Land and cable telegraph lines for the sea coasts and islands of the Land line on north shore of St. Lawrence, extension Land line on north shore of St. Lawrence extension to Pointe aux Esquimaux--To complete.............. Submarine cable for connecting Brier and Long Islands with Digby, the Telephone Company of Nova Scotia agreeing to construct and maintain all the land lines required to establish an uninterrupted telegraphic communication between those islands and the Town of Digby... Carried forward. $ 5,000 00 5,000 00 2,000 00 12,000.00 1,982,686 58 11,130,655 93 $10.000 00 25,000 00 12,500 00 4,500 00 Steam communication with the Magdalen Islands.. Steam communication from Port Mulgrave, at the terminus of the Steam communication between St. John and Ports in Basin of Minas, Steam communication between Canso, Arichat, Guysboro', Port Hood and Mabou, and such other places between above limits as are agreed upon, touching daily at Port Mulgrave, and also to provide for continuance of service during winter, on the Port Mulgrave and Canso section. 2,000 00 5,000 00 3,000 00 4,000 00 Carried forward........... 69,500 00 13,196,642 51 SCHEDULE B-Continued. SERVICE. Brought forward......... MAIL SUBSIDIES AND STEAMSHIP SUBVENTIONS-Concluded. Steam communication between Halifax and Newfoundland, viâ Cape Steam communication between the following ports : New Westminster and Victoria.... Port Mulgrave and East Bay...... Halifax and St. John, via Yarmouth and Port Medway.. St. John, Digby and Annapolis........... OCEAN AND RIVER SERVICE. Maintenance and repairs of Government Steamers.......... To provide for the examination of Masters and Mates................................................. To provide for investigations into wrecks, and collection of informa- Canadian registration of shipping... Winter service, Prince Edward Island..... 6,000 00 10,000 00 1,000 00 25,000 00 To provide a small steam launch for the use of the Indian Department in the waters of the Province of British Columbia........... Maintenance and repairs to lights, fog-whistles, buoys and beacons, and humane establishments..... 287,000 00 Completion and construction of light-houses and fog-alarms............... 30,000 00 6,000 00 To provide for a wharf and shed at Victoria, British Columbia......... Observatory, Toronto......... 2,000 00 528,860 00 SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTIONS. do Kingston....... do Montreal.......... 5,250 00 500 00 500 00 Grant for Meteorological Service, including instruments and cost of telegraphing weather warnings...... 56,000 00 Increase of salary of Director from $2,400 to $2,500, including his allowance for house rent.......... Marine Hospitals in the Provinces of Quebec, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island and British Columbia...... Shipwrecked and distressed seamen......... 30,000 00 5,000 00 51,000 00 Carried forward......... 14.209,492 51 |