Inland Revenue.

And whereas in accordance with the above in part recited Act, models of gas holders measuring the said cubic foot, and such multiples and decimal parts of the said cubic foot, as the Minister of Inland Revenue has deemed expedient, have been carefully made with proper balances, indices and apparatus for testing the measurement and registration of meters, and such models have been verified under the direction of the Minister of Inland Revenue, and have been deposited in the Department of Inland Revenue:

And whereas models of the apparatus described in Schedule A of the above in part recited Act, for testing the illuminating power and purity of Gas have also been procured, and having been approved by the Minister of Inland Revenue, have been deposited in the Department of Inland Revenue:

And whereas the models and apparatus herein mentioned have been obtained and appoved as required by the hereinbefore in part recited Act:

Now Know Ye, that we do by this our Royal Proclamation and by and with the authority of the above in part recited Act, and by and with the advice of our Privy Council for Canada, proclaim, declare and fix the 1st day of July, which will be in the year one thousand eight hundred and seventy-five, as the day upon which the provisions of the above in part recited Act, intituled: "An Act to provide for the Inspection of Gas and Gas Meters," respecting inspection shall come into operation, except in the Province of Prince Edward Island

Of all which our loving subjects and all others to whom these presents may come, or whom the same may concern, are hereby required to take notice and to govern themselves accordingly.

In Testimony Whereof, We have caused these Our Letters to be made. Patent, and the Great Seal of Canada to be hereunto affixed. Witness Our Right Trusty and Well-Beloved Cousin and Councillor the Right Honorable Sir Frederic Temple, Earl of Dufferin, Viscount and Baron Člandeboye of Clandeboye, in the County Down, in the Peerage of the United Kingdom, Baron Dufferin and Clandeboye of Ballyleidy and Killeleagh, in the County Down, in the Peerage of Ireland, and a Baronet, Knight of Our Most Illustrious Order of Saint Patrick, and Knight Commander of Our Most Honorable Order of the Bath, Governor General of Canada, and ViceAdmiral of the same:

At Our Government House, in Our City of Ottawa, this Eighteenth day of December, in the year of Our Lord, One thousand eight hundred and seventy-four, and in the Thirty-Eighth year of Our Reign.

Inland Revenue.

GOVERNMENT HOUSE, OTTAWA,

Friday, 18th day of December, 1874

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR GENERAL IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS, by order in Council of the 7th day of June, 1871, it is

directed that sworn declarations and machinists' certificates be in all cases required preliminary to the admission free of duty of machinery not manufactured in the Dominion for use in Canadian manufactures; and whereas, by the Act 37 Vict., chap. 6, the same machinery is made subject to an ad valorem duty of ten per cent., to take effect on the first day of January next; and whereas it is desirable to simplify the practice of the customs in such cases-due regard being had to the security of the

revenue,

His Excellency the Governor General in Council on the recommendation of the Hon. Minister of Customs, and under the provisions of the 125th section of the Act 31 Vict., chap. 6, has been pleased to order, and it is hereby ordered, that from and after the first day of January next, the said Order in Council be, and the same is hereby rescinded, and that collectors of customs be, and they are hereby authorized and instructed to accept entry of such machinery on and after that date at ten per cent duty ad valorem, requiring the following affidavit to be filed in each case, and a copy thereof to be attached to the entry.

W. A. HIMSWORTH,

Clerk, Privy Council.

I, A. B., the importer of the following described machinery, viz :(here a full description of each machine, giving name of maker and use to which it is to be applied, shall be inserted,) do solemnly swear, that to the best of my knowledge and belief, no machine such as that above described, is manufactured in Canada, and that the same is imported for use in the manufactory of which I am the proprietor (or one of the proprietors, or legally authorized agent), and that the same is not to be offered for sale.

W

GOVERNMENT HOUSE, OTTAWA,

Friday, 15th day of January, 1875.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR GENERAL IN COUNCIL.

HEREAS it has been represented that large importations of Coal Oils are continually taking place at various ports in the Dominion, samples of many of which will not stand the fire test required by the Inland Revenue Act, 1868, and amendments thereto; also that large importations of certain

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products of Petroleum, such as Gasoline, Benzine and Benzole are being made, such articles being very explosive and dangerous at a very low temperature,

His Excellency, on the recommendation of the Honorable the Minister of Customs, and under the provisions of the 17th section of the Act passed in the Session of the Parliament of Canada, held in the 31st year of Her Majesty's Reign, chapter 50 and intituled: "An Act to increase the Excise duty on spirits, to impose an excise duty on refined Petroleum, and to provide for the inspection thereof," has been pleased to order, and it is hereby ordered, that with a view to the better regulation of the foreign Petroleum trade, and the security of the lives and property of Her Majesty's subjects, the following regulations be and they are hereby adopted and established, that is to say:

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1. From and after the date hereof, the officers appointed to guage and test spirituous liquors, wines, &c., at the respective ports of Toronto and Hamilton in Ontario; the Port of Quebec, in Quebec; the Port of St. John, in New Brunswick; and the Port of Halifax, in Nova Scotia, shall be and they are hereby appointed Inspectors of imported refined Petroleum at those ports respectively; and that the respective Collectors of Customs and Sub-Collectors of Customs at all other ports and out-ports in Canada, shall be and they are hereby appointed Inspectors of imported refined Petroleum at their respective ports and out-ports, with power to employ in the actual process of testing such oils any officer or officers under their respective surveys whom they shall consider competent for that purpose.

