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ET P d °oo ts A MASS MEETING. ' A fesature of the afternoon was. the presence a few hundred yards from the + ~House of a rival assembly, which, if it did not do as much business, probab-- ---- | 1y d talking. It was a gather-- f 'unemployed, who about 1.45 rnoon assombled, two or three ng, around Sir John Mac-- atue, Mre addressed by mm : of spei rom the vantage of w{y gravel waggon. irs. Isa . Mills, John Dunlop, A. D. G, HMHazle and one or t&mo others we speakers, among the topics dis -- being Mr. Bronson's electric rail I, which was denounced as a in aid of the capitalists, the r onuses recently granted, last i) |' uest of the unemployed to * ment for employment on A* orks, and the lack of work in 2 y. The meeting lasted for about 1 0o hours and a half. SUPPLEMENTARY ESTIMATES. |\ _ _An important feature of yesterday | morning's sitting of the House was the il"""b'"""""" of the mu}pln-l:n-n\'nt)' es-- | timates. They provide for expeuditures | amounting to $106,203 20, besides a vote ' Of $$0,.000 to defray the expenses of leg-- Aslation, public institutions mainten-- | ance. salaries, etc.. for January, i896. I For civilt government the supplement-- ary vote asked is $760; for education, if-l.emc\. to aid libraries in county Model | Schools;: for public institutions mainten-- ' ance, $600. . For agriculture the amount | asked is $1,050, made up of $300 for ex-- | periments in apiculiture, $50% for the Ontario Poultry Associai m for the purchase of movable coops, $100 ad-- ditional grant to the Eastern Ontarmo Poultry mAssociation, and $150 for th'," Onta 1O . (ts. w s '. ,732'- ' s Eo *¥ $4, or rove ts in the Par-- * liament bulldings; $4,000 to settle in full for architect's services for interior dec-- oration of the Parliament buildings and expert services in examining plans; $2,825 for furniture. fire appliances, ete.:»a !'ul' Brockville Asylum; $875 for various mprovements to Kingston Asylum:; $2,600 for fire protection at Hamiltmn Asylum; $2,000 for a new registry of-- -'t Minden,. the site to be provided | Db unicipality; $390 for repairs in +d f and Dumb Institute, Belleville: $'l,;.m) evote for the lock--up. at Lititle | Current, Algoma; $1,100 for the Port | Arthur court--room ; $4,070 for the School | of Mining, Kingston, and $2,300 for the | Dairy School, Kingston. For public | works $13,100 is asked, including $5,000 | for the Castor River improvement .'h:- | Dominion to give $10,000; $2 500 for | bridging the Otonabee; $1,250 for the | Portage du Fort bridge across the Ot-- ta wa ; _:S'_'.'»l) for removing -- obstruction lfr«.'m Union Creek:; $1,100 for a swing-- hr'n]gc at Combermere; $2,000 1'-n"n | '."'l'd}:'v over the Nation River, and $1.000 L{'\'vlt' for dredging in Muskrat River. or ('-'rlnn'z;'(n:') roads $19,838 is asked. I'UI'V uarges on Crown lands $9,450 is asked. For miscellaneous items $24,129 70 is asked; among the items 'l"l;)-L:'S_._: u.')() for operating the diamond drilis, $1.000 faor summer mining schools in northeorn ts, $1,750 for the Isolation Hns-- f Port Arthur, $500 for the Omn-- d _ Roads Association, $3.799 school of Practical Science g'l'u!.lm) Frent, and $2,000 for a monument tc Im- Himeoe, l rnsgt tion to this a sum of $50,000 wil f, DaSi¥en..to._aid _ the inlel't)!'al\'vvn-iw!i Prtghciz, Ey on condition that the | : Snmon g1v es $100,000 and Queber s:,q'_'! 00. MBIS was included at first in the i ary «estimates, but will be afd. * n ags a resolution as to railway