1. Have W. R. Kinsman, senior official receiver, province of Saskatchewan; Walter Burns, official receiver, Regina district; and James Paul, registrar of the board of review, been dismissed?

2. If so, were their services not satisfactory, and in what particular?

3. Have these positions been filled?

4. If so, by whom and on whose recommendation?

1. Yes.

2. A change was considered desirable in the public interest.

3. Yes.

4. Edwin Sneath, Edward Lovell and Charles W. Hoffman have been appointed pursuant to the Farmers' Creditors Arrangement Act on the authority of the governor in council.

1. Did the dominion government organize in 1935 a number of geological surveys under the direction of the Department of Mines?

2. How many students took part in these surveys last summer?

3. How many of such students, so employed, were French Canadians?

1. Yes.

2. Five hundred and forty-six.

3. Twenty-five. It might be added that in organizing geological field parties of the Department of Mines, it is the practice to employ students proceeding to a degree in geology or mining engineering and who have completed at least two years of their course. These appointments are made on merit and, on first employment, the recommendation of a member of the faculty of the university is a consideration when rating a candidate. In the French Canadian universities little emphasis is placed on geological or mining engineering courses, with the result that it is difficult to secure from them students qualified in these branches of learning.

1. Has the government appointed an assistant, to the chief electoral officer, and, if so, who was appointed, and at what salary?

2. Is he related to Alfred D. Stewart, the president of the West Ottawa Liberal Association, and, if so, what is the relationship?

3. How old is he?

4. Is he a married man?

5. Where does he live?

6. When did the position become vacant?

7. Is he a war veteran?

1. (a) Yes. (b) Donald Stewart, (c) $3,120 per annum less five percent deduction under Salary Deduction Act.

2. (a) Yes. (b) Son.

3. Twenty-six years of age.

4. No.

5. 251 Clemow avenue, Ottawa.

6. July 1, 1927.

7. No.

1. Who holds the position of postmaster at Manyberries, Alberta?

2. On whose recommendation did he obtain the appointment?

3. Is he a Canadian or imperial returned soldier?

4. How is he remunerated?

5. How much did his predecessor receive in the year 1934 ?

6. Who has the contract to carry mail from the station to the post office at Manyberries Alberta ?

7. How did he receive his appointment, by tender or otherwise ?

8. Who recommended him?

9. How much does he receive for his services ?

1. R. M. Hedley.

2. Dr. F. W. Gershaw.

3. Imperial returned soldier.

Questions

4. By percentage on post office revenue, based on scale governing all revenue post offices.

5. $1,036.38, out of which $36.38 was deducted under the statutory deduction act, leaving a net amount paid, $1,000 for fiscal year commencing 1st April, 1934.

6. Charles E. Burr.

7. By tender.

8. No recommendation.

9. $281.47.

Mr. POULIOT:

When was the "draft of the proposed order in council regarding a loan to the Canadian Pacific Railway Company," referred to in a letter dated August 31, 1933, of the acting Prime Minister to the general manager of the Bank of Montreal (a) recommended to council; (b) prepared; (c) submitted to the council?