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 CANADA CANALS. 
 
 RETURN to an Order of Tb« Honourable Hou<e of Commont, 
 dated 3 February 1839;—^, 
 
 COPIES or EXTRACTS of Cohrespovdence between the Boakd of 
 Ordnance and Officers under their orders in Canada ; and of any REfORTs 
 from them since the date of tlje last Papers presented to The House, respecting 
 the progress of the Canal Communications in that Country, and the 
 past and prospective Expenditure thereon ; and any Correspondence with the 
 Treasury and Colonial Office on the se^ie subject. 
 
 Copy of a LETTER from the Right honourable T. Spring Rice, 
 to Viscount Hawick, &c. &c. &c. 
 
 Mr Lord, Treasury Chambers, 1 2th September 1831. 
 
 I herewith transmit to you, by command of the Lords Commissioners of 
 His Majesty's Treasury, for the information of Secretary Lord Goderich, copy 
 of a Letter from the Secretary to the Board of Ordnance, on the subject of the 
 Instructions which have been given to their Officers at Quebec, in consequence of 
 the decision of this Board, that the Lands, Canal and Works of the Rideau 
 Navigation shall be placed in the charge of the Ordnance Department; and 
 My Lords request that Lord Goderich will give Instructions to the Governors of 
 Upper and Lower Canada, and the other proper Authorities in those Colonies, to 
 afford the Officers of the Ordnance all necessary assistance for carrying the intended 
 arrangement into effect. With reference to the last paragraph of the Letter of the 
 Secretary to the Ordnance, in which he submits the expediency of forming some 
 arrangement to prevent that Department from being burthened with the expense 
 of the Rideau Canal, until the Revenues arising from Tolls be more productive, 
 I have it in command to state to your Lordship, that this Board are desirous of 
 having the opinion of Lord Goderich with respect to the practicability of obtaining 
 aid from the Colony for the purposes alluded to. When the vast sums expended on 
 this undertaking from the public purse are considered, it may be fairly expected 
 that till the Tolls of the Canal liecoroe productive, the maintenance of a Work dF 
 such importance to the Colony should be made a matter of Colonial Charge. 
 
 I have the honour, &c. St. 
 
 (signed) T. Spring Rice. 
 
 Copy of a LETTER from R. Byham, Esq. to the Honourable /. Stewart, 
 
 &c. &c, &c. 
 
 Sir, Office of Ordnance, 29th June 1831. 
 
 Adverting to your Letter of the 23d November last, communicating the 
 sentiments of the Lords Commissioners of His Majesty's Treasury in regard to 
 certain Lands purchased for the service of the Rideau Canal, referred to in a 
 correspondence between this Department and that of the Colonial Secretary of 
 State, and notifying their Lordship's decision, that the Lands, Canal and 
 Works of the Rideau Navigation shall be placed in the charge of the Ordnance 
 Department ; — 
 
 I have the honour to transmit to yea herewith, for the information of the Lords 
 of the Treasury, a Copy of the Instructions which the Master General and Board 
 of Ordnance have given to their Officers at Quebec in consequence of this deci- 
 sion ; and I am to request you will be pleased to move their Lordships to issue 
 
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COIIUESPONDENCE RELATIVE TO 
 
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 Ihrir .lirrctions lo the (Jovcmors of I'mK-r and Lower Canada, and the other 
 pr^r Tuthoritie, in those Province,, to afford the al«)vc Officers all necessary 
 Msluncc in carrying the intcndcl arrangement into eflect. 
 
 The Master General and Board beg leave at the same tinrie to suhmit to their 
 Lordships' cnsideration the expediency of some arrangement being formed to pre. 
 v^nt thJ Ordnance Department from being burthened «; h the mamtenance of the 
 Rideau Canal, until the Revpiiues arising from the Tolls. &c. shall become sutti- 
 cient to cover the expense. I have U.e honour. &c. &c. 
 
 (signet!) 
 
 /{. Byham. 
 
 LETTER from R. Byham, Esq. to the respective Officers, Quebec. 
 
 fi ENTLEM EN, (Mct of Ordnancc, 29th June 1 83 1 . 
 
 THE Master General and IJoard having had under their consideration various 
 Retwrts which have been received from Lieut.-Coionel By, (through the Inspector 
 fJeneral of Forlilieations) relative to purchases of land made by him for the service 
 of the Rideau Canal, and having been pleased, on a communication from the Lords 
 Commissioners of His Majesty's Treasury, to sanction Lieut.-Colonel By's pro 
 ceedings in regard to those purchases, I have it in command to signify the same 
 for your information. 
 
 3 I am also directed to acquaint you, that it having been decided by the Lords 
 of the Treasury, that the Lands, Canal and Works of the Rideau Navigation shall 
 be placed in the charge of the Ordnance Department, the Master General and 
 Board desire you will uke the necessary steps, in conjunction with the commanding 
 Royal Engineer ip Canada, to effect, in a legal manner, fhe conveyance to the 
 Ordnance of the lands which may have been obtained, conformably with the Act of 
 Legislature of Upper Canada, for the use of the Rideau Canal ; and I em to infomi 
 you that directions are given lo the latter officer to report what further purchases, 
 if any, of land are absolutely necessary to complete this Navigation, and for its 
 defences, according to the provisions of the Act, that orders may in like manner be 
 given for the conveyances still required. 
 
 3. The Master General and Board further desire you will investigate and report 
 if any claims are likely to be brought forward by individuals, for remuneration 
 hf injury sustained to* their lands in the execution of the Canal, to which the 
 Ordnance are liable by the terms of the above Act. 
 
 4. And also, that you will report, after communicating with the Crown Surveyor 
 of Upper Canada, whether Government arc liable to the execution of any work 
 or any expense not provided for in Lieutenant Colonel By's Estimate of £.576,757. 
 under the 1 ith Article of the Rideau Act; and whether the repair of the Bridges 
 and Communications therein contemplated, is from time to time to be executed at 
 the expense of Government ; or whether the Bridges and Communications tra- 
 versing the Canal, after being erected, may not be permanently transferred to the 
 local Authorities, and all further expenses in their maintenance be incurred by 
 them. 
 
 5. I am commanded at the same time to desire you will communicate with 
 the Commander of the Forces and the Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada, 
 and such other local Authorities as may be necessary, as to the several Rates and 
 Dues to be established for Boats, Barges, Steamers and other Vessels or Rafts 
 Dfivigating the Canal, and for the use of any Wharfs or Quays the property of 
 Government. And I am to desire you will report fully on this point ; stating your 
 opinion whether these Dues should be farmed out in portions or collected by the 
 Ordnance, or in what manner the whole of the Revenues of the Canal and adjoin- 
 ing Government Lands will be most advanageously collected for the Ordnance, 
 stating any preliminary steps that may be necessary, and when the measure can be 
 brought into operation. 
 
 6. The Commanding R6yal Engineer in Canada will be instructed to consider and 
 report what mode he would propose for performing, from time to time, in the most 
 ettcient and economical manner, and with the least possible delay, all repairs that 
 
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 may Ix; reqiiired to the Works of the Canal ; and the Master Gcneml and Hoard 
 desire you will report, in conjunction with that Officer, and with the concnrrence 
 of the Commander of tlie Forces, what Establishment will l)c necessary, as well 
 for the collection of the rent and revenues as for the execution of repairs, and 
 the expenses consequent thereon. . . 
 
 7. A communication on this subject has been made to the Lords nf the Trea- 
 sury, accompanied by the Master General's and Board's request, that their Ix)rd- 
 ships would be pleased to issue their Instructions to the Governors of L^pper and 
 Loirer Canada, and to the other proper Authorities in those Provinces, to aflbrd 
 you all necessary assistance i ' carrying the intended arrangement into effect. 
 
 8. And I am to add, that Lieutenant-Colonel Dy will be directed to furnish you 
 with every information you may require in regard to the Lands referred to in the 
 first paragraph of this Letter, and also in resi)ect to all matters relating to the 
 Ilideau Navigation. 
 
 '■■■'' I am. Gentlemen, &c. 
 
 (signed) R. Byham. 
 
 LETTER from R. IF. Hay, Esq., to the Right honotirable T. Spring Rice, 
 
 &c. &c. &c. 
 
 Sib, Downing-street, 24th September 1 83 1 . 
 
 I HAVE laid before Viscount Goderich your Letter of the 12th instant, enclosing 
 copy of a Letter from the Secretary to the Board of Ordnance, relative to the in- 
 structions which have been given to the Ordnance Officers at Quebec, in consequence 
 of the Rideau Navigation being placed under the charge of that Department. 
 
