Explain.

Mr. SPEAKER:

The first reading of senate bills is not debatable and there is no explanation to be given.

Mr. REID:

If they ask for it I am ready to give it.

Motion agreed to and bill read the first time.

1. Was a weather forecast bureau maintained in Halifax, Nova Scotia, during the years 1939-1945? [DOT]

2. If so, has bureau now been discontinued?

3. Is such a bureau maintained at any point in the maritime provinces?

4. From where are reports now completed and transmitted to the maritimes?

1. Yes, at the headquarters of the eastern air command, RjC.A.F., Halifax.

2. No.

3. Yes, at the commercial airport at Moncton, N.B.

4. Reports are completed at the above centres and at Toronto and are transmitted twice daily.

Questions

Weather reports for shipping are broadcast twice daily from four Department of Transport ship to shore radio telephone stations located at Saint John, Yarmouth, Halifax and Canso, in the maritime provinces. This service will be increased in the immediate future by the inclusion of North Sydney, Magdalen Islands, and Cape Race, Nfld.

1. What foreign states have extradition treaties or extradition arrangements with Canada?

2. On rvhat dates were such extradition treaties or extradition arrangements laid before parliament?

3. What extradition arrangements exist between Canada and any other part of the British common-wealth?

4. As regards what foreign states has part II of the Extradition Act, chapter 37. R.S. Canada, come into force?

5. What extradition arrangements existing between the United Kingdom and a foreign state extend to or are binding on Canada?

Mr. ST. LAURENT:

1. None.

2. See answer to No. 1.

3. There are no extradition arrangements between Canada and other parts of the British commonwealth. The surrender of criminals as between parts of the British commonwealth is governed by the Fugitive Offenders Act, 1881.

4. Albania, Argentine Republic, Austria, Belgium, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Cuba, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, Ecuador, Estonia, Finland France, France (Tunis), Genu any, Greece, Guatemala, Haiti, Hungary, Italy, Latvia, Liberia, Lithuania, Luxemburg, Mexico, Monaco, Netherlands, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Portugal, Rumania, Russia, Salvador, San Marino, Siam, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United States, Uruguay, Yugoslavia.

5. Albania-July 22, 1926; ratified January 29, 1927; acceded to by Canada as from October 20, 1928.

Argentine Republic-May 22, 1889; ratified December 15, 1893.

Austria-December 3, 1873; ratified March 10, 1874; amended by declaration June 26, 1901; revived as from September 22, 1920 by Treaty of St. Germain-en-Laye of September 10, 1919. (This extradition arrangement cannot be said to be operative at present.)

Belgium-October 29, 1901, ratified December 6, 1901; supplemented by convention of March 5, 1907, amended by convention of March 3, 1911.

Bolivia

February 22, 1892; ratified March 7, 1898. ' '

Chile-January 26, 1897; ratified April 14, 1898.

Colombia-October 27, 1888; ratified August 21, 1889.

Cuba-October 3, 1904; ratified January 10, 1905.

Czechoslovakia-November 11, 1924; ratified November 5, 1926; acceded to by Canada August 15, 1928; amended by protocol June 4, 1926.

Denmark-March 31, 1873; ratified April 26, 1873.

Ecuador-September 20, 1880; ratified February 19, 1886.

Estonia-November 18, 1925; ratified May 11, 192S; acceded to by Canada August 1, 1928. (This treaty cannot be said to be operative at present).

France-August 14, 1876; ratified April 8, 1878; effected by convention February 13, 1896, convention October 17, 1908, agreement re extradition (Tunis) December 31, 1889, agreement re extradition (Tunis) July 29, 1909, extended to Tunis by agreement December 31, 1889; amended by convention of October 17, 1908, applied to Tunis by agreement of November 26, 1909.

Greece-September 24, 1910; ratified December 30, 1911.

Guatemala-July 4, 1885; ratified September 6, 1886; amended by protocol May 30, 1914.

Haiti-December 7, 1874; ratified September 2, 1875.

Latvia-July 16, 1924; ratified July 7, 1925; acceded to by Canada September 18, 1928. (This treaty cannot be said to be operative at present.)

Liberia-December 16, 1892; ratified January 31, 1894.

