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10. For any violation of the requirements of these regulations the master or owner of any such vessel shall be subject to a fine of $400, or such other fine or penalty provided by the Act 46 Vict., chap. 12, before cited, as may be applicable to the case, and the vessel may be detained until such fine or penalty is paid.

11. Vessels fitted for and engaged in the deep sea fisheries are not included in these regulations.

Vide Canada Gazette, Vol. XX, p. 919.

By an Order in Council of Wednesday, 10th day of September, 1886, Almonte, then an outport under the Collector of Customs at the port of Brockville, was detached therefrom and placed under the survey of the Collector of Customs at the port of Ottawa, in the Province of Ontario.

Vide Canada Gazette, Vol. XX, p. 949.

By an Order in Council of Wednesday, 10th day of November, 1886, Carleton Place and Perth, in the County of Lanark, and Province of Ontario, were erected into outports of Customs and warehousing ports, and placed under the survey of the Collector of Customs at the port of Ottawa.

Vide Canada Gazette, Vol. XX, p. 950.

By an Order in Council of Thursday, 18th day of November, 1886, yarn spun from the hair of the alpaca or angora goat, when imported by manufacturers of braid for use exclusively in their factories in the manufacture of such braids only, was, under snch regulations as may be adopted by the Minister of Customs, placed on the list of articles that may be admitted into Canada free of Customs duties.

Vide Canada Gazette, Vol. XX, p. 1015.

By an Order in Council of Saturday, 13th day of November, 1886, the following allowances were fixed for tare and draft upon the packages containing imported sugars, the said allowances to be deducted from the actual gross weight of the sugars as ascertained by weighing on their arrival at their ports of destination in Canada, the weighing to be performed by Customs officers and the labor required in handling and weighing to be furnished by the importer:

On hogsheads or tierces weighing 1,300 lbs. gross or over, 12 p.c. On hogsheads or tierces weighing less than 1,300 lbs. gross, 14 pc. On barrels weighing 250 lbs. gross or over, 25 lbs. each. On barrels weighing less than 250 lbs. gross, 10 p.c. On bags or mats containing beet root, centrifugal or refined sugars, 13 p.c. On double bags or mats containing beet root, centrifugal or refined sugars, 24 p.c. On bags or mats containing

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East India, China, Brazil, Muscovado or other similar raw sugars, 2 p.c. On double bags or mats containing East India, China, Brazil, Muscovado or other similar raw sugars, 3 pc. On baskets, 73 p.c. On any packages other than those provided for above, the allowance shall be such as the weighing officer may find to be just and equitable, but in no case to exceed the original weight of such packages before the sugar was placed therein. The Order in Council bearing date 25th day of March, 1869, fixing allowance for tare on sugar, was repealed.

Vide Canada Gazette, Vol. XX, p. 1078.

By an Order in Council of Friday, 3rd day of December, 1886, Tilsonburg, in the Province of Ontario, was erected into an outport of Customs and a warehousing port, and placed under the survey of the Collector of Customs at Port Dover, Ontario.

Vide Canada Gazette, Vol. XX, p. 1150.

By an Order in Council of Monday, 13th day of December, 1886, fish skins and fish offal, when imported by manufacturers of glue for use in their own factories, were placed upon the list of articles which may be admitted into the Dominion of Canada free of Customs duties.

Vide Canada Gazette, Vol. XX, p. 1180.

By an Order in Council of Monday, 13th day of December, 1886, the port of Campobello, N.B., was reduced to an outport of Customs, and together with the outport of Grand Manan, theretofore attached thereto, placed under the survey of the Collector of Customs at the port of St. Andrews, N.B., from and after the 1st January, 1887.

By an Order in Council of Monday, the 13th day of December, 1886, the port of St. George, theretofore an independent port, was reduced to an outport of Customs and placed under the survey of the Collector of Customs at the port of St. John, N.B., from and after the 1st January, 1887.

Vide Canada Gazette, Vol. XX, p. 1180.

By an Order in Council of Tuesday, 12th April, 1887, the following articles were included in the provisions of Item No. 86 of the Schedule "A," of the Act respecting the Duties of Customs, chap. 33, Revised Statutes of Canada, viz: Moulded celluloid balls and cylinders, coated with tinfoil or not, but not finished or further manufactured; and the duty of 10 per cent. ad valorem is to be assessed and collected thereon.

Vide Canada Gazette, Vol. XX, p. 1876.

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By an Order in Council of Monday, 23rd day of May, 1887, the outport of Lingan, under the port of Sydney, Nova Scotia, was abolished.

Vide Canada Gazette, Vol. XX, p. 2199.

By an Order in Council of Monday, 23rd day of May, 1887, Fort McLeod, in the District of Alberta, North-West Territories, was erected into a Customs port of entry and a warehousing port, from and after the 1st day of July, 1887.

Vide Canada Gazette, Vol. XX, p. 2199.

Fisheries.

By an Order in Council of Thursday, 10th day of June, 1886, the use of seines for the purpose of catching herrings was prohibited in any of the bays, creeks, inlets or harbors, of the County of Charlotte, in the Province. of New Brunswick, or within three miles of the shores of said county.

