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Committee have been held there ever since. The expense 
of the up-keep of the canal was at this time $2,303.33. 
Mr. MCNULTY who was Police Magistrate and Sheriff of 
Demerara was made ex officio, President of the Com- 
mittee. 
May 11th, 1857.—At this meeting the following resolu- 
tion was passed.—* That the proprietors are of opinion 
that Pln. Haagsbosch is stri€tly excluded by Ord. 27 of 
1847 from any right to the canal or to the waters 
thereof.” 
September rgth, 1857.—BARRY McGusTy, Overseer 
and Secretary, having died, Mr. JAMES SHANKs was 
appointed Overseer. 
In 1858, the Committee of the Canal was : 
Honourable HENRY CLEMENTSON, JAMES STUART, and 
GEORGE LILLIE, for the Planters; Sir W. H. HOLMES, 
A. W. PEROT, and WM. KNOX, for the Town Council. 
Mr. MCDONALD oi Og/e and Mr. JONES of Houston 
complained that the Overseer did not give them the 
share of water to which they were entitled. On this 
complaint Mr. SHANKS wrote the following minute. 
* Mr. JONES also complains that he had shared badly as 
to water, whereas I could prove that he or his Manager 
kept his sluice in a bad state of repair for months with 
wacer at the sides on purpose to get more than his share. 
I say I can prove this: what would Mr. MCDONALD say 
if I were to bring into Court the bolt with the false head 
by which Ogle drew water every night and all night 
from the canal, paying the Haagsbosch watchman $10 or 
$12 per month for opening the sluice at nightfall and 
shutting it in the morning before daylight. Verily these 
are Honourable Men!!! But how comes it that Mr, 
