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types of craft that appear to him to be indispensable for the efficient 

 execution of the Government service, and has had the same submitted 

 to a leading marine architect, through a prominent Toronto boat- 

 building and engineering firm, with the result that, attached to this 

 report will be found designs of such craft. As the schedule of require- 

 ments submitted to the designer contains concisely your Commissioner's 

 views on this subject, he has embodied it in the report, and in so doing 

 would call attention to the fact that the greatest possible economy, 

 consistent with efficiency, was his chiefest consideration, that ventila- 

 tion and sanitation have been provided for, and that the comfort of the 

 crew, who in the larger boats will be expected to live on board continu- 

 ously, and in the smaller boats may have to do so occasionally, as well 

 as that of the inspectors and other Grovernment officials who have to 

 make use of these boats on their various duties, has been most carefully 

 borne in mind. 



Schedule of Eequirements for Fleet of Small Cruisers for the 



Fishery Protective Service of the Province of Ontario, 



Prepared by Your Commissioner;, and on Which the 



Designs Herewith Submitted are Based. 



There are two classes of boats necessary for the patrol of certain 

 inland waters of the Province of Ontario, and of portions of the Great 

 Lakes. 



Class B. Boats suitable for portions of the Great Lakes, and for 

 Inspectional purposes elsewhere. 



Class C. Boats suitable for the inland waters of the Province, such 

 as Lake Simcoe, the Kinvartha Lakes, the Rideau Lake System, Lake 

 Nipissing, etc., and possibly certain portions of the intricate inner chan- 

 nels and bays of the Georgian Bay. 



In the construction of both types of boat the greatest economy must 

 be observed as far as the interior fittings and appearance are concerned. 



Class B. Six of these boats at least may be required for the waters 

 of the Georgian Bay and portions of Lakes Superior and Huron with 

 the following requirements: 



1. Speed. Eleven miles an hour under ordinary service conditions. 



2. Seatvorthiness. The lines must be easy, and designed to produce 

 an unusnally good sea boat, as, while it is not aimed that they will be 

 patrolling for the most part in the outer waters, but rather that they 

 will be cruising among the islands and in the inner waters, at the same 

 time going from place to place, crossing gaps, etc., they may be called 

 upon to entcounter heavy seas. 



3. Creic and Accommodation. A permanent crew of three men, all 

 protective officers, but taking the duties of captain, gasoline engineer 

 and cook. It is desired to give the gasoline engineer and cook comfort- 

 able berths, and to have the captain, if possiible, in a stateroom, either 



