1. Were tenders recently asked for the transport of mail by air from Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, to Lac la Ronge, Saskatchewan?

2. Were tenders also recently asked for the transport of mail by air from Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, to Ile-4-la-Crosse, Saskatchewan?

3. How many individuals or companies tendered for the service mentioned in question

(D?

4. How many individuals or companies tendered for the service mentioned in question (2)? 4

5. To whom or to what company was the contract for service mentioned in question (1) awarded?

6. To whom or to what company was the contract for service mentioned in question (2)

awarded?

7. Was the contract in each case awarded to the lowest tender?

1. Yes.

2. Yes.

3. 3 companies.

4. 3 companies.

5. Canadian Airways Limited.

6. Canadian Airways Limited.

7. Yes.

1. By whom was the contract for the buoy service at Barrington Passage held during 1934, and what was the contract price?

2. What was the work required to be done, the number of buoys and the rate per buoy?

3. Was the contractor required to clean and paint all can buoys and furnish all spar buoys including the iron work and stone anchor and pay for all paint out of the flat rate per buoy?

4. Has any change been made in respect to

this contract for the period beginning July 1. 1935? 8

5. If so, to whom has the contract been awarded, and at what rate, and for how long?

6. Is the new contractor required to do all the work which was required under the previous contract, and if not what are the exceptions?

1. Harold E. Crowell; $510 yearly.

2. Maintain 9 can buoys, 13 conical buoys, and 29 spar buoys; lump sum for the lot.

3. Yes, out of the contract price.

4. Yes, for period beginning July 2, 1935.

5. Albert W. Stoddart; $425; three years.

6. Yes, no exceptions.

1. What were the gross receipts of the Canadian National Railways in 1930, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1934, and in 1935, to date?

2. What were the gross receipts of the Canadian Pacific Railway during the same period? [DOT]

Questions

1. Canadian National system.

2. Canadian Pacific Railway.

1930.

1932

1934

s

(to June 21)

250,968,101

200,505,162

161,103,594

148,519,742

164,902,502

75,892,000

190,100,272

147,846,119

123,936,714

114,269,688

125,542,955

53,339,000

1. Was a contract awarded' in 1930 by the Department of Public Works, to Messrs. Lemelin & Levasseur, or Henri Lemelin, J. A. Levasseur or Georges Bitner, for repairing, improving or constructing of a wharf or buildings at Grosse lie?

2. What contracts were let, for what amounts and what were the names of the contractors, in connection with repairs, improvement or construction work done by the Department of Public Works at Grosse lie?

3. What are the names of those who signed the said contracts?

1. No.

2. (a) Contract for renovation and repairs to buildings at quarantine station let to Joseph Dorval on September 23, 1930, at $7,374.82; (b) Contract for repairs to wharf let to Lemelin & Brousseau on July 2, 1930, at unit prices amounting to approximately $7,756.

3. (a) Joseph Dorval, contractor, witnessed by J. E. Gravelle and Emile Dorval; S. E. O'Brien, for Deputy Minister of Public Works; N. Desjardins, secretary, Department of Public Works, (b) Lemelin & Brousseau, contractor, witnessed by Georges Bittner and Arthur Levasseur; S. E. O'Brien, for Deputy Minister of Public Works; N. Desjardins, secretary, Department of Public Works.

Mr. A. W. NEILL (Comox-Albemi):

Mr. Speaker, I have received a wire from a local organization of the blind in British Columbia in connection with the grant of $50,000 in the supplementary estimates. They ask if this grant is to be regarded as separate from or a substitute for the enactment of legislation at this session.

Hon. E. N. RHODES (Minister of Finance):

This is a special grant and has no reference to any other grant or vote. It is designed to assist the organization in liquidating the very heavy overdraft which they have at present.

Mr. NEILL:

I should like to inquire of

the Prime Minister (Mr. Bennett) if it is the intention to bring down legislation at this session to provide pensions for the blind.

Right Hon. R. B. BENNETT (Prime Minister):

I promised that I would make

a statement when I had an opportunity to prepare it, but that opportunity has not presented itself as yet. I hope to be able to make this statement to-morrow.

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