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 THE 
 
 REPORT 
 
 OP THE 
 
 MIRAMICHI COMMITTEE 
 
 ArPOINTED FOR THE DISTRIDUTION OF THE 
 
 SUUStRIPTlONS MADE FOR THE RELIEF 
 
 OF THE SUFFERERS BY THE 
 
 GREAT FIRE, 
 
 ON THD 
 
 TtH OCTOBER, 1825. 
 
 M I R A ]M I C H I . 
 
 PniNTKD DY Jamks a. Fierck. 
 
 1829. 
 
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COMMITTEE. 
 ALEXANPER RANKIN, 'D'OMAS C. ALLAN, 
 
 JOHN FRASER, 
 THOMAS H PETERS, 
 JOHN \. STREET, 
 CHRISTOPHER CLARKE, 
 JOSEPH CUNARD, 
 
 WILLIAM ABRAMS, 
 FRANCIS PEA BODY. 
 
 ALEX FRASER. JuN. 
 JOHN CLARK, 
 
 R. BLACKSTOCK, 
 
 WILLIAM JOPLIN, 
 
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TO TIIKIIl EXOELLEVCIES 
 
 GOVERNOR GENEIi \L THE EARL DALUGUSIE. K. C. U 
 
 LlEUrp^NANr-GENER ALSIR J \MES KEMPT, K. n. D. 
 
 Major-general SIR HOWARD douglas, bart. 
 
 AND 
 
 THE INHABITANTS OF THE 
 
 RRITISH NORTH AMERICAN COLONIES, GENERALLY, 
 
 TO 
 
 THE CITIZENS OF THE UNITED STATES, 
 
 AND TO THE PEOPLE OF GREAT-BRITAIN, 
 
 THIS REPORT IS MOST RESPECTFULLY 
 
 SUBMITTED BY 
 
 THE COMMITTEE. 
 
 MIRAMICHI, NEw-DarNswi 
 
 CK. 
 
At n inceling of the Committee, l,el,l a, 
 
 ~nu January, Jb2H, -^^ 
 
 Mr. CIiniSTOPIIf:n CLARKE, m ,he Choir. 
 C^Vl7^1r^''J\}f^j'''^'^^ RANKIN. M. THOMAS 
 
 Mr. JOSEPH fUNAJtl). THrAsruiR 
 Mr. ISAAC PALEY, SkckktYk;. ' 
 
 Road, The Report of the proceedings of 
 
 Ecsalvcd-Thnt the Report he received 
 find prmted accordiii^lj. received. 
 
 (Signctl.) 
 
 CIlRlSTOniKR CL.\nKE, 
 
 Chairman. 
 
(1 at 
 
 REPORT 
 
 'MAS 
 DEIt 
 J. A. 
 
 ; of 
 
 ever since "hey saw tL "'"'" -'^ '"^"^g^ 
 making an earlTreDorr nMi''"^'''*'''^^^^''^^ «f 
 is the Lsurance that al 'f ^f^'^^^^k it 
 
 t»nts of Miramichi,* and 7nco ' Z"''.^^'- 
 important and intorestinc hv fi? '^"^^^«'' so 
 your Subscrinfinnc " ^ ^^^ liberality of 
 
 imd been taken b^^^^"'^'''^^ ''''^' 
 
 alleviate, as far a« w7m ^^'^mity, to 
 '-'«' '''.0 i™nea4J-t;^r^^«^°,t2 
 
 '«^S,eE;';r,s -t'tiVL^. ^:-,^;:S". -r-i.. 
 
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 of tlio people, aivl .is tlio^c nmnsMros were 
 suhsoquemly re o-nizerl and confirmed by 
 tliis body, It mnv bo necessary to slate some 
 ol the most jnateriil. 
 
 * ^fi*' ^^'*'''' '"'^ '*^-" de<?natc]ied, e\-pre5?s, 
 to His }j.v hdlen-v the Tde.^oMant Governor 
 >yitn acco'.mts of th,' droadf.;! event by wbich 
 be expensive Coimfv of rVorth-i n»)erland * 
 IJ )d boon suddenly laid in ruins and its popu- 
 Jauon exposed to tbe horrors of famine— a 
 snbscnpiioM bad Iieen oi)ened amonr^ sncb of 
 tbe inhal)ttanls of rbe parishes of Cliatham, 
 XVo'vcasHo, and Nelson, as bad not severely 
 suffered by the fire-tbe sick and ^vounded 
 Had bpen placed under tbe care of proper 
 persons— tbe (\o;u\ interred; and such ar- 
 ranrjements nuuh for the oo!^,fort of the sur- 
 viving sufferers, as the reduced quantity of 
 lood and raiment would allow— and lastly, 
 about three hi^ndred persons, prin'it>ally of 
 the Iabounn<r classes, had been provided with 
 the means of going to the neiabbourin'v 
 ports, f " '-"' 
 
 Ten Sub-Committees were anpointed si- 
 n)!i taneoNsly uith your CJommit'tee, to act 
 under ihen- directions, to report frequently 
 the condiion of their respective districts, anil 
 cllectually to prevent the neglect of the dcs- 
 
 „„* T*"^ County of Xor'!n,r,ihprl,ind prrhrRrcs tl.c whole tract of 
 toutitry waiereJ l,y (l,u Mmuiiichi and iis braiul.e.s. 
 
 anJT'^ -'"'"''', ''"'."^ ''"■■''' ^''^""^ returned in the ensiiins spring, 
 and parucipated in tho ne„era: relief. . " ' "' 
 
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 SLion""' ^''•^ ^' ^^'^ ^^*--- «-"« of 
 
 s./rorPr, was ,,uMi,..hod early in 1820,- he 
 fo low.n. rocpit.la'ion exhibits the a'Jro! 
 
 iWirannch,, as coiKanied in tlmt statement. 
 
