maintenance, $563,355-34, construction, $405,342.42, total in 

 I 903, $968,697.76. 



The additions and improvements, are the result of careful 

 consideration of the wants of navigation, from year to year, 

 but the additions made during the year 1903, is most notice- 

 able, arising from the applications for lighthouses and fog- 

 alarms and the progressive policy adopted by the present 

 administration. 



Since the year 1896 one hundred and fifty -six towers and en- 

 closed Lighthouses have been built and fifty Pole Lights have been 

 erected, making a total of two hundred and six new lights put in 

 operation. 



The following table will show the number of new lights 

 established in each district. 



New Brunswick, ... 5 Lighthouses, and 12 Pole Lights, 



Nova Scotia, ..... 34 do "4 do 



P. E. Island, .... 15 do " i do 



Quebec, . , 38 do "6 do 



Ontario and 



above Montreal, .44 do " 23 do 



British Columbia, ... 20 do "4 do 



Total 156 50 



In addition to this, a number of lights are about completed, 

 and will be put in operation next spring. Tenders have been 

 invited for several more. 



Lighthouses to be put in Operation Next Spring- and 

 Others for which 'lenders have been Invited. 



New Brunswick, . . 2 buildings erected, lights to be put in 



operation next spring, 



do i fog-alarm building under construc- 



tion. 



