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DOMINION OF CANADA ^

ANNUAL

DEPARTMENTAL

REPORTS

1928-29

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OTTAWA

F. A. ACLAND

PRINTER TO THE KING'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY

1930

ANNUAL DEPARTMENTAL
REPORTS

VOLUME I

Auditor General, for the fiscal year ended March 31, 1929.

VOLUME II

Public Accounts, for the fiscal year ended March 31, 1929.

National Revenue, Department of, (Customs and Excise), containing accounts of Revenue
with statements relative to the Imports, Exports, and Excise of the Dominion of Canada,
for the fiscal year ended March 31, 1929.

National Revenue, Department of, (Shipping Report, Customs), containing the Statements
of Navigation and Shipping for the fiscal year ended March 31, 1929.

Trade and Commerce, Department of, for the fiscal year ended March 31, 1929.

Weights and Measures Inspection Service (Trade and Commerce), for the fiscal year
ended March 31, 1929.

Electricity and Gas Inspection Services (Trade and Commerce) , for the fiscal year ended
March 31, 1929.

Board of Grain Commissioners for Canada (Trade and Commerce), for the crop year

ended August 31, 1929.

Interior, Department of the, for the fiscal year ended March 31, 1929.

Immigration and Colonization, Department of, for the fiscal year ended March 31, 1929.

Indian Affairs, Department of, for the fiscal year ended March 31, 1929.

Mines, Department of, for the fiscal year ended March 31, 1929.

Agriculture, Department of, for the fiscal year ended March 31, 1929.

National Defence, Department of, (Militia and Air Service), for the fiscal year ended
March 31, 1929.

National Defence, Department of, (Naval Service), for the fiscal year ended IMarch 31, 1929,

Pensions and National Health, Department of, for the fiscal year ended March 31, 1929

VOLUME III

Superintendent of Penitentiaries, for the fiscal year ended March 31, 1929.

Royal Canadian Mounted Police, for the year ended September 30, 1929.

Secretary of State, Department of thie, for the fiscal year ended March 31, 1929.

Commissioner of Patents, for the fiscal year ended March 31, 1929.

Archives, for the year 1929.

Civil Service Commission, for the calendar year ended December 31, 1929.

External AJBfairs, Department of the Secretary of State for, for the fiscal year ended March
31, 1929.

Labour, Department of, for the fiscal year ended March 31, 1929.

VOLUME IV

Public Printing and Stationery, Department of, for the fiscal year ended March 31, 1929.
Marine and Fisheries (Marine), Department of, for the fiscal year ended March 31, 1929.
Marine and Fisheries (Fisheries), Department of, for the fiscal year ended March 31, 1929.
Post Office, Department of the, for the fiscal year ended March 31, 1929.
Public Works, Department of, for the fiscal year ended March 31, 1929.
Railways and Canals, Department of, for the fiscal year ended March 31, 1929.
Board of Railway Commissioners for Canada, for the calendar year ended December 31, 1929.
Chief Electoral Officer (By-elections for the year 1929).

VOLUME V

Trade of Canada (Imports for Consumption and Exports), for the fiscal year ended
March 31, 1929.

DOMINION OF CANADA

DEPARTMENT

PUBLIC PRINTING AND STATIONERY

ANNUAL REPORT

FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDED MARCH 31

1929

OTTAWA

F. A. ACLAND

PRINTER TO THE KING'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY

1929

To His Excellency the Right Honourable Viscount Willingdon, G.C.S.I., G.C.M.G.,
G.C.I.E., G.B.E., Governor General and Cominander in Chief of the Dominion
of Canada.

May it Please Your Excellency:

The undersigned has the honour to present to Your Excellency the Annual
Report of the Department of Public Printing and Stationery for the year ended
March 31, 1929.

I have the honour to be,

Your Excellency's most obedient servant,

FERNAND RINFRET,

Secretary of State and Minister charged with administration of
Department of Public Printing and Stationery.

Ottawa, October, 1929.

91900-11

INTRODUCTORY STATEMENT

Sir, — -In practically every branch of activit}^ the fiscal year 1928-29 showed
increased production or business as compared with the preceding j'ear, the
record of which also had been high. The gross cash turnover for the year,
$7,450,996.03, shows an increase over the precedmg j'ear of $158,522. 16,
this increase being, however, less marked than that of the fiscal year 1927-28
over the preceding vear when the increase in the cash turnover reached the
high figure of $820,422.73.

The work of printmg the Revised Statutes of Canada, 1927, English and
French, was mentioned in last year's report as representing One of the important
features of that year. As then stated, the four volumes including the Statutes
proper had been printed and distributed before the close of the fiscal year 1927-28
and the Statutes Revision Commission had in hand the task of preparing the
index volume; this volume did not reach the printer as early as had been hoped,
but the copies were received in time to permit distribution durmg January,
1929. The record for the completed work, English and French, falls withm
the fiscal year 1928-29, and is as follows: English Statutes: 6,000 sets of five
volumes each, four volumes containing the Statutes proper in 4,302 pages,
and an index volume of 620 pages; total number of printed pages, approxi-
mately, 30,000,000; cost, $74,409.11. French Statutes: 1,500 sets of five volumes
each, four volumes containing Statutes proper in 4,544 pages and an index
volume of 638 pages; total number of printed pages, 7,773,000; cost, $39,105.18.
The distribution and sale of sets of the Revised Statutes of Canada at $10
each per set proceeded on the lines anticipated. The volumes were bound
generally in stiff buckram; a few volumes in leather at a higher price are stocked,
but experience has shown there is little demand for the same. The supply
on hand will probably be adequate to meet all needs for the next year or two.

The Printing Branch records appreciable increase of work in practically
all lines and closed the year with a profit of $40,583.85; the aim is of course
to work at cost and in so large a business this amount of profit, though somewhat
above the average, cannot be regarded as unreasonable.

The Stationer}'- Branch reports increased sales with satisfactory conditions;
the profit of $46,088.12 reported for the year will no doubt permit a reduction
in commissions hitherto imposed on certain lines of goods.

The business of the Distribution Division, now styled for convenience
the Division of Documents, continues high. The burden of the distribution
of documents to libraries, etc., under P.C. 1471, August, 1927, falls of course
on this division, and while the work involved is considerable, ample evidence
comes from representatives of the legislative, university and pubhc libraries
of Canada to show that the new system introduced under that regulation
and explained in last year's report is working out very satisfactorily. The
report of this branch shows that during the year 607 separate documents were
mailed on this list, the list including approximately^ 175 libraries (of all classes)
and official personages and institutions entitled under the regulation to receive
all documents not of a confidential nature. It is of interest to note that the
Department of Agriculture is much in the lead in the number of pubhcations
thus despatched to libraries, being responsible for no less than 133 documents,
or more than one-fourth of the total; the House of Com.mons pubhcations
number 89, the Department of the Interior 76, the Department of ]\Iines 68, and
the Dominion Bureau of Statistics 44, with smaller numbers for other depart-
ments; in the case of eight departments the only publication distributed is the
annual report.

6 DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC PRINTING AND STATIONERY

The increased activities of the department have necessitated some minor
additions to personnel. In the past the personnel figures appearing in these
pages have been quoted as for December 31, statistics for previous years having
been on a calendar year basis. Hereafter the figures as for December 31 will
be continued down to the year 1921, and beginning with the year 1922 figures
will be quoted for the close of the fiscal j^ear, namely, March 31. The personnel
statement of previous years, modified thus from 1922 onwards, and with the
figures as for March 31, 1929, added, is therefore as follows: —

1891 (December 31)

341

1921

730

511

1922 (March 31)

742

1911

861

1923

705

1915

1,160

1924

719

1916

1,240

1925

685

1917 ,

1,300

1926

689

1918

1,169

1927

690

1919

1,134

1928

696

1920

703

1929

714

As was mentioned in the report of last year the position list established
by the Civil Service Commission at the time of re-organization in 1920 and
numbering 705 positions had become confused and complicated, and with
the co-operation of the commission a new list of 691 positions was established
with effect as from August 1, 1927. Increased activities in different JDranches,
however, have compelled the addition of six new positions, five of which relate
to the Copperplate Map Engraving Branch and one to the Stationery Branch.
The Copperplate Map Engraving workers constitute a group whose actual
duties are performed, save in the case of one employee, outside the department,
an arrangement having been effected some years ago with the Department of
the Interior, the Department of Marine and Fisheries, and the Department
of Mines, whereby copperplate map engravers whose services might be needed
by these departments respectively would, while retaining their connection with
the Department of Pubhc Printing and Stationery, be attached for duty to
the department concerned, interchanges between the departments to be made
as conditions might require; as a matter of fact occasions for interchange have
been few and the members of the group have seldom shifted from the particular
department to which they were first assigned. On the other hand the work
of the group has increased considerably and several new appointments have
been necessary. First the Department of Marine and Fisheries and, during
the past year, the Department of Mines, required additional help, and the
Civil Service Commission was requested to make the necessary appointments.
The commission reported it impossible to secure the additional workers in
Canada and one copperplate map engrager was brought from Great Britain
in 1924 for emplo^-ment in the Department of Marine and Fisheries and, during
the past fiscal year, a second was engaged in Switzerland for employment in
the Department of Mines. The difficulty of securing assistance of this class
and the prospect of this difficulty increasing as the demands of the departments
grow and as replacements of present employees m.ay become necessary caused
action to be taken looking to the 1;raining of copperplate map engravers in
Canada by means of a system of apprenticeship in this department and, with
the co-operation of the Civil Service Commission, four apprentice positions
were accordingly created and three appointments made thereto, the fourth
apprenticeship position remaining unfilled for the present.

The difference between the position list, thus increased to 697, and the
number of employees (714) on the payroll as on March 31, 1929, is due to
vacancies at that date on the one hand and temporary workers on the other;
vacancies at that date totalled 11 and temporaries 28, leaving a net excess
of 17 over the position list; it is not unlikely that in a number of cases these
temporaries may be converted into further permanent positions because of

ANNUAL REPORT, 1928-29 7

increasing activities. A review of the year shows 13 separations and 31 appoint-
ments, a net increase of 18, the appointments representing 6 replacements,
4 new positions, and 21 temporaries.

The amount expended on new plant during the 3'ear was below the average
and consisted only of one motor truck purchased in replacement, in accordance
with the practice now obtaining for some 3'ears, and a number of machines
for the Bindery Branch, also chiefly in replacement; the principal features
of the new bindery equipment were 3 book sewing machines and 1 oversewing
machine with motor, also a gluing machine newly on the market. All these
and other items of new equipment will aid m securing an increased production
without addition to personnel. The items of new equipment and their respective
costs were as follows: —

Shipping and Receiving Division —

1 utility express motor truck SI, 890 00

Binderj- Division —

3 book sewing machines 8,360 08

1 oversewing machine with motor 4, 148 00

1 scoring machine with motor 504 00

1 book Sander with motor 985 00

1 gluing machine 1 , 383 07

Total S17, 270 15

For plant repairs and renewals there was, out of an appropriation of 830,000,
an expenditure of 829,791.11, some of the larger purchases being 200 lumber
platforms for the Chief ^Mechanic's Division (8516.85); 2 moulds and various
parts for monotype machines (85,358); matrices and parts for Linotype
Division (83,388.16); quoins and type cabinets for the Hand Composing Div-
ision (81,707); 1 moulding base for the Stereotype Division (8210); 185 num-
bering machines, 1 steel cabinet, 100 perforating blades, etc., for the Press
Division (83,684.84); and 24 cutters and extractors, 14 guillotine knives, 1
cutting machine, 2 dies, etc., for Bindery Division (8718.89).

As was mentioned in an earlier report, the department availed itself some
years ago (1926) of the federal Act respecting compensation for injuries to
employees during work, and since that date all such cases have been, as the
statute requires, referred to the Workmen's Compensation Board of Ontario.
Four cases were referred during the year and compensation was awarded by
the Pro\'incial Board in three cases only. The only case of a serious nature
was that in which the ilhiess of an employee in the Chief ]\Iechanic's Division
was reported to have arisen from lead poisoning; the workman, who had been
but a few years in the employ of the department, had been a painter all his
life but the disease had not developed until after his emplo^-ment in this depart-
ment where he had done but little work in the painting line. The illness of
the workman in question, ]Mr. J. C. Stewart, had been intermittent, permitting
him to return from time to time to light employment. IMr. Stewart passed
away on January- 31. The matter of allowances rests with the Provincial
Board.

Apart from accidents and illnesses thus dealt with under the Workmen's
Compensation Act there are naturally in a large industrial establishment
many minor injuries and ailments arising, and these are dealt with by the
Welfare Supervisor. Miss ^Margaret Brankin, a trained nurse who had seen
service in the Great War, had filled this position since its creation in 1921,
but her health compelling her resignation during the past year, the commission
appointed her sister, ]\liss Agnes Brankin, also O.A.S., temporarily as her
successor; at the date of writing it may be added that ]\Iiss Agnes Brankin
was later appointed permanently to the position. The year's record of work
in this small but important division shows 972 cases of treatment of employees,
208 visits to emploj-ees at their homes, and 31 visits to hospitals.

8 DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC PRINTING AND STATIONERY

As relating to these matters mention may be here fittingly made of a group
insurance system established as among the officers and employees of the depart-
ment, under the terms of which nearly 450 men have been enabled to secure
life insurance at an attractively low premium. The sj^stem is of course wholly
voluntar}' and entirety unofficial; that is, no departmental responsibihty arises.
The desirability of some such plan springs quite naturally from the fact that
the pajToU of the department includes several hundred men and women of the
printing trades paid on the prevailing rates basis and for whom there is no
official sj'stem of superannuation relief or benefit on retirement from work
or death, save onlj' that on death two month's salary is paj^able to the estate
of the deceased. Whilst it is not surprising that m.ost of the members of the
group thus insured are of the prevailing rates classes, yet members of the
clerical service who are protected by superannuation systems being equally
ehgible have in manj' instances in this way increased the protection for their
families. The group insurance system, which became effective late in 1927,
is for a stated period only, and the premium per thousand is susceptible of
adjustment from time to tim_e as the death rate ma}^ fluctuate. The arrange-
ment is of course with a private company and a poHcy may be taken for 81,000
or S2,000; the insuring company declines to extend the benefits of the sj'stem
to female workers. The amount of insurance thus in force at the present time
is approximately 8750,000.

F. A. ACLAND,

King's Printer.

Hon. Fern AND Rinfret,

Secretary of State and Minister charged with the administration of
Department of Public Printing and Stationery.

Ottawa, Canada,
September, 1929.

F. A. AcLAND, Esq.,

King's Printer and Controller of StationerJ^

Sir, — I have the honour to submit a report of the work executed for
Parliament and the various departments in the Government Printing Bureau
and in commercial lithographing, engraving and printing establishments during
the fiscal year ending March 31, 1929, contained in the following tabulated
statements : —

1. Annual reports.

2. Supplementary reports.

3. Routine parliamentary work.

4. House of Commons and Senate Debates.

5. Statutes.

6. Canada Gazette.

7. Voters' lists.

8. Pamphlets and miscellaneous book-work.

9. Statement of other letterpress departmental work.

10. Statement of books bound.

11. Pads made.

12. Making and stamping of prepaid Post Office envelopes.

13. Die stamping of letter and note headings and envelopes.

14. Loose-leaf work.

15. Lithographed maps, plans, cheques and forms.

16. Half-tones, line cuts, electros and dies made.

17. Lithographing and Engraving Division — Record of Work for fiscal

year 1928-29.

18. Comparative statement of presswork.

Respectfully submitted,

P. M. DRAPER,

Director and Superintendent of Printing.

Ottawa, August 3, 1929.

DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC PRINTING AND STATIONERY

Table No. 1 — Annual Reports to Parliament completed during the Fiscal Year

1928-29

Title of Document

Total

Number

of Printed

Cost

Copies

Pages

$ cts.

5,470

144

787,680

794 59

737

100

73,700

755 02

1,065

17,040

212 87

1,485

118,800

395 10

2,497

102

254,694

753 24

895

62,650

412 08

1,230

144

177,120

760 48

2,975

200

595,000

1,151 94

1,025

210

215,250

1,041 89

775

180

139,500

866 12

3,410

245,520

448 03

675

104

70,200

505 17

625

17,500

117 18

1,025

112

114,800

743 00

1,915

111,070

264 67

1,075

112

120,400

922 68

1,375

168

231,000

1,199 19

400

39,200

545 27

675

220

148,500

1,134 56

675

538

363,150

2,065 60

1,000

134

134,000

764 61

1,375

144

198,000

681 38

725

658

477,050

3,858 27

850

20,400

108 38

1,000

46,000

283 58

725

50,750

424 84

600

9,600

114 00

1,672
1,590

376
1,264

628,6721
2,009,760/

13,922 34

650

122

79,300

831 53

1,643

754

1,238,822

12,290 33

146

10,804

259 62

1,847

148

273,356

686 83

195

3,120

44 86

191

248

47,368

1,157 80

239

124

29,636

573 51

226

106

23,956

570 57

215

152

32,680

692 80

200

6,400

106 74

171

106

18,126

447 03

141

100

14,100

463 33

420

35,280

359 43

150

14,700

357 55

180

136

24,480

519 57

250

192

48,000

952 09

250

234

58,500

1,003 35

241

10, 604

205 86

225

112

25,200

329 09

197

16,548

433 39

208

120

24,960

350 41

228

116

26,448

544 08

227

154

34,9.58

765 41

312

24,960

342 13

145

680

98,600

2,668 74

260

6,240

110 83

165

11,880

205 57

140

2,240

66 30

1,101

170

187,170

816 05

195

228

44,460

1,341 67

50,299

10,114

9,949,902

64,742 55

47,730

8,012

7,679,676

47,347 19

English

Agriculture, 1927-28

Civil Serv'ice Commission, 1927

Commissioners of Patents, 1927-28

Health, 1927-28

Immigration and Colonization, 1927-28

Indian Affairs, 1927-28

Interior, 1927-28

Labour, 1927-28

Marine and Fisheries (Fisheries Branch), 1927-28

Marine and Fisheries (Marine), 1927-28

Mines, 1927-28

National Defence (Militia and Air Services), 1927-28

National Defence (Naval Ser\-ice), 1927-28

National Revenue, 1927-28

Pensions and National Health, 1927-28

Postmaster General, 1927-28

Public Accounts, 1927-28

Public Printing and Stationery, 1927-28

Public Works, 1927-28

Railwav Commission, 1927

Railways and Canals, 1927-28

Royal Canadian Mounted Police, 1927-28

Secretary of State, 1927-28

Secretary of State for External Affairs, 1927-28

Trade and ( 'onimerce, 1927-28

Weights and Pleasures, Electricity and Gas Inspection

Service.-. 1927-28

Weights and Measures Inspection Service, 1927-28. ...

BiLINGTJAL

Auditor General— Auditeur general, 1927-28 (Vol. I).
Auditor General— Auditeur general, 1927-28 (Vol. II)
National Revenue — Shipping Report (Customs Divi

sion) — Revenu National — Navigation (Servicei

des Douanes), 1928

Trade of Canada, 1926-27 — Commerce du Canada,

1926-27

French

Affaires Indiennes, 1926-27

Agriculture, 1926-27

Commissaire des brevets, 1927-28

Commission des chemins de fer du Canada, 1926. .

Chemins de fer et Canaux, 1926-27

Commission du Service Civil, 1927

Comptes publics, 1927-28

Defense Nationale (Service Naval), 1927-28

Defense Nationale (Services de la Milice et de I'A^ro-

nauticjue), 1927-28

Defense Nationale (Services de la Milice et de I'Aero-

nautique), 1926-27

Immigration et Colonisation, 1926-27

Impressions et Papeterie publiques, 1927-28

Interieur, 1926-27

Marine et Pccheries (Marine), 1927-28

Marine et Pecheries (division des Pecheries), 1927-28

Penitenciers, 1926-27

Postes, 1927-28

Retablissement des soldats dans la vie civile, 1926-27
Revenu National (Services des Douanes et de 1' Accise) ,

1926-27

Royale gendarmerie a cheval du Canada, 1926-27.
Royale gendarmerie a cheval du Canada, 1927-28.

Sante, 1926-27

Secretaire d'Etat, 1926-27

Secretaire d'Etat aux Affaires exterieures, 1927-28..
Services d'inspection de I'electricite et du gaz, 1927-28
Ser\'ice d'inspection des poids et mesures, 1927-28. .

Travail, 1926-27

Travaux publics, 1927-28

Totals

Totals (March 31, 1928)

ANNUAL REPORT, 1928-29 11

Table No. 2 — Supplementary Reports to Parliament completed during the
Fiscal Year 1928-29

Title of Document

Number

of
Copies

Number

Pages

Total
Number

of
Printed

Pages

Cost

English

385
1,360

630

645
111

20
80

80
20

7,700
108,800

5,040

51,600
2,220'

S cts.
108 35

Public Archives, 1928

423 29

BlLINGt'AL

Report of the Chief Electoral Officer, By-Elections
held during the Year 1928— Rapport du Directeur
general des Elections, elections partielles tenues
pendant I'annee 19''8

54 01

French
Archives publiques 1928

277 06

Commission des pensions 1926—27. . ...

80 56

Totals

3,131
3,113

208
106

175,360
68,360

943 27

Totals (March 31 1928)

462 42

Table No. 3-

-Statement showing the Routine Parliamentary Work, Year
1928-29

* In this table and in other tables which contain a column giving the total number of printed
the figures in the total column coincide, as a rule, ynth those obtained by multiplying the number of
copies by the number of pages. In some cases, however, a printing job includes different sections or
series which vary as to the number of copies and number of pages; the two first columns do not therefore
multiply into the figures shown in the column representing the total number of pages printed. Cases of
this class are denoted by an asterisk (*).

Title of Document

Number

of
Copies

Number

Pages

Total
Number

of
Printed

Pages

Votes and Proceedings . .

tl,797

t457
tl,681

t327
tl,450

1317
tl,743

t477
tl,108

t364
tl,269

t314
tl,052

t402
10,925

5,687
87,125
102,422
540
187
525
194

1,264

1,072

1,638

1,684

752

850

920

682

1,124

564

958

688

996

498

848
3,3.52
6,302
734
708
620
612

2 271,408

Proces-verbaux

489,904

Orders of the Day

2,753,478

Feuilleton .

550 668

1,090,400

238,384

Public Bills

1 481 550

Bills d'interet public

438,840

Private Bills

755,656

Bills d'interet prive

409, 136

Third Reading Bills (Commons)

715,716

Bills en troisieme lecture (Communes)

300,812

Third Reading Bills (Senate)

723,776

Bills en troisieme lecture (Senate

400 392

Returns (for distribution or Sessional Papers, either or both)

Reponses (pour distribution ou pour insertion aux documents parle-

*508,250
*365,676

Diyorce cases

*1, 424, 600
*9, 757, 576

House of Commons Journals, 1928

Journaux de la Chambre des Communes 1928

396,360
132,396

Senate Journals, 1928 '.

Journaux du Senat, 1928

325,500
118,728

Totals

Totals (March 31, 1828)

220,363
142,224

27.618
20,691

25.649,206
13,799,612

t Average number of copies printed.

DEPARTMEXT OF PUBLIC PRIXTIXG AXD STATIOXERY

Table Xo. 4 — Statement of the "Work on the House of Commons and Senate
Debates, Year 1928-29

* lu this table and in other tables which contain a column giving the total number of printed pages,
the figures in the total column coincide, as a rule, with those obtained bj- multiplying the number of copies
by the number of pages. In some cases, however, a printing job includes different sections or series which
vary as to the number of copies and number of pages; the two first columns do not therefore multiply
into the figures shown in the column representing the total number of pages printed. Cases of this class
are denoted by an asterick (*).

Title of Document

Number

of
Copies

Number

Pages

Total
Number

of
Printed

Pages

Cost

House of Commons Debates—
Unrevi^ed Edition En^'lish)

til, 555

t2,232

671

152

212

fl , 732
532
99
145

-4,190
3,929
4,412
2,654
4,352

736
712
472
706

*32,355,824

*4, 958, 272

2,960,452

403,408

922,624

*1, 217, 500
378,784
46,728
102,370

$ cts.
n 019 89

Unrevised Edition ( French)

13,575 22

Revised Edition, 1928, 3 Vols, and Index (English)

Revised Edition, 1926-27, 2 Vols. (French)

Revised Edition, 1928, 3 Vols. (French)

10,566 07
4,631 05
6,508 91

Senate Debates-

2,491 57

Revised Edition, 1928 (English)

1,439 12

Revised Edition, 1926-27 (French)

1,953 01

Revised Edition, 1928 (French)

3,102 63

Totals ....

17,330
18,571

22,163
9,080

43,345,962
49,512.676

65,287 47

Totals (March 31, 1928)

33,164 47

Speeches: Extra copies ordered bj' Members and

399,850
243,400

922
854

*6, 740, 700
♦2,339,800

3,739 36

Speeches: (March 31, 19'8) .

1,733 73

fAverage number of copies printed.

Table Xo. 5 — Statement of the work on the Statutes, Year 1928-29

Number

of
Copies

Number

Pages

Total
Number

of
Printed

Pages

Cost

The Statxttes
English
Parts I-II, 1928

7,000

5,968
5,981
5,987
5,969
6,015

1,500

1,500
1,500
1,500
1,500
1,500

796

1,130

1,102

1,164

906

620

816

1,188

1,164

1,230

962

638

5,572,000

6,743,840^
6,591,062!
6,968,868'
5,407,914;
3,729,300

1,224,000

1,782,000)
1,746,000[
l,845,000f
1,443,000
957,000

S cts.
8,489 62

Revised Statutes of Canada, 1927—

Volume II

Volume III

68,900 52

Volume IV..

Volume V

5,508 59

French
Parties I-II, 1928

3,650 03

Statuts revises du Canada, 1927—
Volume I . .

Volume II

Volume IV. . .

3,013 77

Totals

45,920
5,065

11,716
1,518

44,009,984
3,832,230

125,653 94

Totals (March 31, 1928)

8,938 67

ANNUAL REPORT, 1928-

Table No. 6 — Statement of the work on the Canada Gazette for the Fiscal Year

1928-29

—

Aggregate
Annual
Issue

Number of
Pages in
Volume

Canada Gazette

113,100
8,700
50,525

4,350
16''

Supplements

Extras

Totals

172,325
150,435

4,754

Totals (March 31, 1928)

Table No. 7— Voters' Lists. (None printed in 1928-29)

Table No. 8 — Statement of Pamphlet and Miscellaneous Book-work, 1928-29

* In this table and in other tables which contain a column giving the total number of printed pages,
the figures in the total column coincide, as a rule, with those obtained by multiplying the numljer of copies
by the number of pages. In some cases, however, a printing job includes different sections or series which
vary as to the number of copies and number of pages; the two first columns do not, therefore, multiply
into the figures shown in the column representing the total number of pages printed. Cases of this class
are denoted by an asterisk (*).

Description

Number

of
Copies

Number

Pages

Total
Number

of
Printed

Pages

Advisory Board on Tariff and Taxation —

English

Record of Public Sitting (Reference 65)— Paints and Varnishes,
May 16, 1928

525

575

575
575

575

575
575
575

120

192

208

64
40

32
16
64

25,200
29 400

Record of Public Sitting (Reference 2)— Iron and Steel, October 2,
1928

Record of Public Sitting (Reference 105)— Cement, September 25
and 26, 1928

63,000

16,800

18,400

13,800

110,400

119,600

36,800
23,000

18,400

32,200

13 800

Record of Public Sitting (References 3 and 44)— Coal and Coke,
September 27, 1928

Record of Public Sitting (Reference 106)— Parts of Stoves, October
30, 1928

Record of Public Sitting (Reference 83)— Sewing Machines, June
19, 1928, and October 30, 1928

Record of Public Sitting (Reference 2)— Iron and Steel, November
27, 28 and 29, 1928

Record of Public Sitting (References 3 and 44)— Coal and Coke,
November 21, 22 and 23, 1928

Record of Public Sitting (Reference 105)— Cement, November 20,
1928 !. ..

Record of Public Sitting (Reference 99)— Celotex, October 31, 1928
Record of Public Sitting (Reference 108)— Sardines and Herrings,
November 6, 1928

Record of Public Sitting (Reference 60)— Aluminum and its Pro-
ducts, October 18, 1927, and December 6, 1927

Record of Public Sitting (Reference 60)— Enamelled Ware and Alu-
minum Ware, May 17, 1928

Record of Public Sitting (Reference 87)— Copper Rods, June 20,

9 200

Record of Public Sitting (Reference 87)— Copper Rods, January 28,

Record of Public Sittings (Reference 91)— Ethylene Glycol, Janu-
ary 24, 1929; (Reference 114)— Thin Plate Glass, January 28,
1929

18 400

Record of Public Sitting (Reference 3)— Coal and Coke, January 29,

9,200
36,800

Record of Public Sitting (Reference 60)— Enamelled Ware, Sep-
tember 15, 1927

Carried forward

10,150

1,072

603,600

DEPARTMEXT OF PUBLIC PRIXTIXG AND STATIONERY

Table Xo. 8 — Statement of Pamphlet and Miscellaneous Book-work,
1928-29— Co72<rnwec?

Description

Number

of
Copies

Xumber

Pages

Total
Xumber

of
Printed

Pages

Brought forward

Advisory Board on Tariff and Taxation— ConcXxided
ExGLiSH — Concluded

Record of Public Sitting (References 2, 9b, 103 and 106 j— Iron and
Pteel, Januarj' 29, 30 and 31, 1929

Record of Public Sitting (Reference 69b)— Cigars, September 20,
1927

Record of Public Sitting (Reference 47)— Staves and heading, Sep-
tember 26, 1927

Record of Public Sitting (Reference 84)— Mining Machinerj', Janu-
ary- 25, 1929

Record of Public Sittings (Reference 69)— Cigarettes, June 22, 1927,
and October 26, 1927

Record of Public Sitting (Reference 60)— Aluminum and its Pro-
ducts, FebniarA^ 1, 1929

Record of Public Sitting (Reference 37)— Sugar, October 25, 1927,
and Mav 17, 1928 .'

Frexch

Comptesrendusdes audiences publiques (requete n° 65)— Peintures
et vemis, 16 mai 1928

Compte rendu d'une audience publique (relative aus requfetes n°
et n° 44)— portant sur le charbon et le coke, 27 septembre

Agriculture —

E.VGUSH

Experimental Sub-station, Beaverlodge, Alta.— Report of the
Superintendent, 1926

Some Flowering Bulbs (Bulletin Xo. 95 — Xew Series)

The Canadian Record of Performance for Pure-bred Poultry,
1926-27 — Regulations, Standards and Records of Fowls quali-
fied for Certificates (Report Xo. 8)

Eighth Annual Live Stock Market and Meat Trade Review, 1927.

Surface Taint Butter (Pamphlet Xo. 91— Xew Series)

The Care of Cream for Buttermaking (Pamphlet No. 37 — Xew
Series)

An Act respecting Live Stock

Sheep Husbandry- in Canada (Bulletin X'o. 75— X^ew Series)

Experimental Station, Charlottetown, P.E.I. — Report of the Super-
intendent, 1927 ^ . -.

Buttermaking on the Farm (Bulletin Xo. 57 — Xew Series)

.Joint Beef Committee — Report of the Proceedings and the Recom-
mendations of the Eastern and Western Committee, etc

Crop Rotations and Soil Management for the Prairie Provinces
("Bulletin Xo. 98— Xew Series)

Studies on Moulds and Yeasts in Creamery Butter (Pamphlet No
92 — Xew Series )

The Meat and Canned Foods Act and the Regulations thereunder
governing the Inspection of Meats, etc

An Argument in the Kitchen— A Playlet for Children in One Act

Insects of the Flower Carden and their Control (Bulletin Xo. 99 —
Xew Series )

Regulations under the Destructive Insect and Pest Act

The Artificial Brooding of Chicks

The Origin and Quality of Commercial Live Stock marketed in
Canada, 1927 'Report Xo. 8)

Soybeans in Canada (Pamphlet Xo. 93 — X'ew Series)

List of Wholesale Dealers in Fruits and Vegetables in Canada, 1928
—Revised Edition (Bulletin No. 101)

The Manufacture of Ice Cream (Bulletin No. 102— Xew Series) .

Carried forward

575
575
575
575
575
575

6,700
20,000

8,000
3,000
5,000

10,000

500

10,000

13,000
2,000

500

175

20,000

4,000

5,000
1,500

25,000
5,000
5,000

2,000
10,000

5,000
4,000

179,800

1,072

603, (

87.400
13,800
18,400
18,400
36,800
32,200
57,500

6,500
4,000

643,200
1,200,000

800,000
240,000
80,000

80,000

4,000

1,120,000

832,000
24,000

16,000

5,600

1,120,000

64,000

560,000
24,000

1,400,000
40,000
80,000

96,000
160,000

200.000
128,000

9,795,400

ANNUAL REPORT, 1928-.

Table No. 8 — Statement of Pamphlet and Miscellaneous Book-work,

1928-29— Confmwec?

Description

Brought forward

Agriculture — Continued

English — Concluded

Forest Entomology and its Development in Canada (Pamphlet
No. 97)

An Act respecting the Testing, Inspection and Sale of Seeds

An Act to Regulate the Sale of Agricultural Fertilizers

Regulations under the Destructive Insect and Pest Act as they
apply to the Importation of Plants and Plant Products

Preserving Fruits and Vegetables in the Home (Bulletin No. 77 —
New Series)

Stable Book — Record of Tuberculin Test

The Western Cedar Borer (Pamphlet No. 94 — New Series)

Bovine Tuberculosis

The Fertilizers Act with Amendments and Regulations — Acts,
Orders and Regulations No. 9 (Office Consolidation)

The Fruit Act and Regulations — Acts, Orders and Regulations
No. 7 (Revised 1928)

Simple Methods for the Storage of Ice (Pamphlet No. 2 — New
Series)

Report of Special Committee appointed to investigate market
outlets for Alberta's hog and bacon, etc

The Grading and Marketing of Dressed Poultry

List of Cheese Factories and Creameries in Canada and Registered
Numbers (Bulletin No. 109 — New Series)

Barley Culture in Canada (Pamphlet No. 99 — New Series)

Seedling Blight and Foot-Rots of Oats (Bulletin No. 105— New
Series)

Directions for Collecting and Preserving Insects (Pamphlet No. 14
— New Series)

Regulations made under the provisions of the Live Stock and Live
Stock Products Act, respecting the Grading and Marking of
Eggs

The Seeds Act with Amdnments and Regulations — Acts, Orders
and Regulations (No. 24), October, 1928 (Office Consolidation)

Commercial Bent Grasses (Agrostis) in Canada

Fertilizers Analyses, 1927-28 (Pamphlet No. 98— New Series)

Home-made Frozen Desserts (Pamphlets No. 49 — New Series) . . .

Why and How to Use Cheese (Pamphlet No. 7 — New Series)

The Agricultural Pests' Control Act, 1927, with Regulations-
Acts, Orders and Regulations (No. 22)

The Meat and Canned Foods Act and Regulations — Acts, Orders
and Regulations (No. 25)

Federal Assistance to Horse Breeding

An Act respecting Live Stock

Li.st of Publications, 1929 (Pamphlet No. 101— New Series)

The Canadian Record of Performance for Pure-Bred Cattle —
Regulations, Standards and Records of Cows qualified for
Registration (Report No. 20)

Report of the Veterinary Director General, 1927-28

The Advanced Registry Policy for Pure-Bred Swine

Cold Storage for Creameries (Bulletin No. 61 — New Series)

The Bertha Armj^worm in the Prairie Provinces (Pamphlet No.
103— New Series)

Nitrogen, Phosphoric Acid and Potash Starvation at Different
Stages of the Growth of Fragaria (Pamphlet No. 96— New
Series)

Ninth Annual Live Stock Market and Meat Trade Review, 1928. .

The Army Cutworm (Pamphlet No. 102 — New Series)

Experimental Farm, Brandon, Man.— Report of the Superintendent,
1928

Seasonable Hints

Seed, Feed and Fertilizer Markets

Bulletin of the Canadian Tuberculosis Association

Carried forward .

Number

of
Copies

1,000
500
500

6,025

30,000

43,500

3,000

1,500

23,000

15,000

10,000

10,000
10,000

2,000
10,000

5,000

30,000

200

20,000

200

3,000

25,000

5,000

1,000

30,000

6,000
7,000
10,000
1,000

1,500

5,000
3,000
1,500

7,500
215,000
224,000
144,000

1,130,725

Number

Pages

2,652

256

Total
Number

of
Printed

Pages

,795,400

20
16
16

20,000
8,000
8,000

*193,120

56
64
20

1,680,000

2,784,000

60,000

12,000

*460,000

720, 000

80,000

8
8

80,000
80,000

84
8

168,000
80,000

240,000

80,000

240,000

6,400

"1,120,000

4,800

144,000

2C0, 000

400,000

100,000

280,000

160,000

16,000

480,000

960,000

350,000

80,000

8,000

24,000

70,000

240,000

12,000

405,000
3,440,000
*1, 792,000
*1, 152,000

28,232,720

DEPARTMEXT OF PUBLIC PRIXTTNG AXD STATIOXERY

Table Xo. 8 — Statement of Pamphlet and Miscellaneous Book-work,
1928-29— Continued

Description

Brought forward

Agriculture — Continued

French

Rapport du service des plantes fourrag^res, 1926

L'essai du lait, de la creme et des sous-produits du lait au moj-en
dii precede Babcock et determination de la densite du lait
(bulletin n^ 14 — nouvcUe serie)

R^glements gouvemant rinspection des conser\-es de fruits, de
legumes et de lait (Extrait de la Gazette du Canada)

Loi concemant les animaus de ferme

L'dlevage artificiel des poussins

Serv-ice de la production de la filasse — Rapport du chef de sers'ice
1926

Rapport de I'horticulteur du Dominion, 1926

Le controle de la ponte au Canada pour les volailles de race pure
1926-27 (rapport n° 8) _.

Liste des marchands de gros de fruits et de legumes au Canada (bul-
letin n° 101)

Le soja au Canada (feuillet n" 93 — nouvelle serie)

Comment combattre les moustiques au Canada (circulaire n° 62)

Loi contre les parasites de I'agriculture, 1927, et rfeglements — Lois,
arretes et reglernents (n° 22)

Loi des insectes destrueteurs et autres fieaux et reglernents etablis
sous son empire

L'elevage du mouton au Canada (bulletin n° 75 — nouvelle serie).. .

Etude des moisissures et de levures dans le beurre de beurrerie
(feuillet n° 92 — nouvelle serie)

Beurre a surface gatee (feuillet n° 91— nouvelle serie)

L'etuvage (deshydratation) des fruits et des legumes au Canada
(bulletin n° 90 — nouvelle serie)

La conversion des fourrages sees en un aliment succulent — Une
etude du precede "Sugar Jack" (bulletin n° 96— nouvelle serie).

L'origine et la qualite des bestiaus de commerce vendus au Canada
en 1927 (rapport n° 8) '

Sous-station experimentale, Beaverlodge, Alta. — Rapport du regis-
seur, 1926

Les assolements et la culture du sol dans les provinces des prairies
(bulletin n° 98 — nouvelle serie)

Loi des engrais chimiques avec amendements et r^glements — Loi,
arretes et r&glements (n° 9) — Consolidation de bureau

La fabrication de la cr^me a la glace (bulletin n° 102 — nouvelle serie)

Plantes bulbeuses a fieurs (bulletin n° 95 — nouvelle s6rie)

Station experimentale, Kentville, X.-E. — Rapport du regisseur,
1926

Rapport du Directeur general veterinaire, 1927-28

List€ des publications, 1929 (feuillet n° 101 — nouvelle serie)

Chambres froides de bcurreries avec plans et devis (bulletin n° 61
— nouvelle serie)

La loi des semences avec amendements et r^glements — Lois, ar-
retes et r^glements (n° 24), octobre 1928

Rapport du sur^-eillant en chef sur les stations federales de demons-
tration en Colombie-Britannique, Alberta, Saskatchewan et
Manitoba, 1927.

L'enregistrement superieur pour les pores de race pure

Insectes qui nuisent aus fleurs et moyens de les detruire (bulletin
n" 99 — nouvelle serie)

Conseils pour la saison .

La re\'ue des marches des semences, des produitsalimentaires pour
les animaux et des engrais chimiques

Bulletin de 1' Association Canadienne -.\ntituberculeuse

Archives-

The Canadian Historical Association — Report of the Annual Meet-
ing held at Winnipeg, May 24-25, 1928, with Historical Papers.

Carried forward

Number

of
Copies

1,130,725

2,300

2,011

1,000

500

5,000

2,200
3,000

2.000
3,000
1,000

1,500

1,500
5,000

2,500
3,000

2,011

1,000

5,000

10,000
2,500
4,000

1,000
3,000
8,000

1,000

5,000

1,000
5,000

5,000
123,000

98,000
10,000

1,454,547

Number

Pages

4,282

128

5,978

ANNUAL REPORT, 1928-i

Tablk No. 8-

-Statement of Pamphlet and Miscellaneous Book-work,
1928-29 — Continued

Description

Number

of
Copies

Number

Pages

Total
Number

of
Printed

Pages

Brought forward ...

1,454,547

5,978

34,870,800

.4rcWt>es— Concluded

French

Collection NorthclifTe

478

486

232,308

Auditor General —

Bilingual

Auditor General's Reports- Rapport de I'Auditeur general, 1927-28
(published in separate parts)

1,250

50,000

Canada Gazette —

English

Index to the Canada Gazette 1927-28

2,050

184,500

Chief Electoral Officer—

English

Special Election Instructions for certain By-Elections with a Dis-
cussion of the Rights and Obligations of Candidates (Book A),

3,000

5,000
30,000

3,000

232

44
40

260

696,000

Dominions Elections Act (Book B)— For the Use of Urban Regis-
trars

220,000

1,200,000

Election Instructions (Complete) with a Discussion of the Rights
and Obligations of Candidates and the Dominion Election Act
(Book A) , July 16, 1928 . . .

780,000

French

Instructions electorales speciales pour certaines elections partielles
avec commentaires sur les droits et obligations des candidats
(cahier A), lerfevrier 1928

1,000

7,800
6,500

2,000
1,000

244

88
40

276

244,000

Loi des elections federales (cahier B)— Cahier-index a 1' usage des
registrateurs urbains

*343,200

Loi des elections federales (cahier C) .

260,000

loi des elections federales (cahier E)— Cahier-index a I'usage des
registrateurs ruraux

88,000

Instructions electorales (complies) avec commentaires sur les
droits et obligations des candidats et la Loi des elections
federales (cahier A), 16 juillet 1928

276,000

Civil Service Commision —

English

Informations respecting Examinations for the Postal Service

Sample Examination Papers

5,000
1,000

60,000
48,000

French

3,000

24,000

Diamond Jubilee Committee —

English

Confederation and After Sixty Years of Progress, 1867-1927

150

224

33,600

Exchequer Court —

English

100

1,200

Carried forward

1,525,665

9,376

39,611,608

DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC PRIXTIXG AXD STATIONERY

Table Xo. 8 — Statement of Pamphlet and ^Miscellaneous Book-work,
192S-29—C onti7iu€d

Description

Number

of
Copies

Number

Pages

Total
Number

of
Printed

Pages

Brought fon\-ard .
Experimental Farms —

EXGUSH

Experimental Station, Rosthem, Sask. — Report of the Superintend

ent. 1927

Experimental Station, Scott, Sask. — Report of the Superintendent

192

Experimental Station, Harrow, Ont. — Report of the Superintendent
1927

Experimental Station, Morden, Man. — Report of the Superintend
ent. 1927

Experimental Station, Farnham, Que. — Report of Superintendent.
1927

Experimental Station, Swift Current, Sask. — Report of the Super-
intendent, 1927 ■

Experimental Station, Sidney, B.C. — Report of the Superintend-
ent, 1927 - .

Experimental Station, Lennoxville, Que. — Report of the Superin-
tendent. 1927

Experimental Station, Invermere, B.C. — Report of the Superin-
tendent. 1927

Experimental Station, Fredericton, N.B. — Report of the Super-
intendent. 1927

Experimental Station, Kapuskasing, Ont. — Report of the Superin-
tendent, 1927

Experimental Station, Summerland, B.C. — Report of the Superin
tendent , 1927

Experimental Station, Kentville, N.S. — Report of the Superintend
ent, 1927

Experimental Station, La Ferme, Que. — Report of the Superintend-
ent, 1926 and 1927

Experimental Station. Ste. Anne de la Pocati^re, Que. — Report of
the Superintendent. 1927

Experimental Station, Lethbridge, Alta. — Report of the Superin-
tendent, 1927

Experimental Station, Lacombe, Alta. — Report of the Superintend-
ent, 1927

Experimental Farm, Brandon, Man. — Report of the Superintend-
ent , 1927

Experimental Farm, Indian Head, Sask. — Report of the Super-
intendent, 1927

Experimental Farm, Agassiz, B.C. — Report of the Superintendent

Experimental Farm, Nappan, N.S. — Report of the Superintendent

1927

Experimental Sub-Station, Beaverlodge, Alta. — Report of the

Superintendent, 1927

Experimental Fox Ranch, Summerside, P.E.I. — Report of the

Superintendent. 1926 and 1927

Dominion Experimental Farms — Report of the Director, 1928. . . .

Report of the Dominion Animal Husbandman, 1926-27

Report of the Dominion Field Husbandman, 1927

Report of the Dominion Poultry Husbandman, 1927

Report of the Dominion Chemist. 1926-27

Report of the Dominion Cerealist , 1927

Report of the Dominion Botanist. 1927

Report of the Dominion Horticulturist, 1927

Rust Research Laboratory, Winnipeg, Man. — Reports of Dr

D. L. Bailev and Dr. C. H. Goulden

The Soils of Prince Edward Island (BuUetm No. 100— New

Series)

Canadian National Egg-Laying Contest

Report of the Tobacco Inquiry Commission in the Provinces

of Ontario and Quebec

Tables for Computing Yields of Forage Crops — Experimental

Methods I (Bulletin No. 37— New Series)

1,525,665

5,500

23,500

8,700

6.000

3,500

6,000

5,000

6,000

5,500

8,500

5,000

6,50C

6,5C0

3,500

4,500

8,600

7,500

13,000

7,500

5,040

11,000

15,000
10,160
13,000
10,000
15,000
6,500
8,500
4,500
11,000

5,000

10,000
1,500

8,500

2,011

9,376

352,000

1,880,000

417,600

408, COO

112,000

312,000

.360,000

480,000

264,000

578,000

360,000

416,000

.364,000

238,000

252,000

234.000

688,000

540,000

728,000

360,000

322,560

704,000

960,000

1,212,000

1,248,000

400,000

960,000

546,000

.340,000

1,116,000

528,000

120,000

200,000
12,000

442 000

201,100

Carried forward .

58,266,868

ANNUAL REPORT, 192S-2i

Table No. 8 — Statement of Pamphlet and Miscellaneous Book-work,

1928-29— Co7itiniied

Description

Brought forward

Experimental Farms — Concluded

English — Concluded

Annual Flowers with Lists of Varieties for Special Purposes and
Districts. (Bulletin No. 60— New Series) . . ^

The Illustration Stations in Ontario, Quebec, New Brunswick,
Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island— Report of the
Chief Supervisor, 1927

Tomato Diseases (Bulletin No. 51 — New Series)

Bee Division — Report of the Dominion Apiarist, 1927

Marquis Wheat — Description of the Standard Type (Pamphlet
No. 95 — New Series)

The Illustration Stations in British Columbia, Alberta, Saskat-
chewan and Manitoba — Report of the Chief Supervisor
1927

Studies in Forest Pathology (Bulletin No. 104 — ^New Series). .

Poultrj^ Breeding Records (Bulletin No. 103 — New Series). . . .

Lime in Agriculture (Bulletin No. 86 — New Series)

Standard Descriptions of Vegetables — Peas — A Guide tc
Seed-Growers (Bulletin No. 17 — New Series)

Studies in Cereal Diseases — Stem Rust in Western C
(Bulletin No. 106— New Series)

Mu.shrooms and Toadstools

Breeding and Feeding the Market Hog (Pamphlet No. 74 —
New Series)

Fall Litters — The Breeding, Feeding and Management of Pigs
for Winter Pork Production (Pamphlet No. 63 — New
Series)

Tomato Culture (Pamphlet No. 100 — New Series)

Reprint from the Report of the Dominion Botanist, 1927

Report of the Division of Forage Plants, 1927

Studies in Strawberry Bud Differentiation (Bulletin No. 110 —
New Series)

Reprint from the Report of the Dominion Botanist, 1927-
Section I and II

Reprint from the Report of the Dominion Botanist, 1927-
Section III

Reprint from the Report of the Dominion Botanist, 1927-
Section IV

Seasonable Hints

French

Station experimentale, Ste-Anne de la Pocati^re, Que. — Rap

port du regisseur, 1926

Station experimentale, Farnham, Que. — Rapport du regisseur

1926

Station experimentale, Lacombe, Alta.— Rapport du regisseur,

1926......

Station experimentale, Harrow, Ont. — Rapport du regisseur,

1926

Station experimentale, Harrow, Ont. — Rapport du regisseur.

1927

Station experimentale, Farnham, Que. — Rapport du regisseur,

1927

Station experimentale, Charlottetown, I.P.-E. — Rapport du

regis.seur, 1927

Station experimentale, Morden, Man.— Rapport du regisseur,

1927

Station experimentale, Lennoxviile, Que. — Rapport du regis

seur 1927

Station experimentale, Fredericton, N.-B. — Rapport du regis

seur, 1927 .

Station experimentale, Brandon, Man.— Rapport du Regis

seur, 1927

91900-2^

Carried forward .

Number

of
Copies

30,000

5,000
10,000
9,000

10,000

12,000
8,000
18,000
10,000

10,000

8,000
10,006

25,000

25,000
25,000
4,000
6,000

5.000

1,000

3,000

3,000
858,000

3,500
1,111
1 100
1,000
2,500
1,000
1,000
3,500
3,500
750

2,923,

Number

of
Pages

11,764

Total
Number

of
Printed

Pages

58,266,?

1,. 560, 000

420,000
280,000
216,000

160,000

1,008,000
320,000
4.32,000
160,000

.520,000

256.000
2,741,644

600,000

200,000
200,000
224,000
360,000

80,000

40,000

240,000

2.52,000
*13,728,000

264,000

84,000

88,880

35 200

48,000

80,000

68,000

72,000

294,000

252,000

60,000

DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC PRINTING AND STATIONERY

Table No. 8— Statement of Pamphlet and Miscellaneous Book-work
192S-29— Continued

Description

Brought forward

Experimental Farms — Concluded

Trench— Concluded

Fermes experimentales f^deralea— Rapport du directeur, 1927

Ferme experimentale de Nappan, N.-E.— Rapport du regis-

seur, 1927

Rapport du cerealiste du Dominion, 1926

Rapport du chimiste du Dominion, 1925-26

Rapport du bactereologiste agricole du Dominion, 1926. ....

Rapport du botaniste du Dominion, 1926

Rapport du chimiste du Dominion, 1926-27

Rapport de I'agriculteur du Dominion, 1927

Rapport de I'apiculteur du Dominion, 1927 ',[[

Rapport du botaniste du Dominion, 1925

Rapport de I'aviculteur du Dominion, 1927

Stations federales de demonstration— Ontario, Quebec, Noii-
veau-Brunswick, Xouvelle-Ecosse et He du Prince-

Edouard— Rapport du surveillant en chef, 1927

Arbres et arbrisseaux d'ornement et plantes grimpantes (bulle

tin n° 89 — nouvelle serie)

Les plantes-racines au Canada — Classification, amelioration et

production de la graine (bulletin n° 84 — nouvelle serie)
Fumiers et engrais chimiques— Nature, fonctions et applica

tion (bulletin n° 92 — nouvelle serie)

Les maladies des tomates (bulletin n° 51— nouvelle serie)! . . . ..
La culture et I'emploi des racines (bulletin n° 94— nouvelle
serie)

Le fraisier et sa culture au Canada (bulletin n° 80— nouvelle
serie)

Fleurs annuelles— Liste de variet«s pour certains emplois et
pour certains districts (bulletin n° 60— nouvelle serie)

Service de I'exploitation animale— Rapport de I'eleveur du
Dominion, 1926-27

Laboratoire des recherches sur la rouille, Winnipeg, Man
Les sols de I'lle du Prince-Edouard (bulletin n° 100— no

serie).

Conseils pour la saison.

100 — nouvelle

NORWEGIAX

Landbrugsmuligheder I Canada

External Affairs —

English

Convention and Protocol between Canada and the United
btates regarding the Niagara Falls and the Niagara River
Ottawa, January 2, 1929

Convention signed at Washington, March 2,' 1899,' between Her
Majesty and the United States of America relative to the
Disposal of Real and Personal Property, etc

St. Lawrence Waterway Project. ...

I9T7 28*''" ^ ^"^*^'^*®''^1 P^^^t ^or the Renunciation of War,

Passport, Canada

British and Foreign Government Representatives' in Canada,
October, 1928

Proceedings of the Special Committee appointed to Inquire
into the Development and Improvement of the St. Law-
rence River

Genejc^^l Treaty for the Renunciation of War— Signed at Paris',

Report of the Canadian Delegates to the Ninth 'Assembly of
the League of Nations, September 3 to 26, 1928

Number

of
Copies

2,923,883

5,000

1,000
2,400
2,206
2,106
2,300
2,500
3,000
4,000
1.806
6,500

2,000

10,110

1,006

6,000
5.000
8,011

10,200
10,080

3,500
2,000

4,000
224,000

10,000

500
1,100

43,000
300

50
150
200

Number

Pages

13,618

Carried forward | 3,298,908

Total
Number

of
Pruited

Pages

83,610,592

640,000

64,000

76,800
229,424

33,696
368,000
240,000
120,000

96,000
231,168
416,000

176,000

566,160

60,360

408,000
100, 000
320,440

571,200

564,480

336,000
48, 000

80,000
*3, 584, 000

320,000

4,000
*35,200

25,600
*1, 376, 000

20,400
1,200
4,800

15.810 94,738,720

ANNUAL REPORT, 1928-29

Table No. 8 — Statement of Pamphlet and Miscellaneous Book-work,
1928-29— Conimwed

Description

Number

of
Copies

Number

Pages

Total
Number

of
Printed

Pages

Brought forward

External Affairs — Concluded

French

Rapport des delegues canadiens a la neuvi^me assemblee de la
Societe des Nations, du 3 au 26 septembre 1928

Convention et protocole entre le Canada et les Etats-Unis con
cemant les Chutes Niagara et la riviere Niagara, Ottawa,
le 2 Janvier 1929

Projet de canalisation du Saint-Laurent

Propositions en vue d'un pacte multilateral de renonciation a la
guerre, 1927-28

Representants des gouvemements britannique et etrangers au
Canada, octobre 1928

Traite general de renonciation a la guerre — Signe a Paris le 2
aofit 1928

Finance-

English

Terms and Conditions of Tenders for Engraving, etc.. Dom-
inion Notes, Dominion Bonds, Postal Supplies, Custom
and Excise Supplies and Trade and Commerce Revenue
Stamps for His Majesty

List of Lost, Stolen and Destroyed Dominion of Canada Bonds
including Bonds issued at New York, etc

Estimates of Canada, 1929

Estimates of Canada, Supplementary, 1928-29

Frenxh

Expose du budget, 16 fevrier 1928.

Health-

EXGLISH

Information for Young Women about Sex Hygiene (Publication

No. 25)

Information for Parents — Teaching of Sex Hygiene to Children

(Publication No. 26)

Regulations under the Food and Drugs Act

Manual for Guidance of Physicians (Publication No. 26)

Outline of the Principles used in the Construction of the Regu

lations of the Various Provinces of Canada governing the

control of Communicable Diseases

Sanitation — Sewage Treatment for Isolated Houses and Small

Institutions where Municipal Sewage is not Available

(Publication No. 1)

Maternal Mortality in Canada — Report of an enquiry made bv

the Department of Health, July 1, 1925, to July 1, 1926 \

Living in the Open Air

The Canadain Mother's Book (National Health — Publication

No.2)

Report of the Narcotic Division

Morphinism

A System of Diagnostic Standards in Tuberculosis

The Problem of the Narcotic Drug Addict

Medical Examination of Immigrants— Instructions to Medical

Officers

The Little Blue Book (Home Series)—

Beginning a Home in Canada — Publication No. 7

How to Build the Canadian House — Publication No. 8

How to Make our Canadian Home — Publication No. 9. . . .

How to Make Outpost Homes in Canada — Publication
No. 10

How to Avoid Accidents and Give First Aid — Publi-
cation No. 11

5,298,908

100

100
500

100

500

15,000
700
300

3,500

5,000

5,000
20,000
10,000

8,000

3,000

2,500
10,000

50,023
10,000
8,000
1,000
8,0C0

1,000

5,000
5,000
5,000

5,000

10,000

Carried forward 3 , 491 , 606

15,810

94,738,720

,200

2,000
•16,000

8,000

*480, 000
77,000
4,800

126,000

40,000

2,000,000

320,000

512,000

*64,000

180,000
160,000

,203,772
240,000
288., m
24,000
128,000

52,000

100,000
80,000
240,000

280,000

*240,000

17,124

108,659,292

DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC PRIXTIXG AXD STATIONERY

Table No. 8 — Statement of Pamphlet and ^Miscellaneous Book-work,
l%2^-2<d— Continued

Description

Number

of
Copies

Number

Pages

Total
Number

of
Printed

Pages

Brought forward

3,491,606

5,000
5,000
5,000
5,0C0
5,000

10,000
5.000

10,000
5,000

5,000

10,000
10,000
20, 000
7,511

400
9,400
9,400
9,400
9,400
9,400
400
9,800
9,800
10,000
10,000

1,511

10,000

200

1,500

2,000

5,000

5,000
5,000

5,000

3,000
5,000
5,000

5,000
5,000
5,000

17,124

12
52
48
20
36

164
24
48
40

36
36
80

32
32
24
24
32
36
32
36
52
48
64

64
20

36
100

32
56

72
68
12

20
20
24

108,659,292

60,000
260,000
240,000
100,000
180,000

1,640,000
120,000
*240,000
200,000

160.000

360 000

Fea?f/i— Concluded.

English — Concluded

The Little Blue Books (Household Series)—

How to Manage Housework in Canada — Publication No. 14. . .
How to Take Care of Household Waste— Publication No, 15. .
Household Cost Accounting in Canada— Publication No. 16. . .
The Little Blue Books (Mother's Series)—

The Canadian Mother's Book — Publication No 1

How to Take Cire of the Babv Publication No 3

How to Take Care of the Children— Publication No. 5

How to Take Care of the Father and the Family— Publica-

The Little Blue Books (National Series)—

Mother— A Little Book for Women— Publication No. 38

Mother— A Little Book for :\Ien— Publication No. 39

Children not in their Own Homes — Publication No. 40

BiLlXGUAL

Abstracts of Current Public Health Literature— Extraits de pu-
blications courantes sur la sante publique —

Ab.stract (March, 1928)

Abstract (April, 1928)

360,000
800,000
360,528

12,800
300.800

\bstract (May. 1928)

225,600

Abstract (June 1928)

225, 600
300,800

Abstract (Julv, 1928)

338,400

Abstract (September 1928)

12 800

Abstract (November, 1928)

352,800

Abstract (December, 1928)

509,600

Abstract (January 1929)

480 000

Abstract (February, 1929). . . . ....

640,000

Frenxh

Hygi&ne (approyisionnement d'eau) — Alimentation en eau potable
des maisons isolees et des petits etablissements depouryus
d'aqueduc municipal (publication n° 17)

96,704

200, 000

Loi concemant le minist^re des Pensions et de la Sante Nationale. .
Hygi&ne — Traitement des matieres souillees dans les maisonsisolees

et dans les petits etablissements depouryus d'egout municipal

(sante nationale — publication n° 1)

1,600
54,000

Pateurisation du lait pour les centres peu peuples (sante nationale —

200,000

Maman — Une brochure pour les hommes (sante nationale — publica-

240, 000

Les petits liyres bleus (serie nationale)— Maman— Une brochurette
pour les femmes — publication n° 38

240,000

Les petits liyers bleus (collection matemelle) —

Comment prendre soin de bebe — publication n° 3

160,000

280,000

Comment prendre soin de papa et de la famille— publication
n° 6

200,000

Les petits liyres bleus (collection domestique)— -

216,000

340,000

60,000

Les petits liyres bleus (collection du foyer)—

Comment construire une maison canadienne — publication n° 8..
Comment fonder un foyer canadien- — publication n° 9

100,000
100,000

120,000

Carried forward

3,754,728

18,880

119,747,324

ANNUAL REPORT, 1928-29

Table No. 8 — Statement of Pamphlet and Miscellaneous Book-work,
1^2^-2^— Continued

Description

Number

of
Copies

Number

Pages

Brought forward .
House of Commons —

English

St. La^\Tence Waterway Project

An Act respecting the Departments of Health and Soldiers' Civil
Re-Establishment

An Act to regulate the Sale and Inspection of Root Vegetables.

Annual Report of the Board of Grain Commissioners for Canada,
Crop Year ended August 31, 1927

Estimates of Canada, Supplementary, 1928-29

List of Acts, Session 1928

Index to the House of Commons Debates (Unrevised Edition)
Session of 1928

Index to the Sixtj'-fifth Volume of the Journal of the House of
Commons

Quebec Harbour Commissioners — Report on Investigation, Janu-
ary 16, 1928. _.

Report of the Superintendent of Insurance of the Dominion of Can-
ada, 1927 (Vol. I)

Railway Transportation — Members of the House of Commons
Canada, Sixteenth Parliament, 1929

List of Reports and Returns to be made to the House of Commons
by Public Officers and Private Corporations, Session of 1929

General Treatv for the Renunciation of War — Signed at Paris,
Augu.st 27, 1928

Estimates of Canada, 1929-30

Convention and Protocol between Canada and the United States
regarding the Niagara Falls and the Niagara River — Signed
at Ottawa, January 2, 1929

3,754,728

4,000

1,191
1,191

240

1.073

400
1,000

Bilingual

Canal Statistics, 1927— Statistique des canaux, 1927

Abstract of Statements of Insurance Companies in Canada, 1927 —
Releve des etats des compagnies d'assurance au Canada, 1927.

List of Shipping, 1927— Liste des navires, 1927

List of Members of the House of Commons with their Constituen
cies and Post Office Addresses — Liste des membres de la
Chambre des Corhmunes avec les districts electoraux et
adresses postales (Corrected to February 7, 1929)

List of Members of the House of Commons with their Constituen-
cies and Post Office Addresses — Liste des membres de la
Chambre des Communes avec les districts electoraux et
adresses postales (Corrected to February 20, 1929)

French

Projet de canalisation du Saint-Laurent

Collection Northcliffe

Budget du Canada, supplementaire, 1928-29

Rapport concemant les r^glements etablis conformement aux dis-
positions de la loi des pensions de vieillesse de 1927

Traite general de renonciation k la guerre — Signe a Paris le 27 ao<it
1928

Budget du Canada, 1929-30

Convention et protocole entre le Canada et les Etats-L^nis con-
cemant les Chutes Niagara et la riviere Niagara — Signes a
Ottawa le 2 Janvier 1929

Immigration and Colonization- —

English

Farm Opportunities in Canada

Estimates for 1928-29

The Houseworker in Canada— Opportunities for Success, Work
and Wages, Where to Go and What to Take

400

500

1,500
50
163

150

125
250

211,750
250

18, i

119,747,-324

Carried forward .

4,035,073

24
22,408

129,116,438

DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC PRINTING AND STATIONERY

Table No. 8 — Statement of Pamphlet and Miscellaneous Book-work,
192S-29— Continued

Description

Brought forward

Immigration and Colonization — Concluded

'English— Concluded

Number

of
Copies

Information for Settlers

Norwegian-Danish Press Association— Excursion Through Western

Canada

Land Settlement, Canada — Where to go for Advice

New Brunswick, Canada

Boy Settlement in Canada

The House worker in Canada — Opportunities for Success

French

Les avantages du Canada au point de vue agricole

Indian Affairs —

English

Schedule of Indian Reserves in the Dominion of Canada (Part I) .
Prize List

Insurance —

English

List of Insurance Companies Licensed to do Business in Canada
under the Insurance Act,

Statistical Report of Fire Losses in Canada

Annual Conference of the Association of Canadian Fire Marshals,
etc

List of Insurance Companies Licensed to do Business in Canada
under the Insurance Act (Extract from the Canada Gazette
July 7, 1928)

Abstract of Statements of Loan and Trust Companies in Canada,
1927

The Insurance Act with an Index thereto, 1928

The Loan Companies Act and the Trust Companies Act

Annual Statement required from Canadian Companies Licensed to
transact Business of Insurance, other than Life Insurance, in
the Dominion of Canada

Annual Statement required from British and Foreign Compani^,
licensed to transact Business of Insurance, other than Life In-
surance, in the Dominion of Canada

Report of the Superintendent of Insurance of the Dominion of
Canada, 1927 (Vol. I)

Schedule of Classificatiou of Fire Insurance Risks for the Year
ended December 31, 1927, and aggregate experience for the
years 1923 to 1927, inclusive

List of Insurance Companies Licensed to do Business in Canada
under the Insurance Act (Extract from the Canada Gazette,
January 5, 1929)

Report of the Superintendent of Insurance of the Dominion of
Canada, 1927— Loan and Trust Companies

An Act to amend the Insurance Act

List of Securities held by Insurance, Loan and Trust Companies in
Canada, as at December 31, 1928

The Insurance Act and the Winding-up Act with indexes thereto,
etc

Bilingual

Abstract of Statements of Insurance Companies in Canada, 1927 —
Releve des 4tats des compagnies d 'assurance au Canada, 1927.

Carried forward

10,000

161
20,000
10,000
30, 500
25,000

25,000

14,000
1,000

500

5,000

250

1,250

2,200

300
1,000

800
600

6,750

Number

Pages

32
1,338

4,196,134 I 25,614

Total
Number

of
Printed

Pages

129,116,438

80,000

12,236
480,000
160,000
976,000
600,000

,000

64,000
1,200

*28,000
8,000

11,200

12,000
790,000
26,500

21,600

40,000
5,084,400

26,400

14,000

54,000
8,000

256,000

120,000

2,592,000

14,383,574

ANNUAL REPORT, 1928-i

Table No. 8 — Statement of Pamphlet and Miscellaneous Book-work,
1^2^-2^— Continued

Description

Number

of
Copies

Number

Pages

Brought forward.

Interior

Ejjglish

Pacific Drainage — British Columbia and Yukon Territory, Cli-
matic Year 1925-26 (Water Resources Paper No. 53)

Nineteenth Report of the Geographic Board — Decisions from
April 1, 1924, to July 31, 1927

Camping in Canada

Tree-Planting on the Prairies of Manitoba, Saskatchewan and
Alberta (Forest Service — Bulletin No. 1)

The Woodland Fairy

Forest Facts

School Programme

"The Trees of the Lord"

Geographic Board of Canada — Place-Names of Alberta

An Act to provide for the Government of the Yukon Territory.

The Preservation of Niagara Falls — Interim Report of the Special
International Niagara Board

The Preparation of Pelts for the Market

Reports on Tests of the Relative Strength of Green-cut and Fire-
killed Western Cedar Pole Timber (Forest Service — Circular
No. 22).

Dominion Water Power and Reclamatoin Service — Annual Report,
1926-27

Wood Preservation in Canada

Timber Pathology in Relation to Wood Utilization in Canada.

Tree Planting in the Prairie Provinces of Canada

The Kicking Horse Trail

Silvicultural Research in Canada

Avicraft in Forestry containing Air Operations for Forest Fire
Protection

Pulp and Paper Research in Canada

Forest Fire Protection in Canada: Progress since 1923

Timber Physics Research in Canada

State Forests in Canada

The Forests of Canada — Their Extent, Character, Ownership, Man-
agement, Products and Probable Future

Softwood Resources in Canada

Timber Testing in Canada

Regulations governing the Issue of Leases to Dredge for Minerals
in the Beds of Rivers in Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta, etc.

Annual Report of the Director of the Geodetic Survey of Canada,
1926-27 ■.

Prince Edward Island

Prince Albert National Park

Rocky Mountain Circle Tour through Rocky Mountains, Yoho and
Kootenay National Parks

Forest Facts

Arctic and Western Hudson Bay Drainage (and Mississippi Drain-
age in Canada, in Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba and West-
em Ontario, Climatic Year 1925-26 (Water Resources Paper
No. 54)

Annual Report of the Topographical Survey, 1926-27

Regulations for the Leasing and Administration of Lands containing
Limestone, Granite, Slate, Marble, etc

Regulations for the Disposal of Quartz Mining Claims on Dominion
Lands in Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta and the Northwest
Territories (effective April 1, 1929)

The Hudson Bay Region

Convention and Protocol between Canada and the United States
regarding the Niagara Falls and the Niagara River, Ottawa,
January 2, 1929

National Parks of Canada — Report of the Commissioner, 1926-27.

Report of the Director of Forestry, 1926-27

4,196,134

1,000
25,000

10,000
200,000
15,000
28,000
16,000
4,018
500

2,000
25,000

3,011

2,400
2,000
2,000
2,000
25,000
2,000

1,000
2,000
2,000
2,000
2,000

3,000
2,000
3,000

3,000

1,200
10,000
10,000

50,000
1,500

700
5,000

10,000
15,000

1,800
2,500
2,000

25,614

141,383,574

Carried forward 4, 694, 363

153,294,742

DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC PRINTING AND STATIONERY

Table No. 8 — Statement of Pamphlet and Miscellaneous Book-work,
192S-29— Continued

Description

Number

of
Copies

Number

Pages

Total
Number

of
Printed

Pages

Brought forward

Interior — Continued

English — Continued

Dominion Lands — Hand-Book — For the Information of the Public

(Edition of June 15, 1928)

The Migratory Birds Convention Act and Federal Regulations for

the Protection of Migratory Birds —

Guide to Fort Anne, Annapolis Royal, N.S

Regulations for the Disposal of Quartz Mining Claims on Dominion

Lands in Manitoba, etc. . . . •

Report of an Exploratory Trip in the Area covered by Halfway

River and Prophet River Sheets (Topographical Survey

Bulletin No. 61 )

The Peace River Country, Canada

Precise Levelling in Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and Prince

Edward Island (Publication No. 16)

Regulations for the Disposal of Petroleum and Natural Gas Rights
Kootenay National Park and the Banff-Windermere Highway.
Alberta and British Columbia Boundary (Part II) 1917 to 1921

Forestry Lessons

An Act respecting Forest Reserves and Parks

Yukon Quartz Mining Act (Consolidated for office purposes)

The Dominion Forest Reserves and Parks Act, etc. — Edition of

September 1, 1928

Regulations for the Disposal of Quartz Mining Claims on Dominion

Lands in Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta and the Northwest

Territories

Report on the Absorption of Moisture bj' Kiln-dried Lumber (For-
est Service — Circular No. 23)

A Summary of Regulations and Departmental Rulings relating to

Dominion Lands for the Guidance of Agents, Sub-Agents and

other Officials (No. 20), Edition of October 15, 1928

Potash Regulations

The Conversion of Latitudes and Departures of a Traverse to

Geodetic Differences of Latitude and Longitude (Geodetic

Publication No. 25)

Regulations for the Disposal of Coal Mining Rights

Dominion Lands Act (Consolidated for office purposes only)

The Strength of Reinforced and Unreinforced Butter and Cheese

Book (Forest Service—Circular No. 24)

The Dominion Water Power Act and Dominion Water Power

Regulations, etc.. .

A Study of the Dominion Standard Yard and other Standards of

Length (Topographical Survey — Bulletin No. 60)

Canada Natural Resources

Regulations for the Control and Management of the Waterworks

System for the Towti of Jasper

List of School Lands to be offered for Sale by Public Auction at-

Provost, Alta., June 25, 1928

Coronation, Alta., June 28, 1928

Stettler, Alta., July 3, 1928

Grande Prairie, Alta., July 14, 1924

Red Deer, Alta., July 6, 1928

Drumheller, Alta., November 8, 1928

Youngstown, Alta., November 5, 1928

Cardston, Alta., November 22, 1928

Nanton, Alta., November 24, 1928

Lethbridge, Alta., November 19, 1928

Calgary, Alta., November 13, 1928

Vulcan, Alta., November 16, 1928

North Battleford, Sask., March 28, 1929

Punnichy, Sask., March 21, 1929

Carlyle, Sask., March 25, 1929

Regina, Sask., March 22, 1929

Assiniboia, Sask., April 1 , 1929

4,694,363

18,000
10,130

Carried forward 4, 889, 140

5,000

1,000
25,000

511

6,100

25.000

1,011

2,000

500
3,000

1,000

5,000
2,000

1,000
3,000

1,200
3,000
1,000

500
10,000

500

2,000
2,500
2,000
1,500
2,000
2,000
2,500
1,500
1,500
2,000
2,000
2,000
2,000
1,500
2,000
2,000
2,500

*1, 446, 000

648,000
162,080

200,000

20,000
2,400,000

29,638
195,200
1,200,000
177,936
144,000

26,000
144,000

128,000

200,000
32.000

96,000
48,000

38,400
48,000
88,000

40,000

56,000

20,000
320,000

8,000

32,000
60,000
32,000
12,000
32,000
32,000
50,000
12,000
12,000
32,000
32,000
16,000
40,000
12.000
16,000
16.000
50,000

29,154 161

ANNUAL REPORT, 1928-29

Table No. 8 — Statement of Pamphlet and ^Miscellaneous Book-work,
lQ2^-2<d— Continued

Description

Number

of
Copies

Number

Pages

Brought forward

Interior — Concluded

ExGLiSH — Concluded

Saskatoon, Sask., April 1, 1929

Prince Albert, Sask., April 1, 1929

Swift Current, Sask., March 21, 1929

Biggar, Sask., March 25, 1929

Moose Jaw, Sask., March 25, 1929

Kerrobert, Sask., April 9, 1929

Wadena, Sask., April 11, 1929 -.

Humboldt, Sask., April 9, 1929

Melfort, Sask., April 4, 1929

Rosetown, Sask., April 4, 1929

Wevbum, Sask., March 27, 1929

Davidson, Sask., March 30, 1929

Shaunavon, Sask., April 5, 1929

Maple Creek, Sask., March 18, 1929

Wolseley, Sask., March 20, 1929

Yorkton, Sask., March 18, 1929

Natural Resources, Canada

Geographic Board of Canada — Decisions

Publications of the Dominion Astrophysical Observatorj'

French

Dix-huitifeme rapport de la Commission de geographie du
Canada, contenant toutes les decisions jusqu'au 31 mars,
1924

Le thuya (cedre de Test)

Le pin Murray

Le pin gris

L'epinette de Sitka

Programme scolaire

Le thuya geant

Le pin a bois lourd

Le sapin baumier

La preparation des peaux pour le commerce

Loi de la convention concernant les oiseaux migrateurs et r^gle-
ments federaux pour la protection des oiseaux migrateurs. .

La region de la Riviere- la-Paix, Canada

Ser\'ice administratif des terres federales — Renseignements
pour le public, 15 juin 1928

Ressources naturelles, Canada

Justice —

English

Factum

Reference re Water Powers

Labour —

English

The Recidivist Group and Custodial Care

Proceedings of the Sixth Canadian Conference on Child Wel-
fare, Vancouver, B.C., May 23 to 26, Victoria, B.C., May
27, 1927

Sex Education in the Child Welfare Program

An Old Age of Comfort and Happiness is Guaranteed by the
Steady Income of Canadian Government Annuities

Labour Organization in Canada — Seventeenth Annual Report,
1927

Choosing a Life Work — Bricklaying

Recreation^A Suggested National Program

Choosing a Life Work — Carpentrj-

Carried forward

4,889,140

670
123

1,000

1,200
1,000

30,011

5,000
6,000
1,000
6,000

29,154

2,000

2,500

2,000

2,500

2,000

1,500

2,500

2,000

1,500

2,000

2,525

1,158

5,511

162

506

412

2,000

9,600

2,000

5,000

2,500

7,500

100

3,000

>3,525

396
12

208

161, (

5,628,'

167,476,

DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC PRINTING AND STATIONERY

Table No. 8 — Statement of Pamphlet and Miscellaneous Book-work,
192S-29—C onti7iued

Description

Number

of
Copies

Number
of

Total
Number

of
Printed

Pages

Brought forward .

Labour — Concluded

English — Concluded

What Technical Schools have done to Meet the Recommenda
tions of the Royal Commission on Technical Education.

Unemployment, Sickness and Invalidity Insurance in Canada
— Report of Committee adopted by House of Cornmons..

League of Nations International Labour Organization-
Eleventh Session of the International Labour Conference.

Seventh Report on Organization in Industry, Commerce and
the Professions in Canada, 1928

Choosing a Life Work — Stenography

Choosing a I-ife Work — Office Work — General. .

First Annual Report on Co-Operation Associations in Canada
1928

Report of Board in Dispute between the Quebec Railway
Light and Power Company and its Motormen and Con
ductors, etc

Wages and Hours of Labour in Canada, 1920 to 1928 (Supple-
ment to the Labour Gazette, January, 1929)

Prices in Canada and other Countries, 1928 (Supplement to the
Labour Gazette, January, 1929)

Index to the Labour Gazette, Vol. XXVIII, 1928

Twenty-First Report of the Registrar of Boards of Conciliation
and Investigation of Proceedings under the Industrial
Disputes Investigation Act, March 31, 1927-28

First Report of the Administration of Old Age Pensions in
Canada •.•••.

Fourth Report of the Registrar of the Combines Investigation
Act of Proceedings under The Combines Investigation
Act, 1923 (1926-27)

Strikes and Lockouts in Canada and other Countries, 1928.

Factum

Tenth Report of the Employment Service Branch of the
Department of Labour, Canada, on the Operations Under
the Employment Offices Co-ordination Act, 1927-28

Ninth Report of the Technical Education Branch of the De
partment of Labour, Canada, on the Operations of the
Technical Education Act assented to July 7, 1919, 1927-28

The Labour Gazelle, Nos. 4 to 12, Vol. XXVIII, and Nos. 1 to
3, Vol. XXIX

Vocational Education

French

Legislation ouvricre au Canada, 1926 .

L'assurance — ch6mage,maladie, invalidite au Canada — rapport
d'une commission parlementaire adopte par les Communes

Index— Gazette du Travail, Volume XXVII, 1927

Une vieillesse de confort et de bonheur

Dix-septieme rapport annuel sur les associations ouvriferes au
Canada, 1927

L'organisation Internationale du travail de la Societe des
Nations

Prix au Canada et a I'etranger, 1928, (Supplement a la Gazette
du Travail, Janvier 1929)

Salaires et heures de travail au Canada, 1920 a 1928 (Supple-
ment a la Gazette du Travail, Janvier 1929)

Septi^me rapport sur l'organisation de 1' Industrie du Com-
merce et des professions liberales au Canada, 1928

Premier rapport annuel sur les socifetes cooperatives au Canada,
1928

La Gazette du Travail, Nos. 3 to 12. Vol. XXVIII, and Nos. 1
and 2, Vol. XXIX

Carried forward .

5,628,469

250
1,000

2,200
6,000
6,000

2,000

100

17,950

16,950
11,000

300
250

250

133,464
15,200

311

200
1,800
10,000

100

2,550

300

24,775

31,416

56
1,450

48
16

312

208

130

1,560

167,476,960

2,000

16,000

9,600

281,600
120,000
120,000

160,000

*1, 866, 800

*610,200
396,000

10,800
5,000

27,200
36,400

263,200

5,134,372
*332,400

19,904

3,200
86,400
160,000

280,800

3,200

*91,800

*265,200

39,000

25,200

*3, 160, 700

5,891,319

36,470

192,

ANNUAL REPORT, 1928-29

Table No. 8 — ^Statement of Pamphlet and Miscellaneous Book-work,
1^2^-2^— Continued

Description

Number

of
Copies

Number

Pages

Total
Number

of
Printed

Pages

5,891,319

550
250

3,011
5,011

19,011

1,811

1,011

1,211
811
500

12,000

500
14,229

5,000
32,000

3,500
200

1,000
150

750

30C
500
500

3,000
3,000

1,325
1,500

36,470

188
40

32
32

330

160
110
16

128
96

24
80

44
40

16
16

48
20
24

52
64

48
36

192,009,536

Library of Parliament —

BlLIXGUAL

Supplementary Catalogue to the Library of Parliament, 1927—
Supplement annuel au catalogue de la bibliothfeque du
parlement 1927 . ...

103,400

Extract from Annual Supplement to the Catalogue of the
Librarj' of Parliament, 1927— Estrait du Supplement
annuel au catalogue de la biblioth^que du parlement, 1927.

Marine and Fisheries—

English

Abridged Edition of Tide Tables for Charlott«town, P.E.I. ,
Pictou, N.S., and Strait of Canso, -n-ith Tidal Differences

10,000
96,352

Abridged Edition of Tide Tables for Quebec, and Father
Point, with Tidal Differences for the St. Lawrence, 1929. .

Abridged Edition of Tide Tables for St. John, N.B., with
Tidal Differences for the Bay of Fundy, and Time of
High Water at Windsor, N.S., 1929 . . .

160,352
*608,352

List of Lights and Fog-Signals on the Atlantic Coast including
the Gulf of St. Lawrence to Head of Ocean Navigation of
the Dominion of Canada— Corrected to April 1, 1928

List of Lights and Fog-Signals of the Dominion of Canada on
the Pacific Coast and the Rivers and Lakes of British
Columbia — Corrected to April 1, 1928

597,630
84,924

List of Lights and Fog-Signals on the Inland Waters (West of
Montreal and East of British Columbia) of the Dominion
of Canada— Corrected to April 1 , 1928

193,760

Tide Tables and Information, connected with the Ship Channel
from Father Point to Montreal, 1928

89,210

Regulations for the River St. Lawrence from Father Point to

8,000

Abridged Edition of Tide Tables for Vancouver and Sand
Heads, B.C., and Slack Water for First Narrows and
Active Pass with Tidal Differences for the Strait of
Georgia, 1929

576,000

Report of the Royal Commission Investigating the Fisheries

of the Maritime Provinces and the Magdalen Islands

Tide Tables for the Eastern Coast of Canada, 1929

64,000
1,365,984

Abridged Edition of Tide Tables for Prince Rupert, B.C.,
with Tidal Differences for the Northern Coasts of British

120,000

Tide Tables for the Pacific Coast of Canada 1929

2,560,000

Catalogue of Marine Charts ^Sailing Directions and Tidal
Informations issued by the Canadian Hydrographic

154,000

By-Laws of the Pilotage District of Quebec

8- 000

Radio Stations of Canada, 1927-28— Final Supplement to
Official List

16,000

Index to Notice to Mariners, 1927 (Nos. 1 to 98 inclusive)

Report of the International Fisheries Commission appointed

2,400
18,000

Results of Observations at the Canadian Magnetical Observa-
tions, Agincourt and Meanook, 1923 . .

14,400

10,000

International Rules of the Road

12,000

Special Fishery Regulations for the Province of British

156,000

Special Fishery Regulations for the Province of Nova Scotia. .

Fundamental Principles of Chemistry and Physics (Bulletin

No. XI)

192,000
63,600

Special Fishery Regulations for the Province of Manitoba

54,000

Carried forward .

6,003,950

38,334

199,347,900

DEPARTMEXT OF PUBLIC PRIXTIXG AXD STATIOXERY

Table No. 8 — Statement of Pamphlet and ^Miscellaneous Book-work,
1928-29— Coyitijuied

Description

Number

of
Copies

Total
Number

of
Printed

Pages

Brought forward 6,003,950

Marine and Fisheries — Concluded

Engush — Concluded

International Radiotelegraph Convention of AYashington, 1927

An Act respecting Fisheries and Fishing

Special Fishery Regulations for the Provinces of Saskatchewan
and Alberta and the Territories North thereof (OfiBce Con-
solidation) •. ■

Special Fishery Regulations for the Province of Ontario
(Office Consolidation)

Special Fishery Regulations for the Province of New Bruns-
wick (Office Consolidation)

Special Fishery Regulations for the Province of Prince Edward
Island (Office Consolidation)

Special Fishery Regulations for the Province of Quebec (Office
Consolidation'!

Annual Report on Fish Culture, 1927

Report of the Royal Commission to Inquire into Pilotage in British
Columbia Waters

Annual Report of the Radio Branch, 1927-28

Special Fishery Regulations for Yukon Territory (Office Consoli-
dation)

Ofiicial List— Radio Stations of Canada ;

Report of the Royal Commission to Inquire into Pilotage in
British Columbia Waters

Canadian R.ihs and Regulations relating to the Examination of
Masters and ^Mates of Coasting and Inland Vessels, 1924 (Official
Copy)

Index to Notice to Mariners, 1928 (Nos. 1 to 100 inclusive)

List of Lights and Fog-Signals on the Inland Waters (West of
Montreal and East of British Columbia) of the Dominion of
Canada— Corrected to March 1, 1929

List of Lights and Fog-Signals of the Pacific Coast and the Rivers
and lakes of British Columbia— Corrected to March 1, 1929.

Tables of Hourly Direction and Velocity of the Currents and Time
ot Slack Water in the Bav of Fundy and its Approaches

Official List of Radio Stations of Canada, 1929 Edition (Supple-
ment No. 1)

Discoloration of Halibut (Bulletin No. XII)

Quarterly Bulletin of S.->a Fishery Statistics

Monthly Record of Meteorological Observations

List of Shipping, 1927 — Liste des na vires, 1927

Supplement to List of Vessels, 1927— Supplement a la liste des
navires, 1927

Liste officielle des stations de radio au Canada, 30 juin 1927

Loi relative aux viandes et conserves alimentaires et reglement
etablis sous son empire, etc ■ • • ■ •

Rapport de la Commission Royale chargee de 1' investigation rela-
tive aux peches proprss aux Provinces Maritimes et aux lies de
la Madeleine

Loi relative a I'inspection des poissons, etc

Reglements intemationaux pour prevenir les abordages. . . ._

Reglement s de peche particuliers a la province de la Nouvelle-
Ecosse

Carried forward .

2,500
1,000
2,500
1,500
1,000

5C0
1,5C0

250

1,111

1,011

5,000

1,500
1,000
3,000

8,477

700
1.861

l.COO
500

,046,310

272
56

199,347,900

iOO.OOO
14,000

100,000
32,000

120,000

54,000

40,000
21,600

4,000
16, COO

16,000
144,000

7,200
1,600

177,760
84,924
80,000

24,000

28,000

*48,000

*704,802

190,400
*14,888

60,000
10,000

69, COO
12,000
10,000

13,600

201,749.674

ANNUAL REPORT,

Table No.

-Statement of Pamphlet and Miscellaneous Book-work,
1928-29— Continued

Description

Number

of
Copies

Number

Pages

Total
Number

of
Printed

Pages

Brought forward .

Mines —

English

Report of the Canadian Arctic Expedition, 1913-18 (Vol. IV:

Botany. Part B)

Oil Prospects near Bragg Creek, Alta

Milling Plants in Canada

Annual Report of the Explosives Division of the Department of

Mines, 1927

Conti-ibutions to Canadian Palaeontology (Bulletin No. 49)

Investigations in Ceramics and Road Materials, 1926

Investigations of Fuels and Fuel Testing, 1326 (Part I)

Investigations of Fuels and Fuel Testing, 1926 (Part II)

Investigations of Mineral Resources and the Mining Industry, 1926.

Interim RepOi't of the Dominion Fuel Board, 1923

Natural Gas and Petroleum Wells

Geology of Anticosti Island (Memoir 154)

Silica in Canada — Its Occurrence, Exploitation and Uses — Part II.

Western Canada

Gold Mines in Canada (List No. 2-1)

Investigations in Ore Dressing and Metallurgy, 1926

Investigations of Fuels and Fuel Testing, 1926

Archaeological Investigations in Bering Strait. 1926

The Lepturini of America North of Mexico — Part I (Bulletin No.

52)

Restoration of Totem-Poles in British Columbia (Reprinted from

Annual Report, 1926)

The Mineral Industries of Canada reach from Coast to Coast

Uren Prehistoric Village Site, Oxford County, Ont

National Museum of Canada— Annual Report of 1926 (Bulletin No.

50)

Commercial Bent Grasses (Agrostis in Canada) — Reprinted from

Annual Report for 1926, National Museum of Canada

Oil and Gas in Western Canada (Economic Geology Series No. 5)
Publications of the Geological Survey and National Museum of

Canada, Ottawa

Report of the Canadian Arctic Expedition, 1913-18 (Vol. XV

Eskimo Language and Technology, Part A)

Advisory Board on Tariff and Taxation — Record of Public Sitting

(References 3 and 44)— Coal and Coke, November 21, 22 and

23, 1928

The Geology of North Mountain, Cape Breton

Summary Report, 1927, Part €

The National Museum of Canada (Reprinted from Annual Report

for 1926)

Diatomite — Its Occurrence, Preparation and Uses

Price List of Mines Branch Publications

Summary Report, 1927, Part A

Summary Report, 1927, Part B

Dominion Fuel Board— Second Progress Report, 1923-1928

French

Avantages qu'offrirait I'isolation thermique de votre maison
(deuxieme edition)

Rapport annuel de la division des explosifs du ministere des Mines
1927

Liste des publications franpai-ses du ministere des Mines

La region de Saint-Urbain, district de Charlevoix, P.Q. (memoire
152)

Carried forward

6,046,310

4,506

500

1,000

2,000
1,511
4,000
500
500
4,011
1,150
1,500
1,006

4,011
1,000
4.168
4,000
100

1,000

100
2,800
1,000

3,500

2,511
1,000
5,011

1.000

200

2,821

1.000
4,000
1,000
2,961
3,026
25,000

5,000
1,000

201,749,674

135, 180
12,000
8,000

48, COO
120,880
288.000
46,000
28,000
3.52,968
36,800
24,000
492,940

256,704

8,000

575. 184

592,000

1,600

1,007

,000

56.000
106,000

448.000

10,800
401,760

16,000
681,276

208.000

7,200

361,088

64,000
792,000

10,000

2.36,880

314,704

1,500,000

120,000

24,000
6,400

76,532

6,147,810

43,656

210,303,370

DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC PRINTING AND STATIONERY

Table No. 8 — Statement of Pamphlet and Miscellaneous Book-work,
192S-29— Continued

Description

Number

of
Copies

Number

Pages

Brought forward

National Defence —

English

Index to General Orders, 1927

Air Regulations, 1920, with Amendments to December 31, 1927

Proceedings at the Dedication of the Monument erected by the
Government of Canada in Honour of the Citizens of the
United States who served in the Canadian Army and gave

their Lives in the Great War, 1914-18

Index to Militia Orders, 1927

Memorandum for Camps of Instruction, 1928— Part I. Training.
The Canadian Navy List, June, 1928 (Corrected to May 22, 1928).
Royal Canadian Air Force — Sequence of Flying Instruction, 1928. .

Regulations for Rifle Associations, 1924

Report on Civil Aviation and Civil Government Air Operations,

1927 :

List of Officers— Militia Service and Air Service, July, 1928—

Part I ^Corrected to July 1, 1928)

Regulations for the Cadet Ser\'ice of Canada, 1928

An Act respecting the Militia and Defence of Canada

Royal Canadian Air Force — Information relating to Ta,y, Allow-
ances, Qualifications, General Conditions of Service, Future

Prospects, etc., of Airmen

Priced List of Stores authorized for use by the Canadian Militia,
Rifle Associations and Cadet Corps —

Small Arm Instructional Stores, etc. (Section B3)

Oil Paints, Chemical and their Containers (Section HI),

1928 ^ ;..

Su:veving and Drawing Instruments and Watches (Section

V2) 1928

Harness, Saddlery and Packsaddlery (Section Dl)

Barrack and Hospital Equipment (Section K), 1928

Barrack and Hospital Equipment (Section L\ 1928

Regulations and Instructions for the Clothing of the Non-Perman-
ent Active Militia, 1928 — Reprint with Amendments to Decem-
ber 31, 1928

The Canadian Na\'y List for February, 1929 (Corrected to Febru-
ary, 1929)

Militia Orders, 1928-29

Militia General Orders, 1928-29

French

Rapport sur I'aviation civile et les operations aeriennes du gouveme

ment civil, 1927

Reglement-s concernant les services des cadets du Canada, 1928 —

Ordres de la milice, 1928-29

Orderes generaux de la milice, 1928-29

National Gallery of Canada —

English

6,147,810

2,400
2,000

511
2,411
5,000

156
3,000
1,150

2,500

1.2C0
3, COO
6,000

Catalogue, 1928

National Research Council —

English

Report of the President and Financial Statement, 1926-27

The Storage of Apples in Air-cooled Warehou.ses in Nova Scotia

(Report No. 23)

An Experimental Study of Sieving (Report No. 22)

Carried forward

400

2,000

200
242,650
69,150

1,000
1,000
13,600
1,900

1,011

4,000
1,000

,5f.O

.500

500

5CC

144

210,

47,100

215,481,738

ANNUAL REPORT, 1928-29

Table No. 8 — Statement of Pamphlet and Miscellaneous Book-work,
1928-29— Co?iiinwed

Description

Number

of
Copies

Number
of

Brought forward.
National Revenue —

6,523,'J49

EXGLISI

Customs Statistical Classification (Imports) in effect April 1, 1928

Customs Statistical Classification (Exports) in eSect April 1, 1928

Memorandum No. 87 — Supplement "A"

Memorandum No. 107

Customs-Excise — List of Forms, April 1, 1928

An Act to Authorize the Levying of a War Tax upon Certain In-
comes

Official List of Licensed Manufacturers and Bonded Warehouses,
1928-29...

Regulations in respect to Tobacco and Cigars for Guidance of
Dealers and others concerned

Circular No. 661-C

An Act to Amend the Customs Tariff

An Act to Supplement the Revenue required to meet War Expend-
itures

Circular No. 679-C

The Customs Act (Office Consolidation)

Customs Sale, Wednesdaj% November 21, 1928

Canada Customs Tariff, 1907, with Amendments, September 15,
1928 (Office Consolidation)

An Act to amend The Special War Revenue Act, 1915

Memorandum No. 188

Factum

Memorandum No. 149 :

An Act to Supplement the Revenue required to meet War Expend-
itures

Denatured Alcohol and Specially Denatured Alcohol, February,
1929

Canada Gazette Supplement

The National Revenue Review, April, 1928. to March, 1929

French

Alcool denature et alcool specialement denature (circulaire n'
488C— revisee) •

Memoire No 87 — Supplement "A"

Loi portant autorisation de lever un inpot de guerre sur certains re-
venus

Rdglements concernant le tabac et les cigares pour la gouverne des
marchands et autres interesses

Memoire n° 2 — revis6

Loi modifiant le tarif des douanes

MSmoire n° 77

Memoire n° 107

Memoire n° 132

Memoire n° 135

Memoire n° 149

La Revue du Revenu National, April, 1928, to March, 1929

Patent and Copyright Office —

English

An Act respecting Trade Marks and Industrial Designs

An Act respecting Copyright

Patent and Copyright Office of Canada — Rules and Forms

An Act respecting Trade Marks and Industrial Designs

The Patent Act— Revised Statutes of Canada, 1927

An Act respecting Copyright

Rules and Forms

The Canadian Patent Office Record

Carried forward

300
1 , 000
1,000
2,000
5,000
1,000
3,000
54,594

47,100

2,500
2,500
10,000
8,000
1,200

116
20
32
20
32

4,000

1,100

5,000
6,000
1,2C0

8
104
16

400
4,500
3,000

550

100

2,700

100

14,000

10,000

308
16
24
68
24

500

4,000

500

75,000

8
296

1,000

2,000

10,000

1,500

700

1,000

7,000

14,400

292

20
36
16
24
32
36
16
3,914

6,790,243

53.086

DEPART ME^T OF PUBLIC PRIXTIXG AXD STATIONERY

Table Xo. 8 — Statement of Pamphlet and Miscellaneous Book-work,
\m%-2^— Continued

Description

Number

of
Copies

Number

Pages

Total
Number

of
Printed

Pages

Brought forward

Patent and Copyright Office — Concluded

French

Bureau des brevets du Canada — Ragles et reglements et formules

— En vigueur le ler septembre 1923

Loi concemant les marques de commerce et lesdessinsde fabrique
Bureau des brevets et des droits d'auteur — R5glements et formules

Loi concemant le droit d'auteur ^

Acte des bravets — Statuts refondus du Canada, 1927

Pensions and Xational Health —

English

Government Insurance for All who Ser^-ed

An Act respecting the Department of Pensions and National
Health

Pay and Allowance Rates, September 1, 1928

An Act to provide Pensions to or in respect of Members of the Ca-
nadian Naval, Military- and Air Forces

Regulations of the Department of Pensions and National Health. .

BlUNGt'AL

Abstracts of Current Public Health Literature — Extraits de publi-
cations courantes sur la sante publique

French

Assurance du gouvernement en faveur de tous ceux qui ont fait du
ser\-ice

Post Office—

English

Number of Householders at Rural Post Offices and on Rural Routes

in the Maritime Provinces (Third Revision)

Useful Information for Postmasters in charge of Post Offices on the

Revenue Basis, 1928

Schedule of Mail Trains and Water Services — East of Port Arthur

(Eastern Districts), 1928

Schedule of Mail Trains and Water Services — West of Port Arthur,

June. 1928

Schedule of Mail Trains and Water Services — East of Port Arthur

(Central Districts), June, 1928

Alberta. British Columbia and Yukon Territory Distribution List,

1928

Postal Information, 1928

Schedule of -Mail Trains and Water Services— East of Port Arthur

(Eastern Districts), October, 1928

Schedule of Mail Trains and Water Sertnces — West of Port Arthur,

October. 1928

Schedule of Mail Trains and Water Services— East of Port Arthur

(Central Districts), October, 1928

Postal Note Rules and Regulations — For Postmasters at Non

Accounting Offices

Canada Official Postal Guide, 1929

Canada Official Postal Guide, 1929— Part I

Canada Official Postal Guide. 1929— Part II

Number of Householders at Rural Post Offices and on Rural Routes

in the Western Provinces CThird Revision)

Monthly Distribution List. 1928-29

Monthly Supplement to Canadian Official Postal Guide, 1928-29. . .
Monthlv Supplement to Canadian Official Postal Guide and Money

Order Information, 1928-29

Carried forward

(,790.243

1.000

1 . 2.50

500

2.000

1.000
1.000

19.200

i.OOO

1,200

12,000

1,100

1,200

1,400

2,000
335,700

1,100

1.200

1,400

1,000

17,605

3,805

2,000
42,366
131,000

70,600

32,000
*40,000
10,000
18,000
64,000

4,000
4,800

48,000
*20,000

*653,(

57,600

2,136,000

158,400

172,800

201,600

268,000
8,056,800

167,200

172,800

201,600

20,000

10.633,420

852,320

13,160

136,000

♦257,152

*2, 096, 800

*1, 564,600

7,532,054

56, 572

254,607,744

ANNUAL REPORT, 1928-.

Table No. 8-

-Statement of Pamphlet and Miscellaneous Book-work,
l^2%-2^— Continued

Description

Number

of
Copies

Number

Pages

Total
Number

of
Printed

Pages

Brought forward

Post Office — Continued

Bilingual

Number of Householders at Rural Post Offices and on Rural Route
in Quebec Province (Third Revision) — NomVjre de chefs de
maison par bureaux de poste ruraux et routes de distribution
rurale de la province de Quebec (troisieme edition — revue et
corrigee)

7,532,054

French

Le Service postal illustre

Liste des bureaux de mandats de poste du Dominion du Canada

ler Janvier, 1928

Renseignements postaux, 1928

R^glements relatifs aux bons de poste — A I'usage des maitres de

poste des bureaux non-comptables

Renseignements utiles pour les maitres de poste des bureaux a

commission, Ottawa, 1928

Guide officiel du service postal canadien, 1929

Supplement mensuel au guide officiel du service postal canadien,

Supplement mensuel au guide officiel du service postal canadien
et renseignements sur les mandats de poste, 1928-29

"^Public Printing and Staiionerij —

English

Child Welfare Legislation in Canada, 1926-27

National Research Council— Report of the President and Financial
Statement, 1926-27

Forest Facts

Rust Research Laboratory, Winnipeg, Man. — Reports of Dr. D. L.
Bailey and Dr . C . H . Goulden

Farm Opportunities in Canada

Pacific Drainage — British Columbia and Yukon Territory, Cli-
matic Year 1925-26 (Water Resources Paper No. 53)

Nineteenth Report of the Geographic Board — Decisions from
April 1, 1924, to July 31, 1927

Experimental Sub-Station, Beiiverlodge, Alta.— Report of the
Superintendent, 1926

Some Flowering Bulbs (Bulletin No. 95 — New Series)

Camping in Canada

Tree — Planting on the Prairies of Manitoba, Saskatchewan and
Alberta (Forest Service — Bulletin No. 1)

The Canadian Record of Performance for Pure-Bred Poultry,
1926-27 — Regulations, Standards and Records of P'owls
qualified for Certificates (Report No. 8)

Special Election Instructions for certain By-Elections with a
Discussion of the Rights and Obligations of Candidates
(Book A), February 1, 1928

Experimental Farm, Brandon, Man.— Report of the Super-
intendent, 1927

The Woodland Fairy

Proceedings of the Sixth Canadian Conference on Child Wel-
fare, Vancouver, B.C., May 23 to 26, Victoria, B.C., May
27,1927

Eighth Annual Live Stock Market and Meat Trade Review,
1927

Trade of the African Sub-Continent

List of Licensed Elevators and Warehouses in the Western
Grain Inspection Division, 1927-28

Experimental Station, Scott, Sask.— Report of the Super-
intendent, 1927. . . .

75,000

2,511
80,600

3,000
4,345

30,000
19,200

1,000

150
125

125
125

125

250

125
125
125

56,572

254,607,744

1,200,000

291,276
1,934,400

564,000
3,762,770

*370,000
*422,400

24,000

21,600
3,000

3,000
4,000

29,250

16,000

12,000
7,500
1,500

9,000
2,000

31,200

12,000
13,200

24,000
10,000

91900— 3i

Carried forward 17,751,685

,092

263,496,540

DEPART MEXT OF PUBLIC PRIXTIXG AXD STATIOXERY

Table Xo. 8 — Statement of Pamphlet and ^Miscellaneous Book-work,
1928-29— Continued

Description

Number

of
Copies

Number

Pages

Total
Number

of
Printed

Pages

the

Brought forward

jPublic Printing and Stationery — Continued

E XGLiSH — Continued

Manufactures of the Non-Ferrous Metals in Canada, 1926.
Experimental Farm, Indian Head, Sask. — Report of

Superintendent, 1927

Information for Settlers

Experimental Station, Harrow, Ont. — Report of the Super-
intendent, 1927

Insects of the Flower Garden and their Control (Bulletin No.

99— New Series)

The Houseworker in Canada — Opportunities for Success,

Work and Wages, Where to Go and \Miat to Take
Royal Canadian Air Force — Sequence of Flj'ing Instruction,

1928

List of Acts, 1928

Annual Statistics of Fruit and Floriculture, 1927. ....
Dominion Water Power and Reclamation Service — Annual

Report, 1926-27

Wood Preservation in Canada

Timber Pathologj- in Relation to Wood Utilisation in Canada

Tree Planting in the Prairie Provinces of Canada

Manual for Guidance of Physicians (Publication No. 28)

Regulations for Rifie Associations, 1924

The Artificial Brooding of Chicks

Trading with Colombia and Venezuela with Notes on Curacao
The Origin and Qualitv of Commercial Live Stock marketed in

Canada, 1927 (Report No. 8) ._. -■■-■■.

Soybeans in Canada (Pamphlet No. 93 — New Series)

An Act respecting Trade Marks and Industrial Designs

Experimental Station, Morden, Man. — Report of the Super

intendent, 1927

The Kicking Horse Trail

Report of the Dominion Animal Husbandman, 1926-27

List of Wholesale Dealers in Fruits and Vegetables in Canada

(Revised Edition), 1928 (Bulletin No. 101)

Report on Civil Aviation and Civil Government Air Opera-
tions, 1927

Catalogue of Official Publications of the Parliament and

Government of Canada, April, 1928

Labour Organization in Canada — Seventeenth Annual Report.

1927

School Programme

Choosing a Life-Work — Bricklaying

' 'The Trees of the Lord"

St. Lawrence Waterway Project

Report of the Royal Commission Investigating the Fisheries

of the Maritime Provinces and the Magdalen Islands

An Act respecting the Departments of Health and Soldiers'

Civil Re-Establishment

An Act to regulate the Sale and Inspection of Root Vegetables

Statistical Report of Fire Losses in Canada, 1927^.

Sheep Husbandrj' in Canada (Bulletin No. 75 — New Series)
Experimental Station, Charlottetown, P.E.I. — Report of the

Superintendent, 1927

Geographic Board of Canada — Place — Names of Alberta
The Preservation of Niagara Falls — Interim Report of the

Special International Niagara Board

Choosing a Life Work — Carpentry

OflBcial List of Licensed Manufacturers and Bonded Ware

houses, 1928-29

Annual Report of the Board of Grain Commissioners for

Canada, Crop Year ended August 31, 1927

Regulations under the Food and Drugs Act

125
100
125

150
150
150
150
125
1,150
150
150

150
125
500

125
150
150

150

3,000

125
125
150
150
62o

325

675
675
150
125

125
280

150
150

150

285
125

263,496,540

312
16
16
8
32

128

16
16

Carried forward.

763,875

62,310

264,068,540

ANNUAL REPORT, 1928-29

Table No. 8-

-Statement of Pamphlet and Miscellaneous Book-work,
1928-29— Cowfmwed

Description

Number

of
Copies

Number

Pages

Total
Number

of
Printed

Pages

Brought forward

■f Public Printing and Stationery — Continued
English — Continued

Memorandum for Camps of Instruction, 1928 — Part I. Training

Estimates of Canada, Supplementary, 1928-29

Buttermaking on the Farm (Bulletin No. 57 — New Series)

Joint Beef Committee — Report of the Proceedings and the
Recommendations of the Eastern and Western Com-
mittees, etc

Proposals for a Multilateral Pact for the Renunciation of War,
1927-28

Crop Rotations and Soil Management for the Prairie Provinces
(Bulletin No. 98— New Series)

Experimental Station, Rosthern, Sask. — Report of the Super-
intendent, 1927

The Preparation of Pelts for the Market

Studies on Moulds and Yeasts in Creamery Butter (Pamphlet
No. 92 — New Series)

The Meat and Canned Foods and the Regulations made there-
under governing the Inspection of Meats, etc

The Soils of Prince Edward Island (Bulletin No. 100— New
Series)

Schedule of Indian Reserves in the Dominion of Canada
(Part I)

Oil Prospects near Bragg Creek, Alta

An Argument in the Kitchen — A Playlet for Children in One
Act

Milling Plants in Canada

Annual Report of the Explosives Division of the Department
of Mines, 1927

The Manufacture of Ice Cream (Bulletin No. 102 — New Series)

Experimental Station, Farnham, Que. — Report of the Super-
intendent, 1927

Report of the Dominion Field Husbandman, 1927

Report of the Tobacco Inquiry Commission in the Provinces
of Ontario and Quebec

Department of National Revenue (Circular No. 661-C)

List of Lost, Stolen and Destroyed Dominion of Canada
Bonds including Bonds issued at New York, etc

Government Insurance for All Who Served

Prooceedings of the Special Committee appointed to Inquire
into the Development and Improvement of the St. Law-
rence River

Index to the House of Commons Debates (Unrevised Edition),
Session of 1928

Forest Entomology and its Development in Canada (Pamph-
let No. 97)

Silvicultural Research in Canada

Pulp and Paper Research in Canada

Aircraft in Forestry containing Air Operations for Forest Fire
Protection

Forest Fire Protection in Canada — Progress since 1923

Timber Physics Research in Canada

State Forests in Canada

The Forests of Canada— Their Extent, Character, Ownership,
Management, Products and Probable Future

Softwood Resources in Canada

Radio Stations of Canada, 1927-28— Final Supplement to
Official List

Experimental Station, Swift Current, Sask.— Report of the
Superintendent, 1927

Timber Testing in Canada

Carried forward

7,763,875

650

62,310

264,068,540

13,200
7,200
1,500

4,800

4,000

7,000

8,000
1,800

2,000

14,000

4,000

2,000
1,200

3,000
4,000

4,000
5,000

6,500
15,600

4,800
*2,400

31,200

312,000

3,000
3,000
2,400

2,400
2,400
2,400
2,400

8,400
1,200

2,400

6,500
7,200

7,772,500

63,730

264.581.5tf

DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC PRINTING AND STATIONERY

Table No. 8 — Statement of Pamphlet and Miscellaneous Book-work,
1928-29 — Continued

Description

Brought forward

■\Public Printing and Stationery— Continued

English — Continued
Regulations under the Destructive Insect and Pest Act as they

apply CO the Importation of Plants and Plant Products
— ^ _f At, „ n^^\-,^^r^^ T-^^M^TiT r^/~.TT^Tv^i^£:ir\n iTi the Provluces

Xumber

of
Copies

7,772,500

Report of the Tobacco Inquiry Commission

of Ontario and Quebec , . „

Annual Report of the Director of the Geodetic Survey of

Canada, 1926-27 , , •

Investigations in Ceramics and Road Material, 1926

Land Settlement, Canada— Where to go for Advice. •..•■•.• • • •
Preserving Fruits and Vegetables in the Home (Bulletin No

77 — New Series)

Report of the Dominion Poultry Husbandman, 1927

Prince Edward Island

Prince Albert National Park .••••,

Report of the International Fisheries Commission appointed

under the Northern Pacific Halibut Treaty

Carillon — Programmes of Summer Recitals, 1928

Condensed Preliminary Report on the Trade of Canada, 1928

Seventh Report on Organization in Industry, Commerce and

the Professions in Canada, 1928

The Old Age Pensions Regulations

Preliminary Report— Vital Statistics of Canada, 1927

Choosing a Life Work— Office Work— Stenography

Report of the Dominion Chemist, 1926-27 ■ ■

Rocky Mountain Circle Tour through Rocky Mountains, \ oho and

Kootenay National Parks

Bovine Tuberculosis

Alphabetical List of Employees, July 1, 1928 ^.

Abstract of Statements of Loan and Trust Companies in Canada,

1927 .•■

Arctic and Western Hudson Bay Drainage (and Mississippi Drainage
in Canada) in Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba and Western

Ontario, ( 'limatic Year, 1925-26 ,• ■ ■

Experimental Farm, Agassiz, B.C.— Report of the Superintendent

1927 ■■•••••••.•

Experimental Station, Lennoxville, Que.— Report of the buperm

tendent, 1927 ,

Annual Flower with Lists of Varieties for Special Purposes and

District.* I l^ulletin 60— New Series) .■ ^

The Illustration Stations in Ontario, Quebec, New Brunswick,
Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island — Report of the Super-
visor, 1927 ■•••■••■•.••

Experimental Station, Invermere, B.C.— Report of the Superin-
tendent, 1927

Tomato Diseases (Bulletin No. 51— New Series)

The Fertilizers Act with Amendments and Regulations— Acts,

Orders and Regulations, No. 9 (Office Consolidation)

The Western Cedar Borer (Pamphlet No. 94— New Series)

Marquis Wheat— Description of the Standard Type (Pamphlet

No. 95 — New Series) ■ j-'a.'

