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Marine.

Department of Marine and Fisheries.

By Order in Council of the 25th of June, 1901, the Orders in Council dated 30th May, 1883, and 5th June, 1895, establishing the pilotage district for Baie Verte and Port Elgin, and appointing pilotage commissioners therefor were cancelled, and by the same Order a pilotage district for Baie Verte and Port Elgin, in the county of Westmorland, province of New Brunswick, was re-established and new commissioners appointed, the limits of such district to extend from the province line on the east to Jourimain Island on the west. Vide Canada Gazette, vol. xxxv., p. 42.

By Proclamation dated the 23rd of July, 1901, the "Act to amend the Acts of 1899 and 1900 respecting the Quebec IHarbour Commissioners," being chapter 10, 1 Edward VII., was brought into force and effect upon, from and after the 24th day of July, 1901.

Vide Canada Gazette, vol. xxxv., p. 131.

By Order in Council of the 16th of August, 1901, in accordance with the provisions of the Act 33 Victoria, chapter 45, and the Act amending the same, the by-laws authorizing the township of Collingwood and the town of Thornbury, in the county of Grey, province of Ontario, to jointly collect and impose wharfage fees at the harbour and at the mouth of the Beaver River, and to repeal the by-laws now in existence were approved.

Vide Canada Gazette, vol. xxxv., p. 349.

By Proclamation dated the 14th of November, 1901, the port of Tangier, in the province of Nova Scotia, was designated as a port to which the " Act respecting Harbour Masters" (R.S.C. chap. 86) shall apply, and the limits of the said port for harbour masters' purposes were fixed to embrace all the waters thereof inside of a line drawn from the east extreme of Ironbound Island to Mouseback Point; following the shores of the harbour and crossing from one island to another at the narrowest or shoalest points.

Vide Canada Gazette, vol. xxxv., p. 1466.

By Proclamation dated the 18th of February, 1902, the port of Ingram River, in the province of Nova Scotia, was designated as a port to which the" Act respecting Harbour Masters" (R.S.C. chap. 86) shall apply, and the limits of the said port were declared to be all the waters west of a line drawn N.N. E. and

Marine.

S.S.W. through Croucher Island lighthouse and north of the boundary line mentioned in the Order in Council of the 18th February, 1902, namely:-a straight line joining Black Point and Davy's Point.

Vide Canada Gazette, vol. xxxv., p. 1693.

By Order in Council of the 19th of February, 1902, in pursuance of the provisions of chapter 34 of the Act 62-63 Victoria, by-laws, numbered from 1 to 100 inclusive, passed by the Quebec Harbour Commissioners, for the governance of the harbour and port of Quebec, as attached to said Order, were approved.

Vide Canada Gazette, vol. xxxv., p. 1858.

By Order in Council of the 1st of April, 1902, the following rules were established (notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in the rules and regulations governing the examination of applicants for certificates either as masters or mates for coasting voyages or voyages on the inland or minor inland waters adopted by Order in Council of 8th May, 1894) to govern the examination of applicants for certificates as masters or mates of steam ferry boats on the inland or minor inland waters :

RULES.

1. A mate must be 19 years of age, and have been at least two years afloat.

2. He must pass in colours.

3. He must be able to read and write legibly.

4. In Seamanship-He must understand how to use the lead and know the marks and deeps; he must possess a thorough knowledge of the "Rule of the Road," both for sailing and steam vessels; he must be able to knot and splice; he must understand the general management of a vessel in bad weather; he must also understand the use of springs on going to or leaving a wharf; he will have to explain the usual modes of extinguishing a fire on board ship; and he will explain the securing and lowering of life-boats.

5. A master must be 21 years of age and have been at least three years afloat, one of which he must have served as mate.

6. In Navigation-In addition to the qualifications for a mate, he must have a knowledge of the principal lights in the harbour, or on the river, and in the vicinity generally where he is about to be employed. And he will have to know the principal dangers in the locality and the courses and distances to be run to avoid them.

7. In Seamanship-In addition to the qualifications for a mate, he will have to explain how he would lay out an anchor in case of his vessel becoming stranded.

Vide Canada Gazette, vol. xxxv, p. 2082.

Marine.

By Order in Council of the 15th of April, 1902, in virtue of the provisions of chapter 34 of the Act 62-63 Victoria, the by-laws, numbered from 1 to 21, inclusive, passed by the Quebec Harbour Commissioners as pilotage authority for the harbour and port of Quebec, as annexed to the Order, were approved.

Vide Canada Gazette, vol. xxxv., p. 2139.

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Department of Public Works.

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Department of Public Works.

By Order in Council of the 20th of June, 1901, the Order in Council of the 13th April, 1893, establishing regulations for the use, management and maintenance of the slides and booms in the Trent and Newcastle District, were amended as regards the tariff of tolls as therein provided, and the tariff of tolls to be collected on the said works was fixed as follows:

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(a.) From Cameron Lake to Sturgeon Falls, the same as provided by the said Order in Council of the 13th April, 1893.

(6.) From Buckhorn to below Burleigh, cent per log, and other goods in proportion as provided by the said Order in Council of 13th April, 1893. (c) No tolls shall be charged on any other section of the river.

(d.) The rates and tolls hereby established shall apply from the 21st March, 1894.

The following addition was also made to the regulations established by the Order in Council of the 13th April, 1893:

All saw-logs shall be brought down through the stretches of the river heretofore divided off by booms, in bags or sacks not exceeding 500 feet in length by 200 feet in width, and no loose logs shall be allowed to be floated down these stretches under a penalty of not less than $50 nor more than $200 for each infringement of this regulation.

Vide Canada Gazette, vol. xxxv., p. 788.

By Order in Council of the 8th of February, 1902, a schedule of tolls, as annexed thereto, which the Upper Ottawa Improvement Company, Limited, of Ottawa, propose to levy for the use of their works during the season of 1902 was approved.

Vide Canada Gazette, vol. xxxv., p. 1695.

Department of Railways and Canals.

Department of Railways and Canals.

By Order in Council of the 18th of February, 1902, by-laws Nos. 3, 4 and 5 of the British Yukon Railway Company were approved, fixing rates for conveyance of passengers and freight, subject to the express understanding and condition that no tolls deemed excessive by the Governor in Council will be charged for transport over the railway between Skagway and White Pass, and that, if such excessive tolls are charged, the Governor in Council may rescind any Order in Council approving the tolls fixed by the by-laws, or may reduce such tolls.

Vide Canada Gazette, vol. xxxv., p. 1694.

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