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KINGSTON,  ONTARIO 


DETAILED    ACCOUNTS, 


AND 


GENERAL  ABSTRACT, 

OF   THE 

AFFAIRS   OF   THE 

DESJARDINS  CANAL  COMPANY, 

FttOM 

1831,  TO  1848,  INCLUSIVE, 

WITH 

A  TABLE  OF  THE  EXPORTS  AND  IMPORTS 

FOR  THE  LAST  TEN  YEARS. 
ALSO: 

THE  REPORTS 

OF 

C.  S.  GZOWSKI,  ESQ.,  AND  THE  BOARD  OF  DIRECTORS. 


DUNDAS: 

PRINTED  BY  ORDER  OP  THE  PRESIDENT  AND  BOARD  OP  DIRECTORS. 
Jancary,  1849. 


DETAILED    ACCOUNTS, 


GENERAL  ABSTRACT, 


AFFAIRS   OF   THE 

DESJARDINS  CANAL  COMPANY 


FROM 


1831,  TO  1848,  INCLUSIVE, 

WITH 

A  TABLE  OF  THE  EXPORTS  AND  IMPORTS 

FOR  THE  LAST  TEN  YEARS. 
ALSO: 

THE  REPORTS 

OF 

C.  S.  GZOWSKI,  ESQ.,  AND  THE  BOARD  OF  DIRECTORS. 


D  U  N  DAS: 

PRINTED  BY  ORDcR  OF  THE  PRESIDENT  AND  BOARD  OF  DIRECTORS, 
J-iNCARY,  1819. 


LIST  OF  STOCKHOLDERS, 


WITH  THE  AMOUNT  OF  STOCK  SUBSCRIBED,  AND   STOCK  PAID  AND    UNPAID. 


NAMES. 


William  Warren  Baldwin 

John  S.  Baldwin 

Hon.  Robert  Baldwin 
Hon.  Augustus  Baldwin  . 

W.  A.  Baldwin 

St.  George  Baldwin 

Henry  Baldwin 

Anna  Maria  Baldwin. .  .  . 

Hon.  John  H.  Dunn 

Hon.  Joseph  Wells 

Hon.  W.  H.  Draper 

Hon.  Peter  Robinson  .... 

George  T.  Denison 

R.  C.  Home   

Mrs.  John  Small 

Charles  C.  Small 

Jesse  Ketchum 

George  Stegman 

Hon.  J.  B.  Robinson. .  . . 

Andrew  Mercer 

D'Arcy  Boulton 

John  Murchieson 

Peter  Reesor 

Hon.  Peter  Adamson. . . . 

Colin  Drummond 

Maria  Willcox 

David  Jardine 

Laurence  Hayden 

W.  L.  Mackenzie 

John  Marsh 

Robert  Marsh 

James  Wilkie 

Thomas  Morgan 

William  Mitchell 

Elizabeth  Turnbull 

James  Pearson 

Hugh  Ross 

Robert  McNaught 

Robert  Scott 

William  Chisholm 


18 
16 
16 

5 

18 
5 

10 

8 

20 

20 

10 

18 

10 

10 

10 

5 

5 

20 

10 

20 

10 

10 

5 

2 

3 

5 

5 

2 

2 

5 

5 

5 

2 

5 

2 

5 

5 

5 

10 
10 


AMUNT  OF 

SToOCK. 

£        S. 

d. 

225  0 

0 

200  0 

0 

200  0 

0 

62  10 

0 

225  0 

0 

62  10 

0 

125  0 

0 

100  0 

0 

I 

STOCK  PAID.! 


250  0  0 

250  0  0 

125  0  0 

225  0  0 

125  0  0 

125  0  0 

125  0  0 

62  10  0: 

62  10  0 

250  0  0 

125  0  0 


£ 
225 
200 
200 

62 
225 

62 
125 
100 
250 
250 
125 
165 
125 
125 
125 

62 

62 
150 
125 


250  0  Oil  250 
125  0  Oi!  125 


125  0  0 

62  10  0 

25  0  0 

37  10  0 

62  10  0 

62  10  0 

25  0  0 

25  0  0 

62  10  0| 

62  10  0 

62  10  0 

25  0  0 

62  10  0 

25  0  0 

62  10  0 

62  10  0 

62  10  0 

125  0  0 

125  0  0; 


100 
62 
25 
37 
62 
62 
25 
15 
62 
62 
62 
25 
62 
25 
7 
62 
12 

125 
37 


s.  d. 

