Department of Inland Revenue. 9. That the charges for fares and tolls to be made on the said ferry, shall not at any time exceed the following, that is to say: Foot passengers, each way...... Children under 12 years, each way. Each head of cattle..... Cents. 5 3 10 10 One-horse vehicle and driver, for pleasure, each way... 15 .... 5 Two-horse vehicle and driver, for pleasure, each way.... 25 Double teams loaded two tons and under....... 5 40 Double teams loaded over 2 tons and under 2 tons..... 50 ..... ...... 25 10 3 5 5 10. Notices of the rates of fares and rates of tolls on the said ferry, shall be put up and kept up, and exhibited at all times, in a conspicuous place on or near the said dock or wharf, and also on the steamer employed from time to time on the said ferry. 11. That the Governor in Council shall be at liberty to alter and modify the tariff of charges and tolls hereinbefore contained, should it be deemed expedient in the public interest, and after such notification as aforesaid, the lessee shall not take or receive any other or larger fares or tolls than those which shall be imposed in such modified tariff during the subsistence thereof. 12. That the Governor in Council shall be at liberty at any time at which it may be shown that the lessee has failed to observe, perform, fulfil or keep any or other of the said provisos, restrictions and conditions hereinbefore contained and expressed, to declare the lease forfeited and void, whereupon the same shall become and be void, to all intents and purposes, as if the same had never been granted, without indemnification to the lessee. 13. That the said lessee shall not at any time during the existence of the lease, wilfully or knowingly infringe any of the laws or by-laws or of the regulations of the United States of America, or of the state of New York, or the city of Buffalo, or of Black Rock, in reference to ferriage which may be applicable to the said ferry, or such portion thereof as may be within the jurisdiction of any of them, the United States of America, state of New York, or city of Buffalo or Black Rock, or permit or suffer the same to be infringed by any officer, servant or employee of the said lessee. 14. Provided always that if the United States of America, or the state of New York, or the city of Buffalo, or Black Rock, shall in the exercise of any authority in any of them existing at any time during the existence of the said lease, prevent or hinder ferriage at or upon the said ferry, or such portion Department of Inland Revenue. thereof as may be within the jurisdiction of such one of them, or put the lessee to any loss, expense, charge or damage, in respect to the same, no claim or demand for compensation, or any right or title thereto, shall be made upon or against the Dominion of Canada. 15. The ferry boat shall be placed on the route on the first day of May, 1896. 16. The lease will be granted for a period of five (5) years, at an annual rental of fifty dollars ($50) payable in advance. The lessee shall be required to give two sureties, satisfactory to the Department of Inland Revenue, who shall be bound jointly and severally with the principal, in the sum of one thousand dollars ($1,000) for the full compliance by the said lessee, with the terms of the lease. 17. The lease shall not be sub-let or assigned without the consent of the Governor in Council, but in the event of the death of the lessee, the lease shall inure to the benefit of the lessee's personal representatives or as by his will he may direct. Vide Canada Gazette, vol. XXIX., p. 291. By Order in Council of the 14th of October, 1895, under the authority of section 15 of "The General Inspection Act," chapter 99, Revised Statutes, an Order in Council of the 29th August, 1895, respecting the classification of grain, was cancelled and the following substituted in lieu thereof:"44. The grades of grain shall be as follows:— SPRING WHEAT. No. 1 Manitoba hard wheat shall consist wholly of wheat grown in Manitoba or the North-west Territories of Canada, and shall be sound and well cleaned, weighing not less than sixty pounds to the bushel and shall be composed of at least two-thirds of hard red Fyfe wheat. No wheat which has been subjected to scouring or brushing for the removal of smut or other fungoid growth, shall be included in this grade. No. 2 Manitoba hard wheat shall consist wholly of wheat grown in Manitoba or the North-west Territories of Canada, and shall be sound and reasonably clean, weighing not less than fifty-eight pounds to the bushel, and shall be composed of at least two-thirds of hard red Fyfe wheat. No. 1 hard white Fyfe wheat shall consist wholly of wheat grown in Manitoba or the North-west Territories of Canada, and shall be sound and well cleaned, weighing not less than sixty pounds to the bushel, and shall be composed of not less than sixty per cent of hard white Fyfe wheat, and shall not contain more than twenty-five per cent of soft wheat. No. 1 Manitoba northern wheat shall consist wholly of wheat grown in Manitoba or the North-west Territories of Canada, and shall be sound and well cleaned, weighing not less than sixty pounds to the bushel, and shall be composed of at least fifty per cent of hard red Fyfe wheat. No. 2 Manitoba northern wheat shall consist wholly of wheat grown in Manitoba or the North-west Territories of Canada and shall be sound and Department of Inland Revenue. reasonably clean, of good milling qualities, and fit for warehousing, weighing not less than fifty-eight pounds to the bushel, and shall be composed of at least fifty per cent of hard red Fyfe wheat. No. 1 spring wheat shall be sound and well cleaned, weighing not less than sixty pounds to the bushel. No. 2 spring wheat shall be sound and reasonably clean, weighing not less than fifty-eight pounds to the bushel. No. 3 spring wheat shall comprise all wheat fit for warehousing, not good enough to be graded as No. 2, weighing not less thau fifty-six pounds to the bushel. Rejected spring wheat shall comprise all wheat fit for warehousing, but too low in weight or otherwise unfit to be graded as No. 3. Goose wheat No. 1 shall be plump and well cleaned, weighing not less than sixty-one pounds to the bushel. Goose wheat No. 2 shall be plump and reasonably well cleaned, weighing not less than fifty-nine pounds to the bushel. Goose wheat No. 3 shall comprise such as is not good enough to be graded as No. 2, reasonably