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 CANADA COMPANY 
 
 IN ANSWER TO MR. SECRETARY JOSEPH'S LETTER OF THE 2Sch. JAN. 1838. 
 
 CANADA Company's Oppicb, 
 o Toronto, 1 St. Feb'y, \838. 
 
 Wk have llio honop to ncknowlcdge the receipt of your letter of the29tli. ult., enclosiiig 
 iin a«lclres.s from the House of Assembly, ami informing us of the desire of His Excolleiioy the 
 Lieutennnt Governor, that wo should forward to your office, with aa little delay as possible, so 
 much of the information required in the address, as our office might enable ua to afford. 
 
 The information required by the House ol Assembly, is as follows :— 
 
 "A statement 3ti detail of the several sums expended by the Canada Company, and brought 
 to their credit m account with the Executive Government, in part payment for lands sold them 
 in this province, for making roads, building bridges, wharves, piers, or any other erections, ths 
 name or names of the (liffeicut contractor or contractors. 
 
 " The specific sum or sums paid for each contract, separately and apart from any thing con- 
 nected with the private business of the company in charge of their agents. 
 
 " As also the name or names of the person who approved of such expenditure, on the part 
 ot the L.Kecutivc Government of this Province, before the commencement of any work, and 
 alter the completion of the several contracts. 
 
 "A statement of the lands purchased by the Canada Company from Her Majesty's Govern- 
 meiir during the twelve years ending on the first January, 1838, according to the spirit, intention 
 and meaning of the 30lh Article of the agreement between Her Majesty's Government md the 
 C auada Company. 
 
 " As also a statement of the names of all settlers placed upon any of the said Lands, during 
 I ho years following the date ot the said agreement, and a description of the lands upon which 
 thev were placed. As also a statement .setting forth at lengih, any and all the returns which the 
 said company mny have made during the period first mentioned, accordinc to the intention and 
 meaning of the 30th clause .iforcsaid." 
 
 The Canada Company have no desiro whatever to withhold any information in their power 
 to afford which can be reasonably expected ofthoia; but before attempting to furnish any part 
 01 that now required by the House of Assembly, we shall tnke the liberty of calling the attention 
 of His Excellency the Lieutenant Governor (o the various clauses of the several agreements 
 between Her Majesty's Government and the Canada Company, bearing upon the quest'ion,— and 
 of then stating what our interpretation may be of the obligations they impose upon the conipany. 
 
 Wo shall, afterwards, endeavour fo shew that the Canada Company have, on their part, 
 strictly fulfilled ihem, and if we go more fullv into the detail of matters connected with the pro- 
 per discharge of those ohligiuions than strictly speaking could bo required of any public body 
 wo do so in compliance with the wishes of the House of Assembly, and under protest against the 
 act being considered ns a precedent for einiilar demands hereafter. 
 
 The original agreement btnwcen tiio Canada Company and Her Majesty's Government was 
 for the purciiasc of a portion of the Crown aud Clergy Reserves in this Province. 
 
 The former consisting of 1,384,413 Acres. 
 
 and tho latter 829,130 do. 
 
 Forming a total of. 2,213,813 
 
 According to the report of the Commissionore appointed for that purpose by Her Majesty's 
 Government, those lands were valued at three shillings and six pence an acre, at which rate the 
 Clergy Reserves amounted to £143,150, 5s. 
 f '" <;°"^^<l"<^"t-'e ofthe difficnllics, however, which subsequently arose, regarding the disposal 
 of thjB Clergy Reserves, tlicy were withdrawn by Her Majesty's Government ; and in lieu there of, 
 and for the samejimonnt in the ngregate, a block of land in the London and Western Districts to 
 the extent of about One Million acres was made over to the Canada Company, as will appear from 
 the first clause of the second agreement between the Earl Bathurst and the Canada Comoany. 
 
 1 his biuck formed part of an extensive tract of land purchased by tho Government from" the 
 Six Nations Indians, was unsurveyed and indead unexplored.was a considerable distance from all 
 
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 seUleiuents witlioiu the ndvnnlngeof roods, or even of conligiiiiy to llirm, mlvnulagcs which ihc 
 Clergy Reserves possessed iu an cntincnt dej;roc. 
 
 In consequcnco of ihese circiimstanceH the Ciinada Ci.)in|)nii,r "or«^ nllov.cd one third of iho 
 purchase money, or £4J),380, to bo oxi)cndcd in public works and iinpi-o\ CMueiits witliiii the Block, 
 per clause iJof the same ngrecmcut. 
 
 To obviate the possibility (if inisundorslaiidinp; ns to what mijuhl b; con^idoiTd "Public 
 works and improvements," it wns stated in clause 3 that they would he tnidcrslood to apply to 
 Canals, Bridges, High Roads, Churches, Wliarvro, School Housch, and other works calcidiitcd 
 for the common use and benefit of the inhabiuuits of the 'J'ract. 
 
 Clause i, of the same agreement is (o the clFect that the plan and estimate of ony such un- 
 dertaking as those referred to, fcihall oiiginale v.ilh the company; but lliat the coinjiany must 
 invariably submit them to the Governor in Council prior to his consent being given, that lh« 
 expense thereof shall be received in part payment of the pmchnse of the land. 
 
 In clause 5., the company arc required npon the coniplciinn oi any such undertaking, to lay 
 before the Governor in Council a statement of the cost incurred by them iu tflecting the same, and 
 if the Governor in Council shall deem such work to imve been duly cxeeuted according to the 
 plan upon which the estimate was founded, and in such manner as was inten<led at the time that 
 the plan and estimate given in by the Company was approved, that they shall then be allowed 
 credit for the amount actually expendod, provided it have not exceeded the estimate.-— If how- 
 ever the expense should in" any instance cxcned such estimate, and the Governor In Council 
 shall deem such excess to have been jnslified by special circumstances, the (.ompnny shall in 
 that cose also be allowed credit iH account for the amount actually expended, provided such 
 gums do not exceed in the whole one third of the said purchase money of the million ocres. 
 
 The amount which the Canada Company have obtained credit with Her Majesty's Govern- 
 ment for under these clauses to the present date is £27,493 128. lOd , of which the following 
 are the particulars; 
 
 DnU) wheo Kftlmato wa* 
 ■ubmitltd fur tpproTal uf 
 the Uovcrnor in Cougfiili per 
 
 July. 
 
 1828 
 
 1830 
 February 3ril, 
 
 1835 
 May 9, 
 
 1832 
 November 3, 
 
 pr.SCBU'TlO."* OF UOHK. 
 