Preliminary Report on the Mineral Production of Canada — Six

months ending June 30, 1928)

Studies in Forest Pathology (Bulletin No. 104— New Series)

The Highwavs, the Motor Vehicle and the Tourist m Canada

(Circular^No. 9) • •,

Report on the Grain Trade of Canada, for the Crop Year ended
July 31 and to the close of Navigation, 1927

Index to the Canada Gazette, 1927-28

Canada Year Book, 1927-28

List of Officers— Militia Service and Air Service, July, 1928—

Part I (Corrected to July 1, 1928)

Regulations for the Cadet Services of Canada, 1928

Carried forward 7 , 792 , 800

150
125
150

125
125
150
150

15C

14,125

150

125
1,000
150
150
125

150
150

Number

Pages

125

150
125

150

150
125

125

150
125
125

150
125

Total
Number

of
Printed

Pages

208

1 , 1.34

384
62

264,581,540

4,000

15,600

4,800
9.000
3,600

7,000
8,000
1,800
3,600

3,600

339,000

18,000

16,000
8,000
2,400
3,000

10,. 500

1,200
1,200
3,000

3,600

44,400
6,000

10,000
6,500

10,500

6,000
3,500

3,000
2,500

2,400

3,600
5,000

4,000

31,200
11,250
141,750

57,600
7,750

67, i

265,405,390

AX X UAL REPORT, 1928-29

Table No. 8 — Statement of Pamphlet and Miscellaneous Book-work,
1^2^-2^— Continued

Description

Brought forward

j Public Printing and Stationery — Continued.

English — Continued

The Peace River County, Canada

Regulations for the Disposal of Petroleum and Natural Gas Rights

Kootenay National Park and the Banff Windermere Highway. . . .

Forestrv- Lessons

Prices and Price Indexes, 1913-1927

Quarterly Report of the Trade of Canada, months of April, May
and June, 1928, and three months ending June, 1927 and 1928

The Fruit Act and Regulations — Acts, Orders and Regulations,
No. 7 (Revised 1928) .^

Barley Culture in Canada (Pamphlet No. 99 — New Series)

Experimental Station, Kapuskasing, Ont. — Report of the Super-
intendent, 1927 ,

Seedling Blight and Foot-Rots of Oats (Bulletin No. 105 — New
Series)

Fundamental Principles of Chemistry and Physics (Bulletin No
XI)

Quebec Harbour Commissioners — Report on Investigation, Jan-
uary- 16, 1928

Proceedings of the Special Committee appointed to Inquire into
the Development and Improvement of the St. Lawrence river.

British North America Act and Amendments, 1867-1927

The Customs Act with Index (Office Consolidation)

Gold Mines in Canada fList No. 2-1 )

Special Fisherj- Regulations for the Province of British Columbia

Special Fisherj- Regulations for the Province of Nova Scotia

Supplement to Catalogue of Government Publications, September,
1928

Directions for collecting and Preser^-ing Insects (Pamphlet No. 1
New Series)

British and Foreign Government Representatives in Canada,
October, 1928

Dominion Experimental Farms — Report of the Director, 1928. . . .

Yukon Quartz Mining Act 'Consolidated for Office purposes)

The Lepturini of America North of Mexico — Part I (Bulletin No. 52

Sanitation — Sewage Treatment for Isolated Houses and Small In
stitutions where Municipal Sewage System is not Available
(Publication No. 1)

The French-Canadian Homespun Industry

The Illustration Stations in British Columbia, Alberta, Saskat-
chewan and Manitoba — Report of the Supervisor, 1927

Annual Report of the Topographical Survey, 1926-27

Annual .Sur^-ey of Education in Canada, 1926

Results of Obser%-ations at the Canadian Magnetical Observations,
192.3

National Parks of Canada — Report of the Commission, 1926-27

Report of the Director of Forestr>', 1926-27

Natural Gas and Petroleum Wells

Dominion Lands — Hand-book — For the Information of the Public
(Edition of June 15, 1928)

Choosing a Life Work — Office Work — General

The Migratorj- Birds Convention Act and Federal Regulations for
the Protection of Migratorj- Birds

Rules of the Road for the Great Lakes, etc

International Rules of the Road

Experimental Station, Fredericton, N.B. — Report of the Superin-
tendent. 1927

The Insurance Act with an Index thereto, 1928

First Annual Report on Co-operative Associations in Canada, 1928.

Regulations for the Disposal of Quartz Mining Claims on Dominion
Lands in Manitoba, etc

Carried forward 7,806,875

7,792,800

125
150
1.50
125
100

150

150
150

125

150

225

650
1,000
300
150
100
100

500

125

150
125
300
150

150
125

125

1.50

1,500

150
125
125
150

5,000
150

125
125
125

125
200
100

67,268

265, 405, .390

32
20

84
40
260

48
32
52
16

48
20

36
20
34

DEPARTMEXT OF PUBLIC PRINTING AND STATIONERY

Table No. 8. — ^Statement of Pamphlet and Miscellaneous Book-work,
1928-29— Cow^wwed

Description

Total
Number

of
Printed

Pages

Brought forward

^Public Printing and Stationery — Continued

Engush — Continued

Report of an Exploratory Trip in the Area covered by Halfway
River and Prophet River Sheets (Topographical Survey
Bulletin No. 61)

The Storage of Apples in Air-cooled Warehouses in Nova Scotia
(Report No. 23)

An Experimental Study of Sieving (Report No. 22)

Investigations in Ore Dressing and Metallurgy, 1926

Investigations of Fuels and Fuel Testing, 1926

First Annual Report on Co-operative Associations in Canada, 1928.

International Radiotelegraph Convention of Washington, 1927

Canada Customs Tariff, 1907, with Amendments, September 15,
1928 (Office Consolidation)

Experimental Farm, Nappan, N.S. — Report of the Superintendent,
1927

Poultry Breeding Records (Bulletin No. 103— New Series)

The Dominion Forest Reser\^es and Parks Act, etc. — Edition of
September 1, 1928

The Mineral Industries of Canada reach from Coast to Coast

Lime in Agriculture (Bulletin No. 36 — New Series)

Standard Descriptions of Vegetables — Peas — A Guide to Seed-
Growers (Bulletin No. 107 — New Series)

Royal Canadian Air Force — Information relating to Pay, Allow-
ances, Qualifications, General Conditions of Service, Future
Prospects, etc., of Airmen

The Loan Companies Act and the Trust Companies Act

L'ren Prehistoric Village Site, Oxford County, Ont •

National Museum of Canada — Annual Report for 1926 (Bulletin
No. 50)

Simple Methods for the Storage of Ice (Pamphlet No. 2 — New
Series)

The Fertilizers Act with Amendments and Regulations — Act,
Orders and Regulations, No. 9 (Office Consolidation)

Experimental Station, Summerland, B.C. — Report of the Superin-
tendent, 1927

Studies in Cereal Diseases — Stem Rust in Western Canada (Bulle-
tin No. 106 — New Series)

Living in the Open Air

Report of the Superintendent of Insurance of the Dominion of
Canada, 1927 (Vol. I)

The Customs Tariff and Amendments with Index, to September
15, 1928

Report of Special Committee appointed to investigate market
outlets for Alberta's hog and bacon, etc

List of Cheese Factories and Creameries in Canada and Registered
Numbers (Bulletin No. 109 — New Series) ._

Regulations for the Disposal of Quartz Mining Claims on Dominion
Lands in Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta and the Northwest
Territories

Schedule of Classification of the Fire Insurance Risks for the Year
ended December 31, 1927, and aggregate experience for the
Years 1923 to 1927, inclusive

Catalogue of Government Publications (Cumulative Supplement)
May-October, 1928

Report on the Absorption of Moisture by the Kiln-dried Lumber
(Forest Service — Circular No. 2) _.

The Seeds Act with Amendments and Regulations — Acts, Orders
and Regulations, No. 24, October, 1928 (Office Consolidation)

Publications of the Geological Survey and National Museum of
Canada, Ottawa

Commercial Bent Grasses (Agrostis) in Canada

Report of the Dominion Botanist, 1927

Carried forward 7,814,975

2,500
150
150

150

150
500
150

125

266,528,190

3,000

150
150
125
125
150
1.50

24
22
138
148
80
120

3,600
3,300
17,250
18,500
12,000
18,000

125

308

38,500

125
150

64
24

8,000
3,600

1.50
150
150

128
20
16

19,200
3,000
2,400

12
20
16

16
24

248

2,400
xO,600
15,900

16,000
1,200

10,800

8,000

4,000
2,400

401,400

770,000

1,200

12,600

6,000

1,800

10,000

2,400

7,000

2,400
3,600
31,000

,005,740

AXXUAL REPORT, 1928-29

Table No. 8 — Statement of Pamphlet and Miscellaneous Book-work,
1928-29— Confmwed

Description

Number
of

Copies

Number

Pages

Total
Number

of
Printed

Pages

Brought forward

7,814,975

125

150

125

150
150

150

225

125

150
150

150

125
150

125
125
150
150

450
150
150
150
675
150

400

1,700

1,000
300

2C0
500

625
150
125
125
125

125

150
150
150

73,870

56
24

68
136

128
164

160

72
128

52
32
8
16

8
36
32
96
112
24

24
604
176

408

48
16
50
8
60

96
96
48

268,005,740

•\PuhUc Printing and Stationery— Continued
Ei^-GLiSH— Continued
Experimental Station, Kentville, N.S.— Report of the Superin-

Breeding and Feeding the Market Hog (Pamphlet No. 74— New
Series)

3,600

1,000

10.200
20,400

2 400

Fall Litters — The Breeding, Feeding and Management of Pigs for
Winter Pork Production (Pamphlet No. 6.3— -New Series)

Experimental Station, La Ferme, Que.— Report of the Superin-
tendent, 1926 and 1927

Manufactures of the Non-Metallic Minerals in Canada, 1926

The Precious Metals Marking Act, 1928, wath Regulations to date,
Januarv 1, 1929 (Office Consolidation)

Experimental Fox Ranch, Summerside, P. E. I.— Report of the
Superintendent, 1926 and 1927

14 400

List of Publications, 1929— Agriculture (Pamphlet No. 101— New
Series)

2,000

The Canadian Historical Association— Report of the Annual Meet-
ing held at Winnipeg, Maj' 24-25, 1928, with Historical Papers

19,200
24,600

6 000

A Study of the Dominion Standard Yard and other Standards of
Length (Topographical Surveys — Bulletin No. 60)

The Canadian Record of Performance for Pure-Bred Dairy Cattle
Regulations, Standards and Records of Cows qualified for
Registration (No. 20)

24 000

Experimental Station, Ste. Anne de la Pocati^re, Que. — Report of
the Superintendent, 1927

9.000

Summary Report , 1927, Part C (Geological Survey)

Experimental Station, Lethbridge, Alta. — Report of the Superin-
tendent, 1927

19,200
6,500

Canada's Natural Resources

4 000

1,200
2,400

General Treaty for the Renunciation of War — Signed at Paris, Au-
gust, 27, 1928

3,600

5,400

Bov Settlement in Canada

4 800

Officifil List — Padio Stfitions in r'anada . . , . ,

14,400

Estimates of T'anada, 1929

75,600

3,600

Catalogue of Government Publications (Cumulative Supplement),
Mav-December, 1928

9,600

Canada Official Postal Guide, 1929

1,026,800

Annual Survey of Education in Canada, 1927

8,800

Proceedings of the Special Committee appointed to inquire into
the development and improvement of the St. Lawrence River

Dominion Lands Acts (consolidated for Office purposes onlj')

The Meat and Canned Foods Act and Regulations made
thereunder, etc.— Acts, Orders and Regulations No. 35

An Act respecting the Protection of Navigable Waters

408.000
26,400

11,200
4,000

Report of the Canadian Delegates to the Ninth Assembly of the

*15,000

The Problem of the Narcotic Druo- Addict

2,400

Report of the Veterinary Director General, 1927-28

6,250

1,200

Report of the Division of Forage Plants 1927

7,500

Studies in Strawberry Bud Differentiation (Bulletin No. ilQ^

2,000

A Summary of Regulations and Departmental Rulings relating to
Dominion Lands for the Guidance of Agents, Sub-Agents and
other Officials (No. 20), Edition of October 15, 1928

14,400

Coal Statistics for Canada, 1927

14,400

Fertilizer Analysis, 1927-28 (Pamphlet No. 98— New Series)

7,200

Carried forward

7.825.200

77.168

269,855,390

DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC PRIXTIXG AXD STATIONERY

Table No. 8- — Statement of Pamphlet and ^liscellaneous Book-work,
1928-29^C ontinued

Description

Number

of
Copies

Number

Pages

Total
Number

of
Printed

Pages

7,825,200

150
150

1.50
125

150

150
125
150
125
150

150

125

150

15C
125

125

150

150
225

425
150
150
150

150
27,060

325
725
725
325
325

77,168

384
36

16
8

180
48
16

176
16

320

80
604

24
32

SO
KM
352

402
870

48
56
120
32
32

269,855,390

f Public Printing and Stationery — Continued

English — Continued

57 600

5,400

Repr.rt of the Royal Commission to Inquire into Pilotage in Brit-
i'^h Columbia Waters

2,400

Home-made Frozen Desserts (Pamphlet No. 49— New Series)....

The Conversion of Latitudes and Departures of a Treverse to

Geodetic Differences of Latitude and Longitude (Geodetic

1,000
4,800

Report of the Superintendent of Insurance of the Dominion of

27,000

Report of the Dominion Horticulturist 1927

6 000

2,400

22,000

Why and How to L'se Cheese (Pamphlet No. 7— New Series)

The Agricultural Pests Control Act, 1927, with Regulations — Acts,

2,400
3,000

The ^leat and Canned Foods Act and Regulations, etc.— Acts,
Orders and Re^Tilations (No. 25)

8,400

Experimental Sub-Station, Beaverlodge, Alta.— Report of the
Superintendent 1927

8,000

List of Securities held by Insurance, Loan and Trust Companies

48,000

The Strength of Reinforced and Unreinforced Butter and Cheese

1,200

The Dominion ^^ate^ Power Act and Dominion Water Power
Regulations etc

12,000

Canadian Official Postal Guide, 1929

75,500

Experimental Station, Lacombe, Alta.— Report of the Superintend-
ent 1927

10,000

Regulations for the Leasing and Administration of Lands contain-

2,400

Regulations for the Disposal of Quartz, ^lining Claims on Dominion
Lands in Manitoba. Saskatchewan, Alberta and the Northwest
Territories — Effective April 1 1929

9,600

Canadian Rules and Regulations relating to the Examination of
Masters and Mates of Coasting and Island Vessels, 1924
(Official Copy)

3,600

Annual Report of the Commissioner of Highways, 1927-28 (Bulletin
No. 11)

7,200

Convention and Protocol between Canada and the United States
regarding the Niagara Falls and the Niagara River — Signed at

13,600

Summarj' Report 1927 Part A (Geolot'ical Survey) . .

12,000

15,600

Rules and Regulations of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police,1928
Quarterly Report of the Trade of Canada (Imports for Consump-
tion and Exports), Months of October, November and Decem-
ber, 1928, and Nine :Months ending December, 1927 and 1928..
The Board of Railway Commissioners for Canada— Judgments,
Orders, Regulations and Rulings .

52,800

60,300
*4S5,440

Advisory Board on Tariff and Taxation-
Record of Public Sitting (Reference 65)— Paints and Varnishes,
May 16, 1928 .

15,600

Record of Public Sitting (Reference 2)— Iron and Steel, October
2, 1928

40,600

Record of Public Sitting (Reference 105)— Cement, September
25 and 26, 1928

87,000

Record of Public Sitting (References 3 and 44)— Coal and Coke,
September 27, 1928

10,400

Record of Public Sitting (Reference 106)— Parts of Stoves,
October 30, 1928

10,400

Carried forward

7.858,935

81,576

270,979,030

AXXUAL REPORT, 1928-29

Table No. 8— Statement of Pamphlet and Miscellaneous Book-work,
1^2^-2^— Continued

Description

Number
of

Copies

Number

Pages

Brought foward

■f Public Printing and Stationery — Continued

FxGLisH — Continued

Advisory Board on Tariff and Taxation-
Record of Public Sitting (Reference 83) — Sewing Machines,

June 19, 1928, and October 30, 1928

Record of Public Sitting (Reference 87) — Copper Rods, Jtine 20,

1928

Record of Public Sitting (Reference 87) — Copper Rods, Janu-
ary- 28, 1929

Record of Public Sitting (Reference 91) — Ethylene Glycol,
January 24, 1929— (Reference 114)— Thin Plate Glass, Janu

ar>-28, 1929

Record of Public Sitting (Reference 60) — Enamelled Ware and

Aluminum Ware, May 17, 1928 ^

Record of Public Sitting CReference 2) — Iron and Steel, No-
vember 27, 28 and 29, 1928

Record of Public Sitting (Reference 105) — Cement, November

20, 1928

Record of Public Sitting (Reference 2) — Iron and Steel, No-
vember 27, 28 and 29, 1928

Record of Public Sitting (References 3 and 4) — Coal and Coke

November 21, 22 and 23, 1928

Record of Public Sitting (Reference 105) — Cement, November

20, 1928

Record of Public Sitting (Reference 99)— Celotex, October 31,

1928

Record of Public Sitting (Reference 108) — Sardines and Har

rings, November 6, 1928

Record of Public Sitting (Reference 60) — Aluminum and its

Products, October 8, 1927, and December 6, 1927

Record of Public Sitting (Reference 60) — Enamelled Ware and

Aluminum Ware, May 17, i928

Record of Public Sitting (Reference 3) — Coal and Coke, Janu-
ary 29, 1929

Record of Public Sitting (Reference 60) — Enamelled Ware,

September 15, 1927

Record of Public Sitting (References 2, 9b, 103 and 106)— Iron

and Steel, January 29, 30 and 31, 1929)

Record of Public Sitting (Reference 696) — Cigars, September

20, 1927

Record of Public Sitting (Reference 47) — Staves and Headings,

September 26, 1927

Record of Public Sitting (Reference 84) — Mining Machinery,

January, 25, 1929

Record of Public Sitting (Reference 69) — Cigarettes, June 22,

1927, October 26, 1927

Record of Public Sitting (Reference 60) — Aluminum and its

Products, February 1, 1929

Record of Public Sitting (Reference 57) — Sugar, October 25,

1927 and May 17, 1928

Seasonable Hints

Bulletin of the Canadian Tuberculosis Association

Commons Debates of various dates

Senate Debates of various dates

Guide to Fort Anne, Annapolis Royal, N.S

The Canadian Navy List for February, 1929 (Corrected to

February-, 1929)

List of Lost, Stolen and Destroyed Dominion of Canada Bonds

including Bonds issued at New York, etc

Preliminary Report on the Mineral Production of Canada, 1928

Farmer's Account Book

Sample Examination Papers

Rules and Forms— (Patent and CopjTight Office)

,858,935

625

625
500
125
1,915
100
150

150

150
125
150
150
125

Carried forward 7, 875, 500

81,576

325

625

500

192

500

725

192

950

624

325

625

325

625

152

625

270,979,030

84,060

272,077,210

DEPARTMEXT OF PUBLIC PRINTING AND STATIONERY

Table No. 8 — Statement of Pamphlet and Miscellaneous Book-work,
1928-29— Continued

Description

Brought forward

■^Public Printing and Stationery— Continued
English — Concluded

Chemicals and Allied Products in Canada, 1927

The Bertha Armyworm in the Prairie Provinces (Pamphlet
No. 103 — New Series)

Nitrogen, Phosphoric Acid and Potash Starvation at different
Stages of the Growth of Fragaria (Pamphlet No. 96 —
New Series) ■. • ; • •

Order in Council in respect to the Approval by the Dominion
Government of the Plans of the Beauharnois Light, Heat
and Power Company

An Act to amend the Companies Act

The Textile Industries of Canada, in the Decade 1917-26

Catalogue of Government Publications (Cumulative Supple-
ment), May 1, 1928— February 28, 1929

The Hudson Bay Region

Dominion Fuel Board— Second Progress Report, 1923-1928. . . .

Trade of Canada (Imports for Consumption and Exports) , 1928

The Army Cutworm (Pamphlet No. 102 — New Series)

Experimental Farm, Brandon, Man. — Report of the Super-
intendent, 1928

Tables of Hourly Direction and Velocity of the Currents and
Time of Slack Waters in the Bay of Fundy and its ap-
proaches

The Textile Industries of Canada, in the Decade 1917-26

Official List of Radio Stations of Canada, 1929 Edition (Supple-
ment No. 1)

Canada Gazette Supplement

Discoloration of Halibut (Bulletin No. XII)

Vocational Education

Monthlv Supplement to Canadian Official Postal Guide,
1928-29

Quarterly Report on Coal and Coke Statistics for Canada

Various Acts reprinted for stock

Printing of various Committee sittings

The National Revenue Review, April, 1928, to March, 1929

Bilingual

Census of Alberta, 1926, Population and Agriculture — Recense-
ment de 1' Alberta, 1926, population et agriculture

Statistics of the Civil Ser%'ice of Canada — Numbers Employed
and Expenditures on Salaries by Departments, March 31,
1927 — Fonctionnaires et employes de I'administration
federate du Canada, personnel et sa remuneration par
minist^res, 31 mars 1927

Financial Statistics of Provincial Governments in Canada,
1926 — Statistique financifere des gouvernements provin-
ciaux du Canada, 1926

Abstract of Statements of Insurance Companies in Canada,
1927 — Releve des etats des compagnies d'assurance au
Canada, 1927

Census of Industry, 1926, Central Electric Stations in Canada
(Part I, Statistics) — ^Recensement industriel, 1926, pro
duction et distribution de I'electricite (16re partie, statis
tique)

Census of Industry, 1926, the Lumber Industry — Recense
ment industriel, 1926, Industrie du bois

Report on the Fur Farms of Canada, 1926 — Elevage des ani
maux a fourrure, 1926

Canal Statistics, 1927— Statistique des canaux, 1927

List of Shipping, 1927— Liste des navires, 1927

Carried forward

Number

of
Copies

7,875,500

150
150

150
25
150
426

17,350
600

82,750
6,775
8,675

7,997,290

Number

Pages

84,060

296

272

112

100
64
272

94,593

Total
Number

of
Printed
Pages

272,077,210

20,400
2,400

8,000
31,000
14.600

12,000

60,300
1,000

2,400
21,900

2,400

200

4,200

*6,o00

*260,800

*9,600

*2, 078,300

*304,350

*233,900

*18,200
12,000
67,200

22,000

12,300

15,000
11,200

ANNUAL REPORT, 1928-29

Table No. 8^ — Statement of Pamphlet and Miscellaneous Book-work,
1928-29— Co^iYinwerf

Description

Number

of
Copies

Number
Pages

Total
Number

of
Printed

Pages

Brought forward

7,997,290

175
175
150
150

100
175
175

366
150
150
150

40
15

15
340
40
15
15
60
25
50
100
75
25
60
35
10
35
10
25

50
50
50
50

94, 593

132
64
40

200

64
56
184

426
96
64

104

60
10
36
68
82
30
12
76
16
76
142
170
16
146
86
28
16
40
42

80
40
60
36

244

124
8

275,475,040
23 ICO

jPublic Printing and Stationery— Continued

BjLiSGVAi,— Concluded
Live Stock and Animal Products Statistics, 1927— Statistique

Annual Report of Juvenile Delinquents,_ 1926-27— Rapport

11,200
6 000

Census of Trading Establishments, 1924— Recensement des
etablis^ements de commerce 19''4

Fisheries Statistics of Canada, 1927— Statistiques des peche-
ries. 1927

30 000

List of Members of the House of Commons with their Con-
stituencies and Post Office Addresses — Liste des membres
de la Chambre des Communes avec les districts electoraux
et adresses postales (.Corrected to February- 7, 1929)

Statistics of Eiectric Railways of Canada, 1927— Statistique

6,400
9,800

Statistics of Steam Railway of Canada, 1927— Statistique des
chemins de fer du Canada, 1927 . . ....

3'' 200

Annual Report of Statistics of Criminal and other Offences,
September 30, 1927— Rapport annuel sur la statistique
de la criminalite, 30 septembre 1927

155 490

Statistics of Dairy Factories, 1927— Statistique de I'industrie
laitifere 1927

14 400

Abstracts of Current Public Health Literature — Extraits de

9,600

Census of Industrj', 1927, The Pulp and Paper Industry— Recen-
sement industriel, 1927, Industrie de la pulpe et du papier. .
Auditor General's Report— Rapport de I'auditeur general,
1927-28-

15,600
2,400

150

Part H— Immigration and Colonization Department

Part I — Indian Affairs Department

540
23,120

3,280

Part L — Justice Department

450

Part M — Labour Department. . . .

180

4,560

Part P — Mines Department

400

Part Q — National Defence Department

3,800

Part R— National Revenue Department

Part S— Post Office Department

14,200
12,750

Part T — Public Printing and Stationery Department

400

8,760

3,010

Part X — Roval Canadian Mounted Police

280

560

Part YY— Soldiers' Civil Re-Establishment Department.
Part ZZ — Trade and Commerce Department

400
1,050

French

1,600

Station esperimentale, Ste-Anne de la Pocati^re, Que.— Rap-
port du regisseur , 1926

4,000

2,000

Liste officielle des stations de radio du Canada, 30 juin 1927

Expose du budget, 16 fevrier 1928

3,000
1,800

Instructions electorales speciales pour certaines elections par-
tielles avec commentaires sur les droits et obligations des
candidats (cahier A), ler fe\Tier 1928

9,760

Commission royale des Douanes et de i'Accise— Rapports
interimaires (Nos 1 ^ 10).

6,200

Le thuya CcMre de Test)

400

Carried forward

8,000,585

97,799

275,897,880

DEPAETMEXT OF PUBLIC PRINTING AND STATIONERY

Table Xo. 8 — Statement of Pamphlet and ^liscellaneous Book-work,
1928-29— Continued

Description

Number

of
Copies

Number

Pages

Total
Number

of
Printed

Pages

Brought forsvard

■\Public Printing and Stationery — Continued

Frenxh — Continued

Le pin Murray

Le pin gris

■ Station experimentale, Famham, Que. — Rapport du regisseur, 1P26

L'elevage des poussins

Service de la production de la filasse — Rapport du chef de

service, 1926 ^ •.

Rapport concemant les r5glements etablis conformement aux

dispositions de la loi des pensions de vieillesse de 1927. . . .
Loi concemant les marques de commerce et les dessins de

faorique

L'epinette de Sitka

Programme scolaire

Projet de canalisation du Saint-Laurent

Le thuya g^ant

Budget du Canada, supplementaire, 1928-29

Le pin a bois lourd

Le sapin baumier

Avantages qu'offrait I'isolation thermique de votre maison

(deuxi&me edition)

Dix-huiti^me rapport de la Commission de geographe du

Canada — Contenant toutes les decisions jusqu'au 31 mars 1924

Budget du Canada. 1929-30

Carillon — Programme des recitals de I'ete 1928

Le controle de la ponte au Canada pour les volailles de race

pure, 1926-27 (^rapport n° 8)

Liste des marchands de gros de fruits et de legumes au Canada

(bulletin n° 101)

Le soja au Canada (feuillet n° 93 — nouvelle serie) ,

Catalogue de publications officielles du parlement et du gouver

nement du Canada, avril 1928 ,

Une vieillesse de confort et de bonheur

Fumiers et engrais chimiques — Nature, fonctions et applica

tions (bulletin n° 92 — nouvelle serie)

Comment combattre les moustiques au Canada (circulaire n° 62).
Loi contre les parasites de I'agriculture, 1927, et rfeglements — Lois

arretes et reglements, n" 22

Loi des insectes destructeurs et autres fleaux et reglements etablis

sous son empire

La conversion des fourrages sees en un aliment succulent— Une

etude du procede "Sugar Jack" (.bulletin n° 96 — nouvelle serie)
Station experimentale, Harrow, Ont. — Rapport du regisseur, 1926..
La fabrication de la creme a la glace (bulletin n° 102 — nouvelle

serie)

La loi de faillite ainsi que les regies et formules s'y rattachant

Rapport de I'horticulteur du Dominion, 1926

Ferme experimentale de Brandon, Man. — Rapport du regisseur, 1927
Station experimentale de Harrow, Ont. — Rapport du regisseur, 1927

Les maladies des tomates (bulletin n° 51 — nouvelle serie)

Propositions et vue d'un pacte multilateral de renonciation a la

guerre, 1927-28

La preparation des peaux pour le commerce

Rapport sur I'aviation civile et les operations aeriennes du gouveme-

ment civil, 1927

Apergu annuel sur I'instruction publique au Canada, 1926

Rapport annuel de la division des explosifs du ministfere des Mines,

1927

Rapport de la Commission Royale ehargee de 1' investigation rela-
tive aux peches propres aux Provinces Maritimes et aux Iles-

de-la-Madeleinc

Assurance du gouvemement en faveur de tous ceux qui ont fait du

service

Carried forward 8,011, 660

8,000,585

100
50
50
1,150
50
25
50
50

100

4,550

1,000

50
50

500
50

50
1,000

50
50

50
9C0
50
50
50
50

50
50

100,089

75,897,5

400

1,200

1.000

1,200

600

3,200
400
800
*3G,800
400
400
400
400

1,200

20,600
11,200
109,200

100,000

2,000
800

16,000
800

3,400
8,000

1,200

1,600

2,000
1,600

1,600
201,600
4,200
4,000
2,400
1,000

1,600
600

4,000
13,200

276.475,

ANNUAL REPORT, 1928-29

Table No. 8- — Statement of Pamphlet and Miscellaneous Book-work
1928-29— Co/i^mwerf

Description

Number

of
Copies

Number
of

Total
Number

of
Printed

Brought forward

^Public Printing and Stationery — Continued
French — Continued

Rfeglement concemant les poids et mesures

Loi relative a I'inspection des poissons, etc

DLx-septi^me rapport annuel sur les associations ouvrieres au Ca
nada,1927

R^glements intemationaux pour prevenir les abordages

Acte de I'Amerique Britannique du Nord et ses modifications
1867-1927

Loi de la convention concemant les oiseaux migrateurs et r^glements
federaux pour la protection des oiseaux migrateurs

L'elevage du mouton au Canada (bulletin n° 75 — nouvelle serie)

Etude des moisissures et des levures dans le beurre de beurreries
(feuillet n° 92 — nouvelle serie)

La petite Industrie de la laine au Canada Frangais

Septieme rapport sur I'organisation de I'industrie du commerce et
des professions liberales au Canada, 1928

R^glements pour prevenir les abordages sur les Grands Lacs

Commission consultative du tarif et de I'impot— Comptes rendus
des audiences publiques (requete n° 65) peintures et vemis
16 mai, 1928

Rapport du botaniste du Dominion, 1926

Plantes bulbeuses a fleurs (bulletin n° 95— nouvelle serie).

Rapport du chimiste du Dominion, 1926-27

Rapport de I'agriculteur du Dominion, 1927

Rapport de I'apiculteur du Dominion, 1927

La region de la Rivi^re-la-Paix, Canada

Representants des gouvernements britannique et etrangers au Ca-
nada, octobre, 1928

L'origine et la qualite des bestiaux de commerce vendus au Canada
en 1897 (rapport n° 8)

Sous-station experimentale, Beaverlodge, Alta. — Rapport du regis-
seur, 1926

Les assolements et la culture du sol dans les provinces des prairies
(bulletin n° 98 — nouvelle serie)

R^glements concemant les services des cadets du Canada, 1928

Station experimentale, Farnham, Que. — Rapport du regisseur, 1927..

Hygiene — Traitement des matieres souillees dans les maisons isolees
et dans les petits etablissements depourv^us d'egout municipal
(sante nationale — publication n° 1)

Loi des engrais chimiques avec amendments et r^glements — Loi,
arretes et r^glements n" 9 (consolidation de bureau)

Station experimentale, Kentville, N.-E. — Rapport du regisseur,
1926

Station experimentale, Charlottetown, I.P.-E. — Rapport du regis-
seur, 1927

Station experimentale, Morden, Man. — Rapport du regisseur, 1927.

Fermes experimentales federates — Rapport du direct«ur, 1927-28. . .

Service de I'exploitation animale — Rapport de I'eleveur du Domi-
nion, 1926-27

Service administratif des terres federates — Renseignements pour
le public, 15 juin 1928

Rapport du directeur general veterinaire, 1927-28

Liste des publications — Agriculture (feuillet n° 101 — nouvelle serie)

Traite general de renonciation a la guerre — Signe a Paris le 27 aoiit
1928

Chambres froides de beurreries avec plans et devis (bulletin n° 61
— nouvelle serie)

Premier rapport annuel sur les societes cooperatives au Canada,
1928

Station experimentale de Lennoxville, Que. — Rapport du regisseur,
1927

100,089

50
50

24
24

50
50

312
20

400

152

50
50

40
120

50
50

16
20

50
50

130
24

100
50
50
50
50
50
50

52
160
56
96
40
24
100

100

50
50
50

64
56
32

350

104

50
50
50

72
128

50
50
50

72
52
16

276,475,880

Carried forward .

,014,260

102,691

276,667,780

48 DEPARTMEXT OF PUBLIC PRIXTIXG AXD STATIOXERY

Table No. 8 — Statement of Pamphlet and Miscellaneous Book-work,
1928-29— Co7itinued

Description

Number

of
Copies

Number

Pages

Total
Number

of
Printed

Pages

Brought forward

•f Public Printing and Stationery — Concluded
Fbench — Concluded

Commission consultative du tarif et de I'impot — Compte rendu
d'une audience publique (relative aux requetes n° 3 et n° 44)
portant sur le charbon et le coke, 27 septembre 1928

Laboratoire des recherches sur la rouille, Winnipeg, Canada.

Station experimentale, Fredericton, X.-B. — Rapport du regisseur,
1927

Stations federales de demonstration — Ontario, Quebec, Nouveau-
Brunswick, Xouvelle-Ecosse et He du Prince-Edouard — Rap-
port du surveillant en chef, 1927

Rapport de I'aviculteur du Dominion, 1927

Les sols de I'lle du Prince-Edouard (bulletin n° 100 — nouvelle serie)

Ferme experimentale, Xappan, X.-E. — Rapport du regisseur, 1927.

La loi des semences avec amendments et r^glements — Lois, arretes
et r^glements (n° 24), octobre 1928 _ .^

Rapport du surs-eillant en chef sur les stations federales de demons-
tration en Colombie-Britannique, Alberta, Saskatchewan et
Manitoba, 1927

Catalogue de publications officielles du parlement et du gouveme-
ment du Canada (supplement cumulatif , mai 1928-fevrier 1929)

Guide oificiel du service postal canadien, 1929

L'enregistrement superieur pour les pores de race pure

Insectes qui nuisent aux fleurs et moyens de les detruire (bulletin
n° 99 — nouvelle serie) ^

Rapport des delegues canadiens a la neuvifeme assemblee de la
Societe des Xations, du 3 au 6 septembre 1928 ._

Convention et protocole entre le Canada et les Etats-Unis concer-
nant les Chutes Xiagara et la riviere Xiagara — Signes a Ottawa
le 2 Janvier 1929

Supplement mensuel au guide officiel du service postal, 1928-29. .

Bulletin de I'Association Canadienne Antituberculeuse

Pasteurisation du lait pour les centres peu peuples (sante nationale
— publication n" 36)

Conseils pour la saison

La Revue du Revenu Xational, April, 1928, to March, 1929

Public Works —

English

Tariff Book — For Telegraph and Telephone Lines, Province of
Quebec, 1928

Carillon — Programmes of Summer Recitals, 1928

Addendum to Votes and Proceedings, Friday, March 8, 1929

Dominion Government Telephone Directory, Ottawa, Ont.,
February, 1929

Fbexch

Carillon — Programmes des recitals de I'ete, 1928

Railways and Canals —

English

Regulations and Tariff governing the Operation of the Government
Grain Elevator at Port Colborne, Ont

The Highway, the Motor Vehicle and the Tourist in Canada (Cir-
cular X'o. 9)

Proceedings of the Special Committee appointed to Inquire into
the Development and Improvement of the St. Lawrence River

Annual Report of the Commissioner of Highways, 1927-28 (Bulletin
No. 11)

Carried forward

,014,260

100

200
225
50

250

1,200

50
300
600

500

1,000

500

1,000

3,000

500

2,000

8,031,796

16
1,728

276,667,780

106,403

277,736,728

ANNUAL REPORT, 1928-29

Table No. 8-

-Statement of Pamphlet and Miscellaneous Book-work,
\%2S-2%— Continued

Description

Number

of
Copies

Number

Pages

Total
Number

of
Printed

Pages

Brought forward

Railway Commission —

Engush

Index to Vol. XVII— Judgments, Orders, etc

Judgments, Orders, etc

Royal Canadian Mounted Police —

English

Regulations respecting Correspondence, Reports, Telegrams,
Registration, Fyling and Records, 1928

Rules and Regulations of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police,
1928

Secretary of State —

English

Guide to Relative Precedence at Ottawa, 1928

Boards of Trade

An Act respecting Companies

An Act respecting British Nationality, Naturalization and

Aliens

Confidential document

French

Commission royale des Douanes et de I'Accise — Rapports in-
terimaires (n"' 1 ^ 10)

Senate of Canada —

English

Senators of Canada, according to Seniority, March, 1928

Proceedings of the Special Committee appointed to Inquire
into the Development and Improvement of the St. Law-
rence River (5)

Proceedings of the Special Committee appointed to Inquire
into the Development and Improvement of the St. Law-
rence River (11)

Railway Transportation to Senators of Canada, 1929

Senators of Canada, according to Seniority, January, 1929

An Act to amend the Companies Act

Soldier Settlement Board —

English

Farmer's Account Book

Supreme Court —

English

Rules of the Supreme Court of Canada, 1929

Canada Law Reports — The Supreme and Exchequer Courts
of Canada —

Part III— March 31. 1928

Part IV— April 30, 1928

Part V— May 31, 1928

Part VI— June 30, 1928

Part VII— September 30, 1928

Part VIII— October 31, 1928

Part IX— November 30, 1928

Part X— December 31, 1928

Part I— January 31, 1929

Part II— February 28, 1929

Carried forward

81900-4

611
2,005

1,500
1,520

932
300
500

2,000
100

300
1,000

1,000

175
100
150

10,000

6,761
6,773
6,761
6,761
6,761
6,761
6,798
6,761
6,750
6,750

106,403

124

277,736,728

14.664
*32,860

36,000
535,040

149,120
2,400
40,000

32.000
2,800

i,200

6.000

48,000

8.000
2.100
1,200
9,600

649.056
650,208
662,578
946.540
1,000.628
594.968
611.820
770,754
513.000
891 , 000

123,187

109,095

286,303,656

DEPARTMEXT OF PUBLIC PRINTIXG AXD STATIOXERY

Table Xo. 8- — Statement of Pamphlet and Miscellaneous Book-work,
192S-29— Continued

Description

Number

of
Copies

Number

Pages

Total
Number

of
Printed

Pages

Brought forward

Trade and Commerce —

English

Chemical and Allied Products in Canada, 1926

Trade of the African Sub-Continent

List of Licensed Elevators and Warehouses in the Western
Grain Inspection Division. 1927-28

Annual Report of the Board of Grain Commissioners for
Canada, Crop Year ended August 31, 1927

Forestrj- in Canada ._

Monthly Bulletin of Agricultural Statistics (Volumes 19 and
20)!^ January- 1926, to December, 1927, with table of Con
t«nts and Index

Manufactures of the Non-Ferrous Metals in Canada, 1926

Legislation respecting Combinations in Restraint of Trade —

The Manufacturing Industries of Canada, 1925

Quarterly Report of the Trade of Canada (Imports for
Consumption and Exports,, Months of Januarj', February'
and March, 1928, and Twelve Months ending March, 1927
and 1928

Trading with Columbia and Venezuela with Notes on Curafao.

Dominion Grain Research Laboratory-, ^Yinnipeg, Man. —
Annual Report

Index to the Commercial Intelligence Journal — Six Months
ending June 1928 (Commercial Intelligence Journal Nos.
1249 to 1274) Volume XXXVIII

Condensed Preliminan,- Report on the Trade of Canada, 1928. .

Preliminarv Report — Vital Statistics of Canada, 1927

The Fertilizer Trade in Canada, June 1, 1926-June 30, 1927

The French-Canadian Homespun Industry

Annual .Statistics of Fruit and Floriculture, 1927

Annual Sur^-ey of Education in Canada, 1926

Preliminary- Report on the Mineral Production of Canada —
Six Months ending June 30, 1928

Report on the Grain Trade of Canada, for the Crop Year ended
Julv 31 and to the close of Navigation, 1927

Canada Year Book, 1927-28

Prices and Price Indexes, 1913-1927

Quarterly Report of the Trade of Canada, Months of April,
Mav'and June, 1928, and three Months ending June, 1927
and 1928

Rules, Regulations and Instructions to be carried out by
Weighmen, their Assistants and Trackmen in the Perform-
ance of their Duties in the Weighing of Grain

Canadian Trade in Farm Products, 1927-28

Trading with Germany — Points for Exporters

New Zealand Customs Regulations

Quarterly Report of the Trade of Canada, Months of Julj',
August and September, 1928, and Six Months ending
September, 1927 and 1928

Trading with the Netherlands — Points for Exporters

Manufactures of the Non-Metallic Minerals in Canada, 1926

Coal .Statistics for Canada, 1927

Annual Report on the Mineral Production of Canada, 1926

Private Supplement to Bently's Code, Ottawa, January, 1929. .

Annual Survey of Education in Canada, 1927

Index to the Commercial Intelligence Journal — Six Months
ending December 1928 (Nos. 1275 to 1300)

The Precious Metal Marking Act, 1928 with Regulations to
date, Januarj- 1, 1929 (Office Consolidation)

Iron and Steel and their Products in Canada, 1926

Italian Customs Requirements and Regulations

Invoice Requirements and Customs Regulations of Cuba

Carried forward ■

1,125
1,000

7,200

1,000

200

1,000

1.461
500

1,000

2,300
2,200
1,400

1,000
5,800
2,000
1,500

1,700

1,600
7,250

100
600
500

1,250

500
1,500
1 , 300
2,500
66
1,700

7,400

2,000

1,300

500

109,095

286,303,656

171,000
88,000

128,000

24,000
8,000

115,200

90,000

1,600

64,000

502,. 584
24.000

i,000

64,400

120

264,000

22,400

16,000

*116,000

40,000

260

390,000

40.800

208

332,800

1.34

8,221,500

582,900

768

2,000

12,000

8,000

402

502,500

8,000

136

204,000

124,800

384

960,000

3,168

176

299,200

148,000

32,000

164

213,200

4.000

8,000

,189.987

114,111

,275,236

ANNUAL REPORT, 1928-29

Table No. 8 — Statement of Pamphlet and ]Miscellaneous Book-work,
1928-29— Cowimwed

Description

Number

of
Copies

Number
of

Total
Number

of
Printed
Pages

Brought forward

Trade and Commerce — Concluded —

English — Concluded

Quarterly Report of the Trade of Canada (Imports for Con-
sumption and Exports), Months of October, November
and December 1928, and Nine Months ending December,
1927 and 1928

Points for Exporters to New Zealand

Preliminary Report on the Mineral Production of Canada,
1928

Chemical and Allied Products in Canada, 1927

Trade Possibilities of the Baltic States

Trade of Canada (Import for Consumption and Exports), 1928

The Textile Industries of Canada, in the Decade 1917-26

Quarterly Report on Coal and Coke Statistics of Canada, 1928

Monthly Bulletin of Agricultural Statistics, 1928-29

Supplement to the Commercial Intelligence Journal

Commercial Intelligence Journal

Bilingual

Census of Alberta, 1926, Population and Agriculture — Recense-
ment et agriculture, 1926, population et agriculture

Canal Statistics, 1927 — Statistiques des canaux, 1927

Statistics of the Civil Servnce of Canada — Numbers Emploj^ed
and Expenditures on Salaries by Departments, March 31,
1927 — Fonctionnaires et employes de I'administration
f6d6rale du Canada, personnel et sa remuneration par
minist^res, 31 mars 1927 ,. , ,

Financial Statistics of Provincial Governments in Canada,
1926 — Statistique financi^re des gouvemements provin-
ciaux du Canada, 1926

Report on the Fur Farms of Canada, 1926— Elevage des ani-
maux a fourrure, 1926

Census of Industry, 1926, Central Electric Stations in Canada
(Part I — Statistics) — Recensement industriel, 1926, Pro-
duction et distribution de I'electricite (Ifere partie — Sta-
tistique)

Sixth Census of Canada, 1921 (Volume III — Population) —
Sixi^me recensement du Canada, 1921 (Volume Ill-
population)

Census of Industry, 1926, the Lumber Industry — Recensement
industriel, 1926, Industrie du bois

Annual Report of Juvenile Delinquents, 1926-27 — Rapport
annuel sur les jeunes delinquents, 1926-27

Live Stock and Animal Products Statistics, 1927 — Statistique
du betail et des produits animaux, 1927

Census of Trading Establishments, 1924 — Recensement des
etablissements de commerce, 1924

Fisheries Statistics of Canada, 1927— Statistique des peche-
ries, 1927

Statistics of Electric Railways of Canada, 1927— Statistique
des tramways 61ectriques du Canada, 1927

Statistics of Steam Railways of Canada, 1927 — Statistique des
chemins de fer du Canada, 1927

Annual Report of Statistics of Criminal and other Offences,
September 30, 1927 — Rapport annuel sur la statistique de
la criminalite, 30 septembre 1927

Statistics of Dairy Factories, 1927— Statistique de I'industrie
laiti^re, 1927

Census of Industry, 1927, The Pulp and Paper Industry—
Recensement industriel, 1927, Industrie de la pulpe et du
papier

Carried forward .

9 1900-4 J

8,189,!

2,000

1,000

500

1,650

1,500

4,000

80,822

6,511

123,200

1,000
750

1,200
2,000

2,100

3,487
1,350
1,300
3,000
1,900
2,000

900
2,000

1,200

114,111

286,303,656

402

502,500

6,400

80,000

136

136,000

18,000

402

663,300

146

219,000

*64,000

452

♦2,978,007

*143,464

968

*4, 664, 000

272,000
48.000

44,800

96,000
200,000

602

2,099,174

110,700

83,200

132

396,000

76,000

200

400,000

33,600

184

147,200

436

383,400

192,000

314,641,581

DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC PRINTING AND STATIONERY

Table No. 8 — Statement of Pamphlet and Miscellaneous Book-work,
1928-29— Continued

Description

Number

of
Copies

Number
of

Total
Number

of
Printed

Brought forward

Trade and Commerce — Continued —

Bilingual — Concluded

Statistics of the Civil Service of Canada— Numbers employed
and Expenditures on Salaries, 1927-28 — Statistique du
service civil du Canada — Personnel et remuneration, 1927-28

Monthly Review of Business Statistics — Revue mensuelle de
la situation economique

French

Inspection des camions reservoirs

Table des matiferes du Bulletin des renseignements comrner-
ciaux — Pour les six mois termines avec juin 1928 (numeros
1249^1274)

Apergu annuel sur I'instruction publique au Canada, 1926

Rfeglements concernant les poids et mesures

La petite Industrie de la laine au Canada Francais

Le commerce des engrais au Canada, ler juillet 1926 — 30 juin 1927.

Table des matiferes du Bulletin des renseignements commerciaux—
Pour les six mois terminus avec decembre 1928 (numeros 1275
^1300)

Bulletin mensuel de la statistique agricole, 1928-29

Bulletin de renseignements commerciaux

Totals

Totals (March 31, 1928)

,439,607

700
31,966

450
500
100
1,500
100

450
9,172
23,400

,507,995

,618,748

16
264
32

16
452
836

314,641,581

39,200
"1,022,912

7,200

132,000

3,200

30,000

800

7,200
♦346,704
*376,200

122,589
100,696

316,607,397
359,199,664

NOT EXECUTED IN PRINTING BUREAU

Immigration and Colonization —

Engush

Canada The New Homeland

150.000
200,855

32
32

4,800,000

Canada West (British Edition)

6,427,360

Norwegian

Canada— The New Homeland

10,573

338,336

Czecho-Slovakia

Canada— The New Homeland

21,244

*679,808

German

Canada The New Homeland . .

21,375

*680,800

Magyar

Canada— The New Homeland

10,620

339,840

Serbian

Canada — The New Homeland

10,665

341,280

Croatian

10,630

340,160

Carried forward

435.962

320

13,947,584

ANNUAL REPORT, 1928-29

Table No. 8- — -Statement of Pamphlet and Miscellaneous Book-work,
1928-29— ConcZwded

Description

Number

of
Copies

Number

Pages

Total
Number

of
Printed

Pages

435,962

25,000

1,500

320
16
44
54

13,947,584

Interior—

English

New Brunswick

400,000

National Revenue—

Engush

Sales Catalogue

*38,000

BlUNGUAL

Customs Sale of Unclaimed Goods — Ventes de douane de mar-

*38,000

Totals.

463,962
507,002

434

226

14,423,584

Totals (March 31, 1928)

18,661,172

fFor sale purposes.

DEPART M EXT OF PUBLIC PRINT I XG AXD STATIOXERY

Table No. 9 — ^Statement of other Letterpress Departmental Work for the Fiscal

Year 1928-29

Department

Executed

Printing Bureau

Not Executed
in
Printing Bureau

Envelopes

Copies
other
work

Envelopes

Copies
other
work

Advisory Board on Tariff and Taxation

3,000

4,828,284

13,500

5,400

327,300

476,715

5,000

13,052,884

11,950

59,900

3,888,001

1,047,485

2,500

2,125

1,151,450

546,570

1,722,385

10,000

47,588

455, 140

212,310

3,949,356

567,300

211,400

6,017,136

189,185

1,500,700

2,203

4,462,120

442,769

5,875,018

6,000

32,800

38,740,062

376,380

40,540

1,793,065

114,520,092

9,272

7,837,411

2,261,882

1,. 339, 035

128,615

2,009,850

2,000

770,055

90,507

170,500

247,550

6,249

5,085,349

60,000
5,200

4,444,275

Auditor General

Chief Electoral Officer

Civil Ser\'ice Commission

Diamond Jubilee Committee

Experimental Farms

742,774
25,150
680,550

15,000
4,500
243,600
566,970
391,240
121,862

761,300

Government Contracts Supervision Commit-

Govemor General's Secretary

Health

175-

17,000

1,000

10,000

35,025

Immigration and Colonization

10,100

2,000

1,947,208

33,900

202,000

8,000

1,249,775

233,840

2,340,588

5,000

18,000

3,799,892

67,000

10,000

743,529

7,678,226

1,760

2,331,133

504,160

199,665

55,000

502,600

550,675

Labour

13,100

32,147
5,000

31,000

5,819

1,030,751

N^ational Gallery of Canada

National Research Council

597,135

Patent and Copyright Office

20,955

Penitentiaries

4,900

Post Office

27,671,766

Public Works

5,000

11,035

Royal Canadian Mounted Police

Secretary' of State

117,315
45,345
9,000

Soldier Settlement Board

8,000

Supreme Court

64,015
1,009,134

1,687,540

Totals

31,621,930
29,857,349

220,899,689
193,974,750

165,547
166,600

36,855,351

Totals (March 31 , 1928)

25,752,388

AXXUAL REPORT, 1928-2y 55

Table Xo. 10 — Statement of Books Bound during the Fiscal Year 1928-29

Executed in
Printing Bureau

Not Executed in
Printing Bureau

Department

Full
Leather

Half
Leather

Quarter
Leather

Cloth

Full
Leather

HaU
Leather

Quarter
Leather

Cloth

Advisory Board on Tariff and
Taxation

2
54,477

42
1

20
1

3
2
15

1,036

Archives

Auditor General

10,611

282

254

2,200

590

2,468

11,971

17,120

152

201

29,437

3,929

13,267

9,978

283

Chief Electoral Officer

Civil Service Commission

10
97
38
44
2
2
31
83
62
10

425

1,248

727
15

150
93

27'

22
64
13
222
2
2

67
73
12
4

Experimental Farms

302

43,000

Governor General's Secretary. . .

Health

House of Commons

Immigration and Colonization. . .

200

151

Insurance

Interior

Labour

Library of Parliament

Mines

National Defence

National Revenue

44
6

2,630

185

1,012

341

143

3,112

'932'

"134
26
22

32'

150

1,945

Patent and Copj-right Office

2,688

84, 199

60,713

5,277

2,820

309

3,670

487

360

37,740

18,549

Post Office

1
9

Public Works

35
2

12'

Railway Commission

Royal Canadian Mounted Police

1 664

Senate of Canada

Soldiers' Civil Re-Establishment

Soldier Settlement Board

15
25
276

57'

Supreme Court

Trade and Commerce

Totals

Totals (March 31, 1928)..

43,687
325

8, (MO
6,069

4,914
4,786

374.226
243,920

9
61

150
5

5,136
13,753

56 DEPARTMEXT OF PUBLIC PRIXTIXG AXD STATIOXERY

Table Xo. 11 — Xiimber of Pads made diirino; the Fiscal Year 1928-29

Department

Executed

in Printing

Bureau

Not Executed

in Printing

Bureau

Quantity

Agriculture

42,547

550

282

53,968

200

945

1,012

5,985

2,076

522

18,554

1,400

1,647

8,333

470

81,330

6,490

210

1,190

7,396

160, 158

144

173,178

7,979

3,385

1,040

2,316

1,230

1,210

190

600

22,789

Civil Serv'ice Comniission

Health

10,230

Insurance .

100

Labour

21,075

Xational Revenue

3,500

135,619

20,004

Public Works

Trade and Commerce

654

Total"

609,486
583,008

191,207

Totals (March 31 1928) • •

162,598

Table Xo. 12 — Statement of Prepaid Post Office Envelopes made and stamped
during the Fiscal Year 1928-29

Executed

in Printing

Bureau

Not executed

in Printing

Bureau

Quantity
made and
stamped

One-cent envelopes

3,080,074
10,979,640

1,766,500

1,208,200

Five-cent envelopes

5,000

Ten-cent envelopes . . ■.

51,768

Totals

14,059,714
13,905,350

3,031,468

Totals (March 31 1928)

5,450,473

ANNUAL REPORT, 1928-

Table No. 13 — Statement of the Die Stamping; of Letter and Note Headings
and Envelopes during the Fiscal Year 1928-29

Executed in Printing Bureau

Not Executed

in Printing

Bureau

Department

Foolscap,

Half Cap,

Letter

and

Half Letter

Note

and

Half Note

Envelopes

Number

Impressions

Note
and
Half
Note

En-
velopes

36,000

1,125
1,500

153,073

190, 198
1,500
5,000
2,000
12,285
50
2,000
157,480
33,500

5,000
119,030

9,800
522,226
40,000

7,250
11,000
86,000
74,700
10,000
35,500
25,100
53,125
14,000
14,000
41,080
11,000
89,700
54,500
49,925
62,750
63,500
66,000

2,000
10,000

5,000
82,300
156,485

3,000
7,000
36, 100

5,000

Chief Electoral Officer

2,000
6,000

Civil Service Commission

285

6,000
50

2,000
74,500
23,000

External Affairs

24,280

58,700
10,500

Government Contracts Super-

5,000

43,230

800

17,526

38,000

9,000
30,800
40,000

6,000
11,000
60,000
48,000

8,000
18,500
11,600
24,900

5,000

7,000
17,000

9,000
65,500
32,500
30,500

5,000
37,000
60,000

2,000

37,800
■■"■473,'900

1,000

Health

Immigration and Colonization.

250

1,000

26,000
23,000

2,000
17,000
13,500
22,975

9,000

7,000
21,700

2,000
16,000
20,000

2,800
57,500
25,000

6,000

3,700

Labour

National Defence

5,250

National Gallery of Canada

National Research Council

2,380

Patent and Copyright Office. . . .

8,200
2,000
16,625
250
1,500

Public Printing and Stationery .

Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Royal Mint

10,000
5,000
7,000

70,400

1,000
1,500
5,000

Secretary of State

73,300
15,325

2,000
5,000
31,000

2,000
70,760

Soldiers' Civil Re-Establish-
ment

500
100

Totals

846,425
627,750

207,261
257,582

1,117,398
987,725

2,171,084
1,873,057

1,000

Totals (March 31, 1928)

900

DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC PRINTING AND STATIONERY

Table Xo. 14 — Statement of the Loose-Leaf Work performed during the Fiscal

Year 1928-29

Executed in Printing Bureau

Not Executed in Printing Bureau

Binders

Loose
Leaves

Index
Leaves

Index
Cards

Binders

Loose
Leaves

Index
Leaves

Index
Cards

118

294,532

6,100

86,100

23,750
51,400
107,325
93,100

1,000

3,100

500

86,520
29,860

383! 097
12,500
241,. 500
2,000
505,175
22,550
1,245,462
648,527

1,000
12,050

104,100
281,996

1,252

13,500

990

Arcliives

Auditor General

218

1
4
12

69
11
13

614
8
12
2

208
15

662

717

3
13

50
40
132
106

286
10

388

Civil Service Commis-
sion

5,100

Experimental Farms

External Affairs

63
981

Finance

Governor General's Sec-
retary ....

Health

136

Immigration and Colon-

1,.394
505
347

3,421
534
238
28

1,508
78

7,371

3,256

29
122

778

10,000

Indian Affairs

Insurance

Justice

Library of Parliament.. .
Marine and Fisheries. . . .

2,000

300

2,000

10,000

National Defence

National Revenue

1
1

1,000
600

Patent and CopjTight
Office

Pensions and National
Health

20, 125
142,950

Post Office

Pri\'\'' Council

Public Printing and Sta^

2,943,560
41,135
370,900
50,700

262,250
2,404
10,000

16,750

72,145

500

1,757,860

1,271

1,476

1,192

120
69

1,156,100

2,000

200

3,000

Public Works

145

Railways and Canals. . . .

Royal Canadian Mount-
ed Police

Senate of Canada

Soldiers' Civil Re-Estab-
lishment

452

Soldier Settlement
Board

20,000

Supreme Court

Trade and Commerce. . .

423

Totals

4,118
3,775

9,774,223
9,067,736

27,225
19,397

1,359,175
245,725

3
6

25,590
11,525

87
9,216

5,245
163

Totals (March 31, 1928)

ANNUAL REPORT, 1928-29

Table No. 15 — Statement giving the Number of IMaps, Plans, Cheques and
Forms Lithographed during the Fiscal Year 1928-29

Department

Not Executed

Printing Bureau

Maps
and
Plans

Cheques
Forms

1 000

500

202,940
600

Archives

360

470

Exchequer Court ...

200

117,125

External Affairs

450

12 ''OO

Finance

597 100

13,700

Health

23,389

House of Commons

845 820

22,000

47,650

Insurance

3 700

943,080

2,257,248

14,471

Labour . .

22 290

Library of Parliament

500

429,460
143,569

73,996

Mines

185 485

National Defence

254,795

5,000

474,564

Patent and Copyright Office

77,458

15,000

1,112,717

Post Office . .

243,900

1,250

16,450

150

5,175

125,485

Public Works

88 485

Railways and Canals

95,074

2,860

Royal Canadian Mounted Police

117 850

Secretar J' of State

26,750

9,000

3,200

Soldiers' Civil Re-Establishment

425

Soldier Settlement Board

8,105

700

12,541

1,961,325

Totals

1,560,400
810,926

9,057,18f

Totals (March 31, 1928)

19,580,297

DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC PRINTING AND STATIONERY

Table No. 16 — Statement of the Number of Half-tones, Line Cuts, Electros
and Dies made during the Fiscal Year 1928-29

Department

Not Executed in

Printing Bureau

Half-tones

Line Cuts

Electros

Dies

111
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Archives

Canada Gazette

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Experimental Farms

501
22

50
36
4
2

Finance

Government Contracts Supervision Committee

Governor General's Secretary . .

1
14

Health

1
26

Immigration and Colonization

78
12

Indian Affairs

Interior . . .

391

168
8
47
22
107
2

120

Justice

24
6

17
4

26
20
2

Marine and Fisheries

Mines

National Research Council

National Revenue

7,888

115

Patent and Copyright Office

Pensions and National Health

3
319
129

1
5

Post Office

Public Printing and Stationery

Public Works

1
1
6
4
123

Railway Commission

Royal Canadian Mounted Police

Totals

1,291
1,235

8,545
9,857

1,041
1,486

Totals (March 31, 1928) ....

Table No. 17-

-Lithographing and Engraving Division — Record of Work for
Fiscal Year 1928-29

Sketches for steel dies 40

Engraved steel dies 66

Sketches for Invitation and Christmas cards 29

Engraved Invitation and Christmas cards 69

Sketches for card plates 23

Engraved card plates 70

Sketches for forms — Cheques, etc 7

Engraved forms^Cheques, etc 9

Engraved patches for cheques 183

Making diagrams for line cuts 5

Transfers from map plates 1,386

Proofs from map plates 717

ANNUAL REPORT.

Table No. 18-

-Comparative Statement of the Number of Letterpress Impres-
sions for the last Eight Years

Years

Impressions

executed in

Printing

Bureau

1921-22

94,482 190

1922-23

98,789,239
109,417,386
96,879,527
97,011,711

1923-24

1924-25

1925-26

1926-27

113,973,666
111.908,011
112,475,762

1927-28

1928-29

ACCOUNTANTS BRANCH

Ottawa, August 1, 1929.

F. A. AcLAND, Esq.,

King's Printer and Controller of Stationery.

Sir, — I have the honour to submit the following report of the transactions
of this branch of the department for the fiscal year ending March 31, 1929,
Complete details of the financial operations of the department will be found
under the following heads: —

1. General Financial Statement.

2. Letter of Credit Account.

3. King's Printer's Advance Account.

4. Printing Branch Account and comparative statements.

5. Stationery Branch Account and comparative statements.

6. Votes, detail of expenditure.

7. Canada Gazette, comparative statement of Revenue and Expenditure.

8. Casual Revenue Account.

Respectfully submitted,

F. G. BRONSKILL,

Chief Accountant.

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2. LETTER OF CREDIT ACCOUNT

Amount received by letters of credit for the fiscal year ending March 31, 1929 $ 3,597,660 52

Amount received by bills of exchange 19, 886 00

Amount received by eheciues on New York 43, 999 65

Amount received by eheciues on France 225 23

Amount received by cheques on Holland 14 04

Amount received by eheciues on Belgium ol 9^

Amount received by cheques on Germany 194 25

Amount received by cheques on India lis

Amount received by cheques on Switzerland 4 18

Amount received by cheques on Denmark 1 29

Amount received by cheques on Spain 3 61

Amount received by cheques on Manilla, P.I •.-..■. 10 20

Total § 3 , 662 , 022 16

Detail by accounts of net expenditure drawn on above credit account —

Printing Branch Account S 2, 180,256 11

Stationerj- Branch Account 1,284,825 91

Printing, binding and distributing the Annual Statutes 10, 000 00

Canada Gazette 34,907 92

Plant— Repairs and Renewals 29,791 11

Plant— New !A'-on J?

Distribution of Parliamentary Documents 49. (89 37

Printino- and binding Government Publications for sale and distribution to departments

and the public 36,724 60

Gratuities. . 242 67

Printing, binding and distributing the Revised Statutes of Canada, 1927 1/ ,248 9/

? 3,661,056 81
Refunds deposited to respective accounts —

Printing Branch Account • S623 96

Stationery Branch Account 333 87

Plant — Repairs and Renewals 7 52

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$ 3,662,022 16

3. KING'S PRINTER'S ADVANCE ACCOUNT

Advances to King's Printer during fiscal year 1928-29—

For Printing Branch $ 2,180,880 0/

For Stationery Branch 1,285,159 78 ^ ^ ^^^ ^^^ ^_

Amount received for printing, etc., in excess of expenditure on same 40, 583 85

Amount received for stationerj- in excess of expenditure on same 46,088 12

86,6(1 9(

$ 3,552,711 82

Deposits to credit of Receiver General made by the King's Printer to cover advances made
during the fiscal year 1928-29—

Amount received from Parliament and departments for printing, etc $ 2, 188,208 39

Amount from sale of empty spools 9 65

Amount from sale of electros '^o c-

Amount from sale of sanitary towels 2 65

Amount from sale of discarded material ^^' ^^« o loo Q^n co

— — 5 2,188,«>40 8*.

Amount of refunds— Printing Branch ^23 96

$ 2,188,964 78
Amount received from Parliament and departments for stationery, etc. .$ 1,338.945 63

Amount from sale of discarded typewriters 4, 971 80

Amount from sale of discarded material 109 95

$ 1,-344,027 38

Amount of refunds — Stationerj- Branch 333 87 „,,„„,„.

1.344,361 2o

$ 3,533,326 03

Amount by which the stock of the Printing Branch was increased during the fiscal

year 1928-29 32,499 14

S 3,565.825 17
Amount by which the stock of the Stationerv Branch was decreased during the fiscal

year 1928-29 13,113 So

$ 3,552,711 82

ANNUAL REPORT, 1928-29 69

4. PRINTING BRANCH ACCOUNT

Inventory on April 1, 1928 % 384,482 35

Expenditure for the fiscal year 1928-29—

Wages $ 1,047,022 00

Printing material $ 86,555 83

Customs duties (rechargeable) 2, 209 54

!,765 37

Paper stock 681,256 40

Outside work 324,505 81

Office printing 19, 716 26

Office stationery 1,780 53

Freight 691 27

Brokerage 56 00

Motor supplies, repairs, gasoline, etc., 50% of cost 1 , 232 72

Char service and cleaning material 14, 629 75

38,106 53

1,256 11

Profit for the fiscal year 1928-29 transferred to Casual Revenue Account 40,583 85

$ 2,605,322 31

Revenue for the fiscal year 1928-29—

Sale of inside work, printing, etc., to Parliament and departments % 1,853,834 92

Sale of outside work to Parliament and departments 334, 373 47

% 2,188.208 39

Sale of empty spools 9 65

Sale of electros 12 15

Sale of sanitary towels 2 65

Sale of discarded material 107 98

132 43

» 2,188,340 82

Inventory on March 31, 1929 416,981 49

$ 2,605,322 31

Note. — Printing supplied during the fiscal year and not paid by departments when books closed on
May 31, 1929:—

Agriculture, $60,692.58; Civil Service Commission, $7,036.00; External AfTairs, S.7,135.49;
Health, $1,252.34; Interior, $44,170.99; Justice, $1,699.90; Marine and Fisheries, $4,264.71;
National Defence, $5,776.40; Public Printing and Stationery, $2,139.65; Public Works,
$740.92; Railways and Canals, $3,604.20; Railway Commission, $292.07; Secretary of
State, $2,686.79; Trade and Commerce, $35,319.17 $ 176,811 21

Detail of Inventory of Printing Branch .\s on March 31, 1929

Work in process — Labour and burden —

Hand composition $ 48,392 58

Monotype composition 40, 008 32

Linotype composition 14, 520 18

$ 102,921 08

Stereotyping 2,023 72

Presswork 20, 533 03

Binding 22,992 87

Die-stamping 270 93

Engraving -. 1,126 25

$ 149,867 88

Work in process — Material —

Press division — Ink $ 566 04

Bindery division 585 63

Engraving division ? 444 79

Paper -. 87,333 23

Salvage 71 44

$ 89,00113.

Materials, etc., on hand in different divisions —

Paper Stores division $ 88,946 43

Printing Stores division 62,743 01

Mechanical division 1 , 292 19

Hand composing division 40 41

Monotype composing division 36 60

Linotype composing division 8 53

Stereotype division 76 02

Press division 1 , 126 38

Bindery division 8,838 06

Engraving division 433 13

$ 163,540 76

Amount for lithographing, printing, binding, etc., paid to outside firms and not charged to

Parliament and departments on March 31, 1929 14,571 72

$ 416,981 49

DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC PRINTING AND STATIONERY

Statement, by Departments, of accounts paid for Printing, Binding, Litho-
graphing, etc., done outside the Department, during the fiscal year ending
March 31, 1929.

Department

Duty,
Freight, etc.,

paid to

transijortation

companies,

etc.

Printing,
Binding and
Litho-
graphing

Total

Advisory Board on Tariff and Taxation

$ cts.

S cts.

14 17

20,987 14

386 75

11 54

97 36

19 05

398 51

4,249 74

1 80

754 94

851 17

3,859 05

41,067 91

339 84

156 03

53,274 30

391 17

1,151 78

19 06

18,643 09

22,927 80

2,138 80

71 81

12,505 77

102,403 22

90 40

999 76

926 34

1,660 82

66 97

1,650 30

12,447 65

1,345 58

2,215 19

223 30

36 55

13,219 55

S cts.
14 17

Agriculture

72 35
1 60

21,059 49

388 35

Auditor General

11 54

97 36

19 05

External Affairs

, 1 50

400 01

4,249 74

Government Contracts Supervision Committee

1 80

754 94

Health

851 17

House of Commons

22 66
10 18

3,881 71

41,078 09

339 84

Insurance

12 36
149 20

168 39

53,423 50

391 17

Labour .

4 50

1,156 28

19 06

Marine and Fisheries

62 53
19 .34
17 51
•18 90

18,705 62

Mines . .

22,947 14

2,156 31

National Research Council

90 71

National Revenue

12,505 77

Post office

2,481 50

104,884 72

Privy Council

90 40

999 76

Public Works

926 34

Railways and Canals

3 65

1,664 47

66 97

1,650 30

Secretary of State

12,447 65

1,345 58

Soldiers' Civil Re-Establishment . .

2,215 19

223 30

36 55

Trade and Commerce

23 82

13,243 37

Total

2,901 60

321,604 21

324,505 81

ANNUAL REPORT, 1928-29 71

Statement of Printing, Lithographing, etc., and Paper, suppHed to Parhament
and Departments, for the fiscal j'ear ending ]March 31, 1929.

Department

Outside
Work

Inside
Printing,
Binding,

Paper

Total

Advisorj^ Board on Tariff and Taxation. .

Agriculture

Archives

Auditor General

Chief Electoral Officer.

Civil Service Commission

Diamond Jubilee Committee

Exchequer Court

External Affairs

Finance

Go\-t. Contracts Supervision Committee.

Governor General's Secretary

Health

House of Commons

Immigration and Colonization

Indian Affairs

Insurance

Interior

Justice

Labour

Librarj' of Parliament

Marine and Fisheries

Mines

National Defence

National Gallerj- of Canada

National Research Council

National Revenue

Penitentiaries

Post Office

Privy Council

Public Printing and Stationery

Public Works

Railways and Canals

Railway Commission

Roj'al Canadian Mounted Police

Royal Mint

Secretary' of State

Senate of Canada

Soldiers' Civil Re-Establishment

Soldier Settlement Board

Supreme Court

Trade and Commerce

S cts

1-1 17

21,499 74

85 79

11 54

97 36

19 05

400 01

3,801 56

1 80

7.54 94

739 07

2,710 55

40,977 53

339 84

168 39

53,547 61

368 94

1,168 78

19 06

18,700 90

23,202 00

2.143 39

98 80

12,521 58

14 29

117,329 11

111 00

1,099 50

889 21

1,019 84

109 14

1,707 46

13,058 72

2,148 82

223 30

44 49

13,226 19

S cts

7,262 94

101,597 71

5,365 50

14,009 80

11,985 10

4,406 50

374 81

162 17

17,760 30

9,296 09

26 78

1,689 95

16,554 85

106,255 38

13,206 61

4.691 &1
24,056 22
73,551 86

9.692 47
36,256 38

6,623 45
61,154 43
38,512 58
44,006 32

778 78
1,098 95

78,156 42

1,673 92

121,956 66

779 40
119,136 51

11,190 98

9.211 57

6,470 57

7,830 98

20 17

33,261 83

8,167 68

9,772 87

3,041 04

5,961 67

133.934 10

§ cts

296 26

76,367 27

350 93

1.453 87
19,941 29

4,034 40

34 16

34 78

5,803 75

10,089 60

64 69

1,349 77

10,739 24

18,316 32

24,711 77

2,670 70

3,264 58

55,606 68

1,689 59

12,706 01

124 30

22,791 48

12,338 76

29,597 76

301 57

560 58

100,041 13

1,079 27

118,629 53

306 60

58,023 04

7,437 66

5,041 70

908 09

9,604 36

21 85

9,407 89

209 99

12,106 06

2.454 86
3,649 67

45,729 17

S cts.

7,573 37

202,464 72

5,802 22

15,475 21

31,926 39

8,5.38 26

408 97

216 00

23,964 06

23,187 25

93 27

3,794 66

28,033 16

127,282 25

78,895 91

7,702 18

27,489 19

182,706 15

11,751 00

50,131 17

6.766 81
102,646 81

74,053 34
75,747 47
1,080 35
1,758 33
190,719 13

2.767 48
357,915 30

1,197 00

178,2.59 05

19,517 85

15,273 11

7,487 80

19,142 80

42 02

55,728 44

8,377 67

24,027 75

5,719 20

9,6.55 83

192,889 46

Total.

334,373 47 1,163,943 94

^890 98

2,188,208 39

DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC PRINTING AND STATIONERY

Comparative Statement of Printing, Binding, Lithographing, etc., and Paper
suppUed to Parliament and Departments, for the last five fiscal years,
1924-25, 1925-26, 1926-27, 1927-28, and 1928-29.

Department

Advisory Board on Tariff and Taxation

Agriculture

Archives

Auditor General

Canadian National Railways

Chief Electoral Officer

Civil Service Commission

Diamond Jubilee Committee

Exchequer Court

External AiTairs

Finance

Government Contracts Supervision Committee

Governor General's Secretary

Health

House of Commons

Immigration and Colonizatioa

Indian Affairs

Insurance

Interior

Justice

Labour

Library of Parliament

Marine

Mines

National Defence

National Gallery of Canada

National Research Council

National Revenue

Northwest Territories

Patent and Copyright Office

Penitentiaries

Post Office

Privy Council

Public Printing and Stationery

Public Works

Railways and Canals

Railway Commission

Royal Canadian Mounted Police

Royal Mint

Secretary of State

Senate of Canada

Soldiers' Ci\-il Re-establishment

Soldier Settlement Board

Supreme Court

Trade and Commerce

180,905 07
4,423 64
15,810 73
223 69
7,712 77
6,217 34

153,160 51
1,398 83
16,471 20

217 58

11,360 75

38,024 67

96 05

1,800 38

19,705 13

177.574 10

143,775 51

8,852 68

30,298 81

155,836 30

25,944 33

41,004 15

8,056 40

91,313 40

74,747 59

63.186 35

1,262 14

995 74

137,174 79

706 72

2,743

140,612 94
22.989 34
14,724 32
3.738 83
9,104 87
77 01
9,450 84
9,143 09
13,383 30
5,581 99
8,215 41
137,200 49

447 95

19,913 20

21,416 43

542 69

2.201 70

14,280 50

151,772 22

100,695 87

5,579 34

26,422 15

135,266 56

6,345 58

37,186 78

5,239 22

82,753 26

98,909 24

61,096 29

396 48

2,017 92

174,370 38

43,125 53

3,019 10

287,342 21

608 33

127,966 70

18.529 03

12,939 56

5,013 80

5,432 34

37 10

10,941 24

7,013 62

12,872 53

4,530 12

9,575 70

165,470 18

$ cts.

979 65

160,705 29

18,593 11

15,756 12

S cts.

921 01

192,344 88

4,004 30

13,049 01

36,609 23
6,807 83

224 99

16,194 29

23,180 91

114 77

5,021 37

19,873 19

165,109 39

30,626 33

8,140 51

28.688 30

154,334 71

5,618 83

46,333 63

5,021 02

89,262 81

85,302 70

59,156 31

356 62

2,710 51

159,616 21

8,696 34

8,970 92

11,382 74

447 87

19,591 11

22,697 88

187 34

4,302 55

24,479 23

97,356 21

114,293 04

8,051 72

27,379 44

163,991 88

5,588 18

46,061 26

6,412 97

99,989 10

66,054 54

74,187 04

269 31

2,056 87

216,908 60

36,594 61

2,541 90

349,987 95

1,014 30

137,269 84

20,970 09

13,530 74

4,004 33

9,834 05

141 67

8.977 72

4.574 45

14.551 57

3, gas 26

9,127 96

175,367 24

2,935 80

360,334 60

1,754 59

248,739 14

20,204 43

31,406 53

9,157 69

4,765 39

150 35

41,008 99

2,297 20

16,143 91

4,084 10

10,056 82

204,900 93

$ cts.

7,573 37

202,464 72

5,802 22

15,475 21

31,926 39

8,538 26

408 97

216 00

23,964 06

23,187 25

93 27

3,794 66

28,033 16

127,282 25

78.895 91

7,702 18

27,489 19

182,706 15

11,751 00

50,131 17

6,766 81

102,646 81

74,053 34

75,747 47

1,080 35

1,758 33

190,719 13

2.767 48

357,915 30

1,197 00

178,259 05

19,517 85

15,273 11

7,487 80

19,142 80

42 02

55,728 44

8.377 67

24.027 75

5.719 20

9.655 83

192.889 46

Total.

,936,730 31

ANNUAL REPORT, 1928 29

5. STATIONERY BRANCH ACCOUNT

Inventory, April 1, 1928 $ 136,762 43

Amount of goods purchased during the fiscal year 1928-29 —

Canadian $ 1, 103, 144 88

United Kingdom 18,546 35

United States 27, 677 88

Other countries 324 64

Customs (rechargeable) 4, 385 33

Postage (rechargeable) 4,400 00

Freight (rechargeable) 12, 557 14

21,342 47

Amount of other expenditure during the fiscal year 1928-1929 —

1,171,036 22

Wages (direct).

Wages (indirect) mechanical repairs and upkeep.

Office Printing. . .
Office Stationery.

)9,754 53
1,010 61

100,765 14

493 81
3,592 37

Brokerage

Freight, etc

Char service and cleaning material

Motor supplies, repairs, renewals, gasoline, oil, etc., 30 p.c. of cost. . .

Profit for the fiscal year 1928-29 transfered to Casual Revenue Account.

086 18
125 50
626 69
446 56
739 62

113,'

$ 1,467,676 46

Amount of goods issued to Parliament and departments during the fiscal

year 1928-29 $ 1,338,945 63

Amount of sale of discarded typewriters 4, 971 80

Amount of sale of discarded material 109 95

1,344,027 38

Inventory, March 31, 1929 123, 649 08

$ 1,467,676 46

The stock of goods has been decreased $13,113.35 during the fiscal year.

Note: — Stationery supplied during the fiscal year and not paid by departments when books closed
on May 31, 1929:—

Agriculture, $18,871.48; Civil Service Commission, $8,336.87; External Affairs, $3,739.71; Governor
General's Secretary, $349.28; Health, $547.11; Interior, $42,400.40; Justice, $3,318.00; Marine and Fisheries,
$5,304.94; National Defence, $4,786.83; Public Works, $1,762.55; Railways and Canals, $9,525.70; Railway
Commission, $674.50; Secretary of State, $1,987.77; Trade and Commerce, $15,520.02 $117,125.16

Statemknt of Goods purchased and Goods issued to Parliament and Depart-
ments in each month for the fiscal year ending March 31, 1929.

Canadian

United
Kingdom

United

States

Month

Other
Countries

Total

Goods
Issued

1928
April

$ cts.

56,899 56
103,809 08
80,353 52
90,431 32
85,057 70
76,952 71
85,578 77
105,818 21
92,566 35

85,231 43
85,081 93
176,822 07

$ cts.
337 95

$ cts.

219 07

683 59
2,400 60
1,487 83
1,098 24

777 32
1,340 37

813 42
1,469 55

5,496 54
2,784 97
9,163 38

$ cts.

21 54
17 65

1 29
35 02

7 02
52 22

6 83
15 84
67 88

43 08
43 15
13 12

$ cts.

57,478 12
104,510 32
84,815 50
91,954 17
89,600 22
80,765 52
89,740 28
107,918 65
95,861 78

91,455 93
89,383 48
187,724 55

$ cts.
80,594 26

May

80,592 07

2,060 09

142,376 43

July

97,973 93

August

3,437 26
2,983 27
2,814 31
1,271 18
1,758 00

684 88
1,473 43
1,725 98

80,878 99

123,562 57

October

115,652 11

92,587 29

81,412 99

1929
January

162,134 89

103,060 88

March

178,119 22

Refunds on goods purchased

1,124,602 65
115 30

18,546 35

27,734 88
57 00

324 64

1,171,208 52
172 30

Total of goods purchased
and goods issued

1,124,487 35

18,546 35

27,677 88

324 64

1,171,036 22

1,338,945 63

DEPART M EXT OF PUBLIC PRIXTIXG AXD STATIOXERY

Comparative Statement of amount of Goods issued to Parliament and Depart-
ments for the last five fiscal vears, 1924-25, 1925-26, 1926-27, 1927-28 and
1928-29.

D^artment

Ad\-isory Board on Tariff and Taxation

Agriculture ,

Archives

Auditor General

Canadian National Railways

Chief Electoral Officer

Civil Service Commission ,

Exchequer Court

External Affairs

Finance

Government Contracts Supervision Committee

Governor General's Secretary

Health

House of Commons ,

Immigration and Colonization

Indian Affairs

Insurance

Interior

International Joint Commission

Justice

Labour

Library of Parliament

Marine

Mines

National Defence

National Gallery of Canada

National Reserach Council

National Revenue

Northwest Territories

Patent and Copyright Office

Penitentiaries

Post Office

Privy Council

Public Pointing and Stationery

PubUc Works

Railways and Canals

Railwaj- Commission

Royal Canadian Mounted Police

Royal Mint

Secretarj- of State

Senate of Canada

Soldiers' Civil Re-establishment

Soldier Settlement Board

Supreme Court

Trade and Commerce

61,530 69

2,870 80

3,253 64

2,621 49

1,022 95

5,747 14

319 34

4,661 95

19,488 46

261 68

1,925 90

7,924 24

12,388 41

28,623 70

33,251 04

2,375 44

77,971 07

20 97

6,038 70

3,385 17

894 73

34,280 95

19.423 09

72,718 15

70 81

1,330 90

77,638 16

1,797 68

8,062 54

7,731 48

115,996 55

1,129 60

56,790 20

32,648 13

24,796 70

5,201 39

12,315 16

181 94

8,796 02

6,306 99

35,948 09

14,959 82

714 84

30,332 34

67,985 35

4,904 61

4,861 17

1,517 21

10,419 34

5.243 56

375 21

4,271 70

10,355 94

951 15

2,910 89

10,219 50

10,682 25

26,820 00

25,588 15

3,700 20

84,138 39

41 44

6,956 91

4,884 44

638 55

36,177 29

18,121 82

76,057 69

146 77

2,287 61

108,440 16

9,255 02

9,555 26
181,487 63

1,213 57
59,740 43
35,518 94
35,685 33

7,306 12

20,032 77

280 63

8,392 68

5,108 47
36,570 01
17,462 01

1,257 12
34,034 26

$ cts.

2,856 57

72,294 02

5,818 37

4,687 55

724 61

7,551 95

7,616 69

558 30

4,534 99

10,301 73

1,108 57

2.842 19

9.842 88

21.256 18

25.643 58

35.557 62

2.423 97

96,551 68

21 77

8,935 05

6,562 16

835 43

49.123 19

17,158 49

87,399 80

225 88

853 75

110,518 53

$ cts.

4,233 55
75,777 93
4,759 69
4,497 82
182 52

665 99

7,880 85

13,399 32

584 07

2,218 45

10,371 32

18,944 00

24.755 19

45.648 07

3.252 09

96.907 13

1 58

8,336 03

7.957 26

1,045 90

58,481 19

19,682 93

102,971 71

186 79

1,144 34

118,350 30

9,568 57

8,574 39
219,409 87

1,564 09
69.672 29
31.651 31
28,167 88

7,161 32

23,700 13-

351 66

8,337 93

5,859 57
40.456 82
20.306 21

1,207 31
45,127 67

231,393 14

1,561 34
66.362 82
35,096 75
38,056 02

8,555 67

18,197 92

342 90

12,068 81

6,580 93
41,401 53
26,876 78

1,901 16
56,922 35

S cts.

1,515 95

81,197 41

7,356 54

5,429 62

140 64

339 61

8,336 87

814 58

7,515 73

10,674 81

640 31

3,227 17

11,208 79

17,029 95

32.910 62

43,165 00

2,857 03

111,485 21

20 35

7,408 38

9,047 80

957 93

54,870 11

23,632 29

119,885 86

80 67

1,990 12

119,006 32

9,646 32
244,012 96

1,725 31
80,597 06
37,725 50
41,714 69

7,758 60

41,630 49

377 01

17,371 42

6,467 63
69,791 23
31,488 03

2,454 04
63,439 67

Total.

845,749 04 1,001,597 55

,338,945

ANNUAL REPORT, 1928-29 75

6. DETAIL OF EXPENDITURE OF APPROPRIATIONS

Vote No. 23— Civil Government Salaries S 80, 190 00

Detail of expenditure —

Salaries paid during the year S 79,855 97

Unexpended balance 331 03

80, 190 00

Vote No. 23 — Civil Government Contingencies S 15, 000 00

Detail of expenditure —

Window cleaning S 342 00

Washing office towels and welfare linen 237 50

Office printing 5,805 25

Office stationers^ 6, 163 98

Travelling expenses 1 , 346 87

Telephone and telegraph 469 28

Taxi hire and street car fare 123 90

Postage 91 GO

Newspapers and periodicals 233 11

Advertising 96 50

Sundries 28 15

S 14,937 54
Unexpended balance 62 46

15,000 GO

Vote No. 261 — Printing, binding and distributing the Annual Statutes , S 10, 000 00

Detail of expenditure —

English edition, 7,000 copies:

Printing and binding S 5,994 12

Paper 2,495 50

$ 8,489 62

French edition — 1,500 copies:

Printing and binding S 3, 108 35

Paper 541 68

3,650 03

$ 12,139 65

Note. — The excess of S2, 139. 65 in the amount of the expenditure was covered by a supplementary
vote in the fiscal year 1929-30.

Vote No. 262— Canada Gazette S 35,000 00

Detail of expenditure —

57 regular editions with 5 supplements and index and 23 extra
editions, from March 3, 1928, to March 30, 1929—

Printing and binding S 25,438 25

Paper 4,469 67

Editing and translating — Salaries of the Editor and Assistant Editor 5,000 00

$ 34,907 92

Unexpended balance 92 08

$ 35.000 00

Vote No. %3— Plant— Repairs and Renewals S 30,000 00

Detail of expenditure —

Offices $ 131 81

Paper Stores Division 14 68

Printing and sundry stores division 437 71

Shipping division 3 50

Chief mechanic's division 2,439 52

Hand composing division ^ 1 , 753 00

Monotype division '. 5, 582 82

Linotype division 3,877 53

Stereotype division 350 63

Press division 10, 676 09

Bindery division 1 , 971 25

Ruling division 104 39

Die stamping division 32 20

Envelope division 221 86

Divisions generally 1, 085 09

Customs duties 798 37

Brokerage 83 00

Freight 227 66

$ 29,791 11

Unexpended balance 208 89

.. $ 30,000 00

76 DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC PRINTING AND STATIONERY

Vote No. 264~Plant—Neiv ....,,. ; $ 18,650 00

Detail of expenditure —

Shipping division $ 1,890 00

Bindery division 14,385 33

Customs duties 950 31

Brokerage 2 00

Freight 42 51

S 17,270 15
Unexpended balance 1 , 379 85

-S 18,650 00

Vote No. 265— Distribution of Parliamentary Documents $ 50,000 00

Detail of expenditure —

Office printing % 1,920 83

Office stationer^' ^'^^^ "^^

Office stationery (addressograph equipment) 7, 364 83

Postage 2,059 00

Express and freight 636 90

Char service and cleaning material 1 , 036 24

Motor supplies, repairs, renewals, gasoline, oil — 20 p.c. of cost 493 10

Sundries 3 00

Salaries (direct) 30,499 12

Salaries (indirect) mechanical repairs and upkeep 3, 259 99

S 49,789 37
Unexpended balance 210 63

Vote N'o. 266 — Printing and binding Government Publications for sale and distribution

to departments and the public ? 40,000 00

Detail of expenditure —

Printing, binding, etc. —

Acts, public and private S 6,482 92

Bills, public and private 1, 324 20

Postal Guide and supplements, 1928 1,009 13

Annual Reports 5, 090 65

Debates 8, 192 84

Votes and Proceedings, etc 1,914 75

Reports of special committees 9,206 47

Members' speeches '. 3, 287 71

Senators' speeches 215 93

$ 36,724
Unexpended balance 3, 275 40

$ 40,000 00

Gratuities under Chap. 22, Sec. 56, R.S.C., 1927 S 242 67

Detail of expenditure —

Gratuity of two months' salary paid to Mrs. Elizabeth Stewart, widow of

John Charles Stewart, labourer, died January 31, 1929 $ 242 67

Vote No. 495— Printing, binding and distributing the Revised Statutes of Canada, 1927 $ 25,000 00

Detail of expenditure —

English Edition — 6,000 sets of 5 volumes each —

Printing and binding $ 9,812 87

Paper 1,068 91

$ 10,881 78

French Edition — 1,500 sets of 5 volumes each —

Printing and binding $ 6, 107 81

Paper 259 38

6,367 19

17,248 97

Unexpended balance 7, 751 03

$ 25,000 00

Note.— See Annual Report of 1927-1928 for initial expenditure of $96,265.32.

ANNUAL REPORT, 192S-29
7. "CANADA GAZETTE'

Comparative Statement of Revenue and Expenditure on account of Canada
Gazette from the j'ear 1874 to the fiscal year ending March 31, 1929

Expenditure

Copies

Sub-

Gratis

scribers

1,045

1,077

1,049

1,084

1,108

1,115

1,170

1,251

1,238

1,250

109

1,290

1,321

1,318

1,366

1,369

1,367

1,429

1,436

1,429

1,426

1,418

1,425

1,428

1,492

1,438

1.486

1,529

1,528

1,553

1,545

105

1,559

116

1,573

177

1,559

191

1,616

184

1,625

200

1,665

185

1,692

208

1,725

250

1,742

258

1,754

271

1,791

284

1,907

293

1,901

424

991

484

1,000

600

1,303

797

1,278

722

1,259

1,321

1,037

1,088

1,086

1,039

1,122

1,003

1,006

969

1,102

698

1,248

752

1,364

686

1.496

554

Paper

S cts

1,142 17
1,177 17
1,195 98
1.292 25
1,016 65
1,195 21
1,208 48
1,197 38
1,346 42
1,414 24
1,411 33

250 00
2,302 00
1.797 21
2,164 85
1,883 83
1,758 50
1,492 62
1,480 19
1,485 71
1,183 66
1,153 87
1.129 52
1,129 07
1,450 21

940 43
1,092 72
1,349 79
1,430 89
1,315 56
1,427 48
1,684 85
1,629 58
1,322 63
1,805 72
2,053 45
2,158 56
2,548 44
2,943 28
4,385 03

2.720 83
4,102 28
3,018 22
4,088 93
6,966 17
5,249 59
4,693 32

11.716 53

8.721 43
5,600 45
4,410 90
3,537 35
3,052 08
3,527 95
3,664 24
4.469 67

Printing

and

Distributing

$ cts

2,416 40
2,414 00
2,301 51
2,323 45
2,139 48
2,293 81
2,357 72
2,132 20
2.449 58
2.181 48
2,231 23
2,291 74
2,288 57
2.537 79
2.933 57
2.859 19
3,128 36
2,060 45
2.069 36
2.826 07
2,485 08
2,704 36
3.007 00
3,003 51
3,803 11
3,273 01
3,640 17
4,267 81
3,858 22
3,999 78
4,368 81
5,950 35
6,909 57
4,248 17
7,484 48
7,319 99
7,983 10
9,532 19
9.600 27
19.349 44
15,477 24
22.579 68
14.978 79
14,248 76
28.214 72
28.743 33
42,850 34
29,295 91
31,463 74
29.019 07
26.175 61
21,137 13
21.481 34
21,688 15
22,451 58
25,438 25

Editing

and Trans

lating

$ cts

119 45
135 53
184 80
141 80
125 80
123 90
106 30
137 40
199 00
215 30
148 24
150 05
62 20
389 10
349 80
103 60
204 00
211 85

240 54
265 10
232 50
259 75
245 40
337 10

255 30
289 50

256 60
284 00
253 60
309 80
364 80
460 85
329 20
709 80
587 60
815 80
918 55
438 60

3,261 07
3,842 06
4,202 56
2,905 34
2,658 00
3,764 71
3,007 00
3,268 00
2,508 62
3,160 00
3,900,00
4,140 00
3,290 CO
4.210 00
4,340 00
4,589 52
5,000 00

Revenue

Subscrip-
tions

$ cts.

242 20

242 80
241 80
224 75
268 40
246 50

243 90
353 65
378 44
367 25
414 67
289 85
299 70
321 40

307 35

308 60
487 95
139 38
313 47
306 50
298 73
281 65
276 65
298 55
312 70
329 95
350 00
329 65
361 80
371 85
430 40
604 12
750 00
524 27
762 15
721 20
775 25
949 85
979 15

1.034 20
1.090 05
1.121 45
1.505 58
1.677 20
2,335 35
3,071 10
2,746 00
5,251 00
4,331 35
4,092 69
3.973 35
4.522 69
3,442 45
3,767 48
3,407 02
2,773 25

Advertising

Loss

Gain

$ cts.

% cts.

1 cts.

931 43

2,504 39

843 74

2,640 16

578 41

2,862 08

681 62

2,851 13

683 47

2,330 06

739 82

2,626 60

865 38

2,563 22

1,028 04

2.085 29

2.706 28

910 28

2,181 53

1,262 24

1,921 82

1,454 31

1,264 65

1,137 29

2.007 82

2.345 25

2,831 04

1.571 66

2.909 72

2.231 15

4,637 49

99 47

2,777 03

1.825 88

3,293 84

331 70

3.436 32

11 26

4 612 37

366 55

3,545 87

89 24

4,015 64

206 56

4,678 69

559 07

4,992 94
5,574 45

913 51

296 73

3,948 65

190 14

4.679 98

7 59

4.370 82

1,173 73

4,451 39

759 92

5 667 65

470 56

4,523 25

1,152 44

6,997 50

398 38

7,644 35

605 65

6 821 20

1,445 47

8,472 51

765 34

8,684 40

555 44

14,219 41
15,844 95

4,037 20

3,795 62

21 077 11

9,074 11

30,804 59

4.843 25

23,062 88
18,322 04

2.112 80

11.441 03

28 357 80

8,961 03

35.885 58

16,567 09

29.671 57

6,938 68

26.342 60

7,586 22

47.579 26

486 40

56,230 57
73,498 94

17,960 51

34.485 12

78,754 52
68,194 09

44.327 69

37.440 93

72 900 87

49.459 08

63,442 70

38.141 73

64,544 49
77 835 60

38.755 87

50,537 28

77,440 71

45.306 04

*Translating and editing from 1913.

78 DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC PRINTING AND STATIONERY

8. CASUAL REVENUE ACCOUNT

Detail of proceeds of Casual Revenue sales made during the fiscal year ending March 31, 1929.

Sales of parliamentary and other publications to Parliament and departments. . .§ 18,834 11

Sales to the public 47, 772 76

S 66,606 87

Sales of Canada Gazette and advertising 77, 440 71

Sales of subscriptions 2, 773 25

80,213 96

Sales of paper 13,900 04

Sales of packing cases 491 25

Sales of discarded office equipment 560 04

Sales of waste twine 40 00

14,991 33

Sales of printing to Parliament and departments — Amount received in excess of expenditure

during the fiscal year 1928-29 40, 583 85

Sales of Stationerv to Parliament and departments — Amount received in excess of expenditure

during the fiscal year 1928-29 46,088 12

Total S 248,484 13

Note

Parliamentary publications supplied during the fiscal year and not paid by departments when
books were closed May 31, 1929 —

Agriculture, $408.80; Civil Service Commission, §120.85; External Affairs, $453.25; Finance,
$4.20; Interior, $1,216.20; Justice, $478.95; National Defence, $300.20; Public Works, $11.00;
Railways and Canals, $497.45; Railwav Commission, $33.85; Secretarv of State, $27.50;
Soldiers' Civil Re-Establishment, $0.50; Trade and Commerce, $417.60 S 3,970 35

STATIONERY BRANCH

Ottawa, September 14, 1929.

F. A. AcLAND, Esq.,

King's Printer and Controller of Stationery.

Deak Sir,^ — I have the honour to submit for your information the general
statement of the accounts of this office from April 1, 1928, to "March 31, 1929: — •

Inventory, April 1, 1928 S 136,762 43

Expenditure — Net : —

Wages S 100,765 14

Expense 13,024 55

Stationery stock 1, 171,036 22

1,284,825 91

■ $ 1.421,588 34

Sales-
Departments and Parliament 1,338,945 63

Sundries 5,081 75

1,344,027 38

Inventory, March 31 , 1929 123, 649 08

1,467,676 46

Profit for the fiscal year 1928-1929 S 46,088 12

Business of this year (1928-29) was considerably in excess of that of the
previous year, or of any year save during the war period. Conditions arising
from increase of business were met very favourably. The stock has been kept
up and very little inconvenience, if any, has been experienced by any of the
departments owing to delay.

Your attention is directed to the number of packages sent by mail and
otherwise, which have not been included in the report for some years: —

Letters received 3,489

Letters sent 15,829

Requisitions received 24,423

Parcels sent by mail 3,082

Parcels sent by freight and express 4, 466

The whole respectfully submitted.

Yours respectfully,

EDMUND RYDER,

Superintendent of Stationery.

DIVISION OF DOCUMENTS

F. A. AcLAXD, Esq.,

King's Printer and Controller of Stationery.

Dear Sir. — I have the honour to submit for vour information the report
of this division from April 1, 1928, to March 31, 1929.

The total sales during the fiscal year were as follows: To the Houses of
Parliament and departments, S17,52o.36. To the pubhc, S47,778.58. A total
of 865,303.94.

During the year, 1,073 requisitions were received from departments. From
September 1, 1928, to March 31, 1929, 10,124 letters were received and 4,835
letters answered. Of these letters, 5,138 were requests for publications accom-
panied b}' remittance.

The activities of the departmental sub post ofl&ce increased considerably
during the yeav, and the mail matter handled being shown in the following
statement : —

1927-28 1928-29

Number of registered letters 2, 556 2, 639

Number of insured parcels 6, 105 8, 135

Number of letters 107, 719 157, 665

Mail bags sent to railway station 19, 634 19, 580

Mail bags sent to post ofi&ce for final sortation 4,463 5, 145

24,097 24,725

It will be observed that with respect to mail bags the figures for the last
fiscal year show an increase of 628 bags over those of the previous year.

A complete catalogue of all official publications of the Parhament and
Government of Canada was printed as for April, 1928, the same being brought
up to date bj' cumulative supplement published from time to time. The cata-
logue has been of serv-ice to the pubhc in supplying the latest information as
to documents available from this office as well as those distributed by the
different departments.

A. L. NORMANDIN,

Chief, Division of Documents.

ANNUAL REPORT, 1928-29
Statutes of Canada, 1928

The following tables show the distribution, without charge, of Statutes
of Canada, being 18-19 George V, Second Session, Sixteenth Parliament, 1928,
bound in cloth; also the number of sales.

To whom sent

English

French

Parliamekt

72
187

Members of the House of Commons , .

276

Alberta
The Lieutenant-Governor . .

1
7
27
80

Police Magistrates . . . .

115

British Columbia
The Lieutenant-Governor

1
12
36
29

58
6

Officials of the Provincial Government

Police Magistrates

Sheriffs

Judges' Chambers . . ...

143

Ma.vitoba
The Lieutenant-Governor

8
83
36

Police Magistrates

Sheriffs

134

Xew- Brunswick

11
16
42

Members of the Government

Officials of thp Provincial Government

Sheriffs

Nova Scotia
The Lieutenant-Governor

1
6
5
55
18

Members of the Government

Stipendiary' Magistrates

Sheriffs

OXTARIO

1
10
21

2
209
49
27

Officials of the Provincial Government . .

Police Magistrates ...

Sheriffs

Clerks of the Peace .... . . .'

91900—6

322

DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC PRINTING AND STATIONERY

To whom sent

English

French

Prince Edavard Islant)

2
4
6
1
1
3
2

Officials of the Provincial Government

Stipendiary Magistrates

Chief -Magistrate

SherifTs

Prothonotaries

Quebec

1
4
34
2
7
8

Members of the Government

Officials of the Government

116

SherifTs . ...

197

Sask-^tchewan

1
.5

13
11

Members of the Government . . .

Sheriffs and Local Registrar . . .

Yukon

1
3

Police Magistrates .

JuDQEs, Libraries, Consuls General, Departmental Lists, etc.

245
205
22
182
111

Consuls General

765

132

RECAPirtTLATIONS

276
115
113
134
78
85
322
20
56
58
5
765

Province of Alberta

Province of New Brunswick

Province of Prince Edward Island .

197

Province of Saskatchewan

Province of Yukon

132

2,057
2,211
1,657

408

Sales . .

Balance on hand ... .

984

Total number received

5,925

1,475

ANNUAL REPORT, 1928-29
Statutes of Canada, 1928 — Concluded

Distribution of Statutes of Canada

The following table shows the distribution of Statutes of Canada, being
18-19 George V, Second Session, Sixteenth Parliament, 1928, bound in \ Calf,
also the sales:' —

To whom sent

English

French

Ministers

21
3
51

Sales

Statutes of Canada 1928 (English) Separate Chapters

Chapters

Number

of copies

Sales

received

500

375

500

375

500

375

300

171

300

133

250

206

300

200

300

200

300

1,000

300

2,000

864

300

161

200

125

500

300

1,300

951

1,200

857

300

2,200

1,158

200

1,700

1,460

200

300

211

200

300

1,235

715

2,000

535

2,025

527

300

132

300

200

145

500

600

300

500

192

300

113

Appropriation Act No. 1

Appropriation Act No. 2

Appropriation Act No. 3

Anchor Cap and Closure Corporation Ltd. Act

British Empire Assurance Act

Calgary and Fernie Railway Co. Act

Canadian Cinch Anchorbg System Ltd. Act

Canadian Commerce Insurance Company Act

Canadian Credit Institute Act

Canadian National Railway Act

Canadian Northern Income Charge Act

Canadian Pacific Railway Act

C. P. R. & C. N. R. Agreement Act

Canadian Surety Company Act

Canteen Funds Act

Central Finance Corporations Act

Copper Bounties Act

Cumberland Railway and Coal Company Act

Customs Act

Customs Tariff Act

Czechoslovak Convention Act

Dairy Industry Act.

Detroit River Canadian Bridge Company Act

Dominion Fire Insurance Company Act

Dominion Forest Reserves and Park Act

Dominion Land Act

Eastern Bank of Canada Act

Edmonton, Dunvegan and British Columbia Railway Act.

Electricity Inspection Act

Exchequer Act

Excise Act.

Experimental Farm Station Act.

Federal District Commission Act.

Fertilizers Act.

Halifax Harbour Loan Act.

Highwood Western Railway Company Act.

Jean Baptiste Hurteau Act.

Immigration Act.

Income Tax Act.

Intoxicating I;iquors Act.

Interprovincial and James Bay Railway Company Act.

Lac Seul Conservation Act.

Live Stock and Live Stock Products Act.

Loan Act.

Manitoba and North Western Railway Company Act.

Douglas J. Martin Act

Militia Pension Act

William H. Millspaugh Act

91 900-6 J

DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC PRINTING AND STATIONERY
Statutes of Canada 1928 (English) Separate Chapters — Concluded

Chapters

Number
of copies
received

40
41

5
42
43

6
44
45

7
64
46

8
81
65
47
82
48
49
50

9
51
52
10
83
53
84-322

National Battlefields Act

National Revenue Department Act

Nipissing Central Raihvay Company Act

Northwest Canada Conference Evangelical Church Act

Patent Act

Pensions Act

Pensions and National Health Department Act ,

People's Thrift Corporation Act ,

Precious Metals Marking Act

Prisons and Reformatories Act

Public Printing and Stationery Act

Quebec Harbour Loan Act

Railway Act

Railway Belt Water Act

Regulations and Order in Council Act

Returned Soldiers' Insurance Act

Royal Military College of Canada Act

Saint Clair Transit Company Act

Saint John Harbour Loan Act

Saint John and Quebec Railway Act

Saint John River Storage Act

Saint La^^•rence River Bridge Company Act

Seeds Act

Sisters of Charity of the North West Territories Act. . .

Soldier Settlement Act

Spanish Treaty Act

Special War Revenue Act

Supreme Court Act

Toronto Terminals Railway Company Act

Trade Agreements Act

Trade Mark and Design Act

United Theological College of Montreal Act

Yukon Quartz Mining Act ,

Divorce Acts — 12 each

200
400
300
300
500

2,500
700
300
500
710
300
200

1,100
200
200

1,020
200
300
200
200

500
300
500
300

2,000
420
420
300

1,200
300

1,000

2,868

Statutes of Canada 1928 (Fbench) Separate Chapters

Chapters

Number
of copies
received

Sales

100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
400
100
400
100
100
200
100
100
100
100
100

Subsides No. 2

Loi concemant Calgarv & Femie Ry. Co

Chemins de Fer Nationaux du Canada

Contrat du P.C. & C.N

Loi concemant Canadian Pacific Railway Co '.

Fonds des Cantines

Primes sur le cuivre

208

Tarif des Douanes

Industrie laitiere ...

Loi concemant Detroit River Canadian Bridge

Reserves forestiferes et pares f6deraux

Loi concemant Eastern Bank of Canada

AXXUAL REPORT, 1928-29 85

Statutes of Canada 1928 (French) Separate Chapters — Concluded

Chapter

Number
of copies
received

Sales

100
600
100
600
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
200
100
100
200
100
100
100
100
100
250
500
100
100
180
100
100
300
100
100
200
100
100
100
100
100
100
200
100
100
3.200
100
100
100
600
100
100

Inspection de I'electricite

100
97

Stations Agronomiques

Halifax, pret au port d' .....

Loi concernant Hurteau Jean-Baptiste

Conservation du Lac Seul

Emprunt

Loi concernant ^lanitoba & Xorth Western Ry ....

Pensions de la Milice

Revenu National

74
4

Loi concernant Northwest Canada Conference Evangelical Church. .
Brevets

123

141

Poin^onnage des metaux precieux

Quebec, pret au ha^■Te de

Reglements et arretes en conseil ....

Loi concernant St. Clair Transit Co

Loi concernant St. John River Storage

Semences

Loi concernant Sisters of Charity of the X.W. Territories

1,309

Cour Supreme ...»

Marques de Commerce et dessins de fabriques

313

Loi concernant L'nited Theological College of Montreal

DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC PRIXTIXG AXD STATIONERY

AxxuAL Departmental Reports 1928

The table printed herewith shows the number of copies received of each
pubUcation and the general disposition of the same. Many copies of each
document, sometimes practically all, are delivered direct to the ordering Depart-
ment; in some cases copies are requisitioned by the Clerk of the House of Com-
mons for distribution to Members of Parhament. Often considerable numbers
are mailed direct to addresses supplied by the Clerk of the House and by the
Department interested. Copies of all publications not confidential in character
are mailed to important libraries, etc., under P.C. 1471, a regulation enacted
on August 4, 1927, and operative since September 4, 1927. The system indi-
cated applies not only in the case of annual reports but to practically all
publications other than the Statutes of Canada.

Number
received

Distribution

Delivered

Mailing List

P.C.
1471

Sales

Parlia-
ment

Depart-
ments

Parlia-
ment

Depart-
ments

Annual Departmental Reports,
1928— English

5,353
1,230
1,507
1,425

40
15
35
15
340
40
9
9
60
15
17
35
38
25
55
35
10

10
25

478

900

412

612

900

742

2,392

1,819

1,823

1,250

1,806

1,360

400
2,397
770
961
1,271
7,119
1,085

250
566

302
280

200
100
2.34
450

5,000

1,000

512

196

92
92
118
118

Archives, 1928

Auditor General, 1928— Vol. I .

248
248

154

Vol.11

200

Separates-
Agriculture

''6

External Affairs

Health

Indian Affairs

312

Justice

M ines

National Revenue

Post Office

Public Printing and Stationery

Public Works

Railways and Canals

Royal Canadian Mounted Police. . .

Department Soldiers' Civil Re-
Establishment

Chief Electoral Officer, 1928

100
300

'■"lOo'

200
350
143
350

118
92

118
86

National Revenue, 1928

Shipping Report, 1928

Civil Service, 1927

Civil Service Examinations, 1929

132

External Affairs, 1928

200

1,000

500

150

■■■■200'
100
250
250
50
150

350
700
300
300
500
1,500
1,200

250
2,000
251
200
356
1,208
440

92
92

Estimates, 1930

497

73
73

423

Public Accounts, 1928

92
92
92

92
92
92
89
118
113
92

113

Health and Pensions, 1928— D.S.C.R...

Health and Pensions, 1928, Health

Health and Pensions — Board of Pension
Commissioners .

Immigration and Colonization, 1928

Indian Affairs, 1928

'""il3

314

196

5,573

340

Insurance, 1927— Vol. I

Vol.11

Insurance Abstract, 1927

Interior, 1928 .

Geographic Board, April 1, 1924 to July
31,1927

Geographic Board, 1925

6
24

500

Geographic Board Decisions-
Supplement No. 5

278

Supplement No. 6

ANNUAL REPORT, 1928-.

Number
received

Distribution

■

Delivered

MaUing List

P.C.

1471

Sales

Parlia-
ment

Depart-
ments

Parlia-
ment

Depart-
ments

Annual Departmental Report,
1928— English— ConcZWed

Labour, 1928

2,880

900

633

1,016

3,322

5.50
500
934
272
547
877
550

1,260
588
875

1,373

1,450
650

1,094
475
588
900
640

107
220
1,813
605
188
362
199
155
151
111
186
175
131
156
380

110
157

210
211
193
177

157
168
188
190
277
96
1,109
155

150
500

200
200
200
100
150

200
200
300

25
200
200
100
150
200
200

2,500
456
300
306

3,000

172
122
429
494
144
465
248

92
92
92
113
94

92
92
92
92
92
92
92
94
92
86
113
120
86
118
92
92

86'

33
32
33
32
32
32
33
33
33
33
33
33
33
33
33

32
33

32
32
33
32

32
33
33
33
33
33
33
33

118

Marine and Fisheries 1928

Marine, 1928

List of Vessels, 1927

394

National Defence — Militia and Air Ser-
vice, 1928

Naval Service 1928

Postmaster General, 1928

P.P. & S., 1928

Public Works 1928

56
35

199

Railway Commission, 1927

R G il P. 1928

Secretarj' of State, 1928

225
253
354
183

Trade and Commerce, 1928

43'

247
601
1,042
500
96
8

Trade of Canada 1927

Trade of Canada, Calendar Year 1928. .
Trade of Canada, Condensed, 1928

Criminal Statistics, 1928

'■'l50'
150
200
500

50
50
50
50
150
250
25
100
50
50
25
50
50
50
50

10
50

50
50
25
50

50
50
25
25
200
25
50
50

700
246

Weights and Measures, 1928

Electricity and Gas Inspection, 1928.. . .
Board of Grain Commissioners, 1927. . .
Commissioner of Patents, 1928 ... .

