This act outlines the raising of funds, by way of loans, for financing the construction of a great trunk railway from Halifax to Quebec, creating a sinking fund for the payment of the loan in New Brunswick.
This act alters the rules surronding the granting of patents allowing those residing in New Brunswick for less than a year to apply for them, and only allowing them to have force as long as foreign ones do.
This act incorporates a railway company dedicated to building a line from Maine to a Maritime port to facilitate trade and immigration with European countries, and stipulates how it will be governed.
This act establishes uniformity in weight charges for mail being delivered from the United Kingdom to the United States, and establishes new regulations for interprovincial and international mail.
This act allows for the raising of no more than four million pounds to build an inter-provincial railroad stretching from Halifax through to Hamilton or some other convenient point in United Canada.
This act makes it possible for the province to raise through public and private debenture as much money as possible for the Halifax to Upper Canada railroad project to prevent as much public debt as possible.