0  0 

0  0 

0  0 

10  0 

0  0 

10  0 

0  0 

0  0 

0  0 

0  0 

0  0 

0  0 

0  0 

0  0 

0  0 

10  0 

10  0 

0  0 

0  0 

0  0 

0  0 

0  0 

10  o 

0  0 

10  0 

10  0 

10  0 

0  0 

0  0 

10  0 

10  0 

10  0 

0  0 

10  0 

0  o 

10  o 

10  0 

10  0 

0  0 

10  0 


STOCK 
UNPAID. 

£     s.  d. 

0     0  0 

0     0  0 

0     0  0 

0     0  0 

0    0  0 

0     0  0 

0     0  0 


0  0  0 

0  0  0 

0  0  0 

0  0  0 

60  0  0 

0  0  0 

0  0  0 

0  0  0 

0  0  0 

0  0  0 

100  ()  0 

0  0  0 

0  0  0 

0  0  0 

25  0  0 

0  0  0 

0  0  0 

0  0  0 

0  0  0 

0  0  0 

0  0  0 

10  0  0 

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0  0  0 

0  0  0 

0  0  0 

0  0 

0  0 


0 
0 
55     0     0 

ooo 

50     0    0 

ooo 

87  10     0 


Carried  forward ,349  1 4-162  10    0!  4075    0    0    388  10    0 


| 19095 


STOCKHOLDER'S  NAMES,- Coxhsvzd. 


NAMES. 


Brought  forward 

John  0.  Hatt 

Andrew  Steven .... 
Sir  Allan  N.  McNab 
Manuel  Overfield 
Hon.  James  Crooks 

John  Paterson 

John  Gamble 

James  B.  Ewart 
Edward  Lesslie  &,  Sons 
.Robert  Neilson 
Daniel  Campbell 
Elizabeth  Begue 
Thomas  Stinson 
Peter  Bamberger 
James  Coleman 
Joseph  Spencer 
John  Millar 
James  Smith 
William  Miller 
John  P.  Lark  in. 
John  Wagstaff. 
Thomas  Raeey 
William  Dixon 
Kobert  Spenco 
Robert  Holt 
John  Mat  hew 
James  Hamilton 
Edward  Hooper 
John  Quarry 
William  Passmore 
Adam  Kerr 


STOCK 

UNPAID 

£     s. 

d. 

388  10 

0 

125  0 

0 

0  0 

D 

32  17 

2 

5  10 

3 

0  0 

0 

37  7 

8 

0  0 

P 

17  10 

0 

0  0 

I) 

0  0 

0 

Total 


RECAPITULATION. 


Whole  number  of  Shares 56 1 

Total  amount  of  Stock  subscribed, £7150  10     0 

Total  amount  of  Stock  paid, £5966  14  1 1 

Total  amount  of  Stock  unpaid, £1183  15     1 

JOHN  PATERSON,  President. 
JOHN  DICKIE.  Secretary. 
Desjardim  Canal  Office,         ? 
Doxdas.   31st  December,  ISIS,  j 


DETAILED    ACCOUNTS 


or  tiis 


DES JAR  DINS  CANAL  COMPANY, 


FROM  1831  TO   IS  IS,  INCLUSIVE. 


1831. 

Amount  expended  on  the  Canal 

Amount  collected  on  373  Shares,  Stock  not  forfeited, 

Amount  collected  on  427  Shares,  Stock  forfeited    on 

31st  October  last 


£     s.    d. 


Debt3  due  by  the  Company : — 

H.  Mittlebeiger.  without  interest, £206  19  4 

Jacob  &  James  Thorpe,  for  Laud 50    0  0 

Robert  Millar 118  14  6 

David  Gibb,(Contractor) 514    5  7 


u       d. 