254

Annu-\l Departmental Reports
1928— French

Affaires des Sauvages, 1927

100

1,750

500

Affaires Exterieures, 1928

Agriculture, 1927

Archives, 1928 .

Budget, 1929

Budget, 1930

■■■ 100

13
9

Chemins de fer and Canaux, 1927

Commissaire des Brevets, 1928

Commissaires des Chemins de fer 1926.
Commission des Pensions, 1927

Commission du Service Civil, 1927

Coraptes publics 1928

100
50
25
50

250

40
26

100
100
100

50
50
100

52'

1,000
50

1
2

Defense Nationale, Milice 1928. .

Service Naval 1928

Immigration et Colonisation 1927

Imprimerie et Papeterie publiques
1928

Int^rieur, 1927

Marine et Pecheries —

Marine 1928

P&cheries 1928

Penitenciers 1927

Postes, 1928

Retablissement des soldats dans la vie
civile 1927

Royale Gendarmerie h cheval 1927

1928

Sant6 1927

Secretaire d'Etat, 1927

Travail, 1927

Miscellaneous Publications—
Engush

Absorption of Moisture by Kiln-dried
Lumber

Act to supplement the Revenue required
to meet War Expenditures

DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC PRINTING AND STATIONERY

Number
received

Distribution

Delivered

Mailing List

P.C.

1471

Sales

Parlia-
ment

Depart-
ments

Parlia-
ment

Depart-
ments

Miscellaneous Pxjblications—
English — Continued

Advance Registry Policy for Pure-bred
Swine

125

150
150

1,200

125
150
175
125
150
125
150
125

150

1,125

150

500
125

150
125

1.50

150
3,185
150
125
150

250
594
400
150
53
125
150

20
125
150

150
125
150

150
150
150

1,137

14,000

900

1,250

1,400
250

2,275
125
150
150

118
113

120

86
113
92

86
113

87
113

113

Agricultural Pest Control Act, Orders

Aircraft in Forestry

Aluminum and its Products, 1st Hear-
ing

85
79

490
471

Aluminum and its Products, 4th Hear-
ing

Annual Statistics of Fruit and Flori-
culture, 1927

Annuity Tables ...

Annual Survey of Education, 1927

Annual Flowers

Animal Husbandry Division

Annual Survey of Education, 1926

Artificial Brooding of Chicks

An Argument in the Kitchen

Assistance that can be given by Cana-
dian Trade Commissioners

Paper

86
113

68''

Barley Culture in Canada. .". .

Beauhamois Power Co.— Order m Coun-
cil

127

120
92

118
113

Bertha Armyworm in the Prairie Pro-
vinces

Biological Board— Discolouration of
Halibut

Biological Board— Bull. No. 11, Fun-
damental Principals of Chemistry

1,089

Boy Settlement in Canada . .

118
86
113

118

Bovs and Girls Service Clubs

British and Foreign Representatives in

119

cloth

118

Budget Resolutions No. 87A.

86
118

C.A.M.C. with Canadian Corps during
the last 100 davs of War

Camping in Canada

86
119

113
92
118

113
118
118
113
86

Canada's First Farmers' Marketing
Tour

Canadian Magnetical Observatories,
1923

Canadian Trade to Buenos Aires

Canal Statistics 1927

100

612

112

i28

1,922
5

Celotex

85
49
50

490
476
490

92
92
92
113

■ '92
86
120

138

327

Second Hearing

Ceramics and Road Material, No. 690..
Cereal Division.'^, 1927

941

1,234

Chemical and Allied Products, 1926. . . .

Chemical and Allied Products, 1927. . .

ANNUAL REPORT, 1928-^

Number
received

Distribution

Delivered

Mailing List

P.C.
1471

Sales

Parlia-
ment

Depart-
ments

Parlia-
ment

Depart-
ments

Miscellaneous Publications-
English— Con^inwed

Choosing a Life Work — Stenography

150

1,200

150

550

150

950

1,525

1,200

150
150
150
150
225
150

1,325

3,425

125

250

1,200

150

125
300

50
2,300
200
150
150
1,840

125
125
125
125
150
125
125

125

125
125

125
300
150

150
125
125
1.50

113
113
113
113
118
120
92
115
117
113
113
118
113
92
92

113
118
113

118
92
118

Choosing a Life Work— Office Work

""47i'
496

Cigarettes

79
79

Cigars

Census of Trading Establishments, 1924

Census of Alberta

Civil Aviation, 1927

326

Coal Statistics, 1927

Coal and. Coke First Hearing

85
85

476
490
490

293

Second Hearing

Third Hearing

179
61

Coal and Coke Statistics—

July-Sept., 1928

Jan -March 1928

Coal Mining Rights

•;

Commissioner of Highways, 1928

Commercial Bent Grasses

Correspondence re Diversion of Waters

500

200

Convention between Canada and the
United States re Sock-eye Salmon. . .

Convention and Protocol, Canada and
the United States— /?e Niagara Falls.

675

1,825

Conversion of Latitudes and Departures
of a Traverse to Geodetic differences
of Latitude and Longitude

Control of Loose Smut in Wheat

92
113
92
92

113

Co-operative Associations in Canada....
Copper Rods, First Hearing

85
85

490
490

Copper and Nickel-Copper Mines in
Canada

Crop Rotation and Solid Management
for the Prairie Provinces

Customs Act, Consolidation, Index

Customs Statistics Classification, April,
1928

Customs Tariff Paper

Customs Tariff, Cloth

1,036

Dairy Factories 1927

118
118
118

92
92
86
92
113
92
92

92
86

Diagnostic Standards in Tuberculosis...

1,684

Directions for Domestic Use of Peat
Fuel

Division of Forage Plants 1927

Division of Field Husbandry

Director of Geodetic Survey, 1927

Division of Botany, 1927

Destructive Insects and Pest Act and

Diseases of Rye, Grains and other

Directions for Collecting and Preserving

113

118
92
86

118

Dominion Water Powers, Manitoba,

Dominion Lands Handbook, April, 1928
Dominion Lands Administration

DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC PRIXTIXG AXD STATIONERY

Number
received

Distribution

Delivered

Mailing List

P.C.
1471

Sales

Parlia-
ment

Depart
ments

Parlia-
ment

Depart-
ments

MISCELLA^^:ous Publications —
English— Continued

Dominion Forests Reserves and Parks
Act

150

125

150

1,125

175

1,400

1,200

150

225

725
125

125
125
125
125
125
125
125
125
125
125
125
125
125
125
125
125
125
125
125
125
125
125
150

150
450
150

150
150
125
150
150

150

125
225
150
150
150
150
125

1,300
125
150

1,600

118

113
86

119
86

Dominion Fuel Board, Interim Report,
1923

DT-i-iTiff nf Wlipat

Economic Conference, 1927

500

Electric Railway Statistics, 1925

1927

118
92
119

Enamel Ware, First Hearing

85
79

490
471

Errors of Astronomical Positions due to

Ethylene Glycol— Thin Plate Glass. . . .

496

92
118
92

86
86

86
86
86
86
86
86
86
86
86
92
86
94
86
86
86
86
92
92
86
92
86
92
118

113
118
118

113
113
86
118
118

Exporters of Electric Power to United
States

Experimental Farm Stations

Indian Head Sask.

Kapuskasing Ont.

Nappan X S

Brandon Man

St. Anne de la Pocatiere, Que. .
Scott Sask.

Kentville, N.S.

Sidney, B.C

Summerland B C.

Lethbridge llta

Farmer who Produces and Markets
r)irty Eggs is Hurting the Market for

Fertilizers Act and Amendments

Financial Statistics, Provincial Govern-
ments 1926

Fish Culture in Canada 1926

1927

Fisheries Statistics 1927

Fishery Regulations for Province of
Manitoba

Forest Entomology and its Develop-

113
86
86
113
113
113
1J3
86

Forets Facts

Forestry Lessons

Forests of Canada

French Canadian Homespun Industry. .
Fuel and Fuel Testing, No. 689

Fully Accredited Herds

86
113
119

General Treaty for Renunciation of War

1,000

150

ANNUAL REPORT, 1928-29

Number
received

Distribution

Delivered 1 Mailing List

P.C.
1471

Sales

Parlia-
ment

Depart- Parlia-
ments ment

Depart-
ments

Miscellaneous Publicatioxs—
English— Continued

Geodetic Survey, Report of Superin-

50
150
125
150
175
150

150
125
125

125
150
150

125
125

125
200

150

150
125
150

125
1,879
1,461
2.018

.25

1,000
125

150
150
150

1,750
1,250
1,250
150
150
150
175
150
150
125
125
150
625
125
125
100

150

150
815
150
150

113
86
113
113
113

118
92
86

86
113
120

86
86

Government Insurance for all who served

Hints for Canadian Exporters to British

How to make and use Hotbeds and

Illustration Station, B.C., J^lta., Sask.,

Insects of the Flower Plant and their
<_onx o ■••••■ •

Italian Customs Requirements and

1j8

113
86
118

120

118

86
86

118
113
118

92
86
93
113
83
86
113
113
113
94
86
113
92
86
86

International Radiotelegraph Conven-

+ i(->Ti Q+ WisViino-tnn 1 Q''7

International Rules of the Road

Invoice Requirements for Cuba

Investigations of Fuel and Fuel Testing,
1926

Investigations— Mineral Resources and
Mining Industrv, 1927

320
100

684

1,325
1,289
1,2.34

Investigations— Mineral Resources and

Investigations in Ore Dressing and Me-
tallurgy, 1926, No. 688

Investigation— Quebec Harbour Com-

Industrial and International Relations,
1928

750

Information relating to pay and allow-

Iron and Steel —

79
49
25

496
476
490

1,278

280

Third Hearing

201

Journals of the House of Commons, 1928

TCiVlfincr TTnrcA Trm'l

Labour Organizations, 1927

League of Nations, 9th Assembly

Lepturrna of America, North of Mexico
List of Licensed Insurance Companies. .

Live Stock Markets and Meat Trade

113
119

List of Lost, Stolen and Destroyed

List of Licensed Elevators, 1927-28

T.ist r>f RnnrHs nf TrnHo

498

113
118

DEPARTMEXT OF PUBLIC PRIXTIXG AXD STATIOXERY

Number
received

Distribution

Delivered

Mailing List

P.C.

1471

Sales

Parlia-
ment

Depart-
ments

Parlia-
ment

Depart-
ments

Miscellaneous Publications-
English— Con^nMed

List of Cheese and Creameries in Can-
ada

150
150

125
150
125
150
100
156
150

150
125
150
350

200
50
150
185

125
1,200
150
150
150

150

125
125
125
150
125
150
150
125
125
150
150

125
150
150
150
150

125
850
900

125
125
125
150
280

150
125
150
125

30
1,650
125
100
150

118
118

92
118

86
113

List of Publications, Agriculture De-

Loan and Trust Companies, 1926

Loan and Trust Companies, 1927

Lumber Industrv 1926

113
113

118
86
113
118

Manufacturers of Non-.Metallic Miner-
als 1926

Marquis Wheat

Meeting of the Committee of the Privy
Council March 16 1928

Memorandum re Judges Salaries

113
113

92
93
118
113
113

113

86
86
86
119
86
113
113
86
86
113
113

92
113
113
113
113

86
86
92

Mineral Production of Canada, 1926. . . .

Mineral Production, 1928, Preliminary

Report

Mining Machinery', First Hearing

496

Mining Plants in Canada .

Molybdenum, Antimony and Tungsten
Mines in Canada

Motor Vehicle Registration by Pro-

Morphism

Metallurgical Works in Canada

National Parks of Canada, 1927

National Museum , 1926

National Research Council, No. 22.

Nitrogen, Phosphoric Acid and Potash,

OflSicial List of Licensed Manufacturers.

Oil Prospects near Bragg Creek, Alta.. .

Origin and Quality of Live Stock

Organization in Industry, Commerce

Paints and Varnishes

49
99

476
476

200

Parts of Stoves

Patent and Copyright— Rules and

92
86
113
113

118
86

118
92

Petroleum and Natural Gas Rights

Points for Canadian Exporters of Jam-

Poultry Division 19'>7

Pork Production No. 63 (Fall Litters). .

Precise Levelling in Nova Scotia, New-
Brunswick and Prince Edward Is-
land

1,500

Preparation of Pelts for Market

113

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Proposals for Treaty for Renunciation
of NVar

325
150
150

150
125
150
150

125
150

150
150
150
150
1,425
150

725
150
150

125
125
125
125
150
125
150
125
125
150

100
150
125
625

125
625
625

1,000

150

1,725

125

50
925

150
125
925
125

150
150
150

150
150
150
325

86
113
113

118
86
118
113

86
113

118
118
118
118
92
86

86
113
120

86
86
86
86

113
86

113
86
86

113

Pulp and Paper Research in Canada

Producers of Mineral Pigments in Can-

Problems of the Narcotic Drug Addict

Preserving Fruits and Vegetables in the

Publications of Geological Survey and

Publication No 25 re Latitudes

Pulp and Paper Industrv 1927

1,325

Quarterly Bulletin— Sea Fisheries

Quebec Harbour Commission Investi-

500

Radio Stations in Canada 1928

Radio Stations in Canada Supplement

Regulations, Insect and Pest Act-
No 17

No 32

No 16

No 14

No 11

No. 10

No 9

No 7

No 2

No 1

Regulations for Fisheries for British

Regulations for Rifle Associations

Regulations Under Food and Drug Act
Regulations re Soldier Settlement Act. .
Record of Performance of Pure Bred

113
86
86

86
86
86

119

118
118
118

500

Return No. 116 Feb. 1.3th, i928

500
500

Return No 92 Feb 13th 1928

Renunciation of War, General Treaty,
Kellogg 19''8

Regulations re Petroleum and Natural

Regulations re Quartz Mining Claims. .

Regulations re Leasing of Lands

Regulations re Old Age Pensions

Report of the Director of Experimental
Farms 19''8

500

100

501

Report of Committee on 60th Anniver-

Report of W. H. Moore, re Tariff, 1927. .
Report on Exploratory Trip in the Area

500

113

86
86
89

118
118
118

117
113
118
86

Regulations for Cadet Services, 1928 . . .
Return March 12 1928

500

Red and White Currant

Regulations re Mining Rights and School

Regulations re Quartz Mining Claims. .

Regulations re Coal

Regulations — National Research Coun-

Royal Military College Pamphlet

Royal Commission re Fisheries

122

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MiscELLAXEors Publications— ExG-
lAsu— Continued

Royal Commission on Recon\eyance o
land to British Columbia

325

125

1,200

155
125
150
150
900
125

150
310
150

125

125
125
150
900
125
125

150
1,861
150
150
150
125
125
1.50
650
100

100
3,125

625

250

1,200

150

175
150

125
125
125
150
1.50
225

125
150
350
150
150

150

1,200

150

160

86
86
94

119
86
113
113
92
86

118

906

Rust Research Laboratory

Rubber, 1st and 2nd Hearing

Rules and Regulations of R.C.M.P.
1928

Rules of the Road— Great Lakes

Safety Rules

Sanitation

Sardines and Herrings

490

School Program

Schedule of Classification of Fire In-

Sea to Sea Radio Broadcasting

Sea Fisheries, Statistics, Jan.-Dec. 1928

118

92
86
86
118
92
86
86

114

■ 113
113
113
86
86
113

Seasonable Hints— Xo. 43, \Yestem

Seasonable Hints, Xo. 41

Seasonable Hints

Seed Act— Oct., 1928

Sewing Machines

492

Seedling Blight and Foot Rot of Oats. .

Sheep Husbandrv in Canada

Sixth Canadian Conference on Child
Welfare

1,621

Silver Mines in Canada

Silver-Lead-Zinc Mines in Canada

Sihaculture Research in Canada

Soils of Prince Edward Island

Special Committee on Pensions

500

Special Election Instructions

Special Fisheries Regulations for Nova
Scotia

St. Lawrence Waterwavs Project

1,500
500

92
113
92

113

120
113

93
86
92

118

113

118

86
118
118
118
118

113
118
94

120 1

816

St. Lawrence River Project, Special
Committee of the Senate

Standing Committee on Bill "D"

Staves and Heading, 1st Hearing

Statistical Report of Fire Losses in Can-
ada, 1927

496

Statistics of the Civil Service Com-
mission, 1927

Statistics of the Civil Service Com-
mission, 1928

Storage of Apple Warehouses, X.S

Studies in Strawberrj- Bud Differentia-

Stem Rust in T\ estem Canada

State Forests in Canada

Steam Railwav Statistics, 1927

Studies on Moulds and Yeasts in Cream-
ers* Butt-er

Summary- Report, Mines, 1927

Summarj- Trade of Canada, Nov., 1928.
Dec, 1928.

300

Jan., 1929.

Suggestions re Frj-ing or Broiling Chick-
ens

Supplement to Catalogue of Maps

Sugar. First and Second Hearings

Sweden as a Market for Canadian Pro-
ducts

496

Tables of Weight at different heights
and ages

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MiSCELLAXEOUS PUBLIC ATIOXS —

English— Condiiiei
Textile Industrie's in Canada 1917-19''6

250

5,011
19,011
14,229

12,000
5,000

32,200
150
150
150
425
150
125
175
150
150
150
150

150
125
125
150
150

1,125
150
125
150
125
150
150
150
150

150

300
4,200

50
935
50
50
50

50
50

50
225
50
50
100

50
50

120

" 113
113
113

86
118

86
113
113
114
114
118

119
86
92
113
118

Tide Tables, Quebec and Father Point,
1929

4,636
17,686
10,029

10,779
4,906
26,083

Tide Tables St John 19'>9

Tide Tables, Vancouver, and Sand
Head's 1929

Tide Tables, Prince Rupert, 1929

Tide Tables, Pacific Coast, 1929

Timber Pathology

Timber Physics Research in Canada. . .

Tobacco Enciuirv Commission

Topographical Suryey. Bull. No. 60 ... .

Trade of the Airican Sub. Continent.

Trees of the Lord

Tree Planting of the Prairie Proyinces..
Trading with Colombia and Venezuela.
Trappin"' Moles

Uren prehistoric Site, Oxford County,
Ont RuU No 51

United States Federal Import Milk Act

Vital Statistics 1927 . ...

War Economic Conference, Final Report
1927

134

113
86
113
86
118
118
118
113

113

No. 54

Why and How to Use Buttermilk

W;hy and How to Use Cottage Cheese..

Wholesale Dealers in Fruits and Veget-
ables

Yukon Quartz Mining Act, with Rules
and Regulations

Year Book, 1927-28

200

1,882

33'

33
33

32
33
32
33
33

980

Miscellaneous Publications-
French

461

374

Association ouvriere au Canada 1927

Assolements et la culture du sol

Assurance pour ceux qui ont fait du ser-

Avantages qu'ofTrirait I'isolation ther-
mique de votre maison

Chambres froides de beurreries avec

Charbon et le Coke

College Militaire royal du Canada

Comment combattre les moustiques. . .

Commission royale sur les pocheries

Col. Brit, retrocession de certaines

Conference 6conomique, rapport final

33
33

33
32

Conseils pour la saison (.Prairies)

Conseils pour la saison (.Colombie Bri-

Conseils pour la saison. No. 43

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MlSCELLAXEOrS PUBUCATIONS-

Frexch — Continued

Conseils pour la saison

Convention et protocole re Chutes Nia-

Convsrsion des Fourrages sees en un
aliment succulent

Couches chaudes et couches froides
comm?nt les fairs et comment s'en
ser\-ir ^

Detoumement des eaux des Grands Lacs
par le district sanitaire de Chicago,
correspondance relative au

Directeur General v^terinaire, 1928

Discours du Budget

Douanes et de I'Accise, commission roy-
ale des, rapport interimaire

Elevage du mouton

Elevage des oies

Elevage des poussins

Elections, instructions speciales

Enregistrement superieur pour les pores
de race pure

Fpinette de Sitka

Etude des levures dans le bearre

Explosifs, 1927

Exportation d'energie electrique aux
Etats-Unis

Fabrication, crerae a la glace

Fee des bois

Fumiers et engrais chimiques

Gadelier a fruits rouges et blancs

Hygiene

Insectes nuisibles

Inspection des poissons

Instruction publique au Canada 1926. . .

Loi de Faillites, toile

Loi de Faillites, papier

Loi des Pccheries

Loi des Semences

Laboratoire des recherches sur la houille

Liste des marchands de gros de legumes
de fruits

Liste de publications, Department de
la sante

Loi des engrais chimiques

Loi contre les parasites de 1' Agriculture.

Loi federate des Etats-L'nis concernant
le lait importe

Loi des insectes destnicteurs et autres

Loi de I'Amerique Britannique du

N ord , toile

Loi de r.Ajnerique Britannique du

Nord, papier

Maladies des tomates

Memoire re salaires des juges

Mefiez-vous des detonateurs

L' Organisation et I'industrie du com

merce

Origine et qualite des bestiaux de Com

merce

Programme de carillon

Programme scolaire

Facte multilateral 1928 .'..

Pin de Murray

Pasteurisation du lait

Pin gris

400
50
50

1,050
50
50
50
40

50
50
50
50

250
50
50
50
50
50
50
50
50

594
50
50
50
50

50
200
50

50
4,600
50
50
50
50
50

425

400

150

ANNUAL REPORT, 1928-

MiSCELLANKOUS PUBLICATIONS —

French — Continued

Pin a bois lourd

Plantes bulbeuses a fleurs

Preparation des peaux

Projet de canalisation du St. Laurent
Protection des oiseaux migrateurs . . .

Peintures et vemis

Prix au Canada et a I'etranger

Petite industrie de la laine au Canada

francais

Region de la riviere la Paix

Reglements pour prevenir les abordages
Representations des Gouvernements,

Bretagne et etranger

Reglements, Poids et Mesures

Reglements concernant les cadets

Reglements de la loi des insectes (etran
gers)—

le rev

2e rev

No. 16

No. 17

No. 14

No. 10, 5e rev

No. 7

No. 3

No. 2, domestique, 7e rev

Retablissement des soldats dans la vie

civile, enquete 1927

Reponse, 13 ffevrier, 1928

12 mars, 1928

Rapport de M. W. H. Moore re Tarif . . .
Rapport du service des plantes four-

rageres

Renonciation a la guerre, traite genera!

Kellogg, 1928

Reglements intemationaux pour prevenir

les abordages

Reclamation des tribus indiennes

Salaires et heures de travail

Service de I'agriculture

Service de I'aviculture

Service de la botanique

Service des cereales, 1926

Service de la Chimie

Service de I'exploitation animale

Service de la grande culture 1927

Service de I'horticulture

Service de la production de la filasse. . .
Societes cooperatives au Canada, 1928..
Societe des Nations, 9ieme Assemblee.

Soja au Canada

Sols de I'ete de I'lle du P.E

Sous-Stations Experimentales —

Charlottetown, P.E

Farnham , Que

Fredericton, N.B

Harrow, Ont

■ KentviUe, N.S

Lennoxvilla, Que

Morden, Man

Nappan, N.S

Stations federales de demonstration. . . .

Stations de Radio au Canada

Systeme de notes pour I'elevage des

volailles

Terres federales, 15 juin 1928

Thuya (cedre de Test)

Thuya, geant

Tourbe combustible

91900-7

Number
received

50
50
50
50
50
50
50
50
50

450
200
250

250

50
370

Distribution

Delivered

Parlia- Depart
ment ments

294

Mailing List

Parlia- Depart-
ment ments

P.C.

1471

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MiSCELLAN-EOrS PUBUCATIOKS

Frexch — Concluded

.50
.50
.50
50

1,125

325

1,.3.50

.357

7.50
750
750
750
750
750
750
750
750
750
7,50
7.50
750
750
750
750
750
750
750
1,250

1,875
1,875
1,875
1,875
1,875
1,875

2.>25
2,625
2,625
2,625
2,625
2,625

750
750
750
750
750
750
750
750
750
750
750

550
550
550
5.50
750

33
33
33
33

86
118
118

113
113
113
113
113
113
113
113
113
113
113
113
113
113
113
113
113
113
113
113

86
86
86
86
86
86

113
113
113
113
113
113

113
113
113
113
113
113
120
120
120
120
120

120
120
120
120
113

Reports of CoMMrrrEES— English

Agriculture and Colonization re Immi-
gration App. No. 8, 1928 _ . .

Agriculture and Colonization re Grading

147

■ ■ 100
100

500
500
500
500
500
500
5C0
500
500
500
500
500
500
500
500
500
500
500
500
500

1,500
1,500
1,500
1,.500
1,500
1,500

1.100
1.000
1,000
1,000
1,000
1,000

500
500
500
500
500
500
500
500
500
500
500

300
300
300
300
500

114

Banking and Commerce, 1929, No. 1. . .

Agricultural and Colonization, re Immi-
gration, 1928—
No 6 . --

No. 7 -

No $ ■ •

No 9

No. 10

No 11 . • .

No 12

No. 13

100

No 14

No. 15

No 16

No 17

No. 18

No 19

No 20

No. 21

No 22

No 23

No 24

No 25

153

Banking and Commerce, 1928—
No 1

167

No 2

188

No 3

181

No 4

193

No 5

191

No 6

191

St. Lawrence River, 1928—

No 1

No 2

No 3

100

No. 4

100

No 5

101

No 6

Judges Salarj', 1928—

No 1

No 2

No. 3..

No 4

Final

Dairy Indu^trv 19''9 No 1

Public \ccounts 1929 No 1

Dominion Elections Act and Corrupt
Practices Act-
No 1

No 2

No. 3

No 4 ....

Railway and Shipping, 1928, No. 2

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ments

Reports of Committees (French)

40
3C0
300
300

100

300

3,300

300

33
33
33
33

32
32
32
32

Banque et C'ommerce, 1929 — No. 1

No. 2

2.50
250
250

No. 3.. ..

Agriculture et Colonisation, proces ver-
baux, temoignages et rapport re classe-
ment du ble, App. No. 7, 1928

Relations industrielles et Internationales
1929_Xo. 1

250
250
250
250

No 2

No 3

Pensions, 3ieme et 4 i^me rapports, 1928.

100

DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC PRINTING AND STATIONERY

Periodicals

—

Number
received

To
Dept.

Subs.

Free

P.C. 1471

Sales

Abstract of Public Health, monthly. . .

112,800

80,7CC

6,400

5,500

18,732

113,100

80,216

72,800

25,200

128,190

67,100

127,800

403

1,300

1,690

4,544

42, ceo

23,400
50
225
42,100
15,0C0
16,416
7,800
60,600

101,061
90,364
5,156
11.176
13,800

100,516
72,040

132
132
44
132
132

504

Bank Statements, monthly

111

4,200

113

Canada Gazette we^'kly

2 318

■■■72;800

132

Canada Week bv Week weeklv

Commercial Intelligence Journal, w'kly.

Labour Gazette, monthly

National Revenue Review, monthly. . . .

105,508
127,308
63,924

132
132

132

1,200

10,476
127,620

1,032

Postal Guide, yearly, cloth

" " papar

Railway Judgments, semi-monthly

Trade of Canada, quarterly

Tuberculosis Bulletin, monthly

Periodicals (French)

310

1,300

8,242

6,240

209,868

22,779

286

■ 132

132

121

2,938

461

210,000

396

Guide postal, 1929, toile

" " papier

15,132

1,240

132

121

572

12,060

16,284

828

52.524

Ressources Naturelles

Bulletin. Tuberculosa

396

Number
received

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Official Reports of Parliament
(Bound Volumes)
Journals, House of Commons, 1928. .

Senate, 1928

" House of Commons, App. 2

and 3

Senate Debates, 1928

House of Commons Debates, 1928 —

Vol. I

Vol.11

Vol. HI

Index

Debats du Senat

Debatsdela Chambredes Communes,
1927—

Vol.1

Vol.11

1928—

Vol.1

Vol.11

Journaux du Senat, 1928

Joumaux de la Chambre des Communes

1928

Joumaux de la Chambre des Communes
App. 1928

Bound Annual Reports

^nual Reports, 1926-27, Vol. I

Vol. V

Annual Reports, 1925-26, Vol. II

Vol. V

Vol. Ill

Vol. IV

Rapports annuels des Departements:

1925-26, Vol.2

Vol.4

1926-27, Vol. 1

Vol.5

326

ANNUAL REPORT, 1928-29
Parliamentary Papers— Part Sessions 1927-28 and 1928-29

101

English

Senate Debates

House of Commons Debates

Senate Minutes

Votes and Proceedings, House of Commons

Orders of the Day, House of Commons

Bills, Senate

Bills, House of Commons

French

Debats de la Chambre Communes

Proces-Verbaux, Minutes du Senat

Proces-Verbaux, Chambre des Communes. .
Ordres du Jour, Chambre des Communes. .

Bills, Senat

Bills, Chambre des Communes

DistriVjuted Order of

Parliament

Number
received

P.C. 1471

House of

Mailing

Commons

List

1,148

145,360

45.360

3,520

4,048

498,411

88,165

114,586

1,148

59,430

29,610

154

4,048

144,886

41,910

26,277

4,048

131,548

59.675

26,277

35,2.50

1,521,750

1,187,750

210.3.50

29,614

1,352,880

700,720

144,240

2,464

88,319

16,170

32,571

1,344

12.978

6,510

113

2,4&4

33,880

25,410

7,084

2,464

24,948

9,660

7,084

8,800

361,075

242,550

33,760

7,680

363,460

211,680

22.080

Number of Subscribers to Parliamentary Papers, March 31, 1929

To Departments

To the Public

EngUsh

French

English

French

Senate-
Debates of

440
348

Sll
455

408
242

25'

73
31
33

136
66

1,252
127
92
1.34

Minutes of Proceedings

House of Commons —
Debates of

113

■ Votes and Proceedings ...

Bills of both Houses

REPORT OF THE CONTROLLER OF PURCHASES

Fiscal Year 1928-29

f. a. acland,

King's Printer,
Ottawa, Ont.

Dear Sir,- — -I have the honour to submit report of the Purchasing Branch
■for the fiscal year 1928-29. The total amount of money paid for purchases
made by the three divisions of this branch is S2, 209, 602. 47, sub-divided as fol-
lows :■ —

Canadian

United
Kingdom

United
States

Other
Coun-
tries

Total
Material
Purchased

Customs
Duty and
Brokerage

Freight
Express

Grand
Total

Stationery and
Paper Stores
Printing Stores
Lithographing
Printing,
Binding, En-
graving, etc.

S cts.

1,674,942 53
113,132 69

321,018 51

$ cts.
19,309 30

$ cts.

27,677 88
16,417 12

9 00

S cts.
324 64

$ cts.

1,722,254 35
129,549 81

321, 6W 21

1 cts.

4,692 86
4,099 22

126 28

-S cts.

23,538 98
961 44

2,775 32

S cts.

1,750,486 19
134,610 47

576 70

324,505 81

Totals....

2,109,093 73

19,886 00

44,104 00

324 64

2,173,408 37

8,918 36

27,275 74

2,209,602 47

The above mentioned purchases were made from 1,559 firms or individuals;
31,960 invoices were received, audited and certified ready for payment; 28,739
individual orders were issued and 1,067 special specifications for tenders w^ere
prepared. Sale of discarded equipment, machines, etc., amounted to 81,225.00.
Metal dross exchanged for virgin metal, 21,968 pounds to the value of 81,280.70.
Customs entries for import and export, 368; number of express and freight
slips audited and cleared for payment, 2,599.

^York performed or supervised by the Lithographing and Engra\'ing Division
is as follows: Cheques lithographed, 4,404,560; maps Hthographed, 1,379,486;
forms, posters, etc., 10,376,911; lithographed money orders, 17,397,680; booklets,
549,083; printed cards and tags, 8,108,838; line engravings and halftones,
11,018; electros and dies, 910; heliotype prints. 341,240; cartons and enve-
lopes, 2,968,703.

Government Newspaper Advertising

The total amount of the invoices audited and passed for paj-ment by this
department for Government advertising during the fiscal year ending !March
31, 1929 is 8195,815.16; the details of which are set forth in statement on the
next page. These accounts were paid by the several departments for which
the advertising is done and the amount is therefore not included in the state-
ment of expenditure of this department.

The number of advertising accounts audited is 7,099; orders issued, 4,977,
of which 3,679 were for transient advertising and 1,298 for space contract adver-
tising.

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Below is a statement of the total amount of advertising accounts audited
by this department from the year 1876 to the fiscal year ending March 31, 1929,
inclusive.

Calendar Year

1876 $ 12,529 27

1877 12,751 56

1878 20,583 77

1879 39,676 60

1880 63.092 50

1881 30,015 44

1882 50,604 71

1883 30,149 31

1884 39,401 48

1885 33,782 53

1886 25,102 83

1887 48,596 03

1888 44,520 30

1889 35,939 47

1890 26,102 48

1891 27,519 59

1892 24,819 54

1893 26,704 27

1894 26,423 72

1895 27,424 68

1896 30,760 76

1897 35,138 54

1898 (6 mos. to June 30, 1898) 16, 312 58

Fiscal Year

1898-1899 S 27,699 72

1899-1900 46,317 74

1900-1901 50,790 40

1901-1902 53,850 75

1902-1903 41,078 02

1903-1904 57,898 72

1904-1905 102,848 11

1905-1906 107,812 56

1906-1907 89,329 77

(March 31)

1907-1908 141,200 45

1908-1909 156,673 50

1909-1910 102,841 15

1910-1911 144, 081 66

1911-1912 166,224 26

1912-1913 204,762 87

1913-1914 247,477 61

1914-1915 200,441 19

1915-1916 210,818 48

1916-1917 295,694 98

*1917-1918 496,645 77

1918-1919 622,197 21

1919-1920 235, 663' 93

1920-1921 183,656 65

1921-1922 98,663 02

1922-1923 224,885 07

1923-1924 129,611 43

1924-1925 77,434 09

1925-1926 105,021 81

1926-1927 72,961 95

1927-1928 110,551 20

1928-1929 195,815 16

*Includes advertising of Victory Loan, 1918, amount $184,064.59, contracted for with Canadian Press
Association.

J. 0. PATENAUDE,

Controller of Purchases.

DOMINION OF CANADA
SIXTY-SECOND ANNUAL REPORT

OF THE

DEPARTMENT OF MARINE
AND FISHERIES

FOR THE

FISCAL YEAR 1928-29

MARINE

OTTAWA

F. A. ACLAND

PRINTER TO THE KING'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY

1929

To His Excellency the Right Honourable Viscount Willingdon, G.C.S.I.,
G.C.M.G., G.C.I.E., G.B.E., Governor General and Commander in Chief
of the Dominion of Canada.

May it Please Your Excellency:

I have the honour to submit herewith, for the information of Your
Excellency and the Parliament of Canada, the Sixty-second Annual Report of
the Department of Marine and Fisheries, Marine Branch.

I have the honour to be,

Your Excellency's most obedient servant,

P. J. ARTHUR CARDIN,

Minister of Marine and Fisheries.

Department of ]Marixe,
Ottawa.

88174-A

TABLE OF CONTENTS

REPORT OF DEPUTY MINISTER. Subjects paged in summary below.

Page

Agencies' reports 70-97

Halifax, X.S., agencj- 70-74

S3-dney, N.S., sub-agency 74, 75

Pictou, N.S., sub-agenc}- 74

Victoria, B.C., agency 75-78

Prince Rupert, B.C., agency 79, 80

Charlottetown, P.E.I., agency 80-84

Fort William, Ont., sub-agenc\' 84, 85

Parry Sound, Out., agency 85-87

Kenora, Ont., sub-agency 87

Montreal, P.O., agency 87, 88

Quebec, P.Q., agency 88-93

Saint John, N.B., agency 93-97

Appropriation and expenditure 191

Bagotville, Port All'red 148

Belleville Harbour Commission report 148

Board of Steamboat Inspection, report of chairman 157-159

Board meetings 157

Engineer examinations 157

Senior Steamship Inspectors 158

Inspectors acting in dual capacity 158

Inspectors of boilers and machinerj' 158

Inspectors of hulls and equipment 158

Inspectors of ships' tackle 158

Table showing number of insp€H?tions made, fees collected, etc.. during vear

ending March 31. 1929 159

Burrard Dry Dock Co., Ltd., operations of 13

Canadian Government Merchant Marine 9-11

Comparison of operations, 1927 and 1928 9, 10

Disposition of fleet during 1928 10

Voj'ages completed during the year 10

Regular sailings during the year 10, 11

Canadian shipbuilding plants, operations of 11-13

Canadian "Slickers, Ltd., operations of 13

Charlottetown agency report 80-84

Chicoutimi Harbour Commission report 147, 148

Chief Engineer's report 20-25

New aids to navigation 20, 21

Changes and improvements 21, 24

Publications 24

Ice-breaking 24

Removal of obstructions to navigation 24

vi MARIXE AXD FISHERIES

Page
Chief Engineer's Report — Concluded

Maintenance and repairs to wharves 24

Dominion steamers 25

Dominion Lighthouse Depot, Prescott, Ont 25

Commissioner of Lights' report 25, 26

Statement, by districts, showing the number of lights of the se\'erail orders,

lightship.?, lightkeepers, fog signals, buoys, submarine bells, ete 26

Comparison (by countries) of tonnage in hand at close of 1928, with 192S output... 8,9

Correspondence 192

Countries for which the merchant vessels launched in Great Britain and Ireland

during 1928 have been built 4

Davie Shipbuilding and Repairing Co., Ltd., operations of 12

Denmark, mercantile shipbuilding 6

Expenditure and revenue 49, 50

Fort William, sub-agency report 84, 85

France, mercantile shipbuilding 7

General statistics

Germany, mercantile shipbuilding.

Halifax agency report 70-74

Halifax Harbour Commission report 148-150

Halifax Shipyards, Ltd., operations of 11

Harbour Commissioners' I'e'ports 124-157

Quebec 124-130

Montreal 130-137

Three Rivers 137-140

New Westminster 140-143

Vancouver 143-147

Chicoutimi 147, 148

Bagotville 148

Belleville 148

Halifax 148-150

Saint John 150-157

Holland, mercantile shipbuilding 6

H3-drographic Service — Report of Chief Hj'drographer 102-116

Headquarters 102, 103

Division of Hydrography 103

Atlantic coast and inland waters 103

Pacific coast 103

Gulf of St. Lawrence .' 103-105

Bay of Fundy 105

Hudson Bay (Port Churchill) Survey 105, 106

Lake St. Clair sur\-ey 106

Great Slave Lake sur\ey 107

REPORT OF THE DEPUTY MIMSTER vii

Page

Hydi-opraphic Sen-ice — Concluded

Pacific coast suney 107, lOS

Precipe water levels division 108, 109

Moathlj' mean water surface elevations of the Great Lakes, by precise water

levels division, during 1928 110

Monthly mean water surface elevations of the St. Lawrence river, by precise

water levels division, during 1928 Ill

Division of chart construction 112, 113

Division of chart distribution 113

Division of tides and currents 113, 114

Seasonal tide gauges — Atlantic coast 114

Pacific coast 114

Investigation of currents — Atlantic coast 114

Pacific coast 115

Reports on currents 115

Tide tables 115

Information service and other available publications 116

Staff 116

Inspection, Board of Steamboat, report of chairman 157-159

Italy, mercantile shipbuilddng 7

Idle steam and motor shipping of principal maritime countries on January 1, 1928

and January 1, 1929 9

Japan, mercantile shipbuilding 6, 7

Kenora, sub-agency report 87

Legislation, new 192

Live stock shipments, 1928 102

Lloyd's returns — ^Register shipbuilding for the quai-ter ended March 31, 1928 1

" " Register shipbuilding for the quarter ended June 30, 1928 2

" Motor shipbuilding at June 30, 1928 2

" " Tankers under construction at June 30, 1928 3

" '•' Mercantile shipbuilding in 192S 3-9

" " Number and tonnage of merchant vessels 'launched in Great Britain

and Ireland during the two years 1927 and 1928 3

" '•■ Size of merchant vessels launched in Great Britain and Ireland

during 1928 4

" " Countries for which the merchant vessels launched in Great Britain

and Ireland during 1928 have been built 4

" " Size and type of vessels 5

" " Vessels fitted with turbines 5

" " Vessels fitted with internal combustion engines 5

" ■' Output of leading shipbuilding centres 5

" " Germany 6

'■ " Holland 6

" " Denmark 6

" " Sweden 6

" " Japan 6,7

" " United States '7

viii MARINE AXD FISHERIES

Page
Lloyds's returns — Concluded

" " France 7

Italy 7

" *' Summary' 7

" " General statist ks 8

Comparison (by countries) of tonnage in hand at close of 1928 wiMi

1928 output 8, 9

" •' Idle steam and motor shipping of principal maritime countries on

January 1, 1928 and January- 1, 1929 9

Marine Department correspondence 192

Masters and Seamen Branch — report of Superiniendent 6.5

Mercantile shipbuilding in 1928 3-9

Merchant marine, Canadian (^1 1

Meteorological Service, report of Director 51-60

Forecast division 51

Division of climatology 51, 52

Physics division 52, 53

Earth t^m.peratures, Toronto 53, 54

Terrestrial magnetism 54

Summary of results erf magnetic observations at Agincourt for the fiscal year

1928-29 55

Summary of results of magnetic observations at Meanook for the fiscal A-ear

1928-29 56

Astronomy 56, 57

Seismology 57

Quebec Observator}- — ^report of director 58

St. John Observatorj- — report of director 58, 59

Victoria Observatorj- — report of director 59, 60

Midland Shipbuilding Co., Ltd., operations of 11

Montreal agency report 87, 88

Montreal Harbour Commission report 130-137

Motor shipbuilding at June 30, 1928 2

New legislation 192

New Westminster harbour commission report 140-143

Number and tonnage of merchant vessel's launched in Great Britain and Ireland

during the two years 1927 and 1928 3

Operations of chief Canadian shipbuilding plants 11-13

Output of leading shipbuilding centres 5

Pacific Salvage Co., report 98

Pan-y Sound agency report 85-87

Pictou sub-agency report 74

Pilotage — report of director 65-68

District of Montreal 65, 66

District of Quebec 66

General Montreal and Quebec 66, 67

District of Saint John 67

District of Halifax 67

REPORT OF THE DEPUTY MINISTER ix

Page
Pilotage — Concluded

District of Sydney 68

British Columbia 68

General 68

Port Arthur Shipbuilding Co., Ltd., operations of 12

Port Wardens' reports 116-118

Prince Rupert agency report 79, 80

Prince Rupert Dry Dock and Shipyard, operations of 12

Quebec agency report 88-93

Quebec harbour commission report 124-130

Queibec Salvage & Wrecking Co., report 97, 98

Radio Branch — report of director 160-190

Number of radio stations in the Dominion 160

Licences 160

Licence fees 160

Government coast stations 160, 161

Radiotelegraph aids to navigation broadcasts 161

Radiotelephone aids to navigation broadcasts 161

Time signaJs (East coast) 162

(West coast) 162

Spring patrol, Cabot straits, gulf of St. Lawrence 162

Radio direction finding 162

Bearings given 1928-29 163

Radio beacon service 163, 164

Radio aid to navigation in relation to marine insurance 164

Commercial ship service 164

Radiotelephone service to small craft on t-he Pacific coast 165

Ship's emergency apparatus 165

Number of ships exercised 1928-29 165

TraflBc section 165

Messages handled by the coast station services 165, 166

Revenue 166

Inspections 166, 167

Examinations for certificate of proficiency in radiotelegraphy 167

Fees for examinations 167

Radio broadcasting 167, 168

Broadcasting wavelength arrangements with the United States 168

Commercial activities (Imperial Communication) 168, 169-

Transatlantic 169

Canada eastern zone to Great Britain and Ireland 169-

Transpacific 169»

Canada to Australia 169

Communication with isolated points 169

Work undertaken on behalf of other departments of the government 169,170

Radio (short wave) conference held in Ottawa, January 21, 1929, to January 25,

1929 170

An agreement between United States, Canada, Newfoundland, and Cuba relative

to the assignment of frequencies on the North American Continent 171,172

North American radio conference, 1929 173

Distribution of general communication channels 174, 175

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X MARINE AND FISHERIES

Page

lladio Brandx— Concluded

Summary 175

General summary 176

The International radiotelegraph conference 176

The Royal Commission on radio broadcasting 176. 177

The International telegraph conference 177-180

Article 9 (VIII) Code Language 177, 178

Proceedings of the conference 1 78-180

Inductive interfei-ence section 180-184

New construction, additions and alterations 184

(West coast) 185

(Gkreat Lakes) 185

(East coast) 186

(Hudson Bay and Strait) 186, 187

Special assistance rendered to ships during the year by government radio stations

(West coast— Bull harbour) 187

Cape Lazo 187, 188

Pachena paint direction finding 188

Point Grey 188

Vancouver 188

East coast— North Sydney, N.S 188, 189

Sable Island, N.S 189

Cape Race, Newfoundland 189

Point Amour, Belle Isle 189

Great Lakes— Point Edward & Tobermory, Ont 190

East coast visual signal service 190

Returns of shipping masters 99-101

Quebec 99

New Brunswick 99

Nova Scotia 99-101

Prince Edward Island 101

British Columbia 101

Recapitulation 101

Revenue and expenditure 49, 50

Sable island— report of Superintendent 70

Shipbuilding returns for the quarter ended March 31, 1928 (Lloyd's statement) .... 1

Shipbuilding returns for the quarter ended June 30, 1928 (Lloyd's statement) 2

Shipments, live stock 102

Shipping masters, returns of 99-101

Signal Station, Halifax — record of shipping 69

Size and type of vessels ^

Size of merchant vessels launched in Great Britain and Ireland during 1928 4

Sore! Shipyard 191

Statistics of Canadian shipping 14-19

Statement of A^essels built in Canada and registered during the year 1928 14

Statement showing number of vessels and numiber of tons on registry books of the

Dominion of Canada on December 31, 1928. 15, 16

Statement showing number of vessels removed from the registry books of the

Dominion of Canada during year ended December 31, 1928 17

Statement, comparative, showing number of vessels and number of net tons on

registry books of the Dominion of Canada, on December 31, in eatfh year from

1919 to 1928, both inclusive 18

REPORT OF THE DEPUTY MIMSTER xi

Page

St-atement, comparative, of vessels built and registered in the Dominion of Canada
and their net tonnage during the year ended December 31, in each year from

1919 to 1928, both inclusive 19

Steamboat Inspection— Board of— report of Chairman 157-159

St. John agency report 93-97

St. John Dry Dock and Shipbuilding Co., Ltd., operations of 12

St. John harbour commission report 150-157

St. Lawrence Ship Channel— report of Siiperintending Engineer 27-48

History of the river St. Lawrence srhip channel 27, 28

Thirty-foot channel 28, 29

Thirty-five foot channel 29

The ship channel below Quebec 29

South channel (30 ft. at E.L.W.) 30

North channel (35 ft. at E.L.W.) 30

Dredging operations, season 1928 31-33

Progress of dredging operations at the end of season 192S 33

Tidal Semaphores 33, 34

Sweeping operations 34

Height of water 34

Accidents in the river St. Lawrence, season of navigation 1928 34,35

Marine Signal service 35, 36

East coast visual signal service 37

Brief summary of work performed 37, 38

Icebreaking, 1928-29 38-40

Average depth for each month in the 274 foot channel 40

Average depth for each month in the 30 foot channel 40

Cost of ship channel to date 41

Progress of dredging operations at the close of the season 1928 (30 foot project). 42,43

Progress of dredging operations at the close of the season 1928 (35 foot project). 43,44

Abstract of work of dredging fleet during fiscal year ending March 31, 1929 45, 46

Classification of disbursements for fiscal year ended March 31, 1929 47

Details of dredging, locality and cost per cubic yard 48

Summary, mercantile shipbuilding, 1928, bj' countries 7

Supervisor of Harbour Commissions' report — including reports of Harbour Commis-
sioners 118-124

Harbour Commissions 118, 119

General 120

Comparative table showing revenue and capital receipts and expenditures, etc.,

for the harbour of Montreal, Quebec and Vancouver during the year 1928.. 121,122
Table showing comparative grain shipments for the years 1927 and 1928 from the

harbours of Montreal, Quebec and Vancouver 122

Comparative table showing total number of ocean vessels, with their total regis-
tered tonnage, using the five larger harbours of Canada, during the years

1927 and 1928 122, 123

Public harbours and hart)Our masters 123 .

Changes in personnel of harbour masters during calendar year 1928 123, 124

Summary of harbour dues for the year 1928 124

Sweden, mercantile shipbuilding 6

Sydney, sub-agency report 74, 75

Ta^nkers under construction at June 30, 1928 3

Three Rivers harbour commission reiport 137-140

xii MARINE AND FISHERIES

U
United States, mercantile shipbuilding 7

Vancouver harbour commission report 143-147

Vessels fitted with turbines 5

Vessels fitted with internal combustion engines 6

Victoria agency report 75-78

Wredc Commissioner's report 60-66

Investigations and inqxiiries 60-65

Wrecking Companies reports 97, 98

REPORT

DEPUTY MINISTER OF MARINE

To the Hon. P. J. Akthve Cardix,
Minister of ^Marine and Fisheries.

Sir, — I have the honour to submit herewith mv report for the fiscal vear
ended March 31, 1929.

At the beginning of 1928 there was an increase in the shipbuilding activity
of practically every maritime country with the exception of the United vStates
— as shown by the subjoined Lloyds table.

Countrj'

Tonnage in hand at

•Jan. 1. 1928
(Lloyds statement)

Tonnage output

1927

(Lloyds statement)

Great Britain and Ireland.

German}-

Italv...

gross tons

1,. 579, 713
472,295
183,216
174,887
11.5,029
100, 700
97.710
97,370

gross tons

1,225,873
289,622
101.076

Holland

119 790

France

44 335

Sweden

07,361

Denmark

72,0.38
179 218

It will be seen from this table that Great Britain and Ireland, Germany,
Italy, and Holland, had all substantial increases of tonnage in hand at the
beginning of 1928 over their 1927 outputs, and France in particular had in
hand on January 1. 1928, a building program nearly three fold her 1927 output.

Lloyds Register Shipbuilding Returns for the Quarter ended ^March 31, 1928

Great Britain and Ireland.

Germany

Italy

HoLand

France

Sweden

Denmark

L'nited States

Russia

Japan

.March 31, 1928
gross tons
1,440,842
443.9.39
171.016
162,973
103,494
91,075
103.110
.56,019
94,658
91,775

In comparing this table with the first it will be seen that Great Britain
and Ireland, Germany, Italy, Holland, France and Sweden all show slight
declines, Denmark a slight increase, and the United States as before a marked
■decline.

2 MARINE AXD FISHERIES

Russia and Japan are not included in the first table but as the Russian
output in 1927 amounted to 43.917 tons (Lloyds statement) and as her tonnage
in hand at ]\Iarch 31, 1928, was 94,658 tons, she has more than doubled her
building progi'am in the course of a few months. This is the more remarkable,
as dming the post war period Russia did no building until 1926.

As Japan's 1927 outjiut was 42.359 tons (Lloyds statement) and her ship-
ping in hand at ]\larch 31. 1928. was 91.775 tons, her building program has
also been doubled.

Llo\t)S Register Shipbuilding for the Quarter ended June 30, 1928

June 30, -92S.
gross tons

Great Britain ana Ireland .. 1,202,610

Germany .. 407,534

Holland .. 173,190

Italy 154,111

France 125,984

Russia 115,298

Japan 111,325

Sweden 101.700

Denmark 98,403

United States 55,502

Compared with the March returns, building in Great Britain and Ireland
shows a drop of 238.232 tons. 1.202,610 as against 1.440,842 tons; in Germany
a drop of 36.405 tons. 407.534 tons as against 443.939 tons; in Italy a drop of
16,905 tons. 154,111 tons as against 171,016 tons; in Holland a gain of 10.217
tons, 173,190 tons as against 162,973 tons; in France a gain of 22,490 tons;
125,984 tons as against 103,494 tons; in Sweden a gain of 10,625 tons, 101,700
tons as against 91,075 tons; in Denmark a drop of 4,707 tons, 98,403 tons as
against 103.110 tons; L^nited States show a slight decline of about 500 tons;
Russia a gain of 20,640 tons; 115.298 tons as against 94,658 tons; and Japan
a gain of 19.550 tons; 111,325 tons as against 91,775 tons.

Total gross tonnage of world building at the close of June, 1928, amounted
to 2.660,462 tons, as against 2,893.251 tons at the end of IMarch, 1928, a drop
of 232,789 tons.

Total world tonnage in hand at the close of June, 1927, amounted to
2,840.545 tons (Lloyds statement I ; it will thus be seen that in the course of
a year, world building had undergone a slight decline of 180,083 tons.

]\IoTOR Ship Bl-ilding at June 30. 1928
(Lloyds Statement)

At the end of June. 1928, there were building in the world 276 motor ship>.
gross tonnage, 1.500.444 tons. Of these totals there were being built in Great
Britain and Ireland 75 ships, tonnage 546.826 tons, and in the rest of the
world 201 ships, tonnage 953,718 tons.

The British and Irish motor tonnage amounted to about 84 per cent of
the steam tonnage then under way, which was 649.482 tons.

At the same time the other maritime countries combined were building
488,981 tons of steam tonnage or a little more than one-half of their motor
tonnage in hand, which as already stated amounted to 953,718 tons.

In Germany there were being built at the end of June, two motor ships
of over 30,000 tons each, and in Britain, one motor ship of between 25.000
and 30.000 tons.

REPORT OF THE DEPUTY MINISTER

Tankers under Construction at June 30, 1928
(Llovds statement)

Countries of build

Xo.

Gross
tonnage

Countries of build

No.

Gross
tonnage

Great Britain and Ireland.

9
10
3
6

202,896
11,500
63,868
79,420
22,200
32,100

Italy

Japan

Russia

Sweden . .' . .

4
1
5
7
2

25,308

Danzig

7,280

Denmark

France

24,000
58,500

United States

12,700

Holland

Total

539,772

The above table shows the marked superiority still maintained by Great
Britain and Ireland in the building of this type of vessel.

This superiority is, however, not so apparent as it was a year ago, when
the tanker tonnage in hand of Great Britain and Ireland was somewhat more
than that of the other maritime countries combined.

Lloyds Register shipbuilding returns for the quarter ended September
30. 1928, show a falling-oft" of tonnage in hand in Great Britain and Ireland
of 112.850 tons, as compared with tonnage building at June 30, 1928; viz.,
1.089,760 tons as against 1,202,610 tons.

As the tonnage building at September 30, 1927, amounted to 1,536,416
tons (Lloyds statement) there was in the course of a year a drop of 446,656
tons in the British and Irish building program.

The tonnage of shipping under construction abroad was about the same
for the June and September quarters, the former being about 26,000 tons in
excess of the latter, the figure.- being respectively 1,457,852 tons and 1,431.582
tons (Llovds statements).

Mercantile Shipbuilding in 1928

These returns are from Lloyds Register Annual Summary, are in gross
tons and comprise only merchant ships of 100 gross tons or upwards.

Table showing the Number and Tonnage of Merchant Vessels Launched in
Great Britain and Ireland during the two years 1927 and 1928

1928

Total
1927

District

Steamers

Motorships

Sail and
Barges

Total

No.

Gross
tonnage

No.

Gross
tnonage

No.

Gross
tonnage

No.

Gross
tonnage

No.

Tons

1
6

5,581

870
12,331

1,586

1
13

10
77
45

9
54
11
15

33
70

8
50

7,167

870

75,738

626

734

31,060

352,286

219,662

39,743

17,448

21,742

73, 197

93,223
300,508

2,675
207,646

1,595

2
21

3
1
8

87
44
13
23

18
61
11
37

7 720

Barrow, Maryport and
Workington

22 300

Belfast

63,407
3«

107 181

Bristol

277

425

Dublin

10
51
35

9
54

9
11

28
56

1
42

734
31,060
222,100
156,790
39,743
17,448
20,609
66,310

49,648

217,957

271

170,106

1,216

1 080

Dundee

23,567

•'W' {S'S:k;:::::;;

Hartlepool

20
9

128,410
62,400

6
1

1,776
472

263,455
160,268
65,588
14,852
16,707
36,636

Hull

Leith . .

1
4

4
14

6
8
2

570
6,887

43,169
82,551
2,254
37,540
379

563

Liverpool

Middlesboro', Stockton
and Whitby

406

64 783

Newcastle

274 056

Southampton

150

3,206

162,770

1,279

Sunderland

Other districts

330

1.012.774

427.916

5.230

420

1.445.920

371

1.225,873

88174-lJ

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Table showing size of JNIerchant Vessels Launched
Irehmd during 1928

in Great Britain and

Tonnage

Steam i Motor Sail and

I I Barges

IOC :ind

under

500 tons

.ifiO

1,000 "

1.000

^,000 "

2.000
3.000

3 000 "

•'

4,000 " .

4.0C0

5,000 •' .

5.000

■'

6,000 "

6,0C0

8,000 •

S.OOO

•'

10,000 ■■

10,000

•'

12,000 •■

12.0C0

15,000 ■

l.-j,000

•'

20,000 ••

20.000

•'

25.000 ■

25,000 ton

; and above..

I.T

8
7
3

330

Table showing the Countries tor which the Merchant Vessels Launched in
Great Britain and Ireland during 1928 have been built

C ountries for which Intended

Great Britain and Ireland .

British Dominions

Ai^entina

Belgium

Brazil ...

Finland

France

Greece

Holland

Honduras

Hungary

Italy

Jugo-Sla\na.
Norway...
Panama..
Poland .
Rouniania...
Soain

United States

Uruguay

Venezuela

Other countries —

Total

No.

Gross

tonnage

310

1,153,636

122,972

5,617

695

483

1,216

8,981

8,436

20.908

5.200

4.251

ISO

7,180

25,398

8,947

6,755

6,394

5,233

32,094

1,620

18,869

855

420

1,445,920

In 1927 Great Britain and Ireland supplied to the British Dominions 45
ships, gross tonnage 113,254 tons; in 1928 the figures as shown in the above
table were 46 ships, gross tonnage 122.972 tons. It will be seen from the
above table that Great Britain's and Ireland's total building on foreign account,
apart from that for the British Dominions, amounted to 64 ships, total gross
tonnage 169,312 tons; a little more than two-thirds of the building on foreign
account of Great Britain and Ireland, both in the number of ships and tiheir
gross tonnage, went to the British Dominions.

Great Britain's and Ireland's building on foreign account in 1928 amounted
to 20-2 per cent of the total tonnage output; in 1927 the percentage was 21-8;
in 1926, 14; in 1925, 16-5; in 1924, 15-5; and the average was 22 per cent for
the five pre-war years, 1909-1913.

REPORT OF THE DEPUTY MINISTER

SIZE AND TYPE OF VESSELS

The returns for 1928 show that 97 vessels of between 5,000 and 10,000 tons
each and 16 vessels of 10,000 tons and upwards were launched. The largest
are the turbine S'teamers Duchess of Bedjcrrd (20,123 tons), Duchess of Rich-
mond and Duchess of York, (each of 20,022 tons) ; the turbo-electric vessel
Viceroy of India (19,000 tons); and the motorship Rangitibi (18,000 tons).

Excluding vessels of less than 1,000 tons, 51 vessels of 300.348 tons (24
steamers of 113,490 tons and 27 motorships of 186,858 tons) for the carriage
of oil in bulk were launched during 1928. Of these, 41 vessels of about 265,000
tons were built on the Isherwood system of longitudinal framing. Included in
the latter figures are 15 tankers of 90,297 tons, built upon the '' Bracketless
System ", a modification of the Isherwood longitudinal system.

The tonnage of steamers fitted for burning oil fuel, launclied during the
year, amounts to over 310,000 tons.

The tanker tonnage, including 4 vessels of less than 1,000 tons each, repre-
sents 21 per cent of the total tonnage of the steamers and motorships launched
during 1928.

The returns include a number of vessels designed for channel, coasting,
fishing (54 vessels), towing, harbour service, and other special purposes.

The average tonnage of steamers and motorships launched during the
year is 3,548 tons. If the vessels of less than 500 tons are excluded, the
average is increased to 4,656 tons, as compared with 4,193 in 1927, 4.486 in
1926, 4,439 in 1925, 3,777 in 1924, and 3,805 in 1923.

VESSELS FITTED WITH TURBINES

Further progress was recorded in the use of steam turbines during 1928,
when 15 vessels with a total tonnage of 138,094 tons were launched, which
will be fitted wifcli this method of propulsion. These figures include one vessel,
of 19,000 tons, fitted with turbines in conjunction with electric motors; and
two vessels, of 7,777 tons, which have a combination of steam turbines and
reciprocating engines. It may be stated that the four largest vessels launched
during the year are fitted with steam turbines.

VESSELS FITTED WITH INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINES

The tonnage of vessels fitted with internal combustion engines is steadily
increasing in comparison with the total output. The tonnage of such vessels
launched during 1919 was 32,936 tons, while during 1926 it amounted to
201,913 tons, and to 355,779 tons during 1927. During the year 1928, 76
motorships of 427,916 tons were launched, this tonnage equalling 42:^ per cent
of the steam tonnage launched. The largest motorship launched during the year
is the Rangitiki, of about 18,000 tons, and it may be of interest to note that
while the average gross tonnage of the steamers of 500 tons gross and upwards
launched during 1928 is 4,112 tons, the similar average for motorships reaches
6,732 tons.

OUTPUT OF LEADING SHIPBUILDING CENTRES

The Clyde district occupies first place amongst the shipbuilding centres,
showing an output of 571,948 tons. Then follow the Tyne (300,508 tons), the
Wear (207,646 tons), the Tees (132,966 tons), Belfast (75,738 tons), and the
Mersey (73,197 tons) . The largest increase, as compared with 1927, has taken
place on the Clyde, the figures for which are 148,225 tons higher than those
for the previous year. The increase on the Wear amounts to 44,876 tons, on
the Mersey to 36,561 tons, and on the Tyne to 26,452 tons; the figures for
Belfast show a decrease of 31,443 tons.

6 MAFUXK AXD FISHKJtIES

Germany

During the year under review, 81 vessels of 376;416 tons were launched. As
compared with the output for 1927, the present figures show an increase of
86,794 tons and represent 30 per cent of the total output abroad during 1928. as
compared with 27;^ per cent in 1927.

These figures include 15 vessels of 164.813 tons to be fitted with steam
turbines, including the two largest vessels laimched in the world during 1928.
viz., the Bremen and Europa, each of about 46.000 tons. The totals for turbine
vessels include nine vessels of 45,069 tons which will have a combination of
reciprocating engines and steam turbines. The total figures comprise, also, 36
vessels of 177,338 ton? to be fitted with oil engines, the largest being the motor-
ships Kungsholm, of 20,223 tons, and St. Louis, of about 15,500 tons. Two
tankers, of 14,109 tons — one a motorship of 11.500 tons— were launched.

The totals include 12 vessels of between 6.000 and 8,000 tons, eight of
between 8.000 and 10,000 tons, and the five vessels specified above exceeding
10,000 tons each.

Holland

The total tonnage launched during 1928—166,754 ton^-is 46,964 tons
higher than the 1927 figures. As usual, the figures for this country do not
include craft exclusively intended for river navigation, the total tonnage of
which vessels reaches a high figure.

Ten vessels of over 6,000 tons each were launched, of which three steamers,
of 24,486 tons, are fitted v^ith steam turbines, including the largest vessel
launched in the countiy, viz.. the Xieuw Zeeland, of 10,906 tons.

The totals for the year include 43 vessels of 85,132 tons to be fitted with
internal combustion engines. Seven motorships are of 6.000 tons and upwards,
the largest being the Poelau Laut and Poelaii Eoehiah, of about 10,000 tons-
each.

Excluding ships of less than 1.000 tons, seven vessels, of 41,925 tons, are
intended for the carriage of oil in bulk. Five of these, of 36,744 tons, are
motorships.

Denmark

The tonnage launched during 1928—138,712 tons — is 66,674 tons higher
than last year, and is the highest recorded in this country, exceeding the com-
bined output for the six pre-war years 1908-1913. The total is composed
ahnost entirely of motorship tonnage (133,768 tons). Eleven motorships of
between 5,700 and 9.200 tons were launched. All these, together with another
motorship of 3.100 tons, are intended for the carriage of oil in bulk, nine, of
67.824 tons, being built on the longitudinal framing system.

Sired en

The output for 1928—106,912 tons— is 39,551 tons more than that for
1927, and is the highest ever recorded in this country-, being slightly in excess
of the total output for the ten pre-war years 1904-1913. Nearly 97 per cent
of the total is composed of motorships, of which six are of between 5,000 and
8,000 tons, and six between 8.000 and 10.000 tons each The tankers launched
— all motorships — amount to ten. of 81,060 tons.

Japan

The output for this countiw — 103,663 tons — shows an increase of 61,304
tons over the total for 1927, and is the largest figure recorded for this country
since 1921.

JiEPORT OF THE DEPUTY MINISTER 7

The 1928 totals comprise 18 motorships, of 58,784 tons, including the
Asama Maru, of 16,780 tons, and four others, exceeding 6,000 tons each. Two
turbine steamers, of 10,325 tons, were launched, and three vessels, each exceed-
ing 7,000 tons, for carrying oil in bulk.

United States

The output for the year 1928, namely, 91,357 tons, compares with 179,218
tons launched during 1927, and is the lowest recorded during the last thirty-
two years.

Of the tonnage launched, 22 steamers and motorships of 53,195 tons and 30
barges of 24,805 tons were built on the Atlantic coast, six steamers and motor-
ships of 5,265 tons on the Great Lakes, and five vessels of 8,092 tons on the
Pacific coast.

The largest vessels launched during 1928 were the turbo-electric vessel
Virginia, of 20,773 tons, built at Newport News, and the motorship Mary Ellen
O'Neil, of 11,628 tons built at Chester, Pa., with the exception of a motor
tanker, of 8,942 tons, launched at Chester, Pa., no other ship exceeding 4,000
tons was launched.

Two turbine steamers of 23,865 tons were launched in this country during
1928, including the above-mentioned Virginia, which is fitted with turbines
in conjunction with electric motors. Internal combustion engine tonnage
launched amounts to 28,085 tons. Of oil tankers of 1,000 tons and upwards,
three of 23,505 tons were launched.

The totals include four vessels of 21,770 tons built on the Isherwood sys-
tem of longitudinal framing.

France

The output for the vear— 81,416 tons— is 37,081 tons higher than that
for 1927.

The motorship tonnage launched, 54,764 tons, is more than double the
steam tonnage, and includes three vessels of between 8,000 and 8,300 tons
each, and four between 6,000 tons and 8,000 tons.

Two steamers exceeding 7,000 tons each were launched.

Seven vessels, of 53,863 tons, are intended to carry oil in bulk, and, with
the exception of one steamer, of 7,670 tons, are fitted with internal combus-
tion engines.

Italy

The total figures for this country — 58,640 tons — are 42.436 tons lower than
those for 1927, and are lower than in any year since 1917.

Of the total output, 19 vessels of 48,436 tons were launched in the Trieste
district.

The totals for Italy comprise three steamers of 18,417 tons, intended for
carrying oil in bulk, including the Juvenal of 13.247 tons, launched at Trieste.
There were also launched 15 motorships, of 35,552 tons.

SUMMARY

Great Britain and Ireland 1,445,920

Gernaany .376,416

Holland 166, 754

Denmark 138, 712

Sweden 106,912

Japan 103,663

Jnited States 91 , 357

France 81,416

Italy 58,640

MARINE AND FISHERIES

General Statistics

Total world output of merchant shipping during 1928 reached 2,699,239
tons (Lloyds statement), this is an increase of 413,560 tons over the 1927 out-
put. During 1928 Great Britain and Ireland contributed 53-6 per cent of the
total world output; in 1927 their percentage of world output was also 53-6
per cent. It will thus be seen that in two successive years Britain has been
responsible for a trifle more than one-half of world shipbuilding.

During 1928 vessels totalling 1,183,229 tons have been launched, fitted
with internal combustion engines; the 1927 figures were 863,694 tons. The
1928 total is about 80 per cent of world output of steam tonnage; in 1927 the
percentage of motor tonnage output to steam tonnage output was 62-8 per
cent.

At the beginning of 1929, however, the motor ship tonnage building in the
world exceeded the steam tonnage under construction by 184,000 tons, which
shows the continued and rapid increase in the former mode of propulsion.

Of the total world steam tonnage launched in 1928, viz., 1.477,092 tons,
some 560,000 tons refer to steamers fitted for burning oil fuel under the boilers,
so that the tonnage depending exclusively on coal for propulsion is less than
34 per cent of the world total for 1928.

Tanker tonnage launched during 1928 amounted to 646,851 tons; in 1927
tanker tonnage was 542,437 tons.

During the last five years (1924-28) the average tonnage launched annu-
allv in the world is about 268,000 tons less than the average for the five pre-
war years (1909-1913).

The gross tonnage of sea-going steel and iron steamers and motor ships in
June, 1914, was 42,514,000 tons; in June, 1928, it was 61,594,000 tons (Lloyds
statement), an increase of roughly nineteen million tons.

This increase has been verj- marked in certain types of vessels; tankers
which in 1914 totalled 1,479.000 tons, now amount to^ 6,544,000 tons. Motor
ships which only reached 234.000 tons in 1914, now amount to 5,432,000 tons
(including auxiliaries).

Comparison (by countries) of tonnage in hand at close of 1928 with 1928

output

Country

Tonnage in hand at

Tonnase output

Deo. ai. 1928

1928

(Lloyds statement)

(Lloyds statement^

gross tons

1,242,794

1,445,920

.382,422

.376,4115

iS2,229

166,7.54

16i..566

81,416

118,580

103,663

99,24-t

106,912

98,048

Tnot given for 192S

43.917 in 1927)

93,. 316

.58,640

82, 780

1.38,712

47,949

91,3.57

Great Britain and Ireland .

Germany

Holland

France

.Janan

Sweden.

Russia

Italy

Denmark

United States.

The above table shows a decline in the shipbuilding progi'am of Great-
Britain and Ireland at the end of 1928 as compared with the 1928 output of
203,126 tons; Sweden shows one of 7.668 tons; Denmark, 55.932 tons; and
United States, 43,408 tons.

REPORT OF THE DEPUTY MINISTER 9

On the other hand Germany shows an increase of 6,006 tons; Holland,
one of 15,475 tons; France, 80,150 tons; and Japan 14,917 tons. The 1928
figures for Russian output are not given, but as her output in 1927 was 43,917
tons, in two years she has increased her shipbuilding program by 54,131 tons
and more than doubled it.

Idle Steam and Motor Shipping of Principal Maritime Countries on January 1.
1928, and January 1, 1929

Country

1928

1929

tons

2.978,000

.539,000

276,000

80,000

77,000

85,000

31,000

93,000

1,000

35, COO

16.000

26,000

65,000

tons

2,816,000
467,000

Great Britain and Ireland

Italy

France

Greece

132,000
94 000

Japan

53 GOO

Spain

''2 000

Norway

20,000
4,000
2 000

Belgium

Sweden

Netherlands

In foreign countries

76,000

Grand total

4,302,000

3,947.000

The above table is taken from '' Commerce Reports ", a weekly publication
issued by the United States Department of Commerce. The figures are not
absolutely accurate but substantially so.

It will be noted that in the world at large there is a slight improvement
in the amount of shipping laid up in 1929 as compared with the 1928 figures.
The United States, Great Britain and Ireland, Italy, Japan, and Norway all
showing improvements in this respect.

As entire world shipping laid up on January 1, 1929, amounted to 3,947,000
tons, of which the United States total was 2,816,000 tons, it will be seen that a
little more than 70 per cent of the entire world shipping laid up at that date
was United States shipping; of the 2,816,000 tons of idle United States shipping.
2,160,000 tons were operated by the United States Shipping Board.

Canadian Governmejnt Merchant Marine
Comparison of Operations, 1927 and 1928

Year 1928

Year 1927

S 9.112.511
10,321,594

.<;i0,233.9(U

Total operating expenses

10,954,699

Operatin" loss for vear

1,209,083

720. 735

The net operating loss for 1928 was $1,209,083. as compared with .?720,735
for 1927.

This adverse showing was due largely to reduction in rates, increased com-
petition on certain routes. Antwerp strike during the summer months, and reduced
buying power in South Wales due to the limited coal mining operations.

10 MARIX/i AXD FISHERIES

Study is being given to the reorganization of certain ser^dces looking to
securing better results in future.

The onh' accidents to report are the grounding of the Canadian Mariner
and collisions met with by the Canadian Explorer and the Canadian Rover.

In connection with the West Indies services, arrangements are being made
to transfer seven vessels of the fleet from the companv's accounts to those of
the Canadian National (West Indies) Steamships, Limited.

The three new vessels for the West Indies Service Eastern Route, namely.
Lady Nelson, Lady Haivkins and Lady Drake, were delivered by the builders
in 1928, the first two named steamers sailing from Halifax on December 12 and
28 respectively. As neither of these steamers completed a voyage in 1928, the
voyage results will be included in the West Indies Company report for 1929.

The two steamer? intended for the Western route, namely, Lady Soniers and
Lady Rodney, have just been delivered. When they commence operating Canada
will have fulfilled her obligations as regards the provision of steamship services
under the West Indies Trade Agreement of 1925.

Disposition of Fleet During Year 1928

Vessels:

United Kingdom and Continent 8

•Australia 8

New Zealand o

West Indies 10

Vancouver — Coastal 4

Intercoastal -i

Newfoundland ... 1

Chartered 2

South America 3

YoY.\GES Completed During the Year

ATLANTIC

Voyages

United Kingdom and Continent 49

West Indies — Passenger and freight (Eastern Group) 27

West Indies — Freight (Eastern Group) 26

West Indies — Passenger (Western Group) 17

South America 4

Newfoundland 7

Australia 19

New Zealand 12

Intercoastal 12

Charters 3

176
PACIFIC

Coastal to California 5')

REGVL.\R S.\ILINGS DURrXG THE YE.\R

From the Atlantic
United Kingdom —

Fortnightly service to Cardiff and Swansea.

Fortnightly service to London and Antwerp — January and February.

Ten-day service to London and Antwerp — ^larch to December.

West Indies—

From Montreal (summer), Halifax (winter).

Three-weekly passenger and freight service to Bermuda, Nassau, Kingston
and Belize.

REPOIiT or THE DEPUTY MIXISTEli 11

West Indies — Concluded

From Halifax and Saint John —

Fortnightly freight service to Bermuda, St. Kitts, Antigua, Montserrat,
Dominica, St. Lucia, Barbados, St. Vincent. Grenada, Trinidad and
Demerara.
From Halifax and Saint John —

Monthly passenger serA'ice to Bermuda, St. Kitts, Antigua, Monserrat,
Dominica, St. Lucia. Barbados, St. Vincent, Grenada, Trinidad and
Demerara.
From Halifax — January, February, ^^Larch, April and D^ecember.
From Montreal — May to November.

Fortnightly freight service to St. Kitts, Antigua, Barbados, Trinidad and
Demerara.

Australia —

Three-weekly service to various Australian ports.

New Zealand —

]Monthly service to various New Zealand ports.

Newfoundland —

Three-weekly^ service from Montreal in summer to St. John's, Newfoundland,
via Charlottetown, P.E.L (Discontinued August).

Intercoastal —

Monthly service to Vancouver.

South America —

Monthly service to South American ports commencing June.

FrOf7i the Pacific
Pacific Coast —

Weekly service to San Pedro and San Francisco.

Intercoastal —

Monthly service to St. Lawrence ports, in summer; but to Halifax and
St. John in winter.

Oper.\tions of Chief Can.a.dl\n Shipbuilding Pl.\nts

halifax shipyards limited, halifax, n.s.

No new shipbuilding was done during the fiscal year 1928-29. Repair work
to the value of $1,384,44L49 was carried out.

MIDLAND SHIPBUILDING CO., LTD., MIDL.\ND, ONT.

New Construction. — Steel package freighter Fernie, 258 feet by 42 feet
nine inclics, by twenty-six feet 6 inches; deadweight 2,L50 tons on 14 feet draft;
gross tonnage 2,418-61; registered tonnage 1,455-09.

Repair Work. — Converted steamer Midland Prince from upper lake bulk
freighter into conveyer self-unloader.

Repair of shell damages, etc., of varying dimensions to the several steamers
of the Canada vSteamship Lines, Limited, etc.

12 MARINE AND FISHERIES

ST. JOHN DRY DOCK AND SHIPBUILDING CO., LTD., ST. JOHN, N.B.

Num ber of ships repaired in ary dock .
" " " on slipway..
" " " afloat

26
39
108

PORT ARTHUR SHIPBUILDING CO., LTD., PORT ARTHUR, ONT.

Repair Work-

Total number of boats entering plant for repairs

Number of hull repair jobs involved

Number of engine repair jobs involved

Number of boiler repair jobs involved

Number of miscellaneous repair jobs involved . .

Dry Dock Report-

Nuraber of boats docked — tonnage basis: 20 — gross tonnc\ge.
" tugs docked " 3 —

" scows and dredges docked 4 — "

ri,256
1,3.57
1,200

DAVIE SHIPBUILDING AND REPAIRING CO., LTD., LAUZON, LEVIS, P.Q.

New Construction— April 1, 1928, to April 1, 1929

Name of Vessel

Type

Tonnage

I.H.P.

Tadoussac

Quebec

T.S. passenger steamer

7012-51
701 .5 09

5000
5000

Geo. M. McKee

700 B. 11. P.

Sand dump scow

326-59
326 59

Sand dump scow

The "Tadoussac," "Quebec" and "Geo M. McKee" were delivered in May, 1928.
The "Foundation Fafnir" and "Foundation Fasolt" were delivered in July, 1928.

The following vessels were commenced since April 1, 1928. and are now
under construction: —

City of Windsor, ss. package freighter
Donnacona No. 3, ts. oil engined barge
Hull 503, ss. oil engined bulk freighter
Graham Bell, ss. tu^

about 1,800 1,100

600 B.H.P. 240

" 2,700 B.H.P. 800

220 about 750

PRINCE RUTERT DRY DOCK AND SHIPY.\RD, PRINCE RUPERT, B.C.

Ship Repairs —

One hundred and fifty-six vessels — docked, cleaned, painted, miscellaneous
hull and machinery repairs.

Four hundred and twenty vessels — miscellaneous hull and engine repairs not
requiring docking.

Ship Constipation —

One 270-foot steel car barge constructed for Canadian National Railways.

One 44-foot tug boat for John Currie & Son.

One 52-foot halibut fishing boat for Dan Larsen.

REPORT OF THE DEPUTY MINISTER

CANADIAN VICKERS LIMITED, MONTREAL, P.Q.

Shipbuildinq

Yiud
Xo.

^'essel

Built for

Dimensions

Remarks

107

Car transfer barge. . .

C.P.R. Kootenay Lake,
B.C.

230' X 4.3' X 8' 6"

Built at our works, knocked
down, shipped to Kootenay,
B.C.. re-erected and
launched.

108

Customs patrol boat

Dept. of National Reve-

lGo'x21'x 13' 0"

Under construction for delivery

("Fleurdelis").

nue.

in June, 1929.

109

Customs patrol boat

Dept. of National Reve-
nue.

I6.5'x21'xl3'0"

L'nder construction, for deli-
very in September 1929.

Ship Repair Work

A total of 57 vessels were dry-docked during the season of 1928, including
ocean liners, tankers, lake and canal vessels and miscellaneous smaller craft.
Repairs covered from extensive bottom damage to minor jobs. In addition to
vessels dry-docked, a considerable number of vessels were repaired afloat.

BURRARD DRY DOCK CO., LTD., NORTH VANCOUVER, B.C.

During the fiscal year 1928-29, this company docked on its floating dry-
dock, and repaired 90 vessels totalling 189,201 gross tons.

Docked on marine railway and repaired, 53 vessels totalling 32,311 tons.

Repaired vessels which did not require docking, 23 — totalling 38,454 tons.

Carried out repairs on vessels at Vancouver wharves and in the stream —
178 vessels totalling 1,100,764 gross registered tons.

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Statement showing the Number of Vessels and Number of Tons on the Registr
Books of the Dominion of Canada on December 31. 1928

Ports

Sailing vessels

Steam vessels

Xo.

Gross
tons

Net
tons

Xo.

Gross
tons

Xet

tons

Sew Brunswick—

5
165

1
47
94

140
5,056

454

946

13.568

274

105

8,028

277

363

1,690

10.497

7,741

262

353

1.678

10,168

3,075

331

Sackville

686

St. John

8,970

489

20,895

20,240

339

20,188

13.155

Nova Scotia—

Amherst

Annaoolis Royal

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Barrington Passage

Canso

Digby

Guvsboro

Halifax . ..

9
52
24
31
47

106

13C

4
38

6
18

4
24
57

9
22
36

2.399

1,257

553

910

1,387

103

8,168

6,098

1,902

16.198

569

11,349

1,775

259

226

1.221

3,110

2.920
11,907

878

2.122

1.210

523

S57

1,366

7,583

4,752

1,686

12,238

514

10,317

1,603

259

226

1.207

3,0.30

2^573

10,971
836

9
26
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19
30

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662
425

1,028
260

1,165

50
417
391
917
239
845

175
10
24

194

13
12

2
28
75

1
23
18
54

64,175
1,402
1,203
6,480

1,920

2,212

229

26
1,540
4,221

IS
1,753
4,148
8,079

.38,408

LaHave

Liverpool
Lunenburg.

Maitland

Parrsboro

Pictou . . . ■

833

740

5.078

1,.331

1,457

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Port Med way.
Shelbume...

Sydney

Truro

Weymouth...

Windsor

Yarmouth

19>
25
1,181
2,-322
7
1,193
2,-590
4,100

661

73,286

64,0.50

775

101.093

62,378

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Belleville

Bowmanville

Brockville

Chatham

Cobourg

Collingwood
Cornwall....

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Goderich

Hamilton

Kenora

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Kingston

Lindsay

Midland

Napanee

Oakville

Ottawa

Owen Souud
Pet«rboro...

Pictou

Port Arthur.
Port Burwell.
Port Dover

Port Hope

Port Stanley.

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St. Catharine.s

4
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1
1

1 1
1 108
i 6
1 22
5
65

602
72
146
819
900

460

403

87
413
675
807
572

9,147

6,559

121

16,704

2,708

1.744

2,066

22,273

602
72
146
751
890

460

370
57
413
675
780
572

8.221

8, .531

121

15.707

2.436

1,744

1,885

21,948

10
10

1.134
232

607
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27
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530
337

16,285
266
31

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1,606

7,450

3,875

9,922

397

90, 173

339
228

10,726

• 133

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1.026
4,662
2,4.54
13
5,754
271
.57,828

2.3-!

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4,364

1,023

2,596

25,818

285

304

1 996
I 2,672
3 1,892

18,-507
2.728
700
1,769
15,353
146

178

213

19C

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1 8

1 20

1,323
5,66C

1,195
4.983

1,803
1,229

MARINE AND FISHERIES

Statement showing the Number of Vessels and Number of Tons on the Registry''
Books of the Dominion of Canada on December 31, 1928 — Concluded

Ports

Sailing vessels

Steam vessi

No.

Gross
tons

Net
tons

No.

Gross
tons

Net
tons

Ontario — Concluded

8
41
2

65
3

1,988

8,111

■ 17,245

795

■ 3,362

1,780

7,910

"'l5!319
760

3,16C

31
39

227

21,281

9,6.5

282

1W,699

22-1

9,87e

13,537

Sault Ste. Marie

Simcoe

5,699

191

Toronto

Wallaceburg

69,157

Windsor

5.569

470

109,040

101, 74f

1,276

421,343

265.261

Quebec —

Gaspe

Maedalen Isl

9
8

282
8

295
25

338
409

96,918
140

28,755
8,757

30'-
400

93,267
130

28,153
7.666

5
3
466
30
200
42

34^

989

575,557

537

32,127

11,197

230
556

347,511
425

Quebec

18,379

Sorel

0,199

627

135,317

129,924

746

620,748

372,300

British Columbia —

153

651

144

545

25.014

1,503

116,231

31,231

545

24,985

1,503

114,867

30, 198

303

167

1,241

330

563
11,044
23, 9 W
139,729

76,041

201

6 138

Prince Rupert

13,445

79,712

Victoria

42,057

967

174,524

172,098

2,045

251,341

141,553

Prince Edward Island —

CharlottetowTi

5,377
145

4,991
145

43
5

7,519

588

3,558

Saskatchewan—

341

Manitoba —

5,549

8,073

5,135

Y'ukon Territory —

Dawson

1,621

2,917

2,029

Recapitul.^tion

Province

Sailing vessels

Steam vessels

No.

Gross
tons

Net
tons

No.

Gross
tons

Net
tons

489
661

470
627
967
89

20,895

73,286

109.010

135,317

174,524

5,377

145

5,549

1,621

20, 240

64 050

101,746

129.924

172,098

4,991

145

5,549

1.621

339

775

1,276

746

2,045

20,188

101 093

421,343

620,748

251,341

7,519

588

8,073

2,917

13,155

62,378

265,261

372,300

141.553

Piince Edward Island

3,558

341

5,135

2,029

3,337

525, 754

500,364

5,308

1.533,810

865,710

REPORT OF THE DEPUTY MINISTER 17

Statement showing number of vessels removed from the registiy books of the

Dominion of Canada during the year ended December 31, 1928

Sold to Foreigners. I?,

Wrecked 17

Stranded 11

Lost —

Broken up SO

Foundered 13

Burnt 24

Transferred to St. John's, Newfoundland . IS

Transferred to Great Britain 3

Transferred to Hong Kong 2

Collision 2

Abandoned at Sea 3

Missing 1

Seized and sold by United States Court 4

Transferred to Biitish West Indies 1

I?egistr>- no longer required 3

Total.

It is estimat-ed that 44,872 men and boys, etc., inclusive of masters, were
employed on the ships registered in Canada during the year 1928.

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20 MARINE AND FISHERIES

REPORT OF L. E. COTE, B.A.Sc, M.E.I.C. CHIEF EXGIXEER
Work of the Chief Engineers Branch

This branch ha? charge of the construction of lighthouses, fog ahirms,
and other aids to navigation; of the design and manufacture of lighthouse and
fog signal apparatus, and research work in connection with the improvement
of same; the administration of shops and Dominion Lighthouse Depot, at
Prescott, Ontario; of the construction and repairs of piers, wharves and build-
ings owned by the Department. Examines and reports on all projects in
connection with the development and impro\'cment of harbours operated under
Harbour Commissions. Has charge of all surveys and transfers of land owned
by the Department, and waterlots; of the publication of Lists of Lights and
Notices to ]\Iariners, of the removal of -^Tecks; ice breaking, and other works
in connection with aids to navigation, such as the river regulating dams now
being established between Sorel and ]\Iontreal.

New Aids to Navigation

Nova Scotia Agency

Coddles Harbour, unwatched light.
Stony Patch, unwatched light.

New Brunswick Agency

Centreville, unwatched light.

Prince Edicard Island Agency
Echourie, light.
Entry Cliff, light.
Inverness Harbour, range lights
Mutton Bay. range light?^

Quebec Agency

Agouanish, new range.

Anse aux Canards, small light on mast.

Anse a Valleau, range lights.

Anse St. Jean, hand fog horn.

Cannes des Roches, light on mast.

Cawee Island, combined lighthouse and dwelling and fog alarm.

Frigate Pointy range lights.

L'Anse a Brilliant, mast light.

Lower Caraquet wharf, mast light.

Maguasha, light.

Riviere a Claude, light.

Riviere Nouvelle, mast light.

St. Fulgence, mast light.

Tadoussac bay wharf, light

Montreal Agency

Lachine, range lights.
La Tortue, range lights.
Vieille Eglise, range lights.

REPORT OF THE DEPUTY MINISTER 21

Ontario

Brule Point, unwatched light.

Gibbons Point, range of day beacons.

Kemp Narrows, N. Light, small light.

Kemp Narrows, S. Light, small light.

Lamb Island, fog alarm established and repairs to buildings.

Maybury Highway, unwatched light.

Needles Eye. unwatched light.

Quick's Island, unwatched light.

Squirrel Island, unwatched light.

Town Point, mast light.

Valleyfield, float light.

Wades Creek, unwatched light.

Victoria Agency, B.C.

Canal Island, unwatched light.

Dillon Rock, unwatched light.

East Bay. unwatched light.

False Bay, unwatched light.

Gibson's landing, mast light.

Mears Spit, float light.

Nootka, fog alarm.

Powell River, unwatched light.

Rocky Pass, unwatched light.

Round Island, day beacon.

Sand Spit, unwatched light.

Stubbs Spit, lighted float.

Tahsis Narrows, N.E. end, unwatched light.

Prince Rupert Agency, B.C.

Hyde Rock, unwatched light.
Lucy Island, fog alarm.
Porpoise Harbour, day beacon.

Chaxges axd Improvements
Nova Scotia Agency

Beaver Island, small light on mast.

Canso, erection of combined lighthouse and dwelling.

Charlo, lantern installed.

Chebucto Head, light increased in power.

Chester Island, unwatched light installed.

Eddy Point, construction of fog alann building and installation of a

diaphone and engine.
Freels Cape, installation of a diaphone.
Isaac's Harbour, combined lighthouse and dwelling.
Little Hope Island, repairs to crib protection work.
Marjorie Island, pole light, repairs to shelter shed.
Northeast arm,, pole light and new lantern.
Pearl Island, combined lighthouse and tower.
Sable Island, East end, repairs
St. Paul island, boat slip constructed and hand winch provided.

New Brunswick Agency

Alma, pressed lens lantern.
Ellenwood Island, rebuilding spindle.
Fourchu, Cape, repairs.

22 MARIXE AXD FISHERIES

Xew Brunswick Agency— Concluded
Gannet Rock, repairs.
Machias Seal Island, repairs.
^Nlarks Point, lens.
Saint ]Mar3\ Cape, diaphone.
Salters Head, light.
Wolf Point, light moved.
Woods Harbour, repairs to breakwater.

Prince Edward Island Agency
Anguille, Cape, repairs.
Bauld. Cape, repairs to landing.
Belle Isle, repairs.
Charlottetown, repairs to wharf.
I'lower Island, repairs.
Georgetown, back light re-aligned,
^liminegash. repairs.
Panmure Head, light improved.
Pictou Island, new apparatus.
Savage Harbour, range lights moved.
Upper Fox Island, lantern.
Whittle, Cape, light, fog alarm and radio beacon (to be finished next season).

Quebec Agency

Algernon Rock, changed to unwatclied light.

Godbout, 4, tow lanterns.

Goose Cape, storage tank.

Griffin Cove, range lights moved to new location.

Heath Point, repairs to tower.

^lagpie Bay, lights improved.

Isles de ]Mai, light made unwatched.

]\Iatane, range moved to new location.

Mille Vache? bay, two lanterns.

r^Iiscou Island, dwelling.

Newport Point, fog horn.

Peribonka, range lights.

Point Peter, fog horn.

Petit Cap, protection work.

Rimouski, day marks, etc.

St. Alphonse, lantern reconstructed.

West Point Anticosti, light improved.

Montreal Agency

He Deslauriers, construction of concrete pier.

Dorval, light improved.

Grenville, two lanterns.

He de Grace, new range lights.

Hochelaga, two lanterns.

Lake St. Peter, repairs to pier.

La Perade. erection of steel tower.

Longue Point Traverse, steel skeleton tower.

Louiseville. two lanterns.

He du Milieu, two lanterns.

Oka, apparatus changed.

Petite ile Course, two lanterns.

REPORT OF THE DEPUTY MINISTER 23

Montreal Agency — Concluded
Portneuf-en-Haut, repairs.
Kigaud, two lanterns.
lie St. Ours, new front tower.
St. Pierre les Becquets, lantern.
St. Roche, two lanterns. •
St. Valentine, rebuildin;^ front light pier.
Tetreaultville, light improved.
Vercheres Village, light improved.
Way Shoal Traverse, two lanterns.

Ontario

Amherstburg, repairs to wharf.

Centre Brothers, light made unwatched.

Cobourg, electric light re-established.

Davieaux Island, fog horn, shelter shed.

Point Edward, reflector with electric light.

Goderich, range lights increased in power.

GriflEith Island, fourth order lens installed.

Icelandic River,lights made unwatched.

Leamington, fourth order lens.

Michipicoten Harbour, fog horn.

Mohawk Island, whitewashing tower.

Needles Eye, unwatched light.

Owen Sound, two red lights.

Point Peter, fog alarm improved.

Point aux Pins, fog bell.

Port Arthur, repairs to tower.

Port Hope, duplex electric lantern.

Port Maitland, fog alarm on west breakwater and repairs.

Port Stanley, fog alarm in concrete beacon.

Prescott, repairs to scow Amherstburg.

Prescott, new roof to depot building.

Rainy River, inner light improved.

South Baymouth, lights improved.

South River, light changed to unwatched light.

Sulphur Island, light changed to unwatched light.

Valleyfield, floating light.

Warrens Landing, Man., front light moved and back light raised.

Trenton, light electrified.

Windmill Point, light electrified.

Victoria Agency, B.C.

Active Pass, light improved, also repairs.
Amphitrite Point., dwelling and water supply.
Annacis Island, new lighting equipment.
Burnaby Shoal, pile beacon rebuilt.
Fisgard, light made unwatched.
Kootenay Landing, small lantern.
Lennard Island, dwelling.
Portlock Point, extension to dwelling.
Race Rock, installation of new engine.
The Needles, lantern.
Victoria, repairs to wharf.
Yellow Island, dwelling.

24 MARINE AND FISHERIES

Prince Rupert Agency, B.C.

Barrett Rock, diaphone plant duplicated.
Casey Point, lighting system changed.
Egg Island, apparatus improved.
Ivory Island, apparatus improved.
Prince Rupert, repairs to wharf.

PUBLICATIONS

Publications Office, Chief Engineer's Branch

One hundred and one notices to mariners, comprising 271 subjects, were
published during the past year.

The following may be especially noted:—

Regulations for Second Narrows, B.C., bridge.

Regulations for St. Lawrence river, from Father Point to Victoria bridge at
Montreal.

Notice regarding Regulations for Protection of Aids to Navigation in
Canadian waters.

Ice Patrol in Gulf of St. Lawrence.

Description of dredging done by the Department of Public Works.

The annual edition of the '' List of Lights and Fog Signals " in three

sections, was issued.

ICE BREAKING

The Dominion Towing and Salvage Company contracted to keep the
harbours at the head of lake Superior open for navigation until December 17,
and open them in the spring as soon as the canal at Sault Ste. Marie is open
for navigation.

REMOVAL OF OBSTRUCTIONS TO NAVIGATION

During the last season this branch attended to the removal of sixteen
obstructions to navigation which comprised boats, scows and floating cribs, etc.
Ten were removed by the owners and the balance by the department.

:^IAINTENANCE AND REPAIRS TO WHARVES

Wharves were repaired, etc., at the following places: —

Pnnce Edward Island St. Alphonse

Nova Scotia — Grindstone Island, M.I. St. Denis

Badde-ck Mickey's wharf St. Nicholas

Hampton North Cardigan St. Uh-ic

Harbourville Summerside Seven Islands

Kingsport Ontario British Columbia

Tiverton Cockburn Island Alice Arm

West Arichat Little Current Port Hardj-

A'fu' Brunswick Port Rowan Quatsino

Hampton Quebec Sidney

Lamek Anse St. Jean Union Bay
Lorneville Cap Chat
V/hites Bluff Montniagnv
^^■o^fville Perce

llEPOiir OF THE DEPUTY MIXISTER 25

DOMINION STEAMERS AT PRESCOTT. ONT.

C.G.S. Concretia. — The C.G.S. Concretia, after being fitted out at Prcscoit,
went into commission on April 18, 1928. Her work consisted in charging and
placing the buoys between Prescott and the head of lake Ontario, inspecting
buoys and beacons at regular intervals and delivering supplies to the various
lightstations.

The Concretia assisted with the erection of new lights at Needles Eye.
Centre Brothers and Point Peter.

At the close of the season the Concretia lifted the buoys and placed markers.
She was laid up at Prescott on December 13, 1928.

C.G.S. Scow^— The C.G.S. Scout, after being fitted out at Prescott, went
into commission on April 4, 1928, to maintain the lights between Prescott and
Coteau. Her work was of the same nature as that of the Concretia.

At the close of the season the Scout lifted the buoys and placed markers.
She was laid up at Prescott on December 18. 1928.

DO^IINION LIGHTHOUSE DEPOT, PRESCOTT, ONT.

Lighthouse apparatus, fog alarm accessories and other material required
for the various Agencies of the Department and for Dominion lightstations
have been manufactured. Necessary repairs have been made to the hulls,
engines, etc., of Prescott Di\'is'ion steamers and to the depot plant.

The work of the manufacturing departments, which included repairs to
Dominion steamers, represent this year an amount of $88,324.44 di\'ided as
follows: —

Material .s-tO.OlT lu

Labour ;U.907 40

Overhead 13,399 94

The latter item included expenses in connection with the engineering staff,
a proper portion of the cost of general administration and other incidentals to
manufacturing.

The principal works of the manufacturing departments have been as fol-
lows: The making of buoy superstructures, buoy lanterns, buoy whistles, steel
towers, large and small headlights complete with hoisting gears, reflectors,
mercury float, revolving apparatus, vapour burners and accessories, diaphones.
pistons and other fog alarm parts, also repair and spare parts for the different
Agencies.

Articles have been manufactured for tlie ^leteorological Service to the
amount of $555.81.

Stores. — The cost of the administration of Stores has been $6,420 and new
stock to the amoimt of ,'^128,226. 63 has been added. The total amoimt of stores
distributed to the ^laintenance and Construction Branches as well as to the
various Agencies was $102,215.69.

COMMISSIONER OF LIGHTS BRANCH

Report of J. G. Macphatl, B.A., B.Sc, M.E.I.C, Commissioxer of Lights

The principal work performed during the fiscal year ending March 31.
1929, has been an extension of the buoy and beacon services, together with
the maintenance of lights and other aids to navigation throughout the Dominion,
and the maintenance and inspection of public wharves. These operations are
set forth in tabular form in statement attached.

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REPORT OF THE DEPUTY MINISTER 27

RIVER ST. LAWRENCE SHIP CHANNEL
Report of V. W. Forneret, B.A.Sc, M.E.I.C, Chief Engineer

HISTORY OF TPIE RIVER ST. L.WVRENCE SHIP CH.\NNEL

The St. Lawrence river, owing to its situation, is the natural route from
the Atlantic to the northern and northwestern half of the North American
continent. The possibility of converting Montreal into a deep water seaport
was first suggested in the year 1825, when the Lachine canal was completed
connecting Montreal with the Great Lakes and establishing the route commer-
cially.

Light draught sailing vessels could then reach Montreal without trouble
except during a few weeks in the autumn when they resorted to lightering.
Surveys were made with the object of increasing the depth of water in the
waterway. After these were completed, the question of which channel to adopt
through lake St. Peter was hotly discussed, some favouring the natural channel
or old Ship channel and others the straight channel through St. Frances bank.
Finally it was decided to proceed with the work of deepening the straight
channel, the aim being to obtain a channel 150 feet in width and to a depth
of 14 feet at the lowest water instead of 10 feet 6 inches at lowest water as
existed in the old Ship channel which covered the available depth for navigation
between Quebec and Montreal. The "Board of Works" of Canada was entrusted
with the task and began operations in the spring of 1844 continuing until the
month of June, 1846, when the work was suspended, the management was
changed and the execution of the work was transferred from the Board of Works
to the control of the Commissioners of Public Works.

The dredging was again resumed in the month of September of the same
year. Owing to continued opposition the work of cutting the straight channel
was finally suspended on the 16th of September, 1847, and subsequently aban-
doned.

It is now considered that the straight channel as commenced would have,'
been preferable.

Nothing was done on lake St. Peter by the Commissioners of Public Works
for three years.

The Harbour Commissioners of Montreal then came forward and offered to
complete the project expeditiously and economically. The proposal was accepted
and an Act passed in August, 1850, transferring the work of improving the Ship
channel from the Commissioners of Public Works to the Harbour Commissioners
of Montreal, who were empowered to charge a tonnage duty sufl&cient to pay
8 per cent interest upon the outlay, with a 2 per cent contribution to the sink-
ing fund.

This plan was adopted in August, 1850, and the Commissioners were author-
ized to proceed in the manner they should deem best, the Government plant
being transferred to them.

The Harbour Commissioners after examination and the best advice obtain-
able, adopted the location of the deepest natural channel in lake St. Peter. The
result is the present chanel with five tangents instead of two straight courses
as at first commenced.

The original depth through lake St. Peter was 10 feet 6 inches at ordinary
low water, the plan adopted by the Montreal Harbour Commissioners. The
present extreme low water datum adopted for the 35- foot channel is the actual
observed lowest water during the season of 1897 which corresponds to a depth
of 9 feet 4 inches on the Lake St. Peter flats. This level of 1897 was the lowest
ever observed except the extraordinary low water of 1895, which at lake St.
Peter went 6 inches lower.

28 .U.IA'/AA' .4-VD FISHERIES

The channel through lake St. Peter is now practically completed to 35 feet
at E.L.W. of 1897, there remaining a short distance at He an Raisin traverse
yet to be deepened to 35 feet E.L.W.

From 1850 the channel was deepened from stage to stage until in 1888 when
the debt amounted to over three million dollars, the Government decided to
complete tlie project as a national work and to assume the debt, and from that
day the Ship channel has been open, free to the commerce of the world.

The Harbour Commissioners carried on operations for the Department of
Public Works imtil the end of the season of 1888, when the official connection
of the Commissioners with the Ship channel ceased, after having continued for
over thirty-eight j-ears.

In January, 1889, the control and management of the work was assumed
by the Department of Public Works. During the winter extensive repairs were
made to the dredging plant, which on the opening of navigation was set to work
at Cap a la Roche, Pouillier Payer and Cap Charles deepening the channel to
21h feet at low water, spring tides. From this date to 1898, the Department of
Public Works continued operations and completed the difficult rock work at
Cap a la Roche and Cap Charles channel to 27^ feet at low water. In addition
many portions of the chanel were cleaned up, straightened and se^'eral cur-ves
and narrow places widened.

THIRTY-FOOT CHANNEL

The unusually low water of 1897 and the increased size of vessels called
i'or a wider and deeper channel, and larger and more powerfid dredges and
plant were required. In 1899 the dredging plant was in a condition to warrant
a more extensive plan of operation.

The low water of 1897. the lowest, except the short period of unusually low
water during 1895. was adopted as the new datum for the 30-foot channel. This
datum is from H to 2 feet lower than the ordinary low water of the 274-foot
channel. The object, therefore, was to realize in the shortest time, a channel
450 feet ^\'ide on the tangents, and 500 to 750 feet on the curves. An anchorage
800 feet in -^-idth was to be provided at "WHiite Buoy cm-ve in lake St. Peter. The
work also included much straightening of the channel. The Ship channel con-
tinued under the control of the Department of Public Works until 1904. when
an Order in Council was pasesd on IMarch 11 transfemng the management and
control of the River St. Lawrence Ship Channel together with the dredging and
shipbuilding plant to the Department of ^Marine and Fisheries in order to place
the supervision of the improvements to navigation on the St. Lawrence route
under the department directly responsible for the pilotage and aids to naviga-
tion. Under this department the work was vigourously continued so that the
end of season 1907 saw the completion of the channel from [Montreal to Batiscan
to 30 feet E.L.W. of 1897, a distance of 101 miles. The dredging operations were
carried on with renewed energ}'. The Cap a la Roche channel is now widened
from 300 to 450 and 550 feet, and the Cap Charles channel widened from 300
to 450 feet in the straight part and to 600 feet width at the curve.

At the end of the season 1928, the Cape a la Roche channel was completed
to 30 feet depth at extreme low water, ^^■ith the exception of a short distance on
tl)e south side of the channel yet to be widened but this Avill probably be com-
pleted during the season of 1929. There still remains some cleaning up to be
done before the whole width of 30 feet at low water of 1897 is attained.

The only place that requires to obtain 30 feet dredging between Cap a la
Roche and Quebec is at St. Augustin bar, 14 miles above the latter place.
Advantage must still be taken of the tide by deep draught vessels to pass this
place, the range of tide being 16^ feet at springs and 11 feet at neaps, the avail-

REPOUr OF THE DEPUTY MINISTER 29

able depth at the present being 22 feet at extreme low tide. It is proposed to
commence this work as soon as a suitable dredge is available for work, which
will probably be next season, when one of the dredges now under construction at
the Sorel Shipyard is completed.

THIRTY-FIVE FOOT CHANNEL

In 1910 the question of further deepening was considered because the rapid
increase in the size of vessels was likely to find the 30-foot channel too shallow.
The Government therefore, resolved to proceed immediately with the deepening
of the Ship channel to 35 feet at extreme low water of 1897. The 3o-foot pro-
ject has been carried on at different points ever since. During the season 1917,
owing to existing conditions and for the sake of economy, the dredging operations
were considerably cut down. This state continued until the Season of 1925,
when the department decided to carry on the dredging operations on the river
St. Lawrence on a more extensive scale in order to expedite the work of deepening
of the channel. More dredges were put into commission and the whole dredg-
ing fleet was again operated day and night. At the end of the season of 1928,
the 35-foot channel was completed from Longue Pointe to Sorel. Above Longue
Pointe the widening and deepening at Longueuil and Forsyth shoals remains
to be carried out.

From Sorel to Three Rivers the work has been completed with the exception
of short stretches at Nipigon shoal, He an Raisin traverse and at Iron shoal. It
is expected these will be finished next season.

This season has seen considerable progress in deepening the Ship Channel
to 35 feet at E.L.W. below Three Rivers and despite the hard material encount-
ered satisfactoiy progress was made at Becancour Lower traverse, Cap a la
Roche curve and Cap Charles channel.

THE SHIP CHANNEL BKLOW QIEBEC

In the spring of 1901 the shipping interests of Montreal drew to the atten-
tion of the Honourable the Minister of Public Works the fact that deep draught
vessels had to wait for the tide to pass St. Thomas and Crane island shoals
(Beaujeu bank), which caused vessels to lose a great deal of valuable time.

The oflScers of the Marine and Fisheries Department at Quebec, who had
intimate knowledge of this part of tlie river, strongly recommended improving
the North channel by way of cap Tourmentine and Goose cape as being much
better, more easily navigated and having less ice in winter than this south
channel. Orders were given the Ship Channel staff to make a survey and
examination with a view to reporting on the practicability and cost of improving
the route and adapting it to naA'igation. This survey was carried out in 1901.

In 1902 a similar survey was made of the south channel to ascertain what,
improvements would be required to make a 30-foot channel on the line of the
existing route.

A comprehensive report was made in 1903 by Mr. F. W. Cowie, who was
then superintending engineer, but the rejx)rt did not recommend the adoption of
either route but advised that the choice should meet with the approval of the
underwriters, shipping interests and the pilots. The Transportation Commis-
sion visited the locality, going over each channel and took evidence on the
subject. It was finally decided to improve the south channel by dredging it to
30 feet at extreme low tide and to a width of 1,000 feet.

30 MARINE AXD FISHERIES

SOUTH CHANNEL (30 FEET AT E.L.W.)

The GoveiTiment having decided to improve the south channel, pre-
parations were made to start the work. The project had in view a channel 30
feet in depth at extreme low water at Beaujeu bank and St. Thomas flats, with a
width of 1,000 feet.

The changes and improvements to the sea-going suction dredge Galveston,
which had been purchased for work below Quebec, were made at the Govern-
ment Shipyard at Sorel, P.Q., where she was rechristened No. 9. This dredge
left Sorel August 11, 1906, and proceeded to Beaujeu channel where she began
work. The material consisted of coarse sand and gravel with some layers of
soft blue clay.

The new hopper dredge No. 8 was launched at the Government Shipyard.
Sorel. on December 2, 1906. Was completed on November 1. 1907.

With these two powerful dredges, good progress was made with the work.
The Beaujeu Bank channel was completed to a depth of 30 feet at extreme low
tide in 1909, and to a width of 1.000 feet in 1912. The channel was then opened
to navigation.

The St. Thomas channel was completed to a depth of 30 feet at extreme
low tide and to a width of 1,000 feet during the season of 1912. The channel was
then marked with gas buoys and opened to navigation. This was considered
a great improvement as deep draught vessels were not obliged to wait in order to
pass Beaujeu bank or St. Thomas flats; consequently much valuable time was
saved.

NORTH CH.\NNEL (35 FEET AT E.L.W.)

The south channel being now completed, the powerful dredge Beaujeu (No.
8) was set to work on the north channel where dredge Galveston (No. 9) had
already been working for a season, as the Government had decided to dredge the
north channel between St. Jean (island of Orleans) and Goose cape to a depth
of 35 feet at extreme low tide with a width of 500 feet which would eventually
be widened to 1,000 feet.

Good progress was made but the Government in order to hasten the work as
much as possible, gave a contract on October 30, 1914, to the Canadian Vickers
Limited, Montreal, to build one of the largest sea-going elevator dredges in the
world. Owing to the Great War the completion of the dredge was delayed ver>-
much. It was launched on November 18, 1916, but not finally completed until
1922 when it was set to work in the north channel deepening to 35 feet a)t
extreme low tide.

Owing to financial conditions the dredging operations were cut down.
Dredge Galveston (No. 9) was sold leaving but one dredge the Beaujeu i,No. 8j
in commission below Quebec. This dredge was operated only in daylight hours
during the seasons of 1919, 1920 and 1921.

As the work had come to a more or less clearing up stage and as this could
not be done economically by dredge No. 8, this vessel was laid up at Sorel in
1922 and replaced by the new elevator dredge No. 16 which had been built at
Vickers, Ltd., IMontreal. From 1922 to 1924 this dredge operated only during
daylight houre, but from 1925 to date a double shift has been maintained and
work carried on twenty-four hours per day.

As dredge No. 8 could no longer be operated economically as a hydraulic
dredge it was decided to have her converted to the elevator type. This was done
at the Government Shipyard, Sorel, and she was again put into commission in
1928, and has been working very satisfactorily since that date.

The St. Lawrence Ship channel commences at Lock No. 1 (Lachine canal)
and extends to Father Point, a distance of 340 statute miles.

REPORT OF THE DEPUTY MINISTER 31

The St. Lawrence Ship Channel proper is divided into five divisions as
follows: —

Statute miles

Division I — Montreal to Sorel 45

Division II — Sorel to Batisean (not including Lake St. Peter) 36

Division III— Lake St. Peter 20

Division IV — Batisean to Quebec 59

Division V — Quebec to Goose Cape 70

The completed channel between Montreal and Quebec has a minimum
width of 450 feet on the tangents and 500 to 800 feet on curves.

Below Quebec the completed channel has a minimum width of 1,000 feet.

Dredging Operations, Season 1928

In order to expedite the work it was decided to again operate the dredges
day and night.

The fleet consisted of 10 dredges and attending plant, 1 rock breaker, 1
stone lifter, 1 sweeping steamer and 1 sweeping scow.

Notwithstanding many breakages and consequent delays for repairs, good
progress was made.

The larger portion of the fleet was operated below Three Rivers but con-
siderable work was also carried out at Longiie Pointe and Longueuil shoal.

The material generally was very hard, causing great wear and tear on the
plant.

