Hon. HUGH GUTHRIE (Minister of Justice) moved:

That a message be sent to the Senate to acquaint their honours that this house has appointed the honourable the Speaker and Messieurs: Barber, Bertrand, Bourassa, Boyes, Butcher. Carmichael, Charters, Ohevrier, Cotnam, Dubois, Dupuis, Factor, Ferland, Fontaine, Fortin, Fraser (Cariboo), Gagnon, Girouard, Guthrie, Hepburn, Irvine, Jones, Lafleche, Larue, LaVergne, MacMillan, MoGillis, McGregor, McIntosh, Marcil, Peck. Perley, Sii George, Pouliot, Quinn, Rheaume, Short. Smoke, Stirling, Thauvette, Thompson (East Simcoe), Thompson (Lanark), White (London), Wright, a committee to assist His Honour the Speaker in the direction of the library of parliament, so far as the interests of the House of Commons are concerned, and to act on behalf of the House of Commons as members of a joint committee of both houses on the library.

Hon. HUGH GUTHRIE (Minister of Justice) moved:

That a message be sent to the Senate to acquaint their honours that this house will unite with them in the formation of a joint committee of both houses on the subject of the printing of parliament, and that the members of the select standing committee on printing, viz., Messieurs: Anderson (Halton), Baribeau, Belee, Boulanger, Bourgeois, Brasset, Charters, Desrochers, Dubois. Embury, Esling, Factor, Fortin, Girouard, Gott, Gray, Hay, Heaps, Howden, Lucas, MacLean, McKenzie (Assini-boia), McLure, Maloney, Marcil, Matthews, Moore (Chateauguay), Munn, Murpliy, Parent, Peek, Perras, Piekel. Porteous, Price, Quinn, Rheaume, Rinfret, Roberge, Robinson, Rowe, R verson, St-Pere, Short, Simpson (North Simcoe). Spankie.. Spencer, Spotton, Taylor, Tetreault, Verville, Wilson, Woodsworth, Wright, will act as members on the part of this house, on the said joint committee on the printing of parliament.

Hon. HUGH GUTHRIE (Minister of Justice) moved:

That a message be sent to the Senate to acquaint their honours that this house has

Business of the House

appointed the honourable the Speaker and Messieurs: Ahearn, Barrette. Black (Halifax), Bourassa, Carmichael, Cayley, Garland (Car-leton), Hanbury, Howard, Howden, Lafleche, Macphail, Miss, Mullins, Ryerson, Senn, Spankie, Spence, Sproule, Thauvette, a committee to assist His Honour the Speaker in the direction of the restaurant, so far as the interest of the Commons are concerned, and to act as members of a joint committee of both houses on the restaurant.

Hon. HUGH GUTHRIE (Minister of Justice) :

I lay on the table the report of the superintendent of penitentiaries re Kingston penitentiary disturbances. I move that the report be printed, five hundred copies in English and two hundred and fifty copies in French.

Mr. SPEAKER:

I have the honour to inform the house that I have recived a communication from two members, notifying me that the following vacancy has occurred in the representation, viz:

Of Miaxiime D. Cormier, Esquire, as member for .the electoral district of Restigouche-Madawaeka, by decease.

And that I have issued my warrant to the chief electoral officer to make out a new writ of election for the said electoral district.

And also, that I have issued my warrant to the chief electoral officer to make out a new writ of election for the electoral district of Yamaska, consequent upon the judgment of the Supreme Court of Canada declaring the election therefor, held on the 28th July, 1930, to be null and void.

Hon. W. A. GORDON (Minister of Labour) :

I lay on the table of the house certain orders in council passed pursuant to the relief legislation. Also, Mr. Speaker, I desire to lay on the table the authentic text of the draft convention which was adopted at the fifteenth session of the International Labour Conference, 1931, in accordance with the provisions of article 405 of the treaty of Versailles and the corresponding provisions of other treaties of peace; also text of an order in council which has been adopted dealing with the competence of parliament and of the provincial legislatures respectively with regard to the subject matter of this draft convention. The texts of the draft convention and of the

order in council above mentioned have been transmitted to the fautenanhgoV'ermors of the several provinces.

Hon. E. N. RHODES (Minister of Finance):

When notice was given of the introduction of this bill to amend the Income War Tax Act, and of the one that follows, to amend the Salary Deduction Act, 1932, it was believed that by having them placed on the order paper, under the heading "Introduction of Bills," these bills could be proceeded with merely by introducing them in the ordinary course inasmuch as they were bills proposing to continue existing acts for a further period of a year. It subsequently transpired that there is a specific rule of the house which requires that a tax measure must be preceded by a resolution. Under these circumstances I would ask the unanimous consent of the house, to accept this notice of introduction as notice of the resolution, in which event I would move that the house do to-morrow resolve itself into committee of the whole to consider the proposed resolution. The advantage of that course would be that we could proceed to-morrow with the resolution; otherwise, the next government day being Friday, we should be precluded from the consideration of the resolution until Friday. In these circumstances I would ask whether I might have the unanimous consent of the house. If not, it only remains for me to put the notice on the order paper and wait until Friday.

Right Hon. W. L. MACKENZIE KING (Leader of the Opposition):

The minister's remarks apply, I take it, to the two last measures on the order paper. So far as the opposition is concerned, there is no objection to what he has proposed.