 Opening a sioigb road bctwren ilio townsliips 
 'of Wilniut niid Godoricli, 64 iiiIIks 
 
 Dito wtmri tI;o coit of tlie 
 Hork havitig befn ■ubniittci)] 
 BPlI ■[))irovi'{l, wat nrd:irf(r 
 tu bo rrcilitcd Iu llifi Co I 
 
 I 
 
 Ooililiiig 4 lop; In iilgi s, 
 
 lOpcning ii io:i(l iVoni ihe Oodoriili line to the 
 iTownsliip of London, 35 mil' s iit JZSS 10. . 
 
 Making 2872 lods of cr.igsway ai 12s 
 
 Creeling 4 bridges, 
 
 iTurnpiking tlie London load 8609 rods ni 
 
 7s. Gd 
 
 Extra work on crossuius, 
 
 1748 
 220 
 
 10 
 
 
 1S30 
 November 30, 
 
 COST OF Tlir. WOBK 
 
 1347 
 
 1723 
 
 145 
 
 10 
 4 
 1 
 
 3228 
 39 
 
 7 
 14 
 
 iOpcning the road fionr) Wilmot ibro' Gode- 
 ;rlcb lo Lake Huron, tbc full widlli, or 60 (tn;), 
 being 64 miles, making llie necessary crois- 
 
 ways and log bridge?, 
 
 Turnpiking tho rand from Wilmot ibrou^li 
 Gudericli to Lnki Huron, 18,803,^ rods.. 
 
 lOjioning llio Ba) field line of roid tliro' l)io 
 
 list and 2nd cou. Godcricli 13 5', >"ilt's 
 
 jMaking 873 Jj rods ofcrofswa), 
 
 ITwo bridgns, 
 
 10289 
 7409 
 
 1 
 15 
 
 10 
 3 
 
 1S33 
 November 23, 
 
 Opening G miles of road fi'em Hicks' lo tlie 
 l»k« on llio uenire rojd llirongli Godcricli at 
 
 £11 10 
 
 Milking 383 rods of crosswiiy at lOs 
 
 Opening 5ij miles of road thro' tlia innn- 
 Iship of T urkorsmitli or mill ro:id at £30 10, 
 Living and covering lOl perrlics nt lOs. . . . 
 
 '■' " 120 at 12s Gd., 
 
 Kxtra work on aoproiich lo bridge ne;ir the 
 mill ■ 
 
 Amount expended towards tho erection of 
 »n F,pi»cop.il Church at (Juclph,. ^ = = = = ^ . . = 
 
 227 8 
 
 441 16 
 
 8 17 
 
 09 
 191 10 
 
 .May 5, 
 
 183G 
 
 1S3G 
 May 20,.... 
 
 1968 10 
 
 3215 15 
 
 32()8 1 
 
 1837 
 April 13,... 
 
 175 7 
 .50 10 
 
 1837 
 April IS,... 
 
 1837 
 April 13,... 
 
 JijI' 
 
 1830 
 16,.... 
 
 17698 17 
 
 678 1 4 
 
 260 10 
 
 803 1" C 
 100 
 
 X27,493 19 10 
 
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 ^»cun:^^ri^ZG!Z,^r::c^!;;!i:i Xr"^'''^^?^' w« bid «.. account ortl.c oxpenao 
 
 order for c,cdiu,,g,,,„ Col;:?;' r^,r;'„;':;x^^^^^^^ 
 
 tlic company 5)cinLr ii point of ficf the com nn Ar« „. ,l 1^. i • '^""'""stDc business is closed ; 
 for t»,esime-sun. Js tl/ey arc ll.omsolves "rrecoive ' ' "'^' °"*''' '" ?"'"'" »''« ^»°''' 
 
 nuir,,,! for »n, n,er,,l ,,,.p„L''':^;| :\C,t2i/e Ul 
 
 «lhe,cnfly tnu^ficu.r^ wi.l,o,,l ,>r,,...i„g for such n.ille ,toai| „s fill r„^T '^ "■ '''""S'"' 
 
 o„e„7«,^rrii^,: '»rr" "orrvit;,,:'etr,v-rd' uf ^ '-n^^ -^ "'--• -• 
 
 .[,e work ,„ bo ,.c,f„,!„.d. Tl,o oflldal SE .h« .1 i' vV*^£St^So°r '''^ '",", "'' 
 the account «ivcn h of its exnenso un. , tn.o .,.>,! r i.i r i was iu,i„iui|y pei formed and llmt 
 
 Governor i„'•Coo„el^ A,ru"'Sr;™rSL'C''r^^^^ 
 
 dmse from llic Goyornmo,,., ar„ o,„,li,,-.J ,„ ,|,c2.d. ,m,l 3rJ aLreeme", ' ' ""'' 
 
 ri,o portion or (1,0 3011, Article v.hid, r»,,„i,es (l,„ personal ir,p°c."on rolorre.1 >„ h 
 
 !.ece»a„ bv I.er Maje^V. C;ovor,,;,,:;;;\L\:r,!lo C Tn;',,dr„rTnrZ„' ''iif "Tr 
 immediate interest of t leComnanv vasii.vnliv> I ;„ il.«/^^. • i \^ Huron Tract, (he 
 
 rnen, couK. not cover one <pi:l:;'c51!;^;;i;;;;;^[ o'1:;tpe;£.;'n.^S:^;rS;-^ 
 the objects which t he ComDuriv have in view fceirh umbi n, .1 . "'^^^^^^^y "» order to effect 
 ted uir clau.cs 2, 3, 4. Li r,, of Iho Hc'.nd «grtcment ' '"'''••«^«"'^"*^ «« ^'•<^ con.empla- 
 1 he Canada Company could iiavo no possible interest in deception. 
 1 he amount airendy passed to tneir credit, is as has been shewn :. . . .£27 40'^ 19 in 
 
 Various contracts are now in progress for works sanctioned by ' ^^ ^" 
 
 alre'ad ?id -^ ^^overnment in the Huron Tract on which the amount 
 
 And on which when coaipleled aVnVthe,- amount\VilVhVvV to belaid V^^^^^^^ 
 
 The land Patented in the Huron Tract to the Company is only 770%tfLll Jeling 
 
!Hill to be surveyed 329,4l5i ncros, which hnvc yet to he opened hy means of Roads, Bridges, S:c. 
 losetllemoiit, for whicli, and other works, still required, even in tlie settled portion of tho Ifuron, 
 HO soon na the present works are completed, and the amount passed tho Governor in Council, 
 only about 13,000 pounds will remain. 
 
 In other works the expense of which is not noted in these slatcmentfi, we havo expended 
 upwards of i^7,000, which, had tho Company deemed tho improvement fund adequate to meet us 
 well as to make the required Roads, Bridget, &c. yet to be constructed, might hav(5 been made 
 under the above mentioned clause^). 
 
