[[37]] Ibid., Arthur to Durham, 20th Aug., 1838.

[[38]] Durham to Arthur, Aug. 24th, 1838; Ibid., p. 164.

[[39]] Arthur to Durham, July 9th, 1838, Can. Archives, G. 494, p. 507.

[[40]] Ryerson: Story of My Life, p. 225.

[[41]] These figures are taken from a return to be found in the Canadian Archives, Q. 407, Pt. I, pp. 108-13.

[[42]] Egerton and Grant: Canadian Constitutional Development, p. 176.

[[43]] Parl. papers (Canada), 1840, Pt. II, p. 142.

[[44]] Parl. paper (Canada), 1840, Pt. II, p. 181.

[[45]] For a full account of the relations between Poulett Thomson and Sir George Arthur the reader is referred to Shortt, Sydenham, pp. 153-162.