1. What flag will Canada display as a distinct national emblem at the coronation ceremony of His Majesty King George VI, on May 12, 1937?

2. Has Canada, a self-governing community within the British commonwealth of nations, a recognized distinctive national flag?

3. Have Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, the Irish Free State, all self-governing communities within the British commonwealth of nations, recognized distinctive national flags?

4. Has India a national flag?

5. What colonies, with or without some degree of representative government, have their own distinctive flags?

1. It is proposed to display, as the Canadian standard, the Arms of Canada granted by royal proclamation dated November 21, 1921, with the royal crown at the staff.

2. Canada has not a recognized distinctive national flag. The red ensign with the Arms of Canada in the fly is used on vessels of the Canadian mercantile marine. The blue ensign is used on vessels belonging to the dominion of Canada. By order in council of the 26th January, 1924, authority was given for the flying of the red ensign with the Arms of Canada in the fly on suitable occasions from all buildings owned or occupied by the Canadian government and situated outside Canada. This flag is flown from the high commissioner's office in London and the Canadian legations abroad.

3. Yes.

4. From the information available at present in the Department of External Affairs, no specific national flag has been laid down for India. As a matter of administrative practice the flag authorized for the viceroy is used as the distinctive flag of India. This flag is the union jack with, in the centre, a badge containing the Star of India and the Royal Crown. In addition, India makes use of the red and blue ensign with appropriate badge.

5. All colonies have distinctive badges which are applied to the union jack. In addition they make use of the red and blue ensign with appropriate badge.

1. Has the attention of the government been called to an address delivered before the Canadian club at Montreal by Gladstone Murray, general manager of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, on Monday, March 22. reported at length in the Montreal Gazette of Tuesday, March 23, announcing the new national policy of the commission?

2. Was he then speaking with the authority of the commission or of the government or of both?

3. Will a copy of said address be laid on the table of the house?

1. No.

2 and 3. Answered by No. 1.

1. How many tons of Canadian hay were exported in each month of 1935 and 1936?

2. To what countries was such hay exported?

3. What is the average price paid per ton f.o.b. Canadian ports by foreign importers?

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Mr. ROGERS:

1. and 2.

1. Exports of Hay from Canada by Countries (By Months-January-Deeember, 1935) (Tons of 2,000 pounds)

Countries

To United Kingdom

Bermuda

British Straits Settlements..

British Guiana

British Honduras

Barbados

Jamaica

Trinidad and Tobago

Other Br. West Indies....

Hong Kong

Newfoundland

China

Cuba

St. Pierre and Miquelon.

Dutch East Indies

United States

Puerto Rico

Total Domestic Exports.

January

68

303

9,149

10,008

February

89

19,263

19,417

March

192

31

18,799

19,711

April

4

1

38

8,168

8,430

May

1,452

6

1

19

2

4

9,717

11,971

June

3,954

6

1

5

2,536

7,279

July

4,986

10

1

14

14

490

6,175

August

3,233

10

253

9

3,852

September

1,826

7

10

93

2,943

October

1,668

9

1

5

6 10

1,321

450

240

3,984

November

3,850

7

1,354

1,250

186

7,154

December

1,632

7

31

5

1

103

47

3,233

2232 COMMONS

Questions

2. Exports of Hay from Canada by Countries (By Months-January-December, 1936)

(Tons of 2,000 pounds)

Countries January February March April May June July August Septem- ber October Novem- ber Decem- berTo United Kingdom 137 257 390 2,376 4,265 4 039 8,082 9,447 7,506 5,223 4,944Irish Free State 27 Bermuda 29 124 180 110 334 253 225 202 183 271 284 929British Straits Settlements.... 6 8 1 1 6 5 7 11 18 9 17 9British Guiana 4 5 11 21 13 28British Honduras 1 1 Barbados 2 30 38 49 5 3 Jamaica 1 32 13 10 5 Trinidad and Tobago 3 3 16 2 3 2 3 3 2 Hong Kong 20 5 10 26 3 Newfoundland 261 126 322 100 368 201 311 438 783 791 292 486China 2 1 10 1 2 1 9 9 2 10 1 1Cuba 648 87 990 190 38 26 12 10 2 16 53 60 100 Panama 24 14 United States 379 600 1,039 522 507 593 1,951 6,565 12,503 11,147 13,319 21,469Hawaii 17Philippine Islands 3 Puerto Rico 28 30 40 12 53 39 117

Total Domestic Exports... 698 1,063 1,876 1,177 3,680 6,049 6,620 15,466 24,017 20,107 19,867 27,370

3. 1935 - $10.38 per ton. 1936 - $ 7.73 per ton.

Questions

Questions as Orders for Returns

1. How much money has been expended by the federal government directly in the form of direct relief in the Peace river country, since October, 1935?

2. How was this money spent?

3. Has any money in any form, calculated to assist unemployment, been spent in the Peace river country since October 15, 1935?

4. Has the government given any assistance to farmers in the Peace river country because of drought conditions, since October, 1935?

5. What financial assistance, if any, has been given the citizens of the Peace river country in any form, since October 15, 1935?

6. Has any grant been made by the federal government to the province of Alberta as a contribution to road work in the Peace river country?

7. If so, how much, and when was it paid?

8. Was any road building or road improving project within the Peace river country submitted to the federal government by the government of the province of Alberta?

9. If so, was it approved or was any project approved?

Mr. PELLETIER:

What amounts have been loaned directly by the federal government or what loans backed by a federal guarantee have been made to: (1) the province of Alberta; (2) the province of Saskatchewan; (3) the province of Manitoba, since October 15, 1935?

1. How many of the 11 returned men under forty years of age on the lay-off list in the Interior department were on the staff at Ottawa, and what are their names?

2. How many of said returned men were employed in provinces other than Ontario, and in what province or provinces?

3. How many of these men were seasonal or part-time employees; what are their names, and what province do they come from?

4. What are the names, the departments assigned to, the date of permanent appmntments of each of the 78 persons who received permanent appointments in the calendar year 1936 by the Civil Service Commission from the Department of Interior lay-off list?

5. How many of the 78 permanent appointments made from the Interior department layoff list by the Civil Service Commission during the calendar year 1936 were holding temporary positions before being appointed to permanent positions?

6. How many individuals are involved in the 69 temporary assignments made from the Department of Interior lay-off list by the Civil Service Commission during the calendar year 1936?

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7. How many individuals from the Interior department lay-off list lost their temporary positions during the calendar year 1936?

8. What amount of money has been paid in each calendar year as superannuation to each of the 11 returned men under forty years of age on the lay-off list of the Interior department who have not been assigned to any position and are shown to have been superannuated?