Mr. McTAGGART:

I understood the

minister to say that the total revenue for excise and customs in 1921 was approximately $209,000,000 collected at a cost of approximately $5,000,000. How much of that was excise and how much customs revenue?

1. What was the total area in acres in the provinces of Alberta and Saskatchewan sold to settlers as Pre-emptions, as provided by Dominion Lands Act, 1908?

2. What area of said Pre-emptions has been patented?

3. What was the total revenue received from: (a) Pre-emptions for which patent has been issued, (b) Pre-emptions which have not been patented?

4. What amount remains unpaid on all preempted lands in said area?

5. What revenue was received from preempted lands in said area in the years 1920 and 1921?

6. How much land in said area was sold as purchased homestead since 1908, and what revenue was received therefrom?

7. What amount remains unpaid on said purchased homesteads?

8. How much land was pre-empted south of Weyburn-Lethbridge railway since 1908?

9. How much revenue was received therefrom?

10. How much was received in the year 1920 and 1921?

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