1. Yes.

2. (A) (i) $456.44, (ii) $6.68; (B) (i)

$391.57, (ii) $5.31; (C) (i) $68.60, (ii) $3.35.

1. What is the present size of the Beauhar-nois canal, having regard to its width, the depth of water at present flowing through, etc.?

2. What, if any, check is made on the amount of water from time to time diverted from Lake St. Francis through the canal, by the government engineers?

3. What pmver companies other than the Beauharnois L. H. & P. Company divert water from Lake St. Francis, and what is the amount of water diverted by each?

4. To what extent would the increase of the amount of water diverted for the purpose of developing electric energy, interfere with the future use of the Beauharnois canal for the purpose of navigation?

5. Will an increase over a certain point in the amount of water diverted for the development of electric energy, affect the use of the canal for navigation purposes?

1. The Beauharnois canal is approximately 15 miles long, 3.200 feet wide at the water line over most of its length and has a depth varying from 27 feet to less than 10 feet. The 600-feet wide navigation channel is excavated to 27 feet over all but about 1 mile of the total length.

2. A statement showing the average daily flow through the power canal is furnished the department once a week by the power company. The average flow is checked by the department's engineer once a month.

3. (i) Provincial Light, Heat & Power Company.-Authorized to divert from the Soulanges canal "all the surplus water flowing through the said canal which may from time to time be available after all the requirements of the canal, whether for navigation, for lighting, for power, or other purposes in connection with the operation or maintenance of the canal have been fully satisfied." The maximum velocity to be set up in the canal

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is limited by the terms of the lease to 1-25 miles per hour which limits the diversion of water to approximately 3,400 cubic feet per second; (ii) Montreal Light, Heat & Power Consolidated.-Authorized to divert 75.000 cubic feet per second; (iii) Canadian Light & Power Company.-Authorized to divert through the old Beauharnois canal (the old navigation canal abandoned for that purpose in 1900), ''all waters now or hereafter passing through the said canal." The actual diversion is limited to approximately 6,000 cubic feet per second.

Note: The actual amount of water diverted varies from time to time.

4. No interference with the future use of the Beauharnois canal for the purpose of navigation will be caused if the total amount of water diverted for developing electric energy is limited to the inflow into Lake St. Francis, less whatever water is required from time to time for navigation purposes.

5. Answered by No. 4.

1. Are the following national defence properties located in Point Pleasant park, Halifax, Nova Scotia (a) Fort Ogilvie; (b) Cambridge Battery; (c) Point Pleasant Battery?

2. If so, which of these are obsolete?

3. What steps, if any, have been taken by the government to turn over obsolete national defence properties located in the area known as Point Pleasant park, Halifax, Nova Scotia, to the city of Halifax?

1. Yes.

2. These properties are no longer required for military purposes.

3. None, disposition of properties now under consideration.

1. Has the government acquired by lease, purchase or otherwise, the use of a building on Dufferin avenue, Sherbrooke, Quebec?

2. If so, what was the nature of the contract of acquisition?

3. Was it a contract of lease; of purchase, or other, and if a contract of lease, for what term?

4. What was the consideration paid or promised?

5. Was it rental or purchase price, and if rental, at what price per square foot of space?

6. Are the premises being renovated? If so, at what cost and by whom?

7. Who was the owner of the said premises before the contract and who is the owner now?

8. To what use does the government intend to put this building or any part of it?

Mr. FOURNIER (Hull);

1. The Department, of Public Works has leased the second, third and fourth floors of building at 8 Dufferin Avenue, Sherbrooke, P.Q.

2, 3 and 4. Premises were leased at a rental of $19,200 per annum for a period of five years from date of occupation, with option to renew for a further period of five years at $18,000 per annum, and on otherwise same terms and conditions. The lessor is to attend to all repairs, pay taxes, water rates, provide heat-ting, cleaning, janitor service, elevator service and toilet accommodation and the crown is to pay for lighting.

5. The rental is at the rate of $1.60 per square foot per annum.

6. The premises are being remodelled entirely with steel structure, a fourth floor added and an elevator installed at an estimated cost of $90,000 by the lessor at her own expense.

7. The premises were leased from Miss Blanche Belanger, and there is nothing on record in the department to indicate that the building has been sold.

8. Premises are for the accommodation of the department of national revenue (district income tax office).

1. Was a contract awarded for the construction of an addition to the bridge at Notre Dame du Nord, county of Pontiac?

2. If so (a) who is the contractor; (b) what is the contract price; (c) when was the work begun?

1. A contract was awarded for repairs to the concrete bridge piers and abutments of the interprovincial bridge.

2. (a) Intrusion Prepakt Limited.

(b) Estimated cost $45,500.

(c) February 8, 1947.

1. Who is the postmaster at Geoffroy, county of Timiskaming?

2. What is the monthly or annual salary of the said postmaster?

3. What amount was paid each year since his appointment?

1. Mrs. Mary Comtois.

2. Remuneration due postmaster for fiscal year 1947-48-$132.07.

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3. Nov. 1, 1942, to March 31, 1943, $46.14; April 1, 1943, to March 31, 1944, $111; April 1, 1944, to March 31, 1945, $124.17; April 1,

1945, to March 31, 1946, $143.80; April 1,

1946, to March 31, 1947, $174.93.

1. Has the Department of Transport, the Department of Defence or any other branch of the government considered the installation of radar as a navigation aid for the port of Halifax?

2. If so (a) under which departments were experiments carried out; (b) where will equipment be located; (c) what is the probable date of permanent installation and operation?

1. Yes, a radar set was installed by the national research council at the Department of Transport radio direction finding station at Camperdown at the entrance to Halifax harbour in December, 1946.

2. (a) The experiments and tests are being undertaken jointly by the National Research Council and1 the Department of Transport.

(b) and (c) No definite answers can be given until the tests have been completed and their results evaluated.