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Unz the larger brewers would pay an in-- creased and juster tax than under the old or the now-prorond provisions. Hon, Mr. Hardy in reply eaid the Government had found that they had no powers to tax proportionately to the output. He asked if the brewers pre-- sent had taken into consideration the possibility of increasing their output. To this Mr. Grainger replied that there was no field for an increased output in the districts the small brewers operat-- ed in. As a matter of fact, owing to the agitation for prohibition their out-- put at the present time was one--half less than under the Scott act. Hon. Mr. Hardy promised that the views of the 3eputtuon would receive considera-- on. » Provincial Appointments. The folowing «ppointments have been made by th. Government:--Sam-- vuel David Tho of Matilda Town-- ship, County of ©undas, to be issuer ~of marriage lic *s, vice Alexander Brown; Robert i@. Maw, Division Court | Clerk, Commanda P.O., to be Division | Registrar * _ unorganized Town-- | ships of v~\. @» ngle and Patterson, | in the District of ?arry Sound, vice William Carmiche .. resigned; James Gillies, French "tiver P.O., to be Dijvi-- sion Registrar wr the French River District, incl='"i= the unorganized Townships of Mowat, Blair, McConkey and Hardy. Charcoal Tron Smelting. \_ _ There are *v~c industries in the Prov-- ince whichn w'ii be in a position to take advanitage or the Government's policy for the dev< .~--nment of charcoal iron smelting. TK «re the Deseronto Blast Furnace and the _anada Furnace Com-- pany,which has just started operations at Midland. The oayments to them are to be made in considera'tion of the fact that they ==e charcoal fuel, which will give employment to a great many men in this Provinc~. Mines Act. ' Mr. Gibson's bill to amend the mines act also makes the prices and rentals of mining lands uniform all over the Province. The prices are graduated ac-- cording to ithe distance of the lands from the railway, and as to whether they are surveyed or unsurveyed. In the case of mining rentals, after a les-- . see has held his location for ten years, and palid all the usual rents and per-- formed all the development conditions, he is entitled to a patent. He is thus given ten years in which to pay for his lard at a very slight advance in cost. | Killing of Deer Allowed. Hon. Mr. Gibson's vill to amend the game law repeals the clause in the | present act prohibiting the killing of deer in the water. 'The change is be-- lieved to be in accord with the views of the szreat majority of hunters in the | Pravi;.~e.