5369  12    7 


3970  IS    2! 
508  15    0 ; 


I   889  19     5 


5369  12    7i|o369  12     7 


CAPITAL  STOCK  NOT  COLLECTED. 

Amount  due  on  373  Shares,  including  the  10  instalments  due  on  the  1st  Oc- 
tober last, £225    6  10 

Amount  of  eleventh  and  last  instalment,  of  10  per  cent.,  on  373 

Shares,  due  1st  December  next 466     5     0 


£691   11   10 


(Signed; 


A.  STEVEN, 

Secretary. 


MANUEL    OVERFIELD, 

Ma- President. 


Desjardins  Canal  Office,         ) 
Vvxdas,  2Slh  November,  1831.  j 


(5 

1832-3. 
EXTRACTS  FROM  MINUTE  BOOK  : 

At  a  Meeting  of  the  Directors  of  the  Desjardins  Canal   Company,  held  at 
Hamilton,  the  21st  day  of  March,  1833,  at  which  were  present — 

ALLAN  NAPIER  MACNAB,  Esq.  President. 
PETER  H.  HAMILTON,  Esq.,  Vice-President,  and 
JOHN  WILLSON,  Esq.,  Director  ; 

It  was  submitted  by  the  Secretary — 

That  in  the  late  calamitous  fire  and  destruction  of  property, 

-    in  the  Town  of  Hamilton,  was  included  the  Office  of  the 

Desjardins  Canal  Company,  with  the  total  loss  of  all  the 

Books  and  Papers  belonging  to  the  Company  ;  it  was 

Resolved, — That  the  Secretary  be  directed  to  provide  a  new  set  of  Books  for 
the  use  of  the  Company. 

Resolved, — That  the   Secretary  do  write   a  Circular  Letter  to  each  of  the 
Stockholders,  to  the  following  effect : — 

"  In  the  late  destruction  of  property  by  fire  in  the  Town  of 
"  Hamilton,  was  included  the  Office  of  the  Desjardins 
"  Canal  Company,  and  all  the  Books  and  Papers  be- 
"  longing  to  the  Company  ;  it  has  therefore  been 
"  considered  necessary,  in  order  to  attain  a  correct 
"  account  of  Stock  held,  (and  not  forfeited)  to  call 
'*  upon  each  Stockholder  to  transmit  to  the  Secretary 
f<  a  certified  copy  of  their  Receipts  for  Instalments 
"  paid  on  their  respective  Shares,  since.', 

(Signed) 

JAMES  HAMILTON, 


Secretary. 


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C.    S.    GZOWSKI,    Esq., 

RELATIVE  TO  THE  IMPROVEMENT  OF  THE  DESJARDINS  CANAL. 


Engineer's  Office,  ) 

Toronto,  28th  September,  1846.  $ 

To  John  Paterson,  Esq., 

President,  D.  C.  Co. 

Sir, — In  compliance  with  your  request,  I  have  ex- 
amined the  entire  length  of  the  Desjardins  Canal,  and 
have  the  honor  to  submit  the  following  Report  and  Esti- 
mate for  improving  it. 

The  peculiar  locality  of  this  Canal,  admits  of  the 
suggestion  of  numerous  plans  for  its  improvement  j  and, 
accordingly,  several  modes  have  been  proposed  in  which 
to  improve  the  present  Canal. 

In  addition  to  the  several  modes  of  improving  the 
Canal  through  the  marsh,  a  deviation  from  the  present 
line  has  been  proposed,  by  making  a  thorough  cut  through 
the  high  land,  for  the  purpose  of  saving  a  considerable 
distance  in  the  length  of  the  Canal. 

I  have  carefully  examined  all  the  plans,  estimates, 
and  reports,  for  those  different  improvements  and  alter- 
ations from  the  present  line,  and  though  I  find  them  all 
perfectly  practicable,  yet  the  means  to  which  the  Com- 


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pany  are  bound  to  confine  themselves  for  the  present, 
will  not  admit  of  adopting  either  of  these  plans  proposed, 
or  of  undertaking  any  thing  beyond  what  is  absolutely 
necessary  to  render  the  present  line  of  Canal  available 
for  the  use  of  all  such  craft  as  ply  on  the  waters  of  Lake 
Ontario  and  the  river  St.  Lawrence. 

