The Secretary's, Governor's, and Surveyor General's fees of office, including the charge for writing petition 1 10 0 Duty on 1000 tons, at 1s 50 0 0 Less by amount included in fees, &c. 1 5 0 --------48 15 0 Incidental expenses to the applicant 0 15 0 Surveyor's fees for measuring the timber berth 7 0 0 Expenses for axemen and chainmen 5 10 0 Travelling expenses thence and back, five hundred miles 8 0 0 --------- 71 10 0 Ten men at L5 per month, and an overseer at L10, say for six months 360 0 0 Six yoke of oxen, at L30 per yoke 180 0 0 One pair draught horses 50 0 0 One boat, sail, and gear 36 0 0 Two canoes with paddles 6 0 0 Sleds, chains, harness, &c. 27 10 0 Eleven men's provisions for six months, at 85s. per head, per month 274 10 0 Hay for oxen, &c. 30 tons, at L10 300 0 0 Grain for ditto 25 0 0 ---------1259 0 0 Total expense on one thousand tons of timber, at the ---------- brow ready for rafting L1330 10 0 Expense of rafting, anchors, cables, ropes, &c. 50 0 0 L1380 10 0 Deduct for articles that may be useful another season, viz.-- Oxen, Horses, Boat, tackle, &c. 214 0 0 Canoes, sleds, harness, anchors, &c. &c. 50 0 0 --------- 264 0 0 ---------- Total amount of expenses L1116 10 0 From the foregoing statement (admitting it to be near the truth) it appears that the expenses on one thousand tons of timber got on the river Tobique, amounts to L1116:10:0--to which is to be added the expense and risk of taking it down to Saint John, a distance of about two hundred and fifty miles--the loss by casualties on a rapid river, where men and teams frequently break through the ice, and are swept away by the velocity of the current. When all the above expenses are deducted from the returns of the timber, it will leave but a little for those who carry on the business, and very often involves them in inextricable difficulties.