1. Has the government sold or leased all, or any portion of the dominion arsenal at Longueuil; Quebec?

2. Is the government negotiating any such sale or lease?

3. If so, to whom, and under what terms?

4. Has1 any action been taken to dispose of any other arsenals in Canada?

5. If so, what action?

6. What disposition will be made, if any, of the personnel affected?

1. No.

2. A lease is being negotiated.

3. Sorel Industries Limited, Sorel, Quebec, to form part of the over-all operations required in the production of guns and gun equipment. The use of the Longueuil plant will form part of the over-all operations

required. The terms of the lease have not yet been fully determined.

4. No action has been taken to dispose of any other arsenals in Canada. However, the arsenal at Valleyfield, Quebec, is under a management contract to Defence Industries Limited, a. subsidiary of Canadian Industries Limited. This. contract was arranged by Canadian Arsenals Limited. A small government-owned chemical plant at Canadian Industries Limited, Shawinigan, Quebec, is also, being reactivated under the management of Defence Industries Limited.

5. Answered by No. 4.

6. Personnel will not be affected, as the present staff is expected to remain and additional personnel will be needed.

1. What have been the federal government's revenues from imported and domestic alcoholic beverages in (a) 1950; (b) 1945; (c) 1939?

2. What was the distribution of these beverages, by provinces, in the same years?

1. Excise revenues, import duties and revenue from licences and fees on alcoholic beverages.

Fiscal Excise Licences Import Year Revenues and Fees Duties Total$ $ $ $Spirits . 1950 52,702,888 797,837 27,249,087 80,749,8121945 31,576,776 639,898 12,390,526 44,607,2001939 9,929,585 396,013 6,259,622 16,585,220Malt and malt products . 1950 59,696,608 3,550 54,388 59,754,5461945 42,468,192 4,750 34,312 42,507,2541939 8,545,245 4,800 20,994 8,571,039Wine 1950 2 125 fiOfi 5ft7 4R1 9 719 n^71945 1,772^375 239,737 2,012,1121939 230,209 293,311 523,520Total . 1950 114,525,102 801,387 27,890,926 143,217,4151945 75,817,343 644,648 12,664,575 89,126,5661939 18,705,039 400,813 6,573,927 25,679,779

Note.-There are certain additional revenues for which details cannot be shown. Sales tax revenue is not available for separate commodities. As regards income tax, no analysis is made of actual income tax collections as detailed information about the taxpayer is not given at the time payment is made. Income tax returns filed by corporations engaged in the production of alcoholic

beverages showed a declared tax liability for the taxation years 1945 and 1949 (latest available) as follows: Taxation year 1945: income tax, $9,644,000; excess profits tax, $27,095,000.

Taxation year 1949: income tax, $19,082,000; excess profits tax, nil.

Similar information for taxation year 1939 is not available.

Questions

2. Sales of Alcoholic Beverages, Reported by Liquor Control Boards Fiscal Years Ended in 1950, 1945 or Commissions. 1950 1945 $ $ and 1939 as 1939 $Newfoundland . 4,452,156 Not available Not availablePrince Edward Island . 2,146,972 713,073 Not availableNova Scotia . 21,155,428 19,133,013 5,483,433New Brunswick . 13,798,012 10,920,973 3,714,749Quebec . 118,113,801 75,745,867 34,296,963Ontario . 196,790,174 102,885,847 49,637,986Manitoba . 27,090,239 15,298,548 5,947,637Saskatchewan . 29,297,885 13,623,679 6,012,144Alberta . 39,850,663 20,564,057 8,645,554British Columbia . 57,285,610 29,358,380 13,738,097Yukon . 1,454,289 623,933 231,457Northwest Territories . 676,600 217,266 -Total . 512,111,829 289,084,636 127,708,020

1. How many employees of all classifications, including permanent and temporary civil servants and all other appointments outside the civil service, including also crown companies but excluding service personnel in the defence department have been taken on in the government service from the 1st of May, 1945, to date?

2. What is the total number of releases for all categories covered by question No. 1 during the same period?

Mr. Bradley:

I understand the hon. member proposes to amend this question; therefore I suggest that in its present form it should be dropped.

Mr. Fulton:

I suggest that it be allowed to stand, and I will try to reword it.

Mr. Speaker:

Stand.

Mr. Stewart (Winnipeg North):

What fees, travelling and other expenses were paid to all individuals who represented the government in connection with the Japanese property claims commission?

1. What was the total paid by the Department of Citizenship and Immigration for professional and special services in the fiscal year 1959-51?

2. What person, persons, firms or companies received payments of over $25,000 under this heading in the said year, what was the actual amount of each payment, and for what service was the payment made in each case?

1. What was the total paid by the Department of Justice for professional and special services in the fiscal year 1950-51?

2. What person, persons, firms or companies received payments of over $5,000 under this heading in the said year, what was the actual amount of each payment, and1 for what service was the payment made in each case?