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Trata to pelure. n ^ 3 32X 1 2 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 REPORT FROM THK SELECT COMMITTEE APPOINTED TO TAKE INTO CONSIDEUATION THE ACCOUNTS AND PAPERS RBLATINO TO THE CANAL COMMUNICATIONS IN CANADA. 1832. Ordered, by Tlie House o( Coniimms, to be Printed, 2() Jutic 1832. .')70- REPORT r* o MINUTES OF EVIDENCE 7 APPENDIX ,^ I REPORT. THE SELECT COMMITTEE appointed to take into consideratioa the Accounts and Papers relating to the Canal CoMMt;N,cATioNs in Canada, and to report their Observations thereupon to The House, together with the M.nutks of Evidence talcen before them, and an Appendix :-Have examined the Matters to them referred, and agreed to the following Report : yOUR COMMITTEE have examined the Papers referred to them, and some ' X Witnesses, whose Evidence they thought would be of im|)ortance. ^ With respect to the R.deau Canal, TheHouse will recollect, that, according to fhe lapcrs pjvsented to Parliament in 1831, the Estimate for that wU amounted if r ,n^i"*'*Thri(3""^^ ^."^ !. '""' °^^- ^9''3« f"^ I-rtifications, and the purchase Pari. Paper, of Land. The Money already voted amounts to £. Ug2,(m, Icwing a balance of •» ^^^- >83., £.782 to complete the Estimate of 1 8;] I. ° No. 135, p. 133, Jog, 117 (t 198. By a Memorandum from the Oftice of Ordnance, dated Mav iHth iS-j f» v;i a appears tl.at the total expenditure on the Canal, up t^ DS^mbJlV-st 1*8 '? ;a^ '""""^ liam.M;'^" i''^;- > P "" "'T «f ^■•22,742. 15. r.. beyond the Votes of Par- .ame. jandot f.si.pOo. ,,^. 6. beyond the Estimate for the whole Work made IVa^: '""'^'f' Ksi.mate, as given in the Memorandum just referred to, in he Abstract annexed to it, amounts to £.776,„24. 5. (i„ lK;in^£.83 3^8. ^ 6 more ban the Votes of Parliament, and £• 8.,57.>.\5.V>.^>eyond tlu^Sa^e^f iS year. It, however, to last years Estimate be added a sum of £.(io,a^o, which in the Papers then presented to Parliament was stated to be likely to be required for J^efenccs and Bridges, and the purchase of Land, and if £. 27,750 for nearly the Vi,i. aw, , same purposes be added ,0 ,bo Estimate of this y'ear, the two'Jums wintherbe '^Mt^^]' or the Estimate ot iS.?i, £.7(.-^,(h,8, and for that of this year, £.80^,774 s (i • Or^ irst;^o?£.4ro76.'Vt ^''""' "' ''"^ ''"'' "' ^■""•'^"'^ Hith that'of the IrXU^^' It is, however, to be observed, that last year, with respect to the sum of £.69,230 H.n„r, ,«.„ „ r, .t was stated, that, with the exeeption of £. 8,230 for Bridges, it would not i!e ne- ' ' ' '' eessary to apply that sum immediately : how far the postponement then recom- mended has been attendul to, your Committee, from the manner in which the accounts are made up, have been unable to determine. The present Accounts, therefore, show an Expenditure of £.2274' 1 <; (i .eyon.l the Votes of Parliament; an.i an Estimate of £. , ,,,,08. (t..' beyond the same Votes for the completion of the Canal, and for Expenses and Works stated to be in necessary connection with it Of this sum, what |)ortion may have heen already spent, or even what part of it may be involved in existing contracts, lour tommittee have no means of ascertaining with accuracy: they presume, However that, under the arrangements which still subsist, the Public must be ulti- mately liable for the |uiymont oi the whole; this, of course, supposes that the J.ontracts shall hav,- been fiuihfuly iK-rforme.! ; of their nature and cbarncter Your <-ommiliee have inserted an exi.lanatory Note from the Otlice of Ordnance, at Vide Appendix. Report 1831, p. 8 J I'arl. Papers, Feb. 1831, No. 135, p. no, 114, 117. Vide Appendix. lUd. n«>poitofi83i,p,8. Tlidt'au - - />.. repent - l^ IS nil. - £ 803,774 1?0,M,!7 I. d. . Wi.iirJ ■.'.■i,7dl .') (i K3laljii!>liii)('r)l £. l,U10,;t).') .) (i 4 REPORT FROM SELECT COMMITTEE what periods, and after wliat examination, tlic payments sliould he made, must be , ,.'? ''?«^. f '^"'^tion and judgment of the (iovernment; hut whenever the Canal shall he finished, \ our Committee think that it would be most desirable to close th.. Accounts with the least possible delay. An Estimate, dated 21st June 1032, has been prepared by the Office of Ordnance tor the anniia maintenance and repair of the Canal, and for the manaue- ment of the Locks. This amounts to £. 18,799. >• ^>- for the present year, and Vour Commit ec presume that a sum must be proposed for this service on account- as, however this threatens to ho an annua! expense, they recommend that inime- dia e steps should be taken to place this charge on a rej-ular and economical footini; • and they agree with the 1 reasury and Colonial Office in thinkin-r, that the Provinces' of Canada, to whom the whole of these Works must be most valuable, may be reasonably expected to bear this expense. Those Provinces, they hope, will not be indisposed, for such an object, to come to the asn..tance of the Mother Country by whom so large an expenditure has hitherto been exclusively incurred It appears to be stil quite uncertain and it must be so until the Water Communication from Montreal to Kingston sliall be completed, how far any tolls to be collected on the ditierent Canals may or may not be sufficient to keep them in repair, and to support the necessary establishmont, *^' With respect to the three Canals on the Ottawa, Your Committee observe, that m 1831 the Estimate tor these Works, including £.54,24.'; for the enlargement of the Grenville Canal, amounted to £. 285,367. The Votes of Parliament amount to t. 209,099, leaving by the Estimate of 1 83 1 a sum of £. 7(i,2()8, still to be provided lor. by a Memorandum irom the Office of Ordnance, dated June ifith iS^o n appears that up to the 31st December ^^^^, there had been expended' upon 'the Grenvil e Canal, £. 137,244; on the Carillon llapids, £.23,721 ; and on the Chute- ;VBlondeau. £.9,872 ; making a total sum of £.170,837, being £. 1 14,530 withi.i the Estimate ot 1831, and £.38,2(.2 within the Votes of Parliament. It is now stated in the Memorandum from the Office of Ordnance before referred to, that i. 18,411 will be sufficient to complete these Canals, exclusively of £.54 24 •; for the enlargement of a part of the (Jrenville Canal. There is also an Estimat'■ Treasurv M^nuTe of tl'< "thofjuneand Sih .(ulv 'S;,i, called (1,. atlenti.a. ..I tin- several de.m^^^^^^^^^^^ v . . , ot (.overn,n..n, ,0 ,he .ub,ec,, an.l ,ave positive uir.Cions, winch ^iljlear KXd ^' ^" ^ •' to I 6 REPORT FROM SELECT COMMITTEE Appends. I" reme.ly the inconveniences com,,luine,l of. \\y a Treasury Minute of Mav 1832, some restraint is mnns,-.l <.i. .1,,. i:„,..: e i»e -^ '"'"'""''way nth ,Q,„ . ' ... . ""•i-"iii«-«t ui. I'Y H treasury Minute 1832, some restraint is imposed on the upphcation of \fonrv l.wL n " • ' General of Canada. Your' Committee hali ohs ved tl's S p'l S u^e^'lS^'^^^ opinion, that in Works of this description there is no se ur ty Iga.tt "^ n^^^^^^^^^^ and the amount of expense can never be accurately knoL Tnless 1^2, I expenditure be conhned within the limits of the annual Votes Tn^hosc case" o paceWrrk o^ri^^^^^^ «"^ '" conclusion, with a view to Sent Thev sul'e t thi^^^7 •'"" ""f '' '^'- ""H'^'''^'' responsibility of one Depart" 2^ June 1832. ON CANAL COMMUNICATIONS IN CANADA. MINUTES OF EVIDENCE. WITNESSES. Colonel E/iaa Walker Durnford William Sargent . . . Colonel Ellicumbe - P-7 II 19 Veneris, 15' die Jtinii, 1832. J. N. FAZAKERLEY, ESQUIRE, I^f riiK ciiAiu. W e:.',L:;^"'"" '^ ^"" ••«■'' "^ .-ent.^-ColoncI of the corps of Roynl the .sr 'r £:,u' c:^:!i^r ';• ^':;x Vt"^^^ '^^^^ -"-^" ^-^v-"- was sent out as l.avin« tl.o conLnd o^hn \ ^?''.?"'''-^'''''"'^' •'"'•n By command I hold in the country ' ''"'''■ '*^"^"y i'Hlcpendent of the In what year was that?— i8-(i U|. 10 »h«l (lute have you imv am,„,il „„ ,, J "' , ■ho works of ihc Ridcaotari =--!., . ''' >;". ?" "'^ "' ll» Mate of November l.,l. ' '"""' """""S ofl«-ml since I left Quebec in o-^yti ;l;a;"t";:;,:ie,'r "' '■"■""' "»■« -" *« -*-r -*„,.„„ .4'""|»fl7^^^;!L;;,':" >"" ""-' •^"' •» >» "».pi«e,i?-, „^, > i-re,^t;LLtT„":i!;r,t;;',;;:;: -" »"•■"-' ™ .^^ ■« of i„, «„,,_ upon .lucl, ,!,„, ,„ „ |„ fe" I ,"' r ' ""«! • l'«™ yo" »»".i"cd .!» acco„„i» * "^ opinion, Toldnel E. H\ D'lrnfuid. ij June, •8 MINUTES OK li VIDKNC;!', lif'.roiU' SI'.LIXT rOMMITTKI" Colniipl P.. W. Durnfnril. 15 June, 1831. opinion, Miiil troniwlmt I luivc iilwiiys ro|)(irteil, llint there must inevitably he an excess upon tlit Eslimiiti". Will you remi u memorandum of Sir Alexander Hryce's, dntcH 18,32, in which voti "ill SCO tiiiit a sum of (xi.ooo/. is stated as likely to he ref|uired to complete the llideau (.'anal, and say whether you Imve any information to lead you to suppose that that will he sutficient or insntheicnt?— (,4/iftv rer/r/iw^' the alwvc Letter) — I have no information; the Reports up to tlie 31st of Deccmher last have not been through my hands. ('an yon state to what dale the accounts of tiie expenditures of the Uidcau (-'unal passed through your hands? — I cannot speak to the dates. What is your opinion upon the works of the Rideau Canal? — I consider they lire very magnificent works, and done in a most suhstantial manner. Do you think it likely that a great annual expenditure will ho required to keep them in repair? — There certainly must he a considerable expense in keeping 'aem in repair. Have you formed any notion of what the extent of that expense will be? — No, sir, I have not at present; I lielicve Rei)orts havi; passed through my oilice, detailing in some measure what would he likely to he the expense; l)ut in a work of that tiescription it is impossible to say, where so much depends on contingency, and floods to which that country is subject. Do you think it possible, in consecpiencc of the greatness of the Hoods, and of the nature of the cliniiile, ilmt the works are likely to be exposed to ony consider- able injury? — I should hope not; from what I have seen I tiiink they are built in 90 sul)slaiitial a way, that they are very likely to resist any thing hut what is an extreme unforeseen casualty. Have not some |)arts been already exposed to the trials of several winters? — Yes, and they have stood remarkably well. Do you think the great work at the Hog's-back ii efVectuaily secured against tiie recurrence of similar accidents ?— 'I'o the be^t of my judgment it is secure now. ('an you give the (."ommittee any notion of what would be the probable exjiensc of keeping the works of the Canal in repair, independent of any extraordinary casualty? — I think very little will be refiuiied for repairs for the next two or three years. Do you think 5,000/. a year would cover it? — To tiie best of my judgment it would. Has it ever occurred to you that it would be necessary, this being intended as a military communication, that fortifications and works of ilefence should he erecte™''"'-'Cr ,,„, ^e„ ™.k. J-yLro:i„itt';;r,",;;"i,/°'' '■"■■■»»•'-' -"> « -<.ii».; „»„>. .,,„. «.. ..i.er ,« „ ,i;:rix.;l ^^il^" "" "" ""*' •^■'™'»" «• M"*k» muh J:'=itt' ;;c l:::,';ii:— i:?, -« - '-"""- - «-. „., „f ^^^^r£^!:::!si:';!i:::::^t^' »'r' - "- "•'»»» or „„,. cause il „„„l,| ,o,|„i,c",„,„e .-.rcuZio;; " ''"""^ ''"I"""' '» »J 'K to-. ^. ^I^nouho c„„„„, ,„„„,„,, „,„,,, ,, ,„,,^, ,,; ^,,; ^,^„.^^^.^^^^ ^^^ ^^^ ___^_^^^, ^^_ ^,^^_ _ I><> you think it Hill ever suncrsfd,. fl,.. Sf r ".cation I..HW..C,. th. upper a.ui C ,, mt^'-^A:"?;;" 7 ^^ "'"7 °^ ^"'"•""- It Mill. "■' ^'"""ry • — rts far as 1 can judije at present St. L^ ■rencc-?-I)„„|,|,, or trrl'l. '^" "" ""^"""'y "'^^'''^'"'•^ ^1°^'" the .34\S 1.; j':" ^'^'^ "•■ "'^ ^'^^'"» '-"^ ^-''■•- lock is in,en,ie.l to take a boat of Are you acquainted uitli the Canals at the Oitnu., ; r i tl'nn l„r inspection, as I did those at Kide lli '""'' °'^^»*'°"«"y visited Are you acfp.ainted uith the (irenville Canal ?-Ves. " hat IS the state of the CIrcnville Cam! : Tl,-, i i < Arc you „,,|u.i„,c,| „i,l, ,„, tl,f„o-„.BI,„„|o«u Cauul !^-t „„, , „"!;:,'" "■' "'" "< "- a"-..e,l.l,l„„d™ Canal ..-h ii „,„„ ,i„„l,ed, Tpon Mhat scale are the lock-', of the Chi'itr •', !?!.,> i r- . 'i.o san.c size as the Iock> o„ the Kidit Canaf ^^^'''''''"" ''""^' Dovoti knoa the Caiillon Canal :-I do * Ate ColuntI W. DumJoriU I,') June, • The large size ; \ V Colonel , >f. Durnjhrd. 15 June, 1832. ti) MINUTES OF EVIDENCE BEFORE SELECT COMMITTEE Are you aware of the state of the Carillon Canal r— Yes, it is in considerable forwardness, and will, I apprehend, be tinishcil this year. How long do you think it would take to finish the two other Canals at the Ottawa to which you have just referred, the Grenville and the Chfite-il-Ulondeau?— They will be completed this year, 1 should think, except the enlargement of the locks on the (Jrenvilie What is the state of the St. Ann's Canal?