 | A. N. Butkov - 1884 - 382 páginas
...House, Montreal, May 5th, 1838. The following petition accompanied the said message : To His Excellency Sir John Colborne, GCB, Administrator of the Government...men, that the ship channel in lake Saint Peter could be deepened to sixteen feet at no very considerable expense. The advantages that would be derived from... | |
 | 1889 - 596 páginas
...cargoes had to be transferred, to enable them to pass through the lake, thus entailing upon the trade at Montreal an immense annual expense, as well as causing detention to the ships. In reply to this petition the sum of £500 was appropriated " as an aid towards causing a survey to... | |
 | 1890 - 974 páginas
...cargoes had to be transferred, to enable them to pass through the lake, thus entailing upon the trade at Montreal an immense annual expense, as well as causing detention to the ships. In reply to this petition the sum of £500 was appropriated " as an aid towards causing a survey to... | |
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... ten to twelve feet of water. That the draught of water of the vessels employed in the trade between Montreal and the United Kingdom, averages from fourteen to sixteen feet, which renders it necessary to transfer a considerable portion of their cargoes... 