1. Who are the officers and directors of The Southam Press. Ltd.?

2. What amount has been paid by the Government to this company each year for the last five years for printing?

1. Wm. Southam, Richard Southam, F. N. Southam, W. W. Southam, Adam L.

Lewis, W. J. Southam.

2. Department of Public Printing and

Stationery:

Montreal. Toronto.

1916 .. .. ..$ 749 09 $ 3,410.491917 .. .. .. 5,213 26 12,626 931918 .. 7,289 50 10,780 201919 .. .. .. 1,839 95 8,602 991920 .. .. .. 5,738 75 3,623 33$20,830 55 $39,043 94Department of Soldiers' Civil Re-establishment: 1 Year 1919-20, $113.30.

1. Is the Government aware of frauds being perpetrated in the past as well as the present in connection with naturalization papers issued in the past prior to the Act being amended requiring the photograph of the applicant?

2. Is it the intention of the Government to require all old naturalization papers on which photographs are omitted to be returned, and new naturalization papers issued with the original photographs attached? The above pertains especially to British Columbia.

1. How many of the'tormer employees of the closed lobster hatcheries in the Maritime Provinces were employed by the Department of Naval Affairs during the open seasons of 1918 and 1919, respectively, collecting berried lobsters?

2. If any such were employed, wliat were their names and post office addresses?

3. How many bays or coves on the Atlantic coast have been set aside and maintained as lobseter breeding ground since 1917?

4. If any such have been set aside what are the names?

Hon. C. C. BALLANTYNE:

1 and 2. None.

3 and 4. None.

1. Is there any vacancy in the position of Inspector of Weights and Measures on the north coast of the St. Lawrence?

2. If so, have any applications been filed in relation thereto, and what are the names of the applicants?

1. No.

2. Answered by No. 1.

1. What is to be the total cost of the new Parliamentary restaurant when completed?

2. What is the estimated cost of upkeep per year of said restaurant?

3. What is the estimated cost of furnishing, including silverware and equipment, for said restaurant?

4. What has been the cost of operating said restaurant in the present temporary quarters since the beginning of the present session?

5. Does the item of $3,000 set forth in the Estimates for restaurant contingencies cover cost of operation for the current fiscal year, or is this intended to cover the year's deficit?

6. Are persons employed in said restaurant directly in the emjploy of Parliament or the Government, and are they the persons referred to in the Civil Service classification as "waitresses"?

7. If so, what is the total amount required to provide salaries for such persons during the current fiscal year?

PRIVILEGE-Mr. L. J. GAUTHIER.

Mr. L. J. GAUTHIER:

(St. Hyacinthe-

Rouville): Mr. Speaker, I rise to a question of privilege, and I will be as brief as possible in putting the facts before the House.

In the course of last week, having received a request from some of my constitu-ehts for information in respect to appointments of trustees under the Bankruptcy \ct, I went to my hon. friend the Solicitor General (Mr. Guthrie). He informed me that he had been in charge of the Bill last session and of the amendments to the Act this session, hut that the matter rested with the Department of the Secretary of State, and that the Under-Secretary of State had the custody of the list of people who had made application to be appointed trustees under the Act, which list would be shown to me. This morning I went to the Under-Secretary of State. I do not want to Telate, nor do I want to characterize, the manner in which I was received. {Suffice it to say that I was unable to secure cognizance of that list, and I consider that my prerogative as a representative of the people was denied to me, and that my privilege as a member of this House was infringed upon by that official.

II would only add this: that civil servants should at least be civil in their dealings with the public.