A message was delivered by Major C. R. Lamoureux, Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod, as follows: Mr. Speaker, the Right Honourable the Deputy of His Excellency the Governor General desires the immediate attendance of this honourable house in the chamber of the honourable the Senate. Accordingly, Mr. Speaker with the house went up to the Senate chamber. In the Senate chamber, the Right Honourable the Deputy Governor General was pleased to give, in His Majesty's name, the royal assent to the following bills: An act for the relief of Francis Thomas Joseph Cleevely. An act for the relief of Jack William Corber. An act for the relief of Mildred Ida Acres Wells. An act for the relief of Wilhelmina Doris Guenette Parkes An act for the relief of Anita Phyllis Ticktin Sacks. An act for the relief of Sylvia Feldman Blant. An act for the relief of Doris Arvilla Jackson Legassick. An act for the relief of Rose Klein Levin.

The Royal Assent An act for the relief of Thelma Wilhelmlna Wintonyk Colter. An act for the relief of Doris MacArthur Richards Arnold. An act for the relief of Mary Matheson Baker. An act for the relief of Vivian Pauline Davies White. An act for the relief of Helen Hawthorne Kuhn Ellis. An act for the relief of Joseph Octave Jules Lapointe. An act for the relief of Nena Ruthen Teitelbaum. An act for the relief of Annie Gwendoline Mabel Gammon Noble. An act for the relief of Margaret Catherine McDonald White. An act for the relief of Howard Vincent Jones. An act for the relief of Matilda Schneider Hutter. An act for the relief of Robert William Phillips. An act for the relief of Ethel Rose Katz Cohen. An act for the relief of Edith Cecelia Cole Williams. An act for the relief of Agnes Mathieson Metsos. An act for the relief of Dorothy Fern Brown Lacoste. An act for the relief of Sylvia Barnett Shane. An act for the relief of Louise Soltanoff Rudy. An act for the relief of Armand Boisclair. An act for the relief of Mary Robertson Pangman Elder. An act for the relief of Merilda Normand Maury. An act for the relief of Janet Stevenson Ivory Stein. An act for the relief of Reba Schulman Schecter. An act for the relief of Helen Fulton Burns Clark. An act for the relief of Lyford Homer George. An act for the relief of Joan Winnifred Lewis Hawkins. An act for the relief of Frances Lenore Roe Robinson. An act for the relief of Philip Victor Thomas Rodboum. An act for the relief of Dorothy Edith Entwistle Lorimer. An act for the relief of William Christie. An act for the relief of Priscilla Benning Peart. An act for the relief of Margaret Nelson Smith Calvert An act for the relief of Shirley Pearl Claman. An act for the relief of Lillian Helena Cross Page. An act for the relief of Rosario Proulx. An act for the relief of Micheline Lefebvre Simpson. An act for the relief of Catherina Koszak Tymczuk. An act for the relief of Anne Warnes Rice. An act for the relief of Joseph Edmond Tremblay. An act for the relief of Grace Lambert Sturgeon. An act for the relief of Mary Middleton Thompson. An act for the relief of Gordon Aylmer Thistle Shirres. An act for the relief of Walter Jasper Blake. An act for the relief of Margaret Murray McKinnon Trenholm. An act for the relief of Walter Wilson McBroom. An act for the relief of Mabel Florence Dunk Wright. An act for the relief of Thomas Somerville. An act for the relief of Joseph Wilfrid Leon Desrosiers. An act for the relief of June Lucille Odell Woolnough. An act for the relief of Christopher Edmond Cobham. An act for the relief of Jack Zelinsky. An act for the relief of Morna Elsa Kott. An act for the relief of Doris Christina Meldrum Franklin. An act for the relief of Francis Thomas Lariviere. An act for the relief of Maurice Abraham Rodier. An act for the relief of Liselotte Karola Roer Goode. An act for the relief of Albert Labreche. An act for the relief of Bessie Drinkwater Jackson. An act for the relief of Bessie Shafer Cohen. An act for the relief of Ludmila Mach Morawetz. An act for the relief of Ernest Cecil George Thackway. An act for the relief of May Garnet Greene Lofting. An act for the relief of Henry John Bobinski. An act for the relief of Mary Eileen Birks Moor-house. An act for the relief of Florence Ruby Robbins Cumby. An act for the relief of Kathleen Elizabeth Flookes Kerr. An act for the relief of Berthe Marie Madeleine Brunet Egar. An act for the relief of Mary Alice Eva Rivard Sharkey. An act for the relief of Evelyn Florence Brigden Piper. An act for the relief of Beatrice Violet Hudson Hineson. An act for the relief of Fernand Dupuis. An act for the relief of Frances Strakosch Alexander. An act for the relief of Peonie Taub Joseph. . An act for the relief of Doris Mabel Garwood Cunningham Watt. An act for the relief of Marion Dorothy Hill Parker Jeff