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Witk Kl T« all t Twenty intituled incorpori Our Go\ under th poration shall peti others wl body 001 mentione And ^ General i ary in thi sixty-five, Montreal Walton nire; one bourne, ii B0W£B8, Childs i sachusetts PROVINCE OF CANADA. [L.S.] MONCK. Victoria:, ry the Grace of God, of the Vnlled Kingdom or Great Britain and Ireland, (IIJERIV, Defender oi tbe Faitli, &c., &c., &c. To all to whom these Presents shall coinc,— GREETING : WHEREAS under and by virtue of an Act of our Parlia- ment of the Province of Canada, passed in the Twenty-seventh and Twenty-eighth years of Our Reign, and intituled : '« An Act to authorize the granting of charters of incorporation to Manufacturing, Mining and other Companies," Our Governor General in Council may grant by letters patent under the great seal of Our said Province, a charter of incor- poration to any number of persons not less than five, who shall petition therefor, and may constitute such persons and others who may become shareholders it any such company a body corporate and politic for any tf the purposes therein mentioned. And Wueueas by Petition addressed to our Governor General in Council, and dated tho twenty-fourth day of Janu^ ary in the year of Our Lord one thousaiid eight hundred and sixty-five, one William Sullivan Childs, of the City of Montreal, in our said Province, Merchant ; one Benjamin Walton, of the City of Toronto, in our said Province, Esq- aire ; one Henry Cbampton Lloyd, of the Village of Mel- bourne, in our said Province, Esquire ; one Samuel Sowers Bowers, of the same place, Physician, and one David Childs Rogers, of the City of Boston, in the State of Mas- sachusetts, one of the United States of America. Esquire hiive priiyeil ili.it a chuiter ol' iricnrporution, embodying and .•icttiny; forth tin; ireiioral provisions of the above in purt recited Act. except, elfiusea Eleven, Sixteen. Seventeen and lCi;j;liteen, of the 5lh Section tlioreof. which they hiivc prayed may be (iinitteil IVoi.i fiie Letters ruteiit pursuant to the autli.irity in that behalf of section six of the siiid Act, may be planted to them and to such other persons as aie or may beeome share- holders ill a Coiiipaiiy fonin-d for the purpose of openinu' and working .jiiarrii s of .Marble, Slate or other economic minerals or mineral substances, and the manufacture, exportation and sale thereof. Ani» VViiEUKAS in aeeordance with the provisions of th« above in part recited Aet, notice was published in the ('anada Gazette for at least one month, previous to the presentation of the petition heninbefore mentioned, iti which notice it was stated that the said VVilliuiu Sullivan Childs, the said lienja- niin Walton, tlie said Henry Crampton Lloyd, the .said Samuel Sowers Boweis and the said David Childs llojrers, bein-^ no less than five of the applicants who have petitioned as afore- said, intendin<: to apply for sueh Charter; that the proposed ('orporate name of the Company is «' The MeluoUIINeSlatb COJIPANY;" that the ohjeet or purpose for which Incorpora- tion is souL:ht is opennn!; and working of Mines and li.- half. We .lo by those (Jur Letters p.itent cMistitiit,. the «.iid Willii.m Sullivan Child.-, the said Honjamiu \\:,]tnu, the > lid Henry Crampton Lloyd, tiio said Samuel Sowois Howers ;iiid the said D.ivid Childs Ho-ers, and all tmd every sueh oth.r person or persons as now is or ure or sliiill at ;iiiv time litre- after become shareholders in the siiid Coinp.tny, under the pro- visions of the said Act, ;ind the hy-l;iw- iniidr under the authority tliercof, :,n(l their succe-sirs, ,, l.ody --oi-porate and politie witii perpetu'ii ^;ucees-iou and n cuinui^n seal by the name of •* The Meluourne Slate Compa.nv," and cap;ii.le forthwith of exercisint; all tho functions of an incorporated Company, as if incorporated by a spocial ^et of Parliament, and by their corporate minu^ of suin- and bein- sued, pleading und boinj,' impleaded in all Courts whether in law or .Mjuity. "" With POWER to tho said Company to open and work pi.ct ..Jm.) ...ll il.croon , ^. Tl.o after iJu-.