2016 8 To the Prevost des Marechaux de France (b)....... 500 By Sundry extraordinary expences 41 : 13 : 4 Publication of the decrees of Council... By paid to the Establishment of Louisberg, a 50: 00 taken into the Kings hands 333 68 D to the Religious Brothers of la Charite 62: 100 D to the Nuns of La Congregation. 50 0:0 D° to 4 Councellors at 300 each ... 1,000 100 200 500 1800:0:0 6000 8000 1500 1200 16: 130 D to the Proceureur General All at same place. 83 68 By a pension to a Botanist at Louisiana 400 17,100:0:0 2000 0:0 4757: 10:0 Total of the Etat du Roy... 114180: 0:0 THE SALARY AND PERQUISITES OF THE GOVERNOR GENERAL. £500 0:0 From the Marine Funds appointments 125 0:0 From D° allowance for freight of necessaries from France... 125 0:0 From the Domaine as private Gov' of Quebec.. 157 1 8. From D° Pay of the Garrison. 12000 3000 3000 3770 600 25 0:0 From D° in lieu of what he paid for duties (a) This Officer had likewise an allowance of 10 pr diem extraordinary when upon his duty. If the Inhabitants applied to him to make out roads for their own private advantage they were at all the expences attending the same. This Officer likewise had an allowance of 7 10 p' diem travelling charges when out upon the execution of his office. (e) These were severally allowed 31b pr diem when sent in pursuit of Deserters or other Criminals. d) This was a perquisite to the Lieutenant General and as the firing would have cost three times as much, the Intendants supplied the same out of the King's Yard. From the E: India Comp a present of 2 p C on all the Beaver exported by them, valuing the whole upon an average of 2b p' pound. This varied every Year but upon a medium may be set down.... His share of the Cantine as set down above. 167 19 2 This likewise varied in 1757 it produced 250: 0:0 : 83: 6:8. 1792: 2:6 For Belts of Wampum presented by the Savages to the 1400 1000 600 5610 6000 4031 2000 41011 THE SALARY AND PERQUISITES OF THE INTENDANT. 500 00 From the Marine appointments 125 0:0 From D° allowance for Freight of neces- 18 5:0. From the Domaine in lieu of duties he paid 187 100 930: 15:0 From the foregoing it appears that the Country duties raised in 1757 together with the other Revenues belonging to the 13,961 12: 101 King produced that Year the sum of From which deducting the Etat du Roy amounting to 114,180. And the expences ordered on this side by 11,158 10: 51 the Intendant 153,624: 106.. 2,803 2 51 Remained a surplus of..... 12000 3000 450 4500 1200 1200 22,350 335,079: 8:11 267,804 10: 6 67,274: 18: 5 Which surplus when there was any, was paid by the Receiver General of the Kings domaine, into the hands of the Commis of the Treasurer General of the Marine as an addition to that Fund, out of which all the general expences were paid. Such as the Subsistence and provision of the eight Battalions, Forty Companies of Marines and Detachment of Royal Artillery serving in Canada, the officer of the naval Yard of Quebec, and in short all the ordinary and extraordinary expences attending the Military and Civil Government of Canada the officers of the Court of Admiralty only excepted, who were paid by the High Admiral of France. The expence of Government in this Country was formerly very moderate, for a series of Years to that of 1726, it never exceeded 360,000 Livres; the two ensuing ones it was advanced to about half a Million, on account of the Colonies being at War at that time, with the Indian nation of Renards. From this period it gradually increased SESSIONAL PAPER No. 18 to a Million, and from the breaking out of the war with Great Britain in 1744, till peace was concluded with her in 1748, the annual expence amounted to about 2 Millions. In the month of August in that very Year the late Intendant Mr Bigoe came over, the expences have ever encreased and to 1753 inclusive did not amount to less than three, four, or five Millions every Year. Of the whole upon the most moderate computa3,333,333 6 8 tion, at least 80 Millions are still owing 6000,000 5,500,000 8,000,000 12,000,000 24,000,000 30,000,000 1,300,000 22,000,000 108,800,000 The manner of transacting the business is thus. The Intendant for every expence emitted the ordounances, which passed current with his bare signature only, one of which, (No 4.) is annexed to shew the nature of it; in August notice was given to the proprietors, to bring into the Treasury within the Month of September, and untill the 10th of October, the Ordonnances in their possession, for which they took the Treasurers receipt, and commenced drawing the Letters of Exchange, which continued fifteen or twenty days, or till the navigation was shut up. From the Year 1740, to that of 1746 Letters of Exchange were