1. Was Mr. W. N. Tilley, ICC., of Toronto, retained by the government to conduct different cases on behalf of the government, between the years 1911-1921?

2. Is it true that the said Mr. W. N. Tilley has represented the government in the arbitration of the C.N.R. stock?

3. Is it tiue that the said W. N. Tilley has represented the government in the case of Sir Charles Ross against the government?

4. What amounts of money have been paid by the government to the said W. N. Tilley from the year 1911 to 1921, inclusively?

Hon. Mr. COPP:

Department of Justice-

1. Yes.

2. Yes.

3. Yes.

4. $1,000.00.

Department of Labour-

1, 2, & 3. No information.

4.

Services and expenses as mem-Fiscal year ber of Conciliation

1913-14... Services and expenses a3 member of Conciliation Board, Canadian Pacific Railway Company and Maintenance of Way Employees $100 00

1917- 18... Services and expenses as

member of Conciliation Board, Canadian Pacific Railway Company and Railroad Telegraphers.. 140 00

1918- 19... Services and expenses as

member of Conciliation Board, Canadian Pacific Railway Company and Commercial Telegraph-

Total $524 33

Department of the Secretary of State-

1. Yes. One case.

2 & 3. No. information.

4. $750.

1. What was the total amount of dockages on all grain received at Port Arthur and Fort William by regular public terminal elevators for calendar year 1922 and for crop year ending August 31st, 1922?

2. What was the weekly average price paid the producer for dockages from public terminal elevators at Fort William and Port Arthur from 1st September to 31st December, 1922?

3. What was the total amount of dockages on all grain received at Fort William by the government elevator for calendar year 1922, and for crop year ending August 31st, 1922?

4. What were the weekly average prices paid the producer for dockages from government elevator, Fort William, from 1st September to 31st December, 1922?

5. What was the total amount of revenue received by the government elevator at Fort William for screenings for crop year 1922?

6. What is the information as applied to public terminal elevators and the government elevators at Fort William and Port Arthur:-(a) Total amount of wheat scalpings shipped from same; (b) Total amount of oats scalpings shipped from same; (c) Total amount of second recleaned scalpings shipped from same; (d) Total amount of elevator scalpings shipped from same; (e) Total amount of elevator

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screenings shipped from same; (f) Total amount of second recleaned scalpings received in crop 1922 at regular terminal elevators; (g) Total amount of elevator screenings received in crop 1922 at regular terminal elevators; (h) total amount of oats scalpings received in crop 1922 at regular terminal elevators; (i) Total amount of wheat scalpings received in crop 1922 at regular terminal elevators; (j) Total amount of elevator scalpings received in crop 1922 at regular terminal elevators ?

1. Crop year 1921-22, 71,861 tons; calendar year 1922, 101,204 tons.

2. The board has no record as to the average price paid to the producer for dockages.

3. Crop year 1921-22, 5,643 tons; calendar year 1922, 7,200 tons.

4. September 1-7, 75 cents; 8-15, 75 cents; 16-23, 65 cents; 24-30, 50 cents, October 1-7, 75 cents; 8-15, 75 cents; 16-23, 75 cents; 24-31, $1.00. November 1-7, $1.00; 8-15 $1.56; 16-23, $2.50; 24-31, $3. December 1-7, $2; 8-15, $2; 16-23, $4; 24-31, $4.

5. Gross revenue, $21,877.50.

6. (a) & (b) The board is unable to furnish the amount of wheat or oat scalpings shipped or received as they are included in the records of the board as elevator scalpings. In consequence no separate record is available showing the composition or quantities of either wheat or oat scalpings handled by terminal elevators.

(c) Shipments of standard recleaned screenings crop year 1921-22.

From public terminal elevators, 3,705 tons; from government elevator, 633 tons.

(d) From public terminal elevators, 7,309 tons; from government elevator, 740 tons.

(e) From public terminal elevators, 44,062 tons; from government elevator, 3,760 tons.

(f) Receipts of standard recleaned screenings from western points in cars as such, crop year 1921-22, 59 tons.

