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12 to be finished in the course of the ensuing Season. By means of this communication the intercourse and trade of the citizens of this State with our friendly neighbors of the Province of Canada, is increasing, and it is for our mutual interests to cherish the good understanding now happily subsisting. The facility of passing from the jurisdiction of one Government to that of the other affords an opportunity for the escape of Fugitives from justice and the laws have given no power to the Executive of this State to detain them upon the request of the Provincial Government. I would respectfully suggest for your consideration the expediency of providing by law for cases of this kind, where, from the nature of the crimes committed, the public welfare would require the offenders to be surrendered to answer the demands of Justice. The concerns of the State Prison at Thomaston are in a favourable situation. The amount paid during the past year for the support of the convicts and materials for manufacture is about Eighteen Thousand Seven Hundred Dollars, and the receipts for manufactures sold from the prison amount to about Eighteen Thousand Dollars. The stock on hand at the close of the present year exceeds that of last year by more than Two Thousand Five Hundred Dollars, which leaves a balance of about One Thousand Eight Hundred Dollars in favor of the institution. The number of convicts in the prison for the last three years is found