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TAYLOR, AT "THE OTTAWA CITIZEN" STKAM PRINTING HOUSE. 1870. I ..j^aab^mi: ^M ^^pl^ W ' V I n K r» r> Ti ^r <»K TITI". BOARD OF TRADE FOR THE CITY OF OTTAWA, FOR THK /£AB EXOfNG oUi DECEMBER. 1809. Till- (limm-il of tlx^ Hoahd ok Tkad): oflho Cily r)f Ottawa, vpspodfttny submit tlin folln\viiv,' rfjiovt of till' vrociMjdinss of the UoMnl of trndi! for tlic y<'iir 18(ilt. It liiivini; litMjoiiitj necrssary to t'li'.'ct a iT-orgiiuisiition of tlit> Duiinl of TraiU',(>\ving to the oriyiuiil inemlievs boiug Vfiiiovcd liy (li-ath or otlicr causes, i\w auaual flection for OtHccvs li'ail to 1m; invstiioiie:!" till Momlay 1st Ivlarcli. on which occasion, at a very full Httfuilauce, the following Oilieers wen; elected hy ballot :■— ALKX. WOilKMAN. ESQ.. PuKsiDKNT. C. K. CUNNINGHAM, J:SQ., Vk.'K-Phksidknt. .IAS. CUNNINGHAM, ESQ., Tni:Asi:uiiU. The Council elected were Jii> follows : — (1 T Hate, Thos. Patterson, G. H. Perrv, Thos. Huuton, M. K. Dickinson. H. J. Friel, S." Howell', ,1. t;. Kol.inson, Koht. Mc.thvi'vy, .Jas. Hoi.e, J. K. Caldwell, and \V. Pennock. , ,,. .., ,,,,',, r^ ■, \rl.itvators;--P. A. Egleson, .J. P. Featherstone, (J. W. Russell, (}. E. D.^shavats, T. l;Urkett, J. M. Currier. 1). Whelan, Hon. J. Skead, H. F. liron^ou, A. Mntciiniore, A. C. Keltv, and Thos. McKay. Tlie Yearly Kei)ort of the Hoard of Ti'ade was read, and on motion of .James Cunning- ham. Ksq. seconded hy John lleiiey. Ks(i.. it was adoj.ted aury ^;-/^ be directe.l to write to the Chairman of the board of Examiners J. Kochester, .Junr. Es-i., including a jbiU of >^-2\:.Vd incurred for that ])uritOKe. . , -..-r 1 11- . m -i^ 1 It was r.'.solved that the subject of Innnigation— the ^urt]l \\vHi lerntory und the Assessment law V)e brought forward at next meeting. ... , At a meeting of the Council hehl on 21)th March, after the usual routine, busniess the i^ubiectof Immigration was taken iip and a i)ai.er on that subject prepared by the Secretarv having been read, it was resolved to lay it, an.l a, Memorial on tlie Lcciprocitv miestion' be h.. re' the H>K.rd of Trade. It was also re.^olved that (.. If. Icrry C. E Ci.nningliam.T. I'atterson. .7, F. Caldwell, .las. Hoi.e,.Ias. Cunningham, and W. Pennock be a committee to take into oonsid(^ration the Assessmeiic law of last session, and Report to this (\)uiicil as to the course they would recommend to be ad(jpted for its uniendinent. E. INIcCrillivi'av's nauio was Hubscfiucutly added to this committee by the- Hoaiul ot Tradt>.. :%\ 2 b..Mn-fnnxMl to tlK' (^.HU^il to bo iml.lislunl n'solv...! ;-Tln.t t!w Wring tilt T?r 1r .. ; c.f T uh^ V .K-i,.al Muuirii.laiti,swaH uuule by a circular iro,u the ,„,,,,W "f tl,,, B,.a,a of Tr.;,l,-, an.l copi™ t,. ».=1. uf tl.o Itanl, of l.a,lo ... tl.« '"""r«o1vo,1 .l,»t th: .,"-«"" of .Intl.., u„ l...uk-. kK-k-LinU.,, ...ateriuls, tl,« Co,,}- ,l,„lta/sr net between the shon-s of Lake SuiKU'ior ana the Kastem slope of the llockv M^ ;i i" Tile CouiLil of the IJoanl of T^ile trust the sau.e 1-f ^^^ I't'^J'^ox pte;Uu«uch..e™es. sincere vmcler posset tor' i \ ■ romlorod tho commonnul iutemsts of tlip KmpirP, nnd with full conti(l.«nce iu yoiir patriotism find stati^sin.ui.ali.. liop;? tlnit yon m;iy loni,' till th.> i^xAUnl ixmitiou you now hold, and that the houourd wt'U oiiriu'd uud {.'fuciousl v outVnvd may l.o but tlic pivludc of f^ivator to follow. \Vn ai«. gf'ntlomfii, with profoniKl iv-tpoct, your oliomont sprvautx. On hclialf of tlu! Uouucil. . _„ « . , (Sijjat'd) Al.KX. WuUKMAN, Ptesuh'iit A meeting of Council on 27tU Apiil was held, to tak<' into considoration tlu* !Ui,i,'-<('stioii of thn Wat.T^Work.s (•omuiitti".'