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granted by the State, and received from individuals for the improvement of the road leading through the Notch of the White Hills has been nearly all faithfully expended by the Agent, and the distance of eighteen and a half miles from Ethan A. Crawfords to Littleton Village, has been made a good carriage road, and repairs have also been made in the town of Bartlette this side of the Mountains. The amount appropriated for repairing the Canada road has been expended for that purpose, and the present condition of the road, and the necessity of providing for future repairs, will appear by the Report of the Agent, herewith transmitted. Under the Resolve of last year, the Agents who formerly contracted to complete the road westward of the Bald Mountain, have entered into a new contract for that purpose, and it is expected to be finished in the course of the ensuing season, By means of this communication, the intercouse [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 deliver them up on 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's Prison at Thomaston, are in a favorable situation. The amount paid, during the past year, for the support of the convicts, and materials for manufacture, is about