A message from His Excellency the Governor General transmitting estimates for the financial year ending March 31, 1957, was presented by Hon. W. E. Harris (Minister of Finance), read by Mr. Speaker to the house, and referred to the committee of supply.

Mr. W. G. Weir (Portage-Neepawa) presented the report of the special committee appointed to prepare and report lists of members to compose the standing committees of the house, as follows:

Messrs: Bourque McWilliam Bryson Meunier Cardin Nowlan Carter Pallett Cavers Perron Churchill Rea Dechene Richard (Ottawa East) Dickey Tucker Ellis Valois Fraser (Peterborough) Viau Hollingworth Vincent Leboe White (Waterloo South) Lefrangois Wylie MacDougall MacKenzie Zaplitny-29. (Quorum-10) RAILWAYS, CANALS AND TELEGRAPH LINES Messrs: Barnett Garland Batten Gauthier (Lake St. John) Bennett, Miss Goode Bonnier Gourd (Chapleau) Boucher (Chateauguay- Green Huntingdon- Habel Laprairie) Hahn Buchanan Hamilton (York West) Byrne Harrison Campbell Healy Carrick Herridge Carter Hodgson Cauchon Holowach Cavers Hosking Clark Howe (Wellington- Decore Huron) Deschatelets James Dufresne Johnston (Bow River) Dupuis Kickham Ellis Lafontaine Follwell Langlois (Gaspe) Gagnon Lavigne Leboe Nixon McBain Nowlan McCulloch (Pictou) Purdy Mclvor Ross Meunier Small Montgomery Viau Murphy (Lambton West) Villeneuve Murphy (Westmorland) Vincent Nesbitt Weselak-60. Nicholson (Quorum-20) MISCELLANEOUS PRIVATE BILLS Messrs: Anderson Leduc (Jacques Cartier- Balcom Lasalle) Batten Lennard Bennett, Miss Lusby Blair Macnaughton Brooks Mang Brown (Brantford) Matheson Cameron (High Park) McCubbin Campbell McCullough (Moose Carter Mountain) Decore McWilliam Dinsdale Murphy (Westmorland) Ellis Perron Enfield Pommer Eyre Proudfoot Fairey Regier Ferguson Reinke Follwell Roberge Forgie Roy Garland Simmons Girard Thomas Hansell Weaver Hees White (Waterloo South) Houck White (Hastings- Hunter Frontenac) Langlois (Berthier- White (Middlesex East) Maskinonge- Wylie-50. Delanaudiere) (Quorum-15) BANKING AND COMMERCE Messrs: Anderson Henderson Ashbourne Hollingworth Balcom Huffman Benidickson Hunter Bennett Johnson (Kindersley) Blackmore Johnston (Bow River) Cameron (Nanaimo) Macdonnell Cannon MacEachen Cardin Macnaughton Carrick Matheson Crestohl Michener Dufresne Mitchell (London) Dumas Monteith Eudes Nickle Fairey Nose worthy Fleming Pallett Follwell Philpott Fraser (St. Johns East) Power (Quebec South) Fraser (Peterborough) Quelch Fulton Richardson Hanna Robichaud Hellyer Rouleau

Standing Committees St. Laurent (Temis-couata) Stewart (Winnipeg North) Thatcher Tucker Viau Weaver-50. (Quorum-15) PUBLIC ACCOUNTS Messrs: Anderson Applewhaite Argue Ashbourne Balcom Beaudry Boisvert Breton Bruneau Cameron (High Park) Cannon Cavers Cloutier Denis Fulton Goode Hamilton (Notre Dame de Grace) Hanna Harkness Hees Henderson Hollingworth Holowach Houck Kickham Kirk (Antigonish-Guysborough) Laflamme Leduc (Jacques Cartier-Lasalle) Macdonnell Maltais McLeod McWilliam Menard Mitchell (Sudbury) Mitchell (London) Monteith Noseworthy Nowlan Pearkes Pommer Poulin Power (St. John's West) Proudfoot Regier Schneider Thomas Tucker Van Horne Weaver Zaplitny-50. (Quorum-15)

Aitken, Miss Buchanan Carter Denis Fairey Fontaine Forgie Green Hanna Harrison Messrs: Hollingworth Knowles Michaud Monette Quelch Robinson (Bruce) Rochefort Van Horne Viau Winch-20. (Quorum-8)

Anderson Applewhaite Arsenault Ashbourne Barnett Bell Bennett Boivin Brisson Bryce Cameron (Nanaimo) Cannon Ferguson Hahn Hardie Harrison Henderson Hodgson Kirk (Shelburne-Yarmouth-Clare) Messrs: Kirk (Antigonish-Guysborough) MacLean MacNaught Maltais Matheson McDonald Nowlan Patterson Pearkes Robichaud Simmons Stick Stuart (Charlotte) Thibault Trainor Weselak-35. Quorum-10)

Messrs: Anderson Argue Batten Blackmore Boucher (Chateauguay-Huntingdon-Laprairie) Bruneau Bryce Byrne Cardiff Charlton Clark Decore Demers Deslieres Diefenbaker Dinsdale Fontaine Forgie Gingras Goode Gour (Russell) Harkness Huffman James Jones Jutras Kickham Kirk (Antigonish-Guysborough) Laflamme Leboe Legare Lusby MacKenzie MacLean Mang Masse Matheson McBain McCubbin McCullough (Moose Mountain) Menard Michaud Montgomery Murphy (Westmorland) Nicholson Perron Pommer Proudfoot Purdy Quelch Roberge Robinson (Bruce) Schneider Smith (Battle River-Camrose) Stanton Studer Thatcher Villeneuve White (Waterloo South) White (Middlesex East) -60. (Quorum-20) Messrs: Brisson Brooks Buchanan Byrne Carter Dickey Dumas Eyre Garland Gauthier (Nickel Belt) Hardie Harkness Herridge Hosking LaCroix Lafontaine Leboe Leduc (Gatineau) MacLean McCullough (Moose Mountain) Mitchell (Sudbury) Pearkes Ratelle Richard (St. Maurice-Lafleche) Robichaud Rowe Shipley, Mrs. Simmons Smith (Battle River-Camrose) Studer Trainor Valois Van Horne Weselak Winch-35. (Quorum-10) INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS Messrs: Bell Brown (Essex West) Brown (Brantford) Byrne Cauchon Churchill Cloutier Deschatelets Dufresne Fairclough, Mrs. Fraser (St. John's East) Gauthier (Nickel Belt) Gauthier (Lake St. John) Gillis Hahn Hardie Hosking Johnston (Bow River) Knowles Leduc (Verdun) Lusby MacEachen Maclnnis Michener Murphy (Westmorland) Nixon Philpott Richardson Ross Rouleau Small Starr Studer Viau Vincent-35. (Quorum-10) Balcer Enfield Hees Jutras McLeod Meunier

Messrs: Michaud Nicholson Power (St. John's West) Purdy Rowe Simmons-12. (Quorum-7)

Messrs: Arsenault Balcer Bell Boisvert Breton Cannon Cardin Coldwell Crestohl Decore Diefenbaker Fleming Garland Gauthier (Lake St. Goode Hansell Henry Huffman James Jutras Knowles Lusby MacEachen Maclnnis MacKenzie Macnaughton McMillan Montgomery Patterson Pearkes Richard (Ottawa East) John) Starr Stick Stuart (Charlotte) Studer-35. (Quorum-10)

Motion agreed to.