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 1624 INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS OTHER THAN TREATIES [59 STAT. P. C. 5002 APPENDIX C PRIVY COUNCIL CANADA AT THE GOVERNMENT HOUSE AT OTTAWA FRIDAY, the 30th day of JUNE, 1944. PRESENT: His EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR GENERAL IN COUNCIL: WHEREAS the Minister of Fisheries reports that the following item appears in the Estimates tabled in Parliament for the fiscal year 1944-45: Vote 83 To provide for Canadian share of expenses of the Interna- tional Pacific Salmon Fisheries Commission to overcome obstructions to the ascent of sockeye salmon at Hell's Gate Canyon, and for investigating and overcoming obstructions to such salmon at other points on the Fraser River Water- shed $1,000,000 That a similar sum has been provided for the same purpose by the Government of the United States, thus enabling the work to proceed at joint expense; That persons who, in the opinion of the Minister, may be interested in the work contemplated at Hell's Gate, including the Government of the Province of British Columbia, the Canadian Pacific Railway Company and the Canadian National Railways, have been consulted with reference thereto and that such persons have no objection thereto provided their interests are adequately safeguarded; That by arrangements between Canada and the United States all expenditures properly incurred by the Commission are paid by the Canadian Government, one-half of such payments to be recovered later by Canada from the United States Government; and That it is, by reason of the war, necessary for the security, defence, peace, order and welfare of Canada that the Order hereinafter set forth be made. THEREFORE, His Excellency the Governor General in Council, on the recommendation of the Minister of Fisheries, and under the authority of the War Measures Act, is pleased, hereby, to authorize the International Pacific Salmon Fisheries Commission constituted pursuant to the Fraser River Sockeye Convention, confirmed by chapter ten of the Statutes of Canada, one thousand, nine hundred and thirty, to enter into contracts in the name of His Majesty in right of Canada for the execution of the work at Hell's Gate Canyon and other points on the Fraser River, British Columbia, for which money is, or is to be, provided by the said Vote 83 hereinbefore set out; and is further pleased to authorize and doth hereby authorize the chairman and secretary of the said Commission to execute any such contract on behalf of the Commission. A. J. P. HEENEY. Clerk of the Privy Council

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