IMAGE EVALUATION TEST TARGET (MT-3) 1.0 I.I 1.25 iiitZA 12.5 |50 "^ li^ ui iifi ^ hS, 12.0 1.4 1 1.6 r- ^ Photographic Sciences Corporation 33 WIST MAIN STREET WEBSTER, N.Y. USSO (716)873-4503 XS^ °^A. ^^ / %^ CIHM/ICMH Microfiche Series. CIHM/ICMH Collection de microfiches. Canadian Institute for Historical Microreproductions / Institut Canadian de microreproductions historiques C^ ^jx^^pt^ Technical and Bibliographic Notas/Notes techniquas at bibiiographiquas The Institute has attempted to obtain the best original copy available for filming. Features of this copy which may be bibliographically unique, which may alter any of the images in the reproduction, or which may significantly change the usual method of filming, are checked below. D D D D D D D D D D . • . Coloured covers/ Couverture de couleur Covers damaged/ Couverture endommag6e Covers restored and/or laminated/ Couverture rastaur^e et/ou pellicul6e Cover title missing/ Le titre de couverture manque Coloured maps/ Cartes gdographiquas en couleur Coloured ink (i.e. other than blue or black)/ Encre de couleur (i.e. autre que bleue ou noire) Coloured plates and/or illustrations/ Planches et/ou illustrations en couleur Bound with other material/ Reli6 avac d'autres documents Q Tight binding may cause shadows or distortion along interior margin/ La re liure serrde peut causer de I'ombre ou de la distortion le long de la marge intirieure Blank leaves added during restoration may appear within the text. Whenever possible, these have been omitted from filming/ II se peut que certaines pages blanches ajout^es lors d'une restauration apparaissent dans le texte, mais, lorsque cela 6tait possible, ces pages n'ont pas 6t6 film^es. Additional comments:/ Commentaires suppl^mentaires: L'institut a microfilm^ le meilleur exemplaire qu'if lui a 6tt possible de se procurer. Les details de cet exemplaire qui sont peut-fttre uniques du point de vue bibliographique. qui peuvent modifier une image reproduite. om qui peuvent exiger une modification dans la mithode normale de filmage sont indiquAs ci-dessous. I I Coloured pages/ I I Pages damaged/ I I Pages restored and/or laminated/ D This item is filmed at the reduction ratio checked below/ Ce document est filmi au taux de rMuction indiqui ci-dessous. qudes Pages de couleur Pages damaged/ Pages endommagies Pages restored and/o Pages restaur6es et/ou pelliculAes Pages discoloured, stained or foxed/ Pages d^color^es, tachet^es ou piqut Pages detached/ Pages d6tach6es Showthrough Transparence Quality of prii Quality inigale de I'impression includes supplementary materi Comprend du materiel suppl^mentaire Only edition available/ Seule Edition dispcnible The toti I I Pages detached/ r^ Showthrough/ I I Quality of print varies/ I I includes supplementary material/ I I Only edition available/ The post oft film Ori( beg the sion othi first sion oril The shal TINi whi Mai diff< enti begl righ reqi met Pages wholly or partially obscured by errata slips, tissues, etc., have been refilmed to ensure the best possible image/ Les pages totalement ou partiellement obscurcies par un feuillet d'errata. une pelure, etc., ont ^ti fiimies d nouveau de fapon d obtenir la meilleure image possible. 