105 



Note.— That the standard at York Fort and Churchill is much 

 higher, the French being not so near these places, and therefore 

 can't interfere with the Company's Trade so much as they do at 

 Albany and Moose River, where they undersell the Company, and by 

 that means carry off the most valuable furs." 



The number of beavers gathered and exported annually by the 

 Hudson's Bay Company at this time was estimated at about 15,000 

 beaver coats and 175,000 skins, and with regard to the supply col- 

 lected by the French, we quote M. d'Auteuil, who valued "the ex- 

 port from Canada, in 1715, of over 100,000 skins, as amounting to 

 two million francs, ' ' the trade being then in the hands of the ' ' Com- 

 pany of Canada. ' ' 



Farther south, complaints were made of the contest that existed 

 between the governments of Canada and of the Province of New 

 York " about the Beaver trade," notwithstanding which, the collec- 

 tion exported from New York amounted, at a minimum, to 80,000 



