Hon. Hugues Lapointe (for the Minister of National Defence) moved

that the house go into committee at the next sitting to consider the following resolution:

That it is expedient to introduce a measure to approve an agreement between the parties to the North Atlantic treaty regarding the status of their forces when present in the territory of one another; to provide on a reciprocal basis for certain exemptions for personnel in a country other than their own from income tax, customs duty and certain other taxes; and to provide for the settlement of claims arising out of death, personal injury or property damage resulting from the negligence of their members.

He said: His Excellency the Governor General, having been made acquainted with the subject matter of this resolution, recommends it to the consideration of the house.

Hon. Alphonse Fournier (for ihe Minisier of Transport) moved

that the house go into committee at the next sitting to consider the following resolution:

That it is expedient to introduce a measure to amend the Railway Act to carry out certain recommendations contained in the report of the royal commission on transportation and inter alia to provide that the cost of maintaining the trackage between Sudbury and Fort William on the transcontinental line of the Canadian Pacific Railway Company and between Capreol and Fort William and between Cochrane and Armstrong on the transcontinental lines of Canadian National Railways be paid annually out of the consolidated revenue fund to an amount not exceeding seven million dollars.

He said: His Excellency the Governor General, having been made acquainted with the subject matter of this resolution, recommends it to the consideration of the house.

Hon. George Prudham (Minister of Mines and Technical Surveys) moved

that the house go into committee at the next sitting to consider the following resolution:

That it is expedient to present a measure to repeal the Dominion Lands Surveys Act and to enact in substitution thereof the Canada Lands Surveys Act, a revision and consolidation of the former. Provision is made in the revised act for increased

remuneration for the members of the board of examiners, the secretary of the board, and the special examiners.

He said: His Excellency the Governor

General, having been made acquainted with the subject matter of this resolution, recommends it to the consideration of the house.

Hon. F. G. Bradley (Secretary of State) moved

that the house go into committee at the next sitting to consider the following resolution:

That it is expedient to amend the Public Printing and Stationery Act in relation to advances authorized to be made to the king's printer for the purchase of materials to execute orders and requisitions and payment of wages, and to provide that the total amount of such outstanding advances shall at no time exceed the sum of four million dollars.

He said: His Excellency the Governor

General, having been made acquainted with the subject matter of this resolution, recommends it to the consideration of the house.

Hon. F. G. Bradley (Secretary of Slate) moved:

That a special committee consisting of thirty members to be named later be appointed to study the several amendments to the Dominion Elections Act, 1938, and amendments thereto, suggested by the chief electoral officer, to study the said act, to suggest to the house such amendments as the committee may deem advisable, and report from time to time, with power to send for persons, papers and records and to print the proceedings, and that the provisions of section 1 of standing order 65 be waived in respect to this committee.