— It is not yet begun, but sma ' steam boats can pabS through a minor channel, where there is a snuill temporary wooden lock, which is private property. It being desirable to complete the communication between Montreal and the Ottawa upon a scale large enough to carry the steam boats that are intended to ravifate through the Canal, in what way should you think it most desirable to accomplish that object?— I have reported, to the best of my opinion ; the navi- gation should go at the back of the Isle t)f Montreal, between the Isle of Montreal and the Isle of Jesus. Do vnu think it would be more advisable to make the communication in that way, rather than by cutting a Canal to St. Ann's? — Yes. For what reasons do you 'hink it would be more advisable to do it?— In amili- tary point of view it would be safer in every respect. But onlv considering traffic, what should you say ?— Even considering traffic by the Uiiieau and Ottawa, I think it would be best ; I think the navigation would be better ; there are only four obitructions. If, on the otlier hand, you u ;re to propose to conduct the navigation through a Canal to be cut at St. Ann's for steam boats of the size alluded to, would it not also be necessary to enlarge the locks in the La Chine Canal?— Certainly. There api>ears to be a letter from you, dated the lA November 18.', 1, transmitting Estimates for turning the St. Ann's Rapids, which vary in amount Irom 23,000/. to 46 000/. ; be so good as to account for that variation?— One was keejiing on the side of the village of St. Anns, and the other was conducting it on the opposite side of the river. ,,,,,.. . '.Vhich would be the best mode of executing that work ?— I should think on the opposite side ; there would be a difficulty even in gelling depth of water either way for the large communication. You also at the same time transmitted an Estimate of 117,000/. odd hundred pounds for making the water communication in the rear of the Isle of Montreal ; do you believe that sum would be sufficient for that purpose.— I should think it wouIq Have you examined it ?- I directed the officer who made the Estimate to calculate " Ha"ve7ou reason to rely on the judgment of the officer who made that Estimate? —Certainly. It was Colonel By who made it. Have you ever examined the river yourself--! have been at it. and seen it in a cursory way. ,. Your reason for supposing that sum would be sufficient arises from the reliance you place on Colonel By's Judgment ?-- Yes, and I instructed him to estimate fully upon it. . 1 1 1 • And notwiihstnnding the difi'erence in expense a-- an engineer, you would advise that the Government should order the execution of lliu water comniuniealion by the rear of the Island of Montreal '-Informing that judgment I took into contempla- tion the alteration of the La Chine Canal. ^\•hat would be the expense of altering the locks jn the La Chine Canal?— It appears to me it would cost almost as much to alter the La Chine Canal, and to construct locks through St. Ann's, as to carry the communication by the back ot ue Island of Montreal, and there would be conflicting interests to consider into the "Codd you state the positive advantage, that would be derived by go'ng through the River I)e Prairies ?-It would be r.ore shelter in case of war liom an enemy, and that you could make one ship-.nent from Lake Ontario all the way down to Quebec. .,11 Havcvou rnnsidcrcd the po-ibility of rsmitiiii^ the whole 01 ihe .•f.mmuni. ration between Montreal and By Town, upon the scale ot the smaller (.r.-nvilc Locks ?--No , I hiivc Mways supposed Ciovernment intcndeil to make thcin on thu larger scale. . " Suppose I I ON CANAL COMMUNICATIONS IN CANADA. 11 I 15 June, 1839. Suppose the Government were lo entertain the idea of executing the communica- Colonel tion between Montreal and By Town upon the smaller scale, would it be possil)Ie ^- '*'• Dvmfurd. now, consistently with the state in which the works are at present? — 1 should think not ; because the larj^e locks are nearly tinibhed at every point of the line, exce|)t those contiguous to the top of the Grenville Canal. Could you say what would be the dilVerencc of expense in constructing the com- munication by the I)e Prai.ies River for the smaller boats and for the larger boats? — The ditTerence in the expense would be very inconsiuerable, because you must have the same dams for a very material part of your work, viz. the dams, and you must raise them to the same height. Is tlie only considerable saving which could accurc by constructing the remainder pf this communication on the small scale in i)lacu of the large scale of the llideau Canal, the saving in die alteration of the »uiall locks on the Grenville Canal? — There would he a s'nall saving to the extent of the difll-rence in the expense of constructing the locks on the small scale, instead of the large scale. Having transmitted an Kstimute of 1 17,000/. for completing the water commu- nication to the rear of Montreal Island on the large scale, what saving would there be, constructing it on a small scale? — I apprehend the saving would be inconsiderable. You transmitted Kstimates for making a ('anal at St. Anns and a water communication by the rear of Montreal ; do you consider yourself to be responsible for the accuracy of those Kslimates ? — I tliink I ought to be ; going through my office, they are all examined regularly at my office ; if I had any doubts of their accuracy, it would be my duty to in(|uire into and investigate them. Have you anv doubts of the accuracy? — I have not. Then, in point of fact, you, as the responsible otlicer, sent these Estimates to the Government, as sums on which they might confidently rely? — Ves, to the best of my judgment. That kesponsibiiity applied not only to the accuracy of the sums, but as to the eligibilitv of the proposed plan ?— Yes. Whether it should be the one side of St. Ann's or the other side of St. Ann's, that was all ecpially done on the responsibility of the Commanding Officer of the district? —Yes. From what period of those works do you consider your responsibility to have commcncc(i' -I do not know whether I am actually considered responsible for the execution ; the executive officer is the person who is responsible for that. How do you consider the responsibility as between Colonel Uy and yourself, for the general recomuicndalion of i)arts of this work? — I hud little to do with th» Kideau t'arial ; Colonel By was sent out especially to form Flans and Estimatei respecting that work, independent of me. What parts of the work have been under your immediate responsibility? — The whole of those, works since handed over to the Ordnance, consisting of Carillon, (.^hi'ite-a-Blondeau, and the Grcnvillt: Works, When all those works were placed under the control of the chiet officer of the Ordnance, was the control of lht;m practically taken away trom C'olonel |}y ? — They were not. Wilttam Sargi'iil, called in ; and Kxamined. WH.AT "situation do you liolil ? — I have the superinlondcncc of the Commissary n'Mum Snrgcni. Department. Are you aware of the manner in which money has been issued to the officers con- ducting the water communication in t.'anadar— .As far as comes within my know- ledge, I have reason to believe that it has been issued in the same nay as at the other stations, and at all other Ordnance Boards. Stale the way in which that money is issued ? — By drafts drawn by the res|icctive otiicers of thir Ordnance at the station, upon the Commissary in charge of the milittiy ch'-^t, if the sum is above ;, /. By whom are those drafts cashed ? — By the Commissary. The drafts are drawn by the respective officers of the Ordnance, in favour of the individuals to whom the money i** due, and presented liy those individuals to the officers in charge ol the iMiiiluiv ciii-,t, Irom whoui he rneivcs payiiieut. Dors ilic Commissniy, as a matter of course, pay diafts from !*ie oflicer of the Oi(ln.incf III ,inv amount?- 1 conceive so. ,70. B .! I» n jyUUam Sargent, 15 June, MINUTES OF MWVNCE BEFORE SELECT COMMITTEE Colonel £llknmbc. T IV^'"^. no control to any sums so drawn for on the part of the Commissarv^- Ave the annual Votes of Parliament not communicated to the Commissarv is anv control or guidance for h.s paying those drafts ?-I believe not. At thrcommenS Ks o ZVTv' n" ""^ ''"'^ "*■ l^'' ^«'""^i-"ry to collect estimates frmnthe heads 01 the Public Departments, of the expense likely to be incurrcti throu "hou5 the year in such department, and he transmits those to the Treasury "'''"' th/!lr«fK ?%!''■"*"'' '"'^- """''' '''T^ ^'"^ "''''''''''' »he Commissary still honours the drafts r-There ,s no instance within my knowledge of any such occurrence iJo you mean that no instance has ever occurred within vour knowledge of drafts .T'n?c sTr! T ifthe'dutr^f 7' r -'-'^-^ ^'" beginning oV each montlfor ofteS t necessary, it is the duty of the Commissary to ascertain what are likely to be tit? Ztls!'"" " '"""^ "" *^""'"^ """"'' '»"^' '« l--"'^' ^^^ funds tVmeet Are the Votes of Parliament, then, no control upon the Commissary --I conceive no unless he had special instructions from the Treasury not to exceed that V'ote aware'of ll!'" '"■"'"'' "*" "" '^''"'"'•' '" ^'^'^ ''''^' in.struc;io„s?-I nm not In the instance of the drafts drawn by Colonel I3v upon the Commissarv in Canada, his drafts exceeded the sum voted' last year by uj.wards o» s^oioTLd he Commissary gave money for those drafts; dd'you coniider tha he 't a„ aS the business m the ordinary manner?— Certainly. iransatieu If, besides the sum of "22,000/. by the Votes in Parliament, and beyond anv estimate which has been submitted, a further sum of upwards of 6o,o,.o .^ makii g ,an:;n; r 1' ""/ "' '''"''■ "'-\«3.ooo /. beyond what had been voted hyvt- forTvpT ■^^^^''''^^y^'^I'-n^te which had been received here, had been dran for by Colonel Hy on the Commissary in Canada ; do you, in these circun.s inr 's and in the case ot so large a sum, consider the Commils.r'y justltlcd in p:;i'nt: | "t ,lufvnfH,"r ^'"'■~'^' the end of the year I conceive it would have been the- duty of the Commissary to have reported that circumstance. ^Uo you think he should, notwithstanding that, have honoured the drafts ?_' ,l«'?r/'"' f "'"'"'■^^'I'-y on foreign stations any discretion in answering or refusini. S?vt hcTa.s no" " "'"" ""'" '''' ""'"'^ ''''''' ''''"'"'' D.^in.rtmi'nt '^l^^^ Colonel Eltiambi; called in ; and Examined. rn,S"'^^ ^°" give the Committee a statement un to the last period to which you have ceived reports ot the money expen.led on the .iifier.mt (inals on the OtU r-' • lor the Grenville Canal, the Carillon Rapids nn.l the Chute-A-Iilondeau I can from the documents received from Canada to the 3.st Dc.en.ber 1^3, Be good enough to do that with regard to each Canal separately ?-It ni)i)ears l.v' a report received to that .late relative to the (aenville. that . 37,244/ hde'n expendai, which, with 77.". /-then in han.l, it is understood will (-om .lett^l i i\ ma wuh the exception of wi.leiiing -..c lock, an.l banks, for whi.h it ss ., w b th'. Tomme'Sr '"' •>4-'-'4.^''- '—- "- No part of the enlargement iL Ut Now the Carillon Rapids .?-The Eslim.-te for this work amounts ,0 4l,4(i4/. s tnat the Estimate of what remains still to be spent, in or.ler to complete it?— No. ot this here had been expemled. on the .jist December .S3,.' > -,,/ ^i.;:i fo^^n;/ " rT' "'*""'= 'r '"•"""'"* •- ""'--^ ^-'^ ••- ShUate ""''"'' " "•"""" "*^ !>'--«'• on the am<..i„t of the original ur.ln.mce, that the Ottawa Canals will be completed on their present scale for the Mim now given in as an Estimate:---! have no reason to .loul.t'it. was 2r '-"- / "S 'I'l "; f ; ''"■"'=-'-I>'ou.leau:-The approved estimate for this work Has2. ,,S.,/.. of that had been expended, to the ;i-! D.-.-.nilnr iH'l S- •/ ue a saving; ol , ..Son/. .,11 lli. npjuovrd Intimate. What •^ i t ON CANAL COMMUNICATIONS IN CANADA. ,3 ;t forms a part of the total already^stTmateJ^^^^^ T "'^L™"'*'^ ^' ^3.761.; the sums that I have before mentioned ''' ''"''''' """^ »""«' '^'^ «'"''«" to drafts:Jl":Lt\y„".;rr'Srdl;:n^:D'"'T^ '" '^ ^"*-*^^ - --enn. the the Votes for the Ordnlnce LS s are'X^^^ °" "^ ^°-'g" station ?-^f hen Ordnance Department to the ResTcct ve OW™ ^r'""""^''"" '^ '"^'''^ ^y the the fullest detail the actual amou^r^ran^eTl uX rac^C^^ they are ordered not to exceed; and tl^swou^ form , "^ 'f"'""' '^'''^ ^'"•^l' g.ven to the Commissary I)cp;rtment L ^Ke ..mT I ' '^''"""'^v"* the estimates berv.ce, if called for by th'eCoLiSaDc^^rt;^^^^^^^^^ """'^ *^^ '''^ ^"'"•'"'^- Colonel t'llicumlie. If) June, 183 J. B J »4 APPENDIX TO REPORT FROM SELECT COMMITTEE A P V K N D I \. L I s T. AppeiidiK. 