10X 14X 18X 22X 26X 30X % 12X 16X 20X 24X 28X 32X The copy filmed here hae been reproduced thanke to the generosity of: Library of the Public Archives of Canada L'exemplaire filmA gAnirositA de: !ut reproduit grAce A la La bibliothdque des Archives pubiiques du Canada The imeges appearing here are the best quality possible considering the condition and legibility of the original copy and in keeping with the filming contract specifications. Les images suivantes ont 6t6 reproduites avec le plus grand soin, compte tenu de la condition et de la netteti de l'exemplaire film6, et en conformity avec les conditions du contrat de filmage. Original copies in printed paper covers are filmed beginning with the front cover and ending on the last page with a printed or illustrated impres- sion, or the back cover when appropriate. All other original copies are filmed beginning on the first page with a printed or illustrated impres- sion, and ending on the last page with a printed or illustrated impression. Les exemplaires originaux dont la couverture en papier est ImprimAe sont film6s en commenpant par le premier plat et en terminant soit par la ' derniire page qui comporte une empreinte d'impression ou d'illustration. soit par le second plat, salon le cas. Tous les autres exemplaires originaux sont fiim^s en commenpant par la premiere page qui comporte une empreinte d'impression ou d'illustration et en terminant par la derniAre page qui comporte une telle empreinte. The last recorded frame on each microfiche shall contain the symbol -^ (meaning "CON- TINUED"), or the symbol V (meaning "END"), whichever applies. Un des symboles suivants apparaitra sur la dernidre image de cheque microfiche, seion le cas: le symbols — ► signifie "A SUIVRE", le symbols V signifie "FIN". Maps, plates, cherts, etc., mey be filmed et different reduction ratios. Those too lerge to be entirely included in one exposure ere filmed beginning in the upper left hand corner, left to right end top to bottom, es many frames as required. The following diegrams illustrate the method: Les cartes, planches, tableaux, etc., peuvent dtre filmAs A des teux de reduction diffArents. Lorsque le document est trop grand pour dtre reproduit en un seul clichA, 11 est film6 d partir de Tangle supArieur geuche, de gauche A droite, et de haut en bas. en prenant le nombre d'images nAcesseire. Les diagrammes suivants illustrent ia mithode. 1 2 3 32X 1 2 3 4 5 6 atii SECOJVD RFPORT OF COMMISSIONER. hjeport of is£:lect coj^uwittee. CAXAL BILL. ■■**.:?,---!•-- '.i ■M.',-tv^-m ■<»' ••*^ •• i^.^ti-wm •fc,*r-fvai .. ^jL -?. p "<. r ^.j* . ,SJ^>r.jei.-Hi*'« ^itt- ■:^ V SECOND GE^^ERAL. REFOUT rBOM Motirrt mantfjil» lEniiuivt, TUB COMMlSSIOMiR APr()ir«TF.n "UNOr.R AND BY VIIITIT, OF" AN ACT PASSED IN THE ELEMiNTII VKAR UF lilS MAJESTV'S KEIUN, BNTITLBD, "An Act to grant n farther hnn to the Welland Canal Com2}any and to regulate thir fMhcr opcraiionsy FEBRUARY 8th, 1831. ALSO : THE nironx or select c OMMiTrrr. or the housk of assembly, apfointbd to cossiDin tbe f e- TITION Of TIIK rniiblliXNT A!IP DIKCCT0K8 OF THE WKLLAM) CANAL COMPANy ; AND The bill reported by them to the house. ORUBRED BY THE HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY TO BE PRINTED. YORK: JAMES BAXTER, Printer. 18SI. ■r J«.€«3'.IU ,UM. „...v*,> Clir,i,,.^,._,^, ■ r'-:> ■ •nii0':m-:,tmmm fn^jo^ iL< ' ! >*. 'i\». ''.jiii 'vrf-'*\*f**f^n" ^■> 'v wytjiii '•-^"iiv '<\\»'c. . -^ ^»\ . \M\- .Krtt OiV. .^1^7011 z:vr GT t^'::i:t t^t a:i7^::o':::.rn .uiii mit '■i.,*ii'j s.'i wT i^jfi-.at'^Ji ««» js^ina 3'tr rfT c.T]T:Tff following !>tutoinents uro » continuatiou of |o same subject. ( In Novtimbor last I examined tltp Dnep Cut, kd found th.it its banks Imd sustiiined no adili- bnni injury; but that thny remained in tho nditioii stHted in my former report. .Since tho month of July last seven hundred ■d ninety-seven cords of stone have boen laid the dam nt Uunnvillo in tho Grnml River. — Jiat work iv now in good conlition ; subsian- ll tind likely to prove permanently u.sof(il. It Jiy fiossibly require a few additional curds of pix! yearly for eight or ton years to come. 3 inclined pi inc at or near its centre, is venty feet long and thirty wide, having a fall one foot in ten ; at oacU end of the dam is an iilment fillnh of the Welliind, the distance being sixty one miles thrirteen and a lialf chains : the particu- 6 slKCOND REPOR t . lar« of *hat survey aio appended to tliU Report, in.irkoU U. Mosnfi. McDonoll, Bnrrolt, LolToiiy and inysollworo nppuiniod by the Hoard of DirocturM, Clrnv(>lly Dny U jtituated in tlir towiisliip of IIiiinl)i. cos siistiiiiied by llit Indinns und otiioi* in cons !