1915-04-15

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Mr. H. B. MORPHY (North Perth), acting chairman of the Public Accounts Committee, presented the sixth report of the said committee, as follows:

Tour committee have had under consideration the purchase of horses for the Militia Department in the province of Nova Scotia, and beg to report to the House the evidence and documents in connection therewith.
Your committee are of the opinion that the evidence respecting the purchase of horses in Nova Scotia discloses circumstances of such an unsatisfactory character that further investigation and action are necessary, and they, recommend that the said evidence and all documents connected with the matters aforesaid he referred to the Department of Justice with instructions to make such investigation, and to institute such prosecutions and to take such proceedings as may he found necessary to protect the public interest.
And your committee further recommend that a further investigation should be made by the Government in regard to any irregularities which may have taken place in any other province of Canada, where such steps will be authorized and warranted by evidence or information of credible persons.
Mr. MORPHY also presented the seventh report of the said committee, as follows:
In view of the evidence adduced during the course of their inquiry into the matters referred by the House to them, your committee desire to draw the attention of the House to the requirement for the inauguration of a system of purchase, inspection and audit that will adequately protect the country from irregularities and frauds.
Mr. MORPHY moved:: That the third, fourth, sixth and seventh reports of the Select Standing Committee on Public Accounts be concurred in.


Right Hon.   S@: The Select Standing
Committee on Public Accounts during the past six or seven weeks has been engaged in the investigation of matters which have not yet been reported by the Auditor General to the House in the ordinary course of his duties, and which, therefore, have been under consideration by that committee a year in advance of the time when they ordinarily would come under its attention. The circumstances under which this was brought about are familiar to the House, and I need not dwell upon them. Certain correspondence with regard to the Accounts was moved for and brought down, and it was suggested that that correspondence ought to be referred to the Committee on Public Accounts. This was done, and the reference carried incidentally with it the right and the duty of the committee to investigate the matters referred to in the correspondence. There are two courses which a Government might take under the circumstances :	one course would be to
rely on technical considerations and rules, and declare to the House that such matters ought only to be investi-

gated in the usual way at the time appointed by law and under ordinary conditions. The other, and that which we thought to be the correct course, would be to open the door wide to the fullest and freest investigation, and we took that course for the very good reason that we deemed it our right, and our duty as well, to investigate and to know of any frauds or irregularities that might have been practised upon the Government and the people of this country. One can understand the possible result of such a course, because if any fraud or irregularity or imposition is discovered, even of a comparatively trifling character the natural and usual Tesult is that it will be greatly magnified and exaggerated and will create in the people throughout the country a condition of unrest which may not be fully justified by the facts. But considerations of that kind ought not to weigh with any Government, and they did not weigh with us. Therefore, my direction to those members of the Government who were members of the Committee on Public Accounts was to make the fullest and freest investigation, and to permit inquiry into any matters whatever that might be desired by gentlemen on the other side of the House, or that might be brought to the attention of hon. members on this side. That course, I believe, was pursued to the fullest possible extent, as I will show by some references to the proceedings of the committee.
I may say, in passing, that this was not the course pursued during the fifteen years immediately preceding the time we came into power, because, without dwelling upon particular instances, I may be permitted to point out that from the time of the refusal, in 1898, of an inquiry into matters of the greatest possible importance in the Yukon until the last refusal to investigate matters of even greater moment in connection with the National Transcontinental railway, there seems to have been a disposition on the part of hon. gentlemen opposite, when they held the reins of power, to restrict inquiry and investigation within the narrowest possible compass. I do not intend to go into those matters at any great length, but it is proper that I should call attention to a resolution which was moved by the hon. member for Peel (Mr. Blain) on the 13th day of February, 1908, and which is found in Hansard of that year at page 3070, the vote being recorded at page 3145. That motion is in the following terms:
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The Committee on Public Accounts is constituted for the purpose of affording full and free examination and inquiry into the receipts and expenditures of public moneys and the circumstances in connection therewith.
That in the public interest the greatest possible freedom of investigation and inquiry should be enjoyed by the committee.
That any action of the majority of that committee in excluding evidence or restricting inquiry, should be subject to appeal to this House and upon request for that purpose the necessary report of proceedings ought immediately to be ordered.
That does not seem to lay down any startling or unusual standard of public duty; yet when that motion was put before the House by the hon. member for Peel it was voted down by the gentlemen on the other side of the House, then occupying the seats of office; and that motion of the hon. member for Peel to establish a most necessary and proper safeguard in the public interest, was denied by my hon. friends on the other side when they sat where we sit to day. Not only that, but in the committee itself inquiry was restricted in a very unusual manner, in a manner which it seems to me was not consistent with the public interest of this country. On the 9th day of May, 1906, a certain question arose in the Committee on Public Accounts. The Government of the day was represented on that committee by two ministers of the Crown; one of them, the Minister of Finance, the guardian of the public treasury, and the other the Minister of Justice, the man whose duty it would be, undeT the constitution, to take proceedings against any persons guilty of fraud against the Government of this country by raids upon the public treasury. Mr. George T. Merwin was under examination, and during- his examination he was asked to state the price he had paid for an engine sold to the Government by him, and he refused to do so. Thereupon a member of the committee requested the chairman to rule whether the witness should or should not answer. The chairman of the committee, now an hon. member of the Senate, ruled that a business man was not obliged to divulge his private affairs. A member of the committee having asked the chairman to direct the witness to answer the question, and the chairman having declined to so direct him, the said member appealed from the ruling of the Chair; and the ruling of the Chair denying that right to a member of the committee, a representative of the people in Parliament, was sustained. Among others who voted on behalf of the Government of the day to deny that right to the representatives of the people in this

Parliament were the Minister of Justice and the Minister of Finance of the day.
If there was any wrong-doing in connection, with public expenditure, and particularly in connection with the expenditure for the purposes of this war, the members of this Government wanted to know it; especially I desired to know it, and the Minister of Militia and Defence also. I spoke to the Minister of Customs (Mr. Reid) who is a member of the Public Accounts Committee, with regard to the scope of the investigation. I spoke to him in the presence of the Minister of Militia and Defence (Major General Hughes) and I informed him-and my observations in that regard were emphatically seconded by the Minister of Militia-that we desired the widest possible scope given to that inquiry. If there had been any wrong-doing in connection with political expenditures, we desired it to be investigated to the full. We proposed that if wrong-doing should be discovered, restitution should be made and punishment should follow. And so the Minister of Customs in the Committee on Public Accounts adopted, as undoubtedly he would have adopted even if he had not been so informed by me, the course to which I will take the opportunity of referring the House. On fthe 24th day of March last Mr, Reid said in ithe committee:
I want to say that if there is any information the committee want, or any wrong-doing, then as far as the Government is concerned we want to ferret it right to the bottom; we do not want to shield any person.
And on the next day, the 25th of March, he said:
The Government is determined to protect fully the interests of the country in this and in all cases and to take such proceedings as may be necessary for that purpose.
And again on the same day he said:
I want to repeat here again that so far as the Government is concerned they want to prosecute their investigation to the very utmost limit.	g |
And subsequently he said:
As representing the Government I have stated that we want to get to the bottom of these matters.
And on the 9th day of April he said:
I also want to say that so far as going into these or any other matters in connection with the Militia or any other department, the Government are not only willing but anxious to go into them from start to finish and get the true facts out in order that if there has been any wrong-doing, either restitution shall be made or prosecution be undertaken, to put matters right.

And later on, on the same day, the 9th of April, he said:
So far as these matters under investigation are concerned, or any others in connection with the Militia or any other department that have been brought up here, it is the intention of the Government to further the investigation and get to the bottom of every matter. We will follow this investigation from now on until we see exactly whether there are any other matters where there has been any wrongdoing.
On the 9th day of April some question arose about the investigation and the Minister of Customs again said:
I want to have it also understood that it is not the Government who are responsible for stopping any investigations.
Mr. Carvell : X thought we had put that vety plainly.
Mr. Kyte : That is perfectly understood.
I now come to the matters that have been reported to the House by the committee. The one which appears first in my notes is that which is known as the Powell case.
Let me observe here for the information of the House and of the country that every one of the matters upon which the committee has thought it worth while to report to this House occurred during the first six weeks of the war, during a time when there was the greatest possible stress and urgency, and when it could not reasonably be expected that such attention could possibly be given to the safeguarding of the public interest as has been possible ever since that early stress and urgency passed away. The order for supplies in connection with what is known as the Powell case was given on August 24 last, and it is described as a rush order. Some evidence was given before the committee by a man named Shaver, who declared that he bad been informed by Col. Jones, now General Jones, that the Government did not desire to purchase directly from manufacturers and producers, but that it desired to employ the services of middlemen. Evidence has been given by the Director of Contracts, Mr. H. W. Brown, by the Deputy Minister of Militia and Defence, General Fiset, by the Quartermaster General, General Macdonald, and, I think, by other officers of the Department of Militia, that no such principle or practice has ever been laid down or known in the Department of Militia and Defence since this party came into power. Further than that, one of these men-perhaps more than one-states that he does not believe that General Jones ever said anything of the kind, and I do not believe that he ever said anything of the kind. I say that

if General Jones ever did make any such observation to Mr. Shaver or anybody else, his conduct must be called into question by this Government, and if he is not able satisfactorily to deny the assertion that he used such language, he is no longer fit to hold a position in the public service But, in the meantime, I do General Jones the credit of assuming that he never said anything of the kind. I shall not condemn him upon the testimony of this man Shaver, confronted, as it is, by the testimony of other reputable men in the department who are appointees not of this Government, but of the Government of hon. gentlemen opposite. I know Gen. Jones very well; he is a native of my own city of Halifax, and an honourable man, so far as I know him. He is the son of a man who filled an important position in the public life of this country, the Hon. Alfred G Jones, a member of Mr. Mackenzie's Government, and afterwards Lieutenant Governor of the province of Nova Scotia. I, for one, absolutely refuse to believe for a moment that Guy Carleton Jones ever told Mr. Shaver or any one else the absolute untruth that any such principle or practice was ever laid down by the Department of Militia since we came into power.
The transaction itself presents features of a very unsatisfactory character, as one is bound to admit alt' once. So far as I am concerned, I propose not to attempt to shield any one, Liberal or Conservative, but to mete out what I think to be justice to every man concerned in any of the transactions which have been under review. A purchase was made through Mr. Powell, a very young man, who was in the employ of a company known as the Carleton Drug Company. He was receiving a salary of $75 a month. His duties were very exacting, according to the evidence; he began his work very early in the morning and continued it until very late at night. He was enabled, under circumstances to which I shall refer a little later, to make a contract by which in a few weeks he received a profit of about $9,000, equivalent to ten years salary at the rate he was receiving. It .is perfectly true that a portion of that profit, some $2,600, was withheld, through the vigilance of Mr. H. W. Brown, director of contracts, and it is also true that during the progress of the investigation before the committee a further sum of $6,300 was restored, after a motion had been made by the Minister of*
Customs recommending that the whole matter should be committed to the Department of Justice for such further investigation and proceedings as might be found necessary to protect the public interest.
I desire to say that any further investigation that may be required for the purpose of further restitution, if any is deemed possible, and any proceedings of whatever character that may be found necessary to vindicate the public honour and the public interest, will be undertaken by the Department of Justice.
Let me read the report-because I should like to make the record complete-which the committee has made to this House with regard to the Powell contract:
Your committee ask leave to submit to the House, the evidence taken in respect to the contracts for such supplies purchased from Mr. E. Powell, and to express their opinion, that the contract for such supplies do not appear to have been so worded as to fully protect the public interests.
Your committee therefore recommend, that the evidence adduced, and all papers connected therewith be referred by the House to the Department of Justice, for any further investigation, if necessary, for the recovery of any moneys overpaid, the holding back of any moneys not yet paid over, and the taking of such further action as may be warranted by the facts.
That is the resolution which was moved by the Minister of -Customs in the Committee on Public Accounts, and which was followed by the repayment by Mr. Powell to the public treasury of the sum of $6,300.
The committee has also reported to this House certain evidence and a certain finding with regard to binocular glasses. Their report is as follows:
Your committee have had under consideration the purchase of binocular glasses for the Canadian expeditionary forces and beg to report to the House the evidence and documents in connection therewith.
From the evidence it appears a number of binocular glasses were of poor quality, low range and inferior efficiency, but passed inspection and were paid for at an excessive price; and this was due to misrepresentation and inadequate inspection. Your committee therefore recommend to the House that the said evidence and all documents connected therewith be referred to the Department of Justice, with instructions to enforce restitution and to take such further proceedings as the law will permit.
It is not necessary that I should go into the facts, nor will the tiime at the disposal of the House under present conditions permit me to do so. The crux of the whole matter is that 166 out of the 2,175 glasses were of inferior quality and were not worth the money which the Government of this country paid out of the treasury for them

It is only fair that I should read to the House a letter which I received yesterday from a gentleman whose name has been associated with the matter:
Ottawa, April 12, 1915. Right Hon. Sir Robert Borden, G.C.M.G.,
Prime Minister of Canada,
Ottawa, Ont.
Dear Sir,-I note by the public press that a resolution has been adopted by the Public Accounts Committee, recommending that the purchase of binocular glasses by the Department ot Militia and Defence be referred to the Department of Justice, for its consideration.
As one of the contractors, I am very anxious that my dealings with the Ellis Company of Toronto should be thoroughly investigated by a judicial officer at the very earlist possible moment. I was not represented by counsel before the Public Accounts Committee, and I did not have an opportunity of presenting my side of the case in as complete a manner as I would have liked. If I have been guilty of any impropriety, either legally or morally, then I am extremely desirous than an impartial tribunal should so declare, and in such an event, it will give me great pleasure to make all the amends possible in connection with the matter.
I would therefore deem it a very great favour if you would kindly arrange to have the Department of Justice expedite this matter, and if the same is referred to a judicial officer, such as one of the judges of the Exchequer Court for investigation, I will facilitate and expedite the investigation, in so far as it is in my power. I would feel under very great obligation if such action could be taken immediately.
I beg to remain, Sir,
Your obedient servant,
T. M. Birkett, jr.
I pronounce no judgment on Mr. Birkett's relation to the case, but this seems a very fair and manly letter in which he desires an early and thorough investigation; and so far as the Government is concerned, it is disposed to give to him and to every other person connected with these matters the opportunity of that investigation and inquiry at the earliest possible moment. If unfounded suspicions have been cast on any person in this connection, it is only fair to them that the truth should be known. On the other hand if there has been any fraud or imposition practised on the Government and people of this country, not one moment's delay should be had 'in bringing the matter to the most thorough and careful investigation that can be provided for.
So far as the binoculars are concerned, I do not know precisely what the excess in price may amount to. But we propose to give, through the Department of Justice or by such other means as may be found necessary and adequate for the purpose, the fullest, freest and most searching inquiry into this matter that can be devised. If, on the
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one hand, any man's conduct has been impugned, if undeserved criticism has been passed upon him, let that be known; if on the other hand any moneys have wrongfully been extracted from the Public Treasury by excessive prices let us know that also. Further, let us take the most prompt and energetic means to provide that restitution shall be made and that persons guilty of wrong-doing shall be punished so far as the law will permit.
The next, and not the least important, subj ect touched upon by the Public Accounts Committee is the purchase of horses in the Maritime Provinces and particularly in the province of Nova Scotia. It seems that in August last it was necessary to purchase about 8,000 horses for despatch with the first contingent. Hon. gentlemen who remember what was transpiring at that time will not fail to recollect that there was urgent and emphatic demand from the country that the first contingent should be sent to the front at the earliest possible moment. That contingent was ready to go to the front fully organized and equipped within six weeks from the outbreak of war, although it did not go until a little later by reason of the necessity for adequate convoy. But any one who realizes what it means for a country with no greater military preparation than Canada had at that time, to arm and equip 33,000 men, in every branch of the service, with aJll the complex organization which forms part of a 'modern army-with guns, horses, rifles, munitions of war, all the sixty-six articles with which each soldier going to the front must be provided,-will realize that 'there was 'some haste and stress and urgency in the Department of Militia at that time. I should like it also to be remembered that we were entitled to trust, and we did trust, to the officers of the Department of Militia and Defence, the greater number of whom had been appointed by gentlemen on the other side of the House when they held the reins of office; and we had seen no reason to suspect that any irregularity would take place; nor so far as this part of it is concerned, do I know of any irregularity except a very great indiscretion on the part of one of the officers to which I will allude later on.
This reminds me, with regard to the binocular glasses, that the report of the committee complains of two things, viz., misrepresentation and inadequate inspection. So far as the misrepresentation is concerned, I have already informed the House that we propose to take immediate and effective proceedings through the Department of Jus-

tice to ascertain the actual facts. So far as the inadequate inspection is concerned, we depended upon an officer of the department who was appointed by hon. gentlemen on the other side of the House, when they were in office, as far back as 1906. My hon. friend the Minister of Militia has felt if his duty-and I absolutely agree with him- that, pending further investigation, he should suspend, and he has suspended, the officer who is responsible, if any one is responsible, for that inadequate inspection.
Let me come back to the subject of the horses. It was necessary to provide, in great haste, about 8,000 horses. I have taken up with my hon. friend the Minister of Militia and Defence the general system by which horses are purchased by the department. He informs me that when he came into power he found a system by which persons selected by the Department were sent out to purchase horses, and the price eventually paid by the Government to them was .supposed to cover not only their travelling expenses but the remuneration which they should receive for their services.


Mr. PIJGSLEY:: Would the Prime Minister repeat that?


Sir ROBERT BORDEN:: I understand
from the Minister of Militia that when he came into office he found a system under which men were sent out to purchase horses, and the price paid to them for the horses was supposed to cover their travelling expenses and also remuneration for their services. I am informed that there was no distinct dividing line between the particular price the country was paying for the horse and the amount that was being paid to the agent for his commission and travelling expenses. The price paid by the department to the agent so sent out represented not only the amount that he had paid for the horse, but also his expenses and his commission.


Sir WILFRID LAURIER:: Agents sent
out of the department?


Robert Laird Borden: Employed by
the department. The Minister of Militia can make a fuller explanation; but just now I am submitting to the House the information he has given to me. He told me that the course which he decided to pursue was this: that the persons who were employed to purchase horses must be paid at a distinct rate for their services and their travelling expenses, and that for each horse purchased the Government must know the exact price. That was accomplished by giving a
credit to some responsible person in whom the department had confidence, and that agent, together with a veterinary surgeon who accompanied him, and whose duty it was to examine and pass upon each horse,-was .authorized to sign cheques upon that credit so established or to give orders upon that credit. Under the rule which the Minister of Militia laid down, and which he understood was being followed, .a cheque or order must be given for each individual horse, and the person selling the horse must endorse that cheque or order so that in respect of every horse purchased by the department, the Government would know the precise sum that it had paid. If that had been carried out,
I think hon. gentlemen on both sides of the House will say that very effective safeguards would have surrounded the purchase of horses for the Department of Militia. There you had, in the first place, a purchasing agent in whom the department had confidence; and, in the second place, a veterinary surgeon who was to pass upon the soundness of the horse, his age, and condition, and everything of that kind; and, in the third place, you had a cheque or order drawn to represent the price paid by the peiple of this country in respect of each horse, which was also identified so that there could be no palming off of any other horse for the one actually purchased.
It seems that during the course of this war an hon. member of this House went to Col. Neill, the principal veterinary officer, and urged that horses should be purchased in the Maritime Provinces seeing that they were being purchased elsewhere in Canada.
I shall refer .a little later to the statement in connection with this subject which has been given to me by the hon. member for Kings, N.S. (Mr. A. De Witt Foster;. At all events Mr. Foster was employed to purchase horses in the province of Nova Scotia, and he did undertake the duties of purchasing agent. For this purpose, a credit of a very considerable sum, about $73,000, was established and eventually paid out for horses purchased in that province. The hon. member for Kings, N.S., was not the only person employed in the province of Nova Scotia or in the Maritime Provinces. Major L. B. Anderson purchased horses to the number of 195 in New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island. The hon. member for Kings, N.S., purchased horses to the number of 428 in Nova Scotia. Mr. Walter Crowe and Mr. E. C. Thurston purchased horses to the number of twenty

in Cape Breton; and Mr. H. B. McLeod and Mr. E. C. Thurston purchased horses to the number of 116, somewhere in the Maritime Provinces, I do not know precisely where.
Mr. Foster was appointed as purchasing agent without the knowledge, consent or approval of any member of the Government. I knew nothing of it or I should certainly have absolutely prevented his * undertaking any such duties. The Minister of Militia knew nothing of it; and he informs me that if he had had any intimation of it he certainly would never have consented that Mr. Foster, a member of this House, should undertake the duties of purchasing agent for the Government. Mr. Foster was appointed by Col. Neill, the principal veterinary officer, as were also these other gentlemen to whom I have alluded. And lest there should be in the minds of the people of this -country the idea that political considerations influenced the Government in these appointments, I may point out that all the other -gentlemen who were appointed to purchase horses in the Maritime Provinces w-ere, I am informed, members of the Liberal -party. I do not know -any of them personally except Mr. Crowe. Mr. Walter Crowe has been one of t'he strongest standard bearers of the Liberal -party in the county of Cape Breton for the past twenty-five years, and I have not a word to say against him. He is a member of my own profession. I have known him for many years, and, so far as I am aware, he is a capable and honourable man; but certainly he was not selected by reason of his political opinions, because he has been one of the strongest opponents of the Conservative party in this country ever since I have known him.


Mr. MACDONALD:: I am satisfied that he was appointed on account of his being an officer in command of the Field Battery at Sydney.


Robert Laird Borden: I am informed that he had been an officer in days gone by, but that he had retired.


Edward Mortimer Macdonald: by the House to them, your committee desire to draw the attention of the House to the requirement for the inauguration of a system of purchase, inspection and audit that will adequately protect the country from irregularities and frauds.
With any movement for a better system of purchase, inspection and audit as far as it can be devised, I am thoroughly in sympathy, and I will- have something to say in regard to that before I conclude my remarks. With respect to the enactment of legislation for this purpose, may I say to my hon. friend from Kingston, to all the members of ithis House and to the people of this country, that there never has been any such legislation devised and there never -can be any -such legislation devised -as will -absolutely prevent fraud so long -as -there are dishonest -peopl-e in the world.
The only thing that will accomplish this is raising the standard of public opinion and having conduct such as this made so absolutely abhorrent to the public sense of the. country that it will eventually drive it out. But, in so far as legislation may aid I am perfectly prepared to bring down to Parliament any legislation that may be recommended. As soon as this resolution was passed, it was brought to my attention; and I sent immediately for my colleague, the Minister of -Finance, and asked him to convene /the deputy minister of his department, the A-uditor General, and the deputy minister of Militia -and Defence, as that department has chiefly been under consideration, and to ascertain from them, and especially from the Auditor General himself, whether any further legislation w-a-s required and should be adopted alt this session. If any further legislation appeared necessary or even desirable, I for my part was willing to forward i-t and expedite it and endeavour to have it passed.
With regard to the whole question of purchases by the Government =inec the war broke cut and the danger of fraud being practised upcn the'Government under conditions of urgency which ,,ave not absolutely disappeared as yet, I will in a moment make a statement of some importance; but in the meantime it is desirable, in view of the exaggeration which has prevailed respecting the matter, to point out this: the committee on Public Accounts has for six weeks or more been engaged ip. investigating an expenditure of $50,000,000 for war purposes. I have made it absolutely clear to the House and to the country that we have imposed no limit upon that investigation more than that- my col-
leagues and all the Conservative members upon this committee, have themselves insisted upon investigation to the fullest possible extent. What I am about to say is not to be understood as minimizing the importance of the loss of a single dollar to the public treasury, because not one dollar ought to be lost; but I think it is worth while to point out that after a most searching inquiry and investigation for six weeks, conducted in a spirit which certainly did not desire to hide anything that could be brought out to the discredit of the Government and its administration, the to-tal net result is that in respect of the Powell contract $6,300 are to be shown overpaid; that in respect of the binoculars, I would estimate the amount overpaid at $3,000 at the outside- I am taking 166 binoculars and allowing, roughly speaking, $20 overpaid in respect of each pair-and that in respect of the horses, so far as I can gather from the evidence, nothing has been shown up to the present time to indicate that more than a like amount, that is $3,000, has -been lost to the country if even that amount has been lost. So that at -the outside there is a total net result of $12,000 out of $50,000,000 or one-fortieth of one per cent. Of that amount the sum of $6,300 has already been recovered, leaving -less than $0,000, ot less than on-e eightieth of one per -cent of an expenditure of $50,000,000, as the sum in respect of which all this clamour has been raised by hon. gentlemen opposite. My hon. friend from Bed Deer (Mr. Michael Clark) the other day, at the conclusion of a very eloquent speech, asked us to turn away from the horrors of the Public Accounts Committee. Might I ask him to turn his gaze upon the inferno of the Ferguson report?
Mr. MICHAEL CLARK; Might I interrupt my right hon. friend to the extent of saying that I asked that the soldiers' gaze might be turned away from the horrors of the Public Accounts Committee; and I would like also, if his courtesy will extend that far, to keep the soldiers' gaze away, equally naturally and logically from the Ferguson report, on the broadest public grounds.
-Sir ROBERT BORDEN: I can sympathize with my hon. friend in his latter aspiration, particularly if the soldiers should be permitted to exercise their franchise.
Early in the course of the war I discussed the subject of purchases, naturally in the first instance with the Minister of Militia;

I discussed it also with the Minister of Naval Affairs, with the Minister of Trade and Commerce, and with other members of the Government who might be brought in one way or Other more or less closely in touch with the purchase of supplies or materials out of the appropriation of $50,000,000 which was made at the August session of Parliament. We laid down the doctrine which has been followed as I understand, by the Minister of Militia, except in very exceptional cases, and for good cause, which has also been followed by my hon. friend the Minister of Trade and Commerce and by other members of the Government who have had to do with these purchases. The principle which we laid down and maintained was this :	that we
should purchase from the manufacturer or producer direct, and should avoid the services of middlemen and the increased cost to the country that would result from their services. I am speaking in the presence of my colleagues, who know how often this subject has been discussed between us, and who thoroughly understand the principle which the Government as a whole, and the Minister of Militia and the Committee of Council, have adhered to from first to last in this matter. After acting for a few weeks as Minister of Militia during the absence of my hon. friend (General Hughes) in September and October last, I wrote to him immediately on his return from Great Britain, as follows:
Ottawa, November 18, 193 4 Dear General Hughes,-When acting as Minister of Militia during your absence at Val-cartier I instructed Colonel Fiset, Deputy Minister, that the use of outside agents and middlemen should be avoided and that contracts should be made directly with manufacturers so that any unnecessary commissions or increased prices might be avoided. This is undoubtedly the wise policy and is entirely in accordance with the principles laid down by our party during the years past. If for any good reason you may think It desirable in the public interest that a different course should be pursued in any particular instance by reason of conditions arising out of the war I hope that you will first consult me as I consider the principle to be of prime importance.
Tours faithfully,
R. L. Borden.
Major General,
The Hon. Sam Hughes,
Minister of Militia,
Ottawa, Ont.
To this letter Major General Hughes replied:
Ottawa, November 21, 1914.
Personal.
Dear Sir Robert,-Re the avoidance of outside agents, and middlemen ;
I heartily agree with your position and have pursued it everywhere it was possible. In fact, in no instance has it been departed from excepting in relation to the Ford motors, and I have been repeatedly informed by that company that no matter whether we ordered one motor, or one thousand motors, they would not make any difference in price. However, I notified them, some time since, that they must recognize us, not as individuals, but as a Government. They have now, offered to the department, free, one motor, fitted up as an ambulance, and I hope we will get them down to their proper position.
Regarding motor trucks, as you are aware, everything had to be done on the jump for the first contingent. For this contingent, we have appointed a committee to go into the whole matter.
I instructed them not only not to recognize any middleman but to refuse to recognize what they call their " Canadian Agency," that is an agency desirous of holding back ten or fifteen per cent in some cases for their Canadian agents. I have had them notified that these are not for use in Canada, therefore no Canadian. merely as a middleman, is entitled to any consideration.
I may say that while in new York I secured the services of Major Owen Thomas, an English expert mechanical engineer, and he has been largely instrumental in showing us how to bring down prices to rock bottom. I am having other inquiries made and hope, in a few days, to be able to give you a rock-bottom report.
And now just a word on the purchasing, contracting and general business dealing of all our departments. Since my advent here I have, in the early days, watched my director of contracts with very much concern, and also his assistants. At the end of a very few months I was absolutely convinced that not only was he strictly honest and honourable, but he was as fair and judicious, in the interests of the people of Canada, as it is possible for a man to be. I have, therefore placed implicit confidence in him, but have not relaxed in the slightest in my personal supervision.
Faithfully,
Sam Hughes.
iLast autumn certain matters were brought to the attention of the Government which I deemed to be of grave concern. It was alleged that fraud or imposition had been practised upon the Government in the transactions mentioned; and it is only Tight that	I .should inform the
House .and the country as to the action we	took in 'regard to them.
The Minister of Customs (Mr. J. D. Reid! came to me in October, and told me that certain rumours were afloalt as to one man in particular who had declared to his employers that he had been forced to pay $590 as a political contribution in order that he might obtain an order from the Department of Militia and Defence. I wrote two letters on the day on "which that came to my attention, one to the Minister of Customs and the other to the Solicitor General (Mr. Meighen). I will read these letters:

Ottawa, October 19, 1914.
Dear Dr. Reid,-In view of your statement to me as to representations made by Messrs. J. D. King and Company, of Toronto, the following course should be taken. As I understand it Messrs J. D. King and Company allege that in their endeavour to secure orders from the Department of Militia for shoes their representative, Mr. Acton, was forced to pay five hundred dollars and that it was represented to him that this contribution was for political purposes. According to information placed before me there is clear evidence of an intent to defraud the Government.
. My attention has also been called by you to like allegations made by two other companies who desired to supply shoes to that department. You should communicate immediately with the Hon. Arthur Meighen, Solicitor General, and with Colonel Sherwood, commissioner of Dominion police, and the whole matter must be thoroughiy investigated. I am sending a copy or this letter to Mr. Meighen with the further instructions that any persons concerned in any sucn attempt are to be prosecuted to the utmost limit of the law.
Yours faithfully,
R. L. Borden.
On the same day I wrote to Mr. Meighen this letter:	-
~		 Ottawa, October 19, 1914.
Dear Mr. Meighen,-The enclosed copy of a letter to the Hon. J. D. Reid explains itself. I yOU make a thorough investigation of the apparent attempts to defraud the Government which have been disclosed to him. For this purpose you will obtain such assistance as may be necessary from Colonel Sherwood, commissioner of the Dominion police. The Minister of Justice should be consulted whenever you may think it necessary. You have my authority and direction to prosecute to the utmost limit of the law all persons who appear upon reasonable information to have been concerned in such attempt.
Yours faithfully,
R. Zi. Borden.
I was afterwards informed by Mr. Meighen that upon investigation-and if I am not stating these facts correctly, I hope the Solicitor General (Mr. Meighen) will correct me-the person who had represented this payment to have been made for political purposes had really put his employer's money into his own pockets. When we ascertained these facts a warrant was sworn out against him, and he fled the country and has not since been heard from. Subsequently other matters were brought to my attention, and I wrote to Mr. Meighen exactly the same kind of letter, telling him, in addition, that in his endeavour to get at the bottom of such attempts to defraud the Government, he was to use all the powers of the law, employing the Chief of the Dominion Police and all the
staff under his'command, and to spare no expense for that purpose.
So far as these matters, or any other such matters, are concerned, what we propose

to do in every instance is this-to investigate every suspicious case, and to exact restitution and punishment so far as the laws of this country will permit.
And let me say now, for the benefit of Parliament, and particularly for the information of persons throughout this country who may be concerned in selling supplies or materials to the Government, that if any man in Canada, be he Conservative or Liberal, proposes to commit any fraud or imposition upon the Government and people of this country, or to be concerned in any attempt for that purpose, especially in connection with the war vote, he should remember that there are courts of justice in this country, and that the doors of the penitentiary are yawning for every man who commits such an offence.
Now, in connection with supplies generally "e have had under consideration more than once during the past two years a proposal' to establish a general purchasing commission for all departments of this Government. I myself have discussed it with my colleagues, and I know that my colleagues have discussed it with the officers of their departments. No doubt hon. gentlemen on the other side of the House who were ministers and heads of departments know how difficult it is to get officials to agree that any such proposal is practicable or possible. Objections of one kind and another have been made, and nothing in that regard has been accomplished up to the present time, chiefly, if not altogether, for this reason; also owing to the fact that since we came into power the sessions have been long and very arduous, and that during the past eight months the conditions of urgency have been such that it was absolutely impossible to take up that general question in any effective way. The Department of Militia and Defence was, of course, never organized for the enormous work that is cast upon it at the present time.
I have seen the officers of that department, especially the director of contracts, in a state of mental and physical exhaustion that was really pitiful, because of the tremendous amount of work imposed -upon them. I have brought the director of contracts into my own office and asked him whether it would not be possible now, even under the stress of this war, so to reorganize his department as to safeguard the health of the men who are working there sometimes eighteen hours a day, Sundays included; and also more adequately to protect the public interest. But the difficulty has been that these men are absolutely submerged by the stress of work which is im-

posed upon them, and have no opportunity to reorganize their department. So it has gone on, and they have had imposed upon them not only the additional work caused by the furnishing of the supplies necessary for the Canadian expeditionary forces, but also the necessity of dealing with enormous contracts which the British, French and Russian Governments desire to place in this country, the inspection and arranging and handling of which cannot be done very effectively except through the officers of the Department of Militia and Defence.
One can readily understand that persons may desire from time to time to practise fraud or to impose exorbitant prices upon the Government through the very conditions which have arisen. I do not speak of that in a general sense, because I think that there are few people in Canada who would be guilty of anything so dishonest and unpatriotic. But we know that there are men who, even in time of war, will seek to make undue profits out of their business relations with the Government, even when all the people of the country are straining every effort and are inspired with the most patriotic desire to assist, and to sacrifice their own interests for that purpose. Let me point out to the House and to the country that this is not true of Canada alone; it is true of all other countries as well. It is true wherever human nature is what it has been in the past and what it is likely to be in the future. I have before me an article which appeared in the London Times on March 23 last. It is given a very prominent place in that great journal; it occupies two columns, and I may be pardoned if I read a brief extract from it:
Is it not true to say that there is a most urgent call at the present time for satisfactory assurance that the money which is voted and the money which is given cannot flow too freely into the pockets of unscrupulous profit-seekers? It is the most natural and inevitable consequence of a system of " pay whatever has to he paid " and " have it done at once no matter what the cost " that excessive profit will be taken by some. There is no need to cite cases to prove that the evil exists, for no one doubts it; the disclosures which followed our last war are foundation enough for the general impressions which prevail in the minds of the people, and for suspicion which, perhaps, goes beyond what the facts warrant. The direct economic disadvantage is a serious matter, but the indirect results are of far more vital importance at the present time. It is not too much to say that this evil and the widespread suspicion it creates constitute a malignant growth which checks the free flow of blood to the nerve centres of our national effort.
It is desirable that I should state to the House the proposals of the Government as to further necessary safeguards in the expenditure of the appropriation of $100,000,000 which has been made by Parliament. I recognize at once that it is the duty of the Government, in view of the character of that vote 'and of the wide discretion thus conferred upon the Government, to see that the utmost possible care is exercised and that every possible precaution is taken in order that not one dollar of this large amount shall be expended otherwise than wisely and economically.
But before I come to a statement of the measures which the Government propose to take for that purpose, I have another duty to perform which is of a painful character. It is one which, nevertheless, must be discharged, however disagreeable it may be. It is one of the penalties of occupying a prominent position in public life that a man may be called upon to perform duties which his every instinct, so far as his personal feelings are concerned, would shrink from. In connection with the two members of Parliament to whom I have already alluded in relation to their connection with these matters. I think it is my duty to say a few words. I sent for Mt. A. De Witt Foster and 'asked him as to his connection with this matter, and why it was that he permitted himself to act as purchasing agent for the Government of this 'Country. It is only fair that I should give to the House his side of the story, although I am hound to say that it was not satisfactory to me. He said that the county of Kings, N.S., which he represents in this Parliament, largely depends upon the apple crop; that there was no market for apples last autumn and that the people thought there might be some distress; that a great many persons in that county and elsewhere in Nova Scotia had horses which they might sell and that his constituents considered it unfair that horses should be purchased in other parts of the country where conditions W'ere more fortunate than in the Annapolis valley and elsewhere in Nova Scotia, and that they should not he purchased in that province He said that he went to Col. Neill, the principal veterinary officer, and told him of this, and that Col. Neill informed him that the horses were being provided elsewhere, that no horses could be purchased at that time in the maritime provinces;

that the matter was very urgent; that horses had to he procured at once; that arrangements had to he made elsewhere and they had been, made elsewhere; and that was an end of it. On the following day, Colonel Neill telephoned him that some 600 horses were not forthcoming under the arrangements previously made, and that be would be very glad to have them purchased in the Lower Provinces; and he asked whether Mr. Foster would see that they were purchased with the least possible delay, and that the matter was urgent and it had to be done at once. Mr. Foster says he embodied the substance of that conversation in a letter which he addressed to Colonel Neill and the next day he accepted the duties and proceeded to discharge them. So far as Mr. Foster's connection with the matter is concerned, it should be taken into consideration that he is a very young man, altogether inexperienced in business, and that he is not shown to have profited in any way by the transaction. But I am bound to say that his explanation to me of his undertaking the duty and his explanation-if it could be called an explanation-of his failure to supervise in the most careful manner the expenditure of that money and to bring back to the Government an exact account, with vouchers, of every dollar that had been expended, must be regarded as far from satisfactory.
As far as the member for Carleton (Mr. Garland) is concerned, I have already alluded to the purchases by Mr. Powell. Mr. Garland was formerly the owner of the business which is now carried on by the Carleton Drug Company, as I understand . The business was transferred to an incorporated company, .and I think we may fairly assume, without doing any injustice to Mr. Garland, that he is the principal person interested and concerned in that company. He had in his employ this young man, who was devoting 12 or 14 hours a day to his duties and who received a salary of $75 a month. He not only permitted, but he encouraged and assisted that young man to make a contract with the Government under which, within a few weeks, he acquired a profit of $9,000. I cannot for one moment give my sanction or approval to a transaction of that character, because, to say the least, it is bound to arouse a very grave suspicion; and a member of Parliament, in respect of contracts with the Government, ought to keep himself absolutely above suspicion. Therefore, in respect of the hon. member for

Carleton and in respect of the hon. member for Kings, N.S., I feel that I owe it as a duty to the Government of which I am the head, to the party of which, in federal affairs, I am the leader, and to this House and to this country, to express, as I do here express, my very grave disapproval of their conduct in respect of the matters which have been under investigation by the Public Accounts Committee.
I return to the question of what may be done by the Government to ihake it absolutely sure, that there shall be given to the people of this country every possible safeguard as to public expenditure. It is perfectly true that, so far as the investigation of the Public Accounts Committee is concerned, nothing has been disclosed-so far as I am aware and I speak subject to correction- in respect of transactions other than those which occurred during the first six or eight weeks of the war. But, nevertheless, I realize and I think all members of the Government realize, the Minister of Militia himself realizes, that that department was not organized to perform the enormous amount of work that is imposed upon it at present. What has been the course taken by the Mother Country under similar conditions? In respect of such matters, the course taken by the Government of the Mother Country has been to call to the aid of the Government the best business ability of the country. The business men of that country have responded and splendid results have .been thus obtained. The Minister of Militia himself, it is only jtist to say, at least two or three months ago brought this question before Council and urged upon Council the advisability of having his department assisted in this regard by a committee of three business men. In respect of some other matters, the Minister of Militia has taken a course along that line which has brought about most excellent results.
If the House will pardon me-my remarks have been extended beyond what I had at first contemplated-I wish to place before Parliament the record of what has been accomplished by the committee appointed in this country to fill orders which the British Government desired to place here, if they could be placed in Canada, for the supply of munitions. A committee was formed by the Minister of Militia in the early stages of the war, consisting at that time of Col. A. Bertram, Chairman ; Thos. Cantley, Esq.; Geo. W. Watts, Esq.; E. Carnegie, E.sq., representing the manufacturers; Col. T. Benson, Master General of 'Ordnance,

Col. Greville Harston, Chief Inspector of Arms and Ammunition; and Lt.-Col. F. D. Lafferty, R.C.A., Superintendent of the Dominion Arsenal, representing the Department of Militia and Defence.
I have asked the chairman of that committee to prepare a report of their work for the purpose of showing what can be done by a business organization of this character, through the co-operation of business men in this country. A report has been prepared by Mr. E. Carnegie, who has had experience in work of this kind in the Mother Country. He was appointed Ordnance Adviser of this committee. Having met him, I desire to bear my testimony to his ability and efficiency, which I think are very great. Colonel Bertram and indeed all the members of the committee have brought great industry and zeal to the discharge of their duties. I would not care to read this memorandum, but if my right hon. friend would permit, I would like to have it included in Hansard as part of my speech. The report comprises a great deal more than can be made public. The tables and statistics which were attached to it I have necessarily omitted, because we would not even ask the War Office for permission to publish them. I have struck out a few words in one place and made a fe\y eliminations of matters that I thought, in the public interest, ought not to be made public. But, subject to that, I would like to give the report to the House, and I think hon. members will find it is of interest. The report is as follows:
Report on the Formation and work of the Shell Committee by David Carnegie, M.I.C.E., Ordnance Adviser.
To Sir Robert Borden,
Prime Minister of Canada,
Ottawa, Ont.
Introduction.
Soon after the declaration of war, the hon. Minister of Militia, General Hughes, was asked by the British Government, if he would place contracts on their behalf, for arms and ammunition, with the United States.
After having arranged certain contracts there for small arms, etc., he received an Inquiry for 200,000 schrapnel shells, empty, in equal numbers of eighteen and fifteen-pounders.	,
Knowing that it would take about eleven years to complete such a contract in the Dominion arsenal with their existing equipment, he conceived the idea of utilizing the engineering factories throughout the Dominion for shell manufacture and immediately set in motion forces to accomplish this object.
It was with some reluctance that the manufacturers, at the call of the minister, responded to his suggestion, even though at that time many of their factories were practically idle.
The remarkable ability shown by the various manufacturers in converting their machine tools rapidly, to produce shells of the highest quality, not only surprised the Minister of Militia and those instructed by him to direct the manufacture, but convinced him that this new industry could be extended to the manufacture of the complete filled and fixed ammunition, including the shells, brass cartridge cases, primers, clips, cordite, powder, pellets and fuses. As a matter of fact, within ^ phenomenally short period, all these different parts, excepting the fuses (which are about to be manufactured), are now being produced in Canada, giving labour to thousands of men in different parts of the Dominion who would have been otherwise out of employment.
Details of the committee's formation, constitution and operation are given in the following pages. Tabulated facts of the materials used in the contracts and their value are also recorded, together with note on the progress and nature of the work involved in the various contracts handled by the committee.
2.-Formation of the Committee.
Before actually forming the committee, the Minister of Militia asked Colonel Greville Harston and Lt.-Colonel F. D. Laffert3r, to get in touch with all manufacturers in Canada, who they thought could make the component parts for shrapnel shells. He particularly emphasized his desire to have the steel manufactured in Canada.
As a result, the following manufacturers were called to Ottawa to meet General Hugnes, on the 2nd of September, 1914:
Col. A. Bertram, of Messrs. J. Bertram Son & Co., Dundas, Ontario; Geo. W. Watts, Esq., of the Can. Gen. Elec. Co., Toronto, Ontario; The Ingersoll Rand Drill Co., of Sherbrooke, Que.; Goldie, McCulloch Co., of Galt, Ont; E. Carnegie, Esq., of the Electric Steel & Metals Company, Ltd., Welland, Ont.
At a meeting of the above, the whole question was fully discussed. Lt.-Col. Lafferty described in detail the manufacture of the shells and their component parts, and Col. Greville Harston dealt with the system of inspection. Drawings and specifications were shown and explained, after which the meeting assured tne minister that the work could be done in Canada.
On the 8th of September, 1914, at a meeting held by the minister at the Dominion Arsenal, the fol'owing committee was appointed to organize the work throughout the Dominion:
Colonel A. Bertram, Chairman; Thos. Cant-ley, Esq,., Geo. W. Watts, Esq^, E. Carnegie, Esq., representing the manufacturers; Colonel T. Benson, Master General of Ordnance; Colonel Greville Harston, C. I. Arms and Ammunition ; Lt.-Col. F. D. Lafferty, R.C.A., Superintendent of the Dominion Arsenal, representing the Department of Militia and Defence.
Lt.-Colonel Lafferty undertook the technical instruction of the manufacturers in shell construction, and it was decided that the examination and inspection would be carried out by the chief inspector of arms and ammunition.	.
About two weeks after the organization of the committee, Mr. David Carnegie, of London, Eng., was appointed by the minister as ordnance adviser to the shell committee.

When it is recalled that at the time in question, the Minister of Militia was engaged in the colossal task of raising, training and equipping a contingent of Canadians for the " front," it is remarkable that he should Jiave found time to think of the many factories throughout the Dominion which were idle and to devise such an efficient means of helping them and the British War Office. It is somewhat flattering to find that the British Government has recently followed similar plans for utilizing the manufacturers throughout England for the manufacture of shells.
The minister in selecting manufacturers to work with officers of his own department, combined the commercial and technical ability requisite and the results of his choice have proved already eminently successful.
To Colonel Bertram belongs the praise for the harmonious and efficient work of the committee.
3.-Work of the Committee.
The work of the committee in the early stages, was that of formulating definite plans of procedure. They determined that, as far as possible, all the materials employed in the shells would be made in Canada; up to that time, for instance, no Canadian steel had been used for the production of ammunition.
To Colonel Cantley the committee is under obligation for having rapidly installed and equipped plant for producing the first steel made in Canada for shell manufacture.
With the exception of the copper bands all parts of the shells now produced are made in Canada, and it is hoped that, before long, these also will be included amongst the Canadian industries.
Another important decision made by the committee was to supply to the shell assembling manufacturers, all the component parts of shells, free of charge. By this means many of the smaller manufacturers have been relieved of the financial strain of carrying a heavy stock of raw materials.
It was also decided that uniform prices would be paid for the same articles, thus eliminating unhealthy competition with its risks of faulty workmanship.
Perhaps an equally important decision was the appointment of an inspection company to deal with all shell components; this has taken the entire responsibility of inspection from the shell assembling manufacturers and has also given the shell committee the opportunity of satisfying themselves beyond any doubt that the component parts of shells are correct before the finished shell passes into the hands of the Government inspector.
Many other minor details regarding insurance, shipping, financing, etc., were decided, which ha.ve proved to be of great help in carrying on the work of the committee.
4.-Executive Work.
The executive work of the committee has been very wisely entrusted to the chairman, Colonel Bertram, who reports weekly to the Minister of Militia and also to the committee when it meets (which is usually monthly) or more often, at the call of the minister .
The work consists of controlling what might be regarded as a huge combination of factories, in which various contracts are being executed to British War Office specifications, which entails constant attention and queries regarding

the selection of suitable factories, the placing of contracts, instructing manufacturers in the art, inspecting the parts made, and the payment and auditing of accounts, etc.
Before contracts are placed, the ability of the firm to carry out the work is fully investigated. If there is any question as to their plant being unsuitable, a competent inspector is sent to report upon the state of the factory.
To safeguard the interests of the committee and to insure the work being carried out in accordance to promise, contracts are placed subject to cancellation, if not carried out promptly.
Each manufacturer is supplied with a set of inspection gauges as a guide in making the manufacturing gauges required. They are kept to check the working gauges and are the property of the committee.
The preparation of drawings of the gauges for the various component parts of the different shells manufactured and the preparation of gauges and their distribution and use involve a considerable amount of labour.
The inspection of the various component parts, including the analyses of material, various physical tests calling for the employment of over 146 inspectors, besides four chief inspectors, show in some measure the nature and extent of this part of the work. Most of the inspectors employed are experienced machinists and tool makers who can be trusted to carry out the work thoroughly.
The final inspection of the finished shell is carried out by an army of nearly 200 examiners and district inspectors, under the direction of the chief inspector of arms and ammunition.
On receipt of a certificate that the shells have passed examination and have been packed ready for shipment, payment is made to the manufacturer.
A Chartered accountant recommended by* the general manager of the Bank of Montreal, checks the accounts of the committee every month. These are then forwarded to Mr. J. W. Borden, chief accountant for the Militia Department. It might be said in passing that the committee's accountant has expressed himself in gratifying terms of the highly efficient way in which the accounts of the committee are kept.
5.-Shell Contracts,
When it became generally known that shells were being manufactured successfully, the demands for contracts from all classes of manufacturers were very numerous, and it became necessary to inspect the factories to decide which were suitable for undertaking thfc work. Visits were made to them and it was found that a large number of additional factories could be usefully employed.
The ordnance advisor reported this matter and indicated how many more shells could be undertaken. The Minister of Militia called a meeting of the committee at Ottawa and, after discussing the matter, cabled to Lord Kitch-ner, pointing out that much larger contracts could be undertaken by the manufacturers in Canada. He emphasized the fact that many works were standing idle in the Dominion, while contracts were being placed in the United States for shells by the British War Office. This resulted in additional contracts for 18-pr. fixed ammunition, complete without fuses and empty 18-pr. shrapnel shells.

It was proposed by several of the manufacturers that a deputation from the committee should be sent to the War Office, London, to put their claims before the Secretary of State for War. The Minister of Militia decided, on the recommendation of the committee, to send Mr. David Carnegie, as he was familiar with the whole situation. It was also decided that he should visit Woolwich Arsenal and obtain the latest information on the various details in the manufacture of complete ammunition.
The result of his visit has been fully reported to the Minister of Militia, but it might be briefly stated here that the War Office officials did not fully understand the nature and importance of the committee's work, and had no idea that the factories in Canada were capable of undertaking such contracts, until these facts were placed before them.
Mr. Carnegie presented to the Master General of the Ordnance, General Sir Von-Donop, K.C.B. one of the first shrapnel shells made entirely of Canadian materials, excepting the copper band. He also informed the various officials at the War Office that it was the intention of the Minister of Militia and his com. mittee, to make ultimately the copper bands in Canada. As a result of this visit, several additional large contracts have been placed with the committee.
The only material not made in Canada is copper, which, however, is mined and smelted ir. the Dominion and subsequently sent to the United States for refining.
Miscellaneous.
In addition to the foregoing, the Minister of Militia, through his committee, has made several investigations for the War Office in connection with the supply of propellants and high explosives. An investigation was undertaken regarding the supply of Nitro-cellulose powder by a large firm in the United States. Other matters have been investigated, such as the supply of rifles and ammunition for the Russian Government.
The Manufacture of Tri-Nitro-Toluene.
In addition to the manufacture of several thousand tons of cordite and powder in con. nection with the present contracts for shells, the Minister of Militia has been instrumental in initiating a new industry in Canada, viz: the utilization of the by-products from the coke ovens of the Dominion Iron and Steel Ccm-pany, at Sydney, N.S., for the manufacture of the high explosive, Tri-nitro-toluene. The revenue alone from the contract placed with this company will be nearly three million dollars; but the value of having such an industry in Canada far outweighs any money value which can be named.
In conclusion, it is gratifying to relate that the quality and finish of the shells, cases, etc., made in the Dominion, are equal to, if not better than the British shells.
(Sgd.) The Shell Committee,
Alex. Bertram,
Chairman.
It must certainly be conceded that the results thus obtained by the formation of this committee are most gratifying.
What do we propose to do? We propose, as soon as this Parliament prorogues, to take up the question of the purchase of supplies under the appropriation of $100,165
000,000, and we propose to have a commission appointed of either one man.or three men-I have not yet decided whether it would be better to have one or three -to deal with the whole question. If we select one man, we shall endeavour to get the best available business man in Canada for the purpose. If we select three men, the same qualifications will be required of them. We will get the very best that are available. We will select those men without regard to any consideration at all except to employ men of the ripest experience, the highest ability and most perfect integrity. Having selected that one man or those three men, we shall confide to them the whole direction and control of all supplies which are to be purchased under the appropriation of $100,000,000.
We believe that in that way we shall be able to safeguard most thoroughly and effectively the public interests of this *country. We realize that the country is doing and has done its duty in the splendid response which is being made to the *call for men, and in the magnificent patriotic fund which has been collected from all parts of the country for the purpose of providing for their dependents. We realize that the response to the call to arms is all the more impressive and important because it has been given freely and voluntarily. Parliament has also done its duty in giving to the Government a vote of $100,000,000 for carrying on the war. It remains for the Government of the country to do its duty; that is, to take such means and to employ such safeguards as will result in the wise and economical and efficient expenditure of that sum of $100,000,000, to the end that not one single dollar of it shall be lost or wasted, so that we may be enabled at another session of Parliament to give an account of our stewardship which shall commend itself not only to the members of this Parliament, but to the people of this country from the Atlantic to the Pacific.


Wilfrid Laurier: The House is called upon to approve three reports of the Committee on Public Accounts-the fourth, the sixth and the seventh. The fourth deals with binoculars and the sixth with horses; and these can be passed over without any more remarks at the present time. But I attach, and the House will attach, great importance to the seventh report, which is in these words:
In view of the evidence adduced during the course of their inquiry into the matters re-



ferred by the House to them, your committee desire to draw the attention of the House to the requirement for the inauguration of a system of purchase, inspection and audit that will adequately protect the country from irregularities and frauds.
I do not in any way begrudge the time that has been taken by the Prime Minister in dealing with these matters, for they are of great importance; but I am sorry to say that in view of the short time we are away from prorogation I must very materially curtail the remarks ;I had to make.
Perhaps I may be permitted to express my regret that in a matter of this kind my right hon. friend thought fit to resort again to the old tu quoque argument, and tried to create the impression, in fact be made the assertion, that the late Administration did not favour public investigations, but rather curtailed or prevented them wherever they could. In that part of his speech my right hon. friend cited two instances: one was a general proposition of my hon. friend from Peel (Mr. B'lain), which was vague in terms and to no particular purpose, and which simply laid down a rule of conduct; the other was an exception taken in the Committee of Public Accounts in the year 1906 by the then Minister of Justice and the then Minister of Finance to a question which was put to a witness. That witness was asked to divulge certain matters of his own private business. To that question he took exception and the chairman then ordered him to answer; and on the exception being pressed the Minister of Justice and the Finance Minister of that day both thought that the witness should not be bound to divulge his own business secrets. It is impossible at this moment to review the whole case in connection with that, but, so far as I remember, the attitude which was taken by the then Minister of Justice and the then Minister of Finance was not at the time challenged in this House. In view of that fact, and in view of the character of the gentlemen who made the objection, I think my right hon. friend would have done better not to mention the matter at all. I have not the matter very fresh in my mind, but I think the Minister of Justice of that day must have been either Mr. Fitzpatrick, now Sir Charles Fitzpatrick, Chief Justice, or Mr. Aylesworth, now Sir Allen Aylesworth; I believe it was Mr. Aylesworth. Now, I appeal to the hon. members of this House who have known Mr. Aylesworth of the past, and Sir Allen Aylesworth of to-day, and who know of his character and ability
fSir Wilfrid Laqrier. ]
as a jurist, whether an opinion of his should foe lightly, questioned. In the long list of those who have been incumbents of the position of Minister of Justice, from Sir John A. Macdonald's time down to the present day, I think I can fairly say that Sir Allen Aylesworth occupies a most eminent position. His ability as a jurist was never challenged, nor was his honour as a man ever questioned; and when he and Mr. Fielding, a man also of the strictest integrity, give their views on such a point, I repeat that it was not well advised on the part of my right hon. friend to bring their judgment into question six, or seven, or eight years after the event. This, however, is of little consequence. But if I were prepared to follow the matter a step further, I would remind the House that the late Administration did not hesitate to appoint, on mere newspaper rumours, a special committee, and to have the fullest possible investigation of all matters connected with the Transcontinental railway. But, Sir, it serves no good purpose to recriminate in order to justify oneself. Let us look rather to the business with which we have to deal.
Through a motion made by a gentleman on this side of the House, the junior member for Halifax (Mr. Maclean), the Public Accounts Committee was seized of questions which were not merely attracting but engrossing the public attention, and which it would have been criminal not to investigate at once, in order to satisfy the public mind. Impelled by the uneasiness in the public mind, and by that sense of duty which characterizes him, the junior member for Halifax asked the House to have these matters referred to the Public Accounts Committee, and since that time that committee has been investigating different matters. My right hon. friend says that very few lasses to the country have been found: some $3,000 upon binoculars, and some thousands of dollars upon horses. But let me say, Mr. Speaker, that the Public Accounts Committee have been simply scratching the surface, and though they have been able to make only a very incomplete report, it is nevertheless of the most disturbing character.
My right hon. friend has referred at some length to the committee's report upon drugs. The only thing I have to say upon that matter is that it is evident, and it should have been evident to the department from the first, that the man who was dealing with the Government in drugs was not Mr. Powell, but his employer, who was to profit by the transaction. No man of com-

man sense will believe that a junior clerk earning $75 a month could have entered into a contract of such magnitude as this. The matter is no longer in issue between us. The member of the House who tried to shield himself behind Mr. Powell did not profit much by that, but the fact is there. If any blame is to be attached to anybody, the Department of Militia and Defence was certainly remiss in not exercising its judgment and seeing that it was not the 'clerk, Powell, they were dealing with, but another man.
Hi that connection my right hon. friend has paid a high tribute to the officers of the Department of Militia and Defence. I have not a word to say against them; on the contrary, I endorse .absolutely every word he says as to the high character of the staff of that Department. In respect of one of the officers, .General Jones, I endorse every word that was said by ,my right hon. friend. The evidence of Mr. Shaver is of no account in this matter. Whether Mr. Shaver aspersed the character of General Jones or did not is of no consequence at ail in connection with the question we have to investigate to-day; because, whether Mr. Shaver did or did not tell the truth, the fact remains that the department entered into a transaction with Powell which, on the face of it, was fraudulent. As to General Jones, I understand that his fellow-officers do not believe the aspersions upon his character, and I .agree with them. General Jones is a gentleman of the highest character; he is a son of one of my oldest friends, and, being the .son of his father, he .could not be anything else than an honest and honourable man. But the simple fact remains that the Department of Militia exercised no judgment and no discretion in contracting with Powell. It must have known from the first that Powell was not the contractor, but that the real contractor was the man behind him.
At one o'clock, the House took recess.
The House resumed at three o'clock.