 Tho Company aro further required to furnish a statomcnt of tho Landd purchased by thorn 
 from lier Majesty's Government during tho twelve years ending tho Ist day of January, lOUB, 
 according to the spirit, intention, and meaning of the 30th article. 
 
 This wo shall moat willingly tarnish as soon as time will admit of our doing so. 
 
 In the meanwhile, as it may be satisfactory and as bearing upon tho subjoLt in some mea- 
 sure of the present enquiries, and as shewing the gro'-s (juantiiy of Ijand, uctually under Patent 
 to the Canada Company, I beg leave to annex a coi»y oi a document recently addressrd by iho 
 Commissioners of tho Canada Company to a Comn.itt'eo of the Honorable the Legislative Council 
 sitting upon a Bill lately sent up by the House of Assembly. 
 
 From this document it will also appear how very unfounded has been tlio assertion that the 
 Canada Company avoid the payment of the Tax already imposed upon wild land by only taking 
 out Patents to the extent of their sales of Land when the Tax falls upon the purchaser. 
 
 It is there shewn that the whole purchase made by the Company of Her Majesty's Govorn- 
 niont was 2,213,843 acres, ol which aro now under Patent to the Canada Company, unsold or 
 unlocated Lands on which the Compiiny are now paying tho ordinary Taxes ^„,„, 
 
 already imposed upon Wild Lands 71 1,50 j 
 
 located, and upon which the present occupiers pay those Taxes, 692,282 
 
 llcmaining still vested in the Crown B10,0.')G 
 
 2,213,84.1 
 
 Or, it may be said, in round numbers that two-thirds of their contract term are now expired, 
 during which period the Canada (Company have taken out Patents for two-thirds of their pur- 
 chase—that they have actually located one third of the whole purchase on which the Taxes are 
 paid by the occupant — that they hold, unsold and unproductive to themselves, one-third, on which 
 a largo amount of Taxes has already been paid by the Company, and that the remaining third is 
 applicable to the unexpired term of their contract. 
 
 Wo intended to have gone more fully into this and somo other subjects here referred to, but 
 since commencing this reply, we havo received your further letter of the 30th ult., applying for n 
 duplicate of a paper which we had the honor of addressing you last year, which contains all we 
 could wish to have added. 
 
 We have the honor to be, Sir, 
 
 Your very obedient Servants, 
 
 WILLAM ALLAN, \ 
 
 THOMAS MERCER JONES, 
 (See Documents annexed.) Commissioners of the Canada Company. 
 
 Canada Company's Office, 
 
 ToiiONTO, 29th January, 1858. 
 Gentlemen, 
 
 Agreeably with your request of this morning, I beg to make the following remarks), 
 which may be annexed to the Memoratida, that I had the honor of submitting for your considera- 
 tion, on the 27th instant, relative to the Bill now before the Honorable the Legislative Conncil, for 
 the Taxation of Lands, at present the property of the Crown, but which are to be hereafter in the 
 fulfilment of the contract between thorn and Her Majesty's Government, to bo Patented to the 
 Canada Company. 
 
 Clause 21. of the first agreement made between the Earl IJathurst and the Canada Cooi^ 
 pany, is as follows : 
 
 " During a period of fifleon years to commence and be computed from the Ist January, 182(5, 
 •• (subsequently extended to si-Kteen years commencing 1st July, 1826, 'per clause 9. of 
 the second agreement, dated 23d May, i826,) tho Company shall, in each year, enter into 
 
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 onlor into possession of ^o much of the Lands to be conveyed to ihetn as, accordinff to the valun- 
 ' tioii 10 be ii)a(J(5 hy the Commissioners, ahnll ho of the vahio of £30,000 Sterlinc " and this ii 
 llio minimum which I hnve nircady taken the liberty of calling your attention to. 
 
 In proof llmt the ( nnadn Company have, to the present period, falfilled on their i>art the 
 obligations conveyed niulor this clause, I Leg to submit for your con»ideration the followinK 
 dtatemont : • 
 
 netween the 20th June, 1B27. and the 20th June, 1837, the Inatnlmcnu paid by Iho Canada Com- 
 jmny to Her Majesty s (jovornmenl and for which they were entitled to Lands nnder the 
 clause liero (pioted, amount to £2lG6G6 13 5 
 
 Against this amount they now hold Patents from the Crown for ' 
 
 Crown Retsrviif. 
 
 ACRF.i, 
 
 402,381 J 
 42,338 
 
 iiuron Trtct. 
 
 ACRU. 
 
 Amount of euniiderition 
 money. 
 
 £30,916 15 
 
 7,409 3 
 
 , ,. . ••,:••• . G68,629i 97,051 11 
 
 Applications pending or in progress ihrough ihe Departments of 
 being Patented, for (he quarter ending 20th March, 1837, 
 
 12,337 acres, 2,158 J9 6 
 
 3 
 
 
 11 
 
 Balance unappropriated on the Ist July, 1837, and applicable (o 
 
 the sales or locations made during the current year, 
 
 Against this are the following returns, to which the balance is 
 applicable. — Settlements for ihc qnarter ending 1837 
 
 20(h September, 5,005 ; \^^ 375 jy 
 
 20th December, 7,294 .*.!*.!.'!!!*' 1 276 9 
 
 Surveys made in the County of Huron during the year 1*837 
 
 101,955 
 
 -£187,536 9 8 
 
 29,130 3 9 
 
 6 
 
 
 14,798 15 4 
 
 Hala 
 
 ItijOrii 1 10 
 
 12,179 
 11,111 
 
 II 
 
 3 
 
 23,290 4 2 
 
 nee brought forward at the credit of the Canada Company 
 with Her Majesty's Government on the 20lh Dec'r, 1837, 
 
 and applicable to further settlements or Patents, 
 
 Amount of the half-yearly Instalment paid Her Majesty's Govern- 
 meiit this day, or 20lh December, 1837, 
 
 Against this we have now applications for Patents before the 
 
 Hon. the Executive Council, ir\ addition to those already 
 
 noticed in th foregoing statement, for Crown Reserves 
 
 10. ,.,'7 acres, amounting to 
 
 Balance applicable to sales or settlements during the present 
 half-year, or until June, 1838, 
 
 Shewing a Total of Payments to Her Majesty's Government by 
 
 the Canada Company between the 20th June, 1827, and the 
 
 ( > 20th December, 1837. of. 
 
 And of Lands either actually under Patent or applied for, of 
 
 AciM. 
 
 Crown Reserves 633,2021 
 
 Huron Tract 770,584i 
 
 Being a Tolal of 1,403,787 
 
 The consideration money for which is £222 660 16 
 
 Should you think any further information desirable with a view to rendering this subject 
 clearef, or tnore satisfactory, and which may be in the^r power to afford, it will give^the Comil" 
 sioners of the Canada Company much pleasure to supply i£. 
 I have the honor to be, 
 
 Gentlemen, 
 
 Year very obedient Servant, 
 
 Th. Hon. Jo„, M.CA„.„. & ™'^^''^ MERCER JONES, 
 
 iLLiAiw Morris. 
 