Cap a la Roche. — One powerful elevator dredge worked for half the season
at Cap a la Roche cleaning and widening the 30-foot channel. The rock breaker
was also employed and 1 stone lifter was used as required for picking up stones
and boulders.

The total number of cubic yards dredged during the season of 1928
amounted to 40,700 at a cost of $108,116.51 or $2,656^x00 cents per cubic yard.

Cap Charles Channel. — One powerful elevator dredge was employed in
deepening Cap Charles channel to 35 feet E.L.W. for a period of four months.
Considering the nature of the material, solid unbroken shale and hard pan, the
progress was good.

The total number of cubic yards dredged amounted to 47,250 at a cost of
$77,431.27 or $1.6388/ oo cents per cubic yard.

Champlain Channel. — The deepening of Champlain channel to 35 feet was
carried on this year by three dredges during most of the season of 1928. The
curve at Pointe Citrouille below the part widened last year was further widened.
This additional improvement will be a great advantage at this point.

The material dredged was clay, stones, hard pan and a little shale rock.

The total number of cubic yards dredged amounted to 735,610 cubic yards
at a cost of $343,619.22 or 0-46' %oo cents per cubic yard.

Champlain Upper Course. — One powerful elevator dredge worked for most
of the season at Champlain Upper course to 35 feet E.L.W. , the material being
clay and sand.

The number of cubic yards removed was 76,150 at a cost of $66,382.25 or
0-87^% 00 cents per cubic yard.

Port St. Francis.- — A powerful elevator dredge worked for most of the season
at Port St. Francis, deepening the channel to 35 feet E.L.W. The material con-
sisted of clay, stones and boulders. Excellent progress was made.

The total number of cubic yards removed amounted to 233,305 at a cost
of $116,633.48 or 0-49'^yioo cents per cubic yard.

32 MARIXE AXIJ FISHEjUES

Xicolet Traverse (Lake St. Peter). — One powerful elevator dredge worked
for more than three months at Xicolet traverse, widening and deepening the
channel to 35 feet E.L.W. and completed this work. The material dredged was
clay and stones.

The total amount of cubic yards removed was 152,250 at a total cost of
S62.766.88 or 0-41--^too cents per cubic yard.

Sorel to He de Grace. — Two powerful elevator dredges worked between
Sorel and He de Grace, one for ten days and one for three months deepening the
channel to 35 feet E.L.W. and making good progress?. The material dredged
was clay.

The total yardage amounted to 106.965 at a cost of §123.307.72 or
Sl.15-%00 cents per cubic yard.

Cap St. Michel Curve. — One of the elevator dredges was employed for
about five weeks widening Cap St. ^Michel curve. This work, when completed,
will prove of great benefit.

The total number of cubic yards dredged amomited to 49,000 at a total
cost of §26,525.22 or -541^100 cents per cubic yard.

Longue Pointe Curve. — Four powerful elevator dredges were operated for
short periods at Longue Pointe curve widening on the south side and deepening
to 35 feet at E.L.W. and almost completed this work. The material dredged was
clay and stones with a little solid rock.

The total number of cubic vards dredacd amounted to 41.740 at a total cost
of §46,893.61 or S1.123^ioo cents per cubic yard.

Longue Pointe Traverse. — One powerful elevator dredge worked for a short
iieriod at Longue Pointe traverse widening and dredging to 35 feet E.L.W. on
the north side up])er end. This work was completed, the material being clay and
stones.

The total amount of cubic yards dredged was 46.340 at a total cost of
S28.181.15 or 0-60Si/iou cents per cubic yard.

Longueuil Shoal (including Forsyth Shoal at Poulier a Gagnon). — ^^\'idening
and deepening to 35 feet E.L.W. was carried out at this point as follows: —

Dredge Xo. 4 ^or 32 days, dredge No. for 29 days, and dredge No. 13 for
49 days, the material dredged being hardpan. stones and shale.

The total number of cubic yards dredged amounted to 66,375 at a total cost
of S87,003.28 or S1.31o%oo cents per cubic yard.

North Channel Below Quebec. — The powerful sea-going elevator dredge
No. 16 was operated all season in the north channel, dredging to 35 feet extreme
Tow tide and to 500 feet width, following out the department's policy of com-
pleting the channel to this width as soon as possible, opening it to navigation,
and then eventually widening to 1,000 feet. In addition, the converted powerful
sea-going elevator dredge No. 8 was engaged on this work for a month.

Almost a mile of channel was completed to a width of 500 feet and the
material consisted of sand, clay and stones. As dredge No. 8 worked during
the season of 1928 by day only but will next season work day and night, pro-
gress diu"ing the coming year should be considerably increased.

The total number of cubic yards dredged in the North channel below
Quebec (West Sand) by dredge No. 16 amounted to 1.004.800 at a total cost of
S252.554.22 or 0-25i-Xoo cents per cubic yard.

The total number of cubic yards dredged by dredge No. 8 in the north
channel below Quebec. ]\Iadame Reef shoal, amounted to 27,500 at a total cost
of S29.441.16 or S1.07"*'t,,(. cents per cubic yard.

REPORT OF THE DEPUTY MINISTER 33

The total number of cubic yards dredged by the fleet below Quebec amounted
to 1,032,300 at a total cost of $281,995.38 or'O-2732/^oo cents per cubic yard;
material consisting of clay, stones and sand.

The total number of cubic yards dredged by the whole fleet of dredges
above and below Quebec amounted to 2,627,985 at a cost of $1,368,885.97 or
0-520%QQ cents per cubic yard.

PKOGRESS OF DREDGING OPERATIONS AT END OF SEASON OF 1928
30-FOOT PROJECT

Total length of dredging done (statute miles) 66-85

Total length of dredging yet to be done (statute miles) 1-20

Total number of cubic yards dredged 53,951,332

Total number of cubic yards yet to be dredged 1 , 350, 000

35-FOOT PROJECT

Total length of dredging done (statute miles) 60-52

Total length of dredging yet to be done (statute miles) 31-37

Total number of cubic yards dredged 53,067,511

Total number of cubic yards yet to be dredged 21,422,620

The total cost from 1851 to the end of the fiscal year March 31, 1929, of
the St. Lawrence Ship Channel from Montreal to Father Point, including plant,
shops, surveys, etc., is as follows: —

Dredging $22,409,244 57

Plant, shops, surveys, etc 12,286,504 02

Grand total $34, 695, 748 59

The total number of cubic yards dredged in the River St. Lawrence Ship
Channel from 1851 to the end of the season of 1928 amounted to 134,604,153,
the material varying from very hard shale rock to soft blue clay.

Tidal Semaphores

Cap a la Roche. — The tidal semaphore at Cap a la Roche (Deschaillons,
P.Q.), situated on the south shore of the St. Lawrence river and which indi-
cates the available depth of water in the dredged channel w^as put in operation
May 4, 1928.

Pointe Citrouille. — The tidal semaphore at Pointe Citrouille situated on the
north shore of the St. Lawrence, 10^ miles above Cap a la Roche, was put into
operation the same day. This semaphore is connected with Cap a la Roche
semaphore by special telephone line to enable the operator at Cap a la Roche
to telephone the operator at Pointe Citrouille every three inches of rise or fall
of tide, as the case may be. The Pointe Citrouille semaphore shows the depth
in feet by large figures, and inches by small semaphore. This semaphore enables
the pilot of a deep draught vessel outward bound to judge if there is sufficient
depth of water in the dredged channel at Cap a la Roche to pass in safety. If
not, it gives him time to get ready to anchor below Pointe Citrouille where there
is good anchorage or where he can wait for the tide to rise sufficiently to enable
him to pass at Cap a la Roche.

St. Nicholas. — The tidal semaphore at St. Nicholas point, on the south side
of the St. Lawrence river, a distance of 15 miles above Quebec, shows the depth
of water available in the undredged channel over St. Augustin bar — commenced
operations May 4, 1928.

MARIXE AXD FISHERIES

Crane Island. — On recommendation made to the department by the Ship-
ping Federation of Canada, it was decided to establish a tidal semaphore on
Crane Island wharf to show the depth of water available in the dredged channels
at Beaiijeii and St. Thomas.

Semaphore arms were fitted to the lighthouse at the end of the wharf at
Crane island and the signals are similar to those shown at Cap a la Roche and
St. Nicholas. This semaphore was first employed July 28, 1925, and gave satis-
faction. It commenced operations for the season of 1928 on April 26, 1928.

Sweeping Oper.^tioxs

The usual sweeping of the channel was carried out by sweeping steamer
Detector and no obstructions of a serious nature were found. It is expected
next season that an additional sweeping outfit, consisting of a tug and sounding
scow will be employed in proving the 35-foot dredged channel so far completed.
The Detector also was engaged in proving dredging both above and below
Quebec.

Height of Water

The following table gives the monthly averages of the height of water in
the ship channel at Sorel, P.Q., by which it will be seen that the averages of
season 1928 compare most favourably with those since 1920: —

Year

May

June

July

August

Sept.

Oct.

Nov.

Highest

Lowest

ft. in.

ft.

in.

ft. in.

1920....

35 9

32 4

31 8

31 5

31 4

37 5

30 1

1921....

35 6

32 9

31 10

31 4

30 10

31 4

37 8

30 1

1922....

37 1

34 9

33 4

32 3

31 7

31 4

40 5

30 1

1923....

38 2

34 3

32 1

31 2

31 1

30 8

39 8

29 9

1924....

38 8

34 10

32 6

31 10

31 11

32 4

30 1

1925....

35 3

33 9

32 5

31 9

31 3

43 4

30 2

1926....

37 4

34 6

32 10

31 8

31 1

31 3

41 5

30 6

1927....

34 3

33 10

33 2

32 5

31 3

31 4

39 8

30 5

1928....

40 3

36 7

34 1

43 8

31 6

The lowest reading for last season was 31 feet 6 inches, this occurring in
September.

During the most important months of navigation, the level of the water
was higher than last year.

Accidents in the St. Lawrence River, Season of Navigation

between MONTREAL AND QUEBEC

June 8. — Trawler Manon L., inward bound, stranded on the south, outside
the channel, near Contreca^ur, sustaining slight damage.

June 16. — SS. Calumet, outward bound from Montreal, failed to answer her
helm and grounded on the south bank, outside the channel near Cap St. Michel,
sustaining no damage.

June 16. — SS. Agga, inward bound, passed to the south of black spar buoys
at upper end of Bellmouth curve and stranded outside the channel on the south
bank.

July 8. — SS. Meaford, inward bound, stranded, with some damage to the
vessel, outside of the channel below Cap Magdeleine.

July 11. — SS. Idjefjord and tug Chicoutimi in collision at Batiscan while
former was passing latter vessel. Only very slight damage was sustained by
the Chicoutimi.

REPORT OF THE DEPUTY MINISTER 35

July 25. — SS. Daghild, inward bound, fouled a wire of dredge No. .5, working
at Nipigon shoal, sustaining no damage.

July 27. — SS. Montrose, inward bound, collided with ss. Rosecastle, outward
bound, at Becancour Upper traverse, through the fault of the Montrose, with
considerable damage to both A'essels.

August 4. — SS. Laurentic, outward bound, collided with ss. Artena, inward
bound, near Buoy 17-L, curve No. 3, lake St. Peter, with some damage to both
vessels. The steering gear of the Artena was out of order.

August 14. — SS. Glitra, outward bound, went aground in a rain squall on
the north bank, outside the channel, below curve No. 3, lake St. Peter, sustaining
only slight damage.

August 15. — SS. Keyvive, inward bound, stranded in the fog while anchoring
near Buoy Q-34, outside of the channel, sustaining slight damage.

September 3. — SS. Bothwell, inward bound, collided slightly with a schooner
near Quebec bridge, only slight damage being sustained.

October 12. — SS. Spilsby, outward bound, grounded in a squall of hail and
sleet, on the north bank, outside the channel, above Vercheres, and was pulled
off two hours later without damage.

October 19. — SS. Starmount, inward bound, stranded on the north bank in
the Richelieu rapids sustaining some damage.

October 19. — SS. Letitia and ss. Brookton, both outward bound, collided in
lake St. Peter, near curve No. 2, with some damage to the Brookton.

October 28. — SS. lossofoglu, outward bound, stranded outside the channel
off He Ste. Therese when her steering gear failed, incurring very slight damage.

November 1. — SS. Angelo Toso stranded outside the channel in Montreal
harbour, while getting under way, sustaining no damage.

QUEBEC TO F.\THER POINT

July 16. — SS. Adour, outward bound, collided with ss. Newton Beech about
two miles below Lower Traverse lightship, while the Newton Beech was
anchored. Considerable damage incurred by Adour and some damage by
Newton Beech.

July 17. — SS. Michael L. Embiricos, inward bound, stranded in fog 2 miles
southwest of Father Point, sustaining considerable damage.

August 18. — SS. Canadian Mariner, inward bound, stranded on Red Islet
bank through an error in navigation, incurring considerable damage.

November 4. — SS. Panaghis M. Hadoulis, inward bound, stranded on south
bank of White island through an error in navigation, considerable damage being
sustained.

It will be noted that none of the accidents occurring during the season
could be attributed to any defect in the Ship channel or in the aids to navigation.

M.\RiNE Signal Service
• March 31, 1929

Signal stations have been established for the purpose of maintaining com-
munications between ship and shore by means of flag signals.

This system of stations extends from cape Race, Nfld., and Belle Isle up
the gulf and river St. Lawrence and through the Great Lakes to Port Arthur
and Fort William, Ontario.

88174— 3i

MARINE AND FISHERIES

Following is a complete list of stations: —

EAST OF QUEBEC

Name of Station

Location

Xautical

miles from

Quebec

Means of Communication

(R)— Quebec

Custom House

32
40
81
157
175
200
219
234
260
294
325
349
400
377
332
360
415
438
462
540
553
826
673
734

Telephone

Crane Island

L'Islet

Lighthouse

100 yards east of Church. . . .

Lighthouse

Shore end of wharf .

Telegraph

Telephone and Telegraph.

Telegraph.

Father Point . ...

Matane

Cape Chat

Riviere a la Martre

Fame Point

((

Cap des Rosiers

Cap d'Espoir

South West Point (Anticosti)

South Point (Anticosti)

((

Heath Point fAnticosti)

Point Escuminac X B

Telephone.

Wireless and Telephone.

St. Paul's Island, C.B

Main Station

Cape Rav, Xfld

Lighthouse

Telegraph.

Cape Race, Xfld.

Belle Isle

Wireless and Telegraph.

WEST OF QUEBEC

Xame of Station

Location

Xautical

miles from

Quebec

Means of Communication

Bridge Station

1 mile above Quebec bridge

6
12
31
41
45
55
68

100

110

125
134
139

Telephone.

At Tidal Semaphore

In front Lighthouse

Portneuf

In old Windmill Tower

At Tidal Semaphore

Three Rivers

Upper end of Bureau Wharf .
Lower end of Government
Wharf

Sorel

Bellmouth

About 500 feet east Contre-
coeur Course Low Light. .

Abreast East end He des
Lauriers

Cap St. Michel

Longue Pointe

Point between Wharves

La Sauvegarde Building

(R) Montreal

WEST OF MOXTREAL

Xame of Station

Location

Xautical
miles from
Montreal

Means of Communication

(R) Lachine Canal

Lock Xo. 2

298

321

820

Telephone.

(R) Lachine Canal

(R) Soulanges Canal

Cascades Point . .

(R) Soulanges Canal

Coteau Landing

(R) Cornwall Canal

(R) Galops Canal

Lift Lock

Telegraph.

(R) Welland Canal

Port Colborne

(R) Soo Canal

Stations marked (R) are reporting stations only and are not equipped for signalling purposes.

REPORT OF THE DEPUTY MINISTER 37

East Coast Visual Signal Service
Fiscal year 1928-29

Signal stations on the east coast are under the administration of the Radio
Branch and under the direct jurisdiction of the Division Superintendent of Radio
at Halifax. All radio stations report ships communicated with and this is
supplemented by reports of ships sighted by the following visual signal stations
which are organized to tie in with the east coast radio service: —

Magdalen Island. — Including Grindstone, Amherst Island, Pleasant Bay,
Grosse Isle, and Etang-du-Nord. Wireless to Sydney.

St. Paul Island. — Signal agent part-time. Wireless to Sydney.

Aspy Bay. — Signal agent part-time. Landline to Sydney.

Scatari Island. — Signal agent part-time. Landline and telephone to Sydney.

Flat Point. — Signal agent part-time. Private telephone to Sydney.

Point Tupper. — Signal agent part-time. Landline to Sydney; ice reports
to Canso.

Sydney, C.B. — The duties of signal agent are undertaken by Captain
MacKenzie, Superintendent of Pilots, who, upon receipt of reports, analyses
same and forwards to central oflEices at Halifax and Quebec as requisite.

Halifax, N.S. — This station is located at the Citadel and maintains a con-
tinuous watch day and night and is in direct communication with Chebucto
Head Radio and Signal Station by a private telephone, which was installed
during the present year. A summary of ships reported by the Citadel Station
appears in the Department's Annual Report.

Chebucto Head. — This station is situated at the entrance to Halifax
harbour and reports the passing of all vessels to the Signal Station at the Citadei.
Two full-time signal agents are maintained for visual signalling. The D/F
Station situated at the same point reports all vessels communicated with by
wireless, giving position and probable time of arrival. The station is organized
for lamp signalling at night to vessels not fitted with wireless.

Sambro Head Light Vessel. — This lightship keeps a lookout and reports all
passing vessels not fitted with wireless to Chebucto head.

St. John, N.B. — The Signal Station at St. John is situated in the Customs
building and is connected by telephone to the Red Head D/F Station. Two
full-time signal clerks are employed.

Lurcher Lightship. — Reports all ships spoken or sighted by wireless to Red
Head, St. John.

Seal Island. — A signal clerk part-time reports by wireless to Red Head, St.
John, all ships spoken or sighted.

Partridge Island. — Signal agent part-time. Telephone to St. John, N.B.

BRIEF SUMMARY OF WORK PERFORMED

1. Stations report movements of vessels to Montreal and Quebec.

2. Stations report weather conditions daily to Montreal and Quebec.

3. Montreal and Quebec publish daily bulletins, giving weather and ice
conditions and movements of vessels.

4. Montreal and Quebec publish daily bulletins showing depths of water at
various points in the River St. Lawrence Ship Channel.

38 MARIXE AXD FISHERIES

5. The Signal Service offices at ^Montreal and Quebec are open day and
night for the purpose of furnishing the public with information of shipping
matters.

6. The telegraph system of the Department of Public AVorks on the north
shore of the gulf of St. Lawrence report the moA-ements of vessels engaged in
the coasting trade to the Signal Service at Quebec.

7. The Government grain elevator at Port Colborne reports to Montreal the
arrival and departure of vessels engaged in the Upper Lakes grain trade.

8. The collectors of customs at Fort William and Port Arthur report t-o
Montreal the arrival and departure of vessels engaged in the Canadian grain
trade.

9. The collectors of customs at all the seaports in the river and gulf of St.
Lawrence on the Atlantic coast, report the arrival and departure of vessels
engaged in the overseas trade.

10. Lloyd's agent at Quebec is furnished daily with full information of the
movements of vessels engaged in the overseas trade to and from ports in the
province of Quebec.

ICEBREAKIXG. 1928-29

REPORT OF MR. X. B. MCLE.-VN, A>^SISTAXT CHIEF ENGINEER, OX THE ICE REMEDIAL

WORK PERFORMED BY DR. HOWARD T. BARXES OX THE RR-ER ST.

LAWREXCE DURING THE WIXTER OF 1929

During the spring of 1928, floods occurred at ^Montreal and vicinity causing
considerable damage and inconvenience as well as an unsanitary condition owing
to sewers backing up.

A number of letters and petitions were received by the department a.?king
for relief and that action be taken to ensure the non-recurrence of these floods.

It had been reported that Dr. Barnes' ice remedial work by means of
Thermit, etc., had been very successful in connection with power plants, etc.,
and there was a request from the ^Montreal Board of Trade that he be given
an opportunity to demonstrate what he could do on the St. Lawrence.

It was my opinion, as well as the opinion of other officials of the Ship
Channel staff, that any scientific development to the end that the St. Lawrence
might be opened earlier, that jams and floods resulting therefrom might be
prevented, or that the work of icebreakers might be materially reduced, would
be, not only of the greatest value to the Ship Channel, but also to the whole
country, provided always that this could be done at reasonable cost.

In order to ascertain whether the situation might be improved, the depart-
ment decided to give Dr. Barnes an opportunity to demonstrate his method of
ice remedial work. It was, however, understood that this work was purely
experimental.

A contract was made with Dr. Barnes to carrj- out these operations at a cost
not to exceed $60,000. This amount included all payments to be made to Dr.
Barnes for services performed and materials used as well as equipment ordered
by the department in his behalf.

Dr. Barnes, under the contract, agreed to burn out the channel in the St.
Lawrence river to allow a free passage of water and to open along the surface
of the ice lines of non-resistance for preventing ice jams in the spring break-up;
the principal work to be concentrated between Sorel and Lanoraie and between
Varennes and Longue Pointe as these are the locations where the main ice jams
occur, causing back water and flooding at Montreal. It was also agreed that a
narrow channel should be opened through the surface ice between Lanoraie and
Varennes, where the underhang does not exist to guard against the pressure
resulting from the Spring debacle.

The work was carried out by Dr. Barnes during the months of Januar>^,
February and March, the ice being treated with Thermit, Calcium Carbide and

REPORT OF THE DEPUTY MINISTER 39

Calcium Chloride. The localities where the treatment was applied were changed
somewhat from the original proposal owing to the nature of the ice encountered,
some work being done between Vickers and Longue Pointe and also between
Sorel and in the Sorel islands.

After the treatment of the ice was completed, certain sections of the river
were opened by means of ice-breakers. No perceptible difference in the ice in
the treated and untreated sections could be noticed.

The results obtained from the use of Thermit, etc. consequently were dis-
appointing, and until some other method is developed, icebreakers will have to be
depended upon in the f utiire as in the past to prevent j ams and to open the river
in the spring.

Though the results obtained from the use of Thermit, etc., in the St.
Lawrence were disappointing, this does not necessarily indicate that this method
would be unsatisfactory' when used in connection with power plants especially
when there was open running water immediately below the point of application
which would carry away the ice dislodged by the chemicals.

Icebreakers are essential for the St. Lawrence to prevent jams at certain
points and to keep the river open as far above Quebec as possible. Keeping the
river open in this way prevents floods and ensures a longer season of navigation.
This work cannot be done by any other known method. It is expected, when the
two icebreakers now being constructed are put into commission, that much more
efficient work will be possible with corresponding advantageous results through-
out the river from Montreal to Quebec.

REPORT OF MR. A. LAFLECHE, ENGINEER, RIVER ST. LAWRENCE SHIP CHANNEL, ON THE

WORK OF THE ICEBREAKING STEAMERS " MIKULA " AND " LADY GREY "

DURING THE WINTER OF 1928-29

The close of the season of 1928 was comparative^ mild, with only a small
number of ships to go to sea.

The Lady Grey took up her station at Three Rivers on November 22
followed by the Bellechasse on December 3 to take charge of the traffic in that
section of the river, and the Mikiila and Montcalm were on 'stand-by' at Quebec
to take care of any emergency that might devlope in that vicinity.

The Bellechasse escorted the ss. Boreas from Lake St. Peter to Quebec on
December 8, and the Lady Grey performed the same service for the last vessel,
the ss. Rein, on the following day. On December 11 the Lady Gre?/ convoyed
the Boreas and the Rein to Murray Bay, returning to Quebec December 12.

The ice bridge formed in Sorel Islands January 8, at the transmission line
above Three Rivers January 11 and by January 14 the river was frozen over
from Three Rivers to Montreal.

Only two ice jams occurred at Quebec bridge during the winter, and these
were easily dealt with by the Mikula and Lady Grey. The latter vessel made
two trips to Portneuf for the purpose of slicing the battures.

The river remained open all winter to above the transmission line at
Three Rivers.

On March 3, about three-quarters of a mile above the transmission line at
Three Rivers, the Mikula began the work of opening the upper reaches of the
river. By March 10, the channel had been opened to about three-quarters of a
mile below Yamachiche bend in lake St. Peter. On the latter date this vessel
was withdrawn to Quebec in order to look after Quebec bridge in case battures,
lifted off by spring tides, should cause a jam. The Lady Grey came up from
Quebec on March 11 to carry out widening operations throughout the length of
the cut made by the Mikula. By March 18 the Mikula had resumed her work
in lake St. Peter and on March 20 she carried away a blade on the port pro-
peller. This necessitated a return to Quebec as she had to be docked in order
to replace the blade. On March 26 work was again in progress in lake St.

MARINE AND FISHERIES

Peter and on March 30 Sorel was reached. On the same date another blade was
carried away. As it was most important that the work should be pushed, the
Mikula continued working at about half power and by April 5 she had succeeded
in cutting out 4 miles of the heavily jammed ice between Sorel and Lanoraie.
On April 6 as conditions above were impro\'ing, she was ordered back to Quebec
to get ready for ice patrol in the gulf. On April 8 the last of the Lanoraie jam
moved down and two days later, on April 10, the Lady Grey came up in clear
water to Montreal.

Instructions were issued on May 26 to send the Lady Grey to open the
Saguenay river. She left Quebec May 27 arriving at Tadoussac the following
morning. This river was opened from two miles above Bale St. Jean to two
miles below East Cape, a distance of 19 nautical miles, the work being performed
between April 28 and May 1. Bale St. Jean and Ha Ha bay were both cleared
of ice and the wharves made available for vessels. Above East cape the river
had been open for some time. The first vessel, the Saguenay, arrived at
Tadoussac on May 2, the day after the Lady Grey had completed her work

Average depth for each ]Month in the 27^ foot Channel (27^ feet at Ordinary Low
Water) from Sorel Gauge each Year May to November

Year

May

June

July

August

Septem-
ber

October

Novem-
ber

Highest

Lowest

ft. in.

1897. . . .

35 6

32 6

30 3

29 3

27 6

26 4

1898 .

31 6

30 9

29 8

28 2

28 3

28 6

32 1

26 9

1899....

36 2

31 9

30 3

28 6

27 6

27 9

37 9

26 9

1900

33 6

30 9

30 6

29 6

28 1

28 9

29 2

35 9

27 4

1901 . . .

34 3

31 10

29 2

28 3

27 7

27 4

27 3

36 3

26 6

1902....

32 2

29 4

28 1

34 1

27 6

1903 .

30 11

30 5

29 5

28 4

27 11

32 8

26 11

1904....

36 3

34 5

30 9

29 5

30 4

29 3

37 4

28 1

1905....

31 10

30 8

29 7

28 5

28 1

33 6

27 1

1906....

32 4

31 5

29 3

27 11

27 3

27 4

27 6

33 3

26 9

A\TR\GE depth for each ]\Ionth in the 30 feet Channel (30 feet at Extreme Low

Water of 1897)

Year

May

June

July

August

Septem-

October

Novem-
ber

Highest

Lowest

ft.

in.

ft.

in.

ft.

in.

ft.

in.

ft. in.

ft.

in.

ft. in.

ft.

in.

ft. in.

1907

32 4

33 7

31 10

1908 .

30 6

1909... .

32 7

31 6

30 11

1910

31 6

31 7

30 11

1911 .

30 9

30 3

29 4

1912

32 6

34 9

31 3

1913

31 6

32 7

31 1

1914 ...

31 3

30 3

1915....

31 1

30 8

30 1

1916 .

31 7

31 10

30 9

1917

32 3

31 3

1918....

32 3

34 11

31 3

1919

32 3

33 5

31 3

1920. . . .

31 5

31 6

30 1

1921....

3!^

30 10

31 6

3'/

30 1

1922... .

31 7

30 11

30 1

1923....

31 1

30 9

29 9

1924....

31 11

31 3

30 1

1925... .

31 11

30 2

1926....

31 1

33 3

30 &

1927. . . .

31 3

34 9

30 5

1928....

34 4

31 6

REPORT OF THE DEPUTY MINISTER

COST OF SHIP CHANNEL TO DATE

Table Showing the Total Cost of the Dredging and Plant and the Quantities
Dredged to March 31, 1929

Montreal Harbour Commissioners 1851 to 1888

Dredging Montreal to Cap a la Roche to 271 ft. at O.L.W.
and from Cap a la Roche to Quebec to 27§ ft. at half tide.

Department of Public Works

Dredging consisting of widening and cleaning up of channel,
deepening Cap a la Roche to Cap Charles to 27j ft. at
O.L.W. and dredging at Grondines, Lotbiniere and Ste.
Croix 1889 to June 30, 1899

Project of 1899

Dredging Channel between Montreal and Quebec to 30 ft. at
lowest water of 1897, also widening to a minimum width
of 450 ft. and straightening—

Fiscal year 1899-1900

Fiscal year 1900-1901

Fiscal year 1901-1902

Fiscal year 1902-1903

Fiscal year 1903-1904

Department of Marine and Fisheries

This includes the work below Quebec

Fiscal year 1904-1905

Fiscal year 1905-1906

Fiscal year 1906-1907 (July 1, 1906, to March 31, 1907).

Fiscal year 1907-1908

Fiscal year 1908-1909

Fiscal year 1909-1910

Fiscal year 1910-1911

Fiscal year 1911-1912

Fiscal year 1912-1913

Fiscal year 1913-1914

Fiscal year 1914-1915

Fiscal year 1915-1916

Fiscal year 1916-1917

Fiscal year 1917-1918

Fiscal year 1918-1919

Fiscal year 1919-1920

Fiscal year 1920-1921

Fiscal year 1921-1922

Fiscal year 1922-1923

Fiscal year 1923-1924

Fiscal year 1924-1925

Fiscal year 1925-1926

Fiscal year 1926-1927

Fiscal year 1927-1928

Fiscal year 1928-1929 ". . .

Total to March 31, 1929 22,409,244 57 12,286,504 02

Cost of
dredging

$ cts.

3,402,494 35

100,191 91
136,680 83
185,429 80
255,776 55
276,958 59

311,087 93
431,768 30
302,677 37
478,209 66
497,686 03
572,950 71
576,838 02
588,697 60
663,229 74

895.235 59
,036,846 65

976,622 03
.030,550 60
618,399 69
350, 152 92
422, 107 05
446,134 85
464,660 74

465.236 80
550,612 71
557,863 56
996,554 42
240,044 98

.369,075 54
.368,885 97

Expenditure
for plant,

shops, sur-
vej's, etc.

$ cts.

),971 79

265,270 78
287,040 04
479,731 47
277, 703 50
308,765 44

277,225 69
317,327 37
275,003 61
417,390 22
340,861 86
321,375 80
488,248 88
499,799 58
702,071 86
740,664 26
549,369 91
809,443 95
353,152 12
156,112 57
82,480 60
132,747 20
151,422 99
102,710 14
446,933 08
130,481 97
333,345 19
600, 199 42
343,901 27
548,716 68
525,225 13

Quantities
dredged

Cubic yards

19,865,693

3,558,733

1,107,894
2,479,385
3,098,350
6,544,605
4,619,260

2.716,220
4,047,530
3,001,010
4,831,875
5,896,737
6,354,285
5,600,050
4,509,904
6,929,344
6,140,867
6,225,143
8,462,957
7,800,555
2,517,376
628,060
517,305
715,895
1,167,100
793,350
1,314,050
1,373,420
2,754 770
3,146,125
3,258,320
2,627,985

,153

MARINE AND FISHERIES

Progress of Dredging Operations at Date of Writing, the Close of the Season

1928

THIRTY-FOOT PROJECT

Locality

Distance

English

miles

Total

length

requiring

dredging

Length
dredged
in 1928

Total

length of

30-foot

channel

dredged

Length
yet to be
dredged

Division A^o. 1 —

miles

45
36
20
59
60

miles
22-90
12-45
18-00
10-05
4-65

miles

22-90

12-45

18-00

8-85

4-65

miles
All com-

Division No. 2 —

pleted.

Division No. 3 —
Lake St Peter

„

Division No. 4 —

1-20

Division No. 5—

Quebec to the Traverse

All com-

pleted

Totals

220

68 05

66-85

1-20

Progress of the Dredging Operations at the Date of Writing, the Close of the

Season of 1928

THIRTY-FOOT PROJECT

Locality

Length of Dredging

Cubic yards
yet requir-
ed to be
done

Required

Done

Division No. 1—

miles

miles
1-10
5-05
0-40
3-00
4-50
MO
1-70
6-05

Longue Pte to Pte aux Trembles (en haute)

Cap St Aiichel to Vercheres

Contrecoeur Channel .

Total

22-90

Division N'o. 2 —

4-40
110
0-25

Lake St Peter (See Div. 3) .

0-50
0-50
1-55
2-25
1-30
0-60

Three Rivers

Total

12-45

Division No. 3—

18-00

Total

18 00

Division No. 4—

3-00
2-05
1-20
0-90

Cap a la Roche Channel . . . .

Cap Charles

REPORT OF THE DEPUTY MIXISTER

43.

Progress of the Dredging Operations at the Date of Writing, the Close of
the Season of 1928'--Concluded

THIRTY-FOOT PROJECT— C

Locality

Length of Dredging

Cubic yards
yet requir-
ed to be
done

Required

Done

D!ii~ion Xo. 4 — Concluded

0-80
0-40
0-20
0-30

Lotbiniere

Ste. Croix

0-60
0-60

300,000

500,000

Total i i!. '

1-20

8-85

800,000

Division Xo. 5 —

Quebec to the Traverse

4-65

550,000

Total

4-65

550,000

Totals

1-20

66-85

1,350,000

Progress of Dredging Operations at Date of "Writing, the Close of the Season

1928

THIRTY-FIVE-FOOT PROJECT

Locality

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English

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Length
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Total
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36
20
59

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26-80
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18-32
15-54

10-79

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0-25

214
0-18
0-08

0-92

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24-47
13-63
17-80
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4-49

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2-33

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Sorel to Batiscan

6-81

Division Xo. 3—
Lake St. Peter

0-52

Division A'o. 4 —

15-41

Division A'o. 6 —

Quebec to Goose Cape (North Chan-
nel;

6-30

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230

91-89

3-57

60-52

31-37

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Progress of the Dredging Operations at the Dat€ of Writing, the Close of
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THIRTY-FIVE FOOT PROJECT

Locality

Length of dredging
in miles

Cubic yards
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Cubic yards
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Yet to be
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Done

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Longueuil Shoal

miles
1-60

miles

0-28
0-47
1-20
307
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214
0-56
4-72
0-72
1-91
8-28

363,529

3.57,925

394,300

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447,466

786,415

1,239,975

He Ste. Therese Channel

358,950

Varenne^ Curve..

2,666,560

176,. 500

Cap ?t Michel to Vercheres

2,048,850

Vercheres Traverse

306, 595

1.157,700

Contrecoeur Channel..

5,159,023

0-61

159,215

Totals — Division No. 1

2-33

24-47

970.210

14,652,798

Division Xo. 2 —

0-58

4-40
211
2-09
0-90
0-11

523.381

3,186,679

Stone I«land

983,660

He au Raisin..

974,094

Port St. Francis

0-20
0-61
2-40
0-87
0-92
1-23

256.695

500.532
1,. 348, 578

684,000
1,237,646

684,600

924,390

32,660

Cap Magdeleine to Becancour

Becancour to Champlain

1-.35
2-67

949,210

1,394,710

Totals — Division Xo. 2

6-81

13-63

5,235,432

8,445,403

Division Xo. S—
Lake St. Peter..

0-52

17-80

.530,320

11,966,832

Totals— Division Xo. 3

0-52

17-80

530,320

11,966.832

Division Xo. i —

4-48
1-27
206
1-91
0-83
0-47
1-51
1-47
1-41

2,386,168
781,666

1,8.36,8.59
996,291
513,332
321,480
6.55.. 561
798,518
826,207

Cap a la Roche Curve

Cap Charles Channel

0-13

81,125

Grondines

Lotbiniere

St. Croix

St. Augustin

Totals -Division Xo. 4

1.5-41

013

9,116.082

81,125

Division Xo. -5—
Quebec to Goose Cape (Xorth Channel)—
Jradame Reef Shoal. . .

4-43
1-87

*6-30

0-11
4-38

3.716.306
1,854,270

66,100

17,855,253

Totals— Division Xo. 5

*4-49

5.570.576

17,921.353

Totals..

31-37

60-52

21,422.620

53.067,511

*This Channel is beinz dredged 500 feet wide: is at present opened at this width for 25 feet depth: will
be opened at same width for 35 feet depth when completed, and will be widened eventually to 1,000 feet.
Mileage is shown on a basis of .500 feet width.

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EXPENDITURE AND REVENUE

STATEMENT OF EXPENDITURE, MARINE DEPARTMENT, 1928-

Service

Appropriation

Expenditure

Balance

Ocean and River Service —

Allowance re Alfred Callow

$ cts.

1,497 85

3,050 00

777 00

1,650,000 00

5,600 00

20,000 00

6,000 00

9,000 00

3,000 00

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45,000 00

12,000 00

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400,000 00

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777 00

1,649,3.36 48

2,384 57

19,999 76

4,921 40

7,815 82

2,161 71

1,095 40

3,643 73

45,000 00

4,966 04

53,. 379 63

710,057 76

166,775 89

386,739 07

289,463 97

24,946 14

305,243 33

$ cts.

Dominion steamers

663 52

3,215 43

Investigation into wrecks

1,078 60

1,184 18

838 29

3,904 60

856 27

7,033 96

26,620 37

Radio service

80,807 24

23,224 11

Hydrographic survey

143,260 93

210,536 03

53 86

Icebreaker for Hudson bay

194,756 67

400,000 00

4,781,289 85

3,683,255 55

1,098,0.34 30

Public Works (Capital)—

1,895,000 00

154,000 00

315,000 00

89,280 00

1,000,000 00

3,050 00

525 45

3,050 00

1,894,911 65
150,035 68

88 35

3,964 32

Hopper barge • •

315,000 00

Sorel wharf No 4

11,982 95

77,297 05

1,000,000 00

3,050 00

525 45

3,050 00

3,459,905 45

2,063,555 73

1,396,349 72

Lighthouse and Coast Service —

236,000 00

750,000 00

900,000 00

725,000 00

250,000 00

10,000 00

10,800 00

30,000 00

110,000 00

600 00

500 00

250 00

223,280 33

718,776 75

889,222 76

683,011 80

141,657 35

6,057 33

9,550 00

30,000 00

109,993 63

600 00

500 00

250 00

12,719 67

31,223 25

Maintenance of lights

10,777 24

41,988 20

108,342 65

Repairs to wharves.

3,942 67

Pensions to pilots ,

1,250 00

Signal service

6 37

3,023,150 00

2,812,899 95

210,250 05

Steamboat Inspection —

Steamboat inspection

142,980 00

141,485 39

1,494 61

Scientific Institutions —

300,000 00

287,908 21

12,091 79

Civil Government —

Salaries

418, 195 00
60,000 00

392,453 25
54,797 62

25,741 75

Contingencies

5,202 38

478, 195 00

447,250 87

30,944 13

Miscellaneous —

2,634 47
2,400 00

2,634 47
2,200 00

Salary, J. C. Patterson

200 00

5,034 47

4,834 47

200 00

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EXPEXDITTRE AND REYE^UE—C oncluded

STATEMENT OF EXPENDITURE, MARINE DEPARTMENT, 192S-29— Concluded

Service

Appropriation

Expenditure

Balance

Investments —

$ cts.

2,888,000 00

3,110,000 00

1,596,000 00

30,000 00

500,000 00

602,000 00

$ cts.

Montreal Harbour Commission

Halifax Harbour Commission

Chicoutimi Harbour Commission .

8,726,000 00

REC.\PrTtT>ATIOX OF SERVICES

4,781,289 85

3,459,905 45

3,023,150 00

142,980 00

300,000 00

478, 195 00

5,034 47

3,683,255 55

2,063,555 73

2,812,899 95

141,485 39

287,908 21

447,250 87

4,834 47

1,098,034 30

Public Works (Capital)

1,396,349 72

210,250 05

Steamboat Inspection . . .

1,494 61

Scientific Institutions .

12,091 79

30,944 13

Miscellaneous

200 00

12,190,554 77

9,441,190 17
8,726,000 00

2,749,364 60

18,167,190 17

STATEMENT OF REVENUE FOR FISCAL YEAR 1928-29

Gross
Revenue

Refunds

Net
Revenue

Radio

$ cts.

81,760 02

2, 146 70

44,209 15

5,181 25

137,551 53

15 00

122,004 25

3. 827 85

1.234 00

34 35

285,313 90

361 00

2,584 96

$ cts.

$ cts.
81,760 02

2, 146 70

478 14

43,731 01

5,181 25

Steamboat inspection .

619 50

136,932 03

15 00

14 60
100 00

121,989 65

3,727 85

1,234 00

34 35

13,787 78

271,526 12

361 00

2,584 96

686,223 96

15,000 02

671,223 94

REPORT OF THE DEPUTY MINISTER 51

METEOROLOGICAL SERVICE

Report of Sir Frederic Stupart, Director

The observing stations for the j-ear numbered 865 of all classes. At 371 of
these stations the observer is paid an amount ranging from an allowance of $12
per annum for recording rainfall only, to a salary of $2,100 at a chief station.
At 494 stations the work is performed without remuneration by voluntary
observers who furnish climatological data which is used for the benefit of the
country at practically no cost but that of the instruments.

There are 118 storm signal stations where the agent is paid either $75 or
$100 per year according to the length of the season of na\agation.

FORECAST division

The scope and duties of the forecast division continue to increase. Charts
have been prepared and forecasts issued twice daily, Sundays and holidays
included, throughout the year, and storm warnings displayed at ports on the
Great Lakes and in the gulf and Maritime Provinces. Of the daily forecasts
86-1 per cent were verified and of the storm warnings 98-0 per cent.

Owing to an improved system of collecting the reports from Canadian and
United States stations the charts are completed and the forecasts issued and
dispatched from three-quarters to an hour earlier than heretofore.

Special forecasts were issued during the Spring and Summer to the fi-uit
growers of the Niagara peninsula with a view to assisting them in spraying
operations.

Numerous special forecasts were issued to shippers of perishable goods,
aviators and others.

During the year a service was inaugurated by which special observations of
surface and upper air conditions at Toronto and Kingston together with a fore-
cast were supplied to the air mail service between Toronto and Montreal.

The forest-fire weather ser\dce has been extended to the Maritime Provinces
and three observing stations have been established in New Brunswick and four
in Nova Scotia. Forecasts were issued throughout the fire-weather season to
the Forestry ofiicials in Ontario, Quebec, Alberta and British Colum'bia.

DIVISION OF CLIMATOLOGY

During the year information was supplied in answer to about one thousand
inquiries regarding the climate or the past weather of Canada and in some
instances of other countries. The type of information demanded varies from
statements of the weather factors at a particular place on a few given dates in
a particular yeRT, to complete histories of temperature and rainfall over the full
perisd of record for specified districts. Where possible inquiries regarding climate
are answered by supplying figures of averages and extremes which are computed
for all stations as soon as the period of observation has extended over ten years.
Inquiries by telephone were numerous but this type of request is usually satisfied
by verbal statements or by the quoting of a few figures for the districts in ques-
tion, usually places in Canada, the United States or the West Indies.

To meet the increasing demand for information regarding the climate of
the north, material is being prepared for a booklet giving the results of observa-
tions in the ^Mackenzie valley, the Hudson bay and Labrador regions as far back
as the records go.

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Besides supplying tables for reports by other departments and for pro\ancial
departments, an analys-is of Canadian climate is under preparation for an
encyclopaedia of the climates of the world edited bj" the well known climatologist
Dr. Kopper, to be published in Germany.

Monthly reports on the weather were issued in two forms. The first, the
Monthly Weather Map issued about the close of the first week of each 2iionth.
gives a general summary, both graphically and by tables, of the weather of the
preceding month. This summan,' is based on telegraphic, wireless, and posted
reports from some 150 to 200 stations throughout Canada (the number varying
according to seasons). The:?e show where the month was warm or cool, dry or
wet, in terms of average weather. Some remarks upon the condition of crops
or the progi'ess of agricultural operations are included as received from observers.
This interim report is followed some months later by a monthly record of about
85 pages, giving detailed daily, in some cases twice daily, and in a few cases
hourly or bi-hourly, data of the principal weather factors for all stations through-
out Canada whose detailed reports have been received in time to be included.
Averages extremes and differences from normal are given for over five hundred
stations.

Library Division. — During the year 202 volumes. 198 periodicals and
numerous pamphlets were received.

The distribution of office publications to institutions and individuals included
514 copies daily of the daily weather map. 732 copies monthly of the -Monthly
Weather ^lap. 647 copies monthly of the monthly record of meteorological
observations and 237 copies of the 1927 Toronto Year Book.

PHYSICS DIVISIOX

Balloon Sonde. — As March, 1928, and December, 1929, have been designated
as the International IMonths by the International Commission for the Explor-
ation of the Upper Air with balloons carrying instruments, there were only two
periods (July 17-19, and November 12-17), with six ascents each during the
year. Ascents were made from Goderich, Ontario, and from Calgary, Alta.,
on these days and ten instruments were recovered from the former place and
seven from the latter. The greatest height reached in the Goderich ascents was
8-1 miles on the 17th November, when a temperature of 68 F. below zero was
recorded. The highest ascent at Calgary' occurred on the 16th November, and
a temperature of 60 F. below zero was registered.

Pilot Balloons. — The equipment which was assembled last year at the
request of the Royal Canadian Air Force permitted the establishment during the
year of a chain of stations equipped with pilot balloon apparatus for the deter-
mination of the upper wind currents. Modern meteorological practice has shown
that a knowledge of these currents is of great assistance in the preparation of
adequate forecasts for aeroplane services, and the information obtained from
a chain of stations of this kind is invaluable in making plans for long distance
flights. In view of the approaching visit of the Airship R. 100, the first units of
the chain of pilot balloon stations, in addition to Toronto, have been established
in Eastern Canada and Newfoundland at the following points: St. Hubert, P.Q.
(Montreal) Quebec, P.Q., Father Point, P.Q.. Fame Pomt, P.Q., Red Head,
N.B. (St. John). Rockville, N.S. (Yarmouth), Chebucto Head, N.S. (Halifax),
Sable Island, N.S., St. Paul Island, N.S., Cape Race, Nfld., Belle Isle, Nfid.

Observations are taken each morning at these stations of the wind direction
and velocity at various levels up to the base of the clouds, or as high as the
balloon can be seen, of the clouds and cloud altitude, and of the visibility and
general weather conditions. The results of these observations are telegraphed

REPORT OF THE DEPUTY MINISTER 53

to the Toronto office in code and are used in the preparation of a special chart
of upper air conditions. The reports from selected stations are forwarded to the
United States Weather Bureau at Washington, and in exchange reports are
received at Toronto from a number of pilot balloon stations in the Eastern
United States.

At Toronto balloons were sent up on 56 days for the determination of low
cloud heights only and on 210 days for the direction and velocity of the wind as
well. The longest flight in Toronto during the past eight years was obtained
on May 8, when the balloon was sighted in the theodolite for 105 minutes, from
which the height was determined as 10-6 miles. The greatest wind velocity
recorded was 66 miles per hour at 10.000 feet on March 26, 1929.

Sea Water Temperaivrf's. — Thermographs have been maintained on the
routes Vancouver to Hong Kong, Vancouver to Australia and Montreal or Hali-
fax to Bermuda and the West Indies throughout the year. A study was made of
the boundary of the warm water of the Japanese current and of the position of
the coldest water occurring along the steamer lanes in the North Pacific. It was
found that in summer the warm water extended much farther to the northeast
than in winter and the line of minimum temperature is south of the Aleutian
islands at a very considerable distance from the line of transition. In winter
this distance is very much less showing that the transition from the warm to the
cold water is then much more abrupt. Another interesting feature is that the
line of minimum temperature lies East and West for the greater part of the veav
where it might have been expected to lie north and south.

Earth Temperatures. — Daily readings to 0-01 F of platinium thermometers
at eight depths were taken throughout the year. The minimum and maximum
temperatures with the dates on which they occurred and the range at each depth
are given in the table.

EARTH TEMPERATURES— TORONTO

Highest

Date

Lowest

Date

Amplitude

Surface

81°
70°
71°
70°
67°
59°
57°
49°

June 30, 1928

July 29, 1928

Aug. 1, 1928

Aug. 13, 1928

Sept. 4. 1928

Sept. 28, 1928

Nov. 22, 1928

22°
25°
30°
37°
38°
38°
42°
43°

Feb. 25, 1929

Feb. 28, 1929

Mar. 13, 1929

Mar. 26, 1929

April 6, 1928

April 14, 1928

May 30, 1928

59°

10"

20*.. .

33°"

40*

29"

66'

21°

9".

15°

15"

6°

Evaporation. — The amount of water evaporated from a free water surface
in a tank about six feet square and three feet deep sunk in the ground has been
measured daily during the growing season in Toronto and Winnipg. The
amount of water evaporated per month is given below.

Month

Toronto

Winnipeg

April

inches

1-06 (15 days)

2-91

305

3-60

2-59

2-23

1-22
0-32 (10 days)

inches

M^y ::.:::::::::::::::::":

411

June

2-72

July

2-64

August

318

September

2-47

October

0-73 (16 days>

November

Total

16-98

15-85

54 MARIXE AXD FISHERIES

Solar Radiation. — The amount of heat received from the sun was measured
by an Augstorm Pyrlehiometer about noon on all days that were sufficiently free
from cloud and thick haze to ptrmit of obser\'ation. There were only fifty-
six occasions when observations were possible between the hours of 11 a.m. and
1 p.m. The greatest amount of heat received on a square centimetre (-16 sq.
inch) perpendicular to the sun's rays was 1-473 gramme calories per minute, as
against 1-437 in 1927 and 1-453 in 1926.

Wind Equipment. — The new anemographs which have been under con-
struction for some time were completed during the year and are now being
issued. The}- are giving very satisfactory results. Two dry cells are sufficient
to operate them for three or four months at least, and thus the upkeep of the
instruments will be less than the express charges on the battery recharges of the
previous instrument.s. Several improvements have been made in the mechanism
of the combined anemometer and wind vane and a new supply of these instru-
ments is now being manufactured. The method of mounting the instrument on
the towers has also been improved and standardized.

TERRESTRIAL MAGNETISM

Both the Agincourt and ]Meanook Magnetic Observatories were maintained
in operation throughout the fiscal year with no material loss of record. Some
small interruptions occurred in the continuous photographic records due to
mechanical trouble and also while scale values were being redetermined. A new
master time clock of non-magnetic materials was constructed in our workshop
and installed in the Agincourt observatory in place of the former one which had
broken down through long service.

Large magnetic disturbances were of frequent occurrence during the year.
The most important ones were recorded on ^lay 10 to 14, 27 to 29; June 12, 13,
22, and 23; Julv 7 to 11, 22 to 24; August 5, 7, 12, 26 and 27; September 7, 8, 10,
11, 19, and 25;' October 2, 5, 7, 18, 22, 24, 25 and 27; November 2, 3, 10, 13, 16
and 17; December 6 and 12; Januarv 9; Februarv 9, 10. 17 to 19. 27 and 28;
March 8, 12, 13, 15 to 17, 21 and 22.

At Agincourt the range in declination during disturbance was from 2 to 3
with a maximum variation of 3-25 being recorded in the July 8, storm. At
Meanook the declination range usually exceeded 3 and during the July 8, storm
reached 3-50. The range of disturban-ce in the horizontal force at Agincourt
also reached a maximum on July 8, when the variation reached 1,019 gammas
and also in Vertical Force when the variation was 842 gammas. At INIeanook
the range in Horizontal Force was greatly in excess of that at Agincourt being
greater than 1,500 gammas in the INIay, July, February' and ]\Iarch storms.

The regular program of absolute observations was made as usual at both
observatories and the reductions and computations made in the office at Toronto.

The magnetic report for 1923 was issued and the 1924 report is in the
printers hands. Work on the 1925 report is progressing.

Magnetic character tables for 1928 were prepared and forwarded to the
International Commission on Terrestrial Magnetism at De Bilt. Index
corrections were determined for (41) forty-one surveyors' theodolite compasses
at the request of the Surveyor General and results forwarded to him at Ottawa.

Assistance was given to members of the staff of the Dominion Observatory
in standardizing their instruments for use in field work, and the photographic
records were made available to the Dominion Observatory- and the Topographi-
cal Survey's branch for use in reducing their field results to selected epoch.

Special reports on magnetic disturbances are being prepared for Com-
mander Edwards in order to make a study of correlation with Radio reception.

REPORT OF THE DEPUTY MINISTER

The accompanvino; tables summarize the results at Agincourt and Meanook
for the fiscal year 1928-29.

SUMMARY OF RESULTS OF MAGNETIC OBSERVATIONS AT AGINCOURT FOR THE

FISCAL YEAR 1928-29

Month

Mean Monthly Values

D. West

1928

7 19-9
19-3
19-4
20-4
20-7
21 -1
220
22-1
22-0

22-4
22-9
23-7

15,647
15,641
15,639
15,620
15,615
15,611
15,602
15,606
15,612

15,614
15,602
15,586

57,335
57,315
57,314
57,313
.57,296
57,291
57,296
57,289
57,267

57,270
57,272
57,262

May..

44-2

June

July

44-3
45-3

August

45-3

October

46-0

November . .

45-7

December

1929

45-0
450

February.

45-7

March

46-4

AGINCOURT DAILY AND MONTHLY RANGES

Month

Mean Daily
Range

Abso-
lute
Month-

ly
Range

Mean Daily
Range

Abso-
lute
Month-
ly
Range

Mean Daily
Range

Abso-
lute
Month-
ly
Range

From
Hour
Read-
ings

From
Max.
and
Min.

From
Hour
Read-
ings

From
Max.
and
Min.

From
Hour
Read-
ings

From
Max.
and
Min.

1928
April ....

140
12-0
14-0
14-9
17-8
13-4
10-6
6-2
6-4

7-5
80
11-3

18-9
28-6
22-9
32-5
27-2
23-8
23-3
15-7
12-4

10-8
25-1
30-9

1 7-0

2 16-0

3 250
2 9-6

1 4-9

1 57-8
39-9
45-6

33-8

2 44-5
2 57-5

55
76
48
61
61
60
48
30
30

32
48
50

80
144
99
140
113
98
98
63
54

49
113
106

167
877
301
1,019
448
242
331
245
153

120
730
709

6
24
19
22
17
14
15
10

3
13
21

16
53
40

68
43
42
42
23
13

36
42

264

July

842

August

355
208

October. . .

378

127

1929
January..

346

March

347

MARINE AND FISHERIES
MEANOOK DAILY AND MONTHLY RANGES

Month

Mean Daily
Range

Abso-
lute
Monthly
Range

Mean Daily
Range

Abso-
lute
Monthly
Range

From

Hour

Readings

From

Max.

and Min.

From

Hour

Readings

From

Max.

and Min.

1928
Anril.

15-4
16-7
17-6
17-5
18-3
14-2
12-0
9-8
5-5

6-4
8-9
11-4

. 27-9
52-7
39-2
47-0
43-2
39-4
49-2
41-6
28-1

18-6
45-7
55-8

1 42-4
3 30-7

2 16-8

3 49-7
3 21-5

2 41-5

3 20-1
2 51-7

2 57- 1

58-5

3 41-0
3 43-6

43
131
124
128
74
73
79
93
56

29
108
127

148
383
311
357
267
272
332
276
165

116
282
373

7
812

May..".".::.; :.

June..

1,590
1,286

July

August

September

1,697
1,341
1,083

October

November

1,139
1,053

December

918

1929

January

February

March

807
1,663
1,530

SUMMARY OF RESULTS OF MAGNETIC OBSERVATIONS AT MEANOOK, ALBERTA, FOR
THE FISCAL YEAR 1928-29

Month

Monthly Mean Values

D East

1928
April

26 46-0
48-3
48-8
47-9
48-9
48-8
48-2
48-0

• 47-4

48-6
47-7
43-9

12,810
12,794
12,799
12,784
12,786
12,782
12,772
12,784
12,799

12,798
12,787
12,777

59, 796
59,679
59,702
59,624
59,709
59,665
59,737

77 54-5

May

540

June

540

July

53-9

54-8

September..

54-5

October

55-9

November

December ... ...

59,744

59,757
59,790
59,863

54-5

1929
January

54-7

55-7

March.. .

57-1

ASTRONOMY

Observations were made on one hundred and eleven days, for the purpose
of obtaining correct time by meridian transits of stars, with the 3-inch Troughton
and Sims transit telescope. Positions of stars used were taken from the British
Nautical Almanac or the American Ephemeris.

Instrumental constants were redetermined by observation with selected stars
and least square solution of the resultant equations at least once a month.

Time signals are telegraphed to Agincourt once a week for the purpose of
controlling errors and rates of the clocks and chronometers. Each week day at
11.55 a.m. a time signal is transmitted over the fire alarm system for the city
of Toronto. Time is also given out over the telephone to watch makers,
jewellers and an increasing number of the general public.

Time exchanges were made once a month with Quebec, St. John, N.B., and
McGill Observatories. The results of these exchanges show an average differ-
ence of less than half a second.

REPORT OF THE DEPUTY MINISTER

Observations of sun-spots with the 6-inch equatorial were made on 155
days and on only one occasion, November 24, was the sun free of spots. The
mean relative numbers for the months of the civil year 1928 as deduced from
these observations were as follows: Januarv, 96-7; Februarv, 94-4; March,
84-0; April, 81 -1; May 99-3; June 95-2; July, 109-2; August, 105-1; September,
100-8; October, 67-2; November 58-2; December 74-9; yearly mean 87-2, an
increase of 13-7 over the year 1927. Towards the end of the year there was a
decided reduction in the number of spots and the maximum of this cycle is quite
evidently past.

A large number of visitors were privileged to view the heavens through the
equatorial telescope.

SEISMOLOGY

The iMilne Shaw seismographs have been kept in successful operation
throughout the year with very little loss of record. The electric shutter on the
N & S component was troublesome at times, but is now working satisfactorily.

The total number of earthquakes recorded during the year was 259 which
is 23 less than last vear. Thev were distributed as follows: —

April

May

June

July

Aug.

Sept.

Oct.

Xov.

Dec.

Jan.

Feb.

Mar.

29 22

Sixteen of these would rank as very large, the approximate location of

the epicentres being: —

April 9— Lat. 13= S. 69MV Colombia.

April 13— 1.3° X. 95° W S.W. Coast of Mexico.

April 14 — Bulgaria.

April 17— 16° X . 95° ■ 5 W Off S. W. Coast of Mexico.

April 18 — (Disastrous) Bulgaria.

April 27 — Violent, reported from Peru.

May 14— 5-4°S. 78-5°W Xorthern Peru.

May 27— Sea of Japan.

June 17— 14° X. 96° W Off S.W. Coast of Mexico.

June 21— 60° N. 151° W Alaska.

July 18— 6°-5S. 79-5°W

Aug. 4— 14° N. 98° W S.W. Coast of Mexico.

Oct. 9— 15°X.9rW

Dec. 1— 35°S. 74°W Off Coast Southern Chili.

Jan. 24— 12° X. 90° W Coast of Honduras.

Mar. 7— 51° X. 170° W East of the Aleutian Islands.

In connection with the very large earthquake of December 1, the British
ship Magdala in latitude 35° 35' south and longitude 72° 54' W. experienced
three heavy shocks from the earthquake in 70 to 100 fathoms of water.

A marked feature of the year was the destructive earthquakes in south-
east Europe on April 14, 18 and on the 22nd, when Corinth was destroyed. The
earthquake of June 17 was about as large a disturbance as we ever recorded.

We continue to issue the monthly bulletins for Toronto and Victoria, B.C.,
giving measurements of the most important phases of the records. These are
forwarded to a number of seismological stations throughout the world. There
has been a marked increase in the requests for these bulletins during the year.
They afford material in conjunction with the records of various stations through-
out the world for the study of the speed of the different waves, and a better-
comprehension of the material which composes the earth. Bromide copies of
records are often sent by request to various stations and in some instances the
originals are loaned. We continue to supply information to public and press
regarding the distance and location of large earthquakes, shortly after the records
are developed.

58 MARIXE AXD FISHERIES

APPEXDIX A

The Director of the Quebec Observatory reports as follows: —

The duties performed at this observatory have been the same as in former
years.

Besides the usual meteorological observations which were recorded without
interruption, statements and extracts from the records of this station were pre-
pared and given to transportation companies carrying perishable goods and also
to insurance companies with respect to accidents in the city.

Inquiries respecting the weather conditions were very numerous and special
reports were also furnished to the public through the newspapers and otherwise.

The correct time, which was obtained from observations of stars and of the
sun, was given by means of the noon-gun, the telephone, and during the season
of navigation, by means of the time-ball.

In the month of June last, in compliance with your instructions, I have
given to the wireless operators for stations in Hudson's Straits the necessary
instructions in taking the meteorological observations.

.\PPEXDIX B

The Director of the St. John, X.B., Observatory reports as follows: —

The regular meteorological observations have been taken at 9 a.m., 3 p.m.
and 9 p.m. Atlantic standard time. The morning and evening readings were
coded and telegraphed to Toronto. Hourly abstracts from the recording instru-
ments have been made, means computed and copies forwarded to Central Office.
The monthly returns from all observers in the ^Maritime Provinces were checked
and recorded for future reference.

The weather bulletin with tabulated readings and weather forecasts have
been issued daily, prominently displayed for public use, mailed to those inter-
ested and also published in the daily press.

Broadcasting of the weather forecasts from station CFBO, Saint John,
890 kilocycles, has been carried on successfully during the year. Fore-
casts were put on the air at 6 a.m., 8 a.m., and noon. The 6 a.m. forecasts have
recently been inaugurated and the noon forecasts discontinued. There have
been many requests for a continuation of the noon forecasts.

Storm warnings have been displayed on the signal mast of the Custom
House and at Point Lepreaux, X.B., on'receipt of telegrams from Central Office.

Inauguration of the experimental air mail service during January, February
and March between Saint John and Montreal and Saint John and Halifax indi-
cated the practicability of the experiment. Special officers were appointed at
various ground stations on the Canadian Pacific Railway and in Xova Scotia.
The method of telegraphic communication in this class of work leaves much to
be desired and direct communication from the ground stations to the observa-
tory, and vice versa, by telephone or radio telephone would greatly facilitate
the forwarding' of weather conditions.

Numerous telephone calls for correct time, weather forecasts, meteorological
observations for engineers, railway companies, electric power commission, etc.,
have been cheerfully furnished.

Mantime Province Time Service. — Sidereal observations have been made as
frequently as possible on available clear nights with the Troughton and Simms
meridian transit for the establishment of clock rates.

Comparisons of the mean time transmitting clock and the Riefler sidereal
clock were made daily at 9 a.m.

The mean time transmitting clock was cleaned and adjusted and is giving
excellent service. The daily time signals, which reach most of the important
centres in the Maritime Provinces, have been automatically transmitted from

REPORT OF THE DEPUTY MINISTER 59

the mean time clock through connection with the lines of the Canadian Pacific
Railway and the Western Union Telegraph Company. The signals are also
sent over the lines of the Canadian Pacific Railway to Chebiicto Head for
broadcasting.

The synchronizing of the local clocks and the dropping of the time balls
in Halifax and Saint John have been operated as previously reported and the
master clock in Halifax, synchronized by wire from Saint John, serves the pur-
pose of automatically dropping the time ball and sends an hourly signal for
electrically correcting clocks in Halifax.

The interchange of clock signals with the Toronto Observatory have been
made on nine occasions during the year.

APPENDIX C

The Director of the Gonzales Heights Observatory, Victoria, reports as
follows: —

During the past year the regular meteorological and seismological observa-
tions have been taken here, and daily weather forecasts issued for the following
districts: Vancouver island, the Lower mainland, Kamloops, Okanagan and
Kootenay.

Storm warnings are issued from here and signals displayed at Victoria,
Vancouver and Nanaimo, and recently Esquimalt has been equipped so that the
signals are displayed from the Bickford tower where they are well seen from
the Naval base, all shipping, and the new dry dock.

Special wind and weather forecasts are issued daily through the Dominion
Radio Station, at 9.30 a.m. for the benefit of small craft and towing interests
on the straits of Fuca and Georgia, and at 10 p.m. a summary of the weather
and a general forecast of the wind, etc., is broadcasted through the above station
to shipping on the coast extending from Alaska to Vancouver island.

During the summer months special weather forecasts and humidity data
received from various parts of tlie province are furnished the Provincial Forestry
Department, and similar information is broadcasted each night from the Victoria
Radio Station CFCT. In advance of probable dangerous forest fire conditions
due to approaching abnormally dry spells, special telegrams have been sent to
the Dominion Forest Inspector at Kamloops who is in charge of the Railway
Forest Belt in British Columbia and the Press is also notified of these dangerous
conditions.

Time Service. — The clocks and chronometers have given good service as to
rates, errors and electric time keeping on the three seismographs situated in the
basement. The time gun at Military Headquarters has been fired regularly by
signal from here both Noon and at 9.30 p.m. and the time ball on the high city
building has been dropped daily at 1 p.m. The correct time is also sent out
daily at 10 a.m. and 7 p.m. on our automatic radio time sender in connection
with the Gonzales Radio Station and the larger station at Estevan.

Seismology. — The two Milne-Shaw seismographs have been in continuous
operation and haA'e recorded a large number of important earthquakes. When
these occur certain details of our records are wired promptly to Science Service,
Washington, to assist in locating the position of these quakes shortly after they
have occurred. The Vertical Seismograph has also been in constant operation,
but not being so sensitive as the horizontal type fewer earthquakes are recorded
upon it. The daily slow movements of the original N-S and E-AV horizontal
pendulums have been observed, and these still show a marked tilting of this
coast and apparently towards the southeast.

Inspections. — ^During the past year I have inspected certain stations on this
island, including Duncan and Nanaimo, and on the mainland, New AVestminster;

60 MARINE AND FISHERIES

at Steveston a new anemograph was installed, a new temperature and precipita-
tion station started at White Rock, and other stations inspected were Kamloops,
Tranquille, Golden and Invermere, and the University of British Columbia at
Vancouver.

Several addresses have been given on the work of this institution, and a
meeting of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada was held at the observa-
tory.

In !March I had the honour of addressing the Western Forestry Association
meeting at Seattle on long range weather forecasts, which was very favourably
received.

The work of this institution is increasing considerably, and particularly
one's correspondence and the steady growth of visitors who come not through
idle curiosity but for instruction which appears to be greatly appreciated.

REPORT OF L. A. DEMERS, DOMINION WRECK CO:\I?^IISSIOXER

St\teme\t of Formal Investigations and Preliminarv Inquiries held during the
Fiscal Year 1928-29

Name of Ship

and

Official Number

Agga, 62280.

Arran Firlh, 146262

Port

Registry

Bergen, Norway...

Vancouver, B.C..

Barrie, 151045 Montreal, P.Q. . .

and I

Hansa, 71584 Bergen, Norway

Canadian Mariner,
141861

Clearwater, 147798..

Montreal, P.Q.

Middlesborough,
Eng.

Remarks

On June 16, 1928, stranded near Bellmouth curve, river St. Law-
rence. Formal investigation was held at Montreal, on July
17, before Capt. L. A. Demers, F.R.A.S., Dominion Wreck
Commissioner, assisted by Capt. C. Lapierre and Capt.
J. P. Dufour, acting as nautical assessors. Finding: Master
and second officer exonerated from blame. Pilot Louis
Phillip Daigle in default; fined $400.

On November 20, 1928, stranded on the south end of Texada
island, B.C. Formal investigation was held at Vancouver
on December 19 and 20, before Capt. J. D. Macpherson,
Deputy to the Dominion Wreck Commissioner, assisted by
Capt. S. Vint and Capt. R. Archibald, acting as nautical
assessors. Finding: The Court finds the primary cause for
stranding due to an abnormal current setting the vessel to
the Northward of her course. The Master, Eugene McMul-
len, was not in default and his certificate No. 4533 is re-
turned. Certificate No. 3122 is also returned to Samuel
Hall Bilton, Mate (in charge at time of casualty), with a
severe censure and a warning to be more careful in future.

On June 26, 1928, collided in Soulanges canal. Formal investiga-
tion was held at Montreal on October 17 and 18, before
Capt. Demers, assisted by Capt. C. Lapierre and Capt. L.
Beaupre acting as nautical assessors. Finding: Hansa alone
to blame. Master, Capt. Erling Netteland over-confident,
hence in default only through error of judgment. Master of
Barrie, Roy Anderson, is exonerated, also his officers.

On August IS, 1928, stranded near Red Island Bank, River St.
Lawrence. Formal investigation was held at Montreal on
October 22 and 23, before Capt. Demers, assisted by Capt.
C. Lapierre, and Capt. N. Martorell, acting as nautical
assessors. Finding: Master in default, error of judgment
being apparent. Having clean record, his certificate is not
dealt with, but he is reprimanded, cautioned and ordered
to pay SlOO towards cost of investigation. Pilot Armand
Lachance in default. His license is not dealt with, his re-
cord being good, but he is fined SlOO.

On May 20, 1928, stranded 10 miles east of Pointe_ des Monts,
Lower river St. Lawrence. Formal investigation was held
at Montreal on June 1 before Capt. Demers, assisted by
Capt. Martorell and Capt. Sprague, acting as nautical asses-
sors. Finding: The Court finds Master, George H. David-
son not to blame for stranding; but he is severely repri-
manded for permitting faulty look-out. 1st Mate, Charles
N. Tattersall, in default for indifferent look-out, his certifi-
cate suspended for 6 months; 2nd Mate's certificate granted
in interim.

REPORT OF THE DEPUTY MINISTER

Statement of Formal Investigations and Preliminan- Inquiries held during the
Fiscal Year 192S-29— Continued

Name of Ship

and

OflBcial Number

Port

Registry

Canctco, 141478.

Montreal, P.Q.

City of Montreal,
66734.

Cairntorr, 145508...

Toronto, Ont.

Newcastle, Eng.

Middlesborough,
Eng.

Elfstone, 147708

and
Chicago Tribune,
146589.

Gallier, 125.

London, Eng...
Montreal, P.Q.

Antwerp.

Huronic, 107168.

Laureniic,, 149642

and
Artena, 63513

Collingwood, Ont. .

Liverpool, Eng.
Genoa, Italy.

L' Orient, 53081.

Nantes, France.

On May 16, 1928, stranded near Fox Point, Lake Michigan.
Formal investigation was held at Collingwood on May 29,
before Capt. Demers, assisted by Capt. Bassett and Capt.
Playter, acting as nautical assessors. Finding Master in
default, through seeming indifference to responsibilities,
in keeping watch in the wheelhouse instead of on bridge.
Certificate is not suspended due to plea made by Company's
counsel, but he is ordered to pay costs of investigation.

On August 12, 1928, stranded near Doran's Island, L'pper river
St. Lawrence. Formal investigation was held at Montreal
on September 7, before Capt. Demers, assisted by Capt.
C. Lapierre and Capt. A. Bouvier, acting as nautical asses-
sors. Finding: Second Mate, Jules Traversy, in default for
indifferent navigation, and over-confidence; his certificate
suspended for balance of present season. Master Neree
Legault exonerated from blame

On October 23. 1928, stranded abeam of Outer Island, Coacoacho
bay. West of Cape Whittle, gulf of St. Lawrence. Formal
investigation was held at ^tontreal on November 2, before
Capt. Demers, assisted by Capt. N. Martorell and Capt. J.
McCalmont, acting as nautical assessors. Finding: Ship
struck an uncharted rock. Court finds Captain Thomas
James Baker in default for unwarranted close sailing. Care-
lessness also apparent in loss of ship's papers. The Captain's
certificate is suspended for six months. First Mate's cer-
tificate recommended by the Court in interim.

On October 27, 1928, stranded on or near Sugar Loaf Shoal,
about half a mile west of Port Colborne. Formal investiga-
tion was held at Montreal on November 10, before Capt.
Demers, assisted by Capt. C. Lapierre and Capt. F. Ouel-
lette, acting as nautical assessors. Finding: Master at fault
for returning to sleep on making Pt. Colborne harbour. Cer-
tificate suspended until end of year 1929. Mate's certificate
granted in interim. Second Officer failed to follow instruc-
tions given by Master; certificate suspended until July 1,
1929.

On July 29, 1928, collided in vicinity of Buoy 39 in ship channel
of Lake St. Louis. Formal investigation was held at
Montreal on August 2, 3 and 6, before Capt. Demers, as-
sisted by Capt. Lapierre and Capt. N. Martorell, acting as
nautical assessors. Finding: Elfstone was not navigated
with care expected. Officer Carter is severely reprimanded
for inefficiency. Sailing Master Erne t Chartier in default
for failing to sound danger signal, license suspended for 1
month, blaster H. Long is exonerated.

On September 18, 1928, stranded on Anticosti island, west of
South Point, Shallop creek. Preliminary inquiry was held
at Quebec on September 28, by Capt. Demers. Decision:
Stranding due to inset which drove ship inward, hence
accident can be attributed to an Act of God.

On August 6, 1928, stranded on or near Lucille island. Lake
Superior. Formal investigation was held at Port Arthur
on August 24, before Capt Demers, assisted bj- Capt. A.
Livingston and Capt. C. B. Kirk, acting as nautical asses-
sors. Finding: Master T. Selby Patterson in default for
indifference; his certificate No. 7830 is suspended for 3
months. First Mate H. A. McLellan in default for not
taking bearings, and failing to call Master. His certificate
is suspended for 3 months.

On August 4, 1928, collided in Lake St. Peter. Formal investi-
gation was held at Montreal on August 10, 11, 28 and Sep-
tember 10, before Capt. Demers, assisted by Capt. C
Lapierre and Capt J. Dufour, acting as nautical assessors.
Finding: Neither Pilot Angers or PUot Perron, nor the
officers of the Laureniic are to blame. Both pilots are ex-
onerated, likewise the Laurentic.

On June 20, 1928, stranded on Janvrin shoal in the strait of
Canso. Formal investigation was held at Montreal on July
10, before Capt. Demers, assisted by Capt. Lapierre and
Capt. Dufour, acting as nautical assessors. Finding: Court
finds that Master erred grievously in judgment caused by
first experience in straits, which induced nervousness. A
copy of Report and Judgment sent to French government.

MARINE AND FISHERIES

Statement of Formal Investigations and Preliminan- Inquiries held during the
Fiscal Year 1928-29— Conimwed

Name of Ship

and

Official Number

Port

Registry

Remarks

Lauzon, 126843

and
Le Progres, 134138

Manasoo, 93932.

Quebec, P.Q.
Quebec, P.Q.

Owen Sound, Ont.

Martian, 131057

and
Fortwildoc, 153114.

Meaford, 151043.

■ Michael L. Emhiri
cos, Greek.

Port Arthur, Ont...
Fort William, Ont.

Montreal, P.Q.

A,ndros, Greece.

Monarch, IH

Midland, Ontario.

Montrose, 145919

and
Rose Castle, 137438.

Liverpool, Eng.
Montreal, P.Q

On October 5, 1928, collided in or near the Harbour of Three
Rivers. Formal investigation was held at Three Rivers on
March 26, before Capt. Demers, assisted by Capt. Lapierre
and Capt. Marchand, acting as nautical assessors. Finding:
Camille Biron, Master, in default, his certificate suspended
for 3 months. Hector Duval, Mate of the Lauzon, is found
in default and his certificate No. 2625 as Master of a Steam
Ferryboat is suspended for the season of Navigation of 1929,
after which it is recommended that said certificate be can-
celled and a certificate as Master of a Tugboat be granted
him instead. Donat Lemay's certificate is not dealt with.

On September 15, 1928, foundered off Griffiths Island, Georgian
bay, sixteen lives were lost. Formal investigation was held
at Owen Sound on October 3, 4 and 5, before Capt. Demers
assisted by Capt. Waugh and Capt. Nicoll, acting as nau-
tical assessors. Finding: Owners exonerated from blame.
Loss of ship and lives attributed to bad stowage, indiffer-
ence, neglect and carelessness on part of those in charge.
Therefore cancels certificates of Master John Mackay,
No. 10730, and First Mate O, burn Stephen Long, No. 11823,
who are found in default and who have proved incompetent
to meet responsibilities incumbent on them.

On June .30, 1928, collided in the River Kaministiqua, off the
C.P.R. Coal Dock. Formal investigation was held at
Toronto on July 27 and 28, before Capt. Demers, assisted by
Capt. J. B. P'oote and Capt. J. Williams, acting as nautical
assessors. Finding: The Court finds that Fortwildoc is
solely at fault. Master not in default for situation over
which he has no control, but Court feels a reprimand, a
rebuke as well as a warning is in order for having a speed in
violation of regulations.

On July 8, 1928, stranded at or near Cap Magdeleine, River St.
Lawrence. Formal investigation was held at Quebec on
July 18th, before Capt. Demers, assisted by Capt. C.
Lapierre and Capt. A. Landry, acting as nautical assessors.
Finding: Pilot F. X. Rivard in default for neglect in the
performance of his duties. Having regard for his seventeen
years' successful service, the Court suspends his license for
12 months.

On July 17, 1928, stranded at Point A. Pouliot, 2 miles west of
Father Point, in River St. Lawrence. Formal investiga-
tion was held at Montreal on .July 19, 25, and August 1,
before Capt. Demers, assisted by Capt. N. Martorell and
Capt. J. McFadyen, acting as nautical assessors. Finding:
Court finds August Santerre, Pilot, in default. If ordinary
common sense and foresight had been used accident would
not have occurred. Pilot is also in default for deserting
ship after stranding occurred. Owing to good service, and
extenuating circumstances which are apparent, Court does
not exercise severity, but suspends his certificate for 3
months, and he stands severely reprimanded and warned.

On August 24, 1927, foundered ofT Port Dalhousie, Lake Ontario.
Formal investigation was held at Toronto on December 12
and 13, before Capt. Demers, assisted by Capt. John Wil-
liams and Capt. John Ewart, acting as nautical assessors.
Finding: The Court declares and finds that: — 1st, the
Dredge was unseaworthy; 2nd, that the tug Gerald B.
Russell did not adopt prudential measures in the task of
towing. Captain Crawford's certificate is not dealt with
but he stands severely reprimanded. The Master of the
tug Forothy May is absolved from any blame. L^'nder-
writers were ordered to pay the cost of the investigation.

On July 27, 1928, collided in River St. Lawrence, in neighbour-
hood of Gas Buoy 39-C on Becancour Traverse. Formal
investigation was held at Montreal on August 7, 8, 9, 14, 15,
and 16, before Capt. Demers, assisted by Capt. J. Mackin-
tosh and Capt. N. Martorell, acting as nautical assessors.
Finding: Court finds, 1st, Master Luke Holmes, of Rose
Castle justified in being in his room in view of weather
conditions, and duties to be discharged. Therefore Capt-
ain Holmes is exonerated. 2nd, Pilot Ferdinand Marchand
had navigated ship in his own waters, performed in extremis

REPORT OF THE DEPUTY MINISTER

Statement of Formal Investigations and Preliminan- Inquiries held during the
Fiscal Year l'd2S-2^— Continued

Name of Ship

and

Official Number

Port

Registry

Remarks

Montrose, 145919

and
Rose Castle, 137438

Liverpool, Eng.
Montreal, P.Q.

Newton Beech,

148139,
Adour.

Newcastle

Oslo, Norway

Panaghis M. Hadou-
lis, I.G.K.R.

Andros, Greece.

Queens County.

Robert H. Merrick,
148183.

Berten, Norway.

Vancouver, B.C..

Saskatoon, 84.327.

Starmount, 145609.

Montreal, P.Q.

and rightly hard-to-port movement, and full speed ast€rn.
He is therefore, not in default. 3rd, Nothing can be said
for or against Second Officer Evan Owen, of the Rose
Castle.'' Therefore Rose Castle not in default for collision.
For, Captain A. H. Notely of Montrose, his absence from
bridge is considered permissible. He is in default for not
offering assistance. His certificate is suspended for a period
of 1 month. Second Officer Thomas Jones is warned for not
advising Master. Montrose solelv to blame for collision.
She violated articles 18, 25, 27, 28 and 29 of Rules of the
Road. Pilot Fortunat Hamelin is found in default, license
suspended for remainder of season.

On July 16, 1928, co'lided whilst Newton Beech was anchored
midway between Lower Traverse Lightship and Buoy 56,
River St. Lawrence. Formal investigation was held at
Quebec on July 19 and 20, before Capt. Demers, assisted
by Capt. C. Lapierre and Capt. A. Landry, acting as nauti-
cal assessors. Finding: The Court exonerates Master of
the Newton Beech, C. H. Laing, B. of T. Certificate 023649,
and Second Officer MacKay from all blame; also Master of
Adour, Inghart Danielsen and Second Officer, are held
blameless. Pilot Ernest Gourdean, is held in default for
poor judgment in attempting to cross bow of vessel whilst
tide of 2 or 3 knots was running. His license is suspended
for a period of two months.

On November 4. 1928, stranded near South Bank of White
Island, River St. Lawrence. Formal investigation was
held at Montreal on November 15, before Capt. Demers,
assisted by Capt. Lapierre and Capt. N. ^I'artorell, acting
as nautical assessors. Finding: The Court finds Pilot Alex.
Larochelle in default on four counts. Due to his excellent
service heretofore, his license is returned to him; but he is
ordered to pay a fine of S300.00. The Master and Officers
being strangers, are exonerated."

On August 18. 1928, stranded on Cormorant Rocks of Whitely
Bay, Gulf of St. Lawrence. Preliminary inquiry was held
at Montreal on September 7 and 10, by Capt. Demers.
Decision: Master in default for indifTerent lookout induced
by over confidence. First Officer erred, in not carrying out
instructions, and not exercising necessary vigil.

On November 25, 1928, stranded in Esperanza Inlet West Coast
of Vancouver Island, B.C. Formal investigation was held
at Vancouver on January 22 and 23, before Capt. J. D. Mac-
pherson, assisted bj' Capt. S. Vint and Capt. R. Archibald,
acting as nautical assessors. Finding: The Court finds
cause of stranding due to wrongful act of the First Mate,
Kenneth Macleod, and finds him solely in default and sus-
pends his certificate No. 11278 as Mate of a Passenger
Steamship in the Coasting Trade for a period of four months
from date of casualty. No blame attached to Master,
Stewart Noel, who was asleep at time, and whose orders to
be called, if fog set in, had been ignored by the Miate.

On May 10, 1928. stranded on or near Rock of Ages Reef, Lake
Superior. Formal investigation was held at Montreal on
June 8, before Capt. Demers, assisted by Capt. Miller and
Capt. Sears, acting as nautical assessors. Finding: The
Court finds that Master, Frederick Robinson Irish, Certi-
ficate No. 7975, failed to adopt measures of caution, through
over-confidence. His certificate is returned to him, but
he is severely reprimanded and warned. He is ordered to
defray full costs of investigation.

On October 24, 1928, stranded near or at Richelieu Rapids,
River St. Lawrence. Formal investigation was held at
Montreal on October 24, before Capt. Demers, assisted by
Capt. C. Lapierre and Capt. N. Martorell. acting as nautical
assessors. Finding: Court finds that Pilot ^^ ilbrod Gau-
thier failed to detect range lights of Lotbiniere, his pre.sence
of mind and acumen failing him. He is found in default,
and fined SIOO.OO. Court further recommends t.he accept-
ance of his resignation.

MARINE AND FISHERIES

Statement of Formal Investigations and Preliminary Inquiries held during the
FiscalYear 192S-29—C ontinued

Name of Ship

and

Official Number

Port

Registry-

Remarks

Swiftwater, 147749.

Blyth, Eng.

Seapool, 135891.

West Hartlepool,
England.

Stillwater, 147799...

Twickenham, 85658.

Middlesborough.

London, Eng.

Thousand Is
141756.

Montreal, P.Q.

Vesuvio P.L.F.S.

and
Older L.B.R.H.

Greece, Italy.. . .
Bergen, Norway.

On May 10, 1928, stranded on or near Sisters Island, River St.
Lawrence. Formal investigation was held at ^Iontreal on
May 22, before Capt. Demers, assisted by Capt. J. K.
McFayden and Capt. J. A. Ouellette, acting as nautical
assessors. Finding: Court finds Master justified in seeking
rest, after lengthy vigil, and leaving ship in charge of certi-
ficated officer. His certificate is returned to him. First
Officer Earle Gavey Dolbel, in default for allowing himself
to be overwhelmed by sleep. His certificate is suspended
for balance of season of navigation.

On October 25, 1928, stranded off Channel Rocks, in Eastern
Channel of Barkley Sound. Formal investigation was held
at Victoria on November 9, and 10, before Capt. Macpher-
son, assisted by Capt. Vint and Capt. Fleming, acting as
nautical assessors. Finding: The Court finds stranding was
not caused by any wrongful act or default on part of vessel's
Master, Vivian Forth, 2nd Officer Norman Spouse, or Pilot
Wm. J. Boyce. The evidence of H. D. Parizeau, Chief
Hydrographer, of the Dominion Government, established
beyond doubt, that a hitherto unknown and uncharted
obstruction exists some few cables South Magnetic of
Channel Rocks Gas Buoy, and it is opinion of Court that
it was this obstruction Seapool struck. Certificates of
Master, Officers and Pilot are returned to them.

On November 12, 1928, stranded on South Point of Melville
Shoal, Lake Ontario. Formal investigation was held at
Montreal on December 4, before Capt. Demers, assisted by
Capt. C. Lapierre and Capt. N. Martorell, acting as nautical
assessors. Finding: The Court finds Captain Walter
McBroom in default, through omission of prudential mea-
sures. His services having been dispensed with by his
employers, his certificate is not dealt with; but he is ordered
to pay S150.00 towards cost of investigation.

On July 2, 1928, stranded in the Harbour of Sydney, Cape
Breton. Formal investigation was held at Sydney, N.S.,
on September 17, before Capt. Demers, assisted by Capt.
O. A. Lewis and Capt. I. H. Lewis, acting as nautical
assessors. Finding: Court finds Master in default for not
showing presence of mind expected. He is mulcted part of
costs of investigation, §200.00. Pilot William D. Morrison
found in default. License suspended for balance of season.

On November 21. 1928, foundered in Lake Hiron whilst en
route from Samia to Midland in tow of S.S. ColUngwood.
Formal investigation was held at Toronto on January 31,
and February 1, before Capt. Demers, assisted by Capt.
J. B. Foote and Capt. John Williams, acting as nautical
assessors. Finding: The Court finds no indications of
carelessness, or malicious intent in behaviour of Master or
OfBcers of either vessels; but an error of judgment was com-
mitted on the part of Captain G. W. Pearson. Captain
H. J. Clarke, of the Thousand Islander has not sho-n-n himself
to have been pos.sessed of any resourcefulness such as
expected from a shipmaster. The certificates of either
Master are not dealt with. Their respective behaviour
and actions not being praiseworthy they are cautioned
to exercise better judgment and advised to acquire more
initiative.

On September 20, 1928, collided in Port of Montreal, in the
vicinity of Laurier Pier. Formal investigation was held at
Montreal on September 25, 26 and 27, before Capt. Demers,
assisted by Capt. Lapierre and Capt. Bouvier, acting aa
nautical assessors. Finding: The Court finds the Older
alone to blame for the collision, having deliberatelyplaced
herself in such a position as to drift into stem of Vesuvio.
Pilot Damien Paquet, who was at wheel directing operations
is suspended for remainder of year 1928. Master equally in
default for permitting a maintenance of actions violating
Art. 19. His certificate cannot be dealt with; but a copy of
the Report is sent to Norwegian Consul.

REPORT OF THE DEPUTY MINISTER

Statement of Formal Investigations and Preliminan' Inquiries held during the
Fiscal Year 192S-29—C oncliided

Name of Ship

and

Official Number

Port

Registry

Remarks

Vigilant, 117070

Ottawa, Ont

On May 20, 1928, while docking at Halifax, damaged De Wolf
Wharf, Bennett Wharf and herself. Formal investigation
was held at Charlottetown on June 28, before Capt. Demers,
assisted by Capt. T. G. Taylor, and Capt. M. C. Allenby,
acting as nautical assessors. Finding: Court declares
Master in default, not for an error of judgment, but for poor
judgment. It is suggested a test be made of workings of
propeller, out of fairness to Master and authorities over him.
The Master's certificate is returned, and other Officials of
vessel are exonerated from blame.

MASTERS AND SEAMEN BRANCH

Report of B. F. Burneit, Superintendent

Navigation Schools were in operation at Saint John, N.B., at Halifax and
Yarmouth, N.S., at Quebec, P.Q., at Prince Rupert, B.C., and at Kingston, Ont.,
and marine lectures were delivered at Collingwood, Ont., and at Vancouver, B.C.

Examinations for masters' and mates' certificates were held at Halifax,
Yarmouth and North Sydney, N.S., at Borden, P.E.I. , at Saint John, N.B., at
Quebec and Montreal, P.Q., at Ottawa, Kingston, Midland, Toronto, Collingwood,
Port Arthur and Kenora, Ont., at Selkirk and Winnipeg, Man., at Prince Rupert,
Vancouver and Victoria, B.C.

Issued during the year, 34 masters', 6 mates', and 11 second mates' sea-going
certificates of competency; 83 masters' and 120 mates' coasting certificates of
competency; 39 masters' and 78 mates' inland waters certificates of competency;
28 masters' and 12 mates' minor inland waters certificates of competency, and 40
masters' temporary certificates.

Twenty-eight thousand seven hundred and forty-eight seamen were shipped
and twenty-five thousand seven hundred and sixty-three seamen were discharged
at sea-ports.

PILOTAGE REPORT

Captain G. E. L. Robertson, Director Pilotage

The Honourable the Minister of Marine and Fisheries is the Pilotage
Authority for the Pilotage Districts of Montreal, Quebec, Saint John, Halifax
and Sydney, and all matters relating to pilotage in these districts are dealt with
through the local superintendents at the above mentioned places.

DISTRICT OF MONTREAL

At the opening of the 1928 season, there were 58 pilots and 22 apprentices
in this district. During the season three pilots retired and three apprentices
were examined and satisfactorily passed as pilots, making a total of 58 pilots,
and as one apprentice was also added, making 19 apprentices on March 31, 1929.

The first arrivals at Montreal at the commencement of the season were a
coasting vessel on April 26, an ocean going vessel on the same date, and an
inland water vessel on May 4.

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The gross earnings of the pilots were S329,282.72 for the season as conapared
with $317,561.47 for the 1927 season; an increase of Sll,721.2o over 1927.

The total number of vessels piloted imvard was 2,290, and outward 2,250.
which make a combined total of 4.540 vessels with a net tonnage of 12.982,710
as compared with 4,387 vessels with a net tonnage of 11,866.275 in 1927. This
is an increase of 153 vessels with a net tonnage of 1,116,435.

The last departures from the port of Montreal at the end of the season
were: an inland vessel on December 2. a coasting vessel on December 4, and an
ocean going vessel on December 8.

In this district 5 per cent of the gross earnings of the pilots is deducted for
the ^Montreal Decayed Pilots' Pension Fund, which fund is administ-ered by the
Department of Finance. The fimd amounted to SI 12.973.57 on March 31, 1929.

DISTKICT OF QL'EBEC

At the opening of the 1928 season, there were 47 pilots and 19 apprentices
in this district, one pilot having been retired on account of failure in the annual
eyesight examinations. Two pilots retired dtu-ing the season and three apprentices
were examined and given their pilot's license, and six apprentices were appointed.
This made a total of 48 pilots and 22 apprentices on March 31, 1929.

Father Point Pilotage Station was opened on April 18 with the first vessel
inward bound on April 19.

The gross earnings of the pilots were 8304,590.95 for the season as compared
with $299,060.46 for the season of 1927, an increase of S5.530.49.

The total number of ships piloted inward and outward was 4,045 with a
total net tonnage of 15,123 330 as compared wdth 4,087 vessels of 12.112.519
net tons in 1927. This is a decrease of 42 vessels but an increase of 3.010,811
net tons.

The Pilotage Station at Father Point was closed on the December 14, 1928
after the last vessel passed out. The pilot tender Jalobert was brought to Quebec
for the season.

During the season of 1928 a new 50 ft. motor launch was built and named
the Abraham Martin. This launch proceeded to Father Point on October 12.
1928.

In this district 7 per cent of the gross earnings of the pilots is deducted for
the Pension Fund. This fund is administered by the Quebec Pilots' Corporation,
and amounted to $112,286.79 on December 31, 1928. In addition to the pension
received from the Corporation, certain retired pilots (38 in number) received an
annual allowance from the Government of $300 each.

GENER.4.L MOXTREAL .\ND QUEBEC

Mr. R. A. Wiallard, Montreal, is the Acting Superintendent for these
districts, and Mr. F. J. Boulay, Quebec, is the Assistant Superintendent.

All expenses for the Pilotage Service at Montreal and Quebec are paid out
of public funds. These amounted to $15,054.31 for the District of Montreal,
and $67,184.42 for the District of Quebec, the latter including the cost of the
maintenance of the pilot tender Jalobert, and the cost of construction and main-
tenance of the new motor launch Abraham Martin.

The pilot tender Jalobert and launches in addition to the pilotage work
attend also to the Quarantine Station, doctors being attached to the Jalobert
allowing of pratique being given to ships provided there is no contagious disease
on board. This does away with delays to ships having to stop at Grosse Isle.

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The Jalobert lands the mails for all eastern points, and also handles between
ship and aeroplane and vice versa for the aerial mail service which was started
during the season of 1927. This included 5.199 bags and 1.766 baskets, a consider-
able quantity of loose mail, also 780 bags for the air mail inwards, and 820 bags
for the air mail outwards. The customs officers are also put on board and taken
off ships. Five services are, therefore, centralized at Father Point, which means
a considerable economy to the Federal Government and satisfaction to shipping.

DISTRICT OF ST. JOHN

At the beginning of the season there were 13 pilots and 2 apprentices in the
district; during the year one pilot died, and one pilot having reached the retire-
ment age retired and accepted his pension. This left the district with 11 pilots
and 2 apprentices on March 31, 1929.

The gross revenue of the district for 1928-29 was S54,843 and the expenses
including the upkeep of the pilot vessel and motor launch, the repayment on
loans, and the amount paid into the pension fund amounted to S17.272.18.
leaving a balance to be divided among the pilots of $37,570.82.

The total number of vessels piloted inward was 475, and outward 482, a
total of 957 vessels with a total net tonnage of 2,701,004, as compared with 935
vessels of 2,436,787 net tons in the previous vear, an increase of 22 vessels of
264,217 net tons.

In this district 12 per cent of the gross revenue is deducted for the Super-
annuation Fund. This fund is administered without charge for the Saint John
pilots bv the Department of Finance. The fund amounted to §43,354.85 on
March 31, 1929.

During the season the pilot tender Monarchy was sold out of the service,
and a new auxiliary power pilot schooner, named Glooscap, was built and put
into condition. A motor launch is also used as a pilot tender on the station.

Mr. J. C. Chesley, Saint John, is the Acting Superintendent of Pilots.

The expenses incurred bv the department for the upkeep of the office and
staff were $3,010.75.

DISTRICT OF H.\LIFAX

There were 20 pilots and 3 apprentices in this district at the commencement
of the 1928-29 season. No new pilots or apprentice pilots were licensed during
the year.

The gross revenue for the 1928-29 season amounted to $102,229.53, an
increase of $3,100.68 over the pre\'ious year. The total expenses including
repayment on loans, general maintenance of the tu^o pilot tenders and the amount
paid into the Superannuation Fund amounted to $31,129.53, leaving a balance
to be divided among the pilots of $71,100.

The total number of vessels piloted inwiard was 1,434, and outward 1,425, a
total of 2,859 vessels of a total net tonnage of 9,132,930, as compared with 3,105
vessels of a total net tonnage of 7,902.319, a decrease of 246 vessels, though the
tonnage was increased by 1,230,611 net tons over 1927-28.

The new pilot tender Hebridean was put into commission so that the Port
of Halifax now has two very able vessels that are a credit to the port and the
pilotage servdce, viz., the Nauphila and the Hebridean.

In this district 5 per cent of the gross revenue is deducted for the Super-
annuation Fund. This fund is administered without charge for the Halifax.
Pilots by the Department of Finance, and on March 31, 1929, amounted to
$82,368.55.

Captain P. C. Johnson is the Superintendent of Pilots at Halifax.

The expenses incurred by the department for the upkeep of the office and
staff were $6,665.21.

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DISTRICT OF SYDNEY

There were 18 pilots and no apprentices at the commencement of the season
of navigation. During the season one pilot died, leaving 17 pilots on March 31,
1929.

The season commenced on April 16, 1928, and closed on January 18, 1929.

The gross revenue of the district amounted to $60,360.35. an increase of
§5,429.69 over the pre\ious year. The total expenses, including the amount paid
into the Superannuation Fund, general maintenance and upkeep of pilot vessel
and the repayment of part of the money for the building of the pilot vessel and
the building" of the new pilot station was §16,133.51, lea\ing a balance of
S44.226.84 to be divided among the pilots.

The total number of vessels piloted inward was 1,176 and outward 1,176,
making a total of 2.352 vessels with a total net tonnage of 2.257.544, as com-
pared with a total of 2,218 vessels with a net tonnage of 2.076.248 for the season
of 1927-28, an increase of 134 vessels of 181,296 net tons.

During the season a new pilot station was built at the Piers.

In this district 15 per cent of the gross revenue is deducted for the Pilots'
Superannuation Fund which is administered without charge by the Department
of Finance. On March 31, 1929. the fund amounted to 842.421.08.

The auxiliary vessel H. M. Whitney is the pilot tender on the station.

Captain J. D. ^Mackenzie is the Superintendent of Pilots for this district.

The expense incurred by the department and paid out of public funds
amounted to 85.551.28.

BRITISH COLUMBL\

Chief Justice Aulay ]\Iorrison was appointed a Royal Commissioner to
inquire into pilotage conditions in British Columbia. Sittings were held at
Victoria, Vancouver, Xanaimo and Prince Rupert. I had the honour of attending
His Honour in an advisorj,^ capacity.

The commissioner reported his findings and recommendations to the depart-
ment on December 20. 1928. The report was presented to Parliament on
Februar^^ 21, 1929.

GENER.\L

Of the 36 Pilotage Authorities constituted under the authority of the
Governor General in Council in pursuance of the provisions of the Canada
Shipping Act, 12 have forwarded returns for 1928.

REPORT OF THE DEPUTY MINISTER

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70 MARIXt: AXD FISHERIES

ANNUAL REPORT ON SABLE ISLAND
H. F. Hexry, Superintexdext

Various necessary repairs carried out at all stations and buildings painted.

Life boats, surf boats and beach apparatus kept in good condition.

Mr. Lee, of the Tidal Survey Department, Ottawa, visited island by spring
boat and instructed me in building wharf and installing tide gauge. The wharf
was built on north side of island at main station, and tide gauge placed in com-
mission on June 6, and kept in commission until August 12, when wharf was
carried away by strong wind and sea. As Tidal Survey department only wanted
three months' record, I thought it too late to rebuild wharf and place spare tidal
instruments in commission.

Dr. Smith, of the Meterorological Service, Toronto, visited island b}^ August
steamer and stayed six days on island. He brought instruments and necessarj^
iifstructions to commence pilot balloon ascents; this was placed under my charge.

Stock. — Stock on hand — 34 head horned cattle. 40 trained horses, about 150
wild ponies, 1 sow, and 1 boar.

Population. — The population is now 37, comprising the following: —

Main Slatwn—

Sup. Henry, wife and family 5

Cook, Altman: Coxswain, T. Keating: Staflfmon, C. Pj'e, C. Topple, R. McDow,

C. Sigston, C. Blackadar; R. Palmer 8

No. 2 Station —

Keeper Gregoire, wife and family 8

Xo. 3 Station —

Keeper Mackenzie, wife and Assistant Gill 3

West Light —

Keeper Stoddard, wife, child and Assistant H. Stoddard 4

East Light —

Keeper Mason, wife, family and Assistant E. Kerwin 4

Wireles.<t Station —

Chief operator, G. A. Raine: Assistant.s, D. Currie and J. Lynch, Mrs. LjTich

and child 5

Carried out life boat drill 14 times, and beach apparatus drill 10 times.
Island patrolled 75 times on account of fog, snow or hea^y rain.
Visited all stations twelve times during year.

REPORTS OF AGENCIES
Halifax, N.S.. Agexcy

During the fiscal year ended ]\Iarch 31, 1929, this agency maintained
152 lighthouses, 1 light from private dwelling, 2 lightships, 7 unwatched lights,
20 pole lights, 9 electric lights, 79 whan-es, 27 storm signals. 20 diaphones, 1
steam fog alarm, 1 explosive fog alarm, 2 mechanical fog bells, 6 life-sa\ang
stations and 1 humane station at Sable island; 46 hand horns. 20 combined gas
and whistle buoys, 18 combined gas and bell buoys, 7 gas buoys. 23 whistling
buoys, 58 bell buoys. 2 day beacons. 76 can buoys, 54 conical buoys, 12 spherical
buoys. 976 spar biioys. 16 bushes, 2 barrels, 13 casks. 14 stakes, four Government
steamers. Lady Lauricr, Stanley, Aranmore and J. L. Nelson.

All fog alarms and lights were inspected during the year as well as a greater
number of harbour buoys and wharves.

All buoys landed at this station were overhauled and repaired when
necessaiy. All were cleaned and painted, minor repairs were made at a number
of the licht stations.

RE PORT OF THE DEPUTY MINISTER

CHANGES IN AIDS TO NAVIGATION

Chester ironbound light was changed from a fixed white light to an
unw;atched occulting white light acetylene automatically occulted. Hand fog
horn discontinued.

Musquodoboit harbour conical buoy replaced by bell buoy.

Spar marking south extreme of shoal off Grove point replaced by can.

Marie-Joseph bell buoy changed to new position.

Character of light at Chebucto head changed.

Cockerwit passage spar changed to conical buoy.

Barrington passage spar changed to can.

Coddles harbour bell moved to new position.

NEW AIDS ESTABLISHED

Indian island bell buoy.

False La Have bell buoy.

Little Liscomb bell buoy.

Little Bras d'Or entrance bell buoy.

Lunenburg harbour — one can and five spars.

Port Nova gas and whistle buoy.

Green gas buoy marking wreck of Trawler Good Hope temporary.

New mechanical fog alarm established at Eddy point.

Red conical buoy on west extreme of shoal three-quarters of a mile south
west off Chappell point.

Unwatched light on summit of stony patch entrance Guysboro harbour.
Occulting white acetylene gas automatically occulted operated by sun dial.

One new storm signal at Arichat and one at White head.

Unwatched light established at Coddles harbour. Occulting white acety-
lene gas automatically occulted operated by sun dial.

New lighthouses were built on the following stations: Pearl island, Harts
island and Isaac harbour.

CONSTRUCTION AND REPAIR WORK

Cape Freeh F. A. — A new type F. diaphone and 3 pistons were supplied and
installed at this station and old one placed in Dartmouth depot stores. An oil
tank was also installed at this station.

S>t. Pauls Island. — Boatslip at main station was repaired.

Marjorie Island. — A new standard pole light was erected and repairs to
shed made.

Beaver Island, St. Peters Inlet. — A new standard pole light was built for
this station.

Black Rock Pt. — A hand fog horn was supplied to this station.

Eddy Point. — A new fog alarm plant has been built attached to lighthouse,
and a one and a lialf inch diaphone, operated by air. compressed by oil engines,
installed.

Guysboro. — An unwatched light has been installed on the l)eacon, stony
patch, entrance to Guysboro.

Canso. — The old dwelling and light on Hart's island, Canso, was removed
and a new combined dwelling and light built.

Sable Island. — A new deck was put up on tower at East end, Sable island,
lantern set, and other repairs to tower and dwelling carried out.

72 MARINE AND FISHERIES

Three Top Island. — New storm doors were put in, drain repaired and other
minor repairs carried out.

Charlo Cove. — One new headlight complete was installed at this station.

Coddle Harbour. — A new unwatched lightstation has been installed on small
Thrumcap islet, entrance to Coddle harbour.

Isaac's Harbour. — The old combined dwelling and lighthouse was demolished
and a new dwelling and light station built. An outside shed was also built.

Sheet Harbour, North East Ar7n. — New mast was provided and set up for
the pole light at this place, other repairs carried out and new light provided and
installed.

Manger's Beach. — Logs, etc.. were purchased for repairs to breakwater,
and the work carried out as far as possible in the late fall. Piling remains to
be done in summer.

Chebucto Head. — A new double flash reflector was provided and set up
instead of the quadruple flash reflector previously used.

Pearl Island. — A new combined dwelling and lightstation has been built,
the old tower removed, and the former dwelling converted into a storehouse.

Chester Ironbound. — An unwatched light has been substituted instead of the
former apparatus which required the care of a keeper.

Arichat. — A new storm signal station, consisting of mast and shed was built
at this place.

Whitehead. — A new storm signal mast and shed were built at this place.

Sydney Anemograph Station. — The old steel tower was removed, and a
new one erected, as well as new apparatus installed.

Eastern Passage. — New brick building laboratory was put up under super-
vision of this agency.

DOMINION STE.\MERS

C.G.S. Aranniore. — April 2 to May 15 — Under repairs and testing com-
passes. May 16— To Sambro lightship. May 17 to 25— Loading buoys ;^ fog
and storm. May 26 to June 8 — On eastern buoy program. June 9 — At North
Sydney loading for Cape Ang-uille. June 10 to 14 — Landing coal at Cape
Anguiile. June 15 to 17 — At St. Pierre for shipwrecked fishermen. June 18-22
— At agency discharging coal — loading supplies. June 23 to July 11 — On
Eastern supply trip. July 12 to August 15 — Under Prince* Edward Island agency.
August 16 to 20 — At North Sydney loading for Newfoundland trip. August 21
to September 2 — Landing supplies at Newfoundland. September 4— Salving
buoys at High Beach, etc. September 5 to 7 — Bunkering at North Sydney. Sep-
tember 8 — Returntd to Halifax; repairs and loading buoys. September 12 —
Placed Sheet Harbour buoy. September 13-14 — To Sable Island for sick man.
September 15 — Loading for western stations. September 17 to 26— On western
supply trip. September 28 to 31 — Salving buoy at Sheet Harbour. October 1
to 6 — Blown down for cleaning boilers. October 8 to December 7 — Under Prince
Edward Island agency. December 8 to 10 — Coaling at North Sydney. Decem-
ber 12 — Landing supplies at Ingonish. December 14 — Salved Neil's Harbour
buoy. December 16 — Arrived at Halifax; transporting motor boats. December
20 to 26 — On western buoy trip; landing barrels and coal. December 27 to
January 1 — Salving Liscomb buoy. January 5 — To Sambro and Chebucto head.
January 8 — Replacing Halifax buoys. Januaiy 9 to 19 — On eastern buoy pro-
gram. January 25 — Blown down for annual overhaul.

REPORT OF THE DEPUTY MINISTER 73

C.G.S. Stanley. — From October 7 to 22 — At Halifax, bunkering; under
repairs, and testing compasses. October 23 to November 10 — On western pro-
gram. November 13 to 15 — Boiler repairs and loading for Sable island.
November 16 to 22 — At Sable island. November 24— At Chebucto head and
Terrenee bay. November 26 — Loading for St. Paul's and other ports. Novem-
ber 27 to December 13 — On eastern program. December 14-15 — To lightship
and Chebucto head. December 21-22— To Sambro lightship. January 3 to 19
— Retubing boilers. February 13 — Assisting Tcrnc, icebound. February 19 —
Loading buoys at North Sydney. February 20 — Salved Glace bay ball buoy.
Februarj^ 24^Arrived at Halifax. February 26 to 28 — leebreaking at Slieet
harbour. March 1 — New keeper's supplies, Chebucto head. March 9 — Light-
ship and Sisters buoy. March 11 — Loading western buoys. March 12 to 14 —
Salving Lunenburg buoys. March 20 to 21 — leebreaking at Sheet harbour.
March 22 to 23 — Loading buoys for West. ]\Larch 27 to 29 — On western buoy
trip.

C.G.S. J. L. Nelson. — From April 2 to 14 — On harbour duties; to Sambro
lightship. Apri 16 to 19 — To Chebucto head with constmction supplies. April
21 to 25 — To Mauger's beach. May 4 to 8 — To Chebucto head; harbour duties.
May 11 to 31 — Harbour duties and Eastern Passage. June 1 — Towing lightship
to agency wharf. June 11— To Chebucto head. June 13 to 15 — On buoy oro-
gram. June 28 — To lightship Xo. 24. June 29 — To Eastern Passage. July 20
—To Mauger's beach. July 26-27— West with supplies. Julv 28— To Devil's
island. July 30-31— To Prospect. August 1— To lightship No. 24. August 7—
To Devil's island and Chebucto head. August lo to 16 — To Chester L-onbounfl
\sdth new apparatus. August 21 to 23 — with supplies to Eastern lights. August
27— To lightship No. 24 and Chebucto head. August 28 to 30— To McNabV
island. September 5 — To George's island. September 6 — -To Halifax lightship.
September 7 — to McNab's island. September 24-t-To Halifax lightship. October
2 — Placing Neverfail buoy. October 5 — To Halifax lightship. October 9 to 18
— To Mauger's beach; liarbour duties; transporting supplies. October 25^
Landing supplies from ss. Larch. October 26— To Mauger's beach. November 1
—Relighted Thrum cap buoy. November 19— At Alauger's beach. November 22
— To Devil's island. November 28 to December 11 — To ]\Iauger's beach; on
harbour duties. December 12 — To Devil's islsand. December 13 to 31 — To
Mauger's beach; harbour duties. January 8 — To Sambro. January 9 — To
Mauger's beach. January 15 — To Sambro; harbour duties. January 21 — To
George's island. January- 25 to March 13 — Mauger's beach; harbour duties;
inspecting harbour buoys. March 14-30 — To Chebucto head; harbom- duties.

C.G.S. Lady Laurier. — April 2 to 5 — on eastern buoy program; discharging
buoys. April 19 — Replaced Sambro buoy. April 13 to 26^0n eastern buoy pro-
gram; bunkering. April 27-29 — Sable island with supplies. ]\Iay 3 to 30 — On
eastern program; landing coal, loading buoys; cleaning boilers. June 2 — On
western buoy program. June 6 — To Sambro and Chebucto head. June 9-12 —
Eastern buoys and Sable island. Jime 15 — With .-upplies to Sambro lightship.
Jime 16-18 — On eastern buoy program. June 20 — To Chebucto head '^dth coal.
July 6 — On western supply trip. July 9-12 — Bunkering and loading supplies.
July 13 to August 6 — On eastern supply trip. August 7-8— Loading for Sable
island. August 9 — Replaced Tlirum cap buoy and bunkering. Augu.st 10-12 —
With Sable island supplies. August 13-14-^Loading Newfoundland supplies.
August 15-20 — Placed buoy at Cran rock; transferred supples to Aranmore.
August 21 — At Sambro lightship. August 22-23 — Placing new gas buoy at
Isaac's harboiu-. August 28 to September 6 — On western buoy trip; loading
buoys. September 7 to 14 — Preparing for overhaul. December 24 — At ship-
yard's wharf. December 25 — At agency under repairs. Febnaary 3 — On eastern

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buoy program. Februaiy 9 — Relit Saul's island light. February 11 — Proceeded
to assist schooner Fieldwood.. February 12-15 — With Sable island supplies.
Febmaiy 21 to ]March 7 — On ea-tern buoy progi-am; discharging buoys; instal-
ling new compass. ]*klarch 9-10 — Placing new buoy at Egg island. ]March 14-20
— On western buoy program. March 21 — At Chebucto head. ^larch 25-30 —
Op western buoy program; discharging buoys.

