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PORTS AND HARBOURS OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE :
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Halifax-The buoying, lighting, and (where necessary) dredging of the port are controlled by
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The Harbour itself is managed by a Harbour Master appointed under Act of the Dominion Parliament, 35 Vict. c. 42, and subsequent Acts, of which the most recent is 48 & 49 Vict. c. 78.
The Harbour Maater is appointed by the Dominion Government and is subject to the control of the Minister of Marine and Fisheries.
The new Ocean Terminals are being constructed, and will be owned by the Dominion Government of Canada. Many of the wharves are in private hands, but some are owned by the Intercolonial Railway Company of
Canada.
Montreal. The buoying, lighting, and dredging of the ship channel from Quebec to Montreal is under the control of the Dominion Government of Canada, but the river front at Montreal for 16 miles on both eides of the River St. Lawrence is held in trust, and administered for the Government by the Montreal Harbour Commissioners appointed under Act of the Dominion Parliament, 57 & 58 Vict. c. 4 and subsequent Acts, of which the latest is 3 & 4 Geo. V. a. 32.
The Commissioners, known generally as the Corporation, are three in number and are appointed by the Dominion Government on the recommendation of the Minister of Murine and Fisheries. Each is paid official.
The Corporation works under the control of the Dominion Government, by which its bylaws and regalations (including those dealing with rates and duse from which its revenue is mainly derived) have to be approved.
The Corporation is empowered to raise capital within limits laid down by the Acta,
The interest payable on its bonds or debentures must not exceed 4 per cent. per annum.
Quebec. The buoying, lighting, and dredging of the channel of the River St. Lawrence up to Quebec are under the control of the Dominion Government of Canada.
Quebec Harbour is under the control of Harbour Commissioners appointed under Act of the Dominion Parliament, 62 & 63 Vict. c. 34 and subsequent Acts, of which the latest is 3 & 4 Geo. V. c. 40,
The Commissioners, known generally as the Corporation, are three in number, and are appointed by the Dominion Government on the recommendation of the Minister of Marine and Fisheries. Each is a paid official.
The Corporation works under the control of the Dominion Government, by which ita bylaws and regulations (including those dealing with rates and dues from which its revenue is mainly derived) have to ba approved.
The Corporation is empowered to raise capital within limita fixed by the Acts. Part of the capital is borrowed from the Dominion Government and beare & fixed rate of interest, viz., 4 per cent. per anOOM. The other part is raised by the Corporation itself by means of bonds or debentures which bear interest at a rate not exceeding 4 per cent.
St. John (New Brunswick).-The Harbour of St. John was originally under the control of the Corporation of the City of St. Joba nader its charter dating from 1785.
By Act of the Dominion Parliament (45 Vict. c. 51, as amended by 55 & 56 Viot. c. 9.), the control has been handed over to a body called The Corporation of the Harbour" Commissioners of St. John. The members are five in number, sad must be residents of the City of St. John. Three, including the chairmzu, are appointed by the Dominion Government, one is appointed by the Common Council of the City of St. John, and one is appointed by the Council of the St. John Board of Trade.
Money was advanced by the Dominion Government to the Corporation of Harbour Commissioners in order
to enable them to acquire the property from the City Corporation of St. John, and also for improvements.
In exchange for this advance the Harlour Corporation have deposited bonds bearing interest at 4 per cent. The Harbour Corporation works under the control of the Dominion Government in that :-
(1) The appointment of Harbour Master is made, and the appointment of Secretary-Treasurer to the Corporation has to be approved, by the Dominion Government, though these officers are paid by the Corporation.
(2) The scale of tolls and dues, from which the revenue is mainly derived, has to be approved by the
Dominion Government.
(8) The accounts have to be forwarded to the Dominion Government.
Several of the wharves in the Harbour belong to private companies.
In addition to the amounts advanced to the Harbour Corporation, the Dominion Government bus spent,
and is spending, large sums on dredging sud on harbour improvements in Courtenay Bay.
St. John's (Newfoundland). The general administration of the harbour is entrusted to a Harbour Muster appointed by the Newfoundland Government. The cost of dredging and such other expenditure as is necessary is paid by the Government.
There is no Harbour Board or other lossi administration. The wharves and piers are almost all in private hands and have gradually grown from the days when the harbour was a fishing station.
CANADA (WESTERN).
Prince Rupert.
Vancouver.
Victoria.
(For Notes, see p. 40).