(|nunca of niising the Dnm iit iho CJrnnd llivcr; nnd as on onqnity into complaints made by individuHlsof injury done thorn by llieopern- tions of the Company liecame % part of mv dii- ti'-s under tho Ciinnl Act, I acconipunied Mr yards from the slio o into the Liko nnd tlio s - cond livi! hundri'd nnd Heveniy vurds. nctwoun iho exirenin point:^ of ihtfso shoids there is ii grand ontranco of tix linndred nnd tucnly yanli into deep wutor, a rapacious l)iisin wiih a sauily bottom. A description of (»iHvclly Hay with G-orgo Ko«for Junior, and Mr. McDonoll in u^ gpunHincs and dist„nee8«iil be (Viund on ih« August Inst on a survey and cxnminaiion of tic „, of tlio Ningaia peninsula which accompu- drowned lands on the Grand River up to tlio ^^^\ ,i,i, roport. Ii> ad o> tho Delaware I'lats. A copy of Mr. ' Konfers Lstimntes, with remarks, is hereunto It will ilienco bo seen that the depths of \va- •td)m ted to Your Excellency's consideration, ter at the entrance of the bay I • wien ihesiioals,^ numbered or marked C. varies from eight to iwinty-tive feet, leaving a -. , .o.« irt.. , channel adapted to sliiiis of any bui liien ; that In the months of Sontomber and Octoboir last »,,„ ,„„,.jj ', i„ ,h. bay from the North shore ij I took soundmRs ot the mouth of lb* G|nnd j„,^,j„^. i„thg entrance .so\ei. hundred and «.>*< River, at the sand-bar. at its entrance. The yg,,,^ ^,.^ ^^^^^^ ^^^^ ,^y^„ to iwonty-tive] depth of the channel is our fret and it shifts its f^^, : ,j;,„ ^^^^ ,^„ ^each at lot number twenty. ' place. The width of the bar is a chain and a g^^„„ ,ravorsinp tho curve o« the bay to tl.« half; and twetty chains from the mouth of the g^m,, p„jg„ MiohI, midway, tho depths ar« Rivor, the depth is fiftcoh feot on the bar ; in ,g^^„^ ,^„^ p,g,„„^ ,^,.,y,,^ ^,,py,.„ ^.nd a hnlf, ten otlier places than the cliannol, the depth varies an,, „ i,„|,; el.vtn, ihirteon, twelve and eleven; from one and a hall to three and a hall feet. j,,,„ oj,pogi,„ St.el'. Tavern, between lots twen- I examined tho ioveral Bays and luleu on the ty-nino and thirty. West, beyond the Uny, thr. Lake, commencing with the Bay in front of aopth . •f water three bundled ftol out in tlo Fuir^'s Lo', township of Moulton, Boulion's tract ; at a di.stance of three hundred feet iVom tho beach or north shore, the depth of water increases from four to ten foot ; at nine hundred feot distance, the depth is fourteen (eet, and at sixteen hundred feet it increases to twenty two feet. This Bay is much exposed to South West winds—its bottom is rocky. Boulion*s Bay in the same townships it in front of lot numbar five Boulton's Tract ; at u distance of ninety feet from the beach or nor.h shore Lake is only five feet ; that four hundred & fii'iv feet out it is a fi^llmm ; six hundred, seven feet ;, nine huodmd, eleven feel ; twenty chains, four- teen feel; forty chains, three fpthoms; and thnt two hundred yards South of Sugar Loaf Point which lies in a South West direction from tlio NortJi shore of tlio Bay the depth of water is se- ven feet : four hundred und forty chains out it ii ten feet. The land ndjncenf to GravtUy Pay is, first, a narrow rid^e