PICTOU, X.S.. SUB.^GEXCY

The deep-water channel from Abercrombie point to New Glasgow was
marked and marks kept in position by contractor during season. Operation of
East river range lights was supervised during season.

Harbour and roadstead buoys were placed in position by ss. Brant May 16,
and lifted December 4.

Steamers Vigilant, Margaret, Connesota and Brant were in port during
s-eason on lighthouse and patrol service.

Lighthouse keepers were notified regarding lighting and extinguishing lights.

(HI furnished lighthouse keepers when required.

SYDNEY, X.S., SUB.\GEXCY

All aids to navigation in this harbour have been maintained; neither col-
lisions nor groundings took place, notwithstanding the very extensive shipping
entering and leaving the ports of Sydney and Xorth Sydney night and day,
during the shipping season generally from April to January. The pilotage ser-
vice as well as the aids referred to have each contributed to the gratifying results
secured; together with a fleet of some 18 steamers whose carrying capacity is
from 8 to 12,000 tons employed by the Dominion Goal Gompany; there is also
a hunker trade by steamers running between Montreal and European ports to
(juite some extent, increasing the business of the port.

A new public landing has been built in the port of Sydney which will
accommodate vessels of the largest draught. This is a decided advantage to the
\)OTt, as heretofore the want of terminal facilities did not permit of the possi-
bility of Sydney being used as a port of call by deep draught st€amers.

The requirements of the port with regard to her buoy and light service has
been given attention by the C.G. steamers Lady Laurier and Montcalm, and
from time to time the above steamers carried supplies to light and wireless
stations along the coast as well as those on the west coast of Newfoundland,
together with the islands adjacent to the mainland where light, fog and wireless
stations have been erected. G.G.S. Motitcalm was again assigned to ice duty
at North Sydney and Louisburg during the winter season, and rendered valuable
service to ice-bound shipping on and off the coast, as well as keeping the ports
open for general traffic. "When no longer required in port this ship joined the
G.G.S. Mikula in patrol duty in Gabot strait, and together rendered valuable
assistance to shipping bound up the St. Lawrence by du'ecting their course
through ice fields, and relieving them from jams very often endangering their
safety. The patrol service performed by these ice breakers is highly commented
on by St. Lawrence shipping, and arrivals at Quebec and ^Montreal are possibly
a week earlier by this help.

The ship repair shops at Sydney and North Sydney had certain small repairs
to make to boilers and machinery of some steamers and in a few instances had
propellers to replace, and in all cases prompt and satisfactory service was given.
Gertain matters in connection with the Quebec and Gharlottetown agencies were
referred here, and received attention.

UEPOUT OF THE DEPUTY ^fI^'ISTEB 75

SHIPPING RETURNS FOR THE PORTS OF SYDNEY, NORTH SYDNEY,
AND LOUISBURG

Number

Port of Sydney— of ships Tons

Foreign inwards 302 571,902

Foreign outwards 421 866,205

Coastwise inwards 1, 182 1,579,024

Coastwise outwards 1,080 1,283,502

Port of North Sydney —

Foreign inwards 906 373,891

Foreign outwards 902 315, 358

Coastwise inwards 859 387,342

Coastwise outwards 904 372,002

Port of Louisburg —

Foreign inwards 132 34,242

Foreign outwards 137 44,468

Coastwise inwards 154 62, 497

Coastwise outwards 152 51 , 205

VICTORIA, B.C., AGENCY

List of light stations, fog alarms, fog bells, etc., in the Victoria Agency:- —

3 light stations of the first order.

3 light stations of the third order.

9 light stations using catoptric reflectors.
8 light stations of the fourth order.
8 light stations of the fifth order.
1 light station of the sixth order.

12 light stations of the seventh order.
Fog alarms —

24 fog alarms of the diaphone type.
1 fog alarm of the Strombos compressed air type.

4 fog alarms of the reed tvpe.

10 fog bells.

1 fog electric siren.

List of buoys and beacons, maintained in the agency: —

Lighted buoys —

1 type 11 gas and whistling buoy.

5 type 9^ gas and whistling buoy.
1 type 9-2 gas and bell buoy.

4 type 8-V gas and bell buoys.

11 type 8| gas liglited buoys.

3 type wooden platform buoys with Aga gas lanterns.
3 type wooden platform buoys with oil lantern.
I'^nlighted buoys —

3 automatic whistling buoys.

4 surface bell buoys.
22 steel conical buoys.
38 steel can buoys.

3 small steel mine buoys.
112 wooden spar buoys.
16 wooden platform buoys.
Lighted beacons —

31 automatic acetylene gas beacons.

8 Aga acetylene gas range beacons using type F.R. 20A, flasher
with ^ cu. ft. burner.

6 Aga acetylene gas beacons using 200 m/m lanterns.
45 Aga acetylene gas beacons using 150 m/m lanterns.
20 electric lighted beacons.

13 oil lighted beacons.

Unlighted day beacons, range marks, dolphins, etc.: 65.

76 MARINE AND FISHERIES

MAINTENANCE AND CONSTRUCTION WORK

. Amphitrite Point. — A lightkeeper's dwelling was constructed. A wood shed
built; a wooden water cistern for fog alarm purposes was erected and a telephone
line is now being erected to connect the dwelling with the village of Tofino.

Activie Pass. — ^New lighting apparatus with electrically operated revolving
reflector and electric light was installed. A duplicating charging plant, consist-
ing of engine and electric generator for the above is now being installed. Repairs
to lightkeeper's dwelling.

Buoy Service. — Large expenditures were incurred for Aga equipment for the
changing in Victoria of automatic buoys to the Aga type. This work, now
nearing completion, covers all automatic buoys, both in Prince Rupert and
Victoria agencies.

Bwnahy Shoal. — Two protection dolphins were driven. The main beacon
was reinforced by the driving of additional piling.

Canal Island. — An unwatched Aga light supported by a concrete beacon was
constructed.

Cape Mudge. — A road was constructed to connect the lightstation to the
public road three miles away.

Cape Beale. — The lightkeeper's dwelling was reshingled and other repairs
were made.

Discovery Island. — Extensive repairs to the buildings and reservoir belong-
ing to the lightstation made.

Dillon Rock. — An Aga light was established.

East Bay, Sidney Inlet. — A concrete beacon suraiounted by an Aga light
was erected.

Fiddle Reef Station. — Repairs to the foundations of the station and boat-
ways carried out.

False Bay. — An unwatched Aga light and concrete beacon established.

Fraser River. — Unwatched lights were established and beacons erected at
Annacis island and Woodward's channel; and beacons were redriven opposite
Deas Island, Annacis island east.

Three additional gas buoys were established betwen Steveston and the
mouth of the Fraser river.

Fisgard Station. — The lighting apparatus was exchanged for unwatched Aga
equipment.

Gibso7i's Landing. — An electric light established on the wharf.

Mears Spit. — An Aga lantern and equipment supplied.

Nootka. — A diaphone fog alarm established.

Portlock Point Station. — An extension made to the lightkeeper's dwelling.

Pine Island. — Repairs made to fog alarm building.

Quatsino. — Repairs to lightstation.

Race Rocks. — A 10-horsepower engine was installed at the fog alaiTa, re-
placing one of 6-horsepower.

Rocky Pass. — An unwatched Aga light installed.

Stubbs Spit. — An Aga light installed.

REPORT OF THE DEPUTY MINISTER 77

Scarlett Point. — Repairs to tramway.

Sandheads Lightship. — Overhauled both hull and machinery.

Sheringham Point. — Repairs to lightkeeper's dwelling.

Saturna. — New floors laid in the lightkeeper's dwelling.

Tahsis Narrows North. — A concrete beacon supporting an Aga light con-
structed.

Ucluelet. — A day beacon was built.

Sandspit, Tahsis Canal. — An Aga light was installed. All Government
steamers under the jurisdiction of this agency were thoroughly overhauled during
the year.

LIFE-SAVING AXD S.ALVAGE OPER.VTIOXS FOR YEAR ENDING MARCH 31, 1929

The life-saving stations at Banfield and Clayoquot were in continuous
commission with the exception of short periods required for annual overhaul to
the hfe-boat at the respective stations.

Extra patrol vessels were stationed at Banfield during the winter months
and patrolmen were on duty on the west coast trail operating from Pachena
and Carmanah lighthouses.

The following is a Hst of shipping casualties: —

July 6. — Log carrying barge Biy anion burnt to a total loss on Nootka sound.

August 30. — SS. Redwood went ashore at Christie pass, refloated with small
damage.

November 22. — SS. Albion Star went ashore at Race rocks, salvaged by
Pacific Salvage Company.

November 30. — SS. Chief Maquilla foundered at sea, 580 miles from Victoria.

December 18. — SS. Princess Adelaide in collision outside Vancouver harbour
with SS. Hamphold. All passengers were taken off Adelaide successfully and
vessel saved.

March 16. 1929. — SS. .4. L. Kent went ashore in Johnson strait, salvaged by
Pacific Salvage Company.

DOMINION STEAMERS

C.G.S. Estcvan. — April 1 to 4. — Coaling and overhauling Gossip reef buoy.
April 4 to ]\Iay 14 — Circled Vancouver island, overhauling and recharging buoys
and beacons, and installed a permanent lightkeeper at Nootka station. May 16
to June 9 — Overhauling and recharging gas buoys on the Fraser river and gulf of
Georgia. June 9 to June 12 — Working at buoy work in gulf of Georgia; coaled
ship and took on cargo of oil for delivers- to west coast stations. June 14 to
July 27 — Under supervision of Superintendent of Lights landed annual supplies
at all west coast stations. Established new lights at Canal island, Tahsis narrows
north, East bay, Dillon rock, :\Iears and Stubb spit. Recharged acetylene
beacons en route. Performed necessary buoy work and called at Government
wharves so same could be examined by Superintendent of Lights. July 30 to
August 28 — Proceeded north and worked in Prince Rupert agency. August 28
to August 30 — Placing new gas buoys in Fraser river. August 30 to September
13— Undergoing boiler repairs at Victoria. September 13 to October 11— Landing
construction material for new fog alarm at Nootka. Transferring lightkeepers
on west coast and performing necessary buoy work. October 14 to October 25 —
Landing coal at Gulf lightstations and recharging and overhauling Gulf buoys.
October 27 to November 10 — Confirming position of Channel rock buoy. Landing*

78 MARIXE AXD FISHERIES

supplies at Carmanah, Pachena and Banfield life-saving station. November 13
to November 20 — Overhauling large imlighted buoj^s Strait of Georgia. Novem-
ber 21 to December 20 — Landing Government and private supplies at west coast
lightstations, radio and life-saving stations. Performing necessarv^ buoy work en
route and recharging Aga beacons. December 20 to January 3 — Boiler being re-
paired at Victoria. January 3 to January 23 — Overhauling gas buoys on Fraser
river and Strait of Georgia. Landing supplies at lightstations, Strait of Georgia.
January 24 to Februarv^ 28 — Overhauling large imlighted buoys on west coast.
Erecting a day beacon at Ucluelet and landing lighthouse and radio supplies
en route. Recharged acetylene lights, picked up construction material at Nootka
and Pine island. February 28 to March 31 — Ship laid up for overhaul.

C.G.M. Berens. — April 1 to April 7 — Employed making repairs to stations.
Strait of Georgia. April 7 to ]\Iay 7 — Undergoing annual overhaul. 3*Iay 7 to
May 14 — ^Landing construction material at Portlock point and Active pass
stations, also recharged Aga beacons on Fraser river. 3*Iay 14 to June 16 —
Annual recharge of automatic acetylene beacons from Victoria to north end of
Vancouver island. June 16 to June 23 — Landing Government and private stores
at lightstations, Yellow rock. Entrance Island, Ballenas, Sisters. Merry island and
Active pass. Transferring construction men and materials under supervision of
Mr. W. H. Trowsdale, foreman of construction from Portlock to Yellow rock.
Performing sundry buoy work en route. June 23 to June 30 — Landing light-
house supplies at stations between Victoria and Vancouver. July 2 to July 13 —
Landing annual supply of illuminating and fuel oils at stations in Strait of
Georgia. July 15 to July 23 — ^Working on boatways and foundation of Fiddle
reef lightstation. July 23 to July 25 — Repairing whistle and bell strikers on
buoys at San Juan and Clo-oose. July 25 to July 28 — Recharging Aga beacons
on Fraser river. July 29 to August 6 — Placing spar buoys in Sooke harbour.
August 6 to August 16 — Performing sundry buoy and beacon work in strait of
Georgia. August 18 to September 1 — ^AVorking on beacons on Fraser river.
September 1 to September 15 — Landing supplies at strait of Georgia. Over-
hauling buoys on north end of Strait of Georgia. Brushing out gro\\1:h in front
of range lights leading over Comox bar. Paint€d range lights. September 15
to September 29 — Recharging lights on Fraser river and overhauling small buoys
in Strait of Georgia. September 29 to October 27- — Landing supplies at certain
stations in Strait of Georgia. Continuing with buoy work in Strait of Georgia.
October 27 to Nevember 10 — Overhauling buoys between Victoria and Nanaimo.
November 10 to December 3 — Working on gas beacons in Fraser river. Decem-
l>er 3 to December 21 — Landing Christmas supplies at lightstations between
Victoria and Cape !Mudge. and performing sundry buoy work en route. Decem-
ber 26 to January 3 — Repairing wheelhouse. January 3 to January 19 —
Annual holiday. January 19 to Januarv 26 — Recharging beacons on Fraser
river. January 26 to February 6 — Overhauling and replacing buoys in Strait of
Georgia. February 6 to February- 21 — ^^Vorking at Calamity spit and taking
temporaiy keeper to Sisters station. Performing sundn.' buoy work. February
21 to ^larch 1 — ^Landing construction material at Discovery island. ]\Iarch 1
to ^Larch 9 — Under Superintendent of Lights, making annual inspection of
Government wharves in Strait of Georgia. ]\Larch 9 to ^larch 16 — Transferring
lightkeeper's furnitm;e, and effects from station to Victoria. ]\Larch 18 to March
30 — Recharging Fraser river Aga beacons.

GO^TRNMENT WHAE\'ES

All Government wharves were inspected during the past year and small
repairs made where required.

UEPOliT OF THE DEPUTY MIXL'iTER 79

Prince Rupert, B.C., Agency

GENERAL

The general work of the agency during the year comprised purchase and
delivery of supplies to lighthouses, maintenance of aids to navigation, super-
vising of construction and repairs to lighthouses and wharves and reporting on
wharves and foreshores.

CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE

A ma.sonry protection wall was constructed to protect the foundations of
the dwelling at Barrett rock.

Repairs were carried out to tlie trestle leading to the lighthouse at Langara
lightstation.

Repairs were carried out to the deck and machinery of the C.G.M. Bhrnie,
and annual overhaul of ship at the Prince Rupert dry dock.

Alterations were made to the machinery at Triple island fog alarm.

Repairs were carried out to the dwelling, trestle and walks at Lucy island.

Several repairs at cape St. James lightstation.

The C.G.S. Ncwington was docked, cleaned, painted and overhauled at the
Prince Rupert dry dock.

A new teleplionc cable was installed from the wireless station to the Marine
station.

Annual overhaul of engine and hull was completed on the Agency launch
Rhona.

New lighting apparatus installed at Ivory island lightstation.

Automatic light placed on Hyde rock.

Repairs carried out on the concrete wharf at the Marine agency.

Permanent beacon constructed at Casey point, replacing buoy.

Compressed air diaphone established in a new building at Lucy island light-
station.

New lighting apparatus installed at Egg island lightstation.

LIGHTS, FOG ALARMS, ETC.

All lights and fog alarms, all lighted and unlighted aids to navigation were
maintained in proper order throughout the year.

DOMINION STEAMERS

The C.G.S. Estevan, captain H. R. Bilton, arrived at this agency, Aug-ust 12.
to attend to the overhauling of the large buoys in this district. After loading
the necessary buoys, anchors, chain, etc.; she overhauled Rose spit, Lawn point,
Deadtree and Brownmg entrance buoys. After having completed these she over-
hauled Hodgson reef, Alford reef. Spire ledge and Georgia rock buoys; after
which she left to attend to her work at the Victoria agency.

The C.G.S. Xewingfon, captain H. A. Ormiston, has been engaged throughout
the year attending to the outside work of the service, including landing supplies
at lightstations, charging the lighted beacons, overhauling unlighted aids to navi-
gation and other incidental work.

The C.G.]\L Birnic, captain J. Peterson, was engaged throughout the year in
recharging beacons, landing mail and supplies at the inside lightstations, on
inspection work, etc.

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Launch Rhona, under captain H. Caldenvood, has been continuously engaged
throughout the year, exclusive of the time for overhauling, in the service between
Prince Rupert and the agency; transferring mail, passengers and supplies for the
agency and wireless station; making from two to three regular trips every day
and extra trips as required, including regular calls at the wireless station float.

GO\'ERNMEXT W^HARVES

Five Government whan-es in this district are tmder the jurisdiction of this
agency, located at the following places: Alice arm, B.C.; Queen Charlotte city
and Massett, Queen Charlotte islands; Refuge bay on Porcher island, and
Stewart, B.C.

Each wharf has been regularly inspected and the condition reported thereon.

PUBLIC WH.\RF, STEW.\RT, B.C.

The above mentioned wharf has been oi>erated throughout the year under
the supervision of a wharfinger, Mr. H. C. Bennett, the traffic consisting mainly
of passenger and freight vessels of the Canadian National Steamship company
and the Union Steamship company, and the Ore Carriers, of the Coastwise
Steamship and Barge Company, Limited.

Freight shipments inward were approximately the same as last year. Out-
ward shipments of ore, including concentrates, amounted to approximately
129. ,608 tons, which is a little in excess of the previous year.

Tolls, leviable in accordance with the regulations and tariff, have been duly
collected, and, less the wharfinger's remuneration of 25 per cent, been forwarded
to the department monthly, accompanied by the regular statements.

Collections for the fiscal year 1928-29 amounted to S2.683.25, gross, which is
less than the amount of collections for the previous year due to a certain amount
of traffic diverted to the Crawford wharf.

To keep the wharf open to traffic has necessitated the expenditure of $281.40,
for labour for the removal of snow during the winter season. This amount is
So§.80 less than the amount spent during the preceding year for the same purpose.

The mining district adjacent to this wharf is being developed gradually, and
shipments of freight, machinery, and ore portend a considerable increase in the
near future.

M.\SSETT WHARF, B.C.

This wharf was operated throughout the year under the direction of Mr.
E. H. Simpson as wharfinger. The shipping is comprised of a passenger and
freight vessel of the Canadian National Steamship Company, which maintains
a regular schedule, also an occasional freighter and a number of smaller gas
boats.

Tolls levied in accordance with the regulations and tariff, amounting to
S937.68. were duly collected and forwarded to the Department monthly.

Charlottetown, P.E.I. , Agency

GENERAL

During the fiscal year this agency maintained: 15 combined light and fog
alarm stations, 48 lights over 4th order, 100 small lights other than pole lights,
75 pole lights. 3 Aga lights, 6 electric lights, 10 hand fog horns, 3 lifesa\'ing
stations, 1 direction finding station and two radio beacons, 2 signal stations,
3 meteorological stations, 15 storm signal stations, 1 tidal gauge, 2 government
steamers.

REPORT OF THE DEPUTY MINISTER 81

BUOY SERVICE

All the buoys under the supendsion of this agency under contract, as well
as those maintained by dominion steamers, were well maintained during the
year.

The following buoys were maintained under contract: 282 cans, conicals anci
casks; 588 spars. 825 stakes. 894 bushes, 6 beacons. 27 winter spars. 2 gas buoys,

1 bell buoy, and 1 gas and bell.

The following buoys were maintained by dominion steamers: 10 bells, 3
gas and bell, 5 whistlers, 4 gas and whistlers. 2 gas buoys, 21 conicals, 18 cans,

2 casks, 9 .spars and 6 beacons.

CHANGES IN AND ADDITIONS TO BUOY SERVICES

Antigonish, N.S. — Tw^enty-four hardwood bushes placed on starboard side to
mark channel in harbour.

Clyde River, Queen's Co., P.E.I. — Twenty bushes placed to mark channel
from junction with Elliot river to Clyde river bridge.

East Point, P.E.I. — Red steel cylindrical whistle buoy established June 2,
1928, off East Point, P.E.I.

Hillsboro Bay, P.E.I. — Eighteen additional bushes placed marking channel
in upper reaches of Elliot river.

Mirarnichi Bay, N.B. — Three hardwood bushes on starboard side and three
spruce bushes on port side to mark channel in French river.

Neguac Gully, N.B.— The black can buoy at entrance to Gully replaced by
a red steel conical buoy. Two red wooden spar buoys at entrance to Gully and
one red spar north side channel inside discontinued.

Port Borden, P.E.I. — Another spar buoy placed to mark edge of bank show-
ing dredging.

Pugwash, N.S. — Two black wooden spar buoys discontinued and two red
wooden .spar buoys established.

Richibucto, N.B. — ^Bell buoy at entrance to harbour replaced by gas buoy
showing occulting light at opening of navigation 1928.

Savage Harbour, P.E.I. — ^Placed red steel conical and black can buoys on
bar and black wood spar and red wood spar to mark channel.

Shemogue, N.B. — ^Black can and red conical at entrance t-o harbour discon-
tinued and steel conical with black and white vertical stripes established at
opening of navigation 1928.

CHANGES IN AND ADDITIONS TO LIGHTHOUSE SERVICE

Eastern Harbour, N.S. — Temporary red light on pole erected while ware-
house is being erected on wharf.

Echourie, Abight Island, M.I. — Xew lighthouse and shelter shed erected and
apparatus installed.

Georgetovm Harbour, P.E.I. — Set of pole range lights established on railway
wharf and shore.

Inverness Harbour, N.S. — Set of pole range lights established on western side
of east breakwater.

Kouchibouguoc, N.B. — Ranges relocated to mark new channel June 12, 1928.

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Mutton Bay, Labrador. — Set of pole range light? established on west side
entrance.

Panmnre Island. P.E.I. — Light apparatus changed.

Pictou Island, East End Light, X.S. — ^New 4th order clock work installed. .

Savage Harbour, P.E.I. — Range lights moved across harbour and blocked up.

■ St. Louis Gully, N.B. — Ranges relocated to mark new channel June 22. 1928.

Tracadie. P.E.I. — Temporary ranges discontinued from June 18. 1928.

REP.\IRS. ETC.

Amour Point Light. — ^Material supplied for new barn.

Annandale Light. — ^Lighthouse painted.

Bay du Vin Light. — Chimney repaired.

Belle Isle Northeast Light. — General repairs to station. Concrete dock
repaired. New hoisting winch supplied and installed.

Belle Isle Southwest Light. — ]\Laterial supplied for general repairs to station.

Bird Rocks Light. — Installed water tank for dwelling.

Blockhouse Light. — Wire fence along right-of-way repaired. Lighthouse
tower, dwelling and outbuildings painted.

Cape Anguille Light. — Tower foundation block repaired; renewed five
windows and wooden door of tower; double doors for coal sheds and storm
window for fog alarm building.

Cape Bauld Light. — Concrete repairs to face of landing dock.

Cape Egviont Light. — Road leading from lighthouse to main road repaired.

Cape Norman Light. — Kitchen floor of dwelling renewed; fog alarm founda-
tion repaired; plank walk repaired.

Cape Ray Light. — ^\^erandah flooring and steps renewed; roof reshingled;
gutter and conductor renewed; four window frames and sashes renewed in dwell-
ing; chimney rebuilt from roof up.

Cape Try on Light. — Lantern deck recanvassed ; flashing around lantern base
renewed; unused chimney taken down and hole boarded in; leaks in roof and
plaster in dwelling repaired.

Entry Island Light. — Fence repaired.

Escu77iinac Light. — Concrete repairs effected to protection wall in front of
lightstation.

Ferolle Point Light. — Roofs of dwelling, fog alarm building, oil shed and
boathouse repaired. Road gravelled and otherwise repaired.

Flowers Islajid Light. — Roof of dwelling repaired; flue rebuilt from roof level.

Grand Etang Light. — Lighthouse re-erected.

Henry Island Light. — Foundation and chimney repaired.

Little Channel Rg. — Xew foundation placed under front light.

Margaree Island Light. — Road repaired'. Xew floor in kitchen and dining
room. Upstairs in dwelling sheathed.

Miminegash Rg. Lights. — Foundation of back light renewed.

Mullins Point Light. — Dwelling flue rebuilt.

Murray Harbour Lights. — Timber breastwork repaired.

REPORT OF THE DKTUTY MIXISTER 83

Northport Rg. Lights. — Flashing above sill of back light renewed.

Pictou Island East End Light. — Repairs to foundation. New fence erected.

Pompquet Island Light. — Galvanized pipe rail around lantern deck renewed.

Preston Beach Light. — Repairs effected to protection work at front light.

Eichibucto Channel. — ^New pole and hut erected replacing back light which
was demolished by storm.

Richibucto Head Light. — Fencing renewed.

Richibucto North Beach Lights. — Sill of front light, roofs of huts. i)lank
platform renewed. Shelter shed relocated. Service dory supplied.

St. Mary Island Light. — Roofs of dwelling and boathouse reshingled; end of
slipway renewed. Plank walks repaired.

St. Peter's Harbour Ranges. — Front light rebuilt.

St. Peter's Island Light. — Tower painted.

.Sea Cow Head Light. — Roof reshingled; floor in room of dwelling replaced.

Souris Light. — Old well filled in.

Tracadie Light, P.E.I. — Placed new supports and foundation under tower.

Warren Farm Rg. Lights. — Both range towers painted.

METEOROLOGICAL SERVICE

Most of the storm signal stations were inspected, and the following repairs
were effected: —

Beach Point, P.E.I. — Signal shed reshingled and painted. Hasp and padlock
placed.

Georgetown, P.E.I. — Mooring posts placed on concrete blocks. Shed, mast,
etc., painted.

Point Du Chene, N.B. — Deck of wharf in front of storm signal shed, also
mast, repaired.

LIFE-SAVING STATIONS

The equipment of the life-saving stations in the district were inspected.
Repairs were effected to the roof of the lifeboat house at Charlottetown station.

DOMINION PIERS

Repairs were effected to the following wharves: Charlottetown, North Cardi-
gan. Hickey's, Summerside.

DOMINION STEAMERS

The C.G.S. Aranmore arrived at Charlottetown on July 12, 1928, to load
supplies for the Belle Isle trip. Finished loading on July 20 and proceeded to
deliver these supplies. Finished landing at Cape Ray light-station on August 15
and proceeded direct to Sydney to come under the Halifax agency. Arrived at
Charlottetown from Sydney on October 11. Loading supplies for the Belle
Isle trip October 12 to 17. Sailed on October 18 to deliver the supplies and
finished landing same on November 13. She proceeded direct from Cape Ray
lightstation to Sydney to obtain coal and supplies for the Anticosti lightship and
bunker coal for the ship. Supplied the lightship on November 19 and proceeded
to Charlottetown, lifting the Magdalen island and Eastern Strait buoys en route.

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Arrived Charlottetown November 22. Discharging empties, etc., until November
27 when she proceeded to lift the remainder of the large buoys of this agency.
Completed work December 7 and proceeded that same day to Sydney, coming
under the Halifax agency.

The C.G.S. Bayfield was laid up at the marine wharf, Charlottetown, during
the winter of 1928-29 under the supervision of this agency.

The C.G.S. Brant (new) went into commission on April 28, 1928, and from
that date until May 30 she was engaged in placing the Charlottetown harbour,
Georgetown and Pictou buoys. June 1 to 9 placing the Magdalen island buoys,
and from June 14 to July 1 she was supplying lighthouses around New Bruns-
wick and the eastern part of Prince Edward Island. July 6 to August 10,
supplying lights in New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and ^lagdalen islands. August
10 to 25 at marine wharf part of the time, crew cleaning ship, etc., and the
balance of that time she was on the slip at Pictou. August 25 to November 9
delivered supplies to lights in Hillsboro Bay, Miminegash, Crapaud and others;
inspected buoys at Richibucto, relighted West Point and Tryon shoal buoys, and
inspected the Nova Scotia buoy services which come under the jurisdiction of
this agency; relighted INIiscouche shoal buoy, painted the storm signal mast at
Summerside, and assisted two schooners out of Summerside. November 9 to
December 18, at Pictou Island East End light with Foreman ^Mechanic Hobbs
changing the characteristic of that light, also lifted some of the buoys in that
vicinity. December 18 to January 15, ship being laid up for the season, the
men being paid off on January 15. 1929.

The C.G.S. Brant (old) was laid up at the marine wharf, Charlottetown,
during the fiscal year 1928-29.

The C.G.S. Montcalm arrived at Charlottetown on May 5, 1928, to place
the large buoys of this agency. She commenced placing them on May 7 and
completed her work on ^lay 11, proceeding towards Quebec that same date.

The C.G.S. Ostrea was reconditioned and launched at the marine wharf.
Charlottetown, at the opening of navigation under the supervision of this agency
and was then handed over to the Fisheries Branch for operation. She was laid
up at the marine wharf at the close of navigation and looked after by the wharf
staff during the winter season.

Fort William, XIxt., Subagexcy

On April 16, the tug James Whalen started icebreaking in Thunder bay
reaching open water April 19 at Thunder cape.

On ]\Iay 1. all lightkeepers were sent to their stations numbering 10 stations
and 17 persons.

On ]May 2, all the ice was blown out of Tliunder bay with a strong north-
west ■^\'ind, the Saskadoc, Soodoc, Canadoc and Vandoc were the first vessels to
leave for eastern ports.

On May 4, the C.P.R. ss. Assiniboirie was the first vessel arrival from
eastern ports, and all harbour and shore lights were put in commission at Port
Arthur and Fort William.

On ISIay 7 and 8, all spar buoys were placed in both harbours.

On May 9. sent tug to Angus island lightstation for erector James
^IcDonald.

On May 14, placed gas and bell buoy at Port Arthur main entrance, gas
and bell buoy at Hare island reef, gas buoy at Welcome shoal, gas and bell buoy
at South Fort William entrance and gas buoy at Fort William north entrance.

On ^lay 15. placed gas accumulators at Thunder cape and Pie island Aga
lightstations.

On June 9. removed C. D. Lockwood. Slate island lightkeeper from his
station to R. M. and G. Hospital at Port Arthur.

REPORT OF THE DEPUTY MINISTER 85

On August 2, ss. Grenville arrived at Port Arthur, after supplying all light-
stations in this district left August 6, for eastern ports.

On September 3, the Murray Stewart arrived at Fort William from Lamb
island after discharging a cargo of fog alarm supplies. After taking on a
quantity of supplies and oil, left September 5, calling at Angus island and Slate
island discharging supplies.

On September 20, the new fog alarm station went in commission at Lamb
island.

On October 29, some new repair work was done to the foundation of the
Port Arthur main lightstation at Port Arthur, Ont.

On December 6, Hare island reef gas and bell buoy also Welcome shoal
gas buoy were removed for the winter.

On December 12, Fort William and Port Arthur gas bell and gas buoys were
all removed for the winter. Hired tug to convey wire to lightkeeper Allen
Murray at Trowbridge island of the death of his sister. Steamers Fitch, Warner,
Tho77ipscm, Squire and Shaughn-essy, the last vessels to leave for eastern ports.

On December 18, ss. Doris last vessel to arrive. The tug James Whalen
immediately left to remove the lightkeepers from the north shore, returning
December 21, with all Canadian keepers including Passage island, U.S.A.

On December 22, all shore and harbour aga lights w^ere discontinued.

Fifty spar buoys were established and maintained in this district including
three at Victoria island surroundings, also 3 gas and bell buoys and 2 gas buoys.

There are 6 aga lightstations, one set of oil ranges, one set of electric ranges,
one electric light also eleven manned lighthouses maintained in this district.

Five gas buoy lanterns were shipped to Pariy Sound for repairs.

P.\RRY Sound, Oxt., Agency

The agency maintained with the launch Duncan all Parr}- Sound unwatched
lights, and the spar buoy sendee in the inner channel between Parry Sound.
Waubaushene, Fesserton, Coldwater, and the channel north of Parr\^ Sound as
far as Shawanaga bay.

During the winter of 1929. twenty-nine Aga and sixty Pintsch buoy lanterns
were overhauled and tested in the agency, after which they were reshipped to
their localities for service.

BUOYS AND BE.\CONS

During the year there were maintained in the district: 2 bell buoys, 1 conical
buoy, 19 gas buoys, 283 spar buoys, and 55 day beacons.

CONSTEUCTION .\ND REPAIRS

Town Point, Gore Bay. — Established pole light.

Kemps Narrows. — Established pole light.

Pointe aux Pins, Lake Superior. — Installed fog bell.

Angv^ Island. — Installed machinery' in new light and fog alarm station.

Stribling Point. — Repaired tower of back light.

Gibbons Point Beacons. — Installed two day beacons.

Extended carbide house and boat shed.

MARIX/-: AXD FISHERIES

DOMINION STEAMERS

C.G.S. Grenvillc. — April 23 to June- 21. — Landed all lislitkeepers at out-
lying stations, restored the buoy service, relighted beacons, etc., in the Georgian
bay and upper end of lake Huron. Served steam coal to fog alarm stations.
Adjusted compasses. Endeavoured to recover gas buoys which went adrift in
1927. Cleaned, painted and prepared ship for annual supply trip.

ANNUAL SUPPLY TRIP

Commenced tlic trip on June 22 and finished on September 12. All light -
stations and fog alarm stations, buoy services, lightships, etc., in the division
were inspected and served with the usual supplies, as detailed below.

June 22-July 7. — Lake Huron and lower end of Georgian bay.

July 10-July 2L — Georgian bay upper end, and Manitoulin island, also
part of North channel. ,

July 24-August 8. — Lake Superior.

August 9- August IL — Lower end North channel.

August 17- August 18. — Lake Huron.

August 20-August 22. — St. Clair river and lake, also Detroit river.

August 23-September 10.— Lake Erie.

From September 10-12 the vessel en route to Parry Soimd.

From September 12 on to the close of navigation the vessel was employed
advantageously in connection with general buoy and lighthouse work in the
immediate district. She was in drydock at Midland for underwater inspection
and repairs from September 17-24.

She commenced withdrawing buoysi and outlying lightkeepers around
November 18, and terminated this work on December 16.

Laid up at Midland for the winter.

C.G.S. Murray Stewart. — May 3-June 5. — Landed all outlying keepers in
lake Superior east end and assisted in restoring the buoy service in the Soo
vicinity. Installed apparatus Sulphur island, also at Town point and South
Baymouth. ]\Ianitoulin island. Adjusted compasses at Parry Sound.

June 7-16. — Dredged at Parrj- Sound wharf.

June 17-23. — Delivered sailboat at Collingwood for repairs.

At Owen Sound for ship repairs. Installed new apparatus at Griffith island,
and back to Parry Sound.

June 26. — Served supplies to Cabot head and Tol)eimory.

July 11. — Whitewashed Cove island tower, etc. Painted ]\Iidland range
lights. Repaired front range Honey harbour, and placed spar buoy in vicinity.
At Parry Sound Juty 7. Cleaned and painted ship. Did more dredging at
Parry Sound wharf. Attended to Cove island fairway reported out, also
O'Brien Patch gas buoy, and returned to Pany Sound.

July 12-August 12. — Re-erected boat lift at Western island.

August 1. — Examined into Minnicoganashene channel. Repaired Toby
rear range and replaced buoys Honey harbour. Whitewashed Nottawasaga
island tower. Relighted Candlemas shoal buoy reported extinguished.

August 3 — August 25. — In dry dock at Midland for underwater inspection
and repairs. Installed wireless set on board and general repairs done to ship.
Relighted Candlemas shoal gas buoy, and back to Parrj^ Sound.

August 27-October 10. — Prepared for Lamb island trip, lake Superior.
Repaired diaphone at Parisian island. Landed supplies Quebec harbour and
arrived Lamb island September 2. Visited several stations Port Arthur vicinity
for certain repair work to be done, and arrived Soo September 8. Served coal

REPORT OF THE DEPUTY MINISTER 87

to Gros Cap lightship. Installed fog bell at Point aux Pins. Repaired Strib-
ling point tower. Inspected Sulphur island unmatched light. Whitewashed
(^ireat Duck island tower. Inspected O'Brien Patch gas buoy, and back to
Parry Sound October 10.

From October 10 on to the close of navigation this vessel was also
employed as best possible in connection with the lighthouse and buoy service of
til? immediate division.

In December she removed all the outlying keepers as well as some of the
buoys in the east end of lake Superior, terminating this work on December 17,
when she laid up for the winter at Sault Ste. Marie.

The wireless set installed on the vessel last summer proved a great help
and comfort during the vessel's last trip in the fall.

Kexor.\, Oxt., Sub-Agexcy Report

Rainy Lake. — The steamer Laura A was engaged from May 22, to June
3. painting and replacing buoys. Fifty-two buoys were painted and seven
replacements were made.

Lake of the Woods. — The steamer Redwing v.as engaged from June 9 to
June 27, painting and replacing buoys. Three hundred and two were painted,
and fifty-six were replaced, and thirteen new buoys were esitablished. The
character of the lightstation at the mouth of Rainy river was changed from a
range light to a fixed white light. At the close of navigation, nev\- unwatched
lights were established at Quick's island, and at Bruel point. Owing to the late-
ness of the season, these were not put into operation.

Shoal Lake. — The steamer Reduing was engaged on June 28-29, painting
and replacing buoys. Twenty-two buoys were painted, and four replacements
were made.

Winnipeg River. — The launch Moose was employed June 9-11 painting
buoys. Thirty-two buo3-s Vv'ere painted.

Lac Seid. — Examination was made of Lac Seul, and reports made on the
ile-^irabil'ity of aids to navigation being established.

Xo Government vessels were employed on any of the lakes.
MoxTREAL, P.Q., Agency

Total expenditure for the fiscal year amounted to $457.357. 15. an increase
of .?6.778.04. over the 1927-28 expenditure.

He de Grace Front. — Construction of new range to replace old one which
was in danger of falling into the river owing to undermining of bank.

He Deslauriers Front. — Erection of new concrete pier and light, to replace
"ue carried away by action of ice.

lie St. Ours Course Front. — Construction of new front light and move back
present high light to new site. Erection of new range.

Lake St. Peter Curve No. 2. — Repairs to pier which was damaged by Spring
ice.

La Perade Range. — Erection of four section steel skeleton tower.
Longue Pointe Traverse Range. — Reconstruction of range.

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Lachine-Caughnawaga Channel. — Installation of new lighting apparatus.

Lake St. Peter Curve No. 2 and Pte. du Lac F. — Reconstruction of steel sub-
structure so that they could be used with gas installations during high water.

Pointe du Lac and Lake St. Peter Curve No. 2. — Reconstruction of steel
substructure so that they could be used with gas installations durino; high water.
Portneuf en Haut. — General repairs to dwelling, lantern, outbuildings, etc.
St. Valentin Range. — Rebuilding front light, pier and lantern.
Vieille Eglise. — Establishment of range lights.

MAIXTEXANCE AND REPAIRS TO WHAR\^S

St. Denis wharf. — Repairs to wharf.
Papineauville ivharf. — Electric lighting.
L'Orignal vharf. — Electric lighting.

DOMIXIOX STEAMERS

C.G.S. Argenteuil. — Employed in buoy service, lighthouse construction,
painting, supplies and other repair work on lake St. Louis, Ottawa and Riche-
lieu rivers; also was used quite extensively for minor repaire to wharves.

C.G.S. Emilia. — Was used with buoy service, such as recharging gas buoys,
painting and repairing lighthouses, as well as general construction work and is
practically a floating work shop.

C.G.S. Shaynrock. — ^Was used for general buoy service work, delivery of
lighthouse supplies in the lower end of the district, and owing to the large num-
ber of floating aids to navigation, was kept constantly busy. This vessd was
destroyed by fire on September 29, 1928.

C.G.S. Vercheres. — ^\\''as used in such work as maintaining and painting of
bank beacons, lighthouses, and night and day patrol and inspection work. Re-
charging and maintaining in order all shore gas stations, towing of scows with
construction and maintenance material, and in conjunction with the scow
Acetylene, the buoy service work.

Tug Lanoraie and scow Acetylene were used for buoy service work after
buoy steamer Shamrock was destroyed by fire.

C.G.S. Berthier, tugs Becancour, Lavaltrie, Lac St. Pierre, Laviolette, and
Varennes, also coal barges No. 6 and No. 5, were used spring and fall for buoy
laying and raising purposes.

Quebec, P.Q., Agexcy

The district under control of this agency is a very large one and comprises
many important waterways. It extends from Portneuf , 38 miles above Quebec.
along tl;e north shore of the St. Lawrence river to Xatashcjuan, a distance of
530 miles below Quebec, and Platon, opposite Portneuf, along the south shore of
the St. Lawrence river to cap d'Espoir, a distance of 455 miles, and thence up the
north shore of Chaleur bay along the Restigouche river to one mile above
Campbellton, and then along the south side of tlie bay around ^liscou island to
Shippigan gully, N.B., all the coast of Anticosti island, which is 120 miles long,
both shores of the Saguenay river, from Tadoussac to a point about five miles
above Chicoutimi, P.O., all around lake St. John, which lake is about 30 raik-
diameter, and all the bays, sounds and navigable rivers in the above regions.

REPORT OF THE DEPUTY MINISTER 89

The total shore line of the district is about 1,800 miles, and it comprises
many water routes varying from the main gulf routes and the St. Lawrence river
to many small intricate and comparatively shallow channels.

In the sections above described the following aids to navigation are main-
tained under the control of the agency: —

Number of lights 328

Number of machine operated fog alarms, hand fog horns and fog bells 48

Number of bomb signal fog alarms 2

Number of gas buoys 80

Number of combined gas and bell buoys 10

Number of bell buoys 1

Number of unlighted buoys 260

Number of stakes and bushes 46

Number of unlighted beacons 61

The following vessels are maintained in the service: —

Mikula Jalobert (pilot tender) . . Lower Traverse lightship

Montcalm Relief lightship No. 25. . Red Island lightship

Druid AVhite Island lightship. . Isle-aux-Coudres lightship

Loos Prince Shoal lightship..

(All self-propelling, excepting Prince Shoal lightship).

There are also maintained: 81 wharves and 32 storm signal stations.

The total expenditure of the agency for the past fiscal year was $1,150,225.30.

AIDS TO XA\IG.4TI0N

New establishments: —

Lower Caraquet wharf light.

Fauvel light.

Riviere Nouvelle light.

Anse aux Canards light.

Chandler channel 1 can buoy (red conical buoy discontinued).

Cannes des Roches light.

Point Peter stronger hand foghorn.

L'Anse a Brillant light.

Cape Whittle light.

Agouanish range lights.

Anse au Vallon range lights.

Fregate point range lights.

Riviere a Claude light.

Ste Anne des ]Monts river, 2 day beacons (spar buoy discontinued).

Cawee Island, light and fog alarm (unwatched gas occulting white light
discontinued) .

Chat river, light established outer end new extension to wharf.

Outardes point range lights.

Portneuf river gas buoy (25^-6) off mouth of ri\-er.

Tadoussac light.

St. Fulgence light.

St. Fulgence riv. Saguenay, 1 conical buoy 4-S.

Peribonca river range lights (Peribonca inner and outer ranges discon-
tinued!.

St. Roch Traverse 56-B gas and bell buoy instead of gas buoy.

Channel Patch black gas buoy 63-i-B white occulting light.

Algernon rock, unwatched gas white occulting light (oil lamp discon-
tinued).

St. Michel range lights.

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Discontinued: —

Big shippigan hand fog horn.

Chandler channel, 1 red conical buoy (1 black buoy established).

Cape d'Espoir red spar buoy.

Heath point light fog signals.

Ste. Anne des ]\Ionts river, spar buoy (2 day beacons established) .

Chat river red spar buoy.

Chat river range lights (light established on outer end new extension to

wharf) .
Cawee island, unwatched gas occulting white light (new light and fog

alarm established) .
Chicoutimi wharf, transferred to Chicoutimi Harbour Commission.
Chicoutimi basin wharf " " " "

Ste. Anne de Chicoutimi " " " "

Riviere aux Vases wharf " " '' "

Peribonca inner and outer ranges, (Peribonca river range established) .
56-B gas buoy (gas and bell buoy established).
Algernon rock, oil lamp (gas unwatched light established) .

REPAIRS, .JlLTERATIONS, IMPR0\^MENTS AND CHANGES

Big Shippigan Light. — New oil shed, demolished old tower, old dwelling
and shed, clockwork, one new small flat bottom boat.

Caribou Cove. — Back light heightened.

Marcelle Point. — Lighthouse lantern repaired.

St. Omer Light. — Moved to outer end of wharf.

Little Bonaventure. — ^Light moved to outer end new extension to wharf.

St. Godfroy. — Light moved to outer end new extension of wharf, light
changed from red to white.

Anse aux Gascons. — Light moved to outer end of wharf.

Paddy Shoal. — Clock work repaired.

Heath Point Lightship. — New steam fog whistle.

Heath Point Lighthouse tower repaired by Construction branch.

West Point, Anticosti. — Second order dioptric replaced by long focus
reflectors, light flashing instead of fixed.

lie au Marteau. — New fresh water steel tank outside fog alarm.

Griffin Cove. — Position range lights changed.

lies de Mai.— Oi\ lamp discontinued (unwatched gas white occulting light
instead) .

Chat River. — Range lights discontinued, one light established on outer
end new extension of wharf.

Mechins Wharf. — Light moved to outer end new extension to wharf.

Matane Light. — Clock work repaired.

Matane. — Range lights moved and heightened.

Rimouski Harbour Range. — Lights improved, day beacons established.

Grandes Bergeronnes. — Vertical black stripe painted on white day mark.

St. Alphonse Wharf. — New^ freight shed built.

St. Alphonse Light. — New lantern built.

He au Belier Front Light. — Shed rebuilt.

Points Bleue. — Oil shed and mast rebuilt.

REPORT OF THE DEPUTY MINISTER 91

Brandy Pots. — Two station boats repaired, concrete landing slip repaired.
Cape Dogs. — Landing platform repaired.

Goose Cape Fog Alarm. — Additional oil storage steel tank installed.
Ste. Felicite. — Old fog alarm air steel tank replaced by a new one.
Upper Traverse Pier. — ^Two unwatched gas lights established in the fall
in lieu of flashing white light.

Montmagny Range. — Front light rebuilt.

Minor repairs were also carried out as follows, on wharves, lights, storm
signals and small boats.

During the past fiscal year, this agency maintained 5 lightships, .328 lights
including 23 fog alarms, also unwatched gas and electric lights, 53 buoy services
by contractors, consisting of 298 buoys and stakes, 83 government wharves,
inspected 33 storm signals, maintained by government steamers 146 gas and
other buovs, 12 unwatched gas beacons, 61 day beacons.

Eighty-one wharves are under the control of the Quebec agency; one new
wharf having been transferred to this agency viz.: Pointe aux Orignaux, and
three wharves transferred to Chicoutimi Harbour Commission ; Chicoutimi basin,
Riviere aux Vases and Ste. Anne de Chicoutimi.

DOMINION STEAMERS

C.G.S. Mikula. — This very powerful ice-breaker was under the charge and
command of captain John Hearn for the periods of time she was in commission
dmnng the fiscal year. Her full crew consisted of 82 officers and men. At the
beginning of the fiscal year she was occupied in opening the St. Lawrence river
channel between Quebec and Montreal. Left Quebec on April 28 on ice patrol
duty in Cabot straits and returned on May 22. Three-quarters of her crew
about were then paid off, after which she entered the dock, and then brought to at
our wharf where preparations were commenced to lay her up for the summer.
At the end of June there remained aboard only two watchmen. Throughout
the summer months contracting firms performed work aboard. On September
24 the Chief Engineer resumed his duties, a few days later the Mikula engineers
were recalled from the Stanley, and 6 firemen started on October 1, and also on
October 12 the 12 men belonging to the Mikula who were returned from the
Stanley went aboard. By December 1 her full crew had joined. This ship
rendered valuable services in keeping vessels coming through the gulf St.
Lawrence in the spring duly informed as to the state of tke weather and the
ice conditions prevailing, and also in connection with the assistance she gave
to steamers in passing through the large ice fields.

C.G.S. Druid. — During the whole of the navigable season of 1928 this vessel
was under the charge and command of captain Edgar Pelletier. As in the past
she was engaged in buoy service work in general from Platon (above Quebec)
to Father point (below Quebec) , covering a distance of 186 miles. The crew
of this ship consisted of 35 men. Her crew was completed on April 3, and she
made her first trip on the 13th of that month and her last on December 13. She
was laid up for the winter on December 15. From the very beginning of the
fiscal year, therefore, she was on active service, and was kept regularly and
constantly engaged in the work of keeping buoys of all kinds in their positions,
examining and looking after the numerous gas and other buoys in this district,
as well as maintaining quite a number of beacons and day marks. It is to be

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noted that this steamer is the regular buoy service tender, and that she made
119 trips during the time she was in commission, covering a distance of 6,800
miles. Her services were also utilized in the towing of lightships to their
respective stations in the spring, and in towing them back to Quebec in the Fall,
as well as in keeping them supplied with necessaries of all kinds during the
season of navigation. Delivery of lighthouse supplies and transportation of
workmen and labourers effecting repairs to lighthouses in this district is also
attended to by this vessel. The Druid is at all times kept under steam, ready
to leave at a moment's notice when reports reach the agency that gas or other
buoys or lights are reported out of position or either defective or extinguished,
or else for any other need pertaining to navigation arising in the river St.
Lawrence -between the points mentioned. The only time that this ship was not in
active service during 1928 was when she entered the dry dock on July 13 for the
purpose of having her main deck caulked, her hull scraped and painted, her
propellers removed, tailshafts drawn, etc., etc. She came out of the dock on the
26th of July.

C.G.S. Loos. — This vessel was under the charge and command of captain
Amedee Caron, of ITslet, P.Q., during the whole of the navigable season of 1928.
Her crew consisted of 20 men. and it was completed on April 5. The ship was
laid up, or rather put in her Winter quarters on December 7. Of small cargo
capacity she is principally utilized in connection with lighthouse service, both
for the conveyance of materials for the Construction branch and Maintenance of
Lighthouses, and is also employed on duty work relative to other aids to nsivi-
gation. She is also engaged, from time to time on buoy service, as an aid to the
regular buoy ship Druid. All told she made 21 trips, covering a distance of
10,143 miles.

C.G.S. Stanley. — At the beginning of the fiscal year this vessel was still laid
up in the St. Charles river, Quebec. On May 21 she was transferred to' the
King's wharf by the C.G.S. Dniid, and on the 28 of the same month was towed
over to Lauzon (across the river), where considerable repair work was effected on
her at the dry dock gate by the Davie Shipbuilding and Repairing Co., and also
by departmental labour. She entered the drj^ dock on June 16, and came out on
the 23 of that month, and berthed at the dock gate to complete her repair work.
Coming back to the King's wharf on June 28, general repair work done. By
July 12 her crew of 45 officers and men had been completed, over two-thirds being
members of the crews of the Mikida, Montcalm or Loos. On July 23 coaling
was commenced, and on July 25 she started loading for a lighthouse supply trip
to the North shore, Anticosti island and Gaspe coast, and left in the afternoon
of July 28 heavily laden. She returned to Quebec on August 24, and preparations
were immediately made to load her again in connection with the supplying of
the remainder of tl?e Gaspe coast lights and stations on both sides of Baie-des-
Chaleurs. She left again on September 10, and on October 2 the master of the
Stanley received instructions from Ottawa to proceed with his ship to Halifax
where the vessel arrived on October 7, after which she was under the direct
supervision of the Halifax agency of the Department.

C.G.S. Relief No. 25. — This ship, with a crew of 20 men, was under the
charge and command (during the whole of the time she was in commission) of
captain Diogene Despres. She was employed in giving assistance to the light-
house and buoy steamer Druid, delivering lighthouse and light supplies between
Platon (above Quebec) and Father point (below Quebec) — a distance of about
200 miles — repairing and painting buoj' beacons, placing and attending to gas
and other buoy services, coaling lightships, transporting construction materials,
replacing lightships brought up to Quebec to be docked for annual overhaul,
replacing the pilot-tender Jalobert at Father point, and miscellaneous other

IIEPORT or THE DEPirV MINISTER 93

services respecting aids to navigation. On Novenaber 12 she entered the
Champlain dry dock at Levis, and shortly afterwards was made use of in con-
nection with the buoy service preparatory to the closing of navigation. On
December 12 she entered her winter quarters in the Louise basin, Quebec, her
crew being paid off with the exception of the required number of men to lay up
the engines and this was finally accomplished on December 31. Throughout the
winter months contracting firms performed necessary work under the supervision
of the steamboat inspectors.

C.G.S. Montcahn. — At the commencement of the fiscal year this vessel was
at Louisburg. N.S., under the temporary charge of captain I. C. Rhude, who was
relieving captain Oscar Mercier while he was on leave of absence. Captain
Mercier rejoined his vessel on April 11, and shortly afterguards she was employed
on ice patrol duties, returning to Quebec on May 13. The Montcalm entered
the Lauzon dry dock in the afternoon of May 15 for extensive repairs preparatory
to her trip to Hudson strait. She came back to our wharf about the middle of
June, and left on her Northern expedition voyage to Hudson strait on June 24,
under the charge and command of captain John Hearn. She returned to Quebec
on November 14, entering the dock a few days later. On November 19 captain
John Hearn relinquished the charge of the Montcalm to captain Oscar Mercier,
and assumed the charge and command of the ice-breaker Mikula. The Montcalm
on coming out of dock attended to the lifting of buoys in connection with the
closing of the navigable season, and also attended to the removal of aids in
general as regards navigation, and was thus employed until December 15 when
she was ordered to have completed the overhauling of her machinery and boilers
in order to be ready for sea by January 3, 1929. She finally left on January 7
for North Sydney and Louisburg, N.S. to spend the winter at these ports, arriving
at the former port on January 20, and at the end of the fiscal year she was at
Louisburg, N.S.

Saint John, N.B., Agency

During the past year all aids to navigation in this division have been
inspected by the district engineer. The usual annual repairs, cleaning and
painting have been carried out at the various stations.

There are under the supervision of this agency one hundred and seventy-
three light, fog-alarm and fog-bell stations, classified as follows: —

6 unwatched lights — using A.G.A. acetylene.
3 fog-alarm stations only.

1 fog bomb station.

2 fog-bell stations operated by machinery.

7 electric light-stations, one of which is a comibined light and fog-bell
station.

1 station using a Banner burner.
7 stations having Piper lanterns.
28 vapour light-stations, 16 of which are light and fog-alarm stations

combined.
116 stations using duplex lamps, 6 being combined light and fog-alarm
stations.

At Peases island a Mammoth No. 3 lamp is maintained in addition to the
55 m/m diamond vapour light.

At Mitchener point, where we have a duplex lamp, a second light is main-
tained of the Mammoth No. 3 type.

Also, the Lurcher lightship, a red, steel steamer with two masts, each showing
a white light, equipped with diaphone, submarine fog-bell, and radio-telegraph
apparatus, and manned by a crew of fifteen is located on the Lurcher shoal,
seventeen miles from Yarmouth, N.S.

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CHANGES IX LIGHTHOUSE AND FOG-AL.\RM SERVICE

Courtenay Bay Breakwater Light, X.B. — The li^ht on the outer end o^'
Courtenay bay breakwater was moved 150 feet shoreward, and re-erected on
the centre light of the breakwater.

Centreville Light, N.S. — ^An occulting, white, acetylene light, automatically
occulted at short inter^^als, shown from a lens lantern, was established near the
outer end of the government wharf at Centreville.

Joggins Light, N.S. — Pending repairs to the outer end of the breakwater at
Joggins; the lighthouse has been removed, and replaced temporarily by a pole
with a white target attached, from which the light will be exhibited.

Salter Head Light, N.S. — The fixed, white light, sho-^ni from a pressed lens
lantern, on the shore at the end of Salter head, was re-established.

Ships Stern Light, N'.S. — An occulting, white, acetylene light, automatically
occulted at short intervals, shown from a lens lantern, was established on the
north end of Ships Stern, Yarmouth harbour, N.S.

M.AINTENANCE OF BUOYS AND BEACONS

All the buoys and beacons under the supen'ision of this ageucy, including
those under contract as well as attended by departmental steamers, have been
well maintained during the past year.

The following is a list of those maintained under contract: —

3 barrels 6 cans

3 dropping buoys 15 bushed stakes

7 casks 7 miles bushing

3 spindles 517 bushes and stakes

8 conicals 334 spars.

Our departmental steamers have attended to the following: —

4 gas 55 cans

35 bell 59 conicals

7 whistle 107 spars

6 gas and bell 25 spindles

16 gas and whistle 20 stakes.

At Reeds point. Saint John city, an electric beacon, showing a red and white
light, is exhibited from a three branched lamp-post.

CHANGES AND ADDITIONS TO BUOY SERVICE

Benson Cove Gas arid Bell Buoy, N.B. — A gas and bell buoy, painted black
and -^hite vertical stripes, and exhibiting an occulting, white light, was estab-
lished in the middle of the channel at the eastern entrance to Benson or Seal
cove, and 3 cables 15° 30' (X. 36" E. Mag.) from Joe's Point, N.B.

Chance Harbour Bell Buoy, N.B. — This bell buoy was moved to a new posi-
tion about I mile 109° (S. 48° 30' E. Mag.) from Chance harbour light.

Chegoggin Point Bell Buoy, N.S. — A bell buoy, painted red, was established
about I mile 216° 30' (S. 56° 30' W. Mag.) from the southwest extreme of
Chegoggin point, X.S.

Cockenoit Passage Buoys, N.S. — The red, wooden, spar buoy, in 3 fathoms
of water off Barneys ledge, has been replaced by a red, steel, conical buoy.

REPORT OF THE DEPUTY MINISTER 95

Dollard Rock Spar Buoy, N.S. — A red and black horizontally banded,
wooden, spar buoy was established on the western side of unc'harted shoal spot,
about 2 miles, 9 cables 238° 30' (S. 79' W. Mag.) from the lighthouse on White-
head island. This rock is kno\\'n as "Dollard Rock".

Ox-Eye Rock Bell Buoy, N.S. — A bell buoj^ painted in black and white
vertical stripes, was established in 6 fathoms of water, about 1 mile 273° 30'
(N. 66° W. Mag.) from Cape Sable lighthouse, N.S. This buoy will be main-
tained from June 1 to January 15 of each year.

Port GrevUle Gas & Whistling Buoy, N.S. — A gas and whistling buoy,
painted black, and showing an occulting, white light, was established in 25
fathoms of water, 1| miles 182° (S. 24° W. Mag.) from Port Greville light, N.S.
This buoy was afterward moved to a new position northward j mile, and is now
located U miles 182° (S. 24° W. Mag.) from Port Greville light.

Saint Andrews Buoys, N.B. — A black, wooden, spar buoy, was established
in two fathoms of water on the south side of the eastern entrance to Saint
Andrews harbour, 1,750 feet 334° 34' (N. 5° W. Mag.) from Na^^ Bar light.

A red, wooden, spar buoy was established in two fathoms of water on the
north side of the outer end of the dredged channel at the eastern entrance to
Saint Andrews harbour, 3,100 feet 322° 30' (N. 17° W. Mag.) from Navy Bar
light.

Saint John River Buoys, N.B. — Three additional spar buoys have been
placed at each turn in the dredged channel at Indian point and the entrance to
Maquapit lake, so that the channel is now marked on both sides.

Yarmouth Harbour Buoys, N.S. — The three (3) red, spar buoys, formerly
maintained on the east side of the dredged channel between Hen and Chickens
and Cornish rock, in Yarmouth sound, have been re-established. These buoys
will be maintained in future from about April 1 to December 31 of each year.

METEOROLOGICAL SERVICE

There are under the supervision of this agency eight signal stations, all of
which have been inspected bj^ the District Engineer. Various repairs have been
carried out, where found necessary.

LIFE-SAVING SERVICE

The two life-saving stations under the direction of this agency, viz.. Bay
View, N.S., and Little Wood island, N.B., have been inspected by the District
Engineer.

Repairs have been made where found necessary.

The station at Clarks harbour, N.S., was discontinued on November 20,
1928, and the equipment removed to St. John.

CONSTRUCTION AND REPAIRS

Alma, N.B. — An 8-inch pressed lens lantern was installed, to replace the
old lantern which was worn out.

Cape Fourchu Light and Alarm, N.S. — Repairs to Cape Fourchu station
which was badly damaged during a severe storm in Januarj', 1928.

Cape St. Mary Alarm., N.S.—A new type " B " diaphone installed at Cape
St. Mary Alarm, N.S.

Cape Spencer Light and Alarm, N.B. — A new building was erected to take
the place of the fog-alarm building which was burned to the ground November
29, 1927. New diaphone and accessories installed.

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Centreville Light. N.S. — An iinwatched light was established on the public
wharf.

Ellenwood Island Spindle, N.S. — Replaced the spindle at the head of Ellen-
w^ood island, N.S., which was carried away by a storm during the winter.

Gannet Rock Light and Alarm, N^.B. — Extensive repairs carried out at the
station on Gannet rock which was badlv damaged by the storm of January
25, 1928.

Hampton Wharf, iV.5.^-Minor repairs to the public wharf.

Harbourville Wharf, N.S. — Minor repairs carried out.

Kingsport Wharf, N.S. — Minor repairs to wharf.

Lepreau Fog-alarm, N.B. — Repairs carried out on the oil engine at Lepreau
alarm.

Machias Seal Island, N.B. — Repairs to tramway at the station on Machias
Seal island, which was damaged by the storm of January 25. Rebuilding drain
and chimneys.

Marks Point Light, N.B. — The lens at ]Marks Point light was repaired.

Point Wolfe Light, N.B.— The light at Point Wolf was moved off the old
breakwater, which had rotted out so as to endanger the light, and re-erected
17 feet to the southwest.

Salter Head Light, N.S. — The old lighthouse was repaired and placed in
commission again.

Ships Stern Light, N.S. — An unwatched light was established.

Tiverton, N.S.- — Minor repairs carried out to the warehouse on the public
wharf.

Woods Harbour Light, A'.S.— The breakwater protecting the lighthouse at
Woods harbour was repaired.

M.\IXTEN.\XCE OF WH.\RFS

There are under the supervision of this agency one hundred and thirty-
three public wharves, Beaver harbour, N.B., and Scotts bay, N.S., having been
added during the year. All these wharves have been inspected by the District
Engineer, and repairs made where found necessary.

P.\RTRIDGE ISLAND SIGX.\L ST.\TIOX

Statement of vessels reported from Partridge Island, giving total tonnage of
same, from April 1, 1928. to March 31, 1929:—

Tonnage

114 steamers 319, 120

5 three-masted schooners 2,484

7 four-masted schooners 5, 931

Total 126 vessels. 327,535

DOMINION STE.\MERS

C.G.S. Bollard. — This steamer was constantly employed during the fiscal
year 1928-29 in buoy and lighthouse service, landing coal and supplies at the
various stations under the jurisdiction of this agency.

During the year the steamer was laid off duty at the following times for
repairs as specified: July 14 until August 2 — at the Saint John Dry Dock and
Shipbuilding Co., for annual overhaul. December 10 to 21 — cleaning boilers.

REPORT OF THE DEPUTY MINISTER 97

C.G.S. Laurentian. — ^AVas employed continuously in lighthouse and buoy
service under the New Brunswick agency during the fiscal year 1928-29. During
the following periods this steamer was laid off for repairs, as stated: jNIarch 27 to
April 7 — cleaning boilers. August 20 to October 9 — at the Saint John Dry
Dock and Shipbuilding Co., for anunal overhaul. January 24 to 28, 1929 — at
Lewis' slip, Saint John, for repairs to broken propeller blade.

SALVAGE SERVICES RENDERED BY THE QUEBEC SALVAGE AND

WRECKING COMPANY, LIMITED, FRO^I APRIL 1, 1928,

TO MARCH 31, 1929

1928

]\Iay 21-27. — Canadian steamer Clearwater — This steamer ran aground
one half mile east of Trinity bay, loaded with pulpwood, we went to her assist-
ance, jettisoned part of cargo, landed one compressor and two six-inch pumps
on board but owing to heavy storm, vessel was shifted further on the beach and
sustained considerable further damage and was flooded full length of ship. Under-
writers' representative ordered us to return Quebec as he was calling for tenders
on no cure no pay basis.

July 16-17. — Norwegian steamer Adour — this steamer had been in colli-
sion with ss. Newton Beach in the Traverse and was anchored by the stern with
ss. Newton Beach's anchor chain foul of her propeller and machinery damaged,
we went to her assistance, cleared anchor chain and towed her to Quebec,

July 17-19. — Greek steamer Michael L. Emhiricos — this steamer ran ashore
one mile west of Father point, we went to her assistance but steamer released
herself and proceeded Quebec.

July 27-August 2. — Canadian steamer Rose Castle — this steamer had been
in collision with ss. Montrose and was beached off Becancourt, we went to her
assistance, rendered necessary work, pumped her out, refloated her and brought
her to dry dock, Quebec.

August 19-28. — NorvN'egian steamer Queens County — this steamer loaded
with general cargo bound Europe stranded on Egg rock off cape Whittle, Labra-
dor, we went to her assistance and landed one 6-inch motor pump on board
but after thorough examination by LTnderwriters' representative, he ordered us
to return Quebec and called for tenders on no cure no pay basis. We, therefore,
picked up crew of stranded vessel and returned Quebec.

September 18-26 — French steamer Gallier — this steamer loaded with grain
ran aground off Shallop creek near South point, Anticosti, we went to her assist-
ance, partly discharged her, rendered necessarj^ work, refloated her and towed
her to Quebec.

October 20-21. — Can. steamer Starmount — this steamer loaded with rails
and nails from Sydney, on way to Montreal struck bottom in Richelieu rapids
and was beached off Batiscan, we went to her assistance and by use of pumps,
refloated her and convoyed her to Three Rivers for diver's examination where
diver decreased leaks by caulking rivets which permitted ship to proceed to
destination under her own steam with our two pumps and wreckers in attend-
ance to take care of the leaks.

October 23-30. — British steamer Caimtorr — ^this steamer loaded with general
cargo for United Kingdom grounded on uncharted rock off Wolf island, Labra-
dor, we went to her assistance when UnderwTiters' representatives decided vessel
beyond salvage and requested us to take crew on board and return Quebec.

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November 5-7. — Italian steamer Panaghis M. Hadoulis — this steamer in
balla&t bound Montreal ran aground south side White island, we went to her
assistance, rendered necessary work, refloated her and vessel proceeded up under
her own steam.

The SS. Lord Strathcona schooner G.T.D. properly manned -^-ith all salvage
gear, in good order, have been kept in constant commission during the season
of navigation to proceed to any accidents or mishaps to ships at very short
notice.

REPORT OF SALVAGE SERVICES RENDERED BY THE PACIFIC

SALVAGE CO^IPAXY, LBIITED, DURING THE YEAR

ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1928

December 11, 1927, to January 30, 1928. — SS. Northwestern ashore at Cape
Mudge, B.C. Salvage operations carried out by Salvage King and Salvage
Queen and vessel finally floated and towed to Vancouver, B.C.

May 17, 1928. — Salvage King left port proceeding to the assistance of the
ss. Nevada ashore at Point Wilson, Puget Sound. Succeeded in floating vessel.

July 6 to 10. — Salvage King left port July 6 for INIuchalat arm, Nootka
sound, to assistance of the barge Bingamon which had caught fire and sunk
there. Returned to port July 10.

July 14 to August 8. — Salvage King left port July 14 proceeding to Wrangel
Narrows to aid the ss. Oaxaca ashore between Spike Rocka and Burnt island.
After extensive operations succeeded in refloating the vessel and towing her to
Vancouver, B.C.

August 30. — SS. Redwood ashore at Scarlet point, Queen Charlotte islands.
Salvage King left port to proceed to her assistance but returned as vessel refloated
without assistance.

September 2 to 4. — Salvage King left port to assist ss. Floridian in colli-
sion off Grays harbour. Vessel sank and was lost, however.

September 6. — ^Vessel — name unknowai — reported ashore off Flattery.
Salvage King left port to search for same but could find no trace so returned.

September 11. — Salvage King proceeded to the aid of the ss. Nictheroy
with engine trouble off Race rocks. Convoyed the vessel to William head.

November 22. — Salvage King proceeded to assistance of ss. Albion Star
ashore on Race rocks. Vessel floated without assistance but was taken in tow
to Esquimalt.

November 30 to December 5. — Salvage King proceeded to the assistance of
the Chief Maquilla in sinking condition, latitude 50-25 N., longitude 175-15 W.
When 585 miles from Victoria, however, Salvage King recalled as the Chief
Maquilla had sunk.

REPORT OF THE DEPUTY MIXISTER

RETURNS OF SHIPPIXG IMASTERS FOR THE YEAR ENDING
DECE^IBER 31, 1928

Note. — The Collector of Customs acts as shipping master -where no shipping master is appoint-ed.

QUEBEC

Name of Ports

Name of County

Name of
Shipping Master

Seamen
shipped

Seamen

dis-
charged

Amount

Gaspe

$ cts.

Escoumains

Saguenay

Gaspe

Grand Pabos

Montreal

Hochelaga

I. O. Grey

9,460

8,590

7,307 00

Magdalen Islands

Paspebiac

Gaspe

Bona venture

Gaspe

E W LeGallais

Nil
Nil
1,212

Nil
Nil
670

Nil

Perce

Phil. LaBoutellier

T. Beland

Nil

l,0i2 40

St Johns

St. Johns

St. Maurice

J. P. Gariepy

51 90

10,732

9,333

8,401 30

NEW BRUNSWICK

Albert

Albert . .

H W. Crocker

4 50

Alma

Bale Verte

Bathurst

Gloucester

Northumberland

Restigouche

J E White

Nil

16
Nil

Nil

8
Nil

Nil

R. J. Walls.

10 4Q

John B. Delaney

Nil

York

Grand Harbour

Charlotte

Harvev

Albert

Hillsborough

Albert

Lepreau

Charlotte

Musquash

St. John

New Brandon

Northumberland....
Albert

Nil

Riverside

Roekport

Sackville

Westmoreland

St. Andrews

Charlotte

St. George

Charlotte

22
1.181

987

15 80
886 60

St. John

B S Purdy

St. Martins

St. John

St. Stephen

Charlotte

Shediac

Westmoreland

Shippigan

1,225

1,019

918 20

NOVA SCOTIA

Advocate Harbour.

Amherst

Annapolis Royal...

Antigonish

Apple River

Arichat

Baddeck

Barrington

Barton

Bayfield

Belliveau Cove

Bear River ,

88174-7i

Cumberland.
Cumberland.

Annapolis

Antigonish . . .
Cumberland.
Richmond...

Victoria

Shelburne

Digby

Antigonish...

Digby

J. L. Warren.

11 10

103

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RETURNS OF SHIPPINO :\IASTERS FOR THE \T:AR EXDING
DECE:MBER 31, 1928— Concluded

NOVA SCOTIA— Continued

Name of Ports

Name of County

Name of
Shipping Master

Seamen
shipped

Seamen

dis-
charged

Amount

Bridgewater

Lunenburg

C. N. Corkum

$ cts.
32 40

Canning

Canso

Church Point

Clark Harbour

Kings

Guysborough

Digbv

E. M. Hurst

75 70

Shelburne

W.J.Wood

Nil
Nil

27
Nil

5
Nil

10
NU

1 50

Nil

Descousse

Richmond

P. Poirier (Act.)

W. J. McMahon

Digby

16 50

Five Islands

Colchester

.1 S Henderson

Nil

Glace Bay

Great Village Colch ester

Hawkesbury

Inverness

Halifax

H.S.Drake

6,387

5,883
1

4,958 40
80

Hantsport

Hants

W. D. Comstock

Havre Bouche

Antigonish

Jordan Bay

*Lahave 1 Lunenburg

Wm. Maschke

153

Nil

300

91
Nil

45
273

80 40

R. Hemlow

Liverpool

Lockeport

Louisburg

tLunenburg

JMahone Bay

Mainadieu

Maitland

Queens

J. F. Seldon

146 50

Shelburne

W. D. Sutherland

W. W. Lewis

Nil

Cape Breton

Lunenhuro'

27 00

B. C. Knock ..

411 90

F. HoUoway

13 50

Hants

Margaree

Inverness

Merigomish

Pictou

Meteghan

Digby

L. T Melanson

23 00

New Campbellton

North East Harbour. . . .

North Sydney

Parrsboro

Shelburne

Cape Breton

Cumberland

M. J. Ross

337
169
111
33

105
161
114

200 00

C.Cook

W. E.Jones

132 80

Pictou

PortGreville

Port Hawkesbury

Port Hastings

Port Hood

89 70

Cumberland

Inverness

J. S. Henderson

27 90

Inverness

Shelburne

Port Lome .

Inverness

Port Medway

Queens

Port Morien

Port Mulgrave

Guysborough

Port Wade

Port Williams

Pubnico

Pugwash

River Hebert

Riverport

Yarmouth

Cumberland . .

Lunenburg

J. L. Himmelman

D. M. MacAskill

25
NU

Nil

18 50

St. Anns

Nil

St. Peters

Richmond

Digby

E. P. Deveau

Nil
5

Nil

Sandy Point

A. S. Goodick

4 60

Sheet Harbour

Halifax

Shelburne

A C Bruce

16 60

Sherbrooke

Spencers Island

Sj'dnev

Guvsborough

Cumberland.,

Cape Breton

■Vnnapolis

Geo. D. Spicer

Nil
465

1
395

J. D. McMillan

351 00

Thome Cove

Truro

Tatamagouche

Wallace

Walton

Cumberland

Hants

A. D. Macfarlane

Nil

*Fee from fishing vessels, $15. t60 fishing vessels at $3.00. ^Shipping 2 fishing crews, $5.00.

REPORT OF THE DEPUTY MINISTER

101

RETURNS OF SHIPPING IMASTERS FOR THE YEAR ENDING
DECEMBER 31, 1928— Continued

NOVA SCOTIA— Concluded

Name of Ports

Name of County

Name of
Shipping Master

Seamen
shipped

Seamen

dis-
charged

Amount

West Arichat

Richmond ....

$ cts.

Weymouth

Digby

A. H. Spence (acting)...

23 00

Wolfville

Kings

Geo. L. Wetmore

237

272

216 10

8,637

7,676

6,880 00

PRINCE-EDWARD ISLAND

Alberton

Prince

Charlotte town

Queens

J. D. MacMillan

Neil Waddell

Nil

8
Nil

7 90

Crapaud (Outport of

Nil

Malpeque

Prince .

Murray Harbour

Kings

Pinette

Queens

Port Hill

St. Peters

Souris

Kings . .

Prince

M. L. Bradahaw

5 20

Tignish

13 10

BRITISH COLUMBIA

Aboucet

Hesquiat

Comox-Atlin

Massett

New Westminster

New Westminster.. .
Atlin

Percy P. Peele

8
169

6
159

5 80

J. R. Elfert '

132 20

Tofino

Ucluelet

Nanaimo

Vancouver

New Westminster. . .
Victoria

J. B. Campbell.

6,339
1,625

5,899
1,649

5,139 10

Geo. Kirkendale

1,307 20

8,141

7,713

6,584 30

RECAPITULATION

Province

Seamen
shipped

Seamen

dis-
charged

Amount

Quebec

10,7.'^''
1,226
8,637
13
8,141

9,333
1,019
7,676
22
7,713

S cts.
8,401 30

918 20

Nova Scotia

6,880 00

Prince Edward Island

13 10

British Columbia

6,584 30

28,748

25,763

$22,796 90

102

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LIVE STOCK SHIPMENTS

List of Live Stock shipped to ports in Great Britain. Russia, and South Africa
during the Year 1928

QUEBEC

Months

Sheep

Cattle

Horses

Buffaloes

962
1,068

2,030

MONTREAL

June . . .

3W
101

July

1
2

November

405

ST. JOHN

Januarj'.

CANADIAN HYDROGRAPHIC SERVICE

Report of Captain F. Anderson, ^M.E.I.C, Hydrographer

The C.G.S. Bayfield being still under loan to the Preventive Service of the
Department of National Revenue the hydrographic and charting operations
were carried out on the Atlantic coast and Inland waters with two hydrographic
steamers, with the minor field parties employing motor-launches: on the Pacific
coast by the employment of one steamer and a shore party.

The addition during the year of eight junior assistants in the Division of
Hyrography, and four in other divisions assisted materially towards bringing
the staff up to normal strength and in consequence the major ship sun^eys
were enabled to carry on uninterruptedly with gratifying results. Also, by
reason of this essential increase in the field staff, provision was automatically
made for the releasing from ship surveys of experienced senior assistants to
take charge of minor surveys in other territory, on work which had been
urgently requested.

headquarters

Under the direction of ]Mr. R. J. Fra-ser, Principal Assistant to the Hydro-
grapher, the following work was carried out: Preparation of new or special
surveys; establishment of compass-testing beacons at Sydney harbour; exami-
nation of site of grounding of H.]M. ship in Halifax harbour; examination of
reported obstruction in lake Ontario; examination of Cobourg harbour for chart
revision; preparation of Sailing Directions and Pilots.

REPORT OF THE DEPUTY MIXISTER 103

In connection with the latter undertaking, it is pointed out that prior to the '
year 1923 the Hydrographic Service contained a division engaged upon the pre-
paration and publication of Sailing Directions, Pilots, etc., in charge of an
experienced field officer. The increasing demand for field work has required the
ser^'ices at sea.- of those formerly employed in this work, and for the past five
years, the Service has been obliged to practically discontinue this important
phase of hydrographic work, and it has, in consequence, fallen many years in
arrears, and is continuing to do so.

At the present time the work urgently demanding attention comprises the
following: —

The revision of the five existing volumes of Pilots and Sailing Directions
for the Atlantic coasts and Great Lakes: the editing of three new volumes for the
Pacific coast and Great Lakes: and, the preparation of three volumes for the
Atlantic coast and Hudson bay.

In addition, the British Admiralty sailing directions and pilots of Canadian
waters are submitted to this office for correction and revision.

In order to overtake this branch of the work, and to continue to publish the
Pilots and Sailing Directions as in the past, the need is felt for the addition to
the present staff, of the following: —

Sailmg Directions and Editorial Division. — 1 hydrographer, Grade 3; 1
hydrographer, Grade 2; 1 stenographer.

DIVISION OF HYDROGRAPHY

In this division operations were carried on from seven separate parties
using three sea-going steamers, three motor-launches and one house-boat, with
the usual complement of auxiliary craft and equipment.

The following gives the general distribution of the field staff and equip-
ment: —

ATLANTIC COAST AND INLAND WATERS

1. Gulf of St. Lawrence, North Shore. — C.G.S. Acadia under the command
of Mr. J. U. Beauchemin.

2. Bay of Fundy. — ^C.G.S. Cartier, under the command of ^Ir. Georges A.
Bachand.

3. Hudson Bay, Port Churchill. — ]Motor-launch in charge of ]Mr. F. C. G.
Smith.

4. Lake St. Clair. — ]Motor-launch Boulton in charge of ]\Ir. Edouard
Fhysens.

5. Great Slave Lake.- — Motor-launch Pilot Xo. 1, in charge of Mr. H. L.
Leadman.

PACIFIC COAST

6. Pacific Coast.— C.G.S. Lillooet, under the command of Mv. H. D. Pari-
zeau.

7. Minor Surveys. — House-boat Somass, in charge of commander J. H.
Knight, R.N., under the direction of Mr. H. D. Parizeau.

GULF OF ST. LAWRENCE

The C.G.S. Acadia, a vessel of some 1,000 tons displacement, with Mr. J.
U. Beauchemin, officer in charge; assisted by Messrs. M. A. MacKinnon, R. W.
Bent, E. D. Bent, and E. F. May; Captain F. V. Ryan, sailing master; and jMr.
J. B. Cann, chief engineer; fitted out and sailed from Halifax on ]\Iay 13, pro-

104 MARINE AND FISHERIES

ceecling to the Saguenay river. On arrival work was commenced, but owing
to the high stage of the river and the strength of the spring freshets sweeping
operations in Chicoutimi channel were temporarily discontinued, and the time,
up to June 15, devoted to the survey of Ha Ha bay for the purpose of preparing
a chart of that area on a scale suitable for marine traffic to Port Alfred and
Bagotville.

On June 15 the sweeping of Chicoutimi channel was resumed, the five
channel ranges being tested for shoal water to a width of 80 feet on both sides
of the centre line, and special attention given the curves in the channel at range
intersections. Aids to navigation were checked for their positions, and a plan
prepared for the guidance of dredging operations.

In connection with the channel survey and the charting of Ha Ha bay, a
triangulation net was carried down the Saguenay to join up Chicoutimi with
Port Alfred.

On the completion of work in the Saguenay river the ship proceeded to
Father point, where, from June 26 to July 10, the staff conducted sweeping
operations with the object of locating, if possible, the wreck of the SS. Vulcano,
which sank off Father point in the fall of 1927. An examination of an area of 15
square miles was made and the reported locality of a possible obstruction was
thoroughly tested, it being found that there existed no menace to navigation.

The principal work of the season, in the St. Lawrence district, consisted
of the charting of the north shore of the gulf and contiguous waters for a
distance of 90 miles between Pentecote and Sheldrake rivers. Undertaken on
July 11 the work was completed by the 7th of November, as a result of which
a new chart has been placed in the hands of the engraving division for printing,
and which will be ready for distribution to the public next year. The new
chart covers the previously uncharted area lying between the mouth of the St.
Lawrence at Pointe des Monts on the west and Anticosti island on the east.

During the progress of the charting of this territory, large-scale surveys
were made of the approaches to Shelter bay, and the anchorage behind the
Cawee islands; and in the latter part of September a visit was made to St.
Nicholas harbour, inside the mouth of the St. Lawrence, where the various
range lights were located and the entrance channel examined and sounded.

On November 7 the Acadia proceeded to the eastward in the neighbour-
hood of Cape Whittle on the Belle Isle transatlantic route and also occupied
four daj^s where an uncharted rock had been reported to exist and which had
caused the wreck of the SS. Cairntorr.

An examination of the locality resulted in the locating of an uncharted shoal
with 6 feet of water over it and with the wreck of the above ship Ijnng imme-
diately north of it.

Before laying up for the winter, the vessel and staff completed the cali-
bration of the direction-finding radio-telegraph station on Chebucto head. Nova
Scotia. On November 14 the ship was laid up at Halifax and the staff returned
to Ottawa.

A g>-ro-compass of the latest type, installed on the Acadia in the spring, was
found to be most satisfactory and a valuable accjuisition to this vessel's chart-
ing and navigating equipment. It is especially valuable for conducting D.F.
calibration work for those stations with which in other years difficulty was
experienced in locating the observing vessels's position with the requisite degree
of accuracy. The season's experience and the gratifying results obtained with
this instrument will aid to its usefulness in similar work, as well as for mag-
netic variation investigation and general survey work in Hudson's bay should
this ship be detailed for work in northern waters.

REPORT OF THE DEPUTY MINISTER 105

Following is a summary of the charting operations completed during the
season: —

Number of linear miles sounded by the ship 1,314

Number of linear miles sounded by boats 620

Number of miles of coastline surveyed 98

Area, in square miles, charted 1,560

The duration of the season's operations was 186 days, twenty-five per cent
of which period was lost to the service on account of fog, rain, or otherwise
inclement weather.

BAY OF FUNDY

Operations in this locality were carried out with the C.G.S. Cartier, a vessel
of some 900 tons displacement built especially for this service. The ship was
fitted out in Halifax and commissioned on May 5, the headquarters for the
season being Saint John, N.B.

This survey was under the command of Mr. Georges A. Bachand with
Messrs. Norman Wilson, K. V. Kierstead and W. F. Elliott as assistant engi-
neers, wdth Captain J. J. Roach, isailing master, and Mr. J. E. Belanger, chief
engineer of the Cartier.

The season was occupied in the main portion of the bay extending from
Grand Manan island to cape Chignecto. The coasts for the most part are bold
and steep-to and the scarcity of soundings on the old Admiralty chart of the
vicinity did not give sufficient indication of the proximity of the shore for the
safety of vessels during the prevalent foggy weather. The area was closely
sounded with the result that Quaco ledge, lying about 9 miles from the nearest
land was the only outstanding danger in the fairway, its position being care-
fully located.

The charting of the locality was greatly assisted by the use of the triangu-
lation stations established by the Geodetic Survey of Canada, also the large
scale British Admiralty charts where recharting will be unnecessary will be used
in the compilation of the finished chart.

During the past season 2,300 miles of lineal sounding from the ship and
boats, was earned out, covering an area of 1,750 square miles.

As a result of the past two seasons operations charts wiJl be available in the
near future extending from Grand Manan island to cape Chignecto.

In addition to the above an uncharted rock was located in the approaches
to Tusket river, east of Yarmouth where a least depth of 1^ feet was found,
the old chart showing 5 fathoms.

The calibration of Red Head Radio Direction-Finding station in the
approaches to the harbour of Saint John, N.B., was also carried out.

HUDSON BAY (PORT CHURCHILL) SURVEY

In order to make adequate preparation for a regular ship -survey of the
approaches to Port Churchill, Hudson bay, and of the coast in the vicinity, and
owing to the extremely short season available for survey purposes in this region,
a shore party was detailed to go overland and carry out the preliminary shore
work. Mr. F. C. G. Smith, officer in charge, assisted by Mr. C. P. Warkentin
and four men, left Winnipeg on July 4 and proceeded by rail, canoes, and the
Department of Railways and Canals tug, by way of Port Nelson, to Churchill,
arriving at their destination on July 15.

A motorboat, camp and survey equipment, and supplies were shipped by
steamer from Halifax and delivered at Churchill on August 15.

The available length of season for conducting survey work was necessarily
short but in the three months spent in the north, the 44 miles of coast from the

106 MARIXE AXD FISHERIES

harbour eastward to cape Churchill was thoroughly survej-ed, the basis of a chart
of the area was constructed, and all the preliminary shore work completed so
that in the next season a survey may proceed to this district for the efficient
prosecution of a regular survey, and concentrate on hydrography that a com-
plete chart may be prepared at a minimum expenditure of money and time.

By working along the coast with motor-boats and camping on the shore,
this small party was enabled to successfully carry out the following important
work: —

The extension of a complete triangidation from a base at Port Churchill
for 44 miles to the cape; the traversing and sketching in detail of the coastline
to -u-ithin three miles of the cape; the establishing and locating of sounding and
sur\'eying marks for the proposed ship survey; and the locating and erecting
of four large navigation beacons at regular intervals along the coast between
the harbour and the cape, for the assistance of vessels frequenting this shore,
as well as for the use of a survey ship in sounding the off-shore waters next
season.

The beacons, though of wood, are of a permanent nature, strongly con-
structed and well supported, with heights vaiwing from 62 feet to 111 feet above
high water, and should serve as valuable aids to navigation on a coast which is
low and otherwise lacking in prominent natural features. The beacons and the
survey marks were permanently marked and referenced.

During the course of the season, additional data of the following nature
were obtained: —

Astronomical Observations taken, the results of which agree so closely with
those previously observed by the Hydrographic Service 18 years ago that it is
not necessarj' to publish am- change in the latitude and longitude of the port.

Tidal Records. — ^A self-registering tide gauge was placed and continuously
operated in Churchill harbour for forty-six days. From the records obtained
the Tidal Survey branch was enabled to establish a reliable low water datum
for soundings, and the Department of Railways and Canals engineers to obtain
a datum for their dredging operations.

This gauge is being re-established on a permanent basis and will be operated
as a principal tidal station for the bay.

On October 6 ]Mr. Smith and his party sailed from Churchill on the ss. Odile,
arriving at Halifax on the 20th of the same month, with the exception of Mr,
Warkentin, who returned to the end of steel by aeroplane.

LAKE ST. CLAIR SURVEY

The work of charting the Canadian section of lake St. Clair, which was
commenced last season, under the charge of Mr. Edouard A. Ghysens, assisted
by :Mr. J. L. Foreman, was continued on May 11 and carried out to completion
by October 15.

As in the year previous the motor cruiser C.G.S. Boulton was fitted out at
Belle River and utilized throughout the season.

The result of the two seasons' work is the preparation for engraving of a
large-scale first edition Canadian chart of the whole of the lake, that portion
within the territory of the United States having been taken from recent surveys
made by the United States Lake Survey Office.

Following is a summary of the work accomplished: —

Number of linear miles sounded 1,020

Area charted (^square miles) HO

Number of miles of coastline sur^'eyed 75

Number of Survey Stations erected 50

REPORT OF THE DEPUTY MINISTER 107

GRFAT SLAVE LAKE SURVEY

In the summer of this year preparatory charting work was commenced along
the south shore of Great Slave lake, MacKenzie river district, as part of a
broad scheme of operations that will eventually embrace the whole of this
lake, lake Athabasca and the connecting waterways, and the MacKenzie river
route to the Arctic ocean, in the interests of increasing navigation and the
development of fisheries, other natural resources and the necessary water trans-
port connected therewith.

There being no suitable vessel procurable in the territory, a 40-foot auxiliary
schooner, the C.G.S. Pilot No. 1, was built for the service at Edmonton, and
under the command of Mr. H. L. Leadman, assisted by Mr. W. R. Young, it
was taken down the Athabasca and Slave rivers to Fort Resolution, a distance
of 600 miles, where survey work was commenced on the 31st of July.

Headquarters for the season were established at Fort Resolution and Buffalo
river on the south shore, and during the one and one-half months of open season
remaining the party carried out a triangulation and shore survey between these
two points, explored that section of the route for suitable sites for harbours of
refuge for the shallow-draft lake steamers, whilst at the same time considerable
sounding work was conducted.

On September 26, when ice began to form, the schooner was laid up at
Fort Smith on the Slave river and the survey party returned south on the
last steamer of the season.

Gauges and bench-marks were established at a number of points on the
lake and arrangements made to obtain water level data, the records of which
will be most valuable for navigation and wharf construction on this route where
the waters are generally shallow and the levels fluctuate several feet in a single
season.

During the period of forty-eight days spent on Great Slave lake the party
traversed 12 miles of coastline and sounded 324 linear miles, in addition to the
investigatory and preparatory work accomplished. This survey will be con-
tinued next summer on the opening of navigation.

PACIFIC COAST SURVEY

The C.G.S. Lillooet was commissioned at Victoria, B.C., on April 15, under
the command of Mr. H. D. Parizeau, who had for an assisting staff Commander
J. H. Knight, R.N., and Messrs. L. R. Davies, W. K. Willis, and R. H. Etter-
shank, and Captain J. J. Moore, sailing master, and Mr. A. R. Borrowman, chief
engineer of the Lillooet.

A camp party was established at Sooke inlet and the ship party proceeded
to Vancouver where operations for the completion of the resurvey of that port
and a new survey of Burrard inlet were carried on from the 16th of April to
the 10th of June. At the same time minor surveys were made in Snug cove,
Deep bay, on the east coast of Bowen island, Howe sound.

The following week v;as spent in the locating and examining of reported
dangers in Barkley sound.

On the 19th of June the Lillooet took on board the camp parties and sailed
from Victoria for Milbanke sound, with the launch Thistle in tow. A minor
survey was carried out en route at Nanaimo, and on the 24th of June the main
charting work of the season, in Milbanke sound, was commenced and con-
tinued until the 25th of September.

In the fall the ship party resumed work at Vancouver and Burrard inlet
and also located reported dangers in Howe sound and Barkley sound.

The houseboat Somass was commisioned on June 24 and the detached party,
under Commander J. H. Knight, carried out surveys of Sooke inlet, Blair inlet,
Reid passage, Port Blakeney, Matheson channel, Percival narrows and Moss

108 MARINE AND FISHERIES

During the season complete automatic tidal records were obtained at Port
Blakeney and Goose islands.

Summarized, the season's work comprised: —

Lillooet —

Number of working days 205

Number of miles (lineal) coastline surveyed 148

Area (square miles) charted 197

Somass —

Number of working days 199

Number of miles (lineal) coastline surveyed 87

Area (square miles) sounded 18

PRECISE WATER lATELS DIVISION

This division, engaged upon the investigation of the vertical movements of
the water sm-faces of the Great lakes and St. Lawrence river and the systematic
continuous recording of the water levels thereof, conducted its work efTiciently
and to the constantly high standard of precision of past years. The work of
this division is under the direction of Mr. Charles A. Price, assisted by Messrs.
Wm. J. Miller, A. S. Matthe^vman, H. P. Williams, and A. G. Tuttle, Junior
Assistant.

The addition of one junior assistant during the year assisted materially in
the cari-ying out of the tabulation and compilation, a greatly increasing quan-
tity of which is required from year to year as new data is collected and addi-
tional requests for information received.

There were operated and maintained throughout the Great lakes and St.
Lawrence systems, from Port Arthur to Quebec, forty-four permanent automatic
gauges, one more than in the previous year. Two new automatic gauges were
installed and put into operation at Sault Ste. Marie, the cost of these being
borne by the Dominion Water Power and Reclamation Service of the Depart-
ment of the Interior; one gauge, at Port Colborne, was discontinued, part of
its equipment to be utilized at a new location at the Port Weller terminus of the
New Welland canal.

Within the past ten years the total number of such gauging stations has
increased from 32 in 1918 to 44 at the present time.

All of these stations were operated continuously throughout the twelve
months of the year, with the following exceptions: Gros cap, at the lower end
of lake Superior, was discontinued during the closed season when high water
and severe storms caused the demolition of the understructure, and the gauge
was removed for the winter so as to be relocated in the spring: at Port Dal-
housie, where operations were carried out dm'ing the open season only, which
station will be abandoned after substantial relations have been made with the
proposed new station at Port Weller: on the St. Lawrence, seven gauges were
temporarily discontinued during the closed season on account of ice and extreme
high water. In most instances, continuous records were obtained at these points
from staff gauge readings for the remaining months of the season.

The usual inspection of gauging stations was carried out, repairs, altera-
tions or improvements where found necessary in the interests of efficiency and
economy, were made to cribs, gauge houses, wells and inlets, at six of the above
stations.

The combined products of the 44 self-registering gauges were 483 months
of continuous water level records, or hydrographs, from which over 500,000
observations were computed. The reductions that are made and the evidence
obtained from these records and observations continue to increase in value in
the study and solution of international problems concerning fluctuations of water

REPORT OF THE DEPUTY MIXISTER 109

levels of the Great Lakes, in projects for developing hydro-electric power on the
St. Lawrence river, in adjustment of chart datums and of land levels, and the
improvement of the waterways for navigation. They are of value to marine
interests and to general engineering projects concerned with the harbours, shores
and connecting streams of the Great Lakes and St. La'UTence waterways system.
Requests for general information and for special data relating to the water
levels were greater than in preceding years. The regular monthly bulletins were
issued before the 10th of each month and the annual bulletins for 1928 on the
16th of Januars-, 1929. A relation cur^-e of seiche ranges and data of a special
nature dealing with extra ordinary- and abnormal fluctuations that affect the
available depths for vessels in some localities have been prepared and can be
issued on request.

Precise Water Level Transfers. — The special reductions of observations for
the purpose of checking, and for the assistance of the Geodetic Survey of Canada
in the establishment of the net of precise levels and elevations, were continued,
with most gratifying results. The strengthening and proving of the values of
other years, by means of the addition of another year's transfer of water eleva-
tions across certain sections of the lakes, the accuracy of which method was
once considered as doubtful, has proved to be of such a degree of precision and
accuracy that the Geodetic Survey have definitely given infinite weight to the
precise gauging data, in their final publication of adjusted values for the eleva-
tions of Canadian bench-marks.

During the year, this diWsion of the Hydrographic Service issued to the
public 24,551 sheets of the prepared data on water levels, an increase of 2.-487
over that of the preceding year.

Appended are the following publications: —

I. Monthly mean water surface elevations of the Great Lakes during
1928.

IL :Monthly mean water surface elevations of the St. Lawrence river
during 1928.

in. List of Automatic Gauges, and their locations, maintained in opera-
tion during 1928.

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INVESTIGATION OF CURRENT — ATLANTIC COAST

The equipment for obtaining the turn of the tidal streams automatically day
and night, that served so well in the strait of Canso, was transferred to the Big
Bras d'Or, N.S. The same attendant was employed and the result for the
season was very satisfactory. Ships have difficulty in making this passage in
thick weather, and to know in advance which way to expect the current would
be a great help. When sufficient data is obtained predictions will be published
in the tide tables.

REPORT OF THE DEPUTY MINISTER 115

PACIFIC COAST

An observer was placed in camp at Otter pass between Banks and Estevan
island to obtain the relation between the tide and the turn of the tidal streams.
A gauge was set up which served also the tidal requirements of the Hydrographic
Survey locally in progress.

Lightkeepers in Boundary pass and at Race rocks were commissioned as
observers to time the turn of the tidal streams at these places; the first to check
the predictions as now published in the current tables for Turn Point, and the
other to obtain tidal data for the tide tables and charts as to the reversal of the
currents at Race rocks. These are dangerous reefs, the most outlying in the
path of shipping to Victoria, Vancouver and the strait of Georgia ports.

REPORTS ox CURRENTS

Reports on tidal currents for assistance to shipping arc available on request.
They are as follows: —

The Currents in the Gulf of St. Lawrence.

The Currents in the Entrance to the St. Lawrence.

The Currents in Belle Isle Strait.

The Currents of the Southeast Coast of Newfoundland.

Tables of Currents in the Bay of Fundy.

TIDE TABLES

The annual tide tables were calculated and printed as usual. The 1929
distribution, except a reserve held for later demands, was sent out before the
beginning of the year and numbered 90,000 copies of the different editions
combined.

The large editions now contain tables for four adjacent United States ports:
Boston and New York are included in the Eastern book, and Seattle and Port
Townsend in the Pacific publication. It is intended that the complete editions
shall serve the larger shipping, while the less costly abridged editions are to fill
the needs for distinct localities where the complete editions are unnecessary:
these small books are more convenient for fishermen and shore people gener-
ally:—

Atlantic Tide Tables

Eastern Coast of Canada (unabridged)
Quebec and Father point (abridged)
Saint John and Bay of Fundy (abridged)
Charlottetown and the Strait of Canso (abridged).
Fort Churchill, Nelson and Hudson Bay.

Pacific Tide Tables

Pacific Coast of Canada (unabridged)
Vancouver and Sand Heads (abridged)
Prince Rupert and Northern B.C. (abridged).

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116 MARINE AXD FISHERIES

INFORMATIOX SERVICE AXD OTHER AVAILABLE PUBLICATIONS

Information on tidal matters has been furnished in answer to frequent
requests from engineers in the Government service and in private practice as
well as to others interested. In addition to the tide tables and current reports
there are other publications which are mailed when written for: These are: —

Tide Levels and Datum Planes in Eastern Canada

Tide Levels and Datum Planes on the Pacific Coast

Tides at the Head of the Bay of Fundy

Tides and Tidal Streams

Temperatures and Densities Canadian (Atlantic) waters.

The permanent staff of this division of the Hydrographic Survey numbers
five in addition to the outside tidal observers of whom there are six on each coast.
There are two seasonal current observers and temporary tidal observers are
employed during the summer according to the work undertaken. During the
winter an additional technical man is detailed to assist in the work at head-
quarters.

H. W. Joness, B.Sc, IM.E.I.C, Senior Tidal and Current Surveyor; under the
hydrographer supervises the work at headquarters, which covers the reduction
of data etc., the preparation of all the tide tables, attention to correspondence
and the work of both coasts generally.

]\Ir. S. C. Hayden, Senior Tidal and Current Surveyor, with headquarters
at Vancouver supervises the fieldwork and inspects the permanent tidal stations
on the Pacific coast, arranges for secondary stations and assists in the prepara-
tion of the Pacific Coast tide tables.

Mr. R. B. Lee, Junior Tidal and Current Surveyor; assists in the work of
headquarters and the east coast generally. Most of his time is given to the
preparation of the tide tables.

Miss L. R. Brown, Clerk Stenographer; gives general ofRce assistance in
addition to help with the tide tables.

Miss E. Campbell. Stenographer, assists with typing, inking and test checking
of tidal records, tabulations, etc.

In conclusion I wish to express my appreciation of the efficient service
rendered by all the members of the Canadian Hydrographic Service during the
past fiscal year.

PORT WARDENS' REPORTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED
DECEMBER 31, 1928

Reports were received from fourteen port wardens: eight from Nova Scotia
■port wardens, two from Quebec port wardens, and four from British Columbia
port wardens.

The total amount of fees collected at the port of Montreal for the year ended
December 31, 1928, amounted to S21, 185.32; at the port of Vancouver to
S27,110.77; at the port of Halifax to $4,163; at the port of Quebec to $2,430;
at the port of Sydney, C.B., to Sl,312; and at the port of Victoria to SI ,440.

PORT OF MOXTRE.\L

April 26. — SS. Gaspcsia arrived in port; the first vessel to arrive this season.
SS. Bay State, Furness Line, was the first overseas vessel to arrive this
season. Docked nine davs later than season 1927.

REPORT OF THE DEPUTY MINISTER 117

April 27. — R.M.S. Montdare was the first passenger overseas vessel to
ai-rive, four days later than season 1927.

April 30. — SS. Monfxlare was the first passenger overseas vessel sailed, two
days later than last year.

May 7. — Geo. M. Enbirico received first certificate of readiness to load full
grain cargo, sixteen days later than last year.

May 11. — SS. Hounslow first vessel to clear with full grain cargo, seventeen
days later than season 1927.

No damage reported through ice in gulf and river this season.

November 29. — T.SS. Minncdosa sailed for Liverpool, the last of the pas-
senger sailings for this season, three days later than 1927.

December 1. — SS. Grelwen sailed for overseas, the last full grain vessel
loaded at Montreal, same date as last year.

December 3. — SS. Canadian Scottish sailed for overseas, the last freight
liner to leave, three da3^s earlier than last year.

December 4. — SS. Atherton arrived from sea, the last arrival for this season
and one day later than 1927; loaded and sailed December 6.

December 8. — SS. Rein loaded part grain cargo Buffalo and completed grain
cargo here, sailed, the last sailing overseas, two daj^s later than 1927.

OVERSEAS VESSELS REPORTED

Vessels, 1,202; aggregate tonnage 4,(581,066 tons, an increase of 41 vessels
and 469,320 tons as compared with the 1927 figures.

Of the total overseas vessels 769 were British, 119 being registered in
Canada. Vessels of other nationalities 433.

LOWER PORT VESSELS REPORTED

Vessels 391; aggregate tonnage 775.020 tons, an increase of 51 vessels and
109,331 tons as compared v;ith the 1927 figures.

EXPORTS OF GRAIN

Exports of grain for 1928 amounted to 202,575,931 bushels against 185,-
067,087 bushels for 1927, an increase of 17,508,844 bushels in 1928.

CASUALTIES REPORTS) BETWEEN MONTREAL AND QUEBEC

June 16 — SS. Calumet touched on bank at St. Michel; no damage. SS.
Agga grounded at Bellmouth; no damage.

July 8. — SS. Meajord stranded at cap Madeleine ; vessel damaged.

July 11. — SS. Idefjord collided with tug in Batiscan traverse; slight damage.

July 14. — SS. Glitra grounded in lake St. Peter; no damage.

July 27. — SS. Montrose collided with Rosecastle; serious damage to both
vessels.

August 4. — SS. Artena collided with Laurentic in lake St. Peter; both
damaged.

August 10. — SS. Innerton grounded at Isle aux Vaches; no damage. SS.
Illingworth collided with Aldebaran, cap St. Michel; slight damage to .4^6-
baran.

September 20. — SS. Vcsuvio collided with Older near Laurier pier; both
vessels damaged.

118 MARIXE AXD FISHERIES

October 19. — SS Letitia collided with Brookton near buoy 97L; slight
damage to both vessels. SS. Starmount grounded at Richelieu rapids; vessel
damaged.

October 28. — SS. lossifoglu touched near Isle St. Thercse; no damage.

November 1. — SS. Angelo Toso grounded, Montreal; lightened and refloiited
November 2; surveyed, apparently no damage.

November 9. — SS. Grdbavk touched in lake St. Peter; anchor lost; no
damage.

SHIP CHAX.VEI.

The water in the ship cliannel was considerably higher during 1928 than for
a number of seasons, and no difficulty was experienced in completing loading of
hea\T draft vessels.

REPORT OF A. R. TIBBITS, SUPERVISOR OF HARBOUR COMMISSIONS,
PUBLIC HARBOURS, AND HARBOUR MASTERS

The activities of the two classifications of the department's work liandled in
my branch have been described in some detail in my previous report, these
being, — ■

First, the supervision of the administration of those major harbours that
liave been placed under the commission form of management; and,

Second, the sui)ervision and direction of the harbour masters appointed at
each public harbour that has been proclaimed under Part XII of the Canada
Shipping Act, who are charged with the enforcement of the regulations, made
under the authority of the Act mentioned, for the government and control of
approximately 175 public harbours of Canada, the movement of ships in the
liarbour, their berthing and mooring, the enforcement of provisions for the
manner of loading and discharging of cargo, and for the safety of ship and
cargo while at berth as well as surrounding harbour property. These officers also
collect from the .ships a charge known as harbour dues, which is made accord-
ing to the registered tonnage of the ship at the first two ports she may enter in
any one year, any entries, after the first two in one year have been paid for, at
any port being thereafter free.

From these harbour dues the harbour master receives his remuneration, and
as in some of the smaller harbours the traffic is limited and the ship has ver>'
often paid her two annual payments for harbour dues at some other port, the
amounts collected as their fees by the harbour masters are frequently very small
and fall far short of the amount they would be entitled to retain if collections
might be made from each ship on every entry into a public harbour during the
year. In a great many cases the harbour master discharges valuable public
services for a very small remuneration. The country, consequently, receives the
benefit of an organized public service for a consideration much less than its
actual value. The service, nevertheless, as a whole, is operated at a profit to
the Govenuuent — the amount collected during the last calendar year being
$2,095.70 in excess of the total remuneration allowed the harbour masters.

H.^RBOUR Commissions

The fiscal year of all the harbour commissions is the calendar year, and all
annual reports and financial statements received from them are based on the
jJiHiceding twelve months ending on December 31.

There has been great activity in the operations of the different harbour
commissions during the calendar year 1928, the results of which will be found

REPORT OF THE DEPUTY MIXISTER 119

in detail in the summary of the annual reports of these commissions appearing
later in this publication. The harbours of Halifax and Saint John have been
particularly busy with organization work, building up a competent staff to
handle the operation of the different harbour facilities and services, a system of
accounting for the proper care and recording of their receipts from revenue and
expenditure on operating accounts and maintenance, and of loans received from
the Government to be applied to capital expenditure in the further development
of the harbour, for all of which monthly returns must be made to the department
by all the harbour commissions who receive aid by the way of loans for harbour
development, -or whose revenue receipts are in excess of $50,000 annually.
Through these monthly returns, a constant check is kept in the department on
the commissioners' expenditure, and a knowledge is gained through the increase
or decrease of their revenue earnings of the corresponding trend of the business
of the harbour. For each of the six harbom-s of major importance, namely,
Halifax, Saint John, Quebec, ^Montreal, Toronto and Vancouver, the results of
operations in the year 1928 showed a very satisfactory increase in the harbour
business so indicated.

The harbours of Chicoutimi and Three Rivers in the province of Quebec,
Hamilton in Ontario, and New Westminster in British Columbia, are becoming
increasingly' impoi'tant under the administration of their respective harbour com-
missions, and developments are being carried on in each under these commissions
to supply a needed increase in the harbour facilities, the reports of shipping
arriving and departing showing a considerable increase over previous years, and,
in some cases, it has been difficult to give proper accommodation required with
the existing facilities.

Frequent inspections of the progress of the works, with a check of the
expenditures in the books of the commissions, are made by the supervisor during
visits to the different harbour commissions throughout the year, at which time
proposals and plans for a new development are discussed, and proposals for
improved systems of accounting are gone into. In this connection it is a pleasure
to acknowledge the uniform and courteous co-operation received from the com-
missioners and their officers at these inspections, and to record that the utmost
harmony exists in the relations between the officer having charge of the super-
vision of the commissioners' affairs and the commissioners and their officers.
Everj" facility is accorded to make the inspections thorough and comprehensive,
and every disposition is evidenced to meet the wishes of the department head in
all details of the commissioners' work.

During the year some changes have occurred in the personnel of the different
commissions. The regretted passing of ]Mr. Emilien Daoust, a valued member
of the Harbour Commissioners of ]Montreal caused a vacancy on that board,
which was filled by the appointment of Mr. Alfred Lambert, a well known
citizen.

Mr. John O'Connor, Chairman of the Toronto Harbour Commission, re-
signed during the year, and Commissioner Jenkins was elected chairman by his
confreres.

Mr. George P. Smith, a prominent business man of Hamilton, was appointed
to the Hamilton Harbour Commission in place of ]Mr. William B. Sheppard,
resigned, and was later chosen chairman of the commission, in place of Mr.
William Ainslie, who retired from the chairmanship but remains a commissioner.

Another regretted change was caused by the resignation of the Hon. Walter
E. Foster, President of the Saint John Harbour Commission, to accept appoint-
ment to the Canadian Senate, he being succeeded as President by Commissioner
W. E. Scully, Mr. Robert T. Hayes, also a well known Saint John business man,
being appointed to the vacancy caused by Mr. Scully's elevation to the presi-
dency.

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MARINE AND FISHERIES

General

An analysis of the financial returns for the year 1928 received from the
different harbour commissions, details of which will be found in tabulated form
farther on in this report, shows, in the comparative results of revenue receipts
and expenditures for the three commissions which have been in operation suffi-
ciently long to make comparative figures available, a very considerable increase
in revenue earnings, these being the Montreal, Quebec and Vancouver Harbour
'Commissions. While in the case of ]Montreal and Vancouver, there was a satis-
factory decrease in the operation costs over the previous year — this decrease
being all the more noticeable compared with the increase in the revenue receipts
— in the harbour of Quebec, although the revenue receipts showed an increase,
there was also an increase of something over 9 per cent in the operation costs.

The commissions in charge of the harbours of Saint John and Halifax have
not been in operation sufficiently long to show comparative results of operation
revenues and expenditures for two complete years. The Saint John Harbour
Commission's balance sheet, shows a satisfactory surplus of revenue receipts over
operation expenditures for the year 1928, after paying interest charges on bonded
indebtedness of $100,031.65, of $60,308.81. The Halifax Harbour Commissioners
had not been in operation sufficiently long to show complete returns for the
twelve month period at December 31 last, as their taking over and operation of
facilities there did not become effective imtil November 1.

