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Of the Harbour Commissioners of Montreal, passed at a meeting held on the 15th day of February, 1877, and approved by His Excellency in Council, 5th March, 1877.

WHEREAS it has been deemed advisable to revise and correct the tariff

of pilotage between the Harbours of Quebec and Montreal, now in force :

Therefore it is resolved :

1st. That the by-law regulating the tariff of pilotage made and passed on the 26th day of January, 1875, and approved and confirmed by His Excellency the Governor General in Council, on the 10th day of April of the year 1875, is hereby repealed.

2nd. That from and after the passing of this by-law, the following shall be the tariff of rates to be paid for the pilotage of vessels between Quebec and Montreal, and between the several places herein mentioned, that is to say :

From the harbour of Quebec to Portneuf and the opposite side of the River St. Lawrence or below Portneuf and above the harbour of Quebec,

For the pilotage of any vessel in tow or propelled by steam (except as hereinafter mentioned) for each foot of draught of water-Upwards 50 cts. ; downwards, 50 cts;

For the pilotage of any sea-going vessel propelled by steam, for each foot of draught of water-Upwards, 62 cts.; downwards, 621 cts.;

For the pilotage of any vessel under sail, for each foot of draught of water-Upwards, $1.05; downwards, 70 cents:

From the harbour of Quebec to Three Rivers and the opposite side of the River St. Lawrence, or any place above Portneuf and below Three Rivers,---

For the pilotage of any vessel in tow or propelled by steam (except as hereinafter mentioned) for each foot of draught of water-Upwards, $1.50; downwards, $1.50;

For the pilotage of any sea-going vessel propelled by steam, for each foot of draught of water-Upwards, $1.75; downwards, $1.75;

For the pilotage of any vessel under sail, for each foot of draught of water-Upwards, $2.60; downwards, $1.90 :

From the harbour of Quebec to Sorel, and the opposite side of the River St. Lawrence, or any place above Three Rivers and below Sorel,--

For the pilotage of any vessel in tow or propelled by steam (except as hereinafter mentioned) for each foot of draught of water-Upwards, $1.50; downwards, $1.50;

For the pilotage of any sea-going vessel propelled by steam, for each foot of draught of water-Upwards, $1.87; downwards, $1.87;

For the pilotage of any vessl under sail, for each foot of draught of water-Upwards, $3.15; downwards, $2.10 :

From the harbour of Quebec to the harbour of Montreal, or to any place above Sorel and below the harbour of Montreal,-

Marine.

For the pilotage of any vessel in tow or propelled by steam (except as hereinafter mentioned) for each foot of draught of water-Upwards, $2.00; downwards, $2.00;

For the pilotage of any sea-going vessel propelled by steam, for each foot of draught of water-Upwards, $2.50; downwards, $2.50;

For the pilotage of any vessel under sail, for each foot of draught of water-Upwards, $4.20; downwards. $2.80:

From the harbour of Montreal to Sorel, or to any place above Sorel and below Hochelaga, and from Sorel, or any place above Sorel and below Hochelaga, to the harbour of Montreal, for each foot of draught of water, for each such pilotage-Upwards, $1.00; downwards, $1.00:

For the removal of any vessel from one wharf to another within the limits of the harbour, or from any of the wharves into the Lachine Canal, or out of the said canal, to any of the wharves in the harbour, or from the foot of the current, or from Longueuil into the harbour, or from the harbour to the foot of the current, or to Longueuil, for each such service, $5.

By a Proclamation bearing date the 12th day of April, 1877, His Excellency proclaimed and declared that the Act intituled "An Act to provide for the appointment of Harbour Masters for certain Ports in the Provinces of Quebec, Ontario, British Columbia and Prince Edward Island," and the Acts amending the same, should thenceforth apply to the Port of Tryon, in Prince County, in the said Province of Prince Edward Island.

Vide Canada Gazette, Vol. 10, p. 1329.

