Reports in Pursuance of an Act of the Provincial Parliament of Upper-Canada Passed in the Second Year of His Majesty's Reign, Entitled, "An Act to Make Provision for the Improvement [sic] of the Internal Navigation of this Province." |
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... calculations of the Commissioners of the American canal ; as our being enabled to ship commodities on the Ouse three weeks before the lake opens at Fort Erie and Buffalo , with a certainty of their being transported without removal ...
... calculations of the Commissioners of the American canal ; as our being enabled to ship commodities on the Ouse three weeks before the lake opens at Fort Erie and Buffalo , with a certainty of their being transported without removal ...
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... calculation it is supposed that the cost of a cut at this place , would not be less than £ 3,175 per mile . The distance is about nine miles and a half , of which one and a half would be rather favor- able . The whole expense is ...
... calculation it is supposed that the cost of a cut at this place , would not be less than £ 3,175 per mile . The distance is about nine miles and a half , of which one and a half would be rather favor- able . The whole expense is ...
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... calculations . It will be observed that the original idea of passing through Plum Hollow , founded on a presump- tion that the lowest summit would be found in that quarter , and adopted also on account of that place lying nearly in a ...
... calculations . It will be observed that the original idea of passing through Plum Hollow , founded on a presump- tion that the lowest summit would be found in that quarter , and adopted also on account of that place lying nearly in a ...
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... calculations necessary in framing the estimate , demanded consi- derable time , and the Engineer could not be suddenly withdrawn from the levels without great incon- venience . All which is humbly submitted . ( Signed ) JOHN MACAULAY ...
... calculations necessary in framing the estimate , demanded consi- derable time , and the Engineer could not be suddenly withdrawn from the levels without great incon- venience . All which is humbly submitted . ( Signed ) JOHN MACAULAY ...
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... calculating their aggregate cost , it may be worthy of enquiry , whether the magnitude of the expenditure would not , in the present state of the country , ex- ceed its resources , or be more than commensurate with the expected benefits ...
... calculating their aggregate cost , it may be worthy of enquiry , whether the magnitude of the expenditure would not , in the present state of the country , ex- ceed its resources , or be more than commensurate with the expected benefits ...
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9 feet Act passed advantages Arbitrators banks Bay of Quinty beach into Lake Burlington Bay Burlington Lake C.Yds Canal Locks chains clay commence Commissioners construction CONTINUED Coteau-du-Lac Creek cross culvert decimals depth descending distance Ditto Durham boats earth embankment ESTIMATE Excellency the Lieutenant expense extra cutting feet Canal feet cutting feet deep water feet in width feet lift feet wide Fencing Forward Grubbing guard gates harbour improvement inches Inland Navigation Internal Navigation JOHN MACAULAY Kingston Lake Erie Lake Ontario Legislature line of canal Locks of Stone Locks of Wood Lower Canada Majesty's Reign mile mile-Runs necessary Ottawa river piers proposed Province provision Puddling rapids Rate Rideau Canal Rideau lake Rideau River River Saint Lawrence rock excavation route rows of piles summit pound survey thence tolls towing path trade transportation twelve feet deep Upper Canada waste weir water in Burlington Whitefish falls
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Page xxvi - An Act to repeal certain parts of an Act passed in the fourteenth year of His Majesty's Reign, entitled, ' An Act for making more effectual Provision for the Government of the Province of Quebec in North America, and to make further provision for the Government of 2d Oeo. iv. ch.2d. of the said Province ;'" and by the authority of the same, — That the said first-reciiv^h^i^contimied?
Page xxiv - An act to repeal certain parts of an act passed in the fourteenth year of his Majesty's reign, entitled, ' An act for making more effectual provision for the government of the Province of Quebec, in North America, and to make further provision for the government of the said province...
Page xxv - ... enacted by the king's most excellent majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the legislative council and assembly of the province of Upper Canada, constituted and assembled by virtue of and under the authority of an act passed in the parliament of Great Britain...
Page xxiv - Province" and by the authority of the same, That from and after the passing of this Act, it shall and may be lawful for the Governor, Lieutenant Governor, or Person Administering the Government of this Province...
Page xxiii - An Act to Repeal Certain Parts of an Act Passed in the Fourteenth Year of His Majesty's Reign entitled ' An Act for Making More Effectual Provision for the Government of the Province of Quebec, in North America, and to Make Further Provision for the Government of the Said Province...
Page xxiv - Council may approve, such sum or sums of money, not exceeding in the whole the sum of two...
Page 38 - To His Excellency Sir Peregrine Maitland, Knight, Commander of the Most Honorable Military Order of the Bath, Lieutenant Governor of the Province of Upper Canada, Major General commanding His Majesty's Forces therein, &c.
Page xxiii - Be it enacted by the King's Most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and Assembly of the Province of Upper Canada, constituted and assembled by virtue of, and under the authority of, an Act passed in the Parliament of Great Britain, intituled " An Act to repeal certain parts of an Act passed in the fourteenth year of His Majesty's reign, intituled . An Act for making more effectual provision for the Government of the Province of Quebec, in North America...
Page xxiv - ... and directed by this act, or so many thereof as may be completed, together with a plain and comprehensive report of all their proceedings under and by virtue of this act, to be presented to the legislature of this state within twenty days after the commencement of the next regular annual session thereof.
Page 50 - His Excellency Sir Peregrine Maitland, Knight Commander of the Most Honorable Military Order of the Bath; Lieutenant Governor of the Province of Upper Canada, and Major General Commanding His Majesty's Forces, therein.