Mr. SPEAKER informed the House that he had directed the Clerk of the House to lay upon the Table his recommendation and the Clerk's report in the matter of the appointment of Mr. U. Tremblay to the Blue Book Translation Branch of the Translation Staff of the House of Commons.
Sir THOMAS WHITE:
I lay on the Table the Order in Council asked for yesterday by the leader of the Opposition, placing on the free list, wheat, wheat flour and semolina.
Sir WILFRID LAURIER:
Is there any correspondence attached to the Order in Council?
Sir THOMAS WHITE:
There is no correspondence.
Sir EDWARD KEMP laid on the Table of the House, Memorandum as to Oliver Equipment, (already published in Revised Hansard, page 577).
Sir GEORGE FOSTER moved:
That the following words he added to the resolution adopted by the House on Wednesday, the seventh day of February last, appointing the Committee to consider and report upon the Fiftieth Anniversary of Confederation: "And that the Committee is hereby empowered to meet in joint sittings with the like committee of the Senate."
Motion agreed to.
Sir GEORGE FOSTER moved:
That a message be sent to the Senate informing Their Honours that this House has amended its resolution of Wednesday, the seventh day of February last, appointing the Committee to consider and report on the matter of celebrating the Fiftieth Anniversary of Confederation, by adding thereto the following
words: "And that the Committe.e is hereby
empowered to meet in joint sittings with the like Committee of the Senateand requesting Their Honours to similarly amend their resolution passed the same day, in connection with the same subject.
Motion agreed to.
On the Orders of the Day.
Mr. E. LAPOINTE:
Will the Minister of Railways give me some information about the service of the steamer 'Champlain between Riviere Ouelle wharf and Murray Bay? I received a letter from the minister stating that I had evidently been misinformed. The Montreal Gazette, however, of this morning publishes an official advertisement of the closing of the branch line between Riviere Ouelle Junction and Riviere Ouelle wharf.
Mr. COCHRANE:
I still stand by my letter. I said the service was not going to he taken off and it shall not.
On the motion of Sir Thomas White for Committee of Supply: