MACLAREN (Huntingdon) moved that on Tuesday next the House go into Committee of the Whole to consider the following resolution :-
That it is expedient to bring in a Bill to prohibit the importation, manufacture and sale of cigarettes.
Motion allowed to stand.
Mr. CHAMPAGNE moved :
That the first report of the Select Committee appointed to supervise the official report of the debates of the House during the present session be concurred in.
Motion agreed to.
Mr. KEMP-by Mr. Clarke-asked : ' 1. Has a site for the mint been selected ? 2. If so, what Is the location ? 3. Have tenders been asked for the erection of the building ? 4. If not, why not ?
Mr. BORDEN (Halifax).
Hon. JAMES SUTHERLAND (Minister of Public Works).
The matter has not been finally settled.
Mr. LENNOX asked :
1 What is the date of the first. appropriation for the Trent Valley canal ?
2. What is the date of the actual commencement of the work ? n
3 What are the sums annually expended on the said canal ?
4 What is the total estimated expenditure required to complete the work (a) via Port Hope ; (b) via Trenton ?
Hon. JAMES SUTHERLAND (Minister ol Public Works):
Ml'. MORIN asked : si*' Mas the government paid any amount, for *nthe lst July, 1903, on the million voted 2 Jl® Quebec bridge ? "Whom1161 amounts were thus paid, and to m* aild on what dates ? , H°n. H. R. EMMERSON (Minister o'f Railways and Canals): lOo'a N° amount lias been paid since 1st July, beo\"n tlle $1,000,000 voted for the Que-b bridge. bfiniber^t answ'ei' *° number one answers 1. Have the Valleyfield municipal authorities paid to the government of Canada the sum demanded for the services of the militia who were called out on the occasion of a strike in Valleyfield ? 2. When was the sum paid over ? 3. What was the amount demanded by the government ; and what was the amount paid by the municipality ?
Mr. CLARKE asked :
received from the Dominion Institute of Amalgamated Engineering for,British Columbia, Manitoba and Northwest Territories, respecting the employment of aliens on the surveys being made in connection with the proposed National Transcontinental Railway. The protest was received on the 16th of March, 1904.