 I am directed to acquaint you in reply, for the information of the Lords Com- 
 missioners of His Majesty's Treasury, that,, in compliance with their re(|ucst, the 
 necessary Instructions will be given to the Governor of Lower Canada, and to the 
 Lieutenant-Governor of Upper Canada, to afford every assistance which may be 
 required by the Officers of the Ordnance, to enable them to take upon themselves 
 the charge of the different Works connected with the Rideau Canal. You will also 
 please to acquaint their Lordships, that Lord Goderich concurs with them in 
 opinioD, that until the tolls upon the Canal may become productive, it is reasonable 
 to expect that the Provincu should come forward in bearing the burthen of keeping 
 up a work which has cost so large a sum to the mother country. His Lordship 
 will accordingly instruct Lord Aylmer, without loss of time, to send down a 
 message to the House of Assembly of Lower Canada, when the Legislature nest 
 meets, recommending them to make provision for this purpose; and as Lord 
 Goderich is of opinion that this expense should be equally borne by the two Pro-, 
 vinces, similar Instructions will be transmitted to the Lieutenant-Governor of Upper 
 Canada. 
 
 This message will necessarily be unaccompanied by any estimate of the expense 
 of these repairs. His Lordship cannot therefore but anticipate some difficulty in 
 inducing the Legislatures of Upper and Lower Canada to enter into an engagement, 
 of the extent of which they have no means of judging ; and it would, perhaps, 
 materially conduce to the success of this application, if the Board of Ordnance 
 could supply as accurate a statement as may be possible of the probable amount 
 of these expenses. 
 
 ■ Lord Goderich would not have considered it necessary that this application 
 should be made to the Legislatures of the two Provinces, had there been any means 
 of meeting the expense out of the revenues at the disposal of the Crown; but the 
 charges upon that fund are already considerable, and it is proposed to increase 
 them still further by defraying from it a portion of the expense occasioned by the 
 Church Establishment in the Province, which (as their Lordships are doubtless 
 aware) is at present provided in a different manner. 
 
 . . .1 .• , , .. .... ,t . I am; Sir, &c. -,,.;> . > 
 
 .... ....... ,.: ... . . (signed) R. fV. Hay. 
 
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CORRESPONDENCE RELATIVE TO 
 
 LETTER from Vucouot Goderich to ^fajor•GeDeral Sir John Colbome, 
 
 Ike. &c. &c. 
 
 Sir, 
 
 Downing-street, ist November 1831. 
 
 I HAVE the hoaour to transmit to von the Copy of a Letter from the Secretary 
 to the Treasury, inclosing Copy of the Instructions which have been given by the 
 Ordnance Department to their Officers at Quebec, in consequence of the decision 
 of the Treasury, that the Lands, Canal and Worlts of the Rideau Navigation 
 shall be placed in charge of the Ordnance Department ; and in compliance with 
 their Lordships* request, I beg to recommend the Officers of the Ordnance for 
 your support and assistance in carrying the intended arrangement into effect. 
 
 With reference to the last paragraph of the Letter of the Secretary of the 
 Ordnance, in which he submits the expediency of forming some arrangement to 
 prevent that Department from being burthened with the expense of the Rideau 
 Canal, until the Revenue arising from the Tolls, &c. shall become sufficient to 
 cover the expense, I am to request that you will recommend to the Assembly of 
 Upper Canada, when the Legislature next meets, to make provision for the 
 expense nhich, you will perceive by the inclosed Letter addressed by my diisction 
 to the Secretary to the Treasury, I am of opinion ought to be equally borne by the 
 Provinces of Upper and Lower Canada. 
 
 I am, &c. &c. 
 (signed) 
 
 Goderich. 
 
 Copy of TREASURY MINUTE, dated 7th February 1832. 
 
 Mr Lords have read with much concern a Memorandum received from the 
 Board of Ordnance, dated the 3d February, from which it appears that, in addi- 
 tion to the very large sums already voted for the Rideau Canal, a further sum of 
 £.25,624. 13. 4. is reported by Lieut-Colonel By to be required for the com- 
 pletion of the Canal. My Lords observe, that no portion of this proposed expen- 
 diture has ever received their sanction or been submitted to them. Considerine 
 that in the sums voted last year there were included £.116,691 for errors in the 
 original Estimate, for excess of expenditure beyond that Estimate, and for Works 
 not contemplated or proposed in that Estimate, it is a matter no less of regret than 
 of surprise that this further sum is required. 
 
 My Lords observe also, that in the Memorandum laid before the Select Com- 
 mittee in 1831, it was stated that the Rideau Canal would have been opened in 
 that year; it now, however, appears, that the termination of the Works cannot 
 be expected till some period in 1 832. 
 
 ' .1. ^T.-^*''?"cf' ^"™*°"^\ ^^«" of '5th July 1831, it also appears that even 
 the additional Sum now required may yet be found inadequate for this service. 
 
 Under these circumstances, My Lords are not prepared to sanction any Estimate 
 whatever for Works on the Rideau Canal not submitted to Parliament and ?he 
 Board, unless the actual and indispensable necessity of such Works is more com- 
 pletely made out than at present: Neither could they, under any circumste^cS 
 Sy'^ilsT CoIoTd VT "°"^^"'?°" theEsLateof LSeVenanSnei 
 
 fu.5S^^t;;:£rei;Ll;T^^^^ — % ^f th. 
 
 • They also request to be informed, whether any expenditure has been incurred 
 or any contract or liability entered into in CaJeda for wLsJn these Ss 
 beyond the amount sanctioned, and if such should have been th^ case, who a^e ie 
 
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 parties responsible, as My Lords would feel it their duty to take, or recommend 
 instant steps to be taken, should any parties have so far alnndonctl the principles 
 which My Lords have in a former Klinutc communicated to tlic Departments, and 
 on which they are determined invariably to act. 
 
 My Lords will not, however, object to proposing a vote for £.50,000 for any 
 portion of the Works already submitted to Parliament, and which are in pmirress, 
 during the present year, and they desire particularly to be understooil us lending no 
 countenance to the additional Works suggested, either for the Canal passing in rear 
 of Montreal, at an expense of £. 1 1 7,270 never before submitted to the Treasury or 
 to Parliament, or for the other Plans of Communication with Montreal, suggested in 
 the Memorandum from the Ordnance. 
 
 Transmit a Copy of this Minute to the Ordnance, for their early consideration, 
 report and government. 
 
 Memorandum, 3d February 1832. 
 
 The total of the Estimate for the Rideau Canal, including errors, excesses and 
 extra Works, upon the Estimate of £.576,756 submitted to the Committee in 
 Canada, as referred to in a Memorandum from this Office, dated 1 7th January 
 1831, amounted to -..-.-. £.693,448 - - 
 and this is the total in the Report of the Committee of 
 
 The House of Commons : 
 Of this Amount there has been voted, including the Grant of 1 ^ ^^^ 
 £.256,000 in 1831 --..-- -I ^92,666 - - 
 
 Remains to be voted 
 
 782 - - 
 
 It is however proper to notice, that since the Estimate for 1 83 1 was submitted 
 to Parliament, and in consequence of the explanation required by the Board's Order 
 of 1 7th August 1 830 -g^ on the Extra Services above referred to, a further sum 
 cf £. 25,624. 13. 4. is reported by Lieut.-Colonel By to be required for the com- 
 pletion of the Rideau, thud making a total of £. 26,406. 13. 4. to be yet voted for 
 this Canal, which it is recommended should be taken in the present year. 
 
 For the Canals on the Ottawa, the total required to complete them, as per 
 Memorandum above quoted, was then, inclusive ofl /. r- 
 St. Ann's Rapids ... - -J *'* ^'3,029 - - 
 
 Of this Sum there was voted in 1830 and 1831 ... 63,000 - - 
 
 Leaving to be yet voted 
 
 . £. 100,029 - - 
 
 Of which it is considered there will be required in the present year £. 50,000. 
 
 Recapitulation. 
 
 Proposed Vote for 1832, for the Rideau 
 Ditto . - .for Ottawa Canals • 
 
 Total 
 
 £. 26,406 
 50,000 
 
 £. 76,406 - - 
 
 ^signed) 
 
 C. G. Ellicombe. 
 
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 I Jtauiry 1831. 
 
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 15 July 1831. 
 
 • CORRESPONDENCE RELATIVE TO ) 
 
 Piitcu of CoiiiitfPONDlNCfc which hai passed relative to Ihe ProgreM of 
 the RiDtAU Camal «id other Watkm Comwonications in Canada, 
 since ihe subject was before the Committee of The House of Commons 
 in Fcbrmry 1831. 
 