 PEnSOA'S BURNT .AND DROWNED . leo 
 
 BUILDINGS DESTROYED ggg 
 
 HEAD OF CATTLE DESTROYED . . 876 
 
 LOSS OF PROPERTV ESTIMATED AT /.204,323 
 OF WHICH WAS INSURED ,2.050 
 
 LEAVING A NET LOSS OF 
 
 /.1 92,273 
 
 From si.r-h data it was evident that fh« 
 multjuulo winch was to he elS ^ 'j 
 
 ndn h t '""'''•^' ^^ ^'''"'-^ ^^'«»'<1 rapidly It 
 n. n,sh he very scanty stock that had pro- 
 vuentially escaped the general devastalir.! 
 
 consi.rn half the popniation of the coiintrv to 
 certain starvation, witliout extraordinary ^uj! 
 
 William Joplin, E.q. and tlie Secretarj-. 
 
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 coiir, your Committee had cause to look 
 uitli tlio most intense anxiety for any intel- 
 ligence of immediate aid, from other parts. 
 
 Happily this frightful state of suspense was 
 not of long duration. Letters were received 
 by express from His Excellency Sir Howard 
 Douglas; and others on the same day from 
 the principal Merchants of Halifax. The 
 former stating that His Excellency had des- 
 patched Mr. Jo])lin to Uuehec, invested with 
 authority to purchase provisions and clothing 
 on account of the Province, to the extent 
 of five or six thousand pounds ; and the lat- 
 ter, that Rear Admiral Lake, had kindly 
 directly H. M. S. Orestes, Capt. H. Litch- 
 held, to proceed to Miramichi, with the first 
 Iruits of a subscription sot on foot at Hah- 
 lax, a few hours after the accounts of the 
 hre had arrived, and also that His Excel- 
 lency Sir James Kempt had ordered the 
 Gov. Brig Chebucto to repair to Pictou for 
 the purpose of proceeding to Miramichi if 
 recpured.* 
 
 These exhilirating accounts were succeeded 
 1)V a Messenger liom the City of St. John, 
 with Lexers, aimouncinjv tho shipment of a 
 large subscription in provisions and clothin<r 
 m the scliooner Olive IJranch, and the trans'! 
 
 'ISlJ't:;::''.."::.'.'"'^' ""-"—y '>>■ "■• pn>mr.i.,ui« 
 
 of Aiiiiiiial L;ike, in semlin;; ilje (), 
 
 aster, inu (do firriimMiflfu'f! \n 
 
 hiceilci)i;.v on lliai i)cca,iou. « / « ' J' '«'» 
 

 
 porlation of a furtljcr supply by tho Rtoam- 
 boat to Fredoricfoii, and thnnce to ho con- 
 veyed over land to Miraniiclii. 
 
 On the 2Gth October, IJis Excellency Sir 
 Howard Douglas arrived at Miraiuichi, and 
 Nviiilc deeply affected by the ruins and misery 
 of a Colony he h.id so recently seen rejoic- 
 ing under the b« aiiiinir rays of prosperity, 
 was every where aduiinistering a<lvice and 
 consolation ; cheering by his p-' vionce, tho 
 bereaved and afllictcd, and anin. aig bv his 
 example those whom Heaven had spared to 
 comfort and assist them 
 
 On Simday the .30th October, If. M. S. 
 Orestes anchored olf Chatham — her presence, 
 and the inteiliuence she brought that several 
 loaded schooners would follow her, enti'ely 
 dissi|)ated those gloomy appr<'hensions which 
 }io philosophy could before subdue. 
 
 From this interesting period, ev<MT suc- 
 ceeding day allbrded the most substantia! 
 proof of the unboundc-d sympathy of the sister 
 Provinces,* for by the 5th INovenjber, iho 
 following vessels were discharging their car- 
 goes at 3Iiramichi, on account of the suller- 
 ers. Nancy, from Pidoii, Alhion, Active, 
 and Elizaheth from Halifax, and Olive Krancli 
 i'roui 8t. John, N. JJ. aud tln'se were imme- 
 diately succeeded by the Harriette and Nan- 
 cy, li-oui Halifax, ]Moiii(|uo and June, from tho 
 
 NovB'iScoti* and New-Erutuwicki 
 
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 Bay Chalour, Ansjelique, from AntL-Tonishc, 
 Jnmes William, from Pictou, 'l\vo Sisters 
 from St. John, Newfoundland John and Fli! 
 za, from Luncnburoh, and Spring Bird, from 
 tot. John, JNcw-Brunsvvick. 
 
 While those blessin-s wore ponrinjr into 
 Mirannchi, the active and di aiilied benevo- 
 lence of h.s Excellency the Earl Dalhousie, 
 and of the Inhabitants of Quebec and 3Ion' 
 trcal vyas beautifully displayed in the rapi(ii- 
 ty with which the object of Mr. Jon'in's 
 mission was completed, for in forty davs 
 from the date of the fire, the car^^o of the 
 ship St Lawrence, of 277 tons, was safely 
 deposited in Miramichi, and the' entire cost, 
 includmnr the frei-ht, defrayed by the Go- 
 vernment and People of the Canadas 
 
 1 he most spirited exertions were still kent 
 up to throw in supplies, but winter soon pre- 
 cluded the possibility of any further fn ms- 
 por ation by water, and the Eliza-Ann, from 
 Halifax with bread and flour from the in- 
 habitants of Boston, as also the Mary, from 
 Charlotte-Town. P. E. Island, were coin'r 
 led by the severity of the weather, to go 
 nto Richibucto, where their cargoes wcto 
 inici • si'l^scquently conveyed to Mira- 
 
 Frou^ .such abundant resources as were by 
 tl^ns time placed at the disposal of your 
 
 siT.'T""' "'m "J'''""'"^' ''''^' >r want and 
 starvation q -..Kly re eded, and ahhouMi do- 
 
 pnvecl of comlbrts and enjoyments, which in 
 
 /' 
 
 ife ^ 
 
itiiTonishc, 
 
 Sisters, 
 and l<:ii. 
 