clean and weighing not less than fifty-five pounds to the bushel. WINTER WHEAT. Extra white winter wheat shall be pure white winter wheat, choice in colour, sound, plump and well cleaned, weighing not less than sixty-two pounds to the bushel. No. 1 white winter wheat shall be pure white winter wheat, sound, plump and well cleaned, weighing not less than sixty pounds to the bushel. No. 2 white winter wheat shall be white winter wheat, sound and reasonably clean, weighing not less than fifty-eight pounds to the bushel. No. 1 red winter wheat shall be pure red winter wheat, sound, plump and well cleaned, weighing not less than sixty-two pounds to the bushel. No. 2 red winter wheat shall be red winter wheat, sound and reasonably clean, weighing not less than sixty pounds to the bushel. No. 1 mixed winter wheat shall be white and red winter wheat mixed, sound, plump and well cleaned, weighing not less than sixty-two pounds to the bushel. No. 2 mixed winter wheat shall be white and red winter wheat mixed, sound, plump and well cleaned, weighing not less than fifty-nine pounds to the bushel. No. 3 winter wheat shall include winter wheat not clean and plump enough to be graded as No. 2, weighing not less than fifty-seven pounds to the bushel. Rejected winter wheat shall include winter wheat damp, musty, or from any cause so badly damaged as to render it unfit to be graded as No. 3. All good wheat that is slightly damp shall be reported and entered on the inspector's books as "no grade," with the inspector's notations as to quality and condition. All wheat that is in a heating condition or too damp to be considered safe for warehousing, or that has any considerable admixture of foreign grain Department of Inland Revenue. or seed, or is badly bin-burnt, whatsoever grade it might otherwise be, shall be reported and entered on the inspector's books as "condemned," with the inspector's notations as to the quality and condition. 66 Any material admixture of "rice wheat," otherwise known as goose or "California" wheat, or of red chaff wheat with other descriptions of wheat shall exclude the parcel from inspection. All wheat shall be weighed, and the weight per bushel entered on the inspection book. INDIAN CORN. No. 1 white corn shall be white, and in all other respects No. 1 corn; No. 1 yellow corn shall be yellow, and in all other respects No. 1 corn; No. 1 corn shall be sound, dry, plump and well cleaned, white and yellow; No. 2 corn shall be dry, reasonably clean, but not plump enough to be graded as No. 1; 66 All damp, dirty or otherwise badly damaged corn, shall be graded as rejected:" OATS. No. 1 oats shall be sound, plump, clean and free from other grain; No. 2 oats shall be sound, reasonably clean, and reasonably free from other grain; No. 3 oats shall be sound but not clean enough to be graded as No. 2; Rejected oats shall include such as are damp, unsound, dirty, or from any other cause unfit to be graded as No. 2. RYE. No. 1 rye shall be sound, plump and well cleaned; No. 2 shall be sound, reasonably clean, and reasonably free from other grain; All rye which is damp, musty or dirty, or which is from any cause unfit to be graded as No. 2 rye, shall be graded as "rejected. " BARLEY. No. 1 barley shall be plump, bright, sound, clean and free from other grain; No. 2 barley shall be reasonably clean and sound, but not bright and plump enough to be graded as No. 1, and shall be reasonably free from other grain, and weigh not less than forty-eight pounds to the bushel. No. 3 extra barley shall be in all respects the same as No. 2 barley, except in colour, weighing not less than forty-seven pounds to the bushel; No. 3 barley shall include shrunken or otherwise slightly damaged barley, weighing not less than forty-five pounds to the bushel; No. 4 barley shall include all barley equal to No. 3, weighing less than forty-five pounds to the bushel; Department of Inland Revenue. All barley which is damp, musty or from any cause badly damaged or largely mixed with other grain, shall be graded as "rejected. PEASE. No. 1 pease shall be white, clean, sound and not worm-eaten; No. 2 Quebec pease shall be moderately clean and scoured and grown in the province of Quebec; No. 3 pease shall be moderately clean and sound; No. 4. pease shall be such as are too dirty to be graded as No. 3, or are worm-eaten; All pease which are damp, wormy or otherwise unfit to be graded as No. 4 peas, shall be graded as "rejected. PROVISIONS AS TO ALL GRAINS. In the inspection of grain, inspectors are to be governed in their interpretation of the foregoing classification by the standard samples selected by the board appointed for that purpose. If, however, they are called upon to grade any wheat, which, as to weight, is not equal to the weight of such standard sample, they are not, if they deem it otherwise equal to the standard sample, to reduce the grade, provided the weight is equal to that required by the legal definition hereinbefore given. Neither shall the inspectors decline to grade any wheat, other than No. 1 Manitoba hard, because it differs in its constituent parts from the standard sample, provided it is, in respect of soundness, cleanliness and the proportion of hard wheat contained therein and its general milling qualities equal to the standard placed in their hands for their governance. Nor shall the restrictions mentioned in grade one as to scoured or brushed wheat apply to any of the other grades fixed hereby. No grain that is warm or in a heating condition shall be graded. No grain that has been subjected to treatment by use of lime or sulphur shall be graded higher than No. 3. All inspectors shall make their reasons for grading grain, when necessary, fully known by notation, on their books. Samples furnished to inspectors shall be made to conform, as strictly as possible, to the conditions and terms specified in foregoing classification. Vide Canada Gazette, vol. XXIX., p. 686. By Order in Council of the 2nd of December, 1895, the following regulations for the governance of official weighers appointed under the Act 54-55 Victoria, chapter 47 were approved : REGULATIONS. 1. Every person appointed as official weigher under the provisions of the said Act shall have sole control of the scales and weights at any elevator for which he is authorized to act and may require the said scales and weights to be tested and inspected whenever he may have reason to doubt their accuracy. |