Mr. SINCLAIR moved:

That the second report of the Marine ami Fisheries Committee be now concurred in.

He said: This report recommends that 4,000 copies of the evidence taken last summer by Commander Wakeham, in connection with the lobster industry, be printed for distribution.

Mr. E. N. LEWIS.

In reference to the report of the Marine and Fisheries Committee, I wish to ask the government a question; and in this connection I wish to call the attention of the hon. minister in charge of the Marine Department to the recent saving of life off Cape Hatteras which was reported in the daily papers.

Mr. SPEAKER.

That is not relevant to the question before the Chair.

LEWIS moved for leave to introduce Bill (No. 135) to amend the Immigration Act-

Sir WILFRID LAURIER.

Explain.

Mr. LEWIS.

The first section directs that immigrants when they land in this country shall be examined for weapons which the citizens of Canada are not allowed to carry,

and that each immigrant shall be furnished with a printed document in his own language explaining to him, as shall also be done viva voce, that he shall not be allowed to carry such weapons. The first thing an immigrant after landing sees displayed in the windows of the second-hand stores of the port, are rows of revolvers, dirks, knives, and other weapons which ordinary Canadians are not permitted to use; and consequently he imagines that in this to him wild western country it is necessary for him to be armed with some of these weapons. The second section is an addition to the Bill I brought in before, and is in the line of the few remarks I made in the debate on the address at the beginning of this session, as to the class of immigrants that should be allowed to land in this country; and it reads as follows:

From and after the first day of January, 1911, natives of Europe south of 44 degrees north latitude and east of 20 degrees east longitude, and natives of Turkey in Asia, shall be prohibited from entering in and settling in Canada.

I contend that this country should in this respect take warning by the example of that great country to the south of us. Originally the slavery question was a very heavy and dark looking question to the citizens of the United States; but that question is overshadowed by another serious menace in the immigration of people from Southern Europe. Reports state that the average citizen of the United States is deteriorating physically, mentally and morally, of course on the average taking in all foreigners. Sir. we do not want immigrants to come here to hew our wood, draw our water, plough our 6elds and dig our coal alone. We want them to be one with the happy, free and independent citizens of Canada in forming a nation; and I contend that the only yay to do this is to keep out all people except those of western Europe who have the same hereditary as ourselves.

Mr. FOSTER.

Before the orders of the day are called, I would like to ask the Minister of Railways if he has inquired with reference to the return which was ordered by the House some time ago for papers' relating to the alleged securing of distribution of patronage.

Mr. GRAHAM.

I expect to have it in a day or two. I have wired for all the information.

Mr. A. HAGGART.

I wish to put a question to the Postmaster General with re-

gard to the post office in Winnipeg, the outer door of which has been closed. The latch string has hung on the outside for 20 years, and it has been a great convenience for the people to get their mail on going to and coming from church on Sunday. It is announced by a Winnipeg newspaper that it was closed yesterday for the first time, and remains closed. I would like to ask the Postmaster General if that is the case, and if it is the intention to keep it closed?

Mr. LEMIEUX.

I received a telegram the other day! from some Winnipeg gentlemen protesting against the change that has taken place. I must say that it is a regulation which is in force in all the large cities in the west, and is done at the request of various religious organizations.

Mr. A. HAGGART.

The Winnipeg post offlee has been closed?

Mr. LEMIEUX.

I am informed it has.