Mr. SPEAKER:

I have a communication

to make to the house. Pursuant to your wishes I conveyed to Lady Aberdeen the

sympathy of the house expressed in this chamber on the passing of her husband, the late Lord Aberdeen, former Governor General of Canada, and have received from her the following reply:

House of Cromar,

Tarland, Aberdeenshire,

April 3, 1934.

Dear Mr. Speaker:

I beg you to accept yourself and to convey to the members of the Canadian House of Commons the most grateful thanks of my family and myself for the message of understanding sympathy which you have been good enough to convey to me on their behalf.

We are very sensible of the high honour paid to my late husband by the Prime Minister and the leader of the opposition and the leader of the Progressive party, all speaking so appreciatively of Lord Aberdeen's character and career, and I only wish he could himself have read the report of their speeches and heard of the unanimous resolution passed. He had a very deep love for Canada and it would indeed have been a joy to him to know that he was thus remembered by the House of Commons.

I can only beg you to believe that Lord Aberdeen's family and' friends do most keenly appreciate this signal mark of honour and affection.

Yours very sincerely,

Ishbel Aberdeen and Temair.

1. Is the south bank of the Beauharnois canal showing signs of erosion?

2. What will be the cost of the reconstruction of this bank?

3. Is the government undertaking any inquiry into the Jacques Cartier Company which last

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year was said to control approximately one million shares of Beauharnois Power common

stock?

4. If so, will such report be tabled?

Mr. MANION:

The answer to Nos. 1

and 2 of this question is no. The third and fourth questions the hon. gentleman might perhaps submit as a separate pair of questions, because they deal with another side of the matter.

Mr. SPEAKER:

The question will be redrafted.

1. How much money was paid out of the agricultural stabilization fund, established' in 1933, to exporters to Great Britain and Northern Ireland?

2. How much money was paid out of such fund to the exporters of each of the approved commodities mentioned in clause 2 of the regulations respecting such fund, approved by order in council of June 2, 1933, P.C. 973?

3. On what date in 1933 did the pound sterling become worth $4.60 or more in Canadian money?

4. During what period in 1933 were there exports from Canada by shippers who received payments out of such fund in respect of such

exports?

1. 836,040.18.

2. Cheese $ 5,451 85Bacon and hams

24,021 03Cattle

3,988 54Eggs

409 80Canned lobsters

2,010 57Canned salmon

158 393. June 20, 1933.

4. Exports on or after May 1, 1933, in respect of which sterling proceeds were transmitted on or after that date at less than the stabilized rate, were eligible.

Hon. H. H. STEVENS (Minister of Trade and Commerce):

May I reply to a query yesterday by the hon. member for Weyburn (Mr. Young). The explanation of the point raised is this. When returns are called for affecting more than one department, the two departments or more affected send their replies to the Secretary of State and then they are tabled. In this instance, the Secretary of State tabled the reply, but the figures were of two departments, and all that is necessary is to add the two together. I will accommodate my hon. friend by doing that now. Bureau of Statistics: 13,000 in English and 4,500 in French; King's Printer, 2,300 in

English and 60 in French, or a total of 15,300 in English and 4,560 in French. Those retained by the King's Printer are for sale upon demand.