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lads on
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the same
nany old line.
are now used
Thames and
British Seaports.
nt in fact
serve
purposes I have
hink little or no
been paid to of young
men
nt in a naval
the great extent
and the interior
, and rivers.
desirable that
al Force should
vailable to support ent the Land
Forces
8A
Forces
of the Dominion in time
war or in
of war
taking prudent
precautions to prevent it.
As
regards
naval acquirements
ation can
the theory of navigation
of
course be acquired
on
shore, but seamanship can
only be mastered.
experience
by
a dea
on board ship. I believe that approximateti
in the Canadian Dominion
there are not less than
87.000 sea
faring
new
Sn
1872 about 1000 decked vessels
and 17,000 open boats manned
by 242,000
omen were im
imployed
In 1876 there were about
6.952 Vessels of about ! 205, 565
lons.
4
During
the year 1876
480
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