or bar of sand, then descendini; opposite Cranberry Creek, the" depth of water ^ a marsh, beyond which is a swamp, is four feet ; thence out one hnndred "nd fifty c.ravelly Bay appears to mo to possess verv feet, tl.c depth nicreases to five and a half, six superior advantages for a harbour at whirl, to and SIX and a half feet; m the centre ot the .gl^in^^.u ,he Ship Canal; it is the best and ilie Bayatthree^hundred feet seven and a half, at deepest on the Coast nnd also Iho nearest to the six hnndred foet nine at nine hundred feet ten. . «..,/. I . . . I . Aqueduct. The line of cutting described on A quarter of a mile from the shore the depth is j,,p' ^^ extends five mil.-s one thousjind thre. fourteen feet, and seventy chains out it is five fiithoms: this bay is well covered from South West and Westerly winds by Bluff point and by a small point below Furry*8->-it has a sandy bot- tom. An estima'o of the oxpenso of complet- ing the Canal to this Bay is atlaclicd to this re- port and Marked F. my remarks on Kinpard's Bay and Gray Biel's Bay together with estimate* by the Engineer, are entored in th« App«pdiXr marked O. and B. hundred und twenty yards to the nearest poin: of tho Ship Ciin.il, but as it 's probable, that in choosing the most favorable ground for excava- tion it would bo found expedient to depait from a straight course, the extent of Canal lo be made might perhaps exceed >n luug;th six iniies.-r-(Soe Appendix, G.) I personaHy examined thn route fi-om Botdton's Bay acroM tbo country to tlie Canal feeder, nl- WEI.I-AND CANAL. iho doptlis of w;i. le wit-n ilieslioiils,"'^ livit I'oef, Icaviiip a * nnv bin tlifn ; thiit 11 llio Noitli shore' ■I liundroil and so' vpn to twn-- iroiui the Uny, tlicJ ed tVol out in tliol iiirhunilr(-d&, fifi^l inilrcd, seven ftct ;^ ronty (hnins, foui • fn»hom»; and thnt ] Sugar Lonf Point direction from ilie pth of wnter is sv- )rty chains out it is 10 surveyed ronton from Kiiinninl's, CJray- fail s of ilio Canal, and find no eront eouso of and a.-uvi'lly Hays, to wliuio thoy intersort coinpliiiiit. ^''"''' • In thostntrnienis of the Inst nnniinl report of luvc) reason toltoliovo the ropOrUoflho En- tho CumI Uiicito.s \ lullv connir; uml cn-xidtr trs conccrnini; liu'so routfs, to bt R«ner«lly tlifiiiinienJed api iic.iliou f.ir a I'urilu'. loon jus- oct. Willi rcyiirJ lo ilio osiimatns of f x- lifu d by the < nii.niion of llio worlt, uiid flu' ii'l- vantrgos that itru aitticipatodfrum its e.iily coin- pioiiun. I'c ofexeavaiiog, they aro, at be«t, c«n|er,« »il. The distance th:il would bo avcd in iia- iMtiii!; the Canal fioni I, iko tnjvaku Uy opeu- a ^|n()p naviaalioii '»n the shortridt nonti! f'"om This tdbort iii accompanied by a profile of 'he ., .■ . , ,v 111.-. Canal, a M ip of the Ni.icuia I'eiiinsul.i and n u- I'.no to Lake Ontario would belorty-onc ^j^^^^.^, ^^^j.^*^,,,- ,|,„ k,.,,^^! of the D.mid of i>i- jos thirty-seven chains. ^^.^^,,,^ ^,- ,,,^ Wclland Canal hcicin before re- "'l liive examined into tho mode of doinR busi- fojrud to. itnn •"ii*r n , letting out and uin n-nriinj work done by ROBI-UT IIANDAJi* |iiliact; and generally into the pocuuittiy «f- York, i\\i Fcbnninj,t>■ hl'.P'j- ■■ . ,'. ■ »I r ,.■*■■ t •, 1 1 '■ ..»