The magnitude of the work undertaken in Lake St. Peter, by the Harbor Commissioners of Montreal, may be estimated from the fact that 3,000,000 cubic yards have already been removed by dredging, and that another million yards must yet be dredged to give the intended depth of twenty feet at low water, and a width of channel of 300 feet.

It is an incident not generally known, and worthy of record, that the foundation stone of the Locks at Ottawa, for the Rideau Canal, was laid by the celebrated, but unfortunate arctic voyager, Sir John Franklin.

STATEMENT

Showing the amounts expended from 1791 to 1861, in other public works connected with the Navigation.

Summing up the provincial, municipal, and corporate expenditure of Canada, under the three heads of ROADS, NAVIGATION, and RAILWAY; we find that in round numbers the first have cost $11,000,000; the second, $21,000,000; and the Canadian interest in the last, is at least $30,000,000; or a total of over $60,000,000. This sum also, is about the measure of the public debt of the Province,-so