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3rd LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR: HON. Luc LElTELLIER DE ST. JUST (1876 TO 1879)

1877.-Sixth Couneil of Quebee.
1878.-Ereetion of the diocese of Chicoutimi.
3rd Gove'mor Genera./.' Marquis a] Lorne (1878 [0 1883)

4th LIEUTENAN'l'-GOVERNOR: HONOURAllLEJ TREODOREJ RODITAILLE (1879 TO 1884)
1879.-Adoption of the protectivc tariff ealIed "The National Policy".
1880.-Annexation ta Canada of aH the British North American possessions, e;'ï:cept Newfound-
land. Signing of the contraet for the cOlUltruction of the Canadian Pacific Ra,ilwa.y.
Catholic Congl'ess at Quebec. "0 Ca.nada" written by Sir A. B. Routhier, music
by C. La.vaUée, adopted as national anthem.
1882.-Royal Society of Canada founded. Sale of the North Shore Railway. Dairy Industry
Society founded at St. Hyacinthe.
4th Governor General: Marquis a] Lansdowne (1883 la 1888)
5th LmUTENANT-GoVERNOR: HONOURABLEl RoDRIGUE MASSON (1884 TO 1887)
1885.-Half Breed rebelIion in the North-W~st. Execution at Regina of their leader, Louis Riel.
Diocese of Nicolct erected.
1886.-First. C. P. R. train leaves Montreal for Vancouver. Seventh Council of Quebec. Montreal
and Ottawa erected into archbishoprics.
6th LmuTENANT-GovERNOR: HON. AUGUSTE REAL ANOERS (1887 TO 1892)

1888.-Final scttlement of the Jesuits' Estate question. (The Government paying the bishop8
$400,000).
51h Governor General: Lord Stanley a] Preston (188810 1893)

1888.-Creation of the Provincial Board of Health. Fisheries treaty signed at Washington.
1889.-Form.ation of "The Equal Rights" party. Erection of the Cartier-Brebeuf monument
at Quebec. Rock slide from. the Quebee Citadel cliff (45 kiUed).
1890.-Abolition of Catholic sehools in Manitoba.
1891.-Dismis~al of the Mercier Provincial Government. Death of Sir Jobn A. Macdonald.
7th LmuTENANT-GovERNOR OF QUEllEC: Sm ADOLPliE CflAPLElAU (1892 TO 1897)

1892.-Diocese of Valleyfield erected. Construction of the dairy school at St. Hyacinthe.
6th Governor Genl:ral: Lord Aberdeen (189:'310 1898)
1894.-opening of a Colonial Conference at Ottawa. Death of Hon. Honoré Mercier.
1895.-Commercial treaty with Frs.nce put into force. First Council of Montreal.
1896.-Petition of the bishops of Canada, relative ta the re-establishment of Catholic schools
in Manitoba. Federal Act fixing the Iimits of the Province of Quehec at Hudson
Bay and adding a territory of 118,450 square miles.
1897.-Mgr. Merry dei Val, Apostolic Delegate, arrives in Canada. Grunts ta elementary schools
voted by the Provincial Government. Rush to the Yukon on discovcry of gold
fields.
8th LJEUTENANT-GovERNOR: SIR LOUIS A. JE'ITE (1898 ro 1908)

1898.-Thc preferential tariff of 1897 comes inta force. Champlain monument unveiled at Quebee.
Meeting at Quebec of the Anglo-American commis8ion to determine the boundary or
Alaska. Death of Sir Adolphe Chapleau. Inter-iroperial p08,tal rate reduced to two
cents.