Vide Canada Gazette, Vol. XX, p. 35.

By an Order in Council of Saturday, 10th day of July, 1886, a Pilotage District was established for the Port of Economy, in the County of Colchester, Province of Nova Scotia, the limits of such district to extend from Harrington's River to Bass River.

Vide Canada Gazette, Vol. XX, p. 75.

By an Order in Council of Friday, 17th day of September, 1886, the Fishery Regulations for the Province of Manitoba and the North-West Territories, established by Order in Council of the 20th of May, 1886, were rescinded, and the following adopted in lieu thereof :

1. Whitefish shall not be fished for, caught or killed between the 5th day of October and the 10th of November in each year, both days inclusive. 2. Whitefish shall not be taken for making oil or feeding domestic animals.

3 Pickerel (doré) shall not be fished for, caught or killed between the 15th day of April and the 15th day of May in each year, both days inclusive. 4. Speckled trout (Salvelinus fontinalis) shall not be fished for, caught or killed between the 1st day of October and the 1st day of January in each year, both days inclusive.

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5. Sturgeon shall not be fished for, caught or killed between the 1st day of May and the 15th day of June in each year, both days inclusive.

6. Provided always, that the Minister of Marine and Fisheries shall have power to set apart and license without fee, for the exclusive use of Indians, such waters as he may deem necessary, and that the Indians shall, during the close seasons, have liberty to fish under license to themselves or to their bands for the purpose of providing food for themselves, but not for sale, barter or traffic.

Vide Canada Gazette, Vol. XX, p. 552.

Inland Revenue.

By Order in Council of Thursday, the 22nd day of July, 1886, under the provisions of the 48th and 49th sections of the Act passed in the Session of the Parliament of Canada, held in the 42nd year of Her Majesty's reign, chaptered 16, and intituled: "An Act to amend and consolidate the Laws relating to Weights and Measures," the following consolidation of the Regulations for the governance of the Inspection of Weights and Measures was approved and adopted.

REGULATIONS RESPECTING WEIGHTS AND MEASURES.

The following balances are to be admitted to verification:

A. Balances having equal arms, and on which the load is suspended below the fulcrums.

B. Balances commonly known as Steelyards, or Roman Balances, having unequal arms.

C. Weigh bridges.

D. Balances with equal arms, and on which the load is placed above the fulcrums.

DD. Hydrostatic balances for weighing coal.

DDD. Perfection Scales.

A. Balances with equal arms are only to be admitted to verification when:-

1. The beam shows no material difference as regards the form or magnitude of the two arms.

2. It is provided with a tongue pointing upwards or downwards from its centre, at right angles with a line joining the extreme bearings, or with some equivalent arrangement for indicating the position of the equili

brium.

3. It is in equilibrium when a line joining the extreme bearing is perfectly horizontal, and returns to that position after being put into vibration.

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4. Its arms are equal within the specified limit of error.

5. The balance is sufficiently sensitive to be turned decidedly and promptly by the addition or withdrawal of so much of the load as represents the error tolerated by regulations in a commercial weight representing the load.

6. No balance balls or detached parts other than the pans and the connections necessary for attaching them to the beam are used for adjusting the balance.

7. The balance, as a whole, is of sufficient strength, and on a sufficiently stable base, to secure it against change of form or position under the maximum load it is to carry.

8. The beam will carry its maximum load without deflection.

9. The maximum load for the weighing of which it is to be used is distinctly engraved or marked on the beam.

10. The knife edges are permanently fixed to the beam.

B. Balances commonly known as Steelyards or Roman Balances, having unequal arms, are only to be admitted to verification when :

1. There is sufficient room for oscillation, and the knife edges on which the beam oscillates are sufficiently fine to permit it to move freely. 2. The beam is sufficiently strong to carry its load without deflection. 3. The bottom of the notches by which the divisions of the long arm of the lever are indicated, and from which the weight is suspended, are in close approximation to a right line drawn through the knife edges forming the points of suspension, and when such straight line passes near to and a little above the centre of gravity of the whole apparatus.

4. The divisions on the long arm of the lever are equal among themselves.

5. The weight used with the lever-if it is changeable or can be readily detached therefrom-is some multiple or sub-multiple of the pound avoirdupois, and has distinctly marked on it its true weight.

6. The maximum weight intended to be weighed on it is either distinctly marked on the beam or indicated by its construction.

C. Weigh Bridges, Hay Scales and Platform Scales will only be admitted to verification when :

1. The foundation or supporting base is sufficiently firm, and capable of carrying without change of level or of form or other disturbance, the maximum load for which it is to be used.

2. If movable from place to place, some satisfactory arrangement, such as a level or plummet, is provided and permanently attached, for indicating whether the machine is perfectly level.

3. The platform is so arranged that any obstruction to its free movement can be easily detected.

4. All the beams, levers and other parts are of sufficient strength, to carry the maximum load to which they will be respectively subjected without deflection.