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1855 · rif. 000050 — Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Canada 1855. Book. Good. Cloth. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Binding good book has typical wear for Legislative volumes of this age and spine panel is almost detached. Else clean undamaged and in typically good condition; this was printed pre-acidic wood-fibre paper that plagues later 19th-century official records in Canada. Contains: Appendix ZZ Approx. 350pp including tables and index. Tables of the Trade and Navigation of the Province of Canada for the Year 1854 compiled from Official Returns. General Statement of Imports Being a Detailed Account of the Principal Articles of British and Foreign Merchandise Enetered for Consumption in Canada During the year ending the 5th January 1855 shewing the quantity and value of each article imported at each port and indicating from what country imported. General Statement of Exports being a detailed account of the Principal Articles of Canadian Produce and Manufacture shipped during the year ending January 5th 1855 Shewing the Quantity and Value of each article shipped at each port and indicating to what country exported. Appendix AAA Approx. 62pp and tables. Returns from Sheriffs of Counties in Upper Canada and Districts in Lower Canada and also from Police Magistrates in Cities and Towns in the Province received in pursuance of the order of the House of the 8th November 1854. Includes returns from the Districts or Counties of Quebec Ottawa Three Rivers Trois-Rivières Kamouraska Ontario Gaspé New Carlisle Gaspé Percé Perth Haldimand Hastings United Counties of Frontenac Lennox and Addington United Counties of Northumberland and Durham St. Francis Saint-François Montreal Carleton Norfolk Oxford Kent United Counties of Leeds and Grenville United Counties of Prescott and Russell United Counties of Huron Perth and Bruce County of Waterloo United Counties of Wentworth and Halton Prince Edward Middlesex Wellington Grey Lambton Toronto Montreal Kingston Hamilton County of Simcoe and United Counties of York and Peel. Many of the returns are nominal returns giving the full name of the jailed person and details of their residence nationality occupation and crime; a valuable source for genealogists and local historians. Jospeh Méthot in Gaspé did time for Maiming a Horse; Lydia Lambier in Haldimand for Keeping a House of Ill-fame; James Hyett in Kent for Sheep Stealing; Peter Wannamaker in Huron-Bruce an unspecified misdemeanor; 20 unnamed dastards were convicted in Toronto for "Infringement of the Sleigh Ordinance"; John Quay in Simcoe for "shooting at one M'Lilland"; Quebec had convictions for Sodomy Indecently Exposing the Person Molesting a Surveyor and Refusing to Give Statistical Information under the Census Act. Legislative Assembly of Canada Hardcover