-tor.. of the Con.,,any ..l.,il |,.. ,k,u-a by t a. lM,,nt.hold.r«, in general nuotinj; .,J' tl,,- Con.panv ..sscn.- bled at .such time., in BuchwiM., and li.r ^uci. ten.,; u. the iJy-luw8 of the Company nin> prescribe; r.^ J« default only of other expm.s provision, iri .mh Ichulf by the By-luwH of the Couipun) ,_ («) .^ncl, election ^hall t.ko pl.ce jt.nly. »11 tl,e„„„,lerH of theUoardretnn,^.and.(ifotl,e.«i..e (,u.iified) being didbl« for re-election *" (i) Notice of th.. tin.c and place Jor hoIdi„g general niutinps of the Oon.p>.ny shall be given at lea.t ten days previously thereto, m Fon.e newspaper published at or as near as may be to the office or chief place ol' business of the Company ; (c) At all general nieetin^s of the Company, every Share- holder shall be entitled to a« many votes as he owns shares in the Company, and may vote by proxy ; (d) Elections of Directors shall be by ballot ; (*) Vacancies occuring in the Board of Directors may be filled for the unexpired remainder of the term, by the Board froTi among the qualified Shareholders of the Company ; (/) The Directors shall from time to time elect from ImonL' themselves a president of the Company; and shall al.o mune and may remove at pleasure, all other officers thereof; _ 6. If at any tinjc an election of Directors be not made or do not take effect at the proper time, the Company shall not be held to be thereby dissolved ; but such election may take place at any general meeting of the Company duly called for that purpose ; 7 The Directors of the Company shall have full power in all things to administer the affaiis of the Company, and may make or cause to be made for the Company any description of contract which the Company may by law enter into ; and may iiiic'l( r tluTc- ul»Miluul^ ilk call thcrcun ; • ('lifted hy jHtiiv it!-scni. i;nij, us the (•uch beliaif nituilfrs of iiip clijiibla nl nuttings pitviousljr us amy be Jry Share- phart's in 8 may be lie Board "y; >ui unionj^ so name, r made or ill not be like place for that ower in nd may ption of nd may from time to time make By-lawn not contrary to law, to p regulate the allot„.cnt of Stock, the making of c^.IIh thor;,n p^sTH^l the payment thereof, the issue and rcgintration of certifi.-.tos X' *'""" of Stock, the forfeiture of Stock for non-payment, the disposal of forfo.ted Stock and <,f the proceeds thereof, the transfer of ^tock, the declaration and pMymont of dividends, the nun.her of the Directors, their t.rm of service, ti.e anmunt of.he^r Stock r,ualification, the appointment, functions, duties and removal ofall agents, officers and servants of the Company the security to be given hy them to the Ton.pany, their remuneration and that (if any) of the Directors, the tinu, at which and the place or places where the Annual Meetin-'s of the Company shall be held, and where the buisness of"the <^omp;my, shall be conducted, and if the Company bu a Minin-- rouipany, one (or nu.rc) of such places may be withou'i this Province.