Mr. CLARK:

What duties, if any, are payable on the following commodities: (a) Creosoted piling; (b) Creosoted railway ties; (c) Creosoted constructional timbers; (d) Creosoted lumber; (e) Creosoted planks; (f) Creosoted cross arms; (g) Creosote?

Hon. Mr. BUREAU:

1. How many miles of the provincial highway between Hamilton and Queenston are in the county of Lincoln? _

2. What has been the total cost of this road, within the county of Lincoln, up to the 31st December, 1922?

3. What further amount will be required to complete it?

4. What amount has been paid by the Dominion government for this roadway, within the county of Lincoln, up to the period mentioned?

5. What is the approximate amount yet to be provided by the Dominion government to complete the road?

1. 26-2 miles.

2. Inspection by federal engineer shows total cost within the county of Lincoln to 15th

June, 1922, for federal aid purposes to have been $492,729.

3. For federal aid purposes, $171,000 (estimated).

4. $194,091.24, up to December 31, 1921; accounts for 1922 expenditures have not yet been supplied by the Ontario department.

5. Estimated amount to be provided by the

Dominion on account of the road in Lincoln county is $71,400. ,

1. How many herds of cattle have come in under the present accredited system in the county of Richmond?

2. What are the names of the farmers who had their herds tested, and what are their addresses?

3. How many cattle were destroyed under the accredited herd system in the said county?

4. How many were pure-bred and how many were grades?

5. What was the total amount of money paid for the pure-bred and what was the total amount paid for the grades?

1. 15.

2. Burrill Bros., Gore; J. L. Cayouette, Bromptonville; H. W. and O. A. Fowler, Kingsbury; R. W. Frank, Kingsbury; G. W. Goodenough & Son, Danville; E- G. Fletcher, Richmond; C. G. Hall, Danville; W. H. Healy & Sons, Richmond; McMorine Bros., Richmond; A. McKay, Upper Melbourne; G. Blais !k P. Poirier, Bromptonville; Richmond Jerseys, Richmond; C. Therrien, St. Francois Xavier; E. W. Tobin, Bromptonville; A. Ponton, Bromptonville.

3. 1920 to February 28, 1923, 183.

4. Pure breds, 145; grades, 38.

5. Pure breds, $21,556.66; grades, $2,116.66.

1. How many herds of cattle have come in under the present accredited system of herding in the county of Wolfe?

2. What are the names of the farmers who have had their herds tested, and what are their addresses?

3. How many cattle were destroyed under the accredited herd system in the said county?

4. How many were pure-bred and how many were grades ?

5. What was the total amount of money paid for the pure-bred and what was the total amount paid for the grades?

1. One.

2. J. H. Crepeau, St. Camille.

3. None.

4 and 5. Answered by No. 3.

Questions

1. What were the amounts due to the Dominion government in each province, in the year 1922, under the Soldier Settlement scheme ?

2. What amounts have been paid to the Dominion government, in each province, to date?

1. British Columbia, $449,500.77; Alberta, $871,794.62; Saskatchewan, $786,790.26; Manitoba, $485,080.15; Ontario, $232,531.62; Quebec, $59,626.79; Maritime Provinces, $131,140.68.

2. British Columbia, $204,330.68; Alberta, $301,939.42; Saskatchewan, $481,626.74; Manitoba, $218,008.04; Ontario, $188,178.93; Quebec, $24,149.13; Maritime provinces, $81,421.46.

1. Has the government or the Railway department had any correspondence with the Imperial Bank with a view to purchasing the northwest corner of King and Yonge streets, Toronto?

2. Did the government give the Imperial Bank any notice of intention to expropriate, or wish to acquire the property prior to filing notice of expropriation?

3. If purchase is intended, what price is being offered?

1. What were the fixed charges in 1922 on the Canadian Northern, the Grand Trunk Pacific, and the Grand Trunk railway, in each case?

2. How much, in each case, was due to the public, and how much to the government?

Hon. Mr. GRAHAM:

The details which form the reply to this question are not yet complete. I hope to bring them down in a few days in the railway statement, and if my hon. friend would drop the question he will get a reply when I bring down the statement. Question dropped.

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