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QUEBEC. 



now exceeds $110,000 ; not a dollar has been lost 

 out of over 200 loans that have been made. The 

 total amount on loan on Sept. 1 was $134,823.37 ; 

 the total number of loans that have been made 

 is 236; the amount contributed is $239,580.37, 

 of which $13,344.65 was given this year. 



Religions Orders. The religious orders in 

 the Church for men are the Society for the Mis- 

 sion Priests of St. John the Evangelist, founded 

 at Cowley, England, in 1865, established here 

 in 1872; the Order of the Holy Cross, founded 

 in New York in 1881, removed to Maryland 

 in 1892 ; and the Order of the Brothers of Naza- 

 reth, founded in 1886. The sisterhoods of the 

 Church are : All Saints Sisters of the Poor, Balti- 

 more, Md., founded in London in 1858; the Sisters 

 of the Annunciation B. V. M., New York city, in- 

 corporated 1893 ; Sisterhood of the Good Shep- 

 herd, New York city ; Sisterhood of the Good 

 Shepherd, St. Louis, Mo., incorporated 1867 ; Sis- 

 terhood of the Holy Child Jesus, Albany, N. Y. ; 

 Sisterhood of the Holy Communion, New York 

 city ; Sisterhood of the Holy Cross, Kansas City, 

 Mo. ; Sisterhood of the Holy Nativity, founded 

 1883; Order of the Holy Rood, a branch in 

 Philadelphia of an English order: Sisterhood of 

 St. John Baptist, New York city, founded at 

 Clewer, England, in 1851, and affiliated as an 

 independent branch in America in 1881 ; Sister- 

 hood of St. John the Evangelist ; Sisterhood of 

 St. Margaret, Boston, Mass., founded in East 

 Grinsted, England, in 1855, and established as 

 an affiliated house in America, 1873 ; Sisterhood 

 of St. Martha, Louisville, Ky., organized 1875 ; 

 Sisterhood of St. Mary, New York city, founded 

 1865; St. Mary, New York city, incorporated 

 1892; Sisters of St. Mary and All Saints. Balti- 

 more, Md. ; Sisters of St. Monica, Fond da Lac, 

 Wis. ; Sisterhood of Sts. Philip and James, New 

 Orleans, La. ; Order of Deaconesses of the Dio- 

 cese of Alabama, instituted 1863 ; Church Train- 

 ing School and Deaconess Home of the Diocese 



of Pennsylvania, established 1891 ; and New 

 York Training School for Deaconesses, estab- 

 lished 1890. 



Charities. These include 31 orphan asylums, 

 25 homes for children, 8 homes for children and 

 adults, 8 homes for adults, 25 homes for aged, 

 and 13 summer homes, and also 6 reformatories, 

 2 dispensaries, and 67 hospitals. 



General Condition of the Church's Affairs. 

 During the Church year 4 of her bishops have 

 died, namely : Bishop William Henry Augustus 

 Bissell, of Vermont ; Bishop Phillips Brooks, of 

 Massachusetts; Bishop Alexander Gregg, of 

 Texas ; and Bishop William Ingraham Kip, of 

 California. The death of 71 presbyters is also 

 reported. Assistant-Bishops George H. Kin- 

 solving and William Ford Bishop have been 

 appointed Bishops of Texas and of California, 

 and William Lawrence has been made Bishop 

 of Massachusetts. Nine other presbyters have 

 been consecrated bishops, namely: Lemuel 

 Henry Wells, Missionary Bishop of Spokane; 

 William Crane Gray, Bishop of Southern Flori- 

 da ; Francis Key Brooke, Missionary Bishop of 

 Oklahoma; William Morris Barker, Missionary 

 Bishop of Western Colorado; Frederick R. 

 Graves, Missionary Bishop of Shanghai ; John 

 McKim, Missionary Bishop of Yeddo; Elli- 

 son Capers, Assistant Bishop of South Carolina; 

 Thomas Frank Gailor, Assistant Bishop of Ten- 

 nessee ; and Joseph B. Cheshire. Jr., Assistant 

 Bishop of North Carolina. The Bishop-elect of 

 Vermont, Rev. Arthur C. A. Hall, of Cowley St. 

 John's Brotherhood, Oxford, England, having 

 been released by this community and by the 

 English House of Bishops from his obligation of 

 obedience to them, was confirmed by the House 

 of Bishops and will be consecrated early in 1894. 

 Especial cause for rejoicing exists in the fact 

 that, in spite of the financial stringency, there 

 was only a slight decrease in the total amount of 

 contributions. 



Q 



QUEBEC, a province of the Dominion of 

 Canada ; area, about 193,000 square miles; popu- 

 lation in 1891, 1,488,586. Capital, Quebec. 



Legislative Session. The Legislature was 

 convened Jan. 12, at the call of Lieut.-Gov. 

 Chapleau, who succeeded the Hon. A. R. Angers 

 (retired in December, 1892) in that office. In 

 his opening address he outlined the general 

 scope and main features of legislation for the 

 session. He remarked that since the closing of 

 the last session the financial situation had mark- 

 edly improved, and that the sums voted for the 

 ordinary expenses of the fiscal year, though 

 $400,000 less than for the preceding year, would 

 in all probability be more than enough to meet 

 the expenditures. 



The Legislature adjourned Feb. 27. The ne- 

 cessity of securing improved agricultural meth- 

 ods throughout the province induced legislation 

 granting assistance to dairying and agricultural 

 societies. The great abuses resulting from the 

 liberal railway policy pursued by the Govern- 

 ment in the past have been made well-nigh im- 



possible of recurrence by acts providing for pro- 

 tection of the public interests. 



The acts of more general public importance 

 passed by the Legislature were : 



To amend the law respecting joint-stock companies. 



Respecting the issue of provincial debentures to 

 provide for the redemption of the loan of 20,000,000 

 francs. 



To incorporate The Back River Power Company. 



To incorporate the Blandford Railway Company. 



To incorporate the Canadian Mutual Loan and In- 

 vestment Company. 



To incorporate the Montcalm Railway Company. 



To incorporate the Bellechasse Telephone Com- 

 pany. 



To incorporate The Cap Range, Sillery, and St. 

 Lawrence Railway Company. 



To incorporate the Gaspasia Railway Company. , 



To amend the law respecting public instruction. 



Respecting subsidies to certain railways. 



Finances. The following is the official state- 

 ment of the provincial revenue and expenditure 

 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1893 : 