In  making,  therefore,  my  examinations,  and  trying 
to  determine  upon  a  plan  for  improving  that  work,  I 
have  assumed  the  following  points  as  my  general  data  : 

First, — To  make  the  present  line  of  Canal  (with  but 
slight  deviations)  answer  the  purpose. 

Second, — To  secure  the  same  depth  of  water  in  this, 
as  in  the  Burlington  Bay  Canal. 

Third, — To  protect  the  sides  of  the  Canal  in  such 
a  manner  as  to  prevent  the  mud  and  muck  from  lodging 
within  its  limits,  and  to  form  a  towing  path  through  the 
entire  length  of  it. 

When  these  three  points  are  attained,  I  consider  the 
work  available  for  all  the  present  purposes,  and,  in  a 
proper  state,  realize  such  a  revenue  as  the  business  of 
the  country,  and  an  uninterrupted  navigation,  and  the 
facilities  for  a  direct  shipment  of  all  produce  to  the  best 
markets,  can  secure. 

The  manner  in  which  I  propose  to  construct  the 
different  portions  of  the  work,  and  which  forms  the  data 
of  the  accompanying  estimate,  is  as  follows  : — 

From  the  Warehouse,  at  the  outlet  of  the  Canal, 
in  the  Burlington  Bay,  to  the  point  called  Crooks's 
Point,  (from  W.  to  B.  in  the  accompanying  sketch.)  I 
propose  to  straiten  the  present  line  of  Canal  in  the  man- 
ner marked  in  the  sketch,  in  red. 


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The  width  of  the  Canal,  between  those  points,  to  be 
100  feet,  depth  12  feet. 

The  towing  path  is  to  be  on  the  south  side  of  the 
Canal,  and  is  to  be  constructed  on  piles  driven  close  to- 
gether. 

Eight  feet  in  the  rear  of  them,  and  six  feet  apart, 
are  to  be  driven  anchor  piles,  which  are  to  be  tied  to  the 
front  piles  by  ties  eight  feet  long. 

Longitudinal  timbers  are  to  be  placed  on  the  ties, 
and  covered  with  plank  three  inches  thick. 

A  protection  railway,  three  feet  high,  is  to  be  placed 
on  the  Canal  side  of  the  towing  path.  (See  accompany- 
ing sketch,  A.) 

The  north  side  of  the  Canal  1  propose  to  protect  by 
driving  piles  close  together,  but  at  such  points  only  as 
will  be  considered  necessary  to  prevent  the  muck  and 
mud  from  washing  into  the  Canal.  In  many  places  it  is 
of  great  depth,  and  quite  clear  from  any  deposit ;  and, 
at  these  points,  no  protection  is  required  at  present. 

From  Crooks's  Point  to  the  basin  at  Dundas,  I  pro- 
pose to  follow  the  course  of  the  present  line,  leaving  the 
width  of  the  Canal  as  it  is  at  present,  66  feet,  but  in- 
creasing the  depth  to  12  feet. 

The  north  bank  of  the  Canal,  between  those  points, 
being  sufficiently  firm  and  of  very  nearly  the  proper 
height  for  a  towing  path,  I  propose  to  change  the  tow- 
ing path  from  the  south  to  the  north  side  of  the  Canal, 
and  construct  a  change  swing  bridge  at  the  Point. 

At  places  where  the  present  bank  of  the  Canal  will 
require  to  be  raised  to  bring  it  to  the  proper  height  for  a 
tow  path,  I  propose  to  raise  it  with  earth  obtained  from 
Crooks's  Point,  Maitland's  Island,  and  from  the  material 


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dredged  out  of  the  bottom  of  the  Canal,  which,  on  this 
portion  of  it,  is  well  suited  for  that  purpose. 

