1. Were public tenders invited by the management of the Canadian National Railways for the freighting of coal to Prince Edward Island from the mainland during the years 1924, 1925, 1926, 1927, and 1928?

2. From what persons or firms were tenders invited, if any?

3. Were specification and tender forms supplied? If so, what were the details?

4. If no forms were supplied, what were the particulars and conditions?

5. How many tenders were received in each year?

6. What is the name of each firm or person tendering and the unit prices of each tender?

7. Are "The Albion Lumber Company," "The New Glasgow Terminal Company" and "The Egerton Coal Company" three separate companies or are they names used by the same party for the purpose of tendering?

8. What are the names of the president, secretary and manager of the above-named companies who have corresponded with the railways officials or signed tenders during the above years ?

9. What amount, if any, was the railways management paid for the cargo of coal lost in transit to Prince Edward Island four years ago this season?

Mr. DUNNING:

These questions have to do with the freighting of Canadian National Railway coal by water from Pictou, on the mainland, to various railway points on Prince Edward Island. The questions are designed to bring out the prices submitted for the work

referred to by numerous competitors during the last five years. The management feel that it would be unfair to all concerned to place competitors in possession of information of this kind, and hold that it is not in the public interest to give out information of that character.

Possibly it would be sufficient to say that the work in question was given wide publicity among vesselmen and forwarders on the island and adjacent shipping points, both by letter direct and by public notice by local agents of the railway; that numerous offers for the work were received, and that the lowest tenderer was given the contract.

1. What office or appointment does Alexander Bates of Louisburg, Nova Scotia, hold in the Department of National Revenue?

2. What is his age?

3. When was he appointed?

4. What remuneration does he receive annually?

5. Did the Civil Service Commission approve

of his appointment? _

6. What standing was he given by civil service examiners? .

7. How many seizures has he made since his appointment?

8. What are the total fines collected through his seizures during each of the years 1925, 1926, and 1927?

1. Customs Excise Examiner, Grade 1 Out-port.

2. Fifty-four years on May 16th, 1927.

3. Employed February 8th, 1905. Services dispensed with for political partizanship, O.C. June 8th, 1912. Re-employed July 18th, 1925.

4. $1,440.

5. Yes.

6. He was the only successful candidate, obtaining a percentage on his examination, of 77.1.

7. Nil.

8. Answered by No. 7.

1. What was the total amount paid by the Dominion of Canada in each of the years 1921 to 1927 inclusive, to dry docks under the Dry Docks Subsidies Act?

2. What amounts have been paid to each dry

dock in Canada under the above act in each of the above years? _

3. For what period of time in each subsidy is the government committed?

4. What is the number, name and location of dry docks classified under first, second and third class in Dry Docks Subsidies Act?

Questions

1.

1920- 21

$301,120 221921- 22

144 559 02'1922- 23

535,549 211923- 24

452,371 781924- 25

540,483 341925- 26

614,387 791926- 27

588,921 34

2,

St. John dry dock at Courtenay bay, St. John, N.B.

1920- 21

$ 57,198 881921- 22

82,608 561922- 23

109,656 991923- 24

198,459 461924- 25

247,500 001925- 26

247,500 001926- 27

247,500 00

" Duke of Connaught " floating dock at Montreal, P.Q.

1920- 21 $ 105,000 00

1921- 22

1922'-23 210,000 00

1923- 24

105,000 001924- 25

105,000 001925- 26

105,000 OO1926- 27

105,000 00

" Burrard " dry dock at North Vancouver, B.C.

1920-23

1923- 24

$ 9,990 981924- 25

64,062 001925- 26

137,966 451926- 27

112,500 00

3 and 4.

Prince Rupert dry dock at Prince Rupert,

1920- 21 $ 76,970 88

1921- 22

1922- 23

153,941 761923- 24

76,970 881924- 25

76,970 881925- 26

76,970 881926- 27

76,970 88

Port Arthur dry dock at Porth Arthur, Ont..

1920- 21

$37,741 501921- 22

37,741 501922- 23

37,741 501923- 24

37,741 501924- 25

37,741 501925- 26

37,741 501926- 27

37,741 50

Collingwood dry dodk No. 1 at Collingwood, Ont.