 RIDEAU CANAL. 
 Lr.TTiK from LieuL-Coloncl By to the Inspector General of Fortifications, trans- 
 mittini,' ti Plan of the route of the Kideau Canal, with a section, showing tlie various lifts 
 of the Locks, the distance Utwccn the lifts, and the Sum expended on each Work, 
 from the commencement on the 2 1st September i8i(i to Jist December i8;}o, 
 repf)rtin>! tlie sum that ha<l been expended, and the sum remaining to be expended 
 on the Lstimatc given to the Committee in Canada in June 1628 ; — also, reporting 
 the probable time of completion. 
 
 Minute on the above, from the office of the Inspector General of FortificatiooB, 
 to the Master General and Board. 
 
 Minute of the Muster-General's and Board's Orders on the above. 
 
 Letter from Colonel Dumford, the Commanding Engineer in Canada, to the 
 Inspector General of Fortifications, containing a full report upon correspondence 
 which had previously passed on the subject of errors in the original Estimate of 
 £.,',76,757, upon the causes of the excess on that Estimate, and upon the nature 
 c< the extra Works. Also transmitting a descriptive and progress Report of thp 
 Works on each section of the Canal, with an account of Expenditure ; Abstract of 
 I.Ands purchased, the probable sums required to complete each section of the Work, 
 with other details of information, in consequence of the Master-General's and 
 Board's Order of 1 7th August 1 830 -g-^ ', and further reporting, that the various 
 works necessary to complete the Canal as ordered, a further increase to the Estimate 
 of the Kideau, of about £. 26,626 beyond the sum before reported by Colonel 
 Dumford (£.693,449.) will be required, with an intimation that this amount may 
 be found inadequate. 
 
 9NovemLeri«3i. Report of the Inspector-General of Fortifications to the Master-General and 
 Board on the above, upon which no orders have been received in this Office. 
 
 Besides the Correspondence here referred to, there have been many Report* 
 received and transmitted to the Board since January iS*;! ; but as they are aM 
 chiefly connected with details of accounts, they are not quoted in this Memorandum. 
 
 a Nevemlwr 1831 
 
 OTTAWA CANALS. 
 
 Letter from Colonel Dumford, Commanding Engineer in Canada, to the 
 Inspector General of Fortifications, transmitting Estimates for turning St. Ann's 
 Rapids, averaging in amount from 23 to £. 46,000 ; also, an Estimate amounting to 
 £. 1 1 7,270 for completing this part of the Wat?r Communication by another line • 
 viz. in rear of the Montreal Island. ' 
 
 These Estimates are now under examination in this office, and will be shortly 
 forwarded for the Master-General's and Board's order. 
 
 (signed) 
 
 CG.Ellicombe. 
 
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 Mem. 3 February 1832. 
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 The Locks at the Entrance Valley, Hog's Back, Black Rapids and Long Island 
 
 ^.a'^w I^V*?""* ^^ ^^"'"P'**^' »*>"« "P^'^g °»o'e than%o miles o? the ?n.' 
 tended Water Communication from the Ottawa. 
 
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 On the Grcnville Cannl the three upper IxK-k« were oriirintilly rntwtriictcil upon 
 R small icole, not calcululoii tor steam iM)ats, for which the Kidi-aii i^ inlundcd ; the 
 enlargement ni' these three Locks is nceesBury, in nnlrr tn connect the same srali* of 
 navigation. The Estimate i'or the eniaritcment ui thexe Locks is £. .',4,'J4S ; but this 
 has not yet l)€en s|M.>cilicatly authorized, although the amount is included in the 
 total of the Report of the Committee of The ilouse of Commons in 1831, 
 pages 1 09 & 11 u. 
 
 The remaining part of the Canals on the Ottawa, viz. Chute i\ Hlondeau and 
 Carillon, will probably be completed in another year, without any expense beyond 
 the Estimates already submitted to Parliament ; and when these are fmished, with 
 the enlargement of the three Locks on the (ironville, before quoted, the intended 
 aavigation will be complete from Niagara to Lake-of-two-Mountains, at the 
 western extremity of Montreal Island. 
 
 It will then remain to connect the scale of navigation with the St. Lawrence, 
 either bv the proposed works at St Ann's Kapids, and an arnmgement for enlarge 
 ing the Locks on the existing Ijl Chine Canal, or by obtaining this Water Communi- 
 cation by passing in rear of Montreal by Uivi^re des Prairies. 
 
 This part of the intended Water Communication recjuires still to be considered, 
 and will shortly be brought under the Master-Cieneral's notice, in cunsequencc of a 
 Report and Estimate which has recently been received in this otlicc. The Estimate 
 for passing in rear of Montreal amounts to £. 117,270, on the same scale as the 
 Rideau ; but if this is not acceded to, the proposed cut at St. Ann's Rapids will be 
 necessary for this work. Estimates have been received, varying in amount from 
 £.33,000 to £.4(1,000, according to the line which may be adopted. 
 
 A Sketch is annexed, explanatory of the points referred to in this Memorandum. 
 
 C. G. Ellicombe. 
 
 I TUANSMiT for the information and orders of the Master-General and Board the $ February 1H31, 
 projects which the Commanding Engineer in Canada was directed by the Commander 
 of the Forces to make for connecting the Steam Boat Navigation of the Rideau and 
 Ottawa with the River St. Lawrence. 
 
 It appears that no orders have been given for altering the three upper Locks of th<! 
 Grenville Canal in the Ottawa, which were constructed on the small scale, nearly 
 similar to those at La Chme, before the enlarged scale to pass steam boats was 
 determined upon. It is now indispensable, in the first place, that these Locks 
 should be assimilated to the rest of the Navigation, at the expense of £. ,'',4,245. 1 9. 2. 
 a part of which, it is stated, may be covered by savings on the Estimates, already 
 submitted, to the Ottawa Canals. 
 
 This communication also contains Lieut.-Colonel By's Report and Estimate 
 for continuing the Steam Boat Navigation by Rivifere des Prairies, in rear of 
 Montreal, on the same scale as the Rideau Locks, at an expense of £. 1 1 7,270. 6. 2.^ 
 or of constructing it on an enlarged scale, at the expense of £.148,144. i. 5.; 
 and a Report, with Estimates, is likewise transmitted from Lieut-Colonel Du Vernet, 
 Royal Staff Corps, for a Canal to pass the Rapid at St. Ann's, at the western 
 extremity of Montreal Island, showing three modes of executing the Work, varying 
 in amount from £.22,950 to £.46,706, one of which will be necessary, if the Canal 
 is determined upon at this spot, in lieu of passing in rear of Montreal by the 
 Riviere des Prairies.— C. G. E. S Feb. 1832. 
 
 Submit to the Master-General. — C.T. 10 February 1833. 
 
 Seeing that the Rideau Canal and the Canals on the Ottawa are still unfinished, ,5 February 1839. 
 I cannot recommend to His Majesty's Government the incurring of any addi- 
 tional expense for Water Communication in Canada, in the present state of the 
 Finances of the Country.— J. K. 
 
 Ordered, That a Communication to the effect of the Master-General's Minute be 20 February 1839. 
 made to Sir A. Bryce ; and that Copies of these Papers be sent to the Treasury, in 
 addition to those sent on the 17th instant. — T. 47. 
 
 T. F. K. 
 
 On 
 
 492. 
 
 A 4 
 
 Adveuting 
 
»* 
 
 CORRESPONDENCE RELATIVE TO 
 
 
 in 
 
 AovCKTiifO to the Stattmcnt callwJ for liy the laitcr part of the Boani's Minute 
 of the Kjth ult., on this Letter from Mr. Stewart relative to the Canals in Canada, 
 which 1 tnin»mitlc<l with my commiinirntion <if 2.1(1 ult. I have now to rc|M)rt, in 
 reference to the former fiart of the Uoanl » Minute kfore relerred to, that it apficars 
 ttie E»timale for the Carillon Rapids has been increased from £. rAooo to £. 73,3 1 8, 
 but no fmal opinion or decision can now be given upon this Ettimatc, m a further 
 RefMirt is promiseti by Sir J. Kempt, which holds out the jKissibility that u L.^ 
 expensive plan may be adopted ; and in tlic mean while the commencement of this 
 work appears to be suspended. I have therefore only nt present to remark on 
 any contemplated alteration of this Canal, by aid from the North Hivcr, that the 
 Local Authorities in Canada should be instructed to ascertain how fur it will aHect 
 the interest of private individuals, and thus involve the Government in claims 
 against them. 
 
