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2 ; CHANGES AND ADDITIONS. LAKE ONTARIO. Toronto Harbor.--The draft of vessels entering the West chan- nel should not exceed 10 feet when the lake level is at the zero of the harbor commissioners' gauge at Queens wharf. Norr.--The average height of the lake' as shown by the mean of 44 yearly averages of observed heights is 14.83 inches above the zero of the commissioners' gauge. The highest water level recorded during that time was 47 inches above zero on May 6, 1870; the lowest was 25 inches - below zero on November 20, 1895. Queens Wharf Light.--New lenses and improved burners have been put in this range light, which has greatly increased the visibility and intensity of the light. Queens Wharf Rear Light.--New lenses and improved burners have been put in this range light, which has greatly increased the visi- bility and intensity of the light. | | East Pier Light.--This light will be moved to the north end of the East pier. A skeleton frame tower of steel is now being erected on the south end © of the East pier, When the tower is completed 'a white intermittent light will be exhibited from it at an elevation of 33 feet above the pier, or 43 feet above lake level. The light will be visible 13 miles. . Buoys.--Five can buoys mark the bank southwestward of Light- house point. Buoy No. 4, a bell buoy, is missing from the bank. Buoy No. 2, the most easterly buoy on the bank, is painted red with a black ring. Buoys Nos. 6 and 8, both painted red, are moored in 8 fathoms of water. Buoy No. 10, painted red, with a white ball surmounting it, is moored in 8 fathoms of water also. Buoy No. 12, painted red, is moored in 3% fathoms of water on the N.W. point of the bank. West Channel.--The buoy on the north (or westerly) side of | West channel is a black spar. The channel between Queens wharf and the breakwater is 354 feet wide. There is 12 feet of water at zero level (of the harbor commis- sioners' gauge) close to the breakwater; but the channel shoals rapidly toward the wharf on the north side. | - Kast Channel.--tThere is one red spar buoy on the eastern side of Kast channel to mark a pile of rock sunk there to protect the pier from action of the ice. There are three black spar buoys on the western side, and the channel is 250 feet wide between the buoys and the eastern pier. The old boiler, formerly lying south of East channel gap, has been -- removed. The black spar buoy, indicating the spot, has been taken up. Toronto Harbor -- Eastern Entrance -- East Pier Lights.-- The small column light hitherto maintained on the outer -- edge of the East pier, Toronto, has been moved 2,400 feet N.W. by N., and now stands on the inner end of the pier, forming with the new front tower which has been erected on its former position a range showing the line of the pier. The light is, as heretofore, fixed red, elevated 18 feet oe the lake level, and can be seen from all points of approach from the bay. ; The new skeleton tower stands on the position formerly occupied by the column light. 'The structure consists of a steel framework sur--- io ioe i ey oe JRE _ Gad 'g reo f