drawn only for three fourts of the value brought into the Treasury; these indeed payable in 6, 7, 8, or 9 months, when they were duly discharged, the remaining fourth was reimbursed the proprietors, by a Card Money, of which there is to the amount of near a Million still existing in the Colony. From 1746, to 1752, Letters of Exchange were drawn for the full sum brought into the Treasury and were all made payable sometime within the ensuing Year. But the expences having encreased considerably orders were given to divide those of the Year into three equal parts payable in 1, 2, or 3 Years this was put in execution in 1753, but the very Year following another arrangement took place; only one fourth part was made payable in the course of the ensuing Year, one half two Years after that and the remaining fourth in three; and this Method was ever after observed 'till the Year 1760. By this means a great number of those drawn in the preceding Years, were not come in course of payment, when the Kings Arret of October 1759 suspended payment entirely NB the Clerks of the Marine and other Officers employ'd in that department, having left the Country it has not been possible to procure certain accounts of the expences of that branch. Throughout these calculations and in every other part of this Report, The French Livre to avoid Fractions is esteemed at ten pence Ster1 Observations 1st I had the Honor to inform the Lords of the Treasury very fully of the state of the Kings ports, in a Letter to M Martin their Secretary, of the 7th November last, at the same time that I transmitted all accounts relative thereto by Mr Ainslie whom I intrusted with the management of them untill I could receive instructions from home, I am thoroughly persuaded the proposal I therein made to their Lordships of selling R--16 18-3-4 6-7 EDWARD VII., A. 1907 them to the highest bidder, for a Term of Years, is the surest expedient to make them profitable to His Majesty. 2-The duty on Liquids will ever bring in a considerable sum, for tho' the Canadians in general are not much given to drunkenness, Yet Men, Women and Children are used to drink a certain quantity of strong Liquors, the severity of the Climate having probably introduced this practice. By the great improvement likely to be made in the Fisheries the consumption of these will considerably increase. 3-As the Canadians seem thoroughly reconciled to the use of British made Corn spirits, the consumption thereof could suffer no diminution, from a moderate duty upon the same of 6 p' Gallon, and that of Rum or New England Spirits might be raised to a Shilling, this would check the importation of the latter and favor that of the former, that the Revenue may not suffer by this measure, it will be necessary to prevent any attempts which may be made of smuggling by the Lakes while they are navigable as well as when they are to be travelled over with carriages.-The like precaution will be necessary to be taken for the lower part of this River, which abounds with little bays, Creeks, and Rivers favorable for such practices, as detrimental to the fair Trader as to the state itself. 4th-As there have been few or no purchases made since we have been in possession of Canada, the people having no money and being uncertain of their fate, the Lots et Vents, have produced nothing considerable; when a settlement takes place this branch of the Revenue will probably receive a large encrease. 5-The tax upon Horses in the City and Suburbs of Quebec for the support of the Barracks, could not be levied upon the Inhabitants since the Town has been in our possession, as great part of it was in ruins, and many of these who were fomerly wealthy have been reduced to great distress thereby, besides that it might prove a disencouragement to the rebuilding it 6 -As probably it may be thought right, not to receive the duties on dry goods, a Tax upon Horses might be introduced in lieu thereof, it would serve also to restrain a piece of luxury the people of this Country are too apt to run into, in that respect, and prove a means to encourage the breed of horned Cattle of which at present by the unavoidable waste of War, they are very short, besides, as Cattle must be housed here for a long time during the Winter, the Horn'd kind are fodder'd with more ease, less cost, and afford a double utility. 