1914-02-20

FIRST READINGS OF BILLS. PRIVATE BILLS.

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Bill No. 78, respecting the patent of Auto Wheels, Limited.-Mr. Fisher.
Bill No. 79, to incorporate The Bruce Peninsula Railway Company.-Mr. Mid-dlebro.
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Bill No. 80, respecting The Canadian Northern Railway Company.-Mr. W. H. Sharpe.
Bill No. 81, to incorporate The Canadian Press Association.-Mr. H. Clark.
Bill No. 82, respecting The Kettle Valley Railway Company.-Mr. Green.

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Criminal Statistics for the year ended September 30, 1912. (Appendix to Report of Minister of Trade and 'Commerce for the year 1912.)-Mr. Foster,

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Hon. G. H. PERLEY (for the Minister of Finance) moved for leave to introduce Bill No. 83, respecting Loan Companies.
He said: This Bill is on the lines of the Trust Companies' Bill already introduced. The object is to secure uniformity in the charters of these companies. There is a provision for compulsory audit and for returns being forwarded to the Minister of Finance. It is intended that this Bill * should go to the Banking and Commerce Committee, along with the Trust Companies' Bill, so that both may be considered there.
Motion agreed to, and Bill read the first time.	'

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On the Orders of the Day being called:
Mr. W. G. WEICHEL (North Waterloo):: I would ask the Prime Minister if it is the intention of the Government to grant assistance to the Canadian Peace Centenary Association. This association is creating unbounded enthusiasm throughout Canada, and its laudable work in the interests of international peace should, in my estimation, receive encouragement.


Right Hon. R. L. BORDEN (Prime Minister):: On June 5, 1913, a somewhat similar question to that now asked by my hon. friend (Mr. Weichel) was asked by the hon. member for Welland (Mr. German), who has taken a worthy interest in this important subject. The Canadian Peace Centenary Association had then been in existence for upwards of a year, under the presidency of Sir Edmund Walker, of Toronto, and had done valuable work of a preparatory nature. I find on that date I said in part:
While the Canadian Peace Centenary Association is an unofficial body, the Government

strongly sympathizes with and approves ot its object and purpose of promoting good will and peace between the nations of the world. The Government is disposed to give favourable con sideration to a grant such as that mentioned in the Question in case similar action should be taken in other countries.
That statement still holds good so far as this Government is concerned. Indeed, this Government is disposed to go a step further. The cause which the Canadian Peace Centenary Association and the corresponding bodies in the United Kingdom and the United States have set before them is one with which we are -warmly sympathetic. It is a triumph of humanity that during a century of rapid development, despite the existence of serious international differences and problems, the British Empire and the United States have found wiser and more humane methods of adjusting differences than the arbitrament of war. We welcome the achievement of a century of peace, and hope that it will prove to be but the first century of peace, the forerunner of a long series stretching into the future as far as human anticipation can trust itself.
The Government is informed that during the eight or nine months which have elapsed since I made my statement last year active organizing work has been carried on by the Canadian Peace Centenary Association. An organizing secretary has been appointed, offices have been opened, visits have been made to important centres in every province of the Dominion, and every necessary preparation for the holding of an adequate celebration a year hence has been made. It is gratifying to note that the organizing secretary, Mr. E. H. Soam-mell, reports that the response to the efforts of the association has been exceedingly cordial in the numerous centres visited. Strong local committees have been formed, valuable assistance has been rendered by the press, and in general public opinion has manifested an encouraging interest and friendliness. I understand that similar work also has been done in the United Kingdom and in the United States in particular. I am informed that a Bill appropriating a sum of money for the purposes of the celebration is now pending in the United States Congress.
In answer t-o my hon. friend from North Waterloo (Mr. Weichel), I beg to say that, subject to the approval of His Royal Highness the Governor General, it is the purpose of the Government to insert in the Supplementary Estimates to be introduced

this session the sum of $25,000 for the purpose of defraying the preliminary expenditures incurred in the work of organization.


Sir WILFRID LAURIER:: Anything
which tends towards the maintenance of peace between Canada and the United States should undoubtedly receive the commendation of the Canadian Government and the Canadian Parliament. Perhaps my right hon. friend would consider that the improvement of our trade relations with the United States would also be con? ducive to peace.


Mr. FOSTER:: We are doing that every
day.


Robert Laird Borden: I am sure that from the standpoint of the United States trade relations are really very excellent, because our importations from the United States have been increasing year by year.



THE FRANKING PRIVILEGE.

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On the Orders of the Day being called:
Mr. LEMIEUX:: 
Mr. PELLETIER:: The matter is absolutely new to me. I am sure that the members of the Press Gallery always have a hearty welcome when they come to see me. I will make inquiries; their complaints will be heard and their grievances attended to.



OCEAN RATES COMMISSION.

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On the Orders of the Day being called:
Wilfrid Laurier: I would ask
the Minister of Trade and Commerce whether the report of Mr. Drayton on the joint commission on ocean rates has been laid on the table.


George Eulas Foster: The report was made
by Mr. Drayton and I had a number of copies struck off for the purpose of distribution in the House. I thought that they had been laid on the table, but I will
make inquiries at once, and, if it has not been done, it will be done at the next sitting.



EXPORT OF PETROLEUM.

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On motion of Hon. J. D. Reid (Minister of Customs), the House went into Committee to consider the following proposed resolution:
Resolved, that it is expedient to amend the Export Act, chapter 50, of the Revised Statutes, 1906, to give the Governor in Council power to prohibit the exportation of crude or partly manufactured petroleum obtained or won on any land belonging to His Majesty, in the right of Canada, situate in the provinces of Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta, British Columbia or in the Northwest territories or in the Yukon territory.
Mr. REID:: There are regulations passed by the Governor in Councii with reference to the disposal of petroleum and natural gas rights.


Wilfrid Laurier: Passed when?


John Dowsley Reid: They were passed by Order
in Council, first on March 11, 1910, amended and re-established on March 10, 1911, on August 12, 1911, and on October 16, 1913. It was found that there could not be included in these regulations the right to prohibit the exportation of petroleum, and it was necessary to have a separate Act. Therefore, we are simply taking that power by adding another clause to the present Export Act that was included in the Revised Statutes of 1906.


Wilfrid Laurier: Will my hon. friend explain the tenor of the resolution of 1906?	'	*


Robert Laird Borden: I have some recollection of this matter. Regulations have been established for a number of years with regard to the leasing of lands in the West for the purpose of oil production. The matter dates as far back as 1910, and perhaps farther. The subject has been under consideration during the past year. Many representations from different quarters were made to us that certain amendments were required, inasmuch as the regulations when first established were largely in connection with coal and other minerals, the conditions with regard to the production of which are different from those in force in most countries in regard to the production of petroleum. The subject was carefully considered by the expert officer of the Department of the Interior who is charged with this particular duty. He sought information as to the regulations which have been

established in other parts of the world-in some portions of the West Indies, ' in Mexico, in Egypt, in India and elsewhere. After a careful consideration of those regulations we arrived at the conclusion that certain changes should be made in our regulations. Those changes have been made. In connection with them the subject was under discussion of providing by regulation that, under certain conditions which might seem to justify such action, the export .of petroleum might be prohibited by the Minister of the Interior. It was found that the powers vested in the minister under the Acts relating tQ the Department of the Interior did not permit that to be done; and if at any time it should become desirable in the public interest to prohibit the exportation of petroleum either in whole or in part, that would have to be done by means of authority conferred by this Parliament, in addition to the authority which already exists.


Wilfrid Laurier: The object of the Bill will be simply to make it absolutely sure that the Minister of the Interior has the right to prohibit the exportation of petroleum P


Robert Laird Borden: That is all.


Mr. OLIVER:: Under what circumstances is it proposed to exercise this right, that is to say, what is to be the policy of the Government in practice under this amendment?


Robert Laird Borden: My hon. friend has asked me a question as to which I cannot give a very definite answer at the moment beyond this, that it will only be exercised in very important and extreme cases and in cases in which it might seem expedient, in the interest not only of this country but of His Majesty's dominions as a whole, that the right should be exercised. It is not expected or intended that it shall be a right to ibe exercised in the immediate future. The object of the regulations, so far as they have been changed, is to make the development of oil production in the West more effective, and to make sure that it will be conducted upon more efficient lines than has been possible in the past. The object of this empowering provision looks to the larger future. My hon. friend will -understand that there might be conditions under which its exercise would be desirable.


Frank Oliver: We are considering now, not the regulations regarding the development of petroleum, but the proposed amendment to the Act, which is to empower the Government to prohibit export. Inas-

much as this is an extraordinary power, and as at the moment the development of the petroleum industry is only at its beginning, it seems to me very desirable that, at the time when such extraordinary power is proposed to be vested in the Government by Parliament, the Government should state specifically its purpose in asking for this power and should give Parliament to understand the limitations within which they propose to exercise it. I would not ask that such limitations be laid down in thb Act, but I think that it would be fair to the House and to the country that there should be a specific understanding on the subject.


Robert Laird Borden: It is not in the mind of the Government that this power should be exercised from any commercial or productive standpoint. The idea in mind is that it might be desirable some time in the future-not only desirable but important- that in connection with matters which may affect the defence of the empire as a whole, as power such as this should be vested in the Government of Canada.


Frank Oliver: I hope I shall be pardoned for being somewhat pressing on this point as this is a matter that intimately concerns the constituency I represent as well as other portions of Alberta-in fact, for the moment, it applies only to Alberta. I am quite willing to accept the principle that there are or may be considerations of national or world-wide significance that would warrant the Government in exercising the authority with which it is proposed to invest it, But I am not the man who is putting money into the somewhat risky business of petroleum development at this time. Efforts are being made to secure capital for this enterprise which, as I say, up to the present time carries a very large element of risk, and naturally there is difficulty in securing that capital. I am under the impression that, with a provision such as is proposed upon the statute-book, the result may be that capital will be in a measure deterred from entering upon that field. It is for that reason that I think the Government would be well-advised to be somewhat more specific than my right hon. friend has yet been. I do not wish him to understand that I am at all questioning the good faith of the Government or its purposes; all I say is -and I am urging this point very strongly and for material reasons-that it would be desirable that the Government should be measurably specific in stating the purposes for which, and the restrictions within

which, they propose to exercise this authority when vested in them.


Robert Laird Borden: The hon. gentleman will understand that if an extraordinary power such as this were exercised it would be only for the gravest cause and only for the cause that the particular commodity under consideration is required for such a purpose as that to which I alluded a moment ago; It will be abundantly apparent to him, I think, and to every hon. member, that if steps of that kind were taken and an interruption of business brought about, that is, if under the terms of this statute private interests were injuriously affected, those private interests would have to be taken into consideration and due compensation made.


Wilfrid Laurier: The reason given by the right hon. Prime Minister, I submit to him, is hardly satisfactory. The Government asks power to do by Order in Council what should be done only by Act of Parliament. When we are asked to give such power it is only fair that we should know the reasons which induce the Government to ask for it. I do not understand from the explanation given by my right hon. friend what connection there may be between this and chapter 50 of the Revised Statutes. That statute gives power, not to prohibit the exportation of any commodity, but simply to place export duties on certain commodities, and it is confined practically to timber and products of timber, and ores. The reason for this statute is apparent on its face. It was to enable us to protect ourselves against possible action threatened by the United States. At one time it was supposed that, as a matter of protection, we should have to put an export duty upon our lumber and raw material for lumber going to the other country; and the same with nickel. But now my right hon. friend is asking, not to impose an export duty, but absolutely to prohibit, under certain circumstances which he has very definitely indicated, the export of petroleum. He has suggested a reason, which, I think, I understand, and which I do not desire to discuss at length at this time-that in the development especially of naval defence, petroleum may become an article of war, and for that reason it might be advisable for the Government to prohibit its export. If that be the reason, that is another point of view, but unless I am mistaken, the Government already have power to prevent the export in time of war of all materials that might go to the advantage of the enemy. I have not
refreshened my memorj'' recently as to that point, but I think I am right. If that be the object, or whatever be the object, I think the House is entitled to know why such legislation as this-which is absolutely foreign to our ideas of parliamentary government-is sought. The right hon. gentleman simply asks that the Government should be vested with power which ought to be vested in Parliament and Parliament alone, and his explanations seem to me to be absolutely unsatisfactory.


Robert Laird Borden: I do not at all concur in the view which my right hon. friend has put forward, because the power vested in the Government many years ago by chapter 50 is one entirely analogous to this. Further than that, chapter 50 does give power to absolutely prohibit the export of certain articles. It is perfectly apparent that certain conditions might arise when it would be exceedingly important not only to exercise this power along the lines the hon. gentleman has mentioned, but to prevent oil of certain quality and suited for certain purposes from being exported to any country, even though that country might not be engaged in hostilities with the empire of which we form a part. The object in such cases would be to conserve the supply of this particular article in the British Empire for purposes of defence. For that reason, and because of the representations made to us as to the importance of this matter, we are asking Parliament to confer this power upon the Governor General in. Council, not for the purpose of interfering in any way with commercial operations, but only for the purpose of being in a position to take action when, under very serious conditions, the prohibition of the export of this article might be a matter of grave importance to the empire.


Wilfrid Laurier: The only commodity the export of which is prohibited by the Act is game; the other two commodities mentioned are simply lumber and ores. The object of the legislation is apparent on the face of the Act, section 2 of which reads, in part, as follows:
The Governor in Council may, if any country now or hereafter imposes a duty upon the articles enumerated in schedule A to this Act, or any of them, when imported into such country from Canada, by proclamation published in the Canada Gazette, declare an-export duty chargeable upon logs and pulpwood.
My right hon. friend, without giving any good reason to Parliament, and upon conditions of which hon. gentlemen opposite

shall be the sole judges, asks that the Government be authorized to prohibit the exportation of petroleum. When such vague powers are conferred upon the Government, naturally the Government can shield itself behind very good intentions, or behind the certainty that these powers will not be abused, but if there is to be any such exception to the law of the land, we are justified in asking for good reasons why such a power should be exercised.


Robert Laird Borden: What I have said to my right hon. friend with regard to the proposed exercise of power absolutely represents the intention of the Government. I appreciate what he has said as to the wide extent of that power. It is wide, because we thought it necessary to have the power expressed in comprehensive terms. I would suggest that the resolution pass as it is, and I will ask my hon. friend the Minister of Customs, and the Minister of the Interior as well, to go over the material in their possession upon which this proposed legis-. lation is based-and strong representations have been made in regard to it-to ascertain whether or not some qualification which would bring the power into narrower limits might properly be made to meet the views my right hon. friend has expressed.


Wilfrid Laurier: Under such
conditions there is no objection to the passing of the resolution, and we can resume the discussion on the second reading of the Bill.


Mr. SINCLAIR:: I should be interested
t) know why this prohibition is confined to petroleum obtained on lands belonging to His Majesty the King. It it be necessary to put this regulation in force for the purpose of maintaining the defence of the country, should we not have the power to prohibit the export of petroleum from any lands in Canada upon which there are petroleum wells? I understand that the great petroleum-producing province of Canada is Ontario.


Robert Laird Borden: I have not observed closely the terms of the resolution, but, having regard to the purposes which I have placed before the committee, I think some importance is to be attached to the suggestion of my hon. friend. I would be content either to let the resolution stand as it is, or to strike out all the words after the word ' petroleum ' and let it pass in that form, in which case it would have the wider operation which the hon. member for

Guysborough very pertinently and properly suggests.


Mr. KNOWLES:: 
Mr. ROCHE:: The condition of affairs
has been just as the hon. member has stated. The old regulations provided that a person could make an entry for three sections of land by paying his $5 entry fee. He would then have thirty days in which to tender his first year's rental. The hon. gentleman is not aware of the fact that that has been changed?


William Erskine Knowles: I did not know that.


William Roche: The regulations have been recently changed. There was considerable agitation, especially in the district of Calgary, by reason of the fact that we suspended the regulation for a time so that speculators could not go in, pay their $5, secure their entry and have thirty days in which to pay the first year's rental. The concession was cancelled automatically if that rental was not paid. Then these men waited on the steps of the land office to get re-entry, they paid another $5 and had another thirty days. Therefore I suspended the regulations last December, and some of those who were injured, in a speculative sense, rushed into print to show how badly they had been dealt with. These regulations have been changed so as to do away, to as large an extent as possible, with the speculative features; and now, in addition to the $5 entry fee, the applicant must deposit at the same time his first year's rental. This will nip off a great many of these speculative applications. The particular well to which the hon. gentleman has referred in connection with Moosejaw, if my memory- serves me correctly, was not plastered, as he said, by applications by any particular party under the old regulations. My idea is that those were some lots that had been sold
many years ago to the Canadian Pacific railway, and, as he is aware, the Canadian Pacific railway purchases in those days carried with them the mineral rights. But when the Canadian Pacific railway re-sold those lots they did not dispose of the mineral rights. The city of Moosejaw purchased from a third party, thinking that they were getting the mineral rights. They struck oil and then found that their title did not convey to them the mineral rights, because these were vested in the Canadian Pacific railway. The feature referred to by the hon. member has been remedied to a certain extent by the imposition of the clause which provides for the tendering of the rental for the first year when the application is made.


William Erskine Knowles: When were the regulations changed?


William Roche: About a month ago.


William Erskine Knowles: I am surprised to learn that; I waited on different officials since coming to Ottawa, that is, within three weeks.


William Roche: I will put the regulations
on the table to-morrow.


William Erskine Knowles: The minister is not
quite right in his information about this Moosejaw case, as is naturally to be expected, as he has a very large department. The Canadian Pacific railway lands in question which the city of Moosejaw owned were originally given to the Canadian Pacific railway and the Canadian Pacific railway did not elect to retain them and they reverted to the Crown and were afterwards given to the city without mineral rights. The question of the townsite lots in all cities was handled in that way by the former Government and in that way the property that went to the city of Moosejaw went through without its oil right. The oil rights were in the Crown, not in the Canadian Pacific railway. My hon. friend and myself seem to be of one mind in the matter.
Motion as amended agreed to, reported, read the first and the second time, and agreed to.
Mr. REID thereupon moved for leave to introduce Bill No. 84, to amend the Export Act.


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Motion agreed to, and Bill read the first time.

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The House in Committee of Supply.
["This is an old friend which we have put into such shape that no mischief can be done. This Bill was brought in last year. They wanted to extend a lot of charters which would give them a right to litigate in regard to land grants, under old provincial statutes. This was apposed by the Governments of Ontario and Quebec and by members of the Dominion Parliament. The House was almost unanimous that the Bill should not pass unless the* promoters agreed to abandon all such claims as a condition of receiving a renewal. The Carillon and Grenville railway is about the only part of any of these lines that has ever been built. At the instance of the Railway Committee and of the House I went to Toronto and discussed with the Provincial authorities and their counsel and also with the gentlemen from the province of Quebec, the whole situation and we drafted a clause that satisfied them that it would prevent all such claims being raised and that was satisfactory to me and to the House and the committee. This clause was agreed on last year and a new Bill was introduced in the Senate with that clause in it, so that we could pass it when it came to this House. The Senate threw out that clause and we rejected the Bill in this House without even sending it to the Railway Committee as it was not thought desirable to pass the Bill without that clause. We insert at the beginning of section 1, ' subject to the. provisions of section 3 of this Act,' which is as follows;\n1. It is hereby expressly declared and enacted that the Central Railway Company of Canada shall not, nor shall the Ottawa River Railway Company, the Central Counties Railway Company, the Ottawa Valley Railway Company, the Carillon and Grenville Railway Company or the Ottawa River Navigation Company, nor the assigns of any of the said companies, nor shall any other company or person whatsoever, be entitled to receive any land grant or grants under the provisions of the statutes of the late province of Canada, 19 and 20 Victoria, chapter 112, and 24 Victoria, chapters 80 and 87, or any of them, or any amending or substituted Acts, or any other statutes or Acts of Canada or any of the provinces of Canada.\nThen we have added three standard sections to water-powers and municipal control of highways.\nBill reported, read the third time and passed."]
Mr. A. K. MACLEAN:: Would the Minister of Marine and Fisheries state if any Order in Council has been passed in connection with the Naval Service Act since he assumed control of his department, and, if so, would he bring copies down some day soon ?	'


Hon. J. D. HAZEN (Minister of Marine and Fisheries):: I think that every Order in Council that has been passed in regard to the Naval Service Act since I became minister of that department has been laid on the table of the House. The Act requires that these regulations passed in Council shall be laid on the table of the House, and we have conformed to that.


Alexander Kenneth Maclean: Does the minister recollect if any were passed, and, if so, upon what subject?	-


John Douglas Hazen: I know that a number have been passed; one had regard to injuries sustained by those in the service. I shall get a memorandum of them all for my hon. friend.
Public Works, chargeable to capital-Ship channel, river St. Lawrence, $1,019,000.


Rodolphe Lemieux: Last year my hon.
friend the Minister of Marine and Fisheries read to the House an Order in Council which had been recently passed appointing a commission to examine and report on the question of the levels of the waters in. the river St. Lawrence above Montreal and between Montreal and Quebec. The appointment was a very, creditable one, the commission consisting of Professor Haskell, one of the professors of Cornell University, and two well-known Canadians whose ability has never been questioned, Messrs. Stewart and Forneret. For several years, and notably during the last two or three years, there has been some nervousness amongst the shipping interests and people generally as to the lowering of the water of the harbour of Montreal and of the channel between Montreal and Quebec. The lowering of the water level has been assigned to the dredging operations which have taken place for the last fifty years between Montreal and Quebec. The channel, which originally was * only eleven feet, increased in depth as the years rolled by, and to-day the policy of the department, if I mistake not, is to deepen the channel still more to a depth of from thirty to thirty-five feet so as to afford ocean

navigation as far as Montreal inland. Would my hon. friend state to the committee, first, the nature of the dredging operations during the last fiscal year, second, the cost involved in such operations and, third, if any report has been made by that very important commission as to the level of the water being affected by the dredging operations?
The harbour of Montreal, I need not say, is of vital interest to the country. It is no more a local port; it has become the national port of Canada. Looking at the tables contained in the report of the Board
of Trade of Montreal interesting figures:	I find the 1S82.	following 1912.Vessels arrived	614	736Tonnage	
Value of merchandise	554,692	2,403,924exported	$26,503,001 Value of merchandise	$87,679,442imported	50,527,497	148,977,605Customs duties collected	8,395,652	24,555,598
The best year apparently for 4 p.m. export was 1906 when the value of merchandise exported from Montreal reached a total of $89,616,459. I have only quoted the figures to show the importance of the port of Montreal in our commercial life as a nation and the importance of maintaining as deep a channel as possible between Montreal and the ocean, without, of course, affecting materially the water level in the upper portion of the St. Lawrence. Indeed, this question is of the utmost importance and affects the whole transportation problem in Canada.
A question that is also connected with this one is that of insurance rates. I remember that my hon. friend the Minister of Trade and Commerce (Mr. Foster) last year made a statement-I forget whether he made it in the House or in answer to a deputation composed of shipping interests -that the Government were studying the question of providing, if possible, cheaper insurance rates for shipping. Yesterday the question was brought up from a different aspect; the question of ocean freight rates was discussed in the House. I refer now especially to the other phase of the question -that of insurance rates. We all know that our shipping interests are deeply affected by the very high insurance rates prevailing against our shippers from the St. Lawrence river. My hon. friend will correct me if I do not state exactly the views which he expressed at that time to the deputation, or it may have been to the House, but if I

mistake not he stated that the intention of the Government was to come to an understanding with our shippers in Canada and to subsidize a Canadian Lloyds. I would like to know from my hon, friend if anything has been done in this connection, or if any decision has been arrived at by the powers that be.


George Eulas Foster: My recollection is much the same as the recollection of my hon. friend (Mr. Lemieux) in reference to the matter. In short, the matter stands in about this way: I stated that the Government was sympathetic with the attempt to lower insurance rates on the St. Lawrence and that negotiations had long been going on with Lloyds with a view to that, but that these were not resulting in any appreciable reduction at that time. Some reductions have been made since that time, I believe, but what I did say at the end was: that it was up to the shipping interests of the St. Lawrence river to show their appreciation of the necessities of the case by forming some association, and undertaking to do their part towards bringing about the necessary relief, in which case, I said, the Government would be disposed, and very sympathetically disposed, to lend an assisting hand. From that time to this I have not received, nor do I think the Government has received, any practical offer in that direction. No practical step has been taken to form a basis for the consideration of the Government, in the way of sympathetic aid.


Rodolphe Lemieux: My recollection of the incident is the same as that of the Minister of Trade and Commerce. I am sure the hon. gentleman would help the shipping community, if, when sitting with the Imperial Commission in England, he should make representations to Lloyds. I wish to express my regret that so many accidents happened on the St. Lawrence river last year. There is no doubt that those accidents, which are not attributable to the route itself, are debited to the route by Lloyds.


George Eulas Foster: They happened upon the route.


Rodolphe Lemieux: There is no question but that the ship channel, splendidly maintained as it is, is not responsible for the accidents. Indeed, there is a belief that the libel upon the St. Lawrence route is only one of the pretexts on the part of Lloyds to mulct the Canadian shippers.
I trust the Minister of Marine will give me information on these several points: Is the Government to continue its policy of deepening the ship channel to 35 feet, and what compensation works are contemplated in order to maintain an even and equal flow of the water in the channel? What portions of the channel have been widened and what curves have been straightened in the past year? For some years, work of great advantage to the shipping interests was done on the St. Lawrence route, commencing under the late Mr. Tarte and continuing under the late Mr. Pre-fontaine, and the Hon. Mr. Brodeur, my immediate predecessor in the department. Last year, when a commission of experts was appointed, my hon. friend from Welland (Mr. German) made some apt remarks on the subject of the conservation of water powers on the St. Lawrence. He said, that the examination of the Upper St. Lawrence by this commission of experts would probably induce the Government to erect compensation works between the Great Lakes and that part of the river above Montreal. The result of that would be, in the first place, to ensure a proper water level, and in the second place, the possible appointment of a commission with the view of developing hydro-electric energy. I am opposed to the proposed development of hydro-electric energy on the St. Lawrence by the Americans. We all know that an unsuccessful attempt was made some years ago to secure at the Long Sault authority from the Canadian Government to develop energy. But, if such works were constructed after having been declared necessary by this commission, the Dominion Government could very well consider the advisability of exploiting the water powers on this great river for the benefit of the Canadian people. I trust that the minister will give some explanation on these matters.


John Douglas Hazen: I agree with all my hon.
friend has said with respect to the importance of the great national port of Montreal. My own desire personally, and as minister, and the desire of my department, is to do everything possible to improve the shipping facilities in the pot -of Montreal and to improve the waterway on which the ocean steamers pass up the river^ to that city.
There is no doubt that, as the business tr* this country increases, as it is doing by leaps and bounds, the business of the city of Montreal as the great port of Canada in the summer months must increase. There-



fore I think the efforts of those who are interested in that port will be taxed to the utmost to provide adequate facilities for the handling of the freight that is bound to come in increasing measure every year to that great national port, which is destined for all time to come to remain the greatest of Canadian ports in the summer season.
My hon. friend has referred to the fact that at 'the last session of Parliament I announced that a commission had been appointed, consisting of Mr. E. E. Haskell, of the School of Engineering of Cornell University, a gentleman who had probably more experience than any other man on this continent in connection with river levels, having had extensive experience with the Missouri, the Mississippi and other rivers, and of two officials of the department, Mr. V. W. Forneret, superintending engineer of the Ship Channel, and Mr. W. J. -Stewart, of the Hydrographic Survey, for the purpose of considering the question of the river levels of the St. Lawrence below Montreal, this work being limited to that.


Rodolphe Lemieux: There was another commission appointed.


John Douglas Hazen: That was by the Public Works Department. The jurisdiction of the Department of Marine and Fisheries over the St. Lawrence river extends only from the city of Montreal down to the sea. The reaches of the river above Montreal are under the control of the Public Works Department.
We had deepened the St. Lawrence channel from fourteen feet to thirty feet, and we had planned to deepen it to thirty-five feet. The -reason for the appointment of that commission was the idett that we could not go on deepening the channel of the St. Lawrence indefinitely without affecting the level of the water in the harbour of Montreal. It was most desirable to have accurate scientific observations taken for the purpose of determining whether there was danger of that, and, if so, to find out what steps should be taken by way of compensating works for the purpose of preventing that lowering from taking place; because it would be a disastrous matter if the result of deepening the channel of the St. Lawrence and allowing larger ships to com-e to Montreal should be a -reduction of the volume of water in that harbour, thus lowering its level, so that in that harbour there would not be the same opportunity for ships of deep draught that

there is at the present time. That commission was appointed and it entered upon its work at the end of last session. When I announced the appointment of that commission last year to the House, I was in hopes of being able to lay its report on the table at this session. Although the commissioners have attended to the work as faithfully as possible, I find that, with the data that was on hand and the observations that they were able to make last year, they cannot make a report that would be satisfactory to them without taking further observations during the coming season of open navigation. Therefore I regret that it will be impossible for roe to lay their report upon the table of the House before another session. From the information I have received from Mr. Stewart and Mr. Forneret, I have no doubt whatever that probably at the opening of the next -session the report will be tabled and the result of the observations of these gentlemen will be made public.
Th-e work of deepening the channel that goes on from time to time is not being proceeded with in any haphazard manner. It has been in charge of gentlemen of high scientific knowledge and experience in work of that character, and the material they have been removing from the channel in different places, they.have been placing in suoh -a way that it serves as a compensating work, backing up the water -and preventing it from running out too rapidly. For some years itha-t has been in the minds of the gentlemen who are charged with the responsible duty of deepening and widening and straightening that channel. From the information I have received, I think I am justified in -saying that nothing so far has been discovered by that commission that would lead the department to abandon for this season the work upon which it has been engaged in deepening that channel to thirty-five feet. It is our intention during the coming season to continue that work.


John Howard Sinclair: Has there been any
especial change of late years in the depth of water at Montreal on account of the dredging that has been done in the lower St. Lawrence?


John Douglas Hazen: No. The question of the levels of the waters on the Great Lakes and the St. Lawrence is a very curious one. From observation it has been found that for a period of six or seven years from year to year the water will gradually get lower and lower in the different harbours on the Great

Lakes, and along the St. Lawrence. There appears to be no reason for this. It does not depend upon the rainfall. Then will come a period of the same number of years when the water will gradually rise until after a lapse of about seven years from the time the water was at its lowest it will be as high as it was before. It is a natural phenomenon which men do not at present understand.


John Howard Sinclair: Is the water rising or falling now?


John Douglas Hazen: It is rising. There has been no appreciable reduction in the level of the water in the harbour of Montreal. There is such a volume of water pouring down past the city on the Montreal side that the harbour commissioners have taken means to divert a portion of that water to the south side, so as to reduce the current on the Montreal side, which interferes with the handling of ships.


Rodolphe Lemieux: And at the same time
this gives more water on the south side of the harbour.


John Douglas Hazen: Yes, it serves a double purpose. My hon. friend asks me if I will give him information regarding the work that has been done on the ship channel during the last year. That is given in detail at page 104 of the report of the Department of Marine and Fisheries. My hon. friend asked me what amount had been spent on the St. Lawrence channel up to the present time. The report states that the total cost of the dredging and plant up to March 31, 1913, is $15,617,893.11, of which $9,610,259.57 is the cost of dredging, and $6,007,633.54 the expenditure for plant, shops, surveys and work of that description.
The quantity of material removed during that time was 85,160,875 cubic yards. In 1911-12 the expenditure was $588,000. The cost of dredging in 1912-13 was $663,229.74. Then, in the report, commencing at page 104, are given details of the operations of the different dredges employed on the St. Lawrence channel. I do not suppose my hon. friend desires that I should read these details. As to the record of work of last season, I find from a statement I have here that the total quantity of dredged material was 6,929,344 cubic yards. The hon. gentle, man also asked me to tell him where the dredging operations were carried on. No doubt he will be interested to know also the depth of dredging at low water. The places, with the respective depths are: Montreal harbour, 30 feet; Varennes curve, 35 feet; Cap Charles channel, 30 feet; Grondines, 30 652i
feet; St. Anne traverse, 35 feet; Cap a la Roche curve, 30 feet; Point aux Trembles channel, 35 feet; Repentigny channel, 15 feet; Champlain channel, 30 feet; lake St. Peter (No. 3 curve to W. B. curve), 35 feet; North channel, west sands, 35 feet; St. Thomas channel, 30 feet; floating dock approach, 30 feet; floating dock basin, 50 feet. The statement given in the report shows also the number of days each dredge worked during the year, the nominal working days per year, the hours of actual dredging, and the number of cubic yards of material dredged, and the character of material. As I have said, it is not all easy dredging; there is some shale rock and some rock for which a crusher has to be used. Of course, some of it is easy work. One dredge, the J. Israel Tarte, is a suction dredge which throws the spoil through a pipe several thousand feet from the dredge.


John Howard Sinclair: What is the cost per cubic yard?


John Douglas Hazen: At page 11 of the Marine Report, my hon. friend, will see that the total number of cubic yards dredged was 6,929,344 at a total cost of $66,229.74, or at the rate of 9-57 cents per cubic yard. This covers merely operating expenses and repairs, but not depreciation or interest. According to the information I have received, and according to my own observation, the dredges are kept in first-class repair.


John Howard Sinclair: When the Government is able to dredge at such a low rate as 9 457 cents a yard, how comes it that the Minister of Public Works pays from 20 cents to 50 cents a yard for similar work?
Mr.' HAZEN: I am here only to tell how we are running our own department. But it must be borne in mind that the Government does not need to make a profit, and we do not allow for interest or depreciation, -and I understand that the depreciation on a machine of this character is a very substantial amount every year. These are items that private contractors have to take into consideration.


Mr. GERMAN:: Does the hon. minister really think that even with the J. Israel Tarte he is doing work at the price suggested by these figures? Why should not he take into consideration the matters that have to be considered by contractors and base his price on that?


John Douglas Hazen: It is hard to calculate that. The Government is not seeking a profit, and all we are trying to do is to keep track

of the cost of our operations. The J. Israel Tarte is a suction dredge and cannot be used everywhere. It has a long pipe running from it, and if that were in rough water it would be broken up. But for this dredge the cost is a good deal less than I have given-something like 4 cents a cubic yard.


William Manley German: That is only the cost of men, fuel and oil?


John Douglas Hazen: It includes wages, fuel, oil, the cost of feeding the men on board, and repairs.


Rodolphe Lemieux: Do you feed the men
too?


John Douglas Hazen: Yes, we make a contract with a steward who feeds the men on board tie dredge, I understand they are given excellent food,-certainly there are no complaints-and it costs us, as I recollect, about 14 cents a meal.


William Manley German: But that does not include the cost of the upkeep of the dredge.


John Douglas Hazen: It includes repairs.


William Manley German: Minor repairs.


John Douglas Hazen: No, more than that. Of
course, we do all our own repair work at our shops at Sorel. Not only that, but we are actually building tug-boats, hopper barges and other craft. I understand the shipyard is doing good work now. The men are practically all working on piece work, instead at so much a day, and the results are better for us and the men get more money.


Alexander Kenneth Maclean: Is there any allowance for interest on construction?


John Douglas Hazen: No.


Rodolphe Lemieux: Is it the intention of the Government to build a marine railway at . Sorel?


John Douglas Hazen: There has been some talk about it, but I am inclined to doubt the necessity of a marine railway there. I think the shipyard at Sorel is getting on very well; the men are well employed and the work well directed. I think there. are over 1,000 hands employed at Sorel at the present time. Of course there is more work at this time of the year, when the dredges are being repaired, but a large number of men are employed right through the whole season. My hon. friend asked me a question with regard to marine insurance rates. Whilst this is a matter coming more especially within the jurisdiction of the Department of Trade and Commerce, still it is

one to which my department feels that it ought to give attention. The department has from time to time made representations to the underwriters and to those who are interested in insurance, pointing out that in recent years very great sums of money have been spent in improving the waterways of the river St. Lawrence and in establishing modern aids to navigation, and urging that these things should be taken into consideration in fixing the rates. The rates are not now nearly as high as they were some years ago, but in the estimation of the ship-owners of this country they are entirely too high. My department has also urged from time to time upon the underwriters-and this was brought very strongly to the attention of Lord Strath-cona one or two years ago-the desirability *f giving better rates to the vessels which come to the ports of the lower provinces in the winter season. There was a clause in these marine policies known as the British North American clause, under which, at a certain date-I think October 1-the rates on vessels coming to any port in British North America went up, and the ports in question were paying higher rates than were being paid in Portland, Boston, and other Atlantic seaports in the United States. We urged this matter as strongly as possible upon the attention of the underwriters, with the result that they changed that clause so far as the port of Halifax was concerned, and Halifax is now getting lower insurance rates. We have been pressing on the underwriters the necessity of making the same provision with regard to St. John. When my deputy minister was in London this year, attending the conference with regard to the safety of life at sea, he took the matter up again, with the result that the underwriters have asked us for certain information which we are having collated in the department. We hope that when this information is submitted to the underwriters, they will see the justice of making the same concessions so far as the rates at St. John and other ports in the Maritime provinces during the winter season are concerned.


Rodolphe Lemieux: My hon. friend knows that there has been a strong movement in recent years on the part of navigators and shipping interests generally to have a new channel on the north side of the St. Lawrence below Quebec.


John Douglas Hazen: That is being attended to.


Rodolphe Lemieux: I would like to know
what operations have taken place there this summer. Does the hon. minister con-

template adding to his flotilla of dredges on the river St.. Lawrence? The other day my hon. friend announced that he would do his best to have the Government steamers built in Canada; what does he propose to do about the new dredges that are to be made a part of the flotilla of dredges on the St. Lawrence?


John Douglas Hazen: A certain amount of new
construction is provided for in these Estimates. The construction of a new selfpropelling hopper barge, capacity 650 cubic yards, of which the estimated cost is $125,000, is provided for. We hope to have that barge constructed at Sorel. Provision is also made for a self-propelling elevator dredge for work below Quebec in the north channel. With the dredges we have at present it would take us five, six or seven years to get that north channel dredged out and ready for use. When that north channel is dredged out, my opinion is that the last impediment to safe navigation up the St. Lawrence to the city of Quebec will be removed. We thought that work should be hastened, so we are asking an appropriation for a new dredge. While my policy and the policy of the department is to have as much work done in Canada as possible, it is the opinion of Mr. Forneret and of the other oflicials that a dredge of the character required for that work cannot be built in Canada. In the first place, it would have to be constructed, I understand, below Montreal, as a dredge of the size required could not pass through the canals. I understand that no firm below Montreal will undertake the construction of such a dredge, and it may be that we will be forced to have it constructed outside of Canada. The department considered the advisability of having it built at Sorel, but, as the dredge will be of a complicated character, we came to the conclusion that it would not be wise to undertake it at Sorel. This, therefore, may be one of the exceptions that will prove the rule with regard to the policy I have laid down.
Mr. LEM'IEUX:	Would my hon. friend
explain why a vessel, connected with the Canadian Pacific railway, I think, which met with an accident in the St. Lawrence river last summer or last fall, was sent to Yew York for repairs, instead of being repaired at Montreal. It was established beyond doubt that the repairs could have been made in the floating dock at Montreal, but for some reason, after temporary repairs were made, the vessel was sent to
New York. It is a great pity that after such an efficient dock has been established at Montreal, our steamship companies do not take advantage of it. Would my hon. friend also give us an explanation for the rather long chapter of accidents which took place last season in the river St. Lawrence?
I was struck with the list of accidents this year and, in order to restore the reputation of the river St. Lawrence, perhaps-it would be quite in order for my hon. friend to tell the House that most of the-accidents are due pot to the river, not h>
the channel, but to the errors and mistakes of some of the pilots and sailing masters.
I think it is only fair that the minister should give tnat explanation to the com mittee.


John Douglas Hazen: Answering my hon. friend's first question as to why the Canadian Pacific Railway steamer Lake Manitoba, which got in difficulties in the St. Lawrence, was not repaired at the Vickers dry-dock but was sent to New York, I think the reason was that at the time of the accident the Vickers had not their organization fully completed and did not have the equipment and facilities for making the repairs required. I do not know what other reason there could be, for I would think the Canadian Pacific' railway would naturally prefer to have their vessels repaired at Montreal rather than at New York. With regard to the accidents that occurred on the St. Lawrence last year, that is a question that should be answered with some degree of care and, at a later period in my Estimates I shall make a statement. In every case there has been an investigation by the Wreck Commissioner, and I shall bring down the reports.


Rodolphe Lemieux: Reverting to the first stage of the discussion this afternoon, perhaps it would not be amiss for the * minister to give an authoritative statement with regard to the last phase of the Chicago drainage canal project as affecting the river St. Lawrence. I understand that action has been taken by the United States authorities?


John Douglas Hazen: That is a matter that does not come under my department. At the time the application was made by the Chicago Sanitary Commission for permission to divert 10,000,000 cubic yards a second from Lake Michigan, I took charge of the organization of the opposition to it and, with the assistance of representatives of the Shipping Federation, and of the

Dominion Marine Insurance Company, and engineers of the Public Works Department, prepared the case to be submitted. That was a couple of years ago. The matter was argued before the Secretary of State for War and he refused the permission applied for by the Chicago Sanitary Commission. Since then I have had nothing to do, officially, with the matter.


