Bill No. 20, respecting a patent owned by the Concrete Surfacing Machinery Company. -Mr. Chevrier. Bill No. 21, respecting the Marconi Wireless Telegraph Company of Canada, Limited. -Mr. Casgrain.
Supplementary list of leases, licenses, permits, or other authorities cancelled under provisions of section 3 chapter 21 of the Statutes of 1922, an act respecting notices of cancellation of leases of Dominion lands.- Hon. Mr. Stewart (Argenteuil)).
Hon. GEORGE P. GRAHAM (Minister of Railways and Canals) moved: That the order of the House referring ,to supplementary estimates 1925-26 respecting loans to the Canadian National Railway Company and Canadian Government Merchant Marine, Limited, laid on the table Monday February 16, referred to the committee on Supply, be discharged, and that the said estimates be referred to the select standing committee on Railways and Shipping owned, operated and controlled by the government. Motion agreed to.
Mr. W. F. KAY (Missisquoi) moved:
That the annual report of the Minister of Agriculture and of the Director of the Experimental Farm be referred to the select committee on Agriculture and Colonization.
Motion agreed to.
Mr. L. H. MARTELL (Hants) moved for leave to introduce Bill1 No. 22, to amend the Criminal Code.
Sir HENRY DRAYTON:
Explain.
Mr. MARTELL:
As hon. gentlemen know, there is a provision in the Criminal Code in regard to lotteries. Section 236 of the Criminal Code was amended, and special provision was inserted to permit churches or eleemosynary institutions to hold lotteries where the prize was of less value than $50. They were permitted under this provision to conduct a raffle. The purpose of the bill is to cut out that exception, on the ground that if the church of this country is to be a model for the discipline and morality of the country they should set a good example to others. Hon. members will quite appreciate the force of the old maxim which declares that the church is the teacher of the laws and the dictator of morals. What is wrong for an individual is wrong for the church.
Motion agreed to and bill read the first time.
(Questions answered orally are indicated by an asterisk.)
1. What was the total amount of subsidies paid by the Dominion government towards the construction of the Caraquet and Gulf Shore railway?
2. What was the total amount paid by the government for the purchase of said roads?
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3. What amounts were spent for the reconstruction of these roads in each year from the time they were taken over to the end of the last fiscal year?
4. What were the total operating deficits during the same period ?
1. *277,699.20.
2. $296,399.60.
3. Capital expenditure:
Year ending March, 1921...$ 104,253 34March, 1922... 263,718 33March, 1923... 143,895 71March, 1924... 49,729 214. Operating returns of this line are not segregated in accounts of the Canadian National system.
1. Was Colonel H. A. Mullins, Winnipeg, employed by the Dominion government during the war period?
2. If so, what was his official position?
3. What was his annual salary?
4. What was the total amount paid to him for services rendered ?
5. What was the total amount paid ito him for expenses during the period stated?
1. Yes.
2. (a) Inspector of meat at Sewell camp,
(b) Chief Inspector transport and supplies from Fort William west.
3. (a) Lieutenant-Colonel's staff rates 27th May, 1915 to 3rd November, 1915; pay, $5 per diem; field allowance, $3 per diem; married allowance, $1.20 per diem.
(b) Lieutenant-Colonel's rates from 4th
November, 1915 to 31st December, 1915: Pay, $5 per diem; subsistence allowance, $1.50 per diem. [DOT]
(c) As Chief Inspector transport and supplies from 1st March, 1916 to 30th November, 1937: Pay, $2,900 per annum; allowances, $1,100 per annum. (During this period he *was on leave for one month without pay and allowances.)
(d) Colonel's rates from 1st December, 1917 to 28th February, 1918: Pay, $6 per diem; field allowance, $1.50 per diem; subsistence allowance, $1.70 per diem; separation allowance to dependent, $60 per month.
4. Total .pay and allowances. .. $9,355 92
Total separation allowance.. .. $ 180 00
5. Total expenses paid: 1915-16, $302.10; 1916-17, $242.75; 1917-18, $84.00; total,