Department of Agriculture.

By Order in Council of the 13th of March, 1907, the Order in Council of the 3rd day of March, 1906, establishing certain regulations relating to the preservation of health on public works, was amended by the addition of the following subsection to section 5 of the above named regulations:

5.-(a) Such government department or company shall keep displayed in a prominent place or places in each and every camp on any such work, one or more copies of extracts from these regulations as prepared and issued in card form for this purpose by the Department of Agriculture.

Vide Canada Gazette, vol. xl., p. 2203.

Department of Customs.

Department of Customs.

By Order in Council of the 25th of June, 1906, the customs outport of Comox, in the province of British Columbia, was abolished, and in its place Union Bay, in the province of British Columbia, was established as an outport of customs and warehousing port, under the survey of the port of Nanaimo, to take effect on the 1st July, 1906.

Vide Canada Gazette, vol. xl., p. 4.

By Order in Council of the 25th of June, 1906, in virtue of The Customs Act, chapter 32 of the Revised Statutes, section 10, the Order in Council of the 11th July, 1905, proclaiming the value for customs purposes of foreign currencies, was cancelled, and the values of foreign currencies for customs purposes were declared to be as hereinafter stated.

Gold, Argentine ($4.82,4) and
Argentine. Silver, peso and
divisions.

Gold, former system, 4 florins
($1.92,9), 8 florins ($3.85,8),
ducat ($2.28,7), and 4 ducats
($9.14,9). Silver, 1 and 2
florins. Present system, gold,
20 crowns ($4.05,2) and 10
crowns ($2.02,6).

Gold, 10 and 20 francs. Silver,
5 francs.

Silver, boliviano and divisions.
Gold, 5, 10 and 20 milreis. Silver,
, 1 and 2 milreis.

Gold, 5, 10 and 20 colons ($9.30,7).
Silver, 5, 10, 25 and 50 centimos.
Silver, peso and divisions.

Gold, escudo ($1.82,5), doubloon
($3.65,0) and condor ($7.30,0).

Mexico..

Philippine Islands..

*The "British Dollar" has the same legal value as the Mexican dollar in Hong Kong, the Straits Settlements, and Labuan.

+ Value of the rupee to be determined by Consular Certificate. Spain-Silver peseta, value in Canadian currency, 17 cents.

Vide Canada Gazette, vol. xl., p. 64.

By Order in Council of the 30th of June, 1906, Drummondville, in the province of Quebec, was established as an outport of customs and warehousing port, under the survey of the port of St. Hyacinthe.

Vide Canada Gazette, vol. xl., p. 196.

By Order in Council of the 11th of September, 1906, under the provisions of sections 22 and 245 of The Customs Act, Sydney Mines, in the province of Nova Scotia, was erected into an outport of customs and warehousing port, under the survey of the port of North Sydney.

Vide Canada Gazette, vol. xl., p. 633.

By Order in Council of the 17th of October, 1906, under the provisions. of sections 22 and 245 of The Customs Act (chapter 32 of the Revised Statutes), Prince Rupert, in the province of British Columbia, was established as a customs port of entry and warehousing port.

Department of Customs.

By Order in Council of the 28th of November, 1906, under the provisions. of sections 22 and 245 of The Customs Act (chapter 32 of the Revised Statutes of Canada), Grand River, in the province of Quebec, was established on, from and after the 1st day of January, 1907, as an outport of customs and warehousing port, under the survey of the port of Percé, in the province of Quebec.

Vide Canada Gazette, vol. xl., p. 1284.

By Order in Council of the 26th of December, 1907, in virtue of the provisions of The Customs Act, the outport of Port Burwell, in the province of Ontario, was detached from the survey of the port of St. Thomas and placed under the survey of the port of Ingersoll; and the outport of Tilsonburg, in the province of Ontario, was detached from the survey of the port of Simcoe, and placed under the survey of the port of Ingersoll, in the province of Ontario. Vide Canada Gazette, vol. xl., p. 1524.

By Order in Council of the 28th of February, 1907, it was ordered

(1) That Dauphin, in the province of Manitoba, be established as an outport of customs and warehousing port, under the survey of the port of Portage la Prairie, Manitoba;

(2) That Humboldt, in the province of Saskatchewan, be established as an outport of customs and warehousing port, under the survey of the port of Portage la Prairie, Manitoba;

(3) That North Battleford, in the province of Saskatchewan, be established as an outport of customs and warehousing port, under the survey of the port of Portage la Prairie, Manitoba;

(4) That the customs outport of Port Simpson, in the province of British Columbia, be detached from the port of Victoria and placed under the survey of the port of Prince Rupert, in the said province of British Columbia, the aforesaid changes to take effect from the 1st April, 1907.

Vide Canada Gazette, vol. xl., p. 2080.

By Order in Council of the 20th of March, 1907, it was ordered that the following changes be made in customs ports and outports, to take effect on the 1st April, 1907, viz.:

That Greenwood, now an outport under the survey of Grand Forks, British Columbia, be made a chief port and warehousing port.

That Bridesville, in the province of British Columbia, be established as an outport of customs and warehousing port, under the survey of the port of Greenwood.

That the outports of Midway and Osoyoos be detached from the survey of the port of Grand Forks, British Columbia, and placed under the survey of the port of Greenwood.