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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... construction of canals and harbours , the mere mention of which would within a very few years have been ridiculed as the wildest of dreams , and for the accomplishment of which the probable resources and energies of the colony a century ...
... construction of canals and harbours , the mere mention of which would within a very few years have been ridiculed as the wildest of dreams , and for the accomplishment of which the probable resources and energies of the colony a century ...
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... construction of the Canal . The Legislature having , however , evinced some hesitation in closing with this liberal offer , apparently because they considered the enterprise more necessary in a military , than in a commercial , point of ...
... construction of the Canal . The Legislature having , however , evinced some hesitation in closing with this liberal offer , apparently because they considered the enterprise more necessary in a military , than in a commercial , point of ...
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... construction of the Harbour now under notice , it may be presumed , will not long be deferred . A project for rendering the Gananoque River navigable for boats has lately been agitated in the country bordering on that stream ; and as it ...
... construction of the Harbour now under notice , it may be presumed , will not long be deferred . A project for rendering the Gananoque River navigable for boats has lately been agitated in the country bordering on that stream ; and as it ...
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... construction of which , upwards of twenty - five millions of pounds sterling have been ex- pended . Our neighbours in the State of New York are imitating her great example , having in the space of four years completed one canal of sixty ...
... construction of which , upwards of twenty - five millions of pounds sterling have been ex- pended . Our neighbours in the State of New York are imitating her great example , having in the space of four years completed one canal of sixty ...
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Ontario. Commissioners of Internal Navigation. ESTIMATE Of the expenses required for the construction of a Canal , seven feet deep , forty feet wide at the bottom , and with a slope of one foot and a half to one — the locks one hundred ...
Ontario. Commissioners of Internal Navigation. ESTIMATE Of the expenses required for the construction of a Canal , seven feet deep , forty feet wide at the bottom , and with a slope of one foot and a half to one — the locks one hundred ...
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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.