Hon. R. B. BENNETT (Leader of the Opposition):

Mr. Speaker, since yesterday I

have had an opportunity to discuss the subject matter of this report with the chairman of the committee on returned soldiers' problems and I have ascertained that it is the purpose of the committee, if it has not been done already, to appoint counsel for the committee in addition to counsel for the various organizations to which reference was made. Under these circumstances I have no objection to the report in any way, but while I am on my feet I may say that the heading of an article appearing in one of the local newspapers this morning was hardly a fair statement of the position taken yesterday, as indicated by Hansard. The difficulty was whether some now in remote sections of the countiy, who do not belong to the different organizations, might feel that their cases were not adequately safeguarded before the committee. The appointment ol counsel of eminence to represent the committee as such should, I think, meet that difficulty.

1. Was one Mr. Bourgault appointed to the position of inspector of railroad operation under the Board of Railway Commissioners?

2. If so, how many applications were there for the position?

3. How many clerks from grade 3 applied for this position?

4. How many clerks from grade 3 wrote on this examination?

5. How many practical railway men with over three years' experience applied for this position?

6. How many practical railway men with over three years' experience wrote on this examination?

7. Who examined the papers written on this examination, and what is his name and title?

1. Yes.

2. Ninety-six. .

3. One.

4. One.

5. Seventy-five of the applicants were practical railway men with three years' operating experience.

6. Fifty-eight of the applicants specified in question No. 5, wrote on the examination.

7. Mr. George Spencer, chief operating officer, Board of Railway Commissioners.

1. What is the total amount of subsidies granted to the province of Quebec by the Dominion government for agriculture?

2. What is the total amount to this date of grants made to the province of Quebec for technical instruction?

3. What is the total amount to this date of grants made by the Dominion government to the province of Quebec in pursuance of the Farm Loan Act?

1. J. J. Cashman.

2. Twenty-three years and eight months.

3. Has not yet retired.

4. Accountant of the Alberta penitentiary and custodian of the reserve.

5.

1906- 07 (8 months) $ 816 161907- 08

1,200 001908- 09

1,200 001909- 10

1,200 001910- 11

1,200 001911- 12

1,200 001912- 13

1,600 001913- 14

1,600 001914- 15

1,600 001915- 16

1,600 001916- 17

1,600 001917- 18

1,600 001918- 19

1,600 001919- 20

1,920 001920- 21

2,039 981921- 22

2,160 001922- 23

2,280 001923- 24

2,280 001924- 25

2,280 001925- 26

2,280 001926- 27

2,280 001927- 28

2,400 001928- 29

2,400 001929- 30

2,400 006. The only increases in salary given this officer have been those authorized by act of parliament and the Civil Service Commission,

and the increases have been the same as those given the accountants of all the other penitentiaries.

7. No payment of $3,120 was made for the year 1929-30. The estimates provided that amount for the maintenance of the reserve, and the expenditure totalled $2,894.04 which was made up as follows:

Salary * 2,400 00

Coal $ 10 50

Wood 4 00

Cutting and burning of

weeds

136 63Ploughing of land

225 00Telephone account 57 00

Insurance premium on

officers' bonds

6 00Telegraph account

31 26

To Messrs. Driscoll &

McKnight re blue prints etc. - penitentiary reserve, lot No. 20, Edmonton 15 00

Map-city of Edmonton. 1 00

Revenue receipt book and

postage

5 40Sundry items

2 25

494 04

Expenditure 2,894 04

Unexpended balance 225 96

Appropriation $3,120 00

8. See answer to No. 7.