1. What are the locations of the offices administering the Unemployment Insurance Act in the province of Prince Edward Island?

2. What are the names of the persons employed, their positions and respective salaries?

Mr. Cote (Verdun-La Salle):

1 and 2. Charlottetown local office.

Name-Classification-Salary.

Murley, J. B., Manager, E. & C. O. 2, $3,576; Murphy, J. A., E. & C. O. 3, $3,108; Cheverie, G. W., E. & C. O. 2, $2,772; MacLeod, W. S., E. & C. O. 2, $2,772; Bruce, Mrs. E.,

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E. & C. O. 1, $2,436; Corrigan, Mrs. L. M., E. & C. O. 1, $2,436; Davey, W. C., E. & C. O. 1, $2,364; Orford, C. A., Clerk 2B, $2,292; Peters, W. B., Clerk 2B, $2,292; Carroll, E. J., Clerk 2A, $2,088; Martin, Miss M. E., Clerk 1, $1,668; Ross, Miss M. E., Clerk 1, $1,392; Murphy, Miss M. F., Steno 2B, $2,292.

Summerside local office.

Name-Classification-Salary.

Cannon, E. G., Manager, E. & C. O. 1, $3,240; Hogan, J. C., E. & C. O. 2, $2,772; Hogg, Miss B. B., E. & C. O. 1, $2,364; MacGuigan, W. C., E. & C. O. 1, $2,436; McLeod, N. E., E. & C.

O. 1, $2,436; McNeil, D. T., Clerk 2B, $2,292; Philipson, R., Clerk 2A, $2,088; Crosby, Miss M. D., Steno 1, $1,668; Simmons, Miss N. G., Typist 2A, $1,776.

Mr. Dupuis:

What is the balance due on the capital account,' in amortization fund and interest, in connection with the cost of the Jacques Cartier bridge?

Mr. Benidickson:

As at September 30, 1951: Capital debt $19,226,000; accrued interest thereon, $133,663.

There is no debt amortization fund, debt repayment being effected from time to time as earnings permit.

1. How many passports have been issued, month by month, since the first of January, 1950, to persons desiring to travel to, or through (a) U.S.S.R; (b) Poland; (c) Hungary?

2. How many of the persons to whom such passports have been issued have not returned to Canada?

Mr. Lesage:

Mr. Speaker, may I point out that it is impossible to give a direct answer to this question which, in part, reads as follows:

How many passports have been issued, month by month, since the first of January, 1950, to persons desiring to travel to, or through (a) U.S.S.R.: (b) Poland; (c) Hungary?

I might say that it is the general practice to issue Canadian passports valid for travel to all countries. Passports are not limited for travel to particular countries except in special circumstances and at the requests of applicants.

However, by regulation which came into force on June 30, 1951, holders of Canadian passports who intend to visit, among other countries, the U.S.S.R., Poland or Hungary, are required before undertaking such visits to notify the passport officer, 38 Bank street,

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Ottawa, or the nearest Canadian, diplomatic or consular officer abroad, oi their travel plans and of the length and purpose of their visits. Since this regulation came into force there is record of a notification having been received of travel to the countries named as follows: U. S. S. R., 1; Poland, 9; Hungary, 8.

Mr. Graydon:

What are they doing over there anyway?

Mr. Lesage:

This is a free country.

Mr. Diefenbaker:

Even in its limited form the second part of the question has not been answered.

Mr. Lesage:

It is impossible to give an answer to the second part of the question because no records are kept. The regulations to which I just referred do not require that such records be kept. I would point out to my hon. friend that if he went to Hungary or Poland or Russia and returned via the United States, say through New York, and then took a train or plane to Montreal, the only thing he would have to do on entry into Canada would be to prove he is a Canadian citizen; he would not even have to show his passport.

1. Do Atlantic salmon bound for maritime provinces and Quebec waters pass close enough to Port aux Basques to be subject to exploitation?