Wilfrid Laurier: Speaking of the purchase of horses, my right hon. friend the Prime Minister this morning stated that when the Government came into office they followed the system which they had found established by their predecessors. The system itself was right, but it so happened that the principal agent chosen for this important duty was not fit for the task entrusted to him. My right hon. friend stated
that the Government were not responsible for the selection of Mr. A. De Witt Foster, the hon. member for the electoral district of Kings, N.S.; but they cannot escape their responsibility constitutionally; they are .responsible before the public. They say they did not know of the selection of Mr. Foster, and I of course admit .at once, since the Prime Minister has given us his word for it, that the Government did not at the time know of the .appointment of Mr. Foster; but it is difficult to understand how Mr. Foster could go on purchasing and expending something like $73,000 without the Government knowing that he was spending this money. Seventy-three thousand dollars to buy horses -is not spent in a day; such, an expenditure must cover a period of some weeks if not months. The Government must have been in receipt daily, certainly weekly, of reports from Mr. Foster and his agents, which would show to them that this man, whom they had not selected, who they now believe was not fit for the task entrusted to him, and who, by all rules of propriety, should not have been entrusted with the task, was spending the money of the country from day to day, and yet no action seems to have been taken to put a stop to his usefulness or want of usefulness. The Prime Minister stated that Mr. Foster 'had not been as fortunate as he might have been in his selection of assistants. It so happened that Mr. Foster fell in with those members of the community who are to be found everywhere, the horse breeder and the horse trader. The horse .trader .in .this case-and there were more than one-proceeded in the manner of David Harum, the model horsentrader:	he did
to Mr. Foster what David Harum did to all those with whom he came into contact; that is, he acted on the principle, "Do unto the other fellow as the other fellow would do unto you, but do it first." My right hon. friend was very indignant, and he told us in tones of thunder that if there was any law and justice in the land, the men who had so abused the confidence of Mr. Foster would find it hot for them and would be put into the penitentiary. If any one is to go to 'the penitentiary for these transactions, I do not think it probable that it will be the horse-trader who sold to Mr. Foster spavined horses and old mares that (had been rejected as being too old at the time of the South African war. There is an old Latin saying: Caveat emptor-let the buyer beware. If the purchaser bought these spavined and old horses, then the fault is not so much upon

the man who did the selling as upon the man who accepted the animals.


Mr. J. D. REID:: It was not sworn to that there was a horse purchased that had been refused at the time of t'he South African war as being too old.


Mr. McKENZIE:: It was sworn to.


Mr. GAUVREAU:: It is too late now to make denials.


Wilfrid Laurier: It is not worth while discussing whether the statement is true or not true; I believe it is beyond doubt; or at all events, we have been so informed. But when the Prime Minister this morning estimated the amount that the country has lost, on account of horse purchases at $3,000, he was very short in his calculation, because if we take into account all the spavined horses and exhausted animals which were shot at Valcaxtier, I believe the loss of the country must run into thousands of dollars. Be this as it may, I do not think I should be very severe upon my right hon. friend on this account, because it is always hard for a man Ito have to speak as he did this morning. When he came to speak of Mr. Foster, he said that he was sorry that he had to speak harshly of that gentleman. It seems to me, therefore, that the condition with regard to the whole transaction is this: the seller will be sent to the penitentiary if he is to be sent anywhere at all, and the buyer will be sent to the desert like the scapegoat of old, laden with all the sins of Israel and of the party. It is manifest that there was a carnival of corruption and graft in the Department of Militia and Defence in regard to the purchase of horses, boots, drugs, bandages, motortrucks, to speak of nothing else-that on all these things the country was defrauded. I do not pretend that this is absolutely a country of angels; I am prepared to say that there has been a great deal of graft and corruption in this country, but if graft and corruption are criminal alt all times they are doubly criminal in war time. The men who defrauded the Government put all our troops in danger and our successful participation in the war also in danger, -and. for this there can be no excuse and no possible pardon,


John Dowsley Reid: Might I interrupt the right hon. gentleman? Why did he not prosecute grafters at the time of the South African war, when there was fax more graft?


Wilfrid Laurier: I was prepared for this coming back, because the tu quoque argument is the only argument with my hon. friends opposite. The people expected, when they put my hon. friends in office, that they had done away with fraud; that my hon. friends would live up to their professions, and that in these matters they would not do what they charged us with doing.


John Dowsley Reid: We left your appointees in office.


Charles Arthur Gauvreau: Sit down; you will have your turn.


Wilfrid Laurier: In regard to investigations by commissions of inquiry, they ought to be carried on in the light of day and not behind closed doors as some have been under this Government. I call the attention of the House to two commissions in particular; the Transcontinental Railway Commission and the commission of Mr. Ferguson, of which we heard yesterday, those investigations have been conducted behind closed doors. No opportunity -was given to the men attacked in Mr. Ferguson's report to defend themselves. I complained of this yesterday, and to show my hon. friend the condition of things, I want to quote to the House a telegram received this morning from Mr. Cruise by the hon. member for Edmonton;
Winnipeg, Man., April 14, 1915. Hon. Frank Oliver,
House of Commons,
Ottawa, Ont.
Ferguson's report concerning me absolutely false in its two essentials. First, I was a bona fide homesteader and not a squatter; secondly,
I had twenty-six horses besides my cattle, as my application for patent shows and as Ferguson knew when he made his report. Will go to Ottawa if necessary. Wire me Royal Alexandra.
R. Cruise.
I appeal again to the fairness of the men who sit on the other side of the House. Mr. Cruise is a respected member of this House. He has a good reputation in his own constituency and in that whole section of country in which he is well-known. He was attacked here yesterday in his absence, which is bad enough, but he was not called by the Commissioner to answer to the charges made against him. Is that fair play?


Mr MEIGHEN:: I know the right hon. gentleman does not wish to be unfair. Mr. Cruise was called, and was also represented by counsel at the inquiry.	.


Wilfrid Laurier: Was he examined on this point?


Mr. MEIGHEN:: Mr. Cruise was examined. He claimed that this transaction was bona fide, and Mr. Ferguson reports that he so claimed, but finds against him.


Mr. ROCHE:: Mr. Cruise swore that he had fifteen head of his own cattle and bought seven, giving his promissory note, to make up the twenty that were necessary. He said nothing about any more.


Wilfrid Laurier: Did he not
say that he had twenty-six horses?


William Roche: No, there was not one of
these horses on the land he was homesteading.


Wilfrid Laurier: That is what he says at all events. If he was examined, then I withdraw what I said. But I said it in support of my contention that these investigations should be held in public and everybody should have an opportunity of being heard. Does the Solicitor General deny the proposition that these investigations should be held in public? Is he prepared to isay that mien cam have the justice to which they are .entitled if such investigations are held in secret, as this was ? Everybody who has an inmate sense of justice must agree with me that an investigation that is not made in the open light of day is not a proper investigation nor one upon which we can place reliance. It is an axiom of British justice that no person shall be condemned unless he has had an opportunity of being heard. If Mr. Cruise was heard in this investigation there are others who were not heard, who had no opportunity of being heard, and who were equally condemned. If we are to have investigations which will purify public life, as I hope we shall, then I insist as a condition absolutely essential that these investigations shall take place with open doors, and that every man whose name is brought before the commission shall have an opportunity to give his own version. When this is done we shall have something like justice.
We have been told .also that the Government is going to prosecute the offenders, and the resolution we are now considering states that restitution must be demanded from parties who are found in the wrong, and the Department of Justice is .entrusted with this duty. I have this to say to the Solicitor General, who represents the Department of Justice on this occasion, that if in these prosecutions the Department of Justice shows .no more diligence, no more justice and no more fair-play, than it has shown in the case of the land owners at Valcartier, who for the last six months have been claiming their money and have not got it, then the offenders will have a good chance to go scot free. Twice before, and now for the third time, I have called the attention of the Government to the claims of these land owners who in the months of August and September last were deprived of their property, being called upon to give way to the necessities of the occasion, but who up to this day have not received the money to which they are entitled. I first called attention to this matter in the latter part of February. I was then told by the Minister of Militia in the presence of the Prime Minister and the Minister of Justice that most of these cases had been settled and that those that had not been would be settled very .soon. I received a letter on the 25th of March from Mr. Cannon of the firm of Taschereau, Roy, Cannon, Parent & Fitzpatrick, who represents a number of these settlers, including Frank McLaughlin, Hugh Bowles, Madame Veuve Conway, Thomas Thompson, Michael Woodlock and Joseph Griffith, and I received a letter the following day from a widow, Mrs. Richard Smith, and up to that date these people had not received their money. I quoted letters going back to the month of November showing that they had refused to take what was offered them and had asked that the Government should at once proceed in the Exchequer .Court; and yet no relief has been granted.


Major General HUGHES:: I understand that there is an understanding that this debate is to end with the speech of the leader of the Opposition. One would think -that .common decency-


Some hon. MEMBERS:: Order.
Major General HUGHES-would demand that no controversial matters be introduced into his speech. The Prime Minister understood that no new matter was to be introduced.


Wilfrid Laurier: I do not know
about common decency; I leave that to my hon. friend; but I do know something of common sense, and if we are not to talk of controversial matters, what is this debate for?
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Major General HUGHES:: There is an understanding that the debate closes with the speech of the right hon. gentleman, so that there is no chance to reply to him.


Wilfrid Laurier: Certainly, the debate ends with my speech.


Mr. SPEAKER:: It seems to me that this is going a little outside the record. We are dealing with a report of the Public Accounts Committee.


Wilfrid Laurier: I am just pointing out that the report recommends that the prosecution of offenders should be referred to the Department of Justice, and I am stating in your presence, Mr. Speaker, and before this House of Commons, that if the Department shows no more diligence in prosecuting offenders than it has shown in paying the creditors of the Government, the offenders will have a chance of going scot free.


Thomas Simpson Sproule: In that I think the right hon. gentleman is within his rights, but to take up these cases which are not before the House, and which were not before the committee-*


Some hon. MEMBERS:: They were before the committee.


Thomas Simpson Sproule: I did not so understand it.


Wilfrid Laurier: On the 26th of March I had the promise of the Prime Minister that court proceedings in these matters would be taken. I called the attention of the Prime Minister and of the House to the fact that these men could not go to court; if they could they would have done so long ago, but it is wholly in the hands of the Government to bring these matters to couTt. I had a telegram from Mr. Cannon yesterday saying that to his knowledge these men have not been paid nor have proceedings been taken. Is that so, or is it not so? I have no opportunity to speak except on this occasion, for the House is to close in a few minutes. I ask, not as a matter of courtesy but as a matter of justice to these men and women, that, if the 'Government will not pay their claims they should be at once submitted to the court. That was promised on the 26th of March, and it is now the 15th of April, and still no understanding with these people has been reached.


Arthur Meighen: This is a matter that
comes not under my department, hut under the department of a minister who is out of

the House at present. From what information I have, however, I believe that the summonses have been issued, but considering the time that it has been before the Department of Justice, the matter could not be in court yet.


Wilfrid Laurier: I have received the following telegram from Mr. Cannon:
Telegram received. Kept In house through sickness since eight days. As far as I know, Valcartier clients have received neither money nor information.
As I have said, I must hurry, because [DOT]time is precious. I wish to refer to the last report of the Committee on Public Accounts, which recommends that a system of purchasing should be established. My right hon. friend, speaking on this subject this morning, turned towards the hon. member for Kingston (Mr. Nickle), who, I understand, is the author of that suggestion, and said that mm could not be made honest by legislation. That is very true, but legislation, if it cannot make men honest, certainly can minimize the effects of dishonesty, and that is all we can hope for. One of the last things we discussed during the last session of Parliament was the patronage list. I am free to say that all Governments since Confederation have had a patronage list1; it is an evil to which my Government has to plead guilty, in common with all Governments before my time. The Government of Sir John Macdonald and that of Mr. Mackenzie had patronage lists. If there ever was a time when the patronage list should be dispensed with, it is the present; if ever *a Government should dispense with a patronage ildst, the Government of the day should dispense with it. This Government should have said to all those who wanted to do business with it that there should be no political partisanship thought of and that orders would be given to the lowest tenderer. That has not been done.
Major Genera] HUGHES: Does the right hon. gentleman know that it has not been done? I challenge him to name a Liberal in the Dominion of Canada who was ever refused an opportunity to tender, if he was qualified to do so.


Edward Mortimer Macdonald: He was never asked.


Major General HUGHES:: I beg the hon. gentleman's pardon. Caldwell of Lanark and fifty other Liberals are contractors today.


Mr. W. H. BENNETT:: Let me tell the hon. gentleman-


Some hon. MEMBERS:: Order.


Edward Mortimer Macdonald: In my county, if a Grit doctor certifies to the physical condition of a man going to the war he is driven from the job, and a Tory is put in his place.


Major General HUGHES:: The hon. gentleman refers to men who are only country practitioners?


Wilfrid Laurier: I accept the
correction of my hon. friend the Minister of Militia, who says that there is no patronage list in his department at the present time.


Major General HUGHES:: Not since the war began.


Wilfrid Laurier: Whether or
not there has been no patronage list in his department since the war began, everything has been worse since the war began. This is the report made by the Public Accounts Committee the other day, which was unanimously agreed to:
In view of the evidence adduced during the course of their inquiry into the matters referred hy the House to them, your committee desire to draw the attention of the House to the requirement for the inauguration of a system of purchase, inspection and audit that will adequately protect the country from irregularities and frauds.
It is the opinion, therefore, of the Public Accounts Committee that the system which has prevailed in the Militia Department since the war began does not protect the country against irregularities and frauds. That is enough to serve the purpose of my argument. We should have *a new system; whether it should be established by legislation or not I do not know. At all events, the opinion of the committee was that something should be done. The Prime Minister stated this morning that in order to meet these views he was going to have a purchasing agent; he did not say whether the commission would consist of one person or of three persons. Whether it consists of one or of three may not he material, though I prefer three. We have the right to insist that henceforth in the Department of Militia all purchases of supplies shall be made by calling for tenders, and that no favours shall be extended to anybody. If we are to gain anything from this discussion or from the report of the committee, that is what we ought to insist upon. I promised my right hon. friend that in view of the work which have to do I would abridge my remarks, and I intend to do so. Of course, it will
be necessary for me to omit many material things which I would have dealt with.


Sir GEORGE FOSTER:: Let me tell my right hon. friend that there is considerable time; he need not abridge his remarks too much.


Wilfrid Laurier: Very good.
If there is considerable time, there is one thing which I should like to discuss for a few minutes. There has been consider-ble talk of an election. I persist in the position that I have taken all along in regard to this matter. I have no opinion or suggestion to offer to the Government with regard to whether or not they should hold an election; that is their own business. We on this side of the House have endeavoured during the present session to forget as much as possible that we are party men.
Some hon MEMBERS: Oh, oh.


Wilfrid Laurier: Do hon. gentlemen believe that if we had not tried to avoid party controversy during this session we should be within half an hour of prorogation at this moment? There are many subjects which should have been debated, but we did not debate them. There are many matters which we should like to discuss on this very occasion, but we refrain from doing so because, though we are party men, we believe and have believed all along that the one thing which should engross our attention at this time is tne war in which we are now engaged. I repeat that I offer no suggestion to the Government in regard to an election; that is their own concern. My hon friend the Minister of Public Works the other day gave as a reason for going to the country the fact that the Senate chose, not to reject, but simply to amend or vary, a resolution, of this House. Nothing cou! 1 be more flimsy than such a pretense as that. The Minister of Public Works said that the people were demanding dissolution in a voice of thunder because the Senate had dared to amend a resolution adopted unanimously by this House. But my hon. friend did not tell us that the resolution which we were then considering had been amended not only by the Opposition in the Senate, but by the Government as well. I was not aware of that at the time, but on looking over the proceedings of the Senate of March 31,1 find that Hon. Mr. Lougheed moved, seconded by Hon. Sir Mackenzie Bo well:

That the said message be further amended by adding to the first section of the suggested enactment the following subsection :
Nothing herein contained shall affect the powers of Parliament under the British North America Act, 1886.
Here were two amendments: one suggested by the Opposition and one by the leader of the Government in the Senate. One of these amendments is considered to be treason, but .as to the other no adverse criticism is offered. This shows that the Senate took a nobler and broader view of their duty than gentlemen on the other side of this House .are disposed to do. The Senate discarded my opinion, as they discarded the opinion of hon. gentlemen on the other side of the House, and the senators have shown an example of independence rather than of partisanship. But what does it matter? What do our little difficulties matter in the face of the great issues with which w.e are now confronted in the present war? We are party men, but under the present circumstances what we on this side of the House insist upon is that the troops who are going to the front to defend as noble a cause as ever engaged the attention of man, as noble a cause as any for which men have ever shed their blood, shall be as fully equipped as Canadian money and Canadian science can equip them, so that they shall discharge their duty in a manner worthy of their .ancestors, take their full share in the struggle, and bring back peace and glory in the triumphant folds of their flag.


Major General HUGHES:: Nothing would delight my heart more than to have a short time in which to assist in the digestion of the utterances of the right hon. the leader of the Opposition; but, as there is an arrangement between the two sides of the House and prorogation is at hand, I am compelled to reserve my utterances for the public platform. But let the right hon. leader of the Opposition rest assured that I .shalll have no hesitation in stepping into his own province on any platform he may choose, to discuss these questions on any and every occasion that he may select. I will select them if he does not.


William Pugsley: Will Colonel Allison be along?


Major General HUGHES:: And Flint will possibly have my hon. friend retained. I will not take up the time of the House, as there is an understanding to secure

prorogation, and if I got started it is very hard to tell when I would stop. I shall content myself with telling the right hon. leader of the Opposition that I will take every opportunity of discussing these matters on the public platform throughout the length and breadth of the country.


Mr. BUREAU:: I hope to see you in Three Rivers.


[Stage Direction]
Motion agreed to.

[Stage Direction]
[Questions answered orally are indicated by an asterisk.]

Mr. LOGGIE:: 1.	Has the Government received a letter or a circular from the Womens Christian Temperance Union, protesting against the great waste of valuable grain, which is being converted into intoxicating liquors?
2.	If so, is it the intention of the Government to take such means as will prevent the grain that is said to be now worse than wasted, being used for food instead?


Sir GEORGE FOSTER:: 1.	Seme members of the Government have received a letter or circular from the Women's Christian Temperance Union protesting against the great waste of valuable grain by its conversion into intoxicating liquors.
2.	The Government has not come to any conclusion on the matter, and has not, as a matter of fact, yet given it consideration.


WAR TAX STAMPS.
Hon. T. CHASE CASGRAIN (Postmaster General):: I wish to answer a question put to me by the hon. member for Three Rivers (Mr. Bureau) in relation to the postage stamps that bear across their face the words " war tax." I may tell the hon. gentleman and the House that, after due deliberation, the department have come to the conclusion that the postage stamps which bear upon their face the words " war tax " may be used as postage.


William Pugsley: The stamps which are furnished to banks, although they are for cheques and notes, etc., are postage stamps with the words " war tax " upon them. It does seem to me to be an anomaly to use a postage stamp as a stamp upon a receipt or note. Is that intended?


Mr. CASGRAIN:: They are being used in the meantime until the Inland Revenue Department has had time to pTint their own stamps.


William Pugsley: I have seen a postage stamp on a bottle of soda water marked " war tax."


George Eulas Foster: Is my hon.
friend sure that it was soda water?


William Pugsley: Yes, and I looked
around for the Minister of Trade and Commerce to partake of it with me.


QUEBEC AND SAGUENAY RAILWAY COMPANY.
Mr. LEMIEUX:: Yesterday I put a question to the Tight hon. gentleman who leads the House as to whether an Order in Council had been passed concerning the payment of a subsidy or guarantee of bonds to the Quebec and Saguenay Railway. I think that the right hon. gentleman perhaps did not catch the name of the railway, and I wish to refresh his memory and to know whether or not this Order in Council has been passed. I am informed it has been. Perhaps the Minister of Finance would fell me.


Mr. WHITE:: I understood the Prime Minister, in reply to my hon. friend, to say that no Order in Council had been passed.


THE HIGH COST OF LIVING COMMISSION.
William Pugsley: I should like to ask the Minister of Labour, whom I am glad to observe in his seat, a question upon a subject of very great importance and of very great interest to the people of this country. A long time ago, recognizing the great rapidity at which the cost of living was increasing, this Government, upon the recommendation, I understand, of the Minister of Labour, appointed a commission to inquire into the matter. I should like to ask the minister to inform the House what information has been gathered, what the commission has done, whether it is still at work, and when we may expect the report?


Mr. CROTHERS:: I do not think there is sufficient time at my disposal to tell the House all that has been done by the commission appointed to inquire into the high cost of living. However, I may state in a general way that the commission took evidence at various places throughout the country. One of its members was assigned to the work of gathering certain information, and he has been at work on that for seven or eight months, but about a month ago he had to quit work, as he was 166
run down both physically and mentally. In his enthusiasm he had overworked himself, and his physician compelled him to take a rest.


William Pugsley: What is his name?


Thomas Wilson Crothers: Mr. Coats, one of the best men in the service of this Government, an enthusiast, and highly skilled in the gathering of statistics; in fact, I do not think he has an equal in Canada. He has been working at the report, with the assistance of another gentleman in the Labour Department, for seven or eight months. He was compelled about a month ago to take a rest, but, in order to try and get the report out while this House was in session, he again took up the work much sooner than he should have done. I have gone over various portions of the report, and I can promise the House that it will be the best piece of work of its kind ever published; it will be a classic, which will be read by economists throughout the civilized world, and which the people of Canada will be proud of. I think the report will be published about the middle of next month; that is the very best Mr: Coats can do. However, it will be worth waiting for, and I can assure the members of this House that when it is published we shall have the best report on the question that has ever been given to the public in this or in any other country.


SOLDIERS' VOTING BILL.
[Stage Direction]
The House proceeded to consider amendments made by the Senate to Bill No. Ill, to enable Canadians on active military service during the present war to exercise their electoral franchise.-Hon. C. J. Doherty, Minister of Justice.
Mr. DOHERTY:: The Senate has returned this Bill with two amendments. By one of them it is provided that there shall be appointed by the Governor in Council six scrutineers, three on the nomination of the leader of the Opposition and three on the nomination of the Prime Minister. In substance these scrutineers are to be entitled to be present at all the operations connected with taking of the vote and to have all the powers that the representatives of candidates have at any poll held in this country. They are to have the additional power of appointing deputies who shall have all the same powers that they themselves have with the exception of the power of appointment. That is almost in the exact words, at all events it is clearly on the lines, of a clause that was put for-



ward tentatively by myself in this House with a view of endeavouring to meet what I had understood to be suggested by the leader of the Opposition. The amendment, however, goes farther than that and proposes to amend a provision that is made in the Bill as passed by this House respecting the notice to be given by the officers before taking the vote. That provision reads as follows:
At least eight days' notice in writing of the date and place where the vote of such volunteers will be taken shall be given to the said scrutineers by the 'regimental officer who will collect the votes as aforesaid, such notice to be addressed to such scrutineers in the care of the Secretary of the High Commissioner for Canada in London if the regimental officers are in Great Britain, to the care of the Canadian Commissioner in Paris if the said regimental, officers are in France, Belgium or Germany.
In my judgment this last provision makes the amendment as a whole unacceptable.
I think a brief reflection will make it clear that in so far at all events as the troops who may be on the continent of Europe are concerned, the operation of sending notice, that the ballots have reached the officer who is going to take the votes, back from that place to the office of the Canadian Commissioner in Paris in order that from that office there may be sent back to the place where the votes are going to be taken notice of the appointment of a scrutineer, creates a situation in which the delay may be so long that it may be impossible to have the voting put through. By reason [DOT]of the disposition in regard to this notice, it would be impossible to accept the amendment as suggested. This delay would be obviated by providing that the notice shall be given in a manner analogous to the method already provided in the Act as it passed this House, that is that there should be a notice to the company, and once you have provided for the appointment of the scrutineers it would seem to be quite proper that in addition special notice should be given to the scrutineer who would be on the spot. That will go much more rapidly and much more promptly. I shall have to move that this amendment, as it comes to us from the Senate be not concurred in but that the Bill be amended in effect so ' as to secure what is the real object of the appointment of these scrutineers and to make simpler and more direct the method of giving notice to them of the holding of the poll.
The second clause of the amendment proposes that there shall be inserted in the Bill a provision that no proceedings shall
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be taken or had under sections 2 to 4 inclusive of this Act until a declaration has been obtained from the Secretary of State for War of Great Britain that a full and fair vote of such volunteers may be taken without prejudice to military discipline and without interference with the efficiency of military operations, and that the same be duly proclaimed in the Canada Gazette. For leasons that have already been given in this House upon the proposal of an amendment practically identical with this, it does not seem to me, ot to the Government, that this proposed amendment would be acceptable. Indeed, it does not seem to us that there is any reason why any action outside of the action of this Parliament in the ordinary course should be required to	give	effect to	these particularsections. But we attach great importance to the passing into law of these sections of the Act and in order to avoid if possible their being defeated by an absolute refusal to concur in this amendment in full, and while we decline to accept this amendment, we are prepared to offer an alternative, the alternative being that in so far as these particular clauses are concerned, they shall not come	into	operation	until assent	tothem has	been	given by	His Majesty	inCouncil and that assent proclaimed in the Canada Gazette. It seems to us that if any outside authority should	be required	to
bring this Bill, or any part of it, into operation, other than the usual authority which sanctions the Acts of this Parliament, the only authority to whose assent it should be submitted is His Majesty himself. Therefor I beg to move:
That a message be sent to the Senate in. forming their Honours that this House doth not concur in the amendments made by Their Honours to Bill No. Ill, to enable Canadians on active military service during the present war to exercise their electoral franchise, and that this House doth propose in lieu thereof that this Bill be amended by adding to subsection 2 of section 2 the following:
There shall be appointed by the Governor in Council six scrutineers, three to be so appointed upon the nomination of the Prime Minister and three upon the nomination of the leader of the Opposition; such appointments to he made nothin ten days of such nominations respectively. One of each nomination may be present at the distribution of ballot papers and envelopes, the marking of affidavits, the marking of ballots, the closing of envelopes and the posting of the same, and may exercise all the rights which may under the Dominion Elections Act be exercised by candidates or their representatives at any poll. The actual travelling and living expenses of such scrutineers, at a rate to be fixed by the Governor in Council, may be paid out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund, and they shall be afforded facilities for

the performance of their duties. The said scrutineers may name such number of deputies as they may deem necessary, and said deputies shall have and be entitled to exercise the powers herein above conferred on said scrutineers ;
And that in subsection 2 of section 2, the following words be inserted after the word "votes" in line 10 of the second page:
And shall give, in addition to the general notice, a special notice to any person whose ap pointment as a deputy scrutineer under the provisions hereinafter made has been notified to him, and shall permit any scrutineer or deputy scrutineer so named to be present at said proceedings, in the absence of any such scrutineer or deputy scrutineer on behalf of either party.
And further that the Bill be amended by adding immediately after section 3 the following:
3A. sections 2 and 3 of this Act shall not come into force until a proclamation by His Majesty in Council declaring them to be in force shall be published in the Canada Gazette.


