FRASER (Guysborough) presented the Third Report of the Select Standing Committee on Public Accounts.
Mr. BELL.
I give notice that to-morrow I will move that the report of the Committee on Public Accounts be recommitted with instructions that P. S. Archibald be summoned to give evidence before this committee.
Bill (No. 43) respecting the Vancouver, Victoria and Eastern Railway and Navigation Company.-Mr. Maxwell. Bill (No. 44) respecting the Tilsonburg, Lake Erie and Pacific Railway Company.- Mr. McCarthy. Bill (No. 45) to amend the Companies Act.- Mr. Thompson.
1. What was the total expenditure for repairs t ccasioned by washout on the Tantramar Marsh in the spring of 1901 ?
2. On how many occasions was the Inter -ec lonial Railway track washed out during the spring and summer ?
3. What mi-a ns were eventually found effective to prevent any further washout ?
1. Two thousand and thirty dollars and thirty-two cents, ($2,030.32).
2. On three occasions, once in April, once in May and once in June.
3. A dyke was built two thousand feet long, two and a half feet above the lowest point of rail level parallel to and eight feet from the centre of the track.
Mr. CLARKE-by Mr. Kemp-asked : 1. How many locomotive engines have been ordered for the Canadian government railways since the 1st July, 1896 ? 2. How many have been delivered up to date? 3. Have any locomotive engines belonging to the Canadian government railways been leased, rented or loaned to any other railway corporation or company ? If so, how many have been lotsed, loaned or rented ; to what company or companies, and on what terms, and for what length of time ? 4. At what dates were the engines loaned, leased or rented ?
-MARCH 13, 1902
1. One hundred and twenty-one locomotive engines have been ordered for the Canadian government railways since the 1st July, 189G.
2. Eighty-four have been delivered up to 1st March, 1902.
3. Eight locomotive engines were hired to the Canadian Pacific Railway at $8 per day. No stated length of time.
4. Four on February 15th, 1902; 2 on February 25tli, 1902; 1 on February 26tli, 1902; 1 on February 28th, 1902.
1. Yes, a resolution of the Georgian Bay Fruit-growers' Association has been received calling attention to alleged excessive charges by railway companies for transportation of agricultural produce generally and on fruit in particular, and urging the appointment of a transportation commission to remedy this grievance.
2. The intention is to introduce a Bill dealing with the regulation and control of railway freight rates at the present session.
. FENIAN RAID MEDALS.
Mr. HUGHES (Victoria) asked :
Is it the intention to issue Fenian Raid medals to those volunteers who, in 1S69, in anticipation of the Fenian Raid, were ordered by the Canadian government to man the gunboat ' Prince Alfred,' and patrol the waters of Lake Huron ?
General order 63 of July, 1898, which prescribes the conditions under which these medals may be granted, does not authorize their being issued for the year 1869, but I will cause further inquiry to be made to ascertain whether the order should be amended in the direction indicated in the question.
Mr. EMMERSON asked :
Has the government taken any action upon the petition or memorial of the Maritime Baptist Convention, through the president and secretary of such convention, praying for certain amendments to the Canada Temperance Act ? And if not is it the intention of the government to take any action with respect to the matter during the present session of parliament ?
I believe that such a petition has been received from the Maritime Baptist Convention and that two similar petitions have also been received. The matter is now receiving the consideration of the government.