 ^irdj from 
 
 iring into 
 
 1 bcnevo- 
 >alliousie, 
 md Mour 
 le ra|)i(ii- 
 
 Joplin's 
 vty days 
 o of the 
 IS safely 
 iro cost, 
 the Go- 
 :S 
 
 Still kept 
 loon pre- 
 ^r trans- 
 nii, from 
 
 tlie in- 
 ry, from 
 compel- 
 to go 
 2s uoro 
 a Mira- 
 
 ivcrc by 
 •r your 
 i^nt and 
 i^ih (Ic- 
 liich in 
 
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 too many instances time could never restore 
 the sufferers manifested great resiimation to 
 their lot, and a lively sense of Gratitude to- 
 wards their benefactors. 
 
 Your Committee having thus far confined 
 their very brief review of the subscriptions, 
 to the order m which the succour arrived, 
 have adverted only to those which were made 
 in the British Provinces and their dependen- 
 cies, but they feel a proud ass irance their 
 countrymen will acquit them of any undue 
 preterence, if they say the intelliience of 
 what had been done in the United-States of 
 America for the cause of h-imanity— <r;ive 
 birth to feelin;rs more delightful and subli-nc, 
 than any they had before experienced. I he 
 greatness of mind, and unmeas ired liberality, 
 displayed on this m^-uu.rabJe o.- iision bv the 
 citizens of New- York, Itos'on, Philadelphia, 
 and Lastport, are worthy of thy highest 
 praise and aduiiratioa 
 
 ,."'"'"' t''^' lou- and inclement winter 
 vvhi.'h followed so dos.'lv on (he sreps of the 
 hre, (and to the rava-es of whirl, it was fit- 
 ted to give a still keener ed re,) your < 'om- 
 mittee continued to sit in.x'ssanilv; and not- 
 withstanding every tanuible ar.an\rement was 
 made to shorten the discussions on the ever 
 varying cl.iinis submitted for their conside- 
 ration, and to give fa-ilitv to their opcTa- 
 turns in the issue of supplies ; the returniiiff 
 spring had smibnl on the bla. kened forests! 
 «na tcnantlcss lanns of Norihuuiberland, crc 
 
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 ilicy ht\(\ so far completed the work, as to 
 be justified in reducin<r their sittings to one 
 day in the week. But at this late period 
 tiiey deem it as unnecessary as it would be 
 iniinterestinjL', to enter into a minute detail 
 of their proceedings, during the distribution 
 of the necessaries of life to nearly three 
 thousand persons for a term of six months, 
 and it is hoped there is as little occasion 
 to state, that in this department of their 
 duty, the real wants and privations of the 
 
 grand criterion. 
 
 bv 
 
 sutlerers constituted the 
 which they were governed 
 
 It may be said, however, that if so much 
 time was essential to the issue of food and 
 raiment, how Jared those who were last 
 supplied? It is incumbent therefore on your 
 Conmiittee, to bring under your considera- 
 tion, those circumstances which prevented 
 more rapid progress, and the means adopted 
 to avert their ill elfeots. Whenever there is 
 cause to draw heavily upon the public boun- 
 ty, to rescue from any great calamity the 
 helpless and afflicted, such is the depravity 
 of human nature, that the idle and unde- 
 serving are ever ready to seize the golden 
 oi)portunity, to come in for a share of the 
 loaves and fishes, and such are generally 
 loudest in their claims. It often hanpens 
 too, that when the spirit of a peojile is 
 crushed by the pressure of unexpected wo 
 and privation, many will place entire do- 
 ]»endeiicc on that arm >\hich was only ex- 
 
rk, as to 
 s to one 
 c period 
 IV oil Id be 
 tc detail 
 tribntion 
 •|y three 
 inontlis, 
 occn.sion 
 of their 
 s of the 
 rion, by 
 
 so much 
 bod and 
 ore last 
 on your 
 •nsidera- 
 revcnted 
 adopted 
 there is 
 ic boiin- 
 iiity the 
 epravify 
 J un(h> 
 goldcn 
 of the 
 enerally 
 h.'inpens 
 oj>le is 
 •ted wo 
 ire do- 
 idy ex- 
 
 1^ 
 
 tended for their temporary aid, while they 
 allou' then- energies to evaporate in hope- 
 less ,nact.y.ty. The most dili,ont srr- , nv 
 was therefore indispensable to avoid the one 
 and an equal de;jree of caution and tin.ei; 
 advice to avert the evils of the other, ne- 
 vertheless, as it is better to err on the side 
 of huma.nty, where error cannot he avoided 
 your Committee trust their deviations il 
 appear on the liberal side of the question" 
 for whtle few persons were evei sent eZi 
 handed away, care was taken where any sus- 
 picion or uncertainty rested on the propriety 
 of the clann, to confine the apporriomuent 
 to a suthciency for the time that' 'must elapse 
 m obtaining more correct information on he 
 case. 
 
