1. When was the post office building at Brampton, Ontario, constructed?

2. What was its original cost?

3. Upon what dates, and in what amounts was additional money spent upon said building by way of alterations, additions, improvements, renovations and repairs?

4. Will further expenditure be made on said building during the year 1938?

5. If so, for what purposes will this further expenditure be made?

1. 1889-1890.

2. $29,096.38 (including cost of site $4,000).

3.1891-1892 .. ..$ 17 141892-1893 46 101893-1894 156 261894-1895 181 181895-1896 12 101896-1897 30 501898-1899 35 101899-1900 62 001900-1901 155 001901-1902 11 251902-1903 129 761903-1904 514 251905-1906 60 781906-1907 907 631907-1908 480 061908-1909 102 391909-1910 214 521910-1911 57 341911-1912 1,210 971912-1913 159 401913-1914 5,061 581914-1915 5,368 081915-1916 824 591916-1917 870 341917-1918 32 251919-1920 22 201920-1921 24 411921-1922 1.447 571922-1923 125 431923-1924 113 251925-1926 123 021926-1927 219 981927-1928 3,445 261928-1929 386 071929-1930 638 991930-1931 126 731933-1934 259 451934-1935 2,263 601935-1936 1,386 261936-1937 79 93Total.. .. .. ..$ 27,362 72

4 and 5. Matter under consideration by Post Office Department.

1. What are the names of the companies which hold the capital stock in the branch line railway operated by the Canadian National Railways system between Farnham, Granby and Waterloo, province of Quebec?

2. What was the gross revenue of this railway? (a) How much was derived from Granby? (b) In what year was the station at that point erected ?

3. Does this branch line furnish any profit to the Canadian National Railways after paying expenses of operation?

4. Has the Canadian National Railways system any interest in the Montreal and Southern Counties Electric Railway?

5. Is there a deficit in operating this system? If so, what is the annual amount?

Questions

1. The line forms part of the Stanstead, Shefford and Chambly Railroad Company, the capital stock of which company is held by the Centmont Corporation. The capital stock of the Centmont Corporation is held by the Central Vermont Railway, Inc. The capital stock of the Central Vermont Railway Inc., is held by the Canadian National Railway Company.

2. No separate accounting is maintained for this line; (a) This is a question of internal management and it is not the policy of the railway to make such information public; (b) About 1888.

3. See answer to No. 2.

4. The Canadian National Railway Company owns 62-1 per cent of the capital stock of the Montreal and Southern Counties Railway Company.

5. The operation of the Montreal and Southern Counties Railway before taxes and income charges resulted in a deficit of $60,910.69 in 1937. The corresponding result for 1936 was $63,449.02.

1. Has the Canadian National Railways system purchased by private arrangement certain lands between Pointe Calumet and the village of Oka, in the county of Two Mountains?

2. If so, for what purpose were these lands acquired?

3. What did they cost the railway company?

1. Yes.

2. To provide for a proposed extension of the existing spur to reach sand desposits and sand beaches on the north shore of the lake of Two Mountains.

3. $29,904.

1. 1934-35

Head Office

$ 20,263 19P E.I

2.105 19NJ3

4,738 02N.B

5,979 86Quebec

54,905 32Ontario

55,553 56Manitoba

20,902 06Saskatchewan

52.209 03Alberta

40,263 79B.C

12,221 67

1. What radio equipment and facilities will be provided at the municipal airports at Toronto island and Malton, Ontario?

2. Will such equipment and facilities be provided at the expense of the dominion government? If not, who will bear said expenses?

3. Will the appointment of radio operators at the said airports rest with the dominion government? If not, who will appoint them?

4. If said appointments are to be made by the dominion government, will they be made by the civil service commission?

1. The Department of Transport are now constructing and will maintain and operate a radio range station which will serve both airports.

2. Trans-Canada Air Lines will install, maintain and operate the two-way communication sets necessary.

3. The appointment of radio operators for the radio range station will rest with the Department of Transport; The appointment of the radio operators required for the twoway communication service will rest with Trans-Canada Air Lines.

4. The radio operators employed by the Department of Transport will be appointed by the Civil Service Commission.

1. What has been the cost, by provinces, of the administration of the Farmers' Creditors Arrangement Act, each year since its inception, to date?

2. What is the total amount paid by the government to date for legal services in connection with the administration of the said act'

April 1,1937, to

1935-36 1936-37 Feb. 28,1938$ 31.458 21 S 26,106 74 $ 24.108 4221,616 20 37,192 58 19,600 739.393 58 4,958 76 4,810 4630.333 02 26.164 22 20,534 74134.313 43 89.430 27 69,169 20132,484 79 110,404 86 80,500 0478.083 46 67.669 34 48,738 49134,231 98 97.307 27 79,825 25110,194 39 80.289 08 73.517 5331,015 40 15,792 48 9,581 41$713,124 46 $555,315 60 $430,386 27

Total.. , 2. $12,653.21.

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