The immense expenditure, since 1839, upon internal improvements in Canada, in canals, harbours, lighthouses, roads, &c., is almost incredible, as the subjoined list will show:—
REPORT OF THE BOARD OF WORKS,
SHOWING THE MONEYS EXPENDED UPON EACH OF THE PUBLIC WORKS, FROM THE COMMENCEMENT OF THE WORK, UP TO THE 1ST JULY, 1844.
| Welland Canal | £238,995 | 14 | 10 | |
| ST. LAWRENCE CANALS, VIZ.: | ||||
| Prescott to Dickenson's landing | 13,490 | 19 | 4 | |
| Cornwall (to the time of opening the Canal in | ||||
| June, 1843) | 57,110 | 4 | 2 | |
| Cornwall (to repair breaks in the banks | ||||
| since the above period) | 9,925 | 16 | 4 | |
| Beauharnois | 162,281 | 19 | 5 | |
| Lachine | 45,410 | 11 | 2 | |
| Expenditure on dredge, outfit, &c., applicable | ||||
| to the foregoing in common | 4,462 | 16 | 3 | |
| Lake St. Peter | 32,893 | 19 | 3 | |
| Burlington Bay Canal | 18,539 | 11 | 2 | |
| Hamilton and Dover Road | 30,044 | 16 | 5 | |
| NEWCASTLE DISTRICT, VIZ.: | ||||
| Scugog Lock and Dam | 6,645 | 8 | 1 | |
| Whitlas Lock and Dam | 6,101 | 7 | 11 | |
| Crook's Lock and Dam | 7,849 | 9 | 6 | |
| Heely's Falls | 8,191 | 5 | 1 | |
| Middle Falls | 219 | 2 | 8 | |
| Ranney's Falls | 228 | 6 | 8 | |
| Chisholm's Rapids | 7,599 | 14 | 0 | |
| Harris's Rapids | 1,591 | 9 | 6 | |
| Removing sundry impediments in the River | 185 | 17 | 0 | |
| Port Hope and Rice Lake Road | 1,439 | 16 | 4 | |
| Bobcaygean, Buckhorn, and Crook's Rapids | 12 | 0 | 0 | |
| Applicable to the foregoing works generally | 6,674 | 1 | 2 | |
| HARBOURS, AND LIGHTHOUSES, AND | ||||
| ROADS LEADING THERETO. | ||||
| Windsor Harbour | 15,355 | 18 | 3 | |
| Cobourg Harbour | 10,381 | 6 | 3 | |
| Port Dover | 3,121 | 10 | 4 | |
| Long Point Lighthouse and Light-ship | 2,163 | 8 | 5 | |
| Burwell Harbour and Road | 136 | 10 | 0 | |
| Scugog Road | 1,202 | 6 | 3 | |
| Port Stanley | 16,242 | 10 | 10 | |
| Rondeau Harbour, Road and Lighthouse | 60 | 4 | 2 | |
| Port Stanley Road | 24,385 | 13 | 5 | |
| Expenditure on outfit, &c. applicable to the | ||||
| foregoing in common | 2,328 | 13 | 7 | |
| River Ottawa | 35,603 | 16 | 3 | |
| Bay of Chaleurs Road | 15,726 | 16 | 11 | |
| Gosford Road | 10,801 | 10 | 10 | |
| Main North Toronto Road | 686 | 19 | 4 | |
| Bridges between Montreal and Quebec | 20,860 | 19 | 11 | |
| Cascades Road | 13,287 | 19 | 6 | |
| London and Sarnia Road | 19,837 | 5 | 11 | |
| London and Brantford Road | 36,182 | 18 | 5 | |
| London and Chatham, Sandwich and | ||||
| Amherstburgh Road | 12,789 | 0 | 1 | |
| River Richelieu | 92 | 4 | 0 | |
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Certified to be a true abstract of the accounts of the Board of Works.
Thomas A. Begly,
Sec. Board of Works.
Hamilton H. Killarly,
President Board of Works.