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receive and answer communications from members and from Government Printer, &c. To supervise the indexing of Hansard. To arrange the turns of the different reporters in the gallery, and to arrange for relieving the pressure on those who most require assistance, and to supervise and manage generally. To instruct the staff with regard to Parliamentary procedure. No. 11. I think it is inevitable, because the pressure of work is intermittent, and competent temporary reporters probably could not be obtained for gallery work. No. 12. Yes. No. 13. Either by Mr. Speaker or the Government, on the recommendation of the Chiet Reporter. No. 14. I am unable to say without seeing an experiment made. The Chief would be better able to answer that question. _ . No. 15. If there were no Chief the utmost confusion would at once prevail. A Chief requires long experience in Parliamentary reporting. Must be a shorthand writer, a gentleman, a man of firmness, cool in emergency, and a good organizer ; also, he should be a man of more than ordinary education, with almost as great a knowledge of Parliamentary procedure as the Clerk of the House. I consider the present Chief possesses all these qualifications. H. -M-. CjORE.