1. How much money was subscribed by the public for the purchase of machine guns?

2. How much was actually paid into the Militia Department or the Government for such purchases?

3. Has all of such money been used for such purchases?

4. How many of such guns have been ordered ?

5. How many have been delivered to the Government?

6. How many have been delivered to Canadian battalions?

7. When will complete delivery of all 'he guns be made?

1. $1,265,752.92 actually paid in, including $500,000 from the Ontario Government. Theie may have been additional amounts subscribed for this purpose, hut afterwards utilized by the donors for other patriotic purposes.

2. $1,265,752.92 including $500,000 from the Ontario Government.

3. No, 'but it is the intention of the Government to apply to the purchase of machine guns the moneys which have been subscribed and paid in for that purpose.

4. 5, 6 and 7. It is not in the public interest to give this information at this time.

1. What is the explanation of the following items in the Report of the Auditor General for 1915: Page 1-81, Carleton Drug Co., $169.57, page K-84, Carleton Drug Co., $457.83, and page V-95, Carleton Drug Co., $50.68?

2. Is this company of which W. F. Garland, ex-M.P., for Carleton county, Ont., is the manager?

Mr. BLONDIN:

Inland Revenue Department: 1. For

laboratory use in making analysis $169.57.

2. No information.

Interior Department: 1. $457.83 for supplies required for the photographic and lithographic offices of the Topographical Surveys Branch. 2. No information.

Public Works Department: 1. Following goods purchased on October 3, 1914, on order of the Dominion police, to recharge fire extinguishers: 537 libs, sulphuric acid at 4c, $21.48; 6 kegs soda bicarbonate at $2.50, $15; 2 gross rubber stoppers at $1.10, $2.20; 5 gross rubber stoppers at $1.35, $6.75; 3 gross rubber stoppers at $1.75, $5.25; total, $50.68. 2. No information.

1. Has the Minister of Railways received complaints from merchants about the inefficiency of the freight service between St. Leonard Junction and Nicolet, P.Q.?

2. How many freight trains are despatched over that line weekly between the two above-mentioned points?

3. Is there a regular scheduled freight service established on that line? If so, on what days of the week is it operated?

1. No.

2. Once or twice a week.

3. No.

1. Did any one purchase from the Militia Department, since the 4th of August, 1914, any small arms ammunition?

2. If so, what price was paid therefor?

3. Who was the purchaser or purchasers?

1. Yes.

2 and 3. 13th Regiment, $30; Irish Rifle Club, $30; 57th Regiment, $30; Lt.-Col. LaRochelle, $30; Capt. Logan, $30; Capt. E. Bertrand, $30; Capt. B. A. Taylor, $30; J. R. Urquhart, $30; A. Squadron Rifle Association, $30; Department of Customs, $30; Dudewell R.A., $20; No. 195 C.R.A., $20; A. A. Bartlett, $10; A. A. Bartlett, $10; No. 195 C.R.A., $20; No. 478, C.R.A., $20; No. 237 C.R.A., $20; No. 360, C.R.A., $30; Capt. H. M. Fleming, $15.40; No. 1 C.R.A., $20; Major R. L. Boyle, $15.85; No. 443 C.R.A., $20; Guelph R.A., $20; J. D. Cummings, $20; Kazuabazua R.A., $20; P.E.I.

Provincial R.A., $20; 103rd Regiment,

$15.86; Major J. S. Thom, $20; Ross Rifle Co., $30; Maple R.A., $20; Canadian Pacific Railway, $20; R. Wilson, $20; Dominion Cartridge Co., $20; Spy Hill R.A., $20; A. Scott, $20; Savage Arms Co. (Mark VII, 1915), $30, represented to be for testing Lewis machine guns in process of manufacture for Canadian Government; R.N.W. M. Police (Mark VI, 1910)-price not yet arranged; for rifle practice and police duties; Vickers Limited (Mark VI, 1906-7 and 1912), $20, represented to be for testing machine guns.