1. What was the total amount subscribed to the sixth victory loan?

2. W'hat was the total amount subscribed by each province?

3. What was the total number of subscribers, and what was the amount subscribed by those on the special names' list?

4. What was the total number and total amount subscribed by others?

5. What was the total cost of handling and servicing the loan, (a) commissions; (b) other payments to individuals for services rendered; (c) printing; (d) newspaper and periodical advertising; (e) radio advertising, and (f)

other expenses?

Mr. ILSLEY:

1. Are any gold reserves held by the chartered banks of Canada as backing for their currency?

2. Are any gold reserves held by the Bank of Canada as backing for its currency?

3. Have the gold reserves been transferred to the foreign exchange control board? If so, when?

4. Is this gold held at the present time by the foreign exchange control board?

5. If gold reserves are held by the foreign exchange control board, what connection with or control does the Bank of Canada have over it?

6. If gold reserves are held by the foreign exchange control board, what connection with or control does the federal government have over it?

7. Who is the actual owner of this gold?

1. No. .

2. No.

3. Yes, May 1, 1940.

4. Section 10(1) of the Exchange Fund Act, chapter 60 of the statutes of Canada, 1935, provides-

"No person employed in the service of His Majesty or of the Bank of Canada shall com-munciate or allow to be communicated to any person not legally entitled thereto under the provisions of this act or by direction of the minister, any information with respect to the operation of the said special account, or allow any such person to inspect or have access to any written statement with respect to the said account."

5. The Bank of Canada was appointed technical adviser to the foreign exchange control board under the foreign exchange control order

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and by agreement with the board is authorized to act as agent or banker for the board and to deal in foreign exchange and otherwise assist or act on behalf of the board. (Section 4(1) of the foreign exchange control order). The governor of the Bank of Canada is chairman of the foreign exchange control board.

6. The foreign exchange control board is a government agency operating under the supervision of the Minister of Finance, subject to the provisions of section 5 of the Exchange Fund Act, and unless otherwise ordered by the Minister of Finance in writing, all moneys in the special account referred to in section 4 of the said act, and investments of such moneys, shall be at the disposal of the board and may be used or dealt with by the board as the board may deem, necessary, or as the Minister of Finance may direct, for the purposes of the Exchange Fund Act or the foreign exchange control order, including the payment of any expenses or losses of the board1 and the acquisition or disposition of foreign exchange, and all receipts or profits of the board shall be placed in the said special account. (Section 5(2) of the foreign exchange control order).

7. The government of Canada.

1. How many men following enrolment under the National Resources Mobilization Act were discharged in each of the months of April, May and June, 1944?

2. Of these, how many were discharged, (a) on physical grounds, and (b) for compassionate reasons?

1. April-according to documents received1 at the records office up to July 5, 1944-1,125; May-according to documents received at the records office up to July 5, 1944-1,003; June- estimated-1,000.

2. April-of the 1,125 men discharged, 712 were discharged medically unfit and 24 on compassionate grounds; May-of the 1,003 men discharged, 651 weTe discharged medically unfit and 17 on compassionate grounds; June- of the estimated number of 1,000 men discharged, it is estimated that 650 were discharged medically unfit and 15 on compassionate grounds.

Note: Figures for the month of June have been- estimated to allow for the proportion of documents pertaining to that month still outstanding at July 5, 1944.

The figures given above relate to all men enrolled under the National Resources Mobi-

(Mr. Ilsley.]

lization Act since the act came into operation; but do not include discharges of men enrolled who subsequently enlisted for general service in the army.

1. What percentage of claims for subsidy payments made upon the Commodity Prices Stabilization Corporation, by the bed'ding industry, have been investigated by said corporation?

2. With reference to the investigated claims referred to in question 1, what is the total amount of money claimed or paid to date, and what is the total amount of money recovered by the corporation on account of such subsidies?

3. From how many firms in the bedding industry have recoveries been made by the corporation on a compulsory basis?

4. Has the Commodity Prices Stabilization Corporation laid charges against any bedding manufacturers, or is the laying of any such charges contemplated? If so, in how many cases?

1. Of the total claims paid or withdrawn approximately 97 per cent have been investigated.

2. Total investigated claims to June 21, 1944, SI,031,452.39.

Claims disallowed or reclaimed $301,278.45

Claims voluntarily refunded.. 131,664.54

Claims withdrawn prior to payment 285,309.50

3. Claims have been disallowed or payments made have been reclaimed wholly or in part by the corporation in the case of 45 firms. Such adjustments were required for various reasons. For example, it may have been found, no investigation, that accounting or arithmetical errors were made in reckoning subsidy; or that the costing principles used by the applicant were not approved by the corporation; or that the goods in question were used in the manufacture of goods for export or for sale to the Department of Munitions and Supply; or that there were infractions of the maximum prices regulations in connection with the goods on which subsidy was claimed; or that degradation of quality of finished goods has occurred, with the result that current costs were not properly comparable with basic costs used in calculating subsidy.

