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chair, and the proprietors of the following estates ex. 
pressed their readiness to undertake and complete a 
canal from the head of Canal No. 3 to Lamaha Creek:— _ 
Ruimveld.—N. M. Manget, Stephen Cramer, g.q. 
Rome and Houston.—R. M. Jones, g g. 
Cuming’s Lodge.—A. Garnett, g g. 
Turkeyen.—C. Spencer, C. D. Ridley, ¢.g. 
Peter's Hall.—]. L. Smith, g g. 
Vlissengen.— Stephen Cramer, g.g. 
Kitty.—I. B. Eastern, 
La Peniteuce.—\. H. Albuoy. 
Thomas.—Thos. Bagot, q q- 
Sophia.—N, Hugenholst, g.q. ; 
The canal was to be 14 feet wide on level, 8 feet at 4 
bottom, and 5 feet deep. Georgetown at that time had — 
no Town Council—its affairs were managed by Commis- 
sioners called the Board of Police. At thesame meeting 
this Board agreed to dig out at their own expense a 
trench 15 ft. broad, 5 ft. deep and 6 ft. wide at bottom — 
from the town to Ward’s trench, where it communicated — .. 
with the back dam of Cuming’s Lodge. The Govern- 
ment on their part agreed to give grants of ungranted — 
Crown Lands at the back of the estates which kept up — 
Ward's trench, on their agreeing to keep it open in future, — 
So the canal was fairly started and the a€tual work — 
begun; but at the very outset it met with opposition. 
Each estate agreed to send a certain number of negro ; 
slaves to dig out the canal. If negroes were not sent, — 
f2.10. (two guilders and ten stivers) was to be charged 
against the estate for each negro absent; but some ~ 
