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 ' In presenting their tiret Report to the l^iireboldew irf «Tho St Catharines ibd Wftilatj^- (T^n^ji^lp^^.^^^^ g^f - 
 .frftpr iie Woflis have boen in opelation more tb« tw() years, if is the obfC«>»* diity of the Boayd -of I%ectoFs to 
 W]^«nati6n df the eauses which niire poduce(5l so greal 3^1ay. ,^^, -^...~.^.- 
 
 '^T^ enUre CM)ital of ^he Compa?iyJxa8,b<wn a^grbed ii|;JJ^pii#^ M^Woj:)^^.^ '|:W^ W|^,,cW<3r^ 
 
 u> the wexfjoet^ !rfe» ju tlie cost of both laW and materials, ahd the Ivgc amount of mter«9»ti|B«i^^*wids thoBoird 
 ^ere eoBlpell^^ to bwrow to carry W tkrWtrt'^ whiii^i^''^lfij^'^ 
 
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 ' Alh^ti^h the Workd werj set in option, an^ (fe* naanu&cttttod m tm 4fii da^ of Uciiqfm^lpSfim « 
 0? Oonsmners auri! the first ten months up to the.lft AllgiWKf V8i^» wras so wnall^d tlw^kstof C^« o<Mjafeiai^ > 
 ^e greal length of main pipe ho consideraW^e, tlva^M a^cretapy'f Return %^dM6he#^d.no,pr9fi|^.c^^ the^opera- 
 
 Ora the 20th'd^y of Ju»e, 1865, the Tavhig of Gas Pipes oft the Qwii ww'ocli^p, »i4^'t*je l^htio^^f tb^lLocks 
 i^ it^dor the con^pt with ^f Pepaytpiepi.t.^il'^^hr^^^ 
 
 subsiding of the banks, difRculties in catying the line undertSfce n«iije*ous laterna! ohantftjis, and tnally . th^,<|gl%5ifg 
 ©f th« Gasholder in December, l|66^ occasioned a heavy expanditwtC 'ftbs^^g the whok? Income of the Company 
 to tite period *)£ thelSksf^tMry's Second Return, on the first day oi March, 1850. 
 
 The Shareholders wijl.^re^di^ undeistaad that no otdinaff fef^lght or preeantios s^uld giiaifd Rgainst | h^T 
 lealw^ on so great a length of -pipes, oOtopared with the qttaft% of Qm eonsumed. 
 
 The fo: lowing i» the iengih of Pipes, and coe»atnption of^OaB during the past jim, i^jom Itt February, H 8^ 
 
 same date it! ;856:- -V.' '-;;■■'-""■' ^" '^^:'-'^J ,"'" 
 
 PiPfti,--Ih Bt. OatharboK, - ^ - - - ; IfiJOO feet^cf 33 mil^, ^ 
 
 Oil the WaHanif Cfuial, - - 26^00 feet,or 5 M2 mik^^ 
 
 oifii, • ... - About i^ t milea 
 
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 Ga« CoH8tm«D. — In 8t Catharines, 
 
 " OatheCuiaJ,- 
 
 Tborold. Village, 
 
 Mills, '^., al«M)g the Oanal, 
 
 'otal coHftttraptioii, 
 
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 feet. 
 
 100,«00 — 
 28,460 ^ 
 
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 3,^81, bftO^ feet. 
 
 in the case-of,all o^fer Gas ConSpanit'S having the same length of Pipes^ the consinnptiori is five-fold greater^ 
 
 the lows QprrespoHiclmglf'l^^s. ^ - '- "' ^ * ' 
 
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 rMicier these circumstances, tlic^ virectors were disiuclineil ki iiiuke a ptiuiic slatettiJipAt of lop affairs of ta» Com- 
 pkm, which a Repart to the 8i}ftrehol|er8 would dar, as ai^ report thc^'- could make wovli o% effect the valu?-of the 
 
 S*«B,k pr^udicialiy ; and tl^sy entertained \]\v. hope that the next half, year wouW enajble them to acw>mpany th«>Mrileport 
 wiitftn&c^litiaiKfcend:'"' '■ "'^^ '' ^ ■■-'■•"■ ^^^ '-■ -^'^^ "' '■ '''"* ■"'■■ ^ ^"^ ■> -I ■ 
 
 They are now happy to infojrtn the Sh^ohold^ that the ^S^GfJ^s have a| Ifpath ll^en'broug^vt. ir|to ^^od ^v r^p^ 
 coodJ^oh ; the Accoont» and Beturns so f^stematiised m to afford a ready eheck on all ^}an(iitttre3 ; the expmS ot 
 repairs m'ateriairy dirtinishetf, and the busm^ of the -nompanylt^n Mofitablc. 
 
 By the j^peUt^ecj. Si^iemeo^ the hJtianp.fil)tJr4 debit i5)f^e j^wijAocount on the Ist of Marnjii) i85<6»«^raa^§ 3s.. 9d. 
 The same pccouptjEt^^ 
 
 (£225,) towards its liquidation, it will exliibil a profit of ^l,'70fi Qs. 3d. on the last year's l,usiness, beinLj 8i percent. 
 W^ capital of the Compaii} , which ha^ pnncipgfly been earned since the J»t of May, IddC. ^ A large por^n cf "^ 
 profit being in Ooals in store, I>eOTB due to me ConOfparty, &c. ; it is not dimmed prudent to mnlie a larger dividend than 
 will be covered by tlie "balance cChand^ith the Treasurer, and the debts imtnediately available. The 3o?i:dhi« ae^rd- 
 ingly passed a Resolution <^8,claring a dividend of live per cent on the psad up Stock, to be payable oji and afUM* iha XSm 
 of March next, at the Baidc of Upp6r €IiHiad» hdre. ; ) ftf . t. , or - 
 
 From the- prdiMit^dspectK Of 1«ie C^Jrtuay's ii^im, tHie DirectjOi-sare of th4 d^union'that they wUi be »Wf#fi»^y^ 
 similar 'dividend ft i^e^clole-' of '&ei pr^ieit half ynmyii'*Mipi^'^f^^ neit^pa^ik&kii^ire^dl^ a^tftined; 
 
 at the sftme rafe. ' ' 
 
 
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 HIRAM SLATE,: M 
 Secretary. 
 
 St. Catharines, 21st Febn«wy,.1857. 
 
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