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I have quoted Captain Boulton's and Dr. Bell's suggestions in 

 full, as they were pretty generally adopted ; or, perhaps, I should 

 say, as the plan adopted and their suggestions generally agree. 



A number of other witnesses were examined, including Malcolm 



McLeod, Esq., Barrister, of Aylmer, P.Q. ; George S. Pierce, Esq., of 



Ottawa ; Honourable W. J. Christie, of Brockville ; C. J. Pusey, 



Esq., of New York City ; Richard Harper, Esq., of Toronto ; Walter 



Haydon, M.D., of Weston, Ont. ; William Smith, Esq., Deputy 



Minister of Marine ; Robert Crawford, Esq., of Indian Head, 



N.W.T., and Walter Dickson, Esq., of Lake Francis, Man. The 



evidence given by the Deputy Minister of Marine was that obtained 



from the log-books of the Hudson's Bay Company's ships from 1870 



to 1883, inclusive. It was quite voluminous, but the following is a 



very condensed 



Summary : — 



Name of Ship.. 



Year. 



Entered. 



Prince Rupert 1870 July 30 



1871 



, 1872 



I 1873 



Ocean Nymph | 1874 



1875 



Lady Head 1875 



Ocean Nymph 1876 



9 

 10 

 11 

 12 

 13 

 14 

 15 

 16 

 17 

 18 



Prince of Wales . 

 Ocean Nymph . 

 Prince of Wales . 

 Ocean Nymph . 

 Prince of Wales . 

 Ocean Nymph . 

 Prince of Wales . 



1876 

 1877 

 1877 

 1878 

 1878 

 1879 

 1879 

 1881 

 1882 

 1883 



Aug. 



19 . 



29 , 



29 



2 



6 



7 



19 

 6 



10 

 4 



y 31 

 27 

 25 

 22 

 28 

 26 

 22 



Passed 

 Through. 



Aug. 16 , 

 July 29 

 Aug. 8 

 . 7 

 , 10 

 i 28 

 , 26 

 i 23 

 i 17 

 i 15 

 , 13 

 ii 14 



Condition of 

 the Ice. 



Some heavy ice. 

 No detention. 



Heavy ice two days. 

 Heavy ice. 



ii 

 No ice. 

 No detention. 



No ice. 