«» I.. I* •■ REPORT ON PETITION OF PRESIDENT AND DIRECTORS OF TIIK WELIiANO TABTAL. To the HoHowable tk» Houst of A$ttmbtjf, The Committee to whom wu rererred the pntilion of the President and Directors of the Welland Canal Company, praying for certain allorationi in the laws relative to laid Company and alao praying for lurh further aid by way of loun ns on examination mny be deemed sufficient to enable the said Compnny to complete the Cannl to that point on Luke Erie most advan- taguously situated for the formation of u harbour; Rbspectpvllt Report, That your Committee have eiaminod and considiirod the various matters referred to them and they fpel grent satisfaction in being enabled to St ito, that this work, so important to the com> mcrciiil interest of the Province, has been so far completed that a communication for vessvU from Luke Ontario to Lake Erie is now opened by way of the Niagara River. .' Although this route cannot be so advantage- ous to tho Provlnrn, or to the Company as the one contemplated by nn extension of the Canal * to a port on Lnke Eric, yet it has already drawn so much attention and proved the utility of the connection between the Lakes so fully that the necessity of a thorough completion of th(i work is, in the opinion of your Committee a matter no longer to be doubted. In order however to eflbct this object a considerable ex- penditure remains to be incurred, and it appears from the report of the Board of Directors that the available funds of the Company have been absorbed by the engagements of tho last season. Your Committee fully aware that it is decidedly opposed to tlie interest of ihn Province fo con- fine the Company to tho one channel by way of the Niagara River now completed, have had un- der their serious and deliberate consideration tho manner in which the Company should be aided. , The estimates of expenditure for the differm 1 routes differ materially and there are varini, opinions in relation to the advantages nf enc! The amount of expenditure within nny reasnr able bounds ia nut so important si that the ml vented their negotiating u loan on their own re- sponsibility without providing for the payment U that debt. It has been presented for the consi- deration of tho committee ; that the Province instead ofaflbrding specific aid for the particular object merely by borrowing en its own credit ami loaning the precise sum required should adopt a measure that would prevent a pledge of its in- comes and enable the Company to restore to tin Province the sccuilty which it ought to hold either for the money looned or responsibility as> snmad. In doing this the Committee have also considered what sums might possibly be required by the Company in order to produce an »dvan« tigeous nnd profitable use of the Canal. As ilic Provinco will in the event of the recommenda- tion being adopted be the snlr creditor of ihcCom- pany nnd hold a lien upon the Canal whirh shall prevent the Company ever looking to any other quarter it is necessary that in the arrangement a sum should be provided for, within the bounds of WEU.AND CANAt.->RRrour. g porftcl lofeey to tlio province mid tufllcieut for J" " |">' "'"y ronionnbly beoxpoctcd, thfl rompii- ull ilm oiiKuncifsut' iho ('Dinpiiiiy. "y *'" '•'«'" bo ni.iblrd tw relnu iliu ninwunt lUvy Your rommiit.0 ihorefuro ,,rop«« tl,«. ...tho. "';:,"„ 'i"r "llf'J, '*"''' f«',n"'r conlr:.ci .0 p..y . ot llie Province (or £2(N),(MH), ill lunis no* law The Coiiirnitico li.ive liud ureianted to them tliiut JC:200 Diit'h tu tlio I'roitldont ami Dm c.ort eorrr*pond«nce aiirl oilier inlorniulion ihnt ^wu o( (lie Wvlliind ('unxl Coinpuiiy, bouriiitf an MRiiriincu of inimodietc builiicii on llio Ciin il ininroiit at tho riitu o( flvi> cent pi») aiilv hull' yearly in Lomloii, tho p'incipul 10 debt. Ill puiil ill 25 vc ir« in (he innio iiluro, iind thrii _, <• 1 1 * /• • 1 the mid doboiitiiics l>n not i»-.iud 10 tho iiiid , "'7 f"> Jl'Tcfore confident thnt the Pio- Company until nocurity sliill Imvo be«n duly *''"■" V "'V'"}* ''"." «f"«"^'«»™«»« W'H be in a given for the piincln.il paynunt of tho iniciuM bottrr iituHlion limn ic now ii, and ilif operotioni ■ -iJ principal of thuno dobcnturQi, u» your "' •,•'!