CHAPTER XVIL

THE DOMINION ADMINISTRATION.

THE Administration and Government is carried on by
means of fifteen departments of State exclusive of the office
of the High Commissioner. All the departments are presided
over by a Cabinet Minister, but two of them, viz. that charged
with Public Printing and Stationery and the department of
[ndian affairs, are placed each under the charge of a Minister
who is at the head of some other department.

OFFICERS. HOW APPOINTED.

Appoint.
ment of
Dffcers.

Civil Service
 Act.

The Head of the Department is assisted in his duties by a
Deputy Head, a chief clerk, clerks, messengers, and other
employés. The number of officers and employés required
for the working of a department is determined by the
Governor-General in Council, but a clerkship cannot be
astablished unless the Deputy Head reports that such an
officer is necessary for the proper performance of the duties
of the department, and the Head concurs in such report,
and the salary has been voted by Parliament.
The appointment of all departmental officers and servants
other than the Head is regulated by the Civil Service Act!
The Civil Service constituted by that Act includes all
persons employed in the several departments of the Execu-1

 R. S.C. ec. 17.