Rodolphe Lemieux: Has it been referred to the International Joint Commission?


John Douglas Hazen: Yes, it *is being considered now by the Waterways Commission, and I think Mr. Stewart, chief of the Hydrographic Survey, was detached from the Hydrographic Survey for a time, being a man of great experience, and placed at the disposal of the Prime Minister in regard to the preparation of matters of this sort. It has been engaging his attention. The matter has not come before me officially since then. If the hon. gentleman wants the information I can. get it from some other department, or perhaps he can. get it when other estimates are taken up.


Rodolphe Lemieux: In making purchases for the department in connection with repairs and work done on the dredging plant, at the shipyards at Sorel and on the channel generally, are tenders called for?


John Douglas Hazen: Yes, of course the hon.
gentleman understands that repairs made at the shipyards are done by our own employees, but tenders are asked for the material. It is all done, as is any other purchasing of the department, through the purchasing agent's branch. If material is wanted at the shipyard at Sorel the superintendent of the shipyard puts in a requisition to Mr. Doutre, the purchasing agent, and Mr. Doutre thereupon calls for tenders for the work, tenders are received and the contract awarded to the lowest tenderer. The same thing occurs with regard to lumber required for use -there. All sorts of materials when bought in large amounts are purchased by tender.


Rodolphe Lemieux: I see a very large
amount has been paid to the Nova Scotia Steel and Coal Company at Quebec.


John Douglas Hazen: That is for coal and is done by tender.


Rodolphe Lemieux: I do not question the
small amounts, but I suppose my hon. friend is right in saying that for all material purchased in large quantities tenders are asked under the supervision of Mr. Doutre?


John Douglas Hazen: That is absolutely correct
and in fact I think everything bought there is bought with the approval of the purchasing department.


John Howard Sinclair: The most important
question to my mind that has been discussed by the hon. member for Rouville and the minister is that of insurance of the St. Lawrence. I did not catch just what the minister proposes for the future. The Minister of Trade and Commerce last year rather gave some hope to the shipping people that something definite would be done in regard to that matter during the year. I understand that nothing has been done to relieve the great expense that the shipping people are put to with regard to the insurance of their ships. Has the matter been dropped, or is the Government still endeavouring to better things, and what is their policy for the future?


John Douglas Hazen: The attitude that we have taken has been practically that taken by the Minister of Trade and Commerce. I have discussed these questions with a great many gentlemen interested in shipping, and while the matter, as I said, comes under the Department of Trade and Commerce, still our department, being charged with the administration of the Canada Shipping Act, cannot help having a very deep interest in the subject. I feel it would be my duty and that of my department to make every effort to assist the Trade and Commerce Department in bringing about lower insurance rates. We have done all we can do by making representations to the underwriters, pointing out what Canada has done to improve conditions on our waters. In talking to those gentlemen, when the question of establishing a Canadian Lloyds has come up, I have invariably said that I thought a proposition ought to emanate from the shipping people; that if they would make a proposal I was sure that the matter would receive most careful consideration at the hands of the Government, and that the Government would be willing, as far as they could, to cooperate with them in trying to bring about some arrangement of that sort by which the insurance rates should be reduced. None of the shipping associations or federations have made any such proposal to the Government. They are more familiar with the state of affairs than any official of the department can be, and I think the position we take is the right one, that any proposition ought to come from those who are directly interested in it, as the ship-

ping people are. I said that we would give them every encouragement and every consideration. I suggested that at different times to individual members and those who occupy official positions in the shipping federation, but there has never been any result.


Alexander Kenneth Maclean: I understand that the minister says that he had a conference with Lloyds in connection with this matter?


John Douglas Hazen: Yes.


Alexander Kenneth Maclean: In these representations, was Halifax differentiated from the St. Lawrence route ?


John Douglas Hazen: I do not think that my hon. friend was in the House when I referred to it. For over two years we had been urging from our department, through Lord Strathcona, upon Lloyds, that the British North America clause in its policies of marine insurance ought to be eliminated in so far as the ports of Halifax and St. John and those of the lower provinces generally were concerned. My hon. friend, of course, knows what I refer to when I speak of the British North America clause?
5 p.m. Mr. MACLEAN: Yes.


John Douglas Hazen: We pointed out as strongly as we were able to do-and in this we had the strong support of Lord Strathcona and of the Canadian Government office-that with the modern aids to navigation which had been established, that clause was not justifiable, if, it ever had been justifiable. We further pointed out that these ports in the lower provinces were quite as safe as Portland or Boston, and yet at a certain time in the year, after the first of October, under the British North America clause, the insurance rates went up automatically as regards ports in the British American possessions and did not go up as regards these American ports.


Alexander Kenneth Maclean: Is the rate for Boston much lower than that for the Maritime provinces ?


John Douglas Hazen: I do not think it is now. As a result of those representations they excepted Halifax from the operations of the British North America clause, but they have not up to the present time excepted St. John.


Alexander Kenneth Maclean: When does that take
place ?


John Douglas Hazen: I think that it has been operative this winter. We have been urging upon them that they should also deal
in the same way with the port of St. John. When my deputy minister was over in London at the Convention for the Safety of Ships, he interviewed the underwriters on this subject, discussed the matter fully, and pointed out to them the admirable manner in which the bay of Fundy is lighted and protected by fog alarms, lights, and submarine bells, with the result that they have asked to be furnished with additional particulars so that the matter may receive further consideration at their hands.


Alexander Kenneth Maclean: Would the minister tell me at what time he was advised officially by Lloyds that Halifax was to be excepted from the British North America Act clause? When did that actually come into operation?


John Douglas Hazen: It may have been the preceding year but I had the idea that it was in operation this year.


Alexander Kenneth Maclean: I am not sure that it
is not.


John Douglas Hazen: My deputy minister will
obtain this information in the department.


John Howard Sinclair: But the minister says
that the same rule applies to Halifax as that which applies to the gulf of St. Lawrence.


John Douglas Hazen: What we were told would be done was that the port of Halifax would be exempted from the operation of the British North America Act clause.


John Howard Sinclair: So that you do not have to pay the advanced rate of insurance on a ship that is bound from the port of Halifax?


John Douglas Hazen: That is as I understand
it.


John Howard Sinclair: That is the way I understand it, but I understood the minister to state that he was trying to get a remedy as far as Halifax and St. John were concerned.


John Douglas Hazen: So we were, and we succeeded in getting the clause removed in so far as Halifax is concerned.


John Howard Sinclair: When?


John Douglas Hazen: Last year; but it has not been removed as far as St. John is concerned.


John Howard Sinclair: It was not enforced
by certain insurance companies last fall in so far as Halifax was concerned. I am

quite well aware that ships have come to Halifax without that additional rate being charged for several years past under the policy of certain insurance companies. I do not know whether all the insurance companies act in the same way.


Mr. LAW:: Does the minister refer to the English Lloyds altogether?


John Douglas Hazen: Yes.


Bowman Brown Law: I know that some of our vessels insure with one of the largest companies in America and that this company makes no such distinction in regard to rates as that.


John Douglas Hazen: No, I was referring to what is well known as the British North America Act clause in the policies that are issued by the Lloyds in London. 'Most of the transatlantic steamers are insured by the British Lloyds.
Mr. 'SINCLAIR:	I understand the minister to say that last fall the British Lloyds excepted Halifax from the operation of the British North America clause?


John Douglas Hazen: Yes.


Rodolphe Lemieux: Just one word more in connection with the betterment of navigation in.the river St. Lawrence. Many things contribute to the reputation, good, bad, or indifferent, of a route of that nature. I remember that my hon. friend appointed a commission a year or two ago to investigate the whole pilotage question. The sittings of the commission were many and the wranglings were also many. But a report was made and my hon. friend, as the head of the department and as the official head of the pilots, had to take some action. I do not know what action he took exactly except that I believe that, generally speaking, he accepted the recommendations made by the commission. But evidently he has not acted upon all the conclusions arrived at by the commissioners because I find that the Board of Trade of Montreal is at the present time making a very strong appeal to the Government, indeed to the Parliament of Canada, in connection with this pilotage question. The board of trade is acting in conjunction with the British Marine "Underwriting interests. With the permission of the committee I will read to it the following article which I found in last night's Herald:

Strong Appeal for Betterment of Pilotage Here-Petition Sent by Council of Board of Trade to Ottawa-Urges Reforms in the Present System-Improvement in Service at Quebec and Montreal is Urged.
A strong appeal has been made to the Government by the Council of the Board of Trade, in the form of a petition which has been sent to the Duke of Connaught, the Senate and the House of Commons regarding the pilotage systems of Quebec and Montreal. It was indicated in this petition that an imperative need of reform existed in this particular department of the marine conduct of the Dominion owing to the numerous accidents which had occurred on the St. Lawrence route, due to the present unsatisfactory condition of the pilotage system.
The petition also made plain its disappointment that the Government had failed to act upon the recommendations which had been made to it previously regarding this matter, which recommendations had been based on the findings of the Royal Commission appointed to investigate the matter.
The petitiqn concludes thus:
That it is urgent that the improvement of the pilotage service below Quebec be effected before the opening of navigation this year so that the British Marine Underwriting interests may be assured that the Dominion Government is doing its part towards securing a reduction in the marine insurance rates on the St. Lawrence route.
Wherefore your petitioners humbly pray for Your Royal Highness in Council to promote legislation embodying the recommendations of the said Royal Commission on Pilotage in the pilotage districts of Montreal and Quebec.
Signed on behalf of the Council of the Montreal Board of Trade, R. J. Dale, president; Geo. Ha drill, secretary.
Montreal, February 14, 1914.
I wish to know what suggestions of the Pilotage Commission have not been accepted by the department; whether the minister has received this memorandum from the Montreal Board of Trade, and, whether he intends to act upon it. It is not surprising that the insurance rates on the St. Lawrence route should be so high, if, in view of the accidents that have taken place, the department does not follow the recommendations made by its own commission. There may be reason, of course, for not accepting all the recommendations, and I trust the minister will let us know what they are. The pilotage system, the dredging, the maintenance of the water levels, the works generally on the river St. Lawrence, combine to make the reputation of that route, and if there toe laches anywhere, the insurance companies and underwriters would be perhaps justified in their judgment as to maintaining the high insurance rates.


John Douglas Hazen: The communication referred to toy my hon. friend has been received toy the department and a reply is

now being prepared. I think the Montreal Board of Trade must be under a misapprehension as to what has taken place.


Rodolphe Lemieux: I understood the minister to state last year, that he intended to adopt the recommendations in the report of the Pilotage Commission.


John Douglas Hazen: I will explain to my hon. friend what has been done. A commission, consisting of three gentlemen representing the ship-owners, and Mr. Lachance, representing the pilots, was appointed. The report was not unanimous on all points. A minority report on some points was submitted by Mr. Lachance, who was at that time president of the Pilots Corporation. There are two pilot organizations on the St. Lawrence: the Montreal pilots, between Montreal and Quebec, and the Quebec pilots, from Quebec down, and they are entirely different bodies. I think I am correct in saying that every recommendation made with respect to the Montreal pilotage district has already been carried out. The commission found things in a pretty satisfactory state in the Montreal district; the recommendations were not of very great importance, and we were able to carry them out by regulations, without the necessity of obtaining further legislation. I am equally correct in saying, I think, that practically every important recommendation that was made by the commission with regard to the Quebec pilotage district, has also been carried into effect, so far as we were able to do so by regulations, before the session of Parliament. I repeat, without any reservation, that I think the essential recommendations made by the Pilotage Commission, with regard to the Quebec district, are in effect at present. There is, however, one recommendation made by the commission which is worthy of careful consideration, viz., the abolition of the pilots' corporation. There is a tradition connected with the corporation which seems to be very much prized by the pilots, and they say: we are willing to surrender into the hands of the Minister of Marine, as the chief pilotage authority, practically all the powers we possess at present, with regard to apprentices, the admission of pilots and so on, but we would like to have the privilege of retaining the corporation. Connected with that is the recommendation of the Pilotage Commission that the system of. paying pilots should be changed. At present, in Quebec, the money earned by the pilots is pooled, and divided equally among those who are on the roll,
each pilot receiving an equal amount during the year. The commission recommended that should be dispensed with, and that the pilots should not be allowed to pool their earnings, but that each should be paid the amount he actually earns himself. The very best of the pilots, the men who earn the most money, are themselves opposed to this, and they point out that under some of the different systems which prevail in the ports of the world, the pilots' earnings are pooled as in Quebec. The pilots seem to feel very strongly on the subject, and I think the matter is worthy of consideration. I am trying to give it the best consideration I can. The argument of the shipping interests, who are opposed to the present system, is, that it gives no opportunity for individual ambition, and that under it the poor pilot earns just as much as the good pilot. On the other hand, the pilots say: those of us who earn the most money are quite willing to divide it with the others; we all do our best, and even if the Government should say that the system of pooling the earnings of the pilots will not be recognized, we still can continue to pool our earnings and to divide them up amongst ourselves if we so wish. The matter will receive careful consideration.
That was the principal recommendation of the private commission which has been acted upon so far. There were two more. One was in regard to the situation of the office in the city of Quebec, which is a minor matter. It was thought that the office ought to be moved to some other part of the city, as where the office is at present there were temptations in the way of pilots. There was another recommendation about purchasing a new boat for the pilots to live on at Father Point. This is a very minor matter, but in the near future we may ask Parliament for an appropriation to buy that boat. Every recommendation has been carried out in good faith by my department up to the present time. Whether we shall abolish the corporation absolutely, or whether we shall let it continue in name out of respect to the feelings of the pilots, is a matter that we are now considering. It is a matter that will have to be dealt with by legislation.


John Howard Sinclair: Do we not pension the pilots?


John Douglas Hazen: The hon. gentleman will
perhaps remember that a good many years ago it was felt that there were far too many pilots, and an agreement was come to with

the Government of that day under which the pilots were to be pensioned off until the number was brought down to seventy-five, at which figure it stands at present. The pilots are contending that the Order in Council does not limit the number of pensions and that they are all entitled to the same extra pension. While there may be some ambiguity in the language of the Order in Council, I think a perusal of all the papers and files would show that the manifest intention of the Government was to limit the number of extra pensions and only continue them until the number of pilots was reduced to seventy-five. In addition to the extra pension there are pensions paid out of the fund which the pilots themselves have.
My hon. friend from Rouville asked me for a statement regarding the disasters on the St. Lawrence river last year. I am now able to give him that statement. The disasters last year were not excessive at all; the losses were not many. On May 30, the Canada of Trieste, 8,816 tons, grounded above St. Augustin. The amount of the damage was not stated.


Rodolphe Lemieux: Is that one of the .river boats?	[DOT]


John Douglas Hazen: A transatlantic boat. On May 27 the Megantic touched lightly at Point Marie. There was no damage done. On June 20 the Pisa, of Germany, collided with the dock wall at Quebec and was slightly damaged. The damage did not exceed $300. On June 29 the Lake Manitoba, of Liverpool, stranded at the Isle of Orleans. The amount of damage is not stated, but it is considerable. On August
24	the Barcelona, of Germany, stranded below Longue Pointe, but was not damaged. On September 1 the Montreal, of Montreal, collided with the Querida between Beacon-court and Champlain, damage not over $150. On October 17 the Tyr, of Norway, grounded at St. Barnaby's island. There was no apparent damage. On August 14 the Hesperian, of Glasgow, stranded at Varennes and Cap St. Michel and was slightly damaged. On July 28 the Crown of Cordova, of Glasgow, collided with the Lady of Gaspe at Cap de la Madeleine. Considerable damage was done to the Lady of Gaspe. On September 13 the Whacka-tane, of Plymouth, collided with the wharf at Indian Cove and was slightly damaged. On September 24 the Mount Temple, of Liverpool, stranded in Montreal harbour, and was slightly damaged. On September
25	the steamer Germany grounded at

Batiscan, no damage done. The hon. gentleman will see that last year the losses amounted to very little indeed.


John Howard Sinclair: How many of these
accidents were due to defective piloting?


John Douglas Hazen: I cannot tell from the statement I have, but the hon. gentleman will see that several were collisions, where probably two or more vessels were more or less to blame. Most of them were of such a trifling character that I fancy no investigation was held by the wreck commissioner.


Rodolphe Lemieux: In reference to the
pensions to pilots, the corporation received last year $124,080, which gave to each of the 75 pilots $1,680. Although perhaps this item does not- call for these remarks, I wish to call the attention of my hon. friend to the importance of keeping watch over the expenditure around the harbour of Quebec.


John Douglas Hazen: If my hon. friend refers
to the Harbour Commissioners, I shall have to bring down a Bill a little later on in regard to them, and I will then give ample opportunity for discussion.


Rodolphe Lemieux: I will wait until my
hon. friend brings in that Bill.
Public Works, chargeable to capital-To provide for construction and completion of dredging plant, etc., $666,500.


John Douglas Hazen: We have really been discussing this item with the other one. Is any further explanation required?


Mr. MARCIL:: I read some months ago
of changes which have been made at the Sorel shipyard. In the report of Mr. Jackson, the superintendent of Sorel shipyards, at page 139 of the report of the department for 1913, he says:
During the fiscal year 1912-13, many improvements have been effected towards placing the Sorel shipyard on a good, sound, commercial basis, and the general condition of things changed and improved all round.
Superfluous men have all been suspended, and the number now working are allocated and arranged in such a way that all are fully employed.
How many men are employed in Sorel at present as compared with say two years ago?


John Douglas Hazen: Practically the whole system has undergone a change. Scarcely a man is working for us now except on piece work. Many years ago a large number of men were getting very low pay, $1.15 and $1.25 a day. The change has resulted in

the men getting better wages and giving better results. At the present time about 1,100 men are employed. Of course this is the busiest season of the year.


Charles Marcil: Is that a substantial increase over two years ago?


John Douglas Hazen: I do not know. We a're
doing more work there of actual construction in addition to the repairing that was being done two years ago. It is a great disadvantage to have men working for six months and then idle for the other six months of the year. Besides the repair work, we are enedavouring to keep steady work there on scows and barges and things of that sort that are required in Canada.


Charles Marcil: Complaints were made that several hundred appointees of the old Government were dismissed on the new Administration coming into office. Is that a fact?


John Douglas Hazen: I do not think so.


Charles Marcil: Charges are made that there were wholesale dismissals. Are the appointments made, as formerly was charged, on the recommendation of members?


John Douglas Hazen: Appointments are made by the superintendent of the shipyard, Mr. Jackson, and he has positive instructions not to take any man who is not competent to perform the tvork for which he is employed.


Charles Marcil: I wanted to know if the shipyard is run on business lines or on political lines-whether appointments are made as in other workshops or on recommendation of members of Parliament?


John Douglas Hazen: It is run on business principles, so far as it is possible to run any branch of Government on business principles. Hon. gentlemen opposite know- for they have been in Governments or supported Governments-that it is impossible to keep these services wholly clear of political influences; there is no use in shutting our eyes to that fact. But I think that we are running it on sound lines and are getting good results.


Charles Marcil: Then it is true that appointments are made on the recommendation of members of Parliament.


John Douglas Hazen: Certainly, I do not make
any appointments myself.


John Howard Sinclair: In view of the reference to 'superfluous men,' it would be interesting to know how many men have been employed in 1911, 1912 and 1913.


John Douglas Hazen: I think the same number as now. I have not the figures at hand, but I can get them should hon. gentlemen desire it.
Public Works, chargeable to capital-New ice-breaker for river St. Lawrence, $500,000.


John Douglas Hazen: We had some discussion of this subject the other night. The purpose of this vote is to get a thoroughly up-to-date ice-breaker for work on the St. Lawrence, with the view to preventing floods and to give an earlier season of navigation up to the city of Montreal. There are now two ice-breakers, the Montcalm and the Lady Grey. They are not as powerful or as modern as we desire. They were built to serve the dual purpose of icebreakers in the winter and ship channel work in the summer. But the result has not been satisfactory. They are most expensive boats to use in the summer, on account of their tremendous consumption of coal, and yet as ice-breakers they are not powerful enough to cope with the conditions. We asked for tenders for the proposed new ice-breaker, making it a condition that it must be built in Canada. Tenders were received from a number of firms in the old country, but they did not comply with the conditions. Two firms in Canada	tendered-one the Canadian
Vickers, and the other George P. Davey, of Quebec.	The amounts they named were
very much higher than the department had expected they would be. The tenders have been referred to the technical officers of the department to see if some change cannot be made that will reduce the expense without interfering with the efficiency of the vessel.


Rodolphe Lemieux: Is the hon. minister
aware of a memorial sent by the Quebec Harbour Commissioners	about winter
navigation below Quebec, as the result of a most interesting lecture	by Professor
Barnes, and a recommendation that an icebreaker like the Ermack might be secured by the Canadian Government in order to facilitate winter navigation below Quebec? And if so, has the minister taken any action in the matter?


John Douglas Hazen: We received the memorial, but have not taken action up to the present time. We have demonstrated the possibili-

ties, I think, by sending the Montcalm tp Seven islands, and other points, but we have up to the present taken no action to get a steamer for the service.


Rodolphe Lemieux: I may inform my hon. friend that no later than last month, an ocean vessel left St. Catherines bay, at the mouth of the Saguenay, with full cargo, for Europe-England, I think. The vessel belongs to the Chicoutimi Pulp Company, and carried full cargo of pulp. I met the manager, in Montreal about three weeks ago, and he said: You might inform your colleagues of the House that yesterday we cleared a vessel >Vith full cargo of pulp. It is well known amongst navigators around Quebec that St. Catherines bay is practically free from ice the whole winter, and it is said that navigation could be made possible should any transatlantic line make its terminus there. It would be worth while to study this question. As to the ice-breakers, am I to understand that at present they are at work at Cap Rouge or above Cap Rouge?


John Douglas Hazen: One is at Cap Rouge and the other at Portneuf above Cap Rouge.


Mr. McKENZIE:: The hon. gentleman will remember that last year we had something to say about Sydney. Is any provision being made for ice-breaking in that port?


John Douglas Hazen: I have always remembered the very strong presentation of the case of Sydney made by my hon. friend. We are doing the best we can with the machinery at our command. The Stanley has been at Sydney this year, in fact I think we had word that she was just coming back. Demands have been made for ice-breaking in different places all of which have merit but all of which cannot be dealt with with our present equipment. I think I told my hon. friend from Cape Breton that we hoped soon to have more machinery for this work. When the ferry is put on between Prince Edward Island and the mainland, it will not be necessary, I presume, to keep the ice-breakers in the channel there, and so these vessels will be left free for other work.
I hope we shall then have a boat which will give its entire time to that work. We have had to use the Stanley for different purposes; we send her on a trip to the Magdalen Islands now and then, and under these conditions it is impossible for us to do as much ice-breaking as we would like to do.


Bowman Brown Law: With reference to my taking up with the minister the matter of Yar-
mouth harbour being frozen up and occasioning a delay in the Boston boats, I was informed by the department that they had asked for a report from the harbour master at Yarmouth. Has the minister heard anything with reference to the matter ?


John Douglas Hazen: The deputy minister wired the harbour master at Yarmouth asking for a report, but up to the present time no report has been received, or, if it has come to the department, it has not been brought to my attention or to the attention of the deputy minister.


Rodolphe Lemieux: 
John Douglas Hazen: The question of winter
navigation is, I think, beyond the experimental stage. There is no question about the feasibility with vessels especially built for the service. The only question is whether it will pay commercially to construct vessels that can successfully navigate through the ice in the winter. The icebreaker we have designed, for which tenders have been received and are being considered, is superior to the Ermack and to the latest boat launched for the Russian Government a few months ago, because the naval architect of the department, Mr. Duguid, has consulted with the naval architect of the Russian rflovernment and they agree that the Canadian boat will be really a superior boat. Its dimensions are much the same as those of the Ermack, length 275 feet; breadth, moulded, 55 feet to depth 60 feet; depth, not less than 27 feet, and indicated horse-power eight to ten thousand. My hon. friend quoted the horse-power of the Ermack as ten thousand. The officials say it is not ten thousand and that this will be a more powerful boat than the Ermack when completed.


Rodolphe Lemieux: When will she be completed?


John Douglas Hazen: The tenders received seemed to be very high, and we are trying to make some reduction in the price without impairing the efficiency of the boat.


Charles Marcil: I have sent in for the
report of a select committee of thirty years ago on the question of -winter navigation on the St. Lawrence. That committee heard evidence from a large number of experienced men showing that even at that time winter navigation was recognized as quite feasible. So this is nothing new, the only question is whether it would pay to invest in the vessels required for such a service. As Prof. Barnes has very well said, Canada has lost a great deal of its trade in the winter by the fact that the moment navigation closes down in Montreal and Quebec, business goes south. Of course, previous to Confederation we had not even St. John and Halifax and the whole business of Montreal and the western country went down to Portland, Boston and other American ports. If we had had winter navigation from Quebec, 75 per cent of that trade could have been kept in Canadian channels.
I listened with a great deal of interest to the statement made by the minister of the work done by the Convention held in London regarding the saving of human life at sea. In glancing through the report of the department I find that in the lifesaving service of Canada there are forty life-saving stations, four in New Brunswick, sixteen in Nova Scotia, five in Prince Edward Island, four in British Columbia, and eleven in Otario. The gulf of St. Lawrence and the province of Quebec are left without a single life-saving station. The large passenger steamers pass up and down that river and gulf, and surely there should be one or more life-saving stations on the Gaspe coast or somewhere on the St. Lawrence.
Mr. HAZEN; It is most extraordinary that there is not a life-saving station on the gulf or the river St. Lawrence. I shall certainly have the matter carefully looked into and perhaps bring the matter up again in the House.


Alexander Kenneth Maclean: Has the minister in his possession any documentary matter relating to the discontinuance of the British North America clause in the Lloyds insurance policy? If so, I should be glad to see them.
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John Douglas Hazen: I shall be very glad to show them to my hon. friend.


Rodolphe Lemieux: We will have occasion to discuss the harbour of Montreal and the harbour of Quebec?


John Douglas Hazen: Yes, there will be Bills referring to them both during the session.
Public Works, chargeable to capital-To provide for the construction of a specially designed steamer to be used exclusively for testing or sweeping the river St. Lawrence ship channel, $100,000.


John Douglas Hazen: I have here the report of Mr. Forneret, superintending engineer of the St. Lawrence ship channel, who reports that the problem of properly sweeping the St. Lawrence river is a difficult one, and that owing to the increasing area to be covered by the sweeping scows it is impossible, with the present equipment, to examine the channel properly in the season of navigation. This boat is to be built at Sorel. The dimensions are 130 feet long by 30 by 15- feet draught.
The other evening there was some criticism on the item for unforeseen expenditures, in relation to Mr. Duchemin, who was employed in the province of Nova Scotia to investigate certain charges of jiolitical partisanship. The hon. gentleman from Pictou made reference to Mr. Duche-min in connection with a case in which a man named Currie was arrested and found guilty, of perjury. The impression left on my mind from what the hon. gentleman from Pictou said was that, in the course of holding an investigation, an official had been found guilty on the evidence of a man* named Currie who. was afterwards found guilty of perjury, and that Mr. Duchemin had appeared as a witness for the defence and had tried to get Currie clear on the ground that the oath had not been administered to him in a legal manner. I showed the letter which I am about to read to the hon. member for Pictou before the House met to-day. Mr. Duchemin has written a letter to the Sydney Record, and in fairness to him and in view of the serious charge laid against him, I think it only fair that I should read that letter to the House'. If the committee will wait for one moment I will read the letter, which appears in the Sydney Record of February 16. It is as follows:
To the Editor of the Record.
Sir,-I wish to refer to a grossly defamatory article purporting to be a despatch from Ottawa which was conspicuously featured on the first page of your issue on Saturday last. It deals

with the case of Mr. John J. McDonald, preventive officer of customs at North Sydney, who was accused of partisanship and subjected to an investigation before me, as commissioner of inquiry, at North Sydney in the autumn of 1912.
Your article also refers to the evidence given at this inquiry by one Ronald Currie, who was afterwards prosecuted for perjury, convicted and sentenced to a term of imprisonment.
You say: ' The evidence against the accused was given by a man named Currie. The evidence was represented as sworn to and the office holder dismissed. An action for perjury was started against Currie, who pleaded innocence and set up as a defence the fact that he had not actually been sworn by Duchemin, because the regular form of administering oaths had not been followed. The chief witness on his behalf was Duchemin. Duchemin gave evidence that the oath had not been properly administered by him at all the investigations.'
Every essential statement in the foregoing extract is untrue. The evidence against the office holder in question was given, not only by Currie, but by five or six other witnesses. (Currie's evidence was not believed by me, and I did not regard the statements of the other witnesses as sufficiently serious to warrant Mr. McDonald's dismissal. This office holder was therefore not dismissed; as stated by you, but was exonerated on, the report which I submitted to the Government, and holds his position up to the present time.
To satisfy you on these points, I give extracts from my report submitted to the Government under date October 15, 1912:
' The evidenec of Ronald Currie was disproved by that of Joseph McPherson and the accused, John J. McDonald, *both of whom swore positively that the story told by Currie was absolutely untrue in every particular. I am satisfied that these two men were stating the facts, and I therefore declined to accept the testimony of Mr. Currie.'
I also give you the concluding paragraph of my report, which exonerated Mr. McDonald, notwithstanding the depositions that were submitted to me against him:
' The only occasion on which it was alleged by any witness that he took a direct part in politics was in the matter of canvassing a voter, Joseph Naves, and the testimony in this regard is so conflicting and unsatisfactory that I do not feel like basing an adverse finding on this evidence, and must find that the charge of partisanship against this official has not been established.*
Your assertion that the chief witness on Mr. Currie's behalf, in the subsequent indictment of this witness for perjury, was myself, is as recklessly false as every other material statement in your arffcle. I was subpoenaed, not by the accused, or on his behalf, but by the Crown, to produce the record showing the false statement that Mr. Currie had made before me as a commissioner.
Your further statement that I gave evidence that the oath had not been properly administered by me at all the investigations is equally false.* My evidence in this connection, given before Judge Finlayson, was as follows: ' In this case, as in a few other cases where a copy of the Bible was not readily available, I caused the witness to hold up his hand and put the usual formula to him.'

This form of administering an oath has been followed by members of the Bar of Nova Scotia for a quarter of a century in swearing affidavits for use in the Supreme Court and the registry of deeds. Mr. D. D. McKenzie, who was present at the investigation as counsel for Mr. McDonald, raised no objection with regard to it. Judge Finlayson, before whom Currie's trial for perjury took place, regarded the oath as binding on the witness. Judge Finlayson's view was upheld by a majority of the Supreme Court of Nova Scotia, and was finally confirmed by the unanimous judgment of the Supreme Court of Canada.
In such a state of facts, you will, I am sure, appreciate the absurdity of your position when you question the binding character of the oath that was put to Mr. Currie in this case.
The concluding part of your article is as grossly and recklessly untrue as the portions of it I have already dealt with. You say: * When a Conservative worker faced a charge of perjury Duchemin appeared in court to swear that the testimony before him leading to a charge against the accused had not been regularly sworn at all.'
I have never yet appeared in court as a wit-* ness for any individual who was accused of perjury. I gave evidence at two trials-in both cases as a Crown witness against the accused persons.
If your statement in this connection, like the other allegations contained in your articles, is not clearly libellous, I do not understand the meaning of the term.
Elsewhere in the article you say that I denied accused office holders the right of counsel. My answer to this is that the investigations held by myself and by my fellow commissioner, Mr. Dane, were the only ones in the history of partisanship inquiries in this province where counsel was admitted to defend accused persons. Counsel was admitted at my investigations in Glace Bay, Sydney, North Sydney and Sydney Mines on different occasions. Mr. F. B. A. Chipman, now law partner of Mr. E. M. Macdonald, of Pictou, defended an office holder in one case in Glace Bay; Mr. W. F. Carroll appeared on behalf of another; Mr. Ronald McVicar, barrister of this city, attended an accused office holder at an investigation taken by me in Sydney. In the McDonald case, above referred to, Mr. D. D. McKenzie appeared as counsel on behalf of Mr. McDonald, as he did also in the case of Dr. Horace Rindress, members of the Board of Harbour Commissioners at North Sydney, and in other cases at Sydney Mines, and he was never on any occasion denied the right to appear on behalf of accused persons, cross-examine witnesses and call witnesses on behalf of the accused and present arguments to the coujrt; in their favour.
As I have said, the Commissioners of Inquiry appointed by the Borden Government were the first officials of the kind in this province to admit counsel to defend accused office holders. This right was denied Conservative office holders by the commissioners appointed by the Laurier Administration after the change of Government in 1896. I do not base this statement on hearsay. My authority is Mr. J. T. Ross, barrister, of Halifax, who was the chief commissioner doing similar work for the Laurier Administration after the change of Government in 1S96, who personally informed me that he had never
allowed counsel to appear at any of his investigations.
This, however, is merely by the way. My main object in furnishing you with this statement of facts is to correct the mass of defamatory misstatements contained in your article of Saturday with reference to the J. J. McDonald and Currie cases.
I would ask you to give this letter a position in your paper as prominent as that occupied by the article whose misstatements it is designed to correct.
H. P. Duchemin.
In view of the very serious character of the charges against Mr. Duchemin made by the hon. member for Pictou, and by other hon. members of the House, I thought it was only fair and right that, side by side with these charges, there should be placed on the pages of ' Hansard ' the statement which Mr. Duchemin has made over hi3 own signature giving his version as to what actually did occur.


Alexander Kenneth Maclean: I suppose that
my hon. friend from Pictou (Mr. Macdonald) will be afforded an opportunity to reply?


John Douglas Hazen: Most certainly; it makes
no difference what item it is. I thought it only fair and right, that, as Mr. Duchemin is not a member of this House, this statement in regard to the matter should go upon the pages of ' Hansard.'


Rodolphe Lemieux: What Estimates will
be taken up this evening?


Mr. ROGERS:: With the consent of the House we will take up agriculture.


Frank Oliver: Agriculture has not been taken up in the House.


Robert Rogers: I quite appreciate that
but I was suggesting that with the consent of the House we might allow the Minister of Agriculture to go on with his Estimates. If there is any objection we will go on with the Estimates of the Department of Customs.	[DOT]
Mr. A. -K. MACLEAN:	Could Railways
go on?


John Douglas Hazen: That is in the same position as Agriculture.


Frank Oliver: As I understand it, the
feeling on this side of the House is that the Estimates of the Department of Customs should go on. They have already been taken up and there would be no questim as to the effect upon the rights of hon. members on this side of the House at a later date.

At six o'clock the House resumed, and then took recess.
The House resumed at eight o'clock.



[Stage Direction]
Further consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bill number 12, respecting the Calgary and Edmonton Railway Company -Mr. Douglas. Mr. Blondin in the Chair.
On section 3-securities:
Mr. LANCASTER:: They had a limitation of $20,000 per mile of securities to be issued by the Railway Company, and they convinced the Railway Committee that they could not do with less than $35,000. The section is amended to that end.


Frank Oliver: What is the limitation of time?


Edward Arthur Lancaster: They have to commence in one year and finish in three years.
Bill reported, read the third time, and passed.


PACIFIC, PEACE RVER AND ATHABASKA RAILWAY COMPANY.
[Stage Direction]
The House in Committee on Bill No. 26 to incorporate the Pacific, Peace River and Athabaska Railway Company-Mr. R. B. Bennett. Mr. Blondin in the Chair.
On section 1-incorporation:
Frank Oliver: What is the location of
this railway?


Edward Arthur Lancaster: The location is set*out in section 8 of the Bill. By some freak or mistake they did not insert the gauge in the Bill, and as we have not yet a standard gauge under the Railway Act, we inserted it here.


Frank Oliver: Is this company allowed
two years to commence?


Edward Arthur Lancaster: This being a new
charter the provisions of the Railway Act apply to it in that respect, and there being no special provision in the Bill to the contrary, they will have two years to commence and five years to complete


Frank Oliver: Where is the head office
oi the company?


Edward Arthur Lancaster: In Vancouver.


Frank Oliver: As to telephone and telegraph lines, is this company given any extra powers?
[ Mr. Oliver. ]


Edward Arthur Lancaster: No; the Bill contains the municipal standard clauses with regard to the location of poles, and so on, in a municipality, and the rates charged will be under the control of the Railway Commission.


Frank Oliver: Has the company authority to develop water powers?


Edward Arthur Lancaster: Under the standard
clause, they can acquire water powers, but not by expropriation, and the rates charged foi supplying power must be approved by the Railway Commission.
Bill reported, read the third time, and passed.


OTTAWA AND UNGAVA RAILWAY COMPANY.
[Stage Direction]
The House in committee on Bill No. 37, respecting the Ottawa and Ungava Railway Company.-Mr. Chabot. Mr. Blondin in the Chair.
Frank Oliver: Is this a new proposition?


Edward Arthur Lancaster: No, this is an
authority to the Ottawa and Ungava Railway Company to construct, maintain and operate the following additional branch lines:
Eastward, from a point on the main line north of the 49th circle of latitude by the most feasible route and crossing the Ashwapmuchuan, Mistassini, Peribonka, Ber-simis, Outarde, Manicuagan, Pentecote, Ste. Marguerite, Moisie, Romaine and Natashwan rivers, to lake Melville or to a point on the boundary between the province of Quebec and Labrador in the vicinity of St. Lewis Inlet or of St. Charles river.
We struck out all the words in section one after what I have just read, because it clashed with the provisions of the Railway Act and was not considered good legislation. It was substituting other language for their rights in regard to the branch lines. Every company can build six miles of branch lines without any authority; but if they build more, they must ask Parliament for authority, and then we make them state their termini.


Rodolphe Lemieux: Who are the incorporators?


Edward Arthur Lancaster: I cannot say unless I look at the original Act. This is an additional power for the company.


Rodolphe Lemieux: At what point does the line start?


Edward Arthur Lancaster: It begins at a point on the main line north of the 49th parallel,

running eastward by the most feasible route, and crossing those rivers to the lake or other place that I have mentioned.


Rodolphe Lemieux: I do not wish to delay the passing of this Bill, but I would like to hear the sponsor give an explanation of it. It seems to be quite a large contract. If there is no objection we might perhaps consider the Bill later on.


Mr. MACDONALD:: Is it a renewal?


Edward Arthur Lancaster: The incorporation
began in 1910; it was renewed in 1912. This is an additional line which the company is asking permission to build. Section 2 renews the old line. What I have read is the new right asked for.


Rodolphe Lemieux: I do not object to the
Bill at all; I am sure that it is a very excellent one, but I saw in the papers not very long ago a statement that some gentlemen from London, England, were interested in a similar venture. We must be very careful how such charters are granted and what hopes they may raise in the minds of the public abroad. I would be pleased if the sponsor was here to explain the nature of the Bill, the capital involved, the total length of the line, etc.


Edward Arthur Lancaster: I can tell my hon.
friend exactly where the original road runs. What I have read refers to the new line for which they are asking. The original road is from a point on the National Transcontinental railway at the head of the Gatineau river, thence to Leaf lake on Ungava bay, about nine hundred miles in length, also a branch from lake Minto to Payne lake, an addition of two hundred miles. That is 'what by section 2 they are asking us to extend the time for.


Rodolphe Lemieux: With the permission of the committee I would ask that the third reading of this Bill be postponed, because I would like to hear the sponsor in regard to it. I am not opposed to it at all; I would probably support it, but it is such a large contract that we are entitled to some further explanation.
Progress reported.


THESSALON AND NORTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY.
[Stage Direction]
The House in Committee on Bill No. 39, respecting the Thessalon and Northern Railway Company.-Mr. Smith. Mr. Blon-*din in the Chair.
Frank Oliver: It might be well to have a statement in regard to this Bill also.


Edward Arthur Lancaster: This is a railway that is partly constructed, and therefore the company does not need to ask for time for commencement, but they ask for time for completion. This line runs from a point on the Algoma branch of the Canadian Pacific railway about two miles northeast of the town of Thessalon, thence southwesterly to a point in or near the town of Thessalon, in the district of Algoma, thence northwesterly to a point at or near Thessalon station on the Algoma branch of the Canadian Pacific railway, and from either of the said points on the said Algoma branch, northerly to a point on the Mississauga river in or near the township of Gould. That is the original charter; that is not our language this year. That is what they are asking us to give them more time to complete.


William John Macdonald: While I am sure that everyone in the committee admires the attention and care of the hon. gentleman who is chairman of the Railway Committee in regard to these railway Bills, I think that hon. gentlemen who are sponsors of Bills, who are desirous of seeing them passed and who take any interest whatever in them, should be present to give some information other than the technical information which the chairman is able to give. I think that the Minister of Railways also should be present. In previous parliaments no railway legislation passed through committee without the Minister of Railways of the day being present in order that questions of policy which might arise in connection with the matter could be dealt with by him. We are open to the charge of allowing legislation to go through in a careless manner, when hon. gentlemen simply introduce these Bills and then do not appear to see them pass, and when the Minister of Railways also is not present.


Robert Rogers: While I agree with my hon. friend from Pictou that the sponsor of the Bill ought to be in his seat if he is anxious to pass the legislation for which he assumes responsibility when he places his name upon the Bill, under present circumstances I cannot agree with him in his remarks respecting the Minister of Railways.

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William John Macdonald: If the minister is unwell, I withdraw my remarks in regard to him.
Progress reported.