 18,173 4 
 
 6 
 
 5,116 19 
 
 8 
 
 £227,777 15 
 
 8 
 
ihp r\L*^'''u"^ agreement will. Her Majesty'^ Governir.ciil li.e whole of rl.o Crown and li«lf oi 
 the CIcrgj' IWve* were to have been hoIiI to ti.e Conn.h Couipanv. 
 
 co„...t.„g. the forruor of ^ /l.3»4.l.;h.cre.. 
 
 the latter of „ .y 4.,,, .. 
 
 2,-2l;Vni.l :u .U. Gd. prr acrt>. 
 
 of-hL^co^Z^Ti^Xcorn'ml^ "'■""'" '"" «""••""""• J"l^>«, lb,,l,„f„mi„„.,„ 
 The Purcbose Money was to have I.e.iii paid by Instnlmoiits ah followi : 
 
 For (lie year ending July, 18i»7, £20,000 
 
 Do. .le. 1828 |5,()0() 
 
 Da- do. iSi'D 15,000 
 
 Do- Jo. IWIO, 15,(I0() 
 
 5" Jo- 1831 ifi.ooo 
 
 P«- Jo. 1832 17,0(10 
 
 »»• «•"• '833 18,000 
 
 Do- do. 1834 19.000 
 
 Do. do. 1835, 20,0(K> 
 
 and in each of the seven Pucceeding years the like sum of jC2(M»:)0. 
 
 fn.,i. .1 l*f. ' "' ""' nrrangements between the Comt)any and Her .Majesty's tJovornoient «#.». 
 forth that the contract ,8 to terminate on the Ist July, 1842; when the Co npony m Tike n?. 
 the remammg lands, or abandon thorn. ' ^ '^^ "I' 
 
 Reirvprnr'"" °'' ".'f ?'"'""'•/ '^'.''"'i "'■^"^ «ft"» '^rds, relative to iho disposal of the clercv 
 tv^Horves they were withdrawn bv tlio Government, and in lieu of ihem, .md f. r the K«mJ 
 X numuT'trr.'"''"'^' '^«'-,M-J««ty'-Ciovernment substituted to ti.e Snta t„p„nv 
 I'cJIuron Tract o» about one million of acres, per clause No. 1. of orrun-aments X3 
 Downing Street, 2(ith .May, 18'iG." """iiotmems, datcil 
 
 In clause 7. of the same agr-jment, it is stated that all the provisions contnii.f.,' i.. .h» 
 
 granted to them on the principle of one lot of the Clergy llLcrverfS orrv two 1^^ ^ 
 
 ;jeciS^S:c::;;Su:iJd?S;^^^^ 
 
 their agents Grantees, gr Lessees at any pirticular time, and that Her Alajesiy'.J'GS 
 will not controul the power of the Company .0 select such districts or townships, as to he n» ' 
 at any particular period appear best adanl'd tor elfecting settlements. '-^ 
 
 RnJir'" 'h';.f"'"'^^o"'g l""f''"'S'^s 'ny 'leduction is that the Lands in the Huron Tract and Crow., 
 fal o?T, ' r'v '' ^TT'r '" ''" ^"""^1^'^'"^'""^' "^« »''« property of the Crown, with „,esr 
 orim-inL r' '^r."" ^"'T'r '^?.' '^''J^ ^''"" ''«^« P>-^"en'i)tion of purchase on or a„ detinej 
 pr.nup 08 or conditions, which condition, being fulfilled on their part. HcrMaicstvirhnnm » 
 give a Title ,n ^ee and common ..ocago for the same to the Canada Company. ""^ '"' '" 
 
 J hat the Canada Company are nniostricted ns to which description of Lniids tl.ov .l.nii 
 lako up anmut'ly a certain m nimum being fixed, iM.t above that minimum, they .^ ., infi^^^^ 
 Genral "^ ^ extent of their contract and the amount at their credit S the ^i'^j; 
 
 So soon as those Lands are patented they become private property, and na sue,', of n 
 liable to taxation, nnd under such circumstances the Canada clpany have pa?d axe^ to TT" 
 8.der«ble mnonnt, but until ihey are patented thev ore Crown property, and if tlu Lei ^ 
 now impose a tax upon them, it will of course have to ho paid out of the Coloi.iai Ueven . "^ 
 
 „n. liili f »*c»»''«^«.'f"Posing "Pon the Huron Tra.t all the obligations intended to ha e l^een 
 apphed o the Clergy Reserves, sets at rest the argument use<l by some, that altho' Mi House "r 
 Assembly have no power to tax the Rof orves-the Huron Trnct being a more positive n,rl„. 
 and note the property of the Canada Conipeny thn hev have over it. H'^^"'vo purchase. 
 
 The Huron Tract is not more private property than the scattered Crown Reserv. «, nn,t ii 
 right of taxation or injustice towards ihcCompany would apply equally to eorkdenrwhrJ 
 
 l-roni .he foregoing. I infer that the imposition of any such tax as that conlemplatedbv thU 
 Bill, would be a manifest brea«h of theconlrnc* entered into between the imnerinl Gnvrr, 
 aud the Canada Company, and confeqncntly if the Hill should become Law, the tav sn imn 1 
 would have to be paid out of the instalments which arc haKyearly paid to Her Maiestv'" r v?, 
 uicni by uic Canada Company. . " ■' ' -'o.era- 
 
 I' 
 
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Ui'A 
 
 UHu 
 
 [COPY,] 
 
 /' 
 
 nUPLIC«Tl. 
 
 Sill, 
 
 LKTTKR I ROM COMMISSIONERS OF CANADA COMPANY. 
 
 Ca?(,W)A (^OMI'VNY Orni K, 
 
 ToHoNTo, 15ih January, I8'.t7. 
 
 Wc have fJ.o l«'>nor of acknowledging tho rccni|,i of your leltor of Jhc l3tl. iniitnni, onclo^lnB 
 an A<l.lr«Hs Ironi the Houho o| Assembly, roqueBting ili» KKcelloncy to lay before them a .uilr- 
 ment, m .letnil, of the scveia Himiri of money oxpcncred bv the Cnnndu Company, and brouifht u, 
 ho.r crrdu ,M nrcount with llu, Lvocniivc Covcrnrnont. in part payment for Lands iold them, in 
 this I rovu.re--.lor making Roads, bnilding Bridges. Wharves, iJiers, or any other crection-tbe 
 nnines ot th„ .liffcrenl contrmtor., tho specific N.ims pai<l for such contract, iioparatelv, and, apart 
 from any thing eoniiected with tho private hnsiness of the Company. 
 