To  reduce  the  pressure  on  the  sides  of  the  Canal, 
from  the  earth  forcing  the  towing  path,  I  propose  to  leave 
a  line  of  five  feet  between  the  edge  of  the  Canal  and  the 
foot  of  the  towing  path.     (See  accompanying  sketch,B.) 

To  prevent  the  wash  of  the  banks,  caused  by  the 
action  of  water  on  them  during  the  passage  of  boats,  and 
consequently  causing  a  deposit  on  the  bottom  of  the 
Canal  and  reducing  its  depth,  I  propose  to  drive  piles  10 
feet  apart  on  both  sides  of  the  Canal,  and  to  place  tim- 
bers six  inches  thick  and  four  feet  in  width,  and  at  such 
height  as  to  prevent  any  wave,  during  the  passage  of  a 
boat,  from  reaching  and  washing  the  earth  either  above 
or  below  the  timbers.       (See  accompanying  sketch,  B.) 

The  present  swing  bridges  will  require  some  altera- 
tions and  improvements,  the  cost  of  which  is  embraced 
in  the  accompanying  estimate. 


Estimate  Jor  improving  the  Desjardins  Canal : 


Estimate  cost  of  improving  the  Canal  from  the 
Warehouse,  at  the  entrance  into  Burlington 
Bay,  to  Crooks's  Point,  a  distance  of  200 
chains : — 

4643  piles,  at  15s.  each,  including  drawing 

6192  intermediate  do.  at  12s.  each,        do.     ... 

.  2321  back  piles,  at  15s.  each, do 

1^407  feet  timber  for  wall  pieees,  at   6d.  per  foot, 

including  all  work 

15568  feet  timber  for  ties,  at  6d.  pr  c.  ft.     do.     do. 
111408  supl.ft plank,  at  £7  pr  M  supl,  ft.  laid  down 

5570  !b  spikes,  at  6d, 

41778  lineal  feet  scantling,  at  £4  per  M  lineal  feet 
13926  lineal  feet  stand  rails,  at  Is  per  lineal  foot. . 

Carried  forward, £ 


£     s.  d 


3481  10  0 
3715  4  0 
1740  15  0 


435  3  6 

464  4  0 

779  17  1 

139  5  0 
167  2 
696  6 


£     s.  d. 


11619  6  911619  6  9 


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Brought  forward, 

Cost  of  protecting  North  side  of  Canal  : 

3095  piles,  at  15s.  each,  including  drawing. . .  . 

4128  intermediate  piles,  at  12s.  each,  ditto 

11605  feet  timbers  for  wall  pieces,  at  6d.  per  foot, 


including  all  work. 


Estimate    cost  of  improving   the  Canal,  between 
Crooks's  Point  and  the  Basin  at  Dundas,  a  dis- 
tance of  156  chains  : — 
2058  piles,  at  15s.  each,  including  drawing.  .  . . 
41184  ft  timbers,  at  6d.,  includ'gall  workmanship 


Cost  of  Bridge  at  Crooks's  Point 

Repairing  present  swing  Bridges 

Estimate  cost  of  dredging  the  Canal  from  the 
Warehouse,  at  the  inlet  into  Burlington  Bay, 
to  the  Basin  at  Dundas,  to  12  feet  in  depth, 
and  forming  towing  path 


Actual  cost  of  improving  Canal 

Contingencies  of  Superintendent,  5  per  cent  of  the 
whole  amount 


£     s.    d. 


2321     5    0 
2476  16    0 

290    2    6 


1543  10    0 
1029  12    0 


Total,  £     24969  18    4 


£     &.    d. 
11619    6     9 


5088    3     6 


2573  2  0 
298  0  0 
100    0    0 


4102    0    0 


23780  12    3 
1189    6     1 


The  above  estimate  embraces  the  cost  of  all  the 
work  that  I  consider  necessary  for  the  improvement  of 
the  Canal,  and  the  prices  put  on  the  different  materials 
are  such  as  will  ensure  their  delivery  upon  the  work,  and 
its  completion. 

