Mr. LAPOINTE (Quebec East):

Mr. Speaker, may I give an oral answer to this question? The same question is asked almost every session, although the answer is very clear. The Military Service Act, 1917, is spent. It ceased to be in force after demobilization, following the conclusion of the war and the completion and fulfilment of the consequential provisions of the act. It is noted as being spent in the revised statutes of Canada, 1927, volume 5, appendix 1. The French word is perimee. I do not see why periodically this question is being asked.

So far as the second part of the question is concerned, Sir Wilfrid Laurier died before the first session following the war, so that he could not make any statement about it. Sir Robert Borden may have made statements, but I do not know about them.

1. What revenue was received by the government during the year 1936 from the -06 wharfage per ton on grain received into the private elevators of Sorel?

fMr. I. Mackenzie.]

2. Since when have wharfage charges been made on grain received in the port of Sorel, and what amount was collected in this connection during 1936?

3. What are the rates of wharfage charges

on grain in the ports of: (a) Sorel; (b) Quebec; (c) Montreal? _

4. What revenue was received by the government during 1936 from wharfage on grain received in the ports of: (a) Sorel; (b) Quebec; (cl Montreal?

5. What quantity of grain, in bushels, was

received and stored, during the year 1936, in the ports of: (a) Sorel; (b) Quebec; (c)

Montreal?

6. What is the storage capacity for grain,

in bushels, in the ports of: (a) Sorel; (b)

Quebec; (c) Montreal?

1. $8,696.18.

2. October 1, 1936. $8,696.18.

3. (a), (b) and (c). Six cents per ton of 2,000 pounds.

4. (a) Sorel, $8,606.18; Ob) Quebec, $12,019.14; (c) Montreal, $138,574.70.

5. (a) Sorel, 22,751,693 bushels; (b) Quebec, 6,111,765 bushels; (c) Montreal 79,404,903 bushels.

6. (a) Sorel, 3,000,000 bushels; (b) Quebec, 4,000,000 bushels; (c) Montreal, 15,162,000 bushels.

1. What were the original insurance rates on cargo and ships on the Hudson Bay route?

2. When, and by how much have such rates been reduced up to the present?

3. How do such rates now compare with similar rates on the St. Lawrence route?

4. Is the government taking any steps to have the insurance rates on the Hudson Bay route reduced to a parity with those on the St. Lawrence route?

1. Has the government reached a decision upon the question of permitting coal dealers to unload, in the port of Montreal, at points between Boulevard Pie IX and the works of the Canadian Vickers Company, or further east?

2. Have there been negotiations upon this question?

3. If so, with what results?

Mr. HOWE:

No representations have

been received.

1. How many airplanes have been purchased by or for the Department of National Defence from Great Britain, i.e. from the government or British manufacturers, in the twelve months previous to February 1, 1937?

2. How many of the said airplanes were sent to the Dominion air force at Trenton, Ontario?

3. How many flying hours have been credited to each of the said planes that were sent to Trenton?

4. Are any of the said planes defective? If bo, how many?

1. (a) Four Blackburn "Shark II" torpedo-spotter reconnaissance aircraft were ordered in 1935 but were delivered during the twelve months previous to February 1, 1937. Three aircraft of the same type were ordered in April, 1936; delivery of these has not yet been made.

(b) Six Westland "Wapiti IIA" day bomber aircraft (used) were purchased from the air ministry in 1935, and delivered in Canada during the twelve months previous to February 1, 1937.

2. Three of the Shark aircraft referred to in (a) above.

3. Eight hours, six and one-half hours and five hours respectively for the three aircraft.

4. Some not unexpected difficulties have arisen, partly due to the Canadian winter climate and partly to inexperience of this equipment on the part of the Royal Canadian Air Force personnel. These ipatters are being righted.

1. How many prisoners are there in each of the penitentiaries in Canada?

2. What is the cost of maintenance, per capita, of prisoners in each penitentiary?

1. On January 31st, 1937, there were the following number of prisoners in the respective penitentiaries, exclusive of those on the register but not actually in the penitentiary:

Kingston 719

St. Vincent de Paul 883

Dorchester 364

Manitoba 291

Saskatchewan 390

British Columbia 275

Collin's Bay 202

Total 3,124

In addition to the above there were 123 convicts on the register of the different penitentiaries but not included in the above

total, as follows:

Kingston 41

St. Vincent de Paul 45

Dorchester 13

Manitoba 4

Saskatchewan 15

British Columbia 5

Collin's Bay 0

Total 123

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2. Kingston $1.74

St. Vincent de Paul 1-85

Dorchester 2.11

Manitoba 2.84

British Columbia 3.58

Saskatchewan 2.56

Collin's Bay 4.43

All Penitentiaries 2.33

Year ending March 31st, 1936.