On the order: First reading of Bit! No. 24 (from the Senate), to provide for changing the names of certain pension fund societies.
Hon. J. A. ROBB (Minister of Finance):
Who is the pi'omoter of this bill?
Mr. SPEAKER:
Mr. Mercier (St. Henri).
Mr. MEIGHEN:
Let him explain it.
Mr. ROBB:
I think we should have some
explanation of this.
Mr. PAUL MERCIER (St. Henri):
The
bill provides for changing the names of certain pension societies, providing that at a special general meeting, or at any general meeting, a by-law or a resolution to effect the change has been passed by a majority of at least two-thirds of the vote cast at the meeting by the contributories to the funds or members of the society, including the parent corporation, the whole subject to the approval of the Secretary of State of Canada.
Mr. MEIGHEN:
How is at the hon.
member's name does not appear on the order paper?
Mr. MERCIER (St. Henri):
I was asked to be sponsor for the bill and so informed the Clerk of the House. The omission of my name must be due to some misunderstanding.
Motion agreed to and bill read the first time.
Bill No. 25 (from the Senate), for the relief of Elizabeth Gertrude Orr.-Mr. Lennox. Bill No. 26 (from the Senate), for the relief of Melville James Andrews.-Mr. Duff. Bill No. 27 (from the Senate), for the relief of Harry Reginald Oddy.-Mr. Jacobs. 26S5 Private Bills Bill No. 28 (from the Senate), for the relief of Mildred Roxie Horner.-Mr. Lennox. Bill No. 29 (from the Senate), for the relief of Frances Muriel Burnet.-Mr. Geary. Bill No. 30 (from the Senate), for the relief of Ada Toms.-Mr. McClenaghan. Bill No. 31 (from the Senate), for the relief of Vera Sanderson.-Mr. McClenaghan. Bill No. 32 (from the Senate), for the relief of Noel Leslie Deuxbury.-Mr. Bell (Hamilton). Bill No. 33 (from the Senate), for the relief of Lillian May O'Reilly-Mr. Arthurs. Bill No. 34 (from the Senate), for the relief of Jean Victoria Dillane.-Mr. Lennox. Bill No. 3l5 (from the Senate), for the relief of Ethel Alberta Barker.-Mr. Arthurs Bill No. 36 (from the Senate), for the relief of Annie Hazel MeCausland.-Mr. Jacobs. Bill No. 37 (from the Senate), for the relief of Sterling LeRoy Spicer.-Mr. McClenaghan. Bill No. 38 (from the Senate), for the relief of Amy Bell Corney.-Mr. Bell (Hamilton). Bill No. 39 (from the Senate), for the relief of David Frank Crosier. Mr. Bell (Hamilton) . Bill No. 40 (from the Senate), for the relief of Ethel Gildea Nye Brown.-Mr. Duff. Bill No. 41 (from the Senate), for the relief of Edward Thomas Faragher.-Mr. Peck. Bill No. 42 (from the Senate), for the relief of Bertha Viola Lidkea.-Mr. McClenaghan. Bill No. 43 (from the Senate), for the relief of Mike Ayoub (otherwise known as Michael Ayoub).-Mr. McClenaghan. Bill No. 44 (from the Senate), for the relief of Alice Marion McGinley.-Mr. Garland (Carle ton). Bill No. 45 (from the Senate), for the relief of Harold Edgar Perinchief.-Mr. Garland (Carleton). Bill No. 46 (from the Senate), for the relief of Hendel Tuerner Lubrinetsky.-Mr. McClenaghan. Bill No. 47 (from the Senate), for the relief of Paul Hugh Turnbull.-Mr. Garland (Carleton). Bill No. 48 (from the Senate), for the relief of Helen Elby Pollington.-Mr. Mewburn. Bill No. 49 (from the Senate), for the relief of Alexander Stewart.-Mr. Harris. Bill No. 50 (from the Senate), for the relief of William Melville Moore.-Mr. Casselman. Bill No. 51 (from the Senate), for the relief of John Samuel Milligan.-Mr. Anderson (Toronto High Park). Bill No. 52 (from the Senate), for the relief of Marion Richardson.-Mr. Jacobs. Bill No. 53 (from the Senate), for the relief of Isadore Boadner.-Mr. Jacobs. Bill No. 54 (from the Senate), for the relief of William Albert Thomas.-Mr. Casselman. Bill No. 55 (from the Senate), for the relief of Gertrude Isabel Clark.-Mr. Church. Bill No. 56 (from the Senate), for the relief of Helen Seymour O'Connor.-Mr. Casselman. Bill No. 57 (from the Senate), for the relief of Yetta Selma Trachsell.-Mr. Wright. Bill No. 58 (from the Senate), for the relief of Alexander Dewar.-Mr. McClenaghan. Bill No. 59 (from the Senate), for the relief of Florence Burrell.-Mr. Jacobs. Bill No. 60 (from the Senate), for the relief of Edith Marion Byam.-Mr. Lennox. Bill No. 61 (from the Senate), for the relief of Charles Davidson.-Mr. Jacobs. Bill No. 62 (from the Senate), for the relief of Doris Selina Irvin.-Mr. Jacobs. Bill No. 63 (from the Senate), for the relief of Frank John Davis.-Mr. McClenaghan. Bill No. 64 (from the Senate), for the relief of John Norman Smith McMurray.-Mr. Charters. Bill No. 65 (from the Senate), for the relief of Archie Claire McIntyre.-Mr. Duff. Bill No. 66 (from the Senate), for the relief of Mabel Elizabeth Harcourt.-Mr. Bell (Hamilton). Bill No. 67 (from the Senate), for the relief-of Louise Gordon Pook. Mr. Bell (St. Antoine). Bill No. 68 (from the Senate), for the relief of Ezillah Harriet Cole.-Mr. Stinson. Bill No. 69 (from the Senate), for the relief of Gertrude Burnside.-Mr. Kay. Bill No. 70 (from the Senate), for the relief of Cora Mae Murray.-Mr. Goodison. Bill No. 71 (from the Senate), for the relief of Janet Thornhill Gorrie.-Mr. Anderson (Toronto High Park). Bill No. 72 (from the Senate), for the relief of Lillian DuBord Bulloch.-Mr. Jacobs. Bill No. 73 (from the Senate), for the relief of Henrietta Schierholtz.-Mr. McClenaghan. Bill No. 74 (from the Senate), for the relief of Maude Elizabeth Gilroy.-Mr. McClenaghan. Bill No. 75 (from the Senate), for the relief of Richard Howard Buckley.-Mr. McClenaghan. Bill No. 76 (from the Senate), for the relief of William George Darlington.-Mr. McClenaghan. Bill No. 77 (from the Senate), for the relief of Arthur Watson.-Mr. McClenaghan. Bill No. 78 (from the Senate), for the relief of Frances Marjorie Warren.-Mr. McClenaghan. Questions
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(Questions answered orally are indicated by an asterisk.)
