Right Hon. W. L. MACKENZIE KING (Prime Minister):

Mr. Speaker, yesterday

the right hon. leader of the opposition (Mr. Meighen) asked if there was additional correspondence between the Civil Service Commission and the Board of Audit in respect to the revision of the civil service salaries.

I now beg to lay on the Table a file of correspondence.

Mr. MEIGHEN:

Does it include correspondence with the deputy ministers?

Mr. MACKENZIE KING:

Yes.

Right Hon. W. L. MACKENZIE KING (Prime Minister):

Mr. Speaker, I beg to

move, seconded by Mr. Graham:

That 700 copies in the English language and 500 copies in the French language of the Treaty for the Suppression of Smuggling Operations along the international boundary between the Dominion of Canada and the United States of America, and for kindred purposes, signed at Washington on June 6, 1924, be printed forthwith; and that rule 74 in relation thereto be suspended.

1. How many offices are rented by the Dominion government in Saskatoon ?

2. What is the amount of rent paid for these offices?

3. Has the government considered the possibility of leasing or constructing a building capable of housing all departmental branches established in Saskatoon?

4. What was. or will be, the saving accomplished by leasing the Southam Building in Calgary?

1. Eleven.

2. 120,839.85.

3. Yes; the matter has been under consideration.

4. The annual saving accomplished by leasing the Southam building at Calgary is $3,720.74. In addition there is the convenience and increased efficiency gained by grouping the federal government offices in one building.

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It was also necessary, in any event, to secure more space for the post office, which the ground floor of the Southam building provides.

1. Wliat is the total amount, of moneys paid to the Salvation Army by the government for the years 1910 to 1923, inclusive?

2. For what purposes was the money granted and by what departments?

Hon. Mr. KING (for the Secretary of State):

Department of External Affairs:

1. The only money paid through the Department of External Affairs to the Salvation Army for the years 1910 to 1923 was $30.88.

2. The purpose for which this money was paid was a gratuity to charity, paid by the Paris Agency office in Prance.

Department of Naval Service: Nil.

Department of National Defence: 1915 Work at olc^ General Hospital,

Toronto, Ont $ 66 80

Wood supplied to C.E.F. units at Victoria, B.C 379 50

1916 Alterations and repairs to

Booth Memorial Institute at Toronto, Ont., occupied as Orthopaedic Hospital

7,844 771917 Accommodation for C.E.F. personnel at Montreal, P.Q. .. 195 001918 Rental of portable hut, Toronto, Ont

10 72

Rental of Orthopaedic Hospital,

Toronto, Ont 875 00

Rental of 2 cottages, Toronto,

Ont 67 50

Department of Air Service: Nil.

Department of Immigration and Colonization:

Fiscal Year 1 Grants Grants re Juvenile Immigra- tion Commission on Farm Help Bonus on account of Children Totals1909-10 $ cts. 10.516 67 15.516 64 15.516 64 15.516 67 22.516 68 21.516 67 10,000 00 7.500 00 7.500 00 7.500 00 5,000 00 15.000 00 25.000 00 25.000 CO 35.000 00 $ cts. $ cts. 1,046 00 1,904 00 2,072 00 1,486 00 2,432 00 490 00 228 00 52 00 4 00 $ cts. $ cts. 11,562 67 17,420 64 17,590 64 17.012 67 24,956 68 22.012 67 10,292 00 7,556 00 7,504 00 7,500 00 5,000 00 15,000 00 26.500 00 26.500 00 48,997 001910-11 1911-12 2 00 10 00 8 00 6 00 64 00 4 00 1912-13 1913-14 1914-15 1915-10 1910 17 1917-18 1918-19 1919-20 1920-21 1921-22 1.500 00 1.500 00 13,997 00 1922-23 1923-24 Grand totals 238,599 97 16,997 00 9,714 00 94 00 265,404 97

MR. DUNCAN MARSHALL Mr. SUTHERLAND:

1. Is Mr. Duncan Marshall at present being paid salary or an allowance out of the treasury of the Dominion of Canada?

2. If not, what was the date of the termination of such payments ?

3. Was there any communication or inquiry by the Auditor General or officials of that department with officials of the Department of Agriculture in regard to the commission or authority under which salary and allowance for expenses was being paid to Mr. Marshall?

4. If so, what were the dates and nature of such correspondence or inquiries?

5. What amount has been paid Mr. Marshall out of the Dominion treasury to date, and when did such payments begin?

6. What is the date of the passing of the order in council, if any, by wdiich such payments were authorised?

7. Did Mr. Marshall, while in the pay of the Dominion of Canada, make a trip to France? If so, what was the date of the visit?

8. Did Mr. Marshall, while in France, have anything to do either directly or indirectly with the purchase negotiations or inquiry into the purchase of the Hotel Scribe in Paris, by the Canadian National Railway Board?

9. If not, what was the nature of Mr. Marshall's mission to France?

10. Is Mr. Marshall at present employed as an organizer for the Liberal party, or has he been so employed at any time since January 15th, 1922?

