1150 APPENDIX TO BRITISH CASE. 



PART XII. PUBLIC HARBOURS AND HARBOUR MASTERS. 

 Interpretation. 



848. In this Part, unless the context otherwise requires, 



(a) ' harbour master ' means a harbour master appointed under 



this Part; 



(b) ' port ' means a port to which this Part applies. R. S., c. 



86, s. 2. 



Proclamation of Public Harbours. 



849. The Governor in Council may by proclamation, 



(a) declare to be a public harbour any area covered with water 



within the jurisdiction of the Parliament of Canada; and, 



(b) extend the area of any existing public harbour in Canada. 



2. Upon such proclamation being issued, all statutes rules and 

 regulations affecting such public harbour shall apply thereto as so 

 extended. 57-58 V., c. 47, s. 1. 



Application. 



850. This Part applies to such ports only as are, from time to time, 

 designated for that purpose by proclamation or are created public 

 harbours by proclamation under this Part, but does not apply to the 

 ports of Quebec, Montreal and Three Rivers, in the province of 

 Quebec, or to the port of Toronto, in the province of Ontario, or to 

 the ports of Halifax and Pictou, in Nova Scotia, or to the port of St. 

 John, in New Brunswick. R. S., c. 86, s. 3 ; 57-58 V., c. 47, s. 2. 



Appointment of Harbour Masters. 



851. The Governor in Council may, from time to time, appoint a 

 fit and proper person to be harbour master for any port to which this 

 Part applies and may also appoint deputy harbour masters for any 

 such port. 57-58 V., c. 50, s. 1. 



No pilot to be Harbour Master. 



852. No licensed pilot shall be appointed to act or shall act, as har- 

 bour master of any port, unless he first surrenders his license. R. S., 

 c. 80, s. 43. 



Rules and Regulations. 



853. The Governor in Council may, from time to time, by regula- 

 tion, define the rights, powers and duties of the harbour master in 

 respect of the port for which he is appointed and determine his 



remuneration. R. S., c. 86, s. 6. 



679 854. The Governor in Council may make rules and regula- 

 tions for the government of any public harbour or port in 

 Canada, but, in the case of the ports of Quebec, Montreal, Three Riv- 

 ers, Toronto. Halifax, Pictou, and the port of St. John, in the prov- 

 ince of New Brunswick, such rules and regulations as are inconsistent 

 with any rule or regulation of any of these ports shall not be made, 



