Mr. ROBB:

Has the minister considered the question of placing a permanent veterinary .surgeon in the district of'Beau-harnois? He has Dr. McCormick at Ormstown who inspects animals coming into the country. But there is a considerable export from that part of the country of animals to the United States, South Africa and even Japan. They have to pass a veterinary inspection, and shippers often have to wait for a man to come down from Ottawa to make this inspection. I understand that representations have been made to the minister to meet the demands of that industry.

Mr. BURRELL:

I cannot recall any

particular application. I do not receive every name in such cases, for it is a bfg service. We would do in the case referred to as we do in the West. At many points we do not pay a permanent inspector, the shipments not being very large. We employ a veterinary at fees, or give him a retaining fee of $200. If the hon. gentleman will kindly write me, I shall be glad to look into the case he refers to.

Mr. WARNOCK:

Has the minister

heard from the inspector he sent to Lethbridge in regard to .the inspection of meat? We discussed that on the supplement-aries.

Mr. BURRELL:

Not to take up time

with that now, I may say generally that the report was very satisfactory and everybody in the district was fairly well satisfied. If the hon. gentleman will call my attention to it, I will see that he gets a copy of the report.

Mr. KYTE:

What special qualifications are these inspectors supposed to possess before appointment-these inspectors of food?

Mr. BURRELL:

The food part of it is comparatively small. We have what is called the Meat and Canned Food Act. The great bulk of inspectors under that Act are concerned with the inspection of meat in the abattoir. No meat is allowed to be

Mr. KYTE:

The inspectors I have in mind are probably appointed by the Department of Inland Revenue.

Mr. BURRELL:

Probably.

Mr. SMITH (South Ontario):

Has the

minister ever heard from the jobbers, especially of the province of Ontario of any grievance with regard to the disposing of their stock in Montreal?

Mr. BURRELL:

No, I have not heard

of it.

To encourage the production and sale of Canadian tobacco, $30,000.

Mr. GRAHAM:

How much tobacco was raised in Canada last year?

Mr. BURRELL:

I am afraid I cannot give the hon. gentleman the amount at this moment. We have a station at Harrow, one at Farnham, and one at St. Jacques l'Achigan in Quebec. Various lines of experimental work are carried on with different strains of tobacco and in methods of curing, and so on.

For experiments in cold storage for fruit, $28,500.

Mr. GRAHAM:

What is that?

Mr. BURRELL:

It is a special vote put in last year and revoted this year for experiments in connection with fruit cooling. We have not done anything yet, but I think along some lines of experimental work we may do something this year.

Grant to Dominion exhibition, $50,000.

Mr. SINCLAIR:

Where is that exhibi lion to be this year?

Mr. BURRELL:

In the province of Manitoba, in the city of Brandon.

For the administration and enforcement of the Destructive Insect and l'est Act, $30,000.

Mr. SINCLAIR:

How is that money

spent?

Mr. BURRELL:

In connection with the entomological work we carry on throughout Canada. We are carrying on a special work in the maritime provinces in connection with the brown-tailed moth, which has been such a scourge in the eastern states that over $6,000,000 have been spent