2. That the instrument to be used for testing all imported refined Petroleum shall be the "Coal Oil Pyrometer," made by Charles Potter, Toronto, Ontario, and all such Petroleum as will not stand the fire test of 105 degrees, as required by said Pyrometer, as required by section 2 of chapter 15 of 24 Victoria, when used according to the instructions accompanying the same, shall be dealt with as may be ordered by the Minister of Customs in each case.

3. That every package of imported refined Petroleum, inspected as before provided, shall be legibly marked or stamped in such manner as the Minister of Customs may direct.

4. That no imported refined Petroleum, which will not stand the said test, whether designated as "Coal Oil," Naphtha," "Benzine," "Benzole," "Paraffine" or other oil or fluid, distilled, manufactured or produced by any process or treatment whatever, shall be admitted to entry for consumption or warehouse in Canada, unless the importer shall have produced a license from a Collector or other proper officer of Inland Revenue, authorizing him to import and keep the same on hand. W. A. HIMSWORTH,

Clerk, Privy Council.

Inland Revenue.

NOTICE

PRIVY COUNCIL OFFICE, OTTAWA,

4th February, 1875.

OTICE is hereby given that His Excellency the Governor General in Council, on the recommendation of the Hon. the Minister of Inland Revenue, and under the provisions of 37th Vict., chap. 45, sec. 1, has been pleased to order that the Inspection District of St. John, in the Province of New Brunswick, be henceforward for all the purposes of the said Act held to comprehend and be composed of the City and County of Saint John, in the said Province, under the name of the Inspection Division of the City and County of St. John.

W. A. HIMSWORTH,

Clerk, Privy Council.

GOVERNMENT HOUSE, OTTAWA,

Wednesday, 17th day of March, 1875.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR GENERAL IN COUNCIL.

ON the recommendation of the Honorable the Minister of Inland Revenue,

and under the provisions of the first section of the Act passed in the Session of the Parliament of Canada, held in the thirty-first year of Her Majesty's Reign, chaptered 51 and intituled "An Act for better securing the payment of the duty imposed on Tobacco manufactured in Canada,”

His Excellency, by and with the advice of the Queen's Privy Council for Canada, has been pleased to order, and it is hereby ordered, that the Town of Belleville, in the Province of Ontario, be and the same is hereby constituted a Port of Entry, at which raw or leaf tobacco may be imported into Canada.

W. A. HIMSWORTH,

Clerk, Privy Council.

GOVERNMENT NOTICES.

PRIVY COUNCIL OFFICE, OTTAWA,

18th March, 1875.

OTICE is hereby given that, on the recommendation of the Honorable the Minister of Inland Revenue, and under the provisions of the 1st section of the Act 37 Vict., chap. 45, His Excellency the Governor General in Council, has this day been pleased to order that the Inland Revenue Inspection District of Guysborough, in the Province of Nova Scotia, established by Order in Council of 18th October, 1873, be subdivided, and that the District of St. Mary's, in the County of Guysborough, be constituted a separate Inspection District.

W. A. HIMSWORTH,

Clerk, Privy Council.

Public Works.

GOVERNMENT HOUSE, OTTAWA.

Thursday, 16th day of April, 1874.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR GENERAL IN COUNCIL.

N the recommendation of the Honorable the Minister of Public Works, and under the authority given and conferred by the 58th section of the Act passed in the 31st year of Her Majesty's Reign, intituled "An Act respecting the Public Works of Canada,”—

His Excellency, by and with the advice of the Queen's Privy Council for Canada, has been pleased to order, and it is hereby ordered that from and after this day there shall be imposed, levied and collected on the undermentioned slides on the River Ottawa the following rates of toll, that is to say:

THE SLIDE NEAR LAKE TRAVERSE.

For every piece of squared or sided red pine, white pine or hardwood passing through the said slide, three cents; of pine or other saw-logs, one

cent.

ROCHER CAPITAINE SLIDE.

For every crib of masts, spars, staves or sawn lumber passing through the said slide, one dollar and fifty cents ($1.50.)

For every crib of squared or sided red pine, white pine or hardwood, one dollar ($1.00.)

W. A. HIMSWORTH,

Clerk, Privy Council.

GOVERNMENT HOUSE, OTTAWA,

Thursday, 21st day of May, 1874.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR GENERAL IN COUNCIL.

ON the oassed in the 31st year of Her Majesty's Reign,

N the recommendation of the Honorable the Minister of Public Works,

intituled "An Act respecting Public Works of Canada,"

His Excellency, by and with the advice of the Queen's Privy Council for Canada, has been pleased to make the following Regulations for the management, proper use and protection of the Public Work known as the 'Gatineau Booms," that is to say:

First. The Gaps at the Upper and Lower Boom, during the season for running timber and logs, to be opened at five o'clock, and closed at seven o'clock in the evening, or at an earlier or later hour, if found necessary by the Boom Master or person in charge of the Gaps.