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histoiical mattei* for the present in the libraries that are accessible, until 

 a National Museum is built at Ottawa. Pamphlets, newspaper files, 

 letters of pioneers and settlers of Canada, broadsides, posters, medals, 

 badges, campaign ballads, ballots, banners, paper money, photographs of 

 historic events, public letters of prominent men, proclamations — all these 

 ai'e worthy of place in our libraries and in a National Mnseum, since they 

 illustrate various phases of our social, political and industi-ial life. 



13. Dominion Archives. 



In the report on Canadian Archives for 1896, by Dr. Erymner, there 

 is a continuation of the calendar of the documents relating to the War of 

 1812, begun in the report for 1893, those for 1894 and 1895 containing 

 the results of inquiry in London into the papers relating to the Maritime 

 Provinces. Many of the papers, reported on in 1896, relate to the disputes 

 between the Hudson's Bay and the Northwest Companies, but they are 

 so voluminous that the Archivist has refrained from summarizing them, 

 so that the information in respect to the discussions between these two 

 companies must be sought in the documents themselves. The calendars 

 of the documents concerning Lower and Upper Canada are brought 

 down to the year 1818, and as usual the abstracts will give a clear idea 

 of the events dealt with in the volumes to that date. 



What the Archivist calls notes treat of the questions relating to 

 Indian lands on the Grand or Ouse Eiver in Upper Canada (Note A), 

 to the Anticipation of the War of 1812 (Note B), and to the Roman 

 Catholic Church in Upper Canada (Note C). 



As usual a preliminary report contains general remarks on the con- 

 tents of the report, and in the notes the documents relating to the 

 subjects of them are given in full, without alteration, so that the investi- 

 gator is supplied with material for such conclusions as he may be able to 

 draw from the papers. As an illustration to Note A, a plan of the 

 Grand Eiver is given in the report. 



14. Survey of Tides and Currents in Canadian Waters. 

 Summary of Progress for the Year 1896. 



The following is a summary of the progress made during the year 

 in the above survey, which is being carried on by the Department of 

 Marine and Fishei-ies, under the direction of W. Bell Dawson, C.E., 

 engineer in charge of tidal survey : — 



Tidal Observations. 



In the Gulf of St. Lawrence there are regions in which the tides 



show great irregularity, and where constant differences with ports on the 



Atlantic will not apply. This is chiefly due to an unusually great diurnal 



inequality in Cabot Strait, which forms the main entrance by which the 