 The ill consequences which would have 
 rosul ed from a hasty and indiscriu-inate ap! 
 
 iK-ation of your charily must be obvious, 
 .nd equally so, your Committee ima-iue 
 
 ;e ti,.e, patience and labour, inseperable 
 under circumstances of such extreme ner! 
 plexify and confusion, from the line of con- 
 duct pursued. " 
 
 When the Mariner is shipwrecked on a 
 desert shore, and death appears in aH its 
 hideous forms, his only care wl ile the tern! 
 pest races round him, is the preservati<,n of 
 his hfo, but when that is secured, the storm 
 passed away, and the heavens onl., mor^ 
 propitious, how .inxiuuslv do his tho- dits re- 
 vert to his future destiny! and such was the 
 
sitnotion of thrg,. unforhniafe persons. Con- 
 founded and bovviiderocl by ,'o prostration 
 of all tlunr hopes, the support of li/b uas 
 
 tlTr.^'M'^'^""'^^^'-^ .Hat could ro! 
 
 tip" Y'\''' *''^ """^'^ ^^'^«"' »'«^vevcr, 
 
 ti.esc early fears were dispelled by you? 
 
 Kdi; '"f "r"T' ''*^" ^'^"«^ the fea^•fu 
 |«.lmdjn,s for , he future, the world was to 
 
 be beoTMn a<.ani by ,ho houseless, friendless 
 
 and penny ess and frequently by ' those S 
 
 should rather have been pniarfi.g ,o leave 
 
 , the,, ,„.esr„t ua.its had been supplied, 
 
 the.r fut.jre on.-s appeared in fearful 'aS 
 
 It may be lu.a.r.ned then, but not easily 
 
 descnbed, w.rh what feelin.s of iov ad 
 
 gnauude, the result of the s,d,s.ri,rons ,"' 
 
 ttitre'r.o;r"^^ ^^^ ^^-^^"^^^ 'y ^^'-^ 
 
 Wretched indeed must have been their 
 
 ^^rhll'/'^rr^'^^^'^'^ thatdesUny 
 vv nc-h ha.l stripped them of every earthly 
 
 advantage or left then only i„ posses i2 
 
 of a scorched and vacant piece of sod 
 
 without the secondary aid, whioh these funds, 
 
 m conjunction w.th the American and othe? 
 
 money s:d,scr ptions so opportunely and ef 
 
 fic.en ly a lorded. Hnch i,/ short ,T,nst hav^ 
 
 been the deplorable situation of hundreds of 
 
 industnous fan.ilies, had their depe," ance on 
 
 your bounty ternunated with the ^^i„,e tha 
 
 he mmd shrmks Iron, the contemplation of 
 
 y trtt"f '•;' ^'''''■^' ""''""-"^ i''«inctive 
 iy to the better j.rospcct which the openin- 
 
s. Con- 
 ostrniion 
 
 iilb was 
 oiild rc- 
 I low ever, 
 l)y }our 
 c fearful 
 
 was to 
 'iendJess 
 use who 
 >o leave 
 applied, 
 1 array, 
 easily 
 oy and 
 Lions in 
 K tliese 
 
 1 Ihcii* 
 destiny 
 earthly 
 session 
 f soij, 
 ! funds, 
 d other 
 ind ef. 
 t have 
 •eds of 
 nee on 
 r, that 
 ion of 
 Jctive- 
 Jening 
 
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 spring presented. R.t vonr OommiKco nre 
 
 avvare that an oj^^ion h.s prevailed",!:^ ie^! 
 
 -laily m Great-Briiain, that when once the 
 
 sZned";;"'^ eff.c.ts ofthe firo hrdheen 
 
 this errnr . ^ "^^ 'Inhcult fo tracc 
 
 the verv Z " "T7- ^" ^^eat-Britain 
 
 confine Hi. "'■*' '^""'-'' '""^^ ?enorallv 
 
 conme the a-,:reirate of h.unan ndsery to 
 
 asTT ^'TV"'^ '■'« con.eq ,enceJ,^anS 
 drn!l th'"'' ^"''/''*='^^^^ '^« conclusions but 
 
 an estWnpV'^ '"/'''' ^' ^" ^^'P'-i^in? that 
 occasional suflennirs of the poorer classes in 
 
 deStil l/"''''"' f«"'P'-"-i^^«"^ a'Hl defy 
 aescnpt.on. It ni.ist he adnntted, that the 
 bas.s of every sul.s.ripfion set on foo for 
 M iramich,, was the iui.uediate and positive 
 
 haTr,"'^'" p-pie, hut if timt'^.K ;ic 
 
 l.ad not heen en.onraged hv the distrihution 
 of occasional small sums of money to re" 
 theTfmn 'T ^'"''""'* P"'- its-to i^eturn to 
 for heir t?; T "^'''^ temporary halntations 
 lor their fannlies, to till the -ronnd a-un 
 
 for a iuture suhsistonce-scarcel/worse would 
 
 ave h(.en their lot had they not survive 
 the lamentable cause of their ruin! 
 
10 
 
 Your Commi(t(-o trust these remarks Avill 
 not Iu3 liiwirrsfood as a proof of {iny insen- 
 si'iiitv oi thi> cxfT'ioiis every \\liere"n)adc in 
 rY^'it- Britain en helmll of the sufferers, for 
 >vlnle ihe deep sympathy uhich the large 
 contrihiitions in that couniry proflaims, evin- 
 ces to adinirciiion, the enlnmed view that 
 was taken of the event, srill, for the rea- 
 sons v.hich have heen urred, an opinion 
 mi.oht very natnrally arise as the novelty sub- 
 sided, that more money had heen snhscrihed 
 than the urgency of the case required But 
 your Committee are convinced, bevond the 
 possibihty of a doubt, that the money sub- 
 sci-iptions were as essential to the ulterior 
 salvation of the country, as was the succour 
 so promptly thro>vn in from the neiirhbour- 
 inj,' ports, when delay would have been im- 
 mediate destruction. 
 