 As also the imino or names of tho persons, that had examined, and approved of each eipcn- 
 ditiire, Oil the part of the Kxecutivo Govornmcnt-before the commencement, and afler the com- 
 pletion ot the several works. 
 
 AUo. a statemei.t of the several ^uv^h ploced to the cre<lit of the said Company, on account 
 of the surveying of Lands iinmii.g the .an.ls and Townships survoyed, and tl.c person or per- 
 S0II8 by whom the surveys hod l)een performed. 
 
 . .^^"'' !'"V.''*""' "'"' f"« Excellency would be pleased to inform K.e House of Assembly whether 
 tho Cunnda tompany had performed the conditions of tho agiocmcnts made with the (iovornment 
 according to the terms of their Charter. 
 
 Your letter informs us it is the request of His Kxcellency that wc should transmit you such 
 inforraa ion, at our early convenience, as should enable His Kxcellency to comply with the prayer 
 of the House, and agreeably with such request we now bog leave to submit tho following Report : 
 
 The points on which iho required information i^ sought, arc confined to the Hnron Tract 
 principally, and arc connected with those portions of the purchase money which the Canada 
 Company were .illowed to expend in impiovenirnts. 
 
 In lieu °f'''« Clergy ReficrTcs, agreed to be sold tho Canada Company, in the 6rst instance, 
 for he sum of ^145,150 .0 The Government snhstitute.l to the Company a Block of Land 
 Ml the London and Western Districts, called tho " Hifron Territory," and containing one million 
 acres, unsnrveyed, at u disianre from all settlements, without either the advantage of roads or 
 oven contiguity to them-advni.tQges which the Clergy Reserves possessed in a superior dearce 
 
 In consequence ot these circunislnnces, the Company were allowed one-third ot^he purclinsii* 
 monny agreed to be paid for this Tract of Land to be expended in public works. 
 
 1 his amounted to £4n,3iJ3 8 4, a. will be found per the first clause of the arrangements 
 i^^'^^'^.Lr ^"J'-'^^y ^«veinment and the Canada Company, dateJ Downing-Street, 23rd 
 
 n. '^^*' 2ml clanse specifies tho pnblic works contemplated, being Canals, Bridges, High Roads. 
 Churches, Wlmrves, and School Houses. = ' s •"". 
 
 The 3rd clause— That although tho plans and estimates of such works will originate with 
 
 he Company, they must invariably be .submitted by them to the Governor in Council prior to 
 
 his consent, being given, that the expense of the undertaking, when completed, shall be placed 
 
 to ihe credit of the Company. k "-^u 
 
 The 5th clause requires tho Company lo lay before the Governor in Council a statement of 
 the cost incurred by them, in carrying such undertakings into effect, and sets forth that if the 
 Governor m Council should deem «uch works to have been duly executed, the Company shall be 
 allowed credit in account lor tho ntnoiint. actually expended r j ^ 
 
 The 8th clause sets fortl. that the Block of one million acres shall be surveyed at the ex- 
 pense ot His Majesty's Government. 
 
 At the present period the Canada Company havo completed the formation of about 100 
 miles of [«ad, superior to any which a.;o to bo found in this I'n.vince, erected tho necessary 
 bridges &c. a a cost of i-2b,274 10 for which they have submitted the required vouchers a lil 
 received credit for the same with the Government. They have submitted .the estimates of the 
 expense of making about 38 mi os more, amounting to £3,088 8 0. which were approved of, and 
 llnc"^ in Councir"" <^»'»Pl'^tcd, when the proper vouchers wili be laid before His Evcel- 
 
 The following statement will shew tho periods when those estimates were submitted, when 
 they vcro approved of, and when the vouchers for the outlay were laid before the Government, 
 fn^'n li;V 7«"";,^« «*P«'«ded might be placed to the credit of the Company, and tha 
 the proper forms have qU been regularly attended ta. 
 
 In conformity with these claus**, the Canada Company submitted estimates of the following 
 
work*, and when comploiod, tlic necessary vouclicra for the ainount rxncndod in rnrr .na llirm 
 iiilo efloot. * 
 
 111 tlio yo&r 1U20, for op«nii.g a hlcigli-rood from the TowiiHliii) of Wilmol to (iodorich 
 which wnK approvtMl. niul on iho aotli Novpnihor, 1030. llir vnnoiis youdmn woro siibmilt.vl niid 
 having boon Ucciuod salisfaclorv, tho ainomu bliewn to huvn been (jxpcndcnl in tho coiislriiction 
 or i. I, UGH 10 :> was nutlionscd to he placed to the credit of the Canada Company, per minutes 
 ot Council of DOlli Novciubcr, 1830. ^ ^ ^ lumuic. 
 
 . O" "'« •Ird February, 1H30, the Kstimato was KubtniUcd f..r oprnioK n rood from tho Town- 
 ship ol Lodofich to that of London, thirty-fivo miles, »vhicli was Banciioned by a Minul.i of ilia 
 Lxcciilivo Council, on the liith oftho sninu inonlh. 
 
 On lbe22nd January, I H;j;J, tin- necessary voucher.-, for the outlay were subiniiied and an- 
 proved ol by a Minulc of Council on the 23rd Novonr.bcr, 1033, and Cho ainount ordcr.'d lo be 
 < rciiiied lo tho ( ()n)|)iiny, or jC3,'215 l.'i 0. 
 
 On ihr 21.1 October, 1831. wo laid the estimalo of the cxpeiiHo of the TurnpikiuL' iho said 
 road belore His Lxccllei.cy in Council, which was approved on tho 9th May, IH35. and on the 
 ..Ih ftia), 1830, Iho required voucliirs as to ihe cxp<M,diluro wcr.; laid beforo I hu Government 
 ftiid being approved ol, tho afnount was ordered lo be credited the Company, por Rlinulo of Coun- 
 cil of the same date, i..J,2C8 10. ■ ^ i 
 
 On (lie 3id of March, 1832. th,, esiiniates for opening the road, r.G feel wide, makinff tha 
 necessary Bridges, &c. kc. from VV.Iinot to Godericli, was submiUed and approved of bv Minute 
 of Council o( Ihe I2tli April following. 
 