2. Do Atlantic salmon which pass through Port aux Basques follow four definite routes to the mainland, one leading to the Miramichi river?

3. What approximate percentage of the Atlantic salmon passing Port aux Basques reach the area off the mouth of the Miramichi river?

4. Do Atlantic salmon after leaving the Miramichi proceed to bay of Chaleur and rivers on the south coast of Gaspe peninsula?

5. Has the salmon catch of the Miramichi increased (a) commercial fishing; (b) angling?

6. Have the numbers engaged in salmon fishing increased (a) commercial; (b) angling?

7. What is the Department of Fisheries policy regarding restrictions of Atlantic salmon (a) net fishing; (b) angling?

1. Yes. Migration routes are established through the medium of tagging programs. A number of separate experiments of this type have been carried out with salmon captured in the net fishery off Port aux Basques, Newfoundland. These all indicate that the fish in question do in fact reach the mainland rivers but many travel to streams on the west coast of Newfoundland. There are no data to prove that there are not other runs, for instance farther offshore or through the strait of Belle Isle, which eventually reach the mainland rivers.

2. Not proven. The fact that the salmon were concentrated in four definite migration

routes between Port aux Basques and the mainland, could only be established by recaptures of fish en route to the mainland. Such recaptures as were made were chiefly from the shore areas and the rivers. There is no doubt that one of the principal travel routes leads from Port aux Basques to the Miramichi area. In the largest tagging program in the year 1937, tags were affixed to 599 salmon. Of these, 80 (about 13 per cent) were later recaptured. Thirty-two individuals were retaken by Newfoundland netters. Of the remaining 48, 20 eventually reached the vicinity of the Miramichi.

3. On the basis of limited tagging experiments approximately 42 per cent. Even if we could accept as accurate and final the figures given in (2) above, only 20 out of 48 or approximately 42 per cent reached the Miramichi area. It must be remembered that 519 or 87 per cent of those originally tagged were not recaptured. Part or all these might have migrated to other areas for which no recaptures are shown. Calculation of percentage returns from any area on the basis of tagging are inaccurate since they are definitely affected by location and intensity of the fisheries as well as by the type and efficiency of the collection system.

4. Some do and others seek the Miramichi river and its tributaries. Tagging experiments off the mouth of the Miramichi river in which tags were affixed to 411 salmon produced 72 recaptures. Of these 25 were retaken in the drift net fisheries near the area of tagging, 25 in the bay of Chaleur and 22 in the Miramichi river itself. It is evident that all certainly do not eventually reach the rivers on the south coast of the Gaspe peninsula. In fact almost half may be headed for the Miramichi river itself.

5. (a) No. Considering the period between 1942 and 1950, the total annual commercial catch by drift nets and trap nets ranged between 3,129 and 5,189 cwt. This was similar to catches in other years back to 1920. There are no indications of significant long term trends either upwards or downwards. The catch by drift nets alone between 1942 and 1950 fluctuated between 2,320 and 4,050 cwt. per year, with the highest catch occurring at the middle of the period.

(b) Yes. From 1942 to 1950 the annual catch of bright salmon by anglers ranged from 8,972 to 34,456 fish. In 1948, 1949 and 1950 the catches were 20,825, 34,456 and 33,378 respectively; the highest recorded for the Miramichi.

6. (a) No. Since 1930 there has been no significant change in the number of drift nets or trap nets operated.

(b) Yes. The number of tourist anglers who often fish for only a few hours in any one area has increased greatly. Much more effort in rod-days of angling is now being expended than in earlier years and this is reflected in the better catches.

7. (a) The Department of Fisheries has for some years set a quota of 175 drift net licences for the Miramichi area. Actually fewer than this number are used annually.

Trap net licences are issued under a series of rules which have the effect of maintaining the present number or even decreasing it.

(b) There are no restrictions on the number of anglers.

1. How many compulsory savings accounts have not been paid by the government?

2. What is the total value of these amounts?

3. To whom should one apply in connection with an unpaid account?