The St. Peter's Canal

connects the St Peter's Bay on the south coast of Cape Breton, N S., with the Bras d'Or Lakes, crossing an isthmus half a mile long, and giving access to the Atlantic Ocean. It is being widened to 48 feet at bottom, with a depth of 15 feet below the summer level of the Bras d'Or, and a lock 200 by 45 feet. The canal has been closed since June, 1876, to admit of the completion of this work.

During the fiscal year, 1876-77, 23,526 vessels passed through the Canadian Canals, having a tonnage of 4,193,876 tons. Of these, 20,857 were Canadian, and 5,669 United States. The average tonnage of Canadian vessels was 158 tons, of United States, 123 tons. The expenditure on Canals during the fiscal year was