. It wasi ivsolvcd tliat a rlivular 1.." f(.r\vardcd to tlu' various Hoards of Tiado of tlie Doiuiuion, and to llif jiriiu'lpal Municipal IVainoiis. asking llicui to name a joint dcloijatiou to take into cousid-ratiou ineasiu'os noofssary to MUppo^-t tho action of thi'ir veprt'SMut^itivos iu tlu' House of ('oniinouH, ivlativo to tlm Ottawa iiavif^ation. „ -. . * t At a nit'ftini,' of Couiu-il on :5nl May, tlif! ivport of (1oinnutU't« on Assossnu'ut Law was read and appmvod, as also on tli > Tusolvcut liaw and Duty on liooks. It wasrosolv- fd that a [u'titiou to tlus Lccrislaturc, with rcfcrcuc.- to these sul))ccts lie prepared, and that a uienu)rial to the (iovernor General to abate the Silver nuisance he forwarded. The memorial of the Board of Trade of the T'ity of Ottawa, respectfully sheweth : That the lar«,'o (piantity of American silver coin iu cii'culation in Canada is produc- tive of ^'reat los^s, owing to the ditleri'uce between its ival aurt duties on l)Ookbiiiders' m:iterial, oj)erates injuriously bv preventing the printing and publisliing of books in Canain. ( The Citizens of Ottawa having ftiffertnl a Kcvere loss by the death of their active and energetic Mayor, on the Kith of May, si Uieetiug of Council wiis held on the 18th to take I ■ \^ \ ^ / 4 i» . into I'onsidcnitioii iiicaHureH for iitttMulliij; tlj»> ftuievul of the liit«» tiioml)ci' of thin il, H, .). Fviel, Ksq., it viis rcsolvrd : — Tliiit tli»» Council of tli*! Roiml of jOUUC iui(! Ti ha\(! Iciirnci 1 witli cxti'cii 'vct, tlic Niiddcn dcutli of tlioir latt^ ('o11i>h!,mi(' 11. J. FiicI, l''.S(i., Mayor of this Cily, thai tlicy ti-ndcr to Mrs. I'Vicl and family tlu'ii' licartfolt ijiatli Hieir dpoi» uiWi i\ tl. d)lic k U Mustaintd liy th incnt, and in order to mark llicir sons*' of tlin woitli of tliu dccfascd and the grt'ut services lie has i-ondeml this eiiy, this Coaneil will jn-oceed to his lato lesiih-nco on VV<'dni'sday, for tho ]an'iioso of iittendini; the funeral. At a nu'otin,:,' of the (Vnnieil of the Itoard of Trado on 7th Jm\c, oonunnnlcations were received imin the Ueard of Tiade of Queliec, cononrriiiL; in any njeasures necessary to 1/0 taken for the oiienini: of the' Ottawa Navii,'ation. Siniiliar conmnnueations were read from Hamilton ami Jjoutlon, one fi'oni Montreal on the Insolvency Aet, and one from Toronto invitini,' co-oiieration" in the eHoi-fc to create an Ontario ('hamlier of Connnerci'. It was resolved :-T]iat in re]ily to the circulars « if the IMontreal Uoard of Trade the (!ouncil are (.f oinnion that it is not t^xjiedient to take any action at present, and that the secretary do write in answer lo th(> Toronto IJoard of Traili.' stutinj; that no orj,'ani;;ation short of a J'oard of Trade for the Dominion w(add ho of value, ami that it shcaild have its seat at the Capital. Th(! correspondence on this suUject haa Ixxm as follow.s — circular — to the 8eoretury, Board of Trad)jeots hearin;^ n])on these interests are discussed in the Dominion and Provincial Pinliaments, the desiral>ility of promotinga friendly interchange of tliought hetween the mercliants of the ditl'erent Provinces, and es- pecially the importance of bvingin;: the united connnercial opinion of Ontario to bear upon the Legislatiu'c on all (juestions all'ecting the material welfare of the Pi'ovince and tlm country, deems the present an ai)])r()[)riate time for inaugurating an Ontario Cliand)er of Oonnnorce, tho said (Jhamher to lie comj)osed of representatives of the various Pi'ovincial Boarose (if sul)miUin,<,' a draft