Mr. WINTERS:

Return tabled.

1. What is the total amount in dollars of American or Canadian bonds, securities, bank notes, coin or travellers cheques seized by the customs officials at Lansdowne since the opening of the international bridge?

2. From whom were the seizures made, the amount taken from each individual and how much returned to each individual, if any?

3. What is the total amount in dollars of American or Canadian bonds, securities, bank notes, coin or travellers cheques seized by the customs officials at each of the other customs offices in Canada, the amount seized from each individual, the name of the individual from whom the seizure was made and the amount returned to each individual, if any, since September, 1939?

1. How many post office buildings have been constructed by the government since January 1, 1945?

2. Where, and when were they built?

3. What was the (a) gross;_ (b) net, revenue from these post offices at the time new construction was commenced?

1. What federal government offices, branches or bureaux are maintained at Winnipeg, Manitoba ?

2. What is the street address of each?

3. What is the function of each?

4. Who is in charge of each?

1. What are the names and occupations of persons employed by the federal government in the Riding Mountain national park?

2. What are the present salaries or wages of the above?

3. Did they receive any increases in salary or wages since January 1, 1945? If so, in what amounts, and at what dates?

1. Did Acadia Overseas Freighters Limited acquire ships from the Canadian government or War Assets Corporation?

2. If so, when and how many ships were so acquired; and of what kind and tonnage were they?

3. What were the terms of payment and the price?

4. When was the price paid?

5. What persons' negotiated the sale or sales on each side?

6. Was there a public offering of the ships for sale and, if so, on what terms?

7. Were tenders invited for the purchase of the ships and, if so, on what terms?

8. Were any other offers received for the ships, or any of them, except from the Acadia Overseas Freighters Limited?

9. How did the vendor arrive at the price?

10. When was Acadia Overseas Freighters Limited incorporated, and what is .its authorized and issued capital?

11. Who were its officers and directors at the time of the purchase or purchases, and who. are its officers and directors now?

12. Is Harry Mathers a Canadian citizen?

13. What is the registry of these ships now? Has the registry been changed?

14. What undertaking, if any, has been given by Acadia Overseas Freighters Limited, as to.

(a) operation of the ships; (b) resale; (c) or otherwise ?

1. As at September 1, 1939, what was the total value of Canadian Pacific securities of all kinds held in the United Kingdom, the United States, Canada and other countries?

2. What is the total value of Canadian Pacific securities of all kinds held in the above noted countries as at the present time?

3. Have any Canadian Pacific securities held in the United Kingdom been acquired by the government of the United Kingdom? If so, what is the value of such securities so acquired?

1. What was the total value of military supplies, ammunition, and equipment exported from Canada for the calendar year 1947?

2. To what countries were such military supplies, ammunition and equipment exported?

3. What was the value of such exports to each country?

Mr. KNIGHT:

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1. Who ,is the official responsible for the censorship of books entering Canada?

2. Is his appointment on a permanent or a temporary basis?

3. Is free entry permitted for text books on school or university curricula and books ordered by a library?

4. If so, is there .a similar concession- for other non-fiction, or reference books of a learned character imported by teachers or professors for their own use?

5. If not, has the government considered making such concession?

G. What was the approximate revenue derived by the government during the last fiscal year from the duties on- books (not including magazines or periodicals) ?

7. How many books were refused admission to Canada during that period?