SCHEDULE,

THIS AGREEMENT, made at St. John's, in the Island of New-Schedule. foundland, this fifteenth day of February,

COLONY.

SEAL OF THE A. D. 1910, between His Excellency Sir RALPH CHAMPNEYS WILLIAMS, K. C. M. G., Governor of the Island of Newfoundland RALPH WILLIAMS, and its Dependencies, in Council, hereinafter called "the Government," of the one part, and the Dominion Iron and Steel Company, Limited, its successors and assigns being owners and occupiers of lands and iron ore deposits at Bell Island, hereinafter called "the Comany," of the other part,

Governor. D. MORISON, A. G.

Witnesseth that the said parties hereby mutually agree as follows:

1. The Company agrees to pay to the Government seven and one-half cents per ton upon every ton of iron ore of twenty-two hundred and forty pounds each, exported by the Company from Bell Island between the first day of January, A.D. 1910, and the thirty-first day of December, A.D. 1919.

2. Payment shall be made by the Company to the SubCollector or other officer of Customs at Bell Island, quarterly, on the fifteenth day of January, April, July and October, in each year, upon and in respect of all ore shipped during the three months ending on the last days of the months preceding the respective dates above mentioned.

3. During the period fixed by section 1 of this Agreement no other or further charge or tax shall be levied or imposed upon or in respect of said ore, and no increase shall be made in the price of coal purchased from the Company, or from any company controlled by or merged in or with the Company, for sale or consumption in Newfoundland, unless a similar increase is made for similar markets,

Agreement.

Schedule.
Agreement.

8. This Agreement is subject to the approval and ratification of the Legislature.

In witness whereof, His Excellency the Governor in Council has caused the Great Seal of the Island of Newfoundland to be set hereunto, and has signed these presents, and the Company has caused its Common Seal to be affixed hereunto and these presents to be signed by its President and Secretary thereunto duly authorized.

CAP. XXVIII.

An Act to amend Chapter 3, of 61 Victoria, entitled “ An Act respecting the Department of Marine and Fisheries."

SECTION

1. Deputy Minister may be appointed.

[PASSED 22ND MARCH, 1910.]

SECTION

2. Respecting Fisheries Board.

E it enacted by the Governor, the Legislative Council Enacting clause. and the House of Assembly, in Legislative Session

convened, as follows:

may be

appointed.

1. Section 2 of the Act 61 Victoria, cap. 3, entitled "An Deputy Minister Act respecting the Department of Marine and Fisheries," is hereby repealed and the following is substituted therefor :(2) The Governor in Council may appoint an officer who shall be called the Deputy Minister of Marine and Fisheries, who shall be the Deputy Head of the Department of Marine and Fisheries; and the Governor in Council may also appoint such other officers as are necessary for the proper conduct of the business of the said Department, all of whom shall hold office during pleasure.

2. Section 7 of the said Act is hereby repealed and the following is substituted therefor :—

(7) The Fisheries Board shall consist of fifteen members,
of whom the President, or in his absence, the De-
puty Head of the Department and seven members,
shall constitute a quorum,

Respecting
Fisheries Board.

Enacting clause.

Respecting the
Board.

Powers of
Board.

CAP. XXIX.

An Act respecting the Constitution and Establishment of the
Game and Inland Fisheries Board.

E it enacted by the Governor, the Legislative Council and the House of Assembly, in Legislative Session convened, as follows:

1. The Governor in Council shall appoint a Board to be called "The Game and Inland Fisheries Board," which shall consist of not more than twenty members, of which Board the Minister of Marine and Fisheries shall be the President.

2. The powers, duties and functions of such Board shall be to make inquiries and researches and to take all necessary action in relation to (1), to the adequate preservation, protection and propagation of game birds in this Colony and its dependencies; (2), to the preservation and protection of deer, moose and other animals, feræ naturæ, game or fur bearing; (3), to the protection and improvement of the inland fisheries in and pertaining to this Colony and its dependencies; and (4), to devise, organize and maintain methods of diffusing knowledge and information in respect of

3. (1) Subject to the approval of the Governor in Coun- Regulations by Board. cil, the Board may, from time to time, make regulations for the better management of the sea coast and inland fisheries, for preventing or remedying the obstruction and pollution of the streams and inland waters, for the limitation or prevention of fishing in certain inland and estuary waters, for the prevention of the destruction of fish, for the issue of licenses to fish to persons not domiciled in this Colony or its dependencies, and the imposition of fees in respect of such licenses; for the preservation, protection and propagation of game birds in this Colony and its dependencies, and also for the preservation and protection of deer, moose and other animals, feræ naturæ, game or fur bearing.

(2) All such regulations, approved as aforesaid, shall
have the same force and effect as if herein enacted
and may fix such modes, times and places as are
deemed adapted to the different localities and are
otherwise expedient.

(3) Such regulations shall be in force and take effect
from the date therein nominated and after publi-
cation thereof in the Royal Gazette.

(4) Every offence against any regulation made under
this Act may be stated as a violation of this Act,
and shall be triable in a summary manner before
any Justice of the Peace.

4. The Board shall have power to elect a Vice-president, The officers of who, in the absence of the President, shall take the chair at the Beaed. meetings of the Board, and also two assistant Vice-presidents, who shall, in order of their seniority, preside at meetings of the Board at which neither the President nor the Vice-president shall be in attendance Such officers shall hold office until the first annual meeting of the Board, when their successors shall be elected, and thence hold office from year to year. The said officers shall be eligible for re-election at the annual meetings. The services of such officers and of the members of the Board shall be honorary, and no fees, emoluments or exemptions shall attach thereto.