MACPHERSON moved that Bill (119) respecting the Pacific Bank of Canada be placed on the Orders of the Day for second reading on Friday, July 29.
Mr. DAVID HENDERSON.
I think the hon. gentleman is making a mistake. That Bill was last night referred to the Committee on Banking and Commerce.
Hon. W. S. FIELDING (Minister of Finance).
The Clerk informs me that this Bill has already been given second reading and referred to the Conjmittee on Banking and Commerce. There would therefore be no reason for adopting his motion and I would suggest that he withdraw it.
Motion withdrawn.
1. Has a license been granted to any person or persons giving the exclusive fishing privileges on lakes north of Lake Winnipeg ? If so, what lakes ?
2. If such license has been granted, to whom granted, for what term of years, and what is the fee paid, if any ?
3. Was there any Dominion license granted to parties to fish on these w-aters previous to the granting of the exclusive lease ?
1. No.
2. Answered by No. 1.
3. Answered by No. 1.
I may state that these licenses will be laid on the table of the House during the afternoon.
1. How many tons of grain and grain products were carried by the Intercolonial Railway from south-west of Montreal to St. Jobn, for other Bay of Fundy ports during each month com-Mr. FIELDING.
mencing September 1, 1903, to June 30, 1904, and how many tons of the same articles from points west of Montreal were carried during the same time to the same port for local delivery ?
2. What are the respective freight rates for such products from points west of Montreal to St. John, when intended for local delivery, or for distribution to other Bay of Fundy ports?
3. Is the Department of Railways and Canals aware that grain and grain products from points west of Montreal have been delivered in St. John for local delivery after having paid the export rate of freight only? If so, to whom have these products been delivered, in what amount, and what is the reason for the discrimination ?
4. What means are taken by the department to make sure that freight delivered at St. John by the Intercolonial Railway at a special rate for export is really exported and not detained for local delivery ?
EMMERjSON (Minister of Railways and Canals) :
1. No grain or grain products were carried by the Intercolonial Railway from southwest of Montreal to St. John for other Bay of Fundy ports from September 1, 1903, to June 30, 1904.
The following tonnage of the same articles was carried from points west of Montreal during the same time to the same port
for local delivery :
Tons.
September, 1903 1,427
October, 1903 982
November, 1903 919
December, 1903 963
January, 1904 502
February, 1904 716
March, 1904 614
April, 1904 798
May, 1904 662
June, 1094 672
2. As grain and grain products are shipped from many points, rates can only be ascertained by obtaining copy of billing of each shipment. Generally speaking, the rates from main line points west of Toronto to St. John for local delivery is 21 cents per 100 pounds, and for furtherance to Bay of Fundy ports, 13} cents per 100 pounds.
3. The Department of Railways and Canals is not aware that grain and grain products from points west of Montreal have been delivered in St. John for local delivery after having paid the export rate of freight only.
4. The usual means adopted by all railways, viz. : the delivery of the freight to the steamship line upon which the through bill of lading is drawn.
Mr. LAVELL-by Mr. Taylor-asked : 1. Has the dam at Poonamalie, on the Rideau canal, been at any time rebuilt since the construction of the canal ? If so, when ? 2. What repairs have been made to the dam, or any part of it, in the last fifteen years ? 3. When was the protecting dam removed, and why was it not replaced ? 4. After the boom was removed, was anything done to protect the dam from injury from ice ? 5. If so, what was it. and when was it done ?
EMMERSON (Minister of
Railways and Canals) :
1. Tlie dam lias been entirely rebuilt since the construction of the canal. It was rebuilt in 1870.
2. The dam has twice been partially rebuilt within the last fifteen years. A new weir having been put in, and a new top and braces having been built. The dam was last repaired in 1899.
3. Not aware of any protecting dam having been removed. There certainly has been no such protecting dam for the last twenty-two years.
4. There was a boom for catching flood wood which was removed over thirty-five years ago, ns there was no further necessity for it.
5. Is answered by No. 4.
FIELDING (Minister of Finance) moved that the House do to-morrow go into Committee of the Wh*>le to consider the following proposed resolutions :
1. Resolved, That it is expedient to provide that there -shall be paid out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund a bounty of one and one-half cents per gallon on all crude petroleum produced from wells in Canada on and after the gth day of June, 1904, and on crude petroleum produced from wells in Canada and held in storage tanks or other storage receptacles on that date.
2. Resolved, That the Minister of Trade and Commerce may, subject to the approval of the Governor In Council, make such resolutions as he deems necessary respecting the payment of the said bounties.
Motion agreed to.
Sir FREDERICK BORDEN (Minister of Militia).
As some doubt was expressed in the discussion which took place yesterday as to the correctness of my statement regarding the occurrence immediately preceding the passing of the Order in Council extending the time of Lieut.-Col. Gregory, 1 wish to carry out the promise which I made to bring down the original ' Gazette ' for the inspection of the House.