■• ^""'P^ny •>•> unlettered by peounitry dif- Committee have piirliculurly provided for in tho "';",'"*" ,'^'"'='' '""»» oii'harrMi their proceodingi, l)iU which they have prepared. The Committee •"''•)•"=' ••'«m to ruaciions oihorwiie to hi. ..void- liuvo l.een governed in naming thin sum more by '"'' "7 "'n''" « «'«»"ahle result doubtful which rtioconvirtion that tho socuriiy whitn will bo gi- J""^ •''"» •'« /''•"•« '-ertnin. The Commitlc. ven is abundantly Mifflciont for the Province, than *'"''" bestowed upon this branch of the applica- bv any opinion that this whole amount will nc- ''»" """<■•» ""f'"'"" "'"i h«ve treated it luoro cos^irily bo used by tho Company. '^""^ «*'"« '° *'• 8"^"» 'n'portanee. Tho result of Iho examination they Imve given , '^jll *"•""■ "I'J'"^''' en'brncod in tho petition of this branch of the subjoct enable them to state «'" D'.fPclOM'bpy have also examined and are of the following as tho probable situation of the com- 1''°. °»""'°" '''"' '''.* P^'-V""" «f «''« P"«''«on «" re- puny subsequent to this arrangement. '"*'°" '• '*"'"' 'S'" •» ^^ E'-'""«-d- The dobt to the Imperial Govern- . ''''"' ^''^'^ "'«y «''«'«'|' »"»» occurred in somo few ment £35 553 10 '"''""ccs with regard to the compensation to ' ' owners of property ought to be provided for so Tho debt to tho Province 60,000 far as Logiklalive enactment will conduce to that Ee . f .L r- I object. A clause hat tliercfure boon added with xpenses of extending tho Canal „ „• .,„ ,,, -„,„_,i., ,i.„ • „ ^ . , . ' . , .-I . . , "1. . I n view to remedy tlio inconvenience coniplaiu- to Lake Erie, including harbour ^.j ^f ■' viiij.i«iu and contingent expenses, say, ....50,000 1, . . , . , - The Company will also, if the Old recommend- Provision to be made forone years cd by f'lecommiitee shall he afforded by the Legis- interest on the £2(K).000 in ad- lature. be released from pecuniary embarrassment '^""'^'^ ' ' "" " and enabled promptly to pay to individuals tho Interest duo upon Imperial and amount of damapci assessud which hoietolbrc Provincial Loans, .' they could not do for want of means. The amount of balance thus loft will not be mare Tl"' Committee have prepared a Bill to meet than mny be required to enable the Co opany to these various objects, which they beg leave to give the nquisile aid to forwaiding by being P'oseni with ibis report. All which is respect- prepared to pHss vessels and bouts wiil\ the nc- '""y submitted, cessary despatch. H J. BOULTON, This statement is exhibited to show what may Chairman, be required from the company and that the sum of Committee Room, ) £200,000 currency is not too large to put under Commons' IIoiiso of Assembly, > their command, should tho Imperial Government February tlth, 1S31. J It:. ,Vi ''fy !' ,. 7 ^:'■ ^toi ..1 .M' 1.1 .ll! > f,. 1 > . - 1 ■■".'■ - ' • ■ ■ . , • ' ' . ..' ■''■ri'H.. .1 .,i(ir> .. .'. i 'f ■■ DRAFT w 1 .«* :( ■{ »• i t)ii' N' '.vl ll' 'J <>/\/ B/7/ Report id hy the Silvct Committee to iclncli icas referred the Petition of the P resident and JJirectornoft/te WdUind Canal Company. \^ ■ 1 ■ . hi •■ iltlili Ml. '. Vfl -tC % All -ict refa.'lve fo the ^VeUnnrl Canal Com)>n- nif iinJ for granting; siuii furlhr.r aid as i/ifi/ may require f,r cotiinlrting the said canal and the purposes there:'/. Wljcro.is soiuo flonbts Invo arisen relative to tb'! 