1. What amount was spent by the Department ^ of Militia and Defence in connection with cadet training in the various provinces, province by province, in the years 1914, 1915, 1916, 1917, 1918, 1919, 1920, 1921, 1922, 1923, 1924?

2. How many cadet corps were there in each province in each of these years respectively, and how many in March, 1925?

3. How many school teachers or principals, respectively, were engaged as instructors in each province in each of the years named, to March, 1925, inclusive?

4. What grants were paid to these instructors, and

what amount does each instructor receive for each cadet enrolled each year?

5. Does the department set apart an officer or officers in each province to further the work of cadet training? If not, what method does the department take to further this movement in the provinces?

6. What officers are now giving their time in each province to this work, either in part or wholly severally in each province?

7. Was the consent of the Department of Education in each province secured before this cadet system was introduced into the schools of the province? If not, what provinces have given their consent, and when?

8. How many schools ore there in each province where cadet training was in vogue in the years 1918, 1919, 1920, 1921, 1922, 1923, 1924 and March, 1925?

9. What was the number of cadets in school corps in each province in each of these years?

Mr. T. L. CHURCH (North Toronto):

I

would like to ask the Minister of Railways and Canals if the attention of the government has been called to the statement, published to-day, of Sir Adam Beck with regard to the acute shortage of power Ontario is facing, and whether the government will grant the application filed by the government of Ontario and the Ontario Hydro-Electric Commission a long time ago for leave to develop power at the Morrisburg dam to take care of Ontario's power needs. Has such application been refused, and if so, what answer has the government made in respect to it?

Hon. GEORGE P. GRAHAM (Minister of Railways and Canals): The Ontario government, I believe, have submitted to the Department of Public Works, under the statute, plans for the construction of a dam at Morrisburg. These plans have not up to the present been approved.

REVISION OF RULES OF THE HOUSE On the Orders of the Day:

Hon. H. H. STEVENS (VancouverCentre):

I would like to ask the government when it is the intention to provide for the discussion of the amendment of the rules of the House as reported by the special committee which has been considering the matter. As this will not come up in the ordinary course of business of the House, perhaps some special provision will have to be made and some special time set for the discussion. May I ask the government when that time will be fixed?

Hon. GEORGE P. GRAHAM (Minister of Railways and Canals) : I am not sure, Mr. Speaker, but would not an appropriate time for the discussion be on the motion for the adoption of the committee's report?

Mr. MEIGHEN:

I understood the committee had reported. Certainly the proper time is on Motions, whenever the government is prepared to move the adoption of the report.

Mr. STEVENS:

If I might make myself

clear. My point was that the business that comes under Motions is usually of a routine nature and many members probably take very little interest in it. But this is a very, very important report, and some intimation should be given that to-morrow or on a certain day the report would come u,p for discussion.

Mr. GRAHAM:

I think that is very

reasonable, and I will call the attention of the Prime Minister to it. I think I can safely say on behalf of the government that intimation will be given to the House that on a certain day this report will be discussed.

Mr. STEVENS:

That notice will be given.

Mr. A. W. NEILL (Comox-Alberni):

In

that connection: I hope the government will make arrangement for the discussion of this report in committee, because there are a large number of changes to propose, and it will be impossible to discuss these amendments adequately on the motion for concurrence in the report.

Mr. D. M. KENNEDY (West Edmonton):

I would like to ask the Minister of Railways when we may expect the proposals with respect to a revision of railway freight rates to be presented to the House?

Hon. GEORGE P. GRAHAM (Minister of Railways and Canals): I would not promise

a revision of freight rates in the bill. I presume my hon. friend refers to a proposed amendment to the Railway Act, which is commonly known in discussion as the Crows-nest pass agreement.

Mr. KENNEDY (Edmonton):

It surely

covers more than that.

Mr. GRAHAM:

One can never tell till

he sees the bill.

Mr. KENNEDY (Edmonton):

When will

it be presented to the House?

Mr. GRAHAM:

I had hoped to give

notice of it to-day or to-morrow.