 On ihe 12lli July, 1835, we .submiUed our intention of Turnpiking the said road, which was 
 approved by a JVlinule of Council on 3rd October following; 
 
 And on the ;nh aiul IGlh of May, 183G, we laid before the Government the required docu- 
 nionta proving the ainount oxpinded, and which being approved of, the same was ordered to be 
 placed to the credit ol the Company, per Minute in Council, of the 2Gth of tlio same month 
 
 »'""""""«'" i:iG,603 11 10 ' 
 
 1,218 II 3 
 
 £17,822 3 1 
 On the 2l8t April, 1830, the njipropriation of £100 towards defraying tho expcncos of the orec- 
 lion of a Ciiurch at Guelph, was submitted and approved. On the 5tli .\lay, 1836, the vouchers as 
 to the expenditure were sent in. and on 16lh July following, per jMinutc of Council, it was or- 
 dcred that the amount should bo credited the Company £100. 
 
 Tho total amount of expendilore here .set forth in the Huron Tract, which has been incurred 
 by the Canada Company, under the sanction of His Excellency the Lieut. Governor in Council 
 and for which the Company have received credit, is £20,374 10 0. ' 
 
 Estimates for the following works now in progress and nearly completed, have been sub- 
 mitted and approved. 
 
 On the aist October, 1834, for opening a road from the Town of Stratford, in Easthope, 
 
 ,,,.,„.,,„,,.„,, .,, „,., , to Zorra, 7{ miles, . . £5^0 
 
 rrom the Bayheld Mills, in Tuckersmith, to VViimot road, IJ » . . 13413 9 
 
 to London road, IJ " . . 273 16 3 
 
 These works were approved under the mime Minute of Council as tho Turnpikine of the 
 London road, viz. on 9lh May, 183.5. 
 On I2tl' January, 183G, for opening a road through the Towship of Stanley, from 
 
 liie London road to the Lake shore, U miles, £488 8 
 
 Ho, from Town of Goderich to the River Bayfield, between the Ist and 2nd 
 
 concession of former Township, 14g miles 7gl q q 
 
 For opening a road through the Township of Goderich, between lots 2rt k 26, from 
 
 1 1 th to Ist concession, on Lake shore, G miles, 260 10 
 
 For the construction of a bridge over tho Maitland, at Goderich, ...... 400 
 
 On Ihe 13th of August, 103Ci, were submitted the estimales for the erection of a bridge over 
 the Bayfield, on the London road, between the Townships of Tuckersmith and Stanley amount- 
 ing to £250. which was approved by a Minute of Council on I3tli of the following- month —Shew- 
 ing a probable total of expenditure on works now in progress, under the sanction of the Go- 
 vernment, of . • ' £g ygg Q ^ 
 
 And a grand tolal of expenditure ] 29* 462 18 
 
 Leaving a balance applicable to further improvements of 18920 10 4 
 
 In addition to the foregoing, the sanction of the Company has beeti given to the construction 
 of 2U mill i of road not yet submitted to the government, but which will be done in the «.o»r9e 
 oi a week or two. 
 

 
 ll-jl-^t 
 
 As flic Caiinilft Coinpnny wore tleiiiroua of liaviiiu the Land in tlii> ll-.».n 'i'..-.. . j 
 
 a parhcular n,a„»«r. whidi would occasionally be a.tSuJed w.t a mchV^LrV^^^^ 
 doing .t ... 11,0 ordinary way, a proposition wa» mad.- to Hi- E €111^0^ ,ho nr«« JL«n.l? 
 
 mZum^^^^^^ '" ""^ -^"^Yortioncral. and tl.«t they .UoJIcc^^LTLZ^^ 
 
 niia nnaerit tho Canada Company hate bf^en pa d by «h« Uovnriimnni £a ini 7 7 kl^ .l 
 «xpo...eof.urveyiu«G«4.0GOacreH,al£0.p«rlt)()OacrJi!:fi,7 ' ' ^ ^^ **'"« *'"' 
 
 On iho ;n.t DucombtT. I830 I17,l(ifi acret £704 I "5 10 
 
 Do. .-nMM.rdi, 1831 120700 " .724 4 8 
 
 Do. Sl.tMnrcl.. 1883 07 41(1 " 644 9 9 
 
 O.K 30ili«i.|,i., 183.5 189.6a« " M37 ,5 ? 
 
 0.: .,.;«.„ IS •.:•.:•.; 'iS ;; ::::;: s» ,2 ; 
 
 .1.0 ?];»"sr,:f\tic;z;!;rgi^^„;r'' '""""• ^"—p-™ -'—"or 
 
 l.„J„„ .k f7",'="'«" «^'''e«e Bt.rvoys can he furnished from tho O/fice of tho Surveyor G«n«r«l 
 
 lh;;'o;>:a'i:;. "^ ""''^^-^ '-"'' "' '"-^ '^"'''' ■" »■- ^'--^^ «»• huVo; a^nYho^s 
 
 ihflvhainS!^ 1° '''' "Pectcd that the Canada Company ahould bo called upon to Drove that 
 n«nv Jr„?l" /! '""' '*°""^ """^ remaining to bo proved us to the proper fulfilment bv the Com 
 mtonded arrangements between Earl Bathurst and the Canada Company vz- *'^ 
 
 log leemom :■"""' "' '■'''""°'' ""'' '"' "^ ""•'' ""''"'"kinS "i" appear f™», .he follow- 
 
 Landa lo- 
 cated up to 
 Doccniber 
 31it. 
 
 ACRfS. 
 
 Avorago 
 |nuiiibcr of 
 I 30U icru 
 ' Lnla. 
 
 
 1829 — 
 
 1830 — 
 
 1831 — 
 
 1832 — 
 
 1833 — 
 
 1834 — 
 
 1835 — 
 183f> — 
 
 90,790' 
 50,943 
 98,67:.' 
 114,804 
 83,918 
 70,931 
 58,751 
 90,42a 
 
 4.')4 
 
 U541 
 
 493 1 
 
 574 
 
 4l9i 
 
 354i 
 
 i.'935 
 
 4.52J 
 
 Amount of Paymanta to 
 OoTariiiuunt. 
 
 jC 03,888 17 
 JC 10,606 13 
 £ 18,988 17 
 £ 19,444 8 
 X 20,555 1 1 
 £ :.' 1,000 13 
 £ 2;J,222 4 
 £ 23,222 4 
 
 9 
 4 
 9 
 11 
 1 
 1 
 
 6 
 
 Ona-half thoraor. 
 
 Avoraje 
 
 nunibor o 
 
 300 aero 
 
 Lota. 
 
 Settlament 
 efTecieil, 
 f plua or mi- 
 ll Ui the 
 iiumbcr re 
 quired. 
 