'uwors of tiio sal I roinitany in ixlopiing thu inrMsiire? requisite for tlin constriiciion of thrir final and tiie oi-cii|),u* jn of tli*' 2i-oiin(l noce.ssj- ry ihcrelor, boili iU liie tJrani and Wolland Rivers, inJ it is projicr sicli doiiliis slimild be removoJ by cxiiresseniicinion?, tiie objuct of ibis iniproveini lit in the internal n.ivisj.iiion, ro(inir- in^4 tliat ibo powers of odjupaliiin and juiisdic- tion, sbould for liiis pirpose he. more certainly defined, as vested in said company. Jic it, J^c.-Thxl tlio Pioiiik'iit und Director.s of tbn Welhnd Canal Company sliidl be per- mitted to occupy snob pomon of tiio Grand Kivor or I'ivor Ouse and tiie land adjaininT tiiu Sinie from tbe upper part of tbo dam erect^'d by ibe said Coinp'uiy across ilic s imo ami tlien(« to tbe montb of tbe s;iiil Uiver ns ni:iy be ne- cessaivfor n Uwini' puili n-ate bouses and oili- er bnildinnjs or ereciions and to inipiovo tbe n "filiation iliereof by tne use of dnidirintr ma- cbines and olberwise, and tbat tbe said Com- pany sbaM linve the p-ivileije to extend tlieii- ca- nal for sliip navi ation to ibe said (jranil River and to any other U ly or Ilai bor on I/ike Krie, to tlie Ivisiw ird from llie month of tbo said River sin.l occupy the same as aforesaid, as tlicy may think tbe public convee''.nce and tbe interest of the siiil Coni|)a ly may re((iiire : and the said Companv are niso bereby autliorised in order to render th;- new channel m ide Iiy them mtoss a pi>';U of land, iietween tbo Niagara and Welland Rivers m. re eas^lv nav';iable, lo ibrtw a dam across the natural eiiann' 1 of the Wellanl River, and tliMt their juris liclion under 'he liniitat' -ns ofiliiir ch:>itU'' shall lu extended <»vfr ^dl such wo -ks -.md im[)rovemenis, as tbey arc or sbid' be authorized to m.»!\e, provid. d however that in cbeckini; the current by ihrowint,' -i dam across the W'ciland Rivi-r, every far'lity in their po''"er shall be given lo p;'s-i lafis of liuihar or luuibcr of every description, and no rharee of toll made therefor, or fir boats no constructed for or used in 1 ike navi'.;ntion, wbicli may enter nnd use tbo Wclbind River only, through said cut. And be it, 4*c. That the second and e'evenlU clauses of iho Act to grant a fnrtbor loan to the WcHand Canal Company nnd to regiihto tl»eir furttu-r operations, passed Gth March, ISSO, by which iho siiid coinpmy are restricted from ex- tondinn; said canal to Lake Erie without ftntber Lecislative provision for that purpose, ami thu 1. J, ll anil Kidi clauses of the Act p^issed April 13th, 1S2.'), entitled "An Actio repeal part of and extend the provisions of an !.ct passed in tbo fourth year of lii^ present M ijesty's reign, enti- tled ' An Act t> incorporate certain persons therein named imder the style and title of the Well ind C inal Company,' be, and tbo same arc hereby lepcaled." And be it Jl^-c. Thiit shall bo Arbiir-it'irs to settle and award ibe d'lmaues sus- laii'i"d by individuals, whose piojvriy bus been injured liy the opii lions of the (Joiiij)any, and with whom the (Jcini|.any have not nijretd or can- not aijree, and wiiose claims biive not been ad- justed undi-r lirniei l:iw-i, whose decision shall be final between the j) iriies, and the sai 1 \r- bitratois sbid be idluwcd for every diy of ihcir attendance to the duties of such arbitration, the sum of . And Whereas ihc W'ellnnd Cand Compun- are indebted to the Provincial fJovernmeiit of Upper Can ida in a l;>r»e sum iiin!.'(>}i siis- riy li^ts bf'i'n "•ip;iMy, nnd ^Tid or can- ii>l Ix'cti ad- • cision bhull lio said Ar- d 1 y of tlirir itraiioii, tlic d Coin|).iny ■ernnifMit of m HH'v and ^OVt llillKMlt I fiiitluT aid id C'onal in as a pnldic i.v His Ma- '0,000 icr- 'f '!.'