Mr. FOULIOT:

On February 7, 1933, was Canada's coat-of-arms placed on an automobile privately owned by one of the ministers?

2. If so, on which one and in virtue of what authority?

3. Is it still there?

4. If not, since when and why?

1. No.

2, 3 and 4. Answered by No. 1.

Mr. STEWART (Leeds):

Not by Department of Public Works.

1. At what date did the government impose a tax on hay for export?

2. At what date was the said tax removed?

3. Following the removal of this tax was any provision made, at the same time, to exempt the hay merchants from securing a special permit from the department to export their hay to the United States?

Mr. WEIR (Melfort):

So far as the Department of Agriculture is concerned:

1. No tax imposed.

2. Answered by No. 1.

3. Answered by No. 1.

1. Does the federal Department of Agriculture employ inspectors to keep a check on butter makers and see to it that butter is not adulterated ?

2. If so, what is the number of inspectors in each of Canada's large cities, from Halifax to Vancouver?

3. How many warrants were issued against butter makers charged with adulterating butter in each of the previously indicated cities during the years 1931, 1932, 1933, and 1934?

4. How many of such butter makers were convicted and fined for adulterating butter?

5. How many pounds of adulterated butter were seized in each of Canada's large cities during the years 1931, 1932, 1933, and 1934?

6. What ingredients did the analyst discover in the adulterated butter, and what is the method generally employed' by butter makers in connection with the adulteration of butter?

1. No.

2. Answered by No. 1.

3. Complaints laid against manufacturers:

Quebec, Que. . 1931 .. 15 1932 3 1933 2 1934 3Montreal, Que. .. 11 9 6 3Ottawa, Ont. .. .. 1 _ _ 1Toronto, Ont.. .. 1 1 1 1London, Ont.. .. - 2 . _Hamilton, Ont. .. - - - 1

4. Convictions secured against manufacturers:

1931 1932 1933 1934Quebec, Que. . .. 15 3 2 3Montreal, Que. .. 6 9 6 3Ottawa, Ont. .. .. 1 - _ 1Toronto, Ont.. .. 1 1 1 1London, Ont.. .. _ 2 - Hamilton, Ont. .. - - - 15. Quantity of butter confiscated: 1931 1932 1933 1934lbs. libs. lbs. libs.Montreal, Que. . 1,455 2,128 64* 326. Water, in- excess of the legal maximum of sixteen per cent; salt in quantity sufficient to reduce the percentage of fat below the legal minimum of eighty per cent; foreign fat.

Adulteration of butter by manufacturers is almost exclusively done by churning the butter so as to contain more than the legal maximum of sixteen per cent water or by adding salt to the extent that the fat content of the butter is reduced below the legal minimum of eighty per cent.

Adulteration by the addition of fat other than that of milk, in so far as practised, is usually performed by mixing butter already manufactured with foreign fats.

1. Has the letter carrier delivery system been introduced in any part of the township of Nepean, Carleton county, during the past year?

2. If so, in what part of it?

3. Where does the letter carrier system now exist in this township?

4. Is it contemplated to extend the system in this township during the present year, and if so, in what part?

1. Yes.

2. Richmond road area, Ottawa West and Westboro.

3. In addition to the area mentioned in 2, delivery is given to the Island Park driveway and to residences between the city limits and Island Park drive.

4. No decision has been reached.

1. Was tariff item 1035 stricken out of the customs tariff schedule "B" in the budget tariff amendments in June, 1934?

Questions as Orders jor Returns

2. Have any rebates under tariff item 1035 been granted betwen June, 1934, and April 1, 1935?

3. If so, by what authority?

1. Yes.

2. Yes. In respect only of goods imported in good faith prior to the tariff changes for the use mentioned.

3. Ruling from office of Auditor (General on this particular item and opinion of Deputy Minister of Justice in respect to similar changes.

Mr. LAFLECHE:

What amount has been paid by the government in legal fees to Mr. Elie Beauregard, solicitor of Montreal, between 1921 and 1930?