JOLIETTE AND LAKE MANUAN COLONIZATION RAILWAY COMPANY.
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The House in Committee on Bill No. 36, respecting the Joliette and Lake Manuan Colonization Kailway Company.-Mr. Guil-bault. Mr. Blondin in the Chair.
Frank Oliver: If the hon. minister who is leading the House would establish a rule or would put the question forward so that the House would agree and understand that, unless the sponsor of a Bill were present, the Bill would stand, I think it would be agreeable to the whole House, and would be a very proper rule. I do not like to insist upon holding up a Bill, but I quite agree with everything that my hon. friend from Pictou has. said and that the hon. minister has said. We are unduly careless in the passing of legislation affecting in an intimate degree the interest of the public. Although this is called private legislation, it really affects the interest of the public, and for this class of legislation the public are entitled to more consideration at our hands than we have given in the past. If the Government will take some measure of responsibility in establishing the rule, we on this side of the House will be very glad to support the Government in making it.


Edward Arthur Lancaster: I do not object to the Bill being allowed to stand, but I can explain it if the hon. gentleman desires.


Frank Oliver: I do not wish to pick on this Bill particularly. I am quite willing to let it go through with an explanation. But I would rather have the rule established and let everybody follow it.


Robert Rogers: The hon. gentleman will recollect that last year when Bills of a similar nature were going through we had the same discussion. I took the ground then that the member who is responsible for a Bill should be present and should endeavour to explain it to the satisfaction of the committee before we proceed. I take the same ground now, except that I would add that the sponsor for a Bill, if he prefers, might select a colleague who will act for him and explain the Bill to the satisfaction of the committee, and I should then expect and' hope that the business of the committee would go on. Otherwise, if there is the slightest objection from anybody on

either side, and if the sponsor of the Bill under consideration is absent and no one is ready to speak on his behalf, then, so far as I am concerned, we are prepared to let the Bill stand over.


Rodolphe Lemieux: I think my hon. friend from Edmonton (Mr. Oliver) would not raise objection in this case. The Bill is well known and this is the fourth time they have come for an extension. This railway construction is well known.


Frank Oliver: Perhaps the chairman of the Railway Committee (Mr. Lancaster) will give such explanation as he can, and under these circumstances the Bill might go through.	-


Edward Arthur Lancaster: This is for a railway from Joliette to Lake Manuan, with an extension from Joliette to Montreal. Section 1 we have not amended-it is merely an extension of time, with two years to begin and five years to complete. Section 2, we have amended. We have repealed this section and another in order to amend their telegraph powers which are not according to our standard. We then enact our standard telegraph clause. We protect municipalities by providing that they shall not build on the highway, and that nothing in the Act shall allow them to erect .poles without the municipality's consent. We have made it a model charter.


Frank Oliver: Does this Bill ask for telephone powers ?


Edward Arthur Lancaster: No.


Mr. A. H. CLARKE:: Has any work been done under this charter ?


Edward Arthur Lancaster: We understand so.


Mr. R. B. BENNETT:: It was explained to _ * the committee that a considerable amount" of money has been expended, that they have 69 miles surveyed. This, we were told, is a colonization road in Quebec.


Edward Arthur Lancaster: They showed pretty good bona fides.
Bill reported, read the third time and passed.


ESQUIMALT AND NANAIMO RAILWAY COMPANY.
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The House in Committee on Bill No. 42, respecting the Esquimalt and Nanaimo Railway Company-Mr. Shepherd. Mr. Blondin in the Chair.
Frank Oliver: What is the purpose of
this Bill?


Edward Arthur Lancaster: This Bill is the renewal of an existing charter. It covers the following lines: from Kamloops via Camp-bellford to Alberni canal; Comox via Cumberland to Alberni canal; from Englishman's river to Alberni canal; from Duncan's to Alberni via Cowichan valley; from Comax to Campbell river; from Esquimalt to Nanaimo; and a branch was granted in 1912 from the north fork of Oyster river to Hardy's bay on the west coast of Vancouver island. They ane asking for renewal of these rights and an extension of two years to begin and five years to complete was granted by the committee. The Bill as printed is not changed except that we added a section, the standard clause as to highways.


Frank Oliver: That is the only amendment?


Edward Arthur Lancaster: Yes, they have no
water-powers or anything of that kind.
Bill reported, read the third time and passed.


ERIE, LONDON AND TILLSONBURG COMPANY.
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The House in Committee on Bill No. 46, respecting the Erie, London and Tillsonburg Railway Company-Mr. Morphy. Mr. Blon-din in the Chair.	[DOT]
Mr. LANCASTER. This charter covers a line from Port Burwell to London through Aylmer, and from a point between Port Burwell and Aylmer to Tillsonburg. It has been renewed twice, and this is the third renewal. We did not change section 1 as printed. As to section 2, the old Bill gave water-powers which were wider than those we now allow; so we imposed the condition that if they wished renewal, they must accept the standard clause. We repeal the sections of their charter relating to this as well as that relating to the time limit and enact three standard clauses.
Bill reported, read the third time and passed.

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The House in Committee on Bill No. 48, to incorporate the Peace River Tramway and Navigation Company.-Mr. R. B. Bennett. Mr. Blondin in the Chair.
On section 9-railway authorized:
Edward Arthur Lancaster: This section was
amended to provide for the standard gauge. I do not know why, but they asked 63J
us to let them have a railway of a gauge of three feet, which we could not allow, because the Railway Commission, would not then be able to fully control it. The words ' to be operated by steam,, electricity or other power ' were struck out because this is covered by the Railway Act. To make the section more definite, we struck out ' or near ' in two or three places to avoid any uncertainty about the route. The section now reads, as we amended it:
The company may lay out, construct and operate a railway, of the gauge of four feet eight and one-half inches, commencing at a point at Smith's landing on the Slave river, thence along the westerly side of the Slave river to a point in the Northwest territories at Port Smith on the Slave river, also commencing at a point south of Vermilion rapids at or near the Peace river, thence in an easterly direction along the northerly hank of the Peace river to a point on the Peace river north of Vermilion falls, in the province of Alberta.
The general scope of the charter is not changed, but the language of the Bill is made more direct and certain, and changed so as to facilitate location by route maps, etc.
On section 12-securities:


Edward Arthur Lancaster: In the original Bill
the securities issued by the company were not to exceed $50,000 a mile; we thought that too high, and accordingly we limit them to $30,000 a mile.
On section 17-agreements with other companies.


Frank Oliver: What is the length of the line at Vermilion rapids?


Richard Bedford Bennett: The length of the line is said to be only a few miles. The navigation part of the enterprise was the part most strongly urged by the gentlemen who had charge of the Bill before the committee, Mr. Thompson and Mr. Law; the idea of the railway was to provide facilities to get around the rapids with electric power.
Mr. OLIVER. What is the length of the proposed line passing Vermilion rapids on Peace river?


Richard Bedford Bennett: I think the distance
mentioned was sixteen miles; whether that is correct or not I cannot say.


Frank Oliver: I think the mileage should be stated. The sections of railway proposed are to overcome the breaks in navigation that exist on the Slave river and on the Peace river. I happen to have a personal knowledge of the length of line required

on the Slave river running from Smith's landing to Fort Smith. We are giving the *company authority to build only for a distance of sixteen miles. In the case of the piece of line intended to be used to pass the Vermilion Falls on Peace river, I do not gather from the reading of the Bill that there are two fixed points, nor is there any specific mileage given.


Richard Bedford Bennett: I should like to
point out that when the matter was before the committee, the capital was fixed at $1,000,000 and the bonding power, at my instance, reduced from $50,000 to $30,000 a mile. The capitalization included not only the tramway part of the system, but also the navigation part. My understanding was that the distance was not very great, but I am free to say that the hon. member for Edmonton has a much wider .knowledge of the matter than-1 have. The gentlemen before the committee, to whom I have referred, explained that the distance covered in connecting these two points would be the only distance required.


Frank Oliver: This piece of track proposed to be laid around Vermilion Falls is in the constituency which I represent. I have no objection to the company's being authorized to build, but when we are giving them specific authorization for a specific purpose, as the representative of that district I ask this committee to put specific limitations upon the authority given the company.


Richard Bedford Bennett: As I have said, I have no personal knowledge of the matter; my name is attached to the Bill merely for the purpose of introducing it and giving such information as may be required. I would suggest that the matter stand until the information asked for by the hon. gentleman can be obtained from those promoting the Bill.


Frank Oliver: I would ask that that be done, because I do not think we should give the company such indefinite powers as are conveyed by the terms of this Bill. I think they should say specifically how many miles of railroad they are going to build, and from what point to what point the track is to be laid.
Progress reported.


CENTRAL RAILWAY COMPANY OF CANADA.
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The House in Committee on Bill No. 52, respecting the Central Railway Company of Canada.-Mr. W. H. Bennett. Mr. Blondin in the Chair.
Edward Arthur Lancaster: This is an old friend which we have put into such shape that no mischief can be done. This Bill was brought in last year. They wanted to extend a lot of charters which would give them a right to litigate in regard to land grants, under old provincial statutes. This was apposed by the Governments of Ontario and Quebec and by members of the Dominion Parliament. The House was almost unanimous that the Bill should not pass unless the* promoters agreed to abandon all such claims as a condition of receiving a renewal. The Carillon and Grenville railway is about the only part of any of these lines that has ever been built. At the instance of the Railway Committee and of the House I went to Toronto and discussed with the Provincial authorities and their counsel and also with the gentlemen from the province of Quebec, the whole situation and we drafted a clause that satisfied them that it would prevent all such claims being raised and that was satisfactory to me and to the House and the committee. This clause was agreed on last year and a new Bill was introduced in the Senate with that clause in it, so that we could pass it when it came to this House. The Senate threw out that clause and we rejected the Bill in this House without even sending it to the Railway Committee as it was not thought desirable to pass the Bill without that clause. We insert at the beginning of section 1, ' subject to the. provisions of section 3 of this Act,' which is as follows;
1. It is hereby expressly declared and enacted that the Central Railway Company of Canada shall not, nor shall the Ottawa River Railway Company, the Central Counties Railway Company, the Ottawa Valley Railway Company, the Carillon and Grenville Railway Company or the Ottawa River Navigation Company, nor the assigns of any of the said companies, nor shall any other company or person whatsoever, be entitled to receive any land grant or grants under the provisions of the statutes of the late province of Canada, 19 and 20 Victoria, chapter 112, and 24 Victoria, chapters 80 and 87, or any of them, or any amending or substituted Acts, or any other statutes or Acts of Canada or any of the provinces of Canada.
Then we have added three standard sections to water-powers and municipal control of highways.
Bill reported, read the third time and passed.


CONSIDERED IN COMMITTEE-THIRD READINGS.
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Bill No. 34, respecting the Dominion Atlantic Railway Company.-Mr. Jameson.
fMr. Oliver. ]

Bill No. 44, respecting the Vancouver Life Insurance Company, of Vancouver, B.C., and to change its name to The Vancouver Life Insurance Company-Mr. Stevens.
Bill No. 14, respecting the Eastern Canada Savings and Loan Company, Limited, and to change its name to The Eastern Canada Savings and Loan Company.-Mr. A. K. Maclean.
Bill No. 24, respecting the Canadian Railway Accident Insurance Company, and to change its name to Tfie Globe Indemnity Company of Canada.-Mr. Baker.
Bill No. 49, respecting the Saskatchewan Central Railway Company.-Mr. McCraney.

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Bill No. 72, respecting the Calgary and Fernie Railway Company.-Mr. R. B. Bennett.
Bill No. 73, respecting the Canadian Northern Railway Company.-Mr. Currie.
Bill No. 74, respecting the Central Ontario Railway.-Mr. G. V. White.
Bill No. 75, respecting the Continental Fire Insurance Company of Canada.-Mr. W. H. Sharpe.
Bill No. 76, to incorporate Les Soeurs le la Charite de LTLopital Saint Antoine de Le Pas.-Mr. Lavallee.

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The House in Committee of Supply. Mr. Blondin in the chair.
Customs-Salaries and travelling expenses of inspectors of ports and of other officers on inspection and preventive service, including' salaries and expenses in conection with the Board of Customs, $335,000.
['I would suggest that the item we are now discussing be allowed to stand. The next item contains reference to a great many matters which might be open to discussion. I think there would be no objection to the passing of the item with reference to the purchasing of a new revenue cruiser.\nItem stand-s.\nProgress reported.\nOn motion of Mr. Rogers, the House adjourned at 10.45 p.m.\ni]srr>EX']
Mr. McCRANEY:: I would like (to call the attention of the bon. Minister of Customs (Mr. Reid) to some facts connected with the dismissal of the late sub-collector at Ros-thern, Saskatchewan, and to inquire of him if I can obtain information as to the circumstances under which officials of the Government are dismissed, and what is the practice in that respect. Some time early in 1911 it was decided by the predecessor of the present minister to establish a sub-col-lectorship at Rosthern. The office would have been opened quite early in that year but f-or one fact. There was already a subland agency in Rosthern and Mr. Paterson, the then Minister of Customs, thought it better to appoint the sub-land agent as sub-collector of customs, and as the sub-land agent was at that time receiving a salary of $600 a year, it was proposed to appoint him also as sub-collector of customs at a salary of $300. The sub-land agent was ill, he was unable to open the customs office at Rosthern; this illness continued until midsummer, and eventually Mr. McGregor, who was the sub-land agent, died. In the month of August a new sub-land agent was appointed in the person of Mr. Tobias Unruh, and about the 14th August Mr. Unruh was instructed to open the customs office in Rosthern. I see by the Auditor General's Report that his salary commenced from the 1st September, 1911, and continued at the rate of $300 per year until his dismissal on October 14,1912.
I am informed that after the Dominion elections of 1911, when it was
9 p.m. known that there was to be a change of Government, Mr. Unruh went to the president of the Conservative Association at Rosthern and inquired of him whether he was to be dismissed, and Mr. Unruh was assured that he would not. He gave as a reason for wanting the information that he intended to obtain a building as an office for the sub-land agency, and the sub-collectorship of customs, and being told that he would not be dismissed he moved into the new office. I questioned the minister as to the matter on the 9th of February, and my question and the answer appear in ' Hansard.'
Mr. McCraney :
1. On what grounds was Tobias Unruh dismissed from the position of sub-land agent and collector of customs at Rosthern, Sask* katchewan ?
Mr. J. D. Reid:
1. Tobias Unruh was dismissed from the position of sub-collector of customs at Rosthern, Saskatchewan, because he had never been permanently appointed to the position in which he was temporarily acting from August 4, 1911, and because information was received from Donald Maclean, candidate in the last Dominion election, that he had taken an active part in the last provincial and Dominion elections.
Mr. Unruli was apparently dismissed in October, 1912, and in his place Mr. E. St.. George Hodgson was appointed sub-collector. From the Auditor General's Report it would appear that Mr. Hodgson was-given a -salary at the rate of $300 a year for one month only, and within a month after the dismissal of Mr. Unruh that salary was raised from $300 to $600 a year. The last report of the collector of customs shows the income of the office to be in the neighbourhood of $3,500 per annum., I am informed there was no investigation held into the charges of partisanship which were laid by Mr. Maclean, the defeated Conservative candidate, against Mr. Unruh. I desire to ask the minister, whether when a Conservative member or a defeated Conservative candidate makes an alle-

gation against an official, it is his practice to hold an investigation, and if so, why was not an investigation held in the case of Mr. Unruh. I may be answered that Mr. Unruh was not a permanent appointee to the office, but at the same time Mr. Unruh was a permanent employee of the Interior Department as sub-land agent, and if he were guilty of partisanship in one capacity he would be guilty of partisanship in the other. I submit that whether Mr. Unruh had been a permanent employee of the Customs Department or not, the fact that he was a permanent sub-land agent entitled him to the right to have an investigation. I understand that in some cases where such a charge was made, the officer was asked if he were guilty of active partisanship, and if he admitted it he was admonished not to do it again. I wish the minister to inform the House what the practice is. I am not concerned specially with Mr. Unruh or Mr. Hodgson, but I am concerned to know what office-holders may expect, and whether there is to be a different treatment as between Conservative and Liberal officials who may be guilty of partisanship.


John Dowsley Reid: Mr. Unruh was appointed on the strength of a letter from Hon. Mr. Paterson in the month of August, 1911, or some time after the Government had dissolved.


George Ewan McCraney: Dissolved the House?


John Dowsley Reid: Yes. If the hon. member
had been here in 1896 he would remember that the same question was raised, and that there were quite a number of officials who had been appointed after the Conservative Government had dissolved, and their appointments were not recognized, they being summarily dismissed without any charges having been made against them. Mr. Unruh was appointed on the strength of a letter from Mr. Paterson, and he was appointed temporarily, subject to his being iet out at any time the minister wished. In addition to that, charges of political partisanship were made against Mr. Unruh, and the Department of the Interior dismissed him. In dismissing him I felt that he having been appointed after the Government had dissolved, his appointment could not be recognized in the same manner as if he had been appointed previous to the Government having ceased to be in office. The hon. gentleman asked what position I take with reference to dismissals in the

department. With three or four exceptions, I have always had the member for the constituency assume the responsibility of the charge that the official took part in an election. The rule agreed to by both sides of the House was that when a member asserted that an official tcok part in an election, that statement was accepted and the official dismissed. In other cases where charges have been made by others, where the constituency has been represented by an hon. member opposite, we have held an investigation in almost every case. This is one of the exceptions. The official had already been dismissed by the Department of the Interior. From the fact of his having been dismissed as sub-land agent, and charges of political partisanship having been made against him, and the Government having dissolved and gone to the country, I felt justified in making the change that I did in this case.


George Ewan McCraney: I want to correct my hon. friend, if I may, as to his statement respecting the practice in 1896. I entirely agree with the principle that a Government defeated at the polls has not a right to appoint a lot of its political friends to office. That was the rule in 1896; I do not object to the rule in 1911. In 1896 a number of King's Counsel and other officials who had been appointed were dismissed. Perhaps the same practice did not prevail in 1911, because there was a good precedent against it. My hon. friend the minister has stated that these appointments were made after dissolution. The appointments which were objectionable were made after the defeat of the Government. The fact that they were made after dissolution was not the reason why they were objectionable. The reason was because the Government of the day had suffered defeat at the hands of the electors, having been found wanting in their confidence. I do not object to the principle to which the hon. minister has referred being enforced in respect to appointments made after the Government has been defeated at the polls. My hon. friend the minister gives a reason, which I must accept, that under these peculiar circumstances Mr. Unruh was not a permanent official; that he had already been dismissed as sub-land agent, and that therefore the minister dismissed him. The minister says that be takes the word of the sitting member, who is a Conservative, or the word of the late Conservative candidate, as the case

may be. The member or candidate assumes the responsibility for the correctness of the facts he alleges. If information is received from any other source, if we put a case before the minister, then he holds an investigation. What does he do if	on the investigation
he finds that there has been a case of political partisanship? Does he dismiss, or does he say: Do not do it again? That is what I want to get at, because I am afraid that the practice of the Government is simply to admonish its own friends and to dismiss its opponents. If we are to have a Civil Service that is to be of any use, there must be equal treatment all around. I would not wish to retain any officer who has been found guilty of political partisanship. I do not know whether Mr. Unruh was guilty of political partisanship in 1911 or not. If he was, he has suffered for it. I notice that Mr. Maclean alleged that he was guilty of political partisanship in the provincial elections of 1912. I do not believe anything of the kind. Mr. Unruh knew at that time at any rate that he was in the employ of the Conservative Government, and I am quite sure that he would not have taken his official life in his hands and done any such thing. He is not well off; he kept store in a small way; he gave up his store in order to take up this position. After this Government came into power, on the assurance of the Conservative Association, he incurred expenditures to fit up an office. He has had to go back to storekeeping and into a different kind of life, as the result of his dismissal. Will the minister tell me what is his practice with regard to Conservative officials who are guilty of political partisanship? Does he admonish them only and leave them in office, or does he dismiss them, as he would dismiss Liberals?


John Dowsley Reid: I have never had a case
of that kind before me. I have never had any of the hon. members opposite furnish me with such a case, so it is hard for me to answer the question without having some information as to what the hon. gentleman refers to. I do not think there should be so much complaint as to the dismissals of officials in the West. So far as my memory serves me at the present time, I do not think there have been any dismissals in British Columbia, and in Alberta I think that just one official has been dismissed since we came into power. In Saskatchewan there have been only two: one at Rosthern, and I
think one at Humboldt. The man at Humboldt wTas appointed prior to the dissolution of Parliament; and, if I remember rightly, charges of political partisanship were made against him, and the commissioner who was appointed went to Humboldt and held an investigation, and on his report the man was dismissed. I may be wrong in saying that there have been only these two, but at all events there have not been more than three or four at the most. Therefore, I do not think that the hon. member has much reason to complain in so far as dismissals in his province are concerned. If there are complaints such as are mentioned by the hon. member of any Conservatives having taken part in the elections, if he will make his charges, just as a member on this side would do, we will take action, and then I shall be able to tell just what the result will be on the evidence that is submitted.
Mr. MeCRANEY: I shall be surprised if my hon. friend the minister has not given more consideration to this matter than he has enlightened us with to-night. I fear that what he is doing with Liberal appointees is firing them, and what he is doing with Conservative appointees is telling them not to do it again or leaving them alone. I will give my hon. friend a case. The Rosthern Enterprise is edited by Mr. S. T. Willoughby, who is the secretary of the Conservative Association at Rosthern. The minister will find that the present collector of customs at Rosthern took part in a Conservative meeting at Rosthern. I am going to read such portion of the minutes of that meeting as I think it pertinent to this discussion. It is headed, ' Conservatives seek favours at Ottawa,' and reads as follows:
There was a large attendance at the annual meeting of the Conservative Association of the the town of Rosthern held on Tuesday evening, January 27, in the town hall. After the election of officers Mr. Braden informed the meeting that the association was endeavouring to secure certain things from the Dominion Government. Chief among these was an extension to the experimental farm so that mixed farming and stock raising might be taken up. Mr. Braden was very hopeful from a personal talk with officials that the request would be granted. The association was also working on the proposition to throw open the Duck Lake Indian reserve. But the Indians themselves controlled the situation and Mr. Braden stated the department would not do anything until the consent of the Indians was obtained. There were one or two other very important matters to Rosthern but which it is probably unwise to disclose.
Now, if the minister will follow the report he will see that a speech was made by J. D. Brown in support of Mr. Braden's sugges-

tion, and also by Mr. John Hamm. I will not read these intervening speeches, though they may be very good. Mr. Hodgson, collector of customs, appointed at $600 a year and increased within a month, the sub-land agent, and Major Hodgson, of Rosthern, were all there. They were there in one person, and of him we read:
Mayor Hodgson urged the sending of a strong delegation to Ottawa to press upon the Government the necessity of granting the various matters already mentioned. Mr. Hodgson understood the prospects of success were very favourable, more particularly with two of the requests.
If the minister will glance further down this record he will find the following:
After considerable discussion the following men were chosen as the deputation to Ottawa: President Braden, Vice-President A. P. Siebert, Mayor Hodgson, J. D. Brown and J. A. Sanderson. The deputation includes the mayor of Kosthern, and J. D. Brown, chairman of the Board of Trade. However, it was decided that both of these bodies be requested to ratify the appointments. The deputation is quite a strong one.
Now, I put that report before the minister. The Rosthern Enterprise is a reputable paper. Mr. Willoughby runs it as a non-partisan paper. He is secretary of the Conservative Association, as the minister will see from the list of officers. He was the reporter of this meeting. Now, I put it to the minister, what is he going to do about Mr. Hodgson? I have no doubt that if he were to ask Mr. Hodgson whether he were there or not, Mr. Hodgson would say, yes. It is a matter of public notoriety. Well, is the minister going to say to Mr. Hodgson:
' We have had discussions in regard to this matter in Parliament; you are an intelligent man and ought to have known better, and I am going to dismiss you.' Or is he going to say: ' Don't do it again '?


John Dowsley Reid: This was a business meeting?


George Ewan McCraney: Of the Conservative
Association.


John Dowsley Reid: It was called for the purpose of taking up public matters in connection with Rosthern, and Mr. Hodgson, who is mayor of the town, was called in, no doubt, for the purpose of consulting with them and doing what he could in the interests of the town. Does the hon. gentleman claim that because Mr. Hodgson is mayor of the town he was taking part in politics? Because if that is-


George Ewan McCraney: My hon. friend knows better than that. I am not saying that a

man can not be mayor and be a Conservative. All I say is that he cannot be an office-holder and active member of a poli tical association.


John Dowsley Reid: This does not say that he was an active member of the association. He was mayor of the town and was called in to this meeting. According to the paper it was a meeting of the Conservatives, but he was there as mayor, called in to discuss public questions. I do not take it from that paper that he is a member of the executive of the Conservative party of Rosthern. If so, he must cease to-


George Ewan McCraney: Of course, that is the minister's answer. He will tell Sir. Hodgson: ' Don't do it again.'


John Dowsley Reid: He is not taking part in
politics. There is no election on.


Some hon. MEMBERS:: Oh, oh.


John Dowsley Reid: I do not see that this shows he is taking a part in politics.


George Ewan McCraney: I am disappointed in the minister, though I must say I am not very much surprised. If he will look over that report again he will .see that the main business was the election of officers. He says it was for the discussion of public business; but what political party is there that does not discuss public business at its meetings? I know that is the way with the Liberal associations; we are always working for the public.
Some lion. MEMBERS: Oh, ob.


George Ewan McCraney: And I am sure the
hon. minister will say the .same for the Conservative party. Had a Liberal been the mayor of Rosthern, he would not have been called in to the meeting. Mr. Hodgson was an easy comer. He is the man who more than any other is responsible for the dismissal of Mr. Unruh. He is an earnest worker and he has got Mr. Unruh's job. He was at the meeting and is appointed a delegate of the Conservative Association to interview my hon. friend in regard to matters in the Rosthern district. He was at the meeting when he was appointed, and he accepts the appointment. But the very thing happens that I expected would happen, the minister now takes the position that partisanship can only take place during an election, and in order to bring himself within the prohibition an office holder must be fool enough to allow himself to be elected member of an executive. I cannot imagine

that my hon. friend could find a stronger case of an intelligent man being guilty of partisanship than the one I have put before him. I do not ask him to take my word for it, the public record is there; and if he asks Mr. Hodgson he will get a confirmation of it. As I say, my interest is not for Mr. Unruh. If he were to ask me to try and get him back, I would tell him the chances were not good, and I would also say:	I would not advise you to go
back into that crowd again. It is not Mr. Unruh or Mr. Hodgson that I am making this discussion about, but I want to know what treatment Mr. Unruh is to get and what treament Mr. Hodgson is to get. If there is to be a difference in the treatment of individuals, we want to know it. If we wish to put matters in our Civil Service, both the inside and the outside service, on a better basis, we must have a definite line to work on, and the same treatment accorded to all. My hon. friend oftens tells us that these are matters of reprisals-that the Liberals did the same thing when they came in in 1896, and the Conservatives are doing the same now. He is not helping the situation by that, but only aggravating it; he is creating a precedent which may Be quoted against him, which I should be sorry to see. All through this country men are being dismissed from the public service who are reported upon by defeated candidates. I do not object to the method, but I say that this treatment by the minister should be fair all round. I would like the minister to give a better statement than he has given.


John Dowsley Reid: According to this paper, the Enterprise, a meeting of the Conservative Association was held. The report says:
The following officers were elected: Hon. Pres., Hon. R. L. Borden; Hon. Vice-Pres., Hon. W:	D. Willoughby; Pres., Geo.
Braden; Vice-Pres., A. P. Siebert; Sec.-Treas., S. T. Willoughby. Executive Committee: J. D. Brown, John Hann, J. E. McKenzie, P. V. Reilly, J. A. Sanderson and D. A. Siebert.
The hon. gentleman must admit at once that Mr. Hodgson was not elected a member of that executive. This paper says that after the officers were elected those present at the meeting desired to take up the matter of having something done by the Government for Rosthern. The first thing they did was to call in Mr. Hodgson, the mayor. Who else should they call in? The mayor of the town was the very first man they should send for to discuss public matters in so far as the municipality of Rosthern was concerned.


William John Macdonald: Are you quite sure they sent for the mayor?


John Dowsley Reid: I am only taking the report of the paper which I have before me. It goes on to say:
After a considerable discussion, the following men were chosen as a deputation to Ottawa: President Braden, Vice-Pres. A. P. Siebert, Mayor Hodgson, J. D. Brown and J. A. Sanderson.
The meeting confirmed the appointment of these gentlemen. Mr. Hodgson, according to this paper, was appointed at that meeting to come to Ottawa to see what he could do in the interests of the town of Rosthern. The hon. member objects to Mr. Hodgson's coming here for that purpose.


George Ewan McCraney: No.


John Dowsley Reid: I hope the people of Rosthern will understand my hon. friend's attitude in this matter. The hon. member is complaining about the dismissals in Saskatchewan and Alberta in so far as the Customs Department is concerned. If the other departments have not dismissed any more officials than I have, I do not think the hon. member has any reason to complain. I have had very many complaints from the West to the effect that we have not dismissed nearly as many as should have been dismissed. There are many men in the customs service in those two provinces who, if the members or candidates had acted upon the information then given to them or representations urged upon them, would have been dismissed. When I tell the hon. member that in Alberta one official was dismissed and in Saskatchewan two, so far as the Customs Department is concerned, I think he has very little reason to complain. This report appearing in the Enterprise is all that the hon. gentleman can submit as evidence of Mr. Hodgson's *taking part in politics since he was appointed, and I think his case is very weak indeed. Mr. Hodgson was sent for and he went to that meeting not for the purpose of taking part in politics, hut, as mayor, simply to do what he could in the interests of the town of Rosthern, and the hon. member is now objecting to Mr. Hodgson's coming to Ottawa in the interests of that town.


George Ewan McCraney: I thought better of the minister than that. The minister has tried to fix on me two things: one is that I objected to members of the Conservative Association coming to Ottawa to interview the minister.


John Dowsley Reid: The hon. gentleman objected to the mayor's coming here.


George Ewan McCraney: Not at all. I have no objection to members of the Conservative Association coming down here; we are always glad to see them. I have no objection to the mayor's coming down here; it was quite a proper thing to do. The minister knows better than to sjiy that I am objecting to Mr. Hodgson's coming here; what I do take objection to is that Mayor Hodgson, as land agent and subcollector of Customs, was at the Conservative meeting and took part. My hon. friend uses his imagination and tells us a story about somebody having sent out for Mayor Hodgson and that Mayor Hodgson, in his innocence, came to the meeting and took part only as mayor. The only people who had a right to appoint Mayor Hodgson to come to Ottawa as mayor was the council. If my hon. friend will look at the report he will see that this Conservative association appoints Hodgson and asks the council to ratify the appointment. I do not object to the council's having ratified the appointment and sending him down, but it shows what the Conservative association is trying to do.


Mr. T. J. STEWABT:: Did the council ratify the appointment P


George Ewan McCraney: I do not know whether they did or not; probably he would have come here any way. If the minister desires any more information on the subject, he can get it by communicating with Mr. Hodgson. Mr. Hodgson is a man who will at once tell him what happened; it will not be necessary to ask for a statutory declaration, and the minister may take Mr. Hodgson's word, I am quite sure, as to whether the report is or is not substantially true. Will the minister do that, or does he think it worth while ? If he does that, and if he finds that the report is substantially correct, what is he going to do about it ? Is he going to say what he did to-night: That it does not matter ? Is he going to say to Mr. Hodgson:	You have
violated the principles of this Government; we are not going to allow officials to take any part in political affairs ?


Mr. WILCOX:: I would like to cite a parallel case to my hon. friend. The committee will remember that in 1909 I came to Ottawa as member-elect from the north riding of Essex. Shortly afterwards the then Minister of Public Works (Mr. Pugsley) visited Windsor. Between the date

of the by-election and the general election, ministers were hovering around; there was a great gathering of the clans in Essex, and promises were made to build docks, wharfs and public buildings. The Minister of Public Works visited Windsor, where there were gathered together a large number of prominent men; amongst others the collector of customs, Dr. J. Smith. The committee knows that Windsor is the sixth largest port in the Dominion of Canada; and that in the year 1910 the revenue from that port was $2,400,000. In one year after the general election the revenue increased to $5,000,000. Mr. Smith is still collector of customs. I have made no recommendation to the department for his dismissal, notwithstanding that he has been guilty of the same offence as that to which my hon. friend alluded. This meeting was held on Saturday, August 27, 1910, between the by-election and the general election which was coming on and from which great results were expected by the Liberal party. Of this meeting, the Weekly Eecord, a loyal supporter of hon. gentlemen opposite, said:
Dr. J. A. Smith, who is one of the most energetic boosters for ' Great Windsor ' that this city possesses, made an excellent address, fortified with facts and figures that commended the attention of Dr. Pugsley. The requirements for a new federal building and a public wharf to come under the observation daily, said Dr. Smith, ' For some years I have felt the need of changes in the post office building and I have asked that the building be extended. I am in receipt of complaints every day from the Windsor populace. Goods are arriving here daily with no dock in the city to unload them at. They must be unloaded at Walkerville. Conditions are certainly had,' he concluded.
The same paper said:
Dr. J. A. Smith, Windsor's collector of customs, was seen by the Record this morning and was asked concerning the good news from Ottawa. ' Yes, indeed, I am highly elated said the doctor. I have been doing missionary work along this line for the past six years and always felt, hopeful we would land the dock. Windsor's great strides commercially demanded recognition.'
I ask my hon. friend if it was any worse for the deputy collector at Bosthern to whom be has alluded, to take the steps he speaks of than for Dr. Smith, collector of the city of Windsor, to address this meeting. I am not saying that either of these gentlemen was guilty of any offence.


George Ewan McCraney: Is the hon. gentleman reading from the account of the Liberal Association of Windsor or from a newspaper publication.


Oliver James Wilcox: I am reading from an
account of a meeting at which Dr. Pugsley was called in to bring glad tidings of great joy to the Liberal party up there.


George Ewan McCraney: I do not think I need discuss my bon. friend's point too seriously, because I do not think he is in a very serious mood himself. The Minister of Public Works of that day was there to meet ali the citizens, I have no doubt.


Mr. NEELY:: In listening to the report
of this political meeting at Rosthern, callea for the purpose of the election of officers and transaction of other business, I fail lo find any statements that accord with the statement of the minister that Mr. Hodgson was called to that meeting. Did the minister find that in the article, that Mr. Hodgson was called to the meeting?


John Dowsley Reid: Reading the article that is
the impression I formed.


David Bradley Neely: When the minister had to add the effort of his own imagination to the plain statement of the article in the newspaper, then it appears to me that the minister is making the best he can of a very bad case. I asked some time'" ago for a return in connection with the dismissal oE the sub-collector of customs at the port of Humboldt. It is not a voluminous return and should have been brought down before this.


John Dowsley Reid: That report was completed
to-day and will be ready to hand in tomorrow.	.


David Bradley Neely: That is delightful, especially when we are considering the Customs Estimates to-night. Perhaps next year I may get an opportunity of again discussing that dismissal. The minister says he has been very kind to Saskatchewan. He certainly has not been very kind to Humboldt because the only collector in that constituency, at the port of Humboldt, Mr. James G. Richardson, was dismissed. The minister says he expects he was dismissed for partisanship. I suppose he really thinks that, but if there was an investigation into the conduct of Mr. Richardson I would like to see the evidence taken during that investigation. So far as the election of 1911 is concerned, I know personally that Mr. Richardson, at the commencement of the campaign, came east to visit friends and only returned about noon on the day of the election. Certainly he did not canvass, and how he voted I do not know. I know he .has many relatives and Iriends in the East
whose leanings are Conservative. I am-quite certain that he has voted both ways in elections as he is a man of independent mind; and since he became collector of customs, I have never known him to take an active part in the conduct of an election. My hon. friend will have to give us some other instance if he wants to make a comparison with the case that has been referred to by my hon. friend from Saskatoon. The conduct of the Government since it has come into office, as far as the dismissal of Government servants in western Canada is concerned, is an absolute scandal. When I became a member of this House the first thing that came to my notice was the appointment in Humboldt of a man who was always known as a Conservative in his sympathies. I do not suppose that gentleman ever gave a Liberal vote in his life. He was a son of ex-Premier Norquay, and he was appointed by my hon. friend from Edmonton (Mr. Oliver), as land agent at Humboldt. I am not discussing the Department of the Interior at the present moment, but when the hon. Minister of the Interior (Mr. Roche) brings his Estimates forward we will discuss those Estimates.


William Roche: Was it not a fact that the hon. gentleman referred to 'by the hon. mem ber for Humboldt was in the service for several years prior to that?


David Bradley Neely: He was in the service; he was not removed from the service at all, and, more than that, he was promoted from a position under the agent and given the appointment of agent at the Humboldt office, a position that he had never occupied under any previous administration. The hon. member for Essex (Mr. Wilcox) tells us that he has not recommended the dismissal of this collector, although this collector, he says, took a prominent part in urging upon the Minister of Public Works of the late Administration that he ought to do certain things for the town of Windsor. I have known of many magnanimous things being done by Conservative members. I could, tell the House of a very magnanimous thing that the hon. member for Selkirk (Mr. Bradbury) did once upon a time. It was generally recognized before the last election that the hon. member for Selkirk was going to have a very hard time in his constituency. He did not have a very large majority and he just managed to get elected. A few months after the election he -was good enough, kind enough, magnanimous enough to recommend the returning officer at his election, appointed by the late Liberal Administration, as Indian agent in his constituency.


An hon. MEMBER:: Had he made his return at that time?


David Bradley Neely: The return had been made at that time.


Mr. BRADBURY:: Ejoes the hon. gentleman mean to insinuate that the returning officer did anything that was wrong?


David Bradley Neely: No, 'but I did not want the hon. member for Essex to have all the glory on the other side of the House. The hon. member for Essex made quite a hero of himself by his statement that he had not recommended the decapitation of Dr. Smith. I am telling the hon. member for Essex of a ease where a member on his side of the House went him one better, took the returning officer appointed by us and gave him an appointment a few months after the election, and the election was quite close. The hon. member for Essex must not take quite so much credit to himself. In regard to this case of Humboldt, I think the minister ought to have some definite information as to why Mr. Richardson was dismissed. 1 think it is only fair that the minister should give us the information because to-morrow will be too late. If the minister cannot give us that information I suppose that possibly we will have an opportunity later on if his Estimates are not concluded.


John Dowsley Reid: I have sent for the return and it may be here in a few minutes. If there is any possibility of getting it for the hon. gentleman this evening I will get it. At all events there will be ample opportunity to discuss the case before my Estimates are passed because I will not ask the committee to pass ail the Estimates. We will leave an item so that we can discuss anything in connection with customs on the item that is left.


Mr. McKAY:: In justice to Mr. Hodgson, I do not think the meeting referred to, in so far as he took part in it, was of a political nature because he took part in it in connection with a matter that was then under discussion as mayor of the town. I have been informed that there were other well-known Liberals in Rosthern who attended that meeting. The hon. member for Saskatoon (Mr. McCxaney) knows some of these well-known Liberals.
I understand that Mr. J. D. Brown was at that meeting, and that as a result joint resolutions were passed as coming from the Town Council, the Conservative Association and the Board of Trade. Further than that I have no personal knowledge. In connection with that deputation that

came down to see me, Mr. Hodgson represented the town, and there were some well-known Liberals, such as Mr. Bashford and Mr. J. D. Brown.


George Ewan McCraney: My hon. friend does not say for a moment that J. D. Brown is a Liberal. He is a member of the Conservative executive.


James McKay: I understand that although lie attended this meeting he was always a Liberal. This is the first intimation I have had that he was a Conservative. Up to this date I understand that Mr. Brown was a Liberal.


George Ewan McCraney: Mr. Bashford was not at that meeting though.


James McKay: I do not say that he was, but I isay that they met in connection with questions of interest to the town of Rosthern, and that the deputation with Liberals, such as Mr. Bashford, who had not allied themselves with the Conservative party, came and waited upon me in connection with those matters, thereby showing that the matters that were discussed were not regarded as of a partisan character, but were purely questions concerning the town, in regard to which the Conservative Association, the Town Council, the Board of Trade and Liberals at large joined together.


Mr. W. H. BENNETT:: To assist the corporation.


James McKay: Exactly, and Mr. Hodgson was there looking after the interests of the town.


George Ewan McCraney: I have a very high regard for the opinion of my hon. friend, but when he gets into fiction, uses his imagination and conjures up something to show that Mr. Hodgson was only there for the purpose of expressing himself as mayor, I do not follow him. I venture to say that Mr. Hodgson was one of the first to arrive at the meeting; that is the kind of a man he is, and that is the kind of a Conservative he is. The hon. gentleman puts it up to me that Mr. J. D. Brown was there. Mr. J. D. Brown opposed me in 1911 for all he was worth. In that election I had a majority of 45 in Rosthern. Mr. Brown supported the present Liberal local member for Rosthern, and he had a majority of 30 against him with Mr. Brown's support. Mr. Brown has become a member of the Conservative Association,

and that is the very best thing for the Liberal party that could have happened.


James McKay: When Mr. Brown opposed the hon. member for Saskatoon, was he not supporting an independent Liberal?


