ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF ADDRESS IN REPLY
On the orders of the day:
Mr. OSCAR L. BOULANGER (Bellechasse) (Translation): Mr. Speaker, I beg to lay on the table of the house petitions from the municipal councils of Ste. Satine and St. Neree, in the county of Bellechasse, and from the municipal council of St. Jean Chrysostome, located in the county of Levis and the con-situency of Bellechasse, requesting the government not to levy a tax on leaf tobacco.
On the orders of the day:
BIRTHDAY OF MR. R. S. WHITE
On the entry of Mr. R. S. White, this being his seventy-eighth birthday:
(Questions answered orally are indicated by an asterisk).
EMPLOYMENT OF AGRICULTURAL STUDENTS ON EXPERIMENTAL FARMS
QUESTIONS PASSED AS ORDERS FOR RETURNS
BUREAU OF STATISTICS STAFF
Mr. ST-PERE:
Referring to the statement tabled by the Hon. Minister of Finance on February 26 containing the statement that 278 employees had been added to the staff of the bureau of 19331St'CS durillg tlle year ending March 31,
1. Were those employees appointed by the civil service commission?
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followed the list of eligibility according to rank of candidates?