 In regard to the Estimate now transmitted for the Chute k Blondcau, the amount 
 is /. 20,785, instead off. 1 1,580 before reported, lieing an excess off. 9,205, which 
 is stated to be caused by the rock through which this Canal is entirely cut, proving 
 to be extremely hard and compart, instead of a loose horizontal strata w hich appeared 
 when the first estimate was prepared, I therefore consider this excess unavoidable. 
 This work appears to be in progress by the Stafl" Corps. 
 
 In respect to the Estimate for the Grenville, there is an excess of £.3,3()9 beyond 
 the tirst Estimate for the completion of this Canal, as transmitted by Sir J. Kempt 
 in February 1 S28, which is stated to be in consequence of the prices put down in 
 the first Estimate which was prepared by Lieut-Col. Du Vernet being far too low ; 
 besides the above, there is now provided for the first time f. 54,245 for altering the 
 three Locks (already constructed in this Canal on the small scale,) so as to corres- 
 pond with those of'^the Rideau, and for widening and deepening such parts of the 
 Canal as may require alteration ; in regard to w^ich I have only to observe, that 
 this service will be necessary in order to complete the Water Communication on the 
 same scale as the I^cks on the Rideau. 
 
 lliis sum includesf. 1,500 for five Bridges to communicate with lands, (about 
 136 acres) belonging to private individuals, laying between tlie Ottawa and the 
 Grenville ; but this land Sir J. Ken.pt proposes should be purchased to avoid the 
 expense of constructing and repairing these Bridges, and a further Report is promised 
 respecting the proposed purchase. 
 
 The Estimates also provide f. 23,761 for the establishment and entire expense 
 of the two Staff Corps Companies, employed on these Canals from the 25th of 
 June iSig (when the Companies were transferred to the Ordinance,) to the end of 
 1832, being the period contemplated for the completion of the Works, provided the 
 necessary funds can be granted. This expense has hitherto not been provided in 
 the Estimates for these Works, but understood to be borne on the Army Extraordi- 
 naries, and therefore it may be said to be only a charge of account. 
 
 In regard to the Rideau Canal, which is adverted to in the present Papers, I pro- 
 pose to make it the subject of a separate communication, in reference to reports 
 which I have recently received from the Commanding Engineer in Canada. 
 6th July 1 830. A ft 
 
 IN reference to my Minute of the 6th instant, on a Letter from the Treasury 
 relative to the Estimate for the Grenville and other Canals carrying on by th?StLft' 
 Corps ,n Canada, which was referred for my Report by theVard's Efe of 
 
 MnS iT' iZ '" f ■"'"'' r "y ^'°"'= °f 'he ,5th June on a Letter fmm 
 Colonel Durnford, relative to the amount of the Estimate for the Rideau r«n«? 
 1 now forward, for the Master General's and Board's informaS>n and order^^he 
 mclosed Report from Co one Durnford dated lAth Anni o„Td oraers, the 
 
 10th May last, m continuation of the same subject ^o'onei, dated 
 
 By these Papers (of which a list is enclosed marked O.) it aooears thar in .M- 
 tion to the expense at present estimated for this Cand, (f sJe^,?, a furth^/^^^ 
 of f. 116,686 w be reouired of whiVh f o« . "^ . '. v*"5/".757.;.a turther sum 
 
 the execution of the ^Sfdreadv S,lt2 ' ?.^ V^ """""^ °^ '^^ ^'"^^^ *« 
 
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CANAL COMMUNK ATIOX IN CANADA. 
 
 Lieutenant-Colonel Uy nor orderoil Ity tl>t' ('omniittee of whirli Sir Jiimot Kempt 
 waft I'midcnt, nmi con<c(|U(>ntly arc nni incluiifti in the nrii;inul F.'>tini:it«* ior tlic 
 KiHeau Cnnal. 
 
 On ll»et>«' Kxi^nsts I have to oh'ervc, that nn e\Qe«< ot" £. )(>,o«)(> on <«» larj'f mi 
 Ex|)enditurc alreuilv incurred (£. 34(),nuu) tor work ciirrie<i nn, tor tlu' ^rrnter |>iirt 
 tliruu^h u country fiitlicrtr> n wil(lcrnc«<>, lUw* not appear cxtraoriinmry, Imt furh ii^ 
 might l)f cx|)octc<l, and Licutenant-Culnnt-I By ha^ furnished the inilo^Hi State- 
 ment marked (H.) «howin(^ upon what particular point- of ilie (.'anal the^c excesses 
 have occurred. 
 
 In regard to the additional Works, which are calculated at art Augu.i i«.io. 
 
 £.83,714, it is much to be regretted that these services were not . '"" ""*"', ''^'•'"i ^" \- >«•>•• 
 forcseen and origmally provided for. Colonel Durnfonl states, tliat „„„j, ,^,, iran»i«ntf.i .,.ui.|,. him i.. 
 the princi|)al item of expense of these additional Works is for waste form nn«), on ili« ihrrp s<>vpr:il kuhk 
 Weirs at each of the Dums and nest of Locks, the necessity for which •""•^ rcpi.rtod on. ..f Efr.n., V.sc-ks 
 
 liecame particularly apparent after the failure of the Dam at the "n.l Au.l.t.onnl \V..rk. . •I.«tl»r i .- 
 
 Hogs Hack: msomuch that it is found necessary that they should Mtu-iacuinly acciHjnud for ; ami ii l.p 
 l)c adopted on the whole line of the Canal, and that their l)cncticial is unubic to form a drcitltd opinion, 
 ctlects have been already satisfactorily proved where executed. I have «''»t »'« •""'I'' I'uve ths Roodni^ lo 
 to observe, there can be no doubt that every precaution should be r.llVrt'reJ'Tt'^ri.r 011.^. 
 adopted to prevent accidents to the IJams upon which the ethcicncy culty of ibrmini; tucli o|iinion lie*, iml 
 of the Canal will so (greatly depend : but I recommend their use to be tliu nHirw which he would advinc to 
 limited to such cases a.s both Colonel Durnford and Lieut.-Colonel By ^ adopifd. in ordrr to enable the 
 consider absolutely necessary. A detailed List, marked (K). No. 5. ;!::7VLrctX?n'^:^1i';;:; 
 page 2, ot these services is enclosed. Urge incrtiiieof the original Estimam 
 
 'Jliese Expenses (including the errors of £.2,84} in the original i», under euth hoail, »aii«fuctMriiy 
 Estimate) will make a total of £. 603,448 for the Riiieou. accounted for, or whether it api-earn 
 
 crL iir I . I • "• 7 , . .J.I "lal any charec* of neulect or other 
 
 Ihe Work ap|)ears to be in rapid progress, and is expected to be ^|„„, ',„^^,,;^ ^^ the piriin con- 
 completed in August 1831, it the necessary funds are provided; it cerntd. 
 may therefore be here proper to add, that the sum of £.43(),6()r» has 
 already been voted for this Canal, including the grant of 1 830, and therefore, 
 according to the present calculation, a further sum of £.256,777 requires still to be 
 voted for its completion. 
 
 Besides the above-mentioned services, there arc four others now brought forward 
 for the first time, viz. — 
 
 22 Blockhouses ... 
 Land for ditto, and Defences - 
 Reservoir at By Town - 
 15 Bridges over the Cunal 
 
 £. 
 
 33.000 
 
 20,000 
 
 8,000 
 
 «S,23o 
 
 d. 
 
 £.69,230 - - 
 
 Of these sums, £.53,000 is for ilc- 
 
 fences only, and may be entirely post- 
 
 ,^1 . 1 , . . I 1 . . t 1 poned, to 1* dealt with hereafter by the 
 
 These services do not appear to be commenced, but wait the orders Treasury as a separate question ; Lm 
 of Government ; and although they do not seem to be absolutely some of the 15 Bridges must be per- 
 necessary for the navigation of the Rideau, vet they are so nearly 'orn>ed, and it appears lo the Board 
 connected with the Canal, that the possibility of their being uiti- i^Sd^n^'l^rBSre'^u^t^sl; 
 mately found advisable should not be lost sight of. The Block- a. Uryce's opinion upon this point, 
 houses, if constructed now, are intended also to lodge some of the and also wheilier the Act directs m 
 Lock-masters, and in this case the Houses provided for them in the *'"" ''™'' "".^y **"!''''' ^ ''"''', V'" 
 orfginal Estimate need not be constructed. The purchase of the Jrl'^r rLVi: tToS^i:; 
 land is altogether a part of the expense attendirig the Defences ; opinion as to the ultimate probability 
 the proposed Reservoir is partly proposed for the Canal, and partly of the large Reservoir being con- 
 for its defence, it being intended to feed the first eight Locks, and "f"'^'*'^' 
 also to serve as a wet ditch for the defence of the entrance of the 
 Canal ; and some of the proposed Bridges must, I understand, be erected to com- 
 ply with the conditions of the Rideau Act. On these services I would recommend 
 that the whole should be deferred until the Canal is completed, and until the general 
 question of the Works required for its defence can be considered and finally ap- 
 proved ; therefore the Lock-masters' Houses, and a small Reservoir to feed the 
 first eight Locks, which is pr6vided in the original Estimate, should be constructed, 
 and only such of the proposed Bridges as Government is bound to construct by 
 the Rideau Act, a List of which Lieut.-Colonel By should report as soon as 
 possible. 
 