1 COPIES of EXTRACTS of Corri'spomli'iice between tlie lionrd of Orilnonce nnd Officers uiuler tlieir orders in fuiiiula ; and of i\iiy Ueports Iroin tlieiii since tlie date of tlie last Papers presented to The House, rrspectin); the Progress of the Canal Connim- nications in that Country, and the past and prospective Expenditure thereon ; and any Correspondence with ihc Treasury niul Colonial Office on the same subject - p. 2.— COPY of LETTI'H from the Secretary of the Ordnance, dated iist May iS.yi, respect- ing the ICxpcnditure upon the Works of the Kideau Cunal in Canada ; together with a Copy of the Treasury Minute thereon l>- a.— COPY of Treasury Minute, dated loth June l8;tl : Letter from the Admiralty, 17th .lune l8:(i ; Ditto, Secretary of State for the Colonies, Jiitb .lujie l8,ti ; Ditto, Ordnance, 5th .luly l8;ii ; Treasury Minute, dated 8tli July 1831, upon the subject of giving to Parliament a nore early and effectual Control over the Expenditure for Public Works abroad, asreconunenderi by the Select Committee of the Mouse of Commons, appointed to consider the Water Communication in Canada !'• 4.— LETTER from Major C.eneral Sir A. Hryce to R. liyimm, Escj ; dated icjih May l8;i'2 p. 0.— MEMORANDUM from Office of Ordnance; datetl Jtith May l8;j'2 ... p. «.— LETTER tViim the Right Hon. T. Spring Rice to tlie, Secretary of the Ordnance ; dated (jth June 1832 P- 7.— ESIIMATE of the Amount tliat will probably be necessary, in the year l8,)J, for the Maintenance, including Repairs, of the Rideau Canal, under supposition that it was quite completed and opened on the 1st of May last ; dated iist June 183a - p. B— ESTIMATE for uicreasing the Wiiltli of the Creiiville Canal for Steam-Uoat Navigation, making the bottom 40 feet wide, with slope -i to 1, except in th- Rocky situation, there to be regulated by the nature of the Rock : putting down the three Upper Locks, and ■.Vi :)8 4" re-constructing them of the si/e of the lower ones - p 4 J ^ STAl'EMr.NT of the expenditure on the Ottawa C.maU to the 31st December 1831- with the Amount recpiired to complete from that date ; also the Amount of the approved Estimates for those Works, and the probable savmg or excess on each, made up from the latest Reports received from Canada p. +: 1(»_N0TE in Explanation Canada of the Contracts lor Work-^ carrying on at the I'.ideau Canal 111 :i.— MEMOHANDUMS relative ti Kingston . . - - and, MAP of the Rideau and Ottawa the Water Connnuniealioii between Montreal and ii/lcr [> 4:i 4t 4J ON CANAL COMMUNICATIONS IN CANADA. »5 APPENDIX. Appendix, No. 1. COPIES or EXTRACTS of Couuespondknce between the Boakd of Okdnanck and Officeks under their orders in Canada; and of any Repohts from them since the date of tl)e last Papers presented to The House, respecting the Progress of the Canal Communications in that Country, and the past and prospective Expenditure thereon; and any Correspondence with the Thkasukv and Colonial Office on the same subject. Copy of a LEITER from the Right honourable T. Sprh,. Jiu^ to \ iscount Ilozvick, &c. tScc. &.c. '"^ Mv Loiu), 'treasury Chambers, I jth September iS-?! I IS Majesty s treasury, (or the information of Secretary Lord (]od r d" Copv or a Letter from the Secretary to the Board of Ordnance, on the sub ec oHhe Instructums which have been given to their Officers at Quebec, in conSence of Uje decsum ot th.s Board, that the Lands, Canal and AVorks ot" he Rideau Navigation shall be placed in the charge of the Ordnance Department aSd vLeflt T""' r"' "■■"' ^i't"'^' "'" S'^'^ I-truction, to the Sovernors of Hff d » ni^"""'" ,^'l"":'f',"'"' tl'«^ other proper Authorities in those Colonies to afford the Officers o the Ordnance all necessary assistance for carrying the in ended arrangement n.to effect. With reference to the last paragraph ofTe Letter of the ^.ecretary to the Ordnance, in which ;he .submits the exHiency otfo-m^^^^^^ arrangement to prevent that Department from being burthenecl wth^e expense ot he Iideau Canal, until the Revenues arising from Tolls be more proSuK I have .tin command to state to your Lordship, that this Board are deSs of a 1 fl trr"!''" "1- ^'f ''"''^"^'' ^: '"' ^^^''^'^' ' "^ ''"-' practicability of craning ad fr<,n the Colony tor he purpose's alluded to. When the vast sums expended on at till the Tolf 71 "r ''".'1'^ ''""^^ '"' ^•""^"'^^-'' '» "-y ^^ fairfy expected tha till the Tolls ot the Canal become productive, the maintenance of a Work of such importance to the Colony should be made a iuatterofColoJ"ai Change I have the honour, &r. &c. (■ 'S'lc'l) T. Spring Rice. Copy of a LETTER from li ihjiuun, Esq. to the I lonourable J. Stuart &c. .Sec. ,Scc. Office of Ordnance, 2()th June 1831. Siu, sen^irentrir/" r".' '/-""' "*"''•" -3clNo;c>m'berirs;.' c^immunicating ' ihe sentiments ot the Lord.s Commissioners of His Majesty's Treasury in regard to certain Lands purchased for the service of the Ri.leau ('anal, retl ed to in a VV^ u f,^ ; i'""'' K '"" ^'"^''^'''P^ ^'^^«-i-''ion. that the Lands, Canal and Separtnientri ''"" ^"'^"'"" ^'•''" ^ '"'"^^ '» '^'' '^'"'^^^ °» ^'"^ O'^Dance of u!rTrll;'nrr'"'r'" ^''^J'^^'V^' >"« ''""v.th, tor the inlormation of the Lords, dnn-r ■ ' " ^"''' "' ' '^I"^'f"^ti«n^ "hich the Master (Jeneral and Board t. Ind I n^T ^""' '" """■ '."■r^"' ^^"'^'"^'^ inconsequence of this deci- s.on and I am to request you will be pleased to move their Lordships to issue ^^ " -^ their i(i APPENDIX TO REPORT FROM SELECT COMMITTEE their directions to the Governors of Upper and Lower Canada, and the other proper Authorities m those Provinces, to nflord the above Otlicers ail necesarv assistance m carrying; tlie intended arrangement into cirect. "i-i-i,i,i,dry The Master General and Board Leg leave at the same time to submit to tlieir v2 /h'''n'H"'"''™n°" "'^' *''^l'.«"'^"^7 of some arrangement being forme I to pre. vent the Ordnance Department from being burthened with the maintenance ./ L Ruieau Canal, until the Revenues arising from the Tolls, &c s || b'ome ;ufl cient to cover the expense. "i-Luuit, suni- I have the honour, &c. &c. (signed) Ji. Uj/fuiin LETTER from Ji. Ih/fimii, Esq. to the respective Officers, Quebec. THr mT7' . . .. ^^'"' "*■ "^''"'"'^•^' -"^"' •'•'"« 'SJ'- i HE Master General and Hoard having had under their ronsideratioi, various Reports winch have been received from Lieut.-Colonel 13y, (through tl e nl t Genera of lor ideations) relative to purchases «f land mmie by him for tlu se " o» the Ruieau Cam, and having been pleased, on a communication fmm I c ocIh Commissioners of His Ma,esty-s Treasury, to sanction Lieut.XV,lon " y\ " o reelings .„ regard to those purchases, I have it in command to signify the same for your information. » "^ ^ ''""''- 2 I am also directed to ac<,uaint you, that it having been decided by the Lords of the Treasury that the Lands, Canal and Works of'lu.. Ri.lcau Navigation si a 1)0 placed m the charge o the Ordnance Department, the Master General n Board desire you um I take the necessary steps, in conjunction with the com .and n loy,d Engineer in Canada to eflect. in a legal manner, the conveyance to e Ordnance of the lands which may have been obtained, conformably u tli the Act of Legislature of Upper Canada, for the use of tlu- Ridoau Canal ; and I am o inform -f any, of land are absolutely necessary to complete this Navigation, aid for liJ defences, acconhng to the provisions of the Act, that orders mav in like manner be given for the conveyances still re(]uired. " "mnntr be .r The Master General and Board further desire vou will invesfi^nte and rennrf f any claims are hkely to be brought foruar.l by -indivi.luals, f,;;rcUnHr a o for mjury sustamed to their lands in tlu- execution of the Canal, o vl d ' Ordnance are liable by the terms of the above Act. 4. Ami also, that you « ill report, after communicating with theCro«n Survovor of Upper Canada, whether Government are liahl.. „, L e.xecuti.H. of a„i w , k or any expense not provided for in Lieutenant Colonel lUS Estiinate of'/ -,;",'' nnder the , , th Article of the Rid.au Act ; and whetlu.r^ the ep o th.-i ■'£ and ( ommumnu.ons therein contemplated, is Iron. ,!„„. to tilnc^o b Zcu^ ^si 't rt"n^'":r'i""= ■" "''f'^ '^ '^^'-'^-^^ -.d com,nuni..a,i;:^; ! vers ng^ t u t anal, at er bnng iTected, may not bv permanently tn,nsf,.rr.Ml to ||„. locrd Authorities, and ail turther expenses in theit maintenance be i^culred by thtfclmm'uZ'of'lIr' V "" '^'7^'""^"' ''*^-^<^ you will communicate w.,1, inc i.omman(1cr of the l-orces and the Lieutenant (ioveriu.r of r„ntT ('■nv.d-. and such other l.>ca Authorities as may be necessarv, as ,0 tho ^v^- N a,.:" i j Dues o be established for Hoats, Barges, S,.a„,.rs and other V.. 'l .{ . nav.,.,ting the Canal, and for the use^.f nnv Wharfs ..r qL.vs h ■ r, n'erYv >•■ Government. And I am to desire vou «ill report fully ,.„ this i,oi„ J^ ^ ■ oj|.n.on wlK-thcr these Dues should l.e farmil out in ;: ;' ^ ill E/Z Ordimnce. or in what manner the whole of the Revenues of the Cana m i „ ing(.overnment Lands .ill be .„ost ndvanageouslv coll-.ted V , ,: .i "" reiioit Hint mo.).. I>,. ;? Ti '•''-'""/'" ^-"'-ida «iiii.<. mMriKtcd to consider and • • ' , . iijity ON CANAL COMMUNICATION IN CANADA. ,^ dTsL'VutrV" ';'^^^"^'^« «f the Canal ; and the Master General and Hoard of Te SnmL e Tf ZT'''''''"VV'''' "'^*"'' ""^ ■»^'' «he, concurred e for L 7nn„ , r I '^ '^"'■'^'''* «'M Establishment will be necessary as well WCanHda, and to the oth.r proj.r A uth<,rities in thorSov nl^^ f^^^^^ you all necessary assistance ;.. carrying the intended arrangement inreffeS. 8. And I urn to add, that Lieutenant-Colonel By will be directed to f„r„i=K I am, Gentlemen, Sec. ' (signed) R. Byham. LKTIKIi f„„„ R. „. ,l„y, Es^.^, ,„^,|,c Righ, l,ono,.«bl. T.Sprine Kicc. I My , ,„.. I • I I r ,r- ^ I^owning-street, 24th September iSii. • ' lAvK laid before. Viscount Goderich your Letter of tl... .oH, L » . . co|.y of a U-tter from U.e Secretary to theToard of Orrin n T\ '' '"".'"""^ striictions which have been given to tL ()rlrct> Mi.-o n? n i '''•'"" '° '^'^ '" of the Rideau Navigation teing placed uSX^lt;? o^tX^rtrr"^'"" necessary. Instructions^viif be g rt^^^^'c/oveZ' 0^1"'' r '''^ "''T*' *^^ FJeutenant-(;ovcrnor of Ui.ner Cnn... » .,. Iv T' ^' ^''"'''^°' ""'' ^o the ..', *" Uje cbarg, of the ditierent Worksc.,„nS S 1 Sa^^^ please to ac(|uaii,t their Lordships, that I or f 0, . r i- S ? '!"" "'*" opinion, that until the tolls upon the C ml mav l„ ■ 1 T"""''' •"'•"' ">'"'" ''^ message to the House of A.ssemWrol Low cL 2 l\ .K '? "?",^ ''""" * L<.r- ^^^ --«^-tion. Memorandum, 3d February 1832. Til K total of the Estimate for the llideau Canal, including errors, excesses «nd clnJ ' f''"".t ^'''T,' "*^ ^••"^'"^^ submitted \o the cStteeln ^^iZ^'lf r'" a Memorandum from this OlKce. dated .7th'"jrua; ■ - - - •^•693,448 - - und this IS the total in the Report of the Committee of The House of Commons : Of this Amount there has been voted, including the Grant of i.:i50,oooin 1831 - - . . . .} 692, .666 - _ Remains to be voted £. 782 - - his however proper to notice, that since the Estimate for 1831 was submitted to Parbunient, and .n conseq-ence of the explanation required by the Boards Ord^r ofyth Aujiust .830 «, on the Extra Services alK^ve referred V a further sum . ■^' n'^- i/^- ^- ''I '"P"""',"*' '•> '^ie"t-t^olonel By to be required for the com^ pletion ot .he H.deau.tlms making a total of £. 2(i,4o(i: ,3. 4. J be vef voted fo tins Canal, which it is recommended should be taken in the present year. For the Canals on the Ottasva, the total required to complete them, as per Memorandum above quoted, was then, inclusive ofl / . ' ^ at. Ann s Rapids - . . . .f *>'i'3,029 - .. Of this Sum there was voted in ,830 and 1831 Leaving to be yet voted t>3,ooo - - £. I00,02() - - Of which it is considered there will be required in the present year £. 50,000. ins Proposed V^ote for Ditto - Recapitulation. 1 832, for the Rideuu - for Ottawa Canals - ^signed) Is . - ■ • EiUcomb £. 26,4(Wi 50,000 ~" — Total £. 76,406 - - C.C. 570- c J ko APPENDIX TO REPORT FROM SELECT COMMITTEE « January 1831. 18 May 1831. 31 May 1831. 16 July 1831. 2 November 1S31 Phkcm of CoRUKHHONnKvcK ,vhich ha. pnsscl relative to the Prourenn" of the H.DKAU Canal ami o.hor W.vrKu Comwux.cat.ovs TcZl ::i:b™:r;?c ^'' "''''' ": ''"""'"-' -• '"'- "-^ -• ^•— HIDEAU CANAL roportir,^. the sum that hu.l he... cxp,-.uk., and tho^^m r "^ '^•'"''"'"T «»3'>, on the Estimate given ,0 the Con.nX C ^ d^i^ ' nTT^ '', " '"'""".'^•^' the probable time of completion. ' ^''* ="""''"'• feporlm|r ... ";"£;:; <;:.,K';':':;,,!,T:;;f. -"- "' ""■ ""^""" '"™-' "' '•■■■""■»»..»