1. Were tenders called for the construction of the stables on the officers' barrack grounds at Fredericton, N.B., referred to on page V-62 of the Auditor General's Report' ?

2. If so, what publication was made of the call, what tenders were received, and what were their respective amounts ?

3. Were tenders called for the construction of the sergeant-major's Quarters at Fredericton, N.B., referred to on the same page of the Auditor General's Report ?

4. If so, w'hat publication was made of the call, what tenders were received, and what were their respective amounts ?

1. Yes.

2. The call for tenders was published in five newspapers. One tender only was received, that of C. J. B. Simmons for $2,210.

3. Yes.

4. The call for tenders was published in five newspapers. One tender only was received, that of O. J. B. Simmons for $2,118.

1. When was the contract let for the rebuilding of the drill hall at Fredericton, N.B.; to whom was it let ; and at what price ?

2. Were tenders called for ? If so, what publication was made of the call, what tenders were received, and what were their respective amounts ?

3. What date does the contract fix for the completion of the work ?

1. Contract signed on the 7th December, 1904. Awarded to C. J. B. Simmons. Amount of contract, $12,955.

2. Yes. the call for tenders was published in fifteen newspapers. Four tenders were .received, namely :-C. J. B. Simmons, $12,955 ; Willard Kitchen, $13,387.74; John Maxwell and Chas. A. Hall, $14,000 ; J. D. McLaughlin. $15,300.

3. November 15th, 1905.

1. What is the total cost of free mail delivery in towns and cities of Canada where such system is utilized ?

2. Does the Post Office Department keep any record of the number of letters, newspapers, parcels, &c., so delivered ?

3. If so, how many of each such were delivered ?

4. If not, -what is the estimated number of each, the estimate to be taken from the usual process of enumeration by the Post Office Department ?

5. What is the estimated cost per letter, per paper, per parcel, &c., delivered in the above towns and cities ?

1. Salaries of letter carriers. . $415,241 42

Cost of uniforms, &c. . . . 17,253 f>9

Conveyance of letter car- _

riers by street railway.. 10,253 14

Total $432,748 25

2. No.

3. Answered by No. 2.

4 and 5. The department is not in a position to furnish an estimate in reply to these inquiries.

1. Has the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway Company proposed or submitted to the government any plan of the route of the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway west of Winnipeg, in the province of Manitoba ?

2. If so, has such plan been approved by the government, or disproved, wholly or in part ?

If disproved, for what reason ?

3. Does the line proposed or submitted as aforesaid run to the north or to the south of the Canadian Northern Railway, in the province of Manitoba ; and within what distance of said railway ?

1. No.

2 and 3. Answered by No. 1.

1. How many acres of school lands have been sold at public auction in the provisional districts of Alberta, Assiniboia and Saskatchewan, respectively, by the government, from the 1st January, 1900, to the 31st December, 1905 ?

2. What were the highest and lowest prices obtained per acre ?

3. What was the average price per acre obtained in each provisional district ?

1. Alberta, 304 acres (1 sale).

Assiniboia. 143,431 "65 acres. Saskatchewan, 237:53 acres.