1. Under the prevailing system of rail grading of hogs, into how many grades do hog carcasses fall?

2. What is the base or foundation grade

called? .

3. What are the names of higher grades, if any?

4. What premium over the price for the base grade is paid for each higher grade?

5. What are the names of lower grades, if any?

6. What deduction from the price for the base grade is made for each lower grade?

7. How, and by whom, is the difference in each grade determined?

8. How, and by whom, are the differentials in the price paid for each grade determined?

1. There are five main quality grades for hog carcasses. Including all sub-divisions, there are fifteen different classifications.

2. "B 1" grade.

3. "A" grade.

4. One dollar per head premium is paid for "A" grade carcasses.

5 & 6. Deductions from basic grade: B 2 50 cents per head; B 3 $1.50 per head; C 1 $1 per head; C 2 $1 per head; C 3 $2 per head; D 1 $1.50 per head; D 2 $1.50 per head; D 3 $2.50 per head; light, $2.50 per head; heavy, $3 per head; extra heavy, $2 to $3 per cwt.; sows, approximately $5 per cwt.; E grade, at value.

Note: These deductions vary according to time and place. The above are believed to be in effect in Toronto at the present time.

7. The standards of quality for the various grades are established by the department, while the actual grading of carcasses is done by official graders appointed by the Civil Service Commission.

8. In 1922, the premium on the select bacon grade was established by agreement between the department and the joint swine committee, the membership of which includes representatives of various producers organizations. Subsequent modifications in the method of calculating the premium have been decided in the same way. On at least two occasions, general conferences of producers and live stock shippers were called to discuss grading and settlements for hogs and, in addition, provincial departments of agriculture were consulted.

The deductions on undesirable grades are established within the trade, between buyer and seller, according to the commercial value of the various qualities.

1. Has an agreement been reached between the dominion government and that of the province of Quebec on the subject of war refugees?

2. If so, what is the nature of such agreement?

3. Is such agreement the same for all the other provinces of Canada?

1. No formal agreement has been reached with the government of the province of Quebec on the subject of war refugees. There is, however, a general understanding between the dominion and all the provinces regarding the movement of British children from overseas to Canada. The understanding reached was that the children coming to Canada under this movement would be taken care of for the duration of the war. The provinces agreed to accept the responsibility for their placement and general aftercare, using the existing facilities in each province without cost to the dominion, the dominion agreeing to reimburse them for any additional costs they might incur.

2. Answered by No. 1.

3. Answered by No. 1.

1. Who has been named chief census officer for the county of Gaspe and the Magdalen islands?

2. By whom was he recommended for the position?

1. Gaspe North, Louis Marie Keable; Gaspe South and Magdalen Islands, Terrance Pidgeon.

2. The Minister of Trade and Commerce.

Questions

1. What are the names, addresses and amounts paid to each of the various firms or persons who received portions of the $40,147.57 for booklets and connecting work, in connection with the Canadian travel bureau, for the fiscal year 1939-40 ?

2. What festivals and celebrations, with addresses and amounts in each case, make up the $25,500 reported to have been so expended by the said bureau?

3. In each case, what form of assistance was given, stating whether it was in cash, advertising, purchase of booklets and printed matter, premiums and other devices?

1. Cockfield, Brown and Company, Limited, Montreal, P.Q., $40,147.57.

Item

Cocoanut oil, n.o.p., edible

Cotton seed oil, refined, edible for canning...

Cotton seed oil, n.o.p., edible

Olive oil, n.o.p., edible

Peanut oil, n.o.p., edible

Soya bean oil, n.o.p., edible

Castor oil

Cocoanut oil, not edible, for mfr. of soap....

Cotton seed oil for refining

Essential oil

Eucalyptus oil

Flaxseed or linseed oil

Foots of cotton seed

Olive oil for soap

Palm oil for soap

Peanut oil, crude, for refining

Peanut oil for manufacture of soap

Peppermint oil

Rape seed oil

Rosin oil

Soya bean oil for manufacturing soap

Vegetable oil, n.o.p., not edible

1. Have any permits been issued for the export of saw-logs to non-empire countries from British Columbia, under the orders issued by the lumber controller on July 6 last, or under order in council No. 7156 of December 4, 1940?

2. If permits have been issued, (a) what are the names of the companies in British Columbia to which permits were issued; (b) to what countries were such logs exported; (c) what quantities were exported?

1. No.

2. Answered by 1.

2. (a) Seventy-fifth anniversary of fathers of confederation conference, Charlottetown, P.E.I., $20,000. (b) Saguenay centennial celebration, Chicoutimi, P.Q., $5,000. (c) Annapolis Valley apple blossom festival, Kentville, N.S., $500.

3. Dominion grants in cash.

Mr. SENN:

What quantity of vegetable oil was imported into Canada from the United Kingdom for the calendar years 1938, 1939 and 1940?

Mr. MacKINNON (Edmonton West):

Imports from the United Kingdom of vegetable oils entered for consumption in Canadaduring the 1940:- calendar years 1938, 1939 andUnit 1938 1939 1940Gal. 10,091 12,197 Gal. 115,000 169,906 Gal. 930 19.291 Gal. 298 755 47Gal. 7,151 4.840 Gal. 56,139 30.194 Gal. 115.267 52,172 12,188Gal. 5,803 14 20,933Cwt. 140,419 36,734 ....Lb. 50,581 42,439 64,205Lb. 6 Cwt. 2,900 1,999 330Cwt. .... 74Gal. 230 Cwt. 17,214 17.581 Cwt. 715,775 236.952 Gal. 876.856 164,331 Lb. 4,566 2,904 3,760Gal. 20,927 9,946 3,909Gal. 6,030 3,126 4,568Gal. 4,656 5,809 Gal. 114,852 120.619 2,825