«. Minute of the Master-Cienerals anU board's (),.k. i) Novenikr 1831. ■rs on the above. Letter from Colonel Durnford, the Comn.andin« Eni-ineer in ('<.m.,.I„ ,« .t. i:i^eax.f :i^r"^.:!;^,™ ,:-!;;;--- d-K^Br »K- "td iiti'-i;^ -^ "" '" "''"'"•'• "'^'' "•""'-««'•<>" that this amount may Report of the Inspector-General of Fortifications to the Master-General an.t lioard on the rtbove. upon which no orders have been received in tin' Of Ji "a rJrt A <-"'''"«''P«"<*e'»f •'^•'■e referred to, there have been many ]{eDorl< received and transmitted to the H„„r,l since January .«?. ; but aT thev are IS^ clnetly connecte.l w.th details of account., they are not .luoted in thil Mel'anlm OITAWA CANALS. Letter from Coloncr Durnford, Commanding Enmneer in Canao.. nspector General of lorti.ications, trans„mti„« I^,,imates for un^! St. Ana' Hapus avera.mg m an.ount fr.m. .^ ,0 £.,u,o.u; also, an Estinu.te amounting o vl". " ' 7.™n'P'«"'fJ i'','^ l>'"-t o» the Water Communication by another line- VIZ. m rear of the Montreii! Island. ^ """";im-()OHt iinvi-atinn in I'.m^rr-o I,. ..( .r. :i... ^- .. I "'"." m- bout iir.vigatiui. in Upper Canada of 4(;o miles, from the t ^unalonthe Ottawa to Nia ;ara. »renvillt On Oy CANAL COMM[INICAT[0\ IN CANADA. 31 JJif rerimininp |)art of the Caniils on the Ottuwn. vi/ Ch/^r^ N m„ i j Car on. will prol,al,ly he c!,» Mc.,nor„n,l„m. C. 6". Elliiombc. 8 libriiaiy 1S32. I I TiiANs.MiT for tile information and orders of the Mastcr-CJeneml an.) 11 1 .u proiects which the Commanding Kn.inecr in C'anada w.;s\hrectec " ht Com;:l£ snn.lar to those at Fa Chine, hefore the enlarged scale to p W TteL tts wt .Irterm.ncl upon. It ,s now indispen.ahle, in the first place that The^ nT should he assnujla.e.i to the rest of the Navigation, at theexpense o £ ,4 1 ' rt ^dE.:i t tiie'intrr^^itj "^ --' "^ -^^^ - '•>« ^-^'JL^y Montreal, on the san,e scale as the Kideau'Si^uIn l.^;,.;^ jf T n'^ " ;^^ ^^ ..r ot c,.nstruct,nu .t on an enlarged scale, at the expense of £.',48 ',44 i..' {o d ^7r ""' ' ^"""r- '^"^---'— "itted tVonrLieut-cibSd Kfv r^/ J(oyal .Stall Corps, lor a Cana to pa.s the Uaoid at St A..n'= „..{.' extremity of M.aUreal Island sho.inl r^.:j:i^£:.^^^^ ^I^i;;" !" amount Ir.un £. ...,.,.-,n to £.4<.,7oo, one of which will he neassarv it the "n^^ Submit to the Master-Cencml.— C T. Seeing that the Ri.leau Canal and the Canals on the Ottawa are still unfinished ,fl f . cannot recomn.end to His Majesty's (;ovcrn„.ent the incurring'^ any aS '' ^^^^''^^^^ '«3.. n,u^c"lo Sir T''n " .^'""''";''.r'''';'''' '" ""• 'l^''' ""'"' •'^'"^•^'-^'^'H^rars Minute he .0 FU.uary .83, ma It to iMr A. Hryce ; ami that Copies ot these Papers he sent to the Treasury in addition to those ^cnt or. ?h,- i-?(, ;■.,(.,.,» _ '/• .- ' ireasury, in 10 Pebriinry 183J. those ^cnt on the i/th iii:,iiint. — 7". 4 T. F. K. 570. it APPENDIX TO RKmilT FllOM SFLF.CT COMXflTTKK AnviTHTiNO to the Statement (nillcd for hy the hitter ,)art <>t tli« timt^ Mhinte of the Kjth ult., on this Letter troin Mr. Stcwnrt relnlivrfo the Caniils in CnnaHii which I tmnsmitted with my commnnicntinn of a;}.! uh. I h.ivc now to report itl rcfffrenrc to the t.irmer part of the HoaH's Minute »«forc referred to, that it apoeara tli« fcfitimate for the Canllon Riipiil.i has been increased from l". ',8,000 to £ 7J ti8 but no Hnal opinion or deciMon can im>w be given upon this Kstimate, as .1 fu'rttier Report IS promised by Sir J. Kempt, which holds out the pu^^e adopted; and in the mean while the tonmieucemcnt of this work appears to h; suspended. I have therefore only ut present to remark on any contemplatwl alteration of this t.anal, by aid from the North Itiver, that the Local Authorities in Canada should Ik; instriictwl to iisrertain how far it will aflToct the interest of private individuals, and thus involve the Government in claims ugainst them. In repard to the Kstiinalc now transmitted for the Chute h Hlondeau, the amoiint IS £. 2(),7«.'„ instead off. 1 1,580 before reported, beinjj uii excess off. 0,205 which IS stated to be caused by the rock throii<;h which this Canal is entirely rut,' proving to be extremely hiird and compact, instead of a loose hori/ontHJ strata which appeared when the (irst estimate was prepared, I therefore consider this excess unavoidable 1 hiH work appears to be in projjress by ihe Stall" Corps. In respect to the Kstimate for the Grcnville, there is an excess of £. i.iqO hevond the hrst Kstimate tor the complethm of this Canal, as transmitted by Sir J Kempt in hehruary iSaS, which is stated to be in consequence of tiie prices put down in the hrst Kstimate which was prepared bv Lieut-Col. I)u Vernet beintrfar too low • besides the above, there is now provided for din first time £. '-,4,245 f„r alterim' the three Locks (already constructed in this Canal on the small scale,)' so as to corres- pond Willi those ot the Kideau, and for widcninj? and deepening such parts of the Canal as may rwimre alteration; in refjard to which 1 have only to observe, that this service will be iiiTcssary in order to complete the Water Communication on the same scale as the Locks on the Kideau. This sum inchides f.i, 500 fbr five Hridges to communicate with lands, (about 13(1 acres) belonuinj: to private individuals, laying betxveen the Ottawa and the (jrenvdic ; but this land Sir .L Kempt proposes should be purchased to avoid the expense ot constructing; and repairing these Hridj^es, and a further Ueiiortis promised respecting the proposed purchase. The Kstiniates also provide £.2,3,761 for the establishment and entire expense ot the two Start Corps Companies, employed on these Canals from the i^th of June iSj() (when the Companies were transferred to the Ordinance,) to the end of 1832, being the period contemplated for the completion of the Works, provided the necessary funds can be granted. This expense has hitherto not been provided in the Lstimatcs tor these Works, hut understood to be borne on the Army Extraordi- naries, and therefore it miiy be said to be only a charge of account. In regard to the Kideau Canal, which is adverted to in the present Papers, I pro- pose to make it the subject of a separate communication, in reference to 'rciwrts which I have recently received from the Commanding Engineer in Canada. Cth July 18.50. I n Iv reference to my .Minute of the (»th instant, on a Letter from the Treasury relative to the l^liiniil.' tor the (Jrenviile and other Canals carryin" on by the Staff Corps in Canada, «liich was referred for my Report by the Ikmrd's Minute of i.)fli u timo, also in retcrence to my Minute of the i,',th June on a Letter from Colonel Durntord, relative tn the amount of the Estimate lor the Kideau Canal 1 now forward, tor the Master General's and Board's information and orders the' inclosed Report from Colonel Durnford, dated 24th April, and l>a|)ers referred to' relativ^c to the Kideau Canal, also a subsequent Letter from the Colonel, dated 1 0th May last, in continuation of the same subject. Uy these Papers (of which a list is enclosed marked O.) it ii|)pears that in addi- tion to the e.xpense at present estimated for this Canal, (£..570.7.17.) a further sum ol i. no,(j8tj will be re(|uired, ot which £., 50,134 is the amount of the excess in the execution o| tlie Works already fioi.bed, utt-r d«Jucti»g Mmic .avin^, upon other piirt.; aUo 1.2,84.5, ih,,. amount of .rrois in the original Estimate, and £.83.714 (or addilioiiul Works, which it is staled «crc neilhcr contein|.latcd by Lieutenant- ON CANAL (JOMMUNK ATION IN CANADA. 33. Lteuteniint-CuloiR'l Hy nor ordered by the Committee of which Sir .fames K»mpt wan President, nnd conseejuently are not included in the original Kstimnte for the Riilcati (^anid. On these KxiM'nsc" I have to oltaerve, that uti excess of £.30,ot)0 on «o large an Ex(icti(liture already incurred (i'. ;J4i),(iihi) for wi>rk curried on, for the gri.ator |rart tlir()ii);li a country liiilicrto n wilderness, does nol H|)|)«ir extruordinury, but such uti might l)e expected, and Lieutenant -Colonel By has furnishefi the enclosed State- ment marked (U.) showing upon wluil particular points of the (Janal these excCMet have (K'curred. In regard tr) the additional Works, which are calculated lit ^il Auruu i8:to. f.8;j,7i4, it is much to be regretted that these servi«es were not '"'* '*^'''' f*!''*""' ^'f A. Hryc* foreseen and originally pn.vided tor. Colonel Durnford states, that l^.^ r'lr'LT.Z'cl.rht:; the pnncipid item of ex|)cnse ot these additional Works is for waste form one), em the ihrse »ever«l •unit Weirs at each of the Diims nnd nest of Locks, the necessity for which ''"e r«>pi.rt*e rnlirtly post- »ri,.„.„ :. „ I , _4 .1 II .1 I iH'ni-d, to bt dealt with hereafter bv the These services do t^ot appear to be commenced, but wait the orders Vreo.ury a, a separate question f Lt ot Cioverninent ; and although they do nol seem to be absolutely some of th« 15 liridnes mu^t be per- iiecessarv for the navigation of the Riileau, vtt they are so nearly ''"■""^''i »""l 't appears to the Hoard connectt'd with the Canal, that the possibility of their being ulti- ""»'" ""(?*"»"> "••'"ve been cal- ,,,,,, I., 4- . I 111 1 11 .11 ••I .■ n-i Tl, , cul.iled upon. I he Hoard reiiuesl Sir mately found u.lvi.sable should not be lost sight ot. The Rlock- a. Krvci-s opinion upon this point, houses, if constructed now, are intendeil also to lotlgc some of the and afso whether the Act lUrcrta in Lock-masters, and in this case the Houses provideil lor them in the «•!■'' ti""' '•"■y "IhmiM be built '1 original Kstimnte need nut be constructed. The purchase of the lanti is altogether a jrart of the expense attending the Defences; the proposed Reservoir is partly propo>ed for the Canal, and partly for its tiefence, it being intended to feed the first eight Locks, and also to serve us u wet ditch for the defence of the entrance of the Canal ; anil some of the proposed Bridges must, I undeistanil, be erected to com- ply with the conditions of the Rideau Act. On thise services 1 would recomnvcnd that the whole should be deferred until the Canal i^ coiupleuil, .mil until the general <]Mestion of tlieMoiks reiiuired for its defence can be considered and finally Ap- proved; theretore the Lock-masters' Houses, and a small Reservoir to feed the first eight Locks, which is provided in the original Kstiniate, should be constructed, and only such of the pro|)osed Bridges as (lovernment is liouiul to construct bv tlio Rideai! ,\er, a List of which Lieut.-Colone! By should ajjori as ^m\ as |)ossible. L\;d July 1S30. A. B. Board likewise wish 10 know whether Sir A. Hryit is able to lorni unv opinion as to ibe ultimate piobability of the large Ueservoir being con- structed. 5./'. c 4 H APPENDIX TO RliPOIlT FROM SELECT COMMITTEE In reply to tlie Board's Minute of the 2(1 instant, Sir A. Hryce Ims to observe " «.lh respect to the errors amounting to £. 2,843, on the original Estimate hanKI to the Committee, that Colonel Durnford, in his Letter oj'the 2 ith Ci| s ' n p-xragraph 7. states, that Lieutenant-Colonel By orters no explanati..n'u ,on the.e errors; It .s therelore nece-,sttry that Colonel Durnford should investigate and report upon them before any opinion can be given from this Office. ' In regard to the excess and additional Works, amounting to /. 11 3,848 Colonel Durnford s Letter of ,oth May ,830, No.,,.. transmitsljeutenant-CoIone Bv^ Statement .n explanation, as to how the balance of excesses and savings produce Xirir- ''• T*^'"^ "f "'' '"^"' ^""^ °f ^••^"•'43. stated as exceL ; S although certain ciuant.t.es and amounts arc shown in the Report (K.) the Documents ransm,tte.l udl not enable Sir A. Bryce to form a decided opinion, whether the ncrease .s satisfactorily accounted for, nor upon the additional Works, and that Uierefore ,t appears advisable a reference should be made to Colonel Durnford « ho should, on the spot, go into a minute investigation of the several items of documents, (K.) and particularly report whether the whole of those which had been marked thus *, ,„ red ink, in this Office, were indispensably necessary Sr the execu ion of the Ridcau Navigation. It is also recommended that Colonel Du n- .ord sJunild transmit a descriptive Report, explaining the nature of the Works at each Station, as embraced in the Estimate of £.,;(Mroo, handed to the Co nmUtef the alterations now executcl or proposed, with Ms opinion on the necessity ,; e pediency o the alterations showing particularly the cluises which have led to t lie alte ation in the use ot the Dams, which were originally intcn.led to be themselves waste W eirs whereas separate M'oiks arc now proposed for this purpose, w ithout explaining the reasons ot the alteration, nor the maximum heights a which it is assumeil that the Dams might answer the double object origimdiv .lesigned • an with respect to the expense of .he construction of tile Chaudicre Bridges ail e lol-house, (olonel Duintord should report the present annual TolC and w Imt addition may be expected; a sc. whether there is any Act of Legislature securin to (lovcrnment the right of Toll. ° tLunn., whe"re?lfr.,„'V''V"" '"'''"?