The financial results of the four major commissions from which returns
covering -the complete year 1928 were received, are shown in the following
table:—

Montreal

Quebec

Saint John

Total operating receipts

Total operating expenditures (including cost of admin-
istration and interest paid on funded indebtedness)

Surplus

$ cts.
5,589,327 12

5,314,466 50

cts.
)0 18

643,131 30

$ cts.
2,095,650 87

1,725,687

S cts.
304,181 45

243,782 64

145,358 88

Following in tabular form will be found the usual comparative statistics
showing the results of the various activities of the larger harbour commissions,
with the exception of those administering, Toronto, Halifax and Saint John, in
regard to revenue and capital receipts and expenditures, operation costs, interest
on capital loaned by the Government and on similar loans made from the public,
together ^dth tables showing the number and tonnage of ocean vessels, tramps
and liners, that made use of the different larger ports, and cargo returns with
regard to grain shipments. It is to be noted again that these statistics cover
the calendar year for the years given, the fiscal year of each of the harbour
commissions closing December 31, as before stated.

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121

Comparative Table showing, respectively, Revenue and Capital Receipts and
Expenditures; Total Funded Indebtedness; Interest Charges on Same for
the Year; with the Total of Grain Shipments in Bushels; for the Harbours
of Montreal, Quebec and Vancouver during the year 1928.

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Harbour Commis-
sioners of Montreal

Quebec Harbour
Commissioners

Vancouver Harbour
Commissioners

Gross revenue for year—
1928

$ cts.
5,589.327 12
5,453,951 56
Inc. 135,375 56

3,287,152 00
3,418,932 00

$ cts.
788,490 00
702,310 00
Inc. 86,180 00

640,131 00
585,539 00

S cts.
2,095,650 00

1927

2,003,889 00

Operating expenditures, including cost of
administration —

1928 . ...

Inc. 91,761 00
915,239 00

1927

988,196 00

Capital expenditure —
Loans received 1928

Dec. 131,780 00

2,640,000 00
835,000 00

2,023,448 98
1,916,004 44

Nil
Nil
Nil

50,350,000 00

Nil

Inc. 54,592 00

2,186,000 00
1,138,000 00

Nil
Nil
43,000 00
46,000 00
470,011 00

12,701,800 00
1,000,000 00

Dec. 72,957 00
1,965,000 00

1,542,000 00

Interest paid on debentures —
To Government 1928

816,895 00

To Government 1927

To Public 1928

711,686 00
97,500 00

To Public 1927

Interest due Government for 1928, unpaid.
Total debenture indebtedness—

To Government

97,500 00
Nil

17,317,900 00

To Public

1,950,000 00

There was again an increased activity in the building program of harbour
developments. Further work was done in the extension of the wharves in their
harbour by the Chicoutimi Harbour Commission, and new developments for the
extension of the wharves in the harbour of Three Rivers were initiated. A new
elevator was completed and put in operation by the "New Westminster Harbour
Commissioners and an area with a frontage of 1,200 feet on the harbour was
reclaimed by means of bulkhead and hydraulic fill around the elevator structure,
which, it is expected, will eventually be developed into a general industrial
terminal on the South side of the harbour.

Construction also was started during the year on a new pier by the Saint
John Harbour Commissioners. This pier is situated in West Saint John, and with
the contemplated future construction of another pier and a quay wall, will be
an extension of the existing terminal system there. The first unit will be 800 feet
long by 30O feet wide and a new grain elevator of l,500,000"bushels capacity will
be built at the rear of the pier with conveyor gallery connection to all berths.
Extensive additional property for harbour purposes is also being acquired in the
locality, part of which will eventually be developed by the filling of what was
known as the old mill pond into industrial areas, which will necessitate the closing
of the existing street along the waterfront and the development of a new street
a little farther back.

Plans were completed during the year, also, by the Halifax Harbour Com-
missioners for the construction of a new landing shed and an addition to the
present grain elevator of 1,000,000 bushels capacity, also for extensive repairs to
existing facilities, — and the work on these is well under way. These Cooiimis-
sioners, also, have in contemplation the construction of a new pier adjoining
Pier "A" at the ocean terminals, to be known as Pier "B".

In the harbour of Quebec, the Commissioners made good progress in the
construction of the new Wolfe's Cove Terminal, and at the same time carried
on considerable development work at the St. Charles river basin terminals in

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MARINE AXD FISHERIES

dredging of basins and approach channels, in the construction of a new landing
shed, and also the construction of a storage addition of 2.000,000 bushels capacity,
with necessary additional facilities, t-o their grain elevator system.

In the harbour of Montreal very little new work was initiated but there
was great activity in the carrying to completion of extensions to the general
harbom- facilities which had previously been initiated, including the continuation
of the high level wharves, dredging operations, railway construction, extension
of the Bickerdike pier, and different sections of wharf construction, including the
completion of industrial wharf at section 100, the reconstruction of Jacques
Cartier pier superstructure and also the up-stream side of King Edward pier, and
the completion of the 3,000.000 bushel extension to grain elevator No. 3. Exten-
sions also were constructed to different sheds, and there were minor improvements
to wharf and shed structui'es and to the sewerage and drainage system of the
harbour.

The grain shipments for the year from all harbours show a marked increase,
while in the haubwDur of Montreal there was a record shipment of 211,000,000
bushels, in round numbers.

T.^LE showing comparative grain shipments for the years 1927 and 1928 from
the harbours of Montreal, Quebec and Vancouver.

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Harbour
Commission-
ers of
Montreal

Quebec
Harbour
Commission-
ers

Vancouver
Harbour
Commission-
ers

Grain Shipments —

1928

bushels

211,295,379
195,247,914

bushels

10,267,079
9,773,370

bushels
97,250,548

1927

42,006,874

Increase

16,047,465

493,709

55,243,674

CoMPAR.\Ti^-E Table showing total number of ocean vessels, with their total
registered tonnage, using the five larger harbours of Canada during the years
1927 and 1928.

—

Number of Vessels

Net tonnage

Montreal. P.Q.—

1928

Decrease.
Increase. .
Increase. .
Increase . .
Decrease

1,222
1,231

Increase .
Increase .
Increase .
Increase .
Decrease

4,693,925

1927 . , .

4,252,325

Quebec, P.Q.—

1928

577
449

441.600
3,894,331

1927

3,445 338

Vancouver, B.C.—

1928

128

1,344
1.123

448,993
4,674,091

1927. ... . .

3,779,015

Halifax, N.S.—

1928

221

1,690
1,584

895,076
3.761,141

1927

3,610,113

Saint John, X.B.—
1928 ....

410
427

61.028
1,182.750

1927

1,222,813

40,063

REPORT OF THE DEPUTY MIXISTER 123

The steady and consistent increase in the business of the harbours that have
been put under the Commission form of management, subject to a parental
Departmental control, may be taken as conclusive evidence of the success of this
form of harbour administration, and of the -^asdom of the Government in
providing the means by which the harbours may be developed, even in advance
of actual requirements without undue burden on shipping, and experience points
that a reasonable development in advance of present requirements is, in most
cases, soon followed by business sufficient to occupy the full capacity of the
facilities furnished, and in a groT\-ing country like ours, is it not well to provide
for future development, even at the cost of some possible mistakes?

A full summary of the reports of the different Harbour Commissions to the
Department, will be found, under their own heading, elsewhere in this publication.

Public HAEBorRS and Harboub Masters

Several changes have been made in the personnel of the Harbour ISIasters
in charge of the different harbours during the year, but no new harbours have
been proclaimed.

LIST SHOWING CHANGES IX PERSONNEL OF HARBOUR MASTERS DLTIING CALENDAR

YEAR 1928

Nova Scotia

Guysboro. — Position of Harbour Master temporarily A'acant since June,
1926. Robert Leary appointed to fill vacancy in ^Slay, 1928.

Mahone Bay. — T. F. Mader resigned in March. 1928. Francis Holloway
appointed as successor in April, 1928.

White Point. — Position temporarily vacant since 1924. Alfred Briand
appointed harbour master May 10, 1928.

New Bri(7iswick

St. Stephen. — Theodore Holmes died. William Horan appointed to the
position July 12, 1928.

Ontario

Oshawa. — Jackson Smith resigned ]May 3rd and H. L. Gifford appointed to
the position in September, 1928.

Prince Edward Island
Miminigash. — ^1. D. Lacey died December 29, 1928. Position now vacant.

Quebec

Amherst. — James Cormier resigned November 4, 1928.

House Harbour. — J. C. Delaney appointed harbour master May 7, 1928,
but declined to accept the position. Appointment cancelled August. 1. 1928.
Position vacant.

Rimouski. — E. P. St. Laurent died. Ubald Lavoie appointed Februarv 4,
1928. ■

Some idea of the extent of the maritime territory of Canada will be gained
by the numbers of smaller harbours — many none the less are important — in the
following recapitulation of the proclaimed harbours in Canada, by Provinces: —

On the Atlantic Seaboard. — Xova Scotia. 90; Xew Brunswick, 36; Prince
Edward Island, 27; Quebec, 40.

On the Pacific Seaboard. — British Columbia, 13.
On the Great Lakes. — Ontario, 22.

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MARINE AND FISHERIES

No harbours, it vnW be noted, have yet been proclaimed in the Hudson Bay
area, but it is expected that the completion of the railway to tidewater there,
will soon lead to the proclamation of one or more harbours and the establishment
of a Harbour Master for each. It is interesting to note in this connection that
one or two applications for the latter position at Churchill and Port Nelson have
already been received from expatriated Britishers in other parts of the Empire,
in anticipation of the development there; — ^those pioneer adventurers, who seek
the outposts of the Empire's civilization in search of new adventure, and leave
the impress of their sturdy hardihood, at least in sentiment, on following
generations.

SUMMARY OF HARBOUR DUES FOR THE YEAR 1928

Province

Amount
collected

Remuner-
ation

Expenses

Amount
remitted

$ cts.

1,.547 .50
1,526 00

511 20
2,860 00

254 50
4,908 50

1 cts.

1,412 50
1,298 00

510 00
2,390 00

254 50
3,647 00

$ cts.

$ cts.
135 GO

228 00

1 20

Nova Scotia

470 00

1,261 50

Total

11,607 70

9,512 00

2,095 70

Quebec Harbour Commissioner's Report
continued growth of port

During the last decade Quebec has made marked progress as a grain shipping
port. In 1920 the port handled 884,450 bushels of grain and in the navigation
season of 1928, 11,063,761 bushels, an increase of 1,622,063 bushels over grain
handled in 1927. It is anticipated that with a doubled elevator capacity next
year an additional impetus will be given to the port's grain shipping trade.

There was a substantial increase both in the imports and exports of 1928
over those of 1927.

The surplus of revenue over expenditure in 1927 amounted to $70,770.28;
in 1928 to $145,358.88.

COMPARISON OF REVENUES 1928 AND 1927

Revenue, 1928 $788,490 18

Revenue, 1927 702, 310 01

Increase, 1928 $86, 180 17

COMPARISON OF OPERATING EXPENDITURES 1928 AND 1927

Expenditure, 1928 $643, 131 30

Expenditure, 1927 631,539 73

Increase, 1928 $11,591 57

The surplus of revenue over expenditure for 1928 was $145,358.88.

HARBOUR MASTER S REPORT

January 4 — the C.G.S. Montcalm left port for Sydney, C.B., via lower St.
Lawrence ports and north shore.

January 19 — the ice-bridge between the island of Orleans and the main land
open to traffic. The ss. Island of Orleans, ferry boat, laid up in her winter
quarters for the remainder of the winter months.

REPORT OF THE DEPUTY MINISTER 125

February 16 — the-C.G.S. Mikida left for north shore, via Ellis bay, Anti-
costi island.

March 2 — the C.G.S. ]\Iikula arrived from north shore and lower gulf ports.

March 12 — ^the ss. Sable I. of the Bras d'Or Bay Company, left for lower
St. Lawrence and north shore.

IMarch 23 — the ss. Gaspesia, of the Clarke Steamship Co.-, left for Gaspe.
The gasoline yacht Ouganda arrived from St. Laurent, island of Orleans.

IMarch 26 — the schooner Eboulement arrived from Les Eboulements, first
schooner to arrive from below this season.

March 31 — the ss. Sable I, of the Bras d'Or Company, arrived from north
shore, via lower St. Lawrence ports. First arrival of the season.

April 15 — the ss. Philip T. Dodge arrived in port from Newcastle-on-Tyne.
First transatlantic freight-carrying steamer to arrive from sea this season.

April 22 — the ss. Aurania, of the Cunard Line, arrived in port from Liver-
pool, being the first transatlantic liner to arrive this season.

The ss. Montroyal, of the Canadian Pacific Ocean Service, arrived from
Southampton, being the first company steamer to arrive this season with terminal
at this port.

April 23 — owing to the great quantity of ice in the channel, from this port
to Montreal, the first transatlantic fleet of passenger-carrying steamers had to
take on their cargoes at this port for the overseas voyages.

April 26 — the ss. Arvida, of the Canada Steamship Line, arrived from Mont-
real. First arrival from that port this season.

April 27 — the channel from Montreal to Quebec clear of all ice.

April 28 — the C.G.S. Mikida, ice-breaker, left for Cabot strait, for ice patrol
duties.

May 6 — the ss. Laurcntic, of the White Star-Dominion Line, arrived in port^
from Liverpool on her maiden trip to the St. Lawrence waters.

May 22— the C.G.S. Mikida arrived from ice patrol duties. Cabot strait.

June 8 — ^the liner ss. Duchess of Bedford, owned by the Canadian Pacific
Ocean Sp'-vice. arrived in port on her maiden voyage to the St. Lawrence waters.

October 27 — ^the Right Honourable W. L. Mackenzie King, Prime Minister
of Canada, arrived from Europe on board the Canadian Pacific liner Empress of
Scotland.

November 14 — the C.G.S. ice-breaker Montcalm arrived Hudson's bay
cruise.

November 24 — ^the Empress of Australia, of the Canadian Pacific Ocean
Service, left for New York to take on her round-the-world cruise. Last passen-
ger liner to sail from this port this season.

November 25 — the ss. Minnedosa, of the Canadian Pacific Ocean Service,
arrived from Glasgow, being the last passenger liner to arrive this season.

November 26 — the ice began to form in inner basin. The ss. Daghild, of
the Black Diamond Company, arrived from Sydney, C.B., being the last collier
from that port this season.

December 2 — the ss. Bochum, of the Canada Steamship Line, left port for
Hamburg, Germany, being the last cargo steamer to depart from this port this
season.

December 11 — the Norwegian steamers Boreas and the Rein, from Montreal
on their way to sea, bound for Norway, passed down river. These two tramp
steamers were last out this season.

December 25 — the ss. Sable L of the Bras d'Or Bay Company, arrived from
lower St. Lawrence on her last trip of the season.

December 6 — Alessrs. The Clarke Steamship Company of this port have this
winter inaugurated a new service on the north shore between Murray bay and
Seven islands, and up to date the enterprise has proved to be a success.

December 31 — owing to the mild temperature during the month of Decem-
ber, the St. Lawrence river including the gulf, is practically clear of all ice,
from Quebec to Cape Race.

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CHIEF engineer's REPORT

Princess Louise Docks

Dredging. — The Commission's bucket ladder dredge, No. 2, was not placed
in commission during the past season. The suction dredge No. 3 was operated
during the months of July and August dredging at Atkinson's wharf to a depth
of fifteen feet at low water and in the customs pond and adjacent coal berth
to a depth of eighteen feet at low water.

This suction dredge was also operated in the inner basin from September
1 to November 28. remo\'ing the silt and accumulations in order to maintain
a minimum depth of 25 feet with closed gates.

Grain Elevator No. 2 Additions. — Plans for an additional storage capacity
of 2,000.000 bashels to Grain Elevator Xo. 2 with a new recei^^ng and shipping
house, lofter house, two travelling marine towers on the outer basin, and addi-
tional shipping galleries on the St. Charles river front were prepared by the
firm of John S. IMetcalf Co. Ltd., of ^Montreal, during last \\'inter; tenders
called for in May and contract awarded to the Atlas Constraction Co., of
^Montreal, in the same month.

The storage bins are circular reinforced concrete bins resting on a pile
foundation, and the receiving and shipping house and lofter house are of steel
frame construction, sheathed with corrugated asbestos.

The machinery- installation, of the latest design, is being carried out by
the Commissioners' own construction staff under the supervision of the John
S. Metcalf Co., Ltd.

The construction of this addition to grain elevator Xo. 2 was started in
the latter part of May and sufficiently advanced to allow grain to be placed in
the new storage house about the middle of Xovember.

That part of the quaywall on the north side of the outer basin used for
the two new marine towers had to be rebuilt from the low water level to the
top of the wharf for a distance of 210 feet in order to pro\'ide a solid founda-
tion for the marine towers. The timber crib was replaced by a cellular rein-
forced concrete structure tied to an anchorage by steel rods. This foundation
is now completed and the erection of the two marine towers vnW be proceeded
with this winter.

An additional 550 linear feet of 4-belt grain gallery is being constructed
at the western extremity of the present grain shipping galleries on the St.
Charles river front and will provide an additional bcith for grain loading.

Cold Storage. — Improvements in the cold storage plant during the past
year consisted of the installation of meat handling tracks in the main ware-
house; replacing the wooden floor in fish shed Xo. 7 by a concrete floor with
suitable drainage and the construction of an ice storage box in this shed.

Landing Stage No. 18. — To replace the old wooden shed Xo. 18 which was
destroyed by fire in 1927, the Commissioners decided to erect at that location
on the breakwater a landing stage for the accommodation of ocean liners
carrv-ing passengers and immigrants, which vessels only stop for a few hours on
their inward voyage to Montreal.

Tenders were called for in the month of August and the contract awarded
to the firm of A. Deslauriers Ltd., of Quebec, in the same month.

Work was started in August and the landing stage including the overhead
passageway connecting with the Immigration building will be completed before
the opening of navigation next year.

EFFORT OF THF DEPUTY MINISTER 127

This new structure is a two-storey steel-framed fireproof construction
measuring 440 feet in length and 36 feet in width. The sheathing is of pro-
tected metal and both sides of the landing stage are pro\dded with continuous
sliding doors.

The upper storey is connected to the Iimnigration building by a steel- framed
overhead passageway, the sides of which are sheathed with protected metal.

Shed No. 29. — The work of replacing the pedestals supporting the north
row of columns in this shed with a continuous reinforced concrete slab, was
completed last winter by the continuation of this wall through sections 3 and
4, thus providing a continuous concrete slab on the north side of the shed,
which will greatly improve the stability of the shed and the superimposed grain
conveyors.

General Improvements. — ^^Vo^ks of minor importance carried out during
the past year were as follows: —

New foundations and rails for the draw bridge.

Renewing the ties on the Bascule railway bridge.

The demolishing of shed No. 22 to make room for new grain storage
elevator.

The removal of a portion of shed No. 20 at the southwest corner to make
room for new marine towers.

Repairs to roofs of sheds 25, 26 and 27.

Refilling and reflooring three sections of shed No. 29.

A general rearrangement of tracks rendered necessary by the grain elevator
and galleries extension.

The installation of a Durham heating system in the garage and police
station, and complete rewiring of garage in metal conduit.

The Commissioners' floating equipment was overhauled and the plant
generally has been maintained in good working order.

The cross-wall bridge was operated for the first time during the season on
April 12 and for the last time on December 12.

The water was retained in the wet dock for the first time during 1928 on
April 24 and for the last time on December 4.

Wolje's Cove Terminah

The Federal Government having voted last spring the balance of the money
required for the complete construction of the first section of Wolfe's cove
terminal port extension, the Commissioners in the month of May extended the
contract of the Northern Construction Company and J. W. Stewart to include
the 550 feet of quaywall at the south end of the first section, which was not
part of the original contract.

Satisfactory progress was made during the year by the contractors, which
can be summarized as follows: —

Dredging. — The suction dredge General Wolfe dredged during the year a
total quantity of 1,147,043 cubic yards, the material being deposited in the
rear of the rip-rap embankment and the quaywall between stations 30+00
and 43+60.

The dredge started operation on May 2 and stopped work on December 2.

During the months of July and August the dredge was loaned to th,e
Chicoutimi Harbour Commissioners for pressing works at Chicoutimi.

Timber Cribs. — Six new cribs were built and sunk in position from station
56+66 running diagonally into the river for a distance of 550 feet.

128 MARINE AND FISHERIES

The total quantity used in the constmction of these cribs was 4,062,267
f.b.m. of B.C. fir.

A total quantity of 78.377 cubic yards of stone from Victoria and Chateau
Richer quarries was placed in the cribs during the year.

AjicJwr Rods. — Six anchor rods of 3-inch steel, each 456 feet in length,
have been placed in position between station 30+00 and station 43+60 as
called for by the general plan.

Concrete Superstructure. — The concrete wall on top of the cribs has been
constructed during the year from station 30+00 to station 44+09. The 19-
foot reinforced pre-cast concrete blocks are now in place from station 30+00
to station 46+11. The 15- foot reinforced pre-cast concrete blocks are in place
from station 30+00 to station 45+10.

The total quantity of concrete in place amounts to 20,662 cubic yards.

Stone Ballast Back of Cribs. — 21.566 cubic yards of stone have been placed
on the lower step of the cribs to counterbalance the weight of the concrete wall.

Stone Rip-Rap. — Three thousand two hundred and ninety cubic yards of
stone rip-rap have been placed at the foot and back of the concrelte wall to
reduce the pressure of the filling.

Mooring Posts. — ^Fourteen mooring posts have been placed in position.

Rip-Rap. — Embankment cut-off at station 43 + 60 is completed to within
60 feet of the qua>^vall, which is left open to allow for passage of scows and
other floating equipment.

General Remarks. — The contractors have instructions to start work early
next spring in order to complete as soon as possible the stone filling of the cribs
sunk this year.

The concrete wall will be extended next year over all the cribs now in place.

The program of work for next year also calls for the building and sinking in
position of the cribs from station 19+06 to station 30+00, which will complete
the crib works called for in the first section of the "Wolfe's cove terminal.

WHARFINGER S REPORT

The traffic at the St. Charles river docks and wharves was: —

LOWER PORT STEAMERS

Inwards 4, 307 tons general cargo

Outwards 14,885 tons general cargo

" 396,336 f.b.m. fir and dressed lumber

QUEBEC-MONTREAL

Inwards 21 , 183 tons general cargo

Outwards 1 , 192 tons general cargo

There are winter stored on Louise docks lumber, laths, coal, etc.

There are stored in the different sheds spoolwood, salt, lumber, fertilizers,
etc.

The docks are occupied during the winter months by vessels of various
tonnage, where they find safe quarters until the opening of navigation.

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ELEVATOR SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT

Grain Elevator No. 2

GRAIN RECEIVED

Bushels Bushels

In store at end of year 1927 1. 332, 661

Wheat 7 , 848 , 061

Corn 541 , 563

Oats 1,968,583

Barley 704,028

Other grain 1 > 526

11,063,761

Total 12,396,422

GRAIN DELIVERED

By conveyors 8, 068, 997

By cars 324,798

By teams 130, 553

By bags 1,742,734

10,267,082

In store December 31, 1928 2,129,340

From total of grain delivered, 2,198,085 bushels were local deliveries.

TRAFFIC manager's REPORT

Loaded cars received 8, 589

Loaded cars forwarded 12, 659

21,248

Empty cars received 11,488

Empty cars forwarded 7, 357

18,845

Total number of cars handled 40, 093

Loaded passenger, mail and baggage cars handled 3,341

Total number of cars coal handled 7,833

The Commissioners' four locomotives are being cared for by the staff in
the shop.

PRINCIPAL COMMODITIES STORED IN THE COMMISSIONERS' COLD STORAGE
WAREHOUSE DURING 1928

Apples barrels and boxes 19,948

Other fruits boxes 20.298

Vegetables lbs. 1,051, 686

Fish, frozen and salted lbs. 1,577,386

Meat lbs. 1 , 171 , 338

Eggs doz. 422, 160

Frozen eggs lbs. 24 , 000

Butter lbs. 1 , 1 14, 722

Groceries lbs. 539,878

PORT OF QUEBEC— SUMMARY OF NUMBER OF VESSELS ARRIVED AND GROSS TON-
NAGE DURING 1928

Vessels Tonnage

Coasting vessels inward from sea 288 372,972

Coasting vessels from Montreal and Great Lakes 230 281,318

Ocean steamers inward from sea 577 3,894,331

Ocean steamers outward for sea via Montreal and Quebec 546 3, 791 996

Total 1 , 641 8, 340 617

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130 MARINE AND FISHERIES

PORT OF QUEBEC (LEVIS)— SUMMARY OF NUMBER OF VESSELS ARRIVED, AND NET
TONNAGE DURING 1928

Vessels Tonnage

75 166, 300

COMPARISON OF IMPORTS AND EXPORTS 1927 AND 1928 (OCEAN AND
COASTING VESSELS)

Imports

1927

tons
283,250
405.037
110,048
148,841

1928

tons
331,913
408,305
128,675
138,693

947,176

1,007,586

Grain received.

Coal

Fuel oil

Other cargo

Increase in 1928: 60,410 tons.

1927 192S

Lumber and timber 13, 331, 680 f .b.m. 10, 366, 090 f .b.m.

EXPORTS

1927 1928

Grain delivered 293, 201 tons 308, 012 tons

Other cargo 106,286 tons 144,333 tons

399, 487 tons 452, 345 tons

Increase in 1928: 52,858 tons

Lumber and timber 8,449,088 f.b.m. 12,502,831 f.b.m.

Horses 2,810 head 2,041 head

IMMIGRANTS
Landed in 1927—64,381 Landed in 1928—74,644

VISITS OF WARSHIPS

June 29. — The H.M.S. Champlain arrived in port from St. John, N.B., on
her annual visit to Quebec. Lieut.-Commander J. C. S. Edwards, R.N.R. in
command.

August 15. — The H.M.S. Australia, flag-ship of the Austrahan na^y, arrived
at this port, and remained until the 22nd, Vice Admiral George Francis Hyde,
C.V.O., C.B.E. in command.

September 2.— The H.M.S. Heliotrope, of the Xorth Atlantic and West
Indies Squadron, arrived in port, and left on the 6th for Montreal.

September 11.— The H.M.S. Wisteria, of the North Atlantic and West
Indies Squadron, arrived in port, and left for Montreal on the 17th.

September 17. — The Ville D'Ys, French cruiser, of the French navy, arrived
in port from Montreal, on her annual visit to the St. Lawrence waters. Com-
mander H. F. Belloc in command. September 27. — The Ville D'Ys left for St.
John's, Newfoundland.

Montreal Harbour Commissioner's Report

PERSONNEL

President, W. L. McDougald; Harbour Commissioners, Milton L. Hersey, ^

and Alfred Lambert (appointed in the place of the lat-e Mr. Emilien Daoust) .

REPORT OF THE DEPUTY MINISTER 131

PORT ACTIVITIES, 1928

The increased revenues of the port for a period of years are shown in the
subjoined table: —

1921 $2,891,274 42

1922 3.460,810 87

1923 3,721,159 99

1924'. '.'.'.'. 4,382,115 25

1925 4, 749. 100 69

1926 4,632,599 92

1927 5.453,951 56

1928! ; 5, 589.327 12

SHIPS AND SHIPPING TONNAGE

The total number of ocean ships which traded to the harbour in 1928 was'
practically the same as in 1927, but the net registered tonnage of ocean vessels
was approximately 500,000 tons greater than in the previous year. The number
of inland vessels decreased by 35 from 1927, but in this instance also net
registered tonnage increased by about 1,360,000 tons. The statement which
fallows shows the steady progress being made by Montreal as an ocean port
during the past few years: —

Year

Ocean-going
Vessels

Net

Registered

Tonnage

Total
Ocean-going
and Inland

Vessels

Total
Net Regd.
Tonnage

1923 "

1.082
1.223
1,255
1,421
1,610
1,607

3,683,720
4,096,332
5,104.313
4.221,730
4.992.486
5,494,062

6.691
7.014
7.212
7.618
7.798
7,480

11 879 028

1924

1925

15,312,09&
14,782,476'

1926

16 667 324

1927

1928

17,322,444
19,229.465

TONNAGE OF IMPORTS AND EXPORTS

The tonnage of merchandise handled through the harbour of Montreal in
1928 was greater than in any previous year. Exports alone are responsible for
the greater part of the increase, being some 660,000 tons more than in 1927,
Imports decreased by about 150,000 tons, due in great part to smaller importa-
tions of British coals. Domestic tonnage increased by about 155,000 tons. The
ensuing statement show^s the gradual increase under this head during the past
several years: —

Imports

Exports

Domestic

Total

1921

tons

851.444
1.702,580
1,421.295
1,472,933
2,965.557
2.028,162
2,693,535
2,543.685

tons

4.122,253
5.043,877
4,270,226
5,594,310
5,265.151
4,549.835
6.175.485
6,838,108

tons

1,250,227
1,838,674
1,815,351
1,918,346
906,573
2.632,702
3,052,153
3,207,333

tons

6,223,924
8,585,131
7.506,872
8.985.589
9,137,281
9,210,699
11,921,173
12,589,126

1922

1923

1924..

1925

1926

1927

1928

GRAIN EXPORTS

For the eighth successive year, the harbour of Montreal exported more
grain during its season of navigation than any other ocean port in the w^orld
shipped in the entire twelve months of 1928. For the first time in its history,
or in that of any ocean port, grain exports in 1928 exceeded 200,000,000 bushels.

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132 MARINE AND FISHERIES

A statement follows, gi^^ng a comparison of grain deliveries from the
elevators at Montreal and those at competing United States Atlantic and Gulf
coast ports, which clearly shows the supremacy of ^lontreal in this respect: —

bushels

Montreal 211, 295,379

New York 84, 782,462

Baltimore 24, 167, 184

Galveston 22,432,287

New Orleans 15,336,537

Philadelphia 13 , 240, 767

Boston 5, 260, 227

Norfolk, Va 4,054,662

Portland, Me 2,992,349

COAL IMPORTS

Coal imports to the harbour in 1928 reached the considerable total of 2,161,-
968 tons. This was not as great as the total for 1927, which amounted to
2,500,147 tons, but the imports of Nova Scotia bituminous coal reached a new
high figure with 1,659,206 tons. The decrease in total coal imports was due to
a decline in imports of British anthracite, which only an:i ;unted to 359,253 tons
in 1928 as compared with 683,090 tons in 1927. TotaJ ?oal imports in 1928
were as follows:—

Tons

Canadian bituminous 1,659,206

British anthracite 359,253

American bituminous 65,039

British bituminous 61,471

American anthracite 9,664

Russian anthracite 5, 904

German anthracite 1, 103

South African anthracite 328

STAFF CHANGES

On July 17, 1928, ]Mr. Thomas W, Harvie, General Manager and Secretary,
relinquished his secretarial duties, and Mr. L. H. A. Archambault, formerly
Assistant Secretary, was appointed Secretary.

On the same date Mr. George Smart, Comptroller, asked to be allowed to
retire from the position of Comptroller, after having been for 45 years in the
service of the Harbour Commissioners. This request was acceded to by the
Board, on condition that he should continue actively to assist his successor
during the pleasure of the Commissioners.

Mr. Alex. Ferguson, Assistant General Manager, was ppointed Assistant
General Manager and Acting Comptroller.

NEW WORKS

Amongst the more important items undertaken were: —

Completion of new storage annex to Grain Elevator No. 3, including
3,000,000 bushel house, and necessary delivery galleries spanning the harbour
railway tracks and connecting the Tarte pier sheds.

Construction of two single-storey shed extensions on Alexandra pier and
King Edward pier, and a two-storey shed extension, complete with conveyor
gallery, on Jacques Cartier pier.

Construction of about 1,200 feet of new concrete high level wharf at
Bickerdike pier ; two now 500 feet sawtooth high-level wharves at sections 32-33
with respective 75 feet return ends; 1,000 feet of new high-level wharf at section
57 (below Canadian Vickers Basin) ; a 225 foot extension of the Canada Cement
wharf, section 99, on the downstream end; and a wharf, 112 feet 6 inches long,
at section 99 for the Frontenac Oil Co.

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NEW MONTREAL-SOUTH SHORE BRIDGE

Rapid advances were made during 1928 on the erection of steel on the main
piers, and the statistics of the engineers show that up to the end of the year
24,600 tons of steel were erected, and 29,354 tons fabricated, representing 77 and
92 per cent respectively of the finished job.

GRAIN ELEVATOR SYSTEM

The new storage and working-house annex to Grain Elevator No. 3, which
has capacity of 3,000,000 bushels, was put into operation in 1928. Grain was
first received in this new annex on October 24, after which date it was completely
filled, and was used dm'ing the remainder of the year as an intergral part of
the Grain Elevator system. The following is the capacity of the various grain
elevators owned and operated by the Harbour Commissioners of Montreal: —

Grain Elevator No. 1 4, 000, 000 bush.

No. 2 2,662,000 "

No. 3 5,000,000 "

"B" 3,500,000 "

Total 15,162,000 "

The outstanding feature of the year's business in the port of Montreal was
the shipment of grain for export. With the seemingly inevitable growiih which
has been so typical of the past eight years in this respect, the total grain de-
liveries reached a figure never before attained. Exports of grain in 1928 passed
the two hundred million bushel mark with deliveries from all four elevators of
211,295,379 bushels. The deliveries from each of the four grain elevators were
as follows: —

Grain Elevator No. 1 46,393,901 bush.

No. 2 62,517,346 "

No. 3 47,856,010 "

"B" 54,528,122 "

Total 21 1 , 295, 379 "

RECORD OF RECEIPTS AND DELIVERIES OF THE MONTREAL H.\RB0UR COMMISSIONERS'
GRAIN ELEVATOR SYSTEM FOR 1928

GRAIN ELEVATOR No. 1
Receipts DELrvERiEs

Water 41,301,142 bush. Conveyor 43,949,413 bush.

Rail 5,382,582 " Cars 1,562,299 "

Teams 849,423 "

Bags 32,766 "

46,683,724 " 46,393,901 "

First vessel unloaded April 24, 1928.
Last vessel unloaded December 12, 1928.

504 steamers 1509 vessels.. . 41,301,142 bush.

5 barges /

1,406 C.N.R. cars.. \. 3, 105 cars... 5,382,582 "
1,699 C.P.R. cars /

46,683,724 "

GRAIN ELEVATOR No. 2
Receipts Deliveries

Water 46,554,513 bush. Conveyor 58,014,946 bush.

Rail 16,360,801 " Cars 2,435,536 "

Teams 638,374 "

Bags 1.428.490 "

62,915,314 " 62,517,346 "

First vessel unloaded April 25, 1928.
Last vessel unloaded December 3, 1928.

602 steamers 1609 vessels 46,5.54,513 bush.

7 barges /

1,629 C.N.R. cars.. \8,783 cars.... 16,360,801 "
7,154 C.P.R. cars /

62,915,314 "

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GRAIN ELEVATOR No. 3

Receipts
Water

Rail

36,998,543 bush.
13,824,354 "

Conveyor

Cars

Teams

Bags

\TOR "B-
Convevor

Deliveries
Deliveries

46,267,901 bush

l,5a3,248 "
84,861 "

Tirst vessel unloaded May 12, 192S
Last vessel unloaded December 5,
•509 steamers 1519 vessels.. .

50,822,897 "

1928.
36,998,543 bush.

13,824,354 "

47,856,010 "

1.198 C.N.R. cars. .17.456 cars... .

Receipts
Wat^r

50,822,897 "

GRAIN ELEV.

38,575,025 bush.
18,319,914 "

53,196,743 bush

Rail

Cars

Teams

Bags

1,138,258 "
193,121 "

56.894,939 "
Tirst vessel unloaded May 2, 1928.
3L.ast vessel unloaded December 3, 1928.

503 steamers "1519 vessels.. . 38,575,025 bush.

16 barges /

10.887 C.N.R. cars \l0,887 cars... 18,319,914 "
C.P.R. cars /

56,894,939 "

SUMMARY OF GRAIN HANDLING ELEVATORS 1, 2, 3 AND
Receipts Delh-eries

Water.
RaU. . .

163,429,223 bush.
53,887,651 bush.

Conveyor.

Cars

Teams

"B'

201,429,
6,639,
1,765,
1,461,

003 bush.
341 "
779 "
256 "

217,316,874 "
First vessel unloaded April 24, 1928.
Last vessel unloaded December 12, 1928.

2,118 steamers \2, 156 vessels. 163.429,223 "

38 barges /

15.120 C.N.R. carsl.30,231 cars... 53,887,651 "
15.111 C.P.R. cars/

217,316,874 "
Stock in elevators (at December 31, 1928) 13,400,464 bush.

GRAIN EXPORTS
Countries of Destin-.^tiox

211,295,379

Country

Wheat

Barley

Rye

Oats

Com.
American

Buck-
wheat

14,578,037
278,222

4,790,784

17.143
716.790
170,937

3,890.413

6,544

Finland

4,485,345

34,166,684

11,226,604

7,913,546

18,190,760

1,135,147

28.242,512

•253,867

112,608

164,267

1,898,065

61,599

2.299,711

1,114,945

6,631.913

1.567.410

596,364

766,474

7.747,561

28.235
4.022.783
1.011,041

•Great Britain

3,469,119
11,474,055

291,429
6,746.227

327,232

Greece

Holland

8,994.248
75.233

2,258,718

4.382.207

189,089

1,177,320

25.714

17,577

Italy

India

Malta

246.609

2,697.819

102,512

19.979

Palestine

Spain

422,756

Syria

19,118

Total (bushels)

143.431,641

29,050.048

13.321.819

14,822,718

372,925

24.121

REPORT OF THE DEPUTY MINISTER 135

COLD STORAGE WAREHOUSE

No exceptional features of operation were experienced during the year. The
seasonal activities in various commodities were taken care of adequately.
Export shipments of carload lots of meats and packing house products again
demonstrated the importance to the port's equipment of this terminal ware-
house situated on the harbour front, within easy distance of the central berths
and piers. The foreign market demand for Canadian cheese was unusually brisk
in 1928, storage stocks of this commodity passing in a steady stream through
the warehouse, and this was reflected in an increase in exports of cheese from
the harbour.

The trend towards centralization of buying in the retail produce trade,
evidenced by the ever-growing number of " chain groceiy stores ", is of import-
ance to warehousemen. Stocks of perishable foodstuffs are now warehoused
in proportionately larger unit quantities, and are released to the individual
stores as the demand warrants. This has conferred benefits not only on the
trade, but on ihQ consumer, whose merchandise is assured of the care and good
quality which competent warehousing gives.

During the year 1928, the total tonnage of merchandise handled m and
out of the Commissioners' warehouse amounted to 32,688 tons. The average
quantity of goods in store during the year was about 6,000 tons.

HARBOrR RAILWAY TERMINALS

The total mileage of harbour railway tracks in 1928 was 67-99 miles as
compared with 67-44 miles in 1927.

The total number of cars handled by the Commissioner in 1928 was
240,622 cars, as compared with 195,853 cars handled in 1927.

The increased movement of rail-borne grain represents 40 per cent or
6,236 cars of the total year's increase in revenue cars received. An unusual
feature of this traffic movement was the large volume of midsummer rail-
hauled grain, over 2,000 cars having been received during the month of August.
In 1927, practically no grain in cars was received at the terminals during the
same month. This had a beneficial effect on the operations of the system by
furnishing a traffic movement of large proportions during a period which is
usually noticeable for a temporary lull in the operations of the railway system
—a prelude to the fall msh.

The new 3,000,000-bushel extension to Grain Elevator No. 3 was completed
in time to take care of the late fall rail-borne grain traffic. Almost twice as
many cars were handled at that elevator as in the previous season.

The expension of interchange traffic between the Western and Eastern ter-
minals of the Canadian National Railways represented a large portion of the
year's increase, about 40 per cent, the general export traffic making up the
balance.

There was also recorded a substantial increase in the number of revenue
cai-s forwarded from the harbour, attributable to the augmented movement of
general import and domestic coal shipments.

A general idea of the import and export rail traffic, exclusive of gi\ain. may
be obtained from the returns of cars handled at the harbour sheds, the figures
—approximate— being 28,046 cars unloaded and 15,432 cars loaded, a.^^ com-
pared with 24,141 and 14,348 cars in 1927.

HARBOUR POLICE DEPARTMENT

During the season of navigation the force consisted of a chief, three cap-
tains, and sixty-three constables. In the winter season the number of constables
was reduced to twenty-seven.

During the year 119 arrests were made for various offences in the har-
bour, including eight infractions of Customs laws. This number also included
25 arrests for dangerous speeding by drivers of motor vehicles on the wharves.

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An unusually large number of deaths occurred during 1928 on the harboui-
front, the total of 38 including 9 accidental deaths, 17 drownings, 9 suicides,
3 sudden deaths.

Ninety-two accident cases were rendered first aid by the police department
during the year.

The motor car and two motor cycles attached to the police department were
in constant use during the year, and coA'ered a total of 39,635 miles.

Carters to the number of 8,551, loading and delivering merchandise at
various points along the waterfront, were checked by the traffic constables.

Police supervision was maintained during the arrival and departure of
passenger vessels, all taxicabs and other vehicles being lined up, and the number
of each vehicle leaving the wharf with passengers or baggage being noted. Dur-
ing the season numerous lost articles were returned to owners through this
system.

FRESH W^^TER SERVICE

The Commissioners' service of fresh water to vessels was extensively availed
of during 1928. The following statement gives the number of services rendered
by this department, and the volume of water supplied to vessels, for the past
ten seasons of navigation: —

No. of
services

Volume
of water

1919

382
507
520
617
567
731
803
682
838

i,o:o

cu. ft.
1,423,000

1920

2,179,550

1991 . .

1,885,900

1922 .

2,900,000

1923 ,

2,300,000

1924

2,684,100

1925 .

3,379,900

1926

2,579,200

1927

3,004,000

1928.

5,260,000

Statement showing the Number, Nationalities, and Net Tonnage of Sea-going
Vessels that arrived in the Port during the season of 1928, navigated by
106,290 seamen.

Nationality

Number
of vessels

Net
tonnage

1,153
134
90
58
42
30
28
25
15
14
4
4
3
3

4,224,268

286,445

Italian

306,786

156,410

Greek .

112,298

,54,309

127,166

German

96,338

36,337

Swedish

27,184

17,076

13,382

Danzig

15,309

11,006

6,473

3,106

169

Total...

1,607

5.494,062

Of the above, 1,585 were built of iron or steel with a net registered tonnage
of 5,491.541 and 22 were built of wood with a net registered tonnage of 2,521.

REPORT OF THE DEPUTY MINISTER 137

DISTINGUISHED VISITORS IN 1928

On June 1 the port was visited by members of the Lighthouse and Buoyage
sub-committee of the League of Nations. There were delegates present from
many foreign nations piloted by John Romaine, Secretary, and headed by Mr.
Parke, U.S. Lighthouse Service; Dr. G. Meyer, Germany; Dr. P. van Braam
von Vloten, The Netherlands; H. R. jMacKenzie and H. M. ]\Larler, Auckland,
N.Z.; A. de Rouvelle, France; and F. P. Dillon, Genl. Supt. U.S. Lighthouse.

On August 16 the Hon. H. H. Stevens, M.P., Vancouver, was entertained by
the Commissioners at an elaborate inspection and survey of the harbour. He
was accompanied by Senators Smeaton White and J. P. B. Casgrain, and by
Messrs. R. S. White, L. G. Bell and C. H. Cahan, K.C., Members of Parliament.

On August 11 the port was visited by H.M.S. Australia, Flagship of the
Australian Squadron, under command of Rear-Admiral G. F. Hyde. Officers and
men, numbering upwards of 300 individuals, were guests of the city of Montreal
and were entertained by individual citizens during a stay of several days in port.

On August 27 a large delegation from the Empire Parliamentarian Associa-
tion visited the port and were guests of the Commissioners on board the yacht
Sir Hugh Allan. At the head of the delegation was the Rt. Hon. Viscount Peel,
its chairman who was supported by Sir Robert Sanders, Major Guy Kindersley,
and Sir William Lane-Mitchell.

On August 29 the harbour was visited by His Eminence Cardinal Luigi
Sincere, accompanied by Mgr. G. Giacinto Parisio, D.D., Secretary, and by
distinguished local ecclesiastics headed by Mgr. E. V. J. Piette, Rector, University
of IMontreal; Canon Adelard Harbour, Cure de la Basilique; Canon Adolphe
Sylvestre, and Cure Oscar Gauthier; and by Dr. Louis de Lotbiniere Harwood.

On November 9 the Foreign Secretary of Great Britain, Rt. Hon. Sir Austin
Chamberlain, P.C., M.P., accompanied by Lady Chamberlain and members of
their family, visited the harbour and were guests of the Commissioners on board
SS. Sir Hugh Allan.

Three Rivers Harbour Commissioners' Report

PERSONNEL, 1928

Chairman, Robert F. Grant; Commissioners, Jos. L. Fortin, and Norman
Labelle; Harbour Master, U. P. Bureau; Secretary-Treasurer, Joseph J. Ryan.

PORT OF THREE RIVERS

Three Rivers, P.Q., is situated in 46° 22" north latitude and 72° 31" longi-
tude west of Greenwich; her position near lake St. Peter on the north shore of
the river St. Lawrence and at the mouth of the river St. Maurice, has the par-
ticular advantage of being at the head of the natural deepwater navigation on
the St. Lawrence and of commanding the vast territory of the St. Maurice whose
superficies exceeds 17,000 square miles.

The population of Three Rivers according to the last census, amounts to over
37,00-3.

Principal industries: lumber, pulp, paper, cotton, machineries, footwear,
gloves, caskets, biscuits, wearing apparel, etc.

Commercial centre of a large agricultural district of over 1,470,000 acres.

DEVELOPMENT OF PORT

The post war 3'ears have seen a gratifying growth of trade and population
throughout the entire Dominion, but it is doubtful if any one locality has
experienced more rapid development than the St. Maurice Valley district.

The remarkable expansion of the pulp and paper trade has been particularly
beneficial to the district, as it has resulted in the construction of several large

138

MARIXE AXD FISHERIES

new mills and the extension of those previously existing. The district now manu-
factures a total of 2,100 tons of newsprint and kraft paper a day, making it the
centre of the world's pulp and paper trade.

Corresponding increase has been shown in the other industries of the valley.
At Shavv'inigan falls, the electro-chemical subsidiaries of the Shawinigan Water
and Power Company have made rapid progress, and are now undergoing
expansion. In Three Rivers, the Wabasso Cotton Company has become the
largest cotton mill operating under one roof in the Dominion, while the Canada
Iron Foundries, Casket and Boot factories have all flourished greatly.

All this development has been reflected in the greater volume of water
borne trade passing through the port of Three Rivers. Year by year, the
Harbour Commissioners' report has disclosed a steady and speedy growth in the
tonnage handled.

Not only are immense quantities of raw material required for the operations
of the local paper and other mills, but a considerable volume of finished products
is being exported direct from Three Rivers.

To such lengths has this development proceeded that the existing facilities
at the disposal of the* Harbour Commission have been strained to their utmost.

In view of these significant developments, steps have been taken to enlarge
the present harbour facilities. Plans have been drawn up, and 'submitted to the
competent authorities, providing for additional accommodation for deep draught
vessels in the harbour. These plans have been submitted to the different
shipping interests concerned, and have received unqualified approval.

In view of the steady gro\si;h, reflected in the Harbour Commission's annual
reports for the past five or six years, and in view, also, of the continuous and
increasing industrial development of the t^rritorj- served by the port of Three
Rivers, it is sincerely hoped that the necessary steps will be taken to increase
Three Rivers harbour facilities, and thereby stimulate the reciprocal expansion
of both the district and the port..

Statement of Number and Tonnage of Steamers and other Vessels reported
"inward"" and "outward" at the Port of Three Rivers, Que., for the Year
1928.

Ocean Traffic: Vessels "Inward"

Ocean Traffic: Vessels "Outward"

Nationality | Number

Reg. tons

Cleared for:

Number

Reg. tons

86
15
12

2
1

1
1

232.711
45. 199
32.740
6.085
5.142
3,621
3,185
3,184
1,899

100,5.58

Sea ports

233,208

Dutch

American

124

333,766

124

333,766

United States Traffic

Inland Traffic

Canal boats and AI/.S

68,314

Steamboats, tugs and barges

1,878

1,915,263

RECAPIT

ULATION

12-i

14^

1,876

333,766

United States traffic

68,314

1,915,263

2. 146

2,317,343

REPORT OF THE DEPUTY MINISTER

MERCHANDISE

Ocean TRArnc

139

Inward

Outward

Lumber

Bricks

Pulpwood

Coals—

12,428,857 ft. b.m.
2,054,000 bricks
56,868 cords

351,581 tons

26,882 "

14,157 "

17,373 "

10,080 "

11,240 "

889 "

118 "

20 "

875 lbs.

Lumber

Newsprint paper.
General cargo....
Bog ore

.. 713,933 ft. b.m.

.. 40,057 tons
757 "
300 "

(Bituminous)

(Coke)

(Anthracite)...

Sulphur

Saltcakes

Pig iron

Salt

Rails

Rice

Canned goods

United St.\tes Tr-^ffic

Coals—

(Bituminous)

. . 40,919 tons

Newsprint paper

Woodpulp

54,032 tons

11 161 "

(Anthracite)

Moulding sand

Paper cores

6,854 "

2,252 "

.. .. 5,224 pieces

IisrL.\ND Traffic

Inward

Outward

Lumber

Bricks

Fuel oil

8,783,129 ft. b.m.

1,746,200 bricks

845, 757 I. galls.

143,957 cords

35,600 laths

2,800 bush.

900 "

1,631 cords

27,505 tons

648 "

389 "

72 "

Lumber

Bricks

Gasoline

River sand

General cargo

Coal (bituminous)

1,631,254 ft. b.m.

5,000 bricks

675 I. galls.

64,800 tons

15,815 "

352 "

Pulpwood

Laths

Apples

Potatoes

Hay

Cast iron pipes

Machineries

171 "

125 "

General cargo

Sulphite

Canned goods

13 "

Machineries

RECEIPTS AND DISBURSEMENTS FOR THE YEAR 1928

Receipts

January 1, 1928— Cash on hand $ 12,137 16

January 1, 1928 — Accounts receivable 5, 671 96

Harbour dues $ 45,442 05

Tonnage dues 12,499 40

Moorage dues 1 , 057 53

Wharves rentals 5, 100 00

Sheds rentals 4, 770 00

Water lots rentals 675 05

Sundries 120 00

% 69,664 03

Grand total S 87,473 15

140 MARIXE AXD FISHERIES

RECEIPTS AXD DISBURSEMENTS FOR THE YEAR W28— Concluded

Disbursements

Interest on debentures $ 12,375 00

Maintenance and general repairs 12, 925 23

Salaries 9,00000

Office expenses 1 . 097 07

Exchange, etc 6 73

Travelling expenses 72 80

35,476 S3

Profit and loss 5 15

Dec. 31, 1928— Accounts receivable 4, 883 37

Dec. 31, 1928— Cash on hand 17,107 80

Cash from "Current Account" to "Surplus for Maintenance" 30,000 00

Grand total $ 87,473 15

Xe-w Westminster, B.C., H.\rbour Commissioners' Report

PERSONNEL OF 1928 COMMISSION

F. J. Coulthard, Chairman; Geo. Blakelev and C. A. Welsh, Commissioners.
The Consulting Engineer is W. G. Swan, C.E., :\I.E.I.C.; the Secretary, W. B.
English, and the Harbour Master, Capt. John Slater.

Business of Port in 1928

Exports. — Lumber to the extent of 201,307,000 board feet, representing
about 26 per cent of total water-borne shipments from all British Columbia ports,
was shipped to world markets, valued at 83,900.000. This shows a slight decrease
from 1927 when the figures were 211.000.000 board feet.

Shipments of bar metal — -lead and zinc — amounted to 60,320 tons, valued at
85,500,000, as compared with 18,581 tons the previous year, a very substantial
increase, distributed as follows: Japan, 32,690 tons. United Kingdom, 27,630
tons.

The remaining exports included flour. 31.430 barrels; apples, 41,238 boxes;
hides, 209 tons; pulp, 563 tons; general, 290 tons.

Total value of exports for the year approximate 89,800.000.

Imports.— Amounted to 5,942 tons, valued at 8208,000.

SHIP CHANNEL

Depth of Channel. — ^W^hile the natural depth of the Eraser river is approxi-
mately 30 feet at low tide, there are certain stretches (not more than three
miles altogether), where the river broadens out, that do not reach that depth.
These stretches are having the attention of the authorities and by the building
of jetties, retaining walls, etc., so as to confine and control the flow of water
through its proper channel, gradual improvement is being made, with the ultimate
object of establishing a 30- foot minimum depth at low tide from the entrance
to the river to New Westminster.

The controlling depth of the channel at the present time from its entrance
to New Westminster, on the ordinary high tide (12-foot tide at Sandheads)
remains at 28 feet, or at low tide 18 feet.

PORT development

Pacific Coast Terminals Limited: Recently completed and now under opera-
tion is the huge cold and cool storage plant of the Pacific Coast Terminals
Limited. This most modern of modern cold storage plants is located in the

REPORT OF THE DEPUTY MINISTER 141

heart of the Fraser valley, the most fertile and productive area of British
Columbia, and will be served by a fleet of fast moving motor vehicles in con-
junction with a modern river-boat service. The plant measures 190,000 square
feet with a cubic capacity of 189,000 cubic feet, divided into four floors, each
floor being sub-divided into a varied number of rooms with a view to giving
that particular type of cold or cool storage accommodation most beneficial to any
of the many lines of perishable products.

The machine plant serving the cold storage rooms is fully modern and
is such that it is possible to control to a degree the temperature and humidity
of each room. All cold storage rooms are subjected to an ozonization service
and can be brought to a temperature of 15 degrees below zero F. Of particular
note, also, is the forced air circulation system available in the room for the
storage of fruit and eggs.

Located on the banks of the Fraser river, at the port of New Westminster,
the Pacific Coast Terminals Limited occupies a strategic position for the receiv-
ing and distribution of oversea and overland cargo, both from an import and
export standpoint, and served with direct rail connection to the two great
Canadian Transcontinental Railway Systems — the Canadian Pacific and Cana-
dian Nationl Railways — as well as the Great Northern Railway, whose lines
reach all the markets of the United States, an economy of distribution is offered
that cannot be surpassed.

Goods are handled with the utmost speed commensurate with safety by
experts at such handling, who have at their disposal the most modern equip-
ment available. Any and all forms of distribution service is offered, including
loading, unloading, packing, sorting, re-packing, ship-marking, trans-shipment
and bills of lading service.

The huge stretch of dock controlled by the Pacific Coast Terminals Limited
is 3,000 feet in length, providing accommodation for seven deep sea vessels, to
which is offered a most modern unloading service. Dock equipment includes a
25-ton crane, a fleet of motor driven vehicles for dock handling of cargoes,
and 35,000 square feet of accommodation for general cargo, with seven acres of
ground for the assembling of lumber for water shipment.

Fraser River Elevator No. 1. — This modern grain elevator, located at South
Westminster, opposite the city of New Westminster, was completed and in
operation early in 1929. Constructed by the Harbour Commissioners, the plant
has been leased to the Fraser River Elevator Limited, a company sponsored by
a well known group of business men with the following directorate: President,
John Coughlan; Vice-President and Treasurer, C, E. Coughlan; Secretary and
Solicitor, E. R. Sugarman; Managing Director, Samuel McClay. Mr. J.
Maclnnes is also associated with the management.

The elevator has a wharf frontage of 1,100 feet and river frontage of 1,800
feet and the site covering 64 acres is ideally situated to take full advantage of
transportation facilities, both rail and water, and provides opportunity for
future development.

The elevator is served by the Canadian National Railways and the Great
Northern Railway, whose main lines run close to the property, and will also
have the facilities, by switching, of the Canadian Pacific Railway and the major
United States railways serving the Pacific Northwest, as well as having excellent
facilities for deep-sea shipping.

The elevator has a storage capacity of 750,000 bushels, which, together with
other equipment contemplated, will enable the plant to handle up to 30,000,000
bushels of wheat during the grain season. It can also receive maize ex-ship.

142

MARINE AND FISHERIES

Comparative Record of Deep Sea Shipping 1927 and 1928 (including vessels
trading outside Cape Flattery)

—

Number

ships

Net

Registered

tonnage

Gross
tonnage

1927

153

198

486,603
625,271

776,229

1928

1,004,622

NATIONALITY OF DEEP SEA VESSELS, 1928

British 79

Japan 52

United States 40

Norway . .
Denmark.
Sweden...
Italy.

TotaL

Comparative Record of Lumber Produced and Shipped by Manufacturers on
the Lower Fraser River, 1923-1928

Year

Production

Approximate
value

Shipments

Water

Rail

Local

1923

Board feet
290,000,000
322,086,000
417,952,785
459,806,957
491,163,000
494,692,143

$
7,250,000
8,052,000
7,941,000
8,736,000
9,419,000
9,474,000

Board feet
78,600,000
119,469,000
171,459,665
211,230,950
212,045,613
201,307,000

Boardfeet
168,000,000
153,736,000
176,787,793
178,779,482
196,451,199
234,024,755

Board feet
43,200,000

1924

40,527,000

1925

62,386,550

1926

56,750,612

1927

55,620,559

1928

59,795,602

In 1928 the production of shingles amounted to 1,569,113,000 shingles, valued
at approximately $4,315,000, as compared with 1,427,095,218 shingles in the
previous year.

The total quantity of lumber exported (water-borne) from all British
Columbia ports in 1928 (exclusive of logs and bolts) amounted to 750,097,609
board feet, over 26 per cent of which was shipped via the Fraser river.

Below is given the destination of lumber exported from the Fraser river in
1928, with the percentage for each country, viz.: —

United States Atlantic coast 40%

Orient 29%

United Kingdom 11%

Canadian Atlantic coast 8%

Australia 5%

Other countries 7%

DEEP SEA EXPORTS, 1927-1928

Commodity

Quantity

Approximate Value

1927

1928

1927

1928

Lumber and lumber products, board feet

Ore concentrates tons

212,046,000
1,163
17,418

201,307,000

$ 4,306,115

$ 3,900,000

Bar metals (lead and zinc), tons

60, 320

41,238

31,430

563

209

290

2,125,000

5,500,000

67,000

Flour barrels

140,000

26,000

Hides tons

84, 500

General, tons

186

i6,666

76,468

S 6,447,115

$ 9,793,968

REPORT OF THE DEPUTY MINISTER
DEEP SEA IMPORTS, 1927-1928

143

Commojlity

Quantity

Approximate Value

1927

1928

1927

1928

Tons
6,841
1,765

Tons

1,063
1,093
1,598

2,188

% 300,000

Phosphate rock, tons

Cork, tons

General

1,838

10,444

5,942

$ 208,000

Vancoitvtjr Harbour Commissioners' Report
personnel, 1928

President, F. R. Med. Russell, K.C.; Commissioners, A. 'SI. Pound, and
B. Geo. Hansuld.

TONNAGE

The number and tonnage of vessels entering the port eclipsed all past
records. In the deepsea class 1,344 vessels entered, being 221 more than in
1927, -uith more than a corresponding increase in tonnage. This makes an
average of 112 deepsea vessels per month.

In 1909, the first year on record at the offices of the Commissioners, the
total number of vessels of this class to enter the harbour during the entire year
was 71 and this comparison tells a stor}- of Vancouver's progress in twenty
years.

The vessels visiting the port represent practically e\'ery part of the world.
Vessels of British register lead and United States and Japanese vessels are
next in number.

The total shipping of all classes was 22,084 with a net tonnage of 11,742,571
tons, showing an increase of 1,721 vessels and an increase in net tonnage of
1,438,314 tons over the 1927 figures.

EXPORTS AND IMPORTS

A notable feature of the year's operations was the increase in exports, and
particularly in deep sea exports. The volume of this trade in 1927 was 2,683,013
tons while in 1928 the business expanded to 4,358,091 tons, making the remark-
able increase of over a million and a half tons or an advance of more than
sixty per cent. All classes of exports, deepsea, foreign and local coastwise,
showed a most encouraging improvement — ^the total for 1928 being 5,053,621
tons as against 3,296,,272 in the former year. The total 1928 imports also
showed a substantial advance although not to the same extent as the exports,
the comparison being 4,846,166 tons as against 4.513,355 tons in 1927.

It is an interesting fact that, for the first time since the Commissioners
began the preparation of statistical records, exports exceeded imports in
volume, the excess of exports over imports being 207,455 tons.

The movement of grain up to the end of the year was more than double
the amount shipped in 1927, the comparative figures being 97,561,716 bushels
in 1928 as against 43,602,210 in the previous year. The grain handling facili-
ties were increased by the construction of a new elevator with a storage capacity
of 2,400,000 bushels for the Alberta Pool Elevator Company. It is situated

144 MARINE AND FISHERIES

just west of the South end of the Second Narrows bridge and is ser\'ed by a
storage yard provided by the Canadian Pacific Railway Company with accom-
modation for 341 cars. It is also equipped with mechanical unloading and all
the most up to date appliances for expeditious operation.

Another addition was an elevator for the Midland PacijSc Elevator Limited,
with an initial capacity of 500,000 bushels and capable of expansion to a
storage of 1.500.000 bushels. This was a matter of particular interest in view
of the fact that it was the first grain elevator to be constructed on the North
side of the harbour and its location there was made possible by the Commis-
sioners constructing an industrial area in that vicinity which is served by the
harbour terminal railway.

With these additions the grain storage capacity of the port is now 10,635,000
bushels and a further extensive increase is under contemplation. Closely allied
to the grain business and of even more advantage to the country, from a revenue
vewTDoint, is the export of flour and it is pleasing to note an advance of 42 per
cent in the export of this commodity.

In 1927 the amount shipped was 1,260,530 barrels and 1,789,640 in 1928.
Over one million barrels went to China and about 300,000 barrels to Japan. The
increasing volume of trade in this commodity would seem to give assurance of
an expanding market, particularly in the Orient.

The foreign export of lumber and logs in 1928 was about the same as in
the previous year — about 496,000,000 feet B.INI. This was distributed over
fortv-one countries, the largest quantities going to Japan and the United States,
the "'former receiving approximatelv 276.000,000 f.b.m. and "the latter 95.000,000
f.b.m.

FISH

Canned fish exported in 1928 was also about the same in quantity as in

1927. The total was 1,522,577 cases, France taking 344,491 cases, the United
Kingdom 262,272 cases and Australia 248,932 cases, the balance being distributed
over more than ninety different countries.

Cured fish export increased from 49.000 tons in 1927 to over 70,000 tons in

1928, the bulk of this commodity going, as usual, to the Orient.

DE\TELOPMENTS, NORTH SHORE

During the year the extensive industrial and railway development on the
north shore which has been in hand for over a year was brought to a successful
completion. The subway, which was devised for the purpose of extending the
terminal railway system to the territory west of Lonsdale avenue was virtually
completed and by this mean a level crossing over Lonsdale avenue, which is the
principal street in the city of North Vancouver and the approach to the passenger
ferries, has been averted.

The subway construction was begun in January 1928. It consists of rein-
forced concrete throughout. The covered section is 1,500 feet in length and
taking in the uncovered approaches the full length is approximately 3,020 feet.
It is served by one track and will, in the meantime, be used exclusively for
freight traffic, as an integral part of the harbour terminal railway system, which
now extends from the Canadian National terminals in False Creek on the south
shore to a point west of Lonsdale avenue on the north shore, where it is intended
to connect with the Pacific Great Eastern Railway and, after this is accom-
plished, the entire north side of the harbour east from the First Narrows will
have rail connection with the transcontinental railroads.

REPORT OF THE DEPUTY MINISTER 145

The first structure to be built at the reclaimed area, which is pari, of this
industrial development scheme, was the Japan wharf. It is 500 feet in length,
50 feet in width and is served by tracks connected with the terminal railway. It
was built by the Commissioners and leased to the Canadian Transport Company
Limited and is used mainly for the export of lumber although other business is
also transacted by the Company. Records indicate that 66 vessels have berthed
at this wharf in a period of eight months.

As mentioned elsewhere, the Midland Pacific Grain elevator was constructed
on this reclaimed area, with an initial storage capacity of 500,000 bushels,
although its capacity was limited by the company on account of the fact that
it was to some extent an experimental undertaking to locate the first grain
elevator on the north side of the harbour, it was so planned that another million
bushels of storage may be conveniently and economically added. This is the
third business concern to avail itself of the advantages of the reclamation carried
out on the north shore and the Commissioners feel that their expenditures on
the development of the north slide of the harbour have been already justified and
will prove to be of increasing benefit not only to the communities on the north
shore but also to the port as a whole.

DEVELOPMENTS, SOUTH SHORE

Construction of the first section of a waterfront roadway was begun in
October, 1928. This will extend from Victoria drive to Nanaimo street and will
give vehicular connection with the business centre of the city to a section of the
harbour that was formerly isolated and incapable of being developed. Numerous
improvements have been can-ied out in the harbour by private interests on the
south shore, conspicuous among them being the new grain elevator constructed
by the Alberta Pool Elevator Company at the south end of the Second Narrows
bridge, particulars of which will be found in a previous section of this report,

CAR STORAGE

Early in the year, particularly on account of the increasing grain traffic, it
was found that extensive car storage accommodation would be necessary. Con-
sequently negotiations were entered into with the Great Northern and the
Canadian National railways with the result that the necessary land was secured
at False Creek, and a yard was constructed with a capacity of 450 cars. This
has proved of very great advantage to the operation of the terminal railway.

MAINTENANCE

During the year maintenance has been carefully attended to and the Com-
missioners' facilities and equipment kept in good order. In addition to the
minor repairs that require attention from time to time, the west side and north
end of Lapointe pier were replanked at considerable cost.

PUBLICITY

A publication in illustrated booklet form is issued monthly by the Com-
missioners. The first issue was made in July 1928 and it has a circulation of
1,500. It contains up to date information about the port and its business and it
reaches to practically every place of commercial importance in the world.

146

MARIXE AXD FISHERIES

ELEVATORS

Capacity, Unloading and Loading Capacity

bu:

No. 2 Elevator: Ballantjiie pier —

Storage and workhouse capacity 1 ,

Unloading capacity per hour to ships

Loading capacity per hour to storage

Shipping berths available- — 4
Xo. S Elevator: Burrard Elevator Company —

Storage and workhouse capacity 1,

Unloading capacity per hour to ships

Loading capacity per hour to storage

Shipping berths available — 2
Xo. I Elevator: Pacific Terminal Elevator Company —

Storage and workhouse capacity 2,

Unloading capacity per hour to ships

Loading capacity per hour to storage

Shipping berths available — i
Vancouver Terminal Grain Company —

Storage and workhouse capacity 2,

Unloading capacity per hour to ships

Loading capacity per hour to storage

Shipping berths available — 3
Columbia Grain Elevator Cornpany^

Storage and workhouse capacity

Unloading capacity per hour to ships

Loading capacity per hour to storage

Shipping berths available — 1
Alberta Pool Elevator —

Storage and workhouse capacity 2,

L'nloading capacity per hour to ships

Loading capacity per hour to storage

Shipping berths available — 3
Midland Pacific Elevator —

Storage and workhouse capacity

L'nloading capacity per hour to ships

Loading capacity per hour to storage

Shipping berths available — 1

625,000
60,000
18,000

650,000
30,000
9,000

050,000
60,000
22,500

250,000
60,000
18,000

160,000
15,000
6,000

400,000
100,000
24,000

500,000
35,000
6,000

COMP.VRATR-E RECORD OF SHIPPING 1927 AXD 1928

DEEP SEA
(Includes all vessels passing outside of Cape Flattery)

Number of vessels

Gross tons

Net tons

1927

1,123
1.344

6,066.504
7.481,479

3,779,015

1928 -----

4,674,091

Increase 221

Increase... 1.414, 975

Increase... 895,076

FOREIGN COASTWISE
(Includes all vessels trading to Puget Sound and Alaska)

1927

1,470

S 7.=;7 fiQQ

1.897,362

1928

1,470 4,146,312

2,109,982

Increase... 388,613

Increase... 212,620

LOCAL COASTWISE
(Includes all vessels trading in British Columbia waters only)

1927

17,770
19,270

7,267,444
7,885,433

4,627.880
4.958,498

1928

Increase 1,500

Increase... 617.989

Increase 330,618

REPORT OF THE DEPVTY MINISTER
TOTAL SHIPPING

Number of vessels

Gross tons

Net tons

1927

20,363
22,084

17,091,647
19,513,224

10,304,257

1928 .

11 742 571

Increase.... 1,721

Increase.... 2, 421, 577

Increase.... 1,438,314

COMPARISON OF PASSENGER TRAFFIC, 1927 AND 1928

1927— Passengers landed 478, 024

1928— Passengers landed 528, 743

Passengers shipped 499, 148

Passengers shipped 539, 928

Increase.

50,:

Increase .

40,780

Chicoutimi Harbol-r Commissioners' Report
personnel, 1928
Commission: — President, Vincent Dubuc; Commissioners Adelard Tremblay
and Adjutor Boulianne.

Chief Corporation Officials: — Secretary-Treasurer, Armand Viau; Engineer,
Edouard Lavoie; and Harbour-Master, Fran^'ois Boulianne.

GROWTH OF THE PORT

Although recent improvements made to the Chicoutimi wharf have con-
siderably increased the loading and unloading facilities, ocean freighters are
still delayed for want of accommodation. This will be partly rectified in the
fall of 1929 when a wharf extension will be available.

The total tonnage of the port of Chicoutimi in 1928 was double that of the
previous vear, and the annual revenue for 1928, 50 per cent more than that for
1927.

engineer's report

Chicoutimi Wharf. — In the spring of 1928, dredging was carried out on the
eastern side of the Qhicoutimi wharf. A trench of 250 feet in length by 50 feet
wide, with a depth of ten feet at low tide was dredged.

The purpose of this was in order to give wharfage accommodation to
schooners, so as to relieve congestion and allow the north side of the wharf to
be used exclusively for the unloading of coal.

In the autumn of 1928, more dredging was done in front of the wharf in
order to increase the depth of water. We are now assured of a depth of twenty-
one feet six inches at extreme low water, on a length of three hundred and fifty
feet.

New Wharf. — The Robertson and Janin Company, who were awarded the
contract for the new wharf, commenced operations in the spring of 1928. The
suction dredge General Wolfe had dredged to depth of 32 feet below low water,
for the bed of the new wharves.

At the same time, your Commission were having built a revetment wall of
2,000 feet in length.

The earth from dredging was driven back by the suction dredge behind this
wall, so that the filling in is partly done.

Five cribs measuring 103 feet each were built and sunk during the fall of
1928. All probable settling which might occur will take place during the winter,
so that in the spring they will be ready to receive the concrete wall.

St. Anne and St. Fulgence Wharves: Important repair and maintenance
work was made to the St. Anne and St. Fulgence wharves during the autumn.
Among other things, a landing stage was built to the St. Anne wharf, which
allows the fery boat to motor early in the spring and late in the fall, when ice
conditions do not permit the installation of pontoons.

MARIXE AXD FISHERIES

HARBOUR MASTER S REPORT

The arrivals of small and large vessels in the port numbered 986 for the
year. Thirty-five ships of large tonnage carried 95,179 tons of coal and 4,800
tons of sulphur.

There were 61 moorings by boats of the Canada Steamship Lines Limited,
carrying tomists and freight. These boats carried 4,253 tons of general mer-
chandise.

The coasting trade by schooners and other vessels carried 8.383 tons of
merchandise, 3,194 cords of wood and 6,343,546 feet of lumber.

There are no marine accidents to report with the exception of a small fire
aboard a schooner.

OPERATING ACCOUNT, DECEMBER 31. 1928

Income on Revenue Account —

Wharfage fees, harbour dues and sundry receipts from Harbour Master. . . SI", 114 59

Sale of supplies. .". . 1, 141 22

Blue print machine 331 82

?18,o87 63

Expenditures on Revenue Account —

Salaries, maintenance and sundr\- disbursements on revenue account $5,497 13

Surplus (reserve fund 1928) .' 13, 090 50

$18,587 63

Bagotville — Port Alfred — (Ha Ha Bay)

During 1928 Port Alfred showed a tonnage of over 387.000 tons, and
Bagotville had more than 50 ships of the Canada SS. lines.

The Chamber of Commerce is considering the problem of the development
of these ports.

Report of Belleville H.arbour Commissioners

Balance in bank from 1927 $ 1,889 12

Harbour dues collected, 1928 1,949 90

Interest on savings account 30 58

Receipts S 3 , 869 60

Total disbursements 1,406 13

Balance in bank Januarv 1, 1929 S 2,463 47

During the season 127 craft of all sorts, including motor boats entered the
harbour.

H.alifax H.\rbour Commissioners' Report

In submitting this report the Commissioners are unable to furnish a detailed
statement of the activities of the port for the fiscal year ended December 31,
1928, by reason of the fact that their administration of the port did not properly
commence until late in the year 1928. They wish, however, to record briefly the
progress they have made in the negotiations leading up to the transfer of pro-
perties and port facilities to them by departments of the Federal Government
and in the preliminary organization work done by tliem for the future adminis-
tration of the port.

REPORT OF THE DEPUTY MINISTER 149

Pursuant to chapter 58 of 17 George V, " The Halifax Harbour Commis-
sioner Act, 1927 ", an Order in Council was passed on January 11, 1928, appoint-
ing Peter R. Jack a Commissioner and President of the Board of Commissionei-s
for Halifax harbour, and Charles W. Ackhurst and John Mui-phy, Commissioners.

Immediately following their appointment, the Commissioners, on instructions
from the Deputy INlinister of Marine and Fisheries, proceeded to Ottawa and
there conferred with him and other officials of the Department of Marine ancl
Fisheries and of other departments respecting the administration of the port of
Halifax. These negotiations were renewed from time to time and on September
15, 1928, the first transfer of Dominion Government-owned port facilities was
made to the Harbour Commission, when the Department of Trade and Commerce
leased the grain elevator at Halifax for a period of five years to the Halifax
Harbour Commissioners. The next transfer of property to the Harbour Com-
missioners took place on November 1, 1928, when the Department of Railways
and Canals and the Canadian National Railway transfeiTed to the Commis-
sioners all their extensive properties at Halifax located \^^thin the limits of the
jurisdiction of the Commissioners, as defined by section 6 of the Halifax Harbour
Commissioners Act. This latter transfer meant that from the first day of Novem-
ber there was vested in the Commissioners the greater part of the Dominion
Government-owned property on the shores of Halifax harbour.

It will thus appear that until the first of November the Commissioners did
not have under their control such properties and facilities as to bring under their
direction the port traffic for the first ten months of 1928. The activities therefore
of the Commissioners up to November 1, 1928 v^-eve restricted to the details of
organization, negotiations respecting the transfer of properties to them and the
formulating of plans and policies for the future of the port.

The Commissioners were fortunate in secm^ing the services of Mr. A. G.
Tapley, who was appointed Acting Chief Engineer for the Commission on October
1, 1928. He had previously been employed as an engineer of the Public "Works
Department and as such hsid surveyed the port facilities of Halifax for his depart-
ment and was possessed of full knowledge of everything pertaining to this port.
Subsequent to his appointment, Mr. Tapley, with the assistance of such staff as
he required from time to time, made a careful survey of all the port facilities
and prepared plans and data respecting the same. Under his direction a new
roof was placed on the south side of pier 2 and this building was otherwise
renovated by the addition of new windows and doors. The Immigration fittings
were removed from the interior of the shed and work was commenced pre-
liminary to fitting the upper fioor for storage of perishable goods. He also pre-
pared plans for a liner freight shed on the quay wall at South terminals. This
shed is very urgently required for port traffic and its construction will com-
mence early in 1929.

In addition to the lengthy negotiations canied on by the Conomissioners
with the Deputy Minister and officials of the Department of Marine and
Fisheries and with other departments of Governm^ent, they visited the ports of
Montreal and Quebec in Canada, and the ports of Philadelphia, Baltimore, and
New York in the United States. At each of these ports they made a careful
study of administration by tlie respective port authorities and inspected the port
facilities at each place.

On November 1, 1928, it became necessary to organize a police force to
patrol the various harbour properties transferred to the Commission by the rail-
way. During the month of November these properties were policed by Cana-
dian National Railway police. Commencing December 1, the police force
organized by the Harbour Commissioners took over and have since that time
been taking care of the properties of the Commission. On November 1 the

150 MARINE AND FISHERIES

Commissioners also were in a position to provide the necessary wharf foremen
and other employees to attend to the traffic over the wharv^es operated by the
Commissioners.

The Commissioners secured an accountant early in the summer of 1928,
who has organized an office stafi' to take care of the accounts and details respect-
ing the financial transactions of the Commission, and the office records. From
time to time the Commissioners have taken on such further staff as required for
their operations.

The first grain received by the Commissioners after taking over the elevator
was on December 3, 1928, and the first shipment of grain by the Commissioners
was made on December 14, 1928. This shipment provided a full cargo for the
ss. Lingan and consisted of 238,285 bushels. It may be added that the Com-
missioners have already negotiated with the proper authorities for the shipment
of large quantities of grain through the port of Halifax during the winter of 1929.

It is not proposed, at this time, to discuss the tonnage through the port of
Halifax for the year 1928, nor to estimate the values of freight passing through
this port. Heretofore Board of Trade officials, \dt\\ the assistance of the Col-
lector of Customs, the Harbour Master and other port officials, estimated the
traffic of the port. The Commissioners propose to employ an official to compile
accurate and complete statistics respecting tlie shipping through the port. When
their by-laws have been duly sanctioned by the Governor in Council, this
official will be in a position to secure the necessary information from steamship
companies and others, and it is confidently expected that he will be appointed
early in 1929, and that he will be able to furnish a detailed report of such activi-
ties for the year 1929.

STATEMENT OF REVENUE AND EXPENDITURE FOR THE YEAR
ENDED DECEAIBER 31, 1928

Operating revenue —

Wharfage S15, 170 74

Storage 410 35

Side wharfage 10,838 02

Rentals 6, 340 14

Harbour Master's fees 3,466 50

Elevator 7.909 34

Miscellaneous 45 05

S44,180 14

Operating expenditures —

Interest on bank overdraft % 673 20

Harbour Master's salary 3,000 00

Administration, salaries and office supplies 21, 183 83

Maintenance wharves and sheds 11 , 031 78

Elevator operating ^ 10, 115 28

Elevator maintenance and repairs 678 77

S46,682 86

Balance of expenditures over revenue S2, 502 72

Report of the Harbour Commissioners of Saint John, N.B., for the
Years 1927 and 1928

The control of the harbour of Saint John was taken over by the Commis-
sioners on August 1, 1927. Previous to this date, the operation of the port was
under the dual control of the city of Saint John and the Department of Marine,
and the Public Works of Canada can-ied out the necessar}^ construction and
maintenance work for the properties operated by the Department of Marine, in
addition to performing necessary dredging and other assistance to the properties
under the control of the city.

The city properties were taken over at a cost of $2,135,118 on August 1,
1927, and comprise wharves and sheds situated on both sides of the harbour,
in addition to such lands bordering on the harbour as were vested in the city.
In taking over these properties, such of the operating and maintenance staff
as the Commissioners considered necessary was retained.

REPORT OF THE DEPUTY MINISTER 151

PERSONNEL, 1928

President, W. E. Scully; Commissioners, Lieut. Col. A. McMillan, and
R. T. Hayes.

WH.\RVES AND SHEDS

These wharves and sheds, wdth their dimensions, are as follows: —

On the East, or city side, of the harbour — Floor area of shed

sq. ft.

Reed's point wharf 410 feet long

New pier wharf 380 feet long 18,766

Pettingill wharf 400 feet long 25, 693

McLeod wharf 370 feet long 22,704

On the West side of the harbour —

Berth No. 1 380 feet long 28,928

Berth No. 2 460 feet long 29,638

Berth No. 3 410 feet long 22,791

Berth No. 4 485 feet long 25,293

Berth No. 5 .525 feet long 30,099

Berth No. 6 and 6 Ext 1,083 feet long 50,382

On November 1, 1927, the properties imder the control of the Marine and
Fisheries department were taken over and the operation placed under the
board's staff. The wharv^es and sheds, with their dimensions, are as follows: —

On the West side of the harbour —

Floor area of shed
sq. ft.

Berth No. 7 and 7 Ext 1,055 feet long 38,320

8,720
Berth No. 14 702 feet long 10, 094

on 009

Berth No.l5 865 feet long 54,' 942

47,347
Berth No. 16 800 feet long 68,721

All whan^es are ser^'ed with railroad sidings at the rear of the sheds, which
facilitates the transfer of freight from vessel to railway.

Owing to the whar^'es and sheds taken over from the city being very old
structures, and little maintenance having been performed on them in previous
years, considerable expenditures were required to put them in first class con-
dition. The government properties, being of a later type of construction and
well maintained, required ver>^ much less expenditure.

Up to first November, 1928, the only deep water wharf outside of the
jurisdiction of the Commissioners was the Long Wharf, owned and operated
by the Canadian National Railways. Satisfactory arrangements having been
concluded with the Canadian National Railway's as to the operation of this
property, pending construction of a bridge to give them access to the west side
piers, full control of same was placed under the Board's jurisdiction on the
above date.

This pier is 545 feet long, with two sheds, each 500 feet long by 40 feet in
width, with railroad tracks on each face of pier and between the two sheds.
The draft of water at both sides of the pier is 30 feet.

For the first year, little or no change was made in the general operating
policy formerly in force, it being felt that any changes to be made should)
receive consideration after the experience of at least one shipping season's
operation.

Advantage was taken of the experience of other harbour commissions in
the operation of their ports, and in order that there would be uniformity, both
in the operation and control of Saint John, with the other harbom-s under
commission, by-laws for the collection of wharfage, etc., were adopted to con-
form, so far as practicable, with those of Montreal and Quebec.

152 MARIXE AXD FISHERIES

GUM'S FACILITIES

There has been a steady increase in the quantity' of grain shipped annually.
Up to 1915, there was only about seven and one-quarter million bushels shipped
from the port, but with, the construction of additional conveyor galleries at
Berths 15 and 16, the amount gradualh* increased, the maximum grain ship-
ments being during the season 1926-27, when 25,885,000 bushels were shipped.

Feet

Grain convevor lengths, berths 1,2,3 1 , 530

berths 5 and 6 2, 251

berth 15 1.210

berth 16 1, 160

Buj^hels

C.P.R. elevators, West Saint John, "A" concrete 1,090,000

"B" wooden 600,000

1.600,000
C.X.R. elevator, East side harbour 500 000

Total 2,100,000

On account of the elevators. West Saint John, not being connect-ed up so
that grain could be shipped from any one elevator over all the conveyor
galleries, it was found necessary- to erect a conveyor gallery between the two
elevators, in order that grain could be transferred from one elevator to the
other, and from thence shipped over any conveyor galler\'.

This work was carried out in the fall of 1927, at a cost of S55.000 and con-
siderably facilitated the movement of grain through the port, as a vessel lying
at any berth equipped with a conveyor gallen,", could receive gi^ain from either
elevator without the vessel having to be moved from her berth.

The bulk of the grain shipped through the port has been handled through
the Canadian Pacific Railway Company's elevators, West Saint John. Elevator
"A" is of modem concrete construction, while elevator "B" is of older wood
construction, but in a good state of repair.

The Canadian National Railways' elevator on the east side of the harbour is
a concrete structure, with conveyor galleries 1,560 feet in length.

POTATO STORAGE FACILITIES

In the fall of 1922, at the request of potato growers throughout the prov-
ince, a frost-proof warehouse, 210 feet long by 80 feet wide, was provided on
berth No. 14 for this business. After the first year's operation, the business
increased so that an extension of 94 feet was made to the orginal shed. This
latter extension, however, was not sufficient to meet the demands of the trade,
and eventually, in the fall of 1925, another extension of 66 feet was made to
the buildings. The total floor frost-proof area now available for shipment of
potatoes during the winter season is 40,000 square feet.

The maximum potato shipments from the port for a winter season amounted
to 2,508.000 bushels, in 1924-25. The storage capacity on the west side of the
harbour is 31,000 barrels, and on the east side. New Pier Wharf, 15,000 barrels.

CATTLE SHIPPING FACILITIES

Late in 1921, the shipment of cattle through the port was resumed, and for
that purpose, modern facilities were provided by the Dominion Government, the
first shipment in that year having arrived on December 24.

During 1922. and subsequent vears up to 1925, the shipment of cattle in-
creased from 2,464 head in 1922. to 31,218 head in 1925.

The cattle business increased so rapidly that the facilities available were
ver}^ soon found to be inadequate, and during 1926, extensive additions to the

REPORT OF THE DEPUTY MINISTER 153

cattle shed were constructed and equipped with every modern convenience,
including weigh scales, water supply and roping and branding facilities. Un-
fortunately, after the improvements were completed, the cattle business gradually
dwindled and no cattle have passed through the port for the past two years.

The main cattle shed had 35 pens capable of accommodating 20 head each,
and the western extension 19 pens each accommodating 25 head and 5 pens
accommodating 18 head, a total accommodation for 1,265 head of cattle. This
accommodation has been materially reduced, in order to provide for fertilizer
storage.

FERTILIZER STORAGE

On account of the cattle exportation having disappeared, and the gradually
increasing importation of fertilizer, it was found necessary, in order to take
care of this business, to dismantle the major portion of the cattle shed and equip
same for the reception and storage of fertilizer.

Owing to the long haul from the ship's side to the storage shed, three gasohne
tractors and twenty trailers were purchased, in order to facilitate the dis-
charging of the fertilizer cargo. This equipment is rented to the importer at a
per ton charge.

ELECTRIC CRANE

The lack of cranes for handling heavy lifts from and to vessels has caused
considerable inconvenience to shipping companies, consequently, late in 1927,
an electric crane of capacity of 40 tons at 80 foot radius was installed at the
end of No. 15 wharf. The crane is located so that lifts can be convenienth'
handled from holds of steamers directly on to railway cars on the wharf.

GENERAL REPAIRS

All the harbour structures being constructed of wood, considerable renewals
are required annually. These consist of renewing floors in sheds, and platforms
on face of wharves, in addition to replacement of decayed timbers in the wharves
between low water and top of wharves.

In addition to ordinary repairs, the properties taken over from the city,
particularly the substructures of wharves on the eastern side of the harboui',
required practically full renewal from low water up. This work has been carried
on in annual installments, and it is anticipated that all structures will be in a
state of good repair within two years.

The face of No. 1 wharf, which was completely destroyed in a heavy storm
on January 25, 1928, was renewed for a length of 112 feet from low water up.
The substructures of portions of Sheds 2 and 3 were also renewed from low
water up.

The roof of Pettingill shed, on the east side of the harbour, and No. 14 shed,
on the west side of the harbour, were completely renewed during 1928.

The entire lighting in the sheds taken over from the city, both on the east
and west sides of the harbour, was completely renewed, and the amount of
lighting supplies considerably increased. Sufficient lighting was also installed
on the various wharves, so that the harbour front property is adequately lighted
for night work.

154 MARINE AND FISHERIES

Deep Water Berths. — Owing to the large amount of silt coming on the flood
tides, and also brought down the river during freshet, considerable dredging has
to be performed annually. The experience has been that each berth silts up
from two to four feet in the course of two years, and it has been found necessary
to have each berth dredged at least once every two years. The amount of
dredging per annum averages about 50,000 cubic yards.

Channel Entrance. — ^While considerable dredging is required in the various
berths, the experience is that there is no filling in in the channel entrance, which
maintains a depth of 30 feet below low water for its full length.

New Facilities. — The facilities taken over by the Commissioners were
totally inadequate to handle the amount of business offering the port. Conse-
quently, the first work undertaken was a complete study of the requirements of
the trade, and plans were prepared with a view to developing the port to the
fullest extent. The plans prepared provide for facilities for ocan tonnage suffi-
cient to double the present capacity. These were approved, and authority was
given by parliament to proceed with the scheme prepared, and an anitial expendi-
ture of '$5,000,000 was voted in the session of 1927-28.

Tenders were called during the summer, and in August 1928, work was
commenced on the construction of a pier, 800 feet long by 3Q0 feet wide, and
also on the construction of a grain elevator of one and one-half million bushels
capacity. The necessary land for trackage purposes, etc., is being purchased,
and the completion of the works now under construction will complete the first
unit of the final scheme.

The site selected for the works is between berth No. 7 and Navy island.
This site was selected on account of its sheltered position, no protection by
breakwaters being required. It will be easily accessible to both railways, the
Canadian National Railways by a bridge across the harbour at Na\^' island, and
the Canadian Pacific Railway by an extension of their present tracks.

The full scheme contemplates the construction of two piers, each 1,250 feet
in length by 300 feet in width, and one quay wall, 1,250 feet in length. The
width of the berth, between the piers, is 400 feet at the outer end, converging to
300 feet at the inner end, the draft of water being 35 feet below extreme low
water. The piers will be of reinforced concrete caisson construction up to 6
feet above low water, the caisson being filled with rock, and from top of concrete
caisson, the construction will be timber cribwork. The piers and quay wall are
to be equipped with modern fireproof warehouses and grain conveyor galleries
on each pier.

It is proposed to fill in the area behind the quay wall, and connect same
with Na\'y island, so that sufficient space may be provided for industrial and
other purposes. In order that adequate railway facilities may be provided to
serve the piers, the whole water front area of West Saint John, to the east of
Market Place, will be required. This includes the fiilling in of the property
known as the " Mill Pond", and the taking over of the ferry property, now
operated by the city of Saint John, in addition to the Shore Line Railway
premises of the Canadian Pacific Railway Company.

On the area to be acquired for trackage, a strip of land along Market Place,
for the full length, will be reserved for industrial purposes.

The pier at present under construction, on which considerable progress has
been made in excavation for the foundation, is to the north of the pier to be
erected on the ferry property. On account of considerable rock excavation, this
work is being carried out within a cofferdam surrounding the whole work.

REPORT OF THE DEPUTY MINISTER

155

The proposed elevator will have a capacity of three million bushels, and is
to be equipped with the latest equipment for the handling of grain, both receiving
and discharging. The elevator work at present under construction will provide
for one and a half million bushels capacity, provisions being made for further
extension to three millions, when required.

It is proposed to connect up the new elevator system with the existing
elevators, so that a vessel at any berth in the harbour may receive grain from
either elevator.

Good progress has been made in the works under contract, and it is fully
anticipated that they will be available for use b}^ January 1, 1931.

Statement Showing the Nationalities and Net Tonnage of Sea-Going Vessels
that Arrived in the Port of Saint John, during the Year 1928

Nationality

No. of
vessels

Tonnage

American

192

148,361
751 823

British

Danish.

25 990

Dutch

4 706

2,546
19,771

1,941
89,117

German

Greek

Norwegian..

123,711
14,784

Swedish

410

1,182,750

PROFIT AND LOSS ACCOUNT FOR THE FIVE MONTHS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 1927

S 34,442 70

Operating income

22,276 35

Harbour dues

5,376 13
207 50

Rentals .

6 582 72

34,442 70

Operating expenses

$ 70 689 05

Sheds and wharves

57,607 47
2.750 10

Insurance

5 128 91

850 37

Telephones

635 86

820 00

2,896 34

Administration Expenses

Commissioners' salaries

Officp salan'ps ,

70,689 05

15,467 73
5,000 03
4 595 82

Stationery and printing

1 050 29

3,021 45

398 00

Travelling

720 60

67 86

Entertaining

Light

204 05
13 69

395 94

Interest

15,467 73

41,947 92

558 27

On bonds

41 389 65

41,947 92

Net loss, five months ended December 31, 1927

93,662 00

$ 128,104 70 $ 128,104 70

156 MARINE AND FISHERIES

PROFIT AXD LOSS ACCOUNT FOR THE TWELVE MONTHS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 1928

Operating Income S 304, 181 4.'>

Wharfages $ 251,423 13

Harbour dues 19, 377 50

Harbour railway 898 00

Freight hoists 889 00

Rentals 28,275 67

Grain conveyor 3,318 15

$ 304, 181 45

Operating expenses $ 115,892 87

Sheds and wharves S 104, 248 27

Engineering salaries 4, 646 11

Insurance 41 45

Heating, etc 3, 099 70

Telephones 1,796 86

Electric crane 598 25

Motor car 641 33

Workmen's compensation 2, 103 56

$ 115,892 87

Administration expenses $

Commissioners' salaries S 10,000 08

Office salaries 13, 425 18

Stationery and printing 750 41

Furniture, etc 2, 282 29

Rent of offices 2, 072 75

Travelling 120 00

Postage 141 59

Entertaining 302 20

Light 109 66

Legal 235 35

General 2, 983 19

27,858 12

Interest S 100, 031 65

On bank loans (Administration) $ 696 49

On bonds 99, 335 16

S 100,031 65

Net profit: Twelve months ended December 31, 1928 S 60, 308 81

S 304,181 45 $ 304,181 45

CUSTOMS RETURN OF INCOMING VESSELS

Transatlantic

Coastwise

Total

In ballast

No. of

vessels

Tons
register

Tons
freight

No^of

vessels

Tons
register

No. of
vessels

Tons
register

•Tons
freight

No. of

Tons

vessels

1916-17...

449

879,013

377,678

600

461,420

1,919

434, 181

2,968

1,774,614

377,678

1917-18...

318

693,801

233,494

663

387,329

1,797

391,921

2,778

1,473,051

233,494

1918-19...

213

470, 637

202,043

333

413,037

1,584

355,606

2,130

1,239,280

202,043

1919-20...

264

742,540

269,406

339

364,861

1,531

381,606

2,134

1,489,007

269,406

1920-21...

286

740,045

290,942

535

291,774

1,773

405,108

2,594

1,436,927

290,942

1921-22...

381

823,756

442,426

270

185,862

1,578

350,093

2,229

1,359,711

442,426

1922-23...

925,852

501,460

465

269,437

1,876

422,099

2,729

1,617,388

501,460

1923-24...

427

926,310

443,884

502

166, 99C

1,812

409,015

2,741

1,502,315

443,884

1924-25...

423

969, 150

405,533

381

222,892

1,823

426,767

2,627

1,618,809

405,533

1925-26...

464

1,044,742

529,209

394

366,208

1,732

396,342

2,590

1,807,292

529,209

1926-27...

448

1,053,473

507, 584

684

461,723

1,813

440,056

2.945

1,955,252

507,584

1927-28...

509

1,097,731

437, 152

459

237,797

1,803

382,548

2,771

1,718,076

437, 152

*Coastwise freight not available.

REPORT OF THE DEPUTY MIXISTER
CUSTOMS RETURN OF OUTGOING VESSELS

157

Transatlantic

Coastwise

Total

In ballast

No. of

Tons

No. of

Tons

No. of

Tons

•Tons

vessels

freight

No. of

vessels

Tons
register

vessels

freight

1916-17...

852

1,075,543

1,342,997

44,595

1,995

621,265

2,925

1.741.403

1,342.997

1917-18...

803

876,756

1,577,769

41,451

1,872

533,975

2,748

1.452. 182!l,577.768

1918-19...

438

772,466

1,173,740

50,668

1,588

378.872

2,090

1. 202. 006|1, 173.740

1919-20...

527

978,683

1,281,788

59, 193

1,531

432,749

2,143

1.470.6251,281.788

1920-21...

679

851,802

843,068

107

61,398

1,826

542,112

2,612

1.455,312! 843,068

1921-22...

448

739,792

674, 198

118

81,424

1,669

538,467

2,235

1,359,683

674. 198

1922-23...

662

955,756

894,540

125

70, 161

1,921

587,617

2,708

1,613,534

894.540

1923-24...

697

927.312

858,016

162

84,928

1,897

575,902

2,756

1,588,142

858.016

1924-25...

585

961,545 822,462

122

66,815

1,932

602, 198

2.639

1,603,558

822,462

1925-26...

6(M

1,111,389 860,143

162

103,447

1,779

577.716

2.545

1.792.552

860,143

1926-27...

74S

1,404,972

1,204,974

206

112,104

1,976

616.641

2.931

2.133.717

1.204.974

1927-28...

594

1,004,897

972,409

239

66,571

1,950

662,300

2.783

1.733,768

972,409

*Coastwise freight not available.

(Note. — When a transatlantic vessel leaves Saint John to call at Halifax, it is "coastwise" and no
record is kept by the Customs of the tonnage.)

SUMMARY OF GRAIN HANDLED, 1928

1928

Receipts — bushels

Deliveries— bushels

Canadian
grain

American
grain

Total
receipts

Canadian
grain

American
grain

Total
deliveries

1,198,441
2,017,399
2,689,348
1.820,361

2.571.032

1,729.960

1.579.211

801,424

3,769,473
3,777,359
4,268,559
2.621,785

1.071,382
1,960,503
2,670,136
2,352,082

2,652.331/40
2.220.6.52
1,787.058

3.723.713/40

Februarj'..

4.181.155

March

4.457.194

April

921.975 3.274.057

May

July..

August.

October

November

358.796
3,183,018/40

706.680
4.136.482

1,065,476
7 .■^19 .=500/40

5,600
2.963,838/40

75,900 81,500

December

4, 530. 311J7. 494. 149/40

11,297.363/40

11.524,789^22,822,152/40

11.023.541/40

12.188,227/40:23,211.769/20

BOARD OF STEAMBOAT INSPECTION

Report of Chairman, Frank ^McDonnell, M.E.I.C.

board meetings

Board meetings for the purpose of dealing with questions arising out of the
administration of the regulations governing steamboat inspection, for considering
the qualifications of candidates for the position of steamboat inspector, and for
the approval of plans of hulls, machinery, boilers and equipment for use in ships
coming under inspection were held during the year.

ENGINEER EX.\MIN.\TIONS

During the fiscal year 305 candidates for certificates of competency were
granted certificates as marine engineers. In addition, 69 temporary engineer
certificates were issued, also 26 certificates to motor engineers.

Appended will be found a list of the Steamboat Inspection staff during the
fiscal year, also table showing the number of inspvections made, fees collected, etc.

158 MARINE AND FISHERIES

STEAMBO.\T IXSPECTIOX STAFF FOR THE DOMINION OF CANADA DITRIXG THE FISCAL
YE.\R ENDED M.\RCH 31, 1929

SENIOR STEAMSHIP INSPECTORS

Name of Inspector

Headquarters

Division

N A Ciirrie

Halifax N S

Xova Scotia

P W Lyon

Toronto Ont

Western Ontario— Toronto, Collingwood
and Midland.

Vancouver, B.C

INSPECTORS ACTING IN DUAL CAPACITY

Halifax N.S

Xova Scotia.
Xova Scotia.
New Brunswick and Pn

Island.
Quebec.
Sorel.
Montreal.
Montreal.
Montreal.
Kingston.
Toronto.
Toronto.
Toronto.
Midland.
Collingwood.
Port -Arthur.
British Columbia.
British Columbia.
British Columbia.
British Columbia.
British Columbia.

S.J.Hill

C. E Dalton

Halifax N S

Saint John, N.B

Quebec, P.Q

Sorel P Q

jice Edward

J A Samson

F X Hamelin

J, H. Fontaine

Montreal, P.Q

Montreal P Q

*F Bridges

B Mantrop

Kingston, Ont

J J Moffat

4l K Venables

Toronto Ont..

W.P.Craig

W L MacKenzie

Toronto, Ont

Midland Ont

R C Blyth

Collingwood, Ont

W. J Vigars

Port Arthur, Ont

T.M.Stephen

Vancouver, B.C..

J. Brydon

J. T. Edmond

Victoria, B.C

*Mr. Bridges left the Steamboat Inspection Service on appointment to the position of Superintendent
of the Government Shipyard, Sorel, on July 10, 1928.

INSPECTORS OF BOILERS AND MACHINERY

D. J. Stevens...
J. T. Gardham.

Halifax, N. S..
Montreal, P.Q.

Nova Scotia.
Montreal.

INSPECTORS OF HULLS AND EQUIPMENT

D. K. O'Brien

Capt. W. R. Bennett.

J. C. Beaudoin.
M. R. Davis...
A. A. Young —
E.M. Sleigh...

Halifax, N.S

Saint John, N.B.

Quebec, P.Q... .
Kingston, Ont...
Toronto, Ont —
Vancouver, B.C.

Nova Scotia.
New Brunswick

Island.
Quebec.
Kingston.
Toronto.
British Columbia.

and Prince Edward

INSPECTORS OF SHIP'S TACKLE

D. K. O'Brien.
J. M. Martin...
A. Duval

Halifax, N.S

Saint John, N.B.
Montreal, P.Q , .

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160 MARIXE AXD FISHERIES

RADIO BRANCH
Report of C. P. Edwards, O.B.E., F.I.R.E., A.M.E.I.C. Director

NUMBER OF R.\DIO STATIONS IN THE DOMINION

The total number of licensed stations in operation in the Dominion and on
ships registered therein was, on March 31, 1929, as follows: —

Coast Stations 30

Direction Finding Stations 11

Beacon Stations 8

Radiophone Stations 4

Land Stations 1

Government Ship Stations 37

Commercial Ship Stations 296

Aircraft Stations 2

Limited Coast Stations 3

Public Commercial Stations 4

Private Commercial Stations 98

Private Commercial Broadcasting Stations 79

Amateur Broadcasting Stations 12

Radiotelegraph Training Schools 5

Experimental Stations 46

Amateur Experimental Stations 584

Private Receiving Stations (including 472 licences issued free to the blind) 297,398

Total 298, 618

Under the provisions of section 3 of the Radiotelegraph Act, chapter 43,
statutes 1913, every radio transmitting and receiving set must be licensed by
the ^Minister of IMarine and Fisheries. The licences are issued through the
medium of the Radio Branch in accordance with the Radiotelegraph Regulations,
copies of which may be obtained from the department, price ten cents (10c.) .

LICENCE FEES

The annual fees charged in respect of radio licences issued by the ^Minister
of Marine and Fisheries, are as follows: —

1. Limited Coast Stations $ 50 00

2. Public Commercial Stations 50 00

3. Private Commercial Stations 10 00

4. Experimental Stations 5 00

5. Amateur Experimental Stations 2 50

6. Broadcasting Stations, Private Commercial 50 00

7. Broadcasting, Stations Amateur 10 00

8. Private Receiving Stations 1 00

9. Technical or Training School Stations 5 00

10. Ship Stations 10 00

1 1 . Aircraft Stations 10 00

GO\'ERNMENT CO.AST STATIONS

" Coast Station " is the term used to designate a radio station established
on shore to communicate with ships at sea. Canada's extensive coast line
demands a large number of stations to cover all its coasts and approaches thereto.
The complete system consists of fifty-four stations located as follows: —

East Coast (includes six radio beacons) 24

Great Lakes (includes one radio beacon) 9

Pacific Coast (includes one radio beacon) 15

Hudson Bay and Strait 6

REPORT OF THE DEPUTY MINISTER 161

The coast station system consists of two chains, one extending from Van-
couver to Prince Rupert on the Pacific, and the other from Port Arthur to the
Atlantic ocean in the east, and, for the purposes of administration, is divided
into three divisions. Pacific Coast, Great Lakes and East Coast. The stations
of the Great Lakes division communicate with those of the East Coast division,
but there is no direct radio connection between the Great Lakes and the Pacific
Coast.

Of the above stations nineteen on the East coast and Great Lakes are oper-
ated by the Canadian Marconi Company under contract with the department,
and the balance of thirty-five on the East and West coasts and Hudson bay and
strait are operated directly by the department.

The primary aim of the coast station organization is to provide radio facili-
ties whereby any ship within 500 miles of the Canadian coast can establish instant
touch with the shore. Constant watch, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, is main-
tained at practically all of the stations, which during the year handled a total
of 8,942,945 words.

RADIOTELEGRAPH AIDS TO NAVIGATION BROADCASTS

Twice daily, at advertised hours, eight stations on the East coast, seven on
the Great Lakes and one on the West coast broadcast information to navigators
covering weather forecasts, position and nature of dangers to navigation, etc.
In addition, urgent information, such as hurricane warnings, etc., is broadcast
immediately upon receipt.

Details of the times of transmissions, call signals, wave-lengths, etc., are
given in the current Notice to Mariners in this reference.

RADIOTELEPHONE AIDS TO N.WIGATION BRO.\DCASTS

A radiotelephone service to fishermen has been inaugurated on the East
coast.

Three stations are used for this purpose: Louisburg (VAS), Halifax Light-
ship (VCX), and St. John, N.B. (CFBO). Louisburg, using a 4,000 watt radio-
telephone transmitter, braodcasts on 434.8 metres at 3 a.m. and 12 noon, E.S.T.,
daily, a message to fishennen which includes weather forecasts, storm warnings
and a synopsis of information in regard to the market prices of fish, the amount of
bait on hand at various points, and any other outstanding items of interest to
fishermen generally.

The power used by this station enables fishermen to receive these messages
as far East as the Grand Banks.

The Halifax Lightship Station broadcasts on 434.8 metres at 7 a.m. and
12.30 p.m., E.S.T., daily, and transmitts the same message as Louisburg, it has
a range of approximately 150 miles.

Station CFBO, St. John, broadcasts weather forecasts and storm warnings to
fishermen in the Bay of Fundy on 337.1 metres at 5 a.m. and 7 a.m., E.S.T.,
daily.

This service will be augmented during the summer of 1929 by the C.G.S.
Arras (CGFD) which will accompany the fishing fleet and broadcast by radio-
telephone on 434.8 metres storm warnings and weather forecasts at 6 a.m.,
E.S.T., daily and a message to fishermen the same as that of Louisburg at 1.30
p.m., E.S.T., daily and will have a range of approximately 150 miles.

The transmission from this network of stations provides reception at any
point along the Atlantic seaboard as well as on the banks fished by Canadian
vessels.

88174-11

162 MARIXE AXD FISHERIES

TIME SIGNALS

East Coast

Chebucto Head. — Daily, except Sunday, at 2 p.m.. G.M.T.. on 600 metres.
The inclusion of the long distance Radiotelegraph Station at Louisburg in
the time signal organization is contemplated.

West Coast

Gonzales Hill.— Twice daily at 10 a.m., and 7 p.m., P.S.T., on 900 metres.
Este van— Twice daily at 10 a.m., and 7 p.m., P.S.T., on 600 metres.

SPRIXG PATROL, CABOT .STRAITS, GULF OF ST. LAWRENCE

The patrol service maintained in the Cabot straits at the opening of navi-
gation was undertaken this year by the ice-breakers Mikula and Montcalm and
commenced on April 14.

The patrol ships cruise in the vicinity of Cabot straits observing the ice
condition= and the senior ship, ever\- few hours, obtains from all incoming and
outgoing ships, and from all radio and signal stations, a detailed report on the
ice conditions in the different areas. These, in conjunction with her own obser-
vations are complied and analyzed, and based thereon, a broadcast message,
containing a synopsis of location and drift of the ice, together with recommenda-
tions as to the best route for ships to follow, is broadcast four times daily from
the patrol ship, using the general call sign VCQP.

The coast Radio Stations at North Sydney (VCO) and Grindstone (VCN)
copy this message and are prepared to pass the same to ships requesting it.

In addition, the following stations broadcast a brief summary- of the above
mentioned message: —

Station G.M.T. Wavelength

Louisburg- VAS 04-00 2,800 C.W.

1600
CapeRac€— VCE 02-15 600 Spk.

14-15

Every vessel spoken is advised of the location and nature of the ice she may
expect to encounter on her particular course, and the best route to follow.
The total number of words handled by the patrol this year was: —

Mikula 32.246

Montcalm 7,348

39,594

The patrol was discontinued on May 21, 1929.

BADIO DIRECTION FINDING

Eight Direction Finding Stations, seven on the East coast and one on the
West coast, were operated throughout the year. These stations maintain "con-
stant watch" and give bearing to any ships, fitted with radio, free of charge.

The Canadian Direction Finding Stations continue to enjoy a good repu-
tation for efficiency and accuracy, many comments on the same having been
received from navigators.

The number of bearings given by the station varies from month to month,
being dependent on weather conditions. The average number continues to
increase, and has risen from 2,800 per month last year to 3,150 per month this
year.

REPORT OF THE DEPUTY MINISTER 163

BEARINGS GIVEN 1928-29

Station— ^ ,

Chebucto Head, N.S 7,052

Canso, N.S 5, 232

Yarmouth, N.S 5, 158

St. Paul Island, N.S 3,715

Cape Race, Nfld 10, 122

St. John, N.B 1,636

Pachena Point. B.C 3, 336

Belle Isle, Nfld 1.537

Total 37.788

RADIO BEACON SERVICE

There are now approximately 362 ships fitted with radio direction finding
apparatus plying to and from Canadian ports.

The Radio Beacon system of the department comprises eight stations,
located as follows: —

Cape Bauld, Nfld. Seal Island, N.S.

Heath Point Lightship. Lurcher Lightship.

Cape Ray, Nfld. South East Shoal, Lake Erie (new).

Halifax Lightship. Race Rocks, Vancouver Island (new) .

A new type of beacon has been developed six of which have been delivered
by the Canadian Marconi Company, the contractors. The new beacons deliver
200 watts power to the antenna and have a reliable range of approximately 75
miles. They differ from the old beacon in that they are entirely automatic in
their operation and do not rely on the fog alarm engines for their power supply.

The old beacons were operated only during fog, whereas the new beacons are
operated once an hour, day and night, and continuously during fog.

The control of the apparatus rests in a master clock which by making
electrical contacts in proper sequence and at regular intervals starts the engine,
the motor generators, the transmitter itself, and governs the period during which
the signals are automatically sent out on the air. This new beacon, which is
the result of several years' experience in beacon operation, is now adopted as
standard.

Direction finding apparatus on board ship is accepted as one of the regular
aids to navigation, and an increase in the number of beacon stations is anti-
cipated.

For the uninitiated it might be remarked that the difference between a
radio beacon and a direction finder is in the case of a beacon the ship must be
fitted with direction finding apparatus whereby she can take her own bearings,
whereas in the case of the direction finder ashore any ship fitted with radio can
secure her bearings from the operator ashore who transmits the information back
to the ship by radio.

The first one has been installed and is now in operation at Seal Island, N.S.,
and will give service to ships bound to and from Bay of Fundy and Nova Scotia
ports.

During the coming fiscal year it is proposed to install ten new beacons, located
as follows: —

Gulf of St. Lawrence — Great Lakes — West Coast —

Pointe des Monts. Main Duck. Entrance Island.

West Point Anticosti. Long Point. Green Island.

Cape Whittle. Michipicoten Island. Langara.

Cove Island .

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164 MARINE AND FISHERIES

In addition to the above facilities, any ship can obtain signals for the pur-
pose of taking bearings from any of the stations of our Coast Station system
free of charge. Four thousand one hundred and thirty-three requests for sig-
nals for D/F purposes were handled by the coast stations during the past year.

RADIO AIDS TO NAVIGATION IN RELATION TO MARINE INSURANCE

With a view to making Canadian territorial waters safe for shipping, this
branch has developed a Radio Aid to Navigation service which has been
declared by navigators to be unexcelled elsewhere.

Originating from a nucleus of four Direction Finding Stations, which were
commissioned during the Great War, additional stations have been erected at
strategic points augmented by a chain of Radio Beacon Stations for the benefit
of ships carrying their own direction finding apparatus.

A full service is maintained at considerable expense to the department, and
it is with great pleasure that we quote an extract from a Report of the Imperial
Shipping Committee indicating that the value of these radio aids has been recog-
nized and that no additional Insurance premium will be charged for vessels
calling at St. John, N.B., which was hitherto the case: —

5. The Canadian Department of Marine have supplied us with records of fog in the
Bay of Fundy during the past five years, and have completed to date the list of the aids
to Navigation which they have installed in the bay and its approaches. These tables will
be found in Appendices III and IV.