• Pio- tl|( soruf'uy f'l.iblc 'lie lish iho olv to l'.i\ tiie if dobt of J2')0,000 Sioriinj due to His Majesty's (iDvcrnn 111 and to rt'decni tlio DolR'iitiiros of tlio l'ruvi,niil Government issued for money to. mod to liiem and payable wldiin u short time: lie it, »Vc. Tiial wlioncvcr the siid WeJIand Cin.il Ciimpany sliidi have executed a bond in d li' form, conlitioni'd l"or tlio pnmti'al piymrnt ol' llio inteipst and ()rinripal of sucii debfiiiiircs as diall iiy tiic auili!iri;y of liiis Province bo is- siii'ii for their I)eni;fn,and sh dl also iiiive c.NOcnt- c'l a morgiuo upon tho Oinal aid tlie toils tliori'on as colialiM-.d sCM-iirily for ilio porfornianco of the said comlition, then it sliull and may bo liiwfid, and tln! licciMver (Jt'iiLTal is licr.'by ro- qiiiriMl, to isiuoand deliver to tiie diroc'ors of tho s.iid Com|mny, liic Debentures of this Provinci.' to the anionnt of.CjO,f)00, in sums not less tban £100 CHcli as may bo roquiii^cl by said Diicrtors |i,.y,iblo to llie order of said Company at ilie ex- , jiiiation of 25 years, from tiie passing o( tliisact Willi interest at tlie ral" of live per cent, per aii- niini, siMiii- inniid'y in flio Ciiy of London, at such place as shall be n jiu H i)V the said ( 'oinpa- n\ iiiid piiblishi'd in two ne\v-i|> jicrs of said City, at least three months hetore such interest shall become duo and whenever any chani^o in the place ol' ]i lyinent shall bo made, such notice shall a^aiu be given in tlio same manner. An I he it, Sfc. Thai tho Receiver General may IVoni lime to thno issue such t'linher De- bentures, in iliesiinu! form .is may be reiinir. d by tin: said Hn'ird of Diio-tois, to llie amount of jC!,'iI),()()0 Canafla currency, niakiii!; tlio whole issiK! of l> 'bentuics to s.iio Company not ex- ceeding JC200,0()0 C inada currj-ncy, wiih which Delienniies the s id (Jompaiiv, shall be required to raise a sum Mitlicient to pay tlie debt of iho Province, incurreil for the Li'n to tli. in of .€.■)(), 000, ,ind pay iho same i'/o the 'rrensin y of tliu I'rovince; and the l!ecci>er (icneral is hereby required to use tho said money for the redemption of the debentures issued lor" the loan to said Company. And the said Company are also required to remove the lion ofllis Majesty's Givoi nmont by paying off tie same or procnrhijj a dischar.'o therefrom. The leniainderof mo- ney so raised by the Debeniuies aforesaid, the company are amhoriseil to use in any manner they may deem expedient for such purposes and. objects as the beneficial and active use of the Canal may require. And he. it ^'c.-— That it shall bo the duty of tho Directors in the appropriation of their tolls to malio provision for tiio payment of tho imcr- est of the aforesaid Debentures pursuant to their tonor, sulVu'iiuit for one year in advance and to have that Hum ahvavs at their command before any dividend of profits to tho siockholders shall be declared ; and further in their annual report to tho Parli..meiit they sh dl pir icularly name tho place and manner in which the same is deposited or invested. And he it Sfr. — That all such Debentures with liie interest thereon and all charges incident or atlendinp the s inie shall he and are hereby charccd and cb ir^'eahle upon the fund provided by the secuiiiies nhvn t'o: the repayment thereof by tho said Wcdiaad Canal <'onipany and if at any time satisficlory provision sliall not have been made, in the manner named in tho prece- ding clause for the payment of the interest and the principal when due. it shall then be lawful and ihn is hereby required in the name and by the audiority of this Province to take possession ol' mo said Canal and .ppoint such agents, colluitors and o'lier oAireis.is may bo reqiiisiti! lo iiianaiio the same, and de(H)sit and apply till' proceeds ihereofto the payment of tho interest and luincipal uforebuid. :W- m- IINIS.