The  item  of  Dredging  I  have  not  entered  in  detail, 
not  being  able  to  ascertain  the  exact  quantity  of  earth 
that  it  will  be  necessary  to  remove  \  but  from  the  sound- 
ing that  I  have  taken,  I  am  of  opinion  that  the  sum  esti- 
mated, is  quite  sufficient  to  cover  the  cost  of  that  portion 
of  the  work. 

The  manner  which  I  propose  to  construct  the  tow- 
ing path,  below  Crooks's  Point,  is  such,  that  at  any  fu- 
ture time,  and  when  it  will  be  desirable  to  construct  the 
towing  path  in  a  permanent  manner,  and  of  imperishable 


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materials,  the  whole  of  the  work  now  proposed  can  be 
made  use  of  as  a  foundation  for  the  new  one. 

The  towing  path  above  Crooks's  Point  I  look  upon 
as  permanent  \  for  should  it  be  found  necessary,  at  any 
time,  to  increase  the  present  width  of  that  portion  of  the 
Canal,  the  proper  side  to  be  removed,  in  my  opinion,  is 
the  south  side  \  the  banks  on  that  side  being  of  less 
height,  aud  of  softer  materials,  and  consequently  can  be 
removed  at  much  less  expense. 

I  remain, 

Sir, 
Your  Very  Obed't.  Servant, 

C.  S.  GZOWSKI, 

Engineer  Board  of  Works, 


REPORT 

OF  THE  PRESIDENT  AND  DIRECTORS,  SUBMITTED  AT  THE 
MEETING  OF  STOCKHOLDERS,  HELD  IN  TORONTO,  15th 
JANUARY,   1849. 

To  the  Stockholders  of  the  Desjardins  Canal  Company  : 

Having,  in  accordance  with  your  request,  (one,  we 
may  observe,  to  respond  to  which  gives  us  sincere  plea- 
sure,) placed  before  you  a  full,  and,  we  trust,  satisfactory 
statement  of  the  financial  affairs  of  the  Company  ;  and, 
being  desirous  of  putting  every  Stockholder  in  possession 
of  the  fullest  intelligence  in  reference  to  the  work,  in 
every  point  of  view,  at  once,  as  to  its  present  condition, 
the  general  prospects  of  the  Company,  and  also  in  refer- 
ence to  the  policy  which  we,  on  behalf  of  the  Company, 
in  the  management  of  its  affairs,  have  heretofore  thought 
it  prudent  to  adopt,  we  have  prepared  a  brief  Report, 
which  we  would  now  respectfully  submit  for  your  consi- 
deration. 

It  will  doubtless  be  remembered  by  the  Stockhold- 
ers, that  during  the  year  1846,  C.  S,  Gzowski,  Esq.,  Ci- 
vil Engineer,  was  employed  on  behalf  of  the  Company 
to  survey  the  Canal,  and  officially  report  thereon,  fur- 
nishing, at  the  same  time,  in  view  of  the  completion  of 
the  work,  correct  estimates  of  the  probable  expense, — a 
copy  of  which  Report,  with  estimates,  we  have  now  the 
pleasure  to  lay  before  you. 

It  will  be  observed,  that  the  necessary  enlargement 
of  the  Canal  Basin  is  not  included  in  the  estimates  sub- 


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mitted,  and,  therefore,  over  and  above  the  loan  author- 
ised by  Act  of  Parliament,  of  £25,000,  a  further  sum  of 
£6000  would  be  requisite  in  order  to  the  full  completion 
of  the  work.  In  view  of  this  deficiency  requiring  to  be 
made  up,  steps  having  been  taken  to  effect  the  required 
loan,  by  deputing  James  B.  Ewart,  Esq.,  as  the  Agent 
of  the  Company  for  that  purpose,  to  England,  the  Presi- 
dent and  Directors,  in  accordance  with  the  advice  of  Mr. 
Gzowski,  immediately  came  to  the  conclusion  to  devote 
for  the  purpose  referred  to  the  funds  at  present  in  the 
hands  of  the  Company,  being  of  opinion  that  these  toge- 
ther with  the  interest  accruing  thereon,  and  the  usual 
Revenue  of  the  Canal,  and  also,  the  interest  arising 
from  that  portion  of  the  Loan  not  immediately  required, 
—that  a  sum  nearly,  if  not  completely  adequate  to  the 
necessary  enlargement  of  the  Canal  Basin  would  be  at 
the  disposal  of  th  j  Company,  when  in  the  due  course  of 
the  completion  of  the  work,  it  would  be  required. 