It is probable that the improved facilities which have been provided for wireless direc-
tion finding, and the fact that those facilities are offered to shipping free of cost have had
something to do with the relative immunity from casualties which has characterized the
past four years.

6. In view of the foregoing facts, the Joint Hull Committee have agreed to recommend
to the market that no additional premiums .should be charged for vessels calling at Saint
John, if properly fitted with, and equipped for the use of, wireless direction finding appar-
atus. We are informed that this recommendation was submitted to and confirmed by the
Institute of London Underwriters, the Liverpool Underwriters' Association and Lloyd's
Underwriters' Association. It has, therefore, been decided to add the following note to the
North America Agreement (1929): —

Note. — No additional premium to be charged for vessels calling at Saint John, New
Brunswick, if properly fitted with and equipped for the use of wireless direction finding
apparatus.

(N.B.— This amendment to the Agreement is ante-dated to the 1st May, 1929.)

7. It appears to us that this is a reasonable settlement of the question. The Under-
writers have e.xpressed the desire that the wireless stations situated in the Bay of Fundy,
should keep a record of all vessels bound for or from Saint John, applying for wireless
directional instructions, so that statistics may be compiled and periodically published. If
the Canadian Government can see fit to direct the compilation and publication of sudb.
records, we tliink that they would prove of value when questions arise in future as to navi-
gation in foggy watei-s.

COMMERCIAL SHIP SERVICE

Each of the regular thirty coast stations handles commercial traffic to and
from ships and in addition four of the Direction Finding Stations — Belle Isle,
Yarmouth, Chebucto Head, and St. John — combine commercial service with their
direction finding work.

Long-distance service to ships on the Atlantic is provided by the licensed
station at Louisburg, N.S., owned and operated by the Canadian Marconi Com-
pany, and on the Pacific by the departmental station at Estevan, Vancouver
Island. Tlie traffic returns from these stations indicate that the route of com-
mercial traffic continues to shift from the low power short wave coast stations
to the high power long wave stations.

REPORT OF THE DEPUTY MINISTER 165

RADIOTELEPHONE SERVICE TO SMALL CRAFT OX THE PACIFIC COAST

The radiotelephone system has completed another year's work and is being
used to a gratifying exent. The shore telephone stations are located at Van-
couver (Merchants' Exchange), Merry Island, Alert Bay, and Cape Lazo.

In addition the four life-saving radio telephone stations on the west coast
of Vancouver island at Banfield, Cape Beale, Pachena Point and Carmanah
are available for this service. Approximately forty-nine tugs and other small
craft are now equipped with radiophone apparatus. The sets in these boats are
operated by the captain or engineer and most of them are installed by an
operating company on a rental basis which includes service. The number of
paid radio telephone calls handled numbered 12,540.

ship's EMERGENCY APPARATUS

The department has in effect an arrangement whereby its coast stations
call upon Canadian and certain British ships to operate their emergency
apparatus whilst at sea, in order to check their efficiency.

NUMBER OF SHIPS EXERCISED 1928-29

Total 381

Failures Nil

Average time taken to change over II -OS sees.

Time allowed 30 sees.

TRAFFIC SECTION

This section of the Radio Branch handles the preparation, rendering and
collection of accounts for commercial ship to shore and inter-station messages
handled by the departmental ships and stations and the auditing, rendering and
collection of international accounts to various operating companies and foreign
administrations for radiotelegrams exchanged by foreign ships through Canadian
coast stations and by Canadian ships through foreign coast stations.

The number of accounts handled by the branch was 150,000 representing
$188,000 in tolls.

MESSAGES HANDLED BY THE COAST STATION SERVICES

The total number of messages and words handled during the year ending
March 31, 1929 (including retransmissions) was as follows: —

—

Messages

Words

East Coast

178,465
35,144

219,170
23,460

3,268 485

Great Lakes :

500,739

West Coast

4 284 775

Hudson Bay and Strait

888,946

456,239

8,942,945

The business handled by the East Coast system (operated partly by the
Canadian Marconi Company under contract and partly by the department)
shows an increase of 22,355 messages with an increase of 492,742 words.

The Great Lakes System (operated directly by the Canadian Marconi
Company under contract) shows an increase of 2,298 messages with an increase
of 22,157 words.

The West Coast system (operated by the department) shows an increase of
13,404 messages with an increase of 220,013 words.

166 MARIXE AXD FISHERIES

The Hudson Bay and Strait system (operated by the department) shows
an increase of 14,038 messages with an increase of 512,276 words.
Total increase 52,095 messages, 1,247,188 words.

REVENUE

The net radio revenue accruing to the Radio Branch from all sources during
the year amounted to $352,178.43 against $316,582.74 in 1927-28 an increase of
$35,595.69. This revenue is apportioned as follows: —

Traffic Revenue —

East Coast S 7, 5.55 88

Great Lakes 1,067 27

West Coast 66,3.39 42

Hudson Bay and Strait 4, 605 31

? 79,567 88

Olher Revenue —

Licence fees 272,249 55

Examination fees 361 00

272,610 55

S 352, 178 43

The East Coast traflfic shows an increase of $1,056.44, the Great Lakes an
increase of $285.13 and the West Coast an increase of $7,210.26. Total traffic
revenue increase $13,157.14.

The license fees show an increase of $22,562.55 and the examination fees a
decrease of $124 or a net " other revenue " increase of $22,438.55.

INSPECTIONS

The administration of the Radiotelegraph Act has been carried on^ as
usual and no evasions or attempted evasions of section 7 of the Act (Revised
Statutes of Canada 1929, chapter 195), calling for compulsory equipment of
radiotelegraph apparatus on board passenger steamers, have been reported.

Permanent inspection establishments are now maintained at Victoria, Van-
couver, Winnipeg, Calgary, Regina, Toronto, Hamilton, London, Kitchener,
Ottawa, Halifax, ^Montreal, Quebec, and St. John.

Inspectors, in addition to inspecting all ships and licensed stations in their
district, also undertake the examination of operators for Certificates of Profi-
ciency. All land stations are inspected at least once a year, and all ships when
they visit Canadian ports. Supervision of broadcasting comes under their
jurisdiction and now comprises a considerable part of their duties.

The policy of utilizing the services of qualified radio operators as " part
time " inspectors to look after small localities or areas and to assist permanent
inspectors in the larger centres continues to prove satisfactory. These " part
time " inspectors are paid a nominal salary of $15 to $30 per month, and are
located at the following points: —

Nova Scotia. — Halifax (Dartmouth), (vacant). Glace Bay, and Sydney,
N.S., and district.

Prince Edivard Islaiid. — Charlottetown and Summerside.

New Brunswick. — St. John, Moncton and Fredericton, N.B.

Quebec. — Montreal, St. Lambert, Quebec (vacant), Sherbrooke (vacant),
and Three Rivers.

Ontario. — Brantford, Fort William, Port Arthur, Hamilton, Kingston, Peter-
borough, Sarnia, Toronto (2), Windsor, Chatham, North Bay (vacant), Sault
Ste. Marie, Kenora-Keewatin, Oshawa, St. Catharines (vacant), Niagara Falls
(vacant), and Gananoque (vacant).

Manitoba. — Brandon and Winnipeg.

REPORT OF THE DEPUTY MIXISTER 167

Saskatchewan. — Moose Jaw (vacant), Saskatoon, and Prince Albert.
Alberta. — Calgary, Edmonton (vacant), and Lethbridge.
British Columbia. — ^\''ancouver, Kamloops (vacant), and Prince Rupert
(vacant).

Yukon. — Dawson.

The number of inspections carried out during the fiscal year was: —

Coast and land stations 146

Ship stations 2, 239

Amateur experimental and private receiving stations 20, 205

Total 22, 590

EX.\MINATIONS FOR CERTIFICATE OF PROFICIENCY IX R.\DIOTELEGRAPHY

Protection for the safety of life at sea demands the employment of compe-
tent operators on ship and at shore stations, while interference problems necessi-
tate a similar requirement in the case of amateur and land stations. To secure
this the radio regulations provide that all operators must satisfy the minister
as to their ability to operate the class of station on which they are working. In
the more important classes of service the operators must be the holders of first,
second or other prescribed class of certificate, while in the case of stations of
lesser importance, not likely to become a source of interference, the operators
must satisfy a radio inspector that they are capable of handling their equipment
in an efficient manner.

One hundred and forty-one operators were examined for Commercial Cer-
tificate of Proficienc}' in Radio during the year, including fifty-four re-examina-
tions; eighty-four candidates were successful and fifty-seven failed. Forty-eight
holders of certificates were examined on additional types of equipment; forty-
three were successful and five failed.

One hundred and one candidates for Amateur Radio Certificates were also
examined, of whom one hundred were successful and one failed.

Two thousand two hundred and ninety-six Certificates of Proficiency in
Radio have been issued by the department up to the end of ]\Iarch, 1929.

FEES FOR EXAMINATIONS

1. Extra First Class Certificate So 00

2. First Class Certificate 2 50

3. Second Class Certificate 1 00

4. Third Class Certificate 1 00

5. Experimental Certificate 2 50

6. Amateur Certificate 50

7. Emergency Certificate, any class 5 00

8. Radiotelephone Certificate 2 50

RADIO BROADCASTING

Radio broadcast reception on the whole showed a slight improvement over
the signal level which prevailed during the year 1927-28, especially during the
winter months. Eighty-nine broadcasting stations were licensed during the year.

Active stations 71

Phantom stations 14

Inactive stations 4

(A phantom license is one which authorizes the licensee to use the appara-
tus of an existing station under a special call sign.)

168 MARINE AND FISHERIES

The total number of licences issued for receiving sets was 297,398, an increase
of 28,978, and the net revenue from broadcasting licence fees, after deducting
commissions to radio dealers, and to the Post Office Department for the sale of
licences, and the subsidy of $9,413.50 for station CKY, Winnipeg (50 cents in
respect of each licence issued in Manitoba), amounted to $266,307.05.

BROADCASTING WAVELENGTH NEGOTIATIONS WITH THE UNITED STATES

The negotiations entered into with the United States Government in Feb-
ruary, 1927, with a view to formal division of the broadcast channels between
Canada and the United States on a equitable and mutually satisfactory basis
having failed, there has been no change in the frequencies used by Canadian
stations which are as follows: —

Used conjointly ivith Stations in Used exclusively by Canada —
United States —

1030 K/C— 291-3 M
960 K/C— 312-5 M
910 K/C— 329-7 M
840 K/C— 357-1 M
730 K/C— 411-0 M
690 K/C-^34-8 M

1210 K/C— 247-9

JVI

*1200 K/C— 250

1120 K/C— 267-9 AI

1010 K/C— 297

930 K/C— 322-6 M

890 K/C— 337-1

]\I

880 K/C— 340-9 M

780 K/C— 384-6 M

630 K/C— 476-2 M

600 K/C— 500

IVI

580 K/C— 517-2

IVI

(Amateur)

A formal communication from the Department to the International Bureau
at Berne in regard to the matter was circulated at our request by the Bureau to
all nations on February 1, 1929. It reads as follows: —

The question of the division of frequencies in the broadcast band between the broad-
casting stations in the North America area has been the subject of negotiation between the
interested countries, but, so far, no agreement has been reached. The International Radio-
telegraph Convention of Washington, 1927, becomes effective on January 1, 1929, and in
submitting Canada's list of broadcasting stations for publication in the Official List, in
accordance with the provisions of the Convention, the Canadian administration has refrained
from notifying the temporary and inadequate assignment on which its broadcasting stations
are now operating and desir&s it to be understood that, pending the consummation of an
agreement between the administrations in the North America area in regard to broadcasting,
the Canadian administration in no way waives the right it considers it enjoys under the
International Radio Convention in regard to the use of a reasonable proportion of the broad-
cast frequencies available in the above mentioned area.

COMMERCIAL ACTIVITIES

Imperial Communication

In pursuance of the recommendation of the Imperial Wireless and Cable
Conference held in London in February, 1928, at which the Dominion of Canada
was represented by Sir Campbell Stuart, K.B.E., assisted by J. L. Gaboury,
Deputy Postmaster General, representing the Post Office Department and C. P.
Edwards, Director of Radio, representing the Department of Marine, a Merger
Company was formed for the purpose of acquiring the stock of the cable and
wireless companies concerned. A Communications Company was also formed to
acquire all the communication assets of these companies also certain Government
cables and a lease of the W^ireless Beam stations owned by the British Govern-
ment.

REPORT OF THE DEPUTY MINISTER 169

The transfer of the Pacific Cable Board undertaking in which Canada held
a share, is dealt with in the Imperial Telegraphs Act (Great Britain) 1928. This
Act received the royal assent on February 5, 1929, it authorized the Pacific
Cable Board A\'ith the consent of and on terms approved by all tbe partner
Goverments, to sell to the Communications Company, the Pacific Cable under-
taking and the West Indies Cable undertaking.

Suitable legislation to give authority for the sale of Canada's share in these
undertakings is to be brought down in the Dominion Parliament before the end
of this session, and under the settlement it is anticipated that there will be
returned to Canada in cash an amount substantially equivalent to her outlay on
the Pacific Cable during the twenty-five years of Government control.

Transatlantic

The Marconi Beam Service between Drummondville, P.Q., and Bodmin,
England, which was inaugurated on October 25, 1926, continues in permanent
operation. The rates in effect via this circuit are as follow^s: —

CANADA EASTERN ZONE TO GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND

Fully paid messages 18c. per word.

Deferred messages 8c. per word.

Nightletter messages SI. 00 for 25 words or less and 4c. for each extra word.

Week-end letter messages 7oc. for 25 words or less and 3c. for each extra word.

Post letter messages 60c. for 20 words or less and 3c. for each extra word.

Transpacific

The Marconi Beam Service between Drummondville, P.Q., and Ballan,
Victoria, Australia, which was inaugurated on June 16, 1928, continues in
permanent operation. The rates in effect via this circuit are as follows: —

CANADA TO AUSTRALIA

Fully paid messages 35c. per word.

Deferred messages 17§e. per word.

Nightletter messages $2.70 for 20 words or less and 13^c. for each extra word.

Week-end letters S2.10 for 20 words or less and 10|c. for each extra word.

COMMUXICATIOX WITH ISOL.\TED POINTS

The utility of radio as a means of communication with isolated points not
reached by telegraph or telephone lines is now fully appreciated by private
enterprise, during the year thirty-one licences were issued to companies and
private individuals for stations of this class. Thirty-six licences were also
issued to public utilities and power companies for the establishment of radio
stations at their power plants and distribution centres for emergency com-
munication in case of interruption of the normal telegraph or telephone com-
munications.

WORK UNDERTAKEN ON BEH.\LF OF OTHER DEP.\RTMENTS OF THE GO\-ERNMENT

Royal Canadian Mounted Police

Prior to sailing on an extended cruise to the Western Arctic the R.C.M.P.
auxiliary schooner St. Roch was fitted with long and short wave transmitting
and receiving apparatus in order to maintain contact with its headquarters.

An operator from this branch was detailed as special officer in charge of the
radio equipment.

Department of Railways and Canals

The station at Port Nelson operated by this branch on behalf of the Depart-
ment of Railways and Canals in connection with the construction of the Hudson
Bay Railway was closed on November 25, 1928.

170 MARINE AXD FISHERIES

On May 1, 1928, a station situated at mile 356 Hudson Bay Railway, was
opened to maintain constant communication with the station at Port Churchill.

This station is used in connection with the development of the Hudson Bay
route and was built and is manned by personnel of this branch.

Two eighty-foot steel masts were erected and a standard 100 watt C.W.
Marconi transmitting set, together with a 2 K.W. polar automatic generating
plant, was installed.

The radio equipment of the steamer Larch (supply ship) , the dredges
Churchill Nos. 1 and 2, the tug Dainty and the hopper barge Chesterfield en-
gaged in connection with the construction of Port Churchill harbour works, is
maintained and operated by personnel of the Pvadio Branch.

Department of Public Works

The Radio equipment of the cable ship Ti/rian i-; maintained and operated
by members of this branch.

Department of Fishenes

The radio installations of the Fisheries patrol steamers Givenchy and
Malaspina on the West coast and Arras and Arleux on the East coast are main-
tained and operated by this branch.

Department of National Revenue

Acting on behalf of the Customs Preventive Service, this branch operates
and maintains the radio equipment of the Customs cruisers Bar off, Bayhound,
Constance, Margaret, Vigilant and Pathfinder.

Other Departments of Canadian Government Operating Stations

The Department of National Defence. — The Royal Canadian Corps of
Signals of the above Department operates, in addition to its purely military
activities, stations on behalf of the following Departments and civil activities of
the Department of National Defence:

Interior Department (N.W.T. and Yukon Branch). — Seven Permanent
stations and one Summer station situated along the INIcKenzie river and in the
Yukon Territory.

National Defence Civil Government Air Operations. — Nine Permanent and
five Summer stations in connection with its forestry and other air activities.

National Defence Civil Aviation Branch. — One Permanent station situated
at St. Hubert Airport, Montreal.

RADIO (short W.WY.) CONFERENCE EIELD IN OTTAWA. JANUARY 21, 1929, TO JANUARY

25, 1929

The conference was a reassembly of the adjourned Washington Conference
held in August, 1928, and was called for the purpose of dealing with the " con-
tinental " or "'intermediate band of radio channels" (1500 to 6000 K/C) (200
to 50 metres) , stations which only work a limited distance, and, generally
speaking, would not be subject to interference from stations located on another
continent, such as Europe.

The nations invited to attend were the United States, Mexico, Cuba and
Newfoundland, all of which, with the exception of Mexico, sent representatives.

The conference resulted in the following agreement: —

REPORT OF THE DEPUTY MINISTER 171

AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN UNITED STATES, CANADA, NEWFOUNDLAD. AND CUBA
RELATIVE TO THE ASSIGNMENT OF FREQUENCIES ON THE NORTH AMERICAN
CONTINENT.

(1) The sovereign right of all nations to the use of every radio channel is
recognized.

Nevertheless, until technical development progresses to the stage where
radio interference can be eliminated, it is agreed that special administrative
arrangements are essential in order to promote standardization and to minimize
radio interference.

(2) The Governments agree that each country shall be free to assign any
frequency to any radio station within its jurisdiction upon the sole condition that
no interference with any service of another country will result therefrom.

(3) It is agreed that each Government shall use Appendix I attached hereto,
as a general guide in allocating channels to the various services specified therein.

(4) Channels are divided into two classes (1) common channels which are
primarily assigned to particular services in all countries, and (2) general com-
munication channels which are assigned for use in specific areas.

(5) "With regard to the general communication channels, it is considered that
at the present stage of the art, the use of radio channels below 3500 K/C will
not normally cause interference at distances greater than 1,000 miles and such
channels may, therefore, be used with freedom from interference by stations
separated by such distance. It is further recognized that stations operating on
frequencies above 3500 K/C may become sources of interference at distances in
excess of 1,000 miles, particularly at night.

(6) The Governments agree to take advantage of the physical facts just
explained, and by suitable geographical distribution of these two classes of
channels throughout North America and the West Indies, to make available for
general communication services, the total number of channels set forth in
Appendix 2 attached hereto.

(7) Each Government shall have the right to assign to stations under its
jurisdiction, in the manner it deems best, such general communication channels
as are allocated to that Government under this agreement, as set forth in Appen-
dix No. 2. The Governments agree not to assign to stations within their
respective jurisdiction any of the general communication channels allocated to
other Governments, unless it can be accomplished without causing interference.

(8) The marine calling frequency of 5525 K/C shall be used until super-
seded by an international assignment.

(9) In addition to the frequencies assigned specially for experiments (1604,
2398 and 4596 K/C) the Governments agree that experimentation by particu-
larty qualified experimenters, may be authorized on any other channel provided
no interference is caused with established services, as provided in Regulation
No. 11 of the International Radio Convention of Washington, 1927.

(10) The Governments agree to adopt a radio frequency standard based on
the unit of time, and to compare at least once every six months, the actual radio
frequency measuring standards.

(11) The Governments agree to require all stations, other than mobile and
amateur stations, under their jurisdiction, to tune their transmitters with an
accuracy of 0-025 per cent, or better, of their national frequency standard.

(12) The Governments agree to require all stations likely to cause inter-
national interference, other than mobile and amateur stations, to maintain their
frequency with an accuracy of 0-05 per cent, or better, at all times.

172 MARIXE AND FISHERIES

(13) For the purpose of this agreement a channel shall be regarded as a
band of frequencies the width of which varies with its position in the range of
frequencies under consideration, but which progresses numerically from the lower
to the higher frequencies, as shown in the following table: —

Frequency (K/C). Channel Width (K/C).

1500-2198 4

2200-3313 6

3316-4400 8

4405-5490 10

5495-6000 15

(14) The Governments agree to adopt for the present in their national
plan of allocation a separation of 0-2 per cent between radio frequency chan-
nels; and to permit stations under their respective jurisdiction to occupy the
assigned frequency and the adjacent frequencies to the limit permitted by the
frequency maintenance tolerances and necessitated by the type of emission the
station may be authorized to use. For commercial telephony a band width
of six kilocycles shall be permitted. For the present, a 100 kilocycle band width
shall be considered standard for television.

(15) The Governments agree to require stations under their jurisdiction
to use transmitters which are as free as practicable from all emissions (such,
as those due to harmonics, decrement, spacing waves, frequency modulation,
key clicks, type of keying, mush, etc.) not essential to the type of communication
being carried on and which would be detrimental to communication being carried
on by stations in other countries.

(16) Appendices numbers 1 and 2, together with the chart showing
graphically the distribution of the frequencies, which are attached hereto, shall
constitute a part of this agreement.

(17) This agreement shall go into effect on iSIarch 1, 1929, and shall remain
in force until January 1, 1932, and thereafter for an indeterminate period and
until one year from the day on which a denunciation thereof shall have been
made by any one of the contracting parties.

REPORT OF THE DEPUTY MINISTER 173

NORTH AMERICAN RADIO CONFERENCE, 1929

Appendix No. 1
ALLOCATION OF CHANNELS TO SERVICES (ARRANGED IN ORDER OF KILOCYCLES)

Channels'

Service

Number

of
Channels

1504 to
1600 to
1648 to
1712 to
2000 to
2200 to
2296 to
2398 to
2470 to
2506 to
2602 to
2650 to
2746 to
2950 to
3004 to
3058 to
3106 to
3148 to
3412 to
3500 to
3996 to
4100 to
4196 to
4745 to
4795 to
5495 to
5690 to

1648.
1712.
2000.
2200.
2296.
2398.
2470.
2506.
2602.
2650.
2746.
2950.
3004.
3058.
3106.
3148.
3412.
3500.
3996.
4100.
4196.
4745.
4795.
5495.
5690.
6000.

Maritime Mobile ServicesC^)

Air Mobile Services (')

Mobile Services

Amateurs

Experimental Visual Broadcasting

General Communication Services (<) . .
Maritime and Air Mobile Services (s).

Mobile Services

Air Mobile Services

Maritime Mobile Services

Air Mobile Services

Maritime and Air Mobile Services

Experimental Visual Broadcasting

Maritime and Air Mobile Services

General Communication Services(<). .

Air Mobile Services

Maritime Mobile Services

General Communication Services(<). .

Maritime and Air Mobile Services

-Amateurs

General Communication Services(*). .

Maritime and Air Mobile Services

General Communication Services(<). .
Maritime and Air Mobile Services(3).
General Communication Services (<). .

Maritime and Air Mobile Services

General Communication Services(<). .

16 (32)

9 (18)

(80)

639 (704)

Notes

(1) The last channel in each group is assigned to the service indicated immediately abreast the group

except as specially noted to the contrarj'.

(2) The channel 1600 Kc/s is assigned to Mobile Services.

(') The channels 1604, 2398 and 4795 Kc/s are assigned to Experimental Services.

{*) For details regarding General Communication Services, see Appendix II.

(') Taking into account Articles 5 and 6 of the Agreement, this total is increased by 65.

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DISTRIBUTION OF GENERAL COMMUNICATION CHANNELS

United States

3154 4260 5015

3160 4268 5025

3166 4276 5035

3172 4284 5045

3178 4292 5055

3184 4300 5065

3190 4308 5075

3232 4316 5085

3238 4364 5095

3244 4372 5105

3250 4380 5115

3256 4388 5125

3262 4396 5135

3268 4405 5145

3274 4415 5155

3280 4425 5165

3286 4435 5175

3292 4445 5185

3298 4525 5195

3304 4535 • 5205

3310 4545 5215

3316 4555 5225

3324 4565 5235

3332 4575 5245

3340 4585 5255

3348 4595 5265

3356 4605 5275

3364 4615 5285

3372 4625 5295

3380 4635 5305

3388 4645 5315

3396 4655 5325

3404 4665 5335

3412 4675 5345

4012 4685 5355

4020 4695 5365

4028 4705 5855

4036 4715 5870

4044 4725 5885

4052 4735 5900

4060 4745 5915

4068 4925 5930

4076 4935 5945

4084 4945 5960

4092 4955 5975

4100 4965 5990

4204 4975

4236 4985 Total 146

4244 4995

4252 5005

REPORT OF THE DEPUTY MINISTER

175

2212
2218

2242
2248
22o4

2272
2278
2284
2290
2296
3010

3034

3052
3058
'3154
■3160
'3166
'3172
'3178
3184
3190
3196

3214
Used by New'foundland.

2206
2212

2224

2248

Canada and Newfoundland
3220
3226
3232
3238
3244
3250
3256
3262
3268
3274
3280
3286
3292
3228
3304
3310
3316
3324
3332

* 3340

* 3348

* 3356
»3364

* 3372

* 3380
*3388

* 3396

* 3404
*3412

4324
4332
4340
4348
4465
4475

Cuba
3010
3016
3022
3028
3196
3202
3208
4004

Total.

4485
4495
4815
4825
4835
4845
4855
4865
4875
4885
4895
4905
5385
5395
5405
5415
5425
5435
5445
5455
5465
5475
5485
5495
5705
5720
5735
5750
5765
5780
5795
5810

103

4212
4505
5375
5825

2254

2272
2278

2296
3034

Other Nations
3040
3046
3052
3058
3214

Total.

4356
4455
4515
4805
4915
5840

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SUMMARY

Number
Serv'ices of

Maritime Mobile Services exclusively 47

Air Mobile Service exclusively 33

Amateurs 134

Experimental Visual Broadcasting 84

Air and Maritime Mobile Services 81

Experimental 3

Mobile Services 29

General Communication Services 228

Total 639

Grand Total 704

Note.— The Grand total is obtained by adding on 65 channels made available through the application
of Articles 5 and 6 of the Agreement .

176 MARINE AND FISHERIES

GENERAL SUMMARY

(Not part of document)
Sub-division of -2% Channels in Band 1500 to 6000 K/C

Common Channels 411

(Article 4)

Total general communication channels available in North America 293

(Articles 5 and 6)

Total 704

Allotment of Common Channels to Services:

Maritime Mobile Services exclusively 47

(Ship to Shore).
Air Mobile Services exclusively 33

(Aircraft to ground).
Air and Maritime Mobile Services 81

(Shared ship to shore and aircraft to ground).
Mobiles Services ■ 29

(Shared ships, aircraft, railway trains and any other non-fixed stations)
Amateur 134

(Amateur experimental work and communications).
Visual Broadcasting 84

(Television and transmission of pictures).
Experimental 3

(Special experimental channels).

Total 411

Distribution of General Communication Channels

Channels

United States : 146

Canada and Newfoundland 103

Cuba 20

Other nations 24

Total number of channels, "common" and "general communication" available to the different subscribing nations

Channels

United States 557

Canada and Newfoundland 514

Cuba 431

Other nations 435

THE INTERNATIOX.\L RADIOTELEGRAPH CONFERENCE

The International Radiotelegraph Conference of Washington was ratified by
the Government of the Dominion of Canada on July 12, 1928, with the exception
of the supplementary regulations annexed thereto. The provisions of the Con-
vention came into effect on January 1, 1929, and are now being observed by the
nations of the world.

THE ROYAL COMMISSION ON It\DI0 BROADCASTING

A Royal Commission on Radio Broadcasting was appointed by Order in

Council P.C. 2108 of December 6, 1928, with the following terms of reference: —

" To examine into the broadcasting situation in the Dominion of Canada and to make

recommendations to the Government as to the future administration, management, control

and financing thereof."

The members of the commission are: —

Sir John Aird, President, Canadian Bank of Commerce (Chairman),
Toronto, Ont.

Charles A. Bowan, Editor, The Citizen, Ottawa, Ont.

Augustin Frigon, D.Sc, Director, Ecole Poly technique, Montreal, Quebec;
Director-General, Technical Education, Province of Quebec, Mont-
real, P.Q.

REPORT OF THE DEPUTY MINISTER 177

Secretary, Donald Manson, Chief Inspector, Government Radio Service,

Ottawa, Ont.
The commission has commenced its inquiries and it is anticipated that its
report will be submitted to the Government about the end of June, 1929.

THE INTERNATIONAL TELEGRAPH CONFERENCE

The International Telegraph Conference of Brussels opened on September
10, 1928, and terminated on September 24, 1928.

This conference was convened for the purpose of dealing with a proposal
for revision of the International Telegraph regulation in regard to the counting
of code and cypher messages submitted by a committee established at the Paris
Conference, 1925. Delegations from sixty-two contracting administrations,
together with the representatives of non-contracting administrations, interna-
tional organizations and operating companies were present.

The Dominion of Canada is not a party to the International Telegraph Con-
vention, but in view of the representations of business organizations that their
interests were materially concerned, it was deemed advisable to send representa-
tives to the conference, with instructions " To take such action as. might lie
within their power to prevent the adoption of any changes which would involve
an increase in the cost of cabling to the Canadian public."

Similar action was taken by the United States Government, which also does
not subscribe to the Convention, but which sent a strong delegation to protect
the interests of cable users in that countrv.

Order in Council of August 30, 1928 "(P.C. 1596) appointed C. P. Edwards,
Director of Radio, Department of Marine, Ottawa, and J. R. M. Walker, Depart-
ment of External Affairs, Ottawa, as representatives for Canada.

The history of the case is as follows. The International Telegraph Con-
ference of Paris, 1925 appointed a committee of the representatives of fifteen
administrations to consider amendments to the regulations for the counting of
code words and to submit recommendations thereon. This committee adjourned
at the close of the Paris Conference and met again at Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy,
from 2nd to 26th August, 1926.

Under the existing regulations, the rules for the counting of code language
were as follows: —

Article 9. (VIII)

Code Language

1. Code language is composed of words not combined in intelligible phrases

in one or more of the languages authorized for use as plain language in
telegraph correspondence.

2. The words, whether real or artificial, must be formed of syllables which

can be pronounced according to the ordinary usage of one of the fol-
lowing languages, German, English, Spanish, French, Dutch, Italian,
Portuguese or Latin. Artificial words must not contain the accented
letters a, a, a, e, li, o, ii.

3. Words in code language may not be longer than ten characters, according

to the Morse alphabet, the groups ae, aa, ao, oe, ue, being counted each
as two letters. The group ch is also counted as two letters in artificial
words.

4. Groups which do not fulfil the conditions of the two previous paragraphs

are regarded as in the category of language in letters with a secret
meaning, and are charged accordingly. Groups formed by combining
two or more plain language words contrary to the custom of the lan-
guage are not, however, admitted.

178 MARIXE AXD FISHERIES

With these rules as a basis, all commercial codes such as Western Union,
Bentleys, A.B.C., ^Marconi, etc., have been constructed, and their use, particu-
larly in the case of cables, has gradually extended, until to-day a considerable
proportion of all fully paid cable traffic is in code.

Code builders further found that by developing their codes on a five-letter
basis, they were able to combine two fiVe-letter code words together as one in
a message without violating the regulations.

The telegraph and cable administrations, on the other hand, were dissatis-
fied with the regulations on the grounds that: —

(1) The transmission of a ten- letter word imposes much more nervous
fatigue on an operator than the transmission of the same word divided
into two five-letter groups ;

(2) The errors in handling ten-letter groups are more numerous than in
handling groups of five;

(3) The pronounceability rule being unworkable in practice is the cause of
continual contention between the sender, the counter clerk and the
receiving office, in regard to whether certain words are or are not pro-
nounceable.

This, then, was the legacy left by the Paris Conference to be dealt with by
the Cortina Committee, and the committee's report was, according to the terms
of reference, to be " submitted to the examination and decision of the fii-st tele-
graph or radio-telegraph conference following the conclusion of the labours of
the committee ".

The Cortina Committee issued a majority report signed by fourteen coun-
tries, and a minority report signed by one (Great Britain).

An attempt was made to take final action on the Cortina report at the
International Radiotelegraph Conference of Washington, 1927, and a special
committee of the conference was appointed to deal with the matter.

This special committee decided the first day that action on the report was
not within the province of the Washington Conference, and that it should recon-
stitute itself a5 a Special Telegi'aph Conference for the pm-pose of acting on
the report. The following day the committee, after due deliberation, felt it could
not organize itself as a special Telegraph Conference. The result was a resolu-
tion referring the report to the next Telegraph Conference at Brussels and
requesting the French Administration, as managing head of the Telegraph Union,
to take up the matter with the Belgian Government with a view to advancing
the date of the Brussels Conference from 1930 to 1928.

Accordingly, the Cortina report formed the subject of the deliberations of
the Brussels Conference, and in view of the interest and concern manifested by
Canadian users of the cable service, the Canadian delegation devoted itself to
the task of endeavom-ing to secure, in so far as lay within its power, an equit-
able solution of the problem, which would not involve an economic hardship
through an increase in the cost of cabling.

Proceedings of the Conference

The essential features of the Cortina majority and minority reports with
which the conference was called upon to deal were as follows: —

Majority Recommendations —

d) Code words to be limited to five letters without restriction as to pro-
nounceability or otherwise;

(2) A. That the existing rates on both plain language and code messages
be reduced by a percentage X, to be fixed by the next Telegraph Con-
ference, or, as an alternative,

REPORT OF THE DEPUTY MINISTER 179

B. (i) that the existing rates on plain language be retained, and

(ii) that the existing rates on code be reduced by a percentage Y, to be

fixed by the next Telegraph Conference.

Minority Recommendations —

(1) Applicable until January, 1932. Retain ten-letter basis, pronounce-
ability restriction and a minimum of two vowels.

(2) Applicable after January, 1932. Retain ten-letter basis, abandon pro-
nounceability, but require a minimum of four vowels.

After the formal opening of the conference, the British delegation withdrew
portions of its minority report, leaving the same equivalent to the existing regu-
lations, viz., ten-word minimum with pronounceability as the criterion.

Very strong opposition to any change in the existing regulations was put
forward on behalf of the users, who were represented in the commercial field by
the International Chamber of Commerce.

The question was referred to a committee on which were represented the
administrations, operating companies and the users, but after much delibera-
tion the Committee found itself unable to submit a recommendation, whereupon
the representatives of the International Chamber of Commerce announced their
intention to withdraw.

This juncture was deemed opportune for the submission of Canada's views
which were to the effect that no major change should be made in the existing
regulations. Similar statements were made by the delegations of the United
States, Nicaragua and Venezuela. An impasse having been reached, a petit
committee appointed to analyse all existing proposals submitted a compromise
proposal as follows: —

(1) Retain the 10-Ietter minimum;

(2) Suppress the pronounceability rule and substitute therefor a restriction
that each 10-letter word must contain 3 vowels;

(3) Establish a new class of code message, each word to be limited to five
letters, without restriction, such traffic to be handled at approximately
two-thirds of the full rate charged for plain language and 10-letter
code traffic.

This proposal commended itself to the Canadian delegation and in general
also received the support of the American delegation.

After much discussion during which all available existing commercial codes
were examined, also a number of typical code telegrams passing through the
central telegraph offices of certain administrations, sufficient information was
obtained to indicate that the number of 10-letter words used in actual practice
which would not meet the requirements of the proposal was only a small per-
centage of the whole.

Accordingly, the Canadian delegation after careful consideration, reached
the conclusion that whatever small expense might be caused the users by having
to pay double on this small percentage of words, or whatever temporary incon-
venience might be involved in changing such words in the code books to comply
with the regulations, would be far more than offset by the privilege of retaining
the 10-letter word and by the concession of a reduction of one-third in the rate
on 5-letter words, and decided not to oppose the proposal.

The conference then proceeded to deal with this compromise proposal and
referred it to a drafting committee. It was finally adopted by the conference
with minor alterations, and is set out in the Final Protocol, a synopsis of which
is as follows: —

(A) The 10-letter basis for code words is retained.

The rule prescribing pronounceability is abandoned, and, instead, it is

prescribed that 10-letter code words must contain not less than three vowels,

180 MARINE AXD FISHERIES

at least one in the fii*st five letters of the word, one in the second five let-
ters of the word, and the third one at any place in the word.

These code messages and plain language messages will continue to be
handled at the full rate now charged for this class of traffic.

(B) A new class of code word limited to five letters without restriction as
to vowels or pronounceability, is established.

The rate on this class of message (B), for the extra European regime,
is fixed at two-thirds of the regular full rate.

A minimum charge for 4 words is fixed for messages of Class (B).

(C) Figures or groups of figures are not admitted in category (B). They
will continue to be charged for at the rate of five figures to a full rate
word.

(D) The provisions of the " Final Protocol " become effective on the 1st
October, 1929.

It will be seen that the decisions reached at the Conference are not con-
trary to the interests of the users of cable and radio facilities.

The present system of ten-letter code words is maintained as desired by
many users and chambers of commerce. No increase in rates for the ten-letter
code word is recommended, and the only change made in connection with the
same is in the suppression of the former unworkable requirement that code
words should be pronounceable in one of eight languages and the substitution
therefor of the provision that code words of ten letters shall contain at least
three vowels.

In addition to the present ten-letter system the conference made available
to the user, a five-letter system, with no restrictions as to the composition of
these code words. The user will have a choice between the present ten-letter
system and the new five-letter system. However, if the five-letter word system
is employed it will be charged for at only two-thirds of the full rate in the extra
European regime and at three-fourths of the full rate in the European regime.
Figures and groups of figures will not be allowed in these five-letter words but
commercial marks consisting of a combination of figures and letters will be
accepted if the sender can show that they actually are commercial marks. The
minimum payment equivalent to the charge for four words must be made for
any telegram consisting of the five-letter words.

inductive: interference section

This section has been operated along the same general lines as in the past,
with slightly augmented staff and equipment.

Seventeen cars are equipped and in operation investigating interference, with
headquarters at Vancouver, Calgary, Regina, Winnipeg, London, Hamilton,
Kitchener, Toronto, Ottawa, Montreal, Quebec, Saint John, N.B., and Halifax.

Seven additional cars are now being equipped, which wuU be located at Van-
couver, Edmonton, Saskatoon, Moose Jaw, Windsor, Toronto and Montreal,
making a total of twenty-four cars in commission for the investigation of inter-
ference.

Each car is manned by two men and, in addition to looking after inter-
ference in the cities in which they are based, make regular tours throughout their
allotted sections of the surrounding country.

In addition to the regular tours, special trips are made by the investiga-
tors, either with a car, or by train, to points where special interference is reported
as affecting many broadcast listeners.

" Part-time " inspectors, located in thirty-one towns and cities, are pro-
vided with limited equipment for the investigation of radio interference and

REPORT OF THE DEPUTY MINISTER 18t

carry out preliminary investigations in all cases of interference in their districts.
If they are unable to arrange for the elimination of same, with the facilities
at their command, an investigator is sent from the nearest di\'isional head-
quarters.

The equipment of the interference cars, as a result of our experience, has
been considerably improved during the year. The cars now carry a radio
receiver with a direction finding loop, by means of which the investigator is able
to associate the interference with certain particular power and distribution lines.
They also carry a small portable receiver, to which may be attached exploring
coils, a probe antenna and other devices for detailed investigation after the
district has been patrolled and the probable source of the interference has been
narrowed down to within a small area. Other equipment carried in the cars
includes complete sets of experimental surge traps for the suppression of inter-
ference from many kinds of electrical apparatus and, also, meters and test
equipment to aid in locating faults and suppressing interference.

It frequently happens that the interference reported is not continuous and
that, when the investigator visits the town, it is not present. In such cases, he
endeavours to produce, artificially, conditions which will cause it to start.
With the permission of the public utilities he strikes the poles carrying trans-
formers and other electrical apparatus, and shakes the gm'-wires, causmg the
power lines to swing and vibrate as they would in windy weather or when heavy
traffic is passing; and, should it result that the interference is caused by the dis-
tribution system or apparatus belonging to the local public utility, the investi-
gator obtains the assistance of a lineman, locates the exact source and reports
to the local superintendent of the utility, who invariably takes st-eps to repair
the fault found to be the cause. On the other hand, should the interference be
traced to some privately o-uned electrical apparatus, the owner of the same is
requested to take the necessary- steps towards elimination. When the interference
is caused by the normal operation of electrical apparatus, the investigator tries
the effect of surge traps and preventive devices, which are carried in the car.
Where it is possible to prevent the interference by such means, the owner of the
electrical apparatus may purchase the necessary- suppressive equipment either
from the department or from other sources.

Local radio associations are instructed how to deal with simple sources of
interference and are provided with circulars outlining tests, to assist them in
locating and eliminating the interference experienced.

We are i^leased to state that our investigators have received the greatest
co-operation in their work, in practically all centres visited, particularly from
the public utilities; many of the latter have provided themselves with portable
radio receivers for the investigation of interference caused by their lines, and it
is gratifying to note the increased interest in the prevention of radio interference
on the part of most of the utilities throughout the country, who realize the
importance of eliminating any sources of interference due to their systems, both
for the sake of the good-will of the listening public and to ensure that their lines
and apparatus are in first class condition. Frequently, radio interference is
the first warning that defects are present, which, if permitted to continue, may
result in serious damage to valuable plant. The Radio Branch investigatoi-s
advise the superintendents and linemen of the public utilities with regard to
means of dealing with the interference, and supply circulars prepared bv head-
quarters describing means of locating and eliminating interference radiating
from distribution equipment.

In the case of privately owned electrical apparatus, such as violet rav
machines, farm lighting plants, electrical signs, and the multitude of other source's
of interference, it is found that rarely does any person desire to be regarded

182

MARINE AND FISHERIES

as a cause of nuisance to his neighbours and, in nearly all cases, they agree either
to cease using the interfering apparatus during the broadcast hours, or, if the
interference is preventable, to install suppression devices. In some cases, the
local listeners affected have subscribed the cost of these devices, which are
usually inexpensive and can be easily installed by a qualified electrician.

The number of sources of radio interference investigated during the year is
as follows: —

Sources Investigated

1927-28

1928-29

Electrical distribution 'jy^tems and power lines

'901
152

4,271

1,650

356

5,436

6,277

Action Taken

1927-28

1928-29

4,880

465

5.273

855

149

Total

5,436

6.277

In addition to the sources listed above, a great number of cases have been
dealt with by correspondence, and the interference successfully eliminated by the
owners of the apparatus by following our advice. INIany special surge traps
have been designed by the department and special and standard surge traps,
not yet produced commercially, are sold by us to owners who wish to suppress
interference from domestic and commercial electrical apparatus.

]Many of the 855 sources, which are listed as not yet reported cured, have
probably been successfully dealt with by the owners of the apparatus causing
the interference.

The sources recorded as having no economic cure include some cases of
power line and street car interference, where the radio receivers are close to the
power lines. They, also, include certain electro-medical and other types of
apparatus where all known means have failed to eliminate the interference.
Research on these problems continues in an endeavour to find a means of
suppression.

The increase in the number of sources investigated during the year is due,
partly, to the slight increase in staff, but, to a greater extent, to the improved
methods and equipment, as well as greater skill on the part of the investigators.

The fact that the number of power line faults located has not increased is
due to the improved condition in which many of the public utilities are main-
taining their lines. The lines of some public utilities are, however, still far from
satisfactory from a radio standpoint, as shown by investigations in cities where
ten to twenty faults have been located by the radio investigators at one time.

In three hundred and forty-three cases of reported interference, investi-
gations proved that the interference was caused by defects in the complainants'
own radio receivers.

As an illustration of the widespread interference from one single source, the
following is an extract from the report of one of our investigators.

" A very severe case of interference was reported on February 16, 1929,
covering practically all the west end of Toronto.

On investigation, it was found that the interference was radiating from
practically all the distribution and communication lines in the district and the

REPORT OF THE DEPUTY MIXISTER 183

110,000 and 220,000 volt lines running into the Leaside Hydro Station. The
various public utilities and the Ontario Hydro-Electric Power Commission
assisted in the investigation and it was found that the interference ceased when
the section of the 110,000 volt power line was cut between Leaside and Daven-
port Road substation. A very careful inspection of this line showed no apparent
fault. The source of the interference was finally found to be a spark discharge
from an unused telegraph line to a junction box connected by conduit to ground.
This unused telegraph line paralleled the 110,000 volt power line for a distance
of two and one-half miles and, in this way, a high voltage was induced on the
telegraph line. The fact that the 13,000 volt power lines, distribution, street
lighting and telephone system wires paralleled the telegraph line, where the
source of the interference originated, accounted for the very large area aft'ected
by this source of interference."

Research work has been carried out both at Ottawa and on many trans-
mission lines and industrial plants throughout Canada, as well as by several of
the radio inspectors at their own headquarters. Types of apparatus and methods
of investigating interference have been developed and a number of surge traps,
both for experimental purposes and for permanent installation, have been
designed.

Several manufacturers of electrical apparatus have been approached regard-
ing certain features of their products which cause radio interference, and, by co-
operation with the Radio Branch, the designs have been revised to eliminate
the objectionable features. Some dealers guarantee their products not to cause
radio interference, and such articles as electric warming pads have been replaced
by dealers free of charge on that account.

The work of the investigators, besides arranging for the elimination of
radio inductive interference, frequently benefits public utilities and the general
public by locating faults on electrical lines and apparatus, which, if not repaired
in their early stages, would probably develop into serious faults and become fire
or accident hazards. During the past year the investigators have located
hundreds of cases in which guy-wires have come in contact with high voltage
power wires, thus creating a hazard to any one who might touch the guy-v»-ire
above the insulator, while minor faults have also been located on power house
apparatus, which, if not repaired, would be likely to cause interruption in the
electric service or material damage to the electrical equipment. The following
case is an interesting example of the work of removing dangerous conditions:
" On November 4, 1928, our electrician investigated a report of interference made
by a broadcast listener of Gatineau Point, P.Q., and, by following the power lines
a distance of three-quarters of a mile, the source of the interference was traced
to an unused radio aerial which had accidentally come in contact with a twenty-
two hundred volt power line. The owner of this aerial reported that it had not
been in use for two years but arrangements had been made for a radio salesman
to install a set the next day."' It is believed that the location of this fault bv
radio methods probably prevented a serious accident.

Broadcast listeners have been warned against the practice of attaching radio
aerials above any power lines, or to any poles belonging to public utilities,
without the approval of the owners of the poles.

In addition to the interference work, the investigators do other work required
by the Radio Branch in the towns they visit. Such work includes the sale of
licenses, inspection of amateur stations and the examination of candidates for
operators' certificates, etc.

The net result of the year's work of the Inductive Interference Section may
be summarized as follows: —

(1) Most of the new cases of interference, which have been brought to the
attention of the Department, have been successfully dealt with.

184 MARIXE AXD FISHERIES

(2) Many cases of interference of long-standing have been successfully
dealt with, thus materially reducng the noise level of the interference
in many districts. It has been the hope of the Department to further
reduce the noise level to an extent in keeping with the increased
sensitivity of the modern radio receivers. So far, in spite of our efforts,
the great increase in the number of sensitive receivers of the battery-
less type, now in use, has had the effect of giving the appearance of a
rise in noise level, although, as previously stated, it is decidedly lower.

(3) Practically all the public utilities are maintaining their lines and
apparatus in a much better condition from a radio standpoint and doing
everything in their power to eliminate interference caused by their
equipment.

(4) The general public are beginning to realize that it is necessary for them
to co-operate in order to reduce the interferenc in their districts, by
avoiding, during broadcast hours, the use of battery chargers, violet rays
and other spark producing apparatus.

(5) Development work by the Department has been successful in pro-
viding new investigation apparatus and means of locating and elimi-
nating the interference from many types of electrical equipment, and
we hope to progress still further along these lines.

NEW CONSTRUCTIOX, .ADDITIONS AND ALTERATIONS

The regular maintenance work in connection with the existing fifty-four
stations covering painting, repairs, etc., was carried out as usual.

On the Pacific coast the Digby Island Station was completely renovated, a
new operating house was built, and a new transmitter with emergency power
supply installed together with an ex-perimental short wave transmitter for
communication with Victoria.

The two old wooden masts which were unsafe were scrapped and replaced
by new steel structures.

On Hudson bay and straits permanent Direction Finding Stations were
installed as " aids to navigation " at Fort Churchill, Man., and at Cape Hope's
Advance on the south side of Hudson straits. The temporary station at
Nottingham Island, at the west end of the straits, was converted into a
Direction Finding Station and the buildings fixed up so that they would be good
for another year or two when we contemplate building the permanent station on
a site a few miles away which would be suitable for the establishment of a
Lighthouse.

A site for the permanent Direction Finding Station at Resolution Island,
on the north side of the eastern end of the Straits, was located and plans made
for the building of station during the commg season.

On the East coast, a step forward in our radio beacon work was made in
the installation of a new type automatic beacon at Seal Island. The design
possesses a good many new features, but from the standpoint of the navigator
the interest lies in the fact that they function automatically once an hour, day
and night, the year round. In addition they function continuously during fog,
and are thus always available for bearings.

Five additional beacon units of this type have been received from the manu-
facturers, and will be installed during the coming season.

REPORT OF THE DEPUTY MIX 1ST ER 185

West Coast

XEW COXSTEUCTIOX, ADDITIONS AND ALTERATIONS

Alert Bay. — An addition was built to the operating house to accommodate
a CW transmitter and interior alterations made to suit the new arrangement,
including the fitting up of a small office for the use of the officer in charge. A
Matthews generating unit, together with starting battery, were installed in the
engine room.

Bull Harbour. — Electric lights were installed in the dwelling houses,
current being supplied from the starting battery of the ]\Iatthews generating
unit. A new gas tank and Bowser safety pump were installed to replace one
of the storage tanks found leaking. The old wooden tramway rails which had
decayed were replaced by steel rails.

Cape Lazo. — A new water cooling tank was installed in engine room. An
Edison battery was installed for the radiophone transmitter, replacing the lead
battery which had deteriorated. A new aerial was erected and connected to a
separate standbj' receiver for 600 metres.

Digby Island. — The whole site was cleared of logs and underbrush, trees
and brush were cleared on each side of the tramway track and also along the
new pole line site ready for running the new power line.

The tramway track was completely rebuilt and an additional hundred feet
of track was added to enable hauling to continue to the site of the new operating
house.

The hoist house and hoist were moved to a position suitable for hoisting to
the new operating house. The hoist house was repaired and reshingled and the
hoist overhauled and again set-up.

All dwelling houses were completely repaired inside and outside, and the
roofs reflashed and reshingled. Weeping drains were put down at the base
of the foundation walls.

The old wooden masts were taken down and replaced by two new steel
lattice masts 200 feet high and new aerials were made up and hoisted.

Work has been started on the new operating house and is now well advanced.

An experimental short wave transmitter was installed.

Estevan Point. — A good amount of maintenance work was done on the
Estevan Hesquiat road, corduroy being put down, new drains and culverts
built and gravel spread over certain parts. A rebuilt Ford truck was supplied
to speed up the handling of material o\ev the road. Two new sets of stays were
fitted to masts.

Gonzales Hill. — The interior of the operating house was repainted and alter-
ations made to interior of dwelling house. Tests were carried out to try and
adapt the 1,600 watt sets for short wave transmission.

Pachena Point. — A Marconi 100 Watt radiophone transmitter was installed.

Poijit Grey. — An experimental short wave transmitter was installed and the
radiophone transmitter rearranged. The Main transmitter was overhauled and
tests carried out to reduce interference on broadcast wavelengths. A hot air
furnace was installed in the dwelling-house.

Great Lakes
Port Burwell, Ont. — A type M.S. valve receiver was installed.

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East Coast

Chebucto Head, N.S., Direction Finding.— Ke\\- type aerial suspension gear
and one new jury mast were erected and tlie ground system was overhauled.
The station with'the assistance of the C.G.S. Acadia was re-calibrated.

Canso, N.S., Direction Finding. — The station was connected up with the
Canso Town Electric Power Company and an A.C. motor and automatic starter
installed. The power line runs from the town limit to the station on the existing
telephone pole line. Repairs were made to our road between the station and the
main highway.

St. Paid Island, N.S., Direction Finding. — A 500-gallon Bowser tank, together
with Bowser pump and standard equipment were installed and a G-3 receiver
was installed replacing the type 12A.

Belle Isle, Nfld., Direction Finding. — The dwelling was lined with insulating
material, this work being done by the staff, and a G-3 receiver was installed.

Yarmouth, N.S., Direction Finding. — The station was connected with the
city power supply. A 5-horsepower, A.C. motor was coupled to the A.C. gener-
ator to supply power to the transmitter.

Bed Head, St. John, N.B., Direction Finding.— The old barn situated near
the office building was demolished and a four car garage, ex-Barrington passage,
was put up providing accommodation for three cars and good storage space for
coal. Some minor alterations were carried out to the transmitter, including the
installation of a safety switch on the 4 KVA set.

Seal Island, N.S., Radio Beacon. — A complete new beacon transmitter was
installed, this being the first installation of the new type 200 watt automatic
apparatus, it providing satisfactory communication with St. John, X.B., and
has a reliable range of 75 miles for Direction Finding. This beacon functions
automatically every hour day and night, and continuously during fog.

Radio Beacons — General. — In addition to the general inspection and over-
haul of radio apparatus at Cape Ray, Newfoundland, Cape Bauld, Newfound-
land, Lurcher Lightship and Halifax Lightship No. 24, a 100 Watt LC.W. set was
installed on the Heath Point Lightship No. 15.

Hudson Bay and Strait

Amery, Man. — A temporary station was erected on behalf of the Depart-
ment of Railway and Canals at ]Mile 356 on the Hudson Bay railway. A
2-K.W. automatic gasoline engine driven generating unit with starting battery,
a standard 100 Watt valve transmitter and Type M.S. receiver were installed.
Two 80-foot steel masts to support the aerial were erected. This station main-
tains communication between the end of steel on the Hudson Bay railway and
Fort Churchill, ^Nlan., and will continue in operation until the landline is in
commission.

Fort Churchill, Man. — The temporary station erected in 1927-28 on behalf
of the Department of Railways and Canals was closed down and replaced by a
complete new permanent direction finding station. The plant consists of a
combined power and operating house, a dwelling and two 150 foot steel masts.
The buildings are properly insulated to withstand the northern climate. The
radio equipment consists of two 6 K.V.A. gasolene engine driven generating Units
with 32 volt starting battery, standard 1600 watt C.W. and LC.W. long wave
transmitter, and 500 watt short wave transmitter, and a 100 watt radio telephone
transmitter. The receiving equipment consists of a G-3 direction finding
receiver, a type M.S. receiver, and a short wave receiver.

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Wakeha7n Bay, Hudson Strait. — The temporary station was closed down
and the 500 watt short wave valve transmitter, also one 5 K.W. engine driven
generating unit, were transferred to Cape Hopes Advance.

Nottingham Island, Hudson Strait. — The temporary station erected in con-
nection with the Hudson strait patrol, 1927, was converted into a standard
Direction Finding Station, one of the former 5 K.W. gasolene engine driven
generating units being replaced by a new 5 K.W. automatic generating unit with
starting battery. A type G-3 direction finding receiver was installed and one
new 150-foot steel mast erected. The temporary buildings were fixed up and
made as comfortable as possible.

Cape Hopes Advance, Hudson Strait. — A complete new permanent Direction
Finding Station was established, this station replacing the temporary station at
Wakeham Bay. A combined operating and power house, dwelling and store-
house were built, and one 150 foot steel mast and shorter pipe masts were
erected. The equipment consists of one 5 K.W. gasolene driven generating unit,
transferred from Wakeham Bay, one 5 K.W. automatic gasolene engine driven
generating unit with lead type 32 volt starting battery, one 500 watt standard
long wave C.W. and I.C.W. valve transmitter, one 500 watt short wave valve
transmitter, transferred from Wakeham Bay, a type G-3 direction finding
receiver, a short wave receiver and type M.S. receiver.

SPECL\L AI^.^IST.VNCE RENDERED TO SHIPS DURING THE YEAR BY G0\T:RNMENT

RADIO STATIONS

West Coast — Bidl Harbour

SS. Redwood. — At 4.40 a.m. on August 31. 1928, the ss. Redwood reported to
the Bull Harbour Station that she had run ashore at 4 a.m., thick fog, position
uncertain. At 5.20 a.m. Redwood advised "Ashore on Hunt rock between
Scarlett point and Pine island please stand by ". At 5.15 a.m. the Alert Bay
Station established communication with the ss. Curacoa, who gave position
"Off Bull Harbour Light south bound": this was amended at 5.35 a.m. to
" Boat Harbour Light ". Efforts were made to raise other vessels thought to
be in vicinity, without result. At 5.45 a.m. Bull Harbour gave the " Redwood "
the position of the ss. Amur at 8 p.m. 30th. The Amur at 6 a.m. was signalled
by the Redivood and communication established. The A?nur stood by until
Redwood refloated on rising tide at 10 a.m. The Redicood proceeded on voyage
south under own power.

Cape Lazo

Launch Vimy 3.—ki 3.30 p.m. on December 6, 1928, the engine of the
Vimy 3 failed and launch ran ashore close to the Cape Lazo Station. The owners
were notified, but on account of adverse weather conditions could do nothing
in the matter of salvage, and launch proved a total loss.

SS. Aleutian.— At 23.40 on February 23, 1929, the Cape Lazo Station
received a distress message from the ss. Aleutian advising aground Maude Island,
Seymour Narrows. Cape Lazo endeavoured to get in touch with tug by radio-
phone, but without success. At 00.30 the Aleutian reported afloat again, no
assistance required. Vessel proceeded to Seattle under own power.

Motoi' Yacht Greta M.—At 19.40 on March 12, 1929, the motor yacht
Greta M called the Cape Lazo Station by radiophone and advised " In Green
Pomt rapids broken down and need help, send someone to help us ". Cape Lazo
communicated with the *S^. Faith who was going to the assistance of the Greta M.

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but was advised by the Cardero Channel Radiophone Station that their gasboat
had picked up the Greta M about 22.00 and no further help needed. The
Greta M arrived safely at Green Point.

Pachena Point Direction Finding

Gasboat Gardiner M.—At 13.40 on May 15, 1928, the Pachena Point
Station received a telegram from the Government telegraph operator at Jordan
River, advising boat ashore one mile east of Jordan River. At 13.50 Pachena
notified the U.S.S. Snohomish, also the C.G.S. Malaspina, the latter being then
five miles north of Jordan River, proceeded to scene at full speed. At 13.65
Pachena notified the Bamfield Lifeboat. Pachena relayed messages exchanged
between Malaspinn and Gardiner M re putting line aboard, etc. The Gardiner M
was pulled off by other gasboats later on.

Poiuer Boat Fleur de Vie.—ki 16 on November 16, 1928, the lightkeeper
at Carmanah advised the Pachena Station that a power boat, the Fleur de Vie,
was reported drifting into the straits, position 4 or 5 miles off Bonilla point. At
16.07 Pachena advised the Bamfield Life Saving Station. At 16.20 Tatoosh
was requested to advise the Neah Bay coastguard. The Bamfield and Neah
Bay lifeboats proceeded to scene. The Fleur de Vie was towed to Port Renfrew
by a launch.

Point Grey

Tug Burrard Chief.— At 21.10 on May 11, 1928, the tug, Burrard Chief
advised the Point Grey Station by radiophone that she might need assistance,
being afraid that one of the two scows in tow would turn over, position off
Point Grey, bound English bay, strong westerly breeze. Point Grey broadcast
this information on radiophone. The Vancouver Drydock and Salvage Com-
pany, who were advised by telephone, said would send tug out. At 21.20 the
tug Prospective No. 2 came into Vancouver Harbour, and the Burrard Chief
immediately established communication with her, and advised did not want
assistance, but that some tug should be prepared to come to assistance if scow
turned over. At 22.15 the Buirard Chief reported in cove other side of Point
Atkinson everj'thing all right.

Vancouver

SS. Hampholm and SS. Princess Adelaide. — At 11.15 a.m. on December 19,
1928, the steamers Hampholm and Princess Adelaide were in collision, in English
bay, dense fog. The Vancouver Station immediately notified the agents of both
vessels and handled messages exchanged. The Princess Adelaide was towed to
the Wallace Shipyards, North Vancouver.

East Coast — North Sydney, N.S.

SS. Callisto.— At 12.20 a.m. on April 29, 1928, the North Sydney Station
received a distress message from the ss. Callisto, advising "aground off Louis-
burg'' no further information or exact position given. The CGS. Montcalm also
picked up distress message and endeavoured to get position of Callisto, without
result. Montcalm left North Sydney at 5.40 a.m. to search for Callisto, but up
to 6.30 on 30th, had not located wreck. At 2 p.m. on 30th report received that
one body driving ashore at Scatari. Vessel total loss.

SS. Cairntorr.— At 2.25 p.m. on October 23, 1928, the North Sydney Station
received a distress message from the ss. Cairntorr, advising "Ashore abeam outer
island rock, Coacoacho Bay, P.Q., Lat. 50-08 N. 60-15 W. taking to boats".
North Sydney immediately broadcast this information, and reported same to

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Marine Agents, Sydney and Halifax, N.S., and Lloyds, North Sydney and
London. The broadcast was repeated by the Grindstone Island Station. At
2.30 p.m. the ss. Aggersund was in communication with Cairntorr and pro-
ceeding to assistance, position fifty miles distant. Up to 4 p.m. no further
particulars received. At 4.20 p.m. ss. Salacia fifteen miles distant proceeding
to assistance. The Aggersund and Salacia stood by all night. The Cairntorr
was a total loss.

Sable Island, N.S.

Trawler Islande.—kt 2.55 p.m. on June 6, 1928, the Sable Island Station
heard the trawler Islande asking assistance of the trawler Rayondor, stating she
was ashore. At 3 p.m. Superintendent Henry was asked to have the Island life-
boat crew in readiness in case required. At 3.10 p.m. Sable Island asked the
Islande if Lloyds could be advised. At 3.16 p.m. the Islande replied "Yes, you
can send out the report we are ashore", position on NE. bar Sable island about
5 miles ENE. of NE. Light. The Islande, with the assistance of trawlers
Rayondor and Louhyrne refloated at 7.35 p.m.

Cape Race, Njld.

SS. earlier.— At 19.30 EST. on February 18, 1929, the Cape Race Station
received a distress message from the ss. Carlier advising "Struck submerged
object Lat. 44-30 N. 42-05 W. tail end shaft broken in stern tube. At 22-15 the
Carlier advised "accepting ss. City of Winnipeg's offer of assistance." The
Carlier was towed to the Azores.

SS. Padnsaij.— At 7.45 a.m. EST. on February 16, 1929, the Cape Race
Station was advised by the ss. Vulcania that steering gear of ss. Padnsay had
broken and aerial carried away, ss. President Harding proceeding to assistance.
On February 17 the Padnsay was still lying to, but later procedeed on course
without assistance.

SS. Platinum.— At 11.30 EST. on June 23, 1928, the ss. Baron Garioch
reported to the Cape Race Station that the ss. Plasdinam was ashore Freshwater
point, about seven miles west of Cape Race. The Baron Garioch stood by.
Crew landed safely. The Plasdinam was a total wreck, vessel not equipped with
radio.

SS. Gydavore.— At 12.20 on December 1, 1928, the Cape Race Station
received a distress message from the ss. Gydavore advising steering gear broken
drifting direction Allen Island Light. On December 2, the Gydavore reported
damage temporarily repaired proceeding on course.

SS. Kinina.— At 04-30 GMT. on December 2, 1928, the Cape Race Station
received a distress message from the ss. Kiruna advising ship half capsized,
50-05 N. 54-05 W. cargo of lead ore melting. The Kiruna returned to Botwood,
Nfld.

Point Amour, Belle Isle

Aeroplane Bremen. — The wreck of the German aeroplane Bremen on Greenly
island, Labrador, on April 13, 1928, was promptly reported and a considerable
amount of traffic, including press matter, was handled by the Point Amour and
Belle Isle Stations.

The East Coast radio stations were also of assistance to the ss. L'Orient,
Twickenham, Glitra, Michael Lembiricos, Rosecastle, Aldebaran, Innerton,
Illingworth, Queen's County, Framlington Court, Panaghis M. Hadoulis and
Hedrun.

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Great Lakes — Point Edward and Tobermory, Ontario

SS. Thousand Islander.— On November 21, 1928, the ss. Collingwood advised
the Point Edward Station ss. Thousand Islander adrift in sinking condition crew
all aboard. Collingwood position about north sixty-five west from Thunder Bay
island twenty-five miles distant, southwest gale with snow. At 1.50 p.m. the
Collingwood advised the Tobermory Station, "One ten p.m. anchored middle
island Lake Huron position of Islander when last seen 26 miles south, 75 degrees
east from Thunder Bay island''. At request of marine agent this information was
broadcast as a warning to all vessels.

The Great Lakes Radio Stations were also of assistance to the ss. Renfrew,
Huronic, Canadoc and Collier No. 1.

EAST COAST VISUAL SIGNAL SERVICE

Signal stations on the East coast are under the administration of the Radio
Branch and under the direct jurisdiction of the Division Superintendent of Radio
at Halifax. All radio stations report ships communicated with and this is
supplemented by reports of ships sighted by the following visual signal stations
which are organized to tie in with the East coast radio service: —

Magdalen Islands. — Including Grindstone, Amherst Island, Pleasant Bay,
Grosse Isle, and Etang-du-Xord. Wireless to Sydney.

St. Paul Island. — Signal agent part-time. Wireless to Sydney.

Aspy Bay. — Signal agent part-time. Landline to Sydney.

Scatari Island. — Signal agent part-time. Landline and telephone to Sydney.

Flat Point. — Signal agent part-time. Private telephone to Sydney.

Point Ttipper. — Signal agent part-time. Landline to Sydney; ice reports to
Canso.

Sydney, C.B. — The duties of signal agent are undertaken by Captain Mac-
Kenzie, Superintendent of Pilots, who, upon receipt of reports, analyzes same and
forwards to central oflfices at Halifax and Quebec as requisite.

Halifax, N.S. — This station is located at the Citadel and maintains a con-
tinuous watch day and night and is in direct communication with Chebucto Head
Radio and Signal Station by a private telephone, which was installed during the
present year. A summary of ships reported by the Citadel Station appears in the
department's annual report.

Chebucto Head. — This station is situated at the entrance to Halifax Harbour
and reports the passing of all vessels to the Signal Station at the Citadel. Two
fulltime signal agents are maintained for visual signalling. The Direction
Finding Station situated at the same point reports all vessels communicated with
by wireless, giving position and probable time of arrival. The station is
organized for lamp signalling at night to vessels not fitted with wireless.

Sambro Head Light Vessel. — This lightship keeps a lookout and reports all
passing vessels not fitted with wireless to Chebucto Head.

St. John, N.B. — The Signal Station at Saint John is situated in the Customs
building and is connected by telephone to the Red Head Direction Finding
Station. Two full-time signal clerks are employed.

Lurcher Lightship.— 'Reports all ships spoken or sighted by wireless to Red
Head, Saint John.

Seal Island. — A signal clerk part-time reports by wireless to Red Head,
Saint John, all ships spoken or sighted.

Partridge Island. — Signal agent part-time. Telephone to Saint John, N.B.

REPORT OF THE DEPUTY MINISTER 191

SOREL SHIPYARD

Report of Fred Bridges, Superintendent

The operations of the Shipyard consisted chiefly in maintaining the fleet
of the St. Lawrence Ship Channel Branch in good order, carrying out the neces-
sary repairs and the building of new constructions.

Work was also done for the Dominion Steamers, ^Maintenance of Lights
Department, ^Maintenance of Buoys Department and the Signal Service.

With respect to the St. Lawrence Ship Channel fleet I beg to note that the
maintaining and repairs are increasing every year, which is principally due,
in my opinion, to the greater depth and the harder digging that is being done.

NEW constructions

During the fiscal year, dredge No. 8 was completed satisfactorily, also steel
dump scows Nos. 91 and 92 and wooden dump scows Nos. 96 and 97. Con-
struction No. 95, the new Frontenac, work was continued but is not yet completed.
Constructions Nos. 98 and 99, the designs have been completed, material ordered
and delivered and considerable progress made with the hulls. The Scotch marine
boilers for dredges Nos. 3 and 4 were completed, and those for dredge No. 4 were
placed on board and the work completed.

The following are some of the outstanding repairs made on the St. Lawrence
Ship Channel vessels and other vessels: —

The following vessels were hauled up on the slip: —

Hopper barge No. 1, tugs Becancour, Contreccenr, Deschaillons, Iberville,
Laviolettc, Varennes, C.G.S. Argenteuil and C.G.S. Emilia.

repairs to dominion STEAMERS

Repairs were carried out on the following: — Acetylene, Argenteuil, Berthier,
Emilia, Shajyirock, Lady Grey and Mikula.

BUILDINGS AND WHARVES

The shipyard buildings and wharves were kept in good condition and some
repairs were made; some work was begun in connection with the reconstruction
of Wharf No. 4.

SHEERLEGS AND HAULING WAYS

Necessary repairs were made to the 140-ton sheerlegs and the hauling ways.

The force employed at the shipyard during the fiscal year 1928-29 varied
from a minimum of 671 at June 25, 1928 and a maximum of 737 at March 11.
17 and 25, 1929, with an average for the year of 695.

The total amount expended for shipvard operations during fiscal vear 1928-29
was $1,044,621.29.

APPROPRL\TION AND EXPENDITURE

The parliamentary appropriation for the ]\Iarine Department for the fiscal
year 1928-29 was $12,190,554.77; the expenditure, $9,441,190.17; leaving an
unexpended balance for the department of $2,749,364.60.

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CORRESPONDENCE

The number of letters received during the fiscal year 1928-29 was 143,275.

The number of letters sent out during the fiscal year 1928-29 was 46,600;
this does not include the circular letters estimated at over 50,000.

The above includes radio and hydrographic correspondence, which, until
recently, have been recorded in the Fisheries Record Branch.

NEW LEGISLATION

During the parliamentary session of 1929. new legislation affecting the
department was enacted as follows: —

19-20 George V, Chapter 37. — An Act to provide for a further loan to the
Chicoutimi Harbour Commissioners; assented to June 14, 1929.

19-20 George V, Chaper 44. — ^An Act to provide for a further loan to the
Halifax Harbour Commissioners; assented to June 14, 1929.

19-20 George Y, Chapter 47. — An Act to provide for a further loan to the
Harbour Commissioners of Montreal; assented to June 14, 1929.

19-20 George V, Chapter 59.^An Act to provide for a loan to the Three
Rivers Harbour Commissioners; assented to June 14, 1929.

19-20 George Y, Chapter 60. — An Act to provide for a further loan to the
Vancouver Harbour Commissioners; assented to June 14, 1929.

A. JOHNSTON,

Deputy Minister of Marine.

DOMINION OF CANADA
SIXTY-SECOND

ANNUAL REPORT

OF THE

FISHERIES BRANCH

Department of Marine and Fisheries

FOR THE YEAR

1928-29

OTTAWA

F. A. ACLAND

PRINTER TO THE KING'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY

To His Excellency the Right Honourable Viscount }Villingdon, G.C.S.I.,
G.C.M.G., G.C.I.E., G.B.E., Governor General and Commander in Chief
of the Dominion of Canada.

May It Please Your Excellency:

I have- tlie honour to submit herewith, for the information of Your Excel-
lency and the Parliament of Canada, the Sixty-second Annual Report of the
Fisheries Branch of the Department of Marine and Fisheries.

1 have the honour to be,

Your Excellency's most obedient servant,

P. J. ARTHUR CARDIN,

Minister of Marine and Fisheries.

Department of Marine and Fisheries,
OrrAWA, July,. 192S.

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CONTENTS

PAGE

Deputy jMinister's Report, coverings

Review of the Fisheries of the calendar year 1928 5

Operation of the Fish Inspection Act 16

Inspection of Canneries and Canned Fish 17

Marine Biological Board 17

Fisheries Intelligence Service 19

Fishing Bount}* 19

Fish Collection Services 21

Fish Culture 21

Oyster Development, Prince Edward Island 24

Scallop and Oyster Investigations 25

Royal Commission on Atlantic Fisheries 26

North American Committee on Fishery Investigations 30

International Hahbut Commission 32

Fraser River Sockeye Salmon Treaty 33

Gloucester County Fishermen's Association 38

APPENDICES

1. Report of Supervisors of P'isheries 40

2. Report on Work of Marine Biological Board 121

3. Report of the Director of Fish Culture 140

4. Report on Scallop Investigations 210

5. Report on Oyster Development, Prince Edward Island 212

6. Report of Fisheries Engineer 214

7. Statement of Revenue and Expenditure, 1928-29 220

8. Statement of Revenue and Expenditure, 1867-1928 234

9. Entries of United States Fishing "S'essels (Pacific) 246

10. Entries of United States Fishing \'essels (Atlantic) 251

11. Summary of Licenses Issued 253

12. Return of Prosecutions 256

DEPUTY MINISTER'S REPORT

To the J ion. P. J. A. Cardix,

^Minister of Marine and Fisheries.'

Sir, — I have the honour to submit the Sixty-second Annual Report of the
Fisheries Branch of the department, which is for the fiscal year ended March 31,
1929, and is my first report as Deputy Minister of Fisheries.
The following subjects are dealt vAth in the report: —

Review of the Fisheries of the calendar year 1928.

Operation of the Fish Inspection Act.

Inspection of Canneries and Canned Fish.

]\Iarine Biological Board.

Fisheries Intelligence Service.

Fishing Bounty.

Fish Collection Services.

Fish Culture.

Oyster Development, Prince Edward Island.

Scallop and Oyster Investigations.

Roj'Jil Commission on Atlantic Fisheries.

North American Committee on Fishery Investigations.

International Halibut Commission.

Fraser River Sockeye Salmon Treaty.

Gloucester County Fishermen's Association.

Appendices to the report include: —

Reports of the Supervisors of Fisheries.

Report on the Work of the Biological Board.

Report of the Director of the Fish Culture Division.

Report on Scallop Investigations.

Report of the Fisheries Engineer.

Report on Oyster Development in Prince Edward Island.

Statement of Fisheries Expenditure and Revenue, 1928, and statement

of Fisheries Expenditure and Revenue by provinces, 1867-1928.
Summary of Licenses Issued.

Return showing Prosecutions for Offences against the Fisheries Act.
Entries of United States Fishing Vessels on the Pacific Coast and on the
Atlantic Coast.

REVIEW OF THE FISHERIES OF 1928

Canada's fisheries production in the calendar vear 1928 reached a total of
$55,050,973 in marketed value, or $5,927,364 above the total for 1927. Only
once before, save in 1918 and 1919 when the inflated prices of the war era pre-
vailed, have the Dominion's fisheries yielded a larger sum than in 1928. That
exception was in 1926 when ususually favourable weather conditions greatly,
aided the fishermen and the marketed value of the production amounted in all
to $56,360,633, or $1,309,660 more than in 1928.

During 1928 there were increased catches both on the Atlantic coast — that
is, in the sea fisheries of the Maritime Provinces and Quebec — and on the Pacific
coast. The catches in the inland waters showed a slight net decrease, attributable

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to smaller landings in Ontario and Manitoba. The marketed value of the sea
fisheries production was $46,669,222, as compared with $41,547,697 in the pre-
vious calendar year. In the case of the inland fisheries the marketed value of
the production amounted to $8,381,751, an increase of $805,839 over the figures
for 1927.

On the whole, prices were somewhat better in the fisheries trade in 1928
than they had been in the previous year and this condition, together with the
increase in catch, made the year a more prosperous one for the fishermen than
its predecessor had been. Export business showed substantial groA^-th. Cana-
dian fish and fish products were sold in some 100 foreign markets and the total
exportation had a value of $38,096,245, as against $34,814,448 in 1927. The
1928 balance of trade in Canada's favour on fisheries account was $34,028,171.

The number of men employed in the catching and landing of fish — the
primary operations of the fisheries — was 62,785, as compared with 63,415 in
the preceding year, and in the fish canning and curing establishments 15,434
persons were employed, as against 16,697 the year previously — a total personnel
of 78,219 directly engaged in the fishing industry, or 1,893 fewer than in 1927.

Capital investment showed some increase. It amounted to $58,072,371, which
was $1,765,910 greater than in 1927. Capital represented by the fish canning
and curing establishments was $26,941,283, or an increase of $2,486,801, despite
a net decrease in the number of plants operated. There was a decrease in the
number of lobster and salmon canneries, but their combined output was larger
than in the year before. jNIore clam canneries and fish curing plants were in
operation than in 1927. The number of fish reduction plants was also larger.
In the primary operations the value of the vessels, boats, and gear in use was
$31,131,088, as compared with approximately $720,000 more than that in the
preceding year.

The interesting point will be noted that though there was a decrease in the
number of persons engaged in the industry in 1928 as compared with 1927 the
catch and marketed value for the Dominion as a whole were both larger in 1928
than they had been in the previous year. Increasing use of powered craft and
mechanical equipment in the fisheries is enlarging the productive capacity of
the individual worker in the industry. The widening application of power in
the fisheries is a factor which must be taken into the reckoning in any analysis
of the changes from year to year in the size of personnel engaged in the industry.

It is also to be noted that w'hile there was some increase in the capital
investment in the industry in 1928, the indications are that tliere will be a
further increase in the ensuing year. On the Atlantic coast, for instance,
greater investment is being made in the facilities for primary operations.
During the winter no less than 155 new fishing boats have been under construc-
tion at Maritime Province points, the greater number of them in Nova Scotia.
There has been more activity in this regard in the iSIaritime Provinces during
the past winter than for some years — a condition partly attributable to the
greater success met with by the fishermen during 1928 and partly, it is indi-
cated, to the establishment by the department of fish collection services —
referred to elsewhere in this review, which, by widening the marketing oppor-
tunities of the fishermen, are encouraging them to increase their facilities for
fishing.

Reckoning in terms of marketed value, forty-eight per cent of the
Dominion's fisheries production for 1928 is to be credited to British Columbia.
The Maritime Pro^dnces accounted for thirty-two per cent, Ontario for seven
per cent, the Prairie Provinces and the Yukon Territory, together, for seven
per cent, and Quebec for six per cent. Only in the case of one of the provinces.
Prince Edward Island, w^as there a decrease ($171,126) in marketed value as
compared v.ith .1927.

FISHERIES BRAXCH 7

From the standpoint of marketed return, the salmon fishery was first in
importance during the year and the total production from this fisherj^, increas-
ing by some §3,000,000 as compared with the year before, had a value of
$17,867,053. The cod fisher}^ ranked next with a production valued on the
markets at S6,285,777. The lobster fishery was third in marketed value —
$5,183,988. In the case of both halibut and herring the year's production
amounted to more than .^3 ,000,000. Pilchard production was above the $2,000,-
000 mark and the marketed value of the catch of whitefish, most important
among the inland fish from the standpoint of marketed return, was also more
than 82,000,000. The haddock, pickerel, sardine, smelt, and trout fisheries,
respectively, yielded marketed values of over $1,000,000.

Table I below shows the marketed value of the year's production by pro-
vincial totals as compared with the three preceding years, and table II the
marketed value of sea and inland production by provinces for 1928.

TABLE I

1928

1927

1926

1925

Xova Scotia

11,681,99.5

5,001,641

1,196,681

2,996,614

4,030,753

2,240,314

563,. 503

725,050

26,562,727

51,665

10,783.631

4,406,673

1,367,807

2,736,450

3.670,229

2,0.39,738

503,609

712,469

23,264,342

12,090

12,505,922

5,. 325, 478

1,358,9.34

3,110,964

3,152,193

2,328,803

444,288

749,076

27,367,109

17,866

$
10,213,779
4,798,589
1,. 598, 119
3,044,919
3 436 412

Prince Edward Island

Quebec

1,466,939

494,882

458,504

22,414,618

15,370

Saskatchewan

Alberta

Yukon Territory

Total

55,050,973

49,497,038

56,360,633

47,942,131

TABLE II

Sea

Inland

Total

S
11,681,995
4,973,562
1,196,681
2,254,257

11,681,995
5,001,641

28,079

Prince Edward Island

1,196,681
*> 996 614

Quebec

742,357

4,030,753

2,240,314

563,533

725,050

4,030,753

2,240,314

563 533

Manitoba .

Saskatchewan

Alberta

725,050

26,562,727

51 665

British Columbia

26,562,727

Yukon Territory

51,665

46,669,222

8,381,751

55,050,973

XOVA SCOTIA

In Nova Scotia the vear's production of SI 1.681. 995 was nearlv $900,000
above the total for 1927 and was only $823,927 under the figure for 1926, which,
as has been noted, was a year of unusually favourable natural conditions. In
the cod fishery there was an increase of almost 14,000,000 pounds in catch and
of slightly more than $950,000 in marketed value. There were also increases
in the catch and marketed value of haddock, pollock, hake and cusk. and
swordfish among the other principal sea fish and an increase in the marketed
value of mackerel, but decreases, on the other hand, in the case of halibut,
herring, lobsters, and salmon. The scallop catch fell off sharply as compared

8 MARINE AND FISHERIES

with 1927, but was substantially larger than it had been in any other previous
year. There was some gain in the landings and marketed value of clams and
quahaugs. Favourable prices in the dried fish markets were an important
factor in increasing the total value of the provincial production for the year.
The total catch of the Limenburg fleet, which operates chiefly for the dried fish
trade, was 717,225 hundredweight of green fish as compard with 682,770
hundredweight in 1927, though the number of vessels operating, seventy-five.
was eight less than in the previous year.

NEW BRUNSWICK

The year was a very successful one for the New Brunswick fishing industry
and the total marketed value of the provincial catch, $5,001,641, was nearly
$600,000 greater than the 1927 return. The sardine fishery", which is of
steadily growing importance and in which there was a catch during the year
of 55,869.800 pounds with a marketed value of $1,284,771, accounted for more
than $238,000 of the 1928 gain in the value of the provincial fisheries as a
whole. Similarly, smelt production was more valuable by over $225,000 than
it had been in the i^revious j^ear when a catch of 4,618,400 pounds had a
marketed value of $686,163 as compared with a marketed value of $912,055
for a catch of 5,986.600 pounds in the year under re\aew. There was a ver>^
large increase relatively in the catch of pollock and the marketed value of
$55,297 was $41,000 above the 1927 total. Mackerel catch was double that of
the previous year while there was substantial increase in catch and value in
the cod fishery as well as in the lobster fishery. On the other hand, production
fell off in the alewives, herring, and salmon fisheries.

PRINCE EDWARD ISL.AND

In the case of Prince Edward Island the mackerel fisherv^ was more suc-
cessful in 1928 than it had been in the preceding year, both in point of size
of catch and its value when put upon the market, and while the herring catch
was smaller by some 400,000 pounds than in 1927 it brought in a slightly
larger amount in marketed value. The oyster landings increased by nearly 700
barrels but marketed value was not quite as large as in the year before. There
was a decrease of $103,794 in the value of the lobster marketings although the
catch of 6,561,300 pounds was 281.300 pounds above the 1927 total. Smelt and
cod landings fell off somewhat and in the case of each fishers' there was a sub-
stantial decline in marketed value.

QUEBEC

Of the total gain of $260,164 in the marketed value of the Quebec pro-
duction, $132,001 is to be credited to the sea fisheries and $128,163 to the,
inland fisheries. On the sea fisheries side the catch of haddock more than
doubled while the lobster catch increased by some 184,000 pounds. The cod
catch was also heavier than in 1927, and there were increases in one or two
other instances. Catches of herring and smelt both showed a falling off and
the landings of mackerel were only a third as hea\y as in 1927. In the inland
fisheries there were increases both in catch and marketed value in the case of
all save one or two of the commercial fisheries. The largest single increase
was in the production of eels and the marketed value of this catch rose from
$110,778 in 1927 to $189,905.

ONTARIO

The increases of $360,524 in the marketed value of the Ontario production
was chiefly due to larger returns from the pickerel and perch fisheries. The

FISHERIES BRANCH 9

catch of pickerel was less than in 1927 and the marketed value of the fish was
$420,252 as compared with $300,529, while perch value was over three times the
1927 figure— $704,025 as against $211,352. Herring, trout, and whitefish fish-
eries were less successful than in the preceding year.

MAN1T0B.\

In Manitoba there was a decrease in total catch but better market con-
ditions resulted in an increase of $200,576 in the value of the production. In
the case of whitefish there was a slight increase in catch and a proportionately
greater increase in marketed value. TuUibee catch dropped off over a million
pounds but the marketed value of the catch was $65,000 above the 1927 figure.
Pickerel fishermen did better than in the preceding year both as regards catch
and marketed value. A smaller quantity of pike was landed than in 1927
but yielded a larger sum on the market. Goldeye catch fell away slightly and
the marketed value was only $66 less than in 1927. Trout catch and value
declined somewhat.

SASKATCHEWAN

Total catch in Saskatchewan was 413,100 pounds more than in 1927 and
on the market value side there was an increase of approximately $60,000. The
whitefish production in the province, 4,366.700 pounds, was 234,400 pounds
above the 1927 catch and was marketed for almost $50,000 more. The pike and
mullet catches increased, while there were decreases in the case of trout, pickerel,
and tullibee. The catch of goldeyes was practically the same as in 1927.

ALBERTA

The greater production of trout in 1928 was chiefly responsible for the
iiicrease in the market value of the total provincial catch of fish. Trout land-
ings of nearlv 2,000,000 pounds were not far short of being twice as large as the
1927 catch and their market value was $222,312, as compared with $126,955 in
the previous vear. There were gains of various size in the catches of perch,
pickerel, and tullibee, respectively, but decreases in the case of mullets, pike,
and whitefish. The whitefish catch was 533,500 pounds under the 1927 total.

BRITISH COLUMBIA

A very large mcrease in the salmon catch and large increases in the catch
of halibut and the catch of pilchards were features of the year in the British
Columbia fisheries, and contributed the major part toward the rise of nearly
$3,700,000 in the marketed value of the provincial production. Only in the
war year 1918 and in 1926 did the British Columbia fisheries have greater
value than in 1928. The salmon catch for the year was 225,745,500 pounds,
or about 76.700.000 pounds more than the 1927 catch, and it had a marketed
value of $17,345,670, as compared with $14,253,803 in the previous year. The
landing of halibut at British Columbia ports during the year exceeded the 1927
landings by .nbout 3,146,600 pounds, but the marketed value in 1928 showed a
drop of about $97,000. The pilchard catch increased by 24,167,000 pounds.
The herring catch was somewhat below the 1927 catch but the marketed value
slightly greater.

YUKON TERRITORY

A remarkable increase took place in the value of the fisheries of the terri-
tory during the year, the marketed value of the catch reaching $51,665, which
was $39,575 greater than in 1927. Increase in the salmon value to $17,320, as
compared with $8,050 in the year before, was recorded, a $13,000 increase in
trout value, and an increase of almost $12,000 in the case of whitefish.

10 MARINE AND FISHERIES

ATLANTIC COAST FISHERIES

In the Atlantic coast fisheries 521,971,600 pounds of sea fish were landed
during 1928, the catch by provinces being as follows: —

Nova Sootia 269,589,500 pounds

New Brunswick 149,559,400 "

Prince Edward Island 20,476, 300 "

Quebec 82,346,400 "

The total marketed value of the sea fisheries production of the four prov-
inces were $20,106,495.

Cod, Haddock, Hake and Cusk, and Pollock. — Taken together, the catches
of these five varieties of fish on the Atlantic coast made up a quantity very
considerably above the 1927 total and their combined marketed value showed
an increase of $1,834,136. In 1928 the catch of these fish reached 294.822,100
pounds, with a marketed value of $8,493,938, and in the year before the catch
had been 261.274.300 pounds and its marketed value was $6,659,802.

The production of smoked fish and smoked fillets from the 1928 catch of
these fish was 11,132,700 pounds, or very slightly less than the production in
the preceding year. The case was otherwise, however, as regards the produc-
tion of fresh fish and fresh fillets and of dried and boneless fish from the catch
in this group. The marketings of fresh fish and fresh fillets totalled 37,904,800
pounds, as against 33,417,500 pounds in 1927, and the production of dried fish
and boneless fish was 57,468,200 pounds, as compared with 52,379,400 pounds
in the earlier year.

The improved showing in regard to the catch and marketed value in the
case of this group of fish was due to large gains in Nova Scotia and New Bruns-
wick and a substantial gain in Quebec. In Prince Edward Island the 1927
catch of 6,191.300 pounds dropped to 4,977,300 pounds and marketed value from
$149,397 to $125,444. So far as catch alone is concerned, Prince Edward Island
showed a slight gain in the case of hake and cusk, a small decline in haddock
landings, and a larger decrease in cod catch. Pollock are not taken by Prince
Edward Island or Quebec fishermen.

Quebec's catch of cod was 46,992,400 pounds, or 815,200 pounds above the
1927 total. The provincial haddock catch of 588,400 pounds represented a gain
of better than a hundred per cent. The hake and cusk catch increased nearly
four-fold from 83,000 pounds in 1927 to 380,400 pounds in the year under
review.

In New Brunswick there was a smaller haddock catch than in the year
previous— 2,887,800 pounds in 1928 as against 3.383,400 pounds — ^but there was
distinct improvement in the cod fishery and the hake and cusk fishery. The cod
landings for the year were 17,287,400 pounds, compared v.-itli 13.677.300 pounds
in 1927. and landings of hake and cusk mounted to 7,872.600 pounds, an increase
of over 3.200.000 pounds. The increase in pollock catch was relatively very
large, 3,411,800 pounds being landed as compared with only 769,300 pounds in
the year before.

Nova Scotia fishermen made larger catches of all these fish than in 1927.
The cod catch was 147.017.200 pounds, as compared with 133.187.300 pounds,
the haddock catch 44.595.000 pounds, as compared with 38,420.700 pounds, the
catch of hake and cusk 15.874.400 pounds, as compared with 11,943,100 pounds,
and the catch of pollock 3,057,300 pounds, as against 2,735,700 pounds.

Mackerel, Herring and Sardines. — Combined landings of herring, mackerel,
and sardines were larger by 5,183.800 pounds than in 1927, but this was due to
an increase of over 22.200,000 pounds in sardine catch for there was a 13.572,300
pounds decrease in herring landings, and mackerel catch was 3,502,900 pounds
under the figures for the earlier vear.

FISHERIES BRAXCH

The smaller total for mackerel landings — 12,376.800 pounds, as compared
with 15.879,700 pounds — was due to the poorer success of the Quebec men
engaged in this fishery. The Xova Scotia mackerel catch of 7,144,000 pounds
was very little under the 1927 catch while the Xew Brunswick catch of
1.861.100 pounds more than doubled the landings for the previous year, and in
Prince Edward Island the catch was 1,019,700 pounds, as compared with only
645.500 pounds in 1927. In Quebec the mackerel fishermen landed only
2,352.000 pounds, while in 1927 their catch had amounted to 7,076.500 pounds.

Herring cat-ches were considerably below^ the 1927 figTires in all four prov-
inces. In New Brunswick the decrease was 7,700,000 pounds, in Nova Scotia
4.816.200 pounds, in Quebec 617.800 pounds, and in Prince Edward Island
438,300 pounds.

The j'ear was a very successful one for the sardine fisheiy of New Bruns-
wick and the catch was 55.869,800 pounds, as against 34,928,000 pounds in the
year preceding. The increase in marketed value of the catch was 8238,521.
The pack of sardines in the province was 257,881 cases. In 1927 the pack was
240,091 cases.

Other Sea Fish. — In 1928 the catch of halibut, which had been greater by
367,000 pounds on the Atlantic coast in 1927 than in the year previously,
dropped 140.700 pounds below the 1927 total. The 1928 landings in Nova
Scin.ia. New Brunswick and Quebec (the New Brunswick catch is small) totalled
2,710.300 pounds. Quebec's catch was 126.900 pounds, as compared with only
84,800 pounds in 1927, but the Nova Scotia catch decreased by some 178.300
pounds and there was also a decrease in the case of the New Brunswick catch.
Swordfish, taken by Nova Scotia fishermen only, made up a catch of over
808.000 pounds, as compared with 729.900 pounds in the previous year. The
catch of tomcods. which are taken chiefly in New Brunswick, fell to 1.960,100
pounds, or some 314,000 pounds less than in 1927. There was a large decrease
also in the landings of flounders in Nova Scotia and New Brunswick, the total
catch standing at 347,400 pounds, as against 938.300 pounds in the year before.
The Nova Scotia flounder catch, which had been 819.500 pounds in 1927, was
only 248,800 pounds in the year under review.

Lobsters. — In the four Atlantic provinces, together, the lobster catch
increased by more than 500,000 pounds, reaching a total of 32.243.700 pounds.
Prices, however, were not so good as in 1927 and the marketed value of the
catch. $5,053,699. was some S372.000 under the figure for the pre\'ious year.
The following tables show the catch, by provinces, for 1928 and 1927,' the
forms in which the catch was marketed in each year, and the marketed values;
it may be noted that in 1928 the percentage of the catch shipped in shell was
slightly greater than in 1927: —

CATCH

■ — -

1928

Nova Scotia

Cwt.

172,409
57,970
65,61.3
26,445

Marketed

value

3,048,255

1,037,195

752,123

216,126

179,673
49,752
62,800
24,606

Marketed
value

3,255,627
955,053
855,917
359,579

Prince Edward Island

Quebec

Totals

322,4.37

5,053,699

316,831

5 4''6 176

MARIXE AXD FISHERIES
QUANTITY SHIPPED IN SHELL

Nova Scotia

66,239

24,384

6,791

492

1,525.674

583,833

99,137

6,708

67,651
16,162
1,847
1,147

1,492,350

New Brunsick

Prince Edward Islard

431,870
40,817

14,022

97,906

2,215,352

86,907

1,979,059

QUANTITY CANNED

Cases

Marketed
value

Cases

Marketed
value

Nova Scotia. .'

55,277
19,468
25,077
12,164

1,465,239

451,165

635,427

332,091

55,771
18,866
27,896
11,404

1,727,105
522,162

Prince Edward Island

801 , 542

Quebec

342,289

Totals

111,986

2,883,922

113,937

3,393,098

TOMALLEY

Nova Scotia

3,226
197
799
645

38,322
2,197

10,759
7,616

2,536
103
630
280

31,838

New Brunswick

1,021
9,558

Quebec

3,028

Totals

4,867

58,894

3,549

45,445

Other Shellfish. — The production of clams and ciiiahaugs increased in all
four of the pro^ances, save Xew Brunswick, and totalled 46,486 barrels, or a
gain of 3,193 barrels. The greatest production is in Xew Brunswick, which
accounted for 30,058 barrels. Scallop production, 12,331 barrels less than in
1927, was 26,304 barrels. The oyster catch showed a slight decrease in Nova
Scotia, New Brunswick, and Prince Edward Island, taken together, for while
the Nova Scotia catch and the Prince Edward Island catch, at 1,944 barrels
and 4,756 barrels, respectively, were larger than the 1927 figures, the New
Brunswick catch of 12,383 barrels was 1.191 barrels less than the year before.

River Spawning Fish. — There was a large decrease, taking the catch in the
four provinces as a whole, in the landings of river spawning fish — alewives,
salmon and smelt — although the smelt figures were larger than for the preced-
ing vear. The catch of alewives in Nova Scotia dropped from 1,468.000 pounds
to f.195.400 pounds, and in New Brunswick from 3,943,400 pounds to 2.361.000
pounds. In Prince Edward Island, where no alewives were reported as landed
in 1927, there was a small catch of 15,000 pounds in 1928. Market conditions
in the alewives trade, chiefly a trade in the salted fis'h, continued unsatisfactory,
as in the previous year. The total decrease in the salmon catch was 2.239,800
pounds, the combined landings in the four provinces amounting to only 2.671.500
pounds, as against 4.911,300 pounds in 1927. There was a decrease in the
catch in each of the four provinces. In the smelt fishery. New Brunswick, the
chief producer, showed an increase of 1,368,200 pounds, the total landings in
the province being 5,986,600 pounds, but the other three provinces all showed
decreases.

IXL.\XD FISHERIES GENERALLY

The inland fisheries are prosecuted in New Brunswick, where they are rela-
tively unimportant as compared with the sea fisheries, and in Quebec, Ontario,
the Prairie Provinces, and the Yukon Territory. Compared with 1927, the

FISHERIES BRAXCH

year under review brought a gain in inland production value of slightly more
than S800.000, the figures covering marketed value for the two years standing
at S7.o75.912 (1927) and 88,381,751 (1928). The catches of the principal varie-
ties of fish taken in inland waters in 1928 and 1927 were as follows: —

1928

1927

Whitpfish

lbs.

18,069,500

14,261,000

10,414,500

9, 007,. 500

6,270,100

5,999,300

5,175,100

2,324,000

2,149,600

1,606,. 500

1,. 349, 700

1,071,. 300

lbs.
18,566,400

14,001,900

TuUibee

12,176,400

8,990.400

Pike

7,047,300

6,320,100

Ppj-ch

3,318,900

Fels

1,455,200

3,117,300

Mullets

1,. 590, 600

1,275,800

1,148,500

There were increases in the respective catches of bass, catfish, salmon,
saugers, shad, sturgeon, and mixed fish. Alewives catch, maskinonge catch, and
the catch of smelt were under the 1927 figures.

The largest catch of whitefish was in Ontario. 5,823,500 pounds, but this
total was smaller by some 342,000 pounds than the 1927 catch. The catches in
Manitoba and Saskatchewan, respectively, were somewhat larger than in 1927,
but Alberta landings fell off. Quebec showed some gain.

Manitoba, the principal pickerel producer, had a larger catch than in
1927 and 10,187,000 pounds were landed, as against 9,981,300 pounds in the
previous year. Ontario's catch of 2,001,200 pounds was not quite as large
as the 1927 total. Saskatchewan's catch, 305,400 pounds, was slightly less than
the catch for the year before, but Alberta, with 849,900 pounds to its credit,
did better by over 175.000 pounds than in the previous year.

All the blue pickerel landed were taken in Ontario. The catch in 1928, as
will be noted from the foregoing table, showed a decrease, but marketed value

an increase.

Manitoba continued the chief producer of pike but its catch was about
380,000 pounds less than in 1927 when 4,016,600 pounds were brought ashore.
There were larger catches in Quebec and Saskatchewan than in 1927 but smaller
catches in Ontario and Alberta.

THE PRAIRIE PROVINCE FISHERY

On the whole, conditions in the fishing industry in the Prairie Provinces
were better in 1928 than they had been in 1927, notwithstanding that unfavour-
able weather interfered with the winter fishing. In Manitoba, for instance, while
commercial production showed a decrease, there was an increase in the marketed
value of the catch. In Saskatchewan there was an increase of over 400,000
pounds in the commercial production. The winter fishery in Alberta showed a
considerable drop in catch but the summer fishery a much greater increase so
that there was a net gain of more than 450,000 pounds, and prices, taken as a
whole, were satisfactor>-; summer fisheiy prices ran from fair to average and
winter prices were good. There was an increase in the number of men engaged
in the industry in the three provinces, and it is noteworthy that the trend was
distinctly toward expansion, as indicated by increased equipment. In Saskatche-
wan the equipment in use was valued at §26,660 more than in 1927, the number
of gill-nets, for instance, increasing by 2,926. In Alberta the value of equip-
ment advanced to $416,185. ^lanitoba fishermen, unfortunately, met with
hea\n»' logs in equipment during the year as a result of adverse weather con-
ditions; in several cases gangs lost their entire outfits and it is estimated that
the total loss in nets reached $42,600.

14 MARINE AXD FISHERIES

Increased angling featured the year in all three provinces. In Alberta the
number of angling permits reached a new high level. The amount of fish taken
by anglers in Alberta in 1928 was almost twice as great as in the preceding
year. Anglers in Saskatchewan numbered more than in 1927 but their total
catch was smaller. In Manitoba, where the number of anglers reached 6,113 and
the total catch was estimated at 293,500 pounds, an outstanding feature was that
the number of non-residents taking out licenses was more than double the 1927
total, reaching 1,113.

Improvement in angling in the Prairie Provinces was the result, in large
part, of the action of the department in stocking various waters with trout and
other fish in recent years. Good catches were reported in streams which had
previously been stocked with trout. Thousands of perch were taken from
Mayatan lake, Alberta, where, in 1922, the department placed only forty-two
adult fish. Great numbers of young perch were to be seen in other Alberta
lakes which were stocked with adult perch as recently as 1925, while perch
fingerlings which were placed in Whitewood lake in that year had grown by
.1928 to more than half a pound in weight. Similar results were seen in 1928
from the placing of pickerel in other waters. In Saskatchewan a number of
waters which had been stocked some years ago afforded good angling, and,
generally, in all three provinces the results of this policy of stocking waters
from the Government hatcheries have been satisfactory, leading to better angling
year by year.

Further development of the fishery in lake Athabaska, in the extreme north
of the Prairie Provinces, was a noteworthy advance of 1928, indicative of the
possibilities of the future in the Dominion's northern areas. The fish taken
from lake Athabaska are being marketed in increasing quantities as the fishery
is developed by energetic and progressive methods. During 1928 improved
equipment was put in operation in the Athabaska fishery with resultant improve-
ment in the attractiveness of the product sent to market. Trout carefully sliced
by machinery, frozen, and packed in attractively-branded wax paper were sent
to distant urban markets with satisfactory result. Addition of two new steam
tugs and two refrigerator barges to the fishing equipment evidenced the expan-
sion of the fishery on the lake.

Establishment of a co-operative " Fish Pool " in jManitoba was an important
step in the Prairie Province fishery during 1928. Establishment of the pool,
which is known officially as the Manitoba Co-operative Fisheries and is incor-
porated under the ^Manitoba Co-operative Societies Act, was the culmination of
discussion which had been going on for several years among Manitoba fisher-
men and independent dealers. Organization was completed in the mid-summer
of 1928 and up to January- 28, 1929, the pool had handled 3,326,255 pounds of
fresh and frozen fish from the winter production. At the end of last January
the pool membership was 515 which was estimated to represent from 1,000 to
1,200 men out of a total of some 4,100 men engaged in the ^Manitoba fishery.

An interesting development in connection with the fishing industry in these
provinces is the effect of mining progress and railway extension in making for
the expansion of the fishery in some of the more remote waters already under
operation and in opening up new waters. For example, the completion of the
railway to the Flin-Flon mine in northern Manitoba has made it possible for
fishermen operating in the area of the Churchill waters between Pelican narrows
and Island falls, the centre of the mam sturgeon fishery of the Churchill, to
put their catch at rail-head in one day, with the shipments reaching The Pas on
the following day, whereas, formerly, a twenty-day round trip with teams was
necessary. Similarly, an extension of that railway northward from Cranberry
portage to the location of the Sherritt-Gordon mining properties at Cold lake,
which is now under way, will bring virtually all the waters along the western
part of these northern areas of jManitoba within comparatively easy reach of

FISHERIES BRAXCH 15

railway transportation. In Saskatchewan a railway survey line projecting
from Xipiwan has already established a trail for fishermen to Big Bear, Bal-
lantyne, and Deschambault lakes. This new railway will open up a number
of important fishing lakes and with other proposed railways will bring valuable
fisheries within a reasonable distance of rail transportation.

PACIFIC COAST FISHERIES

The major feature of the British Columbia fishery is export business in
canned salmon, which, in 1928, was done with more than twenty-five different
countries. The largest trade was with France, which took about 333,670
cases out of the total pack of 2.035,637 cases. Australasian purchases reached
some 269,000 cases and tlie United Kingdom was third among the customers
in point of quantity purchased, taking approximately 258,000 cases. Shipments
to continental Europe, apart from those to France, amounted to almost 150,000
cases, with Belgian buying accounting for more than one-third of the quantity.
Consignments to the Atlantic coast of the United States totalled slightly more
than 14,500 cases. Exports to South Africa and West Africa made up a total
of more than 63,000 cases, while other countries to which shipments were made
included Central and South American states, Ceylon, China, the Dutch East
Indies, Egs'pt, Fiji, India, Japan, the Philippines, the Straits Settlements, and
the West Indies.

The drop in the sockeye production in 1928 to 203,541 cases — more than
100,000 cases below the average pack for the five-year period, 1924-25 — pre-
vented the record salmon pack of 1926 from being exceeded. As it was, how-
ever, the total pack was less than 30.000 cases under the 1926 figures. Both
in pinks and chimis the former records (1926.) were broken in 1928. The pack
of pinks was 792,362 cases, or 19.369 cases above the former record, and the
pack of chums mount-ed to 161,294 cases above the old record and reached
863,256 cases. The 1928 pack of cohoes was 150,684 cases and the pack of
springs 18,856 cases, but an increasing quantity both of springs and cohoes is
being used each year in the fresh and frozen fish trade.

The rims of pinks and chums were exceptionally large, taking the province
as a whole, and, at the same time fishery officers reported that in the course of
the season thej" saw both these varieties of salmon in streams in which the fish
had not been known to be seen before. The decline in the sockeye pack was
chiefly due to the falling off in production of the Eraser and Skeena rivers. In
both the two preceding years very late runs of sockeye helped to swell the total
pack on the Eraser, but in 1928 there was no such late run. In the Skeena area
the small pack was partly attributable to the establishment, during the sockeye
season on these waters, of a weekly closed period of sixty hours — a step taken
with a view to greater conservation, and taken, the evidence indicates, with
excellent results. Operations in the Barclay sound area during the 3-ear indi-
cated that the fish cultural program and restriction of fishing in this area in
recent years have had beneficial effect, as evidenced by an excellent run of
sockeye.

Improved standard of pack was noted during the year, and a continuance
of this improvement should result in an increasing and more satisfactory
market. The improvement in standard is regarded as traceable, in large part,
to two causes. First, there was the reduction in the number of pui'se seines in
use, a reduction flowing from the action of the department in influencing those
concerned to bring about an agreement to this effect. Following on this agree-
ment, purse seine fishing was confined, for the most part, to waters within
reasonable distance of the canneries supplied by the seines and the salmon thus
were brought to the canning plants fresher and in better condition than would
otherwise have been the case. The second factor making for the improvement

16 MARINE AND FISHERIES

in the standard of the pack was the enactment of regulations requiring that fish
that were to be transported over open water areas, where delays in navigation
were liable to occur, must be gutted and packed in ice immediately after being
caught.

Two other developments of interest and importance in the Pacific coast
fishery during 1928 were the increase in the production of dry-salted herring
and the increase in the production of fish meal and oil. Practically all of the
yearly production of dry-salted herring is exported to China, and in 1928 the
output reached a new high level— 107,218,800 pounds— though disturbed Chinese
conditions brought some difficulties to the marketing problem. The production
last year was 2,399,800 pounds greater than the output in 1927.

in 1928 the fish oil manufactured in British Columbia totalled 5,047,338
gallons, as compared with 3,657,627 gallons in 1927. The production of fish
meal and fertilizer (including also some whalebone) was 20,119 tons, as against
17,655 tons in the year previous. The great increase was in the production
from pilchards, oil manufacture rising from 2,673,876 gallons to 3,995,806 gal-
lons and the production of meal and fertilizer increasing to 14,500 tons, as com-
pared with 12,169 tons in 1927. Canning of pilchards also reached high figures
during 1928, when 65,097 cases were produced, the largest total for any year
since 1920.

Some increase ifi the proportion of Canadian landings at Prince Rupert
was apparent in the halibut fisher>^ in 1928, although the quantity of fish landed
at that port by American vessels was still much greater than the catch brought
ashore there by Canadian schooners. The total quantity of halibut landed at
British Columbia ports during the year was 30.282,000 pounds. This was more
than 3,146,000 pounds greater than the total of the 1927 landings but was below
tfie average for the 1923-26 period.

A large increase in the number of fur seals taken off the British Columbia
coast by Indians was shown in 1928, and there was also an increase in the catch
of whales. The Indians, who have the right under the Pelagic Sealing Treaty
to tnke seals, landed 2,090 skins, as compared with only 1,476 in 1927. The
catch of whales made by six steamers operating from the two stations main-
tained during the year was 305, as against 258 in 1927 and 269 in 1926.

Continuing the departmental program of endeavouring to improve the
sport fishery of the province, 201 plantings of eggs and fry were made in the
course of 1928 and careful inspection of lakes and streams was carried on by
the fishery officers. Useful results are believed to be flowing from these activi-
ties.

INSPECTION OF FISH

Under authority of the Fish Inspection Act, inspection of certain kinds of
fish and the packages in which they are marketed was carried on during the
season of 1928-29. The provisions of the Act apply to salted herring, mackerel,
alewives, salmon, and smoked round herring.

Under the authority of the Act and regulations, standards of size and
quality have been established for dried and boneless cod and such like fish, and
provision has been made for the inspection of such fish, in the event of a seller
and buyer deciding to make a contract on the basis of the established standards.

The chief purposes of the Act are to require that all fish which come under
its provisions shall be well cured and in accordance with the standards laid
down in the regulations; that such fish shall be packed in barrels or other pack-
ages of a standard size and type; that the barrels and other packages shall con-
tain the proper weight of fish, and that the fish contained therein shall be_as
the marks on the package represent them to be.

FISHERIES BRANCH 17

A few years ago it was a rather difficult matter to persuade fishermen and
packers generally that submitting their fish to the provisions of the Fish
Inspection Act would result in benefit to them. A judicious and tactful admini-
stration of the Act, however, has secured the goodwill and co-operation of the
trade to such a degree that most buyers of both barrels and fish insist on an
official inspection being part of the contract.

On the Atlantic coast during the year under review 28,281 barrels of various
kinds containing cured fish were inspected; 77,055 boxes of smoked herring
were also inspected before being shipped. Furthermore 39,902 empty barrels
were inspected before being taken over by dealers and packers for the packing
and marketing of pickled fish.

On the Pacific coast 269,070 boxes of dry salted herring, each containing
four hundred pounds, were inspected before shipment to the Orient.

INSPECTION OF CAN^^ERIES AND CANNED FOOD

The inspection of fish canneries of all kinds throughout Canada, the raw
material to be used therein, the whole process of canning, the canned products
and the labelling and marking of the cans, was carried on during the year under
the provisions of the Meat and Canned Foods Act. This inspection is con-
ducted by the department's staff of fishery overseers as part of their regular
duties. It has for its object

(1) the extension of trade by improving the quality of the product, and

(2) the protection of the public by preventing the packing of unsound fish
and insisting on the correct labelling of cans of fish.

On the Atlantic coast there are operated 378 lobster canneries, 28 clam
canneries and 36 other fish canneries in which there are canned sardines, salmon,
haddock, cod, mackerel and crabs.

On the Pacific coast there are operated 86 salmon canneries, in some of
which clams and pilchards are also canned.

