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OFFICIAL INFORMATION.
CALEDONIAN CANAL— (Opened in 1822.)
From one end of the Canal to the other the distance ia
sixty miles. The lochs along the route extend to thirty-
eight miles, and the Canal cuttings to twenty-two miles.
There are twenty-nine locks on the line — the rise to the
summit level in Loch-Oich being about 100 feet above
high water at ordinary neap tides. The Canal cat
accommodate vessels not exceeding in demensions, over
all, viz. : — Length, 160 feet; width, 38 feet; draught of
water when at the standard level, 15 feet, and vessels
drawing 18 feet water can be admitted into the Muirtown
Basin, Inverness.
COMMISSIONERS.
The Speaker of the House of
Commons
The Chancellor of the Ex-
chequer
First Lord of the Admiralty
The Vice-President of the
Board of Trade
The Lord Advocate'
The Member for Argyll for
the time being
The Duke of Argyll
Lord Abinger
J. E. B. Baillie of Dochfour
Lord Malcolm of Poltalloch
Secretary — J. W. Lowther, Speaker's House, West-
minster, London. Resident Engineer and Manager —
John G. Davidson. Collector at Clachnaharry — Wm.
J. M. Burrell. Collector at Corpach — D. R. Macgilli-
vray.
Caledonian Banking" Company Limited.
Incorporated under the Companies' Acts 1862 to 1880.
Established 1838.
Subscribed Capital, £750,000 | Paid-up - - £150,000
Uncalled - - - £600,000
Reserve Fund - - 51,000
Governor — The Mackintosh of Macintosh.
Deputy Governor — Sir Geo. Macpherson-Grant, Bart.
Extraordinary Directors.
Sheriff Davidson, Ft. -William
John. A. Dewar, Esq., M.P.
James Douglas Fletcher, Esq.
of Rosehaugh
The Hon. Lord Kyllachy
Sir Kenneth J. Matheson,
Bart, of Lochalsh
Jonathan Middleton, Esq.,
Davidston, Cromarty
Geo. Rose, Esq., Inverness
Wm. Sopper, Esq. of Dunma-
glass.