On motion of Hon. George E. Foster (Minister of Trade and Commerce), the House went into Committee to consider the following proposed resolution, Mr. Blondin in the Chair:
Resolved that it is expedient to amend the Canada Grain Act, chapter 27, of the Statutes of 1912, and to provide that advances to an amount not exceeding five hundred thousand dollars may be made to the minister out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund of Canada for the payment of freight charges and weighing and inspection fees on grain received into or shipped from elevators operated and managed by His Majesty, and that such payments shall be subject to all the provisions of the Consolidated Revenue and Audit Act, and when the amounts so paid are refunded to His Majesty they shall be paid to the Minister of Finance and Receiver General of Canada for deposit to the credit of the said Consolidated Revenue Fund.