Hon. L. B. Pearson (Secretary of Slate for External Affairs):

I should like to table two copies of the progress report on the Colombo plan which was prepared by the consultative committee at its fourth meeting held at Karachi in March of this year.

1. Has the Department of National Defence a separate unit for making moving pictures apart from the national film board?

2. If so (a) what are the reasons for this apparent duplication; (b) what was the total cost of the unit in the past fiscal year; (c) what is the estimated cost of the unit for the coming year?

3. How many employees are presently working for this branch of the department?

4. Did the unit make a film of the royal tour in addition to the film made by the national film board on the same subject?

5. If so, at what cost?

1. No. However, service photographers, when authorized, take motion pictures for national defence use as part of their regular photographic duties.

2. (a) Footage taken by these photographers are for record of training purposes to record on-the-spot activities where arrangements could not be made for coverage by nonservice personnel, or where such arrangements would not be feasible, (b) See answer to No. 1. (c) See answer to No. 1.

3. See answer to No. 1.

4. With the agreement and co-operation of the national film board, a film showing the participation of the three services in the royal tour was made from footage taken by two service photographers. This film which is 16 mm. has been shown to a large number of service establishments including the R.C.N. destroyers in Korean waters, the 25th brigade in Korea and the 27th brigade in Germany which for the most part do not have 35 mm. equipment.

5. The cost of this film including travelling expenses, cost of film and production work done outside the Department of National Defence arranged through the national film board, but excluding pay and allowances of the service personnel involved, totalled $5,566.30.

1. What amounts of salt codfish of the following

kinds were sold1 to merchants in Newfoundland, during the fishing season from August 1, 1951, to April 30, 1952; (a) large madeira; (b) medium

madeira; (c) small madeira; (d) large west india; (e) medium west india; (f) small west india; (g) thirds?

2. What prices were paid for each variety on the average and what deduction was made for damp and' dun fish?

1. The department does not have a full record of all salted codfish sold to merchants in Newfoundland from August 1, 1951, to April 30, 1952, but a study conducted by the fisheries prices support board covering 244,602 quintals shows the following amounts in the

grades specified:

(a) and (b) combined 19,098

(c) 116,289

(d) and (e) combined 935

(f) 15,144

(g) 59,358

2. $ per

quintal

(a) and (b) combined 11.13

(c) 10.67

(d) and (e) 5.31

(f) 4.82

(g) 9.14

1. How many contracts for the defence forces were let for rubber and canvas footwear, from January 1, 1950 to May 1, 1952?

2. To whom were they let?

3. What were the amounts of the contracts?

4. How many pairs in each contract?

Questions

1. How many contracts for the defence forces were let for rubber, synthetic rubber or synthetic footwear, from January 1, 1950 to May 1, 1952?

2. To whom were they let?

3. What were the amounts of the contracts?

4. How many pairs in each contract?