ryes. An act for the relief of Ada Bailen Dubman. An act for the relief of Sarah Patricia Crowley King. An act for the relief of Lola Dulcenia Hill Morton. An act for the relief of Hilda Hodgkinson Connolly. An act for the relief of Norma Thompson Farrell. An act for the relief of Harold Charles Boyes. An act for the relief of Sophie Goldenberg Kovacs Feldheim. An act for the relief of Eva Brolofsky Richman. An act for the relief of Arland Farmer Webster. An act for the relief of Wynifred Guinevere Withrow Couch. An act for the relief of Dorothy Ruth Ogilvie. An act for the relief of Dorothy Edith Croft Douglas. An act for the relief of Corinne Schlein Gottlieb. An act for the relief of Zelma Alexander Singer. An act for the relief of Katherine Adamakos Koussaya. An act for the relief of Margaret Hyams Boldo-vitch. An act for the relief of Frederick Cecil Carratt. An act for the relief of Anne Harris Shefler. An act for the relief of Virginia Therese Scott Gillespie. An act for the relief of Ruth Ellen Jones Palamar. An act for the relief of Ida Ker Davies Kinnon. An act for the relief of Arthur Filteau. An act for the relief of Karl Kastner. An act for the relief of Mary Elizabeth Wilson Taylor. An act for the relief of Jean Martha Spiller Little. An act for the relief of Violette Blanche Heuff McKenna. An act for the relief of Dorothy Elizabeth Amos Nicol. An act for the relief of George Henry Burney. An act for the relief of Leonne Dufresne Paten-aude. An act for the relief of Audrey Blanche Duncan Myers. An act for the relief of Brenda Denise Fuller Martin. An act for the relief of Suzanne Gundermann Wallis. An act for the relief of Margaret Ellen Joan Clayton Dullege. An act for the relief of Laura Goldstein Rosen. An act for the relief of Doris Mazer Goldsmith. An act for the relief of Marjorie Violet Schrat-wiser Cadham. An act for the relief of Ross Robert Baskin. An act for the relief of Ann Frances Gray Hirst. An act for the relief of Effie Violet Mugford Knox. An act for the relief of Freda Hersch Nishmas. An act for the relief of Mildred Davidon Liberman. An act for the relief of Raymond Joseph Louis Guay. An act for the relief of Hyman Herbert Schwartz. An act for the relief of Dorothy Mary Ward Bryant. An act for the relief of Audrey Frances Stokes Lambert. An act for the relief of Marie Katherine O'Connell Ball. An act for the relief of Stephen Henry Jones. An act for the relief of Diane Grossman Botner. An act for the relief of Rosina Templeton Mclndoe Corliss. An act for the relief of Lily Tansky Dratofsky. An act for the relief of Anna Rosemarin Barsuk. An act for the relief of Christy Margaret Chisholm Cook. An act for the relief of Maud Ross Travers. An act for the relief of Mary McDowell Hyslop Forbes Cahill. An act for the relief of William Jackson. An act for the relief of Vera Mildred Holley Martel. An act for the relief of Ruth Gorofsky Hall. An act for the relief of Rita Latour Shugar. An act for the relief of Margaret Martin Stewart Scofield. An act for the relief of Robert William Goudie. An act for the relief of Nancy Catherine Harrison Moore. An act for the relief of Claire Wiseman Grynberg. An act for the relief of Claire Breitman Elias. An act for the relief of Lillian Florence Katherine Kaye Kulik. An act for the relief of Freda Siminovitch Mosessohn. An act for the relief of Agathe Groulx Grenier. An act for the relief of Pamela Mabel Mackrory Cameron. An act for the relief of Muriel Fishman Schmelz. An act for the relief of Virgile Zenor Joseph Poncelet. An act for the lelief of Mary Besner Bray. An act for the relief of Philip Wanton Engs. An act for the relief of Blanche Marie Yvonne Boissonneau Dunlop. An act for the relief of Najla Tabah Ayoup. An act for the relief of Betsy Bruce Anderson Furlong. An act for the relief of Doris Mary Marjorie Evans Champagne. An act for the relief of David Anderson Guthrie. An act for the relief of Frieda Stubina Lobe. An act for the relief of Mary Bridget Ellen Conway Demers. An act for the relief of Alexandrine Gauthier Boisvert. The Royal Assent An act for the relief of Mary Grant Macintosh Dobell. An act for the relief of Marie Louise Irene Bouchard Magill. An act for the relief of Thelma Jennie Alvera Brownlee Leslie. An act for the relief of Elsie Roberta McCutcheon Cornish. An act for the relief of Vera Maude Rimmer Gasper. An act for the relief of Veronica Kazantseff Darrell. An act for the relief of Elsie Smith Brothers. An act for the relief of John Howard Clendenning. An act for the relief of 'Bessie Lillian Lockhart. An act for the relief of May Victoria Gledhill Hossack. An act for the relief of Marshall Frederick Lebeau. An act for the relief of Miriam Sarah Celeste Glass Butler. An act for the relief of Edna Vivian Eulie Hewitt Colclough. An act