Wilfrid Laurier: With regard to the first amendment, I would think there would be no objection either one way or the other; and if it is satisfactory' to the Government, I have no objection to it; but with regard to the second amendment, there is a principle involved. Do I understand that this Bill is to be sanctioned partly by the Governor General and partly by the King?


Mr DOHERTY:: As I understand it, this Bill as a whole -will be sanctioned by the Governor General, but one of the provisions of it is that certain sections shall not come into operation until the assent of His Majesty in Council is expressed to it. This particular Bill itself provides a special condition for two sections of it being operative. The suggestion that came from the Senate was that the operation of these sections should be held up awaiting the expression of approval of one particular minister of His Majesty's Government. For reasons to which I need not again refer, we did not think it a right or proper thing to do, and for my part I do not think there is any necessity whatever for this provision for the assent of His Majesty; but because we want to go as far as we possibly can, perhaps even farther than we should, to avoid this legislation being defeated, we are willing to suggest to Their Honours of the Senate that in lieu of the provisions they suggest making the operation of the Bill subject to the assent of one of His Majesty's ministers, we should have a provision making it subject to the assent of His Majesty himself


Mr. W. F. MACLEAN:: Does not that mean that the British Cabinet would have to assume the responsibility for the operation of this legislation.?


Mr DOHERTY:: It is made subject to the assent of His Majesty in Council, and the Parliament of Canada by this declares that it is willing, with regard to these two particular clauses, that they should not go into operation until His Majesty in Council, which as the !hon. gentleman says, is the British Cabinet, expressess approval in the manner provided in the Bill. As I said, it is not that it seems to us necessary or even, proper to make such provision, but we do attach .such great importance to avoiding the substantial withdrawal of this measure that we are willing to go to this, which I may describe as the extreme length, to .meet the views of the Senate, and to submit to, this condition imposed on us to the effect that this Act should not go into operation .solely because the Parliament of Canada so wills.


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On the return of the Bill from the Senate,
Mr, SPEAKER:	I have the honour to
inform the House that the Senate doth not insist on the amendments made to Bill No. Ill, intituled An Act to enable Canadians on active military service during the ' present war to exercise their electoral franchise, but doth concur in the amendments made by the House of Commons to the said Bill without any amendment.

Wilfrid Laurier: May I ask
whether the Government have any information to give to the House in regard to the despatch which has appeared in the press that the Dominions will be called upon to participate in the peace proposals?


George Eulas Foster: The communication that appeared in the press is genuine.


Wilfrid Laurier: Is it too late to lay the official communication on the table of the House? Perhaps it might be given to the press.


George Eulas Foster: It already has
been published.


Wilfrid Laurier: Substantially
as received?


George Eulas Foster: Yes.


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A message from His Royal Highness the Governor General by the Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod:
Mr. Speaker:
His Royal Highness the Governor General desires the immediate attendance of your honourable House in the Chamber of the honourable Senate.
Accordingly Mr Speaker, with the House, went up to the Senate Chamber.
In the Senate Chamber:
The Honourable the Speaker of the House of Commons addressed His Royal Highness the Governor General, as follows:
May it please your Royal Highness:
The Commons of Canada have voted the supplies to enable the Government to defray the expenses of the public service.
In the name of the Commons, I present to Your Royal Highness the following Bills:
An Act for granting .to His Majesty certain sums of money for the public service of the financial years ending respectively the 31st March, lljj 5, and the 31st March, 1916.
An Act- for granting to His Majesty aid for military and naval defence,
To which Bills I humbly request Your Royal Highness' assent.
To these Bills the Clerk of the Senate, by His Royal Highness' command, did thereupon say:
In His Majesty's name. His Royal Highness the Governor General thanks his loyal subjects, accepts their benevolence, and assents to these Bills.
His Royal Highness the Governor General was then pleased to give, in His Majesty'-s name, the Royal Assent to the following Bills:
An Act respecting a patent of John Millen and Son, Limited.
An Act respecting Seed Grain, Fodder and other relief.
An Act to amend the Yukon Placer Mining Act.
An Act to amend the Gold and Silver Marking Act, 1913.
An Act for the relief of Edith Marguerita Lyons.
An Act to amend the Inland Revenue Act.
An Act to amend the Government Railways Act and to authorize the purchase of certain railways.
An Act to amend the Criminal Code.
An Act for the relief of Cecil Howard Lambert.
An Act to amend the Representation Act, 1914.
An Act to amend the Adulteration Act.
An Act to amend the Winding-Up Act.
An Act to amend the National Transcontinental Railway Act.

An Act to amend the Dominion Elections Act.
An Act to amend the Dominion Controverted Elections Act.
An Act to amend the Canada Grain Act.
An Act to enable Canadians on Active Military Service during the present war to exercise their electoral franchise.
. After whibh His Royal Highness the Governor General was pleased to close the Fifth Session of the Twelfth Parliament of the Dominion of -Canada with the following Speech:
Honourable Gentlemen of the Senate:
Gentlemen of the House of Commons:
In relieving you for the present from your arduous duties I desire to thank you for the diligence and zeal with which you have discharged them, and especially for the timely and effective measures which you have taken for necessary co-operation with the United Kingdom and the other Dominions of His Majesty in the tremendous war which has been forced upon our Empire. It is my earnest prayer and my firm hope that the aid thus promptly and generously given will contribute, in no small measure, to that complete and unmistakeable success of the allied arms which alone can bring an honourable and lasting peace.
As this great struggle proceeds there is no abatement in the intense earnestness and determination of the Canadian people to unite their efforts with those of all the British dominions for the maintenance of our Empire's integrity and for the preservation of its institutions and liberties. From Atlantic to Pacific the splendid respqnse to the call for men has fully equalled all anticipations.
In common with all the people of this Dominion, I have been proud to leam that the Canadian soldiers have shown conspicuous bravery and efficiency in the field of battle, and that they have borne themselves worthily when fighting side by side with the best troops of the Empire.
Gentlemen of the House of Commons:
In His Majesty's name, I thank you for the liberal provision you have made for carrying on the affairs of the country and for meeting the necessities of the war under the trying conditions which it has brought about.
Honourable Gentlemen of the Senate:
Gentlemen of the House of Commons:
I bid you now farewell, in the earnest hope that the terrible conflict in which the Empire is engaged may be brought to a speedy and favourable conclusion, and in the firm belief that our country under the blessing of Divine Providence, will then resume unchecked that career of marked progress and abundant prosperity which it is destined to enjoy.
The Speaker of the Senate then said:
It is His Royal Highness the Governor General's will and pleasure that this Parliament be prorogued until Tuesday, the 25th day of May next, to be here holden, and this Parliament is accordingly prorogued until Tuesday, the 25th day of May next.
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Aberdeen Association-franking privilege, 1370
Achim, Mr. Honore (Labelle)
Address in reply to Governor General's Speech
Trade of Canada, 11 Members at the front, 12 Canada and the war, 13 Defence by Belgians, 14 Experimental farm for Eabelle, 2072
Address in reply to Governor General's Speech, 4
Adulteration Act Amendment Bill (Maple Sugar), lr., 1644. 2r., 1790. Com., 1790. 3r., 1993. See 2313
Adulteration of food-maple sugar, 1785 Aeroplanes, reported appearance of, 144 Agricultural implements. See Taxation Agriculture
Agricultural Instruction Act, administration of, 2107
Animals, health of, 611, 1286, 2053, 2087, 2108
Bulletins, 2083, 2088, 2092 Cold storage, 2084 Dairying industry, 2080, 2103 Department
Estimates, 1228-1242, 2055-2109 French language in, 2077 Salaries, 2055 Experimental farms, 2056 Hog cholera, 627
Horses, 1230, 2104. See War supplies
Insect pests, 2078, 2109
Live stock, 309, 348, 2087, 2092, 2093, 2104
Meat and Canned Foods Act, 2090
Potatoes
Diggers, tariff on, 1174 Embargo on, 719, 772, 991, 1229, 2078 Powdery scab in, 2078 Shipment regulations, 1229 Seed grain. See that title Seeds, improvement of, 2106
Aikins, Sir James A. M. (Brandon)
Boots, army, 2442
Food exports, government control of, 537 Recruits' attestation papers, 1988
Alberta
Military training area, 1557 Miners, unemployment of, 493 Oil leases, 48 Relief distribution, 242
Alert, revenue steamer, 1646 Aliens
Assistance to, 1218, 2053
Deportation of, 2122
Interned at Petawawa, 828, 998
Registration of, 48, 1147, 1733
See Criminal Code Amendment Bill
Allison. See War
Ames, Mr. Herbert B. (Montreal, St. Antoine)
Canadian patriotic fund, 394
Amherst
Armoury, 389, 1395, 1977, 2035 Camp, 1290, 1395 Custom house, 1646 Post office, 436, 1396, 1975 Redstone Company, 1864
Ammunition, distribution of, 1652 Anderson, T. A., employment of, 605, 761, 996 Animals. See Agriculture Anticosti lightship, 309 Antigonish-Sherbrooke mail service, 46
Architect, Dominion chief, appointment of, 1958, 1961, 1966, 2184
Arichat mails, 1184
Armstrong, Mr. Joseph E, (East Lambton) Budget, 577
Record of the Government, 580 Reciprocity, 582 Naval affairs, 582 British preference, 584 Flax industry, 585
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Dominion elections-hours of polling, 1911 Inland navigation rates, control of, 43, 249 Taxation-gravel and sand, 1163
Arthurs, Mr. James (Parry Sound)
Canadian patriotic fund, 402 Dominion elections, 1919
Astronomical observatory, western, 1585, 1893
Atlantic and Lake Superior railway, 1468 Atlases
Dominion electoral, 2307 Immigration, 1576
Auditor General
Office of-non-employment of French Canadians, 2318
Australia, steamship service to, 1292
Aviation school, 1989
Bagot county mail service, 141
Baie des Chaleurs railway, claims against, 518
Ball, Mr. R. J. (South Grey)
Budget, 955
Government expenditure and employment, 955
War contracts, 956 Tariff and taxation, 956 The war and trade, 957 Dominion elections-hours of voting, 1914
Ballot, patent, allowance for, 1591 Bananas, tariff on, 1167
Bank Act Amendment Bill (loans for seed grain). Res., 1242. lr., 1246. 2r„ 1349. Com., 1349.	3r„ 1359.
Banks and banking
Borrowings from Government, 147, 476 Finance Act, 1914, continued, 477
Barker, Hon. Samuel (East Hamilton)
War supplies-horses, 2103
Barnard, Mr. Geo. H. (Victoria, B.C.) Submarines, purchase of, 107 Titles to real estate, fraudulent, 1223
Bathurst harbour, 46 Battlefields, historic, 1716 Bedard, L., dismissal of, 1652 Belgium
Emigration from, 632 Relief for, 1676
Bellemare, Mr. A. (Maskinonge)
Budget-agricultural production and the war, 809
Intercolonial railway ties, 309 Benjamin, H., employment of, 241 Bennett, Mr. R. B. (Calgary)
Bank loans for seed grain, 1356 Budget, 1089
Canada and the war, 1090 Fiscal policies, 1091 Expenditures on public works, 1094 Protection and free trade, 1096 Home market, 1097 British preference, 1101 Controverted elections, 1924, 2009, 2025 Dominion elections, 1899 Experimental farms, 2060 Ferguson, Mr. T. R., report of, on Department of Interior, 2592
Parliament, members of, and government contracts, 2141
Relief for western farmers, 73, 1336, 1338 Senate, the, 2336
Soldiers, votes for, 2233, 2261, 2274 Supreme Court jurisdiction, 2054 Taxation-insurance companies, 1179 War supplies-horses, 2096 Bennett, Mr. Wm. H. (East Simcoe) Canadian patriotic fund, 397 Freight rates, inland navigation, regulation of, 259
Grain shortages at elevators, 1946 Soldiers, votes for, 2257, 2475
Bickerdike, Mr. Robert (Montreal, St. Lawrence)
Capital punishment, 42, 127, 281, 1763 Immigrants, inspection of, 1574 Prison reform, 1761 Binders, imports of, 1649 Blain, Mr. Richard (Peel)
Budget, 794
British preference, 799 Trade of Canada, 800 Fertilizers, 801 War supplies, 802 Dominion elections, 1906, 1913 Blais, A., dismissal of, 1652
Blondin, Hon. P. E. (Minister of Inland Revenue)
Excise goods in bond, transfer of, 1644 Maple sugar, adulteration of, 1644, 1790 Inland Revenue Department Appointment of temporary officials, 1644, 1868
Deputy Minister, pamphlet of, 1724 Estimates, 503-513, 1717-1727, 2313
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Boivin, Mr. Geo. H. (Shefford)
Granby mail service, 905 L6vis dry dock, 767 Patent shovel shield, 437, 1235 Shefford mail service, 1287 Bonaventure
Mail service, 769, 994, 2297 Purchase of war supplies in, 994
Boots, army, purchase of. See War Supplies
Borden, Rt. Hon. Sir Robert (Prime Minister)
Address in reply to Governor General's Speech
Services of the Governor General, 20 Loyalty of Canadians of foreign origin, 20
Decease of members, 21 Army boot contracts, 21 Causes of the war, 22 Canadian contingent, 24 Aeroplanes, reported appearance of, 145 Aviation schools, 1989
British Columbia better terms commission, 2316
British North America Act, proposed amendment of. See Parliamentary representation.
Budget, 1058
Proposed war taxation, 1058 Conference with Opposition, 1058 Tariff proposals, 1060 British preference, 1061 Length of debate, 1064 Canadian High Commissionership, 2318 Canadian Manufacturers' Association, correspondence of, 2189, 2461 Canadian Pacific railway ocean services 749
Canadian patriotic fund, 395 Canadian representative at Washington, 2315
Capital punishment, 140 Conservation Commission, 2324 Controverted elections, 1995, 2007, 2014, 2020
Copyright, 203 Divorce bills, 1988, 2187 Dominion elections, 2143 Dominion notes, issue of, 1537 Expropriation of lands for military pur, poses, 1549
External Affairs, department of, 2318 Farquhar, Colonel, death in action of, 1283 Food exports, government control of, 551 Fort Erie shooting case, 333
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Borden, Rt. Hon. Sir Robert (Prime Minister) -Con.
Franco-Canadian steamship service, 718 Government buildings rented-alleged misconduct of officials, 2050 House of Commons
Bowles, Mr. W. C., resignation of, 1526 Business of the House, 206, 1187 Committees, select standing, 74 Deputy Speaker and Chairman of Committees, election of, 41 Representation in. See Parliamentary Correction of clerical errors in Act (1914), 1557, 1994
Intercolonial railway branch lines, 1543 Lake of the Woods Technical Board, 1394 Liquor manufacture, suggested suspension of, 2327
Medical Council of Canada, 1251, 2316 Ministerial changes, 207 Monuments, erection of, 1251, 1252 Mounted Police, Royal Northwest, 1249 2322, 2326
National Transcontinental railway, operation of, 2125, 2135 Newspaper attacks, 2190 Nickel, export of, 3	.
Nova Scotia
Military forces, 561, 612, 687, 720, 905, 1432, 1441, 1500 Postal services, 904
Parliament, members of, and government contracts, 2143-2146
Parliamentary	representation-proposed
amendment of British North America . Act, 1460, 2327, 2340, 2342. See Prince Edward Island
Prince Edward Island, parliamentary representation of, 327, 1460. See Parliamentary representation Public Accounts Committee. See War supplies
Railway capitalization, 290 Reindeer, experiments with, 2315 Robertson, Lt.-Col. Struan. See Nova Scotia military forces Senate. See Parliamentary representation Shortt, Mr. Adam, speech of, 679 Soldiers
Comforts for, 293 Payment of, 2320
Votes for, 337, 2200, 2213, 2259, 2469, 2477, 2537
Submarines, purchase of, 105, 946, 955 Taxation-liquor duties, 1154 Unemployment, 2320 Valcartier land claims, 1549
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Appropriations, 93, 1397 'Canadian expeditionary forces-statement of mobilization and organization, 12364
Canadian troops in France, 204, 909 Engineering corps, 1625 Expenditures, statement of, 1397 Fair wages in war contracts, 38 Nova Scotia military forces. See that title
Pensions, 1188, 1394, 1450 Supplies, purchase of Ammunition, 93, 1455 Binoculars, 2605 Boots, 21, 144, 204, 2450 British Government, for, 38, 2461, 2614 Carleton Drug Company, 2605, 2614 Committee of Council, 1246 Generally, 93, 945, 2461, 2538, 2602, 2610, 2614, 2617
Horses, 2098-2102, 2606, 2613 Shells, 38, 2614
Western farmers, relief for, 1330
Boulay, Mr. H. (Rimouski)
Agriculture in Quebec, 2076 Anticosti lightship, 309 Budget, 984
French Canadians in Government service, 985
Judges' pensions, 987 Aid to agriculture, 988 Grand Trunk Pacific Railway Company, payments to, 1864
French language in Department of Agriculture, 2077
Immigration inspectors and the French language, 233 Intercolonial railway Bridges, 897 Cement posts, 309 Dining car employees, 1485 Passenger service, 1485 Madawaska postal service, 1388 Marine service in Rimouski, 1256, 2304 Matapedia road, 2178 Ore refined in United States, 309 Voters' lists, errors in, 2309 War supplies-horses, 898, 1455 Bounties on lead and petroleum, 1936 Bourassa, Mr. J. Boutin (Levis)
Dismissals, 1652 Intercolonial railway
Chaudiere employees, 1785 Lfvis station, 831
Bourassa, Mr. J. Boutin (LOvis)-Con.
Lauzon dry dock, 1647 LSvis quarantine station, 241, 1290 National Transcontinental railway-Quebec terminals, 518 St. Romuald post office, 518 Telephone disinfectants, 2531 War supplies-horses, 830
Bowman, Mr. James (East Huron)
Budget, 930
Rival fiscal policies, 930 Development under protection, 932 Aid to agriculture, 934
Boyer, Mr. Gustave (Vaudreuil)
Levis shell factory, 519
Maple sugar industry, 513, 1794
Rigaud
Armoury, 631, 993 Dredging, 390 Wharf, 1786
Scales in cheese and butter factories, inspection of, 513 St. Zotique wharf, 390 War supplies Horses, 388 Saddles, 521
Bradbury, Mr. George H. (Selkirk)
Budget, 715, 772
Pre-election promises, 716, 776 Expenditures on public works, 717, 772 British preference and the tariff, 781, 782 Cement merger, 784 Hudson Bay railway, 786 Seed grain distribution, 789 Experimental farms, 2066 Pollution of navigable waters, 3, 118 St. Peter's Indian reserve, 1321, 1882
Bristol, Mr. Edmund (Toronto Centre)
Inland navigation freight rates, regulation of, 254
British Columbia
Better Terms Commission, 2316 Labour troubles, 497 Militiamen on active service, 151 Steamship services, 1300
British North America Act, proposed amendment of, 1459, 2327
Brooks-MacNally mail service, 994
Brouillard, Mr. Ovide (Drummond aftd Arthabaska)
Gilbert, R., employment of, 1787 Stanfold model farm, 1993
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Coal industry, 492 Oil leases, 48
Relief distribution, 242, 2188 Bank loans for seed grain, 1244 Blood Indian reserve, 763, 1323 Brooks-MacNally mail service, 994 Coal imports, 521 Coutts quarantine area, 150 Experimental farms, 2066 Food exports, government control of, 540 Lethbridge
Customs staff, 521 Field battery, 1646 Immigration inspector, 150, 1567 Postmastership, 143, 769, 1364, 1367 Wool storage, 828 Medicine Hat
Homestead inspection, 2123 Postmasters, 764 Rural mail service, 768 Mounted Police, Northwest, 1284 Oil and gas leases, 241 Railway charters, extension of, 724, 758 War supplies-horses, 631, 1146 Western farmers, relief for, 58, 947, 1244, 1340. See Bank loans Wrentham post office, 142
Budget debate, 80, 352, 404, 442, 562, 613, 689, 709, 772, 833; amendment (Sir Wilfrid Laurier), 841, 905, 955, 999, 1058; div., 1141. See Taxation
Bureau, Mr. Jacques (Three Rivers and St. Maurice)
Cap de la Madelaine wharf, 2120 Inland Revenue, Deputy Minister of, pamphlet of, 1724
Maple syrup, adulteration of, 1792, 1800 St. Maurice river slides and booms, timber for, 2184
Soldiers, votes for, 2288, 2491 Taxation

