Hon. FRANK OLIVER (Minister of the Interior):

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1. Yes. The lease is dated the 5th of June, 1908, to C. W. Mills, and is for a term of 25 years from the 1st of May, 1908, at an annual rental of $30, for camping purposes.

2. None.

3. On recommendation of the local Indian agent.

4. No.

1. How many men are employed as officers and crew of the government dredge ' Northumberland ' ?

2. What are their names and places of residence?

3. On what terms are they severally employed ?

4. If in the service of the government, where are they at present employed?

Hon. WM. PUGSLEY (Minister of Public Works) :

1 and 4. At the present time there are only six men employed repairing and outfitting the dredge for the coming season. They are working at Pictou Landing, Nova Scotia.

2 and 3. Their names and the terms of their employment are as follows:-

U. H. Lyons, captain, $100 per month; J. Ledingham, chief engineer, $90 per month; H. Allen, second engineer, $80 per month; F. Rush, operator, $80 per month;

G. Hunter, oiler, $35 per month; H. Oaks, fireman, $35 per month.

When employed by the government their residences were given as follows:-

U. H. Lyons, Barrington, Nova Scotia; J. Ledingham, New Glasgow, Nova Scotia;

H. Allen, St. John, New Brunswick; F.

Rush, St. John, New Brunswick; G. Hunter, Bridgewater, Nova Scotia; H. Oaks, Bridgewater, Nova Scotia. i

The department has no record of their Mr. BARR.

1. How many vessels carrying passengers or merchandise regularly called or landed at Disraeli wharf during the navigation season of 1908, and called or landed at all during the season; what were the names of these vessels and of what tonnage were they?

2. What vessels, boats or craft of any kind called or landed at or used the said wharf during said season, and to what extent was it used?

3. What is the area of the lake called Lake Aylmer into which the stream passing under Disraeli wharf empties?

Hon. WM. PUGSLEY (Minister of Public Works):

1, 2 and 3. As no wharfinger has yet been appointed to take charge of this wharf, there are no records in the department to show the exact number of vessels which called or landed at Disraeli wharf during the navigation season of 1908. The resident engineer reports on March 16 that after inquiry he finds the following boats called during last season: the two steamboats of the Brompton Pulp Co., of 14 horse-power, called No. 3 and 4 respectively; the ' Francis ' and the ' Coursier,' 35 and 40 feet long respectively, 12 horse-power each; the ' Strathford,' 10 horse-power; the ' Garthby,' 4 horse-power; the 'Borden, 15 horse-power, and the ' Laurier,' 5 horsepower. All these boats land passengers, lumber, produce and general merchandise.

According to Lovell's ' Gazetteer, Lake Aylmer is about eight miles long and three miles wide.

1. 1st June, 1905.

2. 1904-05 $3,225 141905- 06

7,763 951906- 07

1,759 911907- 08

822 371908- 09 (to date)

2,433 453. $16,004.82.4. No.5. $6,000.

1. (a) Dredging, blasting and construction of a movable dam. (b) To prevent flooding and improve navigation. (c) $185,000.

2. Engineer J. L. Michaud.

3. It was intended to let the dredging by contract, but the tenders received were so high that the department decided that, by providing its own dredging plant, the work could be done more cheaply; therefore an engineer was placed in charge, with an office at St. Johns. The latest reports received show that, in doing so, a considerable amount of money has been saved.

4. Paul Paradis, engineer in charge, $1,900 per year, $5.20 per day ; Albert Gosse-lin, assistant engineer, $3 per day ; Edmond Papineau, rodman, &c., (temporarily employed on surveys), $2.50 per day; rent of office $20 per month, 67 cents per day; total per day, $11.37.

1. What amount of produce of the following lines has been shipped to Great Britain

nr other countries in cold storage, or cooled air chambers, during the years 1907 and 1908: apples, in barrels or other packages, pears, plums, tomatoes, grapes, fresh meat in pounds, fowl, fish, butter, eggs and cheese?

2. To what country or countries were they shipped, and what was their condition on landing ?

3. What system of cold storage is principally in use on the steamships carrying such produce?

Hon. SYDNEY FISHER (Minister of Agriculture).

This answer will be too long to Tead in the House and I would ask to have the question stand as a notice of motion.

Mr. SPEAKER.

Stands as a notice of motion for a return.