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»~ _Mr, CURRIE thougbt the grante were extremely lMiberal, and fi.fiu than incrsase them he would prafer seeing both the farmers aud the mnfi'..m more dependeat 'l&pon their own efforts than they now were, e fcund from the figures that mauy soo!t eties reosived far more Government .fl than they deserved,to judge by the small amounts they contributed 'themselves, ~ Iu reply to Mr. Merrlok, Mr VW OOD said that the Government had fllomgb:' considered the question, and had come to the conclusicn that the interests of the firmers generally did not demand an the farmers If they locreased the grant to agrlioultural socleties than by conferring the franoblse upon farmera' souns,. Mr. BOULTER also favoured an increase of the grart, Mr. BAXTER was of opinion that an in: orease in the appropriation for this purpose :.n"h.l not be likely ':i lnouuonth.' efficlency agrioultural eties. % uentl ebserved that those societics wm"fi m' leaat dependent upon outride ald were most progressive, Mr, GIBSON said he had previously ad ro-- cated the Kholplo that the amount of the grant of there socleties should be propsr: tlored to tte work they performed, ..f he was decidedly of that opinion atlll. (Hear, hear.) Such a method of distributing the grant was at least worthy of the c »msideration of the Government. His opinclon was that as the revenues of the Province migh! almosst be said to be fixed, the Government were aoling wisely in not insreasing the grant unless they saw tho clsare:t necessity for doing so, (Hesr, hosr) I was a question, in bis mind, and in the minds of others, whethor there were not alrealy to man oltbuonchflulomhgmm' wu{blo amcuat of benelit from the mouey oxsondm them, and especially whother the Pro Soolety might not ba dispensed with altogether. London, Guelph, Hamilton, Toronto, Kingston, and other places, hai societies just about as good as the Provincial, uu"t-lj;h\ be thak the $10 000 now granted to the Provincial .Bdo.iny could be n::u beneficlally expended amongst those other socletion The present Provincslal Ssolety ving another paltry filty cents or so to 'o:ol:.mhr of fl:! Eho"t'onl Diviston So cleties, be dida's thiak it would make very much difference If farmers didn't iaterest themselves in the objeots of the Socleties QGovernment aid would not help them much. (Hear, hear. ) The Item then passed. _It bring aix o'clook the Spoaker left the socletios The present Provincial Ssolety might be changed lato an organization oxr tending over the _gnflrg__Do;xln_lon. As to lectures on oHoal agriculture might be d'finM to l':: varlous agricultural soole. Mr. RICHARDSON thought the ({ vern-- ment would do more to securs the fsvour of Supply. T 'The following items passed:-- Axlonltnro. Arts. Literary and Sclentlfic Institutions, $101, 850. Oa the item of $59,610 90 for Hospitals and Chbaritier, Mr. WOOD, in reply to a question from Mr, Meredith, stated that the lollowlnfl were the amounts to bo voted to the sever institutions under the statute:-- Mr. RUNTER thought _ that _ the gtant might be considerably increar ed _ with _ great advantage : in the way of stimulating the farmers themuelves to greater exertions, He suggested that 'ih.t_o-hould be some arrsngement by which City Hospital, Hamilton..... Hotei Di@--u Hospital, Kiogston .. General Protestant Hospital, O;: increase in the grants, General Roman Oathollco Hoep!-- (;;:r'sll' %nuu....l:...... arte ndon...... Generail ..af"fl'.'n".. Hospital, St. Burpaide Lylog--in Hospital, To: Ege and Ear Infirmary, Toronto, G'w'l B?"L Gldph. a o o a % Bt, Joseph's Horspital, Gaelph .. .. The House again went into Committes of , were doing mosst for themselris. e e 6 0 6 e n e n e e a8 6e 6 60# 14 440 kess s 6 68 6 6 a # thought _ that the considerably Increase advantage : in the he farmers themuelves .. . §$15 724 20 »« -- 86,074 71 ... 4,418 93 a.. 1,841 77 O # « ® 3,138 90 »pp(« ... 3 639 69 ... $,224 83 84. ».. 2,180 98 To: «. 1,264 17 to. 780 90 «.. 