-the calling of meetings, regular and special, of the Board ot Director., and of the Company, the (juorun. the requirements as to proxies, and the procedure in all ttin^rs at such meetings, the imposition and recovery of all penalties and forfeitures adn.itting of regulation by By-law, and the eon. duct in all other particulars of the aff.irs of the Company ; and my from tune to time repeal, amend or re-enact tl.e same ; but every such By-law, u„d every repeal, amendment ., re-enacment thereof, unless in tne meantime confirmed at a General Meeting of the Company duly called for that purpose, shall only have force untill the next Annual Meetin.- of the ^^''° =.?'- Company, and def^ault of confirmation thereat, sh^U fr „ ^^^'' that time only, cease to have force ; ' C' ""'*''- fi. A copy of any By-law of the Company, under their seal „ an purporting to be signed by any officor^'of the Company ^^""" shal be received n. prima facie evidence of such By-law in all Courts of Law or Equity in this Province ; 9. The stock of the Company shall be deemed nerson.l -r csta'e and shall be transferable. 'i„ such rnanTe onZ''::!^^^'-' .ubjcct to all such conditions and restrictions as by the Letter, ■Patent, or by the By-laws of the Company, shall be prescribed" 10. The Directors of the Company may call in and demand <>"« on Stock. In. Ill llu>li:ir(liiilciurs tliiTHoI' nspi/ctivi V, ;il! Minis of iiioiiej by fliciii ,su!iM.iiljc(l. ;it Midi tiiiKMiiui iiliiw.-, aiitj in mul iiieiits or iiii>liiliiieii(,s. a» till' JJj.Jiavs ,.1' the t'oiiijiaiiy iuajr li pay- Interest uri calls unpiiitl. r(M,mro or allow ; ami inturui«t sliall accnio and fall il uo. n t the EnforoinK paymontdl' oalls. What only need be alle»;e and proved Proof. Forfeiture for non-payment. Calls must be paid before transfer Shareholders in arrear cot to vote. rate of six per (.•ontmii pur uniiuiii, ujitjii tin- amount of any un- paiil call, fruuj thi- day appointed for jiayniciit of sucli t-ali ; I 1. (.Omltti'il oil tlie pelilion of //(■• amtVirniiix iHimuinil to sfifion si.r iij' i/ii A'-i 'i/onsiiiii ,t \2. Tlio Conipaijy iiia\ eiilorct' payuieiit of t^ll calL^ and intirest tliiivoii. by action in aii_\ conpeti;iiI Court; and in «ucli action it .shall not bi; ncconsary to i-ct forth the special ^^ matter, but it sliiili b^jsufficient to declare tliutthe Defendant ia a holder of one .sliare or more, stating' the number of sharet*, and is indebted in the >uiii of money to whicli he call* in arrear nniount, in respect of one call or more upon one share or more .stating the number of calls and the amount of each, whereby an action hatii accrued to tlie Company under this Act ; and a certificate under their seal, and purportinj: to be signed by any Officer of the Conviderice to that effect ; Vii. If, after such demand or notice as by the By-laws of the Company may be prescribed, any call made upon any share or shares be not paid willun such time as by such By-laws may be limited in that behalf, the Directors, in their discretion, by vote to tliat effect, reciting the facts and duly recording in their minutes, may summarily forfeit any shares whereon such payment is not made; and the same shall thereupon become the property of the Company, and may be disposed of as by By-law or otherwise tliey shall ordain ; lA, No share shall be transferable, until all previous calls thereon have been fully paid in, or untill declared forfeited foi: non-payment of calls thereon or sold under execution ; 1.'). No Shareholder being in arrear in respect of any call shall be entitled to vote at any meeting of the Company ; s jHirsuiiiil to 9 1 "jr, as aiso, ot any and every By-law thereof- ''"'• *. Tl.enumbo,„f,h.re,„r«„ek held bye- Shareholder: ./.eruTrr^Lthit:: "-"'--p'->-^. 6. All transfers of Btock, in their order a* presented to the transfer, and the date of the entry thereof; and- 7. The nan.es, addresses and calling, of all persons who are aye been Ihreotors of the Company ; with V. sevell d.