of constitution, ie. ■ 111 tlie incauthno our immediate design in addressin-; y followin.ir letter has Ix'en udih'cssed to M- Turner : OF' K'K, iJOAUU OK TUAUK, ) • Ottawa, 9tli June, 1809. j" S.u,— In accordance with \'our request, your Ojjtdcl Ch-cnhir, dated '20tli May, lias been laid hefore the Council of the Board of Trade of this City, on the occasion of the regular monthly meetin<( on the 7th instant, and after careful consideration it was unani- mously resolved : " That in reply to the Circular of the Conmiittee of the Board of " Trade, this Council are of oi)inion that any .general organization of the kind contem- «* plated, should have its seat at the capital, i.nd that the inost judicious movement would •* be towards a General Board of Trade for the Dominion. " 1 have been directed to inform you that the Council considers any new local organi- zation would fail to exercise a beneli'cial inlluence on the general interests of Canada, and they hope that the Toronto Board of Trade will make tlui eilort to extend the movement • at once to the other Provinces, ill v>liich jaoject this Board of Trade will most cordially coopeiate. i • i i i Fully appreciating the true value of the Constitutional changes which have occurred, the Ottawa Board of Trade are not iirepared to ivcogni/.e as a fact that the country is '' pnssitKf Ihrovgh a very Important erisln, " or that •• f/ie/oiimlatiun o/nfatnre Kmjnre is being'laid. Both i)roi)Ositions, us apjdied to a concentration of the ])Ower of the British Em]tire, are of ton revolutionary a character altogether to have any share or inlluence in the iiiualuamation of its Provinces in America, and too foreign to the genius of the constitutional Uoverment under which we live and under which these outlying ])ortioiis of the em])ire have prospered. They view the im-sent movement in relation thereto as that of sons of a house-hold taken into partnership, not for tlir purpose of making radical changes in the firm, but with tin; intention of extending its business, fltrengtheniiig its nuiterial interests, and adding to its power. The commercial interests of Ontario cannot l)e separated from those of the other Provinces, and a discussion of her interests would not forcibly impress either tlie Executive -%. ly imp or Leifislatui-e which must of the coiiHideratJons ooimprtpfl with a hnnlcntptcy law, our liscal iclutiouH, ..ud tlio el in meter of '■ tf„: /i>t »,•>'. ur,fofmfiou» w!th the raited .Staff M „H to ToviimH'U,/ In trtuW (wliioh thw ('(.uncil Im-H.-n.-h mIiouM not 1..^ cntfinl uik)ii till all .|U.'sti()iiH(.fl«)Ui.(Iiiric.s inidclalins uovv p.-iKlin',' lu-twcru tliat power an.l Umit Britain aro tiiially a.ljustcd) as well as tla- .'iicoiira^icuifiit nf intfrculonial^ .>r local trmU'. th.'V Htill lioM that th.-M- luatt.-rs arc lit and propt-r std.jt'cis .)f i-onsulcratioii and discuH- hion l.v a L'cn.'ral lUmrd of Trade f. r tin- 1)..ininion, which should he composed ot an e.pml linud.er of Deh.^at.-s from vvryy Hoard of Trade in Canada, from svhon, the fiovernment of the dav hhould na.ne the I'reshlent and pay the Secretary. Su<-h .lelejrates instructed l.y their lespectixc^ constitu.-nts. should meet -At Ottawa during; the Session of F.vrliameut, und then deci.le on th*' cours.' of action U. !>.• takm .ai the yreat commenrd and other in- terests of the country. Anno Department of (Jovennnent has iH'cn assi-oed to lili the position this l.o.lv woul.l occupy, tla* mressity arises for its s,.mi-otHcial character, and as it wouhl prolml.ly Ih' chan-<'.l ."vtv year any ev ils arisin-from undue laas or influence w(ad. ■/ he provided a.'ainst. Measures couhl also more readily l.e taken to hrniK' it int^> aoc()rd t ■ with the MinuHter of Finan.'e for the tina- 1.ein«. Such is the outline of a scheme twico attenipted to he realised, and it is to U- h.