Mr. Stephenson:

*-the minister's position is that

they should unite to the provincial government?

Mr. Stephenson:

As I understand it, the grant

will be made by the dominion to the provinces as a lump sum. A municipality desiring assistance will have to make application to the provincial government. The federal government does not intend to allocate any moneys to any particular hospitals.' That will be decided by the province. Is that right? In other words, where a particular municipality is asking for some assistance for a particular hospital-

Then the minister interjected:

Mr. C. E. Siephenson (Durham):

On March 28 a question which I had asked was passed as an order for return. Will the responsible minister tell me when I may expect the return?

Mr. C. E. Stephenson (Durham):

I should like to ask a question of the Minister of National Revenue. In view of the fact that auditors and others engaged in making out income tax returns cannot cope with the large numbers of returns to be made, will the minister reconsider the question of granting an extension of time for the filing of returns?

1. What has been the operating cost of the wheat board each year since 1945?

2. How much of the farmers' money still remained in the pool to be distributed each year since 1945?

3. How much money has been taken from the national revenue fund each year towards the operation of the wheat board since 1944?