The estimate for 1845 was 125,200, as may be seen by the following report of the Inspector General of Canada, as laid before Parliament:—

PUBLIC WORKS.

CANADA WEST.

For present repairs to the Chatham Bridge£100
For improving the Grand River Swamp Road—
total 10,000—required this year9,000
For improving Rouge Hill and Bridge, also another
bridge and hill east of the former—
total £6,500— required this year5,000
For Belleville Bridge1,500
For the completion of the Dover Road over the
mountain, to the limits of the town of Hamilton, and
erection of toll-gates5,500
For the improvement of the road from L'Original
to Bytown, by Hattfield, Gifford, Buckworth, and
Green's Creeks, as surveyed and estimated, together
with the building of a bridge across the narrow
channel, at the mouth of the Rideau, on the line of
the road from Gattineau Ferry to Bytown—total
cost, £5,930—required this year3,000
Owen's Sound Road, comprehending the line from
Dundas by Guelph, to Owen's Sound direct (this
sum being for the chopping, clearing, drawing, and
forming of the portion not yet opened, and towards
the lowering of hills, or otherwise improving such
bad parts of the line between Nicolet and Dundas
as most require it)4,000
For opening the road throughout from Lake Ontario,
at Windsor Harbour, to Georgius Bay, on
Lake Huron, this sum being for the opening of the
road from the head of Scugog Road to the Narrow's
bridge2,000
For improving Queenston and Grimsby Road,
for laying on the metal already delivered, and completing
such parts left unfinished as are most advanced,
and establishing gates8,000
(To finish the remainder of this communication
within the Niagara district will cost £16,000, and
that within the Gore district £10,000.)
For improving the Trent navigation, towards the
completion of the works now in progress £12,000—
for this year6,000
To cover expense of surveys, examination, preparation
of estimates of the cost of improving the Main
Province Road across the ravines of the Twelve and
Sixteen Mile Creeks between Toronto and Hamilton;
opening a road from the main road to Port Credit;
opening and completing a road from the Ottawa at
Bytown, to the St. Lawrence in the most direct line;
of opening a road between Kingstown and the Lake
des Allumettes on the Ottawa, with a branch towards
the head of the Bay of Quinte; of opening a
road from the Rideau, thence by Perth, Bellamy's
Mills, Wabe Lake, to fall in with the road proposed
from Bytown to Sydenham; of completing
the Desjardin's Canal; of constructing the Murray
Canal; of overcoming the impediments to the navigation
of the river Trent, between Heely's Falls and
the Bay of Quinte, and also for a survey of the
road from Barrie to Lake Huron, through the
townships of Sunindale and Nottawasaga2,000
For improving the Amherstburgh and Sandwich road1,000
For the Cornwall and L'Original road900
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£47,000

WORKS OF A GENERAL CHARACTER, AS CONNECTED WITH

THE COMMERCE OR REVENUE OF THE COUNTRY.

To forming a dam across the branch of the Mississisqui,
and forming a portage road at the Chats1,250
For works upon the Ottawa and roads connected
therewith, as detailed in the Report of the Board
of Works of 3rd February, 1845, laid before the
legislature—total £21,600—required this year8,500
For building a landing-wharf, with stairs and approaches
at the Quarantine Station, Grosse Isle2,750
For the extension of piers, and opening inner
basin at Port Stanley harbour—total £6,000—
required this year1,200
For dredging at Cobourg harbour500
For expenses of piers and dredging at Windsor
harbour2,000
For repairs and erection of Lighthouses—total
£7,900—this year5,000
For the formation of a deep water-basin, at the
entrance of the Lachine Canal, in the harbour of
Montreal, to admit vessels from sea15,000
For the erection of a Custom House at Toronto2,500
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£39,700
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Total currency£125,200
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W. B. Robinson,

Inspector General.

Thus, from the commencement of the operations of the Board of Works in the Canadas, or in about six years, there will have been no less an amount than a million and a half expended in opening the resources of that "noble province," as Lord Metcalfe styled it, in his valedictory address.