1. Wliat- are the names of the persons who submitted tenders for mail contract rural route No. 1, Battleford, Saskatchewan?

2. What is the amount of each tender submitted for that contract?

3. What is the name of the person to whom the contract was awarded?

Mr. DUPRE (for Mr. Sauve):

1 and 2. Geo. W. French, Battleford, $475 per annum; James Savard, Battleford, $480 per annum; Geo. Laycock, Battleford, $489 per annum; W. H. Chapman, Battleford, $494 per annum; Fred G. Light, Battleford, $500 per annum; Victor Davies, Battleford, $600 per annum; Geo. W. French, Battleford, $600 per annum; Alex. Pritchard, Battleford, $720 per annum.

3. Geo. W. French, who was the lowest tenderer.

1. What number of seizures wras carried out by the officers of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, Canada, at Sherbrooke and Thetford Mines from January, 1933, to this day?

2. What quantity of liquor was seized in each ease?

3. What number of automobiles was seized?

4. How many were sold by auction?

Questions

5. How many were returned to owners, by whose order, and why?

6. What is the number of automobiles that will be sold at the next auction?

7. What are the makes of these automobiles, and who are the owners?

1. 26.

2. Amount of liquor seized in 12 cases- Nil; amount of liquor seized in 14 cases-as follows: 128 ounces alcohol; 3 gallons alcohol; 40 ounces alcohol; 25 ounces alcohol; 60 ounces alcohol; 48 quarts beer; 4 quarts alcohol; 21 gallons alcohol; 1 quart alcohol; 12 ounces alcohol; 2 gallons alcohol; 17 ounces alcohol; 120 ounces alcohol; 4 gallons mash and 3 bottles spirits.

3. 9.

4. Automobiles not sold by auction, but by tender after due advertising. Four sold by tender.

5. Three cars released on payment of voluntary penalties collected by members of R.C.M.P. subject to decision of the Minister of National Revenue. One car sold by tender to former owner.

6. None-no cars sold by auction but April 1, 1934, tenders will be asked for one car.

7. Oldsmobile coach seized from David Metivier at Thetford Mines, Quebec.

1. Did the Department of Public Works spend any money either by way of construction or repair of wharves in the county of Pictou, in the calendar year of 1933?

2. If so, at what places were such expenditures made respectively?

3. Who were the foremen, in each case, and at what times were such amounts spent and amount of each expenditure respectively?

Mr. STEWART (Leeds):

' 1. Yes.

2. Pictou, Pictou Island, Bailey's Brook and Skinner's Cove.

3. Pictou: (a) Isaac T. Arbuckle; (b) July

22 to November 1, 1933; (e) $5,804.49. Pictou Island: (a) Allan MacFarlane; (b) August 21 to November 10, 1933; (c) $1,609.71.

Bailey's Brook: (a) H. Scott Patton; (b) August 1 to November 18, 1933; (c) $864.73. Skinner's Cove: (a) Fred Shannon; (b)

October 21 to December 31, 1933; (c)

1. What is the distribution by provinces of the amounts spent on Indian education as reported in the Auditor General's report for the year ending March 31, 1933?

7472ft-65 i

2. What is the Indian population of each of the provinces of Canada?

1.

Indian Education Vote-Expenditure for year 1932-33

Prince Edward Island

Nova Scotia

New Brunswick

Quebec

Ontario

Manitoba

Saskatchewan

Alberta

Northwest Territories

British Columbia

Yukon

$ 1,235 26

37,007 94 17,073 74 59,908 17 374,920 34 216,389 73 303,181 40 265,793 22 28,586 89 391,246 68 16,880 59

Indian population by provinces- census 1929

Prince Edward Island 295

Nova Scotia 1929

New7 Brunswick 1 604

Quebec 12,885

Ontario 27,420

Manitoba 12,263

Saskatchewan 10 784

Alberta g'84g

Northwest Territories 4 615

British Columbia 25107

^ukon 1,264

108,012

Mr. MacLEAN:

What amounts of customs were collected at Summerside, P.E.I., during the years 1926 to 1934, inclusive, giving yearly amount separately in each case?

Mr. MATTHEWS:

1. What air mail routes were carried on during the year ending March 31, 1933?

2. What routes are now being carried on?

Questions

3. What was the revenue from air mail service during the year ending March 31, 1933?

i. What is the cost to date for the year ending March 31, 1934?

5. What is the estimated cost for the balance [DOT]of the year?

1. Amos-Siscoe; Big River-Ue a la Crosse; Buffalo-London-Detroit; Fort McMurray-Aklavik; Fort Resolution-Cameron Bay via Rae; Lac du Bonnet-Bissett; Leamington-Pelee Island; Moneton-Charlottetown; Mont-real-Albany; Montreal-Rimouski; Narrow Lake-Sioux Lookout; Peace River-North Vermilion; Prince Albert-Lac la Ronge; Quebec-Seven Islands; Seven Islands-Anticosti; Char-lottetown-Magdalen Islands; Siscoe-Pascalis; Toronto-Detroit (discontinued April, 1032) ; Vancouver-Victoria; Winnipeg-Pembina.

2. Amos-Siscoe; Big River-Ile a la Crosse; Buffalo-London-Detroit (discontinued May, 1933); Fort McMurray-Aklavik; Fort Reso-lution-Cameron Bay via Rae and Camsell River; Lac du Bonnet-Bisset; Leamington-Pelee Island; Moneton-Charlottetown; Mont-real-Albany; Montreal-Rimouski; Narrow Lake-Sioux Lookout; Peace River-North Vermilion; Prince Albert-Lac la Ronge; Quebec-Sept lies; Havre St. Pierre-Port Menier; Charlottetown-Magdalen Islands; Siscoe-Pascalis (discontinued July, 1933); Vancouver-Victoria; Winnipeg-Pembina; Sept Ues-Natashquan; Cameron Bay-Coppermine.

3. $290,301.69 (estimated).

4. Cost for present fiscal year up to January 31, 1934-$166,015.47.

5. $42,312.77.