By a Proclamation bearing date the 17th day of April, 1877, His Excellency proclaimed and declared that the Act intituled "An Act to provide for the appointment of Harbour Masters for certain Ports in the Provinces of Quebec, Ontario, British Columbia and Prince Edward Island" and the Acts amending the same, should thenceforth apply to the Port of Quadra, Baynes' Sound, in the Province of British Columbia.

Vide Canada Gazette, Vol. 10, p. 1379.

By Order in Council of the 23rd day of April, 1877, His Excellency in Council, under the provisions of the 4th Section of the Act passed in the Session of the Parliament of Canada, held in the 36th year of Her Majesty's Reign, chaptered 55 and intituled "An Act respecting Wreck and Salvage constituted and established in the County of Cape Breton, in the Province of Nova Scotia, a District for all the purposes of the said Act, to extend from Point Cape Breton to the Northern Head of Gabarous Bay.

Vide Canada Gazette, Vol. 10, p. 1392.

Marine.

By Order in Council of the 28th of April, 1877, His Excellency established a Pilotage District for the Port of Cocagne, in the County of Kent, in the Province of New Brunswick, the limits of which District shall extend north to Dixon's Point, Buctouche, and south to Casey's Point, Shediac, and to comprehend the waters between New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island, or adjacent thereto; and to make the payment of Pilotage dues compulsory within the limits of the said District.

Vide Canada Gazette, Vol. 10, p. 1436.

By an Order in Council of the 28th day of April, 1877, His Excellency established a Pilotage District for the Port of Buctouche, in the County of Kent, in the Province of New Brunswick, the limits of which District shall extend north to Richibucto Head and south to Cocagne Head, and to comprehend the waters between New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island, or adjacent thereto; and made the payment of Pilotage Dues compulsory within the limits of the said District.

Vide Canada Gazette, Vol. 10, p. 1437.

By a Proclamation, bearing date 1st May, 1877, His Excellency proclaimed and declared that the Act intituled "An Act to provide for the "appointment of Harbour Masters for certain Ports in the Provinces of Nova "Scotia and New Brunswick," and the Acts amending the same, should thenceforth apply to the Ports of Clements Port and Port George, both in the County of Annapolis, in the Province of Nova Scotia.

Vide Canada Gazette, Vol. 10, p. 1430.

By Order in Council of the 1st day of May, 1877, His Excellency, by and with the advice of the Queen's Privy Council for Canada, ordered that the rate of ten cents per ton of the registered measurement thereof, imposed and authorized to be levied by Order in Council of 3rd April, 1875, on each and every vessel entering the Harbour of Cow Bay, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, should be reduced to six cents per ton of the registered measurement, and that this duty be collected on each and every vessel entering the said Harbour, as provided by the 3rd Section of the Act 37 Victoria, chapter 18. Vide Canada Gazette, Vol. 10, p. 1434.

By a Proclamation bearing date the 1st day of May, 1877, His Excellency imposed, on each vessel entering the port of Southern Bay, Ingonish, Nova Scotia, a duty of six cents per ton of the registered measurement of such vessel.

Vide Canada Gazette, Vol. 10, p. 1430.

Marine.

By Order in Council of the 1st day of May, 1877, His Excellency, by and with the advice of the Queen's Privy Council for Canada, ordered that the Order in Council of the 13th day of September, 1875, approving and adopting Rules and Regulations respecting life boats, yawl boats and fire extinguishers on steamers, should be amended as follows:-

That Rule 4 in said order be and the same is hereby cancelled, and the following substituted in lieu thereof, that is to say :

"4th. It is hereby required that the following number of Chemical Fire "Extinguishers, or of the Pneumatic Fire Extinguisher invented by A. A. Murphy, of Montreal, patented 6th April, 1876, shall be carried on board "Steamboats of the undermentioned sizes and classes, viz :

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"On every Freight and Tug Steamboat of more than one hundred tons gross measurement, one such Extinguisher;

"On every Freight and Tug Steamboat of more than five hundred "tons, two such Extinguishers;

"On every Steamboat of the gross tonnage of one hundred tons and "upwards, but less than three hundred tons, carrying passengers, two such "Extinguishers;

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"On every Steamboat of the gross tonnage of three hundred tons and upwards, carrying passengers, three such Extinguishers;

"On every Steamboat employed chiefly in the carriage of freight, when "not carrying more than fifty passengers, two such Extinguishers.'

