1. Will a number of new cars be purchased this year for use of employees under the Prairie Farm Rehabilitation Act?

2. If so, how many, and will tenders be called?

1. Yes.

2. Number of cars required under consideration. Quotations will be secured from dealers.

1. Will a number of tractors be purchased during the coming spring for use under the Prairie Farm Rehabilitation Act?

2. If so, will tenders be called for bulk purchase or will they be bought from individual dealers?

3. Where will such tractors be used?

Questions

1. One.

2. Quotations will be secured from individual dealers.

3. Melita, Manitoba.

1. What quantity of butter was put into cold storage in Montreal during the month of February, 1939?

2. What quantity of butter was put into cold storage in Montreal during the first two weeks of March, 1939?

1. The quantity put into cold storage is unknown, but on February 1 and March 1 the stocks on hand in Montreal were as follows:

Creamery Dairy butter butter Totallb. lb. lb.February 1, 1939 9,354,444 17,515 9,371,959March 1, 1939 .. 7,243,298 12,000 7,255,298Deducting March 1 figures from those of February 1 there was a net "out-of-storage" movement during the month of February of: Creamery Dairy butter butter Totallb. lb. lb.2,111,146 5,515 2,116,6612. The quantity put into cold storage is unknown, and as stocks are only reported as at the opening of business on the first day of each month, the storage movement for the month of March will not be known until April.

1. What was the wholesale price of dairy butter in warehouse in Montreal during the years from 1926 to 1938, inclusive?

2. What were the exports of butter during

the calendar years 1936, 1937 and 1938, and January and February of 1939: (a) to the

United States; (b) to the United Kingdom; (c) to all other countries?

1. The estimated price of dairy butter sold in the province of Quebec in the years 1926 to 1938 is shown below:

Price Price

Year c per lb Year c per lb1926.. .. .. 290 1933.. .. .. 17-51927.. .. .. 320 1934.. .. .. 18-0192S.. .. .. 35-0 1935.. .. .. 19-31929.. .. 35-0 1936.. .. .. 21-01930.. .. .. 31-0 1937.. .. .. 2201931.. .. .. 24-0 1938.. .. .. 21-01932.. .. , .. 14-5

The wholesale prices of dairy butter in warehouses in Montreal for the above years are not available.

2. Exports to

United United OtherCalendar Kingdom States countriesyears cwt. cwt. cwt.1936 .. .. 44.330 184 6,7741937 .... 35,679 147 5,1401938 .. .. 33,688 38 5,208Months Jan., 1939 13,112 51 459Feb., 1939 23,584 36 580

Mr. LECLERC:

What physicians of the Canadian government, in Europe, will examine the German Sudetens who intend immigrating to Canada?

Mr. CRERAR:

Prospective Sudeten German immigrants to Canada will be medically examined by the Immigration Medical Officers of the Department of Pensions and National Health who are stationed on the Continent. These are:

Dr. A. M. Savoie, Hamburg; Dr. G. Audet, Antwerp; Dr. F. X. Duplessis, Paris.

If additional medical officers are required, the services of Dr. H. B. Jeffs and Dr. W. Egan, Medical Officers of the Department of Pensions and National Health stationed at London, may be utilized.

1. What was the total revenue of the dominion each year from 1928 to 1938, inclusive?

2. What was the total expenditure of the dominion for each of the same years?