Mr. GRAYDON:

How many gallons of, (a) milk, (b) cream, were exported to the United States from Canada in each month since January 1, 1939?

Mr. EULER:

(a) January: milk, 248 gallons; cream, nil.

(b) February: milk, 248 gallons; cream, nil.

1. How many settlers under the Soldier Settlement Act have taken advantage of the dollar for dollar bonus during each of the fiscal years 1937-38 and 1938-39?

2. What amount was credited to these accounts during each of the two years, (a) in bonus, (b) in cash?

3. During each of the said years, (a) how many met their payments in full; (b) how many completed their contracts; (c) how many holdings reverted to the board?

1. 1937-38, 7,672; 1938-39, 3,174.

2. (a) 1937-38, $840,685.38; 1938-39, $264,422.09; (b) 1937-38, $1,419,163.73; 1938-39,

3. (a) 1937-38, 4.394; 1938-39, 3,480; (b)

1937- 38, 294; 1938-39, 232; (c) 1937-38, 664;

1938- 39, 477.

The above answers include soldier, civilian and British family settlers.

1. Who are the present members of the national harbours board?

2. For how long are members of the harbours board appointed?

3. What is the salary paid to each?

1. R. O. Campney, Colonel A. E. Dubuc, B. J. Roberts.

2. Ten, nine and eight years respectively.

3. $10,000 per annum.

aid to maritime fishermen

Mr. BROOKS:

[DOT]

1. Under what policy does the Department of Fisheries give aid to the fishing industry and the fishermen of the maritime provinces?

2. Does the same policy apply to the three provinces, or is there a different policy for Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island ?

3. WTiat amount of money did the federal government give to each of the provincial governments in the maritimes for expenditure among the fishermen in the years 1937 and 1938?

4. Wrhat amount did the provincial governments contribute in each of these years?

5. What check has the federal government on the expenditure of the money it contributes?

6. What facilities have the federal government for knowing that the provincial governments put up their share of the money?

Mr. RINFRET:

On April 5 a reply was

given to this question. The information then furnished was not complete, and I now table the complete reply, with some information from the Department of Labour.

Mr. JOHNSTON (Bow River):

For a copy of all correspondence, letters, telegrams and other documents, dated from January, 1935, to April 1, 1939, exchanged between the Department of Public Works, the Post Office Department and C. R. Walrod of Rockyford, Alberta.

Mr. McLARTY:

Mr. Speaker, this motion is somewhat more restricted than the motion originally placed on the order paper. It is, however, still quite broad in its terms in respect to the two departments which it specifies. There is no objection to the motion, as far as the Post Office Department is concerned, but I would like the hon. member for Bow River (Mr. Johnston) to realize that it is going to involve the investigation of many hundreds of files; so that unless he cares to specify what he requires with more particularity I think he will have to be patient in regard to the time that may be required to bring down the return to the order.

Mr. JOHNSTON (Bow River) :

I do not

think there could be a great deal of correspondence between this one person and the Post Office Department. I have made the request more specific, as the Prime Minister (Mr. Mackenzie King) suggested the other day, in that I have limited it to these two departments. I do not want to put the departments to any unnecessary work, but I am much interested in getting a copy of this correspondence.

Mr. McLARTY:

I do not know whether

there is a great volume of correspondence or not. I do not know whether there is any, but in order to eliminate the possibility of any correspondence being overlooked we must go through a great number of files.

Mr. STEVENS:

Check over the index.

Mr. McLARTY:

I do not think any index is kept under the name of each individual writing the department. However, I am satisfied to let the order go with that explanation and on this understanding.