 S.J'. 
 
 23d July 1 830. 
 
 A.B. 
 
 492. 
 
10 
 
 CORRESPONDKNCE RELATIVE TO 
 
 i!> 
 
 \S reply lo tlie Boords Minute of the 2il instant, Sir A. Uryce has to observe, 
 with rcspctl to iht- errors, amounting to £. J, 843, on the original Estimate handed 
 to the Coniniiltec, that ('(.lone! Durnford, in his Letter of the J4th April 1830, 
 paragraph 7, states, that Lieutenant-Colonel By orters no explanation upon these 
 errors; it is therefore necessary that Colonvl Durnford should investigate and refwrt 
 UfK)n them Iwforc any opinion can be given from this Office. 
 
 In rcpofsl to the excess and additional Works, amounting to £. ii 3,848, Colonel 
 Durnfords Letter of loth May 1830, No. .52, transmits Lieutenant-Colonel By's 
 Statenient in explanation, as to how the balance of excesses and savings produce 
 the several results, making up the total sum of £.30,143, stated as excess; but 
 although certain (juantities and amounts arc shown in the Report (K.) the Documents 
 transmittc^l will not enable Sir A. Bryce to form a decided opinion, whether the 
 increase is satisfactorily accounted for, nor upon the additional Works, and that 
 therefore it aj)|)cars advisable a reference should be made to Colonel Durnford, 
 who should, on the spot, go into a minute investigation of the several items of 
 Documents, (K.) and particularly report whether the whole of those which had been 
 marked thus *, in red ink, in this Office, were indispensably necessary for the 
 execution of the Ridtau Navigation. It is also recommended that Colonel Durn- 
 ford should tninsmit a descriptive Report, explaining the nature of the Works at 
 each Station, us emiiraced in the Estimate of 1'.. 576,000, handed to the Committee, 
 the alterations now executed or proposed, with his opinion on the necessity or 
 ex|>ediency of the alterations, showing particularly the causes which have led to the 
 alteration in the use of the Dams, which were originally intended to be themselves 
 waste VV'eirs, whereas se|)arate Works are now pro()osed for this purpose, without 
 explaining the reasons of the alteration, nor the maximum heights at which it is 
 assumed that the Dams might answer the double object originally designed ; and 
 with respect to the expense of the construction of the Chaudi^re Bridges and the 
 Toll-house, Colonel Durnford should report the present annual Toll, and what 
 addition may be ex|)ected ; also, whether there is any Act of Legislature securing 
 to Government the right of Toll. 
 
 In regard to the construction of the Bridges at the expense of Government, 
 where the Canal cuts into any highway, Colonel Durnford should communicate 
 with the Crown Lawyers, as to the full intent and meaning of the 1 ilh Article of 
 the Rideau Act, which refers to these Bridges, and after receiving and consid'jring 
 that interpretation, he should communicate with the Surveyor-General of the Upper 
 Province, as to what Bridges Government, under that interpretation, are liable to 
 construct, and then report accordingly, stating the expense, and whether, as the 
 Dams are no longer to l)e considered as waste Weirs, they may not become Cause- 
 ways, and by a slight deviation of the course of the Road, serve instead of the 
 Bridges, which would be otherwise constructed ; the time at which these Bridges 
 are to be executed, by the Rideau Act, is prescribed to one month after any Road 
 has been destroyed by the construction of the Canal. In regard to the proposed 
 large Reservoir in front of Upper By Town, Colonel Durnford should also report 
 specifically on the necessity or expediency of constructing this Work as re^rards the 
 Canal, the defences and the health (so far as he can form an opinion) of the imme- 
 diate vicinity. It will be necessary that Document (K.) should be sent back lo 
 Colonel Durnford, who should be directed to return it to England, with the Reoort 
 and information now recommended to be called for. 
 
 I > August 1 830. c r P 
 
 intd 
 
 LETTER from Lieutenant-Colonel % to Sir Alexander Bryce, Inspector-Getjcral 
 - ■ ' . . of Fortifications, &c. &c. &c. 
 
 .. S,„ ■ , %«' Engineer's Office, By Town, Rideau Canal, 
 
 ^"'' 8th January 1831. 
 
 mLp, r "'^''°"°"';,?f transmitting, for the information of "his Lordship the 
 Kan of .tT;""r l^'gjt honourable and Honourable Board of Ordna^e a 
 t^l li .h T."^ the Rideau Canal, with a section showing the vaHous ES of 
 Sm ,h. ; '""" ^''^''" '^' '"■'^' «"^' 'he sum expended on each "ork 
 
 from the commencement on 2,st September .826. to the 31st December ,830. 
 
 from 
 
/' 
 
 CANAL COMML'MCATION IN CANADA 
 
 1 1 
 
 from which it a|)|tcars tluit -f. .'i75,55i- 4. Jj. has l»tcn cxpcnde«i, and that 
 £•117,898. 7. 7}. still remains uncxijended of the Kstimaic of i'.(i()3,44(). 11. lo}. 
 Hivcn to tlie Committee in June \ 828, of which his LxccIIency Sir James kom|)t was 
 President. 
 
 I have also the honour to report, from tlie rapid progress already made towards 
 com|ilcting these works, I have every reason to lielievo the whole will Ik; fmished 
 in August next; but as the expense de|)ends in a great measure on contingencies, 
 the extent of which cannot he exactly ascertained, as they cliiefly arise from the 
 immense pressure of water, and the periodical sickness, it is impossible for me to 
 report the precise sum that may be required ; but at this moment, as far as I can 
 judge from what has occurred in the construction of these Works, 1 am of opinion 
 that the balance of £. 117,898. 7. 7J. still remaining unexjKindcd of tlie above- 
 mentioned Estimate, will prove suflicicnt to complete this Water ('ommunication from 
 the Ottawa to Kingston. 
 
 A detailed Report of the expense of each work is now forming, to lay before 
 Colonel Durnford, Commanding Royal Engineers, Canada, to enable him to report 
 on the necessity of each item. 
 
 I have the honour to be, Ike. Sic. Ike. 
 
 (signed) John By, Lieutenant-Colonel, 
 
 Royal Engineers Commanding, Rideau Canal. 
 
 Forwarded for the Master-General's and Hoard's information and orders. There 
 is some mistake in the sum here stated by Lieutenant-Colonel ])y, as the amount 
 of the Estimate laid before the Committee lieing £. 693,449, no such amount having 
 been given. 
 
 It is therefore [troposed to call on Lieutenant-Colonel By for an explanation ; in 
 the mean time it has been considered proper to report the receipt of this ' ctter, 
 
 18 May 1831. (signed) C. G. E. 
 
 Submit to the Master General. 
 
 (signed) 
 
 11. D. 
 
 In acknowledging the receipt of this Letter, Sir A. Bryce will inform Lieutenant- 
 Colonel By, that the Estimate given by him to the Committee in 1828, amounted 
 to £.576,757 only, and not, as he states, to the sum of £.693,449. 11. 10. That 
 the latter sum is the amount of his supplementary Estimate, given in by him in 
 1830, which has never been sanctioned by the Government. That the greater 
 part of the money which has been expended, has not yet been voted by Parliament, 
 and that he is on no account to undertake any new work, or to incur any expcn.se 
 in the completion of tliose now in progress, unless the same should be deemed of 
 pressing importance, and essentially necessary for the due completion and security 
 °f^he Canal. ^^.^^^^^^ jj^ 
 
 Ordered, That the directions contained in the Master-General's Minute, be carried 
 '"*° ^^^<=*' (signed) H. D. 
 
 CO May 1831. 
 il May 1831. 
 
 2,7 iM.iy 1831 
 
 EXTRACT of a Letter from Colonel Durnford to Lieutenant-Colonel Fanshawc, 
 
 Royal Engineers, &c. &c. &c. 
 
 Sill, Royal Engineer's Office, Quebec, 15 July 1831. 
 