Vide Canada Gazette, Vol. 10, p. 1437.

By an Order in Council of the 7th day of May, 1877, His Excellency, by and with the advice of the Queen's Privy Council for Canada, constituted and established two Districts in Kings County, in the Province of Prince Edward Island, for the purposes of the Act passed in the Session held in 36th year of Her Majesty's Reign, chaptered 55, and intituled "An Act "respecting Wreck and Salvage,"-one District to be for the North Coast of King's County, and to extend from East Point to the line of division between King's and Queen's Counties; and the other District to be for the South Shore of said County, and to extend from East Point to the line of division between King's and Queen's Counties.

Vide Canada Gazette, Vol. 10, p. 1471.

By a Proclamation bearing date the 7th day of May, 1877, His Excellency reduced and decreased the tonnage duty on each vessel entering the Ports of Bathurst and Richibucto in New Brunswick, and Amherst Harbour, House Harbour and Cape Chatte, in the Province of Quebec, from ten cents per ton to four cents per ton of the registered measurement of each and every vessel entering the said Ports respectively.

Vide Canada Gazette, Vol. 10, p. 1467.

Public Works.

PUBLIC WORKS.

By Proclamation bearing date the 19th day of May, 1876, His Excellency, in Her Majesty's name, proclaimed and declared that upon and after the Twentieth day of May then instant, the Public Bridge extending over the Timber Slides and Buchanan Channels of the Ottawa River, the same being within the City of Ottawa, in the Province of Ontario, and its approaches, then under the management and control of the Minister of Public Works, should be no longer under his control.

Vide Canada Gazette, Vol. 9, p. 1536.

GOVERNMENT HOUSE, OTTAWA,

FRIDAY, 26th day of May, 1876.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR GENERAL IN COUNCIL.

On of Toe British North America Act, 1867,"

N the recommendation of the Honorable the Minister of Public Works,

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and the 8th item of the third Schedule attached thereto :

His Excellency, by and with the advice of the Queen's Privy Council for Canada, has been pleased to order, and it is hereby ordered, that the following properties situate in the localities hereinafter mentioned, in the Province of British Columbia, be and they are hereby transferred to and appropriated for the use of the Legislature and Government of the said Province of British Columbia, that is to say :

1st. The Lots and Buildings marked B, C and E, on plan No. 1, signed by the Hon. Henry Holbrook, Chief Commissioner of Lands and Works, and being:

Lot B, the Government Buildings,

Lot C, a School House and Reserve, and

Lot E, the Police Barracks, all in Victoria.

2nd. The Lot and Building represented on plan No. 6, signed as above, and being the Lieutenant Governor's residence at Victoria.

3rd. The public building and land represented on plan No. 8, signed

as above, and being a School House and reserve in Victoria District.

4th. The lots and buildings indicated on plan No. 10 by the letters C, E and F, and signed as above, being :-Lot C, the Court House and Jail, Lot E, a Public School House, and Lot F, a Public Hospital, all at New Westminster.

5th. The public buildings and lands indicated on plan No. 16, signed as above, being the Court House and Jail at Nanaimo.

6th. The public buildings and lands indicated on plan No. 17 by letter

A, and signed as above, being the Court House and Jail at Hope.

7th. The public buildings and lands indicated on plan No. 19 by letter

A, signed as above being the Jail at Yale.

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