Hon. R. B. BENNETT (Leader of the Opposition):
This might stand as a notice
of motion, Mr. Speaker.
Mr. SPEAKER:
Stands as a notice of
motion.
(Questions answered orally are indicated by an asterisk.)
1. What was the value of Australian woo! imported into Canada for the fiscal years 1926, 1927 and 1928?
2. What quantity in pounds was imported during the same years?
Questions
Mr. MALCOLM:
1. Value of wool imported into Canada
horn Australia, years ended March 31, 1926,
927 and 1928:
Dollars
1926
1927
1928.. ..
2. Quantity of wool imported into Canada from Australia, years ended March 31, 1926, 1927 and 1928:
Pounds
1926 728,030
1927 676,244
1928 320,324
1. How much of the interim lump sum increase of $875,000 recommended to be paid the province of Nova Scotia by the Royal Commission on Maritime Claims has been paid up to December 31, 1928?
2. On what dates were the several payments made and what amount on each date?
3. Have any deductions from said payments of $875,000 yearly been made?
4. If deductions were made, what was the amount of such deductions and when were they so made?
5. On what authority were any such deductions made from the amounts so recommended to be paid?
1. $1,750,000.
2. June 30, 1927, $437,500; November 17. 1927, $437,500; July 3, 1928, $437,500; September 20, 1928, $437,500.
3. 4 and 5. It was decided to pay this special grant half-yearly with the regular subsidies on the 1st January and 1st July in each year. The special grant was first paid with the regular subsidy due July 1, 1927, when the two payments were made, less a deduction of $133,116.73, being reimbursement of expenditure for troops sent to Cape Breton on strike duty, under subsection 2 of section 84 of the Militia Act, which reads as follows:
"His Majesty may retain from any annual grant payable by Canada to such province and under the control of the parliament of Canada, any unpaid balance of moneys due to His Majesty by such province under the provisions of this section."
The second instalment of the special grant which was to have been paid on January 1 has, in each year, been paid earlier to accommodate the provincial government.
1. How much land on the Blood Indian reserve is in possession of the Indians for farming purposes?
2. How much land is now under cultivation?
3. How much land will be cropped in the year 1929?
4. How much seed wheat have the Blood Indians on hand for this purpose?
5. Is the amount of wheat on hand considered sufficient to sow all the land available in 1929?
6. Will the department advance seed grain to all Indians who prepared land for crop for the year 1929 ?
1. 197,207 acres.
2. (a) 7,813 acres cropped; (b) 942 acres broken; (c) 4,160 acres summer fallowed.
3. In addition to spring ploughing department estimates 5,552 acres will be cropped.
4. 9,900 bushels.
5. Additional 1,200 bushels may be required for spring ploughing.
6. Yes.
1. How many pounds of worsted yarn were imported into Canada during each of the years 1926, 1927, and 1928, from Great Britain?
2. How many pounds of worsted yarn were imported into Canada during the above-mentioned years from other countries, and what amount from each?
1. Quantity of woollen and worsted yarns imported into Canada from the United Kingdom, years ended December 31, 1926, 1927 and 1928:
Years Pounds
1926 3,235,007
1927 3,554,224
1928 4,775,493
2. Quantity of woollen and worsted yarns imported into Canada from other countries, years ended December 31, 1926, 1927 and 1928:
1926 1927 1928Countries Pounds Pounds PoundsBelgium 27,920 23,870 17,071France 108,320 152,078 129,200Germany 362 917 1,211Greece 18 85Netherlands. .. 250 Turkey 169United States.. 23,786 28,803 2,648
Note:-Impossible to segregate imports of worsted yams from other woollen yams. During the years ended December 31, 1926 and
Postmaster at Simcoe
1927 the quantity of worsted yarns exported from the United Kingdom to Canada was:
Years Pounds
1926 1,667,500
1927 1,680,985
BEAUHARNOIS I.IGHT, HEAT & POWER CO.
Mr. CHURCH:
Who are the directors, chief officers, shareholders and bond holders of the Beauharnois Light, Heat and Power Company, to whom the Government issued a permit under the Navigable Waters Protection Act?
Mr. ELLIOTT:
No information. Company is under provincial incorporation.
Mr. CANTLEY:
How much money was paid by the Dominion by way of bounty on Canadian coal used in the production of coke in coke ovens situate in Halifax, Montreal, Quebec, Toronto, Hamilton, or in any other Canadian coke oven plants, during the year 1928?