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Un dee symbolee suivants apparaitra sur la darniAra image de cheque microfiche, selon le caa: la symbola — ^ signif ie "A SUIVRE ", le symbole V signifie "PIN". Maps, platea. charts, ate, may be filmed at different redusns. Crkkl- MAN and TuppER Plans and Sections of these works have been already laid before tlu; (Jovcrnor in Council, and Plans and Descriptions of the Lands taken from individual.-, have ))ooii i(»(lg»'d in the Registry Office, and to these the Board respectfully beg leave to refer. The works extend over a distance of ITf miles and 31 chains, admitU'd to be the most difficult which the Bcrard have to encounter. The co.--t of these Sections, for grading and penua- 4 nent way, as accurijtely determined, will be JE7840 i»er mile, to which nuist be added sucli^^^ 7 J. proporticnf' of th*' general expenses, common to the whole system, as nniy l)e regarded as faivly /^ chargeable upofn these jwrtioTis Avhcn the lines now in progress have been completed. ^ When it is considered that rock and hard gravel liad to be removed on almost vwry portion of these Contracts, — ?,hat heavy embankments had to be formed acvos.s Coves and arms of the Basin, and that the price of labour has, throughout the Summer,' been one tliird higlier than at any period for 20 years, the cost per mile will not appear extravagant. Before tlu; appi'oach- ing Summer closes, we hope that our operations, on both lines, will have reached beyonl the rocky region which extends from the southern shores of the Province, and over which any Railways running out of the Capital must be constructed. When once the river beds and fertile lands of the interior have been reached, we confidently anticipate a very material reduction in the cost. A Schedule, showing the Stock and Property appertaining to the works, now i.i pos- session of the Commissionei"s, and which belongs to the Province, is appended to this Report. It will be found to include a Locomotive — two ftvafc class Cars — a Snow Plough, and such a number of Trucks and Waggons as will suffice for working that portion oC the jjine which has been or will be opened within this year. V Two L(»coiii(.tiv<"s iiri iH'iiijLr built \or the Board, in .Seotlund. As Cars and other Rollii,;;' Stock arc rf'(iiiir('d, tli.'v will bo coiistnictcd ; and the Board are not without a liopc that such an Kstablishnient may ))e treated or encouraged, near the Depot, as will not only h(! sumcient to do ordinary repairs, but at which Phiginea may be built, not inferior to those produced in Canada, or in the United States. DiHicuUies have arisen during the* past year, in adjusting the damages due to parties whose land lias been taken by the (Jonnaissioners, for the construction and use of the Road. None ol' (he i.arties have been i)aid. The attentitm of tlie ({overnment should, the Board arc bound respectfully to suggest, !»(> directed to this subject, as cases of hardship have ah-eady oc!currcd, and others nuist occur, unless sonu; mode by which relief can be afforded, is devised. The Chief Engineer is now engageil in locating a section of the Eastern Road, which will carry the works in that directiou to the (ircid Lake, lie is also concluding such pre- liminary Surveys as will enalth' him to place under Contract ten miles of the Western Road. The Board confidently anticipate that these two sections, in addition to the three ab-ady in progress, will be comiileted within this year, while they shall labor very zealously to locate and place ■mder (.'onlract other portions of the lines ]»etweei. Halifax and Windsor, and Halifax and Truro. The Board regret that they have not been able, during Uie short period that hf.y elapsed since they were commissioned, to accomplish more. They met for the first time on the 5th of April. They had an Engineering Staff to organize, and Contractors and skille.l workmen to discover. No member of the Board had any practical knowledge of Rajlwax making. By the 4th of May the first contract for Grading was a