George Ewan McCraney: No, not a Liberal at all, but a man who was working hand in hand with the Conservatives.


James McKay: I do not say that Mr. Brown was at the meeting, but I say that he waited upon me in company with other Liberals.


William John Macdonald: The Minister of
Customs seems to have had some kind of wireless information from the
10 p.m. Northwest, which suggested to him that once the Conservative Association met, they decided that Mr. Hodgson, who seems to be the poohbah of the Conservatives up there, and ready to fill every available office lying loose, should be sent for. That deduction of the minister is a violent one and has no justification. I think any one who has heard the discussion, and the newspaper clipping read, will feel satisfied that Mr. Hodgson was there from the very start. The minister seems to be developing a fertility of imagination which is startling, and he will have to restrain himself, if he continues looking around in this way for some expedient to answer why he does not dismiss Conservative officials when they engage in politics. But, I specially want to call his attention to a case in which one of these great investigators of his did not dismiss a man. This afternoon, just before six o'clock, when most members had left the House, the Minister of Marine read a long statement from Mr. Duchemin in reply to a certain telegraph despatch that appeared in the Sydney Record, in relation to a debate which took place here last Friday night, in regard to an investigation held into the conduct of a namesake of mine, Mr. Macdonald, of North Sydney. In the course of this investigation a witness named Curry gave evidence for which he was prosecuted for perjury and incarcerated in the penitentiary. I made a statement which appeared in ' Hansard ' in regard to that, and an inaccurate summary of this statement having been telegraphed to the Sydney papers, Mr. Duchemin rushes into print. He tells us in the statement read by the minister this afternoon, that Mr. Macdonald was not dismissed, and as no person here had ever pretended he was dismissed, that statement is of no consequence. Then he asserts that he did not recommend the
dismissal of Macdonald. There is very good reason why he did not recommend the dismissal of Macdonald, and it is, that the very next day after this witness, Curry, had given his testimony, he was arrested fox-perjury and was committed for trial, and the whole basis of the prosecution fell to pieces, and Mr. Duchemin, who claims such great credit for not having recommended the dismissal, after he had seen the spectacle of this star witness on the road to the penitentiary, made up his mind that he Ixad better not report that this official should be dismissed. Then Mr. Duchemin denies, as was stated here, that he was a witness for the defence, but the truth is that if he was not formally called for the defence he was their chief witness because it was on his testimony that the judge granted a reserved case. The truth is that it was on the testimony of Mr. Duchemin that the defendant was able to take his case to the Supreme Court of Nova Scotia, and afterwards to the Supreme Court of Canada, and it was on his testimony that all the argument took place. He really was a witness for the defence, although he happened to be called for the Crown. In this letter which the Minister of Marine read with such gusto this afternoon, when there was nobody present to deal with it, Mr. Duchemin tells us that the form of oath administered by him was the form administered for twenty-five years by every commissioner of the Supreme Court in Nova Sca-tia. As this gentleman has only been in Nova Scotia some twelve or thirteen years, he does not know anything about what happened twenty-five years ago, and if he, as a judge of a court, acting under a solemn Order in Council, appointed by virtue of the provisions of a statute of the Parliament of Canada, is holding a court, is he doing what a commissioner would be doing who is simply taking an affidavit? He was not taking affidavits; he was holding a court, and I want to say that there never has been a court in the province of Nova Scotia, from the most inferior court held by a justice of the peace up to the Supreme Court of Judicature in that province, in which an oath has been administered for the last twenty-five years or fifty years for that matter, except by the witness kissing the Bible. Let us see the way this man did his business. I have here the Eastern Law Reporter, and as an answer to the Minister of Marine I shall read what Mr. Justice Graham tells us in regard to the way Mr. Duchemin did business. Mr. Justice Graham, in a long and able judgment,

holds that Mr. Duchemin did not administer the oath properly, and, so far as he was concerned (and Chief Justice Towns-hend agreed with him) he held that Curry did not commit perjury, because of the method in which Mr. Duchemin administered the oath:
The case states:	The defendant was sworn
by holding up his right hand without being asked whether he had any objection to be sworn in the regular way. This is the evidence given about it by the commissioner himself on the perjury trial, or rather the portion of it in the case:
This great judicial official when he was asked as to whether the evidence was given under oath, starts out giving evidence for the Crown forsooth, by providing a case for the defence, as he really was, answered as follows:
Q. Was the evidence given under oath? A, I think under oath, although some little Question with regard to that has been raised. There was no copy of the Bible used. In a few cases where copy of the Scriptures was not readily available, I called the witness to hold up his right hand and went through the formula with the man. It was done in this case.
This investigator would like the court to know, according to this description, that he usually administered the oath by giving a copy of the Scriptures to the witness, although it is quite clear from his statement he did not carry any copy of the testament around with him, and as a great many of these investigations were held in Conservative committee rooms and such like places where a copy of the Scriptures is not usually found, he did not have the Bible always at hand. In his letter he wants to say that for twenty-five years people have been going around in Nova Scotia administering oaths without having a testament, but lie would like the court to believe that he always wished to have a copy of the Scriptures, and where there was not one available he asked the witness to hold up his right hand. I quote from the evidence:
Q. Tell what was done? A. I called the witness to raise his right hand and I put this formula to him: ' The evidence you will give in this inquiry will be the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth, so help you God.'
Q. And he did he raise his hand? A. He raised his right hand.
By the Court:
Q. I suppose, Mr. Duchemin, you determined yourself the manner in which you would swear him? A. Yes, I did not ask any questions.
Q. You determined yourself the manner in which he would be sworn? A. Yes, as a matter of fact at that time.
Mr. Duchemin was cross-examined by Mr. Maddin and Mr. Maddin was laying

the ground-for his reserved case because he knew that his client had been proven to have committed perjury in order to drive from office, if he could, a gentleman who occupied a position in the Customs Department. Therefore Mr. Maddin said:
You did not ask him whether he would prefer to be sworn on the Bible; whether it was a matter of conscience?
Mr. Duchemin replied:
No, I put no question to him. No option given to him. No choice. No questions put to him.
That is the story of Mr. Duchemin and that is the evidence upon which the counsel for Curry, after his conviction, after his sentence to the penitentiary, asks the Supreme Court of Nova Scotia to hold that that conviction should be quashed. He isuc-ceeded in getting two judges in that court to hold with him. The majority of the court, however, held that as the oath had been administered pro forma, it was an oath upon which perjury would arise, if perjury had been committed. This gentleman in his letter tried to urge certain cases in which he permitted counsel. He says he permitted my hon. friend from North Cape Breton and Victoria (Mr. McKenzie) to appear before him in this and other cases. In my county, when he came to investigate, he frightened the life out of half a dozen poor railway section men who wanted to know whether they could get a lawyer or not. He told them: No, they are not allowed to appear at this investigation. What does he himself say in a letter to the Minister of Marine and Fisheries? In question No. 1 on the Order Paper, in which my hon. friend from Guysborough (Mr. Sinclair) wants information in regard to a letter from Mr. H. P. Duchemin, the following statement appears:
With regard to the excluding of counsel, I may say that I followed this course in accordance with instructions given me by other departments of the Government.
While the gentleman down in Sydney is trying to argue that he was very fair in permitting counsel to appear, he writes to the Minister of Marine and Fisheries, who renews this subject as he did this afternoon, that he excluded counsel because he had been instructed to do so by several departments, in defiance of the law, in defiance of the statute under which lie was appointed, which provides that any person charged with such

ail offence has the right to have counsel act for him. Then he said that commissioners were appointed fifteen years ago and that counsel did not appear before them. The answer to that is that the statute at that time did not provide for this being done. The provisions of the statute under which Mr. Duehemin conducted his investigations were absolutely and entirely ignored by him. The only cases where he permitted counsel to be present were the few cases which he mentioned in his letter. In 75 per cent of the cases he deliberately excluded counsel. What is the secret of the whole thing? I do not believe that my hon. friend the Minister of Marine and Fisheries knew this afternoon that Mr. Curry, who had been adjudged by the Supreme Court of Nova Scotia as having committed perjury in this charge against McDonald, the customs official, after the conviction was confirmed by the Supreme Court of Nova Scotia; after it was confirmed by the Supreme Court of Canada, was allowed out by the hon. Minister of Justice on ticket of leave on suspended sentence. I do not know whether the Minister of Marine and Fisheries, who took advantage this afternoon of the absence of some of us who were interested in the matter to read the document by Mr. Duche-min, knew that this man Curry, who had been adjudged to be a perjurer, had been let out three weeks ago on suspended sentence by the Minister of Justice, after every legal procedure that a Conservative organization in the province of Nova Scotia could resort to had been resorted to. So far as the Curry case is concerned, I leave that as an answer to the Minister of Marine and Fisheries and the letter which he read this afternoon.


Mr. RHODES:: This has been universally recognized as a very dull .session, and hon. gentlemen opposite, in their fighting attitude, have changed considerably from last session. They appear to have become iquite conscious of the fact themselves, and for that reason on Friday night they indulge in fireworks in remembrance of their fighting attitude of last year, and as a political force they are much the same as Falstaff's army. I do not propose to argue the McDonald case at any great length. The hon. member for Pictou (Mr. Macdonald) took .some ten or fifteen minutes to make it appear that Mr. Duche-miri, who was making an investigation in Nova Scotia, could not properly administer
an oath, and he cited the judgment of Mr. Justice Graham to the effect that Mr. Duehemin did not properly administer an oath.


William John Macdonald: That was not it at
all.


Edgar Nelson Rhodes: The oath must have been properly administered or else there could not have been a charge oi perjury.


William John Macdonald: You cannot quibble
that way.


Edgar Nelson Rhodes: The hon. gentleman
from Pictou is a master in quibbling, and he of all others should know a quibble when he sees one. At all events, I cannot see the virtue in his argument, because, if it meant anything at all, it meant that Mr. Duehemin had not properly administered oaths, whereas the whole effect of the case was that perjury had been committed, which meant that the oath had been properly administered. The hon. member for Pictou has referred to the investigation in the McDonald case. The hon. member for North Cape Breton (Mr. McKenzie) was present, so I am advised, as counsel for Mr. McDonald.


Daniel Duncan McKenzie: I was not present at
all. I came into the investigation after this man was examined.


Edgar Nelson Rhodes: I accept the word of the hon. gentleman at once. My information was to the contrary. Coming down to rock bottom, we in this House know perfectly well that hon. gentlemen opposite are playing politics when they discuss' the manner in which dismissals have taken place. But the mass of the people in this country may possibly believe that there is something in all this discussion which takes place on Friday evenings in this House, instigated by hon. gentlemen opposite.
There is some credit at all events to be taken by this Administration. They have instituted investigations in the province of Nova Scotia. In a few instances they have Been conducted in my county, and I can say that, unless the evidence was clear and sound, no dismissal took place. I have in my possession very bitter letters from supporters or friends claiming that Mr. Duehemin had not made dismissals upon evidence which had been placed before him, but which he had not deemed sufficient. What happened when hon. gentlemen opposite came into power in 1896?

Were there any investigations in the province of Nova Scotia?
' Some hon. MEMBERS: Oh, oh.


Edgar Nelson Rhodes: I hear * Oh, oh ' on the other side of the House, and objection oft-repeated to the tu quoque argument. I do not wish for a moment to justify actions of this Administration with what has been done by the previous Administration, but I want to refer to what they did as an evidence of the insincerity of the objections to-night. Taking one department alone in the county of Cumberland, some eight customs officials were dismissed, some of whom had been in the service for many years, and in no instance was there an investigation or a shadow of an investigation. I have moved for a return in respect to the dismissals in Cumberland, and let me refer to it merely so far as it relates to dismissals in the Department of Customs.
The first dismissal was Alexander Wilson, sub-collector of customs at Pugwash. He entered the customs service on the 16th [DOT]of January, 1892. Roughly speaking, he was in the service for a period of four years. Under date of June 18, 1897, he was dismissed for active political partisanship. There were no expenses, as no investigation was held. There is nothing in the official record to show by whom the charges were made. I remember in the House last night or the night before that very serious *objection was taken because the minister could not disclose upon whose recommendation an appointment had been made; but there is absolutely nothing on the record to show why certain dismissals took place, * as the one to which I have just referred. The second was that of Chas. E. Kerr, sub-collector of customs at Wallace, N.S. He entered the customs service December 2, 1884. Under date October 26, 1897, he was dismissed for active political partisanship on charges made by Mr. J. H. Logan, M.P. There were no expenses as no investigation was held. The third case was that of Robert B. Murray, sub-collector of customs, Springhill, N.S. He entered the customs service on July 1, 1893, which means that he was in the service for about four years. Under date September 24, 1897, he was dismissed for political partisanship. There were no expenses as there was no investigation held; and there is nothing on the official file to show by whom the charges were preferred. The fourth was T. R. Lowe, subcollector of customs, Tignish, N.S., who *entered the customs service on January 14, 1888. Under date September 13, 1897, he

was dismissed for active political partisanship. There were no expenses as no investigation was held, and there is nothing on the official file to show by whom the charges were preferred. The fifth was, I. T. Forrest, preventive officer of customs, Amherst Point, N.S. He entered the customs service on October 23, 1886. I do not know what caused our hon. friends opposite to show some delicacy in this dismissal. They did not merely swing the axe and behead this officer, but declared there was no necessity for an officer at this point and so his services were dispensed with on January 7, 1898. The sixth case was John Moffat, sub-collector of Customs, Joggins, N.S.; entered the customs service on May 11, 1864. This mean that he had been thirty-three years in the public service, and I can say truthfully, from knowledge of the family of the man, and from having made inquiries in the district, that no finer type of public servant could be found in the Dominion; a man of an exceedingly high character, a man who bore a splendid reputation iii the district in which he lived, revered and honoured by all who knew him. He was dismissed, after thirty-three years' service, by Order in Council, for active political partisanship. There were no expenses as no investigation was held, and there is nothing on the official files to show by whom the charges were preferred. The seventh case was James Kerr, sub-collector of customs, Port Greville, Nova Scotia, who entered the customs service.on 1st September, 1886, which means that he had served for about eleven years. Under date September 10, 1897, he was dismissed for active political partisanship on charges preferred by Mr. H. J. Logan, M. P. There were no expenses as no investigation was held. The eighth -case was Mark Phinney, preventive officer of customs, West Bay, Nova Scotia; They took a long time to dismiss him, because they found great difficulty in discovering any ground whatever on which to dismiss him, but finally they took his head off. So they dismissed in Cumberland alone, after the elections of 1896, eight sub-collectors of customs-cleaned out the whole box-and-dice of them except a few left for strategic political purposes. There was no investigation and no redress. The correspondence is pitiable in some cases- letters from some of these men who had been in the public service for many years and who were suddenly cut ofi from what they had properly regarded as a life stipend, and without any redress whatever. There is nothing on the record to show that the

Liberal-Conservatives, in spite of this treatment, tried, night after night, to prevent the passage of the Estimates in this House. I say in all sincerity, and I am sure hon. gentlemen opposite who have been supporters of an Administration will agree with me, that it is hard for a public man to make dismissals. Any dismissals for which T have been responsible, I have made with great regret and only under extreme pressure; and I do not know but that I have incurred more the displeasure of my friends for dismissals I have refused to make than I have incurred the displeasure of my opponents for those that I have made. Dismissals have taken place under this Administration, as they have taken place be fore and will continue to take place so long as men are human and officials take part in politics. Why do not hon. gentlemen opposite take their medicine ? They were defeated on September 21,	19li.
Partisanship undoubtedly marked the conduct of a good many of these officials, and they were dismissed. Hon. gentlemen opposite have made their protest, and what more can be said ? In view of the record of the Liberal party in Nova Scotia in the dismissal of officials, I confess, I- am surprised at the-shall I say-audacity of hon. gentlemen opposite in coming back night after night to this question of dismissals under this Administration. I have read here the particulars of eight dismissals in the Customs service alone. I think I could give the names of a hundred in the various departments of the Government in my own constituency. They were dismissed by the dozens, and not a shadow of investigation in any department of the Government from one end of that constituency to the other. Let me give particularly the case of Alexander Fowley, who was car inspector at Springhill junction. He was a Scotchman, a man of infinite experience, an intelligent man who had the knowledge necessary to make him a proper and efficient car inspector. Upon his experience, skill and care depended the lives of thousands of passengers who passed through that place, and thousands and thousands of dollars' worth of property. He was dismissed without investigation, though he was not a partisan, with the result that he found his grave in nine months through worry and practical starvation- and the correspondence will show that in a large degree. And who was appointed to take the place of this efficient officer ? Why, a shoemaker, a man who knows no more about cars or car appli-64
ances than I know about astronomy- and that is not much. Hon. gentlemen opposite may take a certain pleasure in charging department after department under this Government with ruthless dismissals in Nova Scotia, but if they want to pursue that subject, we shall only have to meet them in kind, and the evidence we can bring forward will not be very pleasant for them. I do not say this in any partisan isense, I do not say it in any bitter sense, though I have been speaking earnestly. There will be dismissals made without proper investigation, improperly made-let us admit that lor the sake of the argument, and it is to be expected where so many take place. But let hon. gentlemen opposite remember what took place when they came into power in 1896. Let them play the game fairly, realizing that we are now in much the same position that they were in then. But we are proceeding along nicer line3. Men are getting an opportunity to be heard, and that never took place in 1896. I do not propose to discuss this subject further, except to say that, if hon. gentlemen opposite wish to assume the same attitude with respect to other departments of the Government, as they have assumed with respect to this, I shall deem it necessary to read their record in those other departments as I have done in the case of the Department of Customs.


Mr. KYTE:: The hon. member for Cumberland (Mr. Rhodes) prefaced his remarks by intimating that this had been a rather dull session. I think we all observed that the hon. gentleman was somewhat dull himself. I do not know whether that is attributed to the appointment of the hon.. member for Portage la Prairie (Mr.Meighen) as Solicitor General, but if so, I sympathize with him and hope he will recover his former spirit and enjoy the contribution he makes from time to time to the debates of this House. I wi3h to tell him that we are not objecting to the fact that the present Government have instituted investigations into complaints against public officials; what we are objecting is the farcical character of those investigations. It has been shown time and again that, though these investigations were held, officials were dismissed without the slightest foundation of evidence. It would have been a good deal better if this Government had adopted the practice which the hon. gentleman says was adopted by the late Government and dismissed these men upon charges made



on the responsibility of members of this House. The hon. member refers to the dismissals in Cumberland and cited one case of a man dismissed because there was nothing for him to do. In that case the late Government did not appoint a successor, but how far were they behind the enterprise of the present Government? Last night I called the attention of the House to the case of a man who was dismissed from office in my county because there was nothing for him to do. And what does the present Minister of Customs do? He appoints another man, at more than twice the salary paid to the former official -because there was nothing to do. I admit that the late Government has not been as considerate in . respect of its obligations to its supporters as the present Government is, because they, the members of this Government, are bound to make dismissals and bound to make new appointments. If no charge of partisanship can be brought against the official, they dismiss him because there is nothing for him to do, and immediately appoint another man to the same position at more than twice the salary paid to the man dismissed. The hon. member for Cumberland (Mr. Rhodes) has made a record in the matter of dismissals. Take, for instance, the case of the poor unfortunate cripple in the town of Oxford, county of Cumberland, an officer of the Department of Customs, who was dismissed on the recommendation of the hon. member for Cumberland. No investigation was held; the minister simply took the word of the hon. member for Cumberland.


Edgar Nelson Rhodes: I offered the collector of customs referred to, an investigation, and gave him five weeks' notice before he was dismissed. The offer is still open.


George William Kyte: There was a dismissal made in my county without investigation; a subsequent opportunity was given to the poor man to have an investigation, which was ultimately held. Witnesses were examined, and no evidence to prove the charge against him was offered. Was the man reinstated? ' No. Notwithstanding the fact that at the second investigation the commissioner failed to find evidence against him, the dismissal was confirmed. I have no doubt that the poor cripple, Bent, knew very well from what quarter the wind was blowing when the bon. member for Cumberland magnanimously offered him an investigation, which he knew would avail him nothing.


Edgar Nelson Rhodes: I will go a little further and make the assertion, upon my responsibility as a member of this House, that if Mr. Bent wishes an investigation he shall have an impartial one, and if it be found that he was not a partisan, he shall be restored to office.


George William Kyte: I have no doubt that the
hon. member for Cumberland means what he .says, but in the face of the record of the present Government in the matter of dismissals, I think Mr. Bent, crippled through he may be, would prefer to sacrifice the emoluments of his office rather than be subjected to a farcical investigation by the Minister of Customs or his officials. The hon. member for Cumberland got away from the point we were discussing to-night. The hon. member for Pictou (Mr. Macdonald) was not finding fault with the Government in respect of dismissals, but he was finding fault with Mr. Duchemin in respect of an inquiry which he conducted at North Sydney, and, furthermore, he was finding fault with the Minister of Justice in discharging from the penitentiary a man who had sworn away the official life of a gentleman in the town of North Sydney. That is where the shoe pinches. Although the hon. member for Cumberland has no authority to speak for the legal department of the Government on the present occasion, I am sure he would be willing to make a defence if any could be made under the circumstances. We had a case in my county two years ago where a man was convicted of forgery and sentenced to twelve months in jail, and before one month of the sentence had expired he was released upon the order of the Minister of Justice in order that he might enjoy the emoluments of a public office under the Minister of Marine and Fisheries. I say this is the thing that public opinion will cry out against, and this is the thing that we on this side of the House must protest against. If the whole machinery of the law is to be so exercised that, because they happen to be Conservatives, the doors of the penitentiary are opened to persons who have been proved guilty of serious crimes, I say that a serious condition of affairs is arising in the history of this country. The Minister of Justice made no defence for the improper discharge of Landry from jail two years ago, neither is there any defence forthcoming from the discharge of Curry from the penitentiary a few weeks ago. The charge was established, and, as the hon. member for Pictou says, the case was taken

to the higher court at the expense of the Conservative Association of the province of Nova Scotia. Then, every defence and every subterfuge failing, after the highest court in the Dominion of Canada had affirmed Currie's conviction, because the gentlemen interested had the ear of the Minister of Justice, the doors of the penitentiary were opened and Currie was discharged. Of what use is it for the hon. member for Cumberland to talk about fair play for this poor cripple, Bent?. The principles adopted by this Government would justify Mr. Bent or any other official in refusing a farcical investigation and avoiding the treatment which would necessarily follow. Has the hon. minister brought down the information I asked for with respect to the appointment of Michael McNeil as preventive officer at Red Islands?


John Dowsley Reid: I have not that information yet, but we can let this item stand, if the hon. gentleman has no objection.