 Your Committee now berr permission to 
 suspend their remarks while they proceed 
 to shew an account of the property and mo- 
 ney entrusted to their char-e, but in mak- 
 ing up that part thereof relative to the sub- 
 scriptions m Provision and Clothinsz, a dif- 
 hcuKy has occurred which no labour can 
 now remove ; the hurried manner in which 
 so much property was collected and ship- 
 ped, prevented in frequent instances, the 
 usual invoice from accompanying the carco, 
 J IS therefore impossible to go so far into 
 ine detail of such subscriptions in JNew- 
 Urunsuick, Nova-Scotia, and some other 
 
 i 
 
17 
 
 for 
 
 parts; as under other circumstances would 
 bo indispensable, and if any errors should 
 be delected, as doubtless will be the case 
 the Committee trust they will be imputed 
 to I he absence of such documents as are es- 
 sential to a more perfect statement. 
 
 It may be necessary here to remark also, 
 tbat, only the subscriptions made for Mira- 
 michi, without regard to the fires in the 
 other parts of the Province, arc included 
 m the lollowing Schedules. 
 
 685 11 6 
 
 850 14 6 
 
 4(J1 17 10 
 
 892 19 6 
 
 (i06 14 8 
 
 •70 
 
 ^H«M?[^''°!i'''T'' C'«*»^'"K. and other Stores, received from 
 Halifax, and o.her parts of the Province of Nova-Scotia 
 
 HALIFAX 
 
 Per H. M. S. Orestes 
 Schooner Active 
 " Albion 
 " Elizabeth 
 " Hariiette 
 " Nancy 
 LUNENBURG. 
 
 Per Schooner John fa Eliza 318 
 Freight paid at Lunenburs 60 
 PICTOU. " 
 
 Per Sch. James William »200 o 
 " Nancy »i50 
 
 ANTIGONISH. 
 
 Per Schooner AnKchque 
 
 Stores Fent to St. John and 
 
 A %tT.LM>c-n''"PP*'^ '° Miramichi 
 AMHERST. 
 
 2,567 18 
 
 378 3 
 
 850 
 
 MOO 
 
 'Wherever Ihm mark occurs, no Invoice was receiveJ. 
 
18 
 
 Ditto, ditto, from the City St. John, and other parts of the 
 Province of Ncvv-liruuswick, * : 
 
 City St. JOHN 
 
 Per Sihr. Olive Brnnch 
 " Si)riiig bad 
 
 " Steam-Boat 
 
 •L700 
 *l,(j70 
 'J, 000 
 
 4,370 
 Deduct on account of YarmoH»h 
 
 sibkcriptinn. (See page 17) 70 
 St. ANDISKVVS 
 
 And 8t Stephens 
 RICHIBUUrO 
 BAT HURST 
 
 And Caraquette 
 SHEDIAC 
 
 And some other places in that 
 part of ihe Province 
 MIRAMICHI 
 
 Subscription at 
 
 4,300 
 
 *3aO 
 
 103 11 8 
 
 *40 
 
 50 
 
 603 
 
 6,446 11 8 
 
 DittOj ditto, from the United-States, 
 
 BOSTON 
 EAST POUT 
 
 »600 
 93 7 4 
 
 693 7 4 
 
 Ditto, ditto, from Quebec, Montreal, and other parts of tlje 
 
 Can adds. 
 
 QUEBEC and MONTREAL 
 
 Subscriptions at 2,657 8 11 
 
 Giant from the Provmcial 
 
 Lcj-islature Lower Canada 2,500 5,157 8 11 
 The above was invested in the 
 Cargo and Freight of the ship 
 St. Lawrence. 
 Bay Chaleur, North side, 
 
 Paspibiac 14G 15 8 
 
 Tracadagash 
 
 30 
 
 _176J5_8 
 6.334 4 7 
 

 
 
 
 17 
 
 parts ; as under other circumstances would 
 be in.lispcnsable, and if any errors should 
 be detected, as doubtless will be the case, 
 the Committee trust they will be imputed 
 to the absence of such documents as are es- 
 sential to a more perfect statement. 
 
 It may be necessary here to remark also, 
 that, only the subscriptions made for Mira- 
 michi, without regard to the tires in the 
 other parts of the Province, are included 
 in the Ibllowing Schedules. 
 
 Value of Provisions, Clothing, and otheT Stores, received fiom 
 Halifax, and oiher parts of the Province of Nova-Scotia. 
 
 HALIFAX 
 
 Per H. M. S. Orestes 685 11 6 
 
 Schooner Aclivft 850 14 6 
 
 " Albion 4G1 17 10 
 
 " Elizabeth 392 19 6 
 
 " Harriette 606 14 8 
 
 " Nancy "TO 
 
 LUNENBURO. 
 
 Per Schooner John & Eliza 318 3 
 Freight paid at Lunenburg 60 
 PICTOU. 
 
 Per Sch. James William '200 
 " Nancy *150 
 
 ANTIGOMSH. 
 
 Per Schooner Angelique 
 YAllMOUJ'H. 
 
 Stores sent to St. John and 
 reshippeU to Miraraichi 
 AMHERST. 
 
 2,567 18 
 
 373 3 
 
 350 
 "100 
 
 *70 
 35 
 
 3,501 1 
 
 •Wherever this mark occurs, no Invoice was receiveJ. 
 
18 
 
 Ditto, ditto, from the City St. John, und other parts of the 
 I'lovince of Nevv-JJruusuick. 
 
 City St. JOHN 
 
 Per Sihr. Olive Branch 
 " Sjiring Bird 
 
 " Steam-Boat 
 
 Deduct on account of YarnioHth 
 sutiKcription. (Seepage 17) 
 St. ANDKICWS 
 
 And St, Stephens 
 lilCHlBlICTO 
 BATrlL r;ST 
 
 And Caraquetto 
 SHEDIAC 
 
 And some other places in that 
 part of the Province 
 MIRAMICill 
 
 Subscription at 
 
 « 1,700 
 •1,670 
 '1 0(10 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 4,370 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 70 
 
 
 
 
 
 4,S00 
 
 »350 
 103 
 
 
 
 
 n 8 
 
 *40 
 
 50 
 
 603 
 
 5,446 11 8 
 
 Ditto, ditto, from the United-States. 
 