postage stamps and war stamps, 2539
Three Rivers Dredging, 2175 Harbour works, 2155 Public building, 1786
Burnham, Mr. John H. (Peterborough West) Budget, 404
Unemployment, 405 British preference, 408 Eastern peril, 409 German menace, 411 Free trade, 413
Made-in-Canada movement, 414
Burnham, Mr. John H. (Peterborough West)
-Con.
Budget-Con.
Balance of trade, 415 Ethics and industry, 416 Civil service, old men in, 1871 Controverted elections, 2011 Dominion elections-hours of polling, 1907 Grain shortage, compensation for, 1956 Immigration.and old age pensions, 1573 Mail carriers, remuneration of, 1374 Naval service, I960
Peterborough government employees, 128S
Burrell, Hon. Martin (Minister of Agriculture)
Agricultural Instruction Act, administration of, 2107
Agriculture, Department of Estimates, 2055 Bulletins, 2083, 2092 Cold storage, 2084 Dairying industry, 2081, 2103 Exhibitions, 2085, 2109 Experimental farms, 2056, 2058, 2072.
Foot and mouth disease, 2088 Horse breeding, 2104	.
Live stock industry, 2092 Meat, inspection of, 2091 Potato scab, 2078 Public health, 2108 Parliamentary representation, 1994 Seeds, improvement of, 2106 Cadwell Sand and Gravel Company, 1166; Calgary civil servants, 1184 Calmer-Telfordville mail service, 11S7 Canada Grain Act Amendment Bill, lr., 1644. 2r., 2030. Com., 2030.	3r., 2191. Sen.
amdt., 2532
Canada Temperance Act, referenda under, 1590
Canada Year Book, 1938
Canadian expeditionary forces. See War
Canadian Manufacturers' Association and
war supplies, 1667, 2189, 2461
Canadian Northern Railway Company, payments to, 150
Canadian Pacific railway
Capitalization, control of, 286, 726 Ocean services, 749
Canadian patriotic fund, 143, 1446, 1864
Canadian Patriotic Fund Act Amendment Bill, lr., 204. 2r., 393. Com., 393. 3r„ 404
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Canadian representative at Washington,
Canadian War Contingent Association, 2122 Canadian Wheatlands Company, 2188 Canadians in California, status of, 1189
Canals, 491, 632, 832, 1710, 1712
For individual canals, See their titles
Canning public building-, 1979 Canso
Fish reduction works, 633, 767 Military guard, 1556
Cape Breton, customs service in, 222 225 227 1650
Capital punishment, abolition of, 42, 127, 264 1228, 1761
Cardigan-Annandale mail service, 1648
Cardin, Mr. P. J. A. (Richelieu)
Richelieu postal service, 1287	'
Cardin, D., employment of, 1993
Cardinal canal, 832
Carey, J. M., employment of, 993
Cariboo island breakwater, 308
Carleton retaining wall, 390
Carrick, Mr. J. J., M.P., service of, 561
Carroll, Mr. W. F. (Cape Breton South) Aliens, registration of, 1147, 1733.
Bank loans for seed grain, 1352, 1358 Benjamin, H., employment of, 241 Budget, 989, 1012 Party truce, 1013 Naval question, 1014 Free trade, 1015 Proposed new taxes, 1016 Manufacturers and prices, 1018 Labour and the tariff, 1021 Liberals and the war, 1021 Aid to Belgium, 1022
Canadian Pacific railway ocean service, 743 Canadian patriotic fund, 393 Cape Breton customs service, 222, 225, 227 Explosives in mines, 1601 Food exports, government control of, 550 Foster, W. G„ employment of, 898 Inland navigation rates, 255, 1687 Intercolonial railway-service of Mr. Gute-lius, 1483
Iron and coal imports, 244
Carroll, Mr. W. F. (Cape Breton South)-Com.
Kelly, Edgar, employment of, 241 Livingstone, C. P., appointment of, 150 Miller, J., patent of, 1990 Mines Department, 1600 National employment bureau, 484-490 New Waterford Postal service, 1360 Recruiting, 392
Customs service, 227	_
Nova Scotia
Fire insurance rates in, 1284, 1399 Postal service, 903 Patent medicines, alcohol in, 1717 Railway charters, extension of, 722 Smuggling, alleged, in Cape Breton, 222 Sydney pilotage commissioners, 1265 Sydney-New Waterford mail service, 1361 Sydney-St. Peter's railway, 608 Valcartier camp stores, 308 Vancouver Terminal Company, 1262 Voters' lists, preparation of, 1594 War supplies-horses, 607
Carslake Hotel purchase. See Montreal
Carvell, Mr. Frank B. (Carleton, N.B.) Budget, 1066
The party truce, 1066 Revenue and expenditure, 1068 Taxation proposals, 1071 British preference, 1079 Canadian Northern Railway Company, 760 Civil Service appointments, 1144, 1285 Controverted elections, 1924, 2151 Dominion elections Hours of polling, 1906 Voters' lists, 1897
Fraudulent titles to real estate, 1221 French, Field Marshal Sir John, 1444 Horse exports, 1234 Intercolonial railway Fredericton land purchase, 168, 1475 Freight rates and trains, 156, 167 St. John and Quebec railway agreement 1473
Militia-engineer services and works, 1513 Pollution of navigable waters, 124 Potato embargo, 719 St. John Valley railway, 46, 173, 1473 Soldiers Pay of, 2320 Votes for, 2352
Southampton railway investigation, 142 Taxation
Agricultural implements, 1174 Customs valuation, 1154 Fertilizers, 1076, 1166 Tobique Indian reserve, 187, 193
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Valley railway. 142 War supplies Hay, 140, 241
Imported munitions, duty on, 1506 Motor truck tires, 1290
Casgrain, Hon. T. Chase (Postmaster General)
Aberdeen Association and the franking privilege, 1370
Montreal postal service, 1378, 2296 Parliament, members of, and government contracts, 2145
Pollution of navigable waters, 125 Post office
Contingencies, 1360
Department staff and salaries, 1359, 2295 Dismissals, 1367 Estimates, 1359-1394, 2295-2298 Letters for soldiers, 1419, 1422 Mail bag locks, 47, 1393 Mail carriers, payment of, 2297 Outside service, 1360, 1371 Parcel post, 1371-1375, 1384 Rural mail service, 1379 Stamps, sale and use of, 1391, 1393, 1422, 2297, 2624
Shortt, Mr. Adam, speech of, 661 Cattle. See Agriculture Censorship, 1264, 1448, 1496, 1506, 1618 Charbonneau, R., employment of, 610 Chesley public building, 1646
Chisholm, Mr. Alexander W. (Inverness) Campbell, Daniel, weights and measures official, 511 Cheticamp
Live-saving station, 1633, 1636 Marine medical service, 1269 Intercolonial railway branch lines, 1482, 1702
Inverness harbour improvements, 2052 McLeod, Mr., dismissal of, 1606 Navigable waters, removal of obstructions in, 347
Steam trawling, 246, 2306
Chisholm, Mr. William (Antigonish)
Antigonish-Sherbrooke mail service, 46 Eastern Extension railway land damages, 1469
Fenian raid bounty, 1546 Immigration to Nova Scotia, 1558 Intercolonial railway
Abutment contracts, 895, 1286 Branch lines, eastern Nova Scotia, 1478, 1482
Chisholm, Mr. William (Antigonish)-Con.
Intercolonial railway-Con.
Bridges, watchmen on, 763 Coal contracts, 769	.
Nova Scotia
Indians, 1308, 1310, 1312 Inland revenue officials, 507 Postal service, 1380 Oil for fuel, imports of, 143 Taxation-postal rates and stamp taxes, 1413
War supplies-clinic thermometers, 307, 521 Civil Service
Appointments, 213, 218, 1144, 1285, 1591 Commission, 992, 1612 Dismissals, 213, 218
Militia service, civil servants in, 312, 522 Reform, 895, 1189
Speech of Mr. Adam Shortt, 213, 232, 471, 634
Clark, Mr. Hugh (North Bruce)
Agricultural reports, 2083 Prison reform, 1766 Soldiers, votes for, 2282, 2351
Clark, Mr. Michael (Red Deer)
Address in reply to Governor Generals Speech, 27
Made-in-Canada campaign, 28 Canada's paramount duty, 30 Spending of monevs. 31 Party literature, 31 Election talk, 32 Claims of the Empire, 32 Budget, 863
Submarines in naval warfare, 864
Financial comparisons, 867
Home markets and the National Policy,
Borrowings or economy, 870 War and taxation, 872 Income tax, 872	_
British preference and made-m-Canada campaign, 873, 876 Effect of the new tariff, 875 Canadian patriotic fund, 404 Dismissals, 1366
Shortt, Mr. Adam, speech of, 640 Soldiers, votes for, 2201, 2217, 2468 Taxation
Income, 1197
Postage stamps and war stamps, 1415 See Budget
Western farmers, relief for, 67 Wetaskawin settlers, grievances of, 1565
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Canada and the war, 1051 The Government's tariff policy, 1051 Revenue and protection, 1051 Western conditions, 1052
Coal. See Mines
Coast Guard, steamer, 1866
Coasting trade, 296, 1933
Cochrane, Hon. Frank (Minister of Railways and Canals)
Canadian Pacific railway ocean services, 746 -Canals
Soulanges, 1712 Staff, repairs, etc., 1713 Trent, 1712 Welland, 1710, 1713
Government purchase of railways, 1540, 1681
Hudson Bay railway, 1861 Intercolonial railway Branch lines
Eastern Nova Scotia, 1467, 1477, 1482, 1701
Chatham, 1492, 1686 Bridges, 1492, 1686 Cape Breton improvements, 1687 Fredericton land purchase, 171 Freight rates and trains, 164 General management, 1489 Halifax terminals, 1688 Highway protection, 1687 Moncton
Death claim-Mrs. O'Rourke, 1475 Improvements, 1691 Subway, 1397
Mulgrave car ferry, 1473, 1693 Operation, 1472, 1690 Quebec solicitor, 1708 Rolling stock, 1695 Safety appliances, 1698 St. John and Quebec railway agreement, 1473
National Transcontinental railway Construction, 1859
Government operation, 1802, 1816, 2128 Montreal connection, 1711 Quebec Bridge, 1710 Terminals, 1860
Railways and Canals Department Estimates, 1467-1495, 1685-1713, 1859 Staff and salaries, 1471 St. John Valley railway, 184
Cockshutt, Mr. William F. (Brantford)
Food exports, government control of, 526,
Naturalization, 610 Soldiers, votes for, 2266
Coderre, Hon. Louis (Secretary of State and Minister of Mines)
Canada Temperance Act, referenda under, 1590
Dominion electoral atlas, 2307 Mines Department Electric smelting, 1602, 2313 Estimates, 1599-1612, 2313 Explosives in mines, 1601, 1604 - Geological survey, 1607-1611 Investigations and experiments, 1603, 2313
Staff and salaries, 1599 Tar sands for road making, 1604 Printing and stationery, 1591 Scientific literature, international catalogue of, 1590
Secretary of State, Department of Estimates 1588-1598, 2307 Staff, salaries, etc., 1588, 1589 Vincent, Mr. J. U., pamphlet of, 1724 Voters' lists, preparation of, 1594
Colcleugh, F. W. R., employment of, 1648 Cold storage. See Agriculture Cole Harbour wharf, 517 Collingwood Ship Building Company, 519 Conservation Commission, 2314, 2324 Consolidated Fund expenditure, 1290 Contrecoeur public works, 1651 Cookshire post office, 1991
Copp, Mr. A. B. (Westmorland, N. B.) Amherst
Camp, 1290, 1395 Military buildings, 1395 Redstone Company, 1864 Budget, 936
Economy or taxation, 938 The party truce, 938 Tariff burdens on farmers, 940 Patriotism-and-production campaign, 941 New Brunswick and war taxes, 943 Intercolonial railway management, 944 Grand Trunk Pacific railway, labour conditions on, 498 Intercolonial railway Branch lines, 1685, 1706 Employees, enlistment of, 245 Management, 1487, 1491
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Intercolonial railway-Con.
Moncton
Death claim-Mrs. O'Rourke, 1475, 1713 Shops, 1696 Subway, 1397 Operation, 1708
Sackville, accommodation at, 606, 1693, 1706
Wages, payment of, 498 Mount Allison military instruction, 1524 New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island railway, purchase of, 152, 1685 Post Office
Employees, inefficiency of, 1392 Rural mail service, 1390 Sackville
Home guard, 1517 Pilotage, 1266 Post office, 153 War supplies Hay, 1289 Horses, 520 Seasickness cure, 152
Copper exports, 312
Copyright, protection of, 196, 1226
Corn imports, 152
Cost of Living Commission, 1395, 2625 Country Harbour gas buoy, 762 Courts. See Justice Coutts quarantine area, 150 Cream exports, 294
Criminal Code Amendment Bills, lr., 47,205. 2r., 284, 304. Ref. to select Com., 476. Com., 1218.	3r., 1291. Sen. amdts.,
Crothers, Hon. Thos. W. (Minister of Labour)
Cost of Living Commission, 2625 Labour
British Columbia, troubles in, 497 Department
Estimates, 481-498, 501-503 Staff and salaries, 481, 502 Disputes, settlement of, 494 Employment bureaux, 485-490 Farm labourers, distribution of, 490 Grand Trunk Pacific railway, conditions on, 498	"
Railway construction and labour, 502 Railway employees, voting of, 2504 South Wellington mine disaster, 207 Technical education, 495, 502
Crothers, Hon. Thos. W. (Minister of Labour)
-Con.
Labour-Con.
Telegraphers, conditions of employment of, 2532
Unemployment, 483, 493, 501 Wages
Payment of, 498 War contracts, on, 490, 503 Welland canal, on, 492 Cumberland rural mail, 1649 Customs
Agricultural implements, valuation of, 605 Alert, revenue steamer, 231 Department
Appointments and dismissals, 218-222, 228 Employees in war service, 217 Staff and salaries, 217-230 Fraudulent importation of horses, 229 Investigations, 611 Smuggling, alleged, 222 See Taxation
Customs Tariff War Revenue Bill. Res., 89, 1150, 1168. lr., 1217.	2r., 1400. Com.,
1400.' 3r„ 1405. See Budget, Special War Revenue Bill, and Taxation Dagneau, John, employment of, 1866 Dairying Industry. See Agriculture.
Davidson, Mr. Avard L. (Annapolis)
French, Field Marshal, 1446 Davidson, W. W., employment of, 768 Delisle, Mr. Michel S. (Portneuf)
Dorion, C. N., employment of, 521 Government reports in French, 828 National Transcontinental railway Portneuf claims, 993 Quebec terminals, 993 Quebec county telegraph service, 1187, 2122 St. Gilbert de Portneuf postmaster, 307 War supplies Horses, 520 Motor trucks, 1186
Demers, Mr. M. Joseph (St. John and Iberville)
Allison, J. Wesley, services of, 1145 Horses, embargo on, 150 Adulteration of maple sugar, 1798 Montreal postal station, 1651, 2528 Descarries, Mr. Joseph R. (Jacques Cartier) Budget, 1022
Canada's share in the war, 1023 Expenditures and taxation, 1024 Devlin, Mr. Emmanuel B. (Wright)
Civil Service reform, 895
Dominion elections-hours of polling, 1911
Georgian Bay canal, 1971
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Inland revenue service, 1871 Post office repairs, 1985 Mica duties; 830 Ottawa-Hull Postal rate, 766
Town-planning commission, 766 Patent medicines, 1717 Shortt, Mr. Adam, speech of, 659
Doherty, Hon. C. J. (Minister of Justice) Aliens
Assistance to, 1218 Registration of, 1734 Canadians in California, status of, 1190 Canadian patriotic fund, 204, 393 Capital punishment, 264 Controverted elections, 1920, 1994-2030, 2148 Copyright, 201, 1226 Criminal Code amendments Aliens, assistance to, 1218, 2053 Bawdy house, inmate of-penalty, 1227 Committee, select, on, 476 Dramatic copyright, infringement of, 1226
Military stores, fraud in sale of, 305, 1226 Real estate titles, fraudulent, 285, 1220 Doherty, Hon. C. J., pension of, 209, 1727 Dominion elections Hours of polling, 1915 M. for select com., 205 Railway employees, voting of, 2499, 2501, 2502
Voters' lists, 1895 Dominion police, 1732 Exchequer Court Expenses, 1731 Reports, 1730
Expropriations at Valeartier and Three Rivers, 1739
Insurance companies-licenses, 1247, 1399 Judges
Additional, for British Columbia and Alberta, 1428 Militia, in active, 1728 Salaries of, 1732
Superannuations in Quebec, 1186 Justice Department estimates, 1727, 2186 Maple sugar adulteration, 1793 Parliament, members of Active service, on, 351, 440 Government contracts, and, 2143, 2145 Parliamentary representation, 1788, 1929, 1994
Penitentiaries
Kingston
Management, 1775
Release of Thomas Riley, 2259
Doherty, Hon. C. J. (Minister of Justice)- Con.
Penitentiaries-Con.
Prison reform, 1775 Ticket-of-leave system, 1736 Soldiers, votes for, 1643, 1874, 2195, 2229, 2259-2294, 2343-2364, 2462-252S, 25332538, 2625.
Solicitor General, office of, 1736 Supreme Court Expenses, 1730
Jurisdiction-appeal in provincial election cases, 1988, 2053 Winding-up Act amendment, 2121, 2195
Doherty, Hon. C. J., judicial pension of, 209, 808, 987, 1727
Dominion Controverted Elections Act Amendment Bill, lr., 1714.	2r., 1920.
Com., 1920, 1994, 2148.	3r„ 2154. See
Supreme Court Act Amendment Bill
Dominion Elections Act Amendment Bill, lr., 1714.	2r„ 1895. Com., 1895, 2139.	3r.,
2148. Select Com., 205. See 1527, 1929
Dominion lands and parks, 231, 1894
Dominion Notes Bill. Res., 1528. lr., 1539. 2r„ 1653. Com., 1653.	3r., 1653. See
146, 479.
Dominion police. See Justice
Dominion Trust Company, 519
Dominions, overseas Peace terms, and, 2627 Status of, 439
Dorion, C. N., employment of, 521
Douglas, Mr. James (Strathcona)
Agricultural literature, 2082 Calmar-Telfordville mails, 1187, 1376 Camrose, public building for, 1979 Edmonton, Dunvegan and British Columbia Railway Company, 723 Homesteaders' wood rights, 1560 Killam mail route, 244 Mclnnes, T. R. E., employment of, 1864 Nice, Mr., employment of, 1991 Oil lease, George McRae, 243 Pope land lease, 993 Ribstone, village of, patent of, 243 Seed grain distribution, 1281 Strathcona postal service, 1376 Wainwright park, 236 War supplies Horses 898, 1234 Overshoes, 762
Wetaskawin settlers, grievances of, 1560, 1565, 1566
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Dredging. See Public works Drill halls. See Militia
Duchemin, H. P., payments to, 604, 667, 948
Duck Mountain
Homesteaders, 992 Timber reserve, 1577
East Erinville post office, 519 Edmonton
Public building, 2044 Rifle range, 1552
Edwards, Mr. John W. (Frontenac) Barriefield military road, 1515 Budget, 458
Government dismissals, 459 Government administration and expenditure, 459
Trade conditions, 462 The United States market, 463 Tariff increases, 464 British preference, 464 Tariff on agricultural implements, 467 The war crisis, 469 Cement duty, 469 Capital punishment, 136 Cheese inspection, 513 Dismissals, government, 459, 1366 Experimental farms, 2063 Farmers' relief, 1240 Hog cholera, 1286 Hughes, Major W. S., 435 Meat inspection, 2090 Parcel post, 1384 Patent shovel shield, 1236 Rdyal Military College, 1519 Penitentiaries
Kingston, 136, 515, 1740, 1773 Release of Thomas Riley, 2459 Stoney Mountain, 390, 1185
Electric smelting. See Mines Emigration to United States, 242 Employment bureau. See Labour Escuminac wharf, 1287
Estimates. See titles of departments and subjects
Eureka, steamer, 1265, 1268 Exchequer Court. See Justice Excise, 1717 Exhibitions, 2085, 2109 Experimental farms. See Agriculture Explosives. See Mines
External Affairs, Department of, 2314, 2318
Farmers Bank, depositors of, 391
Farmers' relief. See Western farmers, also Richmond county
Farquhar, Colonel, death in action of, 1283 Fenian raid bounty, 242, 1545, 1651 Ferguson, Mr. T. R., report of. See Interior Finance
Charges of management, 1715 Expenditure of Canada, 435, 764 Revenue of Canada, 152
Finance Act, 1914-proclamation continued,
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Fish and Fisheries
Advisory board, 1270
American vessels, regulation of, 1650
Behring sea claims, 239
Bounties, 94
Breeding, 1278
Departmental estimates, 1270-1280, 1643
Exhibit at Toronto, 1277
" Fish and How to Cook It "-booklet, 239
Grants to fishermen, 2123
Herrings-regulation of prices, 17S6
Hudson bay fisheries, 1280
Inspection, 48, 1271, 1279
Licenses, issue of, 1275, 2302
Lobsters
Close season, 45 Hatcheries, 1278 Seed, 309
Undersized, 1150	'
Officers, 1270 Oyster culture, 1275 Pickled fish, 48, 1278 Protection service, 1622 Quebec, in province of, 994 Reduction works, 633, 767 Shell-fish commission, 607 Steam trawling, 243, 246, 311, 312, 1622, 2305
Tidal waters, fisheries in, 116, 1270 Transportation, SO, 1494
Fisher, Captain E., employment of, 517
Fisher, Mr. J. H. (Brant)
Budget, S17
Expenditures on public works, 817 Made-in-Canada movement, 818 Indian Department, 819 Votes for soldiers, 819
Flour, Canada's gift of, to Great Britain, 1646 Food
Exports, government control of, 526, 556 Inspection, 2090
Foot and mouth disease, 611, 2053, 2087
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Fort Erie shooting case, 143, 332
Fort William harbour improvements, 19701975
Foster, Mr. Arthur De Witt (King's, N.S.) Shortt, Mr. Adam, speech of, 674 War supplies-horses, 629, 1033 Yarmouth harbour, 1289
Foster, Hon. Sir George E. (Minister of Trade and Commerce)
Belgian relief, 1676
Bounties on lead and petroleum, 1936
Budget, 999
The war and party co-operation, 999 Canada's finances, 1001 Protection or free trade and revenue 1003, 1011
Financial inheritances of the Government, 1004
Methods of taxation, 1006 The tariff, 1008 British preference, 1009 Canada's part in the war, 1012 Canada Year Book, 1938 Civil Service appointments, 1872 Customs valuations, 1404 Freight rates, ocean, lake and river, 215 Gold and silver marking, 1875 Grain Act
Administration of, 1939-1954 Amendment Bill, 1644, 2191, 2532 House of Commons Easter adjournment, 1645 Government business, 1787 Nickel export, 1937 Pit props, trade in, 1934 Steamship services, 1291. See that title Trade and Commerce, 212, 1291, 1931. See that title War
Appropriations, 1664, 1670 Supplies
Committee of Council on, 1666 Communications from Canadian Manufacturers' Association, 1668
Foster, W. G., employment of, 898
Fournier, L. H., employment of, 521
Fowler, Mr. George W. (King's and Albert) Controverted elections, 1925 Shortt, Mr. Adam, speech of, 669
Fraser river, removal of obstructions in, 2303 Fraserville harbour, 392
Fredericton land expropriation, 168, 1475
Freight rates
Lake and ocean, supervision of, 215, 351 Inland navigation, control of, 43, 249
French Canadians
Civil Service, in, 985, 2318
Military service, in, 1149, 1442, 1445, 2189
French language
Blue books in
Printing and distribution, 1596, 2310 Translation, 504
Department of Agriculture, in, 2077 War stamps in, 1205
French river improvements, 1991
French, Sir John, Field Marshal, 1443
French Treaty and war taxes. See Taxation
Fripp, Mr. Alfred E. (Ottawa)
Votes for soldiers, 334
Furois, E., employment of, 1993
Gallon, W. J., employment of, 831
Garland, Mr. W. F. (Carleton, Ont.)
War contracts, 947
Gas inspection, 508, 1720 Gaspe
Deferred elections in, 1903, 2147 Purchase of war supplies in, 994 Railways, 518 Salmon fisheries, 116, 2302 Steamer service, 307, 833, 1286, 1301
Gaspe Bay anchorage, 998, 1449
Gauthier, Mr. Louis J. (St. Hyacinthe)
Budget, 586
Criticism of the Government, 587 Party truce and the war, 588 Taxation and protection, 589 British preference, 589 St. Denis rural mails, 993 War supplies-waterproofs, 609
Gauvreau, Chas., employment of, 390
Gauvreau, Mr. Charles A. (Temiscouata) Auclair expropriation, 1729 Fraserville harbour, 392 Intercolonial railway
Gutelius, Mr.. F. P., 141, 309 Hay, cutting of, 1710 Ice contracts, 79 Riviere du Loup shops, 141 Lake Temiscouata postal service, 79 Louisville Mails, 1288
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Gauvreau, Mr. C. A. (Temiscouata)-Con.
MalScitfi Indians, 1308 Menace newspaper, 991
Mousseau, P. A., employment of, 1992, 2122 Temiscouata postal service, 392 Genest, A., employment of, 767, 1185, 1368 Geological survey. See Mines Georgian Bay Canal commission, 1145, 2183 German, Mr. William M. (Welland)
Admiralty court procedure, 1732 Bank loans for seed grain, 1245 Canadian patriotic fund, 1309 Controverted elections, 2000, 2010, 2016, 2152 Point Abino signal service, 1256 Soldiers, votes for, 2246, 2259, 2287, 2345, 2464, 2506
Solicitor General, office of, 1735, 1738 Taxation-patent medicines, 1423 War supplies Bicycles, 995 Boots, 315
Welland canal, wages on, 491 Gilbert, Arthur, employment of, 1787, 1993 Gillis, A. B„ employment of, 831
Girard, Mr. Joseph (Chicoutimi and Saguenay)
Agriculture in Quebec, 2073 Glass, Mr. S. Francis (East Middlesex) Budget, 913
Tremendous effect of the war, 913 Patriotism and production, 914 Credits for farmers, 916 Reciprocity with the United States, 917 Conditions of trade and finance, 919 Canada's share in the war, 922 British preference, 923 Immigration, 924
Dominion elections-hours for voting, 1910 Privilege-the member for West Lambton, 2460	.
Gobeil, A., employment of, 895, 1458, 1962 Gold and Silver Marking Bill, lr., 1645. 2r., 1875. Com., 1875.	3r., 1876.
Gordon, Mr. David A. (East Kent) Wallaceburg customs collector, 766 Government Railways Purchase Bill. Res., 1539. lr., 1544.	2r„ 1681. Com., 1681.
3r„ 1685.
Graham, Hon. George P. (South Renfrew) Bank loans for seed grain, 1349 Budget, 1130
Party co-operation and the war, 1130 Public expenditure and the late Government, 1132
Graham, Hon. G. P. (South Renfrew)-Con. Budget-Con.
Railway obligations-Canadian Northern and National Transcontinental, 1133 Reduction of expenditure, 1136 War taxes or not, 1137 British preference, 1140 Cadet corps, 1518 Capital punishment, 136, 137 Cardinal canal
Removal of houses, 832 Statistical officer, 832
Civil Service-temporary appointments, 1871
Coal imports, 633, 828 Collingwood Shipbuilding Company, 519 Dairying industry, 2081 Food exports, government control of, 554 Georgian Bay canal, 966 Commission, 2183 Horse breeding, 2105
House of Commons stenographers, employment of, during recess, 1360 Hudson Bay railway, 436, 631 Intercolonial railway Expenditures, 1492 Halifax terminals, 1689 Level crossings, 1688
Kingston penitentiary-employment of Mr. Begg, 828	_
Morris, F., employment of, 151 National Transcontinental railway Construction expenditure, 1859 Government operation, 1802, 1841, 2124, 2134
Quebec terminals, 606 Ocean freight rates, 751 Parliament, members of, and government contracts, 2144
Pollution of navigable waters, 124 Public health, conservation of, 2107 Railway capitalization, 289 Richards, James W., M.P., death of, 827 St. Thomas armoury, 1866 Shortt, Mr. Adam, speech of, 681.
Soldiers, votes for, 336, 2262, 2274, 2350 Trent canal-claim of Cory & Laverdure, 1712 War
Appropriations, 1667
Canadians, enlistment of, 1447
Members of parliament on active service,
Supplies
Canadian Manufacturers' Association.
communications from, 1667, 2189, 2461 Clothing, 2531 Salisbury Plain, at, 306
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Administration of Act, 1939-1957 Amendment Bill. lr., 1644.	2r.,	2030.
Com., 2030. 3r„ 2191.
Distillation of, 2624
Granby mail service, 905
Grand Trunk Pacific railway
Expenditures on, 437, 1864 Labour conditions on, 498 See National Transcontinental railway
Gray, William (London)
Canadians in California, 1189 Dominion elections-hours of polling, 1908 South Wellington mine disaster, 207 Transportation of Canadian forces, 763
Green, Mr. Robert F. (Kootenay)
Edmonton, Dunvegan and British Columbia Railway Company, 721 Real estate titles, fraudulent, 1222
Gutelius, Mr. F. P„ 141, 309, 1483, 1489
Guysbo rough
Branch railways. See Intercolonial
Fishery guardians, 313
Mail service, 519, 607, 633, 897, 1185
Half-breed scrip, 1287 Haliburton, recruiting at, 896 Halifax
Chartered steamers, 1647 Customs night watchman, 831 Military headquarters staff, 1514 Permanent force, supplies for, 2529 Public Works, 1458 Terminals, 764, 1688
Halifax and Eastern railway, 1466
Hall, R. P., appointment of, 763
Harbours. See Public works
H awkesbury-Grenville bridge, 1648, 1992, 2176
Hazen, Hon. J. D. (Minister of Marine and Fisheries)
Cheticamp life-saving station, 1635 Dredging, 1252 Fish and Fisheries Advisory board, 1270 Breeding, 1278 Departmental officers, 1270 Exhibit at Toronto, 1277 " Fish and How to Cook It "-booklet, 239 Grants to fishermen, 2301 Licenses, issue of, 116, 1275, 2302
Hazen, Hon. J. D. (Minister of Marine and Fisheries)-Con.
Oyster culture, 1275 Protection service, 1622 Steam trawling, 1622, 1624, 2305 Tidal waters, fisheries in, 1270 Fraser river obstructions, removal of, 2303 Hudson bay Fisheries, 1280 .Hydrographic surveys, 1626 Navigation, 1627
Karluk, steamer. See Stefansson LeBlanc, seaman, 1642 Live-stock inspection, 348 Marine
British ships, transfer of, 1057 Coasting trade, 299 Government steamers, 312, 338, 1255 Hydrographic surveys, 1626 Ice breaking, 339, 1255, 1267 Life-saving service, 351, 1633 Lighthouse and coast service, 1256-1260, 1267
Maritime road, 1267
Masters and mates, examination of, 340 Navigation Aids to, 1258 Obstructions to', 347, 2303 Schools of, 346 Pilotage, 1265
St. Lawrence ship channel, 1252 Seamen, sick and dis*ressed, 1269 Shipping casualties m 1914, 833 Signal service, 1264 Steamboat inspection, 1270 Unseaworthy vessels, 345 Wrecking plants, 349 Wrecks, investigations into, 342 Marine and Fisheries estimates, 338-350, 1252-1280
Naval service, 237, 1612, 1654, 2298 Navigable waters, pollution of, 121 New Brunswick shale industry, 1608 Northern waters, patrol of, 1631, 2298 Parliamentary representation, 2332 Prince Edward Island winter mail service, 348
Quebec Harbour Commission-resignation of Sir William Price, 1966 Richard, Mrs. Margaret, claim of, 1642 St. John custom house, 1982 Shelburne fishery inspector, 1271 Shortt, Mr. Adam, speech of, 642 Stefansson expedition, 1631, 1632, 2298 Submarines, purchase of, 100 United States flag, alleged flying of, on wireless station, 1617 Wireless telegraphic service, 1263
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Higenbotham, E. N., dismissal of, 1364 High Commissioner, Canadian, 391, 2318 Homesteaders' 'wood rights, 1560 Horn, Werner, extradition of, 44, 79-Horses
Export to the United States, 150, 1230 Breeding, 2103
Fraudulent importation of, 229 See War supplies House of Commons Business of the House, 206, 687, 1187 Committees, select standing, 74 Deputy Speaker, election of, 41 Easter adjournment, 1645 Members
Active service, on. See Senate and House of Commons Governrftent contracts, and, 1242, 2139 Indemnity of, 2309
Officials, appointment of, 144, 1526, 1863, 2258
Reading room, taking of papers from, 611 Representation. See House of Commons Representation Act Amendment Bill, Parliamentary representation, and Prince Edward Island Sessional employees, 2109 Stenographers, post-sessional employment of, 1360
Voters' lists, preparation of, 1594, 2111, 2309
House of Commons Representation Act Amendment Bill (correction of clerical errors). lr„ 1557.	2r., 1788. Com.,
1788, 1929, 1994. 3r., 1994.
Hudson bay Fisheries, 1280 Hydrographic surveys, 1626 Navigation, 1627 Hudson Bay railway Construction, 436, 1861 Cost of mileage, 631, 114S Le Pas bridge, closing of, 606 Wages of employees, 1395 Hughes, Major W. S., appointment of, 435 Hughes, Mr. James J. (King's, P.E.I.) Brudenell wharf, 2114 Budget, 1027
Financial administration, 1028 Taxation, prosperity, and revenue, 1029 Governments and expenditures, 1030 Civil service administration, 1032 War contracts, 1033
Hughes, Mr. James J. (King's, P.E.I.)-Con.
Cardigan-Annandale mail service, 1648 Charlottetown Harbour, 2114
School of navigation for, 347 Controverted elections, 2013 Cost of Living Commission, 1395 Drill halls, use of, 2036 Earl Grey, steamer, sale of, 312 Enlistment from the active militia, 1456 Fenian raid bounty, 1545 Food exports, government control of, 543 *House of Commons reading room, 611 Liquors and tobaccos in bond, 314 Little Sand breakwater, 2117 North lake harbour, 2114 Potatoes, exportation of, 1229, 2078 Prince Edward Island
Mail service, 348, 1378, 1385 Marine life-saving service, 351, 1637 Parliamentary representation, 316, 331 Public works, 2114 Railway, 1704, 1707 Shortt, Mr. Adam, speech of, 673 Souris life-saving station, 1637 Taxation-cheques, 1203
Hughes, Hon. Major General Sam (Minister of Militia and Defence)
Allison, J. Wesley, services of, 1145, 1452, 1508, 1669
Ammunition, purchase of, 1451-1455, 15061512, 1669, 1867 Aviation, 1989
Boots, army, purchase of, 2455 Cadet corps, 1518
Canadian troops in the firing line, 613 Censorship, 1448 Dominion arsenal, 1506 Duty on imported munitions, 1506 Edmonton rifle1 range, 1553 Engineer services, 1513 Enlistment. See Recruiting Fenian raid bounty, 1546 French Canadians, enlistment of, 1442, 1445, 1447	-
Haliburton recruiting, 896 Halifax headquarters staff, 1515 Home guards, 1516 Militia estimates, 1428, 1496, 1544 Motor trucks, purchase of, 1146 Nova Scotia military forces, 1396, 1436 Permanent force, Canadian, 1515 Prince Rupert Rifles, disbandment of, 1522 Recruiting, 438, 1680, 1989 Rifle ranges, 1553
Robertson, Struan, Lt. Col., 1396, 1436
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Hughes, Hon. Major General Sam (Minister of Militia and Defence)-Con.
Royal Military College, 1522 Salisbury Plain, supplies at, 439 Schools of military instruction, 1524 Shooting by sentries, 2124 Training camps, 1457 Valcartier
Camp, 1514, 1553 Land claims, 523, 1513, 1549 War
Appropriations, 1662 Supplies. See that title
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Inland revenue service, 1871 Post office repairs, 1985
Hydrographic surveys. See Marine
Ice-breaking. See Marine
Immigration
Agencies, 1558-1562 Inspection, 233 Officials suspended, 243 Oriental, 1576 Philadelphia agent, 522 Statistics, 1147
Indians
Blood reserve, 763, 1323 British Columbia, 1324, 1892 Department estimates, 1306-1328 Education, 1325 New Brunswick, 1317
North West Provinces and Territories, 1319-1324, 1876
