; No. 2 barley, 51c. Floun--Manitobs patents, $4.10 to $4.20; seconds, $3.80 to $4; strong bakers', $3.40: irio straight rollers, $3.45 tc $3.60; in bags, $1.67* to $1.75 ; patents, $3.70 to $4. Rolled oats-- yea' prices, $1.85 in bags, and 5 per bbl. Feed--Manitoba bran, $18 to $19; shorts, $20 to $21, bags included; Ontario bran in bulk, $18 to $18.50; shorts in bulk, $19.50 to $20; middlings, $21. Provisions--Heavy Canadian short cut pork, $24 ; short cut backs, $21.50; light short cut, $23; compound refined lard, 8* to 9c; pure Canadian lard, 10* to 11c; finest lard, 11 to llic; hams, 13* to 14*c m, 14 to 15c; fresh killed abat-hogs, $8.75. Eggs--New laid, to 13c; No. 2, 10*c. Buttei^-Township creamery, grass, 18* to 18*c ; fodder, 17* to 18c; Western dairy, 16*c. Cheese--Ontario, lOfc; townships, 101c. Honey -- White lover, in sections, 12c per section; n 10-lb tins, 8c. UNITED STATES MARKETS. Minneapolis, June 9.--Wheat--Cash '9*c; July, 77J- to 77Jc; September, 'lie; on track, No. 1 hard, 80fc; No. 1 Northern, 79*c; No. 2 North-78*c; No. 3 Northern, 77 to 78c. Milwaukee, June 9.--Wheat--Firm; o. 1 Northern, 83* to 85c; July, 5* to 75*c. Rye--Firm ; No. 1, 3 to 53*c. Barley--Dull; No. 2, 57c; sample, 40 to 53*c, Corn-- July, 47Jc. Buffalo, June 9.--Flour -- Steady. Wheat--Spring unsettled ; No. 1 hard, 85|c; No. 1 Northern, 831c Winter steady; No. 2 white, 84*c ; No. 2 red, 81*c. Corn--Strong; No. 3 yellow, 51*c; No. 2 corn, 50* to Oats--Unsettled. No. 8 white, No. 2 mixed 86c. Canal freights--Steady^ ! CATTLE MARKET. Toronto, June 9.--Owing to lightness of the offerings of good butchers' cattle, their prices vanced 5 to 10c per cwt. to-day. The situation in sheep was weak, there being a large supply here, and the market was about 25 per i Dulness was about the only new feature in exporters' to report. Sellers had difficulty in disposing ol the stock on their hands, and buyers were indifferent, as the Chicago market was lower again, and they could and wero obtaining the maj< portion of their export cattle ther from. Owing to the scarcity ar high price of butchers', a good many that would ordinarily have sold as shippers' were bought up for the local butcher trade. The quality of cattle that came forward was not as good as before, there being a lot of rough and unfinished heifers, steers, and cows amongst them. Farmers surely arc making a mistake to send in poorly finished cattle when good butchers are so much wanted, and it n festly pays them thoroughly to ten up their product before marketing it. The following was the range of Exporters' cattle-- Per 100 lbs. Extra to choice...___$4.75 $ Bulls.......................... 3.76 Medium to light... _ ... 4.70 4.75 Butchers'-- Picked lots............ 4.80 5.00 Good loads................. 4.(15 Medium...................... 4.50 Feeders, light.......... Feeders, short-keeps . Stockers................ Export ewes.- ...... ... do, bucks........»' „. ____ Spring lambs, each... 25 4.50 .25 4.25 Calve Hogs-- , 160 to 200 lbs 6.00 0.00 THREE WERE DROWNED. Sudden End to a Sunday School A Hannibal, Mo., despatch says: Three children were dirowned here on Wednesday by the collision the steamer Flying Eagle, towing barge filled with Sunday School e curslonists, against a pier of Hannibal bridge. About 250 childr from the Park Methodist Church Sunday School at Hannibal had boarded the barge, atnd a number were on the steamer. The i sion left for Quincy to afford children a view of the swollen sissippi. As tho boat swung c to the river the swift current it straight against the stone of the bridge with a crash, steamer did not sink immediately, and terror-stricken children and accompanying adults climbed up the pier to the bridge. Before reach safety the barge was veered around by the current, and, swinging loose from the pier, floated down stream. In the sudden swinging of the barge three chilelren were thrown into the water and drowned Carried by surging waters at a rapid rate, the barge, with its screai children, floated down the river, a fleet of rowboats put out and left on board were rescued. The FOR USE OF TROOPS Action for $18,000 Entered Against Montreal. A Montreal despatch says: Col. Gordon, district t^fficer commanding No. 5 Military District, on Wednesday, through his attorneys, entered an action for $18,860.05 against the City of Montreal. This is the amount claimed for the vice of the soldiers- called out maintain order on the docks du: the recent 'longshoremen's str Tho City of Montreal having failed to furnish the money for the payment of the troops, the district officer commanding has* taken action. The city claims that as the Government exercises full authority over all property controlled by the Harbor Commissioners, the Governr should pay the' troops 'or their vices nlid maintenance during the the time of the strike. The city will therefore call the Government WASHERWOMEN'S UNION People of St. Paul Asked for Increase in Wages. A St. Paul -despatch says: Tho washerwomen have formed a union. Their first demand is an increase in wages from $1.35 a day to $1.50. The women include those who are employed throughout the St. Anthony Hill district. Many of the domestic servants of St. Anthony Hill are unionized, and refuse to do washing. Hence the washerwomen have it in their power to enforce the housekeepers of "Swelldom Town" to either put up the cash or wear soiled silk stockings. The washerwomen have served notice that they will hold to the union scale, and that no washing will be done unless the increase is paid. WAS TOO SENSITIVE. A Kiel despatch