1. For Montreal : Thos. A. Crane, C. B.

Esdaile, Alex. McFee, J. S. Norris, A. G. Thomson, E. S. Jaques. For Toronto : Thomas Flynn, W. D. Matthews, Hedley Shaw, C. W. Band, J. L. Spink, John Car-rick, H. N. Baird, J. D. Flavelle, J. C. Mc-Keggie, W. E. Milner.

2. Thomas Flynn, W. D. Matthews, Hedley Shaw, C. W. Band, J. L. Spink, John Carrick, H. N. Baird, J. D. Flavelle, J. C. McKeggie, W. E. Milner.

3. O. B. Esdaile, A. G. Thomson, E. S. Jaques.

4. Yes.

1. How much coal was purchased by the Intercolonial Railway from the Beersville Coal and Railway Company during the year ending December 31st, 1904, and at what price per ton?

2. What was the quality or value of this coal for steam purposes, as shown by its use on the Intercolonial Railway ?

1. 1,2463 tons. $3.25 per ton.

2. Fuel inspector has not had the opportunity of testing the quality or value of this

coal, but in speaking to engineers and firemen, they say it is fairly good steam coal.

1. What is the custom of the Department of Public Printing and Stationery in issuing the blank ballots used in the Dominion elections ? How many ballots are contained on each sheet of paper ?

2. Is the paper on which the ballots are printed issued direct from the Printing Bureau to the several returning officers throughout Canada, or does it go through the Clerk of the Crown in Chancery ?

3. Are the sheets of ballot paper carefully counted before being sent out, and Is a record kept of the number of sheets sent to each returning officer ? If so, under whose supervision was this done ?

4. After the issue of the sheets of ballot paper to the several returning officers for the last Dominion elections, wras any complaint made to the Department of Public Printing and Stationery, or to the Clerk of the Crown In Chancery, by any returning officer, or by his subordinates, or by any printing establishment, that' the requisite number of sheets of paper for such constituency or constituencies had not been furnished, or that the actual number of sheets was less than that which the returning officer was credited with having received ?

5. If so, in what constituency or constituencies did this occur, and what action was taken on such complaint ?

1. The main principles are : (a) To deal

with no one but returning officers, (d) To have no broken packages. The ballots are issued in sheets of 4 and 2 according to the sample which I lay on the table.

2. The ballots are issued direct from the Printing Bureau to the returning officers throughout Canada without the intervention of tlie Clerk of the Crown iu Chancery.

3. The sheets are carefully counted before being packed. They are sent out in closed packages of three sizes only, viz : Packages of 2,000 in fours and of 1,000 and of 500 in twos. The packages are not opened after being counted. The smaller packages are used for uneven or broken thousands. The counting is done in the bindery, after cutting, by skilled bauds aud under the supervision of tlie foreman of the bindery. The packages are then finally closed and pasted up.

4. After the issue of the ballots, applications were received by the King's Printer from returning officers where the supply was insuificieut. In all such cases the additional ballots required by the returning officer were sent to him, but always in whole packages. No ballots whatever were sent to any printing office but they were sent cut iu sealed bags by registered post to the returning officers. No communications from others than returning officers were entertained.

5. Two complaints were made that the count of the ballot paper was wrong. One was from South Lanark the other was from Ottawa. In the case of South Lanark no additional supply was asked for. It was a question of count. In the case of Ottawa an additional quantity of 1,000 ballots was delivered to the returning officer.

1. Who is doing the work of construction of Dipper Harbour breakwater in St. John's County, N.B. ?

2. Was the work let by tender ? If so, who were the tenderers, and what was the amount of each tender ?

1. Messrs. Lyons aud White.

2. Yes. The two following tenders were

received, viz:

Lyons and White $45,485

Flood and Bates 45,800

1. How many life boat crews, under the management of the Department of Marine and Fisheries, are stationed on the coast of Nova Scotia ?

2. What are the names of the places where so stationed ?

3. What is the name and address of each cockswain in charge in each case, and what is the number of each crew ?

4. What amount was expanded during the last fiscal year to maintain each of the said ?

1. Thirteen.

2. Blanche, Devil's Island, Clarke's Harbour, Duncan's Cove, Herring Cove, Mud Island, Pictou Island, Port Mouton, Seal Island, White Head, Yarmouth, iSt. Paul's Island, Scatarie.

3. Blanche ; W. A. B. Smith, crew 7, address Blanche. Clarke's Harbour; Thomas W. Nickerson, crew 7, address Clarke's Harbour. Seal Island ; H. Hitchens, crew 7, address, Seal Island. White Head ; H. P. Munroe, crew 7, address, White Head, Duncan's Cove ; J. W. Holl, crew 7, address, Duncan's Cove. Herring Cove; J. Gorman, crew 7, Herring Cove. Mud Island ; supplied and kept up by Mud Island Lobster Company. Scatarie ; J. T. Martell, crew 7, address, Scatarie. Baker's Cove ; A. Kane, crew 7, address, Yarmouth. Devil's Island; Geo. D. Young, crew 7, address, Devil's Island. Port Mouton ; Walter Cook, crew 7, address, Port Mouton. St. Paul's Island ; kept up by light-house staff. Pictou Island ; Alex. Currie, crew 7, address, Pictou Island.

4. Blanche, $305.96 ; Devil's Island. $237.22 ; Clarke's Harbour, $248.84 ; Duncan's Cove, $270.60 ; Herring Cove, $485.56 ;

Pictou Island, $317.69 ; Port Mouton, $272.97 ; Seal Island, $1,316.47 ; White Head, $316.44 ; Yarmouth or Baker's Cove, $276 ; Scatarie, $532.90.

The statistical reports make no distinction as to the classes of kinds of clover or gl ass seeds exported, they being classed simply as clover seed or grass seed as the case may be.

1. The quality and value of Canadian clover and grass seed exported during the fiscal years 1902, 1903 and 1904 respectively were as follows :

fiscal Years. Clover Seed. Grass Seed.Bush. $ Bush. $1902 192,825 1,201,678 107,765 88,1931903 . 113,490 839,459 65,324 75,4641904 230,484 1,337,139 101.853 77,8252. The ports from which these seeds wereexported were : Montreal, St. Armand,

Coaticook, Abercorn, Winnipeg, Niagara Falls, St. John, N.B., Halifax, North Sydney, Prescott, Sault Ste. Marie, Bridgeburg, Kingston, Picton, Windsor, Sarnia, Stanstead, Hemmingford, Victoria, Charlottetown, Quebec and AVallaceburg.

3. The countries to which exported were : Great Britain, Belgium, United States, Denmark, Germany, Australia, Holland, New Zealand, France, Newfoundland, Norway and Sweden, St. Pierre.

Hon. CHAS. HYMAN (Acting Minister of Public Works).

No. The premises, No. 306 St. Antoine street, Montreal, have been leased from the Rodier Estate for fifteen months, from January 21. 1905, at a rental of $1,000 per year. The immigrant hospital for the treatment of trachoma will be located therein.