 Herewith I have the honour to return the Document (K.), transmitted to me 
 for my information and further report ; and I have to state, for the information of 
 Major-General Sir Alexander Bryce, that having arranged with Lieut. -Colonel By, 
 who came to Quebec during the winter for that pur[)ose, the mode of affording the 
 information and explanations required, so as to render them as clear and intelligible 
 as possible, I proceeded, as soon after the opening of the Navigation as my other 
 duties would permit, to By Town, and through the whole line of the Canal, accom- 
 panied by Lieut.-Coloncl By, for the pur|)()se of forming my opinion of the correct- 
 ness of his statements in the accompanying Documents, as far as the present 
 
 492. B 2 advanced 
 
\^ 
 
 ,j CORRESPONDENCE RELATIVE TO 
 
 advanccti sUtc of the Works would allow me, and, in fact, to make thctn 
 in a measure my own. The following is a description of the accompanymg 
 Documents : — 
 
 No. I, exi lains the errors in the original Estimate of £.51^,751 handed to the 
 Committee, amounting to £.2,843. and increasing it to £.579,600. 
 
 No. 2. comnrUing from No. 1 (K.; to No. 23 (K.) and a Document marked (E.) 
 referred loin page 179 of No. 4(K.), affords the explanations required on the items 
 of Document (K.). market! * in red ink, in your office, showing the causes ot the 
 excess of L }<»,I34 on the Estimate handed to the Committee corrected, being the 
 Balance between the savings and excesses on the several Works c-ntemplated and 
 provided lor in that Estimate ; and the nature of the extra Works found necessary 
 in the progress of tlie Work, which were not contemplated, nor provided for in that 
 Estimate, and amounting to £. 83,7 14. 
 
 No. 3 contains a Description and progress Report of the Works on each Section of 
 theCanul, 21 in number, 311 pages, comprising an Account of the Expenditure 
 under the head of Contingencies : a Statement (No. i.) of Compensation, with 
 Copies of Letters relating to it annexed ; an Abstract (No. 2.) of Lands purchased; 
 an Abstract (.v.), showing the probable sums required to complete each Section, to 
 ihe 31st December last, in addition to those stated in Document (K.); and an 
 Abstract Statement of the Ex|)enditurc on each Section up to the 31st December 
 last, and of the sums required to complete them. 
 
 No. 4 contains a correspondence on the subject of the Tolls of the Chaudi^re 
 Bridges, and the construction of the Bridges which Government will be required 
 to erect, where the Canal cuts into any existing or intended Jligiiway, containing 
 the opinion of the Attorney-General of the U[)pcr Province on these points, and 
 the instructions of the Commander of the Forces, in consequence, to bring the 
 subject of the former before him again at the next meeting of the provincial 
 Parliament. I was informed by Lieutenant-Colonel By that the Tolls are at pre- 
 sent let for £. 200 a year, and that no increase to that rent is yet expected. 
 
 No. 5 contains a Copy of a Letter, and the original document therewith 
 received, which I forward as requested by Lieutenant-Colonel By, to show the 
 difficulties he has had to contend with, affecting the Expenditure and progress of the 
 Work, from the sickness which prevailed throughout the Western half of the Canal. 
 
 With respect to the " causes which led to the alteration in the use of the Dams," 
 it was considered, that, if allowed to serve as waste Weirs, as well as Dams, as at 
 first intended, they would from their perpendicular construction in front, be liable, 
 at any height, to have their foundations washed away ; and further, that their tops 
 would also be liable to be injured by the drift wood constantly passing over them, 
 which must be expected in great quantities for many years, particularly during the 
 Freshes in the Spring, and therefore, that it was advisable to construct a wast, 
 channel at each Dam. 
 
 With regard to the " necessity or expediency of constructing the large Reservoir 
 " in front of Upper By Town, as regards the Canal, the defences and the health 
 " of the vicinity," I have to observe, that as the distance from the Locks at 
 By Town to those at Hartwell is 3 J miles, and from the latter to the Hog's Back 
 about 1 f mile, it would be difficult to ensure any drainage of the Canal, between 
 the two former by vessels passing between By town and Ottawa only, or by the 
 leakage of the embankments, being regularly replenished from the still water above 
 the Hogs Back, and that therefore I consider a Reservoir, as near as possible to 
 the head of the Locks at By Town, very desirable; about six acres have been 
 already formed, and the necessity and expediency of forming the remainder, depend 
 upon various circumstances, as the extent of the leakage of the Embankment the 
 increase of trade, and parUcularly the Works of defence decided on, for the construe 
 Uon ot which the excavation would be required, and to the strength of which the 
 Reservoir itself would greatly contribute. The land required for this double pur- 
 pose was originally swampy, but was cleared and has recently been drained into the 
 Canal at the expense of Government, which must, I conceive, have in some degree 
 tended to promote .ae very healthy state of the vicinity 
 
 and'nroSJ "i^ '" ^'m '^e attention of Sir Alexander Bryce to the descriptive 
 and progress Report (No. 3) herewith transmitted, as it details and explains the 
 
 ' , necessity 
 
CANAL COMMUNICATION 
 
 AN ADA. 
 
 »3 
 
 neressity of various executed or contemplateii scvice:} therein included, which 
 collectively entail a further increase to the Estimate ot the expense of the Ridcau 
 Canal, amounting to about £. 26,626 beyond the amount I lieforc re|>orted ; and 
 I think it right to add, that I consider it by no means improbable, that ev>m the 
 amount now contemplated may be found inadequate, thouu;h I trust any further 
 demand will be trifling, as the Works are generally so nearly diuwing to a close, 
 that some unforeseen accident alone should occasion it. In conclusion, it becomes 
 me to observe, that although Lieut.-Coloncl Ky's Ke|)ort is dated in January last, 
 having found it necessary to take it back with him for revision, I did not receive 
 it in a shafie to forward, until I brought it with me to Quel)ec on my return from 
 my late tour of inspection, nor could 1 have forwarded it satisfactorily before I had 
 made the investigation re(|uired. 
 
 I have the honour to be, &c. 
 
 (signed) E. Dumford, Commanding Engineers, Canada. 
 
 i 
 
 Forwarded for the information of the Board, in compliance with their order of 
 the 17th August 1830, E. 613, and in reference to their Minute of the 2d August 
 1830, on my Report of the 23d July, forwarding Colonel Durnford's Letter of 
 24lh April 1 830. 
 
 It will appear by the present Report, that Colonel Durnford has carefully inves- 
 tigated the several explanations afforded by Lieut. -Colonel By, in respect to the 
 excess of his expenditure beyond the Estimate of £.576,757, which he handed to 
 the Committee in 1828. 
 
 The accompanying Documents contain explanations on each of the points sug- 
 gested in the Report from my office of nth August 1830, the correctness and 
 sufficiency of which, as stated by Lieut.-Colonel By in document (K.), are verified 
 by Colonel Durnford's opinion. 
 
 I have attentively considered the whole of what is stated, and submit the following 
 conclusion : That the errors in Lieut-Colonel By's Estimate of £.576,757 are errors 
 of calculation amounting to £. 2,843. {Vide No. i.) 
 
 No. 2, containing explanations for No. 1 to No. 23, togethfr with the descriptive 
 and progress Report, are the result of Colonel Durnford's investigation as regards 
 the excesses £.30,134, and extra Work £.83,714, reported in Colonel Durnford's 
 Letter of the 24th April 1830; and when it is considered that a work of such mag- 
 nitude and novelty as the Rideau Navigation, has been carried on, not in a settled 
 country, where all the localities and resources might be intimately known, but 
 pushed on by the greatest exertion, in a new country, with a new establishment 
 formed on the spot, it is not surprising that errors should have arisen, and the 
 Estimates framed in its early stages of progress should have proved insufficient. 
 The explanations have been fully gone into. The expediency of the partial devia- 
 tions which have been made from the original project could only be ascertained on 
 the spot ; but I concur in the principles w hich have led, as measures of security, 
 to the adoption of waste Weirs, and the consequent enlargement of the Dams, 
 Embankments, and Chamber Wells, the Stop Gates, the occasional Guard Locks, 
 the raising of the level of the Summit Pond, and the straightening the line of 
 Navigation wherever it could be done. 
 
 There are some of the excesses which are not satisfactorily explained, viz. an 
 excess of £. 2,099 '" lengthening the cut stone Bridge at the Entrance Valley ; the 
 allowance to the Contractor of the Materials for taking up masonry, which had to 
 be removed in consequence of the alteration of the size of the Locks ; and the 
 extra allowance for parts of the invert Arches from the same cause, and the addi- 
 tional quantity of Masonry at the Hog's Back. 
 
