9 



Proposed Gas Buoys Between Batiscan and Port 

 St. Francis. 



As before stated, acetylene gas has been introduced 

 by the Department for gas buoys, and this will enable the 

 Department to establish buoys after the opening of navigation 

 more rapidly than the use of pintsch gas, which is made by 

 special apparatus adapted to the pintsch gas only. The ship 

 channel between Batiscan and Port St. Francis, will be lighted 

 by gas buoys for a distance of 30 miles, as soon as the buoys 

 can be procured. 



ENLARGING THE SCOPE OF THE DEPARTMENT. 



Gas Buoys on the St. Lawrence River between Montreal 

 and Kingston. 



The Department of Marine and Fisheries acquired from 

 the Railways and Canals Department of Canada, 39 gas buoys 

 and the steamer "Scout." These buoys have been maintained 

 between Montreal and Kingston, by the Department of Marine 

 and Fisheries and have given great satisfaction to the large 

 number of vessels engaged in the carrying trade, from Montreal 

 and other points on the St. Lawrence river. 



Orders have been placed for 1 1 shallow draft spar gas 

 buoys at a cost of $1,600 each, to be put in position between 

 Montreal and Kingston, and 13 of the same kind for the ship 

 channel below Montreal. 



Gas Store Holders for Lighthouses between Montreal 

 and Kingston. 



In addition to the gas buoys the Department is procuring 

 42 steel store holders for converting lighthouses between 

 Montreal and Kingston into automatic gas lights, and 40 gas 

 lanterns. 



