1. Has the Government come to any decision as to the number of secretaries, assistants: or office employees which will be required in the office of the Food Controller?

2. Have any appointments been made?

3. If so. what are the names of the persons appointed?

4. What salary is paid to each?

1. No.

2. Yes.

3. S. E. Toidd, B.S.A., W. A. Willison, and F. W. French.

4. S. E. Todd, $4,500 per annum; W. A. Willison, $4,500 per annum; F. W. French, $250 per month, and living expenses, not to exceed $100 per month.

1. Was the post office removed from the residence of John Matheson, blacksmith, of Matheson, C.B., to that of Murdock McLeod?

2. If so, for what reason was the change made?

3. How long has said John Matheson been Postmaster?

4. What was the distance between the office held by John Matheson and the nearest offices on either side?

5. What is the distance between the same office now at Murdock McLeod's and the offices on either side of it?

6. What is the distance between John Matheson's house, where the office was formerly, and Murdock McLeod's house, where the office is now?

7. Was there any petition or any other request or demand of a public nature asking for the changing of the above office?

1. Yes.

2. Inconvenient location of the post office.

3. From 1876 to 1st June, 1917.

4. Less tlhan a mile from Little Narrows and about three and a half miles from Why-coeomagh portage.

5. Nearly two miles from Little Narrows and about two and a half miles from Whycoeomagh portage.

6. About a mile.

7. Letters were received by the department from people representing the inconvenient site of the post office and that the change should be made in the interest of the proper distribution of the mails.

[*Sir Robert Borden.]

Mr. KYTE :

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1. Who has the present contract for carrying the mails between the post office and the I.C.R. train at Point Tupper, N.S.?

2. When was the present contract entered into, and what is the amount paid annually to the contractor for such service?

3. Who was the previous contractor, and what

was the amount which he received for such service ? [DOT]

4. Were tenders called for the service previous

to awarding present contract? [DOT]

1. Roderick Dumpily.

2. 1st July, 1917, $150.

3. Joseph McDonald, $50.

4. Yes. The young man who was performing this contract made arrangements with a man named Henessey to perform the contract during his absence, ias he had to leave the locality, inasmuch as he was going to attend college at Antigonisih. After commencing .attendance at college the man whom he had employed to perform tihe service was taken ill, and the young man stated was unlikely to recover, .and as no person else could be obtained to carry on the service, he iasked that he be relieved from it so ias not to interfere with his college course. The contractor was therefore liberated, public tendeis invited and the contract awarded to the lowest tenderer. The department was more willing to release him inasmuch as it was felt that he had taken the contract at a price below what it could be performed for.

1. What is the number of officers who have been in England nine months or more and who have not been to France?

2. How many went to England with the 1st contingent who have not yet been in active service in France or elsewhere?

3. What is the number of (a) officers, (b) non-commissioned officers and men who have been discharged to Canada and who have not been in active service in France or elsewhere?

4. What is the number of officers who are holding- permanent appointments in England who have not been in active service in France or elsewhere?

5. How many officers went to England with the 1st contingent who were not attached to any unit, and who subsequently returned to Canada without being in active service in France?

6. What pay and allowances were paid to these officers, and what is the estimated cost of subsistence and transportation to the time they resigned in Canada or received other appointments?

7. Has separation allowance been paid to persons who were not entitled to receive the same?

8. If so, to what amount, and have such payments been cancelled?

Mr. BOULAY:

For a return giving a list of the different Commissions created since the beginning of the war, concerning the soldiers, their pensions, hospitals, etc., showing the names of the various Commissioners who have comprised said Commissions.

Mr. McKENZIE:

For a copy of all correspondence between the Post Office Department, or any officer thereof, and any person whatsoever in reference to the removal of the post office from the residence of John Matheson, blacksmith, Matheson, C.B., to the residence of Murdock McLeod of the same place, and the dismissal of the tormer Postmaster, John Matheson.

Mr. MURPHY:

For a copy of the mobilization scheme for the Canadian Forces compiled (or published) in the year 1913.

Sir EDWARD KEMP:

I would like the member for Russell (Mr. Murphy) to be good enough to let this motion drop. In this country, as in other countries, it has not ibeen deemed advisable to make tnobiliz-ation schemas public.