7th The small salaries given by the French Government to the Civil Officers in general made them neglect their duty and wreck their invention to cheat and trick both King and People; This was carried to such a length that many instances may be cited of clerks and men in petty Offices with Yearly Salaries of only Six or Eight Hundred Livres, raising to themselves in the compass of three or four Years Fortunes of three or four hundred thousand. M Before I close this article I must add that the duty on Wine may be easily revived without distressing the people or lessening the consumption, as there is no doubt that an additional one may be raised hereafter upon spirits. But it must be served, that the lighter the burthens are laid at present upon the people, the more it will ingratiate then new Masters, the more it will enable them to repair their past losses and the sooner they will be in a condition to contribute a proper portion to the public 5th CHURCH GOVERNMENT The Bishop. own the Bishoprick of Quebec was first established in 1764, the See was wark by Loubs the 14" with the Revenues of two Abbacies, those of Benevent and about 50 Years ago the Bishop then finding it difficult, considering the perng the revenues of them by consent of Louis the 15th resigned the baloney of dance, to be united to a particular revenue of theirs stiled the " SESSIONAL PAPER No. 18 Economats applied to the augmentation of small livings. In consideration of which the Bishop of this See has ever since received 8,000 Livres out of the said Revenues. A few Years before the late Bishops death, the Clergy of France granted him for his life only a further pension of 2000 Livres. The Bishop had no estate whatsoever, except his palace in Quebec destroyed by our Artillery, a Garden and the Ground rent of two or three Houses adjoining it and built upon some part of the land. The Chapter of Quebec. The Chapter consists of a Dean and twelve Canons; Their revenue consisted of an Abbacy in France which brought them in about 4000 Livres and a pension from the King of Eight Thousand paid out of the Domaine, The whole was divided into fourteen shares of which the Dean had two. There is one vacancy in the Chapter, the present Dean the Abbé de la Corne, a Canadian and five of the Canons are in France. Parish of Quebec. The Town and Suburbs form but one parish which is very extensive and is served by a Curé and two Vicars under him. The Church is Parochial as well as Cathedral, no part of it is left standing but the bare walls; a Chapel of ease in the lower Town was likewise burnt during the Siege. The people at present perform their devotions in the Chapels of the several religious communities. Some part of the Lordship of Quebec is the property of the Cathedral or parish Church, stiled here La fabrique and is appropriated to the repairs of it: a dispute subsists between the Chapter and the seminary about the nomination of the Curé, the affair was to have been judged by the King but was still undetermined. The Jesuites They possess a large commodious House, a handsome Chapel and a spacious Garden within the upper Town, the House and Chappel suffer'd a good deal from our artillery, but might be easily repaired; no other place in the Town being so proper, it has and is still made use of as a Magazine of Provisions. For this reason it was necessary to dislodge the Fathers the first Winter, less their turbulent and intriguing genius should prompt them to play some Trick which might have proved fatal in the critical situation of affairs and which they could perhaps have easily compassed had they been suffer'd to reside in the House. After the capitulation of Montreal they were readmitted and conveniently lodged in one wing of it and have freely consented to His Majesty making use of the remainder. Their particular province is the instruction of Youth and the Missions of the Savages, the King allow'd them on account of the latter, 13,300 Livres. They have a very large estate in the Country and hold some lands in the Town en Roture, but are Lords of very large tracts in this Government, and of very considerable ones in the other two. They possess in that of Quebec the best part of the large and rich parish of Charlebourg, that of Lorette and most of S Foix. By the best accounts their revenues cannot be short of 30,000 Livres p' annum and most probably exceed it; of which in this Government about Eleven Thousand. They have only two Missions here, one to the Hurons at Jeune Lorette near Quebec, the other to the Montaignais at Tadousac and Chicoutimi. The whole number in Quebec Govern the two Missionaries included is 9. The Superieur is nominated in France and holds the Office generally six Years. The Recollets mt This is an order of Mendicant Friars who possess nothing of their own but a House and Garden in the upper Town. They had a piece of ground in the suburb of St Rock on which they had formerly a house and church, which has been abandoned for some Years. A small part of the Intendants buildings is erected upon a piece of this Land, |