^s' at which each became or ceased to be such Director j 20. The Directors may refuse to allow ♦!,„ ^ has not been paid m: and no transfpr r..n^» „•*!, ^i. . """^ transferor relieving ih^ tl„ e c ^'^""^'^'^ "»aae with the view of '^'ook in certain vided, thnt nothing i„ this suh se.M-n„ ^T ^"""P^"^ ^ P'-O" P^viso; a. to „ , ' ^ 'f' '" ^""' s«b-.section shall prevent the effo-t "'""'' ^«''«n '" of chapter seventy of the Consolidated Statues of Canfr """""' as regards any such stock sei.ed and sold in elecation ; '*' 21. No transfer of stock shall be valid for any Durnose whatever, save only as exhihitin,, fi,. • u* / . purpose y^^^^^^^ *i.„- ♦ / , "0' «s exniDiting the rights of the nartifn fansfcr thereto towards each other, and as rendering the tan'^^lree 1"-' • ""' he Col" 7?"^"'""^^"^ -*^ *'« transferor " Z^::ri :lt!i;?l^-— " entry thereof hash.: in such book or books 10 Bcinks to be open to Stockholders and Creditors of C'omiiany. Effoi't as evi- dence. Penalty for making un- true entries'. Company not bound to SCO to Trusts on share!!. Contracts, &c., by the Company ; how to be e.X' eouted. 2-2. Ftich bookii sbiill, <3uiiiiy reaionable bu.-.iiit;ss hours ti' every diiv, except Sundays and obligatory holiday.s {fetes d'oh ligation) be kept open for tliu iiispectiim of Shareholdeis and en.'ditors olthe Coiupaiiy, and their personal representatives, at the office or chief place of bui.^ness of the Company ; and every such .Shareholder, creditor or representative, may make extracts therefrom ; •J.3. Such books shall be pr/MK/ /*(•(> evidence oi all facts pnrpiirtiiiu to be thereby stated, in any suit or proceeding agaiiist the Company or !i;j;ainst any Shareholder ; 24. Kvciy Director, officer or servant of the Company, who knuvin^ily males or assists to make any untrue entry in any such book, or who refuses or neglects to make any proper entry therein, or to exhibit the same or to allow the same to be inspected and extracts to be taken tl.t.ofrom, shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding twenty (olltirs for making each such untrue entry and lor etich such refusal or neglect, and also for ail loss or damage which any party interested may have sustained thereby ; 25. The Company shall not be bound to sec to the executioii of any trust, whether express, implied or constructive, in respect of any shares ; and the receipt of the Shareholder in who.se name the Fume may stand in the booksof the Company, shall be a valid and bindirg discharge to the Company for any dividend or money payable in respect of such shares, and whether or not notice of such trust shall have been given to the Company ; and the Company shall not be bound to see to the application of the money paid upon such receipt ; 26. Every contract, agreement, engagement or bargain made, and every bill of exchange drawn, accepted or endorsed, and every promissory note and cheque made, drawn or endorsed on behalf of the Company, by any agent, officer or servant of the Company, in general accordance with his powers as such under the liy-luws of the Company, shall be binding, upon the Company ; and in no case shall it be necessary to have the seal of the Company affixed to any such contract,, agreement, engagement, bargain, bill of exchange, promissory ^e, pt'ooiissory a By law. or .^ct l^ r^:;^' '° P— « »f ""^ against such Shareholders ; 'recoverable, w.ih costs, ii9. Ko person huiu^n"' stoft in ♦!,„ -^ tor, administra.or, tutor^uraL " . ^"^ " "" '^^''"- 11 , . '' *'"™^°f> guardian or trustee sl.»ll V, the minor, ward or inte d.wl , '*"' """ '''''''''' ">• act,andholdin..suchrorin.- ^^' '"^ competent to 30. Kvery such executor, administrator tutor n„rnf «^.an or trustee, shall represent the stoc^ ^".'?