Mr. HYNDMAN:

How many farmers in Canada, to date, have applied for a loan under: (a) the Housing

Act; (b) the Home Improvement Act?

Mr. DUNNING:

Information not available.

Loan applications under the Dominion Housing Act and the Home Improvement plan which are rejected by the approved lending institutions are not forwarded to the Department of Finance. Therefore, the only records kept by the department are those of loans actually made.

1. How much time does the Canadian Radio Corporation devote to French programs in the province of Quebec?

2. How much time is devoted by the said corporation to English programs in the said province?

3. How much time is devoted by the said corporation to English programs in each of the other provinces?

4. How much time is devoted by the said corporation to French programs in each of the provinces other than Quebec?

Mr. HOWE:

The following information has been supplied by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation:

1. Thirteen hourst, forty-five minutes, weekly.

2. Nine hours, forty-five minutes, weekly.

3. Eastern network: Five hours, forty-five minutes, weekly. Eastern and midwest network: Two hours, weekly. Western network: Thirteen hours, weekly. National network: Eleven hours, forty-five minutes, weekly.

4. One hour, fifteen minutes, weekly.

1. Will coal dealers be permitted to unload, in the port of Montreal, at points between Boulevard Pie IX and the works of the Canadian Vickers, or further east?

2. If so, when?

1. If new docks are built in this area they may be used at least in part for the handling of coal.

2. Answered by No. 1.

1. Have plans and specifications been prepared for certain alterations, expansions and remodelling contemplated in connection with Bank of Canada building at Ottawa?

2. If so, who were the architects?

Questions

3. At what cities could these plans and specifications be seen?

4. Were they to be had at any point east of Montreal ?

5. If not, why?

6. What was the first date on which the plans were available?

7. What was the date on which tenders were to be received?

Mr. DUNNING:

As indicated by the honourable the Minister of Public Works in answer to a somewhat similar question on February 4th (Hansard, page 535), the new head office building of the Bank of Canada is being constructed by the bank for itself. If this inquiry were addressed directly to the Bank of Canada they, no doubt, would be glad to furnish the information desired.

1. Was the lighthouse at the mouth of the Credit river in Peel county destroyed by fire?

2. If so, on what date did the fire occur?

3. Has the said lighthouse been replaced?

4. If not, does the government contemplate rebuilding same?

1. Light in question was discontinued in 1919. The tower was destroyed by fire in July, 1936.

2. Answered by No. 1.

3. No.

4. Matter under consideration.

1. How many persons left Canada to take up permanent residence abroad in each of the following years: 1930, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1936?

2. How many of such persons left Canada for the British Isles in each of the above years, and how many for the United States?

Mr. CRERAR:

The department has not the information to answer this question. We do not keep any record of emigrants leaving Canada, consequently the question cannot be answered.

Question dropped.