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5 @turd ay, Feb 2 7 t» Revenue From Autos. * |__In reply to a question by W. H.| Hon. George 8. Henry, Ministér of F Fenton .(Pllog'r'('-ss'he. }1 uce .\or'tm | r las to Ministers salaries, the Pre-- | Public Works, supplied the infor-- i mier said that Ministers had drawn' mation that $7,421,000 was the total ixlh","' salary 'of: $'q 000. vfi}';'(, e ';x.r,,l revenue for the Province during the fmlnr hxd drawn 'r"ngs.alarv for his gas tax. This revenue was distrib-- I hig o esition as Min M"n'?s ('(:('rl.":\y for fited as follows: " Auto permitq' §4,. his position as Minister of Health. ' * * Second reading was given to the 440,000, a-ppruximutoly; truck _ li-- following bills: Act to consolidate 1c a." *' aphkan Some in:o;'osti.nw hbddd alio is |« '\:14'1;:0.\ '("I'\ 1"".,"1_("01"0}',,r f..::»tj' he cerning the ]']ngliql:?lt-'(x)'lezlr'],«"ltl"sxz'hco(ms .ll:;:",t(: ?\?"L':lll]°..t":wnL):I\i«li);'al':;'afi":q?(; in the Province was divulged by Pre-- | a vtnénl-ll the Justices of the Peace Act: mier Ferguson, in reply to an inter-- Ithe Crown Witnesses' Act, the Fines rogation raised by A. Belanger (Lib-- ":md Torfeiturdés Act and the Public eral, _l{usse]l). According to the | Autborities Act. Mr. Nickle ex. Premier, School Inspector Walsh i plained that in these four measures visited and officially reported _ on ! amend and consolidate there were twenty--six of these schools in the no substantial changes in the jlaw. year past in the Townships of Al-- | Bills to amend the Vendors and fred, Cambridge, Clarence, Cumber-- iPurchasers Aci and the Public land, Gloucester, Plantagenet,. Rox-- Lands Act. and hbills respecting pri-- borough and ussel). A similar vate detectives and the Department number of schools in the same dis-- of Agriculture were passed in com-- tricts had been visited by Inspector | mittee. Lapensee. At other schools the Inspectors had been refused admis-- sion. Inspector Walsh had been paid & total of $3,663 for salary and expenses during the year; and In-- spector Lapensee, $3,352. Home Bank Trial Costs. Attorney--Cieneral Nickle stated, in reply to J. G.'Lethbridge (Progres-- sive, Middlesex West), that $161,000 had been spent in prosecuting the Ihome Bank directors; that of this 1. L McCarthy, K.C., had received $75,000, and MatGregor --Young, K.C., $20,000. In reply to John Carty (Progres-- rive, Renfrew South), Mr. Nickle stated that 11 beer permits had been .ssued for the Riding of Dundas, and that Aaron Sweet, the member, had not expressed himself in the matter. Hon. James Lyons told Mr. Belanger that the Spruce Falils Company had been given the right to construct a .ogging railway near Kapuskasing. in reply to m question by aA. P. Mewhinney (Liberal, Bruce West), : Hon. J. S. Martin explained that the Goverrment, on the suggestion of the Agricultural Committee, was sending out a seed--cleaning demon-- «trat:on train over Eastern Ontario or two weeks, starting March 1. In reply to Harold Fisher (Lib--. eral, Ottawa West), Mr. Lyons stated thai $3.562,147 had been spent under the North and Northwestern Devel-- 'opments Act, $2,825,119 being on' lroads, $353,000 on bridges, and $20,--| 1900 or buildings. In reply to Mr. | Bragg, the Premier told the HO\lst,\' that the HMydro was developing 75,+; 000 horsepower in Northern Ontario} land private companies 380,000 horse.| | power. | «x | In reply to a query by wW. E. N.{ 'Sinclair, Liberal Leader, Mr. Nickle stated that the cost to the Province. , of all 'the by--elections necessary in 1923 upon thne Cabinet Ministers seeking re--election as members was $5,699. Me stated that this did not include certain costs of travelling expenses and other amounts; that in , the ordinary course of events the| elections would have cost the Prov--| ince $30,000. M Questions by A. Belanger (Lib-- | eral, Russell) on immigration and { colonization were answered by I{un.' J. S. Martin, who -- explained '.h:ul Premier Ferguson -- had conft-rredl with the Overseas Settlement Com-- *' mittese when he was in Lond4on, and had informA@l conversations . with members of the British Government. The matter hadialso been discussed with the Agent--General for Ontario when he was in Canada last year. A plan to bring boys to Ontario as| farm apprentices was being inau-- ; gurated, said. he, but it was impos-- | sible to give .the exact details. E *