\''"^»^"^. fi^'T. Proviso : nu nnnk-noteg. Mbcrty of Mmroholdcrs. Liborfy nf shiirehoIUore, liimtod. Ak to Stock tioKI by per- sons ill a le- prcsontativo citPHcity. his hands, at all V'otiiiK on siuhiStoclc. 12 Penalty for paying divi- dands when CompBny is insdhont, Ac How any Director may avoid .audi liability. Penalty for lending mo- ney to Stock- holders. Shareholderg may be par- ties or wit- nessesi when Company is a »arty. Forfeiture of charter by Bon-user. nieetiii-s of the Conipiiny, and niiiy vote accordingly as a Sliarc- bolder ; and every person who pledties his stock may neverthe- less represent the same »t all such meetings, and may vote ao- coruinjily as a Shareholder ; 31. if the Pirectorsot'tho Company djclarc and pay any dividend when the Company is insolvent, or any dividend the payniont of which renders tlie Company insolvent, (-r dimini,d sLall continue i„ offi.o « ,, i l"'''' /'"^^'^o^ «f th. Co,np.nv Cc be aiu of pri 11) u a IP tiiti cor boo and or 1 oft oth( I pres perti E sucl 15 IPANY. the n;uue i»|' to bo chosen 1 for the tmn- ir number to preside st «l to preform ibsuuce, the )owers, and r. ne person, lioir first Company ; 'D ^3tln^^ BUTIKS OF DlUKCTOUS. The Directors shall have the general aupervisio.i and contio! of the Company's afLira. They shall hold their first meeting upon due notice being given, by the Secretary, and thereafter shall meet ut such times and places as they may doom needful and covenient. The.S*retary shall notify meetings of th.- Din^etors upon request of any two of their number, by giving at least ten day.s written or printed notice ..f the time and i.lace thereof, to each Director. The Directors may appoint such agents or superintcndants as they uiay deem best, and may fix the compensation of the 'J'reasuier, or of any other person employed by the Company. They shall also! from time to time, order such division of the profits of the Company as they luay think advisable, not inconsistent with the Letters Patent of the corporotioh. A R T 1 L E IV . Duties nr Thkascrkr. The Treasurer shall have the custody of all moneys, valuable papers, books, and accounts oftheCoi-ipany, subject at all times to the inspection and control of the Directors. He shall give or negotiate such notes or bills of exchange for such amounts, and at such times, as the business of the Company may require, and at the Directors' order, but for no other purpose. , He shall record all transfers of stock, shall cancel and carefully preserve certificates of all stock transferred, and shall perform all duties pertaining to the oflSce of Treasurer. Bonds. He shall give a bond for the faithful performance of his duties, in such sum as shall be satisfactory to the Directors. ARTICLE V . Annual Meetings,- 'Special Mbetings. The annual meeting of the Corporation shall be held on the second Wednesday of October, in each year,at such t. me and place as the Direc- tors shall designatc,~printed or written notice of which shall be mailed by the Secretary to each stockholder, postage prepaid, ten days at least before the day of meeting : and special meetings may be called by 16 AKTICLE VI. i itKCORDS, retary. a.,.1 the Directors shall „1 P**'**'""' ''^"^^ ^ ^^V^ >y the Sec- proecHn,, whicCiTbt b Tt t:::!:/?