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I62 CANADA AND ITS PROVINCESFitzgerald, Father. Missionary priest at Charlottetown(1823), 11 73.Fitzgibbon, James (1780-1863). At battle ofBeaver Dam, 3 242-3 ; defeats rebels atMontgomery s Tavern, 366 ; strength of hisforce, 7 387.Fitzgibbon, Mary Agnes. Her Life of JamesFit-gibbon, 12 508.Fitzherbert, AUeyne, Baron St Helens (1753-1839), British ambassador at Madrid. Negotiates on Nootka dispute, 21 44-5.Fitzjames, James. Captain of H.M.S. Erebus,5 297.Fitzroy, Sir Charles Augustus (1796-1858),lieutenant-governor of Prince EdwardIsland (1837-41). Recommends purchaseof Lennox Island as an Indian reserve, 5 361.Five Nations. See Iroquois.Flathead. Post established by David Thompson at, 21 58.Flax and Hemp. Cultivation of encouragedby Talon, 2 474 ; and by Louis XIV, 491 ;yield of (1734, 1743, 1755), 15 55 ; GovernorMurray suggests its cultivation, 4 525 ;production of (1768), 527 ; encouragementgiven to raising of, 7 663 flax ; -growingintroduced in West by Mennonites, 20 296 ;flax favourite first crop of American settlers,317.Flechfe, Jesse. Accompanies Poutrincourt toAcadia (1610), 2 381 ; baptizes Indians,382 ; baptisms condemned, 383.Fleming, A. M., of Chatham, Ontario.Canadian artist, 12 623.Canadian novelist, 12 548.Fleming, Peter, civil engineer. Proposes railway from Montreal to western boundary ofCanada, 10 393.Fleming, Sir Sandford (1827-1915). Surveysfor Intercolonial Railway, 10 417 ; choosesthe northern route, 6 31 ; his overlandjourney to the Pacific, 12 517.Flemish Bastard. Iroquois chief, 1 71.Flemming, James Kidd (6. 1868), premier ofNew Brunswick (1911-14). His election successes in 1912, 14 431 ;and railway construction, 431 ;on overcutting of forests, 620.Fletcher, of Dundas. Petitions to raise aRoman Catholic corps in Scotland (Glengarry Fencibles), 17 67.Floras, Antonio, pilot to Martin d Aguilar.Dies from exposure, 21 17.Florida. Italian Lfoyd steamer which rammedand sank the Republic, 10 610.Florida Blanca, Jose Monino (1729-1808),Spanish statesman. His claims in the NorthPacific, 21 44 ;and the Nootka affair, 45,46-7.Florida Blanca, Treaty of, 8 843.Flumerfelt, Alfred Cornelius (6. 1856). Memberof Forestry Commission of British Columbia(1909), 22 496.Flynn, Edmund James (b. 1847), premier ofQuebec (1896-97). Joins Chapleau s administration, 15 189 ; measures passed by,208-9 ; cause of his defeat, 209.Fond du Lac. Dulhut arranges an Indianpeace at, 1 105.Fleming, John (1786-1832).<Author of An Odeon the Birthday of King George III, 12 567.Fleming, Mrs May Agnes (1840-80). English-Fonte, Bartolomede de. Claims to have sailedfrom Atlantic to Pacific through a chain oflakes and rivers, 21 18-19.Forant, Isaac Louis de (d. 1740). Governor atLouisbourg (1739-40), 1 210.Forbes, Elizabeth A. (b. 1859). Figure painter,12 626.Fitzpatrick, Sir Charles (b. 1853), chief justice Forbes, John (1710-59), British military officer.of Canada. Solicitor-general, 6131; member Changes name of Fort Duquesneof The bourgh, 1 268.Hague Tribunal, 8 708.Forbes, John Colin (b. 1846). Canadian portrait painter, 12 629-30.Forbes, John M. A director of Great WesternRailway, 10 395.Forbin-Janson, Charles Auguste de (1785-1844),bishop of Nancy. Preaches first retreat toclergy since the Conquest (1841), 11 97.Ford, Harriet. Canadian artist, 12 627.Fordonian. Lakes freighter, 10 557.Forest, Charles. Instructor in Indian school atChateauguay, 5 347.Forests and Timber. Special Articles : Resources of Quebec, 16 533-51 ; of MaritimeProvinces, 14 597-634 ; of Ontario, 18 585-599; of British Columbia, 22 487-521.General : British preference on Canadian,4 568-9 ; readjustment of duties on foreigntimber, 569 ; protests against reduction ofpreference and Stanley s replies, 5 201-3 ;influence of lumber industry on social life,4 588 ; effect of geological conditions onlumbering, 9 72-4 ; prospects and resourcesat Confederation, 99, 105 ; increase in demand and prices paid, 255 ;effect of mnkingmanufacture of pulp a condition in timberlicences, 255-6 ; industry outside the labourMmovement, 285 ;the case of Caldwell t .c Laren, involving right of timber floating,6 96-7 ;extent of resources, 9 285.Quebec extent of timber : lands, 16 531-2 ;value and revenue of privately owned forestsand maple sugaries, 532 ;area of timberlimits, 532 ; exports to West Indies (1729),15 55 ; reservation of oak for navy, 16 533-4 ;first timber licences and their abuse, 534 ;early leases and their conditions, 534 ;auctioning of leases begun (1868), 534 ;areaand value of leases (1867-1906), 534-5;privilege of cutting abolished on settlersfarms, 15 208 ;mode of leasing, 231-2 ; leasein aid of construction of National Transcontinental Railway, 16 553 ; ground rentsand stumpage dues, 535-6 ; prohibition ofexport of unmanufactured timber, 537, 543 ;restrictions on cut, 537 ;the several logrules, 537 ;total revenue (1867-1911), 538 ;area of crown timber reserve, 538 ; potentialities of timber resources, 538 ;standof pine, 538 ;relation of annual cut tonatural growth, 538-9 ;statistics of production (1912), 539-40 ;value and extent ofcrown timber, 540 ; unexploited regions,