■"/ ''^'' Y'"^"'' "* '''^" ''"■'^"^'^ of Government. «l -re the Canal cuts into any highway, Colonel Durnford should communicate- with the Croun Lawyers, as to the full =r.tcnt and meaning of the i ith Article f .0 uleau Act, uhich rele. to these Bridges, and after receiving and c::Sl;i;:l that interpretation he should communicate «ith the Surveyor-Oeneral of the Cone? 1 rovince a,, to what Bridges Government, under that interpretation, are liable to construct, an, then report accordingly, stating the expense, and whether as the I^"r ""n" '"fi '" Z"-'.'^™*^'''''-'^"' ""^ «"^te Weirs, they may not become Caus,- Hl^. 1 '^' 'I'l ;''-'^"'""" .'"■ ''»-• ^•""^^^' "f tl''-" •{'«.!, serve instead of the 5 dgc , «lnch «o„d beotberwi.e constructs ; the time at which these Bri.I.es re to be executed, by the R.d,.au Act, is prescribed to one month after any Road has been des royed by the construction of the Canal. In regard ,0 the pro, large Reservoir in front of Cpper By To.n, Colonel Durnfonl should iZrZ pm ical y on the necessity or ex,,ediency of eoiLtructing this Work as regards the Canal, the defences and the health (so far as he <'an form an opinion) of the imme- dme vic.mty It ui I be necessary that Document (K.) >houl.l b. s,.,,, 1 "• ,, CoOnel Durntonl. who should be directed to return it to Enuland, uith the l{e„o and information now recoinmeiided to be called for. ' 1 1 August 1 8, JO. c. a. K. LETTER from Lieutenant-Colonel B,,, t„ Sir AleunuUr lin/cr, Iii'^pector-General of rortifieations, Ikr. ^c. &.r. 55,. '*">"' 1^'i.ui'ieer s Office, By To«n. Rideau Canal. *'"• 8tli January iSji. I HAVK the honour of tian>ni..tin-, lor the iiifoniiation of his I ord.liii, the Master .eneral. and Uigh, honourable and Honourable B.mr.l of Ordnance a Pkiiio^ he Route o, the Rideau Canal. „i.h a section shouing ,1.. various I ; ,^ ino Lock. tnr> fltwt:in/*f Iw. *•■>:..:.,.. •!.. l:iV i .1 , , . the Lock, the distance between ih- Idt^. and lb,, miui .vi-ndrd on ,.,rh «oi from the commencement cm -ist September iS.'O. to the ,;i,t DoeniLcr iSj ;:ach «ork IroiM I ON CANAL COMMUNICATION IN CANADA. * a-; from which it appears that £.,575,551- 4- 2^. has been expende<, l{"yal Engineer's Office, Quebec, 15 July 1831. Mkui WITH I have the honour to return the Document (K.), transmitted to me for my intormation ami further report ; anil I have to state, for the information of Major-Gem ral Sir Alexamter Bryce, that having arranged with Lieut. -Colonel By, who came to Quebec during the w inter for that purpose, the mode of affording the intormation and explanations required, so iis to render them as clear and intelliuible as |i(issii)le, I proceeded, as soon after the opening of the Navigation as my other duties would jiermit, to By Town, and through the whole line of' the Canal, accom- panied by Lieut. -Colonel By, tor the purpose of forMiing my opinion of the correct- ness of "his slulements in the accompanying Documents, as far as the present 570. n advanced ->() APPENDIX TO UKPOllT FROM SEI.KCT COM.MITTKK iulvanml .state of the Works would allow me, and i,, Cut t,. . i . m a .neasure n.y oun. The lollowin. is a . escri p'ti, , l" '""''" "'!'"' Documents:— ' "^ '^"I't'o" (>l the acccmipanyinj; No. I, explains the errors in the orijiinul Estimate of L. -,7(i -■;- l,,nd .,1 , .1 Committee, anumntin,. ,0 £.,,84.!. and inereasin. it to X'. ',;"< ',!o,V" '"'"' '" "'^^ No. 2 eomprisin. from No. , (K.; „, No. :,.; (K.) and u J)o..un",ent ni.rked I V ^ . Imed ton, pa^o ,;., ,., No. ^(K.). adords the e.xplanations reoui he tem^ of Document (K.), marked ,, in red ink, in your of ice sJu.winJ, ,«..>'?'' excess of i^;,,,34 on the Estin.ate handed l. the (.am Z;^, .u:"^.;;; t Ifalance heUveen the savings anc excesses on the <5,.v,.r,.i \r 1 " "' '"K tlio l.rovi.le.i for in that Estim.Ue; a , m, .^^ oU^^^.^i^;^ 'TT'''''^ ""'' mtheproj,ressoftheWork,whichucreno n a .lu'y'l^^^^^^^^^^ Estimate, and amounting to £. S ;,; i.^. "^'"l"->tul, noi pu,v aled lor m that No. ;5 contains a Description and progress Report of ih,. Works on each Section n*' Copies of Eetters relating t.fit annexed ml' Ah;^^'(N; .!' 'nr;:::::^'!' an AhstractCA. , slt.nvin. the prohahle sun.s re,,uiredSo -m , e.e'e h S i n'^ ' the 3,.stDecemher la.st. in a.ldition to tho.se state.l in Doeun ent K V ' Ahstract Statement of the Expenditure on each Section no to tr > V D l"" last, and ot llie sums re.,uired to eomplet... them. ' "^ '^^■^^■"'•'^•'• No. 4 contaiiKs a correspondence on the subject of the Tolls nf .!.,. ri> 1- lirulges, and the construction of the I!ri.l,.es ul id, (n m^m.um «i ^''""''"■'•'i It uas consulered, that, if allowed to serve as va^te Weirs Vs w I . I, ' first intended, they would fVon, their ,H.rpe..diculal^co^.: m.; , ' , ,^''';;;:V';r ■'' af any hoj^ht, to have their foundations uashed away and l^i I r ,' ".'"''''"' «;u. I also he liable to be i,.iurecl by the dritf .J .^i^Jo 't". Il^, J^V"''^ winch must be expected in fireat .,uanlitics for many ycar^ n.ti ui ■"' 'i»ls;:Sd,^;r "••- "■"• " -- ^^^-^^ ^:™»;;t;"rsr With roiiar.l to the " neces>itv or expediency of con.tructin- the Imw. !• ■n front o, I p,.P |j, To. .,. as re.irds the Canal, ti: 'l^, f , X^l il of the vicinitv, I have to o », ive that as ib,. ,liv..,.„. .. . Ily Town to those at Hartwell is , ; uul^l:; ^l , r Mh "i,, ;• '' J 'I about I 1 nnlc, ,t would be .hllicnlt to ensure any .Irarn e.. . I,. \ "^ the two |brmer l,y ve.^el. pa.in, bet.een 11^^.;;;;:;;;;:; t . ,i;;f , :^;:;;; f lKa.i of the Locks at liy Town, yj^ .i;! ' io J TZiV::''l '" already torn.ed, and the necessity and exped.en.y of to.nnn./ e n. d. ' J' ^^i I upon yanous c.rcu.ns.ances. as the extent of tl.; leakage of ' n , ;, ' " m.reas.. o, trade, and particularly the Works of de.cnce deeded onui^^^,^ .n of « Inch the excayation wouM be required, and to the strenil „ ; ,' Heservo.r .tselt won 1,1 greatly c.mtribute. The lan.l n-nnred , I, I pc was .,ri,inally swampy, ^,t ,.. cleared and h.ir . o " i; •,;;;;;:;';;:" ( analat thecxp.nseoKJovernment which mnsi r ,.,„„., !. 1 'I''""'" """ "'i-' .ctuled ,0 pron.;,te the ye.y healthy s';:;;i;in -J •,•,"'""'"• ''"" '" ^""" "'•^'•- t IS my duty to draw the attention of Sir Alexander Itrv... t,> tl. 1 and progress Report (No. .j ) herewith .ratMnitt.^ i, iet^^l ^ u ' S;;''';;^^ necessity ol ya.ious ex.cut.d or eunt.nH.i-..,.d . 'vi,.,- ,'^1' ,''''' ''''^' -ll..C,iye,vu,,a,,a,artl.erincrea.Mo,he't;;.;;a,::;he'x^^^^^^^^^ anal, aiunu.ituin l„ almnt f. jfi.hj.i b,y,,nd the unnuM. I I . ' ' ""••' •' •■'^■' '" "J". "- ' ™ ";' ".; n:::;;:;:„;,:;;.;;:i,:',i;:;;':;' ■,,:,;' ainouiit ON CANAI. COMMUNICATION IN CANADA. 27 amount now contemplated may 1)0 found inade(|uate, thout-li I trust any further demand will l,e trillin.ij, as the Works are generally so nearly drawing to a close, that sonu! unforeseen accident alone shoJd occasion il. In conclusion, it hecomes me to (.l.scrve, that althoufrh Lieut.-Colonel Hy's Heport is dated in January lust havmg ound it necessary to take it hack with him for revision, I did not receive It ma shape to forward, until I l.rought it with me to Quehec on my return from my ate tour of mspection, nor could I have forwarded it satisfactorily before I Iiad made tlu; investigation re(|i.ired. I have tlu! honour to be, &c. (signed) /:. Durnfonl, Commanding Engineers, Canada. Forwarded for the information of the Hoard, in compliance with Mieir order of 111.- I -th August iS;}0, ,}i^ ami in reference to their Minute of the 2d Au.'ust I S.JO, on my Ue|)ort of the l<3(1 July, forwarding Colonel Durnford's I otter r.f 'J4lh April 1830. ' it Hill appear by the present Report, that Colonel Dumford has carefully inves- tigated the several explanations afiordod by Lieut.-Colonel 15y, in respect to the excess of his expenditure beyomi the Estimat.M.f £.'i7ti.7,-,7. which he handed to the (ommitlee in 1828, The accompanying Documents contain explanations on each of the points sul'- gested intlK- Hep.rt from my otlice of nth August iS.ju, the correctness arid Mithnency (. winch, as stated by Lieut.-Colonel Ky in document (K.), are verified by ( olonel Durnford's opinion. I have attentively consi.lercd the whole of what is stated, and submitthe following crmclusion : I hat the errors in Lieut-Colon(!l My's Ksliniate of £". r,7(; 7.7 ^,^. ^^...^l ()( calculation amouiiling to l'.-.>, 84,;. (/ V, containing explanations for No. 1 to No. 2;J, together with the descriptive and progress Report, are the result of Colonel Durnford's investigation as rcnrds the excesses f. ;]o, i ,54, and extra Work ^.83,714, rej.orted in Cohinol Durnfbrd's L.'lter of the •J4th April 183..; and when it is considered that a work of such ma.- nit.ide ami novelty as the Ri.leau Navigation, has been carried on, not in -i settlt".! country, where all tia localities and resources might be intimately known hut piisbed on by the greatest exertion, in a new country, with a now "establishment toimed tai the spot, it is not surprising that errors should have arisen and the L--Iimates framed in its early stages of progress should have proved in'sufllcient I lir explanations have been tiilly g.ine iiiK.. ']|u- expediency of the partial devia' tions which havr hvvn made trom the original pioj.rt could only be- ascertained on lbesp„|; but I concur in the principles w hid, bave led, as measures of security lo the adoption of waste W v\\s, an conse.pient enlargement of the Dams' LmbankmentN and Chamber Wells, the StopCatos, the occasional Guard locks' lb.' raising of the level ot the Summit rond, and the siraighteiiin.' the line of' Aavigiilion wherever it could b(> done. There are some of the excesses which arc not .satisfactorilv explained, viz an excess ot i. J,.).),) m lengthening the cut stone Hridge at the Kntrance X'ailey • the allowance to the Contractor of the .Materials for taking up maxairv, which ■had to be icinovd in eonse(|ucnce of the alteration of the size of the Locks • and the extra ;dlowaiicc tor parts of the invert Arches fnan tlu- same cause, aml'the addi- tional (piaiitity of Mascairyal the lion's liack. It will bo "seen in the' Document, No. 3, Abstract (A.) that an expense of i.-2,-„t>.'4. 1.5. .\. is contem|)laleil beyond the amount of f. (i() j, ,48 11 1,1' already reported in Cohaiel Dnrnlord's Letter of .'4tli April iSJo- an.l Culonei Durntord 1.11 ther states, that it is bv no means improliable that the amount now <-.aiteniphil(,l niav be liaiiid iii,ale(iual.' ; and ccaisidering that, allliou..h the work was ilrawing last to a close when this Report was written, none of the" Lock < had then been proved, it is very probable that some partial iniperleetions may bi; visible the adjuslment ot which could not be estimated. In DocunuMit, No. 4, it will be s,ei», that although the F.xpenditure in the Ch.uidicie lin.lges has amounted lo £.0,H\:,. ij. .). there is a present income arising from 'lolls amininling to i". joo, ami which, as the settlement of the country advances (111 which ilu se liridges « ill essentially assist), may be expected to increase '^" 1^"' '•""-'• l'"|'"''"S (^'"' 4) "ill lie seen the opinion i)f the Attornev-Cieneni ot Cpper Canada, that substantial P.ridges must be constructed over the Canal wheiaA.r a public trav< lied r-.a.l shall be crossed by the Cunal, in .uder that public inlercoiirs.' by means ,.| ibc ihr n ( xi,ting roads may not he interrupted. The ■'' ■ " - amount I 28 APPENDIX TO REPORT FROM SELECT COMMITTEE amount of expense which will thus fall upon the Govemmen* c.mnnt I ,.,.« • be stated, unless the Surveyor CJencral of the IVov^nce "iml" sX ,1 ^lin. 7; are the public travelled roads which require such Clges ^ ""''"^ i he necessity l„r the formation of a Reservoir at the head of the Kntrnn,.^ \r n 4tli November i8ji. ^. B. Copy of u LETTER frou. R. li.ham, Es,,uire, to the Honourable /. Slcwart ^i-: 8r -1 . 1 .1 ,1 .nstant, relative to the further sum .ff £. , JL ' , i°"Vif '^/'''f ' "'''"? will be required for the compktion of thJ R deau C„ ud^' , . ' '"' '"'" tT'^ request you will inform th/ Lords (^nn, isWrs" Hi i, 1 Tv'T"'''"''^^^^^ the Master General and IJoard huvin. atte Uve o side^.d " 1 .. /7"'7/'"'' ^^^n.ne upon this sul,iee. they be, ,<, suCn.it to th^^^br ^ ',.',, ^i;'';^;;; j;;r";:;^.^t';;;ere^,^S T'^ '- -^^^^r^^^'::^-^^^ the 4th .nslant, and arc not occasioned by any new Works "" ' 1 8.5 1 to the Authorities in Canada, n terms caleiilafe.i u, rhnr-L- .1,. il beyond the amount of that Vote. I am also . | 'r'*^ "f "l'"»'""-e ir. Ih. mean time the Committee do not object to the voie of/ .-<; ,„.,. The Muster (;.„rral and Hoard hen „, suhmit that such «„. the tune of ,11 .!„. ev.denee.iven.and....|l,liecoM..nun..at.o,.,„,.