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cheers . ed to build the road forty milee fur- ther back into the country, there might have been at least some possibility of its succeeding. Mo agreed that caution. should be eXerciscd in encouraging the con- struction of new railways, in View of the many recent failures of such enterprise: in the United btutes. While he approved of the consolidation of the statutes, he thought the people had come to the conclusion that there should be less tinkering of the statutes in the future than there had been in the post. He hoped that the Attorney-) General would give some further expla-1 nation of the present constitution of the Cabinet. Mr. Blake had always contended that, according to the construction of this Chamber, there should be three laymen in " Cabinet ot fiyc'--0?ugiitcry-aetie,rcas at present there is only one layman in the Governmeat. (Renewed laughter.) Hon. gentlemen on the other side mightjuet as Well keep cool; he appreciated the ep- plnuee from that side of the House, but he liked his own aide best. (Ministerial amount of work these institutions had per- formed. All were treated alikc,and he believ- ed that the people were well tsatisfied with the system pursued. (Hear, hear.) The member for Norfolk seemed to be under some misapprehension as to the present system with regard to incurables. The truth was, that these ttnioitunateg were now removed from the main building for sepa- rate treatment. (Hear, hear.) The system by which no direct tax was made on the people for the erection and maintenance was one that was giving, he believed, uni'. verse! satisfaction. One hon. member had advised the, Government to undertake the establishment of an wnder-tlridnpgo fund. lie did not think that the matter was one that should be undertaken by the Government. In the older parts of the Province the farmers were get- ting able to underdmin their own land, and this "as in many respects preferable to their I): being dependent upon Govcrnment Md. He advocated tho more extensive use by our farmers of gypsum, mshesr,littie,and other fertilizers, and expressed the opinion that the use of these fertilizers would become more general as our llLHNCI'S progressed in the scientitic kll'HVlt'dgC of agriculture. Ile.. ferriug to educational matters, he said com- plaints had been made in the House that some of the inspectors had used their pow- ers too arbitrarily. His experience of those gentlemen wits that they had performedtlteir duties in an impartial aitrljttdicioturmtuitter. That could be, said, at any rule, of the gen- tleman who held the office. in the county which he represented, So long " the Go- vernment acted in the interests of the Pro- vince in the. future as they had done in the pact, they would rec-chu- the support of the greater part t-t'the purple. (Cheers.) Mr. DA WSON was glad to hear the re- marks which had been made with reference to the desirability of opening up the new portions of the Province, but he pointed out that the island of Manitoulin was the central point of Ontario. (Laughton) The Algoma district was being found to be com.. posed of excellent land, and to be capable of high cultivation. It had produced excel- lent wheat and other grains, which the people brought to market by roads made by themselves. Minding to the Toronto and t Ottawa Ilailway project, he thought it would not only be bettcricial to the city of To. ronto and the portion of country through which it run, but would ultimately be bene. facial to the Grand Trunk itself, and to the lineslrunningnorth into the backcountry. He I proceeded to speak of the question of the North-west boundaries, saying that it was one of great importance to the Dominion at l large and to this Province more especially, 1 and he was confident that the claims of On. l tario had been very fully and ably laid be- l fore the arbitrators. From the documents which We had,it was evident that mach care had been taken and great industry exercised in bringing forward all that could tell in favour of the claims of Ontario. The earlier , discoveries of 1iudsonhs Bay had been inves- l ligated. The conflicts which had taken 1 place in that great inland sen between rival fur traders and rival nations had been res- cued from oblivion, and a most interesting history, which, but for these researches, might have in great part remained in ob. scurity, brought to light. To Ontario it was more than a history, for it had an important ,' bearing on her rights, " against the claims ,. iipst set up by the Company of Merchant Ad.. , venturcrs of England trading to Hudson's Bay, under the celebrated charter of King: Charles II. The rights of that Company, flaws after thcmsavei--0aughter)-and no thought they should next visit the cast, and see if it would not bear some assist. unco. Mr. DRAGON said he was speaking otl what misnom- in the wt. He agreed in: tho necessity of the Government exercising i caution in that respect, and he hoped there i would be no aid granted to companies con- . trolled by irresponsible persons. Ho had; great sympathy with the Toronto and 0t- ' fawn Road. and if they had carried thuir by- l law in Toronto he thought they would have had a. ground for soliciting aid from I the House. lion. member, from the west ', always complained agaisash any assistance) being given to the eastern portion of thei Province. They seemed never to turn I their faces towards the rising sun, but iii-i ways faced the west. (Laughton) He hoped h His Honour would find time next summer to visit the eastern portion of the Province. l lion. gentleman had Cone west, had named I Mr. HODGINS said that very principle had been in force " the, past three years. Mr. DEACON said that the It tement made in the Speech as to the revive? of the lumber trade was not true in the case of the Ottawa district. There was 30,000,000 feet lying at Carleton Junction waiting for a market. He agreed with His Honour that the money spent in improving coloniza- tion roads was useful; but he thought the Muskokn district received too much attention from the llouse as compared with the northern and eastern districts. Ho re- ferred to the claims of these for colonization roads, and referred to several roads which Were required to connect the populous per. tions of the Province with the settlements on the Muttawan and Ottawa rivers and about Luke Nipissing. He objected to the way the colonization money Mrs expended. I t oughtto be spent in giving employment to settlers, which, to his knowledge, it was not. After referring to the proposed in. .ereaA of asylum accommodation, remarking that the Government had acted on a sug- gestion from the ODDOhlliOll in converting the Inehriute Asylum into one for the in- lane, he went on to speak of the subject of railway aid. lion. members had frequently voted aid for railways without knowing their merits, simply because the necessary papers were not laid before them early enough. He thought the papers should be laid before the House one session and the Order in Council grunting aid the following.