A number of the canneries on the Atlantic coast are small and operated by
individuals who have very little capital at their disposal, and the task of bring-
ing such canneries into line with all the requirements of the Act and the regu-
lations has not been a very easy one. A very marked improvement has been
secured, however, in recent years, not only in the conditions under which opera-
tions are carried on from a sanitary point of view, but in the quality of the
canned product. Defects in buildings and equipment are being continually
noted and corrected at the instigation of the inspecting officers.

MARINE BIOLOGICAL BOARD

The ^Marine Biological Board, which operates under the control of the
minister, was created in 1912 by an Act of Parliament. For ten years the
membership of the board consisted entirely of scientists, two of which were
nominated by the minister, and the others by universities in which biological
research was being carried on. In 1923 the Act was amended with a view to
bringing the board into closer contact with the department and the practical
problems of the fishing industry. Under the amended Act the board now con-
sists partly of scientific men, partly of departmental officers, and partly of men
from the industry.

With this new organization, there is in operation on both coasts a station
at which purely scientific researches are carried on, and another at which the
results of previous and current scientific researches are applied to the everyday
economic problems of those engaged in the industry, wdiich latter are known as
Fisheries Ex^jerimental Stations. These are designed to do all for the Fisheries
that Experimental Farms can do for agriculture.

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18 MARINE AND FISHERIES

The Atlantic stations are located at St. Andrews, New Brunswick, and
Halifax, Nova Scotia, and the Pacific ones at Nanaimo, B.C., and Prince
Rupert, B.C.. respectively.

In addition to conducting the ordinary work of the stations, the board
undertook to continue giving the six weeks' course of instruction to fishermen
at the Halifax Station. Arrangements also were made to give a six weeks'
course of instruction to fishery officers in order to determine which of them
would be capable of undertaking advanced work, and to equip them to under-
take the duties connected with the inspection of fish and instruction to
fishermen.

Furthermore, it has built and equipped a marine laboratory' at the mouth
of Halifax harbour for the training of students at Dalhousie or any other
university, who desire to take a course in fisheries science vnih. a view to^
securing a B.Sc. '' Fisheries " degree.

The board has further provided itself with a fully qualified staff at the
Fisheries Experimental Station at Halifax to co-operate in the university
courses.

The composition of the board and its various committees during the year
was as follows: —

Prof. J. P. Mc]\Iurrich, University of Toronto, chairman.

J. J. Cowie, Esq., Department of ^Marine and Fisheries, secretary-
treasurer.

Prof. A. T. Cameron, University of ^Manitoba.

Prof. C. J. Connolly, St. Francis Xavier University.

Prof. P. Cox, University of New Brunswick.

John Dybha^-n, Esq., Prince Rupert..

Prof. J. N. Gowanloch, Dalhousie University.

Very Rev. Canon V. A. Huard, Laval University.

Prof. A. T. Hutchinson, University of British Columbia.

Prof. W. T. MacClement, Queen's University.

Prof. Marie-Victorin, University of jMontreal.

Prof. E. E. Prince, Ottawa.

J. A. Rodd, Esq., Department of Marine and Fisheries.

Prof. W. P. Thompson, University of Saskatchewan.

A. H. Wliitman. Esq.. Halifax.

Prof. A. Willey, IMcGill University.
The members of the board receive no pay, but are allowed travelling
expenses in connection with the board's work and its meetings.
The Central Executive Committee consisted of: —

Prof. J. P. McMurrich

Prof. W. T. MacClement

J. J. Cowie

Prof. E. E. Prince

Prof. A. Willey

Prof. Marie-Victorin

The Atlantic Sub-Executive Committee consisted of: —

A. Handfield Whitman, chairman

Prof. J. N. Gowanloch

Prof. C. J. Connolly
The Pacific Sub-Executive Committee consisted of: —

John Dybhavn, chairman

Prof. A."' T. Hutchinson

Prof. A. T. Cameron

FISHERIES BRANCH ' 19

The Research Committee on Fish Culture consisted of: —
Dr. A. G. Huntsman, chairman
Dr. W. A. Clemens
Dr. A. H. Leim
Prof. A. T. Cameron
Mr. J. A. Rodd
Dr. R. E. Foerster, secretary.

A detailed report on the work of the board's staff during the year will be
found as Appendix No. 2 of this publication.

FISHERIES INTELLIGEXCE SERVICE

Radio distribution of weather, bait, and ice reports was an important
additional step in the Fisheries Intelligence Service in 1928. Throughout the
year weather reports were broadcast twice daily from Halifax, Louisburg, and
Saint John, and, from April 24 to November 30 broadcasts of reports as to
bait and ice supplies from upwards of twenty points, ice conditions along the
coast, and prevailing local prices for dried and slack-salted fish were sent out
twice a day from Halifax and Ixtuisburg. Included in these latter broadcasts
from time to time were items of current news and important messages for
fishermen at sea. The various broadcasts cover the Grand Banks and other
fishing grounds and as most of the vessels engaged in the fishing industry- are
now equipped with wireless receiving sets the serAice was of ver\' considerable
value.

Collection of monthly statistics covering the sea fisheries, and their dis-
tribution in summarized form through the press and by other means, and the
publication of a quarterly bulletin gi^'ing the statistics in detail, were con-
tinued during 1928. Practically all of the statistics are collected by the fisher\-
ofiicers as part of their regular duty, and compilation and distribution are
looked after at Ottawa. The daily collection of information as to supplies of
bait along certain sections of the coast was also earned on dm-ing the spring
and summer months. The facts necessary to the operation of this part of the
intelligence service are obtained by fisheries officers and are sent by telegram,
daily, to a number of ports where they are posted up for the information of
masters of fishing vessels and others who may be seeking bait.

In accordance with a recommendation made by the Royal Commission on
the Fisheries of the ISIaritime Provinces and the Magdalen Islands steps were
taken during the year toward the establishment of a Fisheries Intelligence and
Publicity Division within the department. Shortly before the end of the fiscal
year the appointment of a Director of Fisheries Intelligence and Publicity was
made by the Ci'V'il Sendee Commission. Plans for expanding and improving
the collection and distribution of statistical, market, and other information in
connection with the fisheries are now being proceeded with by the new division.

FISHING BOUNTY

Under the authority of " An Act to Encourage the Development of the
Sea Fisheries and the Building of Fishing Vessels ", the sum of $160,000 is
appropriated annually by the Governor in Council. It is distributed under the
name of Fishing Bounty by the Department of Marine and Fisheries amongst
fishermen and fishing vessel and boat owners on the Atlantic coast, under
regulations made from time to time by the Governor in Council.

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MARINE AND FISHERIES

For the year 1928, payment was made on the following basis: —

To owners of vessels entitled to receive bounty, $1 per registered ton,
payment to the owner of any one vessel not to exceed $80.

To owners of boats measuring not less than 12 feet keel, SI per boat.
To boat fishermen entitled to receive bounty, $6.50 each.
There were 9,390 bounty claims paid. In the preceding year there were
9,609 bounty claims paid.

The total amount paid was $151,411.20, allocated as follows: —

To 553 vessels and tlieir crews
To 8,837 boats and their crews

S 41.099 50
110,311 70

BOUNTY EXPEXDITURE FOR 1928-29

County

Boats

Men

Amount

Vessels

Tons

Men

Amount

Total
Amount

Nova Scotia

142
115
281
3
300
512
831
24B

31
406

20
111
337
450
270
118

256
167
506
4
504
847
1,080
519

45
501

30
188
605
822
426
251

$ cts.
1,806 00
1,200 50
3.554 20
29 00
3,576 00
6,017 50
7,851 60
3,619 90

323 50
3,662 50

215 00
1,333 00
4,269 70
5,793 20
3,039 00
1,749 50

$ cts.
52 50

S cts.
1,858 50

1,200 50

Cape Breton

524

137

1,551 50

5,105 70
29 00

Digbv

3,576 00

Guvsboro

29
72
6

513

1,105

18
15
11

148
272
27

1,623 00

3,145 00

270 50

7,640 50

Halifax

10,996 60

3,890 40

King's

323 50

L28

6,868

1,706

19,663 00

23,325 50

Pictou

215 00

QufeCT>s

17
8
26
10
12

266

124
555
135
472

16
16
21
13
39

71
32

179
37

105

798 50
364 00

1,897 50
412 50

1,259 50

2,131 50

4,6.33 70

7,690 70

Victoria

3,451 50

3,009 00

Total ...

4,173

6,751

48,040 10

342

10,645

2,719

31,037 50

79,077 60

New Brunswick
Charlotte . .

266
295
90
5
2
29

451

727

160

3,191 70

5,021 60

1,130 00

50 50

28 00

250 00

191

22
3,154
63
38
10

11
16
10
12
10

82a
11

10
3

59 50

9,365 50

145 50

113 00

32 50

3,251 20

14,387 10

1,275 50

Northumberland. .

Restigouche

Saint John

163 50
60 50
250 00

Total

687

1,383

9,671 80

203

3,287

857

9,716 00

19,387 80

Prince Edward
Island
Kings

202
461
120

284
774
244

2,047 40
5,494 70
1,706 70

1
2

10
.3

10
11

2
5

25 00
60 50

2,072 40

Prince

5,555 20

v^ueens

1,706 70

Total

783

1,302

9,248 80

85 50

9,334 30

Quebec

Bonaventure

Gaspe

545

2,246

345

966

4,502

648

6,82A 20

31,426 30

533 00

4,570 50

1
4

11
62

11
15

3
22

33 50
227 00

6,854 70
31,653 30

Mat-ane

533 00

Saguenay

4,570 50

Total

3,194

6,189

43,351 00

260 50

43,611 50

Grand Total

8,837

15,625

110,311 70

553

14,038

3,608

41,099 50

151,411 20

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FISH COLLECTION SERVICES

Expansion of fish collection service was carried out on the Atlantic coast
during 1928 with satisfactory results. In some cases, it has been testified by
fishermen, the operation of fish collection boats " turned what had every appear-
ance of a failure in the fisheries to a successful year for our fishermen." Under
the collection plan, boats chartered by the department ply along specified routes,
where buyers undertake to purchase the catches of the fishermen, collect
the fish purchased at the various places and deliver them at such central points
as may be agreed upon. A charge of ten cents a hundredweight is made for
collecting and delivering the fish.

The first collection service was established in 1927 on the coast between
Port Bickerton and Canso, Nova Scotia. The usefulness of such services as
factors in promoting fisheries expansion is indicated by the fact that the quantity
of cod and haddock carried bv the Port Bickerton-Canso collection boats during
1928, a total of 3,213,056 pounds, was greater by slightly more than 1,000,000
pounds than the quantity carried in 1927. All told, four collection services were
operated during 1928, though the new services could not be put regularly in
operation until after the fishing season had been in progress for some time. The
four services carried on during the year were as follows: Eastern Cape Breton-
Canso; Port Bickerton-Canso; Sonora-Halifax; and a service on the Shelburne
county shore. Together they served over thirty fishing ports and the total
quantity of fish of all kinds which was carried for the fishermen was 5,311,481
pounds, these figures including some collections made during the first ten days
of 1929. The services have proved of much benefit in enabling the fishermen to
sell their catches promptly and for cash and in making it possible for them to
devote to the actual work of fishing the time which, previously, they were often
compelled to employ in preparing their fish for the dried and cured fish markets.

FISH CULTURE

The fish cultural operations of the Fisheries Branch during the calendar
year 1928 were devoted almost entirely to the propagation of the more important
fresh water and anadromous food and game fishes, such as Atlantic salmon and
speckled trout in the jMaritime Provinces, whitefish, pickerel and game trout in
the Prairie Provinces, and Pacific salmon and game trout in British Columbia,
but in response to an annually increasing public demand, greater attention was
paid to the propagation of game trout. Increased facilities for retaining and
feeding fry so as to afford a longer season for distribution were provided at
several establishments where such development was feasible. The total distribu-
tion for 1928 was over 59 per cent larger than it was during the preceding year,
being increased from 295,283,782 to 470,302,380, an increase of 175,018,598.

In addition to the distributions that were made from the hatcheries, twenty-
six lakes and streams received allotments of fry or older fish from other bodies
of water. This work was largely confined to the Prairie Provinces where there
are many districts which are not readily accessible to existing hatcheries. It
involved the capture and transfer, in many instances for considerable distances,
of 44,932 fish, comprising seven different species.

The seeding of remote and isolated waters (to which it is not feasible to
tranfer fry from existing hatcheries) with eyed eggs was continued in British
Columbia, and 13,013,000 sockeye salmon eggs collected in the Pemberton district
below Hell's Gate on the Fraser were planted in the one time spawning beds of
such important areas as Stuart, Francois and Quesnel lakes in the Upper Fraser
above Hell's Gate.

MARINE AND FISHERIES

Examinations and inspections were continued in the different provinces with
a view to locating waters where fish eggs might be obtained in sufficient quanti-
ties for hatchery purposes and with a view to locating sites where the fish
cultural service might be advantageously extended bj^ the construction of new
establishments in districts that are not readily accessible from existing hatcheries.

As opportunity offered the general inspection of waters throughout the
country was continued by officers and employees of the fish cultural and fishery
services.

The Canadian National Railway, Canadian Pacific Railway, Dominion
Atlantic Railway, Pacific Great Eastern Railway, Esquimalt and Nanaimo Rail-
way, Kettle Valle}^ Railway, and the Cumberland Railway and Coal Company
continued their generous assistance and co-operation by furnishing free trans-
portation for shipments of game fish and game fish eggs with their attendants.

The extent of this co-operation is indicated in the following statement: —

Railway

Total

mileage
on trip
passes

Number

of
passages

Mileage
Baggage car permit

Number
cases or cans

Num-
ber
of
permits

Full

Empty

Total

Full

Empty

Total

C.N.R

C.P.R

D.A.R

E.& N. R

19 222

17! 524

2,366

672

296

178

180
118
31

1
4

10,555

9,516

1,407

343

296

13,127

10.363

1,407

343

89'

23,682

19.879

2,814

686

296

178

876
559
123
41
3
6

869
564
123
41

1,745

1,123

246

82
3
12

181
136
37

K.V.R

P.G.E.R

1
4

40,258

346

22,206

25.329

47,535

1,608

1,603

3,211

371

Note. — Number of passages refers to transportation one way. A return trip counts as two
passages. Number of permits refers to one way passage for cases or cans, either by permit,
special authority or free transportation without a permit form.

The branch participated with assortments of hatchery products in several
exhibits for portraying natural resources. These exhibits were of considerable
educational value and aroused great interest.

Gratifying reports regarding the results that are apparent from the distri-
bution of hatchery products continue to accumulate from all districts where fish
cultural operations are carried on.

Considerable expansion was made in the provinces in which the fisheries
are administered by the Dominion Government. Large salmon and trout hatch-
eries were constructed in Antigonish and Yarmouth counties. Nova Scotia. The
pond facilities for fr>" and brood fish were improved and slightly extended at
several hatcheries in the Maritime Provinces. A pickerel hatchery was con-
structed on Swan creek, lake Manitoba. A large whitefish and pickerel hatchery
was constructed on Lesser Slave lake and a trout hatchery in Waterton Lakes
park, Alberta. A detailed description of the new construction and the more
important repairs appears in the report of the Fisheries Engineer.

At the close of 1928 the Fisheries Branch had the following fully equipped
establishments, all of which, with the exception of the newly constructed pickerel
hatchery on lake Manitoba, had been in operation that year, viz: thirty main
hatcheries, ten subsidiary hatcheries, four salmon retaining ponds, and several
egg collecting stations. The output from these establishments for the calendar
year 1928 was 470,302,380 as shown by- species in the following statement: —

FISHERIES BRANCH

STATEMENT, BY SPECIES, OF THE FISH AND FISH EGGS DISTRIBUTED FROM THE
HATCHERIES DURING THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 1928

Species

Green eggs

Eyed eggs

Fry

Adi-anced
fry

Finger-
lings

Yearlings

and older

fish

Total
distribu-
tion

Salmo salcr— Atlantic salmon..
Salmo salar sefca^o— Landlocked

300

104,070

3.,3...

4,473,300
98,230

11,346.337

3,954

19,756,732

Salmo irideus — Rainbow trout. .

175,500

321,127
1,731,591

164,760

1,036,661

399.346
2,212

899 927

Salmo clarkii — Cutthroat trout

1,733,812

Salmo rivularis—Sieelhead sal-

12,083
1,117,975

Salmo rivularis kamloops—Kaxn-

3,656

483,398
472,143

4,687,237

218,077

2 158 292

Salmo trutta levenensis—'Loch

46,096

9.419
4,760

1,992

Salmo fario— Brown trout

476 903

Oncorhynchusnerka—Sockeye sal-

33,041,965
544,000

50,359,788
313,500
205,000

550,000

88,640,982
1 075 577

Oncorhpnchustsehauytscha-SpTmg

ncorhynchus kennerlyi—KetmeT

205 000

Oncorhynchus kisutch—Coho sal-

499,380
276,400
100,000

499 380

Salvelinus fontinalis— Speckled

654,268
125,858,026

546,000

3,079,834

5,171

4,561,673

Coregonus cluveiformis—V^hite-

3,225,000

129 183 026

Cristhomer namaycush— Salmon

Stizostedion vitreum — Pickerel .

187,680,000

32,617,000

220 297 000

190,905,300

35,871,373

217,094,446

5,713,626

20,692,252

25,383

470,302,380

The following statement shows the numbers of fry of the different kinds
distributed in the several provinces in w^hich fish cultural operations are con-
ducted by the Dominion Government: —

HATCHERY OUTPUT, BY PROVIXCES, OF EGGS, FRY AND OLDER FISH
DURING 1928

Nova Scotia —

Atlantic salmon 6,292,421

Speckled trout 1,382,345

7,674 766

New Brunswick —

Atlantic salmon 11,955,588

Brown trout 308,889

Landlocked salmon 98 , 308

Loch leven trout 64,213

Rainbow trout 4,874

Speckled trout 2, 073,296

14,505,168

Prince Edward Island —

Atlantic salmon 618,653

Rainbow trout 11 , 409

Speckled trout 413,355

1,043,417

Manitoba —

Pickerel 200, 727, 000

Whitefish 109,204,026

309,931,026

Saskatchewan —

Brown trout 38,000

Pickerel 19, 570, 000

Whitefish 15, 199, 000

34,807,000

Alberta —

Brown trout 130, 014

Cutthroat trout 1,512,483

Loch leven trout 474,700

Rainbow trout 565, 502

Salmon trout 12

Speckled trout '.'. 190, 774

2,873.485

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HATCHERY OUTPUT, BY PROYIXCES, OF EGGS, FRY AND OLDER FISH
DURING 1928— Concluded

British Columbia —

Atlantic salmon 890,070

Coho salmon 499,380

Cutthroat trout 221,329

Kamloops trout 2, 158, 292

Kennedy's salmon 205,000

Rainbow trout 318, 142

Sockeye salmon 88, 640, 982

Speckled trout 501,903

Spring salmon 1, 075, 577

Steelhead salmon 176,843

Whitefish 4, 780, 000

99,467,518

Total 470, 302, 380

Full particulars regarding the extent and scope of this service appear in
the Annual Report on Fish Culture for 1928, which appears as Appendix No. 3
herewith. Copies of the report on Fish Culture may be obtained on application
to the Fisheries Branch.

OYSTER DEVELOPMENT, PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND

On April 3 last an agreement entered into with the Premier of Prince
Edward Island to enable the Fisheries Branch to encourage the development of
oyster and other mollusk production was approved by the Lieutenant-Governor
in Council. Under this agreement the divided iurisdiction in connection with
the oyster industry that had existed since the Privy Council decision of 1898
was ended by placing in the hands of this branch complete control. The
branch, on the other hand, undertakes to carry out investigations with a
view to ascertaining the best methods of developing the industry and to take
such measures towards that end as it may deem proper and advisable.

The possibilities of the oyster industry in Prince Edward Island, and in
New Brunswick and Nova Scotia as well, are vastly greater than is generally
realized. The Fisheries Branch is satisfied that by the application of proper
methods the oyster industry of Prince Edward Island can be made more valu-
able than are the whole fisheries of that province at the present time. No great
oyster industry, however, can be built up and maintained by relying on public
beds alone. Experience in all countries that have important oyster fisheries
bears this out. It is also a fact that extensive o^^ster farming tends to improve
the fishing on adjacent public beds by the increased amount of spat that is
likelj^ to find its way to them. Relying on public beds alone is obviously wrong
in principle as it involves attempting to save a fishery by restriction rather
than by wise use and expansion, which are the result of intelligent oyster farm-
ing-
Richmond bay, which was at one time by far the greatest oyster producing
area in Prince Edward Island, is now barren owing to an epidemic that broke
out amongst the oysters there and ended only with their final destruction.
Hence this area is now lying fallow and is entirely suitable for a large 03'ster
farming industry. The branch, however, realizes that while oyster farming
is entirely practicable and desirable there is much to learn regarding it in our
areas, as conditions may be largely different from those prevailing in other
countries where oyster farming is such an important industry. Consequently
before active measm^es are taken to encourage private enterprise to go into the
industrj' the branch decided that the best thing to do was for it to have a
study made of the situation in connection with which demonstration oyster farms
would be built up. To that end the services of an experienced and competent
oyster farmer from Rhode Island were secured. He was given the necessary
facilities to make a thorough examination of the local conditions in Richmond

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bay and tributary waters and vras instructed that when this was done he should
sefect one or two areas which should be developed as oyster farms. Two areas
were selected by him — one of approximately fifty acres near Curtain island in
the bay itself, and the other of about ten acres off Gillis point in Grand river.
Preparatory work was done on both areas, and in addition to procuring oysters
of different sizes from other areas and laying them down for the winter on the
Gillis point area to be transferred next spring to the Curtain island area, a
successful effort in spat collection was made in Bideford river, where a small
quantity of parent oysters still exist. The report of this officer, Mr. David R.
Dodge, forms Appendix No. 5 to this report.

Arrangements have also been made with the Biological Board to secure
the services of a properly trained man who will devote himself to a scientific
study of the oyster. He will work in co-operation -^ith the officer in charge of
building up the demonstration farms. It is anticipated that in a very few years
the department will have the necessary information to enable it to take such
measures as may be necessary to encourage the building up of a large industry
in oyster farming.

The yield of oysters on cultivated beds of course varies greatly according
to the local conditions. In the state of Connecticut good areas have yielded
over 2,000 bushels per acre in a year. This is exceeding^ high, but yields of
from 200 to 500 bushels per acre should reasonably be expected. What this
means \\dll be realized if the Malpeque bay situation alone is considered. That
bay contains about 30,000 acres. Probably about 3,000 acres have in the past
produced oysters. The late Dr. Julius Nelson, who was a distinguished oj^ster
investigator, and who examined conditions there a number of years ago, stated
that there was good possibility that a quarter of the bay could be made pro-
ductive. He added: "We wish to emphasize the necessity of pushing the
practice of raising oysters from the seed, by artificial culture, insistently, per-
sistently, consistently, and intelligently and scientifically, as the only way to
restore the bay to its original productiveness, or even to keep its beds from
ultimate destruction. But if the practice of scientific oyster culture be encour-
aged and developed, there is no reason for doubting that the maximum produc-
tion formerly exhibited bj'- this bay, under nature, and by fishing methods, can
be increased very much."

What is possible in Richmond bay is in more or less measure possible and
probable in Bedeque bay and various other areas about the province. It is
proposed to push forward investigations and the development of the demon-
stration oyster farms during the coming year to as great an extent as can
feasibly be done.

SCALLOP AND OYSTER INAT.STIGATIONS

In addition to the work in connection with the oyster resources of Prince
Edward Island, further examination of the oyster beds at Wallace, N.S.. and
scallop resources at Mahone bay, N.S., Country and Isaac's harbours, N.S.,
and off Prince county, P.E.I. , respectively, was carried on by the Fisheries
Branch during the year. These investigations were made by I\Ir. Andrew
Halkett, naturalist of the branch.

Mr. Halkett found that there are no scallop resources of importance at
Country harbour or Isaac's harbour. At Mahone bay he found that there is
steady improvement in the condition of the scallop. His investigations in the
gulf of St. La^Tence, off' Prince county, P.E.I. , which augmented an explora-
tion made in 1927, showed the best scallop beds to be in the waters between
Alberton and cape Kildare, with scallops obtainable in fair quantity in other
beds off Tignish. A summary of Mr. Halkett's reports appears as Appendix
No. 4 of this report.

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ROYAL COMMISSION ON ATLANTIC FISHERIES

Completion of the inquiry and report of the Royal Conmiission investi-
gating the fisheries of the Maritime Provinces and the ]\Iagdalen Islands was
an event of outstanding importance of the early part of 1928. The commission,
which was appointed by the Dommion Government in October, 1927, held 49
hearings, many of them extending over several days, heard 823 witnesses in
fishing and distributing centres, and received a number of written statements
touching the questions which came before it. Hon. A. K. IMaclean, President
of the Exchequer Court, Ottawa, was the chairman of the commission, and the
other commissioners were H. R. L. Bill, Esq., of Lockeport, N.S., Hon. J. G.
Mombourquette, of L'Ardoise, N.S., Dr. Cyrus MacMillan, of Montreal, P.Q.,
and J. G. Robichaud, Esq.. of Shippigan, N.B. By the Order in Council cover-
ing their appointment the commissioners were directed to inquire into and
report upon the general condition of the fishing industry in the Maritime Prov-
inces and the ]\Iagdalens, how existing conditions of the fisheries and fishermen
might be improved, and how the industry might be further developed with
expedition and efficiency. More particularly, they were directed to inquire into:

What should be done to increase the demand for fish both in the home and
foreign markets; whether the spread in the price of fish between the producer
and the consumer is excessive, and if so, what stiould be done to remedy the
condition; what should be done to develop the inshore fisheries to their capacity;
whether there should be any further restriction on steam trawlers operating
from Canadian Atlantic ports, and, if so, w^hat they should be ; whether, keeping
in view that no exceptional pri\dleges are available to Canadian fishing vessels
visiting United States ports, the so-called modus vivendi privileges, or any of
them, should be renewed; whether or not the amount now annually distributed
as fishing bounty should be continued on the present basis; whether there should
be an inspection of fresh fish of all kinds as landed, as placed in storage, and
as shipped from the coastal points; whether there should be an inspection and
grading of dried fish; and whether there should be any modifications in the
lobster fishery laws and regulations.

The report was issued in printed form, obtainable from the King's Printer,
Ottawa, and it is, therefore, not necessary to make detailed reference here to all
the commission's many findings and recommendations. Generally, the impor-
tance of the Atlantic coast fisheries was emphasized by the commissioners and
continued and energetic state effort to further the operations of the fishermen
and the fishing industry w^as justified and advocated. Throughout the report
stress was laid upon the importance of continued attention to the task of setting
and maintaining high standards of product quality. Strict enforcement of
regulations and thorough inspection were urged as essential in the interests of
the fishermen and all others connected with the industry. Outside the field of
Dominion regulation, the commissioners recorded their " emphatic view that, in
the interests of retailer and consumer alike, all retail fish shops should be
subject to municipal regulation."

Dealing with the administration of the fisheries and departmental organi-
zation, the commission recommended the establishment of a separate Depart-
ment of Fisheries, under a Minister of Fisheries, and reported a widespread
feeling in the ■Maritime Provinces in approval of the action of Parliament in
1927 in authorizing the appointment of a Deputy Minister of Fisheries. Appoint-
ment of the Deputy ^Minister of Fisheries was made by the Government, effective
from July 1, 1928, and announcement has been made by the Prime Minister
that a separate Department of Fisheries, under a IMinister of Fisheries, will be
created. Other recommendations made by the commission in this regard included
one for the establishment of a Fisheries Intelligence Division and increasing
attention to gathering, compiling, and distributing accurate and complete statis-

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tical information concerning the fisheries. As has been noted above, a Fisheries
Intelligence and Publicity Division has now been established in the Fisheries
Branch and has in hand both the work of expanding and improving the statistical
and intelligence services previously undertaken and plans for the development
of an adequate service covering conditions, supply and demand, and prices in
the domestic and foreign markets. Suggestions made by the commission as to
steps to widen and increase the usefulness of fishery oflBcers are being followed
up. In this connection there has been an expansion of the Fisheries Branch
plan of giving special educational courses to fishery inspectors and overseers
at the Halifax Experimental Station of the Biological Board. Two six-weeks
courses were arranged with a view, particularly, to qualifying overseers as com-
petent inspectors of fish treated by the various methods in preparation for
market and qualifying them to impart effectively to fishermen instruction in
the newest and best methods of handling and preparing for market by the
different processes that must be employed. In this way the efficiency of the
overseer and inspection service will be increased, surer guarantee will be given
of the quality of the fish marketed, and greater assistance will be available
to the fishermen in the efficient preparation of their catch and, therefore, in
obtaining larger returns from their time and labour. One of these courses began
in March, 1929, the other in April.

So far as the bounty system is concerned, the commissioners found that
the present basis and method of distribution are, on the whole, satisfactor3\

No grounds were seen, the commission reported, for recommending any
modifications of the present Canadian policy as regards the modus vivendi privi-
leges, which have not been granted United States vessels since 1924.

As to the Halifax Award, the commission recommended that the interest
on the Award for 1879, 1880, and 1881 should be appropriated and applied for
useful purposes in connection with the Atlantic fisheries or fishermen, such as
assistance in the construction of rapid freezing plants, fish meal plants, bait
and cold storage plants for organized groups of fishermen.

In regard to cold storage requirements and facilities, the commissioners
reported that " for the present it would seem that the Cold Storage Act fairly
well meets public requirements." Touching the question of departmental assist-
ance toward the establishment of bait freezers, the recommendation of the
commission was that aid be given — where necessity exists to departmental satis-
faction — when and where the fishermen have organized for co-operative effort.
The Experimental Station at Halifax, it was advised, should design a suitable
brine freezer for bait and give necessary advice and instruction to any fisher-
man or group of fishermen desiring to make use of such a freezer. Plans for
such a freezer have now been designed by the Experimental Station. Plans have
also been prepared for a salt-and-ice freezer suitable for use by a fisherman or
a group of fishermen.

In various sections of their report the commissioners laid emphasis upon
rigorous enforcement of regulations for the conservation of the fisheries and for
the maintenance of satisfactory standards of production, and upon the import-
ance of continued effort by fishermen and curers and canners to ensure high
quality in products sent to market. For instance, in referring to the lobster
industry the commissioners urged " rigorous and impartial enforcement " of
regulations, more careful manufacture, and strict inspection of plants and
product. Standardization and branding of oyster shipments were recommended.
New arid definite grading of smelts, fixed by regulation, was advised, grading and
inspection of dried fish for export, rigid inspection of pickled herring, extension
of inspection to canned, frozen, and smoked fish, and the training of fishery
overseers to inspect all kinds of fish. Expansion of the departmental policy of
making instruction available to fishermen through travelling instructors was
also recommended. Action in a number of these cases has been taken by the

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Fisheries Branch, as, for example, the training of overseers to inspect fish of
all kinds. Similarly, the fm-ther study of various problems and possibilities of
the fishing industry, which was recommended by the commission, is being
undertaken by the Fisheries Branch, through the Biological Board and otherwise.

In the case of the lobster industry the commission found that the number
of canneries in the ^Maritime Provinces is " far in excess of the requirements
of the industry " but that consumption in Canada can be increased by careful
manufacture and by co-operative action by the canners in ensuring quality
production and in marketing. Specific recommendation was made that all regu-
lations bearing on closed seasons for lobster fishing be fixed by statute, and legis-
lation touching this point — and likewise the establishment of statutor^^ smelt
fishing seasons — was submitted to Parliament at this year's session.

Exploratory- surveys of ]\Iaritime Province waters with a view to deter-
mining the extent of the scallop resources, and further study of the scallop,
were advised. A survey was also recommended to ascertain, if possible, the
cause of oyster depletion in certain ^Maritime Pro^-ince areas, to devise means of
re-establishing these areas and to create new areas, to determine upon the
best methods of cultivation, and to formulate plans for the instruction of fisher-
men or dealers in these methods. Exploratory surveys and study in regard to
the scallop were begun by the Fisheries Branch prior to 1928 and the work
has been continued from year to year with results that have already been
useful. Oyster surveys have also been carried on by the Fisheries Branch from
time to time; work of the kind, for example, was in progress during 1928; but
difficulty in dealing with the oyster industry has existed because of conflict
on the question of proprietorship of the oyster beds by the provincial Govern-
ments or the Dominion Government, and that conflict still exists in the case of
beds in Nova Scotia and beds in Xew Brunswick. Further reference to the
work of the Fisheries Branch, in connection with the conservation and cultiva-
tion of oyster resources will be found on page 212 of this volume.

Extended analysis of the facts entering into the price-spread between the
fishermen and the consumers in Central Canada was made by the commission.
Between the producer and the consumer, the report pointed out. there intervene
a number of persons or organizations such as fish buyers or shippers, carriers,
wholesalers, jobbers, and retailers, all of whom, of course, must be paid for
their ser\ices. It is also to be kept in mind when comparing retail market
prices with the prices paid to the fishermen, the commissioners noted, that there
is a loss in weight when the heads of fish are removed or when the fish is filleted;
when the head of a cod is removed 27 per cent of the weight of the fish in the
round is lost and when a fish is filleted from 55 to 67 per cent, and " it is evident,
therefore, that the prices of headless or filleted fish must reflect these losses."
The cost of services rendered in delivering the fish from the shipper at the coast
to the wholesaler in ^Montreal or Toronto, the commission found, is not exces-
sive. The largest part of the price-spread apparently occurs between the
retailer and the consumer. " It is said that a charge of 3^ cents per pound
represents the average cost to the retailer for delivery to a l^ousehold and that
his general overhead expenses average 25 to 35 per cent on his annual turnover."

Emphasis was put by the commission upon the probable gi'eat gain to the
fishing industry from development of the rapid-freezing process for marketing
fresh fish. Treated by this process, which has been the subject of experimen-
tation and testing by the Biological Board at the Halifax Experimental Station,
the commission reported, fish are to all intents and purposes indistinguishable
from unfrozen, freshly-caught fish, even after storage for six months under
ordinary cold storage conditions. Consumers do not yet distinguish between
air-frozen fish and rapidly frozen fish, the report went on, and departmental
assistance may properly be given to advertising designed to convince the public
of the improved quality of the rapidly-frozen product. " With judicious adver-

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tising and demonstrations, we believe that this new form of package fisih will
soon win the favour of the Canadian consumer and will bring about a great
and advantageous change in the fresh fish industry, with benefit alike to con-
sumer and producer."

Divided opinion was reached by the members of the commission in regard
to restriction or prohibition of steam trawling. Messrs. Bill, MacMillan, Mom-
bourquette and Robichaud presented a report recommending that trawlers be
prohibited from landing their fish and obtaining supplies at Canadian ports.
Chairman Maclean disagreed with this finding. In the majority report as to
the trawler it was recommended that the Government take action looking to
the formulation of international agreements for regulating all vessels fishing on
the North Atlantic banks, " particularly for the protection of fishermen's gear
and for the more complete conservation of the fisheries in those areas." Hon.
Mr. Maclean recommended that the Government seek to bring about a con-
ference of the nations whose vessels fish the North Atlantic with a view to the
enactment of international regulations governing the operations of trawlers in
these waters; and to bring about also the creation of an international body to
study the life history and migration of cod and haddock, how trawlers may be
regulated, whether any fishing grounds should be closed to trawlers, and whether
certain grounds cannot withstand unregulated trawler fishing. Legislation
touching trawlers was submitted to Parliament at its 1929 session.

Formulation of an adequate plan of fishery education and a plan for
departmental assistance in the establishment of co-operative fishermen's organi-
zations was recommended by the commission. The educational plan, it was
advised, should be formulated by the Biological Board in consultation with the
department, the Director of the Halifax Experimental Station, the Provincial
Education Departments, and representatives of the Dalhousie University School
of Fisheries. A skeleton form of organization for the suggested co-operative
undertaking was outlined by the commission, with the appointment of an
organizer by the department and a survey of the fishing communities as the
initial steps proposed.

At the present time there are already a number of fishermen's unions in
the Maritime Provinces; in Nova Scotia the several local units of the union or
federation have a total membership of upwards of 2,000'. In some cases these
local unions have undertaken co-operative action in the purchase of supplies,
but co-operative marketing has not been tried except in one or two instances.
Certain advantages, it is recognized, would follow from the application of co-
operative sales methods as suggested by the commission, but the organization and
operation of a large-scale co-operative sales movement among the fishermen of the
Atlantic coast would be a complex undertaking, with a careful and thorough
study of the subject a vital prerequisite. Organization of the co-operating
units would probably not in itself be difficult, after an intelligently-conducted
campaign of education; nor would there be exceptional difficulty in working
out a plan for the co-operative purchase of goods by the local unions. It seems
likely, however, that the devising and successful operation of a system for the
co-operative marketing of fish would be an intricate and very difficult task.
Such a system would involve the creation of market connections which the
fishermen themselves do not now have; the establishment of extensive facilities
for handling and storing fish; the ability of the co-operatives to guarantee
steady supply at all times to the markets which entered into relations with
them; and important and, often, complicated questions of finance, not only
questions in connection with the establishment and maintenance of facilities
and marketing agencies but questions created by the fiuctuations which are
inevitable in market conditions when the field of sale and competition is virtu-
ally the world and the product is perishable. It is such considerations as these

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which make it imperative that any survey such as is recommended by the com-
mission should be made vnth the utmost care and that any plans devised should
be subjected to the most searching analysis before the}' are put to the trial of
actual operation. This care and analysis are imperative in the interests of all
concerned, and. above all. from the standpoint of the welfare of the fishermen
who would be most affected by the faulty operation of any plan too hastily
evolved and put into effect.

It is apparent, however, that thorough organization of the fishermen to enable
them in a collective way to consider their problems, make their pin-chases,
improve their methods of production by co-operative effort, etc., as well as to
enable the department to have a ready means of contact with them as a body, is
eminently desirable. ^Measures to this end are under consideration. Marketing
of their products in a co-operative w'ay could probably best be developed through
such organization.

NORTH AMERICAN CO:\niITTEE OX FISHERY INVESTIGATIONS

This committee, which forms a medium for the correlation of investiga-
tions by Canada, the United States, Newfoundland and France in connection
^\•ith the fisheries of North American wat-ei-s, has been in existence since 1921
and has in the indirect fashion in which it operates (it expends no funds what-
ever) been extremely effective in forwarding the solution of important problems
in Canada's fisheries. During the year 1928 two meetings were held, one at
Boston, ]Mass., on June 2, and the other at Toronto, Ont., on October 22. The
Canadian representatives on this committee are Prof. J. P. McMurrich, chair-
man of the Biological Board, Prof. A. G. Huntsman, Senior Director under the
board, and the undersigned.

The committee issues no publications, the results of investigations, with
which it deals, being made public through other agencies. It is, however,
sponsoring a series of publications on the fisheries, the second of which has
been released during the year, entitled "Statistics of the Haddock Fishery in
North American Waters," by A. W. H. Needier, and is being published by the
several coimtries concerned. A study of the available statistics collected by
the Governments of the United States and of Canada reveals a steady and
rapid increase in the haddock catch since 1921. So rapid has been the recent
increase that the total catch is now far ahead of that of former years, and is
approximating t\\-ice the amount of the catch in the early years of the centtl^^^
This change has been caused by the increases in the numbers and in the total
landings of the New England otter trawlers, of which landings haddock form
eighty per cent. On the other hand the Canadian catch shows no increase.
The catch rose during the war to the greatest figure on record, that of seventy-
eight million pounds in 1917, but there was a severe post bellum depression,
culminating in 1921 in the lowest figure on record, that of twenty-seven million
pounds. There has not yet been sufficient recover^' from this condition for the
catch to equal what it was even before the war. In the Canadian fishing area
the inshore catches are greatest near Digby, Canso, and Ingonish, N.S., while
the offshore catches are chiefly on Bro\^Ti"s and Sable island banks. The off-
shore catches showed a greater post bellum depression than did those inshore,
but they recovered more quickly, so that the net result has been a relative
gain for the offshore catches attributable largely to the otter trawl fishery.

There is verj^ definitely an increasing demand on this continent for had-
dock, and the conmiittee \iews with ver\' considerable concern the increasing
intensity of the haddock fishing, and sees as the only possible result that the
haddock will be increasingly more difficult to obtain, and that the average size
will drop, and it has requested the Governments concerned to at once make
ever^- effort to investigate the situation thoroughly.

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The cod fisheries of the western North Atlantic, in which, next to New-
foundland, Canada has the greatest interest, are being carefully followed so
that any unfavourable trend may be quickly discerned. Very considerable
co-operative tagging has been accomplished by the United States and Canada,
which has shown that there is a very- complex arrangement of more or less local
races with quite diverse habits of migration. None of the diverse schools
that summer in the vicinity of cape Cod have as yet been found to reach the
Canadian coast or offshore banks, but those in the western part of the gulf of
•Maine and on the ]\Iaine coast not infrequently cross to Nova Scotian waters,
as do those from Brown's bank in contrast with those from Georges.

On the other hand the fish, that in the summer are in the vicinity of cape
•Sable, N.S., move on the whole eastward, during the latter part of the 3'ear,
some as far as Halifax, but a few migrate westward past cape Cod and as far
as Long island. Cape Breton fish do not move coastwise to any great extent,
but retreat during winter to the offshore banks such as Banquereau and Sable
island. Occasional ones may cross over to St. Pierre bank off the Newfound-
land coast, or in summer penetrate the gulf of St. Lawrence as far as the coast
of Gaspe.

Tagging of the mackerel has also been carried on and it has been found
that the school striking the eastern end of Nova Scotia in the spring and that
in part migrates into the gulf as far as Prince Edward Island during th)e
summer, retreats to the Atlantic during the winter, but some may go no farther
than Sable island bank by January. Gro\\i:h in this fish is, at first, extremely
rapid, as a length of about ten inches is attained by the end of the first year,
but at the end of the third year the length is only about fourteen inches and
there is very little gro\\i:h thereafter.

The committee is furthering plans for a better knowledge of water con-
ditions in the Atlantic. There is now established a series of stations along
the coasts of the United States and of Canada for regular observation of the
temperature of the water throughout the year, with the object of determining
the influence of temperature on the various fisheries. The study of the move-
ment or circulation of the waters of the ocean by means of drift bottles has
recently been confined to the north from the estuary of the St. Lawrence to
Hudson strait. In the gulf of St. LaT\Tence a pronounced movement from the
Gaspe coast to the west side of Newfoundland has been demonstrated, and the
water issuing from Hudson strait and passing southward along the coast in
the Labrador current has been found to cross the Atlantic to the British Isles
and Iceland at the particularly rapid rate of from ten to twelve miles per day,
which is half again as fast as has been shown for the water off the Nov£i
Scotian banks.

The committee has had under consideration the matter of the proposed
damming of Passamaquoddy and Cobscook bays on the international border
between the province of New Brunswick and the state of Maine by the Dexter
P. Cooper Company for power purposes. This district furnishes the greatest
and most valuable shore fishery of the whole coast, and it seemed probable that
that fishery might be irreparably damaged by the installation of the dams.
From a detailed studj^ of the matter, for which the chief basis consisted in the
results of many investigations made by various scientists at the Atlantic Bio-
logical Station, St. Andrews, N.B., Dr. Huntsman, the Director of the Station,
had made and published predictions of the various effects that would follow
the installation of the dams. The chief of these was the prediction that the
rnost important fishery of the district, namely that for the large and small her-
ring, the latter being canned as sardines, would be virtually wiped out as the
result of the interference with a tremendous mixing mechanism at the mouths
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water atid air, on the fertility of the water, and on the growth of plants and
animals in the water, are produced. A sub-committee was appointed to proceed
to the district to examine into conditions there, to consider the plans of the
power company, and to study all available information bearing upon the pre-
dictable effects of the project on the fisheries of the region. The sub-committee
procured the services of several Canadian and United States engineers vriih tidal
and hydraulic experience for expert opinion on certain phases of the problem.
The sub-committee finally reported to the two Governments concerned, namely
those of Canada and of the United States, —

(1) That in its opinion, if the proposed construction is carried out, the weir
fisheries for herring inside the dams will be almost wholly eliminated.

(2) That it recognizes that the effects on the fisheries outside the dams
predicted in the report on the subject presented by Dr. Huntsman may follow,
but the committee as a whole is not prepared to forecast whether these results
will or will not follow, believing that a fuller investigation is needed.

INTERN ATIOXAL HALIBUT CO^BIISSIOX

During the year further material necessary to a continuous record of the
past and present of the Pacific halibut fishery was collected by the staff of the
International Commission created tmder the Pacific Halibut Convention between
Canada and the United States and laid what is believed to be a secure statis-
tical foundation for carrying on adequate future observation. Under the con-
vention the commission is charged with the duty of making thorough investi-
gation into the life-history of the Pacific halibut and of making recommenda-
tions to the two Governments for such regulation of the fishery as may seem
desirable for its preservation and development.

Collection and analysis of records of the fishery have been extended a-s far
back as material is available. In the matter compiled there has been included
analysis of the total landings of the vessels and the retm'ns per standardized
unit of gear in each case. So far as possible, this analysis has been made accord-
ing to the several divisions of the banks which are to be regulated. From this
foundation the future history of the fleet, of the landings, and of the abundance
can be safely carried on.

In the main, the biological work done under the commission during the
year has been the preparation for publication of material previously collected.
Certain facts as to the migration and the segregation of halibut were confinned
and elaborated. It has been shown that the stock on the banks, particularly in
British Columbia waters, is relatively stable, but this stock in British Columbia
waters is largely immature and it has been found that the more mature halibut
population in the gulf of Alaska is more migratory. At the same timC; even
the matm-e fish show a degree of segregation according to area, and the further
investigation of facts in this connection has made it evident that regardless of
what action may be taken in segregating area^ for purposes of differential regu-
lations, the degree of inter-dependence of the fish populations will qualify the
application and effectiveness of any regulations.

In connection with this phase of the work it would seem that the migration
of those fish which are of a size suitable for the commercial fishery is of primary
importance. It is by the depletion of those sizes that the ill-effects on the fishery
have been produced. It follows that action to conserA^e the different stocks in
these areas, so that each such stock will yield its quota of eggs, should serve the
immediate piu-pose of conservation.

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Field work at sea was continued during the year, since it was realized that
the work upon the matui'e halibut was still deficient, and the study of stocks
farther westward incomplete, and because the history of the eggs and larvae is
very important from the standpoint of the inter-dependence of the stocks of fish.
With a view to determining the relative amount of spawn, and to make sm-e
that spawners were actually absent from British Columbia waters where it had
been impossible to find any considerable stock of spawning fish, a series of
hauls with silk plankton nets were made in these waters where the persistance
of the fishery has seemingly been dtie to extensive drift of eggs and larvae. Other
net hauls were made in January and February in order to capture later stages
of larvae than had been taken in hauls the previous year and to determine their
location. Search for post-larval stages was made in British Columbia and
Alaska waters by means of otter trawls. In investigating the duration of larval
life hydrographic data collected in 1927-28 was worked up during the past year
and a new series of sections was made in the gulf of Alaska to check and per-
fect previous work of the kind. It is believed by the Director of Investigations
that the net hauls and hydrographic work that have been carried on should
lead to conclusions upon the drift and rapidity of development of the very
early stages.

FRASER RIVER SOCKEYE SAL^IOX TREATY

Negotiations which continued throughout the year for the consummation
of a treaty between Canada and the United States looking to the restoration
and future protection of the sockeye salmon fishery of the Fraser river system
under the joint auspices of the two countries came to a successful close on
March 27 when the treaty was signed at Washington, subject to approval bj^
the Canadian Parliament and the United States Senate. Under this treaty,
which is to be efi"ective for at least sixteen years, a commission of six members,
equally representative of the two countries, is to be set up and will make
thorough investigation of the sockeye fishery, supervise fish cultural operations
for restocking the Fraser river, and, acting within certain defined limits, will
regulate sockeye fishing and fishing seasons.

It is interesting to note, in passing, that as the first treaty to be signed by
a Canadian minister alone in behalf of His Majesty was one having to do with
the fisheries, the Pacific halibut convention of 1923, so the sockeye salmon
treaty' of 1929 was the first treaty to be signed by Canada's INIinister to the
United States. The signing of this latter treaty is also one more recognition
of the fact that several of the Canadian fisheries must be regarded from a
North American standpoint if they are to be properly utilized and conserved.

The Fraser river system, wdiich in<.'ludes the gulf of Georgia and Juan de
Fuca strait as well as the Fraser river, is potentially the greatest sockeye-pro-
ducing area in the world. In 1913 it yielded a pack of 2,357,695 cases, or
113.169,360 pounds, which, at to-day's prices, would be worth approximately
$42,500,000. Since that time a combination of causes has enormously lessened
the catch so that in 1928 the pack was only 86,611 cases, or 4,157,328 pounds,
with a marketed value of approximately only $1,500,000. It is believed that
the restoration of the diminished fishery can be accomplished by means of intel-
ligent fish cultural operations and strict enforcement of carefully considered
protective regulations, but action in this case, to be effective, must obviously
be taken jointly by Canada and the United States since some of the waters in
the Fraser system are Canadian and others are United States waters. Equally
obviously, the restoration of the fishery is an undertaking of vast economic
importance, and the provisions of the treaty and a general sitatement as to the
facts of the Fraser situation may very well be included in this report

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The Fraser river sockeye is predominantly a four-year fish; that is, it
reaches maturity, spawns, and dies when it is four years old. The run in any
year, therefore/depends on the extent of reproduction four years previously.
The sockeye reproduces, moreover, not only in the same river system in which
it was hatched but in the very tributary of the system. If for any reason
spawning sockeye are prevented from reaching the particular area in which
they were hatched, the fishery will be depleted by that much,' even though other
spawTiing grounds in the same river system were accessible to the fish. Years
ago there existed in the Fraser river a peculiar phenomenon in that there was
an enormous run of sockeye every fourth year, with much smaller runs in the
intervening years; it was this condition that led to the use of the terms " big
years " and " off years " in connection 'wath this sockeye fisher^^ The explana-
tion of the phenomenon is only conjectural but the theory commonly held is
that at some time there was a rock slide which, for three successive seasons,
prevented the fish from ascending the river to spawning grounds above Hell's
Gate, the narrow gorge which is the mouth through which the turbulent waters
of the Fraser find their outlet from the Great canyon formed bj' the Cascade
and Coast mountains. By the fourth season, according to this commonly held
theory, the action of the water had sufficiently cleared away the obstruction to
permit the salmon to make their way through and the phenomenon of one
" big year " in every four resulted.

Nineteen hundred and thirteen was a " big year " but, disastrously, before
the time for the sockeye run quantities of rock that tumbled into the river as
a result of the construction of the Canadian jSTorthern railroad along the left
wall of the canyon made the ascent of salmon through certain parts of the
canyon impossible. This condition was not foreseen by anyone before the sock-
eye run began as there was no apparent reason for supposing that the rock
thrown into the river by the blasting had so obstructed the waters that salmon
would not be able to pass. It develope-d, however, that sockej'e making for
spawning grounds which .lay above Hell's Gate could not reach them and repro-
duction was practically confined to the lower areas which made up only about
twenty-five per cent of the spawning gi'ounds of the river. Early in the follow-
ing year a rock slide from the mountain side still further obstructed the canyon.
Action toward the removal of both obstructions was initiated promptly by the
Fisheries Branch and was carried through as quickly as possible, but the work
could not be accomplished in time to meet the needs of the 1913 run of fish.
As already noted, 1913 was a " big year " but since that season, with its obstruc-
tion of Hell's Gate canyon, there has been no " big year " which has been at all
comparable in catch to those which had gone before, and, moreover, the catch
has continued to decline. In the three seasons since 1913 which, chronologically,
were " big years " — ^that is, 1917, 1921, and 1925 — the packs of sockeye in the
Fraser system were 535,152 cases, 138,867 cases, and 137,587 cases, respectively.
Practically, the " big years " have ceased to occur. To-daj^, it may be noted,
conditions in the river are as favourable, so far as freedom of ascent for the
salmon is concerned, as they were prior to 1913 and restocking of the depleted
areas under a fish cultural program Avould be followed in due course, it is
believed, by a restoration of the fishery to its former productivity.

The sockeye salmon fishery, in a commercial way, began on the Canadian
side in 1876 and in the United States waters of the Fraser system in 1877.
Under intensive fishing the catch in the " off' years " declined, but the " big
year " runs continued enormous, without sign of depletion, until after 1913.
Coming in from the ocean the sockeye, for the most part, pass through the
waters on the United States side of Juan de Fuca strait and the gulf of Georgia,
presumably because the waters of the Fraser flow outward on that side. One
result of this condition has been that the fishermen of the state of Washington

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have had first opportunity in the fishing wlien the sockeye runs set in and with
their traps and seines they have been taking the major part of the catch. Last
year, for example, the pack of soclce^-e on Piigct sound was 60,081 cases and on
the Fraser river it was only 26,530 cases; in other words, while the sockeye
reproduction takes place in a Canadian river the greater part of the sockeye
catch has been taken by United States fishermen in United States waters, and
this point is made still clearer by a stat-ement covering the period from 1902
to 1928, inclusive, which appears on page 116 of this report. That this condi-
tion is lacking in fairness was recognized in the negotiations leading up to the
drafting of the new treaty and an article was incorporated — Article VII — under
which the commission is required so to regulate fishing that, as nearly as may
be possible, half the catch will be taken by the Canadian fishermen and half
by United States fisheraien.

The 1929 treaty is an expression of the third effort to meet the situation
by international action and restore and protect the sockeye fishery. The treaty
of 1908 for the regulation and protection of the fisheries in all waters adjacent
"to the international boundary line partly covered the sockeye fishery but though
the necessary action in this connection w^as taken by Canada the regulations
drawn up under the treaty were not approved by the United States Senate.
For several years Canada continued to urge that the regulations be approved
by the United States but in 1914, when it was evident that this approval was
not to be given, the Dominion resumed liberty of action from the treaty. The
Fraser river question was also among the subjects referred to the International
Fisheries Commission of 1918 which recommended, unanimously, that a treaty
be entered into looking to the re-establishment and protection of the sockeye
fishery. A treaty as suggested by the commission was drafted and was signed
in 1920, but it was not approved by the United States Senate.

The tex-t of the treaty of 1929 is as follows: —

His Majesty the King of Great Britain, Ireland and the British Dominions
beyond the Seas, Emperor of India, and the President of the United States of
America, recognizing that the protection, preservation and extension of the sock-
eye salmon fisheries in the Fraser river system are of common concern to the
Dominion of Canada and the United States of America; that the supply of this
fish in recent years has been gravely depleted and that it is of the utmost import-
ance in the mutual interest of both countries that this source of wealth should
be restored and maintained, have resolved to conclude a convention and to that
end have named as their respective plenipotentiaries:

His Majesty, for the Dominion of Canada;

The Honourable Charles Vincent Massey, P.C., His Envoy Extraordinary
and INIinister Plenipotentiary for Canada at Washington; and

The President of the United States of America;

Mr. Frank D. Kellogg, Secretary of State of the United States of America;

Who, after having communicated to each other their full powers, found in
good and due form, have agreed upon the following articles:

The provisions of this convention and the regulations issued pursuant
thereto shall apply to the Fraser river and the streams and lakes tributary
thereto and to all waters frequented by sockeye salmon included within the
following boundaries: —

Beginning at Carmanah lighthouse on the southw^est coast of Van-
couver island, thence in a straight line to a point three marine miles due
west astronomic from Tatoosh lighthouse, Washington, thence to said
Tatoosh lighthouse, thence to the nearest point of cape Flattery, thence
following the southerly shore of Juan de Fuca strait to point Wilson, on

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Quimper peninsula, thence in a straight line to point Partridge on Whid-
bey island, thence following the western shore of the said Whidbey
island to the entrance to Deception pass, thence across said entrance to
the southern side of Reservation bay, on Fidalgo island, thence following
the western and northern shore line of the said Fidalgo island to Swino-
mish slough, crossing the said Swinomish slough, in line with the track
of the Great Northern railway, thence northerly following the shore line
of the mainland to Atkinson point at the northerly entrance to Burrard
inlet, British Columbia, thence in a straight line to the southern end of
Bowen island, .thence westerly following the southern shore of Bowen
island to cape Roger Curtis, thence in a straight line to Gower point,
thence westerly following the shore line to Welcome point on Seechelt
peninsula, thence in a straight line to point Young on Lasqueti island,
thence in a straight line to Dorcas point on Vancouver island, thence
following the eastern and southern shores of the said Vancouver island
to the starting point at Carmanah lighthouse as shown on the United
States Coast and Geodetic Survey Chart number 6300, as corrected to •
October 20, 1924, and on the British Admiralty Chart number 579.

The high contracting parties engage to have prepared as soon as practic-
able charts of the waters described in this article, with the above described
boundaries and the international boundary line indicated thereon. They further
agree to establish within the territory of the Dominion of Canada and the
territory of the United States such buoys and marks for the purposes of this
convention as may be recommended by the commission hereinafter authorized
to be established, and to refer such of these recommendations as relate to points
on the boundary to the International Boundary Commission, United States-
Alaska and Canada, for action pursuant to the provisions of the treaty respect-
ing the boundarv between Canada and the United States signed February 24,
1925.

ARTICLE II

The high contracting parties agree to establish and maintain a commission
to be known as the International Pacific Salmon Fisheries Commission, herein-
after called the commission, consisting of six members, three on the part of the
Dominion of Canada, and three on the part of the United States of America.

The commissioners on the part of the Dominion of Canada shall be
appointed by His Majesty on the recommendation of the Governor General in
Council. The commissioners on the part of the United States shall be appointed
by the President of the United States, and the Commissioner of Fisheries of the
United States shall be one of them.

The commission shall continue in existence so long as this convention shall
continue in force, and each high contracting party shall have power to fill and
shall fill from time to time vacancies which may occur in its representation on
the commission in the same manner as the original appointments are made.
Each high contracting party shall pay the salaries and expenses of its own
commissioners, and the joint expenses incurred by the commission shall be paid
by the two high contracting parties in equal moieties.

ARTICLE III

The commission shall make a thorough investigation into the natural history
of the Fraser river sockeye salmon, into hatchery methods, spaw^ning ground
conditions and other related matters. It shall conduct the sockeye salmon fish
cultural operations in the area described in Article I, and to that end it shall
have power to improve spawning grounds, acquire, construct, and maintain
hatcheries, rearing ponds and other such facilities as it may determine to be
necessary foi' the propagation of sockeye salmon in the waters covered by this

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convention, and to stock the waters with sockeye salmon by such methods as it
may determine to be most advisable. The commission shall also have authority
to recommend to the two Governments the removal of obstructions to the ascent
of sockeye salmon in the waters covered by this convention, that maj^ now exist
or may from time to time occur, and to improve conditions for the ascent of
sockeye salmon, where investigation may show such to be desirable. The com-
mission shall report annually to the two Governments what it has accomplished
and the results of its investigations.

The cost of all such work shall be borne equally by the two Governments,
and the said Governments agree to appropriate annually such money as each
may deem desirable for such work in the light of the reports of the commission.

ARTICLE IV

The International Salmon Fisheries Commission established pursuant to
Article II of this convention is hereby empowered, between the first day of
June and the twentieth day of August in an^^ year, for the whole or any part of
the aforesaid period, to limit or prohibit the taking of sockeye salmon in respect
of all the waters described in Article I of this convention, or in respecr of Can-
adian waters and waters of the United States separately, provided, that when
any order is adopted by the commission limiting or prohibiting the taking of
sockeye salmon in regard to Canadian waters or waters of the United States
separately, it shall extend to all of the Canadian waters or waters of the United
States to which this convention applies, and provided further, that no order
limiting or prohibiting the taking of sockeye salmon adopted by the Interna-
tional Salmon Fisheries Commission shall be construed to suspend or otherwise
affect the requirements of the laws of the Dominion of Canada or of the state
of Washington as to the procuring of a license to fish in the waters on their
respective sides of the boundary line. Any order adopted by the comminsion
Hmiting or prohibiting the taking of sockeye salmon in said waters during said
period, or any part thereof, shall remain in full force and eft'ect unless and until
the same be modified or set aside by the commission. The taking of sockeye
salmon in said waters during said period in violation of the orders of the com-
mission adopted from time to time is hereby prohibited.

ARTICLE V

In order to secure a proper escapement of sockeye salmon during the spring
or Chinook salmon fishing season, the International Salmon Fisheries Commis-
sion may prescribe the size of the meshes in all fishing gear and appliances oper-
ated in the waters described in Article I of this convention which are frequented
by' sockeye salmon.

Whenever the taking of sockeye salmon in said waters during said period
between the first of June and the twentieth of August in any year is permitted
under the orders adopted by the commission in respect of Canadian waters any
fishing appliances authorized by the laws of the Dominion of Canada may be
used in such waters by any person thereunto legally authorized, and whenever
the taking of sockeye salmon in said waters during said period is permitted
under the orders adopted by the commission in respect of waters of the United
States, anj- fishing appliance legally authorized by the state of AVashington may
be used in such waters by any person thereunto authorized by that state.

ARTICLE VI

No action taken by the commission under the authority of Articles IV and
V of this convention shall be effective unless it is affirmatively voted for by at
least two of the commissioners from each country.

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ARTICLE Vll

Inasmuch as the purpose of this convention is to establish for the high
contracting parties, by their joint effort and expense, a fishery that is now
largely non-existent, each of the high contracting parties should share equally
in the fishery-. The commission shall, consequently, in regulating the fishery
do so with the object of enabling, as nearly as they can, an equal portion of the
fish that is allowed to be caught each 3-ear to be taken by the fishermen of each
high contracting party.

ARTICLE \TLII

Each high contracting part}' shall be responsible for the enforcement of
the regulations provided by the commission in the portion of their respective
waters covered by the convention, and to this end they agree to enact and
enforce such legislation as may be necessary to make effective the provisions of
this convention, with appropriate penalties for violations thereof.

ARTICLE IX

The present convention shall be ratified by His INIajesty in accordance
with constitutional practice, and bj' the President of the United States of
America, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate thereof, and it shall
become effective upon the date of the exchange of ratifications which shall take
place at ^Yashington as soon as possible and shall continue in force for a period
of sixteen years, and thereafter until one year from the day on which either of
the high contracting parties shall give notice to the other of its desire to ter-
minate it.

GLOUCESTER FISHERMEN'S ASSOCIATION

An interesting step among New Brunswick fishermen during the fiscal year
was the organization of the Gloucester Fishermen's Association, incorporated
by an Act of the New Brunswick Legislature, for the purpose of " the fostering
of team work among the fishermen of the county of Gloucester for the better-
ment of their general economic status." The program of the association includes
in the effort to better the economic status of its members, " improving the
actual quality and standard of same (fish) product already prepared for the
market, finding new markets, mainly improving actual market conditions, sales
organizations, and methods." When the first general meeting of the association
was held on jMarch 27, following a series of organization meetings in different
sections of the county, 690 members had been enrolled. Mr. L. Berube, who
was employed by the Fisheries Branch, and I\Ir. J. G. Robichaud, of Shippigan,
N.B., who was a member of the Royal Commission which made iavestigation into
the fisheries of the Maritime Provinces and the ^Magdalen islands in 1927 and
1928, assisted in the organization meetings, but the point stressed on all occa-
sions was that responsibility for the work of the association and for its success
or failure would rest upon the members themselves. Under its act of incorpora-
tion the association is empowered to own real estate not exceeding $50,000 in
value; to build, own, operate, lend, let or sell fishing boats; to organize, manage
and, if necessary, finance any system to give credit facilities or advances of
money to its members for building fishing boats or buying fishing rigging or
supplies; and to organize, under the federal laws, and manage and finance
mutual life and accident insm\ance among its members and mutual insurance
on boats and fishing rigging or buildings owned by its members. If so desired,
the association may carry such insurance for its members with any insurance
company registered in Canada. An important section of the charter authorizes

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the association to organize a business department to take charge of buying
rigging or supplies, marketing fisheries products, and carrying on a generalfish
trade on behalf of such members as wish to take advantage of this service.
Under the charter the association, when it deems such action desirable, may
convert the business department into " definite commercial co-operative organi-
zations . . . but, for the present, the operations of such department are
for the service and at the risk of such members only of the association as desire
to avail themselves of it."

Your obedient servant,

WILLIAM A. FOUND,

Depvtij Minister of Fisheries.

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APPENDIX Xo. 1
REPORTS OF SUPERVISORS OF FISHERIES

REPORT OF ACTING CHIEF SUPERVISOR SHREVE,
PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA. FOR 1928

Onlv once since 1921 has the product of the fisheries of Nova Scotia had
a larger'value than that of the year 1928. While it is true that during recent
years the value for the year 1926 exceeded the value for the year under review,
it must be considered that 1926 was an exceptional one. The values recorded
during the war years of 1917 and 1918, as well as the post-war years of 1919
and 1920, were in excess of the values obtained this year, but, of course, inflated
prices prevailed during those years and therefore a comparison from a monetary
standpoint is scarcely fair.

Omitting the war years of 1917 and 1918 and the post-war years of 1919
and 1920, the year 1928 ranks second in the history of the province, only having
been exceeded by the year 1926. Therefore the operations for the 1928 season
may be considered as successful.

The marketed value for 1928 was $11,681,995.

The value of the fisheries to the province of Nova Scotia for the past six
years has been as follows: —

1923 S 8,448,385

1924 8,777,251

1925" '.'. 10,213,779

1926 12,505,922

1927 10,783,631

1928 11,681,995

The cod fishery as usual maintained first position, followed by the lobster
fishery, the haddock fishery ranking third in importance.

The fresh fish trade continued to expand and the future outlook is promis-
ing. Improved brine freezing methods will undoubtedly be further developed,
and open up more avenues of trade. There was a considerable increase in the
output of fresh fillets, both haddock and cod, as well as hake and cusk. Smoked
fillets were also in good demand, and the production was increased considerably.
Dried cod is the most important featm-e of the cod fishery, and this phase of
the industry also showed considerable expansion. Boneless fish were also put up
in larger quantities.

The catch of the chief commercial varieties such as cod, haddock, hake,
cusk, pollock and swordfish also showed increased landings. The lobster
fishery, which is one of the most important of all, records a decrease, as did
the halibut, herring, mackerel, salmon, smelt and scallop fisheries, as compared
with the year of 1927.

COD

The catch for 1928 shows an increase of 138,299 cwt. over the previous
year. The catch was 1,470,172 cwt., having a landed value of S2,822,472 and a
marketed value of $4,398,019, as compared with a catch of 1,331,873 cwt.,
with a landed value of $2,433,699 and a marketed value of $3,455,772 for the
year 1927. The marketed value was increased by $942,247. While there was

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a slight shrinkage in the amount of cod used fresh, the quantity converted into
fresh fillets, green salted, canned, smoked, smoked fillets, dried, and boneless,
shows a substantial increase in each case. The output of fresh fillets almost
doubled that of 1927. There was also a considerable increase in the amount
of boneless cod prepared.

'■ ' LOBSTERS

The lobster catch fell off from the preceding year by 7,264 cwt., and there
was consequently a shrinkage in both the landed and marketed values. The
total catch for 1928 was 172,409 cwt., having a marketed value of $3,048,255,
as compared with 179,673 cwt., with a marketed value of $3,255,627, for 1927.

At the opening of the season on the west coast of the Island of Cape
Breton the weather was very favourable for fishing and no drift ice appeared.
It is claimed that this was the first season in thirty-seven years that this coast
was free of drift ice at the opening of the season. Lobsters were plentiful at
the start, but a severe gale took place on May 24 and 25, completely upsetting
the industry for a week or ten days, and after the gale subsided lobsters were
not so numerous.

The catch in the eastern mainland section of the province was above that
of last year. This section, until a few years ago, was devoted entirely to the
canned lobster trade, but of late the fresh lobster trade has opened up and is
developing more and more each year. Fresh shipments are increasing from
year to year. This is particularly true of Pictou and Antigonish counties.
For the first time a lobster pound was operated at Pictou, to take care of
shipments brought in from the late season in the ^Magdalen Islands.

The catch in the western section suffered a considerable drop.

The pack likewise shows a drop, as 494 cases less were packed this year
than last.

The total pack for 1928 was 55,277 cases, as compared with 55,771 cases
during 1927. The value of the pack naturally suffered. For 1928 the value of
the pack amounted to $1,465,239, as compared with $1,727,105 for the previous
year.

"While indications are that the world consumption of canned lobsters was
greater this year than in 1927, prices received were comparatively low. The
re-entry of the Newfoundland pack on the market, after a closed season of four
years, made available a considerable increased quantity of canned lobsters, and
caused a decided drop in prices, and the general selling levels were reduced.

Both English and American buyers early in the season were hesitant in
placing orders, but eventually canned lobsters were sold to about the same
extent as formerly. The continental market was very dull. Japanese crab
meat, offered at verj^ attractive prices, especially to the continental market,
caused serious interference with the operators in the canned lobster trade.

The haddock fishery registers an increase of 61,743 cwt. The landings
this year were 445,950 c^i;., as compared with 384,207 cwt. during the previous
year. The landed value for the year was $917,404. and the marketed value
$1,654,977, as compared with a landed value of $660,669 and a marketed value
of $1,402,135 for 1927. Large landings were made at Halifax, Ingonish, Petit
de Grat, Port Hawkesbury and various ports in western Nova Scotia.

HAKE AND CUSK

The landings of hake and cusk amounted to 158,744 cwt., having a marketed
value of $268,577, as compared with a catch of 119,431 cwt. and a value of
$153,840 for the year 1927. Increased landings were made along all portions
of the coast. The increased catches in the western part of the province were
particularly noteworthy. The increase of the catch for the province was 39,313
cwt., while the marketed value was $114,737.

42 MARIXE AXD FISHERIES

MACKEREL

The only portion of the coast of the province to show an increase in the
catch of mackerel was the western section. The total catch for the province
was lower than last vear. During 1927 the catch was 72.306 CT\-t., as against
71.440 for 1928. The landed value for 1927 vras S236.796 and the marketed
value S338.8ol. as compared with a landed value of 8244,916, and a marketed
value of 8369,752 for the year under review. Better prices prevailed this year,
and in spite of the lower catch, the market value registers an increase of
$30,901 over the previous year.

HERRING

The herring catch fell off to a great extent. While larger landings were
made in the Island of Cape Breton, greatly decreased catches were secured in
Western Xova Scotia. The catch was 166,398 ctnI;., with a landed value of
8167,831, and a marketed value of §368,221, as compared with 214.560 c^\i:.,
having a landed value of $225,175, and a marketed value of 8482,378 during
1927.

Spring herring were unusually plentiful in the waters of Cape Breton
Island. The July run, however, was a failure. There was a general scarcity
of spring and summer herring along the eastern coast of the mainland, although
in October a hea\y run entered the waters of Western Halifax county.

There was a decrease in the halibut catch, as compared to the previous
year, of 1,783 cwt. The landings during 1928 were 25,768 cwt., having a landed
value of 8297,703, and a marketed value of 8434,110, as compared with a catch
of 27,551 cwt. with a landed value of 8342,391, and a marketed value of
8468,679 for 1927. The decrease in the marketed value amounted to 834,569.
All sections of the coast show decreased landings, as compared with the previous
year.

SALMON

The salmon fishery was disappointing and shows a decrease of 5,760 cwt.,
as compared with the landings in 1927. All sections of the coast showed
decrease. The catch of Cape Breton island was roughly about half of that of
last year. The eastern section of the mainland catch dropped over 2,000 cwt.,
while Western Xova Scotia shows a loss of over 1,100 cvrt. The landings in
the western portion of the province were less than half of the landings of last
year.

The total quantity of salmon taken in the province was 7,059 cwt., as
compared with 12,819 cwt. during 1927. The comparative landed values were
8112,340 and 8181,583, respectivelv. The marketed value for this vear was
8138,681, while in 1927 it was 8233,189.

SCALLOPS

The scallop fishery suffered quite a severe decline, as compared with the
previous year. However, it must be taken into consideration that 1927 was a
record year, when 37,607 barrels were produced. During 1928 the production
was 24,533 barrels, which is much in advance of the catch for any previous
year, with the exception of 1927. The catch for the past six yesLVS has been as
follows: —

Barrels

1923 11.839

1924 7, 504

1925 12,404

1926 19,918

1927 37, 607

1928 24,533

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It will therefore be seen that the apparent decline in 1928 is not nearly as
serious as would appear at first glance.

The marketed value was also in excess of that for any of the years above
referred to as will be seen from the following: —

1923 S 72,547

1924 51 , 793

1925 76,025

1926 138,472

1927 212,838

1928 156, 188

The catch in Lunenburg county was about half of that of last year, while
decreases took place in the large scallop producing areas of Digby and Annapolis
counties. However, the fishery, compared on the average with previous years,
was quite successful.

SMELTS

The total catch for the vear was 6,089 cwt., having a marketed value of
$103,535, compared with a catch of 7,110 cwt., valued at $124,653 during 1927.
At the opening of the season mild weather prevailed and the fishery was not
prosecuted as vigorously as usual, as the fishermen were afraid they could not
get their catches to market in good condition.

OYSTERS

The oyster catch for the province shows a slight increase over that of the
previous year. The catch was 1,944 barrels, having a marketed value of $15,935,
as compared with 1,817 barrels, with a marketed value of $16,109 for 1927. The
largest landings, made in Cape Breton Island, were as follows: —

Barrels.

Dennys Basin and Orangedale 697

Nyanza Bay 200

Estmere 86

Washabuck 73

The greatest increase in the catch took place at Nyanza bay, where 200
barrels were landed, compared with 102 barrels in 1927. The oyster fishery
along the shores of the mainland bordering on Northumberland straits is becom-
ing depleted, and some work must be done on the beds if the fishery is to be
saved.

SWOHDFISH

Swordfish were more plentiful along the coast, and larger catches were made
than during the previous year. The landings for 1928 were 8,088 cwt., having
a marketed value of $132,345, as compared with a catch of 7,299 cwt. having a
marketed value of $120,692 last year. Good landings were made at Louisburg,
Glace Bay, North Sydney and Petit de Grat. Heavier catches were also made
in Guysboro county waters.

The following reports by districts will be of interest, showing the local con-
ditions with respect to catches and values: —

District No. 1, Cape Breton — Inspector McLeod

The outstanding features of the year, compared with 1927, are decreases in
the quantities landed and values of lobsters, mackerel, halibut, salmon, pollock,
and alewives; and increases in the quantities landed and values of cod, haddock,
swordfish, herring, smelts and hake.

Lobsters.— The total catch was 40,403 cwt., marketed value, $499,523, as
compared with 42,524 cwt. with a marketed value of $565,442 for 1927.

The largest catches were landed at Mainadieu, 3,006 cwt.; Port Hood
Island, 2,070 cwt.; Petit de Grat, 1,827 cwt.; Port Morien, 2,344 cwt.; and Cheti-
camp, 1,682 cwt.

44 MARIXE AXD FISHERIES

Cod. — The total catch was 153,780 cwt., marketed vakie $343,755, as com-
pared with 139,096 cwt. with a marketed value of $292,061 for 1927. Increases
compared with the preceding year are 14,684 cwt. in the catch and S51,694 in
landed value. On account of the low prices that prevailed for this fish during
the previous year, the fishermen had no ambition to prosecute this branch of the
industry- at the opening of the season, as the price offered by fresh fish buyers
was considered entirely too low. It was not until late in the season, when prices
advanced, that the fishermen operated with any degree of vigour. However,
cod were quite abundant during the whole season and the weather very favour-
able, except during October and November.

The largest catches were landed at Xorth and South Ingonish. 23,832 cwt.;
North Svdnev. 33.685 cwt.; New Haven and Neil's Harbour, 14.873 cwt.; Petit
de Grat,' 12,658 cwt.; Cheticamp, 12,624 cwi:.; Port Hood Island, 8,938 cwt.

Swordfish. — The total catch was 5,856 cwt., marketed value $80,958, as
compared with 5,376 cwt. with a marketed value of $66,601 for 1927.

An increase of 480 cwt. in the catch, and 14,357 in the value is shown, as
compared with the preceding year. The increase is due to the fish being more
plentiful and weather conditions quite favotirable. Increases were recorded at
the ports of Fourchu, L'Ardoise, Gabarus. Petit de Grat, Louisburg, North
Sydney and Ingonish.

Largest landings were as follows: Louisburg, 2.923 cwt.; Glace Bay, 1,120
c^^-t.; North Sydney, 768 cwt., and Petit de Grat, 520.

Haddock. — The total catch was 57,500 cwt., marketed value $138,913, as
compared with 68,344 cwt. with a marketed value of $132,485 for 1927.

A decrease of 555 cw^t. at L'Ardoise was due to the fact that none were
caught in fish traps, as these fish kept farther off shore than usual, while at
Petit de Grat an increase of 5.238 cwt. is noted, where most of the fish was
caught in trap-nets. Louisburg shows an increase in the catch of 450 cwt. due
to the fishermen of this port operating later in the fall than usual as a result of
the better prices offered for the catch and improved transportation facilities, the
Fisheries Branch having operated a Fish Collection Service on this section of
the coast during the fall months.

An increase of 1,814 cwt. is shown at Ingonish, due to these fish being fairly
plentiful in the spring when large catches were taken in the trap-nets at Middle
Head. The fall run was not nearly as large as tisual.

Mackerel— The total catch was 27,810 cwt., marketed value $103,613, as
compared with 29.832 cwt. with a marketed value of $122,425 for the 1927
season.

It is remarkable that the fall mackerel can be caught only with a jig in the
district from Pleasant bay to Broad cove, on the northern coast of Inverness
county, while on other sections of the Cape Breton island coast they arc caught,
principally, in gill-nets. Though fall mackerel in past years used to frequent
the waters of Port Hood island, for some unaccountable reason thej' have not
put in an appearance in any quantities for the past five or six years.

Halibut. — The total cat<?h was 4.748 cwt., marketed value S64.113, as com-
pared with 4.772 cwt. ^\-ith a marketed value of 892,194 for the 1927 season.

The port of North Sydney shows an increase of 1.333 c^i;., which is
attributable to a larger number of bankers calling at this port for bait and dis-
posing of their catch; also, more of the North Sydney fleet engaged in this
branch of the industry during the spring months, owing to the good prices pre-
vailing. On other sections of the coast, however, these fish were scarce, which
accounts for the net decrease in the catch.

The largest landings were at North Sydney, 3,173 coi.. Hawkesbury, 247
cwt.: Scatarie, 201 cwt.; and Port Morien, 199 CT\t.

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Salmon.— The total catch was 2,498 cwt., marketed value S39.922, as com-
pared with 4.897 cwt. with a marketed value of S78,436 for the 1927 season.

The decrease is due altogether to scarcity, as fine weather prevailed during
the fishing season. ^ From Pleasant baj' to Broad cove, on the northern coast of
Inverness county, a decrease of 953 c^-ts. is noted; from Inverness to Hawkes-
bury, a decrease of 193 cwt.; from Lingan to Point Aconi, a decrease of 25 cwt.;
from Big Bras d'Or to Smoky, a decrease of 83 cwt.; from Ingonish to bay St.
Lawrence, a decrease of 60 cwt. As a matter of fact this was the poorest season
the salmon net fishermen have experienced for a great many years. In July
fairly good catches were made by a few of the nets at Margaree and Broad
cove, but at the same time the fishermen at Pleasant bay and Cheticamp ceased
operating because of the small catches being taken. From Broad cove to
Hawkesbury the fishermen scarcely paid expenses, but it is remarkable that a
fisherman operating one net at In^•erness made over S^900.

The largest catches were at Margaree, 394 cwt.; Little Loraine. 203 cwt.;
Aspy bay, 159 cwt.; and Pleasant bay, 158 cwt.

Herring. — The total catch was 37,999 cwt., marketed value $67,515. as
compared with 26,604 cwt. with a marketed value of $43,221, showing increases
of 11,395 cwt. in the catch and 24,294 in value.

Largest landings were as follows: North Svdnev, 11.540 cwt.; Hawkes-
bury. 3,790 cwt.; Petit de Grat, 2,251 cwt.; Cheticamp,' 2,100 cwt.; Port Hood
island, 1,686 cwt.; and St. Ann's, 1.620 cwt.

Smelts.— The total catch was 1,636 cwi:., marketed value $23,288, as com-
pared with 1.727 cwt. with a marketed value of $26,427 for 1927, showing
decreases of 91 cwt. in the catch and $3,139 in the marketed value.

Largest catches were as follows: JNIabou Harbour, 296 cwt.; West Arichat,
150 cwt.; Louisdale, 144 cwt.; and Port Royal, 140 cwt.

Oysters. — The total catch was 1.265 bbl., marketed value $9,230, as com-
pared with 1,224 bbl. with a marketed value of $10,347 for 1927, showing an
increase of 41 barrels in the catch and a decrease of $1,117 in the marketed
value.

Hake and Cusk. — The total catch was 7,658 cwt,, marketed value $9,710,
as compared with 3.663 cwt. with a marketed value of $4,376 for 1927, showing
an increase of 3,995 c\\'t. and $5,334 in marketed value.

The increase in the catch is attributable to larger catches taken by the
fishermen of Port Hood island and larger quantities landed by steam trawlers
at Port Hawkesbury.

Largest landings were as follows: Port Hood island, 7,010 cwt.; Hawkes-
bury, 218 cwt.; Margaree harbour, 60 cwt.; and Cheticamp, 38 cwt.

Scjiiid. — The total catch was 1,085 barrels, marketed value $2,215, as com-
pared with 684 barrels with a marketed value of $2,977 for 1927, showing an
increase of 80 cwt. in the catch and a decrease of $762 in the marketed value.

Largest landings were as follows: Cheticamp, 700 barrels; Margaree har-
bour, 105 barrels; Grand Etang, 150 barrels; and Port Hood island, 25 barrels.

Flounders. — The total catch was 664 cwt., marketed value $3,627, as com-
pared with 1,846 cwt. with a marketed value of $9,227, showing a decrease of
1,182 cwt. in the catch and $5,600 in the marketed value. The entire catch was
landed by trawlers at Port Hawkesbury.

Eels. — The total catch was 178 cwt., marketed value $926, as compared
with a nil catch and value for 1927. Nearly all these fish were landed at
Louisdale.

46 MARINE AND FISHERIES

District No. 2 — Comprising the Counties of Halifax, Guysboro, Pictou,
Colchester, Cumberland and Hants — Inspector Sutherland

The total quantity of all varieties landed was 729,789 cwt., marketed value
$4,199,173, as compared with 692,072 cw^. in 1927 valued at $4,010,258. This
is an increase of about 10,000,000 pounds in the catch, with a corresponding
increase in value of $188,915. Heavier landings in Halifax county west are
responsible for about 90 per cent of the increase and Guysboro county shows a
slight increase. Somewhat larger catches were made in Cumberland county
northwest and the Bay of Fundy section.

Of the varieties taken, cod and haddock have increased over 11,000,000
pounds, while the lobster gatch is greater by about half a million. The most
serious decreases are those of herring, 500,000 pounds, and salmon, about 200,000
pounds. The increased values are in part due to higher prices paid for ground
fish than in the previous year. The prices offered for lobsters were considerably
lower.

Cod.— The total catch was 276,013 cwt., with a marketed value of $1,126,-
858, as compared with a catch of 212,876 cwt. with a marketed value of $930,038
for 1927, showing an increase of 63,137 c\^^•. in the catch and $196,820 in the
marketed value. However, as 35,800 cwt. of cod were brought into this district
from outside points, the actual marketed value of the catch would be about
$71,600 less than the amount shown above, or about $1,055,258.

The increased catch is due to Halifax county west, where 44,490 cwt. more
were landed than in 1927, and Guj^sboro countv, where the increase was about
20,000 cwt..

Of the total catch 112,379 e\\i. were taken ofTshore, compared with 100,865
cwt. in 1927.

Prices were considerably better than during the previous year, and the
fishermen between Halifax and Sonora had, by the collecting service, an oppor-
tunity to dispose of their catches in the fresh state. However, the prices for
dried fish were so attractive that most of the fishermen in Halifax county east
followed their usual custom and salted the catch.

Haddock. — The total catch was 241,502 c^^i:. with a marketed value of
$1,023,977, as compared with 191,934 cwt. with a marketed value of $884,238
for 1927, showing an increase of 49.568 c\^^;. in the catch and 8139,739 in the
marketed value. As in cod, considerable quantities of haddock were brought
into this district, 12,168 cwi:-. in all, which would make the actual marketed
value about $24,336 less than that shown above, or about $999,641.

The increase is due to heavier landings in Halifax county west, where the
catch increased 48,103 cwt., while in Guysboro county east, due to fewer steam
trawlers, the decrease was 3,986 cwt. Slight increases were also made in Hali-
fax east and Guysboro west.

Of the total catch, 214,686 cwt. were taken offshore, as compared with
173,363 cwt. in 1927.

Hake and Cusk. — The total catch was 7,658 c\\i:. with a marketed value of
$23,143, as compared with 5,391 cwt. with a marketed value of $12,955 for 1927.
The increase is due to the Halifax county catch, which was 2,227 c\\^. greater
than in 1927, as 1,991 cwi:. were taken offshore, as compared with 342 cwt. the
previous year. Prices were as follows: Landed, $0.75-$l. Marketed — dried,
$5; green salted, $3; smoked fillets, $10-$11; fresh fillets, $10.

Pollock.— The total catch was 6,232 cwt. with a marketed value of $12,709,
as compared with 8,180 cwt. with a marketed value of $12,694 for 1927, show-
ing a decrease of 1,948 cwt. in the catch and an increase of $15 in the marketed
value. Of the catch, 4,507 cwt. were taken offshore, compared with 5,399 cwt.
in 1927. Prices to the fishermen were $1 and marketed price about the same as
for hake.

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Halibut. — The total catch was 7,051 cwt. with a marketed value of $162,095,
as compared with 7,240 cwt. with a marketed value of $146,871 for 1927.

While the catch is about the same as for 1927, there is an increased mar-
keted value of $15,224. This is due in part to better prices, but mostly on
account of 1,187 cwt. brought into this district. The offshore catch was 4,403
cwt., compared with 5,754 cwt. in 1927.

Large catches were made in Halifax county west and smaller catches in
Guysboro east.

Herring. — The' total catch was 50,241 with a marketed value of $117,205,
as compared with 54,609 cwt. with a marketed value of $163,140 for 1927.

The catch is the smallest for the past five years. There was a general
scarcity of spring and summer herring on the Atlantic coast of this district, but
in October a heavy run entered Halifax bay and the western coast waters of
Halifax county, where substantial catches were made by the fishermen. Bait
was scarce throughout the season, which was a great hardship to the fishermen.

Mackerel. — The total catch was 29,582 cwt. with a marketed value of
$170,201, as compared with 34,003 cwt. with a marketed value of $160,908 for
1927, showing a decrease of 4,421 cwt. in the catch and an increase of $9,293
in the marketed value. This is the smallest catch for the past seven years, and
the decrease most pronounced in Guysboro county, where 13,216 cwt. less were
taken than in 1927; while in Halifax county west these fish were more plenti-
ful, 17,962 cwt. being taken, as compared with 8,125 cvd. in 1927.

Prices to the fishermen were more satisfactorv than in other vears. Market
prices were: $8, fresh; $8.50-$9, salt (spring) ; $18-$20, salt (fall).

Salmon. — The total catch was 3,676 c^i}. with a marketed value of $77,374,
as compared with 5,880 cwt. with a marketed value of $113,971 for the 1927
season.

The decrease was general, excepting in the bay of Fundy, where there was
a considerable increase. Antigonish and Pictou county east, where there is a
valuable trap-net fishery, suffered the most, the catch falling off 50 per cent or
1,655 cwt. and $14,207 in value. As the fish were scarce, the fishermen enjoyed
the highest prices for some years past.

Albacore. — The total catch was 875 cwt. with a marketed value of $8,750, as
compared with 1,575 cwt. with a marketed value of $15,750 for 1927.

This fishery is confined to St. Margaret's bay where albacore are taken
by trap-nets and harpooning. The catch for 1928 is about an average, although
it shows a considerable decrease from 1927, which was the largest catch since
1923.

Sivordfish— The total catch was 2,100 CT\i:. with a marketed value of $49,429,
as compared with 1,715 cwt. with a marketed value of $30,795 for 1927, show-
ing an increase in the catch of 385 cwt. and $18,634 in the marketed value. This
is due in part to shipments of 797 c^i;. brought into this district. Heavier
catches were made in Guysboro county.

Flounders, Skate and Soles. — Flounders decreased 5,135 cwt., while soles
increased 1,743 cwt., the catches being 1,187 and 14,180 cwt., respectively. All
of the latter were taken offshore, and 727 cwt. of flounders. The catch of skate
was 2,163 cwt., as compared with 7,011 cwi;. in 1927. However, this does not
include large quantities of skate landed by steam trawlers at Halifax for reduc-
tion purposes.

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District No. 3 — Comprising the counties of Lunenburg, Queens, Shel-
BURNE, Yarmouth, Digby, Annapolis and Kings — Inspector ]\Iarshall.

The total amount of all kinds of fish for the year was 1,538,476 cwt. and
40.720 barrels of shellfish, with a total marketed value of $5,970,206, as com-
pared with 1,481,730 cwt. valued at §5.300.749. which shows an increase of
56,746 cwt., and an increase in value of S669.457.

Cod.— The catch of cod was 1.040.379 cwt. valued at $2,927,406, as com-
pared with 979,901 cwt. valued at $2,233,673 for 1927. This shows an increase
of 60,478 cwt. with an increase in value of $693,733 for the year 1928.

Haddock. — This fisheiy shows an increase of 23.019 cwt., and an increase
in value of $106,675 over the preceding season.

Hake and Cusk. — A decided increase is shown of 33.051 cwt., and value of
$99,215.

Halibut. — ^The season was not as successful as last season, as a decrease is
shown in catch and value of 1,570 cwt. and $22,239.

Herring. — ^The catch of herring was 78,158 c\A-t. with a marketed value of
$183,501, as compared with 133,347 cwt. valued at $276,047 for 1927. This
shows a decrease of 55.189 c^i:., and a decrease in value of $92,547.

Mackerel. — This fishery shows an increase of 5,577 cwt. and an increase in
marketed value of $40,420.

Sabno7i.—The catch of salmon for 1928 was 885 cwt. with a value of $21,385,
as compared with 2.036 cwt. valued at $40,782 for the season of 1927, showing
a decided decrease of 1,151 cwt. and a decrease in value of $19,397.

Scallops. — This fishery shows a decrease of 13,046 barrels, and a decrease
in value of $56,510.

Lobster. — This fishery shows a decrease in the catch of 9,921 cwt., and a
decrease in the value of S106.790.

bait reporting service

Most of the vessels engaged in the fishing industiy of the province are now
equipped with radio sets. A new wireless broadcasting service was inaugurated
last April for the purpose of furnishing the fishermen and others interested in
the industry with information in connection with the following items: —

1. Weather reports.

2. Bait reports daily from the ^lagdalen Islands, Canso, Port Hawkesbury,
North Sydney, Halifax, Lunenburg. Liverpool, Lockeport, Shelburne, Yarmouth,
Queensport, Port Hood, and other points, showing the quantity of frozen bait in
storage and the quantity of fresh unfrozen bait available as well as the ice sup-
plies on hand.

3. Ice conditions prevailing along the coast.

4. Prevailing local prices of dried fish.

5. Prevailing local prices for slack salted fish, including, where possible,
Boston and Gloucester quotations.

6. New items covering catches of vessels arriving from the banks, and any
outstanding fishery incidents such as loss of life, or damage or loss of vessels,
or other unusual events that would be of interest to the fishermen, including
urgent information as to the families of the fishermen.

The information involved was collected and compiled by the Halifax office,
and was broadcast twice daily from the Louisburg INIarconi Station and the
Halifax Lightship. ^lany favourable comments have been received on the ser-

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vice, and it is considered a distinct step in the right direction. The general opin-
ion is that it has been of great advantage to the fishermen and the fishing indus-
try as a whole. The service will undoubtedly become more popular and bene-
ficial as time goes on and better and more receiving sets are installed on the
vessels.

The first broadcast message was sent forward on April 23, and the service
was discontinued for the season on November 30.

THE STEAM TRAWLER

During 1928 eleven trawlers operated from this province, while in 1927
fourteen were employed. The trawlers operating in 1928 are as shown below: —

Name of Vessel

Port Operated from

Time engaged

Halifax

Good Hope

fJanuary-April

\ November-December

Si. Cuthberl

Halifax and Port
Hawkesbury

Bonthor'pe

January-May Ist

Sleoford

OJfa

In addition, the baby trawler Geraldine was built at Lunenburg, and oper-
ated from that port from June 30 for the Lunenburg Sea Products and Cold
Storage Company, Limited. Her dimensions are: length, 108 feet; beam, 28
feet; draught, 10 feet, and she is equipped with crude oil engines having a motive
power of 200 horse-power.

INTRODUCTION OF THE DANISH SEINER

An interesting experiment was made when the Nova Fisheries Limited, of
Halifax, equipped a vessel, the Nova I, for Danish seining. She was constructed
at Mahone Bay, N.S., and her dimensions are: length, 61 feet; beam, 17-6 feet;
draft, 9 feet; hold, 8? feet. She w\as powered with a 50-horsepower Diesel engine
and equipped with a Danish seine hauler.

This was an introduction of an entirely new method of fishing in these
waters. The Geraldine left on her first trip on November 1, but was handicapped
in her operations by extremely bad weather. Her operations, in more moderate
weather, will be watched with interest.

THE LUNENBL'RG FLEET

The year 1928 brought success to the Lunenburg fleet and in many instances
records were eclipsed. The value of the deep-sea catch registered an increase
of half a million dollars over the catch of the previous year.

From a financial standpoint the year may be considered as a distinct suc-
cess. While last year eighty-three vessels were operated, this year the number
was seventy-five. The decrease in the number of vessels in commission was eight
although the monetary gain was outstanding over the year 1927.

Better prices prevailed than last year. The fish from the frozen bait trip
were cured and sold at S7.50 per quintal, a considerable advance over the price
received from that trip last year.

Sixty-nine vessels participated in the second trip and their catch sold for
§8 per quintal. The vessels on these two trips were handicapped by extremely
rough weather, resulting in decreased fares.

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50 MARlXi: AXD FISHERIES

Fine weather prevailed for the most part during the summer trip, and good
catches were made. The catch was sold two months earlier than in the previous
year and brought S9 per quintal.

Two vessels, the J. H. Sinclair and the J. W. Margeson were lost at the
beginning of the summer trip. On the fall trip the Andrava was sunk in col-
lision at Sydney Harbour. The crews fortunately, in all three cases, were
saved. During the earlier trips quite a few vessels suffered damage due to
prevailing rough weather, but the losses were comparatively slight, compared
to former years.

Encouraged by good prices, and ready markets, eighteen vessels sailed on
the fall trip. The fall trip is not a general one, but the results were encouraging,
as the catch was good and the prevailing prices much in advance of previous
years.

Each year shows an increased number of Newfoundland fishermen man-
ning the Lunenburg fleet, and the year under review was no exception. A num-
ber of vessels during the past few years have been manned almost entirely by
men from the ancient colony.

Practically the whole fleet is equipped with radio, and the broadcast ser-
vice in connection with the bait and ice reports was very favourably com-
mented upon by various captains interviewed.

The captains and fishermen, as a whole, were loud in their praise of the
valuable service rendered by the C.G.S. Arras as a hospital ship on the banks.

DESTRUCTIOX OF HAIR SE.\LS

In view of the harmful activities of hair seals, especially to the salmon and
smelt fisheries, the Fisheries Branch decided last year to pay a bounty of $3.50
for each seal destroyed, on production of proper evidence of destruction. The
bounty was repeated this year, but was discontinued in July, as the number of
bounty claims received was so great that the amount provided by Parliament
for bounty became exhausted. The amount expended in Xova Scotia until the
end of July was $10,570. This represents a destruction of 3,020 seals.

If funds had been available for the continuation of the bounty, naturally a
great many more seals would have been destroyed. The best months for killing
are June, July and August. It should be understood that a great many seals
are destroyed on which no bounty is paid. It is impossible to estimate the
number, but probably ten per cent of the seals killed are lost before the bodies
can be recovered to secure the snouts which must be presented as evidence of
destruction by the persons claiming the bounty.

More claims were paid in western Nova Scotia than in any other section
of the pro\'ince. The western coimties of the mainland accounted for 1,345
claims, eastern counties for 1,190 claims, and the Island of Cape Breton for 485.

A great many hair seals are procurable in this province, and it is in the
interest of the fishermen that they be destroyed, owing to their destructive
tendencies towards the valuable salmon and smelt fisheries. If a good market
for the skins can be secured, at an attractive price, the destruction will natur-
ally be larger. Up to the present, it appears that a great many of the fisher-
men destroying seals have not saved the skins. This procedure will undoubt-
edly be corrected if the fishermen and others killing seals can be assured of a
ready paying market for the skins.

FISH COLLECTION SERVICE

A Fish Collection Service was inaugurated and was put in operation along
the southern shore of Cap>e Breton Island, between Main-a-dieu and Fourchu.
The ss. Mary Patricia began operating on August 27, the Pearl Cann on August

FISHERIES BRAXCH

28. the PoUyanna on October 11, and the Comfort 2vd on October 19. Tho
Mary Patricia ceased operating on January 1, the Pearl Cann on December 3,
the Comjort 2nd on January 6, and the PoUyanna on December 18.

The Pollyann collected fish at ISIain-a-dieu, Big and Little Lorraine, and
the Comjort 2nd collected fish at Fourchu and Gabarus, both boats conveying
their cargoes to Louisburg -^-here they were transferred to the Mary Patricia
and Pearl Cann. The Mary Patricia and Pearl Cann plied direct between
Louisburg and Canso, conveying the cargoes transferred from the PoUyanna
and Comfort 2nd as well as the catch taken by the fishermen at Louisburg.

The following is a statement of the weight of fish taken at the several
ports: —

Main-a-dieu

Louisburg

Gabarus

Fourchu Big Lorraine

Little Lorraine

lbs.
67,664

lbs.
434,2.38

lbs.
20,922

lbs. lbs.
72,272 .36,147

lb3.

84,660

The fishermen along this section of the coast greatly appreciated the efforts
put forth by the Fisheries Branch to give them better transportation facilities.
Had it not been for this service the catch would have been less than half as large,
for in the past fishermen ceased operating early in the fall on account of the
poor prices prevailing and no boats to convey their catches to market. The
weather was very stormy during the months of October and November, which
greatly interfered with fishing operations. Had the weather been fine the catch
would have been doubled.

The collection service which was inaugurated on the eastern part of the
mainland in 1927, between Port Bickerton and Canso, was continued success-
fully in 1928. A new ser\dce was started between Sonora and Halifax.

The two collection services in eastern Nova Scotia carried a total of
4.262,053 pounds.

In western Nova Scotia a collection service was inaugurated, operating
between Port LaTour, Shelburne and Lockeport.

RIVER AND INLAND FISHERIES

Nova Scotia is famous for its sport fishing rivers and lakes, and more and
more tourists are being attracted to the province every year on account of the
splendid angling opportunities which prevail. Of course, the sport is also exten-
sively engaged in by citizens of the province. It is absolutely essential that our
salmon and trout be afforded all protection possible, and every effort is being
made in this direction. The salmon and trout fisheries are a distinct asset to
the province, from an economic standpoint, and attract many visitors.

A number of fish and game protective associations have been organized in
various sections amongst the local sportsmen for the purpose of affording all
protection possible to our game fish. Our own officers have been zealous in their
efforts to prevent illegal fishing.

.The jMargaree river was visited by a larger number of tourists than ever
before. The largest salmon caught on the rod weighed thirty- two pounds, and
the largest number taken by a visiting angler was twenty-seven. The largest
salmon landed by an angler in the Margaree river last year weighed 52^ pounds.
On the Cheticamp river twenty-eight salmon were landed by a visiting
angler, and curiously enough the largest fish weighed twenty-eight pounds.

52 M.WIXE AXD FISHERIES

The salmon angling yield in these two rivers for the last four years ha;
been as follows: —

Year

Margaree
River

Cheticanip
River

199.5

363
489
868
509

1926

100

1997

138

1995

121

On the Maccan river, Cumberland county, an unusual feature occurred in
a hea\y run of small salmon which took place in late July. This river usually
supports a good run of spawn fish in September and later, but this year the
salmon referred to were in the river in good condition until the latter part ot
August. The water was not high at the time, and it was only by the best efforts
of the officers that large numbers were not destroyed by poachers. A number
were taken by sport fishing with dry flies. The fact that salmon were plentiful
in the headwaters of the bay of Fundy ma\' explain this unusual run.

No salmon fly fishing is done in Colchester, Pictou. and Antigonish counties.
In Guysboro county and Halifax county, due to the failure of the salmon on
the coast, comparatively few entered the rivers and the sport catch was net up
to normal.

During the early part of the season trout were fairly plentiful in the Mar-
garee river. The largest trout of which there is departmental record was
captured on jMay 19 at Long Marsh pool, Margaree river. It weighed, when
landed, 6| pounds. It was 264 inches long, with a girth of 14^ inches.

Veiy satisfactoiy catches were taken in lake Ainslie, Indian river, and
river Denys, Inverness county, and Baddeck and Washabuck rivers. North Aspy
river, ^Middle river, Clyburn's brook, and Ingonish river, Victoria county, during
the early part of the season, but in July, August, and September very few were
caught on account of the waters being very low and warm. In Bentinck pool,
Baddeck river, fifteen trout were taken, weighing from two to four and a half
pounds, in one day.

Angling in western Nova Scotia for both salmon and trout was good. An
increased number of non-resident anglers visit-ed the district. The INIersey
river, ]\Iedway river, Tusket river, Annapolis river, etc., provided good sport
for the anglers. The salmon fishery on the Mersey river is reported to be
increasing fast, and if the new development being carried on by the Nova Scoiia
Power Commission on this river does not interfere too much with the ascent of
salmon the fisheiy should continue to increase.

ERECTIOX OF HALIF.'VX COLD STORAGE PL.AXT

For many years past there has been a general demand for the establish-
ment of adequate cold storage facilities at the port of Halifax. This year saw
the commencement of the erection of a modern cold storage plant to meet that
demand. In April, 1929, a plant costing two and a quarter million dollars will
be completed at Halifax.

While the plant will handle all kinds of perishable foods, one large unit
is to be devoted exclusively to the handling of fish. The facilities will be avail-
able to the public, and in the cold storage cliambers there is ample storage room
for holding frozen fish. The equipment includes the rapid brine freezing process
— Bird's Eye method. The establishment of this plant should be cf great benefit
to those engaged in the fishing industiy. It will undoubtedly be helpful to the
shore fishermen.

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The plant is known as the Nova Scotia Public Cold Storage Terminals,
Limited, and is located advantageously at the south end terminals. With the
facilities provided, it is to be expected that fishery production will increase.

fishermen's co-operative associations

During the year twenty-nine Fishermen's Co-operative Associations were
operated throughout the province. They were confined to the eastern main-
land and the island of Cape Breton. The number will likely be considerably
increased from year to year and stations organized in the western part of the
province.

The co-operative associations, or stations, of the Fishermen's Federation
of Nova Scotia operated during the year under review were located at the fol-
lowing points: —

1. Canso, Guysboro county.

2. Petit de Grat, Richmond county.

3. Arichat, Richmond county.

4. Porierville, Richmond county.

5. West L'Ardoise, Richmond county.

6. Lower L'Ardoise, Richmond county.

7. Rockdale, Richmond county.

8. L'Ardoise, Richmond county.

9. L'Ardoise, Richmond county.
10. Lismore, Pictou county.

IL Fourchu, Richmond county.

12. Gabarus, Richmond county.

13. Louisbm-g, Cape Breton county.

14. Main-a-dieu, Cape Breton county.

15. Havre Boucher, Antigonish county.

16. Ingonish Beach, Victoria county.

17. Big Island, Pictou county.

18. Arisaig, Antigonish county.

19. Monk's Head, Antigonish county.

20. River John, Pictou county.

21. Grand Etang, Inverness county.

22. Dover, Guysboro county.

23. Margaree, Inverness county.

24. Belle Cote, Inverness county.

25. Whitehead, Guysboro county.

26. Port Felix, Guysboro county.

27. Cole Harbour, Guysboro county.

28. Little Lorraine, Cape Breton county.

29. Port Hood Island, Inverness county.

Each station elected officers such as president, vice-president and secretary-
treasurer, and an executive committee. The number of members belonging to
each station ranged from fifteen to one hundred and thirty-six, and the number
of meetings held by each organization from one to twenty-five.

The various associations referred to were organized primarily for the fol-
lowing objects: —

(a) _ To procure information respecting the latest improvements in boats
and fishing gear of all kinds, methods of curing and preparing fish for markets,
and the transportation and marketing of fish and fish products.

(6) To co-operate in the matter of purchases of fish, fishing supplies and
accessories and in the canning, cmnng, storage, preservation, selling, marketing
and export of fish.

54 MARIXE AXD FISHERIES

(d) To take action upon matters arising in respect to the fisheries and to
make representations and furnish information to the proper authorities.

(e) Generally to improve and elevate the material, intellectual and social
welfare and standing of the members.

■UTILIZATION OF FISH W.ASTE AXD MAXUFACTrRE OF BY-PRODUCTS

There was one less licensed reduction plant operated in the eastern part of
the province during the year under review than last year.

During the year three licensed reduction plants operated in the eastern
portion of the mainland, as shown below: —

1. Fasterfat Limited, Halifax.

2. Kendall Reduction "Works and Fish IMeal Plant, Halifax.

3. Robinson Glue Company, Canso.

The following licensed reduction plants were operated in western Xova
Scotia: —

1. H. R. L. Bill Lockeport.

2. A. W. Dodd, Freeport.

3. A. W. Dodd, Westport.

4. Roy Casey, Victoria Beach.

5. Parkhurst Cod Liver Oil Corporation, Tiverton.

6. ^l. A. Xickerson, Clark's Harbour.

7. "W. H. Goudv, Lockeport.

8. H. Wall. Yarmouth.

9. Yarmouth Aleal and Oil Company, Limited, Yarmouth.
10. Lewis Canning Company, Annapolis.

The Lewis Canning Company was operated from a by-product standpoint
for the purpose of grinding scallop and clam shells into chicken feed. The other
concerns mentioned in western Nova Scotia were engaged in the production of
oil.

FISHERIES PATROL SERVICE

The patrol boat Mildred McColl made her first patrol this year on April 7,
after the usual overhauling, and patrolled the lobster districts in Halifax, Guj's-
boro, and along Northumberland straits until the seasons opened. This boat
did very effective work in regulating the opening of the season in the straits
district by enforcing the opening hour and thus giving all fishermen an equal
chance for the best grounds. This has always been a bone of contention with
the lobster fishermen there, and led to many disputes in former years, when
weather conditions permitted the running of lines on the opening day. Fisher-
men and packers, generally, appreciated the enforcement this year.

Until July 21 the Mildred McColl was engaged in regular patrol work in
Halifax and Guysboro counties, when she was taken for scallop investigation
work to Prince Edward Island and other points. She was engaged in this work
until August 21, and then returned to regular patrol work, and remained in
commission until January 31.

The work perfonned by this boat was most valuable for the proper regula-
tion and protection of the fisheries. Captain "Williams, and his crew, were most
efficient and conscientious. During the absence of the Mildred McColl from
regular patrol work, illegal fishing broke out in some sections.

The contract boat Lidu T., was again engaged for the protection of the
lobster boimdar\' line at Port Philip and the closed area east of the boundary.

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Captain Brownell was employed as master, and the inspector for the district
reports the protection of the lobster grounds in the close season this year was
most satisfactory.

Thei F.P.I. carried on satisfactory and continuous patrol throughout the sea-
son from Pubnico, Yarmouth county, to the head of the bay of Fundy.

FISHERIES CRUISER SERVICE

Both C.G.S. Arras and C.G.S. Arleux were busily occupied throughout the
year. The commanding officers, Captain Barkhouse, of the Arras, and Captain
Cousins, of the Arleux, deserve praise for the splendid work carried out by the
vessels under their command.

The Arras in addition to carrying on regular patrol work along the coast
during the spring, fall and winter, again proceeded to the Grand Banks as a
hospital ship, with the fishing fleet, and remained on that duty during the sum-
mer. The services rendered in this connection were much appreciated by the
fleet, but a boat with larger and better accommodation for hospital cases is
desirable and it is hoped that such may be secured in the near future. The Arras,
however, gave eveiy assistance possible to the fleet, and many expressions of
appreciation have been received with regard to her work.

Dr. D. R. Webster, who was employed on the vessel, reports with regard to
the work on the banks as a hospital ship, as follows: —

" The season was no doubt the most successful from everj' viewpoint. The medical
service was the largest yet experienced due in a measure to a more or less severe epidemic
of influenza among the crews of the vessels. There were no deaths from illness among the
fleet. The following is a summary of the work: —

Total number of new cases 303

Total number of calls 378

Total number of minor operations 65

Patients conveyed to St. John's or other port for home or hospital. . 12 "

The Arleux was actively engaged in patrol work throughout the year, and
,was instrumental in clearing many harbours of ice during the winter months.
Her services were most valuable, and were much appreciated by the fishing
industry. As in recent years, she acted as a ^lother ship to the fishing fleets of
Canso, Arichat, Petit de Grat and vicinity, rendering them any assistance
necessary.

LOSS OF LIFE

With deep regret there is reported the death of Mr. Thomas Burke of
Bateston, Cape Breton county, who was drow^ned in Mira bay, Cape Breton,
on May 10, while in the act of setting a herring net, and also that three fisher-
men were lost in eastern Nova Scotia, two in Guysboro east and one in Anti-
gonish county.

LICENSES ISSUED

Lobster fishing 8,58.6

Lobster packing 112

Lobster packing extension 134

Lobster polind 17

Salmon gill-net or drift-net 750

Salmon trap-net, pound-net or weir 399

Salmon net permits 40

Smelt gill-net 534

Smelt bag-net 252

Herring weir 79

Drag seine 132

Oyster 281

Scallop. 196

Reduction works 13

Trap-net 264

Cannery 21

Shad gill-net or drift-net 9

Quahaug 2

Angling permits ^^0

Certificates F. 12 313

MARINE AND FISHERIES

PROSECUTIONS

There were seventy-nine prosecutions for violations of the Fishery Regula-
tions. Thirteen took place in Nova Scotia, District No. 1, forty-two in Nova
Scotia, District No. 2, and twenty-four in Nova Scotia, District No. 3. State-
ments showing details in connection with the prosecutions referred to aooear as
Dart of Appendix No.

REPORT OF SUPERVISOR S. T. GALLANT, PROVINCE OF PRINCE
EDWARD ISLAND AND MAGDALEN ISLANDS, FOR 1928-29

The total marketed value of the fisheries of Prince Edward Island for the
year 1928 was $1,196,681. The following table gives the comparison between
the catch and value for the vear 1928 and that of 1927: —

Kinds of fish

192

1928

Quantity'
caught

Value
marketed

Quantity
caught

Value
marketed

Cod

Haddock

cwt.

49,419

1,168

11,. 326

51,834

6,455

S
128,830

3,787
16,780
88,368
28,255

36,852

996

11.925

47,4.51

10,197

150

13,122

178