Mr. CAMPBELL:

Has the Department of Justice yet given a reply to a question recently submitted to it by the board of grain commissioners asking for the department's interpretation of certain clauses in the Canada Grain Act?

Mr. LAPOINTE:

Yes.

1. How many regular employees are there in Canada House, London, England?

37S

Questions

2. Of these how many are Canadiah born, or have spent five or more years, in Canada?

Mr. LAPOINTE:

Department of External Affairs

1. There are thirty-five regular employees in the high commissioner's office in London.

2. Of these five are Canadian born, or have spent five or more years in Canada. Department of Health

1. 10.

2. Canadian bora 5. Records of the Department do not contain any information relative to the number of years spent in Canada by those who are not Canadian born.

Department of Immigration and Colonization

1. 62.

2. 14.

Department of Public Works

1. 14.

2. 2.

Department of the Secretary of State Office of the Custodian and the Clearing Office

1. 1.

2. Nil.

Department of Soldiers' Civil Re-establishment 1. 10.

2. Born in Canada, nil. Canadian residents for a years or more 2.

Department of Trade and Commerce

1. 5.

2. 1.

1. To date what has been the cost of the revision of the Dominion statutes now being

made?

o' ?re 1 ^le names of the commissioners?

*t. What has been paid to each: (a) as salary or remuneration; (b) as expenses?

1. $123,173.49.

2. Members ex officio, the Minister of Justice and the Solicitor General: President, The Right Honourable Sir Charles Fitzpatrick,

G.C.M.G., ICC., Vice-President, E. L. New-combe, C.M.G., K.C. (to September 19, 1924), Vice-President, E. R. Cameron, K.C., Commissioners, H. H. Dewart, K.C. (deceased), E J. Daly, F. R. McD. Russell, K.C., L. A. Rivet, Alex. MacGregor.

3.

Sir Charles Fitz- (a)

Patrick $15,569 86H. H. Dewart (deceased)

1,189 50E. L. Newcombe (to Sept. 19, 1924).. . 2,085 75

(b)

E. R. Cameron.. .. 8,669 35 79 10E. J. Daly.... 9,522 82F. R. McD. Russell. 9,522 82 4.600 00L. A. Rivet.... 9,522 82 920 00Alex. MacGregor. .. 6,777 95 720 00

1. What was the gross revenue deposited to the credit of the receiver general on account of customs preventive service seizures for each of the fiscal years ending March 31, 1923-1924-19251926-1927, and for the 9 months ending December 31, 1927?

2. What was the amount of salaries and expenses, respectively, of the preventive service during each of the said periods?

3. What was the number of officers employed during each of the said periods?

1. Gross revenue from Customs-Excise Preventive Service seizures during the fiscal years under-mentioned.

Fiscal Customs Excise Year Seizures Seizures Total1922-23. $103,717 04 $222,717 72 $326,434 761923-24. 334,877 43 268,148 99 603,026 421924-25. 224,801 45 205,183 31 429,984 761925-26. 181,054 29 132,587 25 313,641 541926-27. 306,342 27 123,260 95 429.603 221927-28. (9 mos) *425,788 10 *106,658 S6 532,446 96

* In addition 70,534 gallons of liquors have been seized, having a duty paid value of $830,750 50.

2. Amount of salaries and expenses respectively, of the preventive service for each of the fiscal years ended March 31, 1923, 1924, 1925, 1926, 1927, and for 9 months ended

December 31, 1927.

Fiscal

years Salaries Expenses Total1922-23. $113,433 21 $120,789 93 $ 234,223 141923-24. 118,004 93 169,201 51 287,206 441924-25. 167,546 19 149,121 28 316,667 471925-26. 216,900 95 169,757 06 386,658 011926-27. 285,842 27 317,299 13 603.141 409 mos. to Dec. 31, 1927. . . 392,136 12 718,135 49 1,110,271 61

3. Number of employees in preventive service (including boats) during fiscal years 1922-23, 1923-24, 1924-25, 1925-26, 1926-27, and the first nine months of 1927-28:

1922- 23 1271923- 24

1701924- 25

1861925- 26

2991926- 27 '.400First 9 months of 1927-28

662

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Questions

Mr. ALLAN:

What steps are being taken by our government to suppress or prevent undesirable publications from entering Canada?

Mr. LAPOINTE (For the Secretary of State):

Department of National Revenue

Section 11 of the Canada Customs Tariff, 1907, provides that;-"The importation into Canada of any goods enumerated, described or referred to in schedule C to this act is prohibited; and any such goods imported shall thereby become forfeited to the crown and shall be destroyed or otherwise dealt with as the Minister of Customs directs; and any person importing any such prohibited goods, or causing or permitting them to be imported, shall for each offence incur a penalty not exceeding two hundred1 dollars."

Item 1201, schedule "C" of the Customs Tariff, 1907, classifies as prohibited goods:- "Books, printed paper, drawings, paintings, prints, photographs, or representations of any kind of a treasonable or seditious, or of an immoral or indecent character."

Collectors or other customs officers seize goods which are obviously immoral or indecent, and if their importation is general, as in the case of a publication, a circular is issued prohibiting its importation into Canada. Imported publications, concerning which doubt exists, are forwarded to the department by collectors, and other persons, and are carefully examined. If found to be of the character set forth in item 1201 of the tariff, they are prohibited.

Post Office Department Undesirable publications are being prohibited transmission in the mails under paragraph (d) subsection 1 of section 9 of the Post Office Act as amended in 1913.

1. What amount was expended by the government in 1927 on the Penetanguisliene wharf?

2. To whom were the several amounts paid, and for what purposes?

1. *1,483.20.

2. Frank Payette, $348 for services as foreman; Joseph Robillard, $120 for services as carpenter; Joseph Desrochers, $55 for services as carpenter; H. Robillard, $8 for services as labourer; Alfred Lacroix, $8 for services as labourer; Andrew Marion, $78 for services as labourer; Joseph Butman, $16 for services as

labourer; H. Lortie, $16 for services as labourer; John Desrochers, $5 for services as carpenter; M. A. Gendron, $33.10 for hardware; The C. Beck Mfg. Go. Limited, $391.34 for lumber; The McGibbon Lumber Co., Ltd., $58.97 for lumber; P. Payette Co., $315.64 for timber; Adjutor Gignac, $30.15 for black-smithing.

1. How many restricted areas have been established in Ontario, and where?

2. How manv cattle in each area?

3. What are the conditions governing establishment of a restricted area?