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17111 Governor: Lord j'vIelcalfe (181,3 to 181,5)

1844.-Erection of the ecclesiastical province of Quebec.
1845.-Return of the political exiles of 1837-38. Two great conAagrations at Quebec; 25,000
persons left horneless. The right ta vote given to the clet-gy. Bishop's College founded
at Lennoxville.

/8th Governor: LlYrd Calhcart (181/; 10 1847)

1846.-Joliette College founded. The Rouse obtains con trot of the Supplies. Educa.tion Act
amended and separate schools estabLished. .
1847.-TelegrapL line built between Quebec, Montreal, Toronto and Buffalo, also between Mont-
real and New York. Irish immigration, typhus epidemic; 13,800 victims, including
several priests. Hundreds of Irish orphans taken into French Canadio.n families.
Agricultural societies created. Terrebonne or Masson College founded. Foundation of
St. Laurent College. ArrivlÙ (rom France of the Frêres de Ste. Croix and the Clercs
de St. Viateur.
1848.-St. Lawrence canals opened ta navigatioll.

19t1l Gove'mor: Lord Elqin (/81,710 /854)

1849.-Rioting at Montreal and hurning of the Parliament Rouse and Library of the Legislature
1850.-Mgr Turgeon, 14th bishop of Quebee. Construction of the "Northern" Railway begun.
Rigaud College founded.
1851.-8t. Mary:. Col1ege at Montreal founded by the Jesuits. First Council of Quebec. Intro-
duction oC postage stamps. Population of Lower Canada, 890,261.
1852.-Dioceses of St. Hyacinthe and Three Rivers erected. Queen Victoria signs tbe cbarter of
Laval University. Construction of Grand Ttunk Railway begun. Great tire in Mont-
real (l0,000 persons homeless). Creation of the Department of Agriculture. Tbe
Clercs de St.. Viateur found a 8chool at Joliette for Catboüc deM mutes. In the
following year, this school is tra.nsferred to Cotenu St. Louis, near Montreal.

Adminislmlor: William Rowan (/853101854)

1853.-Colleges of Ste. Ma.rie de Monnoir and Levis founded. Mgr. Bedini, Apostolic Vicar, visits
Quebec. Arrivai nt Quebec of first transatlantic steamship. Opening of rai1way be-
tween Montreal and Portland. The number oi rnembers for Lower and Upper C!lII1l.da.
fixed at 65 for each province.

!JOlil GovernlYr: Sir Edmund Head (18.5410 /861)

1854.-Abolition of the Seigneurial Tenure in Lower Canada. Erection of Munieipalities in Lower
Canada. Inauguration of Laval University. Seeond Counci! of Quebec. Mgr. Bnillar·
geon, coadjutor and administrator of tbe diocese of Quebec. Reciprocity treaty
hetween Canada and the United States. Great \Vestern Railway in operation. SeculAr-
ization of Clergy rescrves. .
1855.-Laying of the corner stone of tLe "Monument des Braves" at Ste. Foy. The "Capricieuse".
French frigate, ascends the St. Lawrence. Formation of Liberal and Conservative
parties. Establishment of system oC money orders and registered letters in the post
offices.