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(c) “Director" means the deputy head and director of the Department of the Geo- 
logical Survey. 53 V., c. 11, s. 1. 
Constitution 
3. There shall be a department of the Civil Service which shall be called the Geo- 
logical Survey, which shall be presided over by a minister of the Crown to be named from 
time to time for that purpose by the Governor in Council. 
2. The Minister so named shall have the management and control of the Depart- 
ment during the pleasure of the Governor in Council. 55-56 V., c. 16, s. 1. 
4. The duties, objects and purposes of the Department shall be, — 
(a) to make a full and scientific examination and survey of the geological structure, 
mineralogy, mines and mining resources of Canada and of its fauna and flora; 
( b ) to maintain a museum of geological and natural history and to collect, classify 
and arrange for exhibition in the museum of the Department such specimens as 
are necessary to afford a complete and exact knowledge of the geology, mineralogy 
and mining resources of Canada; 
(c) to collect, study and report on the fauna and flora of Canada; 
(d) to carry on chemical and palseontological investigations, and to make such other 
researches as will best tend to ensure the carrying into effect of the objects and 
purposes of this Act; 
(e) to prepare and publish such maps, plans, sections, diagrams and drawings as are 
necessary to illustrate and elucidate the reports of surveys and investigations; 
(/) to collect and to publish, as soon as may be after the close of the calendar year, 
full statistics of the mineral production and of the mining metallurgical industry 
of Canada; 
(i g ) to study the facts relating to water supply, both for irrigation and for domestic 
purposes, and to collect and preserve all available records of artesian or other 
wells, and of mines and mining works in Canada. 53 V., c. 11, s. 5. 
5. The Governor in Council may appoint an officer who shall be the deputy head and 
director of the Department and such other officers, clerks and servants as are required 
for the proper conduct of the business of the Department, all of whom shall hold office 
during pleasure. 
2. Such officers, clerks and servants shall be classified under Schedule A of the 
Civil Service Act in so far as applicable; and the number and respective rank of such offi- 
cers, clerks and servants shall, except as otherwise provided by this Act, be determined 
by the Governor in Council in accordance with and under the terms of the Civil Service 
Act. 53 V., c. 11, s. 3. 
6. Such officers of the Department as are continuously engaged in the prosecution 
of original scientific work or investigation shall be classified as officers who have special, 
professional or technical qualifications, under schedule A of the Civil Service Act. 
2. The Governor in Council may cause to be prepared a fist of such officers of the 
Department as are considered to be entitled to be thus classified with any designations 
that may be deemed expedient to indicate the scientific work in which they may be engaged. 
53 V., c. 11, s. 3. 
7. No person shall be appointed to the Department as an officer having such 
special, professional or technical qualifications under schedule A of the Civil Service Act, 
unless, — 
(a) he is a science graduate of either a Canadian, or a foreign university, or of the 
Mining School of London or the Ecole des Mines of Paris, or of some other 
recognized science school of standing equal to that of the said universities and 
schools; or a graduate of the Royal Military College; or, 
( b ) he has served a probation of not less than five years in the scientific work of the 
Department. 
2. Any person appointed upon the qualifications mentioned in this section shall be 
appointed on probation, and he shall not receive a permanent appointment until he has 
served a probationary term of at least one year, during which probationary period he may 
be rejected by the head of the Department; but if he is not rejected, and if the Director, 
at the expiration of the probationary period; signifies to the head of the Department, in 
writing, that he considers the person so appointed competent for the duties of the Depart- 
ment, the appointment shall thereupon become permanent. 62-63 V., c. 21, s. 1. 