Ontario and Quebec, 1306-1309, 1328 Nova Scotia, 1310, 1325 St. Peter's reserve, 1320, 1877 Tobique reserve, 187 Trust fund, 1327
Industrial disputes. See Labour
Inland Revenue Amendment Bills
Temporary officials, appointment of. lr., 1644. Res., 1868. 2r„ 1874. Com., 1874, 3r., 1994
Transfer of excise goods in bond, lr., 1644. 2r„ 1868. Com., 1868. 3r„ 1868
Inland Revenue Department
Deputy Minister, 438, 1723 Estimates, 503-513, 1717-1723, 2313 Staff and salaries, 503, 1717
Insect pests. See Agriculture
Amendment Bill (renewable term policies), lr., 351
Companies Extension of Time Bill. Res., 1246. lr., 1249.	2r„ 1399. Com., 1399.
3r„ 1400. See Taxation Department, 1716
Intercolonial railway
Abutment contracts, 895, 1286 Atlantic sugar refinery site, 150 Bathurst spur, 46 Block signals, 1690 Boulay, Messrs., employment of, 2530 Branch lines in eastern Nova Scotia, 44, 519, 992, 1467, 1473-1483, 1700 Bridges
Strengthening of, 1492 Substructures of, 897 Watchmen on, 608, 763 Cape Breton facilities, 1699	*
Cement posts, contracts for, 309 ChaudiSre employees, 1785 Coal tenders, 769, 1147, 1688 Courtenay bay spur line, 1698 Eastern extension land damages, 1469 Employees on military service, 217, 245 Envelopes, importation of, 896 Equipment, 1698
Estimates, 1472-1495, 1685-1704, 1706 Fish transportation, 80, 1494 Fredericton land expropriation, 168, 1475 Freight rates and trains, 156 French-speaking employees, 1485 German spy, suspected, 610 Ice contracts, 79, 311 Levis station, 831 Management, 1483-1493 Moncton
Death claim-Mrs O'Rourke, 1475 Improvements, 1397, 1691 Mulgrave car ferry, 1693 Operation, 1472, 1706 Prince Edward Island car ferry, 1473 Pugwash spur line, 391, 1693 Quebec, solicitor for, 1708 Receipts and expenditures, 143 Riviere du Loup shops, 141 Rolling stock, 1695
Sackville improvements, 606, 1693, 1706
Safety appliances, 1698
Shims, contracts for, 768
Ties, contracts for, 309
Union station culvert, 608
Wallace spur, 391, 1694
See Government Railways Purchase Bill.
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Interior Department
Estimates, 231-237, 1281, 1558-1585, 1893 Ferguson, Mr. T. R„ report of, 2539 Staff, salaries, etc., 232, 1558, 1570
International railway service, 1470 Iron
Imports, 244 Ores, 309, 2313
Jameson, Mr. Clarence (Digby)
Unseaworthy vessels, 345
Johnston, J. ~W., employment of, 608
Jordan East breakwater, 390
Judges Act Amendment Bill. Res., 1428. lr., 1428.	2r., 1544. Com., 1544.	3r., 1544.
Justice
Admiralty court procedure, 1732 Department estimates, 1727, 2186 Dominion police, 1732 Exchequer Court Expenses, 1731 Reports, 1730 Judges
Militia, in active, 1728 Pensions, 765, 1727 Salaries, 1732
Superannuation in Quebec, 1186 Solicitor General, office of, 1735 Supreme Court Expenses, 1730
Jurisdiction-appeal in provincial election cases, 1988, 2053
Kamouraska lighthouse, 897
Karluk, steamer. See Stefansson
Kay, Mr. William F. (Missisquoi)
Cream exports, 294 Krans, J., employment of, 1185, 1286 Maple sugar, adulteration of, 1785 Philipsburg-St. Armand mail service, 249, 313, 995
Rural mail carriers, payment of, 2297 Soldiers, votes for, 2255 Stanbridge rural mail service, 995
Kelly, E,, employment of, 241
Kemp, Hon. A. E. (East Toronto)
Dominion elections-hours for polling, 1908
Killam mail route, 244 Killarney and Manitowaning mails, 898 Kingston penitentiary. See Penitentiaries Kitsilano Indian reserve, 1892
Knowles, Mr. William E. (Moosejaw)
Exchequer Court reports, 1730 Experimental farms, 2057, 2061, 2071 Gold and silver marking, 1875 Homestead entries, cancellation of, 1868 Inland Revenue Department appointments, 1870	'
Soldiers, votes for, 2262, 2267
Krans, J., employment of, 1185, 1286
Kyte, Mr. George W. (Richmond, N. S.) Arichat mail service, 1184, 1372 Bank borrowings from Government, 147 Bourgeois river-Cannes mail service, 1389 Budget, 449
Canada and the war, 449 Government's financial record, 450 Economic conditions, 451 Cement duty, 452	- ,
Civil service, 452 Revenue and expenditure, 454 Fishermen and the tariff, -455 The war taxes, 457 Capital punishment, 138 Customs Department dismissals and appointments, 219, 222, 898 Dominion elections, 1912 Dominion notes, 146
Fenian raid bounty-claims of widows, 1545
Fishing bounties, 94
Food exports, government control of, 547 Gobeil, A, employment of, 895, 1458, 1962 Grandigne Ferry mail service, 1184, 1372 Haliburton recruiting, 896 Intercolonial railway
Atlantic sugar refinery site, 150 Eastern Nova Scotia branch lines and extensions, 992 Management, 1490, 1493 Johnston, J. W., employment of, 608 Loans, Imperial Government, to Canada, 146 Mail carriers, pay of, 1371 Nova Scotia
Indians, 1310, 1312, 1317, 1325 Military forces, 481, 561, 687, 1396, 1428 Postal service, 900, 1389 Parliamentary representation of Maritime Provinces, 325 Richmond county
Customs service, 219, 222, 228 Railways, 992
Robertson, Lt.-Col. See Nova Scotia military forces
St. Paul's Island life-saving station, 608
Squid imports, 244
Steam trawling, 1622
Trent Canal commission, 632
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War supplies Binoculars, 21S8 Medical, 149, 1866 West Arichat customs, 898
Labour
British Columbia troubles, 497 Department
Estimates, 481-498, 501-503 Staff and salaries, 481, 497, 502 Disputes, settlement of, 245, 297, 494, 501 Employment bureau, national, 352, 484490, 607
Fair wages in government contracts, 240, 391
Farm labourers, distribution of, 490 Grand Trunk Pacific Railway, employees of, 498
Railway construction, inspection of, 502 Telegraphers, conditions of employment of, **	1786, 2532
Unemployment, 308, 483, 492, 605, 2320 Wages	-
Payment of, 498
War contracts, on, 38, 40, 240, 490, 503 Welland canal, on, 491
Lachance, Mr. Arthur (Quebec Centre) Foreigners, deportation of, 2122 Lauzon dry dock, 1866 Montmagny, wreck of, 1867 National Transcontinental railway-Quebec terminals, 1818, 1867 War supplies-sheepskins, 1866
Lafortune, Mr. David A. (Montcalm)
Budget, 1033
Nationalists, 1034 School question^ 1039, 1049 Tobacco culture, 1041 Agriculture, 1041 Highways, 1046 Bankruptcy law, 1047 Exhibitions, 1047 Cattle embargo, 1048 Insolvency Act, 1048 Capital punishment, 276 Montcalm postal service, 1385 Privilege-report in Montreal Gazette, 1057 St. Jacques l'Achigan public building, 2322
Lake St. John hydrographic work, 896 Lake Temiscouata postal service, 79 Lake of the Woods Technical Board, 1394
Lancaster, Mr. Edward A. (Lincoln and Niagara)
Canadian Northern Railway Company, 708, 758
Lancaster, Mr. Edward A. (Lincoln and
Niagara)-Core.
Edmonton, Dunvegan and British Columbia Railway Company, 705, 721 Life insurance-renewable term policies, 351
Private Bills
Senate amendments, 1371 Suspension of rules, 1527 Toronto Eastern Railway Company, 708 Van Buren Bridge Company, 709, 760 Vancouver Terminal Railway Company, 990
Lanctot, Mr. Roch (Laprairie-Napierville) Budget, 804
Canada's participation in the war, 804 The war taxation, 805 Government extravagance, 806 Expenditures on public works, 807 Payments to Mr. Bergeron, Mr. Ferguson and the Minister of Justice, 808 Doherty, Hon. C. J., pension of, 808, 1727 FuroiS, Eugene, employment of, 1993 Gauvreau, C., employment of, 390 Grand Trunk Pacific expenditure, 437 Judges' pensions, 1727 Laprairie protection works, 437, 2156 Laprairie-Napierville rural mail service, 1380
Montreal resident engineer, 437 Pelletier, Hon. L. P., trip of, 2529 Pettet, W. V., employment of, 2123 Quebec bridge, 437 Rhoda, steamer, 2531 St. Lambert post office, 1648
Land speculation. See Real estate
Lapointe, Mr. Ernest (Kamouraska)
Audette, L., employment of, 2122 Cardin, E„ employment of, 1993 Charbonneau, Rodrique, employment of, 610
French, war stamps in, 1204 lie de Kamouraska light, 897 Intercolonial railway-envelopes, imported, 896
Lake St. John hydrographic work, 896 National Transcontinental railway Bridgekeepers, 897 Station employees, 1143 Quebec
Post office revenues, 896 Grain elevators, electric power for, 2123 Roy, F. X., employment of, 992 St. Anselme government employees, 1993 St. Germain de Kamouraska wharf, 2163 St. Mathieu dredging, 2173 Soldiers, votes for, 2507
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Taxation
Cheques, 1202 Spirituous liquors, 897 Theberge, J., employment of, 2529 Valcartier
Lighting, 2123 Lumber supplies, 2122 VallOe, L. O., dismissal of, 436
Lapointe, Mr. Louis A. (Montreal, St. James) Montreal barracks, 2035 War taxes, 1217
Laprairie protection works, 437, 2156 L'Assomption
Public employees from county of, 2528 Wharf, 1145
Last Mountain Lake dredging, 311
Laurier, Rt. Hon. Sir Wilfrid (Quebec East) Address in reply to Governor General's Speech
Progress of the war, 15 Significance of the struggle, 16 British sovereignty and the Dominions, 17
Conscription, 17
Canada's expenditure on the war, 18 War contract frauds, 18 Aeroplanes, reported appearance of, 144 Budget
Attitude of the Opposition, 834, 1065 Financial situation of the country, 836 The Government's financial policy, 836 Retrenchment and economy, 837 The new taxation-special taxes, 837 Taxation on railway travelling, 838 Customs tariff increases, 839 Taxes on British goods, 840 Proposed amendment, 841 Civil Service-speech of Mr. Adam Shortt, 634
Controverted elections, 1995, 2008, 2021 Dominion notes, 1536
Parquhar, Colonel, death in action of, 1283 Ferguson, T. R„ report of, 2568, 2620 Fort Erie shooting case, 332 High Commissionership, Canadian, 391 House of Commons
Bowles, W. C., resignation of, 1526 Business of the House, 206, 1188, 1787 Deputy Speaker, election of, 41 Easter adjournment, 1645 Intercolonial railway branch lines, 1540 Killarney-Little Current mail service, 898 Maple sugar, adulteration of, 1791 Ministerial changes, 208
Laurier, Rt. Hon. Sir Wilfrid (Quebec East) -Con.
National Transcontinental railway Construction, 1859
Government operation, 1813, 1842, 2127, 2138
Quebec terminals, 1860 Naval Service of Canada, 1661 Nova Scotia military forces-language of Minister of Militia, 1440 Parliament, members of, and government contracts, 2143, 2147 Parliamentary representation
House of Commons, 328, 1789, 1994 Senate, 1460, 2327, 2341 Pollution of navigable waters, 123 Privilege-Federal Press Agdncy leaflet, 2189
Railway employees, voting of, 2500 Seed grain, bank loans for, 1243 Shortt, Mr. Adam, speech of, 634 Soldiers, votes for, 2206, 2280, 2348, 2360, 2464, 2484, 2524, 2536, 2627 Supreme Court jurisdiction-appeals in provincial election cases, 2054 Taxation
Bananas, 1167
Corporations, 1192, 1196
Customs valuations, 1404
French Treaty, articles under, 1215, 1422
Insurance companies, 1178
Money orders, 1205
Penalties, 1586
Postal rates and stamp taxes, 1415 Railway tickets, 838, 1198, 1200 Spirits, 1153, 1156 Telegraphic messages, 1192, 1194 Valcartier land claims, 522, 1546, 1739, 2621 War
Expenditures, 1142, 1398 Supplies, purchase of, 144, 2617 See Address and Budget Lauzon dry dock, 1647, 1866, 1971 Lavergne, Armand, Lt.-Col., 1517 Law, Mr. Bowman B. (Yarmouth)
Amherst
Armoury, 389 Post office, 436
Budget, 820	.
Favourable to war appropriation, 820 Taxes and governmental extravagance, 820
Conservative party platform, 821 British preference, 823 Duties on fertilizers and feeds, 823 Postal rates, 824 Prohibition, liquor, 824 Chaplain to oversea forces, 242
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Fisher, tVard, fishery inspector, 1271
Indians, Nova Scotia
Claim of Dr. A. J. Deveau, 1314 Yarmouth agent, 1310 Jordan East breakwater, 390 Dong Beach lobster pond, 309 Port Hawkesbury public building, 1981 Potato embargo, 719 Schools of navigation, 1260 Shelburne
Fishery inspector, 1271 Fog alarm, 389 Taxation
Fertilizers and feeds, 823, 1165 Betters and postcards, 1207 Newfoundland partridge berries, 1167 Toronto Home Guard, 243 War supplies-horses, 766, 898 Wrecking plants for Bay of Fundy, 350 Yarmouth
Cattle purchases in, 309 Fishery guardians, 313 Harbour, 607 Marine hospital, 832 Postal service, 313, 1361 Yarmouth-St. John steamship services, 1305
Le Blanc, seaman, 896, 1639 Lemieux, Hon. Rodolphe (Rouville)
Architect, Dominion chief, appointment of,
Aylwin irrigation tract, 2571 Copyright, 196
Emigration to the United States, 242 Farmers Bank depositors, 391 Oobeil, A., employment of, 1965 Dabour unemployment, 308 Mail bag locks, 46	.
Pelletier, Hon. D. P., testimonial to, 211 Prince of Wales fund and government loa,ns, 244
Quebec and Saguenay railway, 2625 Quebec Harbour Commission-resignation of Sir William Price, 1965, 1966 Royal Society of Canada, accommodation for, 245
Soldiers	.
Free postage for, 338 Votes for, 2516
Taxation-patent medicines, 312 War supplies Boots, 48, 244 Canvas shoes, 389 Cartridges, 242 Medical, 308, 315 National Drug Company, 312 Slippers, 389
Leonardsville dredging, 312 Lethbridge
Customs staff, 521 Field battery, 1646 Immigration inspector, 150, 1567 Postmastership, 143, 769, 1364 Wool storage, 828
Levis
Dry dock, 767
Quarantine station, 241, 1290 Shell factory, 519
Life-saving See Marine Liquor
Bonded, 314, 897 Inspection, 1720
Manufacture, suggested suspension of, 2327 Live stock. See Agriculture Livingstone, Charles P., appointment of, 150 Loans
Canadian Government, to banks, 147, 476 Imperial Government, to Canada, 146, 522
Lobsters. See Fisheries
Loggie, Mr. William S. (Northumberland, N.B.)
Budget
Reciprocal trade with United States, 925 Canada's part in the war, 925 Financial requirements, 925 Taxation proposals of Government, 926 Barbed wire, 927 Pork, 928
Raw materials, 928 British preference, 929 Chatham public building, 1982 Grain for distillation, 2624 Intercolonial railway
Chatham branch, 1493, 1685 Transportation of fish, 1494 Newcastle wireless station-alleged flying of United States flag, 1616 Soldiers, votes for, 2256
Longard, G E., employment of, 831 Longueuil, dredging at, 438 Louisville Mails, 1288
Post office building, 1288, 1459
Macdonald, Mr. Edward M. (Pictou) Address in reply to Governor General's Speech
Members of Parliament at the front, 36 Purchase of war supplies, 37 Fair wages and war contracts, 37 Newfoundland and Confederation, 39
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Alberta coal miners, unemployment among, 494
British Columbia militiamen on active service, 151, 1544 Budget
Criticism of Government, 1103 The Minister of Trade and Commerce and the Budget, 1105 Proposed taxation not for war, 1106 Borrowings, from England, 1106 Liberal administration, 1108 The Minister of Finance, tariff and expenditures, 1108
National Transcontinental and Canadian Northern railways, 1111 British preference, 1111 Naval question, 1113 Political parties and the war, 1114 Canadian Pacific railway ocean sendees, 747
Canadian patriotic fund, 398 Cariboo Island breakwater, 308 Coal
Areas in Nova Scotia, 1609 Lands, government, leases of, 1611 Controverted elections, 2002 Dominion elections, 1908 Expenditure of Canada, 435 Fair wages, 490. See Address Fenian raid bounty, 242 Indians, Nova Scotia, 1310, 1313 Industrial Disputes Investigation Act, amendment of, 245
Inland Revenue Department, administration of, 503
Insurance companies-extensions of time, 1248
Intercolonial railway Branch lines, 1477 Bridge watchmen, 608 Claim of Mrs. Higgins, 1477 Coal tenders, 1147 Pictou harbour bridge, 1477 Receipts and expenditures, 143 Train service, 142, 167 Union station culvert, 608 Liquor manufacture, suggested suspension of, 2327
Macdonald, Wm., employment of, 1288 McLeod, J. W., employment of, 896 McNeil, Wm., employment of, 1648 Members of Parliament on active service, 36, 439
Naval service, 1621. See Budget.
New Glasgow
Dredge pontoons, cost of hauling, 1992 Mails, 517
Macdonald, Mr. Edward M. (Pictou)-Con.
Nova Scotia
Coal areas, 1609 Indians, 1310
Military forces, 608, 1434, 1499 Parliamentary representation, 2338 Patents, renewal of, 1261 Pictou (county)
Fishery guardians, 245 Mail service, 244, 610, 995, 1288, 1458, 2123, 2188, 2297
Medical examiners for volunteers, 762 Pictou (town) winter freight handling, 246 Pictou Island telephone service, 143, 1258 Pit props, trade in, 1934 Prince Rupert Rifles, disbandment of, 1522
Real estate titles, fraudulent, 1222 Revenue of Canada, 152 River John customs sub-collectorship, 142 Shortt, Mr. Adam, speech of, 676 Soldiers, votes for, 2251, 2476, 2484, 2505, 2533
Stellarton public building, 763 Suckling, Rev. W. T., military chaplain, 1867
Taxation-cheques, 1409 Technical education, 245, 495, 496 United States flag, alleged flying of, at wireless station, 1618 Yale railway, 245 War supplies Boots, 2430
Fair wages and war contracts, 37, 490 Horses, 388, 520, 894, 994, 2123 Oliver equipment, 1992 Wireless stations, control of, 1618
Macdonell, Mr. A. C. (Toronto, South) Budget, 367
Answers to Opposition critics, 367 A satisfactory budget, 369 War loans and taxation, 371 Protection and British preference, 373 Public debt and expenditures, 375 Opportunities for Canada's trade, 377 .Dominion elections'-hours of polling, 1903, 1914	_
Soldiers, votes for, 2249 Vancouver Terminal Company, 1262
Maclean, Mr. Alexander K. (Halifax)
Banks, Government advances to, 478 Budget, 352
The war supply, 352 Ordinary revenue and expenditure, 353 Government's pre-election pledges, 354 Expenditures by departments, 355 Methods of meeting expenditures, 360 Buy-in-Canada propaganda, 360
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Stalling imports and revenues, 360 "Tariff taxation, 362 'British preference, 364 Wool duty, 365 [DOT]Cotton, 366 ^Bituminous coal, 366 Economy versus taxation, 367 Coast Guard, steamer, 1866 Controverted elections, 1923, 2012, 2148 Dominion elections
Hours of polling, 1903, 1916 Railway men, voting of, 1903 Voters' lists, 1896
Dominion lands, administration of, 232
Dominion notes issue, 1534, 1653
Dredge No. 7, 1866
Expenditures, public, 764, 1290
See Budget
Fish and fisheries
American vessels, regulation of, 1650 Modus vivendi licenses, 1275, 1277 Halifax and Eastern railway, 1466 Halifax
Chartered steamers, 1647 Customs night watchman, 831 Headquarters staff, 1514 Terminals, 764, 1688 Permanent force, 2529 House of Commons sessional employees, 2109
Humphrey Colonel, retirement of, 1514 Loans, Imperial Government, to Canada, 522
Longard. G. E., employment of, 831 Naval service, 1613 Niobe repairs, 151 Noreen, steamer, 1396, 2188 Petite Riviere fishery guardian, 1396 Privilege-newspaper misrepresentation, 688 Robinson, G., employment of, 831 Royal Print and Lithographing Company, payments to, 1864 Shubenacadie post office, 1866 Taxation
Insurance companies, 1184
Telegraphic messages, 1193 Trade and Commerce, 1292 Atlantic ports, 1299 Cuban trade, 1294 Tufts Cove dry dock, 1647 Tyrian, steamer, 1786 Wade, W. W., dismissal of, 1395 War
Appropriation, 1662, 1676 Expenditures-reference to Public Accounts Committee, 945 West Indian trade, 1295
Maclean, Mr. William F. (South York, Ont.)
Address in reply to Governor General's Speech
Parliamentary institutions and the war, 33
Menace to American democracy, 34 Evil of militarism, 35 Banking facilities in Canada, 1353 Dominion elections-hours of polling, 1905 Food exports, government control of, 544 Nickel, exportation of, 3,'78 Railways
Capitalization, control of, 78, 285, 726, 744, 756
Bridges, construction of, in towns and cities, 78, 285, 1150
Taxation-insurance companies, 1181 Transportation, 261
MacNutt, Mr. Thomas (Saltcoats)
Budget, 789
Increased taxation and the farmers, 790 Saskatchewan Grain Growers' Association resolutions, 792
Taxation of land values and income, 793 Objections to new tariff, 793 Customs valuation of agricultural implements, 605
Northwest coal leases, 1148 Peart, L„ employment of, 308
McCoig, Mr. Archibald B. (West Kent, Ont.) Budget, 622
Kent county mail service, 622 Tax on fertilizers, 623 Agricultural implements, 624 Horse raising, 625 Hog cholera, 627 Taxation
Fertilizers, 1162, 1164 Gravel and sand, 1163
McCraney, Mr. George E. (Saskatoon) Aberdeen Association-franking privilege, 1370
Alexander divorce bill, 1894, 1987, 2187 Bank loans for seed grain, 1352 Controverted elections, 2027 Customs tariff
Articles exempt from increased duties, 246
Valuation for duty, 605 Nova Scotians in the west, 1560 Public works, expenditures on, 1971, 2035 Real estate titles, fraudulent, 47, 284, 1223 Rosthern customs, 79 Saskatoon
Customs collector, 79 Public building, 2043
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Schrader grazing lease, 1560, 1562 Western farmers, relief for, 56
McCrea, Mr. Francis N. (Sherbrooke) Baraehois wharf, 2185 Genest, A., employment of, 767, 1185, 1368 Live Stock Commissioner Giard, 2084 Pickel, G. H., employment of, 831 Horses for the war, 830
Sherbrooke mounted rifles, supplies for, 314, 1512
McCurdy, Mr. F. B. (Shelburne and Queens) Intercolonial Railway-Sunnybrae branch, 1479, 1481
Nova Scotia military forces, 1503 War supplies-boots, 2419
McDonald, D. A., employment of, 1186, 11188 Mclnnes, T. R. E., employment of, 1864
McKenzie, Mr. D. D. (North Cape Breton) Alert, steamer, 223, 230, 1646 Behring sea fisheries claims, 239 Budget
Royal commissions, 975 Canada's share in the war, 976 Criticism of the Government, 977 The Government's financial administm-tion, 978
National Transcontinental railway, 979 Canada's finances and the war, 981 Public works expenditure, 982 Controverted elections, 1922 Duchemin, H. P., payments to, 667, 948 Fenian raid bounty, 1546 Food exports, government control of, 545 French River breakwater, 2053 Gobeil, A., employment of, 1967 Grain trade, 1954 Ingonish
Fishermen, 350	\
Wharf, 2112 Intercolonial railway Branch lines, 1481, 1491 North Cape Breton requirements, 1699 Trains, 166
McDonald, D A., employment of, 1186, 1288 Masters and mates, examination of, 340 North Cape Breton
Bonded warehouses, 1650 Customs service, 221, 225 Rented government buildings, 1288, 2049 Telegraph lines, 2180 North Sydney public building, 1981 Nova Scotia
Postal service, 902
Telegraph and telephone service, 2180
McKenzie, Mr. D. D. (North Cape Breton) -Con.
Parliamentary representation of the Maritime provinces, 321
Printing Bureau-pay of women employees, 1593
Shortt, Mr. Adam, speech of, 665 Soldiers, votes for, 2273, 2358, 2485 Smuggling, alleged, in Cape Breton, 223 Sydney Mines public building, 1981 Taxation
Penalties, 1418 Stamp taxes, 1417
Witness, alleged improper detention of, 1555
Wrecking plants, 349
McLean, Mr. Angus A. (Queens, P.E.I.j"* Experimental farms, poultry on, 2056 Charlottetown, car-building for, 1697 Marine life-saving stations, 1637 North Lake boat harbour, 2114 Prince Edward Island parliamentary representation, 324, 1462, 2331 San Francisco exposition, 2086 Real estate titles, fraudulent, 1224
McLean, Mr. H. H. (Sunbury and Queens) Soldiers, votes for, 2256, 2259, 2268, 2276, 2472, 2487, 2535
McLeod, Col. H. F., command of, 561, 1441
McLeod, J. W., employment of, 896
McMillan, Mr. John A. (Glengarry)^
Military training camps, 1456 Montreal- -Carslake hotel purchase, 1289 War supplies-horses, 2100
McNeil, W., employment of, 1648
McQuarrie, Major, resignation of, 2528
Mail bag locks. See Post Office
Maple sugar. See Adulteration
Marcil, Hon. Charles (Bonaventure)
Baie des Chaleurs railway, 518 Bonaventure rural mail service, 769, 994, 2297
Bouilton, E. A., employment of, 2121 Canada, steamer, stranding of, 344 Canadian Peat Society, 1865 Carleton, Que., retaining wall, 390 Civil Service
Commission, 992	; [DOT].	.
Promotions, 1959
Controverted elections, 2017, 203,0 Dagneau, John T., employment of, 1866 Demonstration farm for GaspS or Bonaventure, 2068	1
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Candidates having government contracts, 2143
Deferred elections, 1903, 2147 Drinking water, supervision of, 1600 Escuminac wharf, 1287 Farmers in Quebec, aid to, 291 Fish and Fisheries
Fisheries in tidal waters, 116, 994, 2302 Fishermen, grants to, 2123, 2300, 2301 French
Blue-books in
Printing and distribution, 1596, 2310 Translation, 504 War stamps in, 1205, 1412 French Canadian battalion, 22nd, 1149 Gaspe
Deferred elections in, 1903, 2147 Purchase of war supplies in, 994 Railways, 518 Salmon fisheries, .116, 2302 Steamer service, 307, 833, 1286, 1301 GaspO bay anchorage, 998, 1449 Grain trade and flour prices, 1957 Immigration, 1572, 1575 Indians, Quebec, 1307
Inland Revenue Department, administration of, 1720, 1870 Insurance Department, 2372 Intercolonial railway Dumber contracts, 768 Matapedia, subway for, 1698 Diquors, inspection Of, 1158 Maple sugar, adulteration of, 1794 Marine life-saving service, 350 Matapedia
Road, 1289, 2178 Water supply, 768 Montreal post office, 1377, 1986, 2296 New Carlisle, public building for, 1287, 1985
New Mills salmon pond, 2301 Parliament, members of, and government contracts, 2143 Paspebiac
Customs office, 633 Wharf, 633, 2161 Peat experiments, 2122 Port Daniel mail service, 1992 Postage stamps, sale of, on Sunday, 2297 Printing bureau, 1591 Quebec
Fisheries, 116, 994 Rural mail routes, 769 Superior court judges, 1186 Repatriation, 1571
M arcil, Hon. Charles (Bonaventure)-Con.
Restigouche river
Bridge, 1148, 1682, 2177 Dredging, 1289, 1648, 2172 St. Jean 1'Evangeliste mail service, 833 Scoles, C, R., payments to, 1468 Soldiers, votes for, 2264, 2268, 2344, 2485, 2516, 2538
Taxation-telegraphic messages, 1406 War supplies, purchase of, 994
Marcile, Mr. Joseph E. (Bagot)
Bagot county postal service, .141 Budget, 1052
British navy and the war,- 1053 Government's financial methods, 1055 The new taxation, 1056 German spy, suspected, arrest of, 610 Valcartier camp supplies, 149 War supplies Boots, 149 Horses, 315
Marine
British ships, transfer of, 990, 1057 Coasting trade, 296 Department
Estimates, 338-350, 1250-1270 Staff and salaries, 237 Earl Grey, sale of the, 312, 339, 1255 Empress of Ireland investigation, 339, 343 Hydrographic surveys, 1626 Ice-breaking, 339, 1255, 1267 Dife-saving, 350, 1633, 1638 Dighthouse and coast service, 1256-1260,
'	1267, 2304
Maritime road, 1267
Masters and mates, examination of, 340 Navigation Aids, 1258 . Hudson Bay, 1628 Obstructions, removal of, 347, 2303 Rates, inland, control of, 43, 249 St, Dawrence, 1057, 1252 Schools, 346 Pilotage, 1265
Seamen, wrecked and distressed, 1269 Shipping casualties in 1914, 833 Signal service, 1264 Steamboat inspection, 1270 Steamers, government, 312, 338, 1255 Steamship services. See that title Unseaworthy vessels, 345 Wrecking plants, subsidies for, 349 Wrecks, investigations into, 342
Martin, Mr. Mederic (Montreal, St. Mary's) Maisonneuve leased post office, 2050 Unemployment, 501, 2320
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Aberdeen Association-franking privilege 311
Advertising and printing, payments by Government for, 761
Anderson, T. A., employment of, 605, 761, 996
Bank loans for seed grain, 1355 Carey, J. M., employment of, 993 Coal royalties, 520
Davidson, W. W., employment of, 768 Duck Mountain timber reserve, 992, 1577 Food exports, government control of, 539 Gallon, W. J., employment of, 831 Gillis, A. B., employment of, 831 Homestead inspectors, superfluous, 231 Homesteads and pre-emptions, statistics of, 996
Horses, fraudulent importation of, 229 Hudson Bay railway, 1148 Immigration, 1147, 1570, 1572 Indians-St. Peter's reserve, 13, 19, 1888 Inland navigation rates, control of, 253 Inland Revenue frauds, 512 Interior Department, administration of, 231 1570
Judges in active militia, 1728 Last Mountain lake dredging, 311 Maple Creek land office officials, 997 Militia separation allowances, 688 Real estate titles, fraudulent, 1225 Regina
Mounted police quarters, 311 Property purchases by Department of Public Works, 762 Customs ports, 228 Regina-Moosejaw Water supply, 311
Riding Mountain timber reserve, J577 Sabistons-half-breed scrip, 1287 Saskatchewan lands, Indian and school, sales of, 768
Saskatchewan river water power, 235 Saskatoon land office officials, 997 Soldiers, insurance, 390 Swift Current land office officials, 997 Taxation-agricultural implements, 11691172
Western farmers, relief for, 49, 632, 720, 768, 1150, 1329, 1342, 1355
Masters and Mates. See Marine.
Matapedia
Road, 1289, 2178 Water supply, 768 Mattatall Lake post office, 832
Medical Council of Canada, grant to, 1251, 2316
Medicine Hat
Homestead inspector, 2123 Postmasters, 764 Rural mail service, 768
Megantic county postmasters, 609
Meighen, Hon. Arthur (Solicitor General) Budget, 1115
The Opposition's criticism, 1116 War taxes, 1117 Diminished revenues, 1118 Retrenchment of expenditure, 1119 Industrial protection, 1122 Aid to railways, 1125 Taxation for revenue, 1127 Land tax and income tax, 1129 Ferguson, Mr. T. R„ report of, 2573 Grain trade, 1955, 2030, 2193 National Transcontinental railway-proposed government operation, 1823, 1S38
Shortt, Mr. Adam, speech of, 653 Soldiers, votes for, 2220, 2347 Solicitor General, office of, 1737 Western farmers, relief for, 68, 1332
Menace newspaper, 991
Merner, Mr. J. J. (South Huron)
Food exports, government control of, 536
Meteorological service, 1268 Metric system, 1785
Michaud, Mr. Pius (Victoria, N.B.) Edmundston post office, 1390 Herrings, exported, price of, 1786 Horn extradition case, 44, 79 Indians, New Brunswick, 1319 Intercolonial railway
Freight rates in New Brunswick, 165 Mail service, 1390 International railway service, 1470 Metric system, 1785 Oil for fuel, 294 Stamp taxes, 1210 War supplies-horses, 246
Middlebro, Mr. William S. (North Grey) Boots, army-report of special committef 2372
Middlesex county Indians, 518
Military stores, fraud in sale of, 205,304, 476, 1226
Militia and Defence
British Columbia militiamen in active service, 151
Cadet corps, 1518
Civil servants in militia service, 312, 522
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Department
Coal supply, 2319, 2326 Estimates, 1428, 1496, 1544, 2319 Dominion arsenal, 1506 Drill halls, 2035
Duties on imported munitions, 1506 Engineer service and works, 1513 Fair wages clause in contracts, 240, 391 Motor trucks, 1145 Officers' allowances, 1447 Permanent force, 1515, 2529 Petawawa camp, 240, 1185 Railway engineering corps, 1525 Rifle ranges, 1553 Royal Military College, 1519 Schools of instruction, 1524 Training areas, 1556
Valcartier camp, 240, 391, 1514, 1552, 2122, 2123 See War
Mines and Minerals
Coal
Imports, 244, 521, 633, 828 Leases, 1148, 1611 Royalties, 520	,
Western industry, 492 Department Estimates, 1599, 2313 Staff and salaries, 1599 Electric smelting, 1602, 2313 Explosives, 1601, 1604 Geological survey, 1606-1611 Investigations and experiments, 1603, 2313 Oil. See that title Peat
Canadian Peat Society, 1865 Experiments, 2122 Radium-bearing ores, 1609 Tar sands for road making, 1604
Ministerial changes, 207 Mizonnette lighthouse, 46
Molloy, Mr. John P. (Provencher)
Fournier, L. H., employment of, 521 Hudson Bay railway bridge, 606 Winnipeg
Resident engineer, 765 Volunteers, 313
Moncton. See Intercolonial railway Montmagny, wreck of, 1867 Montreal
Armoury-fair wage clause, 240 Barracks, 2035
Carslake hotel purchase, 1289, 2528. See also Postal Station A Dismissals of public works employees, 1652
Montreal-Con.
, Postal station A, 1651, 1986, 2186, 2528 Postal Station L, 2528 Post office, 1377
Resident engineer, 437	<
M onuments, erection of, 1251, 1252 Moosejaw
Property purchases by Department of Public Works, 762 Water supply, 311
Morphy, Mr. H. B. (North Perth) Compensation to workmen by railways, 514 Controverted elections, 2003 Real estate, fraudulent titles to, 1225
M orris, F., employment of, 151
Morris, Mr. James (Chateauguay)
Maple sugar, adulteration of, 1794
Mounted Police, Royal Northwest, 1249, 1284, 2322, 2326
Mousseau, P A., employment of, 1992, 2122
Murphy, Hon. Charles (Russell)
Canadian Northern railway, payments to, 150
Canadian patriotic fund, 143 Canadian War Contingent Association, 2122 Dominion Trust Company, 519 Fort Erie shooting case, 143 French river improvements, 1991 Hall, R. P., appointment of, 763 Immigration officials, suspension of, 243 Marriage laws, 436 North Bay recruiting, 1991 Nottar, H„ death of, 150 Ottawa and Hull town-planning commission, 241
Overseas dominions, status of, 439 Pollution of navigable waters, 123 Princess Patricia regiment, 391 Soldiers, votes for, 2204, 2470 Valcartier camp-payment of accounts, 312 Victoria Memorial Museum, 153 War supplies Boots, 2395 Canvas shoes, 763 Horses, 149, 314, 520 Overshoes, 315 Saddles, 632
National Drug Company, 312 National Gallery of Canada, 2182