 £ 31,944 8 
 
 £ 8,333 6 
 
 9,444 8 
 
 9,723 4 
 
 10,277 15 
 
 10,833 
 
 11,111 2 
 
 11,111 2 
 
 10 
 8 
 
 10 
 5 
 (i 
 8 
 3 
 3 
 
 912 
 
 238 
 
 270 
 
 278 
 
 203 
 
 309i 
 
 317 
 
 317 
 
 -I- 
 
 458 
 
 10 • 
 
 223.J 
 
 290 
 
 126J 
 
 45 
 
 23i 
 
 135| 
 
 It was afterwards, owing to circumstances not necessary here to detail, found necessary by 
 
\ 
 
 y\'M<'^'i 
 
 10 
 
 acres .,, their stead, and consequently a new arransLem had L . " ferr.tory, of one million 
 wh^h appears to have been coJcIudelj on the SlSay?1826^^^^ .Z rV'*'' '^'. Governmen 
 to have been Registered in September followinrr. ^ ^"'^'^'-and the Charter of the Company 
 
 *or the more successfully carrying on the objects of thn Pnm r . 
 found necessary, and on the 2nth iWrarcl,, 1828 a S aLrpLi?P^"^ ^"'""'^•" ^iterations ^erc 
 Government and the Company, at Downing S?reeVn§1Srrct'^ '"'^ '^^'^^««n •»!« 
 
 thereof was passed on the 15th July followL, op o,X „ I82R L ^?''''«'"""' co"firmatory 
 vious year. ^ '"«" "" °"'V "» '«^«. amending tho Act of the pre- 
 
 Pcnding these various ncgocialions. it was iieithpr nna.ihu 
 so many o» their own plans woSid necessa lyTai e o be CernlVh'" T '' '". ''" '^^P'^^'^^^ since 
 ineasures, that they coyld effectually fulfil „ u"e Provinc^e n7ho ^ *'? "■"'"" «*^ "'°«« Propose.l 
 «n regnrd to settlements required of them^incrno reeular s^s^^^^^ ^'"^'" "" "'« engagements 
 
 ed tdl such negociations should be terminated buHr^sn h?f i '^^"'T^^'"^"' could bl adopt- 
 be so ca led. was against the Company" nSin lav ^^fte&^'nt'nt"' '''"'^P""^' '' " -' 
 1st 4: ?ff' P^^»-'^ ''^ "^^ ^^^"i-y'« Government by tt cCadrCompany bear date from 
 
 the number of lots on which the Compry werf reS Tt7nh^^ '"'' ^^'^^ "^^^^ each, being 
 for that period. ^ ' "^"® required to place one settler or head of a family 
 
 U 4H 200 ittT, l:t^„gT§:Se^'"oVS3 IZl'^^l '' 'r^ ^-" ^0'796 acres, equal 
 npeed upon, would amount to jSs.^jriO?; i sfdurtl'Sn^S''-' '' '''■'''' '' ^-^^'"'0 
 of Guelph lor settlement, the Company had exnenZj H, -^ ^'^V!!' Pi'cparing the Township 
 of £13.560.. being a surplus of ue^aTy^IltooOap^^^^^ "Pward? 
 
 performance of settlement duty. applicable it necessary to the forfeiture for non- 
 
 ^^^^^"'^^^ Z^^^^io works, such as roads and 
 
 t|»e r.ieutenant GovernorrtU Co rpa' y^^ fe fo "^ S.r^^^^^^^^^^ ,'»* "- ''"^' -'her by 
 
 rigid mterpretatiou of the clause bearing upon^he s™biei^ Kp r^ """^ ''*?* ^"^°^« '^quiring J 
 mature all their plans and systems of mlrement and the l//f.^^^ ""^'" '° '''^ Permitted to 
 from the Government, at the same time fmt they knew wefeir '"''^'."^ "P°" '"'^ ''berality 
 equivalent for such settlement duty, was muci more Zn^^^^^^^^^ "pplicable as ah 
 
 involved, and consequently neither^par.; Temert netssar.o mt/ 1' "'"'"'" °^ '^' "^bilitj 
 It might also have been reasonablv PYnr.,.(l7i 'r^"™^^ X '""o' ^'"^ question. ' 
 
 ,^-"-»f «J by theGov^rSTo LX^^^^^ »'- Point would have 
 
 and that it would not hare been enforced inc(M.°rS?^i ! I ^^^ ""^^ incurred the penalty 
 them, inasmuch as negociations were cont'i;"ued^.^^^^^^^^^^^^^ nearlyVst tj 
 
 he Government and the Company for a modificatbn of ?Lir r^^„ . ''I^ °' "'"^ y^^' ^^^^ween 
 ions and more beneficial ones to the country ^ay be co„derrH„K''' '"'' T T""'"'^^^ "P^ra- 
 he Company at length determined to abide Weirc^er'ir.h'".^''.^^ 1830, when 
 
 their original plans with vigour: how far thej have heZZZJ r^i'" '\°°?' «"*' '° prosecute 
 they have conferred upon ,L country, thelSlerhave^^^^^^^^ ^f the extent if benefit 
 and the present House of Assembly is too intellC „ . , ^ ^"'' favorably decided upon, 
 
 the interest of the eountry. and the aluable e K the c;nadl c" '"''""'1'^^ "^^^''^'^'^d S 
 • t. not to willingly accord them that meed of praisL which wl^.tr'",?""^ *'"''« conferred upon 
 entitled to, when all the facts of the case nrp&!- i 1? r 'f«P<=ctfiilly contend they are justlv 
 the liberty of adding a fe,v brief obse at ons'"f tttxeS^'r/h "l^ "?'^ "''''' ^' "''v' tZ 
 
 ^^^^^^ff^':^^::^^:^^^ «. . this eou^ry to take 
 
 can scarcely be considered to hai been fair v embafked 1 <h • ^" '° ''^'"'''^<^' ^^^ Company 
 have siifficienlly arranged their plans for tu nL ?^.e tkle o^^^^^^^^^^ ""^ improvement, or tJ 
 
 Upper Canada until the spring of 1828 ^ emigration /rom the United States to 
 
 4 i» 
 
