Mr. CAMPBELL:

What is the amount of revenue received from the bullion tax levied on the gold producers in each of the provinces each month since the tax was put into effect?

Mr. RHODES:

British

Date Ontario Quebec Columbia1934- $ % $April

96,035 56 14,661 57 -May

536,130 08 38,936 77 21,147 66June

542,514 42 165,086 42 24,152 40July

555,008 06 50,330 57 26,045 40August

553,924 20 74,528 30 32,352 43September

500,442 32 57,271 23 42,040 80October

518,284 34 103,692 41 26,601 03November

515,202 69 70,581 35 35,495 75December

463,518 78 65,808 97 36,112 811935- January

586,641 90 93,076 98 38,086 004,867,702 35 733,974 57 282,034 28

The above totals are subject to adjustment in respect of income tax. IMr. Parent.]

Questions as Orders for Returns

LA BALE DBS HA! HA! QUE., HARBOUR MASTER

1. Who was the first harbour master of the harbour of la Baie des Ha! Ha! county of Chicoutimi ?

2. On what date was he appointed?

3. On what date was he dismissed and for what reason?

Mr. DURANLE.AU:

1. James W. Foster.

2. August 31, 1921.

3. He was not dismissed. On April 9, 1925, he tendered his resignation and it was accepted.

1. Were tenders called for by the government in 1934 or 1935 for a patrol boat for the R.C.M. Police?

2. If so, to whom was the contract awarded and at what price?

1. Yes.

In 1934.-(a) Patrol boat Acadian. Contract awarded to W. C. McKay & Sons Ltd. Shelburne, NS., $6,148.

(b) Birmal boat Advance-Contract awarded to the Crude Oil Engine and Engineering Co., Montreal, who hold the Canadian licence from the Birmal Boat Company, England, for building thus type of boat. Boat built by the Canadian Vickers, Montreal, P.Q., $4,950.

In 1935.-Improved Acadian type (now building)-60 foot. Contract first awarded to Wm. Heisler, Indian Point, NS., the lowest tenderer, but as he could not fulfil the terms of the contract, it was then awarded to the Shelburne Shipbuilders, Shelburne, N.S., the next lowest tenderers. Price $12,720, including sales tax.

1. How many miles of the trans-Canada highway remain: (a) unconetrueted; (b) partially constructed?

2. Of such, how many miles remain to be

completed: (a) in Ontario; (b) in British

Columbia?

3. What is the total estimated' cost of completing the trans-Canada highway?

4. Of such total cost, what is the estimated cost in: (a) Ontario; (b) British Columbia?

1. What were the quantities of butter imported into Canada during the years 1931

to 1934, inclusive, from (a) New Zealand; (b) Australia?

2. What were the prices of the butter each month during the above mentioned years at the Canadian port of entry?

3. What were the duties, dumping penalty, or other taxation imposed per pound each month during the above period?

Mr. CAHAN:

Return tabled herewith.

1. Has the federal government made an offer to the city of Montreal for the construction of an armoury in Baldwin park in the east end of that city?

2. If so, when was such offer made, through whom, and was it accepted?

3. Was the offer made subject to conditions?

4. If so, what are the conditions?

Mr. CAHAN:

Return tabled herewith. MOTIONS FOR PAPERS

NOTRE-DAME DE l'iSLE-VERTE, QUE.-WHARF ROAD

Mr. POULIOT:

For a copy of correspondence, reports, deeds, plans, sketches, relating to the building of a fence by the Department of Public Works last year, on the property of Mr. Dionne, on a road leading to the wharf at Notre-Dame de l'lsle-Verte, Quebec.