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The total expenditure up to the 31st of December, 1863, is described in the 

 Public Works Report for that year. 



Expended prior to 31st December, 1841 $1,85 1,421 TT 



Debentures issued under 1 Vie. c. 34, for payment of back inter- 

 est on Stock 675,356 42 



Amount expended under Department of Public Works, for en- 

 largement, erection of permanent structures, and land damages 4,766,4'70 VO 



$"7,293,244 89 



" This sum however cannot be considered to represent the cost of the work. It 

 is merely the aggregate of all the vouchers which have been charged to the ac- 

 count of the Canal. Below is appended a statement extracted from the Public 

 Works Reports, of the sums paid for repairs and management for sixteen years. 

 la some instances they are kept distinct, in others th,e total of the two are shewn. 

 We leavn from them, however, that for the last six years, the " management, 

 &c." averaged about $40,000 per year, whereas in 1850 the cost was $13,500. In 

 the Report of 1849 it was estimated that the future expense of management 

 ■would be £2,804 ($11,216), and of repairs £2,600 ($10,400). 



" The inequality of these amounts does not admit of generalization. Where there 

 are no details to guide, one would conceive it is not possible that maintenance 