 ^ 
 
 \ 
 
Company, ond 
 
 of ono million 
 
 5 Government, 
 
 the Company 
 
 terations were 
 
 between tho 
 
 conflrmatory 
 
 ct of the pre- 
 
 tpccted, since 
 1080 proposed 
 engagements 
 uld be adopt- 
 »cy, if it can 
 
 ear date from 
 
 E:63,888 17 9, 
 3 each, being 
 d of a family 
 
 acres, equal 
 of forfeiture 
 le Township 
 Ms, upwards 
 lure for non- 
 
 as roads and 
 3 in the Pro- 
 
 'P, either by 
 3 requiring o 
 permitted to 
 ich liberality 
 icable as an 
 the liability 
 
 would have 
 the penalty 
 early lost to 
 ear between 
 ssful opera- 
 1830, when 
 D prosecute 
 t of benefit 
 Jided upon, 
 ainted with 
 ferred npon 
 >' are justly 
 e now take 
 ly since its 
 
 try to take 
 2 Company 
 Tient, or to 
 d States lo 
 
 as iJIustra- 
 ni Europe 
 
 hroughout 
 y. and its 
 
 A 
 
 V 
 
 11 
 
 capabilities began to have the effect anticipated, and to which all the cnercies of the Comoant's 
 
 fir«7,Pn?l''r' 'r T '"""''^i: °"'] '^^ ^""'' °^ ^"^''^'^ «' ^omo were Lec?ed with un^em^t- 
 ing attention. In this year, therefore, we find their labours crowned with complete sucmsb for 
 
 the immigration amounted to 24 392 succesg, lor 
 
 In 1831, do. .....'* io'a'in 
 
 And in 1832, it amounted to jj»,^ou 
 
 frnJ^ ^'^'^'^T I" 'n ""V""' '"««8'"-^8 <«'«en. 'and so succes'sfully too, for turning emijrrati.n 
 from Europe to the Canadas, means were also taken by the Canada Companrfor euaTE as 
 far as poss.b e, against the Emigrant on his arrival at Quebec being dive?LTf om^Kis orifinal 
 te rJ'T' p''°" ''"'°"^'' .»''\V'»"^«l«d representations of individuals to the United States 
 ni tnSf .7°™P''^"y,g'-a»ting him, in the event of his proceeditfg to Upper Canada and mk S 
 
 Z i;msel?a":.d'f:mir ''"^' ' '"' ''''"'' '"'■'" '^"'''^''° ''^ ^^^*' of Lafe" oStariS 
 
 Immigration to this country reached its highest point in the year 1832 ■ sincfi thnt nor:«,l :» 
 has fluctuated much, bnt the exertions of the cLada Company fo^rpomotlVirAarbeErunr^^^ 
 mitting. Various causes may be assigned for this falling off. local,%?caUnd accidental bu 
 . .snot our province now particularly to allude to them,' as our only object is to To v that the 
 to ho nnH^.T'P""^ *"■'. ""' '^' ""'''"'"'^ fo««/-;oMerir which their enemies hav« represented th.m 
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 In the improvement of the Huron Tract, and the various expenditure therein for betterinff 
 the condition of the present settlers, and for the inducement of the wavering orunde?^rmS t? 
 settle there, by unproved roads, modes of conveyance, erection of mills-roads nneqS in the 
 Province to the extent of lOO miles, and as good as any to the extent of 100 more-a teamboat 
 conveyance-advances to indigent settlers, many of whom, through such as Ence from W 
 
 For these objects the expenditure of the Canada Company has been little less than £60 000 
 m!& Te ' '"'"■ '" P"°''^* '' "''''' to S,e 'undertaken, whicrwi'faiiTto 
 
 Although the exertions of the Company have been directed to the improvement of the coun- 
 ry generally still they were more particularly turned to the settlement of GueTph one of the r 
 largest Blocks of Land, and situated in the Gore District, and the Huron Tract,\;ntaining one 
 million ol aores. which, be ore the year 1827, had not even been explored, yet at hrp eSiml 
 Gueph con ams a population of efghteen hundred and forty-fivela thiLg village SlK 
 handsome p aces ot Worship, Artizans, Mechanics, Storekeepers, Mills, Distilleries, B^reweries aJd 
 
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 In Guelph, their expenditure was upon the same scale as in the Huron Tract, and thus have the 
 Company adhered to the grand and philanthropic objects contemplated by them on their formation 
 
 Great as has been the expenditure of the Canada Company in the Huron Tract TCld 
 have been greater still had the Legislature granted the application they made two yea saffofo? 
 a charter similar to the application now before it, for the improvement of Goderich Harbour^ 
 
 Hitherto the situation of this harbour has been a serious drawback In thrsetUement of that 
 valuable portion ot country .n consequence of a Bar formed at the mouth of the ^ver MaUlind 
 by the action of the North West wind, and to remove which a good Pier or Breakwater is a S 
 ,s necessary, according to tho opinions of eminent and exper^nced Engineers X have been 
 consulted, not only in this country but also in England. 6 =» ""'o nave oeen 
 
 This improvement, calculated to be of so much importance to the country at large, as well 
 as to their own immediate settlements, the Canada Co.nnany were willing to undo taK at the r 
 own risk advancing the money but as they did so they thought that it vo^u d brcoSred o.dv 
 reasonable by the Legislature that, as the Company supplied the necessary Lds,theT8ho"ldb^ 
 mi.Tlf ' r ''^ ^°''' ?'! ^'°'^' and shipping at such reasonable rates as s^.ouldVe deeded 
 meet by the Government o support the incidental expenses of care and management, and e^en 
 tually to pay a moderate interest on the outlay. "»«feemeni, anu even- 
 
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 mcnl (the autumn of 034.) several fine vessels were lying wrecked high upon the sand on The 
 
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 The Hoiwe oi Assembly, however, od that occasion, no doubt from not having sufficient in- 
 Xorroation on the subject laid before thena, rejected tlie application, and in consequence tJie w' ole 
 of the next season was entirely lost ; and the gteamboat which had been built at such ■> ' y 
 expense to the Company, <roni the ice having melted so gradually during the spring as 1- ' /e 
 had little effect in removing any portion of the bar, was unable to cross it that year, and rei la.aed 
 in harbour to the great injury of the settlement the entire season. 
 
 The mouth of the Maitland is capable of being made one of the finest harbours in this 
 country, is the only natural one, if the term may be so applied to one, having a bar at its mouth, 
 between Penetanguishine and the Rapids of the Saint Clair, a distance of about 300 miles~tbe 
 importance of improving it and making it accessible lo all vessels navigating those waters, oeed» 
 uo further comment or proof than that the number of valuable vessels wrecked, as before sUted 
 ui consequence of the state of the harbour amounted to nine. * 
 
 The Company having been thus disappointed in obtaining a charter, still anxious that the 
 improvement ot the country should not be retarded through any want of exertion on their part 
 made application for a lease of the WaterLots, on obtaining which, with authority to levy whar- 
 fage under reasonable restrictions, they were willing to undertake the improvements to a certain 
 extent until such tune as, by obtaining a charter, they might be encouraged in carrying all their 
 plans of improvement into complete effect, (a privilege which it is respectfully urged by the 
 Company was never before refused, when properly and respectfully applied for by places simi- 
 larly situated with Goderich.) 
 
 This application was liberally granted by the Executive Government, land under the 
 authority of this lease the Canada Company have already expended £3,000., and now coBtem- 
 plate a further outlay of £4,000. 
 
 Such is a brief statement of the more prominent benefits conferred on this country by the 
 exertions and liberal expenditure of the Canada Company. 
 
 WILLIAM ALLAN. 
 THOMAS MERCER J0NE3, 
 
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