11. Did Mr. Marshall, while drawing salary and allowance for expenses from the Dominion treasury attend and deliver an address at a political picnic at

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the village of Otterville, held under the auspices of the Women's Liberal Club of Tillsonburg, on June 28th, 1922?

12. Did Mr. Marshall, as reported in the press on the authority of the chairman of the said meeting, Mr. W. F. Brown, South Oxford's representative on the Ontario Liberal executive, attend said political assembly by request or order of the Prime Minister, the Right Hon. W. L. Mackenzie King, or any other member of the government?

13. Did Mr. W. F. Brown, a member of the Reform executive for Ontario, when in Ottawa on or about June the 27th, 1922, arrange with the government, or any members thereof, for Mr. Marshall to attend the political meeting at Otterville referred to?

14. Was Mr. Maishall deputed to inquire into and recommend an appointment to fill the position of postmaster at Otterville, which was vacant at that time?

1. No.

2. January 1, 1924.

3. Yes.

4. The correspondence, is as follows:

Office of the Auditor General Canada

Ottawa, September 20th, 1923.

Dear Sir,-I find on examination of the charges made under your Letter of Credit during the past fiscal year, on the vote for the administration of the Agricultural Instruction Act-No. 52-that Mr. Duncan Marshall was paid as Commissioner of Agriculture, $6,000 in monthly instalments of $500 to March 31, 1923.

As you are aware Mr. Marshall's appointment as a Commissioner was authorized by Order in Council- P.C. 223-dated February 7, 1922.

Will you please let me know if a Commission was issued to Mr. Marshall and if such Commission limited the period of his services to any specific date.

Yours truly,

Wm. Kearns,

Asst. Auditor General.

The Deputy Minister,

Agriculture Department,

Ottawa.

Department of Agriculture

Ottawa, Sept. 20th, 1923.

Dear Sir,-Replying to your letter of the 20th instant,-I have to advise you that no Commission was issued to Mr. Marshall.

Yours very truly,

A. L. Jarvis,

Acting Deputy Minister.

The Asst. Auditor General,

Ottawa.

5. $19,637.98, February 9, 1922.

6. February 7, 1922.

7. Yes. May 21 to 25, 1923.

8. Nothing whatsoever.

9. Attending the International Congress of Agriculture.

10. From January 15, 1922 until December 31, 1923, Mr. Marshall was not employed as organizer of the Liberal party. Since he severed his connection with the Department of Agriculture, this department has no information on the subject.

11. Mr. Marshall delivered an address on 197

agricultural education at a picnic at Otterville, on or about June 28, 1922, at which meeting, Mr. Marshall states, no political questions were discussed by himself or any other speaker.

12 and 13. Understand Mr. Brown made request on behalf of Otterville Women's Club to have Mr. Marshall address said dub. He did so, confining himself, under advice, to agricultural subjects entirely and dealing more particularly with agricultural education.

14. No.

1. How many lock-masters are engaged on the Trent valley canal?

2. What are the names, salaries and allowances of each?

1. 38.

2.

Name Salary Bonus.

Michael Lafrance, Lockmaster,

$900, and Canal Clerk, $75.. $ 975 $315D. B. Hanna

900P. L. Knox 900 315J. P. McCauley

900 315Lloyd Hanna

900 315Chas. Herman

900 315Major Fraser

900 315John Potts

900 315Wm. Barker

900 315Jos. T. Dutton

900 315Chas. Nicholes

900 315

F. Daly, Lockmaster, $870, and

Canal Clerk, $75

945 315A. Messenger

870 315C. L. Kellogg

900 315R. Bennett

900 315Jas. Logan

900 315

W. D. Edwards, Lockmaster,

$750, and Canal Clerk, $100.. 850 315Alex. Calder

900 315

Alex. Richardson, Lockmaster,

Hydraulic lift lock, $1,200 and

Canal Clerk, $120

1,320 186E. T. Shewen

870 315D. M. Anderson

900 315Ed. Wright

900J. McFadden

900 315P. P. Young, Lockmaster, $900, and Canal Clerk, $150

1,050 315I. Church

900 315W. E. T. Shewin

900 315F. Edwards

870 315

R. Pearson, Lockmaster, $900,

and Canal Clerk, $100 .. .. 1,000 315R. C. Jenkins

870 315Thos. McDiarmid

900 315J. W. Barber, Lockmaster, $900,and Canal Clerk, $100.. .. 1,000 315

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Name Salary Bonus.R. H. Irwin

1,140 316J. A. Cowie

900 315W. D. Burgess

900 315W. O. Weese

900 315T. J. Donnelly

870 315J. D. Jones, Lockmaster, $870, and Canal Clerk, $50.. .. 920 315

WEMBLEY-FRENCH-CANADIAN EXHIBITORS Mr. RINFRET:

1. How many French-Canadian business houses are exhibiting at Wembley, and what are their names?

2. Has the Dominion government carried out an efficient propaganda in the province of Quebec in order to induce manufacturers and business houses to take part in this exhibition?

3. If so, what was the nature of this propaganda?