Frank Oliver: I would suggest that the item we are now discussing be allowed to stand. The next item contains reference to a great many matters which might be open to discussion. I think there would be no objection to the passing of the item with reference to the purchasing of a new revenue cruiser.
Item stand-s.
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Com. =Committee. Con.=Consideration. Div. = Division. M. =Motion. Rep.=Report. Res. = Resolution. Sec. =Section.
Acme-Carbon mails, 2687.
Address to H.R.H. the Governor General, on departure from Canada, 5275.
Address in reply to Governor General's Speech, 4, 49, 94, 127, 167, 202, 259, 285. Amendments proposed: Sir Wilfrid Lau-rier, 22; Mr. Neely, 267.
Adulteration Act Amendment Bill, lr., 1433. 2r., 2388. Com., 3362.	3r„ 3362.
Advertising, fraudulent. See Criminal Code Amendment Bill.
Aerial navigation, 2972.
Agricultural implements
Duties on: m., Mr. Knowles, 1548; div., 1602.
Extent of industry, 572.
Rebate on raw material, 1360.
Tariff on, 3140.
Valuation for duty, 2958.
Agriculture
Department
Employees, 341, 363.
Entomology, division of, 1130.
Estimates, 341, 1098-1111, 1130-1163, 16701688, 2370, 3487-3504.
Encouragement of, 6, 8, 76, 81, 84, 109, 171, 179, 225, 292, 301, 303, 358, 809, 11431162, 2956.
Experimental farms, 1098, 1135, 1154, 2370, 3487.
Gazette, 109S, 1161, 1670.
Insect pests, 1130, 1155.
Kentville, tuberculous cattle at, 4559. Quebec, in, 1143, 1148-1152, 1156-1160, 1162, 1676.
Aikins, Mr. James A. M. (Brandon)
Budget, 2645.
Transportation, 2646.
Wheat markets, 2648.
Agricultural implements, 2651.
National Policy, 2652.
Railway subsidies, 2654.
Trade of the West, 2656.
Dominion lands, 201, 3321.
Hudson Bay terminals, 683.
Senate representation, 1496.
Alaska-Yukon railway, 1433.
Alberta
Internal elevators, 473, 572.
Irrigation, 1605.
Natural gas, 357.
Rural mail, 817.
Alcohol, tariff on, 3106.
Aldershot camp, 1435.
Alert, steamer, 308, 325, 423-429, 474, 669.
Alexander post office, 2960.
Alguire, Mr. D. O. (Stormont)
Old age pensions, 1352.
Alpine club of Canada, 4155.
Aluminum leaf, tariff on, 3132.
Ames, Mr. Herbert B. (Montreal, St. Antoine)
Budget, 2501.
Trade outlook, 2501.
Revenue and expenditures, 2503.
Debt of Canada, 2504.
Temporary loans, 2507.
Tariff revision, 2508.
Canadian Northern Railway, 3725.
Amherst armoury, 3714, 4293.
Animals, health of, 3173.
Annapolis county mails, 345.
Antigonish
Customs collector, 3860, 3893.
Food inspector, 666.
Immigration agents, 573, 5210 Mail service, 572 Public works, 5227.
Arcadia rural mails, 701.
Archives, 720, 740, 1769. See also Records.
Armouries, 666, 702, 1890, 1902, 4204, 4576, See also Militia Estimates.
Armstrong, Mr. J. A. Macdonald (North
York)
Budget, 2592.
Agricultural implements, 2595.
Senate reform, 2595.
Free wheat, 2596.
Privilege, 3114.
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Militia, 4586.
National Transcontinental Railway investigation, 2132.
Prudential Life of Canada, 2902.
Public buildings, 1900.
Armstrong. J. H„ dismissal of, 2179.
Arthabaska public works, 1114, See also Drummond.
Art. See National Gallery.
Arthurs, Mr. James (Parry Sound) Explosives, regulation of, 3869.
Georgian Bay Canal, 2969.
Indian reserves, 3546.
Iron and steel industry, 1519, 3213.
Timber licenses, 5025.	_
Asiatic trade, 887, 5035.
L'Assurance de Rimouski, 3894.
Astronomical surveys, 4155.
Athabaska Landing-Fort McMurray telegraph, 354.
Atlantic fishing disaster, 5194.
Atlantic, Quebec and Western Railway, 892. Auditor General, office of, 723.
Aurora Menace, 2310, 3056, 3236.
Automobile lamp lenses, tariff on, 3133. Avignon post office, 818.
Bad Throat river water powers, 1913.
Bagot county rural mails, 1694.
Baie des Chaleurs Railway, 358.
Baie St. Paul mails, 1819, 1914, 3058, 4368.
Ball, Mr. R. J. (S. Grey)
Brodeur, Hon. L. P., trips of, 1112.
Bank failures, 3199, 3203, 3860, 3894. Sie also Farmers Bank.
Bank rates of interest, 5199.
Banks and Banking. See Loan Companies and Trust Companies.
Banque Internationale, 4712, 4753.
Barnard, Mr. Geo. H. (Victoria, B.C.)
Asiatic immigration, 1250.
Divorce reform, 837.
Barrette, Mr. J. A. (Berthier)
Banks and banking, 3894.
Barriefield camp, 3714.
Basic slag, duty on, 444, 511, 630.
Amendment proposed: Mr. Emmerson, 638.
Bassano post office, 472.
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Harbour, 348, 4212, 4295.
Public works, 348.
Battlefields, historic, 4183. See also Quebec. Bear River wharf, 2013.
Beattie, Mr. Thomas (London)
London and Port Stanley Railway Company, 1416.
Beaubien homestead, 1842, 3331-3346.
Beauce rural mails, 1690.
Bedford public building, 2u45.
Beland, Hon. H. S. (Beauce)
Agricultural implement duties, 1586. Agriculture estimates, 1148.
Beauce rural mails, 1690.
Coal resources, 1806.
Franking privilege, 3224.
House of Commons representation, 5316. Immigration, 1617, 1624.
Inland Revenue estimates, 1377.
Rimouski Insurance Company, 4713, 4807.
Bennett, Mr. R. B. (Calgary)
Advertising, fraudulent, 3469.
Boy scouts, 4132.
Calgary and Edmonton Railway Company, 796.
Canadian Northern Railway, 3734. Naturalization, 4133.
Bennett, Mr. Wm. H. (East Simcoe)
Address in reply to Governor General's Speech
Pig-iron industry, 230.
Transportation, 233.
Bounties on steel, 1516.
House of Commons accomodation, 4199. National Transcontinental Railway investigation, 2321.
Post office employees, 2379.
Transportation, 951, 2978.
Bergeron, J. C„ payments to, 368.
Best, Mr. John A. (Duflerin)
Lemieux, Hon. R., trips of, 698.
Privilege, 3114.
Tariff, 3062.
Bickerdike, Mr. Robert (Montreal, St. Lawrence)
Death penalty, 4, 483, 4516.
Immigration, 1638.
Judges' salaries, 3611.
Pilotage, 3624, 5069.
Prison reform, 4514.
Biggar, Col. J. L., trip to Europe of, 1217. Binder twine. See Inspection and Sale Act. Biological Board, 2434.
Bishop, A., employment of, 3208.
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Black Cape post office, 703, 2178.
Blain, Mr. Richard (Peel)
Dismissals, 1201.
Farmers Bank, 4895.
Public tenders, 1205.
Blood Reserve grazing lease, 357.
Blue-books, translation of, 2436.
Boar's Head fog alarm. 2787.
Boivin, Mr. Geo. H. (Shefford)
Agriculture department employees, 363 Budget, 2891
Agricultural implements, 2894.
Free food, 2895.
Canadian Northern Railway, 3717, 4054 Dismissals, 1405.
Eastern Townships diseased cattle, 263. Fenian raid veterans, 349, 440.
Granby post office, 363, 697.
Inland Revenue estimates, 1371, 1405. Judges' salaries, 3605.
Newport Customs employees, 890, 1021, 1332.
Post offices in Eastern Townships, 3647. Riendeau, S., employment of, 1114.
Shefford county rural mail, 363.
Tariff, 3152, 3157.
Bonaventure
Experimental farm, 357.
Indian reserves, 2544.
Mails, 1692, 2178.
Public works, 892, 1360.
Borden, Rt. Hon. R. L. (Prime Minister) Address to H.R.H. the Governor General, 5275.
Address in reply to Governor General's Speech
Delay in meeting of Parliament, 22. Solicitor Generalship, 22.
Highways improvement, 23.
Senate, 24.
Naval defence, 25.
Quebec terminals, 29.
Cost of living, 29.
Agricultural implement duties, 1558 Atlantic mail service, 5062.
British Columbia Better Terms Commission, 2372, 4628, 4997.
Brooke. Mrs. M. J., pension of, 4964. Canadian Northern Railway Aid Bill, 3650, 4009, 4025-4089, 4221-4281, 4300-4334, 4376, 4399, 4452, 4548. See also 3252, 3319, 3397, 3453, 3573.
Canadian Pacific Railway and Austrian emigration, 899.
Canadian Feace Centenary Association, 970, 4961.
Charlottetown Confederation Convention, 4960.
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Cigarettes, prohibition of, 1478.
Colpitts, Mr., case of, 454.
Confederation, semi-centennial of,'1450. Conservation Commission, 718.
Divorce
Procedure in parliament, 4882.
Reform, 838.
Dry docks subsidies, 4095.
Electoral corruption, 918.
Empress of Ireland, loss of, 4433, 4552, 4554, 4555. 4628, 4716, 4879, 4894, 4954, 5230,
Explosives,, manufacture of, 1810.
Farmers Bank, 4802.
Fenian raid veterans, 4359.
Fishing disaster-appeal for government aid, 5196.
Fuller, Mrs. M. E., pension of, 4998. Goodwin, Geo., return of deposit to, 2371. Grand Trunk Pacific bond guarantee, 4831, 4929.
High Commissioner's office, 311.
Hindu immigration, 4295, 4369, 4566.
House of Commons
Business of the House, 1606, 3197.
Debates, French translation of, 5271. Deputy Speaker, office of, 1365.
Easter adjournment, 2311.
Morning sittings, 2788, 3210, 3310. Questions and answers, 880. Representation, See that title.
Saturday sittings, 3784.
Wednesday sittings, 1264.
Imperial Press Conference, 4961.
Indian Act Amendn}pnt, 3482, 3540, 3550. Intercolonial Railway
Canadian Pacific Railway traffic agreement, 594.
Management, 3286.
Suburban trains, 1065.
International Waterways Commission, 1163, 1396, 1483, 4962.
Irrigation Act Amendment, 3485.
Labour conditions Unemployment, 5032.
Vancouver Island, 1325.
Western, 3892.
Labrador coast line, 2954.
Life-saving rewards, 5177.
Militia and religious processions, 5375. Monk, Hon. F D., death of, 3785.
Mounted police, 310, 708-718, 4963.
National Council of Women, 2948.
National Transcontinental Railway Commission, 4838.
Investigation, 2353.
Management, 5099.
Montreal, connection with, 5128. Naturalization, 4813.
Natural resources, provincial control of, 1069.
Naval service, 5157.
Navigable waters, pollution of, 1742.
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Newfoundland shipping disaster, 2517, 2995. Newspaper reports of caucus, 1871.
Paris government office, 4966. Parliamentary procedure Answers of length, 1061.
Commons admendments to Senate amendments, 5034.
Privilege, basing on newspaper statements, 1121.
Returns and private papers, 4958. Supply, Committee of, without notice, 307.
Thursday sittings and Government precedence, 696, 706, 708, 721.
Petroleum, export of, 971, 1758, 3463. Pollution of navigable waters, 1742.
Postal rates to Britain, 3235.
Quebec Battlefields Commission, 3891, 4117. Railway Act Amendment, 2947.
Records Departmental Commission, 4963. Representation In the House of Commons, 611, 620, 795, 842, 866, 927, 5306, 5324, 5352, 5364.
, St. John Valley railway bridges, 3883, 3959, 4024.
San Francisco exposition, 3255.
Senate representation, 1483,	1911, 3513,
5277, 5296.
Strathcona, Lord, death of, 91.
Tariff, 4432.
Tate, W., claim of, 4967.
Transatlantic mall service, 594. Unemployed in Montreal, 3176.
Vincent, J. U., appointment of, 1410.
Borden, Sir Frederick, trips of, 570.
Boulay, Mr. H. (Rimouski)
Agriculture, encouragement of, 358, 1111, 1149.
Canada and Gulf Railway, 1022.
Clement, Hon. Justice, 2263, 2367. Dismissals, 969, 1426.
Farmers Bank, 4896.
French guides for museums, 1816. Immigration, 1620.
Intercolonial Railway
Appointments of chiefs, 471.
Branch lines, 5126.
Employees' wages, 471, 1016.
Management of, 3311, 4947.
Tie contracts, 1331.
Judges' salaries, 1938.
Marine signals, improvement of, 5182. Militia, 4596.
National Transcontinental -Railway stations, 1604.
Naturalization, 4818.
Naval service, 334, 346. bi73.
Ottawa as a federal district, 1889.
Pedley, F., resignation of, 817.
Pilotage, 3629.
Railway Commission, 2437.
Rimouski land purchase, 1695.
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Sessional messengers, 704.
Smuggling, alleged, 1782.
Trade commissioners, 888.
Vineberg, Helen, divorce Bill, 4880.
Bounties on steel. See Steel.
Bourassa, Mr. J. Boutin (LSvis)
Carrier machine shops, 1819, 2961. Dismissals, 4369, 5028.
Fenian raid veterans, 1022.
Intercolonial Railway Double tracking, 4558.
Fire claims, 5029.
' Safety First ' engineer, 2262. Investigations into political partisanship, 2308,
Larose, Wilfrid, 1818.
Lauzon postmaster, 5029.
LSvis
Experimental farm, 369.
Rural mail, 369.
Mail bag locks, 701.
National Transcontinental Railway Quebec terminals, 2177.
Ontario Fire Insurance Co., 4295.
St. Romuald post office, 809, 4021.
Boy Scouts, 4131, 5002.
Boyce, Mr. A. C. (West Algoma)
Electoral corruption, 914.
National Transcontinental Railway investigation, 2180.
Prudential Life of Canada, 2900.
Vineberg, Helen, divorce Bill, 4881. Wagner, Philip, 1184.
Boyer, Mr. Gustave (Vaudreuil)
Agriculture, aid to, 809.
Boyer, Mr. A. G.-Con.
Bergeron, J. C., payments to, 368.
Butter manufacture, 2385.
Chevrier et Frgres, payments to, 368. Graham wharf, 443.
Intercolonial Railway lumber purchase, 894.
Ottawa river lightkeepers, 574.
Point Fortune wharf, 3398.
Quebec seigniories, 568.
Rigaud
Post office, 442, 3638, 4021.
Wharf, 442.
Wharfs, revenue from, 368.
Boys, Mr. W. A. (South Simcoe)
Barcelona Light and Power Company, 1911, 1981.
W. C. Edwards Company, 3474.
Bradbury, Mr. George H. (Selkirk)
Butter manufacture, 3164.
Central Western Canada Railway Company, 806.
Cold storage, 3568.
Dismissals, 1199.
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Fenian raid veterans, 5001.
Indians, 3483, 3545.
Ottawa public buildings, 1878.
Pollution of navigable waters, 1745, 2013. Tariff, 3124.
Winnipeg-Gimli train service, 4629. Brantford public building, 817, 871, 5218.
British Columbia-Alaska Railway, proposed, 1870.
Bristol, Mr. Edward (Toronto Centre)
Better Terms Commission, 359, 2372, 4628, 4997.
Canadian Northern Railway, 3787, 4254. Broder, Mr. Andrew (Dundas)
Address in reply to Governor General's Speech
Naval defence, 177.
Highways improvement, 177.
Cost of living, 178.
Agriculture, aid to, 179.
Cigarettes, prohibition of, 1473.
Brodeur, Hon. L. P., trips of, 1112.
Brome rural mail service, 703.
Brooks, Mrs. M. J., pension of, 4964.
Brouillard, Mr. Ovide (Drummond and Arth-abaska)
Arthabaska public works, 1114. Dismissals, 1023.
Drummond and Arthabaska post offices, 1019.
Le Present printing contracts, 1534. Newspaper advertising, 1781.
Rimouski government employees, 4021.
Buchanan, Mr. William A. (Medicine Hat) Acme-Carbon mails, 2687.
Address in reply to Governor General's Speech
Free wheat, 304.
Transportation, 304.
Agricultural implement duties, 1585. Alberta
Internal elevators, 473, 572, 1216. Irrigation, 1605.
Natural gas, 357.
Rural mail, 817.
Bassano post office, 472.
Blood Reserve grazing lease, 357.
Budget, 2660.
Freight rates, 2660.
Tariff, 2661.
Free wheat, 2663.
Agricultural implements, 2665. Immigration, 2667.
Burns grazing lease, 2591.
Calgary and Edmonton Railway Company, 766.
Canadian Northern Railway, 3948, 4424. Canadian Pacific Railway irrigated lands, 2785.
Central Western Canada Railway Company, 804.
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Coal lands, 365.
Coutts customs officer, 436.
Dominion lands, 3320.
Glencurrie post office, 4561.
Grain elevators, 1647.
Homesteaders' pre-emptions. 357.
Irrigation, 574, 3596.
Labour disputes, 545.
Natural resources, provincial control of, 1067.
Newspapers, postal rates on, 3238.
Ottawa building leases, 2544.
Railway Commissioners' superannuation, 574.
Ranching Commission, 574.	,
Rural post office libraries, 892.
Budget, 2440, 2482, 2520, 2547, 2592, 2639, 2690, 2734, 2789, 2841.
Amendment proposed:	Sir Wilfrid
Laurier, 2849; div., 2898.
Buffalo herd, 4155.
Bureau, Mr. Jacques (Three Rivers and S* Maurice)	[DOT]
Cap de la Madeleine wharf, 2959. GrandmSre buildings, 2688.
Ice breaking, 409.
Inland Revenue estimates, 1372.
Judges' salaries, 1932, 3604.
Naval service, 5167.
Penitentiaries estimates, 62368.
Post office estimates, 3647.
St. Maurice boom service, 2688.
St. Maurice Shawinigan public works. 5194.
Three Rivers Camp, 3509.
Dismissals, 818.
Postal district, 5129.
Post office, 2688.
Preventive officer, 473.
Public buildings, 569.
Burnham, Mr. John H. (Peterborough West) Address In reply to Governor Generals Speech
Naval defence, 46.
Cost of living, 47.
Highways improvement, 48.
Asiatic immigration, 1251.
Battlefields, preservation of, 4118.
Boy scouts, 4132.
Budget, 2629.
Protection and free trade, 2630. Labour conditions, 2635.
Butter manufacture, 3163.
Canadian Northern Railway, 2262, 3967.
Cigarettes, prohibition of, 1475. Criminal Code and moral law, 3480. Divorce reform, 827.
Elections Act Amendment, 478. Electoral corruption, 907.
Farmers Bank, 3529.
Fisheries of Ontario, 1827, 1916.
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Georgian Bay canal, 2973.
High Commissioner's office, 1768. Immigration, 1618.
Judges' salaries, 1937.
Naturalization, 4532, 4544.
Ocean transportation, 2932.
Old age pensions, 1340.
Oriental industrial competition, 4558. Panama canal rates, 3509.
Privilege, 3058.
Tariff, 1358, 3124.
Titles of honour, 479.
Trade, balance of, adjustment, 2016.
Trent canal, 4940, 4994.
W. C. Edwards Company, 3475.
Burrell, Hon. Martin (Minister of Agriculture)
Agriculture, Department of, estimates, 341, 1098-1111,	1130-1163,	1670-1688,
2370, 3173, 3487-3502.
Agricultural Gazette, 1098, 1104, 1161, 1670. Animals, health of, 3173.
Butter. See Dairy Products.
% Cold storage, 1680, 1752, 3559, 4172.
Cow testing, 1673.
Dairy products regulation, 1678, 1751, 2384, 2387, 3162.
Exhibitions, 1684.
Experimental farms, 1098, 1109, 1154, 2370, 3493.
Food products, inspection of, 1672 1679 2370.
Fruit inspection, 1674.
Horse breeding, 3493, 3501.
Insect pests, 1130-1133, 1155.
LOvis quarantine station, 1108.
Live stock industry, 3493.
Patent Office, 5200.
Patent Record, 1098.
Patents, renewal of, 1668, 1669, 2948, 3205. Potatoes, tariff on, 3090.
Quebec, agriculture in, 1677.
Tobacco culture, 1147.
Bury drill hall, 2960.
Butter. See Dairy Products.
Buttons, ivory, tariff on, 3159.
Cable rates, 5246.
Cameron, A. J., Fenian raid bounty commissioner, 2960.
Campbell, Glen, charges against, 622, 1853. Camperville and Winnipegosis mails, 2686. Canada and Gulf Railway, 1022.
Canada Grain Act Amendment Bill. Res., 3161. lr., 3162.	2r„ 3573. Com., 3574.
3r., 3861,
Canada Shipping Act Amendment B ills
Coasting privileges: lr., 90.
Investigations of casualties: lr., 4552. 2r. and com., 4554. 3r., 4631.
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Pilotage: lr., 3054.	2r., 3621. Com., 3621.
3r„ 3631.
Shipping: Res., 1540. lr., 1540. 2r., 1607. See also Merchant Shipping.
Canada, Steamship, 2437, 3715.
Canada Temperance Act Amendment Bill.
lr., 3453.	2r„ 3588. Com., 3588.	3r..
3717. See also 1760, 2373.
Canadian Northern Railway
Conductors, dismissal of. 2518.
Loan, application for, 1361.
Pacific terminus, 699.
Payments, 345.
Subsidies, 2262, 2591.
Terminals, 2262.
Canadian Northern Railway Aid Bill. Res., 3651, 3717, 3787, 3828, 3896, 3967, 4009, 4025, 4216, 4296, 4323, 4370. lr., 4426. 2r., 4452. Com., 4525, 4545. Rep., 4551.	3r..
4631, 4675.
Amendments proposed
On res.: Mr. Macdonald, 3833; div., 4008. In com. on res.: Mr. Carvell, 4014; div 4019.
On 2r. of res.: Mr. Ross, 4376; div., 4390. Mr. Pugsley, 4391; div., 4413. Mr. Oliver, 4416; div., 4425.
On 3r. of Bill: Sir Wilfrid Laurier, 4634;, div., 4663. Mr. Verville, 4664; div, 4674.
Canadian Pacific Railway
Austria, office in, 896.
Irrigated lands, 2785.
Labour award, 2961.
Lachine bridge, 3111.
Toronto-Sudbury line, 1113.
Winnipeg-Gimli train service, 4629,
Canadian Peace Centenary Association, 970, 4961.
Canadians in Mexico, protection of, 2785. Canals, 365, 1957, 2963, 4162, 5108.
Canning factories, 1605.
Canning public building site, 1899, 4183, 5224. Canso
Letter boxes, 703.
Reduction works, 1693, 2080.
Cap aux Corbeau wharf, 4293.
Cap de la Madeleine wharf, 2959.
Cape Breton, naturalization in, 1116.
Capital punishment, abolition of, 4 482 1731 4516.
Carbons, tariff on, 3132.
Cardin, Mr. P. J. A. (Richelieu)
St. Joseph de Sorel post office, 572.
Trempe, L. J., employment of, 1434, 1695.
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Carleton Head breakwater, 2178.
Carnations, tariff on, 3043.
Carrick, Mr. J. J. (Thunder Bay and Rainy River)
Canadian Northern Railway, 3811.
Iron and steel industry, 1498.
Rainy River Radial Railway Company, 2950.
Carroll, Mr. W. F. (Cape Breton South) Alert, steamer, 308, 423.
Biggar, Col. J. L„ 1217.
Bridgeport postmaster, dismissal of, 3840. Budget, 2547
Naval defence, 2548.
Immigration, 2549.
Steel industry, 2551.
Coal industry, 2553.
Cost of living, 2554.
Tariff, 2555.
Labour conditions, 2556.
Canada Temperance Act, 3592.
Canadian Northern Railway, 4027, 4081, 4227, 4667, 4671.
Civil Service, 5373.
Cold storage, 1680, 3565, 4172.
Dismissals, 1171, 3840.
Dry docks, 4092, 4111.
Excise Estimates, 1414, 1417.
Explosives, regulation of, 3863.
Fenian raid veterans, 4355, 5000.
Fish and fisheries Industry, 5275.
Protection, 1794, 1822.
Transportation, 390.
Franklin, B. J., employment of, 5217.
Glace Bay harbour, 4207.
Ice breakers, 402.
Immigration, 1643.
Indians, 3542.
Intercolonial Railway Appointments, 1113.
Branch lines, 5115.
Management, 3313.
Standard rules, 2957.
Judges' salaries, 1944, 3611.
Labour
Disputes, 532.	i '
Public wor*s, on, 4205, 5202.
Lobster regulations, 5186.
Militia, 4599, 4605.
Mira river steamboat service, 2933, 5038. Naturalization, 1116, 4139, 4537, 4820.
Naval service, 333.
Old age pensions, 1343.
Ottawa as the Capital, 1884.
Pig iron, drawback on, 3216.
Public buildings in Cape Breton, 1895. Railway employees-hours of service, 2175. St. Peter's Indian school, 2479.
Steamboat subsidies, 2933.
Technical education, 5207.
Carroll, Mr. W. F.-Con.
Toronto, Niagara and Western Railway Company, 3476.
Townsend, N. T., resignation of, 2436. Vancouver Island coal strike, 1276, 4667. Whitney Pier subcollector of customs, 433. Winter, Lt.-Col. E. F„ employment of, 2840.
Carslake Hotel purchase, 1871, 2436, 4023, 4192.
Carson. See Home Rule.
Carvell, Mr. Frank B. (Carleton, N.B.)
Basic slag, 643.
Bounties on iron and steel, 1520.
Butter manufacture, 2384.
Canadian Northern Railway, 3912, 4011, 4235, 4308, 4525.
Capital punishment, 491.
Carson, Sir Edward, presentation to, 1785. Dismissals, 1196, 1388, 2424.
Divorce reform, 832.
Dorval land purchase, 1218, 2436.
Dredge Fielding, 2261.
Dredging in New Brunswick, 2078.
Dry docks subsidies, 3961.
Empress of Ireland, loss of, 45o6 Experimental farms, N.B., 1135, 1140, 3	,
3492.
Fenian raid veterans, 3367, 4341.
Fisheries, 786, 1799.
Foundation Co., Ltd.,
Fredericton public works, <0o.
Fundy, Bay of. navigation, 165. Government officials In politics 436 1195. Government Railways Claims Act, 2392. Government telegraph service, 2375.
House of Comomns Debates, distribution of, 1774.
Indian schools, 2395.
Inland Revenue, appointment of Deputy Minister of, 1411.
intercolonial Railway-Chatham Junction-Brockville Branch, 440.
International Horse Show, 2439.
Iron and steel, bounties on, 1520.
Judges' salaries, 3608.
Kelly W. J., case of, 1696, 1722.
Labour conditions on Vancouver Island, 526, 544, 660, 1288, 130o.
Lfivis quarantine, 1218.
Light buoys, 1169.
Marion Bridge-Woodbine mails, lllb-Militia, 2371, 3412-3440, 4527, 4592, 46204628.
Montreal harbourmaster, 4022.
Natonal Transcontinental Railway Deficit, 1780.
Investigation, 2051.
Operation, 4453, 4455.
Naturalization, 4535, 4537, 4539.
Ottawa
Building leases, 2439, 2519.
Custom house, 2079.
Water supply, 1887.
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Patents, renewal of, 2919.
Payne, Stephen, employment of, 1605.
Post Office Department automobile, 3113. Potatoes, tariff on, 3067, 3085, 3103. Railway mail clerks, 238l,
St. John
Custom house, 1330.
Harbour, 1331.
Marine service, 1913.
St. John and Quebec Railway, 2997, 3881, 3959.
Souris rifle range, 4592.
Southampton Railway Company, 1455, 3009. Sussex public building, 1694.
Tariff, 3040, 4335, 4430.
Tobique Indian reserve, 816, 1359, 1535, 1915, 2590, 3534.
Transatlantic mail service, 582.
Vincent, J. U.. appointment of, 1411. Volunteer bounty, 1396.
West Indies, trade with, 2015.
Woodstock public building coal supplies, 569.
Cassana flour, tariff on, 3043.
Caterpillar moths, 1132,
Cattle
Inspection of, 758.
United States embargo, 3065.
See also Live Stock.
Census, 842, 954.
Chabot, Mr. John Leo (Ottawa)
Civil Service, 4446.
House of Commons representation, 5309. Chain, tariff on, 3138.
Chairman and Acting Chairman, rulings of Acceptance of member's statement, 2420. Estimates, though not printed in French, may be considered, 403.
Chambly canal, 2990, 4558.
Charlottetown
Confederation Convention, 4960.
Mails, 2014, 3058.	.
Charlton, Mr. William A. (Norfolk)
Canadian Northern Railway, 3998.
Chesley post office, 664, 5231.
Chevrier et Freres, payments to, 368.
Chisholm, Mr. Alexander W. (Inverness) Alexander post office, 2960.
Canadian Northern Railway, 4080, 4219. Dismissals, 1406, 1418, 1815.
Farmers Bank, 1117, 4798.
Fish transportation, 386, 393.
Fisheries advisory board, 348, 702, 2412. Government telegraph and telephone system, 4181.
Grigg, trade commissioner, 2435.
Indians, Nova Scotia, 2474-2479. Intercolonial Railway Branch lines, 1740, 4867.
Coal contracts, 3194.
Chisholm, Mr. A. W.-Con.
Inverness
Fruit inspector, 1672.
(Harbour, 1818.
Postal service, 815.
Steam service, 2943, 5040.
Margaree harbour repairs, 4209.
Militia, 4617.
Port Hawkesbury public building, 1895.
Chisholm, Mr. William (Antigonlsh) Antigonish
Customs collector, 3860, 3893, 4435.
Food inspector, 666.
Immigration agents, 573, 5210.
Mail service, 572, 5137.
Public buildings, need of, 1896, 5227. Cattle disease, 3175.
Decoste, Capt. J., dismissal of, 1783. Dominion Atlantic Railway, 1115. Duchemin, Mr., expenses of, 5239.
Eastern Extension Railway, 3183.
Fenian raid veterans, 2080, 4999. Government officials in politics, 2407. Guysborough mails, 1914.
Heatherton Indian reserve, 573 House of Commons Representation, 5344.
Returns, alleged incomplete, 2377. Immigration, 1629.
Intercolonial Railway Antigonish bridge, 1016.
Dorchester water supply, 1015. Extensions, 3179, 4938.
Passes, 4877.
Repairs, 5121.
Judges' salaries, 1930.
Liberator publication, 3236.
Mail clerks, 3241.
Militia, 4608, 4615, 5012.
Nova Scotia immigration agents, 1691. Plainfield post office, 2016.
Privilege, 2085, 5955.
South Lake, protection works, 5233. Vancouver Orange Lodge, 2591.
Cigarettes, prohibition of, 1473, 1688.
Cimon, E. H., expenses of, 664.
Civil Service
Appointments, 666, 1164.
Commission, 697.
Suuerannuation, 1691.
Civil Service Act (Post Office) Amendment Bill. Res., 2378. lr„ 2389.	2r., 3173.
Com., 3220.	3r., 3220, 3249.
Civil Service Acts Amendment Bill. Res., 4437. lr., 4452.
Civil Service Insurance Bill. Res., 1751. lr.,
1751.	2r„ 1871. Com., 1871.	3r„ 1875.
Civil Service Superannuation Bill.	Res.,
5364. lr., 5374.
Clark, Mr. Hugh (North Bruce)
Farmers Bank, 3530.
Militia, 5006.
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Delay in meeting of Parliament, 35. Redistribution of representation, 35. Highways improvement, 36.
By-elections, 37.
Tariff, 38.
Free wheat, 42.
Agricultural implement duties, 1587.
Asiatic trade, 5030.
British cattle embargo, 759.
Budget, 2862 Trade, 2864.
Borrowings, 2865.
Home market, 2869.
Tariff, 2871.
Free wheat, 2873.
Iron industry, 2875.
Calgary and Edmonton Railway Company, 802.
Canadian Northern Railway, 4239. Canadians at Bisley, 518.
Dominion lands, 4890.
Farmers Bank, 4912.
Grain markets, 1658.
House of Commons representation, 869. Naval service, 330, 5155.
Ottawa municipal government, 1883.
Pig iron, drawback on, 3218.
Steel industry, 1506.
Clarke, Mr. A. H. (South Essex)
Tobacco culture, 1147.
Clarke, Mr. W. A. (North Wellington)
Budget, 2731.
Clement, Mr. Justice, expenses of, 2263, 2367.
Clements, Mr. Herbert S. (Comox-Atlin) Canadian Northern Railway, 4665, 4672. Government telegraph lines in British Columbia, 2376.
Militia for Prince Rupert, 4586.
Navigable waters protection, 343.
Coal
Contracts for dredges, 923.
Lands, 365.
Royalties, 1809.
Coasting privileges, 2435, 2915-2925, 5196. Coasting trade of Canada, 756.
Cobequid, steamer, wreck of, 165, 358, 1166.
Cochrane, Hon. Frank (Minister of Railways and Canals)
Calgary and Edmonton Railway Company, 795.
Central Western Canada Railway Company, 805.
Grand Trunk Pacific Railway, 201.
Hudson Bay terminals, 678.
Intercolonial Railway train service, 258. Prince Edward Island Railway, 310.
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Budget, 2529
Agricultural implements, 2537.
Cost of living, 2536.
Naval defence, 2542.
Protection, 2532.
Transportation, 2541.
Canadians in Mexico, 2785.
Confederation, semi-centennial of, 1452. Immigration, 1624.
Naturalization, 4531, 4533, 4536.
Stone, tariff on, 873, 3127.
Trade agencies, 321.
Cocoanuts, tariff on, 3106.
Coderre, Hon. Louis (Secretary of State) Archives Department, 1771.
Canada Temperance Act, 1760 .
Companies Act Amendment, 3397,	3861,
4806.
Explosives, manufacture of, 3587, 3861. French translation, 5273.
Mines Department estimates, 1801-1815. Naturalization, 1763.
Ores, treatment of, 1803.
Peat, experiments with, 1804-1810.
Printing and stationery, 724-740, 1774. Secretary of State Department-salaries, etc., 724.
Tar sand deposits, 1812.
Voters' lists, 1760, 5267.
Coke, tariff on, 3137.
Cold Storage Regulation Bill. Res., 1752. lr., 1753.	2r„ 3559. Com., 3559, 4172.
3r.' 4173. See also 700, 707, 1680.
Cold Storage in Nova Scotia, 700.
Coldbrook Station postmaster, 1690.
Cole Harbour wharf, 1693.
Colpitts, G. A., case of, 446.
Companies Act Amendment Bill, lr., 3397. 2r., 3861. Com., 3861. 3r., 3861. Senate amendments, 4806.
Confederation, semi-centennial of, 1444.
Conservation
Commission, 718, 5201.
Natural resources, 3323.
Cookshire public building, 2960.
Co-operative Credit Societies Bill, lr., 3637. Cornwall canal, 2990.
Cost of Living, 21, 29, 40, 48, 69, 79, 87, 96, 102, 110, 121, 132, 178, 190, 245, 249, 294, 5376. See also Budget.
Cost of Living Commission, 356, 2436.
Cow testing, 1673.
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Firearms and detectaphones, lr., 467. Fraudulent advertising, lr., 3397. 2r„ 3466. Com., 3466, 3480.	3r., 3481. See also
4215.
Criminal Code revision, 3058.
Cromwell, Mr. F. R. (Crompton)
St. George's Club, 3427.
Crothers, Hon. Thos. W.(Minister of Labour) Address in reply to Governor General's Speech
Cost of living, 276.
United Shoe Machinery Co., 277. Canadian Northern Railway, 4665.
Farmers Bank, 4726, 4923.
Labour
Estimates, 339, 523-566, 656-663, 5202. Montreal harbour, in, 5203.
Matches, white phosphorus, 1536, 1756. Natural resources, provincial control of, 1093.
Technical education, 4888, 5206.
Vancouver Island labour troubles, 523-566, 656, 1305.
Cruise, Mr. Robt. (Dauphin)
Address in reply to Governor General's Speech
Free wheat, 295.
Cost of living, 296.
Reciprocity with United States, 297. Budget, 2824.
Farm implements, 2825.
Free wheat, 2825.
Camperville mails, 2686.
Canadian Northern Railway, 2518.
Currie, Mr. John A. (North Simcoe)
Calgary and Edmonton Railway Company, 766.
Militia, 3434.
Tariff, 3149.
Toronto, Niagara and Western Railway, 3275.
Currie, Ronald, 990, 1005, 1361, 1603.
Customs
Appointments, 473.
Dismissals, 963, 997.
Duties, 5363.
Estimates, 400, 422-439, 963-969, 997-1011, 2363, 2374.
Protection service, 423.
Undervaluation, 3318.
Customs Act (Pig-iron drawback) Amendment Bill. Res., 3210. lr., 3220.	2r.,
3510. Com., 3511.	3r„ 3511. See also
Tariff Bill.
Dairy Products Regulation Bill. Res., 1751. lr., 1752.	2r., 2384. Com., 3162!	3r.,
3173.
Davidson, Mr. Avard L. (Annapolis)
Fenian raid veterans, 3376.
Marine and Fisheries estimates, 2418. National Transcontinental Railway investigation, 2150.
Death Penalty. See Capital Punishment. Debt of Canada, 1116.
Delisle, Mr. Michel (Portneuf)
Montcalm, Steamship, 666.
Morrison, Lt.-Col., expenses of, 1915. Murray Bay steamer service, 1915. Pilotage, 666, 1219.
Portneuf lightkeeper, 1219, 3510.
St. Casimir post office, 360, 667.
Sessional indemnity, 817.
Demers, Mr. M. Joseph (St. John and Iberville)
Dismissals, 1376, 2689.
Farmers Bank, 4736.
(Hansard, omission in, 4886.
National Transcontinental Railway investigation, 2250.
Paradis, L„ appointment of, 2840.
Railway Act Amendment, 610, 793.
Ste. Brigide mails, 893.
St. Johns Bridge, 2689.
Customs collector, 893.
Inland Revenue, 1021.
Rural mail, 366.
Seed grain, 369.
Denison, J. R., postmaster, 3209, 3640, 5259, 5264.
Dental machines, tariff on, 3144.
Dentistry congress, 2957.
Deputy Speaker, office of, 1362.
Des Prairies river dredging, 1731. Detectaphone, use of, 468.
Devlin, Mr. Emmanuel B. (Wright)
Budget, 2621
National policy, 2622.
Surpluses, 2624.
Immigration, 2625.
Tariff, 2626.
Transportation, 2627.
Agriculture, 2628.
Canal traffic, 365.
Explosives, regulation of, 3863.
Farmers Bank, 4722.
Georgian Bay canal, 567, 1047, 2968.
Grain shipments, 472.
House of Commons representation, 5321 Hull
Customs office, 568.
Inland Revenue receipts, 473. International Waterways, 164.
Judges' salaries, 1925.
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Ottawa and Hull Improvement Commission, 697.
Privilege, 1119.
Public buildings, expenditure on, 4190. Ulster and the Minister or Militia, 1903. Unemployment, 5031.
W. C. Edwards Company, 3474.
Wright county post offices, 445.
Dismissals, 430, 762, 770, 990, 997, 1170-1188, 1375, 1385-1395, 1401, 1424.
Bigelow, J. E., 1436.
Dficoste, J„ Capt., 1783.
Drummond and Arthabaska, 1023.
Faucher, E., painter, 1784.
Fish hatchery employees, 370.
Intercolonial Railway employees, 370. Laing, J. R., postmaster, 370.
LariviSre, Mr., land agent, 370.
Leslie, Wm. C., postmaster, 369.
McGillis, J„ 1435.
McLeod, M. H., geologist, 1815.
McRae, A., lighthouse-keeper, 1118.
Three Rivers postal officials, 818.
D'lsraeli wharf, 1435.
Divorce cases, procedure in, 1118.
Divorce reform, 821.
Doherty, Hon. C. J. (Minister of Justice) Advertising, fraudulent, 3397, 3466, 3480. Asiatic immigration, 1258.
Canada Temperance Act Amendment, 3453, 3588, 3717.
Capital punishment, 741.
Divorce reform, 835.
Dominion Lands Act Amendment, 4367, 4821, 4889.
Dominion police, 2368.
Elections Act Amendment, 478.
Electoral corruption, 908.
Exchequer Court, 2367.
Explosives, regulation of, 3863.
Falardeau case, 459.
Fatsari, G., release of, 4o6.
Fraudulent advertising, 3397, 3466, 3480. Haultain, Chief Justice, judgments of, 1265. Judges, Prince Edward Island, 4887.
Judges' salaries, 1940, 3603, 3886, 3957. Judicial Committee of the Privy Council, 1955.
Justice Department Estimates, 342, 2365, 4521.
Salaries, 342.
Juvenile Delinquents Act Amendment, 3251, 3516.
Kelly, Wm. J., case of, 1706.
Labrador coast, jurisdiction on, 2954. Merchants Accident Guarantee Company, 3512.
Doherty, Hon. C. J.-Con.
Naturalization, British nationality, 3249, 4119, 4143, 4173, 4367, 4529-4545, 48084821, 4823.
O'Brien, A. H., superannuation of, 1945. Pembroke Lumber Company, claim of, 5026.
Penitentiaries, 2365, 2368, 4521.
Pension to guard's widow, 3460, 3531.
Prison reform, 4522.
Prisons and Reformatories Act Amendment, 3397, 3466.
Senate representation, 1488.
Supreme Court appeals, 3251, 3462.
White slave traffic, 4523.
Dominion Atlantic Railway, 1115.
Dominion Forest Reserves and Parks Act Amendment Bill. lr., 2261.	2r., 3512.
Com., 3512, 3554. 3r., 3558. See also 4151. Dominion Lands Act Amendment Bills Aikins, Mr. lr., 201.
Doherty, Mr. lr., 4367.	2r„ 4821. Com.,
4821, 4889.	3r., 4891.
Roche, Mr. lr., 2261.	2r., 3249. Com.,
3249, 3320, 3511. 3r„ 3512.
Dominion Lands and Parks, 1836, 2372, 4151. Orders in Council approved, 4713.
Dorchester
Government employees, 3638.
Penitentiary, 440.
Dorion dredging, 443.
Dorval militia land purchase, 1025, 1119,1218, 2436.
Douglas, Mr. James (Strathcona)
Address in reply to Governor General's Speech
Free wheat, 299.
Aid to agriculture, 301.
Unemployed labour, 301.
Budget, 2835
Freight rates, 2837.
Binder twine, 2838.
Calgary and Edmonton Railway Company, 765, 804.
Dominion lands, 3349-3361.
Government officials in politics, 1836 Hudson Bay terminals, 568.
Indians, 2478.
Dredges and dredging
Canada, 811, 1218.
Coal supplies, 2078.
East river, 5363.
Fielding, 2261.
George McKenzie, 1780.
New Brunswick, 2078.
Prince Edward Island, 3058.
Drill halls. See Armouries.
Drummond and Arthabaska postmasters, 1019.
Monk, Hon. F. D., death of, 3787.
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Dry Docks Subsidies Act Amendment Bill.
Res., 3961. lr., 3965.	2r., 4090. Com.,
4090. 3r., 4112. See also 5237.
Dube, P., employment of, 2016.
Duchemin, H. P„ payments to, 353, 697, 770, 893, 926, 966, 990, 1111, 1173.
Dunvegan telegraph, 816.
lJuthie Point lighthouse, 703.
Eastern Extension Railway, 3183.
Eastern Townships
Diseased cattle, 363.
Experimental farm, 1694.
Post offices, dismissals in, 3640, 5261.
East Jeddore dredging, 925.
East river improvements, 811.
Edmonton and Ft. George mail service, 891. Edmonton drill hall, 354.
Edmundston immigration office, 704, 1619. Edson-Grand Prairie mail service, 369.
Edwards, Mr. John W. (Frontenae) Agricultural Gazette, 1104.
Barriefield camp, 3714.
Budget, 2603
Farm products, 2604.
Free wheat, 2610.
Transportation, 2614.
Agricultural implements, 2615.
Cost of living, 2619.
Steel industry, 2619.
Reciprocity with the United States, 2620. Capital punishment, 501.
Civil Service, 4449, 4450.
Cold storage, 1681.
Fenian raid veterans, 3509.
Fisher, Hon. S., on Canadian farming, 1110. Fisheries, 1825.
Franking privilege, 3225.
Frontenae rural mail, 813.
Government officials in politics, 433, 1840. Kingston causeway, 3509.
Kingston penitentiary, 812, 2365, 2519, 2959, 4484-4504, 4512.
Militia parades, 2178.
Naval service, 5166.
O'Brien, A. H., superannuation of, 1950. Ottawa as the Capital, 1884.
Pilotage, 3631.
Potatoes, tariff on, 3078.
Printing Bureau, 4370.
Reciprocity with the United States, 1686. Transportation, 2979.
Unemployment, 4159.
Eganville post office, 353, 2545, 5219.
Election Act Amendment Bill, lr., 478. Election laws committee, 1118.
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Elections, general, rOsumg of, 2995.
Electoral corruption, 344, 900.
Elevators, grain, 473, 572, 1216, 1646-1666.
Elliott, Mr. George A. (North Middlesex) Farmers Bank, 4919.
Elmira post office, 702.
Embroideries, tariff on, 3157.
Emmerson, Hon. H. R. (Westmorland)
Basic slag, 444, 511, 630, 2677; proposed amendment, 638.
Battlefields, preservation of, 3198.
Brantford public building, 878.
Budget, 2673 Tariff, 2674.
Basic slag, 2677.
Cut stone, 2679.
Protection, 2681.
Calgary and Edmonton Railway Company, 795.
Canadian Northern Railway terminals, 699, 2262.
Colpitts, G. A., case of, 446, 455.
Dorchester penitentiary, 441.
Franking privilege, 3224.
Fredericton and Grand Lake Coal and Railway Company, 3205.
Governor General, new, 3454.
Herring fishing, 2437.
Hudson, patrol boat, 2687.
Intercolonial Railway Branch lines, 353.
Canadian Pacific Railway, traffic agreement with, 567, 596, 1534, 1691. Dismissals, 1017, 2962, 3508.
District No. 3, 1114.
Dorchester water supply, 1015.
Engineers, appointment of, 2176.
French river bridge, 362.
Halifax terminals, 1782.
Hampton station, 1691.
Harris, F., employment of, 2176.
Hay shipments, 922.
Killam, A. E., retirement of, 1724. Management, 3256; proposed amendment, 3264.
Moncton residence purchase, 893. Provident fund, 469.
Skeffington, detective, 921.
Suburban train receipts, 1015.
Survey staff, 2261.
Train service, 167, 258.
Wooden cars, 355.
Judges' salaries, 1929.
Maps, incorrect, 2902.
Maritime mail service, 166, 202.
Militia poster, 1536, 2082.
National Transcontinental Railway investigation, 1329, 2331.
Richibucto life-saving crew, 668.
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St. John and Quebec Railway, 2546, 2789, 3030.
Sackville public wharf, 568.
Stone, tariff on, 878, 3125.
Tariff, 3125.
Transatlantic mail service, 376.
Trent Valley Woollen Company, 2177.
Trust companies, 21107.
Volunteer bounty, 1398.
Westmorland harbours, 443.
Empress of Ireland
Loss of, 4433, 4552, 4555, 4628, 4716, 4879, 4894, 4954. See also 5069, 5230.
Court of Investigation, 4887.
Esquimalt dry dock, 812, 1433.
Estimates. See titles of departments and subjects.
Ethier, Mr. Joseph A. C. (Two Mountains) Canning factories, 1605.
Intercolonial Railway, 4949.
Railway subsidies, 4971.
Ste. Scholastique postmaster dismissal, 3634, 3854.
Exhibitions, 359, 1684.
San Francisco, 359, 1686, 3254.
Experimental farms, 1135. 1140, 1148, 2372, 3487.
Explosives Regulation Bill. Res., 3587. lr„ 3588.	2r„ 3861. Com., 3862.	3r., 3895.
See also 1810, 1815.
Export Act Amendment Bill. Res., 971. lr., 975.	2r„ 1758. Com., 1758, 3463.	3r.,
3717.
Express franking privilege, 1018.
External Affairs, Department of, 355. Extradition cases. See Kelly.
Falardeau case, 455, 699.
Falmouth dyke, 1780.
False Creek Indian reserve. See Kitsilano. Farmers Bank Relief Bill. Res., 3517. lr., 3531.	2r., 4675, 4718, 4806. Com., 4894.
3r., 4929.
Amendment proposed:	Mr. A. K. Maclean,
4703; div., 4806.
See also 723, 1117, 3197, 3453.
Farnham camp, 1033, 1125, 1435.
Fatsari, G., release of, 464, 1911.
Federal Life Assurance Company, 2435.
Fenian raid veterans, 284, 338, 349, 369, 440, 445, 473, 571, 925, 1022, 1604, 1693, 1783, 2080, 2085, 2787, 2962, 3362-3396, 3509, 3894, 4339.
Ferguson, G. H., commissioner, 1915. Ferrona-Sunny Brae Railway, 669.
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Finance Department estimates, 722.
Financial conditions, 18, 56, 62, 129, 169, 189. Financial Statement. See Budget.
Firearms, carrying of, 467.
Fish and fisheries
Advisory board, 348, 702, 2398.
Boundary regulations, 1214.
Curing expert, 571.
Exhibits, 2430.
Hatcheries, 2431.
Herring, 2437.
Industry, 5275.
Lobster
Licenses, 815.
Regulations, 344, 5186.
Seed, 816.
Medical aid, 416.
Modus vivendi Licenses, 1692.
Violations, 1603.
New Brunswick claims, 2374.
Ontario jurisdiction, 1916.
Pickled fish. See that title; also, Fisheries Act Amendment Bills.
Protection service, 2429.
Reduction works, 1693, 2080, 2177.
Shellfish commission, 667,1361, 2418, 4022, 4294.
Smelt licenses, 2178, 2402.
Statistics, 1020, 1361, 2402, 5191. Transportation, 376, 894, 1114, 1215, 2403, 2937, 5069.
Fisheries Act Amendment Bills
Consolidation, lr., 793.	2r., 1164. Ref. to
select com., 1164. Com., 1793, 1820. 3r., 2384.
Inspection of pickled fish. Res., 3455. lr., 3460.	2r., 3460. Com., 4435.	3r., 4437.
Fisher, Mr. J. H. (Brant)
Auto-Wheels, Limited, 1668.
Privilege, 3113.
Fletcher, Joshua, employment of, 351.
Food products, inspection of, 1672, 1678, 2370. Forest reserves. See Dominion Forest Reserves and Parks.
Fortier, Mr. Edmond (LotbiniSre).
French translation, 2436.
Foster, Mr. Arthur DeWitt (Kings, N.S.) Canadian Northern Railway, 3983.
Cold storage, 3563, 5185.
Dismissals, 1182.
Immigration, 1152.
Natural resources, conservation of, 1811.
St. John Valley Railway, 3033.
Foster, Hon. George E. (Minister of Trade and Commerce)
Atlantic mail service, 5066.
Binder twine, 1608, 2913.
British postal rates, 3232.
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Budget, 2849.
Trade condition;?, 2852.
Flour industry, 2853.
Trade policies, 2856.
Free wheat, 2858.
Capital punishment, 490.
Census, 954.
China and Japan steamship subsidy, 5034. Commissioner of Commerce, 316.
Cost of living, 5377.
Fish transportation, 5069.
Grain
Act, administration of, 1646.
Bill, 3161, 3574.
Commission 1646.
Laboratory, 315.
High Commissioner's office, 5378.
Imperial Trade Commission, 927.
Mail subsidies, 2913.
National Transcontinental Railway, 4859. Ocean freight rates, 2926, 5043. Parliamentary procedure-Committee of Supply without question put, 521,
St. Lawrence rates, 977.
Seeds inspection Bill, 4167.
Steamship subventions, 2913,	2923-2947,
5034.
Strathcona, Lord, death of, 164.
Titles of honour, 480.
Trade and Commerce estimates, 315, 881, 927, 1646, 2913, 2923, 5034.
West Indies Cables, 955.
Steamship service, 956.
Trade Commissioner, 882.
Foundation Company, Ltd., 1876.
Fowler, Mr. George W. (Kings and Albert) Canadian Northern Railway, 4643.
Civil Service, 4449, 4451.
Fenian raid veterans, 3374.
Fisheries protection, 1795.
Hampton public building, 4189.
Judges' salaries, 1928, 3606.
Militia camp grounds, 5017.
National Transcontinental Railway investigation, 2284.
St. John Valley Railway, 3884.
Yukon territory judge, 4022.
Franking privilege, 971, 1018, 3223.
Fraser, J. McL., fishery officer, 5030.
Fraser, W. E., fishery officer, 2405-2418. Fraserville Battery, 1021.
Drill hall. 360.
Harbour, 358, 441, 1604,
Fraudulent advertising. See Criminal Code Amendment Bill.
Fredericton
Experimental farm, 1135.
Mails, 2014.
Public works, 705.
Free wheat, 42, 133. 238, 260, 267, 271, 279, 282, 285, 288, 295, 297, 299, 301, 304, 2873, 2825, 2858. 2833, 2723, 2796 2746, 2889, 2816, 2810, 2804.
Amendment proposed: Sir Wilfrid Lau-rier, 2846, 2849; div., 2897.
Freight rates, 1914, 2196, 2687, 2971-2986.
4327-4331, 4416-4425. See also Ocean. French
Translation, 1912, 2436.
Official documents in, 4434, 4523.
French river Dam, 1604.
Improvements, 2081.
Wharf, 1434.
French Canadian Senator for Ontario, 367.
Fripp, Mr. Alfred E. (Ottawa)
Civil Service, 4443, 5373.
Divorce bills, 4881.
Foundation Company, Ltd., 1879. Goldschmidt, R„ patent of, 2918.
House of Commons representation, 5311. Labrador, Quebec and Southern Railway Company, 2922.
Ottawa water supply, 1886.
Willson, T. L., patent of, 2918.
Frontenao rural mail, 813.
Fruit inspection, 1672, 1674.
Fuller, Mrs. M. E., pension of, 499S.
Fundy, Bay of, navigation, 165.
Garland, Mr. W. F. (Carleton, Ont.)
Budget, 2783.
Gaspe
Public buildings, 4191.
Steamer service, 1433, 3058, 2437, 2939. Gauthier, Mr. Louis J. (St. Hyacinthe) Dismissals, 1392.
National Transcontinental Railway investigation, 2264.
Gauvreau, Mr. Chas. A. (Temiseouata)
L'Assurance de Rimouski, 3894.
Cimon, E. H., payments to, 664. Fraserville Battery, 1021.
Drill hall, 3'60.
Harbour, 358, 441, 1604.
Excise officer, 1402.
Public building, 4196.
B'rench Canadian senators, 367.
Government officials in politics, 1402, 2262. Inland Revenue officers, 1402.
Intercolonial Railway Dismissals, 370.
Ice contracts, 364, 2016.
Riviere du Loup facilities, 4970. Investigations into political partisanship, 2262.
Isle Verte wharf, 360, 1604, 2264, 4712. Judges' salaries, 3621.
Liberator magazine, 3236.
National Transcontinental Railway, 4461, 4463.
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Harbour Commission,, 1604, 2263 Judges, 4807.
Rimouski
Customs, 2015.
Engineers, 2079.
Harbour, 2079, 2310.
Medical service, 2015.
20th Battery, 1361, 2263.
Gelinas, P. and R. Lajoie, employment of, 2688.
Geological Survey estimates, 1815.
Georgian Bay Canal, 352, 567, 1020, 1033, 1732, 2965-2987, 5231.
German, Mr. William M. (Welland)
Bounties on steel, 1523.
Brantford public building, 872.
Canadian Northern Railway, 3896, 4011, 4025, 4039, 4072.
Farmers Bank, 4895.
National Transcontinental Railway investigation, 2118.
Naturalization, 4814.
Senate representation, 1493.
Union Life Insurance Company, 2374. Welland ship canal, 2965.
Giasson post office, 2177, 2688, 3848.
Gimli lake patent, 1359.
Girard, Mr. Joseph (Chicoutimi and Saguenay)
Agriculture, encouragement of, 1158. Quebec- Blanc Sablon steamship service, 2946.
Glass, Mr. S. Francis (East Middlesex) Immigration, 1636.
Glencurrie post office, 4561.
Gold and silver leaf, tariff on, 3133.
Government officials in politics, 423, 621, 706, 741, 1195, 1836-1870, 2308, 2405-2427.
Government Railways Claims Bill, lr., 1910.
2r., 2392. Com., 2392. 3r„ 3058. Government steamers
Canada, 3113.
Construction in Canada, 3878.
Gulnare, 668.
Gunhilde, 2688.
Hudson, patrol boat, 2687.
Repairs, 1332.
Winter service, 3055.
Governor General
Appointment of, 3454.
Departure of-address, 5275.
Graham, Hon. Geo. P. (South Renfrew) Calgary and Edmonton Railway, 801. Canada Temperance Act, 1760.
Canadian Northern Railway, 3252, 3800, 4010, 4038.
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Canadian Pacific Railway-Toronto-Sud-bury line, 1113.
Capital punishment, 493.
Chesley public building, 5231.
Conservation Commission, 721.
Eganville post office, 353, 2545, 5219. Farmers Bank, 4894.
Georgian Bay canal, 2969.
Good Roads Association, 2989.
Government officials in po'itics, 1836. Grand Trunk Pacific Arbitration, 360.
Bond guarantee, 4936.
Cost per mile, 923, 1328.
Harbour commissioners, Montreal and Quebec, 1434.
High Commissioner's office, 311, 1764. House of Commons
Debates, distribution of, 1775. Representation, 857.
.Hudson Bay Railway, 692, 3112. Intercolonial Railway, management of, 3295.
Labrador, Quebec and Southern Railway Company, 2952.
Lancaster, Mr., indisposition of, 3204.
Loan flotations, 5032.
Matches, white phosphorus, 1538, 1756. Mines Department, appointments to, 1801. Morrisburg Mails, 1692.
Tin plate manufactory, 3130.
National Transcontinental Railway, 1970, 1982, 2021, 2036 (amdt.), 4840.	'
Coaling plants, 3113.
Contracts drawbacks, 1329.
Eastern division, 1018.
Grade changes, 921.
Investigating commission, 879, 895, 1328, 1915.
Little Mistongo bridge, 5)3.
St. Malo	.
Shops, 360, 701, 1817.
Tunnel, 891.
Shops, 1018.
Transcona shops, 664.
Naturalization, uniform British, 1763. Naval service, 1914, 5159.
Old age pensions, 1353.
Ottawa and New York Railway Company, claim of, 2991.
Pas Mission bridge, 365.
Pembroke armoury, 5193 Petawawa camp lumber claim, 5022. Pilotage, 815.
Pollution of navigable waters, 1742.
Post office employees' salaries, 3220. Printing Bureau, 728, 734, 1774.
Quebec land purchases, 1434.
Radium ores, 1692, 1814.
Railway Act Amendment, 2947.
Railway crossings, 360.
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Rainy River Radial Railway Company, 2950.
St. John harbour, 1693.
Spirits and tobacco, 1392.
Steel barrels, manufacture of, 1534.
Tariff, 3157.
Toronto, Niagara and Western Railway Company, 3204, 3270.
Transportation, 2971.
Trent Canal, 1817, 2789, 4162, 4945, 4996. Welland Canal, 2970, 2988, 5108.
Graham wharf, 443.
Grain
Act, administration of, 1646. Commissioners, 1646, 2376.
Elevators, 473, 572, 1216, 1646-1666. Inspection, 1117.
Laboratory, 315.
Sample markets, 2787.
Shipments, 472.
Transportation, 2975-2987.
See also Canadian grain.
Granby postal matters, 363, 697.
Grand Falls-St. John Railway, 365.
Grand Mere building, 2688.
Grand Rapids of the Athabaska, 1361.
Grand Trunk Pacific Railway
Cost per mile, 923, 1328.
Estimates, 4161.
Winnipeg terminals. See Winnpeg Terminals Bill.
Grand Trunk Pacific Railway Bills
Completion of prairie section, time extension. lr., 201.	2r. and 3r., 749.
Guarantee of bonds. Res., 4831. lr., 4838. 2r., 4929. Com., 4929. 3r., 5034.
Grand Trunk Railway. See Toronto Terminals.
Granton and Abercrombie mails, 2686.
Grazing. See Homesteading.
Green, Mr. Robt. F. (Kootenay)
Divorce bills, procedure on, 4883.
Labour conditions on Vancouver Island, 1299.
Grigg, trade commissioner, 2435.
Grosse Isle quarantine station, 5028.
Guthrie, Mr. Hugh (South Wellington) Agricultural implement duties, 1566. Armouries, 4576-4582.
Canadian Northern Railway, 4419, 4528. Farmers Bank, 3520.
Militia, 4576-4582.
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National Transcontinental Railway investigation, 2312.
Post Office Act Amendment, 3242. Prudential Life of Canada, 3478.
Railway level crossings, 3958.
Toronto, Niagara and Western Railway Company, 3204, 3271.
Trent canal investigation, 4975.
Guysborough
Branch railway, 4481.
Public wharfs, 355.
Guysborough-Heatherton mails, 1914.
Hagersville postmaster, 2686.
Halifax
Armouries, 704.
Dennis building, 5031.
Fortifications, 345.
Lightship, 3057.
Militia contracts, 3714.
Post office, 345.
Terminals, 1332. See also Intercolonial. Halifax county mail contracts, 925.
Hanna, Mr. A. E. (South Lanark)
Tariff, 3144.
Hansard. See House of Commons Debates. Hants county electoral lists, 817.
Hantsport
Public building, 1023.
Wharf, 4713.
Harbour Commissioners, 1434.
Harbours, federal control of, 2390.
Harbourville lightkeeper, 1434.
Hartt, Mr. Thomas A. (Charlotte, N.B.) Dismissals, 2,427.
Haultain, Chief Justice, judgments of, 1265. Hay shipments, 922.
Hazen, Hon. J. D. (Minister of Marine and Fisheries)
Atlantic mail service, 5048.
Biological Board, 2434.
Boundary fisheries, 1214.
Canada shipping, 1540, 3053, 3621. See also Shipping Act Amendments.
Collision an dsalvage at sea. See Shipping. Colpitts, Mr., case of, 451.
Dismissals, 762, 775, 1173.
Dry docks subsidies, 3964, 4097.
Empress of Ireland investigation, 4552, 4631, 4716, 4887.
Fish and fisheries
Act amendment, 793, 1164, 1793. 1820.
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Bulletin, 5189.
Lobster regulations, 5186.
Pickled, Inspection of, 3455, 4635-4436. Protection service, 5176.
Transportation, 392, 401, 1215, 5185. Fishing disaster-appeal for government aid, 5182, 5195.
Fredericton experimental farm, 1138, 3487, 3491.
French, official documents in, 4434, 4523. Fundy, Bay of, navigation, 165. Government officials in politics, 1839. Hudson Bay terminals, 1207.
Hydrographic surveys, 5183.
Intercolonial Railway Management, 3298, 5048.
Suburban trains, 1065.
Karluk, steamer, 4524, 4629.
Kelly, Wm. J., case of, 1711.
Lake Erie buoy service, 2519.
Leblanc, seaman, burial of, 5179.
Marine and Fisheries estimates, 324-328, 402-421, 749-762, 775-787, 1164-1214, 23982434.	.
Merchant shipping. See Shipping. Montreal Harbour
Commission, 3636, 3871, 4523, 4830. Harbourmaster. 5188.
Steamer berths, 5188.
Naval service, 326-336, 5146.
North Sydney Harbour Commission, 1539, 1791.
Pelagic sealing. 2372.
Pilotage, 985, 3625.
Pollution of navigable waters, 1740, 1748. Quebec
Harbour Commission, 3876.
Marine agency, 2996.
St. John, port of, 5048.
St. John Valley railway, .toll.
St. Lawrence route, accidents on, 3253, 3398. See also Shipping Casualties.
St. Lawrence ship channel, 976-991.
Safety of Life at Sea Convention, 787. Shipping Act amendments, 94, 743, 1786.
See also Canada Shipping.
Shipping- Casualties investigations, 45524555, 4631. See also St. Lawrence route. Vancouver Harbodr Commission 2175, 2388. Heatherton Indian reserve, 573.
Hebb, L. J., amounts paid to, 2178.
Henderson, Mr. David (Halton)
Brantford public building, 876.
Farmers Bank, 4778.
Federal Life Assurance Company, 2435. House of Commons blue books, 1776. Naturalization, 1763.
Public buildings, 4196, 4199.
Toronto, Niagara and Western Railway, 3276.
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High Commissioner's office, 311, 352, 1765, 3716, 5378.
Highways Improvement, 15, 23, 36, 48, 52, 55, 101, 116, 129, 147 152, 164, 177, 221, 259, 293.
Home Rule for Ireland
Carson, Sir Edward
Alleged cablegrams to, 2082, 2178. Presentation to, Mr. Cochrane's presence at, 1785.
Meeting at Toronto, 3573.
Picked men leaving Canada, 1903. Vancouver Orange Lodge resolutions, 2592, 2785.
Homesteads and Homesteading
Burns grazing lease, 2591.
Entries, 352, 570, 4368.
Land patents, 3113.
Payments, interest on, 1434.
Pre-emptions, Alberta, 357.
Regulations, 2311.
See also Dominion Lands.
Horse breeding, 472, 3493.
Horseflesh abattoirs, alleged, 3487.
House of Commons
Accommodation, need of increased, 4197. Ascension Day adjournment, 3895.
Ash Wedesday adjournment, 1061.
Business of the House, 1606, 3197. Committees, select standing, 253.
Debates
Distribution, 1775.
Lengthy answers to questions, insertion of, 1061.
Omissions, 477, 4887.
Translators, chief of, 1818, 5267, 5271. Deputy Speaker, office of. See that title. Easter adjournment, 2311.
Government business, precedence of, 1606. Indemnity to members, 817.
Library and reading room, hours of closing, 4214.
Loucks, H. H., employment of, 2439. Messengers, 568, 704.
Morning sittings, 2788, 3210, 3319.
Officials
Appointments, 94, 399, 2686, 2947, 4954. Investigation, report of, 442.
Salary increases, 2481.
Parliamentary Guide, 2373.
Post office, 399, 477.
Returns, questions regarding, 476,	878,
1607, 2364, 2377, 3860, 3893, 5956.
Rooms, use of, 2080.
Saturday sittings, 3784.
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Stationery, 1370.
Voters lists, 1774.
Wednesday sittings, 1264.
House of Commons Representation Bill, lr., 611.	2r., 842, 927. Ref. to select com.,
927. Rep., 1013. Com, 5230, 5306, 6364. 3r., 6364. See also 5, 35, 112, 123, 203, 707.
Hudson Bay
Fisheries, 347, 5186.
Railway, 364, 924, 4464-4470, 4474-4878. Contracts, 5030.
Mileage, 364.
Pas Misssion bridge, 365.
Right of way, 1434.
Terminals, 346, 568, 671, 3112, 1207.
Hughes, Hon. Sam. (Minister of Militia and Defence)
Armouries, 4583-4586, 5007.
Band's at political demonstrations, 5011. Canadians at Bisley, 514, 518, 1215.
Dorval military site, 1033.
Drill halls, 4583-4586, 5007.
Farnham camp, 1033, 1125.
Fenian raid veterans, 3363-3396, 4340-4367, 5000.
Militia
Annual drill, 4999.
Camp grounds, 5017.
Clothing, 5004.
Estimates, 336,	2363,	2370,	3399-3452,
4571-4620, 4990-5025.
Rifle ranges, 5008.
Militia poster, 1607, 2082.
Petawawa camp lumber claim, 5022. Privilege, 2083.
Religious processions and the Militia, 5003. Royal Military College, 5015.
Souris rifle range, 4571, 4594.
Trent canal investigation, 4990.
Volunteer bounty, 3363-3396, 4340-4367.
Hughes, Mr. James J. (Kings, P.E.I.)
Address in reply to Governor General's Speech
