[187] Colonial Defences Act, 28 Victoria, Cap. 14.
[188] Warrant of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty.
[189] Pennants having this blue fly were worn by the English navy almost two hundred years previously, as shown in a picture, painted by Vandervelt, of the action off the coast of Holland on August 11, 1673, between the English, French and Dutch, now the property of His Majesty the King.
[190] Merchant Shipping (Colours) Act, 1889.
[191] The order is British (Home Kingdom), United States, German, French, Canadian.
[192] Admiralty Warrant, February 2, 1892.
[193] The arms of the four provinces which first united are the only ones which, up to 1909, have been officially authorized to be inserted, although the arms of the whole nine provinces, now comprising the Dominion, are often to be seen. A simple maple leaf on a white escutcheon would be infinitely preferable, for which see Appendix A and fig. 69.
[194] Admiralty Order, 11th September, 1902.
[195] Admiralty Warrant, 3rd October, 1908. Colonial Office despatch, 27th October, 1908.
[196] Speech, May 7, 1834.