Lithuania-May 18, 1926; ratified March 29, 1927; acceded to by Canada May 4, 1928. (This treaty cannot be said to be operative at present.)

Lyxemburg - November 24, 1880; ratified January 5, 1881.

Mexico-September 7, 1886; ratified January 22, 1889.

Monaco-December 17, 1891; ratified March 17, 1892.

Netherlands-September 26, 1898; ratified December 14, 1898.

Nicaragua-April 19, 1905; ratified February 13, 1906.

Norway-June 26, 1873; ratified August 28, 1873; supplementary agreement February 18, 1907.

Panama-August 25, 1906; ratified April 8 1907.

Questions

Paraguay - September 12, 1908; ratified

January 30, 1911.

Peru-January 26, 1904; ratified November 30, 1906.

Portugal-October 17, 1892; ratified November 13, 1893; amended January 20, 1932, ratified December 29, 1932.

Salvador-June 23, 1881; ratified November 8, 1882.

San Marino - October 16, 1889; ratified December S, 1889.

Siam-March 4, 1911; ratified August 1, 1911. (This treaty cannot be said to be operative at present.)

Spain-June 4, 1878; ratified November 21, 1878; amended February 19, 1889.

Sweden-June 26, 1873; ratified August 28, 1873; supplemented July 2, 1907.

Switzerland-November 26, 1880; ratified March 15, 1881; supplemented June 29, 1904.

United States-August 9, 1842; ratified

October 13, 1842; supplemented by conventions of July 12, 1889; December 13, 1900; April 12, 1905; January 15, 1917, as amended May 15, 1922; and January 8, 1925. (Ratified July 17, 1925; came into force January 5, 1926). To be superseded by extradition convention of April 29, 1942, (not yet ratified).

Uruguay-March 26, 1884; protocol March 20, 1891.

Yugoslavia (formerly Serbia)-December 6, 1900.

1. Were tenders called and orders placed for fuel for the post office and customs building, Liverpool, Nova Scotia, for the fiscal years, (a) ending March 31, 1945; (b) the current fiscal year?

2. If so, what prices were secured; were they by public tender or private purchase?

3. With whom were orders placed, stating the quantity, grade, place of production, time of delivery, cost per ton delivered in building, and the total cost?

1. (a) and (b) Yes.

2. For each of the years referred to, tenders were invited by public advertisement for the supply of 40 tons of bituminous II" lump coal, the only tenders received being from the Inness Coal Company, Liverpool, N.S., at $11.17 a ton.

3. Orders were placed with the Inness Coal Company for 40 tons of Bras d'Or bituminous II" lump coal, Little Bras d'Or Mine, Cape Breton, at $11.17 a ton, delivered and trimmed in bins, delivery to be made as promptly as possible. The total cost of coal supplied under order for each year was $446.80. An additional amount of 15 tons of coal required to complete the heating season of 1944-45 was purchased from the same firm at the same price.

1. Was the contract for carrying the mail between Vanderhoof and Fort St. James given to the present holder after public tenders had been called?

2. If so, when were tenders last called; were there applicants other than the present holder oi the contract; who were they, and what were the figures submitted by each?

1. Yes.

2. Tenders due 6th November, 1936, for (a) semi-weekly service, (b) tri-weekly service.

The following tenders were received:

(a) For semi-weekly service- Per Annum

Harold W. Smith, Fort St. James

$520 ($5 per trip)Samuel Lee, Vanderhoof

520 ($5 per trip)Warren Johnson, Vanderhoof

550Harold M. Perisen, Fort St. James

624Arnold Smedley, Vanderhoof

624Albert Goglin, Prince George

700Hudson's Bay Company, Fklmonton

702(b) For Tri-weekly service-Harold W. Smith, Fort St. James

$780 ($5 per trip)Samuel Lee, Vanderhoof

780 ($5 per trip)Hudson's Bay Company, Edmonton

897Harold M. Perisen, Fort St. James

936Arnold Smedley, Vanderhoof

936Albert Goglin, Prince George

950

Contract awarded to H. W. Smith for tri-weekly service at $780 per annum.

The frequency of service is at present six trips per week, for which payment is made on a pro rata basis.

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