Naval defence, 99.
Highways improvement, 101.
Cost of living, 102.
Tariff, the, 103.
Militia expenditure, 104.
Agricultural Gazette, 1102, 1671. Agricultural implements, duties on, 1582. Basic slag, 638.
Carleton Head breakwater, 2178. Charlottetown-Crapaud mails, 3058. Dismissals, 1118.
Elmira post office, 702.
Fenian raid veterans, 440, 2085, 3363, 4360. Fish, pickled, inspection of, 4436.
French river wharf, 1434.
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Honorary colonels, 1605.
House of Commons
Debates, official report of: lengthy answers, 1061.	*
Library and reading room, closing of, 4214.
Representation, 707, 853.
Stationery, 1370.
Hudson Bay terminals, 691.
Intercolonial Railway
Engineers, appointment of, 2176.
Freight cars, 568.
Little Sands breakwater, 445, 1605. Magdalen islands steamship service, 403. Militia officer commanding 6th Division, 1783.
National Transcontinental Railway investigation, 2214.
Naval service, 332.
Potatoes, tariff on, 3059, 3084.
Prince Edward Island Banks, 1781, 2543.
Dredges, 3058.
Freight rates, 1018.
Judges, 4887.
Public works, 4211.
Steam service, 2944.
Transportation, 399.
Railway, 308, 926, 4483.
Representation in House of Commons, 707, 853.
Railway land grants, 5027.
Returns
Alleged incomplete, 476.
Inquiry for, 4296.
Rocky Point wharf, 3113, 3318.
Shellfish commission, 4022, 4294.
Souris rifle range, 1435, 1694, 1783, 4567. Strong, Heath, payments to, 1116.
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Inland Revenue receipts, 473.
Humboldt homestead inspector, 569.'
Hydro-Electric lines, 3474 4716.
Ice-breaking, 402, 2962.
Immigration, 10, 139, 291, 299, 1152.
Asiatic, 350, 351, 808, 1220, 2639, 5026, 5037. Austrian, 896.
British Columbia, 2264,
Bulgarian and Russian, 4560.
Chinese Act, administration of, 5212. Deportations, 891, 1636.
Estimates, 1611, 4155.
European, 572.
Hindu, 4022, 4214, 4295, 4524, 4556, 4562, 4717, 4954, 5026.
Inspection, 1437, 1638.
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Regulations, 350.
Statistics, 351.
United States, 697.
Immigration Act (Asiatic exclusion) Amendment Bill, lr., 5026.
Imperial Trade Commission, 927.
Indian Act Amendment Bill, lr., 1817.	2r.,
2394. Com., 2394, 3481, 3532.	3r„ 3553,
3554. Senate amdts., 4830.
Indian Harbour Lakes postmaster, 3055. Indians
British Columbia, 2477, 5209.
Caughnawaga Hospital, 422.
Petition, 2394, 3481, 3533, 3537. Estimates, 422, 2471, 2481, 5209.
Generally, 422, 2480.
Liquor selling to, 3207.
Medical attendants, Nova Scotia, 2474, 2840, 3208.
Northwest provinces and territories, 2478, 5209.
Nova Scotia, 2474-2477, 5209.
Ontario and Quebec, 2472-2474.
Industrial Disputes Act, 1022.
Inland Revenue estimates, 339, 1370-1395, 1400-1432, 2364.
Inspection and Sale Act Amendment Bills
Binder twine. Res., 1608. lr., 1611.	2r„
2913. Com., and 3r„ 2913.
Foods, lr., 2261.	2r., 4167. Com., 4167.
3r., 4171.
Insurance, 1751, 3199.
Insurance Act Amendment Bill. lr., 1688.
Intercolonial Railway
Amos, R., dismissal of, 2962.
Antigonish bridge, 1016.
Appointments, 1113.
Responsibility for, 2956.
Block signals, 3318.
Branch lines, 353, 1736, 3181,, 4938, 5110. Canadian Pacific Railway agreement, 567, 585-610, 1534, 1691, 3256-3316, 4099-4111, 5048-5062.
Car charges, 352,
Chatham Junction-Blaekville branch, 4477. Claims, fire, 2959.
Coal tenders, 924, 1332, 1645, 1786, 1911, 2956, 3194, 3280.
Dean Settlement branch, 3318.
Dismissals, 5122.
District No. 3, loss on, 1114.
Dorchester water supply, 1015.
Double tracking, 4558.
Earnings, 2308.
Intercolonial Railway.-Con.
Employees' wages, 1016.
Estimates, 1959, 3178, 4165, 4860, 4938, 4947. Ferry employees, 1016.
Fish, rates on, 894, 1017.
Flour, rates on, 1021.
Freight cars, 568.
Freight rates, 921. See also Management, French River bridge, 362.
Grade reduction, 668.
Guysborough branch, 4481.
Halifax terminals, 1782, 4o81.
Hampton station, 1691.
Harris, F., employment of, 2176.
Ice contracts, 364, 2016.	;
Killam, A. E., retirement of, 1724.
King, S„ employment of, S95.
Labourers' wages, 471.
Land valuators, 345.
L6vis, fire at, 5029.
Lumber purchase, 894.
Management, 1957, 3256, 3278.
Amendment proposed:	Mr. Emmerson,
3264; div., 3316.
Minimum rates,, 1434, 1690, 2016.
Ministerial statement, 1959.
Moncton residence, purchase of, 893. 2786. News bulletin service, 1266.
Ocean Limited, 4630, 4888.
Oxford-Pictou train service, 895.
Pension fund, 469, 572, 5362.
Point Tupper ferry, 894, 3195.
Private cars, 1018.
" Refrigerator cars, 1360, 1604.
Repair shops, 2957.
Ste. Louise improvements, 2013.
Sackville dismissals, 1017, 3508.
' Safety First ' engineer, 2262.
Sectionmen, 1015.
Skeffington, Detective, 921.
Smith, R. H., employment of, 1690. Standard rules, 1693, 2957.
Station improvements, 2544.
Suburban trains, 1015, 1062, 4868.
Sunny Brae branch, 894.
Survey staff, 2261.
Tie contracts, 1331.
Tonnage, 3110.
Traffic agreement with Canadian Pacific Railway, 567. See also Canadian Pacific. Train service, 167, 258.
Water service, 2544.	.
Williams, T., employment of, 895.
Wireless system, 1782.
Wooden cars, 355.
Interior Department estimates, 338, 1836, 2363, 2372, 4151.
International Expositions. See Exhibitions. International Horse Show, 2439.
International Purity Congress, 359, 3859. International Waterways, 164, 4962.
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3r., 1483.
Inverness
Fruit inspector, 1672.
Harbour, 1818.
Postal service, 815.
Public works, 354.
Investigations Into political partisanship, 2262, 2308.
Iron and steel industry, 665, 1498, 1802, 3040. Ores, treatment of, 1802.
Products, value of, 665.
Tariff, 3040.
Bands, 3153.
Bars, 3159.
Pigs, etc., 3133.
Structural, 3135, 3160.
Tubing, 3145.
See also Pig Iron.
Ironworkers, 1115.
Irrigation Act Amendment Bill.	lr., 2261.
2r., 3485. Com., 3485, 3596.	3r, 3717.
See also 4153.
Isle Verte wharf, 360, 1604, 2264, 4712.
Jallet, N., widow of, 1066.
Jameson, Mr. Clarence (Digby)
Address in reply to Governor General's Speech
By-elections, 95.
Cost of living, 96.
Naval defence, 98.
Dog-fish works, 2177.
House of Commons representation, 5322. Joliette buildings, 1023.
Joynson, Mrs. Alice, pension Bill. Res., 3460. lr., 3461.	2r., 3531. Com., 3531.	3r.,
3532.
Judges Act Amendment Bills
Mr. Doherty: Res., 3602. lr., 3621.	2r.,
3886. Com., 3886.	3r„ 3956.
Mr. Lane tot:	lr., 841.
Judges' salaries, 697,	1925-1944, 3602-3621,
3886-3890, 4807.
Judicial Committee of Privy Council. See
Privy Council.
Justice Department estimates, 342,	2365,
4521.
Jute, tariff on, 3153.
Juvenile Delinquents Act Amendment Bill.
lr., 3251.	2r., 3516. Com., 3516.	3r,
3517.
Kamloops
Drill hall, 1331.
Public buildings, 1021.
Karluk, steamer, 352, 811, 2264, 4524, 4629.
Kay, Mr. William F. (Missisquoi)
Bedford public building, 2545.
Brome rural mails, 703.
Farnham camp, 1435.
St. Armand mails, 3208.
Kelly, W. J., case of, 1696.
Kentville
Experimental farm, 1152.
Tuberculous cattle at, 4559.
Kingston
Causeway, 3509.
Penitentiary investigation, 571, 812, 2365, 2959, 4484-4522.
Kitsilano Indian reserve, 664, 922, 3547.
Knowles, Mr. William E. (Moosejaw) Advertising, fraudulent, 3470.
Agricultural implements
Duties on, 1548; amendment proposed, 1558; div., 1602.
Rebates, 1360.
Asiatic immigration, 1244.
Aurora Menace, 2310, 3236.
Butter, manufacture of, 3165.
Canada Temperance Act, 3589.
Customs duties, 5193.
Dominion lands, 3330, 3341, 3511.
Inspectors, 1845 Franking privilege, 3223.
Government officials in politics, 1378, 1401, 1841.
Grain Bill, 3576.
Grain elevators, 1666.
Homestead
Pre-emption payments, 1434. Regulations, 2311.
Hudson Bay Railway, 1434.
Terminals, 685.
Imports and exports, 1332.
Indian Act Amendment, 3484.
Inland Revenue estimates, 1378, 1404. Interior Department estimates, 1841-1870. Irrigation, 3486.
Lands unpatented, taxation of, 1923. McVeigh homestead entry, 2841.
Militia estimates, 3405.
Natural resources, provincial control of, 1094.
Petroleum, export of, 974.
Pre-emption payments, 1434.
Ranching and grazing commission, 2543. Volunteer bounty, 1398.
Williams, Colonel, 3405, 3454.
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Bear River
Public building, 1893.
Wharf, 2013.
Bishop, A., employment of, 3208.
Cameron, A. J., employment of, 2960. Cheese weighing, 1678.
Civil Service Commission, 697.
Coasting privileges, 5196.
Commutation of death sentence, 3252. Customs
Appointments, 473.
Estimates, 963.
Dismissals, 763, 770, 963, 1009, 1179, 1190, 1376.
Divorce, 4884.
Dredge George McKenzie, 1780.
Farmers Bank, 5285.
Fenian raid veterans, 445, 3383, 4367.
Fish and Fisheries
Act Amendment, 1797, 1820.
Bulletin, 2402, 5192.	<*
Lobster culture, 2432.
Transportation, 382, 2937.
Government officials in politics, 435, 1178. fHouse of Commons
Loucks, H. H., employment of, 2439. Messengers, 568.
Officials, 442.
Representation, 5324, 5344, 5359.
Hudson Bay terminals, 689.
Indians, Nova Scotia, 3208.
Intercolonial Railway Estimates, 3180.
Mines Road station, 2377.
Judges' salaries, 1929, 3620, 3887.
Letter boxes, 353.
Life-saving rewards, 419.
Marine estimates, 762, 770, 1164, 2402, 2432. Militia, 4605.
Militia, the Minister of, and Irish Home Rule, 1911, 3443.
National Transcontinental Railway investigation, 2138.	.
O'Brien, A. H., superannuation of, 1946. Old age pensions, 1333.
Ottawa
Building leases, 2439.
Public works, 1878.
Postal service, 5266.
Public buildings, 1878, 1893.
Richmond county works, 571, 5229.
Royal Canadian Regiment Band, 3111, 3210, 3440.
St. Esprit lightkeeper, 473, 1170.
St. Peter's canal, 1020, 2903, 2963, 2995, 4480-4481.
St. Peter's and Sydney Railway, 4090, 4295, 4369.
Senate and the Farmers Bank, 5285. Shelburne fishery guardians, 2961.
Vincent, J. U., appointment of, 1410, 1427.
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Employment bureaus, 1818, 3892.
Estimates of Department, 339, 523-566, 649663, 5202.
Fair wages schedule, 357, 5202.
Hours on Public Works Bill, lr., 4. Immigration notices, 1617.
Industrial Disputes Investigation Act, 5206. Unemployment, 4156-4160.
Circular from Trades and Labour Council, 5032.	,
Montreal, in, 3716.
Vancouver Island troubles, 345, 523, 572, 649, 699, 4664-4674.
Amendment proposed:	Mr. Verville,
1267; div., 1327.
Prisoner's death, 699.
Labrador coast, jurisdiction on, 2954-2956.
Lachance, Mr. Arthur (Quebec Centre)
(House of Commons representation, 5313. Lortie, Mr., appointment of, 5029.
National Transcontinental Railway Investigation, 2227.
Quebec terminals, 4846, 5096.
Privilege, 1784.
Quebec Arsenal, 5028.
Harbourmaster, 5029.
Lachine canal, 2989.
Industries, 1913.
Works, 1782.
Lachine rapids dam, 2377, 2438.
Lafortune, Mr. David A. (Montcalm)
Address in reply to Governor General's Speech
Highways improvement, 164, 167.
Naval defence, 168.
Financial conditions, lba.
Tariff, 171.
Transportation, 171.
Agriculture, aid to, 171.
Redistribution of representation, 173. Manitoba schools, 175..
Agriculture, encouragement of, 1156. Capital punishment, 4519.
Civil Service superannuation, 5373.
Des Prairies river dredging, 1733.
French translation, 5274.
House of Commons representation, 5319. Inland Revenue officials, 1391, 1394.
Naval service, 334, 5169.
Postal service in Montcalm, 5256.
Public buildings in Montcalm, 5388.
La Have Islands mail service, 704.
Lake E rie buoy service, 2519.
Lalor, Mr. Frances R. (Haldimand)
Budget, 2826.
Tariff, 2827.
Free trade, 2829.
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Free wheat, 2833.
Fenian raid veterans, 4341.
Fishery regulations, 1827.
Lamarche, Mr. Paul E. (Nicolet)
Explosives, regulation of, 3868.
Farmers Bank, 4798.
Georgian Bay canal, 1036, 1732.
Militia, 4616.
Lancaster, Mr. Edward A. (Lincoln and Niagara)
Alberta Central Railway Company, 1891. Burrard Inlet Tunnel and Bridge Company,
764.
Calgary and Edmonton Railway Company,
765.
Calgary and Fernie Railway Company, 1667.	'
Canadian Northern Railway Company, 1760.
Central Ontario Railway, 1892.
Canadian Pacific Railway Company, 769. Central Railway Company of Canada, 996. Central Western Canada Railway Company, 767.	,
Erie, London and Tillsonburg Railway Company, 995.
Esquimau and Nanaimo Railway Company, 995.
Grand Trunk Railway Company, 767. Joliette and Lake Manuan Colonization Railway Company, 994.
Kettle Valley Railway Company, 1892. Labrador, Quebec and Southern Railway Company, 2951.
Lachine, Jacques Cartier and Maisonneuve Railway Company, 767.
Lake Brie and Northern Railway Company, 1188.
London and Lake Erie Railway Company, 1891.
Manitoba and North Western Railway Company, 1891.
Norfolk and Elgin Railway Company, 1667. Ottawa and Ungava Railway Company, 992.
Ottawa Northern and Western Railway Company, 764.
Pacific, Peace River and Athabaska Railway Company, 992.
Pacific, Trans-Canada and Hudson Bay Railway Company, 2948.
Peace River Tramway and Navigation Company, 995.
Prince Edward and Hastings Railway Company, 2949.
Rainy River Radial Railway Company, 2950.
Rio de Janeiro and San Paulo Telephone Company, 1892.
Saskatchewan Central Railway Company, 2956.	.
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Thessalon and Northern Railway Company, 993.
Toronto, Niagara and Western Railway Company, 3200.
Lanctot, Mr. Roch (Laprairie-Napierville) Agricultural implement duties, 158-r.
Banks and banking, 3894.
Budget, 2777.
Tariff, 2778.
Naval defence, 2780.
Highways Bill, 2781.
Canadian Northern Railway, 3988.
Farmers Bank, 723, 4774.
Judges Act Amendment, 841.
Judges' salaries, 1936, 3614.
Lachine bridge, 3111.
Laprairie
Protecting wall, 920, 2688, 3055, 3715. Public buildings, 4712.
Naval service, 5174.
Pelletier, Hon. L. P., expenses of, 1117.
Land grants to railways, 1916, 5027.
Lands unpatented, taxation of, 1918.
Lapointe, Mr. Ernest (Kamouraska) Agriculture, aid to, 358, 2956.
Canadian Northern Railway, 3970. Dorchester County employees, 3638. Giasson post office, 2177.
Intercolonial Railway
Ste. Louise improvements, 2013.
Train service, 4939.
Kamouraska postal service, 347.
National Transcontinental Railway, 569, 4853.
Ste. Perpetug station, 1913.
Naval service, 5165.
Ste. Anne
Experimental station, 360.
Wharf, 2078.
St. Perpetufi food inspector, 359.
St. Roch des Aulnaies excise officer, 360. Tremblay, A., employment of, 5194.
Lapointe, Mr. Louis A. (Montreal, St. James) Judges' salaries, 1940.
Laprairie
Protecting wall, 920, 2688, 3055, 3715.
Public buildings, 4712.
Larry's river harbourmaster, 2961.
L'Assomption
Revenue from tobacco, 2958.
Wharf, 2263.
Laurier, Rt. Hon. Sir Wilfrid (East Quebec) Address to H.R.H. the Governor General, 5276.
Address in reply to Governor General's Speech
Delay in meeting of Parliament, 12.
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Solicitor Generalship, 13.
National Transcontinental Railway, 14. Highways improvement, 15.
Naval defence, 16.
Financial conditions, 18.
Cost of living, 21; proposed amendment,
22.
Asiatic trade, 5035.
British Columbia, claims of, 359.
Budget, 2841.
Resources of Canada, 2843.
Tariff, 2845.
Free wheat, 2846; proposed amendment, 2849.
Canadian Northern Railway, 1264, 3672, 4010, 4026, 4056, 4225-4282, 4298-4331, 4378, 4526-4528, 4631.
Capital planning commission, 5197.
Cavalry remounts, 2546, 2789.
Civil Service, competitive examinations for, 1370.
Colpitts, G. A., case of, 453. Confederation, semi-centennial of, 1444. Cost of living, 5377.
Customs officials, 401.
Deputy Speaker, office of, 1362, 1368. Divorce, 840.
Divorce bills, procedure on, 4881.
Electoral corruption, 915.
Empress of Ireland investigation, 4553, 4716.
Falardeau case, 462.
Farmers Bank, 3524.
Freight rates, 944.
Georgian Bay canal, 1033.
Grand Trunk Pacific Railway bond guarantee, 4834.
^igh Commissioner's office, 313, 5378. House of Commons
Business of the House, 3198.
Debates, French translators of, 5271. Morning sittings, 2788, 3210, 3319. Representation, 843, 927, 5308, 5313. Saturday sittings, 3784.
Immigration, Hindu, 4565.
Imperial Trade Commission, 929, 944. International Purity Congress, 359.
Labour conditions on Vancouver Island, 1300.
Labrador coast, jurisdiction on, 2954. Matches, white phosphorus, 1538.
Militia and religious processions, 5375. Monk, Hon. F. D„ death of, 3786. Mounted police, 708, 4964.
National Transcontinental Railway Completion, 4456.
Investigation, 2340.
Management, 5084.
Quebec terminals, 4839, 4969. Naturalization, 4127, 4144, 4174, 4827. Natural resources, provincial control of, 1077.
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Naval service, 328, 5146, 5160.
Navigable waters, pollution of, 1744. Newfoundland shipping disaster, 2995. Parliamentary procedure Answers of length, 1062.
Privilege, basing on newspaper statements, 1119.
Returns, private papers in, 4959.
Supply, Committee of, without question put, 307, 512, 521.
Thursday sittings, Government precedence in, 696.
Petroleum, export of, 973, 3464.
Pig iron, drawback on, 3213.
Pollution of navigable waters, 1744.
Quebec Battlefields Commission, 3890, 4114. Railway level crossings, 3957.
St. John Valley Railway bridges, 3959.
Safety of Life at Sea Convention, 792. Senate Employees Bill, 4711.
Senate representation, 1483, 3515, 5280, 5297.
Shipping casualties investigations, 4553, 4716.
Strathcona, Lord, death of, 92.
Tariff, 4431.
Titles of honour, 481.
Transportation, 2978.
Trust companies, 1128, 2905.
Volunteer bounty, 1398.
Lauzon, postmaster, 5029.
Lavallee, Mr. J. O. (Bellechasse)
Address in reply to Governor General's Speech
Agriculture, encouragement of, 8. Reciprocity with the United States, 9. Immigration, 10.
Law, Mr. Bowman B. (Yarmouth)
Arcadia rural mails, 701.
Bear River public building. 1894.
Canada, dredge, 811.
Cobequid, wreck of the, 358, 403, 1166. Fenian raid veterans, 284, 1693, 1783, 3371. -Fish and fisheries Bulletins, 2403.
Protection, 1798.
Transportation, 383.
Fruit inspection, 1675.
Government steamers, headquarters of, 403.
Gulnare, steamer, 668.
Lurcher, lightship, 368.
Marine supplies, purchase of, 1203.
Military works, expenditure on, 816.
Port Maitland and Lower Argyle post offices, 1913.
Privilege, 343.
Seed lobsters, 816, 2431.
Shelburne county wmrks, 1330.
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West Indies trade, 962.
Yarmouth
Customs officers, 968.
Harbour, 1015, 2309.
Light, 1166.
Live stock purchases, 665, 2308.
North post office, 816.
Public buildings, need of, 1894, 1908. Rural mail, 570.
Le Blanc, Seaman, 667, 815.
Lemieux, Hon. R., trips of, 698.
Lemieux, Hon. Rodolphe (Rouville)
Address in reply to Governor General's Speech
Trade conditions, 183.
Transportation, 185.
Civil Service reform, 186.
Redistribution of representation, 187. Cost of living, 188, 190.
Unemployment, 189.
Financial conditions, 189.
United Shoe Machinery Company, 193. Naval defence, 195.
By-elections, 199.
Advertising, fraudulent, 3466.
Agriculture
Disbursement of funds in Quebec, 1162. Estimates, 1107, 1133, 1162, 1683.
Gazette, 1107.
Apple growing, 1133.
Archives, 720, 727, 740, 1769.
Armstrong, J. H., 2179.
Atlantic mail service, 94, 1645, 5030, 5063. Baie St. Paul mails, 1819, 1914, 3059, 4368. Bank failures, 3208, 3199, 3522.
Boy scouts, 4131.
Budget, 2574.
Fiscal policies, 2575.
Imperial conferences, 2578.
Cost of living, 2580.
Militia expenditures, 2582.
Tariff, 2585.
Naval defence, 2587.
Free trade, 2588.
Peace centenary, 2590.
Cable rates, 5246.
Canadian Northern Railway, 3991, 4015, 4325, 4525, 4526.
Canadian Pacific Railway office in Austria, 896.
Canals, 5109.
Cap aux Corbeaux wharf, 4293.
Cattle inspection, 759.
Cheese industry, 1683.
„ Civil Service, 4441, 4448, 4449..
Insurance, 1872.
Superannuation, 5372.
Coal royalties, 1809.
Cold storage, 1752.
Confederation, semi-centennial of, 1444, 4961.
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Criminal Code revision, 3058.
Dentistry congress, 2957.
Dismissals
Faucher, E„ painter, 1784.
Leslie, W. C„ 369.
Divorce, 828, 1118.
Dry docks subsidies, 3962.
Dube, Phileas, employment of, 2010. Electoral corruption, 344.
Exhibitions, international, 359, 1684. Explosives, regulation of, 3587, 3862.
Fabre, Madame Hector, case of, 4965. Falardeau case, 455, 463, 699.
Farmers Bank, 3522, 4748.
Fatsari case, 464, 1911,
Fishing disaster-appeal for Government aid, 5195, 5182.
Franking privilege, 971.
French, official documents in, 401, 427, 4434.
Gasp 6
Fishermen, loss of, 5181.
Public building, 4191.
Railway communication, 3181, 5121. Georgian Bay canal, 352, 1020, 2965. Giasson post office, 2688.
Hagersville postmaster, 2686.
Halifax lightship, 3057.
Heron Island dam, 2377, 2438.
High Commissioner's office, 352, 1766.
House of Commons Debates, 1778.
French translation, 732, 5267, 5271.
Post office, 399.
Representation, 5321.
Voters' lists, 1774,5267.
Immigration, 4156, 4214.
Bulgarian and Russian, 4560.
French, 1630.
Oriental, 808, 1225.
United States, 697.
Indians
Caughnawaga Hospital, 422.
Petition, 2394, 3481, 3533, 3537.
Liquor sold to, 3207.
Intercolonial Railway wireless system, 1782.
James Bay harbour, 1208.
Judges' salaries, 697, 1925, 1933.
Judicial Committee of the Privy Council 1952.
Juvenile delinquents, 3517.
King's Printer, appointment of, 727, 737. Lapointe, E., and Post Office Department, 900.
L6vis quarantine station, 1108.
Little River East breakwater, 354.
Lobster fishing, 344.
Lumley post office, 1818.
Magdalen Islands steamer service, 408, 757. Mail bag locks, 473.
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Estimates, 405-421, 753- <62.
Tenders for supplies, 412.
Matches, white phosphorus, 1538.
Metric system, 1753.
Militia, 4588-4592.
Land purchase, 1025.
Processions, 5002.
Monk, Hon. F. D., death of, 3787.
Montreal
Carslake Hotel purchase, 1871, 2079, 2436, 2962, 3318, 4192.
Harbour
Berths, 2546.
Commission, 3869.
Postal station. See Carslake Hotel. Unemployment in, 3716, 4156.
National Transcontinental Railway Expropriation cases, 699.
Montreal connection, 816, 5127.
Quebec terminals, 4845, 4973.
St. Malo shops, 1535, 4845.
Train service, 1691, 2437.
Naturalization, 4176, 4533.
Naval service, 5152.
Navigation
Great Lakes, 349.
Schools of, 753.
Oka postmistress, 3460, 3505, 3532.
Ontario Equipment Company, 699.
Ottawa
Elevators in Government buildings, 4198. Federal district, proposed, 1889.
Perley, Hon. G. H., trip to London of, 4631. Petroleum, export of, 1759.
Pilotage, 3621.
Post office
Employees' salaries, 2379, 3222.
Estimates, 2364, 3639.
Mail bag locks, 354.
Money by mail, 3222.
Parcel post, 350, 5246.
Postage on English magazines, 2312, 3226.
Railway mail clerks, 2381, 5360.
Rural mail service, 376, 5245.
Savings banks, 5199.
Transatlantic mail service, 94, 1645, 5030, 5063.
Poulsen wireless, 2687.
Printing Bureau, 727-737.
Prison reform, 4518.
Privilege, 704.
Privy Council, Judicial Committee of, 1952., Public buildings, 1882, 4191, 5213.
Quebec
Battlefields Commission, 720, 3891, 4117. Bridge strike, 5030.
Harbour Commission, 3877.
Harbour plant, 2788, 3055, 3398. Quarantine officials, 354.
Terminals, 4845, 4973.
Quebec and Saguenay Railway, 4557.
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Quebec-Ldvis mails, 2263.
Railway freight rates, 2687.
Royal Society of Canada, 350, 720, 5267. Ste. Adelaide de Pabos breakwater, 5213. Ste. Anne des Monts wharf, 2687.
St. Jerome wharf, 3113.
St. Lawrence route, accidents on, 3253.
St. Lawrence ship channel, 976.
Slack, W. F., dismissal of, 921.
Tadousac wharf, 2309.
Telescope for observatory, 344.
Tobacco culture, 5200.
Unemployment in Montreal, 3716, 4156. Valcartier artillery camp, 924.
Vancouver Island labour troubles, 699. Victoria Memorial Museum, 1882.
Vineberg, Helen, divorce bill, 4880. Wireless telegraphy, 349, 5183.
Lennoxville experimental farm, 1534, 2015.
Le Present printing contracts, 1534.
Lesperance, Mr. David O. (Montmagny) Naval service, 201.
Privilege, 126.	'
Levis
Carrier machine shops,, 1819, 2961. Quarantine station, 1108, 1218.
Levis county
Experimental farm, 369.
Rural mail.
Lewis, Mr. E. N. (West Huron)
Address in reply to Governor General's Speech
Shipping disasters, 136.
Transportation, 137.
Banks and banking, 138.
Naval defence, 139.
Immigration, 139.
Liberator magazine, 3236.
Library of Parliament, 1780.
Little River East breakwater, 354.
Little Sands breakwater, 445, 1605.
Live stock
Industry, 3487, 3493, 3501.
Purchases, 470, 665, 2308,
Pure-bred, distribution of, 701.
See also Animals and Cattle Inspection.
Loan Companies Bill, lr., 970.	2r., 1128.
Com., 2913.	3r., 2963. Senate amdts.,
4717.
Loan flotations, 5032, 5106.
Lobsters. See Fish.
Loggie, Mr. W. S. (Northumberland, N.B.) Chain, tariff on,- 3138.
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Dressed stone, tariff on, 3119.
Fish
Commission, 2413.
Markets for, 2404.
Intercolonial Railway, branch lines, 4478, 4877, 5111.
Nails, tariff on, 3145, 4335.
National Transcontinental Railway investigation, 2256.
Potatoes, tariff on, 3044, 3052 (amdt.) Longhurst, G., payments to, 925.
Lortie, Mr., weights inspector, 5029.
Lotteries, 2911, 3467.
Lower Argyle post office, 1913.
Lumley post office, 1818.
Lunenburg
Breakwater, 3509.
Fishery guardians, 3715.
Mails, 2788.
Lurcher, lightship, 368.
Macdonald, Mr. Edward M. (Pictou)
Alert, steamer, 425, 474, 669.
Brantford public building, 874.
Calgary and Edmonton Railway Company, 796, 800.
Canadian Northern Railway, 1361, 3508, 3818, 3828 (amdt.), 3833, 4009, 4026, 4032, 4050, 4230-4291, 4307-4334, 4384, 4660.
Canadians at Bisley, 512, 1215.
Currie, R„ witness, 1005, 1361, 1603. Dismissals, 783.
Dredges, 5363.
Canada, 1218.
East River improvements, 811.
Falmouth dyke, 1780.
Fenian raid veterans, 440, 1022, 3365, 4344. iFerrona-Sunny Brae Railway, 669. Fisheries protection, 1820.
Granton rural mails, 2686.
Hants county electoral lists, 817.
Hant sport
Building, 1023.
Wharf, 4713.
Horse breeding, 3498.
House of Commons representation, 619, 848, 5307, 5324, 5356, 5359 (amdt.) Hudson Bay terminals, 4878.
Ice-breaker, contract for, 2962.
Intercolonial Railway Coal contracts, 438, 924, 1332, 1645, 1786, 2956, 3192.
Earnings, 2308.
Fire claims, 2959.
Management, 438, 3269„ 3278.
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New Glasgow and Sydney connections, 3192.
Oxford-Pictou line, 895, 3192.
Pictou bridge, 3193.
Provident fund, 572, 5362.
Refrigerator cars, 1604.
Repair shops, 2957.
Right of way, 3192.
Traffic agreement with Canadian Pacific Railway, 608.
Judges' salaries, 3615, 3888.
Labour conditions on Vancouver Island. 552, 1318.
Labrador coast line, 2953.
Labrador, Quebec and Southern Railway Company, 2922, 2953.
Lightkeepers, age limit, 1177. Meadowville-Toney Mills mails, 1603. Militia camp supplies, 2840.
Musquodoboit mails, 1817.
National Transcontinental Railway Coaling plants, 2787.
Commission Act Amendment, 4856. Investigation, 2268.
Naturalization, 2312, 4128, 4808.
Naval College, Halifax, 3254.
New Glasgow armoury, vo2.
Newfoundland Fishing disaster. 2916.
Steamship service, 2916.
Niobe crew, 1023.
Nova Scotia water lots, 1022.
Old age pensions, 1347.
Ottawa
Building leases, 2519.
Capital, as the, 1882, 1888.
Water supply, 1331.
Pictou
Bridge, 3193, 5363.
Mails, 572, 1699, 1819, 1913.
Post offices, 1022.
Public building, 809,
Rural mail, 924. 1023.
Pig iron, drawback on, 3212.
Preventive officers' reports, 1423.
Prince Edward Island winter service, 701. Private Bill legislation, 993.
Pure-bred stock, 701.
Returns, alleged incomplete, 2364.
Royal Canadian Regimental Band, 3317. Senate representation, 5303.
Skinner's Cove public works, 809.
Smelt fishing licenses, 2178.
Steel industry, 665, 1530.
Tatamagouche rural mails, 3208.
Technical education, 3054. 4888.
Thorburn railway communication, 701. Transportation, 2985.
Vancouver leased buildings, 2957.
Vincent, J. U., appointment of, 1406. Vineberg, Helen, diverce bill, 4670.
Weir's Mill fishway, 1820.
West Branch mail service, 924.
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Windsor fish hatchery, 1535.
Young, Angus, customs officer, 669.
Macdonell, Mr. A. C. (Toronto South) Privilege, 3160.
Toronto, Niagara and Western Railway, 3270, 3476.
Maclean, Mr. Alexander K. (Halifax)
Address in reply to Governor General's Speech
Naval defence, 50.
Highways improvement, 52, 55.
Tariff, 53.
Senate reform, 54.
Election laws, 54.
Financial conditions, 56 Aldershot camp, 1435.
Annapolis county mails, 345.
Basic slag, 647.
Boar's Head fog alarm, 2787.
British Columbia claims, a*9.
Budget, 2471, 2482.
Revenue and expenditure, 2482.
Trade, 2485.
Fenian raid bounties, 2487.
Election promises, 2489.
Agricultural implements, 2491.
Free wheat, 2492.
Tariff on food products, 2497.
Canadian Northern Railway, 345,	4025,
4333.
Canadian Pacific Railway labour award, 2961.
Canning public building, 1899, 4183. Capital expenditure, 1914.
Civil Service, 4447.
Coke, tariff on, 3137.
Coldbrook postmaster, 1690.
Dismissals, 965, 1435.
East Jeddore dredging, 925.
Electoral corruption, 900.	_
Farmers Bank, 3520, 4693 (am.lt.), 4703, 4902.
Fenian raid veterans, 446, 4342.
Fielding, P., employment of,
Fisheries
Advisory board, 348, 2413.
Salt fish shipments to Portugal, 889. Government officials in politics, 434. Government steamers
Maintenance and repairs, 405, 411. Winter service, 3055.
Halifax
Armouries, 704.
County mails, 925.
Dennis building, 5031.
Fortifications, 345.
Militia contracts, 3714.
Post office, 345.
Harbourville light, 1434.
Hebb, L. J., expenses of, 2178.
High Commissioner's office, 313.
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Hudson Bay Fisheries, 347.
Terminals, 346, 671, 4466.
Indians, Nova Scotia, 2840.
Intercolonial Railway Block signals, 3318.
Dartmouth-Dean branch, 4860.
Land valuators, 345.
Suburban trains, 1062.
Kentville, tuberculous cattle at 4559.
La Have Islands mails, 704.
Longhurst, G., payments to, 925.
Lunenburg
Breakwaters, 3509.
Fishery guardians, 3715.
Mails, 2788.
Mortgage Corporation of Nova Scotia, 1416. Naval service, 326, 346.
Navigation, schools of, 751.
North Shore mail service, 573.
Patronage system, 415.
Public buildings, 1906, 4196.
Senate representation, 1489.
Shelburne county fisheries, 349.
Steamship subsidies, 5041.
Tariff, 3042, 4335; proposed amendment, 4426.
Transatlantic mail service, 577, 5042, 5043. West Indies
Flour trade, 885.
Steamship service, 439, 957.
Trade commissioner, 440, 882.
Maclean, Mr. William F. (South York, O.) Address in reply to Governor General's Speech
Parcel post, 237.
Free wheat, 238, 297.
Railway conditions, 241.
Banks and banking, 243.
Cost of living, 245.
Naval defence, 247.
Immigration, 299.
Canadian Northern Railway, 3974, 4304, 4404, 4421.
Cigarettes, prohibition of, 1482. Confederation, semi-centennial of, 1454. Federal laws, enforcement of, 1482.
Freight rates, 1608. See also Ocean.
High Commissioner's office, 1768.
House of Commons representation, 856, '	5310.
Intercolonial Railway-Canadian Pacific Railway traffic agreement, 602.
Ocean freight rates, 931, 945.
Ottawa as the Capital, 1883.
Pollution of navigable waters, 1746, Senate, 1495, 5282, 5291, 5298.
Suburban train services, 1066.
Toronto, Niagara and Western Railway, 3274.
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MacNutt, Mr. Thos. (Saltcoats)
Address in reply to Governor General's Speech-free wheat, 285.
Agricultural implement duties, 1578. Homestead entry, 4368.
Melville post office, 3111, 3398, 3638, 5240. Wishart, A., sentence of, 4367.
McCoig, Mr. Archibald B. (West Kent, O.) Budget, 2597.
Agricultural implements, 2597.
Tobacco culture, 2600.
Free wheat, 2602.
Cavalry remounts, 2602.
Railway subsidies, 2603.
Hydro-electric lines, 4716.
Tariff, 3142.
Tobacco culture, 1374, 2600.
McCraney, Mr. Geo. E. (Saskatoon)
Address in reply to Governor General's Speech-free wheat, 279.
Agricultural implement duties, 1581.
Grain markets, 1661.
House of Commons representation, 5309. Lands unpatented, 1918.
National monuments and land marks, 720. Natural resources, provincial control of, 1084.
Naval service, 335.
Pollution of navigable waters, 1606. Rosthern
Customs collector, 573.
Lands agent, 573.
Trade and Commerce bulletin, 474. Volunteer bounty, 1400.
McCrea, Mr. Francis N. (Sherbrooke) Canadian Northern Railway, 3972.
Farmers Bank, 4925.
Freight rates, 953.
Militia, 3422.
National Transcontinental Railway, 4454. Sherbrooke
Agriculture, 5027, 5201.
Automobiles, 5130, 5262.
Buildings leased, 3317, 3894.
Drill hall and post office, 2959, 3111, 3509, 4368.
McCurdy, Mr. F. B. (Shelburne and Queens) Advertising, fraudulent, 4215.
Fast Atlantic service, 5046, 5057.
Fenian raid veterans, 4345.
Fish transportation, 389, 5069.
Hudson Bay Railway, 4467.
Judges' salaries, 3611.
National Transcontinental Railway investigation, 2243.
McFadden, D. H., employment of, 663.
McKay, Mr. James (Prince Albert) Advertising, fraudulent, 3472.
Dismissals, 1004.
McKay, Mr. James.-Con.
Dominion lands, 3351.
Forest reserves, 3557.
(House of Commons representation, 5360. Northern Territorial Railway Company, 2175.
University of Emmanuel College, 2398.
McKenzie, Mr. D. D. (North Cape Breton) Address in reply to Governor General's Speech
Trade policies, 216. Solicitor-Generalship, 219.
Highways improvement, 221.
Agriculture, aid to, 225.
Tariff, 226.
Transportation, 227.
Advertising, fraudulent, 3471.
Canadian Northern Railway, 4278, 4546. Cap Rouge wharf, 5243.
Civil Service, 1874, 4441.
Dismissals, 1186.
Drill halls, 4183, 4204.
Duchemin, Mr., legal expenses of, 5238. Excise officers, 1400.
Farmers Bank, 4706, 4790.
Fenian raid veterans, 1022, 1399, 3394, 4363.
Fish and fisheries Bulletin, 5192.
Lobster regulations, 5188.
Overseers, 2405, 2416.
Pickled, inspection of, 4435.
Protection, 1798, 1820, 1829.
Fort Cumberland restoration, 1901. Government Railways Claims Act, 2394. Harbours, federal control of, 2392.
Hudson Bay Railway, 4468, 4474, 4879. Intercolonial Railway Branch lines, 1736.
Cape Breton improvements, 3195, 5122. Dismissals, 5122.
Judges' salaries, 1931, 1944, 3609, 3889. Legal expenses, 4160.
Matches, manufacture of, 1757.
Metric system, 1754.
Militia bands, 5011.
National Transcontinental Railway investigation, 2292.
Naturalization, 4145, 4544, 4811.
North Sydney
Harbour commission, 1540, 1791.
Public buildings, 1907.
Pig iron industry, 3219.
Pilotage, 3630.
St. John Valley Railway bridges, 3882.
St. Peter's canal, 2963, 4481.
Shipping Act Amendment, 1788.
Sydney Mines public building, 1707. Technical education, 5206.
Telegraph service in Victoria county 1359, 4185, 5237.
Trust companies, 1129.
Victoria county steamship service, 5071.
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Cold storage, 3563.
Confederation, semi-centennial of, 1451. Fenian raid veterans, 3365, 4357.
Fish transportation, 385.
House of Commons representation, 859, 5359.
Judges' salaries, 3607.
Newfoundland, steamship service to, 2924. Potatoes, tariff on, 3087.
Senate representation, 5285, 5299, 5306. Shipping casualties, 4554.
Southport fish hatchery, 3112.
Stone, tariff on, 3128.
McLean, Mr. H. H. (Sunbury and Queens) North Sydney Harbour Commission, 1793. Shipping Act Amendment, 1787.
McLeod, Mr. Harry F. (York, N.B.)
Address in reply to Governor General's Speech
Prosperity of Canada, 5.
Redistribution of representation, 5.	[DOT]
Agriculture, encouragement of, 6.
Naval defence, 7.
Divorce, 4886.
St. John Valley Railway, 3022.
Southampton Railway Company, 1471.
McMillan, Mr. John A. (Glengarry)
Fenian raid veterans, 3373.
McPherson, C„ postmaster, 2787.
McVeigh, H. B„ homestead entry of, 2841.
Madoc bank failure, 3199.
Magdalen Islands mail service, 344.
Mail Bag Locks. See Post Office.
Mail Clerks. See Civil Service.
Maisonneuve postal station, 441.
Manitoba
School lands, 2786.
Schools, 367.
Map, Interior Department, error in, 2902.
Maple Leaf steamship line, 4294.
Marble, tariff on, 3115.
Marcil, Hon. Charles (Bonaventure) Agriculture, 1676, 1683, 3487.
Atlantic, Quebec and Western Railway, 892. Avignon post office, 818.
Baie des Chaleurs Railway, 358.
Black Cape post office, 703, 2178. Bonaventure Agriculture in, 1676.
Experimental farm, 357.
Indians, 2471, 2544, 3534, 3541.
Inland revenue officers, 1424.
Mails, 1692.
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Public works, 892, 1360.
Budget, 2755.
Cost of living, 2756, 2764.
Development of Canada, 2757. Transportation, 2758.
Intercolonial Railway branch lines. 2761. Gasp6 peninsula, 2765.
Good roads, 2767.
Fishing industry, 2769.
Butter, manufacture of, 3171.
Carleton Centre mails, 1818, 4021. Dismissals, 1171, 1202, 4435.
Duthie Point lighthouse, 703.
Elections, resumO of, 2995.
Fenian raid veterans, 4344, 4370.
French
Official documents in, 732, 4434. Translators, 1912.
GaspS
Agriculture, 1677.
Petroleum deposit, 3465.
Steamer service, 1433, 2437, 2939, 3058. Horseflesh abattoirs, alleged, 3487. Intercolonial Railway Appointments, 2956.
Branch lines, 353, 2761, 5120.
News service, 1266.
Station improvements, 2544.
Water service, 2544.
Jallet, N., widow of, 1066.
Judges' salaries, 3619.
Lotteries, 2911, 3467.
Manitoba schools, 367.
Militia and religious processions, 5375. Navigation, schools of, 750.
New Richmond Freght shed, 2437.
Lightkeeper, dismissal of, 2439.
Mails, 1692, 2178, 3058.
News service on Government railways, 1266.
Petroleum deposits, 3465.
Port Daniel lobster hatchery, 2519, 3318. Printing Bureau, 732.
Quebec assistant weights and measures inspector, 3318.
Robitaille postmaster, 3058.
Ste. Anne de Restigouche dredging, 3112. Saturnia, accident to, 3399.
Senate representation, 1497.
Shigawake rural mails, 1692.
Sorel shipyard, 986.
Tide Head salmon pound, 1692.
Marcile, Mr. Joseph E. (Bagot)
Acton Vale mails, 700.
Bagot county rural mails, 1694.
Margaree Harbour, 354.
Marine and Fisheries Estimates, 324, 402-421, 749-764, 967-991, 1164-1214, 2398-2434.
Marine hospitals, 1213.
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Marriage laws, 444
Martin, Mr. Mederic (Montreal, St. Marys) Estimates, printing of, in French, 403. Unemployment in Montreal, 4156.
Martin, Mr. William M. (Regina)
Judges' salaries, 3613.
Maple Leaf Steamship Line, 4294. Naturalization, 4129.
Matches, White Phosphorus, Prohibition
Bill. Res., 1536. lr., 1539.	2r., 1756.
Com., 1756., 1756.	3r„ 1758.
Meadowville-Toney Mills mails, 1603.
Meat inspection, 2370. See a7so Food.
Megantic public building, 2960.
Meighen, Hon. Arthur (Solicitor General) Address in reply to Governor General's Speech
Free food, 152.
/Highways Bill and the Senate, 152. Agricultural implement duties, 1589. Campbell, Glen, 1863.
Canadian Northern Railway, 3682, 40094019-4079, 4217-4292, 4297-4334, 4381, 4526-4529, 4546-4551, 4649.
Co-operative Credit Societies, 3637. National Transcontinental Railway investigation, 2085.
Privilege, question of, basing on newspaper statements, 1121.
Prudential Life of Canada, 2901.
Melville post office, 3111, 3398, 3638, 5240.
Me nace newspaper. See Aurora Menace.
Menard, G„ dismissal of, 2689.
Merchants and Employers Accident Guarantee Company Bill, lr., 1870. 2r., 3512. Com., 3512.	3r„ 3513.
Merchant Shipping Amendment Bill, lr., 94. 2r„ 743. Com., 1786.	3r., 1819. See also
Canada Shipping.
Merner, Mr. J. J. (South Huron)
Farmers Bank, 4800.
Metcalfe drill hall. 667.
Metric system. See Weights and Measures. Mica schist, tariff on, 3110.
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Immigration office, 704, 1619.
Public building, need of, 1898.
Fenian raid veterans, 440, 473, 1693. Government officials in politics, 1841.
Grand Falls-St. John Railway, 365.
Imports from United States, 1117. Intercolonial Railway private car, 1018. National Transcontinental Railway, 2161, 4455.
New Brunswick schools, 955.
Quebec and Saguenay Railway, 4022.
St. John Valley Railway, 3020, 3881, 4023. St. Leonards immigration agent, 569. Tobique Indian reserve, 1218.
Middlebro, Mr. William S. (North Gr6y>
Debt of Canada, 1116.
Dry docks, 4093.
National Transcontinental Railway Cost, 1536.
Investigation, 2036.
Militia
Armouries, 2786, 4576, 5007.
Automobiles, 813, 2081.
Bands in political demonstrations, 2178, 3111, 3210, 3317, 4340, 5002, 5010.
Boat contracts, 2591,
Camp areas, 5017.
Camp supplies, 2840.
Canteens, 2734.
Cavalry remounts, 2546, 2602, 2789.
Dorval camp, 1025.
Drill halls, 2786, 4576, 5007.
Employees in department, 813.
Estimates, 336, 2363, 2370, 3199, 3399-3452, 4567, 4999, 5269.
Amendment proposed:	Mr. Proulx,
5270.
Expenditures, 2309.
Honorary colonels, 1605.
Minister of, and Sir Ian Hamilton, 441. Minister of, and Ulster, 1903.
Minister of, in Europe, 444.
Motor boats, 705.
Officer commanding 6th division, 1783. Pembroke Lumber Company, claim of, 5022.
Petawawa Camp, detective service, 815. Poster, 1536, 1607, 2082.
Private car repairs, 813.
Queenston Heights picnic, 441.
Religious processions, Militia in, 2178, 5002, 5375.
Rifle ranges, 5008.
Sham battles, 814.
Special train, 814.
Works, expenditure on, 816.
Mines Department estimates, 1801.
Molloy, Mr. John P. (Provencher)
Address in reply to Governor General's Speech-free wheat, 283.
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Canham, J. E., land agent, 1867. McFadden, Dr. D. H., 663.
Members of provincial legislature, employment of, 3510.
Morris, public building for, need of, 4199.
Mondou, Mr. A. A. (Yamaska)
Intercolonial Railway branch lines, 1739.
Money Lenders Act Amendment Bill, lr.,
201.
Monk, Hon. F. D.
Death of, 3785.
Resignation of, 1264.
Montcalm, revenue from tobacco in, 2958.
Montcalm, steamer, 666.
Montreal
Carslake hotel purchase, 1871, 2079, 2436, 2962, 3318, 4023, 4192.
Circuit court judges, 697.
Colonization Society, 472.
Harbour
Master, 4022, 5188.
Steamer berths, 2546.
Public Works
Resident engineer, 1117, 2439, 5241. Staff, 1435.
Montreal Harbour Commissioners Bills
Loan. Res., 3631. lr., 3636.	2r„ 3869.
Com., 3869.	3r., 3876.
Taxes, exemption from, lr., 4523. 2r. and Com., 4830.	3r., 4831. Senate amdts.
5361.
Morphy, Mr. H. B. (North Perth)
Budget, 2770.
Cost of living, 2771.
Wheat production, 2776.
Technical education, 2777.
Butter, manufacture of, 3168. Experimental farms, 1154.
Farmers Bank, 4703, 4718.
Fenian raid veterans, 3370.
Judges' salaries, 3612.
Naturalization, 4175-4815.
Newfoundland, trade with, 2934.
Pacific, Trans-Canada and Hudson Bay Railway Company, 2921.
Rural mail'boxes, 5134.
Tye, W. P., gratuity to widow of, 3634. Vancouver Island labour troubles, 1270.
Morrisburg mails, 1692.
Morris, Mr. James (Chateauguay)
Budget, 2684.
Naval service, 5175.
St. Lawrence river dams, 3317.
Valleyfield excise, 2958.
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Moulin Dubois post office, 1019.
Mounted police, 310, 708, 1119
Murphy, Hon. Charles (Russell)
Canadian Northern Railway, 3253, 4013, 4280.
Civil Service, 666.
Civil Service superannuation, 1691.
Cost of Living Commission, 356.
External Affairs, Department of, 355. French river improvements, 1604, 2081. Governor General's warrants, 2370.
Halifax terminals, 1332.
High Commissioner's office, 314.
House of Commons representation, 5311. Hudson Bay Railway, 924.
Intercolonial Railway grade reduction, 668. Metcalfe drill hall, 667.
National Art Gallery, 811.
National Transcontinental Railway Contracts, 1115.
Drawbacks on, 1330.
Investigating Commission, 1782.
Naval service, 332.
New Westminster postmastership, 355. Ottawa
Custom House, 811.
Drill hall, 667.
Property purchases, 666.
Rifle range, 668.
Water supply, 1744.
Peat experiments, 1806.
Port Arthur elevator, 809.
Post Office-temporary appointments, 3239. Prescott shipyard, 426.
Printing Bureau estimates, 724-740. Privilege, 257.
Safety at Sea Convention, 358.
Secretary of State's estimates, 724. Technical education, 355.
Trust companies, 1128, 1130.
Welland Canal, 925.
Murray Bay winter service, 1915.
Nails, tariff on, 3145.
Nantel, Hon. Wilfrid B. (Minister of Inland Revenue)
Adulteration Act Amendment, 1433, 2388, 3362.
Dismissals, 1377-1394, 1401-1406, 1424. Excise, 1370, 1417, 5266.
Inland Revenue estimates, 339, 1370-1395, 1400-1432, 2364, 5266.
Scales, regulation of, 1419.
Tobacco, stamps for, 1373, 1418.
Vincent, J. IT., appointment of, 340, 1406, 1427.
Weights and Measures Act Amendment, 1359, 1753.
Napadogan military camp, 5017.
National Art Gallery, 811.
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3636.	2r., 3890. Com., 3890, 4112.	3r.,
4119.
National Transcontinental Railway, 14, 29,
115.
Coaling plants, 2787, 3113.
Contracts, 1115.
Drawbacks on, 1329.
Cost, 1536.
Deficit, 1780.
Eastern division Construction, 4877.
Expenditure, 1018.
Operation, 5033.
Rates, 569.
Estimates, 2371, 4453-4462, 5106. Expropriation cases, 699.
Grade changes, 921.
Investigating Commission, 1328, 1782, 1915, 1970.
Expenses of, 895.
Report of, 879.
Land purchases, 1781.
Little Mistongo river bridge, 573. Management, 5072.
Amendment proposed: Mr. Pugsley, 5072. Ministerial statement, 1964, 1982,	2021,
2085, 2132, 2155, 2180, 2218, 2264, 2312. Amendment proposed: Mr. Graham, 2036; div., 2363.
Montreal connection, 816, 5127.
Payments to contractors, 1781.
Quebec terminals, 1913,	2177, 4839-4857,
4968, 5085-5106.
St. Malo
Shops, 360, 701, 1535, 1817.
Tunnel, 891.
Ste. Perpetug station, 1913.
Shops, estimate of, 1018.
Sillery lands, 1534.
Stations, contracts for, 1604.
Train service, 1691, 2437.
Transcona shops, 360, 664.
National Transcontinental Railway Bills
Extension of time, lr., 201.	2r., and 3r.,
749.
Operation, lr., 4711. 2r., 4838. Com., 4838. 3r„ 4894.
See also Grand Trunk Pacific Railway.
Naturalization, British Nationality, Bill, lr.,
3249.	2r., 4119, 4133. Com., 4142, 4173,
4529, 4807.	3r„ 4823, 4830. See also 1763,
2312.
Natural resources, provincial control of, 1067, 1084.
Naval Affairs
College at Halifax, 329, 3208, 3254.
Defence, 7, 16, 25, 46, 50, 61, 79, 89, 98, 99, 111, 120, 127, 139, 145, 177, 247. Enlistment, 346.
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Naval Service Act Repeal Bill, lr., 201. Naval Volunteers, 1914.
Regulations, 976.
Naval service, department of, 5146.
Estimates, 326-336.
Navigable waters Pollution of. See that title.
Protection of, Bill, lr., 343.
Navigation
Great Lakes, on, 349.
Schools of, 749.
Neely, Mr. D. B. (Humboldt)
Address in reply to Governor General's Speech
highways improvement, 259.
Free wheat, 260; proposed amdt, 267. Agricultural implements Duties on, 1570.
Industry, 572.
Budget, 2718.
Taxation, 2720.
Free wheat, 2723.
Agricultural implements, 2727.
Steel industry, 2729.
Freight rates, 2730.
Calgary and Edmonton Railway Company, 803.
Campbell, Glen, complaint against, 621, 1853.
Canadian Northern Railway, 4000, 4071. Central Western Canada Railway Company, 768, 806.
Dismissals, 1003, 1200.
Dominion lands, 3355.
Dominion lands agent, removal of, 1851. Elevators, terminal, 1216.
Express franking privilege, 1018.
Freight rates, 937.
Government officials in politics, 621, 1200, 1853.
Grain
Bill, 3577.
Inspection, 1117.
Sample markets, 2787.
Homestead entries, 570.
Humboldt homestead inspector, 569. Intercolonial Railway:	Smith, R. H., employment of, 1690.
Labour conditions on Vancouver Island, 561.
Labour Department, employees of, 660. Manitoba school lands, 2786.
Militia, 337, 3444.
Naturalization, 4173.
Natural resources, provincial control of, 1087.
Public buildings in Saskatchewan, need of, 4200.
School lands, 3638.
Volunteer bounty, 1399.
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Watrous postmaster, 3715.
Windsor immigration office, 5028.
Nesbitt, Mr. Edward W. (North Oxford) Address in reply to Governor General's Speech
Naval defence, 127.
Highways improvement, 129.
Financial conditions, 129.
Tariff, 131.
Cost of living, 132.
Free wheat, 133.
Transportation, 135.
Agricultural estimates, 1104, 1142, 1674. Agricultural implements, tariff on, 3140. Armouries, 1890.
Brantford public building, 817, 871, 5218. Budget, 2789.
Expenditures, 2790.
Tariff, 2792.
Agricultural implements, 2795.
Free wheat, 2796.
Transportation, 2799.
Butter manufacture, 2387, 3163.
Calgary and Edmonton Railway Company, 799.
Canadian Northern Railway, 3833, 4327, 4411.
Cow testing, 1674.
Farmers Bank, 4786.
Immigration, 1635.
King's Printer, appointment of, 738.
Loan companies, 4717.
McClary Manufacturing Company, 1216. Mail delivery, 2014.
Militia, 3449.
Peat experiments, 1804.
Railway mail clerks, 2384.
Rural mails, 5132.
Tariff, 3105, 3149.
Toronto, Niagara and Western Railway Company, 3476.
Trust companies, 1127.
Newfoundland
Shipping disaster, 2517, 2995.
Trade with, 2916, 2923.
New Glasgow
Armoury, 702.
Intercolonial Railway Surveys, 3193.
Train service, 895.
New Harbour breakwater, 365, 2787.
Newmarket canal, 4368.
Newport customs e*np4oyees, 890, 1021, 1332.
New Richmond
Freight shed, 2437.
Lightkeeper,, dismissal of, 2439.
Rural mails, 1692, 2178, 3058.
Newspapers
Advertising, 1781, 2438.
Postage rates, 2312, 3225.
Tariff on, 3107.
New Westminster postmastership, 355.
Niagara Falls mails, 2014.
Nickle, Mr. William F. (Kingston)
Canadian Northern Railway, 3696.
Capital punishment, 496.
Farmers Bank. 3528.
Kingston penitentiary, 4504-4512, 4513. Prudential Life of Canada, 2898, 3478.
Nicholson, Mr. Donald (Queens, P.E.I.) Address in reply to Governor General'? Speech
Cost of living, 121.
Reciprocity, 122.
Redistribution of representation, 123. Niobe crew, 1023.
North Riverside postmaster, 2686, 3209, 3509, 4022.
Northrup, Mr. William B. (East Hastings) Divorce reform, 821, 4884.
North Shore-Hubbard's mail service, 573.
North Sydney Harbour Commissioners Bill.
Res., 1539. lr., 1540.	2r., 1791. Com.,
1791. 3r., 1820.
Northwest Mounted Police, 2544.
Norton Creek, deepening of, 5028.
Nova Scotia
Coal, Ontario market for, 365.
Immigration agents, 1691.
W'ater lots, 1022.
O'Brien, A. H., superannuation of, 1945.
Ocean freight rates, 931, 2927. See al30 Freight Rates.
Officials in politics. See Government officials.
Oil, export of. See Petroleum.
Oka postmistress, 3460, 3505, 3532.
Old age pensions, 1333.
Oliver, Hon. Frank (Edmonton)
Address in reply to Governor General's Speech
Agriculture, 81, 84.
Transportation, 85.
Labour conditions, 83.
Cost of living, 87.
Banks and banking, 88.
Naval defence, 89.
Free wheat, 267.
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Advertising, fraudulent, 3469.
Agricultural implement duties, 1595 Asiatic trade, 888, 5037.
Athabasca Landing-Fort McMurray telegraph, 354.
Atlantic mail service, 5065.
Atlin Kailway Company, 3397.
Bad Throat river water powers, 1913. Binder twine, 1609.
Butter, manufacture of, 3162.
Calgary and Edmonton Railway Company, 800.
Canada Temperance Act, 1761, 3590. Canadian Northern Railway, 3319, 3773, 4083, 4233-4290, 4299-4334, 4415 (amdt), 4545, 4548, 4550.
Capital punishment, 508.
Caterpillar pest, 1132.
Central Western Canada Railway Company, 768, 805.
Cigarettes, prohibition of, 1481.
Civil Service insurance, 1871.
Coal for dredges, 2078.
Cold storage, 3562, 4172.
Conservation Commission, 719.
Customs officials, 423.
Dismissals, 370, 1182, 1644.
Dominion lands, 3326, 3511, 4821, 4889.
Orders in council, 4714.
Dunvegan telegraph, 816.
Edmonton and Fort George mail service, 891.
Edmonton drill hall, 354.
Edson-Grand Prairie mails, 369. Exhibitions, 1685.
Fenian raid veterans, 571, 4340.
Fletcher, J„ employment of, 351.
Forest reserves, 3512, 3554, 4151.
Freight rates, 938, 947, 2196, 2980.
Gimli land patent, 1359.
Government officials in politics, 626, 706, 741, 1865.
Grain
Bill, 3161, 3575.
Elevators, 1646-1666.
Grand Rapids water lease, 1361.
High Commissioner's office, 312.
Hog cholera, 3174.
House of Commons distribution office, 1775.
Hudson Bay terminals, 680, 1209. Immigration, 1613, 4155.
Asiatic, 350, 1220, 5213.
Deportations, 891, 1613, 1640.
European, 572, 1642, 4159.
Hindu, 4022, 4130, 4214, 4295, 4369, 4524, 4556, 4562, 4717, 4954.
Regulations, 350, 351, 4155.
Statistics, 351.
Unemployed, 4157, 5211.
United States, 1616, 1640.
Indians
British Columbia reserves, 5209.
Oliver, Hon. Frank.-Con.
Kitsilano reserve, 350, 664, 922.
Schools, 2397, 3481, 3532.
Irrigation, 3485, 3601.
Kamloops
Drill hall, 1331.	*
Public building, 1021.
Karluk, steamer, 811, 2264.
Land patents, 3113.
Lands unpatented, taxation of, 1921. Lesser Slave Lake, dredging in, 5236. Metric system, 1754.
Militia, 5006.
Mounted police, 710, 4964.
National Transcontinental Railway investigation, 2189.
Naturalization, 4130, 4144, 4808.
Natural resources, provincial control of, 1091.
Naval service, 329-336.
Navigable waters, pollution of, 1746. Pacific, Trans-Canada and Hudson Bay Railway Company, 2949.
Parks, Dominion, 4154.
Patents, renewal of, 1668, 2918.
Petroleum, export of, 972, 1759, 3463. Pollution of navigable waters, 1746.
Post Office
Britain to Canada rates, 3232.
Western service, 3633.
Prince Edward and Hastings Railway Company, 2921.	.
Public Works estimates, 4201, 5235. Railway bridges and highway traffic, 3886. Railway charters, 2950, 2953.
Railway from British Columbia to Alaska, 1870.
Railway level crossings, 3958.
Rainy River Radial Railway Company, 2950.
Rebellion claims, 4967.
St. Peter's Indian reserve, 354, 475, 571, 891. San Francisco exhibition, 1685.
Seeds Inspection Bill, 4169.
Senate representation, 1492, 5293. Steffansson expedition, 352.
Tariff, 3038, 3128, 4338, 5363.
Tar sand deposits, 1810.
Telegraph lines, 5242.
Transportation, 2980.
W. C. Edwards Company, 3475.
Western freight rates, 1914.
White Water lake, 1331.
Yukon Placer Mining Act, 3967.
Ontario Equipment Company, 699.
Ontario Fire Insurance Company, 4295, 4713.
Orange Lodges and the French language, 2081.
Ores, treatment of, 1803.
Oriental industrial competition, 4558.
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Building leases, 2439, 2519, 2544.
Capital, as the, 188Z-1889.
Capital Planning Commission, 2373, 5196. Coal contracts, 4206.
Custom House, 811, 2079.
Drill hall, 667.
Fire alarm system, 1332.
Improvement Commission, 697.
Property purchases, 666.
Public buildings, 1533, 1875-1890, 4197, 4205. Rifle range, 668.
Water supply, 314, 1331, 1744, 1882, 4206.
Ottawa river lightkeepers, 574.
Owen Sound mails, 2014.
Pacaud, Mr. Lucien T. (Megantic) Canadian Northern Railway, 3979. Dismissals, 1390.
Pacific defence forces, 1751.
Panama canal, 2915.
Effect on Canadian rates, 3509.
Papineau, Mr. Louis J. (Beauharnois) Valleyfield dredging, 2992.
Paquet, Mr. Eugene (L'lsiet)
Agriculture, 1143.
Immigration, 1437, 1639.
Postal service, 3853.
Paradis, L„ fumigation station inspector, 2840.
Parcel post, 215, 257, 350, 1360, 5246. Franking privilege, 621.
Pardee, Mr. Frederick F. (West Lambton) Brantford public building, 877.
Canadian Northern Railway, 3953, 4036, 4068.
Drill halls, 1890.
Farmers Bank, 4917.
Ferguson, G. H., appointment of, 1915. Grain Commission, 2376.
Lake Erie buoy service, 2519.
Militia, 702, 2309, 3428.
Minister of Militia and Ulster, 1902. Newmarket canal, 4368.
Parcel post, 1360.
Petroleum, export of, 3465.
Tariff, 3115.
Toronto harbour, 812.
Trade Commissioners, 886.
Parent, engineer, dismissal of, 5241.
Paris Government office, 4965.
Parliamentary documents, distribution 1775.
Parliamentary procedure
See also Speaker.
Answers to questions, lengthy, 1061. Divorce Bills-printing of evidence in. French, 4880.
Estimates not printed in French, consideration of, 403.
Ex-members, statements affecting, as questions of privilege, 1119-1125. Improper motives, imputation of, to Government, 2009.
Privilege, questions of, 343, 705, 1119, 2016, 2083, 3455.
Question ruled out as improper and frivolous; appeal, 2017; div., 2019.
Questions without notice, 285, 475, 477, 511. Reply, right of, on adjournment motion, 519.
Senate amendments Amendment of, 5034.
Discussion of, 4893.
Shipping Bill not preceded by resolution, 743.
Supply, Committee of, without question put, 306, 512, 707.
Supply resolutions, concurrence in en bloc, 2376.
Thursdays, Government business on, 696.
Parliamentary representation. See House of Commons and Senate.
Patents
Office, 5200.
Record, 1098.
Renewal of, 1668, 2918, 2948, 3205.
Payne, Steven, employment of, 1605.
Peace Centenary. See Canadian Peace Centenary Association.
Peat, experiments with, 1804.
Pedley, F., case of, 817.
Pelagic sealing claims, 2372.
Pelee Island steamer subsidy, 5039.
Pelletier, Hon. L. P., expenses of, 1117.
Pelletier, Hon. Louis P. (Postmaster General) Address in reply to Governor General's Speech
Dismissals, 203.
Redistribution of representation, 203. Transportation, 206, 209.
United Shoe Machinery Company, 207. By-elections, 209.
Free food, 212.
Naval defence, 213.
Parcel post, 215.
Atlantic mail service, 94, 5056.
Canadian Northern Railway, 4634. of, Civil Service appointments, 1164.
Divorce bills, 4882.
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Empress of Ireland, loss of, 4556. Exhibitions, 1685.
Farmers Bank, 4741.
Georgian Bay canal, 2966.
High Commissioner's office, 1767.
.House of Commons
French translation, 733, 736, 1779..
Rost office, 399.
Representation, 854, 5315.
Intercolonial Railway