„.n, tins I ) a ,m nt d t .be discussions in Parl.amM.,., and. although no ..on.mun.cat.un was S i;;',,;',! Lords ON CANAL COMMUNICATIONS IN CANADA. 2 the Honnrs ()(fi t V'al h T .• 1 ''''!^ ? the .ntormution furnished l.y «rnti(u.ci to (in.l tlmt the t.m.l excess wm«\ U^ kSv l/e t Jn' cT'' [^^ KeiH.rt received in September i H3,, £ a-; ti J uft>r ^•t^ I- tut-Colonel By s The Master Cicneriii and Hoard l)e^ permission linnllv tn ,.„, 1 .1 course for the (iovernn.ent to (hu. I-.. u,„„ „ U-U«rf,o„,0,liriwj?' ,„l X"" ,"",'' „^'™""" be executed, an.l provided for in ,h,. ori.-inal '" tin t, , , ' "' ""' ''T''*^'^ '" hryon.l the total of i'. ,i., j,,,s b,.|o ^n' o i ' ^l i '^ tcn.nt-Colonel IJv states i" foil,,'; s ^ ' "'" '' ' "'"' '" '^''''""- ^'"'^ '^'^l'^" Lieu- r ;;.; ';i'ii-.: re;;:::;-';.:;; ::;:i ,;:!::• edt;;;:. ,i;::':;;;;:i j:^;':;-' -7 ■• a Canad.anJinter; un^w :n 1 1 .^nces '^ Tj'''^ the severity of " **i"' "'^' addil.onal tact tlmt trm lie .Z, I '"'"''' '""^'''^^ " nnnlv all my (i.Hcers/cK^ T U rl ' d' (C'^ " >Mren.ely unhealthy, " repn^ted and ^.ere attacks ^^fs.l.^ tuZ^X ^^Z .7 ^"'^•"^'^•'.•r"" ^^^ J!;;;';;;;;j;;i"^ •^-ment .om.s a portion of those recently call.d .orbyThe House In r,•^a^i to the p.riod now bv,,! tor opening the Canal, n ddnv on uhi. 1. .K,« 1 re>.ury re.pnres explanation, it can o„ly^.. st.Ue.l. that ti; ",.,;' ,;' "^ o^,:::t;,;;:Y,:;::a;;:;rdt';;;;T:;;r:- and 3() APPF.NDIX TO KKPOUT I ROM SELKCT COMiMnrKF, aml^tl.o luo C:„n.,.uni..s ol Sappers and Mi„er.s, which haw ,u,„ be,,, carricl int., In n-ani to the qurstion (Voni the Treasury, as to the period when the Uenort in .,uest.on was received l.y ti.e Ordnance, I have to state, 'that it was re dvc ' „ his .leta led Documents havn.j; reh-rence thereto, duly exan.ined and fully consi.lere Uh, whole were Orwar. ed to the Hoard, with SirA. liryce's Ueport of 4^. No vend e last In reply to the ioar.l s question, as to what comn.unication nas hc^ "cle to .anada rcj-ardn,. the Vote ol , S;j , . I have toob^- rve. that no ofncial co nin .„,i, has been n.ade to tins O. u-e of the \'o,e bein« f^ranted. and C(,ns..,M.e K , c „ .nun.cat.on has been made to Cana.la tVon, hence; ind.-ed. as the V.i is t i^" t ......ther Deparfnent. an.l not by the Ordnance, il is .0 be prcun.ed . at lm l)cpartu.enl n.ay have nmde the necessary co.n.nunication to th O d. , . o prope.- Authorn.es .n Canada, with a view ,0 eheck the issui... o .'„," bt^'on.l the su,n voted such is d.e nsu.d course for Wo,-ks"vote L I, Ordnance, ahhouj.]. such comnn.nications are made by th,. li.mnl .lir. -l 2^, I,: respm,ve()(h.v.s at the Station, a.,,1 not to this (Vav, fn , a 1 L e Master C.,.n.,al an,l IJoanl's Or.lers upon th,. A.nu.al Ks.i.nat,', win,! a,v ort ed on irom Ins O h.'c to ajrr..e w.th th.. Vot..s which the Boani not fy their it, ."n propose to Parliament. ^ inuniionto 1.. reterence to that pa.t of the Treasury Minut... wh,.rein inf.an.ation is r.v.uin.l "licther any ,.xp,.n,htn.v, .>tc. has been incurr,.d bevon.l th.. a.nount sane in, d -t npp,.ars by L.eutenant-Colonel Hy's K..po,t of V„h .lanua,y ,S;, | ,,.: otal,.xp..nd.tnreattl,at p,.„Klwasi-.-,8,,,,So. wind, falls sho.l of ,i .. V , r h,s .anal hy the sun, o. i. ,„„,„s... a.al th.s a.nount has th.refor,. be. , , v i a h or th.. progr..ss ol ,1„. Canal lor th,- year .S;}. ; but it ,.annot now be s,a, • ,„ Ins olh.e, .a,,-. ,t -s p.-..sume.l. without r.^ference to Cana.la, whHIa.r this .„ , " been eNcee.l... , or what haialil.es the Cover.unent a,r now under to nae. x , , contracts, although „ n.ay b,. obscrv,.,! that by Li..Mt,.nant-Colon,.| liyVu "n alum. ,,uot..,l he stat..s d.at "he has ev..,-y .rason .0 suppos. ,hat i .., .'' a.ld.t.,)n w,llp,„ve suthcu-nt; but ll.is is exclusive ,.f i-TSj whi.h .r.ain be yet vot...l on the total ..f th.- K.tin.at,. before submi.te.l to Parlia,n, 10 Feb. iSjj. (signed) C. (;. /;. Copy of TllKASliRV MlNCTi:, ,1a.,. I , .il, May ,S]2. Mv LOU..S rra,l the I ..,„.,■ f,om the S.,-,-. ,ary of ,|,." Ordnan,,. .Iat..d 20th l.,.br,.ary ,8,52 .-on.aM.in^ th.. ()bM.,va.ion. .d' ,he .Ma.t.r ( i,.ne a , lioanl, in lepK I,, th,. Mimit,. of My ford, of ib.. -ib .,f l\\ I H.I,i,.ctol the lurtla.r a.hlilional Fstiu.a', I „ V .. 'l r' , in "■• "'""' ''" Aly Fords r..s„me the ,.onM,l,.ratio.. of the fo.mer Pap.,-. „p„„ thi. subi.,., In tl,a. Minul., Ms |.„r.l. ..xpHS^.d tli.ir ,.,a.,.,.|n, ,ha., in ad,iili..ii to', he v.-rv hjr^e Sinn .ancU.a.e.l by tin. Hoar.l and bv I'ariiani...,,, a. an ..,J i. i, i ^ Fst.mat.^ ot F...i,enant-Colon,.| liy lor ,1,.... M'.ak^ ,b..v .h.,nl,l b.. . a L n to pr.>y,.le a turth..r sum ot r. ...^.(i.. ,. an.l ,i.;,i ,h,.v .|,„al.i 1... Id, i,, .I,m t lu even hat annaint w.ai .1 he M,llici,.nt to ,.ov,.r tli,: exp,.n.li.u.... Col.,,,. \ Zd having , ,xp.-,sse,l Mini.. luMtalion up.a, the subjt.ct. My For.ls also r.N|u,.t,..l t.. b,. informcl when this ad.l,li.,nal INtimal.. wi. ecc.ml .„ this ...nn.try an.l wh,..la.r th.. ..xp, n.iiline upon tb.. Canal lia.l ,'.. the am,Hint -lantnl by j'a.liament for the pu,p„.c It appears ,ron. th.,. ..xplanata.n of tb,. MaMer C;,.,.,Tai a.al ll.Mr.l of ( )r,liian.-.. la the aperswb.ch .h.,w that tins lu.th.rsam of i'. .'.l.t..., will I,.. ...niii.,! w..,,'- prepa ed by Colonel IJy ,n thena.nth of January .S,;,, an.l u, ,,. „a.is, ,i„.., „■ , , Canada to th.s ,.o„nlry "'V fol.m.l D.nnfo.d .a, " the , -,,b .|.,h , S ; , , ;„,1 ha "cre received in tins c..unt.-y in the nionlb of S,.pten,li, r. ' When My Lor,l< .-onsi.l.T that so lai^e an exc,.,.,!,-,,.^ as C ,,(1 (1,,. Ii,,| b,.,,, .heady .ancti.a,,..! by Parlia.ne,,,, they ,a,.,.ot but n.^ivt^ibat .l,..v .1 .• I . " been apprixe.! ha, a butlHT , xp...„li,„r.. w..dd b.: .. ,un...i „. ...anpi,,.. , u upontlM..(ana, b..cau..,b..vu..i,l,l. if info.na.l ol 'that fa.., have I. 11 a I ha e pncu,-,., biHlar nil,,, „„„ ,.,,,0,,. .b.v ,-ohI.I b.. r...pni-...| ,„ , ' estimate l.ir P.iiliam.iit .a. a...-.,uiil .d th,. ( anal. ' ■iln\ ON CANAf. COMMUNICATIONS IN ( ANADA. This inConnalion is •^M.o ,lu..vn,, „|.e„ voted, unti t L (k .. ''^'•' '"'"-" t. » '11 suspend ar.y ""wj„„t that can I. n.,,.i.c,l tor thcl-io-niiio^'lr ,t 'S^; u" ^'^'^'^ '"^ "'-'" <"""nunicati„„ t„ I,. ...ai iV, „ UU I of .1 "" ""' "" "'''"'^'y <■'"■ ""y '!»-• suhjcct, an.l i; appears to M i i/ „ i ," 'f?'"' '"""'""■"" "!•<>" "'cnts to take- .•o^nv'.uv of th ■V\ , ■ ,, 11 s.^lr ^ ^ " the respective DepL •io.K ..n.1 to issue proper instruction.s up,;;.';!'..';""" ^•""""^•'-' "'"'- "-> d^rec- ... £ '-^il;:: ■ r ;;;;; ;;.;n:;;;.n>-; -- «''";" "- -."^ ..»• their duty. Odicersu. CuUMla. it not^.Ji " I ! :' , ' '. '''^^'J/-' ^'th the Ordr.an^ t- liive instructions or dire.^li n. o 1 1 o , n I "* IT'^^'^ "" ""^ "••''"^i"" 'I'" Master (iener J and Ho d ' "'^' ^"'"""^•«-' "(hcers, excepi through -".'I l-y l'a.han.en,, as uaw' I, ,,'£ , ": r' "'"'^r"^ '" "'^ ''^'""''"^^ .'I'i'^-ar that any exceeding I as n^^^^^^ '""".'' ^'l"""'^' ■'"'' ''' 't ^-Iwli •^'y I.(.i-.ls are of o„inion t T,! . " ■ '''"■*' '" ^ "•""''', in this case i.y the parlies coLXd M ' .l^ Z?"^:?'-'"^"!:"'^ -" '-^ heen inctl;::! ..vc:n;d;s.;::;;;;jxE to My Lords to percive that lu^ n ^ ,;, '" """""';'"""• '"'l 't i^satislactory works, lau appears, so far a mJ V d c o.' ' " Z^'"' ' :"'"' '" '"'^ '"''"'i""';' .-■. son.e adlhtionld expends no': o ,,;;;;; C^:,^-'^ '-" --" .- ^^:■>;^;;:Tc:;;::l''■;l:;l^;;;:;;;-:■'H•'''^^^^ -thorite the C^.nnnissa V e." .c"! ;?'''"' .'" 'T''^ ^'> '-'"-''^ ""' '>Sr->, to that expen.hture, sue urn h ' I''"','-'' '",""' '•""^"' '"' ^'»' v™r V-s ,8;j, and\8,;..to;:^ ,T ;^,S^:;:^;''T!'"'^^'''-^ •<- the "".■NiH"de,latthehe^innin.M.f ,Sm ; I 1 '' "'i'"'"" ^" "'""^t (J runts • ^^;. .iH- sun. of .. ,,t.,^. L';;;::;-;:!: -:;:;; -^^ .1;;:.;;;^ c^nnu .r -i't^(lii;^;tr; hr:;;;';:;;,;''.,s:'T "t/' ""■'-"'■•" "• '"^^ ^•— ""' -■'-'"" - -l-ndit,;^: ' I":: ■; , :; !:;^"">- -■" "l-ateveruhich - ;.' •'»; '.-M pcnod to .hich d^rt'S,;;:,'!;;;:;;;^'^ '"'"- "'^ ^^- '^^^'- '"•vond the amount stated in il.i \ ->""">>aria[ utiicers lor a.iy suni '""'• -ce.ved. and o' ',:, " a?^';;f';;ii:;"'' ':"""•?"":'"">• *^""' ''^'-'^''- .n<.nevisre.,„iren.daure .s lor the Uut^u rZ'^rioMh; S ';,;:";|;:^;;';:; "'-- '— t Copy of ,h,s Mnnne ,o Connnissary-Cieneral l^^,;!! ''''"'• .')70. JM M 33 aimm:ni)i\ to KKi-oiir fkom ski.ixt cummhtki.: .ApjK'Mllix, No. '2. (•()|.y..f r.l'.TTKR (Vnm i|„- SFcutiAiiv of the OimNANcK, dated ji M„v i«r2 r..s,..rtM.j,' tho KxiMNmruuK .ipon the Wokks of il... RinKAU Cavai i,', Lamila; together with a Copy ofihiiTiiKAsiniv MrNirrii llii-rcon Ll-yiTF.ll from II. Byliain, Vm\. to the llii»ht lion. '/: Smmr Rice IkL'. kc. ikv. „ '*'"'• (WuT of Orihiiiiuc, 2 1st M«v 1S32 Hi.rFUUiNc you to my communiauions of thi; 17th and joth IVhVui.rv last trnnsm.tt.nir various Dorumn.ts connected with tlie progress of an Kxpenditu're n|)on the W orks ol llic I{ideaii Canal ;— I have the honour. I.y command of the Master (Jencral and Hoard of Ordnance to lorward to you lor the purpose of being sul.mitte.l to the I.,rds Connnissi.mers ot Ills .AlMjestys Ircnsury, a fiirlher Letter from I.ieut.-Colonel Hy on the same suhjec! to « Inch IS annexed n U.porl from the Inspector (ieneral ot' rorlilications dated the 1 Ml, instant; and, as the Papers acnmipanving the said Letter are ex- trcm.-ly vohimmous, and would occupy a consi.lerahle period in copyini-, the Master (.encial and JJoard, in ord.-r to save time, are in.inced to send the same in orii-inal uith the Hoard s request that th.y may he returned as ,«oon as they can he conve- niently spared ; an.l if it shoul.l he their Lonlships' dcire to he furnishd with Idpiesot liiose Documents, the Master (Ieneral and Hoard will order the s-inie to he preparul, on ivciviiii; hack the Papers, with a notification of th.ir Lordships' wish to that .tlect; and with any further communication which their Lordships may cons.der it necessary to make to this I department on the sul.jecl in (inestion. I liavc the lionour, &c. &c. (signed) Ji. lii,l„tw. LKTTKU from Lieut. -Colonel Ih,, Uoyal Engineers, to Colonel NicolU, Commauding Hoyal Lngincers, Canada. Commanding Uoyal l-'ngineer Ollice, K,,» V . . , Kideau Canal, .'7th jeh. iS jj. M» INotilications having I.een mad.' to me, that mv progress Report to the ■}lsl l)eceml)er 1 S:;o, lorwanled through Coloiu^l Durnford, Hoval Kn.rincers has been receive,! hv the Inspector ( ieneral of Lortilications, I have tlu" honour of torwaninga Duplicate of the same tortile information of the Master (Jencral ami Kight honourahle an.l M.mourahle Hoard, with additional sheets, Hhowin.r the amount expended to the .jist Dcc.Mnher 18.51. and th.- sum re.p.ired to com- |)lete the ( anal ; also, an Al.straci (/..\ exhii.itin- the Total Kxpendituie from the commencement ot ih.t work to the ,5 1st Decemlxr last, and the amount which will iK- re,|uire.l during the present year to complete the M'atu" Communication ; and 1 tnlly expect that the Canal will he opened ihrouuhout its whole extent hv the 1st May next. I have, &c. (signed) John Ih,, Lieut.-Colonel, Royal Knginccrs. — No. 'vU — Received on 1 jth .March, and forwarded on to the Wmk^vIox (Jenerul of Forti- lications. , • ,^ r, i.- ,, ,. , ,, , , ,, , (signed) r.M.vr A /(•«//,«, ColomI, (juehec, 1 7ih March 1 S32. Commanding Royal Engineers, Canada. Forwarded for the information of the .Master (Ieneral and Hoard, with reference to my Minute o; the .,lh Novemher last, foruar.ling Colonel Durnlord's Report of l,)tll .July l^i.Jl. It Mill he seen, hy a perusal of the present ccmmiunication, that Lieut, -Col. Hv when he wrote this Letter, contemplated the completion of the Rideau Canal i.y tin' .ir.t ot this month ; an.l it appears hy the .Vhstracl (Z.) that the expenditure np to the .jist December 1S.51, was 1 7i,-,.4„S. i;,. ti., being £, ..2,74.'. 1 r. 6. more than has been vote.l by Parliament; and that a further sum of i'. tlo.tii V 10 would probably be expended for th.; completion of the Canal, making a l.'.tal of X., 70,024. -,. t). and an excess of 1". 8.j..i,v*<, V lablis|iments, up to the date of th.' conlJmpIat.d com- ItetnT- ) '' '"''' " '' ""■'■"'"'■' I'f^^'"''!"' '''^■'■^' «ill l>^' 'i 'urther excess on this Columns ON CANAL COMMUNICATIONS IN CANADA. 33 of Ihf Enarof';: It "'^'^'^I-f ^'' «":"« »".! excess on the rcsj.eclivc Items o the 1. tiinate f j.st iWiI.er i8;j„. I have marked opposite cnch sum in llie Sums stated ne.-essary for n'lnikhouscs an.l Land Defenc.