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¢ I Provincial urm * order were vested in the Domin-- jon corporation. The sanction of the Ontario Legislature should hnave been obtained to this, and the bill provides that this shall be deemed to have taken g:« in the year mentioned.. Another use provides that the powers of the. order in regard to holding land shall be increased from $20,000 to $30.000 .: There was no opposition to any--of the bills. A _ Natural Gas in Essex, Messrs. McKee and Auld had anotharl interview with the Government yester-- day refardlng natural . gas matten.[ which is a live Guestion in Essex Ccounty. . Owing to the immense quan--| tity of natural gas being exported to| Detroit, Mich., the pressure is so low during gzero weather that the Essex Ccunty users are frozen out, They |\ask the Government to take steps to remedy the whole matter so that the natural gas may be retained for the use of the people of this Province. The Government is looking into the ques-- tion. iiw + Glengarry Roads. ' Messrs. Archibaid McArthur, E. M. Dingwel! and Major D. M. Robertson | walted upon the Government yesterday .{ld asked on behalf of the united Coun-- 'tles of Glengarry, Stormont and Lun-- das a grant for the improvement of the Bondette River in Glengarry. That part of the river flowing through the eounty overflows --the banks in the spring time, inundating the surrounding country and causing considerable dam-- age. -- Historical Society's Crant. A large deputation, representing the Ontario Historical Society, waited on Preéemier Ross at noon yesterday aend -- asked that the grant to the society for the publication of > historical documents _ be _ in-- creased from £500 to $1,000 per 'year, and also that the Governmen: give a amall grant, say $1,000, to be expended in the erection of memorial tabiets on historic spots throughout the Province. There were present: Messrs.' J. H. Coyne. President, St. Thomas; C. --C, James, Vice--President; G. R. Pattullo, Woodstock: G. G. 8. Lindsey, K.C., To-- ronto; Messrs. McKee, McKayAPardee, Preston, Pattullo, Auld, Russell, Brow-- erg Richardson. and ~Graham, M.P.P.'s.