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jurist. Prepares case for submission toKing of the Netherlands, 8 792 ;and protests against award, 811.Precious Blood, Sisters of the. At Toronto, 1162 ;at Ottawa, 69 ; at St Hyacinthe, 91.Prendergast, James Emile Pierre (b. 1858),provincial secretary of Manitoba (1888-89).Resigns on schools question, 19 126.Prentice, James Douglas (d. 1911). Ministerof Finance and Agriculture of BritishColumbia, 21 228.Presbyterian Church. Special Article Presby:terian Church and its Missions, 11 249-300.Its polity and doctrine, 249-53. MaritimeProvinces : first ministers in, 255-8 ;ScottishChurch secessions and subsequent reunions,256-7 ; Protestant Dissenters Church ofHalifax and its ministers, 258 ; Comingoeordained to charge at Lunenburg (1770),258-9 ;first permanent presbytery formed(1786), 259 ;union of Burgher and Antiburgherpresbyteries ( 1817), 259-60 ; strugglefor equal rights, 261-3 ; Glasgow ColonialSociety and its work, 263-4 ; negotiationsfor union, 264. Canadas : first congregations, 265, 15 124 first ; presbyteries, 11 267 ;hardships of the pioneers, 267-8 ; strugglefor equal rights, 13 268 ; government recognition conceded, 11 268 ;rival synods andultimate union, 268, 269, 270 ;and clergyreserves, 269-70 ; the eight branches priorto 1843, 271-2; Scottish Disruption (1843)causes disruption in Canada, 272-4 ; Presbyterian population and number of ministers(1884), 274; root causes of division, 274;training colleges and divinity halls, 275-6 ;missions to New Hebrides, to negroes atBuxton, and to French Canadians, etc.,277-9, 281 ; the various unions, 279-80,281-3 ; foreign missions of, 277-9, 280-2, 283,291 ; Red River Mission opened (1851), 278,286 ;first mission in British Columbia, 284 ;first mission to Indians (1866), 287 ; formation of a Manitoba presbytery, 287-8 ; firstchurch on the prairies (Knox Church, Winnipeg), 287-8; growth in North-West (1881-89), 289-90 ; department of Social Serviceand Evangelism, 296-7 ; union movementwith Methodist and Congregational Churches,297-9 ;statistics with tables (1875-1912),299-300 ; missions in the Yukon, 293-4.Prescott, Charles R. Introduces standardvarieties of apples into Nova Scotia, 14 655.Prescott, Robert (1725-1816), major-general.Governor-in-chief of Canada (1797-1807).Sketch of, 3 153 ;his measures of defence,153 ; his efforts to reform land-grantingsystem leads to deadlock and recall, 154-6,Prescott (Fort Wellington). Abortive Britishattack on Ogdensburg from (1812), 3 217 ;incorporation of (1834), 18 424 its ;petitionre Municipal Loan Fund, 17 266-7.President. (1) American man-of-war, attacksthe Little Belt (1811), 3 195. (2) Americanship of war, 3 216. (3) British frigate sentto Vancouver Island, 21 1 14.Presnaux, Machuco de. Nominated coadjutorbishopof Quebec (1728). 2 431.VOL. XXIIIGENERAL INDEX 161Presqu Ile, New Brunswick.built at, 13 175.Fortified postPreSQU Isle. Destruction of fort at, 1 273 ;treaty with tribes signed at (1764), 3 68.Pressart, Colomban Sebastien (1723-1777).Director of Little Seminary of Quebec, 16387.Preston, Major. His defence of St Johns(1775), 3 81.Pretorian. Allan liner, 10 606.Pretyman, William, Original member ofHudson s Bay Company, 1 166.Prevost, Sir George, Bart. (1767-1816), governor-in-chiefof Canada (1812-15). ImprovesCanadian mail service, 4 737 ; indecisionand lack of initiative of, 3 205, 240-1 ;hisarmistice with Dearborn and its results,218, 225-6 ;obstructs Brock, 226 ; attemptsto take Sackett s Harbour, 240 ; urgesBarclay to give battle at Lake Erie, 244-5 ;orders retirement from Burlington Heights,246 ; his general order on reprisals, 252 ;proposes another armistice, 254 ; plansexpedition against Plattsburg, 261 ; hisPeninsular veterans, 261-2 ;his army supplied by American contractors, 262 ;incompetent leadership of, 262-8 ; sketch of,205, 275 ;his conciliatory policy, 205,275-6, 4 448 ; results of his policy, 3 279-80.Prevost, J. B. Resumes possession of Astoria onbehalf of United States, 21 61.Prevost, James Charles (1810-91), captain R.N.San Juan boundary commissioner, 8 871,874, 21 161 j signs boundary protocol, 8876.Prevost, Jean (1870-1915). Minister of Colonization of Quebec, 15 213 n.Pribyloff group. Leased to Alaska CommercialCompany, 8 723.Price, Andrew. A grantee of township of Bristol, IV 44.Price, George, ensign. In command at Fortle Bceuf, escapes to Fort Pitt, 3 64.Price, James Harvey (1797-1882). On Sydenhams legislation on clergy reserves, 5 61 ;his motion on clergy reserves, 64.Price, Norman. One of originators of CarltonStudio, 12 631.Price, Overton W. Consultant forester forBritish Columbia, 22 502.Price, Samuel (6. 1863). Mining commissionerof Ontario, 18 640.Prices. Price of wheat at Quebec (1779-80),4 533; of flour at Quebec (1779-80), 533;flour, peas, and pork in Upper Canada (1797),556 ;after 1825, 590 ; general fall of, inEngland (1873-96), and its results, 9 180;of commodities in Prince Edward Island(1780), 13 363 ; proposal to regulate duringRevolutionary War, 4 533.Prickett, Abacuk. Agent of Merchant Adventurers, 1 152 ;his accusation againstHenry Hudson, 163-4 ; accompanies Button sexpedition, 155.Prideaux, John (1718-59), brigadier-general.Killed at Fort Niagara, 1 273.Primeaux, Charles Joseph (1792-1855). Missionary priest in New Brunswick, 11 42.