1. At whose request was a dredge sent to Dorion during the season of 1913?

2. What number of cubic yards of material have been taken away?

3. Is it the intention of the Government to have those works completed next year?

4. Have the owners of the ground facing the spot where the work has taken place, been called on to pay any money?

5. What is the name of the dredge?

6. Is it the property of the Government or of a company?

7. If it belongs to the Government, what is the daily expense of running same?

8. How many days did it remain at Dorion?

1. Referring to a statement made on the 9th of December, 1912, by the (Minister of Public Works that, after having an inquiry made into the matter, the department had reported that the construction of a public building at, St. iLin de.s Laurentides, county of L'Assomption, was urgent, and as the estimates submitted do not contain the amount required for this construction, will the minister explain the reasons for this omission?

2. At whose request has this enterprise been abandoned or deferred?

3. Will the department provide in the near future for this construction, which is recognized as necessary?

1. What caused the Minister of Public Works to omit from his estimates the amount required to construct a wharf on the river L'Assomption, in the town of I/Assomption ?

2. At whose request was this work abandoned ?

3. Does the department intend to construct this wharf shortly?

4. If not, to what use does it intend to appropriate the gireat quantity of timber that has been conveyed to this place for use in this construction?

1. Does the hon. Minister of Public Works intend to have placed in the supplementary estimates an amount sufficient to secure the construction of a breakwater at St. Gerard de Magella, in order to give effect to the vote already passed by Parliament in favour of this construction ?

2. If not, what are the reasons that prevent this construction and at whose request has this undertaking been abandoned?

Mr. SEGUIN:

Is it the intention of the hon. Minister of Public "Works to place in the supplementary estimates an amount sufficient to secure the early construction of a public building at St. Lin, a town of the Laurentides, a construction admittedly urgent, according to the reply which the hon. minister made in December last?