National Transcontinental railway
Bridge keepers, 897 Construction, 1859
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Government Operation Bill. Res., 1802. lr., 1859.	2r„ 1894. Com., 2124.	3r„ 2139,
Investigating commission, expenses of, 44 Montreal connection, 1711 Portneuf claims, 993 Quebec
Bridge, expenditure on, 437, 1864 Terminals, 518, 606, 993, 1867 Station employees, 1143
Naturalization, 610, 1598, 2317 Naval Service
Department
Estimates, 237, 1612-1621, 2298 Staff and salaries, 237 Forces and expenses, 1613, 1614, 1654 Northern waters, patrol of, 1630, 2298 Stefansson expedition, 1630, 2298
Navigable waters
Pollution of, 3, 118, 204 Removal of obstructions in, 347
Navigation. See Marine Neely, Mr. D. B. (Humboldt)
Budget
Commercial depression, 959 Trade policy of the Government, 960 Decreased trade and revenues and the war, 961
The tariff increases, 962 Manufacturers and consumers, 963 The made-in-Canada movement, 963 Methods of increasing revenues, 964 Taxation of British imports, 965, 969 National Transcontinental railway, 966 Canadian Northern railway, 968 Hudson Bay railway, 969 Opposition alternative proposals, 970 German population of the west, 970 Live stock industry, 2094 War supplies-horses, 388, 2095, 2098 Western farmers, relief for, 61 Wood, E. C., land patent of, 151
Nesbitt, Mr. Edward W. (North Oxford) Budget
Hard times and the war, 593 Problems of the Minister of Finance, 594 Taxation of loan and insurance companies, 595 The new tariff, 595 Reduction of expenditures, 596 Soldiers, votes for, 2283, 2480 Taxation-insurance companies, 595, 1180, 1183
War supplies-boots, 2414
New Brunswick steamship services, 1301, 1304
New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island railway, purchase of, 152
New Carlisle, public building for, 1287, 1985
Newcastle wireless station-alleged flying of American flag, 1616
Newfoundland
Partridge berries from, 1166 Steamship services, 1295, 1301, 1303 New Glasgow Dredging, 1992 Mail service, 517
New Waterford
Mail service, 1360 Recruiting, 392
Nickel Export Regulation Bill, lr., 3. Ruled out, 43. See 78, 1937
Nickle, Mr. William F. (Kingston)
Canadian patriotic fund, 401 Kingston penitentiary commission, 1767 Shortt, Mr. Adam, speech of, 655 Soldiers, votes for, 2244
Niobe and Rainbow, His Majesty's Canadian ships, 45, 151
Noreen, steamer, 1396, 2188
Northern waters, patrol of, 1630, 2298
Northrup, Mr. William B. (East Hastings) Vancouver Terminal Railway Company 990
Nottar, H„ shooting of, 150
Nova Scotia
Coal areas, 1609 Electoral lists, 833
Military forces, 481, 561, 608, 612, 687, 720, 905, 1396, 1428, 1496	'
Postal service, 900, 1380 Public works. See that title Steamship services, 1301, 1304
Nova Scotians in the west, 1559 Oil
Fuel, 143, 294 Leases, 241, 243
Oliver, Hon. Frank (Edmonton)
Alberta
Military training area, 1556 Public buildings, 2044 Animals, diseases of, 2089 Architect, Dominion chief, appointment of 1960
Athabaska Landing public building, 2044
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Athabaska river dredging, 2775 Banff and Calgary civil servants, 11S4 British Columbia public buildings, 2045 Budget, 378
An extraordinary budget, 378 The financial situation, 379 War loans, 380
Means for increasing revenue, 381 Tariff increases, 383	,
Western agricultural production, 386 Canada Year Book, 1938 Canadian expeditionary forces, 2370 Canadian patriotic fund, 395 Coal, sub-bituminous, 1604 Edmonton, Dunvegan and British Columbia Railway Company, 705 Edmonton
Public buildings, 2044 Rifle range, 1553 River bank, protection of, 2169 Explosives in mines, 1606 Ferguson, Mr. T. R., report of, 2539, 2601 Grain trade, 1951, 2030, 2191 Homestead maps, 237 Homesteaders' wood rights, 1566 Hudson Bay .
Navigation, 1627, 1629 Railway, 1861
Kitsilano Indian reserve, 1892 Kootenay bay wharf, 2171 Lethbridge immigration inspector, 1569 National Transcontinental railway-proposed government operation, 1850, 2136 National parks, Canadian, 236 Parliament, members of, and government contracts, 2145
Pigeon lake improvements, 2168 Prince George mail service, 229S Printing Bureau and public printing, 1597 St. Peter's Indian reserve, 1876 Saskatchewan and Alberta government telegraph lines, 2179 Senate, powers of the, 2330 Soldiers, votes for, 2240, 2271, 2292, 2344, 2356, 2463, 2476, 2495, 2504, 2533 Stefansson expedition, 310, 1630, 1632, 2300 Sturgeon river improvements, 2170 Tar sands, 1605 Timber regulations, 1566 Valcartier camp, 1552 War
Appropriation, 1677 Pensions, 141
Supplies-horses, 766, 1867, 2102 Water-pohver investigations, 235 Weights and measures, inspection of, 511 Western farmers, relief for, 66
Ottawa
Buildings rented by Government, 148, 308, 2047
Dominion buildings, 1968, 2037 Victoria Memorial Museum, 153, 1969 Woods and Canadian buildings-cost of electric lighting, 1651
Ottawa and Hull
Postal rate, 766
Town-planning commission, 241, 766
Ottawa river storage works, 2181
Pacaud, Mr. Lucien T. (Megantic)
Megantic postmasters, 609
Papineau, Mr. Louis J. (Beauharnois)
Charge of corruption, 1144 Civil service, increase of, 1588
Paquet, Mr. Eugene (L'lslet)
Budget, 971 Nature of the war, 971 Patriotism and production, 972 The public expenditures, 973 The war taxes, 974
Pardee, Mr. Frederick F. (West Lambton) Civil service-dismissals and appointments, 218
Controverted elections, 1995, 2153 Dominion elections-hours of polling, 1913 Drill halls, expenditures on, 2035 Gobeil, A., employment of, 1964 Philadelphia immigration agent, 522 Motor trucks for Militia Department, 1145 Taxation-gravel and sand, 1160, 1163, 1164 Wrecks, investigations into, 343
Parks, Canadian national, 236
Parliament, members of, and government contracts, 1242, 1901, 2140
Parliamentary procedure
Bill, re-committal of, with instructions, 2195
Divorce bills, on, 1987, 2187 Member, having begun speech, temporarily yields floor to intervening speaker, by consent of House, 999
Previous debate, reference by members to, 1765
Printing of parliamentary documents, rule for, 1057
Private Bills-suspension of certain rules, 1527
Resolution
Affecting postage submitted by private member, 338 Moved after notice, 1159
See Speaker
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British North America Act, proposed amendment of-address to the King, 1459, 2327
House of Commons Representation Act of 1914, correction of clerical errors in, 1557, 1994
See Prince Edward Island
Paspebiac
Customs office, 633 Wharf, 633
Patent medicines
Composition of, 1717 Tax on, 1208, 1423
Patent shovel shield, 437, 1235
Patents, renewal of, 1261, 1284, 1989
Patriotic fund. See Canadian
Peace
Canadian Centenary Association, 2815 Terms of, and the overseas Dominions, 2627
Peart, L., employment of, 308
Peat. See Mines
Pecuniary Claims Convention, 1740
Pelletier, Hon. L. P.
Testimonial to, 211 Trip of, 2529
Penitentiaries
Begg, Mr., employment of, 828 Kingston, 136, 271, 515, 1740 Prison reform, 1049, 1761, 1775 Release of Thomas Riley, 2459 Stony Mountain, 390, 1185 Tickets of leave, 1736
Pensions, 1188, 1394, 1450 Perley, Sir George H.
Acting Canadian High Commissioner, 2318 Speech of-status of Overseas Dominions, 439
Peterborough, government employees in, 1285 Petite Riviere fishery guardian, 1396 Pettet, W. V., employment of, 2123 Phillips-Wolley, Sir Clive, appointment of,
.	151
Phi!ipsburg-St. Armand mail service, 249, 313, 995
Pickel, G. H., employment of, 831 Picton armoury, 1145
Pictou (county)
Fishery guardians, 245
Mail service, 244, 610, 995, 1288, 1458, 2123, 2188
Medical examiners for volunteers, 762 Pictou (island) telephone line, 143 Pictou (town) winter freight handling, 246 Pilotage. See Marine Pit props, trade in, 1934
Pollution of Navigable Waters Bill, lr., 3. 2r., 118. Ref. to special Com., 204.
Pope lease on Knee Hill Creek, 993
Port Arthur
Drill hall, 2038
Harbour improvements, 1970-1975 Port Daniel mail service, 1992
Post Office
Closed offices, 833 Contingencies, 1360
Department staff and salaries, 1359, 2295 Dismissals, 1363 Estimates, 1359-1394, 2295-2298 Franking privilege, 311, 905, 1370, 2296 Free postage for soldiers, 338, 1419 Mail carriers, payment of, 2297 Mail bag locks, 46, 1393 Motor cars, 1391 Outside service, 1360, 1371 Parcel post, 1371-1375, 1384 Post cards, stamps on, 1205 Rural mail service, 1379, 1384 Stamps, sale and use of, 1391, 1393, 1422, 2297, 2624
Potatoes. See Agriculture.
Power, Mr. William (Quebec West)
Salisbury camp, 1504
Prince Albert property purchase, 762
Prince Edward Island
Car ferry, 1704 Immteration officer, 1575 Mail service, 1378, 1385 Marine life-saving service, 1637 Parliamentary representation, 316,	1459,
2327, 2331
Public Tvorks, 2114 Railway, 1704, 1707 Steamship services, 1303 Winter mail service, 348
Prince of Wales fund, 244
Prince Rupert Rifles, disbandment of, 1522
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Printing Bureau, Government, 1591-1597, 2307 Prison reform. See Penitentiaries Private Bills discussed Alexander, Charles Isaac, divorce bill, 1894, 1987, 2187
Canadian Northern Railway Company, 708, 758
Canadian Northern Ontario Railway Company, 560
Canadian Pacific Railway Company, 725 Casualty Company of Canada, 761 Edmonton, Dunvegan and British Columbia Railway Company, 705, 721 Lohmann Company, patent of, 1261, 1284 Miiien, J., patent of, 1989 Montreal, Ottawa and Georgian Bay Canal Company, 966
Toronto Eastern Railway Company, 708 Toronto, Hamilton and Buffalo Railway Company, 967
Van Buren Bridge Company, 709, 760 Vancouver Terminal Railway Company, 990, 1262
Prostitution, houses of, 1227
Proulx, Mr Edmond (Prescott)
Aliens at Petawawa, 828, 998 Architect, Dominion chief, appointment of, 1958, 1961
Dominion elections-candidates and government contracts. See Parliament. Dredge No. 7, 1647 French Canadians and the war, 1442 Furniture for government offices, 1868 Georgian Bay Canal Commission, 1145 Hawkesbury-Grenville bridge, 1648, 1992 2176
Home militia, 312, 522 Judges' pensions, 765 L'Orignal post office, 1363 Minister of Militia and the war, 1517 Parliament, members of, and government contracts, 1242, 1527, 1901, 1929, 21402146
Petawawa camp, 1185 Picton armoury, 1145
Privilege-Ottawa Evening Journal, -991 Soldiers, votes for, 2291 Taxation-income, 1197 Telephones, free, for government officials, 1970
War supplies, purchase of Horses, 994 Housewives, 1650 Oats and hay, 1397
Public Accounts Committee. See War supplies-investigations
Public health, conservation of, 2107 Public works
Architect, Dominion chief, appointment of, 1958, 1961, 1966, 2184 Buildings Alberta, 2044 British Columbia, 2045 Manitoba, 2040 New Brunswick, 1981 Nova Scotia, 1975 Ontario, 2034, 2185 Quebec, 1983 Saskatchewan, 2042	
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Engineering branch, 2181 Estimates, 1958, 1961, 2034, 2111, 2155 Dredging
Dredge No. 7, 1647, 1866 Maritime provinces, 1289, 1648, 1992, 2171 Ontario and Quebec, 1252, 2172 Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta, 2175
Expenditures, 2035 jHarbours and rivers
British Columbia, 1970, 2170 Generally, 2155 Manitoba, 2166 New Brunswick, 1972, 2117 Nova Scotia, 2051, 2111 Ontario, 1970, 1975, 2164, 2184 Prince Edward Island, 1975, 2114 Quebec, 1971, 2119, 2155, 2185 Saskatchewan and Alberta, 2167 Slides and booms, 2184
Pugsley, Hon. William (St. John City) Allison, J. Wesley, services, of, 1451, 1506 Amherst post office site, 1975 Ammunition, purchases of, 1451, 1506 Architect, Dominion chief, appointment of, 1960
Bank' loans for seed grain, 1244 Budget, 470, 562
Proposed taxation, 470, 563 Civil Service-statement of Mr. Adam Shortt, 471
Public works expenditures, 473, 564 Militia expenditures, 564 Stamp taxes, 569, 573 Coal tariff, 570
Farmers and the tariff, 570, 575 Duty on fertilizers, 571 French treaty imports, 573 British preference, 576 Canadian Pacific railway steamship services, 738
Censorship, 1448, 1496, 1506
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Civil Service Appointments, 1873
War service, government, employees on, 217
See Shortt
Controverted elections, 1922, 1997,	2008,
2017, 2151
Cost of Living Commission, 2625 Dominion elections-candidates and government contracts, 2140 Edmonton, Dunvegan and British Columbia Railway Company, 722 Ferguson, Mr. T. R., report of, 2584 Inland Revenue, pamphlet of Deputy Minister of, 1725
International railway, government acquisition of, 1682
Leonardsville dredging, 312 Lobsters, sale of undersized, 1150 McLeod, Colonel H. F., battalion of, 561 Medical Council of Canada, 1251 Militia Department coal supply, 2319 National Transcontinental railway, 1829, 2130
Ottawa-buildings rented by Government, 2047
Palmerston public building, 2037 Parliament, members of, and government contracts, 2140, 2146
Parliamentary representation, 1461, 2333 Patent ballot, allowance for, 1591 Printing, government, 1595 Privilege-omission in Hansard, 689 Public works expenditures, 1362. See Budget Railway employees, voting of, 2503 Real estate, fraudulent titles to, 1219 St. John
Custom house improvements, 1982 Harbour improvements, 1972 Secretary of State, Department of, expenditure of, 1590
Seed grain. See Western farmers Shortt, Mr. Adam, speech of, 213, 471, 647 Soldiers, votes for, 2226, 2353, 2463, 2477, 2490, 2503, 2538
Submarines, purchase of, 94, 110, 946 Taxation Banks, 1195 Corporations, 1195
Fertilizers, 571, 1159, 1395, 1400, 1402 French Treaty, articles under, 573, 1212, 1216
Insurance companies, 1179 Postal rates and stamp taxes, 1419 Proprietary or patent medicines, 1425 Spirits, 1155
Telegraphic messages, 1194 See Budget
Pugsley, Hon. Wm. (St. John City)-Con.
Transatlantic steamship services, 1298 Vancouver immigration building, 2046 War
Appropriations, 91 Supplies
Agents, 40, 2461. See Allison Ammunition 1451, 1507, 1669 Bicycles, 767
British Government, 2461 Horses, 1230-1232
Western farmers, relief for, 1329. See Bank loans
Qu'Appelle postmastership, 436
Quebec (city)
Bridge, 437, 1710
Harbour Commissioners, 2123
Price, Sir William, resignation of, 1965, 1966
Harbour improvements, 1971 History of port, 1962 Postal revenues, 896 Terminals, 1860
Quebec (county) telegraph service, 1187, 2122
Quebec (province)
Aid to farmers, 291 Fisheries, 116, 994, 2302 Steamship services, 1301 Superior court judges, superannuation of, 1186
Quebec and Saguenay railway, 2532, 2625
Radium. See Mines
Railways
Capitalization, control of, 78, 261, 285, 726758, 1150
Employees, voting of, 2498 Extension of charters, 706, 720, 758 Labour conditions on construction work, 502
Mail contracts, 1375 Wages, payment of, on, 498 Workmen's compensation, 514 For individual railways, see their titles
Railways and Canals Department
Estimates, 1467-1495, 1685-1713, 1859-1863 Staff and salaries, 1471
Rainville, Mr. Joseph H. (Chambly and Vercheres)
War supplies-boots, 2408
Real estate titles, fraudulent, 47, 284, 476, 1219
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Mounted police quarters, 311 ,
Property purchases by Government, 762 2188
Water supply, 311
Reid, Hon. J. D. (Minister of Customs) Agriculture
Department estimates, 1229-1240 Farmers' relief, 1239 Potato embargo, 719, 749, 991, 1229 Civil Service-stenographers, 1472 Customs
Agricultural implements, valuation of, 605, 1170
Alert, revenue steamer, 23 Department
Appointments and dismissals, 218, 228 Employees on war service, 217-219 Estimates, 217-230 Staff and salaries, 217-230 ' Investigations, 611 Smuggling, alleged, 223 Spirits, valuation of, 1155 Duchemin, H. P., payments to, 952 Fraudulent importation of horses, 230 Patent shovel shield, 1236 Patents, renewal of, 1261, 1284, 1990 Shortt, Mr. Adam, speech of, 662 Toronto custom house, 2039 War supplies-horses, 1230-1235
Reindeer, experiments with, 234, 2315 Repatriation, 1571
Restigouche river Bridge, 1148, 2177	-
Dredging, 1289, 1648
Rhoda, steamer, 2531
Rhodes, Mr. Edgar N. (Cumberland)
Amherst Armoury, 1977 Car-building, 1696 Post office, 1975
Cumberland mail service, 1649 Intercolonial railway-Wallace spur line, 1694
Nova Scotia military forces, 1496, 1501, 1551
Ribstone, village of, patent of, 243 Richard, Mrs. Margaret, claim of, 896, 1639 Richards, J. AV., M.P., death of, 827 Richelieu county mail carriers, 1287 Richelieu river wharves, 995
Richmond county, Quebec, farmers, relief for,
Riding n«l,ntain timber reserve, 1577 Rigaud
Armoury 631, 993 Dredging, 390 Wharf, 1186
Rimouski (county)
Dredging, 897
Purchase of war supplies in, 994
River John customs sub-collectorship, 142
Robb, Mr. James A. (Huntingdon)
Corn imports, 152 Drill halls, 2035
Flour, Canada's gift of, to Great Britain, 1646
Grain trade, 1346, 2032, 2192 Maple sugar, adulteration of, 1792 Rural mail service, 1384
Seed grain, purchase and distribution of, 1346
Taxation-Customs valuations, 1403, 1405 War supplies-horses, 249, 1232, 2099
Robertson, Struan, Lt.-Col. See Nova Scotia military forces
Robinson, George, employment of, 831
Roche, Hon. W. J. (Minister of the Interior) Astronomical observatory, western, 1585, 1893
Duck mountain timber reserve, 1578 Forest reserves, 1578 Homestead maps, 237 Homesteaders' wood rights, 1565 Immigration, 1558, 1569-1577 Agencies, 1558, 1564 Oriental, 1576
Indians, 1306-1328. See that title Interior Department
Estimates, 231, 1281, 1558 Ferguson, Mr. T. R., report of, 2551 Staff, salaries, etc., 233, 1558, 1570 Irrigation-refund, 1894 Lethbridge immigration officer, 1568 Nova Scotians in the west, 1559 Parks, Canadian national, 236, 1894 Schrader grazing lease, 1564 Seed grain. See Western farmers Shortt, Mr. Adam, speech of, 232 Timber protection, 233, 1565, 1578 Tree culture, 233
Water-powers, development of, 234 Western farmers, relief for, 53, 292, 948, 1281, 1329, 1344, 1348 Wetaskawin settlers, grievances of, 1561 Yukon placer mining rights, 514, 1868
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Architect, Dominion chief, appointment of, 3958, 1968, 2184
Edmonton, Dunvegan and British Columbia Railway Company, 705, 720 Gobeil, A., employment of, 1962-1968 House of Commons-business of the House, 1787
Militia Department coal supply, 2326 National Transcontinental railway-gov" ernment operation, 1857 Public works
Buildings, 1961, 1975, 2034, 2185 Department
Estimates, 1958, 1961, 2034, 2111, 2155 Staff, salaries, etc., 1958, 2184 Dredging, 2171
Harbours and rivers, 1970, 2051, 213.1, 2155
Miscellaneous, 2181 Roads and bridges, 23 76 Slides and booms, 2184 Telegraph lines, 2179 Seed grain. See Western farmers Senate, powers of the, 2328 Shortt, Mr Adam, speech of, 471, 636 Telephones, free, for government officials, 1970
Victoria Memorial Museum, 1969 Votes for soldiers, 336 Western farmers, relief for, 62
Ross, Mr. Duncan C. (West Middlesex)
Foot and mouth disease, 611, 2053, 2087 Middlesex county Indians, 518
Rosthern customs receipts, 79 Royal assent, 2210, 2628
Royal Print and Lithograph Company, payments to, 1864
Royal Society of Canada, accommodation for, 245
Roy, Col. Alex., retirement of, 1516 Roy, F. X., employment of, 992 St. Ansel me government employees, 1993 St. Antoine de Richelieu wharf, 995 St. Armand rural mail service, 1289 St. Denis rural mail service, 993 St. Gilbert de Portneuf postmaster, 307 St. Jean I'Evangeliste mail service, 833 St. John, N.B.
Custom house improvements, 1982 . Harbour, 1972
St. John Valley railway, 46, 142, 173
St. Lambert post office, 1648
St. Lawrence. See Marine
St. Mathieu dredging, 2173
St. Paul's Island life-saving station, 608
St. Peter's Indian reserve. See Indians
St. Romuald post office, 518
St. Thomas armoury, 1S66
St. Zotique wharf, 390
Sackville
Home guard, 1517, 1706 Pilotage, 1266 Post office, 153
Railway accommodation, 606, 1693 Saskatchewan
Homesteads and pre-emptions, 996 Indian lands, 768 Band office officials, 997 School lands, 768
Saskatoon
Customs collector, 79 Public building, 2043, 2326 Public Works Department property purchases, 762
Rural mail service, 607
Schsffner, Mr. F. L. (Souris)
Bank loans for seed grain, 1355 Boissevain post mastership, 1369 Capital punishment, 136 Experimental farms, 2058, 2064 Food exports, government control of, 531 Freight rates, 258
Taxation-proprietary medicines, 1208,1211
Schrader grazing lease, 1562	.
Scientific literature, international catalogue of, 1590
Scott, Mr F. S. (South Waterloo)
Budget, 590
The late Mr. Clare, M.P., 590 Taxation of banks, 590	,
British preference, 591 Government railway expenditures, 591 The made-in-Canada movement, 592 Canada's opportunities, 592
Secretary of State, Department of Estimates, 1588, 2307 Staff, salaries, etc., 1588, 1589
Seed grain, distribution of. See Western Farmers and Richmond County
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L'Assomption (county), public employees from, 2528
L'Assomption (village) wharf, 1145,	2119
St. Lin public building, 1984
Senate. See Parliamentary representation and Senate and House of Commons
Senate and House of Commons Act Amendment Bills
Independence of members. lr., 1242 Members on active service, lr., 351.	2r„
439. Com., 439.	3r., 441
Sharpe, Mr. Samuel (North Ontario)
Bank loans for seed grain, 1352 Canadian Pacific Railway Company's ocean services, 741, 757 Canadian patriotic fund, 1864 Ottawa-Woods and Canadian buildings- cost of electric lighting, 1651 War supplies Horses, 829 Ammunition, 1652
Sharpe, Mr. Wm. H. (Lisgar)
Binders, imports of, 1649 Food exports, government control of, 547 Grain trade, 1954 Hudson Bay navigation, 1629 Shefford county rural mail service, 1287 Shelburne
Fishery inspector, 1271 Fog alarm, 389
Sherbrooke Mounted Rifles, supplies for, 314, 1512
Shipping. See Marine
Shortt, Mr. Adam, speech of, 213, 232, 471, 634 Shovel shield, 437, 1235 Shubenacadie post office, 1866 Sinclair, Mr. John H. (Guysborough)
Aliens, registration of, 48 Amherst
Custom house, 1646 Post office, 1396 Belgian relief, 1676 Budget, 889, 905
The party truce, 889 Canada's financial problem, 890 War expenditures, 891 Imperialism and nationalism, 891 Canada's period of hard times, 892 The Government's financial administration, 893
Political patronage and war contracts, 906
Sinclair, Mr. John H. (Guysborough)-Con.
Budget-Con.
The new taxation, 909 Fishermen and the tariff, 910 Naval policy, 911
The member for West Peterborough, 911 Summing up, 912 Canning public building, 1979 Canso
Lobster hatchery, 2530 Military guard, 1556 Reduction works, 633, 767 Cole Harbour wharf, 517, 2051 Copper exports, 312 Country Harbour Gas buoy, 762 Wharf, 2114
Duchemin, H. P., payments to, 604 East Erinville post office, 519 Fenian raid bounty, 1651 Fish and Fisheries
American vessels, regulation of, 1650 " Fish and How to Cook It "-booklet, 239 Lobsters
Close season, 45 [DOT]Hatcheries, 2530 Pickled fish, inspection of, 48 Shell-fish Commission, 607 Steam trawling, 243, 311, 312, 1623, 1625, 2306
Transportation, 80 Guysborough
Branch railways. See Intercolonial Fishery guardians, 313 Mail service, 519, 607, 633, 897, 1185 Halifax public works expenditures, 1458 Intercolonial railway
Branch lines, eastern Nova Scotia, 44, 519, 1467, 1480, 1700 Fish transportation, 80 Ice contracts, 311 Imported stationers', 1697 Mulgrave ear ferry, 1693 Pugwash spur line, 391 Wallace spur line, 391, 1694 Isaac's Harbour lobster hatchery, 2530 Le Blanc, seaman, family of, 896, 1639 Marine
Canadian shipping registry, 45 Coasting trade, 296, 1933 Shipping casualties in 1914, 833 Mattatall lake post office, 832 Military stores, fraud in sale of, 205, 304 National Transcontinental railway investigating commission, 44 Naval Service, Department of, 238 New Harbour breakwater, 2051 Niobe and Rainbow, Canadian ships, 45
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Nova Scotia
Electoral lists, 833 Military forces, 1438, 1502, 1550 Ocean freight rates, 216
Phillips-VTolley, Sir Clive, appointment of, 151
Pit props, trade in, 1934
Post offices closed in Canada, 833
Printing, government, 2308
Public works, expenditures on, 2039, 2047
Richard, Mrs. Margaret, claim of, 896, 1639
Shortt, Mr Adam, speech of, 639
Soldiers
Cerebro-spinal meningitis among, 2529 Votes for, 2263, 2268, 2345 Taxation
Letters and post cards, 1413 Patent medicines, 1424 War supplies-boots, 48
Soldiers. See Militia and War
Soldiers Voting Bill. lr., 1874.	2r., 2195.
Com., 2258, 2343, 2462, 2533.	3r„ 2538.
Senate amdts., 2625. See 334, 1643
Solicitor General, office of, 1735
Soulanges canal, 1712
Southampton railway investigation, 142
South Wellington mine disaster, 207
Speaker (Hon. T. S. Sproule), rulings and statements of Bills
To be introduced by resolution:
To increase salaries, 1644 To regulate exports, 4, 43 Questions as to details irregular on 2r., 2201
Motion for ref. to com. only after 2r., 262
House not to instruct on Bill in possession of com., 387
Private bills-suspension of certain rules, 1527	rl
Re-committal, with instructions, 2195 Blue books, printing and distribution of, 1596, 2311
Committees, power of, to administer the oath, 304, 306 House of Commons
Reading room, 611, 1863 Sessional employees, 2109 Irrelevancy, 1049
Members, irregular references to each other, 577
Patent medicines, sale of, 1718
Printing of parliamentary documents, rule for, 1057
Privilege, questions of
Newspaper articles not such, 991, 2460 Political pamphlet, statements in, not such, 2190
Question containing unadmitted allegation of fact, also referring to unofficial matter, irregular, 2532 Report from Com. of Supply not receivable on day resolutions have been agreed to by Com., 2323
Resolution affecting postage not movable by private member, 338 Voters' lists, preparation of, 1594 See Parliamentary procedure
Special War Revenue Bill. Res., 87, 1175, 1191. lr., 1217. 2r., 1405. Com., 1405, 1586. 3r„ 1588. See Budget and Taxation [DOT]
Stanfield, Mr. John (Colchester)
House of Commons
Members and government contracts, 2142 Sessional indemnity, 2310
Stefansson expedition, 310, 1630, 2298
Stellarton public building, 763
Stevens, Mr. H. H. (Vancouver)
Budget, 599, 613
Expenditures on public works, 600, 616 Estimates for the year, 603
Squid imports, 244
Stamp taxes. See Taxation
Stanbridge East rural mail service, 995
Stanfold township, model farm for, 1993 Steamboats. See Marine Steamship services
Australia and New Zealand, 1292, 1300 Canada
British Columbia, 1300 Gaspe, 1301
New Brunswick, 1301, 1304 ' Nova Scotia, 1301, 1304 Prince Edward Island, 1303 Quebec, 1301 China and Japan, 1300 Cuba, 1294 France, 718
Great Britain, 1291, 1293, 1297 Newfoundland, 1295, 1301, 1303 South Africa, 1295
West Indies and South America, 1295
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Budget -Con.
Financial and trade conditions and the war, 613, 617, 620 French treaty rights, 614 The new taxation, 615 Canada's foreign trade opportunities, 617 House of Commons-members' franking privilege and war stamps, 905 Kitsilano Indians, 1892 Militia Department coal supply, 2319 National labour bureau, 607 Vancouver Terminal Railway Company, 990
Submarines, 94, 107, 946, 955
Suckling, Rev. W. T., enlistment of, 1867
Supply, Committee of, 212-240, 338-351, 481514,	1228-1242,	1249-1283,	1291-1328,
1359-1394, 1428-1458, 1466-1525, 15441585, 1588-1643, 1685-1714, 1715-1783, 1859-1863, 1876-1894, 1930-1987, 20342053, 2055-2121, 2154-2186, 2295-2320. For details see titles of departments and subjects.
Supply Bill (for 1915, $14,766,499.39; for 1916, $156,496,333.73). Res., 2371. lr„ 2r„ Com., and 3r., 2372.
Supreme Court Act Amendment Bill. lr., 1988.	2r., 2053. Com,, 2053. 3r„ 2055.
Sutherland, Mr. Donald (South Oxford)
Budget, 878
Made-in-Canada movement, 878 Protection and the reciprocity pact, 879 The political truce, 880 Naval policy, 880, 887 Opposition criticisms, 883 War taxation, 885 British preference, 886 Experimental farms, 2069 Food exports, government control of, 548 Horse breeding, 2106 Meat inspection, 2091 Soldiers, votes for, 2285
Sydney-St. Peter's railway, proposed, 60S, 992
Tar sands. See Mines
Tariff. See Taxation
Taxation, War Customs
Agricultural implements, 1169-1175 Bananas, 1166
Exempted articles, 246, 1151 Fertilizers, 1151, 1159, 1162, 1395, 1400 Gravel and sand, 1160-1165 Newfoundland partridge berries, 1166
Taxation, War-Con.
Customs-Con.
Resolutions, 116S Revenue, estimated, 1169 Silk, 1167 Spirits, 1152 Tea and coffee, 1168 Valuation, 605, 1152 Special
Bank circulation, 1191 Bills of exchange, cheques, etc., 11771205, 1407
Corporations, 1191-1197 Date of operation, 613 French treaty, articles under, 1211-1216 Department of Justice, opinion of, 1422 Insurance companies, 1178, 1191, 1405 Letters and post cards, 1206 Exempted postal matter, 1413 Loan and trust companies, 1191 Modifications, proposed, 1177 Money orders, etc., 1205 Penalties, 1411, 1418, 1427, 1586 Postal rates and stamp taxes, 1412-1421, 1586
Proprietary or patent medicines, 312, 1208, 1423 Resolutions, 1175 Revenue, estimated, 1208 Railway tickets, 1197-1201, 1406 Telegraphic messages, 1192, 1406 Vessel tickets, 1201 Wines, 1208-1216, 1422 See Budget, Customs Tariff War Revenue Bill, Special War Revenue Bill, and Ways and Means
Taylor, Mr. James D. (New Westminster) Hansard, omissions from, 689 Vancouver Terminal Railway Company, 1262
Technical education, 245, 495, 502, 1146 Telegraphers. See Labour
Telephones, free, for Government officials, 1968
Temisoouata postal service, 392 Terminal elevators. See Grain Act
Thoburn, Mr. William (North Lanark) Soldiers, votes for, 2270
War supplies and Canadian Manufacturers' Association, 1669
Thompson, Mr. Alfred (Yukon)
Aviation school, Canadian, 1989 Silver-lead bounties, 1937 Trade with Russia and South America, 1935
Yukon, the, 1580-1584
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Bank loans for seed grain, 1352. See Western farmers Budget, 811
Conditions in the west, 812 The new taxation, 813 Tariff increases, 814 Made-in-Canada campaign, 816 British preference, 816 Qu'Appelle postmasters, dismissal of, 436 Western farmers, relief for, 60, 1341, 1352 Three Rivers
Harbour, 2155, 2175 Public building, 1786
Timber protection, 233, 1560, 1566, 1578
Tobin, Mr. Edmund W. (Richmond-Wolfe) Colcleugh, P. W. R., employment of, 1648 Cookshire post office, 1991 iHorses, embargo on, 1235 Prices of feed and foodstuffs, 2080 St. Mathieu, dredging at, 2174 Richelieu river wharves, 995 Rimouski dredging, 897
Richmond county, Quebec, farmers, relief for, 1237
Vezina's Corners postmastership, 1991 War supplies-horses, 830, 1146
Tobique Indian reserve, 187 Toronto
Customs examining warehouse and postal station A, 2039 Harbour improvements, 1975 Home guard, 243 Post office building, 1970
Trade and Commerce
Commissioners and agents, 1930-1936 Department
Estimates, 212, 1291, 1931 Reports in French, 828 Staff and salaries, 212 China and Japan, 1931, 1932 Russia, 1931, 1935 South America, 1934, 1935 West Indies, 215, 1295 Trawling. See Fish and Fisheries Tree culture, 233 Tremain, Mr. H. B. (Hants)
Budget, 824
Opposition criticisms, 824 Protection and revenue, 825 Interest of the farmers, 826 Party co-operation necessary, 827 Trent canal
Commission, 632 Construction, 1712
Truax, Mr. R. E. (South Bruce)
Chesley public building, 1646
Tufts Cove drydock, 1647
Turgeon, Mr. Onesiphore (Gloucester)
Bathurst harbour, 46 Budget, 700, 709
The war expenditures, 700 Financial conditions in Canada, 701 Taxation and British preference, 703, 712 Tariff and protection, 709 Economy of expenditure, 712 Encouragement of agriculture, 713 The war and a general election, 714 Controverted elections, 2024 Mizonnette lighthouse, 46 Parliamentary representation, 1465 Privilege-St. John Standard, 145 Soldiers, votes for, 2509
Turriff, Mr. John G. (Assiniboia)
Budget, 417
The war expenditures, 417 Ordinary expenditures, 418 The increased taxation, 420 The Civil Service, 423 Retrenchment and economy, 424 Farmers and the tariff, 426, 430 Taxation of British goods, 429 Canadian Northern Railway Company- extension of time, 759 Canadian Pacific Railway steamship services, 733, 754 Dominion elections Hours of polling, 1911 Voters' lists, 1898
Ferguson, Mr. T. R„ report of, 2572 Fisher, Captain E„ employment of, 517 Food exports, government control of, 542 Freight rates, proposed increase of, 351 Grain trade, 1944, 1947
Hudson Bay railway-wages of employees, 1395
Inland navigation rates, 253
Inland Revenue, Deputy Minister of, 438
Intercolonial railway-payments to Messrs.
Boulay, 2530 Longueuil dredging, 438 McQuarrie, Major, 2528 Maple sugar, adulteration of, 1793 Nickle, export of, 1937
Ottawa