 BOSTON 
 KASTi'ORT 
 
 »600 
 93 7 4 
 
 693 7 4 
 
 Ditto, ditto, from Quebec, Montreal, and other parts of the 
 
 Canadas. 
 
 QUEBEC and MONTREAL 
 
 Subscriptions at 2,657 8 11 
 
 Giant from the Provmcial 
 Legislature I^iower Canada 2,500 
 The above was invested in the 
 Cargo and Freight of the ship 
 St. Lawrence. 
 Bay Chaleur, North side, 
 
 Paspibiac MG 15 8 
 
 Tracadagash 30 
 
 5,157 8 V 
 
 176 15 8 
 5 334 4 7 
 
19 
 
 Ditto, ditto, from Newfoundland and Prince Edward Island. 
 
 •700 
 
 St. JOHN^, Newfoundland, 
 
 IVr Sciiooiier Two Sisters 
 
 CHiiRI ( TTE-TOWN, l\ E.I. 
 
 Per Schooner Mary 150 
 
 Other parts 20 * 
 
 170 
 
 RECAPITULATION. 
 
 NovA-ScOTIA 
 
 New-Buunswick 
 The Canadas 
 
 NtWyOUNDLAND 
 
 P. Edward's Island 
 UKiTED States 
 
 3,501 1 
 
 5,44-: H 3 
 
 5,381 4 7 
 
 700 
 
 170 
 
 693 7 4 
 
 15,845 4 7 
 
 Ad account of the Cash subscriptions received from the pla- 
 ces euumorated in the preceding schedules. 
 
 NOVA-SCOTIA. 
 
 Halifax 713 15 
 
 Yarmouth 150 
 
 NEW-BRUNSWICK. 
 
 Bathurst and Caraquette 8 19 
 
 MIRAMICHI 257 13 5 
 
 8G3 15 
 366 17 8 
 
 1,130 l'> 8 
 
 For all other Money subscriptions in 
 Nova-Scotia and New-Brunswick see the 
 Cornniissoners' Report. 
 
 The CANADAS 
 
 All the money subscriptions in the Canadis, are accounted 
 for in the Conrnissioners' Report, havuij; been made or> .\c- 
 count of the Province generaily, except the j^rant of 2500/. 
 from the Legislature of Loiv 'r-Cd'iml.», which is noticed in 
 the preceding page. (See also page 21. ) 
 
20 
 
 BRITISH SUBSCRIPTIONS, 
 
 LIVFPPOOL, 
 
 K.I^t r( niittance 
 
 2d do. for support of a Sthool 
 
 Add Exchange 11 1-9 percent 
 ABERDEEN 
 ALLOA 
 
 ANNAN 
 
 Add Exchange 11 1.9 percent. 
 
 2000 
 200 
 
 2,SiOO 
 
 
 
 
 
 S44 
 
 8 
 
 10 
 
 820 
 
 
 
 7f 
 
 03 
 
 9 
 
 
 
 S9 
 
 11 
 
 7 
 
 21-14 8 10 
 
 447 
 49 13 
 
 jm 13 
 
 2,94T~T 
 
 n 
 
 9 
 
 The precedinjr Accounts embrace every 
 subscription received by your Committee iii 
 stores and Cash, direct from the donors, 
 that is to say, they contain all tlie sub- 
 scriptions made on behalf of the Miramichi 
 suflerersjf without regard to the fires at Fre- 
 deruton and in other parts of the Province. 
 
 '1 he money subscriptions in London, Gree- 
 nock, New- York, Boston, Philadelphia, East- 
 
 tEvcepf the Glasgow, Bristol, N. Shields and 
 Sunderlaiid subscniuions which were placed in 
 the hands of a Codimitteo appointed at Glas- 
 eovv, consisting in part of some of the Mem- 
 bers of this body, the distribution of which 
 was made under that spjointniert, and report- 
 cd upon accoidinglv by conTiunications ad- 
 dressed to iho Coiu'mittees at those places. 
 
 Gla=j!()vv 
 
 Bi is;ol 
 
 North Shic'ds 
 
 Sui.dorland, tvvo remittance* 
 
 Exchiiiige 
 
 Bno 
 
 boo 
 
 S50 
 
 S4C 13 1 
 
 1,406 13 1 
 HiC 5 10 
 
 l.tiealTTi 
 
 
01 
 
 Ml 
 
 port, Bermnda, Sbcrbroko, York, and Niaga- 
 ra, unci the Grants by Hie L(;L<:islatijrcs''of 
 Nova-Scolia, Upper-Canada, and A'ew-liruns- 
 ^vick, as also all Sid)S(-ripiioiis in this and 
 the neighbouring rrovijif-c, not in the pre- 
 ceding Schedules, were transmitted to His 
 Excellency the Lieutenant-Governor of the 
 Province, and arc therefore accounted for in 
 the lleport of the Connnissioners,* appoint- 
 ed under an act of Assembly, of the 7th 
 Geo. IV. " for ascertaining the losses occa- 
 sioned by the gre.it fires iji' New- Brunswick. 
 in October, 1825." ' 
 
 The nett amount in Goods and Money 
 received by your Committee, will therefore 
 be as follows: — 
 
 Amount of Provi^ioni, Clofhinp;, &c from Ihc j 
 
 l|riti8li Provinces, Per recapitulation (page i 15,815 4 7 
 1 !). ) i 
 
 I 1,130 12 3 
 2,941 2 9 
 
 Cash subsrriplions in Nova-Scotia anU New- 
 Brunswick. (Page 19.) 
 
