MARINE AND FISHERIES. 
2090 
Subject to the Minister, the Deputy has authority to The 
oversee and direct the officers and servants of the depart- Deputy 
ment: he has such powers and duties as are assigned to him 
by the Governor in Council, and in the absence of the Minister 
may suspend any officer or servant who neglects or refuses to 
obev his directions 
12. DEPARTMENT OF MARINE AND FISHERIES. 
This department was constituted by the 31 Vic. c. 57. 
It is presided over by the Minister of Marine and Fisheries, 
who is assisted by officers appointed by the Governor 
General. 
The department has, subject to the Acts of the Parliament Duties. 
of Canada and of the Provincial Legislatures, the control, 
management and supervision, as well as the execution, of 
laws regulating the following matters®:— 
l. Sea, coast, and inland fisheries and the management, 
regulation and protection thereof and anything relating 
thereto. 
2. Pilots and pilotage and decayed pilots’ funds. 
8. Beacons, buoys, lights, and lighthouses and their 
maintenance. 
4. Harbours, ports, piers and wharves, steamers and 
vessels belonging to the Government of Canada, except gun- 
boats or other vessels of war. 
5. Harbour commissioners and harbour masters. 
6. Classification of vessels and examination of, and 
granting certificates to, masters and mates and others in the 
merchant service. 
7. Shipping masters and shipping officers. 
8. Inspection of steamboats and boards of steamboat 
inspection. 
9. Inquiries into the causes of shipwrecks. 
LR. 8. Cc 24,5. 3. 2 Ib. ¢. 25.