says: of the German navy, named Andreas Messerschmidt, was condemned by a naval court-martial on Wednesday to 18 months' imprisonment for striking Ensign von Abel during the night 'of May 2 at Kiel. The case has been widely commented upon because of von Abel's suicide after he found ho was unable to identify the who assaulted him and per-1 illy avongo himselL THE HOUSEJF G0MI01S Notes of Proceedings in the Can* adian Parliament. CIVIL SERVANTS' DEBTS. Mr. Lucas' bill to amend the Ac* providing for the garnishment of the salaries of civil servants, afteJ receiving its second reading wa* sent to the Legal Committee. In explaining its purpose, Mr. Lucas stated that it placed outside civil servants on the same footing in tha matter of garnishment as the members of the inside branch of tho service now occupy. Mr. Gross (Welland) warmly supported the bill. Civil servants should be mado to pay their debts like other people. Ho thought th« Government might, with advantage, adopt a rule in force on railways of dismissing any employe who had been twice garnisheed. The Attorney-General said that' while the principle of the bill waa sound, it would require very cumbrous machinery to put it in opera- TO PROTECT MORTGAGEES. Mr. Lucas, in moving the second reading of his bill to amend the Mortgage Act, said that it was intended to prevent loan companies charging a bonus on real estate mortgages paid after the expiry of five years. This meant placing a mortgage on tho same footing as a promissory note. The bill was also intended to prevent a mortgagor contracting himself out of the bono, fit of the statute. Mr. Gibson opposed the bill on the ground that the latter portion was a direct interference with tho liberty of the subject. So long as a mortgagee understood the conditions of the contract made there was no reason why the Legislature should interpose to nullify the bargain. Mr. Gibson did not disapprove of the first portion of the measure. The bill was sent to tho Lego* Committee. THE PATENT ACT. The Hon. Sydney Fisher introduced his bill to amend the Patent Act. In explaining this bill Mr. Fisher said that it was necessitated by a decision' of the Supreme Court, delimiting the powers of tho Deputy Commissioner of Patents as to the granting of extensions of time under patents. His bill proposed to give the Deputy Commissioner the necessary powers in this respect, and also to make an important change in tha duration of Canadian patents. Under the present system whenever patents were granted for similar purposes in Canada and foreign countries, the Canadian patent would expire simultaneously with the expiration of the foreign patent. This same law had led in England and the United i, but had been abrogated, and it had been thought that Canadian patents should be made equally in-" 'pendent of the duration of foreign patents. Then it was also possible patent articles which could not many years be manufactured in Canada, and it seemed an injustice that such patents should become void through non use. The bill pro-apply tho British license system to this class of patents. It vas also proposed that in certain ases tho bill should be retroactiva it the discretion of the Department. LAND GRANTS TO. RAILWAYS. Sir Wm. Mulock informed Mr. Scott that tho Canadian Northern Railway Company had applied for 582,528 acres of land in the North-,, earned on account of the con-■ its lino ; 6,400,000 might yet be earned by the company constructing the line to Hudson's Bay. The Red Deer Valley Railway and or.l Company was voted 6,400 cres per mile for 55 miles of railway. The question whether this company had until July 1st next to* build the railway and earn the land) grant is now under the consideration! of tho Department of Justice. of land, part of which is, I, and which' is estimated and being the tract originally set apart by order-in-Council for the land subsidy to the Red Deer Valley: Railway and Coal Company, is held: reserved. TO MEASURE GRAIN. Three bills were introduced by Mr., Bernier. One is to amend the Weights and Measures Act, and per-[ mits the use of postal scales up toj four pounds, without departmental' pection. Parties using them for) other purposes will be subject to tho: of the Act. An important! clause affecting the West, says that: the charge for the threshing of grain) may, until a suitable scale or meas-apparatus ther 'for,that may Tied, is provided and approved; by the Governor-in-Council. be determined by any device which rec-J ords automatically or otherwise the; umber of discharges made. Another bill is to amend the Inland Revenue Act. It' provides that land revenue duties shall be pay-| able hereafter on the first day of ie month instead of the sixth day. A bill to amend the Electric Light Inspection Act provides that in the) of an offence under tho Act by u-poration, penalties may be rt irable. Service may be made oi Mayor or chief officer of the corporation. BEST ON RECORD. Hon. J. A. Smart, Deputy Mln-j iter of the Interior, gave the Agricultural Committee figures which) that immigration for the fiscal j year, which will close on Juno 30, '" be the largest in the history of Canada. He estimates that tho total number will be 120,000. For 11 months ending on Sunday the total immigration was 104,-716, made tup as follows: From the United Kingdom, 36,670; from the Continent of Europe, 31,429; from the United States, 37,617. This is double last year's figures. The fig-i for May were: British, 10,138;: European, 8,254; United States, 6,-1O0; total, 24,492. This is much the largest month the department