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Gentlemen, 1 am commanded by His Excelleticy the Admmistf Jtor of the Government, to call your attention to the 10th Section of the Act for the Sovlent of the Internal Communications, by which it is required hat 3shall make a report to the Three Branches of the J^egis lature in Ihf Son now approal^hing, of the improvements „jade ^i^t^e JJo^ which has been placed under your ^^P^^^^^^f ^^!i^7,;iV^^ information and observations as you may have to offer on the .^bject oi ImPemenls^ to be made in the Internal Communications of the Province. The Act in question does not specify any particular time within which the Reports from the Commissioners are to be lurnished, but it ig obviously desiSthat they should be received at as early a period of the Session afnossibir that time may be afforded for a full consideration of the 3aTl^^^^^^^^^^ be deemed expedient to grant any further aJd in prosecution of the improvements that may have been made this Summer. You will, of course, deem it your duty, in the Report you will transmit, to make a full and detailed statement of your proceedings, and also t^aCd every information with respect to theline of country traversed by the Road, audits capacity for settlement, that a judgmen may be Srmed as to' the advant'ages'which may be expected Jo --It fr^^^^^^^^^ completion of the undertaking, but it may be convenient that your Report should be arranged under the following heads :— 1st— The extent of Road to be made under the Act, specifying the point at which it has been commenced and where it is intended that it should terminate. 2d— The extent of Road that has been completed, stating to what breadth it has been opened, -whether ditches have been made at the sides, and the number of briflges that may have been constructed. To Le S6mindre de Qu^^. 3, rue de VUnWer^.te. Quebec 4, '"'>■■'^- Sd. — Whether the work has been done by contract or by day labour. 4th. — The description of country traversed by tlie Road, — whether fit for cultivation, and whether there are any steep hills on the line over which the road has been necessarily carried, and on what part of the Road they are met with. 5th. — ^The description of the country, as far as it is known to ;^ou, through which the remainder of the Road yet unopened is to be carried, as well as if the Road leads only to the waste lands of the Crown, whether those lands are of a description to encourage settlement. 6th. — A statement of the money that has been advanced to you— the amount that has been expended and accounted for, and the sum, if any, that remains in your hands. 7th. — Whether the sum appropriated for the road Avill be sufficient to complete it, or what further sum might be required for that purpose. I have only to add, that His Excellency hopes you will lose no time in preparing this Report, and that it may be transmitted to each Branch of the Legislature within fifteen days after the opening of the Session. I have the honour to be, Gentlemen, Your most obedient humble servant. i