168 TRANSACTIONS OF THE CANADIAN INSTITUTE. [Von IT. 
2. The designer of the ship and superintendent of its construction was 
Mr. James Goudie, born in Quebec, 1809, and who died 1892. 
3. This ship was launched in the spring of 1831, with more than ordin- 
ary ceremony. The governor of the province Lord Aylmer was present 
Jonathan Tremain, J. Boggs, George Hartshorne, Wm. Mortimer, John Barron, Wm. Stairs, 
Wm. M. Allan, Joseph Austin, George Innis, Patrick Ross, James Leisham, Wm. F. Young, 
Rufus Black, Joseph Danby, George Turner, George Barton, Samuel Davis, Francis Le Cain, 
James Wilkie, Samuel Mitchel, David Starr, James Robb, James L. Stair, Ed. M. Archibald, 
E. Ross, I. Primrose, James McNab, Jasper Reoust, Allan McDonald, I. Shannon, Joseph 
Allison, George Young, Wm. Young, Philip J. Holland, Daniel Starr, L. Yates, Wm. McCara, 
Charles Keefler, Charles Rigby, Wm. Foster, John Romans, Wm. Woodill, Jas. Donaldson, 
Benjamin Schneller, Alexander Rankin, Thos. H. Peters, James A. Street, Alex. Fraser, jr., 
John Fraser, Andrew Crane, Joseph Allison, Hugh Morrell, Wm. Lock, Joseph Cunard, 
Richard Blackstock, Christopher Clarke, Gilbert Henderson, Robert Henderson, Patrick 
Henderson, Joseph Russel, John Hawbolt, James Letson, Asa Willard, J. M. Johnson, Alex. 
P, Henderson, John S. Willaston, Thomas C. Allan, Wm. Carman, jr., George Taylor, Henry 
Cunard, Wm. Eade, Ed. McQuillan, Joseph Samuel, Mary Little, Daniel Kieth, Caleb McCully, 
Alexander Sherriff, John Samuel, Gorwin Rainie, Francis Peabody, Martin Cramey, Alexander 
Key, Noah Freer, Francis Durette, James Black, James McDonald, John Torrance, William 
Price, William Walker, and John Jones. 
CERTIFICATE OF COLLECTOR OF CUSTOMS FOR PORT OF QUEBEC. 
REGISTER OF STEAMSHIP ‘f ROYAL WIILLIAM.” 
No. 13. Port of Quebec. Dated 18th May, 1833. 
2g Y, 1033 
Name, ‘‘ Royal William.” Burthen, 363 60-94 tons. John McDougall, Master. Built at 
this port in the year 1831, which appeared by a former certificate of registry, No. 42, granted 
_here the 22nd August, 1831, now delivered up and cancelled upon transfer of property. 
Name and employment of surveying officer. (Signed) © C. SECRETAN, Acting. 
One deck and round-house, 3 masts; length, 160 feet; breadth taken above the main wales, 
44 feet ; height between decks, or depth of hold, 17 feet 9 inches. Schooner rigged witha 
standing bowsprit ; square sterned ; carvel built ; quarter badges ; scroll head ; admeasurement 
afloat ; propelled by steam, with wheels or flyers at each side. 
Subscribing Owners. Shares. 
James Bell Forsyth, } Ten. 
Jeremiah Leaycraft, of Quebec, Merchants. den: 
Henry Le Mesurier, ( Ten. 
Other Owners. Shares. 
Mathew Bell, Fourteen. 
Noah Freer, of Quebec, Merchants. diens 
Henry John Caldwell, Mens 
De Novo, London, 22nd Nov., 1833. 
A true copy. 
Customs House, Quebec, 2nd March, 1891. 
(Signed) D. D. O’MEARA, 
Acting Re,istrar of Shipping. 
The steamship ‘‘ Royal William,” McDougall, Master, cleared on Saturday, 3rd Auvust, 
1833, for London, and sailed at 5 o’clock, a.m., Monday, 5th August. 
The ‘‘ Royal William” arrived at Gravesend, 25 days passaye from Pictou, Nova Scotia. 
(Signed) W. DUNSCOMB, 
Collector of Custonies. 
Port of Quebec, 5th February, 1872. 
