View is southwest. Photograph shows Clark Hall, the Brandon College Building, the Citizens' Science Building and the driveway running in front of the buildings. Portions of the front lawn and the Kinsmen Staduim are also visible.
View is northeast fron the west side of the Dining Hall. Photograph shows portions of the J.R.C. Evans Lecture Theatre and the A.E. McKenzie Building, as well as an H-Hut, Clark Hall, the Brandon College Building and the quadrangle.
View is north from approximately the Citizens' Science Building. Photograph shows the driveway running in front of the Brandon College Building and Clark Hall, a number of cars and students along the driveway and the Education Building in the background.
View is south from the lawn in front of the Education Building and shows a student exiting the building. The driveway and John R. Brodie Science Centre are visible in the background.
View is northwest from the front lawn. Photograph shows the Citizens' Science Building, an H-Hut, the Brandon College Building, Clark Hall and the original Music Building.
Photograph has a couple of cracks, due to bending.
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View is northwest from the front lawn. Photograph shows the Brandon College Building, Clark Hall, the parking lot in front of those two buildings and the Education building.
View is south southwest from approximatley the location of the current Health Studies Complex. Photograph shows the large field to the north of Clark Hall, Clark Hall, the Brandon College Building, the Citizens' Science Building and an H-Hut behind Clark Hall.
View is west northwest, probably from the roof of the Brandon College Building. Photograph shows an ice skating rink located in the field west of the Brandon College Building and Clark Hall. Some houses are visible in the background.
This commission was appointed in late 1944 and made it's reports and recommendations in late 1945. The commission's tasks were the following: (1) give a legal opinion on existing taxation legislation affecting co-operatives, (2) reccomend taxation legislation in respect to co-operatives, with due regard to current tax burdens on privately owned busniess, (3) provide a picture of the actual structure of co-operative enterprise in Canada, its growth, and the effects of taxation upon it.
The commission's findings were, briefly: (1) Section 4, paragraph (p) of the Income War Tax Act is so ambiguous as to justify its repeal, (2) commission reccomended legislation permitting both co-operative and joint stock companies to deduct patronage dividends in computing taxes, whether paid out or available on demand, (3) appendicies of research staff findings that provide statistical and historical information on the origin, growth and distribution of co-operatives in Canada.
See also fonds level description of RG 4 for history/bio of MPE
Scope and Content
.This sub-series contains volumes 1 - 31 of the Royal Commission on Co-operatives, the brief and report on the Commission, an outline of argument on behalf of certain co-operative organizations.
A commission to inquire into the formation and operation of the Manitoba Pool up until 1931. Charges were brought against the Pool by J.R. Murray, then Assistant General Manager of UGG. The four charges were, briefly: (1) producers had been mislead into forming elevator associations, (2) members are bound by contract to the association, (3) financial statements sent out to associations are inaccurate, (4) Pool members are not getting as good a deal as they would on the free market.
The first two charges were deemed provable by the commission, while the last two were not. It was noted by the commissioner that no pool members had come forward with complaints.
See also fonds level description of RG 4 for history/bio of MPE
Scope and Content
.This sub-series contains volumes 1 - 25 of the Royal Commission on Manitoba Pool Elevators.
Commissions dealing with transportation by rail and by sea were important to Manitoba Pool Elevators, as the cost and effiecincy of transport affected the cost of service to its members.
