Parliamentary Papers, Volume 9H.M. Stationery Office, 1831 - Great Britain |
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... excavated to contain any number of boats , which would be of great advantage to them in loading , and furnish water ... excavating 5,000 running feet of single Canal , 8 ft . 6 in . within soil , principally rock , being 17,685 cubic ...
... excavated to contain any number of boats , which would be of great advantage to them in loading , and furnish water ... excavating 5,000 running feet of single Canal , 8 ft . 6 in . within soil , principally rock , being 17,685 cubic ...
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... excavating 14,008 cubic yards of single Canal , at 4 d . MILITARY : To filling in 2,900 cubic yards at 6d . - CIVIL : To constructing two dams at £ .200 To 3,836 toises of masonry , at 50s . £ . S. d . 233 9 4 , 72 10 400 9,590 11 To a ...
... excavating 14,008 cubic yards of single Canal , at 4 d . MILITARY : To filling in 2,900 cubic yards at 6d . - CIVIL : To constructing two dams at £ .200 To 3,836 toises of masonry , at 50s . £ . S. d . 233 9 4 , 72 10 400 9,590 11 To a ...
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... excavation and catch - waters , judging by the soundings , the parts that require improvement , and the price of similar works on the river , £ . 800 , making together a total of £ . 1,200 . : After passing the Carillion Rapids , the ...
... excavation and catch - waters , judging by the soundings , the parts that require improvement , and the price of similar works on the river , £ . 800 , making together a total of £ . 1,200 . : After passing the Carillion Rapids , the ...
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... excavate , as well as large stones to remove ) , the construction of these works does not appear advisable . Trois ... excavating , being chiefly rock , would occasion great labour . These works , with what has been said respecting the ...
... excavate , as well as large stones to remove ) , the construction of these works does not appear advisable . Trois ... excavating , being chiefly rock , would occasion great labour . These works , with what has been said respecting the ...
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... excavated in the present year , and the locks will be commenced . In 1825 I hope and expect to have it laid open for the public use . Upon the La Chine Canal the works have been carried on with great spirit . In this last summer about ...
... excavated in the present year , and the locks will be commenced . In 1825 I hope and expect to have it laid open for the public use . Upon the La Chine Canal the works have been carried on with great spirit . In this last summer about ...
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Act passed amount Board of Ordnance British Canal Communi Carillon Canal cation in Canada cattle Charges Colonel Durnford Colonel George Arthur committed Committee convicted thereof Correspondence relative cost court Debts DECLARED VALUE Diemen's Land ditto duty East India Company East India House Estimate excavation exceeding expense EXPORTED feet felony forfeit and pay further Enacted gaol hereby honour imprisonment indictment intituled An Act Island James Kempt justice or justices labour Lake Lake Ontario lawful Legislative Council letter liable license Lieut.-Colonel liquors locks Majesty navigation offence officer Ordnance Ottawa paid Parliament payment Peace penalty person or persons planter pounds Private Trade proprietor punishment quantity received reign respectively Rideau Canal River Royal Engineers Sir George Murray Sir James Kempt slaves South Wales stealing sterling sugar therein TOTAL Van Diemen's Land vessels yards
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Page 76 - An Act for the further security of His Majesty's person and Government, and the succession of the Crown in the Heirs of the late Princess Sophia, being Protestants, and for extinguishing the hopes of the pretended Prince of Wales, and his open and secret abettors...
Page 78 - ... and in any such action the defendant may plead the general issue, and give this Act and the special matter in evidence at any trial to be had thereupon...
Page 57 - Act, be it enacted, that all actions and prosecutions to be commenced against any person for any thing done in pursuance of this Act shall be laid and tried in the county where the fact was committed, and shall be commenced within six calendar months after the fact committed, and not otherwise...
Page 45 - ... every such offender shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and being convicted thereof, shall be liable, at the discretion of the court, to be transported beyond the seas for the term of seven years, or to suffer such other punishment by fine or imprisonment, or by both, as the court shall award...
Page 61 - ... the justice shall at the time of the conviction appoint, it shall be lawful for the convicting justice (unless where otherwise specially directed) to commit the offender to the common gaol or house of correction, there to be imprisoned only, or to be imprisoned and kept to hard labour...
Page 52 - Provided always, that if upon the Trial of any Person indicted for such Misdemeanor it shall be proved that he obtained the Property in question in any such Manner as to amount in Law to Larceny, he shall not by reason thereof be entitled to be acquitted of such Misdemeanor; and no such Indictment shall be removeable by Certiorari ; and no Person tried for such Misdemeanor shall be liable to be afterwards prosecuted for Larceny upon the same Facts.
Page 80 - Matter shall arise, there to remain, without Bail or Mainprize, for any Time not exceeding two Calendar Months, unless such Penalties and Forfeitures, and all reasonable Charges, shall be sooner paid.
Page 65 - Plaintiff in any such Action, such Plaintiff shall not have Costs against the Defendant, unless the Judge before whom the Trial shall be shall certify his Approbation of the Action, and of the Verdict obtained thereupon.
Page 57 - ... conviction may appeal to the next Court of General or Quarter Sessions which shall be holden not less than twelve days after the day of such conviction for the county or place wherein the cause of complaint shall have arisen ; provided, that such person shall give to the complainant a notice in writing of such appeal, and of the cause and matter thereof, within three days...
Page 62 - ... shall be committed to the common gaol or house of correction, there to be kept to hard labour for such term, not exceeding twelve calendar months, as the convicting justice shall think fit...