Sessional Papers, Volume 4C. H. Parmelee, 1916 - Canada "Report of the Dominion fishery commission on the fisheries of the province of Ontario, 1893", issued as vol. 26, no. 7, supplement. |
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1916 Department Advances on account AUDITOR GENERAL'S OFFICE bacon bags Barrington Passage beef blankets boots Brandon bread Bros Brought forward butter Calgary Canadian Pacific Railway Capt cartage cheese cheques coal cords Department of Militia Divisional Area Edmonton Esquimalt examination of recruits examining recruits expenses and subsistence Fredericton freight GEORGE Halifax heaters hire horses Hospital installing John Kingston labour Lethbridge Lieut London Lt.-Col lumber meals Medicine Hat military patients Militia and Defence Militia and Defence-Continued Minister of Militia Montreal motor Nanaimo oats obedient servant Ottawa pilotage plumbing Portage La Prairie postage potatoes purchase Quebec Railway Regina remounts rent repairs SESSIONAL PAPER shirts socks stationery stoves straps sundry drugs sundry groceries sundry hardware sundry small supplies sundry supplies Sydney telegrams telephone tons Toronto transportation travelling expenses trousers Valcartier Vancouver Victoria victualling troops Western Telegraph Co Winnipeg
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Page 146 - ... be necessary, if fraud were the object. The inspector's report showing quantities received is made in triplicate : one copy is kept in the inspection room, one copy is sent to the Principal Ordnance Officer, to whom the goods are sent from the inspection room, and the third copy is sent to the Director of Contracts. If the inspector reported quantities in excess of those actually received, the discrepancy would be immediately discovered and reported by the Stores Branch.
Page 146 - Ferrill of 3,577¿ pounds. These reports were sent to the Department in the ordinary course; and the clerk whose duty it is to prepare such accounts for payment, followed the quantities given on the inspection report, instead of the invoiced quantities. This was in accordance with his instructions, because the report of the inspector is the voucher upon which all payments are madc.
Page 135 - In reply I beg to say that the quality specified, and conditions prescribed by the department, re delivery, etc., make a very considerable difference, and in this connection I requested, in my letter of the 3rd December. to be furnished with these particulars, which you have apparently overlooked. Please furnish this office with the names of the 27 deaners invited to tender on the 44.118 AUDITOR i¡EM-:RAL'S ItEPORT, 19Ц-191,1 6 GEORGE V, A.
Page 138 - I find by the Montreal market report that there was an ample available supply of 1913 oats in the warehouses at any time between the date of your telegram inviting tenders and the date of delivery of supplies, consequently I do not understand why it was not possible to secure a better price. I am, sir, your obedient servant, J. FRASER, Л.
Page 130 - I notice that most of these cheques are for large amounts paid, apparently to persons who were not the real vendors. I shall require the forms on which were entered the owner's name, description of horse, price paid, etc. There are a few cases in which these are attached to the cheques.
Page 137 - The Montreal Hay Company, Montreal, replied : " Impossible to secure the kind " of oats you want for September 10. 'Will, however, offer you No. 2 Canadian " Wettern at 72 cents." BF Smith, East Florenceville, NB, replied: "Oats and bran must come from
Page 135 - These prices appear to be very much in excess of the market price for best Canadian oats, at the date of these purchases. Please furnish this office with full particulars specifying the quality, place of delivery, kind of bags supplied, and any further information available in support of the charges madc.
Page 137 - I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter of the 15th inst., with further reference to the contracts made by your Department for delivery fob at the dock, Montreal, of 44,000 bushels of No. 2 white oats, properly bagged. The accounts show that 6,000 bushels were supplied at 67 cents, 5,000 at 67¿ cents, and tho balance, 33,000, at 70 cents a bushel.
Page 135 - Quebec. 44,118 bushels of oats were required. Messrs. Sparks and Sons, whose quotation was the lowest, had only 6,000 bushels to dispose of. Their tender was accepted for this quantity. The next higher tender was 'that of JA Forward, of Ottawa, at 67¿ cents, who had only 5,000 bushels to dispose of.
Page 145 - SIR, — Let me call your attention to the following payment made to the Auburn Woollen Company, of Peterborough, Ont., charged to the War Appropriation and paid at Headquarters. The voucher contains the following: — Cheque 2241.— 1,600 Saddle Blankets, 4¿ Ibs., 7,200 Ibs.