TABLE OF CONTENTS. 



Aids to navigation 3 



Acetylene Gas experiments with 15 



Hydrographic Survey 13 



Hudson Bay Expedition 18 



Herring, Curing and Packing . . 27 



Buoy Service between Montreal 

 and Quebec, Improvements... f7 



13uoy Service, Great Lakes and 

 Georgian Bay n 



Buoys , t otal number in Dominion 1 1 



Bait cold storage 28 



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Coast Buoys Maritime Provinces 



and British Columbia 10 



Close Seasons for Fish 24 



" Table of..... 25 



Lighthouses to be put in oper- 



ation ...................... 5 



Lightships constructed ........ 6 



Lighthouses, totaVnumber In the 



Dominion ..... '. .......... . . 7 



Life-saving stations ........... 14 



Lobster Industry Maritime Pro- 



vinces ..................... 21 



Lobster Breeding in Pounds. . . 23 



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Meteorological Service 



14 



Dominion Steamers built and 

 purchased since 1896 12 



Naval Reserve & Navigation 

 Schools 17 



Expenditure, total 4 



Ocean and River Sendee n 



Ocean and River Service, total 

 expenditure I2 



Fisheries 19 



" capital invested and 



men engaged 19 



Fishing Industry, Aggregate 



Yield 20 



Fishing Licences 22 



Fish Breeding 23 



Fishery Protection Service 28 



Fisheries Expenditure, compar- 

 ative statement between 1895- 

 6 and 1901-2 30 



Progress and development of 

 Department since 1896 3 



Steamboat Inspection 16 



Salmon Canning in British Co- 

 lumbia 20 



Tidal Survey 



Gas Buoys added in 1903 8 



Gas Buoys proposed in the St. 



Lawrence River 9 



Ga* Buoys between Montreal 



and Kingston 9 



Gas Storeholders 9 



Gas Buoys proposed for N. S. . . 10 



Values of Fish, comparative sta- 

 tement between 1895 & 1901.. 22 



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Winter Communication 15 



AYrecks and Casualties St. Law- 

 recce River, investigations.... 16 



