§ 56. Colonel Crosthwaite-Eyreasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer the estimated and actual expenditure of Canadian dollars expended up to the last available date on the acquisition and movement of grain to this country during the present crop year.
§ Mr. DaltonThe estimate for the present crop year is 200 million Canadian dollars. Actual expenditure to 1st December was 82 million.
§ Colonel Crosthwaite-EyreCan the Chancellor say, in view of the added expenditure which is being incurred in respect of shipment through Pacific ports, by how much actual expenditure this year is now expected to be in excess of estimate?
§ Mr. DaltonThe crop year begins on 1st August, and it is not possible to say at present. We have only travelled a short part of the year and, owing to a number of causes, the deliveries may be spread over the year in a way that we cannot estimate at the moment. I should be happy to give a reply to that question 1768 a few months later, when we shall be in a better position to say. The answer I have given shows the position up to date.