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the maintenance of lights and buoys, the build- 

 ing and maintenance of Dominion steamers, the 

 consideration of all aids to navigation, the 

 maintenance of the St Lawrence ship channel, 

 the weather reports and forecasts, investiga- 

 tions into wrecks, steamboat inspection, cattle- 

 ship inspection, marine hospitals, submarine 

 signals, the carrying out of the Merchant 

 Shipping Act and other laws, humane service, 

 subsidies to wrecking plant, winter naviga- 

 tion, removal of obstructions, examinations 

 for masters' and mates' certificates, control of 

 pilots, government of ports and harbours, 

 navigation of Hudson Bay and northern waters 

 generally, port wardens, wreck receivers, and 

 harbour commissioners. 



Besides all this there are, in the work of the 

 department, items like the Dominion registry 

 of more than eight thousand vessels, the 

 administration of the enormous fisheries, and 

 the hydrographic survey. Then, quite distinct 

 from all these Canadian government activities, 

 is the British consular service, maintained by 

 the Imperial government alone, but available 

 for every British subject. And round every- 

 thing, afloat and ashore, supporting, protect- 

 ing, guaranteeing all, stands the oldest, most 

 glorious, and still the best of all the navies in 



