1. What is the present strength of the permanent force navy?

2. How many men are in each of the following categories: (a) chief petty officers; (b) petty officers; (e) leading seamen; (d) able seamen; (e) ordinary seamen?

1. Strength of permanent force navy at 1st May, 1946: officers, 751; ratings, 4,364; total, 5,115.

2. As of the 1st May, 1946: (a) chief petty officers, 300; (b) petty officers, 373; (c) leading seamen, 301; (d) able seamen, 400; (e) ordinary seamen, 612.

1. What are the names of the contractor or contractors engaged in changing the Bowman-ville Training School from a prisoner-of-war camp to its original status?.

2. If incorporated, what are the names of the directors and officers of the company?

3. If a partnership, who are the partners?

4. On what basis is the contract let?

5. What is the estimated cost of making the change?

6. When will this school be ready for occupancy ?

1. Frontenac Construction Co. Limited, 67 Victoria Street, Toronto, Ontario.

2. No information.

3. Not a partnership.

4. Contract was awarded on the basis of actual cost plus a fixed fee of $3,500. This fee includes plant or equipment rental, overhead and profit.

5. Estimated cost is $83,483.

6. School expected to be ready for occupancy by June 30, 1946.

1. How many persons were in receipt of unemployment insurance benefits in the province of Saskatchewan during (a) November, 1945;

(b) April, 1946?

2. What was the total amount of the unem-1 ployment insurance benefits paid out in Saskatchewan during (1) 1945; (2) since the inception of the act?

1. (a) 902; (b) 3,866.

2. (1) $319,644; (2) the total amount paid out in benefits in Saskatchewan since the inception of the act to April 30, 1946, was $916,765.44.

Questions

Mr. FRASER:

What was the cost to War Assets Corporation during the year 1945 for all forms of advertising?

Mr. McILRAITH:

$35,299.04. This amount includes $33,666.68 for advertising disposal of surplus assets and $1,632.36 for advertising in relation to general administration of War Assets Corporation.

Mr. FLEMING:

What were the quantities (a) produced in Canada; (b) imported into Canada; (c) exported from Canada, in each of the years commencing 1939, of the following kinds of clothing:

(a) shirts; (b) underwear; (e) socks; (d) suits;

(e) overcoats; (f) shoes, for (i) men; (ii) boys; (g) underwear; (h) stockings; (i) coats; (j) shoes, for (i) women; (ii) girls; (iii) babies?

Mr. MacKINNON:

(a) Production of Specified Items of Clothing, Canada, 1939-1944

(a) (b) (c) (d) (e)(i) Year Men's fine Underwear Hosiery Men's Suits Men'sshirts (Men's, (Men's, (Woollen) Over-Women's and Women's and coatsChildren's) Children's) 1939 718,427 3.165,211 8,112,842 1,305,794 595,6571940 748,139 3,785,139 8,843,807 1,201,281 810,1511941 834,495 4,007,898 8,957,859 1,409,125 869.2641942 894,865 3,891,850 8,804.521 1,406,619 1,149,2401943 748,694 3.333,155 8,374,383 1.171,117 1.156,0001944 710,443 3,544,734 8,433,143 1,252,923 825,557(ii) (a) (b) (c) (d) (e)Boys' Boys' Boys' Socks Boys' Suits Boys' Over-Shirts and Underwear coats andBlouses Reefersdozen Number Number1939 .. 50,204 Not compiled Not compiled 369,601 123,9951940 . . 65,811 separately separately. 434,245 120,7911941 . 72,572 Included Included 406,004 147,8291942 . 57,668 with (i)-(b) with (i)-(c) 298,055 117,0651943 . 103,856 295.107 104,5841944 . 102,866 369,530 104,032(f) Production of Leather Footwear 1939-1944 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944Pairs Bairs Pairs Pairs Pairs PairsMen's 7,479,974 7,970,440 9,311,908 10,207.188 10,417.982 9,074,812Boys' and youths' 1,250,116 1,211,146 1,357,251 1,258,095 1,493,169 2,351,521Women's 11,740,391 12,024,955 15,230,045 15,711,546 15,852,454 16,195,425Misses' and Children's .... 3.215,655 3,480.337 3,949,205 3,965,630 4,021,146 5,046,480Babies' and infants' 1,119,115 1,064,739 1,673,827 1,923,930 2,142,870 2,602,359Total 24,805,251 25,751.617 31,522,236 33,066,389 33,927,621 35,270,597(g) (h) Underwear Stockings (i)-(ii) (i)-(iii)(i)-(ii)-(iii) (i)-( ii)-(iii) Women's and Children'sMisses' coats Coats(woollen) (woollen)Number Number1939 Not compiled Not compiled 1,082,759 402,4491940 separately. separately. 1,257,378 325,5291941 Included Included 1,493,957 447,2601942 with (i)-(b) with (i)-(c) 1,634,205 522,4981943 1,434,029 510,9351944 1,431,032 624,757

1. Did the government ask the sugar beet growers of south-western Ontario to plant 35,000 acres to sugar beets in the year 1946?

2. If so, what provision was made to supply prisoners of war in work camps to do sugar beet work in the area?

3. Is the number of prisoners of war available for sugar beet work in camps this year considerably less than the. number used last year? If so, why?

4. What numbers of prisoners of war have been made available for sugar beet work in the camps of Manitoba and Alberta this year and how do these numbers compare with those of last year?

1. How many quarter sections of land were sold by the Soldier Settlement Board in the province of Saskatchewan between 1943 and 1945, both inclusive?

2. What were the highest and lowest prices realized on such sales?

3. How many of the lands so sold have been purchased back by the Vetedans' Land Act administration?