 It will be seen in the Document, No. 3, Abstract (A.) that an expense of 
 £.25,624. 13. 4. is contemplated beyond the amount of £.693,449. 11. \ol. 
 already reported in Colonel Durnford's Letter of 24th April 1 830 ; and Colonel 
 Durnford further states, that it is by no means improbable that the amount now 
 contemplated may be found inadequate ; and considering that, although the work 
 was drawing fast to a close when this Report was written, none of the Locks had 
 then been proved, it is very probable that some partial imperfections may be visible, 
 the adjustment of which could not be estimated. 
 
 In Document, No. 4, it will be seen, that although the Expenditure in the 
 Chaudifere Bridges has amounted to £.6,165. •-• 9- ^h'-*'''^ 's a present income 
 
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 .mmL. iron. Tolls amountini: lo £ 2(..., and which, hs the sct.lcn.ci.1 olll.c country 
 IZncX which UL Umlnes w.ll cMci,tially «»M.t), may l,e cx,K.cted to mcrea e 
 irmrtlL^ Papers (No. 4) ^i" !« «-•«« the opinion ot the Attomev-Cencra 
 iToSr cTnidarthkl sul.si.ntial Bridges must Ik- constructed over the Canal 
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 >rp thr Dublic travelled roads which reciuire such Bridges. , , _ ^ ,, „ 
 
 iCnCsityfo; the fomalion ofa Ueservoirat the head of the Entrance Valley. 
 i.M»wn»?v tS letter to rest m some degree u,x,n .he trade that may eventually 
 1 cmied on letween Uy Town and the Louer I'rovince. am therefore o. 
 'jinTon that tlK= execution of this work n.ay be po.tpone.1 until the serv.ee actually 
 recjuires it. , A. B. 
 
 4th NovenilK-r i8.ii. 
 
 Copy of a LETTER from R. By/iam, Esqoire, to the Honourable J. Stewart, 
 
 &c. &c. &c. 
 S,B^ ' Office of Ordnance, ioth February 1 832. 
 
 I HAVK the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your Letter, dated the 7th 
 instant, relative to the farther sum of £.2.-,, 624- i;J- 4' which it has been staled 
 will be required for the completion of llje Rideau Canal ; and I am commanded tu 
 request you will inform the Lords Commissioners of His Majesty's Treasury thut 
 the Master General and Doard having attentively considered their Lordships' 
 Minute u|)on this subject, they beg to submit to their Lordships the inclosed Copy 
 of a Memorandum from the Office of the Inspector General of Fortifications, dated 
 the loth instant, and to explain to their Lordships that the Report and voluminous 
 Documents relative to this matter, have required much time, labour and considera- 
 tion ; but that the result as lo expense is stated in the accompanying Abstract (A.) 
 (Copy) which will show that the excesses relate exclusively to Works contemplated bii 
 Parliament in 1831, as stated in Mr. Tennyson's Letter to Mr. Spring Rice, dated 
 the 4th instant, and are not occasioned by any new Works. 
 
 Tlie Master General and Board beg to observe, that had the Lords of the 
 Treasury been pleased to communicate to this Department the Vote of 1831, the 
 Master General and Board would have acted upon the rule to which they uniformly 
 and rigidly adhere, by directing that such Vote should in no case be exceeded ; and 
 at any rate they conclude that the Engineers will have acted upon this general 
 practice, if the Lords of the Treasury made the usual communication of the Vote of 
 1831 to the Authorities in Canada, in terms calculated to check the expenditure 
 beyond the amount of that Vote. I am also instructed to observe, thai no orders, 
 either from this Board, or from the Lords of the Treasury, subsequent to the above 
 Vote, could have aifected the estimate of this additional expense of £. 25,624, which 
 was framed by Lieutenant-Colonel By in January 1831, communicated by Colonel 
 Durnford's Letter, dated in July last, and received in London in the month of 
 September. 
 
 With regard to the ultimate expenditure upon the Works contemplated in 1831 
 
 for o|)ening the Rideau Canal, I am commanded to state, that the Master General 
 
 and Board did not collect from anything which heretofore transpired, that this Vote 
 
 was to be Jinal. On the contrary, it was always stated by this Department, 
 
 and seemed to be understood on all hands, that a further charge would probably 
 
 arise. (The Master General and Board here b^ to refer to a memorandum dated 
 
 January 1831, from the office of the Inspector General of Fortifications, and the 
 
 Report to the Lords of the Treasury therein referred to, printed, page 13 of the 
 
 o^P"*^^ '« Committee of The House of Commons upon the Rideau Canal in 
 
 1831.) Moreover, that in the Report of the Commons' Committee page 7, such 
 
 further charge is distinctly anticipated. They say, " Some uncertainty seems still 
 
 to prevail with regard to the ultimate expense; and they recommend that the 
 
 officer siiperintending the work, shall be instructed to frame an accurate esUmate 
 
 of what IS stiUnecesmry to open the mvigation on the Rideau Canal, and that 
 
 this Estimate shall with as little delay a.s possible, be submitted to Parliament. 
 
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 " required.^' 
 
 The Master General and I^ard beg to submit that such was the tone of all the 
 evidence given, and of all the communications to and from this Department, and of 
 I he discussions in Parliament, and, although no communication was made by the 
 Lords of the Treasury to the Board of Ordnance of the recommendation of the 
 Committee al)ove cited, yet it has in fact been met by the information furnished by 
 the Board's Officers in Canada. That accordingly the Master General and Board 
 were not prepared for the surprize now expressed by their Lordships, but were rather 
 gratified to find that the total excess was only likely to be, by Lieut-Colonel By's 
 Report received in September 1831, £.25,(100, as far as it could be accurately 
 estimated, and that there does not exist any apprehension of more than a " trifling 
 addition to the expenditure actually foreseen, in order to bring the Rideau Canal to 
 ii close. 
 
 The Master General and Board beg permission, ♦inally, to remark, that it is of 
 course for the Government to decide whctlier the whole of the immenie outlay 
 already incurred, shall be lost, when the Canal can be opened by means of a com- 
 paratively small addition to the charge ; and they think it right to state that any 
 suspense of the work, with a view to resumption hereafter, would necessarily in- 
 crease the expenditure considerably, and render a large portion of the establishment 
 maintained in Canada for this object a dead weight in the mean time. 
 
 I have the honour to be, &c. &c. &c. 
 
 (signed) 
 
 R. By ham. 
 
 Mem. 10 February 1832. 
 
 The cause of the excess of £,25,624 on the Rideau Canal, referred to in the 
 enclosed Minute from the Treasury, as also the amount of £. 1 1 5,843 for errors, 
 excesses and extra Works before reported, and on which latter the 1 mrd, by order 
 of 19th August 1830, called for further information, are explained in the Docu- 
 ments sent to the Board with Sir A. Bryce's Minute of the 4th November 
 last, upon a Letter from Colonel Durnford, dated 15th July 1831 ; and amongst 
 these Lieutenant-Conlonel By has furnished a Document, dated 14th January 1831, 
 containing 311 folio pages, and so detailed that the several explanations are given 
 in more than 500 items of expense, showing in each the amount of the item in 
 the Estimate of £. 576,757 given to the Committee in Canada, the amount ex- 
 pended at the date of the Report, and the amount required to complete ; and where 
 the item has required an increase of expenditure beyond the amount stated in the 
 Estimate of £. 576,757, explanation is given. To detail these particulars in this 
 Minute would be only a repetition of Lieutenant-Colonel By's Documents, the 
 whole of which must be perused by those who wish to be fully informed upon the 
 subject, but the result is, as to expense, shown in an Abstract (A.), one of the 
 Papers referred to by Lieutenant-Colonel By, by which it appears, that after allow- 
 ing £.32,857. 17. for savings on some of the Works executed, or not required to 
 be executed, and provided for in the original Estimate, there is an excess of £. 25,264 
 beyond the total of £. 693,449 before reported ; and in closing this Report Lieu- 
 tenant-Colonel By states as follows : — 
 
 " I beg in conclusion to remark, that the original Plan and Estimate were 
 " formed from as correct data as could be obtained during the period that the woods 
 " and swamps were uncleared, and in consequence of their almost impenetrable 
 " nature ; many of the surveys required had to be taken during the severity of 
 " a Canadian winter ; and when these circumstances are taken into consideration, 
 " with the additional fact that from the country being so extremely unhealthy, 
 " nearly all my Officers, Clerks of Works and Overseers, have suflfered from 
 " repeated and severe attacks of sickness, caught whilst in the performance of their 
 " respective duties, it will not, I think, appear so much a matter of surprise that 
 " the Plans and Sections have in some instances proved to be incorrect, as that so 
 " few errors have taken place." 
 