 British Subscriptions. (Page 20.) 
 
 This sum received from the Commissioner!! 
 (.ippoiiitPil under the Pio'incial .\tt) in 
 BilN. Specie, &c. beinn the amount allot- 
 ted by them to the .Mi.i.michi Suirerers, J. 17 779 gi] 
 of th. S iDMcnptionn tpiinsinitted to [lis Kx- ' 
 cclliMu V the Lieutenftut Governor, for his 
 distiibutiuD, I 
 
 37,ti0t) H 11 
 
 n'lTM^r^rS?""*' ^'"' "^°" *"" pubh.hea at FreJcrictoa 
 

 rilie me 1,0(1 your Committee liavc adont 
 e^l in nialun.. ,„, this report, and fL Ef 
 space into which they havo\ m-r) ,. 
 press such ron.arI<s Z tT^'^' l^ '^ 
 
 in f ;: i '"^'-'-ectncss, and want of detail 
 
 to the opposite extreme. ' 
 
 It was once the intention of vonr rn,« 
 ni.ttee to have added to their reC f J "[ 
 of the persons who have heen rehevc^ hv 
 yonr bonnty, with the amount of each nc^ 
 
 luiKL^, they have respectively received h.iT 
 
 lore substituted, exhihiri„,r n „. ®" 
 
 hcnsivo viou- . u ',,' ^ "' °"® eon.pre- 
 
 on the score' ofl ".'"'"''■'•' '"^0""aii«n, 
 
 ' "ic score ol loss and relief. 
 
23 
 
 ' adopt - 
 10 hvief 
 to ccin- 
 )f tlidr 
 ^veiI as 
 f detail 
 IS may 
 ►n, but 
 scarce- 
 extend- 
 liors it 
 f data, 
 
 Com- 
 a list 
 
 cd by 
 
 J indi- 
 
 of the 
 
 'j but 
 
 \\lioso 
 
 d, are 
 
 \('h an 
 
 (inieii> 
 a • e- 
 
 tbcie- 
 
 iif)re- 
 
 iiion. 
 
24> 
 
 CLASSIFICATION adopted in U. preceding A..t.act, 
 Isl Cias3, Wounded, Aged, and Infirm Men. 
 
 2nd Orphans, Widows, and Single Women. 
 
 ^'■'J Farmers, 
 
 4th Lumberers. 
 
 ^llj JMechanics. 
 
 6th Labourers. 
 
 ^"i Innkeepers. 
 
 8ih Professional Men. 
 
 9th . JMerchantf. and Traders. 
 
 pussib^ linjc been more cause for surnrisc 
 il such l.ad not been ilie ease. Your f 
 tcniions, so far as they could ic coNcc ed 
 from the n,„ner„„s coMm.unicalions rcce veU 
 bv .vour Co.nmatce, vvercrcsohed into , ac- 
 but amidst chums so mfmite and various 
 
 Iioii which couhl be measured by i,o other 
 Man, ard than their own diseretiotf, m7lhey 
 
 m hi '""■""'' '" •''■"y "'»' had they J 
 Miuilur course to go over again (whid, Hea- 
 
 ' ! 
 
 ^ 
 
^ i * 
 
 Abstract, 
 Men. 
 \'omen. 
 
 ^ part of 
 ►nimittec 
 nd con- 
 crminate 
 the prc- 
 e would 
 surprise 
 our in- 
 ollccted 
 rcccive'd 
 to piac- 
 ti view, 
 various, 
 r attcn- 
 10 other 
 nd they 
 they a 
 \\ Hca- 
 
 Ten prevent) thoy see many impcrfecfions that 
 should be ;-.ineii,lcd, and so.ne errors that 
 nuuht bo avotd.l, but ii' pedectibilh; .'re 
 ev.-r the loc o h.man nat.iro, it could i.ard- 
 h he exp.cod .u the d.s.har^e of urpre ct 
 dented d.uus, e.nanatiPg iruui^n event al o- 
 gether without exauiphi. ' 
 
 You, Couuninoe h.ve olrondy directed vour 
 a tem.on lo the f^nerai and iufportant c# 's 
 ot the Money ^.ubsc rip. ions, a fi^u eu . .-.s 
 on their particular application ^^ill be e! 
 ccssary. ^ ^ 
 
 The same feelinjs ^^hich prompted so mn 
 ny powerful iujunciu,«s irou^youf on heK.Tf 
 
 case:,, d dated also to your ( onuuiijee the 
 suponoruy of such clainfs on thc-ir early and 
 eonl.nued attention, and while it has \een 
 
 and the uu'ows m their affliciion," it has 
 been also their delightful task ,o transfer to 
 these unfortunate persons, and ,o all eases 
 of unequivocal sufierin._,,„,,ions of Vour 
 Winy equivalent to their necessi.ieg; and U 
 affords your Ccnuiittee much snfis.a etion to 
 be able to add, that ,he Subscript ons re- 
 ceived from Glasgow, Bristol, North Sh elds 
 ami feunderland, as noticed at pai,e 20, ver,: 
 almost en.irely applied to this^uicrip ion of 
 persons, by the C ouiu.ittee in whose Imnds 
 these funds were placed. 
 
 Next to the forlorn persons just adv rted 
 to, the farmers have always ap^.-.d to ^^ur 
 
26 
 
 Committee to be most deserving of conside- 
 ration, and they have accordingly been pla- 
 ced on as liberal a scale as a regard for 
 justice towards the oilier classes would per- 
 mit. The Farmers in this country are a 
 class of people who can only accunudatc 
 their means by slow dcjirecs, and by hard 
 and incessant labour, and when the fruit of 
 years of patient industry was instantly sv\ept 
 away, they had nearly the same laborious 
 process to go over ai^ain as when they first 
 entered the wilderness, but under circum- 
 stances of infinite disadvantage, arising from 
 the very devastation ^\hich had caused their 
 ruin. 
 
