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for five years; And whereas the said appropriation has been found insufficient to carry on 
the Survey in an effectual manner, and it is desirable to make such an increase to the 
establishment as will hasten the completion of the undertaking and enlarge its usefulness: 
Therefore, Her Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council 
and Assembly of Canada, enacts as follows: 
I. Out of the unappropriated public moneys of the Province, a sum not exceeding 
five thousand pounds shall be annually applied for a term not exceeding five years from 
the passing of this Act, to defray the expenses of the Geological Survey or any arrears of 
expenditure already incurred, which sum shall be paid at such times and in such manner 
as the Governor in Council may direct, subject to the provisions hereinafter made. 
II. It shall be lawful for the Governor in Council to employ a suitable number of 
competent persons to complete the Geological Survey of this Province, and to direct the 
publication of such maps and drawings as may be deemed necessary to illustrate the same; 
to establish a Geological Museum at some convenient place, which shall be open at all 
seasonable hours to the public, and which shall be furnished with such books and instru- 
ments as may be necessary for the illustration of the science and the prosecution of the 
Survey, and to order from time to time the distribution of the publications relative to the 
Survey and of duplicate specimens, to scientific institutions in this Province and other 
countries. 
III. And further to promote the collection of geological information, all persons who, 
after the first day of January, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-eight, may apply to 
be admitted as Provincial Land Surveyors, shall be examined in the rudiments of Geology; 
and the Director of the Geological Survey shall, with that object, be a member of the two 
Boards of Examiners constituted by the Act of the fourteenth and fifteenth years of Her 
Majesty's Reign, intituled, An Act to amend the Act concerning Land Surveyors. 
IV. For the purpose of attaining an accurate basis from which the geological and 
topographical features of the country may be ascertained, and for the purpose of con- 
necting together local and partial surveys, it shall be the duty of the Director of the Geo- 
logical Survey to cause permanent marks in some public buildings, or other marks of a 
durable description, to be made at several convenient stations in the Province, and to fix 
accurately the latitude and longitude and relative levels thereof, as points of reference. 
V. All Railway and Canal Companies hereafter to be incorporated are hereby 
required to furnish to the Geological Survey, without charge, certified copies of all plans 
and sections of their Surveys; and all such Companies already incorporated, shall furnish 
such plans and sections of their Surveys upon the demand of the Director of the Geological 
Survey, and at the cost of the same. 
VI. The Director of the Geological Survey shall make a report to the Governor of 
this Province, on or before the first day of March in each year, showing, generally, the 
progress made in the Survey. 
VII. The due application of the moneys hereby appropriated shall be accounted for 
to Her Majesty, Her Heirs and Successors, in the manner provided by the Interpretation 
Act, and an account thereof shall be laid before the Provincial Legislature at the next 
Session thereof. 
An Act Respecting the Geological Survey of the Province. 
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Her Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and 
Assembly of Canada, enacts as follows: 
1. Out of the unappropriated public moneys of the Province, a sum not exceeding 
twenty thousand dollars shall be annually applied, for a term not exceeding five years from 
the 16th day of May, 1856, to defray the expenses of the Geological Survey or any arrears 
of expenditure theretofore incurred; which sum shall be paid at such times and in such 
manner as the Governor in Council may direct, subject to the provisions hereinafter made. 
19, 20, V. c. 13, s. 1. 
2. The Governor in Council mav employ a suitable number of competent persons 
to make and complete the Geological Survey of this Province, and to furnish a full and 
scientific description of its rocks, soils and minerals, which shall be accompanied with 
proper maps, diagrams and drawings and a collection of specimens to illustrate the same, — ■ 
and may direct the publication of such maps and drawings as are deemed necessary to 