1920- 21 $ 15.000 00

1921- 22

15,000 00 [DOT]1922- 23

15,000 001923- 24 (final payment)___ 15,000 00

Collingwood dry dock No. 2 at Collingwood, Ont.

1920- 21 $ 9,208 96

1921- 22

9,208 961922- 23

9,208 961923- 24

9,208 961924- 25

9,208 961925- 28

9,208 961926- 27

9,208 96

Period

of

subsidy

Years

35

25

20

Name of dock Location ClassSt. John dry dock St. John, N.B First*Duke of Connaught Montreal, P.Q FirstBurrard dry dock North Vancouver, B.C....SecondPrince Rupert dry dock Prince Rupert, B.C SecondPort Arthur dry dock Port Arthur, Ont ThirdCollingwood dry dock No. 1 Collingwood, Ont ThirdCollingwood dry dock No. 2 Collingwood, Ont Third

Denotes that the dock is a floating dry dock.

1. How many chartered banks are there now in Canada, and what are their names?

2. What bank mergers have taken place since 1900 in Canada?

3. What applications, if any, are pending at present for merger of banks?

4. Is the stock of chartered banks now being bought for American interests in such large aggregate amounts subject to the double

liability where the foreign holders of the stock and their property and assets are outside the jurisdiction of the Canadian courts, and what steps are being taken to protect the Government accordingly ?

1. Eleven: Bank of Montreal, Bank of Nova Scotia, Bank of Toronto, Banque Provinciale du Canada, Canadian Bank of Commerce,. Royal Bank of Canada, Dominion Bank,.

Questions as Orders jor Returns

Standard Bank of Canada, Banque Canadienne Nationale, Imperial Bank of Canada, Wey-burn Security Bank.

2. Summcrside Bank and Bank of New Brunswick, Commercial Bank of Windsor and Union Bank of Halifax, Halifax Banking Company and Canadian Bank of Commerce, Exchange Bank of Yarmouth and Bank of Montreal, People's Bank of Halifax and Bank of Montreal, Merchants Bank of Prince Edward Island and Canadian Bs,nk of Commerce, People's Bank of New Brunswick and Bank of Montreal, Western Bank of Canada and Standard Bank of Canada, Northern Bank and Crown Bank of Canada under name of Northern Crown Bank, Union Bank of Halifax and Royal Bank of Canada, United Empire Bank of Canada and Union Bank of Canada, Eastern Townships Bank and Canadian Bank of Commerce, Traders Bank of Canada and Royal Bank of Canada, Bank of New Brunswick and Bank of Nova Scotia, Banque Internationale due Canada and Home Bank of Canada, Metropolitan Bank and Bank of Nova Scotia, Quebec Bank and Royal Bank of Canada, Northern Crown Bank and Royal Bank of Canada, Bank of British North America and Bank of Montreal, Bank of Ottawa and Bank of Nova Scotia. Merchants Bank of Canada and Bank of Montreal, Bank of Hamilton and Canadian Bank of Commerce, La Banque Nationale and Banque d'Hochelaga, Sterling Bank of Canada and Standard Bank of Canada, Molsons Bank and Bank of Montreal, Union Bank of Canada and Royal Bank of Canada.

3. None.

4. Section 125 of the Bank Act applies in case of insolvency to all shareholders. Enforcement depends upon the process of law. The provision is for the protection of the creditors of an insolvent bank whose interests, in the first instance, are the concern of the liquidators and the court.

1. Has the government sold to the British Columbia Telephone Company, the telephone lines owned and operated by the government, south of Kamloops, British Columia?

2. If so, at what price?

3. What is the total pole mileage of the lines involved in the transfer?

4. How many telephone stations are affected?

5. What has been the total cost of the property disposed of?

1. Yes.

2. $50,000.

3. 1,006 miles.

4. 145.

5. As some of these lines were built thirty years ago it would take considerable time to compile data covering total cost to date and would in no way represent their present value. The main feature is that they were being operated at a $30,000 yearly loss which by selling is being saved. A very heavy expenditure would also have been absolutely necessary to standardize them so as to meet long distance toll line requirements.