 The Lumberers, or timber manufacturers, 
 dependant at all times on their actual labour 
 for the means of subsistence, possessed, in 
 tlie opinion of your Committee, but little 
 claim for assistance, beyond uhat they held 
 in common with all other sufitTcrs, for food 
 and raiment, and the sliuht deviations from 
 this principle which the cash to their account 
 presents, arises from the circumstance of pai*t 
 of their number being also engaged in other 
 pursuits, and also to the presence of many 
 destitute cases. Those remarks, particularly 
 the latter, will also apply to the fifth, sixth, 
 and seventh classes, that is, the Mechanics, 
 liabourers, and Inn-keepers, for in each and 
 all of them, numerous cases are included of 
 the most ('xireme deirree of destitution, but 
 cases, at the same time, unsuitcd to a place 
 
21 
 
 d<>.n"rotnhT' Sa^^ ^^^ their f.e- 
 
 duals, S ^d^r r.r "''"'^."" «' '«^'^'- 
 
 iiavo shrunk ^0,7^1^'"'^^ P''''^''^" ^«"W 
 ouuiiK rroiri eleeniosynarv aid 
 
 ' "t) utter rnpossibihtv of i • " 
 rer^t lin« r.f ' i;"^'' "'"v ot drawmor a cor- 
 
 ants ad Sh ^''f'"^'^'*^" »>^tueen <he '^Men h. 
 
 tial sac L '„"f , rot;"^ '*' '°. " P"- 
 
 «uty to imimrt to the l'in«r 
 
 been spread! .ha. m^:.',: JC; rtv'^," 
 
 J"M(<inijic Uoi.ses, io.;clier wirl. s«v-r.-,l 
 
 other .•cspor,,.-,!,!,. po,»„„s , ,,«d r-ml "e 
 
 vcrcly by ,l,e li,.,, I„„| .leulurcl U,e,r I,,' Ct 
 
gZ in"the7'H'^''*"^^" the slightest de- 
 tlw! c ff *"'"^^ ''^'sed for the relief of 
 
 od, and the J^l ^''/^J^^^ /hey then enter^ain- 
 p.-rsu<^ But L r"^"^' '^^y ^^^^ «i"<^e 
 
 invested iJ^ ptp^Ty "SV;,?' ^'^^^ '"^-^ 
 to ihp ^^.,« :'H^"y v\nicti tell an easy nrev 
 ," uie devouring elempnt ...wu .u •'^ ' -^ 
 less nffl.v.^; • *^'*'"'^n') with the more or 
 
 were m aJmos everv inat-tn^,^ 
 cofntianinJ ...« ii- • "^v msidnce ac* 
 
 our sreat cala, hv ' L- ". ^o "-^Pi-ily 
 tion, -.he „ece.,";E; '^f '.th Z r^'T- 
 "■ne, gripped a, once o •,!,"" 's.ll,"'^ 2 
 
 .aenoral cash arm mt ''• i ^"P annexed 
 
 pensps if ; ^^'^o''"* I he contniirent ex- 
 
29 
 
 of the undertaking It may at all evpnts 
 be confidently said, that no exertions have 
 been spared to make them so. 
 
 By this account a balance appears in the 
 1 reasurer's hands of two hundred and eiiihty 
 three pounds, cisihteen shiHini's, and four 
 pence, New- Brunswick currency, but this 
 sum mcludes the jrrant of two hundred 
 pounds stcrliniv,* from Liverpool, towards 
 the s.ipport of a charity s-hool, which has 
 not yet been appropriated in consequence 
 of the resolutions of the IJverpool Com- 
 mittee, passed on that occasion, not havin* 
 yet come to hand. " 
 
 r^^ZZ'Z'mr' ^"'^ '""'^ '""'"'•=^' >-'"<=•> include, a pre- 
 
30 
 
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 CO "T I- V 
 
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 fe o 6 
 c ■^ ~ !■> <n 
 
 ,£• - ' 11^3 
 
 cm - _ 3 
 
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 >^ Ci (X) r* — f O ot a .*s ^K •*» •(*!•.■-. _ 
 
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 il = .£ 
 
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31 
 
 
 CI 
 
 NOTE.-The Books of Accounts and 
 Keoords of the ("ommiitee, together with 
 all other papers and docnmenis rp|afin<' to 
 the distrihution of the f.mds, are de,,osited 
 m the Register Olfice in the <:ounty of 
 INorthurnberland, subject at all times to the 
 inspection of su<:h persons as mav desire 
 further or more particular informal, n than 
 IS afforded by the foregoing Report. 
 
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 ADDENDA. 
 
 2Sth April, 1828. 
 
 SJince the foregoing Report was made, 
 WIS Lxcellency the Lieutenant-Governor 
 has put at the disposal of the Committee 
 one thousand pounrls currency, of the mo- 
 ney remaining in his hands for distribution- 
 hve hundred pounds of which, the (Commit- 
 tee have already appropriated in the p-r- 
 chase of seeds, for the use of the si fferers 
 tor the present season, and the residue w ill 
 be distributed as soon as possible amonc/ ihe 
 most needy of the suffering classes. 
 
 3 
 P4 
 
 No^Isn^;'" Z "°^ " ""^ '^°"' °' •'•' '^^^ '"^ "'« "i'-''^ Provinces 
 Jn.f. r"'' '^'^ ll-.ns.v„k, ,e.d Nova Sro',, «n<l C.nada. 
 In tfa«ca»h account, 4ihlme, [or 100 barrels read J-ll ba.rels