306 October 1749. 



October the 5th. THE governor-general 

 at Quebec is, as I have already mentioned 

 before, the chief commander in Canada. 

 Next to him is the intendant at Qyebec ; 

 then follows the governor of Montreal, and 

 after him the governor of Trots Rivieres* 

 The intendant has the gre^teft power next 

 to the governor-general; he pays all the 

 money of government, and is prefident of 

 the board of finances, and of the court of 

 juftice in this country. He is, however, 

 under the governor-general ; for if he re* 

 fufes to do any thing to which he feems 

 obliged by his office, the governor-general 

 can give him orders to do it, which he muft 

 obey. He is allowed, however, to appeal 

 to the government in France. In each of 

 the capital towns, the governor is the 

 higheft perfon, then the lieutenant-gene- 

 ral, next to him a major, and after him 

 the captains. The governor-general gives 

 the firft orders in all matters of confe- 

 quence. When he comes to Trots Rivieres 

 and Montreal* the power of the governor 

 ceafes, becaufe he always commands where, 

 he is. The governor-general commonly, 

 goes to Montreal once every year, and 

 moftly in winter; and during his abfence 

 from $tyebec> the lieutenant-general com- 

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