for the relief of Gladys Isabelle Brown Farewell. An act for the relief of Gladys Rollins Wilson. An act for the relief of Anna May Tedstone Mose. An act for the relief of Elsie Knight-Huckle Metayer. An act for the relief of Charles Emile Groleau. An act for the relief of Olive Eva LaBeau Carlson. An act for the relief of Julia Catherine Dwane Raymond. An act for the relief of Philip Slutsken. An act for the relief of Jessie Kathleen Batiste Latter. An act respecting Chartered Trust and Executor Company. An act respecting the Dominion Atlantic Railway Company. An act respecting the Pension Fund Society of the Bank of Montreal. An act to incorporate the North West Commercial Travellers' Association of Canada. An act to incorporate the Sisters of Saint Elizabeth Hospital. An act to incorporate Canadian Home Assurance Company. An act to amend the Judges Act, 1S46. An act to amend the Family Allowances Act, 1944. An act to amend the Old Age Pensions Act. An act to provide for the marketing of agricultural products in interprovincial and export trade. An act respecting Guaranty Trust Company of Canada. An act respecting oil or gas pipe lines. An act respecting the Globe Printing Company. An act to incorporate the National Spiritual Assembly of the Baha'is of Canada. An act respecting a certain patent application of Walter Oliver Beyer. An act respecting the Canadian Artillery Association. An act to incorporate Interprovincial Pipe Line Company. An act to incorporate Westcoast Transmission Company Limited. An act to incorporate Trans-Northern Pipe Line Company. An act to incorporate the British American Pipe Line Company. An act to incorporate Western Pipe Lines. 2812 HOUSE OF Prorogation of Parliament To these bills the royal assent was pronounced by the Clerk of the Senate in the following words: In His Majesty's name the Right Honourable the Deputy Governor General doth assent to these bills. Then the Honourable the Speaker of the House of Commons addressed the Right Honourable the Deputy Governor General as follows: May it Please Your Excellency: The Commons of Canada have voted supplies required to enable the government to defray certain expenses of the public service. In the name of the Commons, I present to Your Honour the following bill: An act for granting to His Majesty certain sums of money for the public service of the financial year ending the 31st March, 1950. To which bill I humbly request Your Honour's assent. To this bill the Clerk of the Senate, by command of the Right Honourable the Deputy Governor General, did thereupon say: In His Majesty's name, the Right Honourable the Deputy Governor General thanks his loyal subjects, accepts their benevolence, and assents to this bill.

After which the Right Honourable the Deputy Governor General was pleased to close the fifth session of the twentieth parliament of the Dominion of Canada with the following speech: Honourable Members of the Senate: Members of the House of Commons: In opening the present session, I stated that the first concern of government in world affairs is to

ensure peace and security. To this end, the North Atlantic treaty was signed at Washington on April 4, after its principles had been overwhelmingly approved by both houses. I am gratified that you have given unanimous approval to the treaty which it is the intention to ratify at an early date. There has been deep satisfaction throughout the country at the completion of the original plan of confederation by the admission of Newfoundland as the tenth province on March 31. Provision was made for the continuance of certain transitional measures, of the Agricultural Products Act and of the Foreign Exchange Control Act. My government has welcomed your approval of the international wheat agreement which it is hoped will be approved by a sufficient number of signatories to bring it into force on July 1, 1949. As further instalments in the government's policy to provide a national standard of social security you have passed measures designed to broaden the scope of the Family Allowances Act and to increase the amount of pension paid by the federal government under the Old Age Pensions Act. Other measures enacted during this session include bills respecting the control and regulation of interprovincial and international pipe lines, the Judges' Act, the National Parks Act, mail contracts and the Canadian Commercial Corporation. Members of the House of Commons: I thank you for making provision for essential services for the period required for the holding of a general election and the assembling of a new parliament. Honourable Members of the Senate: Members of the House of Commons: May Divine Providence continue to bless our country with peace and prosperity. This concluded the fifth session of the twentieth parliament.