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 The foregoing Document forms a portion of those recently called for by The House 
 of Commons. 
 
 In regard to the jtcrimJ now fixed for opening the Cunal, a delay on which the 
 Treasury rctjuires explanation, it can only be suted, that the time first named was 
 
 i'cncrally considerc*! verj- limited ; and when it is rememberid that sickness and un- 
 oreseen casualtici have operated to retard completion for a short time, yet the Work, 
 as a whole, may lie said to have been executed most rapidly ; besides, a considerable 
 portion of the Line was opened in the Autumn of 1 83 1 , and measures then taken to 
 reduce the Establishment, l>y withdrawing some of the Officers employed on the Work, 
 and the two Companies of Sap|)ers and Aliiiers, which have now been carried into 
 ctiiBct. 
 
 Id regard to the question from the Treasury, as to the period when the Report in 
 question was received by the Ordnance, I have to state, that it was received in this 
 Office on the 3d Scptcmi>cr ; and after it had been fully gone into, and the numerous 
 detailed Documents, having reference thereto, duly examined and fully considered, 
 the whole were forwarded to the Board, with Sir A. Bryce's Report of 4th November 
 last. 
 
 In reply to the Board s question, as to what communication has been made to 
 Canada regarding the Vote of 1 831, 1 have to observe, that no official communication 
 has been made to this Office of the Vote being granted, and consequently no com- 
 munication has been made to Canada from hence ; indeed, as the \'ole is taken by 
 another Department, and not by the Ordnance, it is to be presumed, that that 
 Department may have made the necessary communication to the Ordnance, or 
 proper Authorities in Canada, with a view to check the issuing of any sums 
 beyond the sum voted ; such is the usual course for Works voted by the 
 Ordnance, although such communications are made by the Board direct to the 
 respective Officers at the Station, and not to this Office, further than the 
 Master General and Board's Orders upon the Annual Estimate, which are reported 
 on from this Office to agree with tht Votes which the Board notify their intention to 
 propose to Parliament. 
 
 In reference to that part of the Treasury Minute, wherein information is required 
 whether any expenditure, &c. has been incurred beyond the amount sanctioned ; 
 it appears by Lieutenant-Colonel By's Report of 14th January 1831, that the 
 total expenditure at that period was £.585,980, which falls short of the Votes for 
 this Canal by the sum of £. 106,686, and this amount has therefore been available 
 for the progress of the Canal for the year 1831 ; but it cannot now be stated from 
 this ofnce, nor, it is presumed, without reference to Canada, whether this sum has 
 been exceeded, or what liabilities the Government are now under to meet existing 
 contracts, although it may be observed that by Lieutenant-Colonel By's Report 
 above quoted, he states that " he has every reason to suppose that £. 25 Cm in 
 " addition will prove sufficient;" but this is exclusive of £.782 which remains ta 
 be yet voted on the total of the Estimate before submitted to Parliament. 
 
 ioFe6.i832. .. ; ,_ _ (signed) C. G. E. 
 
 Copy of TREASURY MINUTE, dated nth May 1832. 
 o^i^l J^°""' 'f'' ^^^ ^"" f"""" ^^^ Secretary of the Ordnance dated 
 
 My Lords resume the consideration of the former Papers upon this subject 
 
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 to provide a further sum of £ 21 621 nnH Zf Vk I '"fj" *"""]'' ^^ ca"ed upon 
 
 even that amount wouTd be sufem to rlv^^^^ doubt whether 
 
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 My Lords also requested to be informed when this additional Estimate was 
 received in this country, and wlietlier the ex|)enditure upon die Canal had eiceeded 
 the amount granted by Parliament for the purpo!)& 
 
 It npi)eflrs from the explanation of tlie Master General and Board of Ordnance, 
 that the Papers which show that this further sum of £. 25,r)34 will be required, were 
 prepared by Colonel By, in the month of January 1831, and were traoamitted from 
 Canada to this country by Colonel Dumford on the 15th July 1831, and that tbey 
 were received in this country in the month of September. 
 
 When My Lords consider that so large an exceeding as £.116,691 had bbcn 
 already sanctioned by Parliament, they cannot but regret that they should not have 
 been apprized that a further expenditure would be required to complete the Works 
 upon the Canal, because they would, if informed of that fact, have been able to 
 have procured further information before they could be required to prepare an 
 Estimate for Parliament on account of the Canal. 
 
 This information is the more necessary on account of Colonel Durnford's obser- 
 vations, it appearing from his statement to be by no means improbable that a still 
 further sum may hereafter be applied for ; and, My Lords, although they cannot 
 avoid submitting an Estimate for the llideau Canal to Parliament, will suspend any 
 issue thereon, when voted, until they shall be able to ascertain precisely the whole 
 amount that can be required for the completion of the Works. 
 
 With respect to that part of the Letter from the Ordnance which relates to the 
 expenditure of 1831, My Lords are of opinion that there was no necessity for any 
 communication to be made from this Board of the amount voted by Parliament for 
 the purpose. The Votes of Parliament are of themselves sufficient intimation upon 
 the subject, and it appears to My Lords to be the duty of the respective Depart- 
 ments to take cognizance of the Votes for all Services conducted under their direc- 
 tion, and to issue proper instructions upon them. 
 
 My Lords consider that it would not have come within the scope of their duty, 
 to have entered into any communication upon the subject with the Ordnance 
 Officers in Canada, it not being the usage of the Board of Treasury on any occasion 
 to give instructions or directions to any of the Ordnance Officers, except through 
 the Master General and Board. 
 
 It has been the constant desire of My Lords, in communication with the several 
 Departments of the State, to prevent any possible exceeding of the Estimates 
 voted by Parliament, as was explained by their former Minutes; and if it shall 
 appear that any exceeding has again taken place in Canada, in this case, 
 My Lords are of opinion that a very serious responsibility will have been incurred 
 by the parties concerned. My Lords trust, however, that no such exceeding has 
 taken place, since My Lords perceive that the expenditure had fallen short of the 
 Votes to the close of 1830 by the sum of £.106,686; and although it is stated in 
 the Letter of Commissary-General Uouth that an Estimate had been transmitted to 
 him contemplating an expenditure of £.88,000 from March 1832 to complete the 
 Canal, My Lords, in the absence of any statement of the actual expenditure to 
 the close of 1831, are willing to hope that that amount formed part of the sum of 
 £.106,686 unexpended at the commencement of the year, and of the additional 
 Estimate of £. 25,624 now before My Lords. 
 
 With respect to any issues upon that Estimate, My Lords are not called upon to 
 give any directions without further and more specific information ; but it is satisfactory 
 to My Lords to perceive that it has not been prepared with a view to any additional 
 works, but appears, so far as My Lords can aov judge, to have been framed to 
 meet some additional expenses upon works already sanctioned. 
 
 In the mean time should Parliament place £.50,000 at the disposal of His 
 Majesty, on account of the Canal Communication in Canada, My Lords will 
 authorize the Commissary General in Canada to apply, in the course of the year 
 1832, to that expenditure, such a sum as may not allow the expenditure for the 
 years 1831 and 1832, to exceed £.156,686, viz. the balance of former Grants 
 unexpended at the beginning of 1831, and the amount of the proposed Grant for 
 1 832, the sum of £. 25,624 to be however reserved till further directions. 
 
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 My I^rds however desire that in making this communication to the Commis- 
 sariat Officer, h<.- may be s{)ecially cnjoincu not to pay any sum whatever which 
 ?vi:i occasion an expenditure for the two years greater than the sum above 
 mentioned, an<i also, that he wi!l make no payment whatever for this service, except 
 upon Drafts or Accounts specifically stated to be for this service. 
 
 Rcrjucst the Board of Ordnance to lay before My Lords with as little delay as 
 |X)ssible, an Account of the total Expenditure for this service during the year 1831, 
 and to the latest period to which it can be carried forward. 
 
 Transmit Copy of this Minute to the Secietary of the Ordnance for the Master 
 General and Board's information, and for the government of their Officers in 
 Canada, and request they will issue Instructions to their Officers in Canada not to 
 draw for money for this Service upon the Commissariat Officers for any sum 
 beyond the amount stated in this Minute, until further authority from hence has 
 been received, and to state on the face of all their drafts for this Service, that the 
 money is required for the Canal Communications in Canada, distinguishing whether 
 such expenditure is for the Rideau Canal or for the Canals on the Ottawa. 
 
 Transmit Copy of this Minute to Commissary-General Routh. 
 
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