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uve school grunt so tar us it lilay'hti'ect thinly ( and sparsely settled districts. : Mr. Marter discusuetl the question It some .ungih,1lttowing very clearly the dillicul- ties the children of poor districts labor under with the present grant, and contend. ing generally on behalf of the propositions of the resolution. Mr. A. F. Wood supported the purport of the resolution. la his own district the people wore very much exercised over the distribution of the orsliu-ury school grant. They felt that they haul it right at least to .tt portion of the money which Northwestern Ontario contributed to the Province.. The ! grunt should be distrrsuted in proportion to the needs of the people. Mr. Waters said that the older sections of the Province shoal-l "Eve wen a more [ generous grant than new to the poor schools of t_he Province. ' -.-... "nu bro" uu- l'l llIlIUllL 1 consideration the month-1y " ing the grants to the poor r " .ttttattge in tho mode of dim-la ave school gnu". so far as it 1 I and span-my settled dis-trims. people Were always in favor of aliberul policy regarding educational matters. Dr. McLaughlin thought that the whip- tion of Township Boards would settle daili- cuhiea now complained of. A uniform rate for school purposes would, under such a "stasis, be imposed, end in this way the licy inaugurated by Dr. Ryersou would I',' given full street. Mr. Armstrong made . ltrong nppeel to the Home to incrme the amount of the poor Ichool grant. The Legislature could no: not apart 3 {and for better nanose- Rrttt the Government, decided to increase the annual grant. this session to the Electoral ni- vision Agricultural Societies. and it so. to what extent. and upon what comm ions? Hon. Mr. Drury laid the Government did I not intend making any increase in such i 3mm during the present union. 1 MUNICIPAL nmmwl. ' Mr..Wrguaon asked C--- Do the Government proposoto Introduce any I legislation during the present session towards sjunpngiying o.r.nstiu.eiryt tho costs ornrri.tra- W lesion? -- _ - Hon. Mr. Hardy replied in the negative, end Mr. Fergueou said he War! sorry furthest. TBR UNIVERSITY BUILDINGS. Mr. Clarke, ot Wellington, esked _ - meny lecture rooms and toacheri rooms Wore in use in Toronto University build- ing before the lam tire. and how many rooms of each class are still available within the building? What lncmnscd accommodation for teachers and lecturers could be obtained by ttttinte up the residence wing an lo.eturo mums and teacher; roams! Whit muoum of ex. pundilm'o would be required for this pun-pow. and how long would tt hike to make the neces- lery changes! There were in ttetrOtsurteort1ectttros rooms. Br placlns'u temporary root over the tioor of the museum we have recoverrd the USU ot eight leoluro room a. and a ninth is being re- paired. and will sprwlily bu nvu:lublc. For. tnnntely the completion of the now Hinloglcul building this year has enablvd us to secure the use ot lecture rooms there lulleu ot those deglroyecl. _ _ _ A That in the Owinion of thi l Home it is expo- dtent that the Govtuutrtuent. skunultl who into consideration the {numb-1y of furthur increas- ing tho grams to the poor P home; und also, u 1,'th"Ete,t!.t.e, mode of distribming Hm Legisla- v-nn m .-_..... -_-- 5 _ ., '-- _ The deatructlon of the wading room eunuch- edto the library. us well n4 of the students' common room. and lhu lady student! parlor. in a serious loss. nut to meet. this the hull and wulor of they Col-go Y. M. C. A. have been at:,p.ropr1ater1.t. wit.hsntistaciory rysul'cs. - - The 1ttnristrar'ts room was destroyed. but In omce has bvon provided for him in the residence of tho Dean. The "can Inns also uivon up his drnwlng mum as an onice for the Pro- trident; and his diuimoroout is uppmprluml both for Council and Committee meetings and as a lecture room. The Minister of Education. in reply, road 3 letter from Sr Daniel Wilson, Preside"; of the University. in which the following feet: were given _ don of ma is?'hiJJf'éZ'x'iésl'lElli"???much ham! that the res dondmvlng IS wnolly tug. udnptod fm'auch u purooe', mm any u'tumpl to madam " would involve a ng-uH-I' outlay than to pull the whole duwn and rebuild it. POOR SCHOOL GRANT. Mr. Matter mowd the following resolu- tion _ tl Mr. in smiittieioaidraiiiatw, as promised last uked t-- I orslimry school grant. y haul a right at [must to may which Northwestern N! to the Province.. The slri-nuted in proportion to lair basis." '1 hey endeavored to apportion i the grant as it was originally intervied. In every case the policy was to act justly by i all the sections of the Province. 