1. When did the Ranching and Grazing Investigation Commission meet in Moosejaw?

2. What witnesses were heard?

3. Where in Moosejaw did the commission hold its session or sessions?

4. What rent was paid for use of the premises where the commission met in Moosejaw, and to whom was such payment made?

1. November 25, 1912.

2. O. B. Fysh, Major Simpson, J. A. Kennedy, Donald Morrison, John McFady, H. Howe, F. A. Renton, F. Foley, W. Howes, H. Fitzhugh, J. Clothier, Alex. McGregor, P. Doyle, R. Martin, W. K. Cross, W. Hagle and many others.

3. Swaighers Hall.

4. No charge.

1. Did any of the banks doing business in Prince Edward Island at the time of Confederation, subsequently fail? If so, what did the shareholders, depositors and note holders lose?

2. Tinder what arrangement or regulations did the banks of the province of Prince Edward Island continue to do business after Confederation, when the paid up capital of each of them was much below the amount the law required?

1. At the time of .Confederation there were five hanks doing business in Prince Edward Island. Two of these-the Farmers Bank of Rustico and the Bank of Prince Edward Island-failed. The legislation of the Dominion in regard to banking did not apply to these banks either before or after their failure.

In regard to the Farmers Bank of Rustico, there is mo information available as to losses sustained by shareholders, depositors or note holders.

The depositors and note holders of the Bank of Prince Edward Island, which suspended payment in 1881, received 59i per cent each. The shareholders received nothing.

2. After Prince Edw.ard Island was admitted to the Union, the banks then carrying on business there continued to be subject to the provisions of the banking legislation in force in the island prior -to the union. (See sections 146 and 129, British North America Act, 1867, and the third last paragraph of the schedule to the Imperial Order in Council of date June 26, 1873, admitting Prince - Edward Island to the Union.)

When in 1890 (Chapter 31) the provisions of the Rank Act were made applicable to

certain Prince Edward Island banks incorporated before 1873, these banks were then (1890) going concerns, and the provisions of said Chapter 31, with regard to the *amount of paid-up capital necessary for the organization of a bank, only applied to banks which were afterwards incorporated.

1. Has the Government leased any part of the Blackburn building, Ottawa?

2. If so, for what term and at what price?

1. Yes.

2. Metcalfe street building, 6 floors, for 5 years from 6th January, 1912, at $13,000 a year. Sparks street building, part of 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7,th, 8th and 9th floors for 5 years from 16th July, at $28,986 a year.

Mr. MARCIL:

Are any improvements contemplated this season at the Intercolonial railway stations at Millstream and Assametquaghan, and what are they?

Mr. J. D. REID:

Yes. Improvements in the agent's dwelling at Millstream, and in the station premises at Assametquaghan, by way of sheathing, painting and ordinary repairs, are intended to be made thiB season.

1. Water system has not been installed by the railway.

2. The agent secures water for his own use and provides water for the public for which he receives payment by the railway.

3. The railway has no demand for improved service.

1. Is a new water service being installed at the Intercolonial railway station at Matapedla, and on what system?

2. What is to be the cost of the work, and when is it to be completed?

3. Has there been any delay in the work, and what was the cause?

4. Has any provision been made for a supply of water in case of lire in the Intercolonial

railway promises or the surrounding village? If not, why not?

5. Is the work being done by contract, and who is the contractor?