RiviOre du Loup facilities, 4970.
Lafontaine, Mr, Canada's exhibition representative, 1685.
Lemieux, (Hon. R., Asiatic trip of, 705. LSvis quarantine station, 1108.
'Monk, Hon. F. D., death of, 3786. National Transcontinental Railway, 4462.
Quebec terminals, 4845, 4852, 4974. Naval service, 432, 5161.
Oka postmistress, 3505.
-Pilotage, 3629.
3Post Office Act Amendment, 2380, 3222, 5033, 5071, 5360.
Rost Office
Automobiles, 5130, 5146, 5262, 5361. British magazines, postage on, 3227. Eastern Townships, dismissals in, 3640, 5261.
Employees and salaries, 341, 2378, 3220. Estimates, 341, 2364, 3572, 3632, 3638, 3843, 5129, 5249.
Franking privilege, 971, 3223.
Indecent publications, 3236.
Better carriers on electric railways, 3217. Letters, registration of, 3222. Newspapers, rates on, 3234, 3244, 5033, 5071.
Barcel post, 215, 5250.
Railway mail clerks, 2380, 3239, 3572, 5360.
Returns, alleged incomplete, 3632, 5145. Rural mail	«
Boxes, 5133.
Service, 2364, 3852, 5249, 5361.
Quebec
Battlefields Commission, 4113. Quarantine station, 1108.
Returns, alleged incomplete, 2364.
Senate representation, 5299.
Transatlantic mail service, 589, 1645.
Truro post office, 1909.
Vincent, J. U., appointment of, 1429. Voters' lists, 2373.
Pembroke armoury, 5193.
Penitentiary investigation. See Kingston.
Perley, Hon. G. H„ trip to London of, 463J.
PesrSey, Hon. Geo. H. (Argenteuil)
Finance Department estimates, 722.
Loan companies, 970.
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Ottawa Improvement Commission, 1889. Trust companies, 793.
Union Life Insurance Company, 723, 926.
Petroleum, export of. See Export Act Amendment Bill.
Pickled Fish. See Fish.
Pictou
Bank, 1696.
Mail carrier, 572.
Mail contracts, 1690, 1819, 1913.
Post offices, 1022.
Public building, 809.
Rural mail, 924, 1023.
Pig iron drawback. See Customs Act Amendment Bill.
Pilotage
Agent, 1219.
Montreal, 1117.
St. Lawrence river, 815, 984, 3621.
See Canada Shipping Act Amendment Bill.
Pilots, superintendents of, 666.
Pioneer settlers, Lord Selkirk's, 3207.
Plainfield post office, 2016.
Plantaganet rural mails, 2840.
Point Fortune wharf, 3398.
Political partisanship, investigations into, -2262, 2368,-
Pollution of Navigable Waters Bill, lr., 4.
2r., 1750. Ref. to Select Com., 1751. See also 1740, 1910, 2013.
Port Arthur government elevator, 809.
Port Colborne elevator, 2990.
Port Daniel lobster hatchery, 2519, 3318.
Port Hood public wharf, 355.
Port Maitland post office, 1913.
Portneuf
Lightkeeper, 1219, 3510.
County post offices, 1690,
Post Office Act Amendment Bill. Res., 2380. lr., 2384.	2r., 3173. Com., 3222.	3r.,
3249. Senate amendments, 5033, 5071, 5360, 5376.
Post Office
Automobiles, 3113, 5130, 5262.
Country post offices and libraries, 892. English magazines, postage on, 2312.
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Employees' Salaries. See Civil Service Act Amendment Bill.
Estimates, 341, 2364, 3571, 3632, 3638, 3840, 5129.
Letter carriers on electric cars, 3247.
Mail bag locks, 354, 473, 701.
Mail boxes, 2364.
Mail contracts cancelled, 703.
Rural mail service. See that title.
Salaries. See Civil Service Act Amendment Bill.
Savings banks interest, 5199.
Transatlantic mail service. See that title..
Potato embargo by United States, 744.
Potatoes, tariff on, 3044, 3059.
Poulsen wireless, 2687, 5246, S249.
Power, Mr. William (West Quebec)
National Transcontinental Railway investigation, 2248.
Prescott county mails, 2962.
Press Conference, Imperial, 4961.
Prince Edward Island
Banks, 1781, 2543.
Freight rates, 308, 926, 1018.
Railway, 4483.
Representation, 123, 707, 849, 853, 859, 863, 5285, 5299, 5306, 5359.
Transportation, 399.
Winter service, 701, 757.
Printing and Stationery Department estimates, 724, 1774.
Printing Bureau building, 4370.
Prison reform, 4511, 4522.
Prisons and Reformatories Act Amendment Bill. lr„ 3397.	2r., 3466. Com., 3466.
3r., 3466.
Private Bill legislation, responsibility for, 994.
Private Bills discussed
Acadia Loan Corporation, 1416.
Alberta Central Railway Company, 1891. Arnoldi, J., Patent of, 2948.
Atlin Railway Company, 2397.
Auto Wheels, Limited, patent of, 1668. Barcelona Light and Power Company, 1911, 1981.
Boy Scouts Association, 4131. See also 5002.
, Brazilian Light and Power Company, 1982. British American Nickel Corporation, 1982.
Private Bills.-Con.
British Trust Company, 1416.
Burrard Tunnel and Bridge Company
764.
Calgary and Edmonton Railway Company:,
765,	795, 992.
Calgary and Fernie Railway Company, 1667.
Canadian Northern Ontario Railway Company 4470.
Canadian Northern Railway Company, 1760, 4470, 4670.
Canadian Pacific Railway Company, 769.
Catholic Mutual Benefit Association, 4474.
Central Ontario Railway, 1892.
Central Railway Company of Canada, 996,
Central Western Canada Railway Company, 767, 804.
Continental Fire Insurance Company of Canada, 1666.
Erie, London and Tillsonburg Railway Company, 995.
Esquimau and Nanaimo Railway Company, 994.
Farnham and Granby Railway Company, 3505.
Fredericton and Grand Lake Coal and Railway Company, 3205.
Goldschmidt, R., patent of, 2918, 3205.
Grand Trunk and Canada Atlantic Railway Companies, 2922.
Grand Trunk Railway Company, 767.
Joliette and Lake Manuan Colonization Railway Company, 994.
Kettle Valley Railway Company, 1892.
Labrador, Quebec and Southern Railway Company, 2922, 2951, 4473.
Lpchine, Jacques Cartier, and Maisonneuve-Railway Company, 767.
Lake Erie and Northern Railway Company, 1188.
London and Lake Erie Railway Company, 1891.
London and Port Stanley Railway Company, 1416.
McClary Manufacturing Company, 1216.
Manitoba and Northwestern Railway Company, 1891.
Mortgage Corporation of Nova Scotia, 1416.
National Council of Women of Canada, 2948.
National Wood Distilling Company, patent of, 1668.	.
Norfolk and Elgin Railway Company, 166T.
Northern Territorial Railway Company, 2175.
North Shore Power, Railway, and Navigation Company, 4471.
Ottawa and Ungava Railway Company, 992.	'
Ottawa, Northern and Western Railway Company, 764.
Pacific, Peace River and Athabaska Railway Company, 992.
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Pacific, Trans-Canada and Hudson Bay Railway Company, 2921, 2948.
Peace River Tramway and Navigation Company, 995.
Prince Edward and Hastings Railway Company, 2921, 2949.
Prudential Life of Canada, 2899, 3478, 3506. *Queen's University, 770.
Painy River Radial Railway Company, 2950.
Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo Telephone Company, 1892.
Saskatchewan Central Railway Company, 2956.
Saskatoon and Hudson Bay Railway Company, 3827.
Les Soeurs de la Charite de l'Hopital Saint Antoine de Le Pas, 1669.
Sterling Trusts Corporation, 1417. Thessalon and Northern Railway Company, 993.
Toronto, Niagara and Western Railway Company, 3199, 3270, 3476.
University of Emmanuel College, 2397. Vineberg, Helen, divorce bill, 4670, 4880.
W. C. Edwards Company, 3474.
Western Dominion Railway Company, 3473. West Ontario Pacific Railway Company, 769.
Willson, T. L., patent of, 2918.
Privilege, questions of Aikins, Mr., 3892.
Armstrong, Mr. J. A. M., 3114,
__Best,. Mr., Sill._
Burnham, Mr., 3058.
Chisholm, Mr. W„ 2085, 5955.
Crothers, Mr., 707.
Devlin, Mr., 1119.
Fisher, Mr., 3113.
Hughes, Mr. Sam., 2083.
Knowles, Mr., 3454.
Lachance, Mr., 1784.
Law, Mr., 343.
Lemieux, Mr., 704.
Lesperance, Mr., 126.
Macdonald, Mr., 3160.
Murphy, Mr., 257.
Pardee, Mr., 2084.
Rhodes, Mr., 3114.
Smith, Mr., 3114.
Sutherland, Mr., 3114.
Turriff, Mr., 2546.
Walker, Mr., 3114.
Wilson, Mr. C. A., 2016.
Privy Council, Judicial Committee of, appointment of Law Lords to, 1952.
Proportional Representation, 613, 619, 848, 856, 5285.
Proulx, Mr. Edmond (Prescott)
Canadian Northern Railway, 4053.
Capital punishment, 505.
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Carson, Sir Edward, alleged cablegram to, 2082, 2178.
Civil Service, 4446.
Farmers Bank, 4800.
French translators, 5274.
Hay contracts, 1020.
Healey, Mr., dismissal of, 5270.
Judges' salaries, 1939, 3831.
Marriage laws, 444.
Menace newspaper, 3056.
Militia
Automobiles, 813, 2081.
Canteens, 2437.
Employees, 813.
Estimates, 3415, 3419, 5269 (amdt).
Gift of horse, 814.
Private car repairs, 813.
Sham battle, 814.
Special train, 814.
Minister of Militia in Europe, 444. Ministers' travelling expenses, 610. Montreal Colonization Society, 472. O'Brien, A. H., superannuation of, 1952. Plantaganet rural mails, 2840,
Potts, A., payments to, 369.
Prescott county mails, 2962.
Printing and advertising, Government, 729. Public buildings, rentals of, 1906. Queenston Heights picnic, 441.
Royal Military College, 3207.
St. Antoine de Le Pas Sisters of Charity, 1669.
Selkirk's, Lord, pioneer settlers, 3207. Senate representation, 5298.
Vancouver drill hall; 362, 892, 1021, 1117. Vancouver Orange Lodge, Irish Home Rule resolution of, 2785.
Provincial members, employment of, 3510.
Prudential Life of Canada, 2898. See a'S3 Private Bills discussed.
Public Works Estimates
Buildings, 1533, 1875, 1893, 5218, 5231. Dredging, 5224. 5236.
Harbours and rivers, 5214, 5231. 5233. Salaries, etc., 342.
Slides and booms, 5231.
Telegraph lines, 2375, 5234-5245.
Pugsley, Hon. William (St. John city) Asiatic trade, development of, 5036.
Atlantic mail service, 5050.
Canadian Northern Railway, 4028, 4042, 4058, 4216-4274, 4297-4331, 4391, 4639. Civil Service superannuation, 5370.
Cost of living, 5376.
Dry docks subsidies, 4090.
Grand Trunk Pacific Railway, 4835. Hampton public building site, 4189.
House of Commons representation, 5306. Intercolonial Railway Branch lines, 5112.
Estimates, 4864.
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Ocean Limited, 4630, 4888.
Militia, 5019.
National Transcontinental Railway, 4457, 4459, 4461, 4854, 5033, 5072 (amdt.), 5090.
Naturalization, 4823.
Pelee Island steamer service, 5039.
St. John
Dredging, 5224.
Railway and steamship service, 5050.
St. John Valley Railway bridges, 4023. Senate representation, 5290, 5299, 5305. Tariff, 4336.
Quebec (city)
Arsenal, 5028.
Battlefields Commission, 1783, 1784. See also National Battlefields at Quebec Bill.
Bridge, 4559, 4463, 5030, 5108.
Harbour Commission attorney, 1604, 2263. Harbourmaster, 5029.
Harbour plant, 2788, 3055, 3398.
Land purchases, 1434.
Marine agency, 2996.
Quarantine officials, 354.
Union station, 1913.
Weights and Measures, assistant inspector of, 3318.
Quebec Harbour Commissioners Bill. Res., 3632. lr., 3636.	2r„ 3876. Com., 3876.
3r„ 3895.
Quebec-Levis mails, 2263.
Quebec (Province) Seigniories, 568.
Quebec and Saguenay Railway, 4022, 4053, 4557.
Queenston Heights picnic, 441.
Radium ores, 1692, 1814.
Railway Act Amendment Bills.
Armstrong, Mr. J. E. lr., 1013.
Borden, Mr. Joint Com., 2947.
Demers, Mr. lr., 610, 793.
Railway Commission, Dominion, 574, 2372, 2437, 4160.
Railway Employees House of Service Bill.
lr., 2175.
Railway Level Crossings Bill. Res., 3896. lr., 3896.	2r„ 3957. Com., 3957.	3r.,
4023.
Railway Mail Clerks. See Civil Service Act (P.O.) Amendment Bill.
Railways
Charters, granting of, 2953.
Railways.