4. The corporation has not laid charges against any bedding manufacturers. The laying of such charges is contemplated in two cases.

1. How much money has been spent by Wartime Oils Ltd. in exploring for oil?

2. How much was so spent in Turner valley?

3. How much was spent elsewhere?

i. Where were funds spent other than in Turner valley? . .

5. Does government policy prohibit activity

in the province of Saskatchewan by Wartime Oils? .

6. How many wells have been drilled by Wartime Oils Ltd. in each location, (a) producers, and (b) non-producers, and what is the productive capacity of each producing well?

1. Wartime Oils Limited is not engaged in exploring or drilling for oil. It is a company

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formed for the purpose of financing the drilling of wells in the marginal area of Turner valley. Each applicant for financing is required to submit two sites which are grouped together and the production from either or both of these wells is made available for repayment to Wartime Oils Limited for any sums advanced to the applicant for drilling. As of June 30, the sum of $2,615,325.12 had been so advanced.

2. $2,615,325.12.

3. Nil.

4. See answer to question 3.

5. Yes. See also answers to questions 1 and 2.

6. As of June 30, twelve wells have been completed, with the following results:

Completed Wells

Anglo No. 10

Producing Allowable production 75 barrelsAnglo No. 12

Producing 100 barrelsCalmont 1A

Producing 300 barrelsChinook No. 1

Producing 75 barrelsLion-Sunray No. 3

Producing 80 barrelsOkalta No. 12 50 barrelsOkalta No. 13

Producing 50 barrelsOkalta No. 14 30 barrelsOkalta No. 15

Producing 100 barrelsPacific No. 6

Producing 300 barrelsValley No. 1

Producing 50 barrels

Remarks

Producing about 30 barrels.

Producing about 100 barrels.

Producing about 225 barrels.

Producing about 60 barrels.

Producing about 60 barrels.

Producing about 85 barrels.

Producing about 25 barrels.

Producing about 25 barrels.

Producing about 70 barrels.

Acidizing and testing.

New equipment has been installed and oil is being produced intermittently as adjustments are being made in the production equipment. Appears to be capable of over 200 barrels per day when adjustments are completed.

Producing about 40 barrels.

As of the same date there were ten wells drilling at depths as shown hereunder. There

have been no non-productive wells drilled to date. Name of Company and Well Ls. Sec. Tp. Range Depth, June 30/44 RemarksAnglo Canadian No. 13 . 6 25 19 3 7,106 feetAnglo Canadian No. 14 . 12 25 19 3 5,502 feetCalmont No. 2A . 16 35 19 3 610 feet Spudded June 26/44Chinook No. 2 . 9 26 19 3 7,896 feetOkalta No. 16 . 15 35 19 3 5.010 feetOkalta No. 17 . 9 24 19 3 5,473 feet .Okalta No. 19 . 14 18 19 2 4,517 feetOkalta No. 20 . 13 24 19 3 7,760 feetPacific No. 7 . 11 25 19 3 6,145 feetValley No. 2 . 3 36 19 3 2,650 feet

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1. Did the government of Canada enter into an agreement with the Powell River Company of Powell River, B.C., in the year 1910, providing for the right of access by the general public to the docks or wharves situated at Powell River?

2. Is there a government wharf at Powell River at the terminus of the government road?

3. Has the government been in negotiation with the Powell River Company for the disposal of the government wharf to the said Powell River Company?

4. Has a new agreement been made or an understanding arrived at by which the agreement of 1910 is to be abrogated and the public use of the wharf previously owned by the government to be cancelled?

5. Has the government received any representations from any organizations or persons in Powell River protesting against the cancellation of the old agreement?

1. Yes.

2. Yes.

3. The government wharf has been sold to the Powell River Company, Limited, for $50,000 as a result of a long series of negotiations, wherein the company have shown that they have a post-war expansion programme, which incorporates the material enlargement of their industrial establishment at Powell River in the amount of $13,000,000. To carry out this post-war programme, the area on which the government wharf is located will be required as a site for the various buildings and facilities included in the above development. Certain parts of this development are to be undertaken immediately and work has already started on the necessary dredging in the vicinity of the wharf.

4. Yes, subject to the condition that the company shall give proper accommodation at its own wharf to the present traffic at Powell River, until suitable wharfage facilities have been provided by the department at Westview.

5. No.