MINISTERS 



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MINK 



the anthracite, or hard coal, was $149,180,471. 

 The iron mined was valued at $106,947,082, and 

 the precious metals (gold and silver) at $94,- 



Ontario I0 20 M 4 5 



British Columbia 

 Nova Scotia 

 Alberta 

 Quebec 

 Vukonlemtory 

 Manitoba 

 New BrunswicK 

 Saskatchewan 



VALUE OF MINING PRODUCTS 



BT PROVINCES 



CENSUS OF 1914 



Expressed in mil lions of dol lars 



123,180. In Canada the annual mineral produc- 

 tion, in which coal leads, averages $120,000,000 

 to $140,000,000. 



Consult Hoover's Principles of Mining ; Kemp's 

 The Ore Deposits of the United States and 

 Canada. 



Related Subjects. In the articles on the vari- 

 ous countries, states and provinces there are sub- 

 heads on mining or minerals which contain much 

 statistical matter, and in the articles, on most of 

 the important minerals there is a discussion of 

 the methods of mining (see, for example, COAL, 

 subtitle Coal Mining). The reader is also re- 

 ferred to the following more general articles : 

 Assaying Iron Age 



Bronze Age Metals (with list) 



Fire Damp Minerals and Mineralogy 



Flux 

 Gems 

 Geology 



(with list) 

 Stone Age 



MINISTERS, FOREIGN. See DIPLOMACY. 



MINISTRY, min'istri, a body of executive 

 officers, heads of administrative departments 

 of a government, who act in an advisory ca- 

 pacity to the head of the state, or direct the 

 affairs of the nation. The term relates directly 

 to the Cabinet as organized in Great Britain, 

 the Dominion of Canada and the Common- 

 wealth of Australia. While the United States 

 adopted many of its fundamental principles of 

 government from the British Constitution, in- 

 cluding a modified form of the Ministry, no 

 name for the body was authorized by the Fed- 

 eral Constitution, and, indeed, the American 

 Cabinet as to-day constituted was not at first 

 contemplated (see CABINET). 



The English Ministry may contain as few 

 as eleven members, or as many as nineteen, in 

 ordinary times. During the War of the Nations 

 other Ministerial posts were created, such as 

 Minister of Munitions. The Ministry has for 

 its head the Prime Minister, or Premier, ap- 

 pointed by the sovereign, and he serves until 

 the country, in a general election, votes a lack 

 of confidence in the policies he advocates. The 

 entire Ministry then resigns, whereupon the 



ruler seeks another statesman more in harmony 

 with the temper of the country, and he is in- 

 vited to form a new Ministry. Each member of 

 the English Ministry must be a member of 

 the House of Commons; likewise, in the Do- 

 minion of Canada and in Australia, the Pre- 

 mier cannot appoint a Minister who has not 

 secured election to the Parliament of the Do- 

 minion or Commonwealth. 



The Ministers forming the Cabinets of Eng- 

 land and Canada in ordinary times are the 

 following : 



England 



Prime Minister and First Lord of the Treasury 

 Lord President of the Council 

 Lord High Chancellor 

 Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs 

 Secretary of State for India and Lord Privy Seal 

 Secretary of State for the Home Department 

 Secretary of State for the Colonies 

 Secretary of State for War 

 Chancellor of the Exchequer 

 First Lord of the Admiralty 



Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland 

 President of the Board of Trade 

 President of the Local Government Board 

 President of the Board of Education 

 Secretary for Scotland 



President of the Board of Agriculture and Fish- 

 eries 



Postmaster-General 

 Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster 

 First Commissioner of Works 



Canada 



Prime Minister 



Minister of Trade and Commerce 



Secretary of State 



Minister of Justice and Attorney-General 



Minister of Marine and Fisheries 



Minister of Militia and Defense 



Postmaster-General 



Minister of Agriculture 



Minister of Public Works 



Minister of Finance 



Minister of Railways and Canals 



Minister of the Interior and Superintendent of 



Indian Affairs 

 Minister of Customs 

 Minister of Mines 

 Minister of Labor 

 Minister of Inland Revenue 

 Minister of the Naval Service 

 Ministers without Portfolio 



MINK, a small, active, fur-bearing animal of 

 the weasel family, inheriting the family char- 

 acteristics of swiftness and agility. Equally at 

 home on land or in water, the mink is never 

 without a habitation. It is about two feet 

 long,, web-footed, has a bushy tail that is one- 

 fourth of the length of the animal and a coat 

 varying in color from light brown or tan to a 

 dark chocolate. It lives in all parts of North 

 America, in Europe and in Northern Asia, 