^' ': '- ^^^ «*' ^- at any „.eeti„,. of ,he Corporation '"'""'""*'''" "^ 'l^^' Htookholcfcr.s ARTl CLE VII. Seal. the cu«to,iv ot-iktZZLy "^ -ganization. It shall be i„ ARTICLE VIII. ^=*« Annual ExAMWATiON. Stockholders' Examination. commit: 7the sSSLr^t^^ "^"^^"^"«" «^«" ^« -^e ^^ » -ea h. the oo.r el;: r^TeeX i/^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Treasurer of L Company. ° *'''"' ^^' ^'^aature of the ARTICLE X. CAPITAL STOCK. above provided ofptockholdera r-^wsi, and of >t )by the See- Itept of tijeir stookholdjLM-s )e borne the It shall be in ■ion of the Dade by a on the Di- uiade bj a ai shall be ion. e bindioo: ire of the 17 60 dollars each, certificates of which, duly numbered, si-ned by the President and Treasurer, shall be issued to the several stockholders under the seal of the Corporation, and be duly recorded by the Secre- tary, upon their first issue, and every subsequent transfer of the same, ARTICLE XL Alteration of By-Laws. The By-Laws, of the Corporation may be altered, amoi.ded or re- peaJed at any annual or special meeting by a vote at least two-thirds the stock represented at such meeting, provided the stockholders are notified in the call for such meeting, that an alteration, amendment or repeal may be proposed. bar hnn- valae of APPENDIX. durubi^ V r f "' uniformity of color, smoothness of .urface em nent i" ."T'' '''*' "='^'"^««' «" "^ ^^^'^^ are po^sessedTrn' rapidly and acquire great toughness and strength. ^*" Cpe rn^^f - t"''™*' '^^'^'^ ^'"^ '^^''' ^"'^ Manufactures for Upper Canada," June, 1863, with reference to this Quarry, amone other things, remarks :— vi«afry, among ^vlakllTt ?' "''"'"' ^"""*^ ''^ '^' ^^'^°»'-"« S'-^te^, I can Tthe d 1:/'""! 7''"^^- ^^« Q-"y ^- -'y l>ee« worked re woS (as tr ' t; "'"^ ""^ ^' *'" ^^'^'^ ^late Quarries theslrf!.. ^tT/'^'MV'P^"^ '^^■^^•"g^ to the depth of 400 feet below o^hn V ^'" ^°°^° *^^* '^' ^^^te always improves in hardness Jt IS wrought; but even at the moderate depth hitherto attained the Melbourne latesSleave little further to be de'ired in Sl^l r^elt )8tcd Scien- i Profesaer issay, read desirable of surface, isaed in an 8> Quarry, are of a id by acids 10 way be with great )s harden' an article ctures for y, among tes, I can D worked Quiirries set beiow lardness, le deeper ined the 'eespect» 19 and are not inferior to any in the world. Their color is unaffected by acidfi, they arc perfectly non-absorbent of water : and ciiHoqucntly unaffected by frost, and when struck with a hard body, emit the nietalic ring so much prized by .Slaters. With regard to quantity it will be obvious from the extent of the Slate rock on the property and its probable uniformity of character that these Quaries may be reg/irdcd as practically mexhaustable. Sir \Villia.m E. I.oiiAN, in hiH-descriptivo Catalujrue ..t Kconomic Minerals of fanada sent to the London International Kxhil.ition for l«f.V'," thus speaks in remarking of this Qjaray, the ban.l of Sluto is in immediate contact with the summit of serpentine, it has a breadth of * of a mile, the fuec now exposed has a height of seveuty-tive teot.and the fall from the position where the Quarry is now worked to the level of the ^t. Francis, is upwards of four hundred feet. Slate uh a covering «)«»« about i more than Shingles, ^ le.s« than Tin. and ^ less than Galvanized [ron. To shew that .late as a covering is well adapted to resist the influences of a Canadian climate it may be here stated that Slates from Angers in France have been exposed on the roof of the Sem- mary Building, on the corner of Notre Dame and St. Francois Xavier Streets, Montreal, for upwards of 100 years without any perceptible deterioration. The strong resemblance between these and the Slates at Melbourne. a.s well as those of Bangor, Wales, may be seen in the following comparative analysis by Mr. T. Sterry Hunt : WELSH. FRENCH. MILBOURNB. S'^'oi'* 60.50 .57.00 64.20 "^'"•"in" 19.70 20.10 16.80 Protoxyde of Iron 7.83 10.98 4.23 ^•™e 1.12 1.23 .73 Magnesia 2.20 3.39 3.94 P«*a8J» 3.18 1.73 3.36 ^o, roiuarko of tlic Slatrs of the Meibuu i.„ s^late Co.'k (fuimly \Valto..\v; Qu..io: -" Witl.iu the laxt two .vers ooiiMiIcraLlc (juanlitics of lliuso Mates lu.v.