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period, with such increase in amount as the extension of the Dominion requires: There- 
fore, Her Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate and House of Com- 
mons of Canada, enacts as follows: 
I. Out of any unappropriated moneys forming part of the Consolidated Revenue 
Fund of Canada, the sum of forty-five thousand dollars shall be annually applied for the 
term of five years, from the first day of July, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-two, 
to defray the expenses of the Geological Survey of Canada, during the said term, which 
sum shall be paid at such times, in such manner, to such persons, and for such purposes 
relating to the said Geological Survey, as the Governor in Council may from time to time 
direct, subject to the provisions of the Act respecting the security to be given by officers 
of Canada (thirty-first Victoria, chapter thirty-seven) which shall continue to apply to the 
said Geological Survey as heretofore, and any balance remaining unexpended out of the 
sum appropriated for any one year, may be applied and expended in the next or any sub- 
sequent year, in addition to the sum appropriated for such next or subsequent year. 
II. The Governor may employ a suitable number of competent persons to make, 
continue and complete the Geological Survey of Canada, 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 he may deem necessary for that 
purpose, and the deposit thereof in the Geological Museum, as a collection for the whole 
Dominion of Canada; and the said Museum shall be open at all reasonable hours to the 
public, and shall be furnished with such books and instruments as may be necessary for 
scientific reference and for the prosecution of the Survey, and the Governor may, from 
time to time, cause the enlargement of the Museum, and the distribution of the publications 
relative to the Survey, and of duplicate specimens, to Scientific Institutions in Canada and 
other countries. 
III. For the purpose of obtaining an accurate basis from which the Geographical 
and Topographical features of the country may be ascertained, and for the purpose of 
connecting together local and partial Surveys, the Director of the Geological Survey shall 
cause permanent marks in some public buildings, or other marks of a durable description, 
to be made and maintained at several convenient stations in Canada, and shall fix accur- 
ately the latitude and longitude, and the relative levels thereof, as points of reference. 
IV. The Governor in Council may, from time to time, fix the salaries and pay of the 
Director and other officers and persons employed in or about the Geological Survey: 
Provided that such salaries shall be subject to the approval of Parliament. 
V. The director of the Geological Survey shall make and transmit yearly to the 
Governor, on or before the first day of May, a report, showing generally the progress made 
in the Survey. 
VI. So much of the Act cited in the preamble, as is in any way inconsistent with this 
Act, is hereby repealed. 
35 Victoria, 1872. 
VICTORIA 39-40 
CHAP. 9 
An Act to make better provision respecting the Geological and 
Natural History Survey of Canada and for the main- 
tenance of the Museum in connection therewith. 
( Assented to 28th April, 1877.) 
Her Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate and House of Com- 
mons of Canada, enacts as follows: — 
1. The Minister of the Interior shall continue to have the control and management 
of the Geological Survey of Canada, and there shall be a branch of the Department of the 
Interior known as the Geological Survey Branch, which shall, under the control of the 
Minister, take charge of and conduct the Geological Survey of the several Provinces and 
Territories of the Dominion. 
