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33 Victoria. Sessional Papers (No. 11.) A. 1870 APPENDIX II. REPORT OF THE CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD OF STEAMBOAT INSPECTION, FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31st DECEMBER, 1869. Board of Steamboat Inspection, Chairman's Office. Toronto, 18th February, 1870. Sir,â€"I bog leave to forward to you for the information of the Minister of Marino and Fisheries, a Report of the proceedings of the Board of Steamboat Inspection, and a return of all Steamboats inspected, and of all penalties collected under tho Steamboat Inspection Act, for tho year ended the 31st December, 1869. Meetings of tho Board of Steamboat Inspectors, for tlio examination of Bngineei the renewal of certificates to qualified Engineers, were held at the following places. These Meetings were conducted by the Chairman and Local Inspectors of the Divisions in which they were held. St. John, N. B..................................August 26th, 27th, 28th. Fredericion, KB............................. do 30th Halifax, N. S............................September 2nd, 3rd. Pictou, N. S........................... do 4th, 6th. Quebec............................... do 11th, 13th, 14th, 15th, Montreal.............................. do 16th, 17th, 18th. Ottawa............................... do 21st, 22nd, 23rd. Kingston.............................. do 25th, 27th, 28th, 29th. Windsor............................Nov. 30th, Dec. 1st, 2nd, 3rd. Hamilton.................................... do 6th, 7th. St. Catharines................................. do 8th, 9th, 10th, i Toronto....................................... do 13th, 14th, 15th. Five hundred and sixteen Engineer Certificates were issued, viz :â€" First Class Engineers............................................ 38 Second do do ................'............................ 124 Third do do ............................................ 131 First Class Assistant Engineers.................................... 85 Second do do do .................................... 72 Third do do do .................................... 66 . Of tho above 140 wore for examinations and 376 for renewals. Five examinations were rejected as incompetent. On the 12th of April, I was directed by your Department to call my Board together at Kingston, for the examination of applicants for the office of Steamboat Inspector for tho East Ontario Division, in the room of Mr. William McAuslan, resigned, in accordance with Sub-Section 2, Section 2 of the Act respecting tho inspection of Steamboats. The Board met at Kingston on the 22nd of April, for tho purpose above named, and after examinations duly held, Mr. Joseph Taylor, of Kingston, received the appointment on the 3rd of May following. A statement of the proceedings of the Board in reference to other subjects discussed at the meeting, was forwarded to your Department from Kingston. No other General Meeting of the Board has been held since. Appended herewith are returns of vessels inspected in the several Divisions in the Dominion, showing their names, port of inspection, name of collector, date of inspection, gross and registered tonnage, and their tonnage and inspection fees and dates of payment of the same, at the Ports named for tho year ending 31st December, 1869. 216