-i-ed that ni the hiimls of tlie enevf{ic inerohuntH of Toronto it may hecome a reality. This Counci"! re"n-t that thev cnn see no jmrpose answeml l»y theKstablislimcut otuii OntarioChamherufConnnerc.^ hey. aid that of peip.-tuatin« narmw Hectioual viewH iiml ju-etensions which are altogether ont of place in ('anatla. 1 have the honor to he Sir, Your oh'dt. KPrvt., . «. H. PERltV. ^ John Ti-RNKii, KsQ., MendHv of Cuuucil, ChainuauofCommittiv l5oardofTrad.\ Sec. pro-tcm. 'I'oronto. At a meetincr of the Council on the oth of July, a letter from See., Board of Trade Brantford was read approvin- of the action taken in the matter of tluHHtawa navigation, and offering assistance. On same .hiy m (|uarterly meeting was convened Imtadionrnod for want of a (piorum. , ,, , ,, ^ ej.\ < On the 2nd of August a Meeting of Council was held, when a Report of the AssessorH of the Corporation was exhibited, showing tlio value of property exempt luuler the As8e8,sment Law in Ottawa to he !?r) 1(5,800. ,. ,„ The regular Monthly Meeting of the Council was held on 0th September. < »n 4th ( )ctober, the Monthly .Meeting of Council was adjourned for want of a q»oniin and the Quarterly General Aleeting was alst, adjourned for same cause. On 13th Octot)er the Assessment Committee prepared a UeiMn-t and draft of a petition which was adopted at the Monthly .Meeting of Council on the Lst- November, as follows : ^ ^ T/ie Jlonorahle th' Lp;/ishfh-p. Axseiuhhj of the Province of ()nt«no. h> the Domhilon of Caitadd : ■ The petition of the Hoard of Trade of the ( 'itv of Ottawa KESi'K(;TFrLLV siiKWETH-- That your fionoralde House during the last Session did ])ass and enact a. bill entitled " a Bill to amend an.l consoli.late the As.sessment of Prop.'rty in the P.'ovince of Ontario, bv which taxation has been created and confined to Estates hehl by individuals or Corpor- ations, while the whole Civil Service of the Dominion of Canada have been exe^ipted from the impo.siti.m of the Income Tax. That the Assessed value of real Kstates so exempt from taxation in the Citv of Ottawa amounts to i^r)4G,800, the remainder liable to Municipal Charges amount to !*4,G00.000. That Merchants and Dealers are assessed on Stock income and real Kstate. thus taxing at once capital anlus. and as in duty bound they will ever i)ray. I Signed, Alexandeh Wohkmav, President. I- MeotinRof ('onnoil on 22ii ho Ijiiil over till (Jcii.'ral Mtrtin^t. A» so)ii(5 of tlin memlK^i-H of the ("ivil JScrvin' of tlif Domiuiou of Caiiaila iiud picpaml ii petition to tlio Ontfin.i T.cniMlativp Assciiil.iy in wliicli it was slu-svii that various members of this iJoaid ami of the City Cotiiicirw.M-e exempt from tuxation thiougli the Uxitv of tho assessors, niul other arjjummits nimle use of to seeiiri' for the Civil Borviiv Exemption from the Tneomo tiix, it wjw ivhoIvpiI tlmt « |>otitioit h« prepaml shewiiij^ the real stilt;- of the ease, Comniittees were a]ipoint»Ml to prppaiv statistles for Yearly l!eport>. The re<,Milar iiKtiithly meetiiij,' of (Jonueil was held ou (ith Deeemher. The City Assessors were reipit ■^te(l to prepai*^ dociiiMeiits shewiii!; the amoiiut of taxation imposetl on inemhcrs of the Civil Service, the umoiint i)ai(l hy tlie memhers of tlie Hoard of Tmde referred to in the petition, and the amount that would he paid I the alterations BHkod for iiv the IJoiird of Trade weic eiineled. A meeting' of Council was hohl on the lOth Docemher, to take into consideration certain trade irre^'nlaritie-s. It was resolved : -That J. P. Featherstone, Estp, P. x\. Eglson, sen., and Dennis Whelan, Es.p-s., he a Board to investi.