-s (£ 27 t^.O in tlucK, Iron Lieut -(,olI{y.s explanations, will not be expended until further orders nlthougj, 1 npprtilund lliat the total now stated (£ H,n 77 , r , ^ .1 . u be required tor the eon.pletion of the Canal ^U^l^Ln^;^^:^:::^''"^' i8th May iS.vj. //. U. Ordered rhattluse Papers be in.me.liately sent to ti.e Treasury? beinKprcS/uslv sul)miltc(l to the Master General > b f'^^'^usiy 21st May 1 8.5 J. Aj)i)roved. J.K. Copy of Till! ASUHV MINUTE, dated -zr, May 1832. My Louos have un.ler their serious consideration the Letter from the Se.retary ol he Or, inanre o the ,,st instant, tmnsmittinj- to tliis Boar.l a I ett er rom Colonel I y, o( .:,h l.ebruary ,8,52, a.ro.npanie.l by various explantv ocmnents and Accounts, upon the subject of the Kxpend.ture on the Works Z he Ualenu C a,m .0 the close ot ,8.5,, and of that re.,uire.l to complete the Cana the opemn« ol winch was expected to take place in the ....urse of the p'resent mon ' My Lonis w.l take mto the.r luture considerati-m timse volum in.,us Acco mts an, Papers ; bu, th,-y cannot , ...|ay ,:xpr,..ssin. their „pini,.n to the Master tienira an.l Poanl 01 ( r.lna,,,... on ihe .„„.l,.ct of Colon..| lly in .-arrving on this VV k • I app,-ms bun, that ()lh,crs elUr, <,nd fr.m. the Heport of the' Inspector (Jeneraj ol l.or d,cat.,.ns ,hcre,.n. that Colonel Ry had actually ..xpcn.led to t ... close of te rV- II- lV^".'."',-. •■"•• '••' '•7"M-''''"'^-"' ^'i-<'^^"'',rc than had been. ran Un llus \ ork by PurhanuM.t ; an.l that, without waiting for anv authority Ir.m" i country, he has gom- on .lunng ib,. pres,.nt v. ar with a furth.T K xpenditure en- tirely unsanclione,!, an.l «b,ch it is stat.d will probably amount t,) /(iu (ii ^ ' in making an ..m.-ss ,.I 8.5.;].-8. ■„ ,.. |.,yon,l the amount grantcl by Parliament' The Lxp,.„l>lure uluch was contemplat,.,l for thi. Canal when the subject was imm,.liat,.ly ..n,l,.r tlm consnvmum of the Select Committee of the House , f (..mimons m .S.;,. an,l the uhole K x|.en,liture for which any order has at any time been g.v,.n by anv competent authority, is A", b.,,5.448., ex.isive ni£.t)c^,,l, Zr loc ho ses and V orks o| Delcnce not sanctioned. In or.ler therefore to compll' he \ ,.rk. Colonel My has, upon h.s own responsibility, thought pn.per toexpen 1 n^ less ban i.S.,.,;*.. My Lor,ls assuming Iron. ihes,. Paper ' th'at the Work I actually been ,-arrie.l out,, its completion, >ince the ,late ,.f Cohmel Itv's Lett.T , f , alcuha.'i It'*' ""' ' "'"'"' ^'"" '"" '"''-'" '''■'' "'"" •'"-' **""' "' "■'"'^'' »>« "«'" It is impo>sible for ,\ly F,„r,ls to permit such con.luct to I- pursued by any ud,liclunct.,.na.y ll My I.or.ls w,.,e to allow anv |.crson whaiVver to e>fpe m^l with impunity and particularly alter repeat,-,! in,reases of the original K stima upon anv u,.rk un.l..r Ins sup,.rmtcn.l,.ncc, a larger amount than that sanctione,! bJ 1 arianun an.l by tins loanl, tb,T.- uoul.l b,- an ,n.l of all .-ontrol, an,l My I or U w.ud. tee tlumselves ,l,eply rcspo„sibl,. to Parliament. They .l.-sire therefore . at the Master eneral and P.-anl will take im,n,.lia„> steps fi rem.,;!;" C ^ j Hy tr,.m any lurthcr sup.'rmten,len,-e over anv part of the \\-orks for makhv' Cand C,.nm,uni..at..m n. ( ana.la, an.l lor placing sonu- OMnpetent pers.m in cirar-e of thos,- W orks upon «b.,... kno«le,lge a.ui ,lis.r,.tion due r,-liance can be phuT.I "o whom mu.t b,- hmn.lK.l a .Siafnient of the Kstimates an.l (irnnts, aiui who rtiust be strict y charged up..n i„) account whatever to exc.-cl ll„. anuamt of tiie (ManVs My Lortls urther .Icsire that Col.mel Pv „u.v I- lorthwith ordere.l to retun to (his country, that he may b,- ,-alle,l upon ,i, allor.l .u,:h .-xplanation as My Lords may ,-,msi,l,T ne. essarv upon U.j.. ;,„.,,„.,,,,„ ,„},j^.j-, Let Copi,. of tbcM. Pa,,,r, .,„] „, ,|,i, Mj„„,, ,,, ,„^j,,^^,j,h prepared, with a view to their being laid belor.' The I lou,e of Commons. ' .vnna J7'». 34 APPENDIX TO REPORT FROM SELECT COMMITTEE (ZO-AHSTKACT. sl,owi„g the Sums Expondf.! .lurinj- tl.c Ilulf Ycurs ending mh .lun.' an.l lotui Amount of Wouks mIu.i Coiiiplttcd ; with the Suvii..' and 1 . rritruiice Valley A first 8 Locks 2. I'rom Kight Locks to I logs'! Hiick • . . .( 3- I logs Hack - - . . 4- Black Knpidg 5. l.oni; Isluiul .... (!. Hurrct's Kujjids - 7. Nicholson's Rapids 8. CloHf's (Junrry n. Merrick's Mills 10. Maitland's Rapids 1 1 . Ednioiid's Rupids .St Phillip's Hay IJ. Old Sly's Rapids - 13- Smith's I'alls 14. First Rapids • . . . Oliver's Ferry 15- Nurrowc's Ridf-au Lake iti. Ishiiius, ditti. . . .I Strait between Mud & Clear Lukes - . . .J 17. Chaflys Mills & vSniall Isthmus"! Indian Lake . . ,J 18. Davies' Rapids 19. Jones' Falls .... Cranberry Marsh & White Fish 40. Brewer's Upper Mill iS: Round \ Tail ... .1 11. Rrewer's Lower Mill it. Kingston Mills, Jacks A Billi-] dore - . . . ' Rifts &• Cuturoque . -J 23- Civil \- Military Fstahlislinicnt I Barracks A (ieneral ('ontin. ' gcncies . . . .J 24. Locks dates, Cills, &c. - 2;5. I'lircliaso of Land \ Conipcn-1 sation for Damages - -J £. ESTIMATE Rivi-n ,0 COMMIITKE. £. a. 3 7i (io,48,i 14 -il 33.3(!l) 17 4i 13,131 1(1 10) 33,840 ID ij lo,(ij2 8 ;)J I3.,58i 7 1} 11,434 '4 -! I7,,V>1 14 H !).J4J >4 H 7,1. -,2 10 81/ l7,o(io l(i 7;|i 21,171 - 2j KXl'ENDEl) I'rnni tl Drcriiihcr li):i(i nil .'>0 June ia.'ll. 401J 10 - I3.G39 3 - 20, 790 iC 2 J 3,2(>9 >7 3 1 '■fo-ioj !( 3; <'.7oy )<> 4i 1,384 - - 17,21.) 1(1 -I 11,2(12 i<) 1 ij 49.382 7 5 •21,473 3 2i 7,1(12 2 (! ;";),fioo 1.5 7 J' J' ;)A>4 '3 8j' 4-3ii; Ki -I 37>!)8i 11 il.v 87>8j.5 3 \)\ '3-:.ij 13 5l 10.157 12 (I4 i. .V. (/. 4.392 12 11 1,058 17 - 5(H) (! 4.J 828 15 ^ 5.332 I loA (^"■J 7 51 .'54.1 fi 4 181 ifi ji 1.318 1 U 151 15 10 '..'>3 II 10 '.■^i)'2 3 3 J ''.813 l;j J 3.3''0 - 1,025 - .'5.797 2 (i| 220 17 -J 3.474 17 - 9,(.i5(i - 7 EXPEND K I) from .^0 Jum- nil 31 December 1831, A". S. d. 487 >3 10} >.3''7 "> 4i 1,202 7 10^ U '!) 4 1.319 13 8.J 1,250 2 10,5 988 2 (ij 1,492 9 10 '."97 I -j (i87 7 G.^ 247 11 _J 2,140 1 7^ (i,4(i9 18 (ii 2,001 7 3;J 2,009 If' 5l 310 15 3l 2,08,) () loj 7,728 14 11^ 8,3 If! 1 CJ '.<>;V2 2 3 .o72 11 8 13,970 11 11 4o,49''i 5 8j 12,504 19 ij 1,-„114 I'i - ll,(il(i 10 3 20,312 5 7] 10,894 u 7 1 9>4'!3 8 5i '9..i09 - 11. J 'J3.9.")(' "9 -i •■^4,733 9 2 1 ''..'i''3 7 10} 28,928 18 II io,;j8o 14 -I T.4:i4 5 <4 731O57 14 li| 18,141 12 3j ; 1.443 15 ;)| 53.892 1.) 3j 7,810 1(1 Hj^ ii,i;,8 14 1,,^ io(;,8(i4 J, 8 3-9.V> Hi 8.1 2,074 Ki 9l 19.541 li loi 10,157 «''l ''1 585,980 8 01 (;(;,;,,)(; 14 cj i;,;,^,,, ,.j ^.^ 7i5,4„8 1;, r, Expended to the 3151 December 1831. (See Colnmn, No 5) liKjiiircd Id complete dittii - t; 715,4'iH 15 C< 88,;j(;5 i„ _ ■l.Mal A..i.„.,.t .,f Canal, «he .,,,1, 1. ,1, «iil, Dridgcs A HI.,, k-h,«,^, -. (s,. ( „lu„n>, Xn y f.K..^;.* ,'^f; Uli .liinc and e Saving and roT.M. XPKNDrmilKS, 31 Doc. 1U.I1. 1". s. (I. 70,448 - 4j tia.UiJ 7 8i 3,).ii72 H 8 iJ,!)7o 11 11 MM\n 5 8i 12,504 i() li i,»n4 i(i _ ii,(>i(i 10 3 30,313 5 7] io,8(,4 u 7 1 9.4'!3 8 r,i i'JiHOi) - uj 'J3.il,->() H) -i -4.7 J3 y « I ''.,'i''a 7 10} 28,.)j8 iS II lo„)8o 14 7,' 7.4.14 J t'i ?3i057 14 I U 18,141 ii 3:^ !».443 1.-. ;ji i3,8yi ic) 3j > H 1,500 - - 14,004 1() \l AMOUNT KtliniHli .1 lu ( O.Ml'I.KTK, .11 Dcceiiiljrr 1031) 1,300 - - 1 i»i.4i4 l(i - 400 - - 19,01() 10 ,! a,(K,() - - 'ii,:fA3y4 11 7i 1 ,800 - - ii,«()3 8 5i l)00 - - ■20,401) - 11.J 4.!J<«> - - ■j8,8;,(i '9 -i 1,1)1X1 - - •J(i,(i33 I> ^i 1,1100 - - 7.5,843 i.-; 3 J Ik),;.) J 1;, 3i 3,415 10 - 110,379 i|) 8 3,i;oo - - .-3,141 li lojj .14.<'.')0 44,807 I J (ij 88,;t(;.-; 10 - 803,774 5 £. J. (I. 7".f'4.1 3 !) J '•4.07U :, 4 1 34.701 4 8 >3,<)77 10 -i 38,,V2.1i 1!) 7§ '3.'i!)8 4 ;j i l4,(l()o 15 7 j Il,j2;) 14 -,J ■Jo,45fi 8 - 1 1 , 1 02 17 il •2."3!> 4 - I '!W27 - ''1 3.J,3i7 3 3j ■20,8[)(i 4 i\ 28,041) >3 II I ">"7.; '7 5i 8.3!j'i 5 loi 77.34-' 10 7i '8,7.-)4 9 'ii y.33'J la li 5'i.y7'« >» 3i i)8,73'i 1" 7 i8,(i7o 1,-; :,l 10,151 ij (i I SWINCJ Ull KSll.MATK, .11 Dccir.iUrlB.^O f. J. (/. »M 3 4j 4'ifi 17 8 J 4.3C0 4 7'!M)74 5 - i INCIircASR 'ill KSTIMATF.. .11 Decamljer 1830. I'rnhabli' Sum rf<|uirril it. bp Kj|ioiiilr(l lO.l'i tu(uiil|ik'U' the M«vi)(aiiiiii. id .i» £. s. d. 77> 7 - >93 I U S.?''^ G 1 \ 3of> 14 9.i ».7.54 - 4i 48f! i(i -i^ >.9Cj >7 7 } i.ayi 14 4j 155 882 - 4j 179 ."•-737 5 - 1,034 a 8 ^ 3.539 4 " I 1 ,804 17 2{ 437 19 7^ 3.015 4 4f 2,087 3 1 £. J. C,4oo - - i.,-,43 3 1 !9i> 3.415 10- «97 2,Goo 4.470 11 5\ 34,(i50 - - 5,71)8 - 11 J ()0,4;)8 1 3 j - - A Steam I Boat may pagg tliese Works on the breaking up of the ice, but tliey will not be com- pleted until the l.st May next. \ aili 14,000 atioii to Illlli\illllaI^ for Daiiiuges ■ ■ . . . Total .\inoiinl - 4's'^i5 10 - 14,(H10 _ _ £. s. d. fmfilS 10 - 27,750 - _ - 30,00M - - - - £ H8,;l(v, 10 - 2 1 l\l>. iS I J. (signed) .John /.'y, i.ii'iil.-Col. Itoyal Kiiginccrs, Com«, Uidcau Caiuil. K 2 36 AI'PKNDIX JO HEFOnT I'KOM SELECT COMMirfRE Appendix, No. 3. . , °\ ■'"KASirRV MINUTK, ,|,„e,| „„l, J„„,. ,83, . ,.„,„ , ,. to consider the W ntcr Co.nn.unicution in Canatia. Whilelinll. Trensury ClKimbori. ■> I.'. July 1831. / 'I'. S P II I N (i a 1 C E. Copy of TUEASUHY MINUTE, dated loth June kHj.. \f V LoHDs read the followiiii- Extract from the Hcnort n( tl,,. «; i . /• appointed to consider the VV^Uer Conununiearn in Cumulu ^'^"'' t.o,nm,ttee, :: ^-^^uj.^. With thiAiej;";^eyl£i.t iEi,^ £.S: 2d. That on the fir^t annhratinn fnr n V'/.t,, ^f i\f .1 . •■ :.,Ji {';,„r' ';::^.;zz vZ,":- r:,:r ,t;.""; t;"'-"; " to The House in cah year and h!^ m Tl.n V T ' !'" ''*•' -^"'"""ted *• the Sums already yote /. t 'W Mc u u t 'll ' " '7'T"'^"''' ". '^'"'^■'"••"' "»" " last Accounts, of all :u..U:;;|- ^' „ '' ^^i:?'';;^^" ;" "j; <''"^ "» 'he " Shall, "ith as lutie delay as ;.;,,,:, tii;- .'hi:; ^ri;;Le™ "'"^•' In the Opinions thus pronounced, .My Lords concur • «o„i;„„ ,1 invariahly but I.S; re ^y L s "; UZ'"'.! '"l' '^^^^"'"•-- '"'-' ^''W"inf;-street, '.'((th June i8ji. I IIAVF laid before V'iscount (ioderich your Letter of the Kith irmtw.t fr.nc n..ttm, for his Lordship's ..pinion, by connnan.l o^^^l t^tZ^:^^Z • he Tnasury the t..py ut their Lordships' Minu,,. of the K,th in t", ou„ led 1 H.s Majesty s Treasury, that the Master (ieneral an.l I . ar.l areT, aware ol j,„y o|„,ct.on to the mioption of the Resolutions referre.l bu V r.^|.ard to he 4th Re.olufon, tlu.y .unsider it right to staf, that, u.dess' E ^ e I in. M ..r. I .| . ,,! t, Ik . x, xuted iri a ^lyen number ol years, C.)ntractors will nutnral y se.k to uuK.nu.ly ihemselyes, by hi^luT prices, fnJn. the risk they v. u iun o hav,,,^- ,he,r work sloppe.l, or .liscontinu...!, at th,. .„d of any y.-a • ,. .^amemne, the Irea.ury. u. th,. eyent ..f the Resolution, bein. adopted, having, as *^ it i 38 APPENDIX TO REPORT FROM SELECT COMMITTEE it seems, the power of saiictioninfr, by their Minute, a deviation from the 4th Uesoiution, it is submitted, as a question for their Lordshijis^ consi.leration, whether this power will be ct!ect.ial to obviate Uie ineonvtnionee above aiitieiputed. I have tlie lionoiir, &e. &c. - (signed) R. Byham. Copy of TREASURY MINUTE, dated 3th July 1831. READ Letter from the Secretary to the Board of Orchiance of the 5th instant eferrin. to the Letter of this Hoard of the .4th uh., enelosing an Ext at from a he \v itfr "; '■ ^ r'"'"'T V\ ^ '""^^ "'■ ^""'"'»-' ^'Pl-'"^-! to consider ml llnnmn '"■'"" ' ; ^n"'^ '"^ ^'"^ ^^''"""" of S'he Master General and IJrm.d of Ordnance, upon the Resolutions therein proposed, with the view of wS Tn^b rT"' ' "^"T "'•'■'^, ""'' ^'^■^•"""' ^"""■"' •' -' I'^^P-'diture of P^bhe \Vorks m the Colonies ; wherein he states, that the Master General and IJoard of (Jrdnancc are not aware of any objection to the Resolutions referred to; but with reg^ird to the 4th Resolution, tliey state, " that, unless Executive Oflieers lu /! . V Stawns are authorized to enter into a contract lor the xclwk of any Work proposed " ndemni^Jnr "")" "'7 ""l"^- "^ J^^' ^'""tractors will Luurallv seik to ndemnity themselves, bv higher prices, Irom the risk they would run of huvin.r their works stopped, or discontinued, at the end of any year." " Read Letter from Mr. Hay of the 29th iilt. on the same subject. My Lords resume the consideration of all the former Papers on this subject, ami also read their Minutes ot the loth and -Sth ult. "' th.Uio^en^''dir^r''''^''°^''''''''''''"' '' T'"'"'' '''■°'" these Communications Public Ex,KnKli?urr"^- ' "'"'"" ' "'"'' *"" ""^' '"'"'""^^' ^^'"-'^'^ "I^"" ^he Wm. respect to the difliculty suggested by the Ordnance Department, My Lords are o ..pinion that it «ill not ari.e where the entire Expense of any Work has bel submitted to Parliament, and approved of, although a' Vote may^ no ha " been ta en tor the full amount m anyone year. Unforeseen and unavoidable Expend ure ..,'^M ''"■"'.'' i"*^ "" ^'^T^y '"'^"'.^ "'"•'■'"ly given orders that these Resolutions shal be acted upon implicitly in that Department in future, it is unnecessary?. • make any b.rtlier communication to that Hoard ; but My Lords desire that the Secretary ol State lor the Clonics and the Master General an.l Hoard of Depurlmentr' '''^ '" ^'''' ^'"^^^'^^P""'""!