'rltere F were no complaints of injustice, as far as he i knew, mm uithough it Was said that the Department sanctioned too many Der- mits, it could he shown thur lhe policy of the lln'partment was umform on this an on minn- questions. It was ( n marlmi th ut in Maintain]. the Linwrnmuv , is noro liberal u- n in Ontario. Well, they i him n..: " c- mpi te 'Ilullu'ipll usaesuncnt in Munitolm such as that of fr tnrio. Ontario un-l Quebec "era the only two Provinces that dividcd the school (grant on the bade of ( "verugcattcttdauet. In the other Provinces l u. nunuuum sum was given to each school l uni the section was left. to provnlc the re- mnindcr. He admitted the inequality of? the present system of assessment, en-n so i in! us it mi'cctci the older parts of the) Province, in many canes. It mm on in- equality that should be considered amll remedied. A remedy was provided} under the School Act of 1885, whereby a g municipality could assess a whole" township tor euch so moi section tol the extent of n. hundreJ dollars. 1 Irrespective of the size or area cf the township. In that way the expenses ovould be more equally divided. Thou the Government grant might be similarly divided into equal proportions over the township to the extent say of $40 or 850, and the notion- hit to privido tho remainder. This "I pmtionhy tho policy of the Giovanna" In ram p. Hi h - Hon. G. W. Ross prefaced his remarkshy saying that he was in absolute sympathy with any move tending to assist outlying districts in maintaining schoo's in an elli- g:ient state. The policy ot the Dep 'rtment had been to deal generously by the poor schools. In 1871 the poor School grant was tixed at $5,000 but now it is $25,000. The increase shown how generously the Lngisln- cure was inclined to deal with these Schools. There were, no doubt, unqlmlities in the "is. trthution ot the grant, cluc4ly arising from the fact that the assessment from year to year varied in amounm. if the poor school grant varied it Was tltte to tho changes in the assessment. The Education Depart- ment sought to distribute the grant upon a Dr. Preston hoped the Minister of Educa- tion would see his way clear to increase the Per whool_gyapt. Mr. Lyon spoke from the standpoint of one who knew the dnlivultims whiuh settlers had to contend against in nuw districts. He thought the House should increase the amount of the present grant. In rural dis. tricts in his riding great dilliculty Was ex- perienced in maintaining schoois all the year round. The House should as a matter of right lend its aid to popularising educa- ---_ . '11" -' J .' "__"----- schools In an effioUnt acute. _ Mr. Murray uia he had brought the some question before the Home some years ago. when the schools in question were in a much worse position than they now are. Mr. Crooks had been Minister of Education when he had brought up the matter, and his representations had received due atten- tion. Ho confessed that the schools in Renirew.so far as he knew, were aided from the grant with fair liberalitr. He thought there was some truth in the conten- tion that the present mode of distributing the ' grant Ins not the most equitable, seeing that in some cases it would allow of a larger grant being given to a school section where the tax was 18 or 20 mills on the dollar than to the section where the tax was but 7 or 8 mills. He was plcusod to hear the member for North Middlesex (Mr. Waters) speak so generously as he had done. That hon. gentleman evidently appreciated exactly the position of the settlers in the northern districts, who had so much to contend with. The Government got a. good deal of benefit from these dis-. tricts in the shape of timber dues and other. wise, and should deal libero-Ely with these settlers in. return. lie did not agree with Mr. Armstroug's suggrstion that anything should be taken trout the allowances for roads. But for these road grants there would be fewer settlers in many of those districts than there actually are. Mr. Mur. my referred to the substantial progress being made by the settlers of ltemirew, and concluded by expressing his pleasure at seeing that there was so strong " feeling in favor of the Government dealing with the subject. Lion in Vince. Mr.Craig expressed sympathy with those who have to endure hardships incident to new settlements. He thought the whole House would consent to in liberal policy re- garding schools in remote districts of the Provmco. the outlying Jiisiriots ofutho Pro. hilly with those who were the oeoaaion of maintaining