- been brought into the Canadian Market where tliey are likely to refia-e t(, a great extent, the metal roofing hitherto so conunonly eniploye.l. The Slate is bliii^I.-purplo in color, fine grained, and npliis with larility into thin platen, wliich have the smoothness and strength rciiuired for good roof- ing Slates, and will comparo favourably with the best from otlicr coun- tries This ftlato is entirely free from carbonate ol' lime, and does not appear to be affected by the action of the weather." In addii • )a to the foregoing, it may not be improper to add that Mr Walton was awarded an Exhibition Medal for the excellence of hiii slates, forwarded to the International Exhibition at London in IStiJ by Sir Wni. Logan. "' G.\7 I!ked, r.:sQ., an experienced Slate Merchant uf Montreal says of those Mutes .-.'1 have used lor .cveral years, the Slate from' air. Walton s Quarries in Melbourne... The color of the^ Slat« which IS a dark blue, is of a very pleasing hue. and is remarkably uni- form ; thc.r cleaveage is perfect, as the grain is very distinct, thev punch peilcctly without tcalp, they are a strong Slate, e.^pccially with the gr.un, and are free from deleterious ingredients, such as iron lime &c.; tl.cy will not be liable to tarnish or decay, and are of such a quality as to render the importation of foreign Slate altogether unnecessary/' Similar .statements of Slaters who have had large experience in laying SI -tes produced at different Quarics, at home and abroad, might be added to any desirable extent, to prove the character of our slats if it were necessary. Size of Sliite. U ^ 21.), 2S X 22 y 20 X 20 X .4 1\} No. in a Square. 98 114 •26 i A Size of Slate. No. in a Square. 18 X 10 18 X 9 16 X 10 192 213 222 Size of Slate. No. in a Squara. 1«X 9 16 V 8 14 ;,, iO 246 277 2G2 14 X 9 291 14 X 8 327 Ux 7 374 12 X 8 400 12x 7 457 12 X 6 ; 1 f)33 iat( d of the liu tiio laxt tti brought to a great The SJate y into thin ■ ,i,'()0(l roof- )tbcr coun- 111 does nut J that Mr. nco of his in IStJi, .Montreal, lute i'roiu !M Slates, :nbly uni- nct, thcj iaily with ron, lime a quality icessary." in laying luight be ilate if it fo. io • 291 327 374 400 457 533 KATKS OF FKEKillT FROM RICILMOND, C.E. Tlo f .Il((wint» ttft- the Rate-* of Proi:^ht charged by the Grand Trunk Railway, for tran^-iiortation (.f ROOFING SLATKS, from the Miilbouriie S ,Mt! Conipiiny's Quarries, nrranjrcd with F. C. Stbatton, E-wiuirc, Freij^ht Manaircr : — FROM EICHMOND. TO Car. Slierbrooke Coaticooke Inland Ponil South Paris Panville .luuction Portland l>anville Arthabaska. . Bocancour Point Levi Acton St. Hyacinthe . . . St. Hilaire Montrual St. Remi Province Line . . . Lachine rornwall Prescott Ottawa. ... ... Brock villa i.aiiadowne TO Per I Pu I Car. Square $1-2.60 i5.0() ' I7.0() • -26.00 35.00 S5.()0 ! 10.00 1 12.00 I I 16.00 j •20.00 12.50 ; I 15.00 I 16.00 I I 1 7.60 I 20.00 ! 21 00 i 18 CO I 25.00 ' 28.00 .30.00 32.00 .31 : KinjTRton $34.00 .37 Napanee 37.00 \ .42 Uelieville .39.00 .65 Coboiir<4 42.00 ' .8H ' Port Hope 42.00 ; .M8 Port Whitby 44.00 ; .25 ' Toronto 45.00 i • 30 ! Brampton 46.(K) I .40 :(;uelph 50.00 I .50 : Stsatford 50 00 .31 (ialt ■ 60.00 .37 I Paris .50.00 .40 I BrantfonI 60.00 .44 • Caledonia 60.00 .50 , Dunville 60.(10 .52 I St. Mary's 50.00 .45 I London f 0.00 .62 : Lucari .50.00 .70 ICiai:r's .50.00 ....'Widder 60.00 ISarnia 6O.O0 .77 .82 .85 .92 .97 1.06 1.05 i.lO 1.12 1.15 1.26 i.2o 1.-26 1.25 1.50 1.50 1.50 1.-26 1.25 1.25 1.25 1.60 1.60 The above are the Rates by the Car Load of 10 Squares. I^ft. Orders addressed to '• The Mklbournk Slate Co. Melbourne, Canada East," will receivt; prompt attention. D. C. ROGERS. Affent. Melbourne, C. E. September, 1865.