1,000 80 ««« L7FOZ §t $14,057 39 $9 624 99 From the hcspita's deduactlons from 30 cents to 7 cents per day were maf4e for patients who had been in the institullon more than a year. Thaso dednct'ons for in-- ourables amounted to $4,442 91, leaving the total to be voted $39 614 48. Ia reply to Mr. Cameron, Mr, WOOD said ho new lostitutlons conld be added without an Order in Conncil, In reply to Mr, Meredith, Mr. WOOD said the question of supple-- mentirg some of the gracts so as to bring them up to the amounts pald before this sys-- tem came into operation was under the con-- sideration of the Government. Mr, CAMERON said the House was pro-- cesdicg in ignorance unsil it had the siate-- ment o0¢ receipts broughs down, Boya' Home. Hamiitor.. . . . ... .. St. Patrick O;phan Asylum, Otta-- NP _: s ra cah 666 L 18 $ 5i0222 5.2 8 ¢ s Orphan Home, Ostawa. . ... ... .. St, Joseph's Orphan Asylam, agdalen Asylam, Oitawa...... Industrisl School, Hamtlton. .. .. 84. Agitha Orphan Asylum, St. digathh, :.;.« csrr+crirstis Infants' Home, Toronto ... ... ... Mr. WOOD said the report would contsiin no more information than he had given, The item parsed. On the it m of $354 427 for Pablic Balld: Mr. FRASER said nearly the whole of this amourt was required for ilusane asylams They bad now about 2,000 inmates,and they bad not a spare bed for a female lunatic in any of the institutions. In fact, they were mcot falrly abreast of the demands of the Provirc«, while they ought to be wbead by sccommodation for 300 or 400. It ba¥ been caloulated in the census of 1871 shat one in every 400 of the population re-- quired the sort of care afforded by these in-- atitutions, whereas the Province bad not provided for more than one in every 900. There were only swenty or thirty spare beds in all the institutions, and not one for a female, Is was caloulated by the Inspector of Prizons that there wou'd be 590 applica: tons for admission and about 350 vacancies by dcaths cr oures during 1877, leaving 240 additlonal perrons to be provided for. The Government expected by finishing the ootteges at Orlllia, and by giviog some amall sd4ditfioral acocmmoGation at Toronto and Heni'lton, that they would be from filty to ore nundred behind et the close of the year, *ut by the end of 1878, when the proposed additions would probably be ail completed, shey would be nnrlly swo hundred ahead o# the rcquirements of the Province, He point: ed out that the country would gain even more tkan sppeared by haviong thorough aoc: commcdation, asit was calculated that 90 per cent. of the insane could be cured it they recelved attention at once, while atter delay they becoame obronically insane. Ho entered into details of the proposed expenditures on the several buildings, In reply to Mc. Cameron, Mr., FRASER said that there had be:n in the Central Prison some 14 or 15 orves of a disesse which was supposed to have been ty-- N ondon :s!.>...}cl}rn sns grottl"'lnt Orph';n Hamo,A London M ary's cghan Arylu Orpian Arylum, Hamiltop .. .. . . Home for the Friendleas, Ham{il. O NP Wns igin in d k amntoutionis bromns Tol'onh...... o e 6 ob sest o e s cae Magdaslen Asylum, Toronto . . . . + Ghl.' Ho.&'. To'onh- a o a o o o on va goyn'b.oflomo. 'l.'oront;.. sasssiss ewsbhoys' Lodgings, Toronto.... Orphara' Home, Kingston .. .. & Houase of Provltienoe, Kingaton .. Ro-'u gnthollo Orphana' Home, Orphan Home and Female Ald So. olkiy, Toronto...... . sseea+£ § ; Rom';n U-:lxom Orphan Aeylum, f House of Industry, Toeronto ... ... House of Providence, Toronto. .. House of Industry, Kingston.... Hoeuse of Rd:r, Hamliton...... House cf Providence, Kinogston.. House cf Providence, Gaelph.... Home for Inonnble:{ Toronto. .. Howe for Aged and Frlandlaam Olher Charitles: Houses of Refuge:-- Lordon £$ 743 16 $10,291 52 $1,953 70 4126 99 1,.042 27 1,405 21 231 52 843 92 C600 61 91 61 379 48 168 44 536 33 105 52 814 53 203 56 82 60 497 52 622 41 205 08 548 49 513 72 810 68 1,167 39 436 66 346 15 202 68 248 80 407 68 T