Appendix to the thirteenth volume of the journals of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada . 5th September, 1854, to 30th May, 1855 . eighteenth year of the reign of . Queen Victoria : being the 1st session of the 5th Provincial Parliam

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. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.…