In  accordance  with  this  conclusion,  the  President 
and  Directors  have  since  proceeded,  and  with  this  neces- 
sary allocation  of  the  funds  in  view,  they  were  and  con- 
tinue to  be  of  the  opinion  that  the  interests  of  the  Com- 
pany would  be  best  subserved  by  the  immediate  invest- 
ment of  the  funds,by  way  of  loans,at  short  dates,  on  relia- 
ble security. 

The  President  and  Directors  regret,  that  owing  to 
the  great  financial  pressure  and  unparalelled  monetary 
derangement  which  has  existed  ever  since  the  period 
referred  to,  that  they  have  hitherto  failed  to  effect  the 
authorised  loan  ;  and  further,  that  there  exists  at  present 
no  immediate  prospect  of  being  able  to  do  so.  At  the 
same  time,  tlicy  have  the  pleasure  of  being  able  to  state 


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to  the  Stockholders,  that  on  the  occasion  of  the  Canal 
being  brought  before  a  leading  Member  of  the  present 
Administration,  they  were  assured  that,  provided  they 
could  satisfactorily  show  that  the  Canal  would  pay  the 
interest  of  £25,000,  the  sum  required — a  proviso,  it  may 
be  remarked,  with  which  they  can  easily  comply — that 
so  soon  as  any  funds  for  such  purposes  should  be  in  the 
allocation  of  the  Government,  the  Desjardins  Canal 
would  not  be  forgotten. 

in  reference  to  the  present  condition  of  the  Canal, 
the  President  and  Directors,  although  second  to  none  in 
their  anxiety  to  secure  its  completion,  and,  at  the  same 
time,  convinced  of  its  present  inadequacy  to  meet  the 
wants  of  the  community,  are,  nevertheless,  decidedly  of 
the  opinion  they  have  ever  held — an  opinion  in  which 
they  were  fully  supported  by  the  Engineer,  Mr.Gzowski 
— that  it  would  be  worse  than  useless,  in  fact,  a  complete 
squandering  of  the  funds  of  the  Company,  to  attempt  to 
make  any  improvement  on  the  Canal,  until  the  requisite 
amount  is  at  their  disposal  ;  and  to  prove  satisfactorily 
to  every  individual  that  such  is  the  case,  they  have  only 
to  refer  to  this  feature  of  Mr.  Gzowski's  Report,  that  a 
sum,  equal  to  £20,000,  is  the  estimated  expense  of  se- 
curing the  banks  \  while  a  sum  of  between  £4000  and 
£5000  is  only  required  for  the  purpose  of  excavation, 
and,  included  in  this,  is  the  construction  of  the  tow-path  ; 
and  as  the  permanency  of  the  work  wholly  depends  upon 
the  preliminary  step  of  properly,  and  efficiently  securing 
the  banks,  the  correctness  of  the  position  assumed  is,  in 
their  opinion,  self-evident. 

In  conclusion,  the  President  and  Directors  would 
assure  the ■  Stockholders,that  nothing  shall  be  wanting  on 


30 

their  part  in  order,  if  at  all  possible,  to  place  at  the  dis- 
posal of  the  Company  the  necessary  amount,  and  failing 
to  effect  any  thing  under  the  provisions  of  the  Act  autho- 
rising them  to  obtain  the  loan  of  such  amount,  they  will, 
at  an  early  period,  direct  the  attention  of  the  Govern- 
ment to  the  importance  of  the  work,  and  the  desirable- 
ness of  its  speedy  completion* 

JOHN   PATERSON, 

President. 

Desjardins  C.  Company's  Office, 
Dundas,  Dec.  30,  1848. 


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Desjardins  Canal  Office, 
Dundas,   30th  December,    1848. 


D.   A.  DICKSON,      I 
HENRY  LAVERY,  S 


Auditors. 