(g) Receipts of elevator screenings, from western points in cars as such, crop year 192122, 3,349 tons.

(h) & (i) The board is unable to furnish the amount of wheat or oat scalpings shipped or received as they are included in the records of the board as elevajtor scalpings.

(j) Receipts of elevator scalpings from western points in cars as such, crop year 192122, 2,049 tons.

Mr. CHURCH:

How many inquiries or prosecutions were there in Canada from 1905 to 1922 against trusts, and combines and combinations in restraint of trade by the government of Canada and with what results?

Hon. Mr. COPP:

(a) Action has been taken in one case, namely, that relating to the United Shoe Machinery Company of Canada. In this case a board of investigation was, on the order of the Honourable Mr. Justice Cannon, a Judge of the Supreme Court of the Province of Quebec, established on February 25, 1911, under the provisions of the Combines Investigation Act. The inquiry took place in due course and the findings of the Board of Investigation were received on October 21, 1912, the findings declaring the United Shoe Machinery Company to be a combine within the meaning of the Combines Investigation Act.

(b) The United Shoe Machinery Company, in a communication addressed to the Honourable T. W. Crothers, then Minister of Labour, under date of August 21, 1913, reported that, to meet the situation created by the findings of the Combines Investigation Board, the company had changed its form of lease, and the evil alleged by the Combines Investigation Board.

1. Was it decided at any meeting of the Board of Directors of the Canadian National Railway that Brockville and Cochrane should be the western termini of the maritime region or division of the Canadian National Railway? If so, when was such meeting held?

2. Did said board at any other time change such western termini to Montreal? If so, when?

3. Did the said board at any other time change such terminus to Riviere du Loup?

4. When were each of said meetings held and who were present and acting at each of such meetings?

Hon. Mr. GRAHAM:

The reasons for the selection of Riviere du Loup as the western terminus of the maritime division of the Canadian National Railways have already been brought down. It is not considered to be in the interest of the successful management of the National Railways to make public the proceedings of the board.

1. What was the cost of maintaining Yukon telegraph system within Yukon territory, from and including Whitehorse north to and including Forty Mile, Yukon territory, during the year ending March 31, 1922, including salaries and all expenses but not including the superintendent's office at Vancouver, British Columbia, or any expense in connection therewith, or of any office or part of the line south of Whitehorse, Yukon territory ?

2. What was the cost of maintaining Yukon telegraph system, main line only, from Ashcroft, British Columbia, to Whitehorse, Yukon territory, during the same period ?

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3. What was the cost of maintaining Yukon telegraph system, main line only, from Vancouver, British Columbia, to Ashcroft, British Columbia, including superintendent's office at Vancouver and all expenses on that section during the same period?

4. What was the cost of maintaining each branch line from Yukon telegraph main line, including branch lines from Hazelton to Prince Rupert, British Columbia, Port Simpson and Port Essington, British Columbia, from Quesnel, to Barkerville, British Columbia, from Williams Lake to Quesnel Forks, British Columbia, from Williams Lake to Bella Coola, British Columbia, from the main line in British Columbia to Lillooet, British Columbia, and of each other branch line, if any, included in the system referred to by the government as Yukon system, during the same period?

5. What was the cost of maintaining Yukon telegraph system from the point at which it intersects the telegraph line of Grand Trunk Pacific at or near Fort Fraser, British Columbia, and parallels said Grand Trunk Pacific line to Prince Rupert, British Columbia, during the same period?

6. What was the total cost of maintaining Yukon telegraph system outside the boundaries of Yukon territory, including main line and all branch lines and offices included in that system outside of Yukon territory, during the same period?

7. What is the length in miles of Yukon telegraph system, main line only, from Vancouver, British Columbia, to Forty Mile, Yukon territory?

8. What is the length in miles of Yukon telegraph system, main line, from Whitehorse, Yukon territory, to Forty Mile, Yukon territory?

9. What is the length in miles of each branch line from said main line, naming them?

10. What distance in miles does Yukon telegraph system parallel the Grand Trunk line from at or near Fort Fraser, British Columbia, to Prince Rupert, British Columbia?