See also fonds level description of RG 4 for history/bio of MPE
Scope and Content
.This sub-series contains the following:
Box 1:
1. St. Lawrence Seaway 1961-1971
2. Royal Commission on Transportation - excerpt from the evidence of Sir Henry Thornton 1931-1932
3. Royal Commission on Transportation 1949-1950
4. Report of the Royal Commission on Transportation February 9, 1951
5. The Royal Commission on Transportation 1960
6. The Royal Commission on Transportation 1960-1967
7. The Canadian Transport Commission 1985
Box 2:
8. The Grain Handling and Transportation Commission 1975-1976
9a. Submissions to the Grain Handling and Transportation Commission 1975-1977
9b. Submissions to the Grain Handling and Transportation Commission 1975-1977
10. Submissions to the Grain Handling and Transportation Commission 1976
11. Grain Handling and Transportation Commission 1976
12. Submissions to the Grain Handling and Transportation Commission 1976
13. Submissions to the Grain Handling and Transportation Commission 1976
14. Appendix to Final Submission of CN Railways to GH&TC 1976
15. Submission by the Province of Manitoba to the GH&TC 1976
16. Grain Handling and Transportation Commission 1975-1976
17. Grain Handling and Transportation Commission 1974-1976
18a. Grain Handling and Transportation Commission 1976-1977
18b. Grain Handling and Transportation Commission 1976
19. Grain Handling and Transportation Commission Public Hearings 1976
20. Grain Handling and Transportation Commission 1976
21. Grain Handling and Transportation Commission 1976
22. MPE Submission to the Grain Handling and Transportation Commission 1975
See also fonds level description of RG 4 for history/bio of MPE
Scope and Content
.This sub-series contains the following:
Box 1:
1. Canadian Agricultural Miscellaneous 1967-1972
2. Canadian Agricultural Miscellaneous 1973-1975
3. Canadian Agricultural Miscellaneous 1970-1975
4. Bill C-175 An act respecting grain
5. Bill C-196 Canada Grain Act 1970
Box 2:
6a. Canadian Agricultural Miscellaneous 1971
6b. Canadian Agricultural Miscellaneous 1971
7a. Bill C-41 The Western Grain Stabilization Act 1975
7b. Bill C-41 The Western Grain Stabilization Act 1975
8. General Agricultural Policy
9. Manitoba Agriculture 1936
Elgin Co-operative Elevator Association Limited Organizational papers: 1926 - 1965 Memorandum of association and general bylaws, June 1, l 1926 Certificate of incorporation, June 4, 1926 Meeting - Bylaws no. 1 - 7, June 17, 1926 Lease between MPE-ECE, August 1, 1931 Memorandum re Bylaws no. 8, 9, 10, 11, no date Bylaw no. 12, July 27, 1931 Bylaw no. 13, July 27, 1931 Shareholders' meeting - Bylaws no. 12 and 13, July 27, 1931 Directors' meeting - Bylaws no. 12 and 13, July, 1931 Bylaw no. 14, November 6, 1931 Agreement between MPE-ECE, October 15, 1936 Meeting - Bylaw no. 15, March 6, 1933 Agreement between MPE-ECE, October 15, 1936 Bylaw no. 16, October 23, 1939 Bylaw to authorize cancellation of association authorized share capital, October 21, 1940 Approval of resolution - share capital, October 21, 1940 General Bylaws, June 19, 1941 Bylaw no. 18, June 19, 1941 Bylaw no. 19, June 19, 1941 Bylaw no. 20, June 19, 1941 Bylaw no. 21, April 2, 1948 Bylaw no. 22, May 9, 1949 Agreement between MPE-ECE, August 1, 1951 Bylaw no. 23, October 31, 1951 Agreement between MPE-ECE, August 1, 1952 Allocation of Surplus, January 15, 1958 Directors' Resolution, October 18, 1961 Cancellation of Manitoba Pool Elevators Capital Stock Minutes of Executive Board meetings, volume 1, 17 June 1926 - volume 7, 7 October 1982 Minutes of shareholders annual meetings, 1946 - 1964 (19 reports) Financial records and statistics Statement of Surplus, 1939 - 1953 (14 reports) Final statements, 1933 - 1952 (13 reports) Auditors reports, 1928 - 1931 (3 reports) Comparative statement, July 31, 1932 Interim elevator receipt, July 8, 1964 Cost of transfer engine, no date Motion to approve the Annual Financial statement no date Membership list, 1950 - 1961 Miscellaneous - Certificate of post office registration 1927 Minutes of a special meeting of Elgin & Fairfax Elevators January 26, 1981 to discuss future grain handling facilities in the Elgin-Fairfax area. Elgin & Fairfax local Pool Committee minutes Oct 20 1982 - Nov 28 1990.