Mr. DONNELLY:

What department?

Mr. HANSON (York-Sunbury):

The income tax.

Mr. DONNELLY:

The Minister of National Revenue has just told us there was nothing received.

_ Mr. HANSON (York-Sunbury): Then that is correct.

Mr. RHODES moved:

Resolved, that towards making good the supply granted to His Majesty on account of certain expenses of the public service for the fiscal year ending 31st March, 1936, the sum of $16,359,978.34 be granted out of the consolidated revenue fund of Canada.

Mr. RHODES:

Mr. Speaker, the Senate committee has finished its deliberations and

the Senate has reconvened. I am expecting a message momentarily from the Senate and the Prime Minister will be here presently. I think it might be possible to continue to see if we cannot conclude in the next few minutes.

Mr. SPEAKER:

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

Ottawa, July 5, 1935.

Sir,

I have the honour to inform you that His Excellency the Governor General will proceed to the Senate chamber to-day at 2.15 p.m. for the purpose of proroguing the present session of parliament.

I have the honour to be sir,

Your obedient servant,

F. L. C. Pereira,

Assistant Secretary to the Governor General.

Mr. SPEAKER:

I have the honour to inform the house that the following message has been received from the Senate:

Ordered' that a message be sent to the House of 'Commons to acquaint that house that the Senate do insist upon its first amendment to Bill No. 79, an act to amend the Combines Investigation Act, to which the House of Commons has disagreed, for the following reasons:-That the whole intent and purpose and letter of the Combines Investigation Act has to do with the restriction of trade and commerce, and the bill in many other particulars shows that it is carefully and strictly following out that purpose. It deviated from it only in this one point. Its constitutional justification is trade' and commerce.

And that the Senate do not insist upon its third amendment to which the House of Commons has disagreed.

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

As will be remembered, the Senate yesterday afternoon suggested amending our bill by adding after the word "combination" the words "having relation to any commodity which may be the subject of trade or commerce." In view of the explanations that have been given and the reasons that have now been read, it would appear that a combination within the terms of this statute contemplated some dealing with a commodity. Plumbing, to which an hon. member referred yesterday is a service, but I am now informed that it had also to do with plumbing fixtures in connection with the combination where an effort was being made to operate

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illegally. Under these circumstances I am disposed to move that the house concur in the amendment of the Senate. The third amendment to which reference has just been made is that in which we indicated to the Senate our desire to continue the use of the word "likely" rather than the word "designed.". The Senate has now agreed to that word remaining as it was in the bill as it left the house. I think that is all the matter that was not disposed of yesterday. I move second reading and concurrence in- the first amendment by the Senate to Bill No. 79.

Motion agreed to; amendment read the second time and concurred in.