buildings rented by Government, 148, 308
Privilege-Toronto Evening Telegram, 480 Railway capitalization, 288 Regina property purchase by Government, 2188
Soldiers, votes for, 2269, 2274, 2518
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War supplies Automobile tires, 1145 Comforts for soldiers, 292 Field glasses, 155 Pails, 152 Razors, 307
Western farmers, relief for, 71 Tyrian, steamer, repairs to, 17S6 Unemployment. See Labour Union Life Assurance Company, 2317, 2372
Valcartier Camp
Accounts, payment of, 312 Fair-wage clause in government contracts, 240, 391
Land claims 522, 1546, 1739, 2621 Lighting, 2122 Lumber contracts, 2122 Selection, 1513 Stores, disposal of, 308 Supplies, destruction of, 149 Vallee, L. O., dismissal of, 436 Valley railway, operation of, 142 Vancouver Harbour
Commission, 1875 Improvements, 1975 Terminal Railway Company, 990 Verville, Mr. Alphonse (Maisonneuve)
Belgian immigration, 632 Budget, 1081
The Government's taxation policy, 1081 Public works expenditures, 1083 The made-in-Canada movement, 1083 Taxation of coal and raw materials, 1084 Effects of high tariffs, 1085 War and democracy, 1088 Carslake Hotel Company, claims of, 2528 Contrecoeur public works, 1651 Dominion elections-hours of polling, 2498 Fair-wage clause in government contracts, 240, 391
First Canadian contingent, British-born in 610
Food exports, government control of, 540 Laprairie government road, 2159 Montreal dismissals of public works employees, 1652 Post office Branch offices, 2296 Registered letters to members, 2296 Public works and industrial distress, 2040. See Budget
Railway employees, voting of, 2498, 2502 Soldiers, votes for, 2264, 2289, 2498, 2508
Verville, Mr. Alphonse (Maisonneauve)-Con.
Taxation-railway tickets, 1198 Telegraphers, conditions of employment of, 17S6, 2532 <
Unemployment, 605. See Budget Winnipeg immigration officials, 392
Vezina's Corners postmastership, 1991
Victoria Memorial Museum. See Ottawa
Voters' lists, preparation of, 1594
Votes for soldiers. See Soldiers' Voting Bill
Wade, W. W., dismissal of, 1395
Wallaceburg customs collector, 766
War
Canadian forces-statement of mobilization and organization, 2364 Censorship, 1264, 1448, 1496, 1506, 1618 Cerebro-spinal meningitis among soldiers, 2529
Chaplains, 242 Enlistment, 438, 1456, 2531 Civil servants, 233, 312, 522 Expenditures, 1142, 1397. See War Appropriation Bill and War supplies First Canadian contingent, 610, 763 France, Canadian troops in, 204, 909 Home guard, 1516 Payment of soldiers, 2320 Pensions, 141, 1188, 1394, 1450 Princess Patricia regiment, transport of, 391
Railway engineering corps, 1525 Recruiting. See Enlistment Seeley, Colonel, command of, 1284 Shooting by sentries, 332, 2124 Soldiers
Cerebro-spinal meningitis among, 2529 Life insurance, 390 Mail matter for, 338, 1419, 1422 Payment of, 2320
Votes for. See Soldiers' Voting Bill Supplies
Agents, employment of, 40. See Allison Allison J. Wesley, services of, 1145, 1452, 1508, 1669
Ammunition, 91,	242,	1451,	1506-1512,
1669, 1867
Automobile tires, 1145 Bicycles, 767, 995 Binoculars, 2188, 2372, 2602, 2605 Boots, 21, 48, 144, 149, 204, 244, 2372, 2450 British Government, for, 38, 2461, 2614 Canadian Manufacturers' Association, correspondence of, 1667, 2189, 2461 Canvas shoes, 389, 763 Carleton Drug Company, 2602, 2605, 2614
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Supplies-Con.
Clinic thermometers, 307, 521 Committee of Council, 1246, 1666 Corruption, charge of, 1144 Fair wage clause in Government contracts, 240, 391 Field glasses, 155 Hay, 140, 241, 1289, 1397 Horses, 149, 246, 249, 314, 388, 520, 607, 631, 766, 829, 894, 898, 994, 1146, 12301235, 1455, 1867, 1993, 2095-2196, 2602, 2606, 2613 Housewives, 1650 Investigations
Boots: notice of m. for special Com., 144; ref. to Com., 204; rep. of Com., 2372
Public Accounts Com.: ref. to Com., 945; announcement, 2538; rep. of Com., 2602
Medical, 149, 308, 315, 1526, 1866 Motor trucks, 306, 1145, 1186, 1290 Oliver equipment, 1992 Overshoes, 315, 762 Pails, 152 Razors, 307
Remounts. See Horses Ross rifle, 306, 439 Saddles, 521, 632 Salisbury camp, 306, 439 Seasickness cure, 152 Sheepskins, 1866 Shells, 38, 2614
Fair wages in manufacture of, 490 Shovel shields, 437, 1235 Slippers, 389
System of purchase, 2602, 2610, 2614, 2617 Waterproof garments, 609 See Militia
Taxation. See that title
War Appropriation ($100,000,000) Bill. Res., 91, 1397. lr., 1399.	2r., 1653. Com.,
1653.	3r., 1681
Warnock, Mr. David (Macleod)
Waterloo lakes park, 236 Western farmers, relief for, 65, 1333
Washington, Canadian representative at, 2315
Water-power investigations, 234
Ways and Means, Committee of, 87, 1150, 1168, 1191; rep., 1217. See Budget and Taxation
Webster, Mr. John (Brockville)
Technical education, 1146
Weiohel, Mr. William G. (North Waterloo)
Address in reply to Governor General's Speech
Tribute to Their Royal Highnesses, 4 Great Britain and the war, 5 Financial and trade conditions, 6 Made-in-Canada movement, 7 German-Canadians, 8 Unity of the Empire, 9 Deceased members, 10
Weights and measures, inspection of, 505, 510, 1720
Welland canal
Construction, 1710, 1713 Wages, rates of, 491
West Arichat customs, 898 West Indies, trade with, 215, 1295
Western Farmers Relief Bill. Res., 1328. lr., 1349.	2r., 1544. Com., 1544.	3r., 1544.
See 49, 632, 720, 768, 947, 1150, 1242, 1281; also Bank Act Amendment Bill
Wetaskawin settlers, grievances of, 1560, 1565
White, Mr. Gerald V. (North Renfrew) Pembroke drill hall, 2039
White, Hon. W. T. (Minister of Finapce) Bank borrowings' from Government, 147, 476
Bank loans for seed grain, J.242-1246, 1350. 1358
Battlefields commission, 1716 Budget, 80
Revenue and expenditure, 81, 82 Organization of oversea forces, 81 Debt and borrowings, 82 Special taxes, 85 Tariff taxation, 86
Economic conditions, actual and prospective, 90
Budget-amendment of Sir Wilfrid Laurier. 841
Reply to criticisms, 841 Expenditures of late Government, 841, 848, 853
National Transcontinental railway, 841
Public works, 845
World-wide effects of war, 846
British preference, 849, 860
Public works and labour, 850
Proposed war taxation, 851, 854
Opposition alternatives, 855
Tax on railway tickets, 857
Postage, 857
Customs taxes, 858
Industrial and agricultural interests, 858 Taxation of banks, 859 Canada's share in war, 862
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Casualty Company of Canada, 761 Finance-charges of management, 1715 Dominion notes, issue of, 146, 479, 1528, 1653
French treaty and war taxes, 1211, 1422' Loans, Imperial Government, to Canada, 146	[DOT]
Shortt, Mr. Adam, speech of, 655, 682 Taxation, war Customs
Agricultural implements, 1169, 1173 Bananas, 1166 Exemptions, 1151 Fertilizers, 1151, 1160, 1401 Gravel and sand, 1165 Newfoundland partridge berries, 1166 Revenue estimated, 1169 Silk, 1167 Spirits, 1152 Tea and coffee, 1168 Special
Bank circulation, 1191 Bills of exchange, pheques, etc., 1177, 1202-1204, 1407 Corporations, 1191-1197 French treaty, articles under, 12111216, 1422
Insurance companies, 1178, 1181, 1191 Letters and postcards, 1206 Exempted postal matter, 1413 Loan and trust companies, 1191, 1405 Modifications, proposed, 1177 Money orders, etc., 1205 Penalties, 1412, 1427, 1586-1588 Postal rates and stamp taxes, 14121422, 1586, 2624
Proprietary or patent medicines, 1209, 1423
Railway tickets, 1198-1201 Revenue estimated, 1208 Telegraphic messages, 1192, 1406 Vessel tickets, 1201 Wines, 1211-1216, 1422 See Budget
Union Life Assurance Company, 2317, 2372
Wilcox, Mr. Oliver J. (North Essex)
Budget, 630, 689 Tax on fertilizers, 630, 695 Party truce, 689 Revenue and expenditure, 692 Obligations of Government, 693
Wilcox, Mr. Oliver J. (North Essex)-Con.
Budget-Con.'
Hog cholera, 696
Political patronage, 696
What Government has accomplished, 697
Naval question, 698
Vital issues of the war, 699	*
Taxation Fertilizers, 1162 Gravel, 1161, 1165
Wilson, Mr. Charles A. (Laval)
Capital punishment, 1228 Lavergne, Armand, Lieut.-Col., 1517 Real estate, titles to, 1222 Roy, Alex., Col., retirement of, 1516
Winding-Up Act Amendment Bill. lr„ £121.
2r., 2195. Com., 2195. 3r., 2195.
Winnipeg
Immigration officials, 243, 392 Public buildings, 2041 Resident engineer, 765 Sewage, 2167 Volunteers, 313
Wireless stations, 1263, 1616, 1658
Wood, E. C., land patent of, 151
Woodworth, T. C., employment of, 2123
Wrecks. See Marine
Wrentham post office, 142
Wright, Mr. William .(Muskoka)
Budget, 431, 442 Tariff policy, 431 Protection in Canada, 433 British preference, 434 Farming conditions in the west, 443 Trade and industry, 447 A non-partisan tariff board, 448 Experimental farms, 2072 Grain trade, 1952, 2192 Parcel post, 1385
Yarmouth
Fishery guardians, 313 (Harbour improvements, 607, 1289, 2113 Marine hospital, 832 Postal service, 313, 1361
Yukon Placer Mining Act Amendment Bill.
lr., 514. 2r., 1218. Com. and 3r., 1218.
Sen. amdt., 1868
Yukon territory, 1393, 1580
Volume i:	1-944
Volume ii:	945-1783
Volume iii:	1785-2628