I am informed that a number of the horses will be purchased by the Imperial government in the North-west Territories. I am also informed that the minimum standard of size will be 14-2 hands. I cannot answer the hon. gentleman as to the maximum price.

The department is not in possession of any figures which enable it to give an answer to the first three questions.

4. The terms and conditions regulating the exchange of newspapers and magazines with the United Kingdom were fixed by the Postal Union Convention, and those with reference to the exchange of newspapers and magazines with the United States were Hon. Mr. MULOCK.

arranged by a special Postal Convention between the United States and Canada, both arrangements being prior to the present government taking office. According to the terms of these conventions, the rate of postage on newspapers from the United Kingdom is the postal union rate of 1 cent per 2 ounces, whilst the rate on newspapers and magazines entering Canada from the United States is the domestic rate thereof which at present is 1 cent per pound, if from the office of publication, otherwise it is the transient rate which is 1 cent per 4 ounces, and the rate on Canadian magazines and newspapers entering the United States is also the domestic rate thereof, which at present is one-half cent per pound when published in Canada and * sent from the place of publication, otherwise the rate is 1 cent per 4 ounces.

Perhaps I may be permitted to supplement the answer of the Postmaster General (Hon. Mr. Mulock), by saying that magazines and newspapers published in Great Britain or in the United States have been admitted into Canada free of customs duties under the present tariff and under preceding tariffs. As the magazines and newspapers are delivered free, without the formality of a customs entry, there is no customs record of the quantity and value of such magazines and newspapers imported into Canada from Great Britain or the United States for the years 1896, 1897, 1898, 1899, 1900 and 1901, except when imported in bulk. The value of such importations (in bulk) including fashion plates appears, according to the Trade and Navigation Returns to be as follows :

From U. S.

1896 $22,303 $ 82,1221897

21,618 100,0111898

25,695 111,0201999.. -

28,151 102,0001900

27,589 107,3401901

36,775 113,444

CLARKE (West Toronto) moved for :

Copies of all memorials, petitions or protests received respecting the erection of a monument to General Montgomery at Quebec, with dates ; also, copies of replies sent thereto.

There is no objection at all to bringing these papers down. I might intimate to my hon. friend (Mr. Clarke) that the gentlemen in the city of Boston who asked from the city of Quebec the privilege of erecting a tablet commemorative of the death of General Montgomery, have withdrawn their application.

CLARKE (West Toronto) moved for :

Return shewing :-

1. Number of locomotive engines purchased for the Canadian government railways each year since 1st of Juily, 1896, and up to date, giving-

(a.) Date of purchase of each such locomotive engine.

(b.) Name and address of person or company from whom purchased.

(c.) Price paid for each such locomotive.

(d.) Whether tenders were called for in each case.

(e). How many of such engines were manufactured in Canada, and how many purchased in the United States.

2. Also, number of railway cars purchased sine? 1st July, 1896, specifying the kind of cars purchased, the number of each kind purchased and the capacity; the price per car paid for each kind, the place where manufactured, and the total number of each kind manufactured in Canada and the United States respectively.

There will be no objection to this motion provided my hon. friend (Mr. Clarke) will consent to change the date to a more remote period. The hon. gentleman asked that this information should be furnished from the 1st of July, 1896, to the present time. If the hon. gentleman would consent to insert in the dates ' 1890 ' in place of ' 1896 ', I would consent to the motion.

Mr. CLARKE.

Would the hon. minister say 1891 ?

I suppose the hon. gentleman would have no object in excluding ' 1890.'

Mr. CLARKE.

Not at all.

Then we will say from the 1st of July, 1890.