Con.
Crossings, level, 360, 3200, 3270, 4166. See also Railway Level Crossings Bill. Government ownership of, 3974-3979, 43914413.
Land grants to, 5027.
Suburban trains, 1062.
See also names of railways.
Railways and Canals estimates, 438, 1956, 2963-2995,	4160-4167,	4939-4953,	5106-
5129.
Ministerial statement, 1957.
Canals, 1957.
Government Railways, 1959.
Hudson Bay Railway, 1962.
National Transcontinental Railway, 1964. Salaries, etc., 438.
Rainville, Mr. Joseph H. (Chambly and Ver-chOres)
Address in reply to Governor General's Speech
Free wheat, 288.
Immigration, 291.
Agriculture, aid to, 292.
Highways improvement, 293.
Cold storage, 294.
Cost of living, 294.
Civil Service, 1384.
Ranching and Grazing Commission, 574, 2543.
Real estate advertisements. See Criminal Code Amendment Bill.
Reciprocity with the United States, 9, 117, 122, 297.
Records, Departmental, Commission, 4963. Red Head harbour, 891.
Redistribution of representation. See House of Commons.
Reid, Hon. J. D. (Minister of Customs)
Alert, steamer, 343, 474.
Basic slag, 639.
Canals, 1957, 2963-2995, 4162, 5109.
Colpitts, G. A., case of, 452.
Customs estimates, 400, 413, 422-439, 963969, 998-1011, 2374.
Government Railways claims, 1910, 2392. House of Commons representation, 5307, 5360.
Hudson Bay Railway, 1962, 4464-4466, 4468, 4476.
Intercolonial Railway Branch lines, 5119.
Estimates, 3178, 4165, 4860.
Killaim, A. E., retirement of, 1728. Management, 3264.
Ocean Limited train, 4888.
Pension fund, 5362.
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Labrador, Quebec and Southern Railway-Company, 2952.
National Transcontinental Railway Eastern section, 5033.
Estimates, 4453-4462, 4968, 5106. Ministerial statement, 1964.
Montreal, connection with, 5127. Petroleum, export of, 97r.
Prince Edward Island Railway, 1962, 4483. Quebec bridge, 5108.
Railway level crossings, 3896, 3957 4023, 4166.
Railways and Canals estimates, 438, 1967, 2963-2995, 4160-4167, 4939-4953, 5106. ' Returns, alleged incomplete, 4959.
St. John Valley Railway, 3036.
Bridges, 3880, 3959, 4023.
St. Peter's canal, 2963, 2995, 4480. Southampton Railway Company, 1469. Toronto terminals, 3784.
Trent canal Construction, 4163.
Investigation, 4991.
Welland canal, 2963, 2987.
Winnipeg terminals, 3454, 3558.
Reid Mr. Jas. (Restigouche)
Intercolonial Railway car charges, 352.
Reindeer herd, 4155.
Rhodes, Mr. Edgar N. (Cumberland) Battlefields, preservation of, 4116.
Customs service, appointments to, 969. Dismissals, 1007.
Fenian raid veterans, 4354.
Fort Cumberland, restoration of, 4183. Government officials in politics, 435,
House of Commons representation 5324 5335.
Privilege, 3114.
Senate representation, 5304.
Richibucto life-saving crew, 668.
Richmond county public works, 571.
Richmond and Wolfe public buildings, 1694, 4294.
Reindeau, S., employment of, 1114.
Rigaud
Post office, 442, 3638, 4021.
Wharf, 442, 574.
Rimouski
Customs, 2015.
Engineers, 2079, 4021.
Harbour, 2079, 2310.
Insurance Company, 4713, 4807.
Land purchase, 1695.
Medical service, 2015.
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Brome experimental dairy station, 1110. Budget, 2639.
Agriculture, 2640.
Tariff, 2641.
Dairy products, 2643.
Dismissals, 432.
Explosives, manufacture of, 1810.
Grain Bill, 3584.
Horse breeding, 472.
Live stock purchases, 470.
Naval service, 5164.
Norton creek, 5028.
Transportation, 2987.
Valleyfield Dredging, 2992.
Wharf, 5234.
Robidoux, Mr. Ferdinand J. (Kent, N.B.)
Fisheries advisory board, 2413.
Robitaille postmaster, 3058.
Roche, Hon. W. J. (Minister of the Interior) Alpine Club of Canada, 4155.
Astronomical surveys, 4155.
Buffalo herd, 4155.
Campbell, Glen, charges against, 624, 1857. Dominion Lands Act Amendment, 3249, 3335-3360, 3511.
Dominion Lands and Parks, 1836-1870, 2372, 4151.
Orders in Council approved, 4713.
Forest reserves, 3512, 3554, 4151. Government officials in politics, 624, 1836. Immigration Agencies, 1628.
Asiatic, 1253, 4214.
Bulgarian, 4560.
Chinese, 5212.
Estimates, 1612-1644, 4165, 5210.
Hindu, 4524, 4557, 4564, 4954 5212. Homestead entries by continental immigrants, 1625, 4158.
Inspection, 1441.
Italian, 1634.
Maritime provinces, to, 5211.
Results of policy, 1612, 1625.
Russian, 4560.
United States, 1625.
Indian Act Amendment, 1817, 2395, 3481, 3532, 4830.
Indians
British Columbia, 2477, 5209.
Generally, 422, 2480.
Northwest Provinces and Territories, 2478, 5209.
Nova Scotia, 2474-2477, 5209.
Ontario and Quebec, 2472-2474.
Interior Department estimates, 338, 1836, 2363, 2372, 4151.
Irrigation, 3599, 4153.
Lands unpatented, taxation of, 1920. Natural resources, provincial control of, 1079.
Petroleum rights, 975.
Reindeer herd, 4155.
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St. Peter's Indian reserve, 475.
Seed grain, 5210.
Volunteer bounty, 1396, 1611.
Water-power surveys, 4153.
Yukon, Government of, 1335.
Yukon Placer Mining Act, 3859, 3965.
Rocky Point wharf, 3113, 3318.
Rogers, Hon. Robt. (Minister of Public Works)
Brantford public building, 872.
Canadian Northern Railway, 4416, 4550. Canning public building, 5226.
Carslake Hotel property, 4023.
Dry Docks subsidy, 3961, 4090.
Ewart, D., chief architect, 5230.
Georgian Bay canal, 1050, 1733.
Government officials in politics, 628, 741, 1846.
Grand Trunk Pacific Railway mechanics' strike, 5034.
House of Commons representation, 5230. National Transcontinental Railway, 5078. Public Works estimates
Buildings, 1533, 1875,	1893, 4182-4207,
5218-5231.
Dredging, 5224, 5236.
Harbours and rivers, 4207-4213, 5214, 5231, 5233.
Miscellaneous, 5230.
Salaries, etc., 342.
Slides and booms, 5231.
Telegraph lines, 2375, 5234-5245.
Ross, Mr. Duncan C. (West Middlesex) Canadian Northern Railway, 4370.
Farmers Bank, 3527, 4921.
Muncey Indians, 2475.
Shipbuilding in Canada, 418.
Ross rifle, 513.
Rosthern
Customs collector, 573, 997.
Lands agent, 573.
Roy, J. N., employment of, 698.
Royal assent, 2376, 2383, 4292 4321.
Royal Military College, 3207, 5015.
Royal Society of Canada, 350, 5267.
Rural mail service, 376, 5132, 5245, 5361.
Ste. Anne de la Pocatiere
Experimental station, 360.
Wharf, 2078.
Ste. Anne des Monts wharf, 2687.
Ste. Anne de Restigouche dredging, 3112.
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St. Armand mails, 3208.
Ste. Brigide mails, 893.
St. Casimir post office, 360, 667.
St. David de Levis postmaster, 4369.
St. Esprit lightkeeper, 473.
St. Hyacinthe mails, 2014.
St. Jerome wharf, 3113.
St. John, N.B.
Custom house, 1330.
Harbour, 1331, 1693, 4090-4112.
Marine employees, 1913.
St. John and Quebec Railway, 2546, 2789, 2997.
St. John and Quebec Railway Bridges Bill.
Res., 3880. lr„ 3886.	2r., 3959. Com..
3959, 4023.	3r„ 4090.
St. Johns and Iberville
Bridge, 26891 Rural mail, 366.
St. Johns and Iberville rural mail, 366.
St. Johns, Que.
Customs collector, 893.
Inland Revenue collector, 1021.
St. Joseph de Sorel
Post office, 572.
Trempe, L. E., employment of, 1434, 1695.
St. Lawrence
Accidents, 3253, 3398, 3622. See also Empress of Ireland.
Dams, 3317.
Ice breakers, 987.
Rates, 976, 982.
Ship channel 976-991.
Tug boilers, 1361.
St. Leonards immigration agent, 569.
Ste. Perpetue food inspector, 359.
St. Peter's
Canal, 1020, 2903, 2963, 2995. 4480.
Indian Reserve, 354, 475, 571, 891.
St. Roch des Aulnaies excise officer, 360.
St. Romuald post office, 809, 4021.
St. Theodore D'Acton rural mail, 700.
Sackville public wharf, 568.
Safety of Life at Sea Convention, 358, 787.
San Francisco Exposition. See Exhibitions.
Sault Ste. Marie mails, 2014.
Scales inspection, 1419.
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Address in reply to Governor General's Speech
Farmers' delegation, 106.
By-elections, 106.
Manitoba boundaries, 107. Transportation, 107.
Agriculture, 109.
Cost of living, 110.
Naval defence, 111.
Dismissals, 1180.
Freight rates, 940.
Naturalization, 4534.
Natural resources, provincial control of, 1085.
Terminal elevators, 1657.
School lands, 3638.
Secretary of State's estimates, 724, 1760-1780.
Secret Commissions Bill, 4555, 4712.
Seed grain,- distribution of, 369.
Seeds, inspection of. See Inspection and Sales Act Amendment Bill.
Seguin, Mr. Paul A. (L'Assomption)
Dorion, dredging at, 443.
House of Commons representation, 5318. Hudson Bay Railway, 5030.
Joliette building, 1023.
L'Assomption wharf, 2263.
Soulanges canal, 2179, 2263.
Terrebonne postmaster, 1019.
Tobacco revenues'2957.
Senate Employees Bill. lr„ 4711.
Senate reform, 1495, 5282.
Senate representation-Address to the King. Res., 5277. Com., 5290. Senate amdts., 5376, 5378.
Senate Representation Bills
Alberta. Res., 1498. lr., 1498.
British Columbia. Res., 3513. lr., 3516. Manitoba. Res., 1483. lr„ 1497. See also 1911.
Saskatchewan. Res., 1498. lr., 1498.
Sevigny, Mr. Albert (Dorchester) Experimental farms, 1149.
National Transcontinental Railway Investigation, 2218.
Payments to contractors, 1781.
Sillery lands, 1534.
Portneuf county post offices, 1690.
Quebec Battlefields Commission, 1783.
St. Johns Inland Revenue collector, 1378.
Sexsmith, Mr. John A. (East Peterborough) Butter, manufacture of, 3166.
Lemieux, Hon. R., trips of, 698.
Trent canal, 4997.
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Divorce bills, 4883.
Farmers Bank, 4764.
Fenian raid veterans, 3373.
National Transcontinental Railway investigation, 2202.
Ross rifle, 517.
Queen's University, 770.
Senate reform, 5284.
Trust companies, 2908.
Unemployment, 4157.
Sharpe, Mr. William H. (Lisgar)
Hudson Bay terminals, 688, 4464,
Shefford county rural mall, 363.
Shelburne
Fisheries, 349.
Fishery guardians, 2961.
Public works, 1330.
Shepherd, Mr. F. H. (Nanaimo)
Duncan's Station public building, 4203. Explosives, regulation of, 3865.
Labour conditions on Vancouver Island, 539, 1283.
Sherbrooke (city)
Automobiles for officials, 2959, 5130, 5262. Drill hall, 2959, 3111.
Leased buildings, 3317, 3894.
Militia quarters, 3422-3428.
Post office, 3509, 3715, 4368. ^
Sherbrooke (county)
Agriculture in, 5027.
Postal inspection, 2959, 3645.
Shigawake rural mails, 1692.
Shipping, registration of, 754. See also Canada Shipping Act Amendment Bill.
Shubenacadie-Deans mails, 1817.
Silk, tariff on, 3159.
Sinclair, Mr. John H. (Guysborough)
Address in reply to Governor General's Speech
Fishing industry, 142.
Naval defence, 145.
Highways improvement, 147.
Mail bag locks, 150.
Amherst armoury^ 3714, 4293.
Armouries, 666, 2786. See also Amherst Banque Internationale, 4712.
Boilers for tugs, 1361.
Budget, 2734.
Election issues, 2735.
Fishing industry, 2738.
Agricultural implements, 2739.
Fishing twine, 2740.
Expenditures, 2741.
Canada shipping, 90.
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Canning public building, 5224.
Canso letter boxes, 703.
Cattle inspection, 759.
Civil Service, appointments to, 1192.
Coal contracts for Government dredges, 923.	.
Coasting privileges, 90, 754, 2435, 2915. See also Shipping.
Cobequid, wreck of, 1167.
Cold storage, 700.
Cole Harbour wharf, 1693.
Cost of Living Commission, 2436.
Cranberry Island light, 1175, 1193.
Dean Settlement Railway, 3318.
Dismissals
Pish hatchery employees, 370.
Generally, 1192.
Laing, J. R., postmaster, 370.
Drill halls. See Armouries.
Duchemin, H. P., payments to, 353, 697, 779, 893, 926, 1111,
Electoral corruption, 344.	[DOT]
Esquimau dock, 813, 1433.
Experimental farms, 1160.
Farmers Bank, 723, 4804, 4895, 4903 (amdt.) 4912.
Fenian raid veterans, 349, 440, 925, 1604, 2416, 2787, 2962, 3368, 3894, 4348.
Fish and fisheries
Advisory board, 2399, 2415.
Curing expert, 571.
Lobster fishing, 815, 5187.
Modus vivendi licenses, 1603.
Pickled fish, inspection of, 4437. Reduction works, 1693, 3080.
Statistics, 1020, 1361, 2400, 5191. Transportation, 376, 894, 1017, 1114-1215, 2401, 2937, 3412, 5070, 5184.
Twine, duty on, 344, 3153.
Violations of Act, 1603.
Fraser, J. McL., fishery officer, 5030. Government railways claims, 2394. Government steamers
Alert, 326, 343.	.
Canada, 3113.
Repairs to, 404, 1204, 1332, 2430. Gunhilde, steam yacht, 2688.
Guysborough public wharf, 355.
House of Commons Post office, 477.
Representation, 5350.
Hudson Bay Railway mileage, 364.
Indian Harbour Lakes postmaster, 3055. Intercolonial Railway Branch lines, 353.
Employees on Ferry Scotia, 1016. Estimates, 3183, 4865.
Freight rates, 894, 921, 1017, 1021, 1434. 1690, 2016.
Guysborough branch, 4481.
Ice contracts, 364.
Management, 3305.
Point Tupper ferry, 894.
Refrigerator cars, 1360.
Standard rules, 1693.
Sunny Brae branch, 894.
Tonnage, 3110.
Labour strikes at Nanaimo, 345.
Larry's River harbourmaster, 2961.
Le Blanc, seaman, burial of. 667, 815, 5177. Life-saving rewards, 420, 5176.
McPherson C., employment of, 2787. Matches, white phosphorus, 1538.
Militia
Armouries. See that title.
Boot coptract, 2591.
Generally, 4617.
Political demonstrations, 5010.
Training areas, 5020.
Montreal harbour, 3875.
Mounted police, 2544.
Naturalization, 4817.
Naval College, Halifax, 3208. Navigation, schools of, 750.
New Harbour breakwater, 365. Newspaper advertising, 2438. Newspapers, postal rates on, 3245. North Riverside postmaster, 2686,
3209.
3509, 3845, 4022.
Petawawa camp, 815.
Provincial subsidies, 344.
Prudential Life of Canada, 3479, 3506. Railway mail clerks, 2382.
Railway subsidies, 355.
Red Head harbour, 891.	.
Returns, alleged incomplete, 4960, 53bl. Sand Point wharf, 5229.
Shellfish Commission, 667, 1361.
Shipping
Insurance, 982.
Registry, 754.
Spanish Ship Bay wharf, 305a, 3111. Steamer subsidies, 2935.
Steam trawling, 471.
Sunny Brae mails, 2309.
Tariff, 3153.
Trade agents, 319, 884.
United States fishermen, 1692.
Vancouver Harbour Commission, 2390. Vancouver Island public works engineer,
3399.
Victoria rifle range, 3398.
Weights and measures inspection, 2591.
Skinner's Cove works, 809. Slack, W. F„ dismissal of, 921.
Slag. See Basic.
Smith, H. T., emploment of, 812.
Smith, Mr. Wm. (South Ontario) Budget, 2698.
Free wheat, 2699.
Mixed farming, 2700.
Canadian Northern Railway, 3838. Horse breeding, 3502.
Privilege, 3114.
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Sorel. See St. Joseph de Sorel.
Soulanges Canal, 2989, 2994.
Employees, 2179, 2263.
Souris rifle range, 1435, 1694, 1783, 4567.
South African hay contracts, 1020.
South America trade development association, 1693.
Southampton Railway Company, 1455, 3009.
South Bruce letter boxes, 353.
Southport fish hatchery, 3112.
Spanish Ship Bay wharf, 3055, 3111.
Speaker (Hon. T. S. Sproule), rulings and statements of. See also Parliamentary Procedure.
Adjournment motion on question of privilege, 4958.
Amendment increasing money grant ruled out, 3956.
Amendments, allegations of fact in, 4671.
Answer of minister must be accepted, 705.
Answers to questions Discussion of, 871.
Lengthy, 1062.
Anticipating notice on Order Paper 879
Bills
Certain amendments irregular, 5034. Divorce bills, right of Commons to hear evidence on, 4880.
On motion to refer back report, evidence not debatable, 4885.
Extraneous matter not debatable on third reading, 4903.
Limit of debate on second reading, 1130. Must be read a second time before reference to select committee, 1750.
No debate on motion for first reading, 619.
On amendment, discussion must be limited to same, 4646.
On introduction, may be explained, but not debated, 3054.
On Senate amendments, general discussion not admissable, 4893.
Shipping bill to be introduced by resolution, 743.
Ex-member, statement affecting, not a question of privilege, 1119.
Extracts unread not to be reported, 2698.
Government business on Thursdays, 706.
House of Commons Post Office, 3236.
Library and reading room, closing of, 4215.
Staff, appointments to, 94, 399, 2686, 4954, 5268, 5271.
Stationery, .1370.
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Improper motives, imputation of, to Gov.
ernment unparliamentary, 2009. Incorrect report not a question of privilege, 3455.
Jallet, N„ widow of, 1067.
Newspaper articles, irregular to base charges on, 705.
Notices of motion must be taken in regular order, 1362.
Order in the House, 4370, 4411, 4415. Orders of the Day, debatable questions inadmissable on, 477, 511, 4215. Petition rejected, 2840.
Privilege, questions of, 343, 705, 1119, 2016, 2085, 3455.
Questions
Irregular, 2017, 2082, 2592.
Statements of fact in, 4561.
Without notice, 285, 475, 477, 511. Quoting evidence not reported to House irregular, 1344.
Senate, the,: to speak disrespectfully of, not allowable, 2596.
Substantive motions, closing of debate on, 464, 1368.
Supply, Committee of, without question put; interpretation of rule, 306, 512, 521, 522.
Unparliamentary expression: ' Boozarium,' 2084.
Voting, member abstaining from, 2021.
Steamship subsidies, 956, 2913, 2923. See also Post Office.	______
Steel. See Iron and Steel.
Steel barrels, manufacture of, 1534.
Steele, Mr. M. (South Perth)
Budget, 2743.
Prosperity of Canada, 2743.
Taxation, 2744.
Agricultural implements, 2745.
Free wheat, 2746.
Cost of living, 2750.
Milling industry, 2762.
Ocean freight rates, 2930.
Pollution of navigable waters, 1746.
Steffansson expedition. See Karluk.
Stevens, Mr. H. H. (Vancouver) Alaska-Yukon Railway, 1433.
Budget, 2879.
Fiscal policies, 2881.
trade vs. protection, 2883.
Taxation, 2886.
Free wheat, 2889.
Burrard Tunnel and Bridge Company, 765. Canadian Northern Railway, 4668. Immigration, Asiatic, 1232, 2639, 5026.
Indian Act Amendment, 3547.
Labour conditions on Vancouver Island, 546.
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Money Lenders Act Amendment, 201. Naturalization. 4150.
Stewart, Mr. Thos. J. (West jKamilton) Conferences, expenses of, 570.
Stone, tariff on, 3115. See also Brantford Public Building.
Strathcona, Lord, death of, 91, 165.
Strong, Heath, payments to, 1116.
Submarine bell floats, 668.
Subsidies
Mail and steamship, 2913, 2923.
Provincial, 344.
Railway, 355.
Sunny Brae mails, 2309.
Supply Bills
For $52,253,007.71. Res., 2378. lr„ 2r., com. and 3r„ 2378.
For $127,831,037.86. Res., lr., 2r„ com. and 3r., 5271.	'
For details see titles of departments and subjects.
Supreme Court Act (appeals) Amendment Bill, lr., 3251.	2r„ 3462. Com., 3462.
3r., 3462.
Sussex public building, 1694.
Sutherland, Mr. Donald (South Oxford) Budget, 2815.
Free wheat, 2816.
Agricultural implements, 2819.
Fiscal policies, 2821.
Experimental farms, 1105.
Farmers Bank, 4788, 4911.
Fenian raid veterans, 4362.
Grain Bill, 3575.
Privilege, question of, 3114.
Sydney as an ocean port, 4081.
Tadousac wharf, 2309.
Tariff (Customs) Bill. Res., 3037, 3058, 3114. lr., 3160.	2r., 4335. Com., 4335.	3r„
4426, 4433.
Amendments proposed
Mr. Loggie, 3052; div., 3106.
Mr. A. K. Maclean, 4426.
See also Budget.
Tariff questions, 1358, 1511.
Tar sand deposits, 1811.
Tatamagouche and BrulS mails, 3208.
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Tate, William, compensation to, 4967
8echnical education, 355, 568, 3054, 4888, 5206.
Telephone system authorized, 804.
Telescope for observatory, 344.
Terminal elevators, 1646-1666, 3161, 35-75-3587.
Terrebonne postmaster, 1019.
Thoburn, Mr. William (North Lanark) Haultain, Chief Justice, judgment of, on Saskatchewan Companies Act, 1265. Vineberg, Helen, divorce bill, 4671, 4881.
Thompson, Mr. Alfred (Yukon)
Budget, 2801.
Tariff, 2802.
Yukon, the, 2804.
Free wheat, 2804.
Free trade, 2807.
Government of the Yukon, 1833.
House of Commons rooms, 2080.
Mines Department estimates, 1811, 1814. Radium-bearing ores, 1814.
Tar sand deposits, 1811.
Telegraph service, 5237.
Yukon Placer Mining Act, 3966.
Thomson, Mr. Levi (Qu'Appelle)
Address in reply to Governor General's Speech	[DOT]
Free wheat, 271.
Agricultural implement duties, 1560.
Budget, 2809.
Tariff Commission, 2809.
Free wheat, 2810.
Agricultural implements, 2814.
Butter, manufacture of, 3165.
Canadian Northern Railway, 4407.
Capital punishment, 499.
Farmers Bank, 4926.
Government officials in politics, 1839.
* Naturalization, 4140.
Thorburn railway communication, 701.
Thornton, Mr. Chas. J. (Durnam)
Cigarettes, prohibition of, 1476,
Three Rivers
Mails, 2014.
Military camp, 3509.
Post office, 2688.
Preventive officer, 473.
Public buildings, 569.
Tide Head salmon pound, 1692.
Tips Bill. See Secret Commissions.
Titles of Honour Bill. lr., 4. M. for 2r„
479; negatived, 482.
Tobacco culture, 1147, 1373, 2958, 5200.
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Cookshire public building, 2960.
Denison, J. R., dismissal of, 3209, 3640, 5259.
Desmarais, A., dismissal of, 1389.
Disraeli wharf, 1435.	[DOT]
Girard, Mr., employment of, 4559.
Band grants, 1916.
Megantic public building, 2960.
Post Office estimates, 3633, 3640.
Richmond and Wolfe Experimental farm, 1534, 1694, 2015. Public buildings, 1694, 4294.
St. George's Club, Sherbrooke, 3425. Weedon public building, 5214.
Tobique Indian reserve, 816, 1218, 1359, 1535, 1915, 2590, 3534.
Toronto Harbour Commissioners. See Toronto Terminals Bill.
Toronto harbour works, 812.
Toronto Terminals Bill, lr., 3784.	2r„ 3880.
Com., 3880.	3r., 3880.
Townsend, N. T., resignation of, 2436.
Trade, balance of, adjustment of, 2016.
Trade and Commerce
Bulletins, 474.
Department estimates, 315, 881, 927, 2376, 2913, 2923.
Transatlantic mail service, 94, 376, 577, 1645, 2915, 3226, 5030, 5043.
Transportation, 2971-2986, 3871-3880,	4090-
4112, 5082-5106. See also Ocean.
Travelling expenses of ministers, 610.
Trawling, steam, 471.
Trent Canal
Construction, 1958, 4163, 5109.
Investigation, 1817, 4940-4947, 4975-4997. Water-powers, 2177, 2789, 4162.
Trent Valley Woollen Manufacturing Company, 2177.
Truax, Mr. R. E. (South Bruce)
Chesley post office, 664.
Customs undervaluation, 3318.
Trust Companies Bill, lr., 793.	2r., 1125.
Com., 2903.	3r., 2963. Senate amdts,
4891.
Tubing, brass-covered, tariff on, 3152
Turgeon, Mr. Onesiphore (Gloucester)
Address in reply to Governor General's Speech
Redistribution of representation, 112. National Transcontinental Railway, 115.
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Highways improvements, 116. Reciprocity, 117.
Naval defence, 120.
Bathurst harbour, 348, 4212.
Budget, 2690.
Militia expenditures, 2691.
Free trade, 2693.
Agricultural implements, 2694.
Steel industry, 2697.
Dismissals, 430, 785, 1181.
Fishing disaster:	proposed Government
aid, 5194.
Fishing industry, 2402, 2415.
Government officials in politics, 348. House of Commons representation, 862. Intercolonial Railway Aird, Wm., employment of, 895.
Canadian Pacific Railway traffic agreement, 605.
King, Samuel, employment of, 895. Management, 3309.
Moncton property purchase, 2786. Williams, T., employment of, 895.
Library of Parliament, 1780.
National Transcontinental Railway investigation, 2164.
Navigation, schools of, 752.
Quebec bridge, 4559.
St. John Valley Railway, 3034.
Senate representation, 5295.
Steel industry, 1532, 3034.
Turriff, Mr. John G. (Assiniboia)
Agricultural implements, Customs valuation of, 2958.
Budget, 2510.
Trade conditions, 2510.
Wheat markets, 2512.
Agricultural implements, 2516, 2520.
Cut stone duty, 2525.
Reciprocity with the United States, 2526. Freight rates, 2528.
Privilege, 2546.
Stone, dressed, tariff on, 3119, 3124.
Trust companies, 2904.
20th Battery, 1361, 2263.
Twine, tariff on, 3157.
Typhoid. See Pollution of navigable waters.
Ulster. See Home Rule. '
Union Life Insurance Company, 723, 926, 2374.
Valcartier artillery camp, 924.
Valleyfield
Dam, 2992.
Dredging, 2992.
Excise revenues, 2958.
Wharf, 5234.
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Drill hall, 362, 892, 1021, 1117.
Orange Lodge Home Rule resolution, 2785. Rented buildings, 2957.
Vancouver Harbour Commissioners Bill, lr., 2175.	2r., 2388. Com., 2388.	3r., 2392.
Vancouver Island
Colliery strke. See Labour.
Engineer, 3399.
Vaudreuil wharfs, 574.
Verville, Mr. Alphonse (Maisonneuve) Address in reply to Governor General's Speech
Cost of living, 249.
Unemployment, 249.
Canadian Northern Railway, 3981.
Capital punishment, 508.
Chambly canal, 4558.
Civil Service, 4444.
Criminal Code amendment (firearms and detectaphone), 467.
Dismissals, 1375.
Employment bureaus, 1818.
Industrial Disputes Act, 1022.
Great West Saddlery Company and labour, 4594.
Iron workers and fair wages, 1115.
Labour
Department and Minister, 649.
Fair wage officers, 5202, 3709.
Hours on public works, 4.
Importation of workmen, 357.
Montreal harbour, on, 5203.
Wages on public works, 357.
Lachine canal, 1782, 1913.
* Militia, 4594.
Montreal Pilots, 1117.
Public works staff, 1435, 5241.
Resident engineer, 1117, 2439.
Rules of the House, 706.
Smith, H. T., employment of, 812.
South America Trade Association, 1693. Technical education, 5206.
Unemployment, 249, 1617.
Vancouver Island strike, 572, 1267.
Victoria county, N.S., Government telegraph service, 1359.
Victoria Day, 1916.
Victoria Memorial Museum, 1882.
Victoria
Naval volunteers, 1914.
Rifle range, 3398.
Vincent, J. U„ appointment of, 340, 1406, 1427.
Volunteer Bounty Bills
Mr. Sam. Hughes:	Res., 3363. lr., 3396.
2r., 4339. Com., 4339.	3r„ 4367.
Mr. Roche:	Res., 1396. lr., 1400. 2r., 1611.
Com., 1611. 3r„ 1611.
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Privilege, 3114.
Wallace, Mr. Thomas G. (Centre York) Victoria Day, 1916.
Warnock, Mr. David (Macleod)
Address in reply to Governor General's Speech
Free wheat, 301.
Aid to agriculture, 303.
Animals, health of, 3177.
Budget, 2701.
Grazing leases, 2702.
Cattle quarantine, 2704.
Agricultural implements, 2706.
Steel duties, 2708.
Mixed farming, 2709.
Forest reserves, 3557.
Grazing areas, 4152.
Horse breeding, 3495.
Western Dominion Railway, 3473.
Water powers, 3323, 4153. See also Trent Canal.
Waterways. See International.
Watrous postmaster, 3715.
Webster, Mr. John (Brockville)
Budget, 2668.
Dairying industry, 2670.
Reciprocity, 2672.
Butter, manufacture of, 3164.
Weedon public building, 5214.
Weichel, Mr. William G. (North Waterloo) Budget, 2709.
Wire fencing, 2710.
Trade of Germany, 2711.
Agricultural implements, 2714.
Free food, 2716.
Canadian Peace Centenary Association, 970.
San Francisco exposition, 3254.
Weights and Measures Act Amendment Bill.
lr., 1359. 2r„ 1753. Com., 1753. 3r., 1756.
Weights and Measures, inspection of, 2591. Welland canal, 925, 2963, 5108.
West Branch mail service, 924.
West Indies
Cable, 955.
Steamship service, 439, 956.
Trade, 882, 927, 2015.
Trade commissioner, 440.
Westmorland harbours, 443.
Wharfs, revenue from, 368.
Wheat. See Free Wheat.
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Georgian Bay canal, 1055, 2983.
Petawawa camp, 3448.
Railway mail clerks, 3241.
White, Hon. W. T. (Minister of Finance) Address in reply to Governor General's Speech
Naval defence, 61, 79.
Financial conditions, 62.
Cost of living, 69, 79.
Tariff, 74, 77.
Aid to agriculture, 76.
Agricultural implements, tariff on, 3140. Bank rates of interest, 5199.
Bounties, 2464. See also Pig Iron and Iron and steel industry.
British Trust Company, 1416.
Budget, 2440.
Revenue and expenditure, 2441.
Special subsidies to railways, 2443. Loans maturing, 2444.
Net debt, 2446.
Financial conditions, 2446.
Trade conditions, 2447.
Immigration, 2450.
Tariff, 2451.
Wheat and flour, 2452.
Iron and steel, 2453.
Agricultural implements, 2459.
Caustic soda, 2463.
Brass, 2464.
Bounties, 2464.
Flax industry, 2464.
Surtax, 2465.
Canadian Government loan flotations, 5106. Canadian Northern Railway, 1265, 3929, 4045, 4525, 4526.
Capital Planning Commission, 2373, 5196. Civil Service, 4437, 4448, 4450.
Civil Service insurance, 1751, 1871.
Civil Service superannuation, 5365. Correction of press report, 1433.
Farmers Bank, 3518, 4675, 4894, 4913. Insurance Bill, 1688, 3199.
Iron and steel industry, 1524, 2453, 2464, 3160.
Loan companies, 1128, 4717.
Old age pensions, 1354.	,
Pig iron drawback, 3210, 3511.
Post Office saving banks, 5199.
Potatoes, tariff on, 3052, 3095.
Prudential Life of Canada, 3478, 3506. Quebec Battlefields Commission, 3636, 3890. Sterling Trusts Corporation, 1417.
Tariff, 74, 77, 2451, 3037, 3095, 3115-3147, 4335, 4426.
Trust companies, 1125, 4891.
Union Life Insurance Company, 2374.
White, Mr. William H. (Victoria, Alta.) Agricultural implement duties, 1599. Government officials in politics, 1837. Homestead regulations, 3356.
Militia, 5010.
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White Water lake, 1331.
Wilcox, Mr. Oliver J. (North Essex)
Budget, 2557.
Surpluses, 2558.
Protection, 2559.
Transportation, 2560.
Development of Canada, 2562.
Free trade and protection, 2566.
Rural mails, 2572.
Pledges redeemed, 2573.
Dismissals, 1002.
Dressed stone tariff, 3123.
Technical education, 568.
Wilson, Mr. Charles A. (Laval)
Archives Department, 1773.
Capital punishment, 503, 1731.
Dredging, Des Prairies and RiviSre Jesus, 1731, 1735, 5234.
House of Commons representation, 5317. Italian immigration, 1633.
Judges' salaries, 1939.
Orange Lodges and the French language, 2081.
Penitentiaries inquiry, 571.
Privilege, 2016.
Roy, Dr. J. N., mission of, 698.
Windsor
Fish hatchery, 1535.
Immigration office, 5028.
Winnipeg Joint Railway Terminals Bill.
lr„ 3454.	2r., 3558. Com., 3558.	3r.,
3621.
Winter, Lt.-Col., C. F„ employment of, 2840.
Wireless Telegraphy, 349, 1207, 5183. See also Poulsen.
Wishart, A„ commutation of sentence of, 4367.
Woodstock Dominion building coal supplies, 569.
Wrecking plants, 761.
Wright county post offices, 445.
Wright, Mr. William (Muskoka)
Canada Temperance Act, 1761.
Tariff, 3063.
Yarmouth
Harbour, 1015, 2309.
Live stock purchases, 665, 2308.
Rural mail, 570.
Yarmouth North post office, 816.
Young, Angus, customs officer, 669.
Yukon
Government of, 1833.
Judgeship, 4022.
Yukon Placer IVWning Bill. lr., 3S59.	2r..
3965. Com., 3965.	3r., 3967.
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