Public works (Canada) Return to an address of the Honourable the House of Commons, dated 7 April 1843;--for, copy of the act of the Parliament of Canada in 1841, appropriating colonial monies for the improvement of the navigation of the River St. Lawrence, and for other public works in the Canadas:--copies or extracts of all correspondence between the Colonial Office and the Governors of Canada, respecting the improvement of the River St. Lawrence and other public works, under the provincial government, in the years 1840 to 1843, both inclusive:--copy or extracts of any reports made to the government of Canada, since January 1840, respecting the Lachine, Beauharnois, Cornwall, Rapid Plat, Gallops and Welland canals; showing the estimates, if any, prepared for each of those works:--accounts of the amounts already expended upon these canals and public works; stating the amount expended upon each work in each year, together with an abstract of the amount of the remaining estimates for the said works:--of all monies borrowed for public works by the Canadian government during the years 1840 to 1843, both inclusive; stating the rates of interest to be paid, and what arrangements have been made for repayment of principal sums and interest thereon:--of the terms on which the loan (sanctioned by the British Parliament in 1842 for the service of Canada) has been made in England; stating the date of the contract, the amounts of the loan paid up, the dates of such payment, and how the same has been appropriated:--of all monies received as tolls on the Lackine, Ottawa, Rideau and Welland canals, in each of the years 1840 to 1842, both inclusive; distinguishing the amount from each canal in each year [electronic resource].