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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... trade of the country lying on its banks , and on those of its tributary streams , as well as of the extensive region stretching westward to Lake Simcoe , find an outlet . Its improvement should , consequently , be undertaken at as early ...
... trade of the country lying on its banks , and on those of its tributary streams , as well as of the extensive region stretching westward to Lake Simcoe , find an outlet . Its improvement should , consequently , be undertaken at as early ...
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... trade . It was , therefore , under every view of the subject , considered a most important point in the general plans of the Board , and it was determined that surveys should be undertaken to ascertain the practi- cability of connecting ...
... trade . It was , therefore , under every view of the subject , considered a most important point in the general plans of the Board , and it was determined that surveys should be undertaken to ascertain the practi- cability of connecting ...
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... trade , to which a boat - navigation would render no essential service , as many of the facili- ties afforded by canal - navigation , would be lost by the necessity of removing the cargoes several times before reaching Montreal ...
... trade , to which a boat - navigation would render no essential service , as many of the facili- ties afforded by canal - navigation , would be lost by the necessity of removing the cargoes several times before reaching Montreal ...
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Ontario. Commissioners of Internal Navigation. and all our trade , with much of that from the south shores of lake Erie , would thereby be secured to us . The Board considers it unnecessary to enter into any minute examination of the ...
Ontario. Commissioners of Internal Navigation. and all our trade , with much of that from the south shores of lake Erie , would thereby be secured to us . The Board considers it unnecessary to enter into any minute examination of the ...
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... trade of the country . With diffidence , I take a retrospective view of the seemingly insurmountable barrier nature has obstinately opposed to a canal navigation between the two lakes . It certainly requires cautious de- liberation ...
... trade of the country . With diffidence , I take a retrospective view of the seemingly insurmountable barrier nature has obstinately opposed to a canal navigation between the two lakes . It certainly requires cautious de- liberation ...
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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.