DEPARTMENT OF CUSTOMS. 197

is assisted by (1) a commissioner and an assistant commissioner,
 who hold office during pleasure and perform such
duties as may be assigned to them by the Governor-General
or by the Minister’, and (2) certain other officers appointed
by the Governor-General.
The duties assigned to the department by statute are de- Duties.
fined to be :—
(1) The control and management of
a. the collection of all duties of Excise,
b. the collection of stamp duties and the preparation
and issue of stamps and stamped paper, except
postage stamps,
e. all internal taxes,
d. standard weights and measures.
(2) The administration of the laws affecting the cutting
and measurement of timber, masts, spars, deals, staves, and
other articles of a like nature, and the collection of slidage and
boomage dues.
(8) The collection of bridge and ferry tolls and rents,
and of tolls on the public canals and the control of matters
incident thereto.
Provision has been made for the transfer of this department
 to the newly-created Department of Trade and Commerce?


5. DEPARTMENT OF CUSTOMS.
This department was established by the 81 Vic. c. 43,
and is presided over by the Minister of Customs. The
Minister is assisted by a commissioner and an assistant
commissioner, who have such powers and perform such duties
as may be assigned to them by the Governor-General or by
the Minister.
The department has the control and management of Duties.
the collection of customs, duties and all matters incident

1 R. 8.C., c. 34. 2 See ante, p. 198.