^ute tlie cause of complaint, urged hy J. O. Rohinson, Esij. Those j,'entlumou were notilied of tluMr appointment and the Council awaits their Heport. ^ _ A meetinj,' of (Jomicil was lu'ld on the ilst Decemher, for tho |)uri)OH« of receiving the R(^port of" the VHy AssessorH, but as it was not completetl it was referred back to tlioso j^eutlemen. Th(! pcititiou of this Board ou the Assessment Act of 1809, led to a series of resohitions for its amendment in the Ontario Le<,'islature, but the results were not satisfactory, and as tJK^ Assembly adjourned on the '2 Ith no fui-ther action couhl W. taken. Xt a'meetin^'of thf the Ueneral IMeeting that it l>e signed by the Pnisident, printed and distributed to all the members of the, 1 louse of Assembly.and generally through- out tlie Dominion. The Board i>f Tiade had two (Jenera! Meetings during the ])ast year, and the Council uinotccMi Sessions. In placing before the C.-neral Meeting a Report of tlanr proceedings the Council feel how little has been dom^ to forward the general objects of utility required for the devtaoi)ment of the resources of the Country. In the early i)art of tho year great hopes were entertained that a (h-cisive ellbrt woiihl b(! made to jilace that greatest of all national works, the Ottawa Navigation, befon; the Public, the failure of eveiy attempt tfv ert'ect so desirable an object has been mo.st decided. It is impossible to look ou spasmodic exertions such as result from the action of Parlian\entary Committees as being of the slightest value, and your Council are persuaded that all attempts at profitably agitating this subject will Ije useless till the Ottawa i)eoi)hs thi'Ough their representations, niakc it'll vital (piestion of i>olicy, or till an administration far sighted enough shall arise to make it a Governmental measure— the efibrts therefore of the jx'ople more immediately interested should be directed towards their own Rei)re,sentatives, and if unable, to impress the value of a direct policy on them. Care should be taken to seh^ct men as their Kucce.s.sors who would know no other. J t is .surely time that the Ottawa i)eoplo were in earnest about this matter. The future, prosperity of the Country depends on it in no ordinary degree, and if there is to l)e a healthy Immigration poured into it the construction (.)f the necessary work must form one of the chief inducements to tlie Immigrant. There are two great objects to be achieved by the Ottawa Navigation. The tnule of the West and North West inust lind an outlt^t to' the sea board tbrough that channel, the truth of this axiom has been so often demonstrated that it need not enter into any discuss- ion of this (piestion, and with all its great importance, it is not by far the most valuable .service the interests of the Country will r.v,-ivc from the construction of the works nec- essary to achieve that object. Its agency in tilling the country with people, will be more valuah'h; tlian its trade, hivge as that will undoubtedly be. The difficulty encountered in establishing immigrants iuljanada results from the fiict that immediate employment is not alwavs available, and that no system of emigration exists either here or in Great Britain , > y l»y which the ix-ople liest adiijiLt'd to the Wiints of Onmulii i-oiihl be sent out. Tt wants farm servants, hiborcMv: iuul hunseliohl servants ; H ,i,'ets clerks, i.rcfessional men, ,'?eiitlo- men,--that is men liron-,'lit uj) torn, jtrofession or inihistriiil pursuit, ami skilUid nu'cliiinics in the nicer (U']mrtment, wliieli th(! suh-di vision of liih.'r in ( (rent I'.i'itiiin has erented - not. that n^'^n of all these classes arc not wanted, l)ut it is in very limitt.'d numbers, as comnared with simple laborers, ^'o^v what is to give (>mva\:\. the chiss of j.eonle she wants is simply a good system l.v which .rly the right class %vdl be sont out. and for those a,mi)le emi>lovment' should be pi-ovided. That the great social diliiculty in ( Ireat Britain is over-poi)ulation is so w.-ll known that it is hardly necessary to ment.ion it. that any means which would i-elieve hei' of the i)ressuiv. would be most gladly accepted, an.l it requires but little tro>d)le on the pari of the Dondiiion (ioveiMnuent to make such an arrangement as would secure tliat object, at the s.uu- time getting the Imperial guarantee for tlie money necessary to carry on tln^ great w...k which wdl be re(iuired lo develop tlie country and give employment to the immigrants who shoidd be transported here {w^i^ of cost, niider tlie following' arrangement : the Imperial (lovernmeiit should pay the Dominion Uovermuenta stated sum i.er\head <.i every immigrant from (h-eat Uritam or Ireland. who should be selected bv the agents of the Donunion from amongst those unahle to i)a\ their own passage, and eng-.u'o to i)rovide tluMu in work for two oi' thr(>e years, and aftei- Avards "ive them a free grant of KH) acres of huid. Some such scheme i s this must Ix- undertaken to meet the exigencies of the case at home and in C;inada. The opening of the North-West Territory will involve the building of at least 1.2U0 miles of Railway,— the work of this in'])ortance cannot be entrusted to a, private comitany or companies without a large bonus in the sha].e of kind or money. It is possible it might l)o more econom- ically coTistructe.l by the Ooverument f()r the benetit of the peojtle The Reciprocity (luestion between ourselves and tiie Unit;-d States lias made no progress (hirinc the'piist years. Our interests have not sullered, but Nvonderfully pros- pered since the abrogation of the treaty of 1804, and we should he iu lu. Inirry to revive negotiations for another. It would probably lie within the boundaries of prridenc;' to put a corresponding tax on the i)rodnce and inauufactures of the United States to withdraw the ])i-ivilege of the Fisheries and the navigation of lair internal \vaters till coiTcspoiuling e(puvalents were exacted fro-ii tlnnn ; but,' inanvease, the negotiation of any treaty of commerce that will not secure the abolition of the coasting laws of the United States and insure the free navigation of all its internal waters, will be doing considerable injustice^ to the interests of Oaiuula. Tiie quantity of lumber nianufacturcul and exported during the year 1801) from Ottawa, is as follows : ,y SUUAKK TIMBKli. White Pine, 1 l,;ia7,000 c f.-et. Red " 2,271V)0U <' ESTIMATE of Sawn Lumber manutacrired for the season oF 18(i'.), at the Cliaudiere •ind River Gatineau Mills. Oompilcdby R. W. CiU'icK, Com. INlerchant. Wright .^ Batson :^().000,t)(Mi Ottawa E. Rhddv oO,OUO,<)()(J CrandalUtOo 10,000,000 S. P. Booth 30,000,000 Perlev .V Paitee :K),000,000 A. H: Baldwin 15,000,000 Bahhvinct Co 8,000,000 Levi Young 15,000,000 Branson .^-'Weston :50,000,000 McLaren.;- v. 15,00(1.000 (lihnount vV) :K),00<»,»)00 (latmean Stephens c<: Whitcomb 10,000,000 LaLievre John A. Cameron ct Co i5,()(l(l,(l()0 1)^ Ottawa, Decomber jlst, 18GU. <8,000,OOU