Mr. SPEAKER:

I have the honour to inform the house that I have received the following letter:

Ottawa, March 28, 1934.

Sir,-I have the honour to inform you that Right Hon. Sir Lyman P. Duff, acting as the deputy of His Excellency the Governor General, will proceed to the Senate chamber to-day at 5 p.m. for the purpose of giving the royal assent to certain bills.

F. L. C. Pereira,

Deputy Assistant Secretary

to the Governor General.

1. How many seizures were made by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police in Prince Edward Island under the Customs Act in the calendar year 1933?

2. How many seizures were made by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police in Prince Edward Island under the Excise or Inland Revenue Act in 1933?

3. What kind of goods were seized, giving quantity and value of each?

1. Seventy-nine (79).

2. Thirty-one (31).

3. Customs Act-

Quantity Appraised Value

Vessels .. 4 $1,250 00Automobiles.. . .. 9 1,900 00Rum .. 220 gallons 660 00Alcohol.. .. ..50 " 50 00Whiskey.. .. ..53 " 795 00Miscellaneous articles . 1 5 00

Appraised

Excise Act- Quantity ValueBeer 150 gallons $ 32 15Mash . 132 it 15 70Rum . 127 It 9 00Illicit Spirits.. . . 20 it 554 00Alcohol . 99 (C 126 00Whiskey . 43 it 245 00Complete Stills. Miscellaneous . 9 8 50articles 9 20 45

1. Who is the chief of the office of the telephone service in the Magdalen islands at the present time?

2. When was he appointed?

3. Is he under the jurisdiction of the Civil Service Commission?

4. What is his salary?

5. What is the total number of telephone subscribers in the Magdalen islands?

6. How many persons, if any, have not paid their telephone subscription for the past two years?

7. What is the name of each such person?

Mr. POULIOT:

For a copy of order in council, P.C. 2436, of November 29, 1933, respecting the appointment of Edgar Boutet as executive secretary in the office of the Postmaster General.

Mr. POUDEOT:

For a copy of all correspondence exchanged between Mr. A. J. Morin and any other person on the one hand, and the Post Office Department as well as the office of the Prime Minister, on the other, respecting the carriage of the mail to Pied du Lac, Boisvert, Les Etroits and Belanger Siding, county of Temiscouata, since 1930.

Mr. ILSLEY:

For a copy of all correspondence since September 23, 1926, between any of the governments of the maritime provinces or any premiers, ministers or departments in such governments, and the government of the Dominion of Canada, or any prime minister, minister or department in such government, or any board of audit appointed by the dominion government, relating to revision of the financial arrangements between the dominion government and the maritime provinces and the reassessment of

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provincial subsidies mentioned in subsection 6 of section I of the report of the Royal Commission on Maritime Claims of which Sir Andrew R. Duncan was chairman.

Mr. CHEVRIER (for Mr. Boucher):

For a copy of all contracts, letters, correspondence and paylists, respecting the construction work performed in 1930, and the reconstruction or repairing of the retaining wall opposite the convent of the Grey Nuns, in the Abenakis village, in the Indian reservation, county of Yamaska; also a copy of all reports of inspection respecting the acceptance, defects and renewal of such work.

Mr. PIERRE CASGRAIN (Charlovoix-Saguenay) (Translation):

Mr. Speaker, has

the hon. Minister of Marine (Mr. Duranleau) been able to obtain the information which I requested about ten days ago? Where can navigators and seamen, especially those of Quebec, obtain books in French relating to marine charts and clearance papers?