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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... present administration , the people and Legislature of this Province , incited perhaps by the spirit - stirring examples before their eyes , have not only been led to consider that which had not previously engaged their serious at ...
... present administration , the people and Legislature of this Province , incited perhaps by the spirit - stirring examples before their eyes , have not only been led to consider that which had not previously engaged their serious at ...
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... present determination to open that Canal at the sole expense of England , is , therefore , another signal and endearing benefit added to the long catalogue of favours which this Colony owes to the affection of the parent state , and ...
... present determination to open that Canal at the sole expense of England , is , therefore , another signal and endearing benefit added to the long catalogue of favours which this Colony owes to the affection of the parent state , and ...
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... present season . It is said that Mr. Clowes has succeeded in discov- ering an advantageous course for a Canal along the banks of the river opposite to Barnhart's Island ; and that he has carried his levels over the whole country ...
... present season . It is said that Mr. Clowes has succeeded in discov- ering an advantageous course for a Canal along the banks of the river opposite to Barnhart's Island ; and that he has carried his levels over the whole country ...
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... present almost shut out from a market , by the impedi- ments which exist in the navigation of the River last named . No regular survey of this stream having been made , there is no means of estimating the cost of improving it , but ...
... present almost shut out from a market , by the impedi- ments which exist in the navigation of the River last named . No regular survey of this stream having been made , there is no means of estimating the cost of improving it , but ...
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... present of little value , would , by the facili ties thus afforded to transportation , be conveyed to Montreal , and there sold or bartered for British manufactures , and other commodities of indispensable necessity to the inhabitants ...
... present of little value , would , by the facili ties thus afforded to transportation , be conveyed to Montreal , and there sold or bartered for British manufactures , and other commodities of indispensable necessity to the inhabitants ...
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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.