GERVAIS (St. James, Montreal) moved that the first report of the Select Mr. A. A. WRIGHT.
Committee appointed to supervise the official report of the Debates of this House during the present session, which is as follows :
Your committee recommend that their quorum be reduced from eight to five members.
be adopted.
Mr. FOSTER.
What is the number of that committee ?
Mr. GERYAIS.
Fifteen.
Mr. FOSTER.
And you reduce the quorum to what ?
Mr. GERYAIS.
To five.
Mr. FOSTER.
Why ?
Mr. GERVAIS.
I understand that this has been the rule for the last three years.
Motion agreed to.
LANCASTER (Lincoln and Niagara) moved for leave to introduce a Bill (No. 44) respecting certificates to masters and mates of ships. He said : Perhaps I should inform the House that this Bill is intended to take the place of the Bill (No. 3) which I introduced in the earlier part of the session, which now stands for a second reading. As there are objections to one clause of that Bill, I propose this as a substitute ; it is practically the same Bill with the objectionable clause removed. When the order for the second reading of Bill (No. 3) is reached I shall allow that order to drop.
Motion agreed to, and Bill read the first time.
1. How many persons are now upon the staff of the Railway Commission ?
2. What are their names, and what salary and allowance does each receive ?
3. How many persons now constitute the staff of the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway Commission ?
4. What are their names, and what salary and allowance does each receive ?
5. Who selects the engineers in charge of each of the surveys of the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway in the district east of Winnipeg ?
6. Under whose direction and supervision are engineering parties made up and managed, and to whom do the engineers report' ; and have any interim or other reports been received ?
1. Twenty-one exclusive of the commissioners.
2. A. !). Cartwright, $3,000 per annum ;
J. E. Duval, $2,200 per annum ; E. A. Primeau, $1,800 per annum ; James Hard-well, $3,500 per annum ; Geo. A. Mountain, $4,800 per annum ; A. G. Blair, jr., $2,500 per annum ; E. C. Lalonde, $2,200 per annum ; J. H. TeSsier, $1,800 per annum ; T. L. Simmons, $1,800 per annum ; G. A. Brown, $2,000 per annum ; L. J. Lewis, $000 per annum ; B. Chevrier, $800 per annum ; L. M. Cameron, $550 per annum ; F. C. McGee, $800 per annum ; C. E. McManus, $800 per annum ; Jno. W. Thompson, $800 per annum ; H. W. Messenger, $900 per annum ; Norman Ham, $900 per annum ; T. Chandler, $700 per annum ; D. Langelier, $500 per annum ; Wm. Woodruff, $60 per month. No allowances are made except actual reasonable travelling expenses when travelling on government business. '
3. Thirty exclusive of the commissioners.
4. H. D. Lumsden, $500 per month ; M. J. Butler, $375 per month ; A. W. H. Stimp-son, $125 per month ; C. J. Jones, $80 per month ; Fred. Dillon, $80 per month ; A. L. Ogilvie, $150 per month ; R. L. Landry, $70 per month ; Alice Seed, $25 per month ; R. M. J. McGill, $125 per month ; Jos. Clement, $100 per month ; R.' H. Lang, $60 per month ; II. A. Collins, $85 per month ; John Neighorn, $75 per month ; R. Ronan, $70 per month ; D. Lefebvre, $20 per month ; P. E. Ryan, $208.33 per month ; R. F. Uni-acke, $150 per month ; Jos. H. Roy, $100 per month ; O. P. Schreiber, $60 per month ; Fred. McCourt, $70 per month ; Percy Wright, $30 per month ; F. W. White, $100 per month ; Geo. O'Reilly, $15 per week ; A. T. Gow, $150 per month ; W. R. Saults, $75 per month ; R. Lagimodiere, $60 per month ; A. Beaudry, $70 per month ; G. Heidmann, $80 per month ; P. Larocque, $70 per month ; John O'Malley, $50 per month. No allowances are made except actual reasonable travelling expenses when travelling on government business.
5. The engineers in charge of parties are appointed by the board upon the recommendation'of the chief engineer.
6. The engineering parties were made up in the first place by the board, on the recommendation of the chief and district engineers, and changes in same are made upon the recommendation of the chief of parties and the district engineers and approved by the chief engineer. The engineers in charge of parties report to the district engineers, who report to the chief engineer, and he reports to the board. Interim reports are received from time to time from the parties in the field and district engineers.
Mr. LEFTJRGEY-by Mr. Lancasterasked : In view of the fact that much hardship and loss arises yearly to the farmers of Canada from the purchase of fraudulent and inferior wire for fencing, is it the intention of the government to institute such inspection of fence wire, -whether made at home or abroad, as will safeguard the farmers from losses so arising ?
If the hon. member for Prince
were present, I would have to observe to him that this question is out of order, as it contains a statement of fact, which is contrary to the rules. However, I have no objection to answer the question, and to inform the hon. gentleman that it is not the intention of the government to appoint such an inspector.