^' ^'^'-'""'"s i" their respective Apiien.lix, No. i. LETTER from Major General Sir A. Ihi/cc u> R. B,,l,um, Es.p, Sic. I've. (.*\:c. „.,^'"'„ 84, Pall Mall, DthMay !832. lllh Keport Hhich was forwarde.l with mv Minute of ycMerdav's <|ate uill mform the Mast.r General and l^.anl, that i.ieiaenaut-t'oloneNive^^^^^^^^^^ pl..e the >u,n^,tu,n „l the Rulauc Canal on the lust oi this m..nth. It is 1 . ref. e G !:i.nlC': riTn ^''";.";r ;''' ■""'"' 'r'"^ '■""''''^•^'"" ""'"^ N»viga.ion, the Mas, ^ G.ii. . IS and Hoar.ls Order ot 21st June iSyo. for executing -hi^ ( -.na!, HJilhrtVc been lull, led ; but as this work will be liabl.. ,., ....nstant .■urn, it expen.ii, r ,' well m the workup ol the Locks, and p.cservuti.m ol the JJunks. L in .'uMial repairs ON CANAL COMMUNICATIONS IN CANADA. 39 repairs, which will inevitably nrise, it i)ecnme5 necessary to consider for future pro- vision ; therefore, (wilii icference to the lioard's Orders of (Jth December 1830 i' and 2yth June 1831 ^Jv, communicating,' that the Canal is to remain solely"iti charge, and under tiie control of the Ordnance, and to the Master General's and lioard s subsequent Order of 14th October 1831 J.^, communicating that it is con, templatet! by the (Jovernment, that unUl the amount of Tolls, &c. for passinir the Locks shall be sulHcient to defray the annual expense of repairs, the necessary Funds should be provided by die Colonial Legislature in Canada,) I recommend that immediate orders be given to the respective Officers at Quebec, and the Pay^ master of the Rideau, that from the period when the Commanding l^,n<'ineer in Canada considers the execution of the Canal to be completed, a separate account be kept of all expenses incurred in its maintenance, so that the expenditure on the execution, and on the maintenance, may be wliolly distinct, and that if any Funds shall, in consequence of the last Order above (juoted, have been voted and made available for the maintenance of the Canal, all expenses for repairs, and the establishment necessary to be kept up from the completion of the work, should be charged to that sum. I am, Sir, &c. &c. (signed) Alc.V Bri/ce, M. G". Appendix, No. MEMORANDUM from Oifice of Gudnance. 2Cth May 1832. SUlilVin to the Master General, that a communication be made to the Lords Commissioners of the Treasury, acknowledging Mr. Spring Rice's Letter of the nth May, received on the 23d, in which was transmitted to this Department Copy of a Minute of the Lords Commissioners of the Treasury, dated nth May 1832. Acquaint their Lordships, in reference to Mr. Spring Rice's desire, that the Master (Jenerul and Hoard will " lay before My Lords, with as little delay as " possible, an account of the total expenditure on the Rideau Canal during the " year 1831, and to the latest period to whiili it can be carried forward ;" that the Board have the satisfaction to think that lliev iiave been enabled to fulfil his desire in the fullest maimer, by transmitting, on the' 21st Mav, to Mr. Spring Rice tor the information of the Lortis Commissioners of the Treas'ury, a complete state- ment of the Kxpcnse for the year 1831, received from Lieut.-Colonel By, with his Report, dated 27th February 1832; showing also, they lamented to fiiid a state- ment of expenditure incurred by Lieut.-Colonel By wholly unauthorized by this Department, not only amounting to i.'. 2.j,(i24, which was" before made known as a probable exceeding on the last Kstimate, but to a very much larger amount. Acquaint their Lordships, that tli» Board would immediately have carried into etTect the Inslruclioiis ol tiiiir Lordships contained in their Minute of nth May, had the circumstances rcniiiiiied the same as when that Minute was made ; but under the altered and unfortunate state of the case now known to their Lordships, the Board feel themselves justified, and indeed called upon, to await the (inal Instructions of the Lords Commissioners of the Treasury, founded upon the latest state of informa- tion contained in the J'apers transmitted to their Lordships on the 21 si May; on receiving such tiiial ln>tru(tions, the Board will not fail to carry into efl'ect' the Orders c*" the Lords Commissioners of the Treasury with the least possible delay. Transmit to Mr. Spring Bite, for the information of the Lords Commissioners of the Treasury, Copy of Sir Alexander Bryce's Letter of the ii)th .May 1832, respecting the expense of the jnaintetiance of or of Mich repairs as may aris'e upon,' the Rideau Canal, and the mode of kee|)ing the Accounts of the same. State to their Lordships, that as there is every reason to believe that the Canal is now linishcd, il is of the ulnio>t importance that this Department should receive the most precise Instructions from the Lords Commissioners of tlie Treasury res-jcctini' any expense to be incurred on the Canal suliseqnentlv to its eoinpletion'for its maintenance and ripair; tli.it ^uch onleis seem essential, to guard against the ^ 4 [lossibility 570. wa 40 APPENDIX TO REPORT FROM SELECT COMMITTEE possibility of future unauthorized expenditure ; and that this Dennrfm»„» -ii i time in giving effect to .such arrangements a^d orders a the K^r '"'" "" may consider most suitable to the'case. The Botd Kgt i^attl^rrt'ionTf the Lords Commissioners of the 'iVpnmirv !n nn ..o„„„ i auention of Sir Alexander Bryce's Letter/from an ilTessio? h"t TZlT '" T''"'',''^ provided for the maintenanc; of the CaZ K he'c oionil L "s ar,[' ""',r^dily no time ought to be lost in deciding upon and reLh bTail ch ^ f '" ^""'"'^ the interim, in order that unauthorifed^u"u rex, enS m!v 3.r ''''"\ " circumstances, be effectually guarded against "'''^"'^""'^' "«y' ""'l'^'' ""Y Possible (signed) T. F. K. 29th May 1832. Ordered accordingly. I approve, (signed) ./. A'. Appendix, No. (i. LETTER from the Right Hon. T.Spn^ J^ to the Secretary of the Ordnance. uwrTKrr- i • i . /• . '^''^'sury Chambers, nth June 1 8 rj youXte'^^^f S^ tJ'uV u/aV^ti-f^-^-^'^'r^ "^ "'^ A^jesty rTrel^.y entirely concur in optin with the M„ te T.r"^ '" Tn^""'"/ ^""' *'"^' ^'^ ^^^^'^ is of es'sential importance th V -il Vtru™ Z .IdT •" ''"'7"^"' ^'^''* '* the future management of the IvX.,, C i , "" ^'^''" '^"'^ '"'^•^P ^ '" expense of its ma^n" ".ce and repf. nd' thai M Lord" TI*-" "' .''^'^•"^■"^ ^^"^ branch of the sub. under their cmsiH, 1 ? ^ »'il have this important The House of Co^mo" no 'v tirby rrmb"<>rtl.e Hoi "" '''■'"- ""rT"' "^ the expenditure already incurred shall Tv^m I ^^^^ »^^^^ appearing to My Lords tl at the who. „» n 'l"y '^'^'P"" '" The House, it sidered by that Committee In .h ^"'' '" '' ' ''' ^''"''^''' «''«"'^l ''^ cou- arrangeme'nt s 11 be m de Mv I o ,sT" ""'' '""\"''' .""' ""''' ^"^-^ ''"»' requir'ed to maintain the C^'na 'miSt bTrn ^ I -ITi'^^rS'T"'""'^ means, however, of forming any iudL'ment of ,hl rli 1 ^" ^ ^'^'^'■' ''""" "" will be occasioned thereby • and ,s il mr i nfi ""^^..1"^"'*"''''' «^''"'-«'^ Per annum which Board, but also for th S^eiect Comm it e of 7. '"'m" "''''f."/^' ""' ""'^ '"^ ^^^'^ request the Master CienerT-uul W f 1 r """'*' ?' Commons, My Lords to prepare an Es i',ate o, 1.",^ o^^^^^^^ 17' ''""'' ."^ "'^'^ pruc. hi'c )fficers nature' and extent of L w rk S !mr ♦ *! "'"■ ^•'" """'"'r''' '""^'"8 '» '^e a separate and distinct acclt sh''dd f k n "c, Sir't'^f ',' "" ^"^"""?' "'"* curred for this Canal, in the manner ronostrLs.' AH '^"', I'"*"/" "^^ '"■ " stated by him. proposed hy S,r A. Hryce, and (or the reasons 1 am. Sir, your obedient servant, Sprhiir Rice. necessary, to prepare Xt"tEsI.^ ^ 'V''^'''''^' r'""" ''^' ^''"" '^""^ider maintaining the Em Cana l,t , . ^^ '"", *""" f "''' '"■"'""''^' ^'•"l''""^*^^ «»" lay the sa^ betore th^ STliSr/ri^^'Xr'"'^ "' '"^ ^■"'•^' "'"' "' Submit this Minute to the Master General before it is acted upon nth June i8j2. nth June 1832. Approved. 'J\ /' J{^ Ordered according to the IJounJ-, Mi„u,, „f „,, ,,i,, j,,^, y. F. A . ON CANAI, C(XMMUN" "ATIONS IN CANADA. 41 Appendix, N (). /. ESTIMATE of ilie Amount that will probubly be necessary, in the vear iSjj, for tho Miiiiitoiiitncc, including UqKiirs, of the liiilmu Canal, under supposition thill it was quite completed and opened on the ist May last. One Ca|itaii), lloyal Engineers, extra pay, 366 days, at 1 1 j. 1 42 APPENDIX TO REPORT FROM SELECT COMMITTEE These Locks were built, as for- merly ordercil, 108 feet long ami 7o feet wide. It is tulculatecl that tiii-y cannot be taken down and rebuilt "oinplete, of the dimensions iiow apprc • ed, of 1 30 ft. x 33 ft. for Steam- Boiii Navigation, at a less expense than stati;.. The Canul had been orijjinally laid out at i8 feet wide at bottom, ex- cepting at the deep and expensive cuttnigs, where, for a distance of above 1,600 yards, it is only 20 feet wide. The excavation herein stated, , is for making the whole length of Canal, about (i miles, 40 feet wide at bottom, and the average price of is. Cil. per cubic yard is assumed, as in the deep cut'ting it is entirely through Kock, and in no other part is there less than two or three feet of Kock at the bottom. The re-forming a Tow-path or Road is estimated, as in some places the whole, and in others the greater part, will have been cut away in widening the Canal. The Canal having isolated between it and the Ottawa Hiver a long slip of Land, although not more I than .jCio acres, yet extending nearly I six miles, and belonging 10 dideient I I'roprietors settled on i(. Hve per- ' nianentliridges had been established, which must now be replaced by Drawbridges (and of a greater ex'- tent) to allow the passage of Steam lioats, or the Land be purchased, which, however, may not be so prac- ticable, except in one instance, where the Sum re(|iiired for the Hridge exceeds the \alue of the Land. Appendix, No. 8, ^?r?]«^f lor increasing the Width of the Grenvi I'lLure^of ia.::i:'' ""^'^ '""""°"' '"^^ - PuTTiNo down the three upper Locks, and re-co..struct- '-g iheni of the Size of the lower ones ." ""''"'^' 'I'aking down und rebuilding on the approved large scalel for Steam-Boat Navigation, No. , li^gulating Lock -} Taking down and rebuilding, &e. No. 2 Lock, 6 feet lift Taking down and rebuilding, &e. No. 3 Lock, 7 feet lift Ifi3.i47 cubic yards of Excavation, through Rock andi , tanh,,n widening the present Caru.l from 20 and 's Si \ WKlth to 40 teet throughout at bottom, at 3,. C '/ .J ' "'u^nS: 'Tsh.T inent - - . . . 14.J(ii R 1; M A U K s. 77.'; 1 i.)8.oi>> lias.oii) I ! .■.4.24,". .■.4.'i4j ' :,4
v.(.;fii «4, i'ail .Mall, iti.lune iBji. .•„8(io 2(i7,j,-,4 j8i,274 i;„ojo Not yet ordered to be cuni- nieneed. f .is (inly f.H.Jolhail hrviirx- l|>«unrri'al. I. yr ATLR ».UMMUN,CATio.v bctwcen MontrcaUuA Kh,» •!- i-'- !--„> <-,■ o :::v;s;Li:'u;;'L;i;eFx:fSud!r ""^ '""^' ""^ ^""^'' » \ N APPENDIX TO REPORT TRONf SELE(;T COMmITTEK Mill-., (rom Munirnil. > 220. Alik's 10 Kingsluri. 150. THE RIDEAU CANAL. II mile point !'he Hav is in 45- Hartwell's.— Two Locks, 238. 4". 243. 35- 24S. .30. 25,5. ■JJ- The Dam. by llir..win.r Ivu-t fh l? '^"'■'*' '"■■^"'i>" t;>'"i t'"! 'I """^'"' "'"' ^' '"'^'^ '" l:,^;;-;.;;.....,/l:;^nir^l;:].^:-3/:- 330 Ket a.n.s,, ,0 av.,.d .!„ rapids of. he natural chamiel, Chafiy's M,Li,,.--A Dam and 1 Lock. f)Avi.s',s Rapids—A Dam and i Lock. JoNKs,s Fau.s.-A Dam ami 4 Lock.. CiiANMKiiiiv .VlAiisii~is aboiii -f 1;.,.. ..I I . , . ".■TlH,,,,, and about >< u'^'niJu' l^:';l" P'' '" '^"'^'""" i^t-i-h'j-ii^ir-;^?"^'-^^^ wmj.e...adev.e;:i:!^.:'i;;/^-— ^ 4f>. ... .|.c ■.dean uke;;bi j; ;; ';;;. 'z::x:, tri,:::' ;;■'■ 7r ut Uic wtK, . nil- oi {'-iri-.l .tl. ,1 ! iiu.hu 111,11 ((,.. H;iirr a'-,, be kept :t :;',,ea;iy^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 01 iioi, inav . Milii IV.in Miijicri'ul. 260. 2th. ()N CANAL COMMUNICATIONS IN CANADA. Kilij;sl(m. iS. 45 IllK ItlDKAU CANAL-,v„„„„<,/. } Hkk« ,.;,,'s IJn-KH Mu,,.s._Tw„ D.m. m.,J 2 Locks. j Uhewkr's Loweh MiLLs.-A iJan. mul , Lock. I Kingston Mills. — A Onm ■in.i ^11 m ,, . wa.cr i„ dry seas,,,;. ' '" "' '" "''^•■"" '■' '^''l"'' "'five feet The distance Croin Montreal 10 !• mrance H-.v i- alx.i.i . nS. .„ii , , • (or the passage ot Troops by ll.is line w, M ,.''""-'' '"''■^ '■"■,'' '''^- l""e rec,uir«l .~^:r:;";.^;:::;:;r-;;;:;;;;,;:;;;;:;;;;i:-ti;;r;;;-'-^^ V .■jT"- \ - ^»»« ■*v^ \ - / /l„, w „ —j9^'^ ttrl Htnr ,, Ji > /v „ " I ^'W~^^^-«r,., \N> ''( 'trhut>i)J^ N .^i^f^:^- M^?^^^ \.'' O.nJitt.^hitiiih I- I I I -< I) I •J ■v r' ItKI'liIlT I ItiiM (OMMII ||,K lUM'lt |iv<. IIU. l(ir)K\l' i \SM \ « < <> I I I, I N I, M A I* .1,. n,„, III, w. I ti:h < n.wyi wk a rinxs h.i..,,„ KINdSrON AM) MONI'm.Ali [l\M. ^^(^ X N A \> r'^r::-f^T^=^^^^^^^ '■"•'!''.,../. >v ' ln,iiuitti i^n.i.it.\ tin* / ' O I N I-. \\ O /< .)/'/' .I,,..l r, rh-llr,,., .'J (,m,;.i,. :. I: I'm,!,. I ■'.'>"'. li,,i,I^K' .l,.m,.nn.H..J.,,.li,„..u.,,i.- .>'.■!-•:, H..v(/;. ,'i.Vm