Canada Yearbook - 1897

MARINE. 349
STATEMENT OF LIGHT-HOUSES, LIGHTS, &c, IN CANADA, 1897.
DISTRICT.
Quebec
Fog-alarms
Light-stations.
Lights.
Keepers.
Light-ships.
Fog-whistles.
Fog-horns.
Fog-bells.
Fog-guns or bombs.
Whistling-buoys.
Bell-buoys.
Gas-buoys.
Steamers,
*
*
184
235
177 3 2 11 3 5 2
3
3
I
117 155 138 8
2 9 - 9 tio 2
8 8
3
1
171
179 176
1
6
2 1 16 14 2
2
2
1
1
93
118
101 1 4 8 1 4 3 1
3
3
1
1
36
58 42
1
3 1 1
16
20 18 1
5
4
1 ?,
Total
635
783 652 13
22
40
10 11 23
24 12 8
*Light-ships and fog-alarms where there are no lights are in these two columns included
in the total number of light-stations and lights in the Dominion. t4 with bells.
NUMBER OF VESSELS ON THE REGISTRY BOOKS OF THE DOMINION, BY
PROVINCES, 31 ST DECEMBER, 1897.
PROVINCES.
Total No.
of
Sailing Ships
and
Steamers.
Net Tonnage
of
Sailing Ships
and
Steamers.
Number
of
Steamers.
Gross
Tonnage
of
Steamers.
British Columbia
1,424
1,480
2,204
923
115
364
174
135,349
158,077
283,056
103,584
7,272
28,604
15,812
896
311
142
115
74
226
21
91,928
54,059
19,992
8,373
6,427
29,042
4,043
Total, 1897
„ 1896
6,684
7,279
731,754
789,299
1,785
1.762
213,864
251,176