15 See note 4. 16 S ta tutes o f the Province o f C a na d a, 1857, 20 Vic, c 169; 1859, 22 Vic, c 125. 17 W e e k ly B ritish Wftig, 26 Apr. 1861. The nominal value of the shares was £250, a year's salary for some of the prospective investors. S tatu tes o f the Province o f C anad a , 1857,20 Vic, c 169, s. 3. 18 Queen's University Archives, Canada Steamship Lines Papers (hereafter QUA, C.S.L. Papers), vol. 172, Canadian Inland Steam Navigation Company, Dividend Book. W e e k ly British W h ig , 11 Apr., 26 Apr. 1861. Alexander and Duncan Milloy do not appear to have been related, coming as they did from Kintyre and Oban, Argyllshire respectively. Robertson, L andm arks o f Toron to 2:980. Barrie Dyster, 'Duncan Milloy,' in D iction a ry o f C anadian Biography, 10:515. Census of Canada, 1851, Canada West, Brantford Twp., p. 139. J. L. Mitchell, M itc h e ll's Toronto D irectory for 1864-5 (Toronto: W. C. Chewett, 1864), 116. Robert J. Hamilton, John's nephew who had other business connection with Captain Harbottle, withdrew from the company before his bankruptcy in 1864. Hamilton Public Library, Robert Jarvis Hamilton Papers, `Liabilities of Robert Jarvis Hamilton endorsed by Thomas Harbottle'; 'Begwell v. Hamilton et. al,, Copy of W rit of Attachm ent & Declaration, 13 Sept. 1864.' 19 QUA, C.S.L. Papers, vol. 172. 20 QUA, C.S.L. Papers, vol. 172. PAC, RG 12, A1, vol. 179, p.50. 21 B ritish W h ig (Kingston), 8 Feb. 1868. QUA, C.S.L. Papers, vol. 172, `List of Shareholders in the Canadian Navigation Co'y February 4th 1874' . 22 QUA, C.S.L. Papers, vol. 172. 23 W e e k ly B ritish W h ig , 26 Apr. 1861. 24 British W h ig , 4 Aug. 1869,25 Apr. 1868,12 Mar. 1870. D a ily News, 10 July 1872, 26 Nov. 1873. 25 D a ily News, 26 Nov, 1873. 26 I bid., (quoting Toronto Sun ). The certification of masters on the Great Lakes was not required until the passage of the Masters' and Mates' Act in 1882. 27 Canada, Sessional Papers, 1869-1875, Report of the Department of Marine and Fisheries, Steamboat Engineers' Examinations and Renewals. 28 D a ily News, 7 Nov. 1873. M o n tre a l G a zette, 18-24 Nov. 1873. 29 British W hig, 10 Feb. 1866,8 Feb. 1868. Daily News, 8 Feb. 1873. QUA, C.S.L. Papers, vol. 172. S tatu tes o f the Province o f C ana da , 1855,18 Vic., c 44; 1861,24 Vic, c 89. 30 Gladys Barbara Pollack and Gerald J. J. Tulchinsky, `Mathew Hamilton Galt,' in D ictionary o f C anadian Biography 11:335-36. 31 QUA, C.S.L. Papers, vol. 14, La Societe de Navigation du St.Laurent & du Richelieu, Minutes, 2 Mars, 2 Avr., 5 Juin, 6 Juillet 1863. 32 Ibid., vol. 15, Richelieu Co., Minutes, 12 Avr., 22 Avr., 26 Avr., 13 Mai, 5 Juillet 1869. 33 QUA, C.S.L. Papers, vol. 15,1 Juillet 1872. 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Daily News, 19 Nov. 1870. PAC, RG 12, A1, vol. 322, pp. 30 32. 45 British W h ig , 14 Oct., 24 Oct., 11 Nov. 1867; 18 July, 22 Oct., 2 Nov. 1868; 21 May, 2 Aug., 13 Nov. 1869. Kivas Tully, `The Fluctuations of Lake Ontario from 1854 to the year 1878 Inclusive,' in Canada, Public Works, M em o ria l on the H a r bour a t Toronto (O ttaw a, 1881), 132-35 and chart. 46 John W. Spurr, `Garrison and Community, 1815-1870,' in To Preserve & De fend, 118. Brian S. Osborne, 'Kingston in the Nineteenth Century: A Study in Urban Decline,' in Perspectives on Landscape and S ettlem ent in N in ete en th C e n tury O ntario, ed. J. David Wood, Carleton Library no. 91 (Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, 1975), 167-68. 47 Daily News, 14 July, 12 Aug. 1865,4 Aug. 1871,1 Aug 1873. B ritish W h ig , 30 May 1867,29 July 1868. Concerning spring and fall freights see D aily News, 21 Oct. 1870, 27 Nov. 1873. 48 M o n tre a l G a zette, 16 June 1874. QUA, C.S.L. Papers, vol. 16, Compagnie du Richelieu, Recus des Dividendes. 49 Peter C. Newman, The C anadian E sta b lish m en t (Toronto: M cClelland and Stewart, 1975), 1:65,80. 50 QUA, C.S.L. Papers, vol. 15,12 Juin 1874. 51 QUA, C.S.L. Papers, vol. 15, 5 Fev. 1875. M o n tre a l G a zette, 16 June 1874. 52 53 54 55 56 57 QUA, C.S.L. Papers, vol. 15,5 Fev. 1875. M o n tre a l G a zette, 15 Jan. 1875. M o n tre a l G a zette, 15 Jan. 1875. QUA, C.S.L. Papers, vol. 15,16 Jan. 1875. S tatu tes o f C a na d a, 1875,38 Vic., c. 85-86, QUA, C.S.L. Papers, vol. 15, 5 F6v,, 5 Aug. 1875; 19 Feb. 1876. Ibid., 28 July 1877. M o n eta ry T im e s, 15 (17 Feb. 1882): 101QUA, C.S.L. Papers, vol. 15,11 Feb. 1882. 58 Statutes o f the Province o f C a na d a , 1857-1861. 59 Swainson, 'North West Transportation Co.' MAP showing steam ship routes on Lake Ontario Compiled and Prepared FROM THE LATEST GOVt. SURVEYS, MAPS etc by W. J. S. Holwell, P.L.S., 1873. (Archives of Ontario) 14