1. What is .the total amount of appropriations and expenditures by Historic Sites and Monuments Board to 31st of December, last?
2. How much was expended in (a) Ottawa, (b) New Brunswick, and (c) Nova Scotia?
3. Who is the government representative on the board ?
4. Previous to his appointment, had he been a lecturer or author of history?
5. If not, what were his qualifications for a work that demanded intimate knowledge of the history of the eastern provinces?
6. Previous to commencing the work of erecting monuments in .the Maritime provinces, did he consult with any of the descendants of the loyalists or the pre-loyalists, or any authorities in history of the Maritime provinces? If so, whom?
7. Has not the Nova Scotia Historical Society, the Grand Pre Historical Institute and the New Brunswick Historical Society condemned his procedure?
1. The moneys available for historic sites form part of the general appropriation for the Canadian National Parks. The total expenditure from April 1, 1919, to December 31 last was $88,407.87. This was expended by the Department of the Interior. The Historic Sites and Monuments Board acts in an advisory capacity to the Department in respect to historic sites work.
2. Expenditure at Ottawa, $25,274.62. This includes salaries, travelling expenses of members of the board, printing annual reports, pamphlets, posters, etc., books, photographs and photograph supplies, subscriptions to publications, survey expenses, express, freight, making of design and models of the standard tablets, inspection of finished tablets, road indicators and such. Expenditure in Nova Scotia, $6,212.89; expenditure in New Brunswick, $5,557.24.
3. J. B. Harkin, Commissioner, Canadian National Parks, Ottawa, appointed in 1919.
4. No.
5. Answered by No. 3.
6. He consulted with the members of the board.
7. The Grand Pre Women's Institute have raised certain objections to the cairn design of memorial. The department has no information regarding the attitude of the Nova Scotia and New Brunswick historical societies concerning the procedure of the department in marking and preserving historic sites in the Maritime provinces.
1. How many bushels of wheat of each grade was taken into the government elevator at Edmonton for the crop year 1924-25?
2. How many bushels of each grade was shipped out of the same elevator for the same crop year?
3. What was the total amount of overage of wheat (if any) at the government elevator at Edmonton for crop year 1924-25?
4. How many tons of screenings were sold and what was the amount of cash received for same?
1.
Wheat 1924-25
Grade Receipts
Dried 1 Northern 4,588-10
Dried 2 Northern 11,883-40
1 Northern 178,380-20
2 Northern 331,902-10
3 Northern 664,859-10
No. 4 334,105-40
No. 5 191,397-40
No. 6 91,466-40
Feed 36,077-00
Rejected 8,702-30
Smuttv 3,180-30
No Grade 86,653-50
Special Bin 1,392-00
Rejected Heated 2,965-50
Rejected Heated and
Musty 971-30
Condemned Heated and
Heating
Questions
26s;
Wheat 1924-25
2.
Grade Receipts
Condemned No. 2 1,401-30
Condemned Heated.. .. 904-00
No. 3 Dicklow 879-40
NG Musty Heated.. .. -
Total 1,951,611-50
Wheat 1924-25
Grade Shipments
Dried 1 Northern -
Dried 2 Northern.. .. 4,139-001 Northern
178.380-202 Northern
323,540-303 Northern
657,760-00No. 4
274,070-30No. 5
191,397-40No. 6
89,165-20Feed
35,288-30Rejected
7,033-50Smutty
2,532-30No Grade
86,654-00Special Bin
1,392-00Rejected Heated
2,468-00
Rejected Heated and
Must}' 656-10
Condemned Heated and
Heating -
Condemned No. 2 1,401-30
Condemned Heated.. .. 904-00
No. 3 Dicklow 879-40
NG Musty Heated.. ..
3. 41 miles completed; 41 additional miles ditched and graded.
4. No.
5. Day labour.
6. One-a supervising engineer.
7. The Indian superintendent in co-operation with the Indian foremen.
8. Gravel is obtained on the reserve when readily available; but elsewhere when more economical.