Note 214 — Chapter V · LORD DORCHESTER AND THE CANADA ACT OF 1791 (continued 2)
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The average annual revenue of Lower Canada for the five years 1795-9 inclusive was calculated at £13,000, p. a., of which only £1,500 was derived from Crown Lands, and the average annual expenditure at £25,000, leaving an annual deficit of £12,000.