178 REVIEWS—RED RIVER AND ASSINIBOINE EXPLORATIONS. 
The council consists of the chief officers of the Company, the chief factors 
being ex-officio members of council. Their deliberations are conducted in private. 
The sixteen chief factors are in charge of different districts in the territory, and 
a certain number of them assemble every year at Norway House, for the northern 
department, generally about the middle of June, to meet the Governor and trans- 
act business. Seven chief factors, with the Governor, form a quorum, but if a 
sufficient number of the higher rank of officers are not present, a quorum is 
established by the admission of chief traders. 
The Hudson’s Bay Company’s operations extend not only over that part of 
North America called Rupert’s Land and the Indian territory, but also over part 
of Canada, Newfoundland, Oregon, Russian America, and the Sandwich Isles. 
The following table exhibits the number of departments and district posts into 
which this immense territory is divided for the prosecution of the fur trade :— 
Country. Departments. Districts. No. of Posts. 
({ Athabaska 
| McKeuzie River 
English River. 
Part of Indian territory on . 
{ 
and part of Rupert’s} Northern, 1 Swan pices 
Land. Red River 
Lae la Pluie . 
Norway House 
York 
{ Albany 
Kmogumisse 
Lake Superior 
) Lake Huron . 
Part of Rupert's Land, Southern. 4 Sault St. Marie 
and Canada. M 
oose . 
East Main 
Rupert’s River 
| Temiscamingue 
{ Fort Coulonge 
Lae des Sables 
Lacluire 
a 
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Newfoundland and part 
; Montreal. St. Maurice 
of Rupert’s Land. { King’s Posts . 
( Mingan 
Esquimaux Bay 
Part of Indian territory, Columbia 
Washington territory, Oregon, Colville 
U.S. and Oregon, U.S. Snake Country 
( Vancouver’s Island 
Vancouver's Island, part 
of Indian territory and Western. 
Russian America, 
! North-West Coast . 
Thompson’s River . 
(New Caledonia 
8 Independent Countries| 5 Deputs. 33 Districts. 152 Posts. 
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