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Ili Shminary of Montreal, nth March, 185S. Sir, — ^In obedience to the commatids of His Excellency the Governor General, I have the honor to transmit herewith, for the information of His Excellency and of the Legislature of this Province, detailed Statements of the property and revenues of the Seminary of St. Sulpice, of Montreal, in accordance with the Ordinance of the Special Council passed in the 3rd year of Her Majesty's Reign, chaptered 30. 1. This property consists of the seigniorial dues of lods et venters and cens et rentes from the three Seigniories of Montreal, St. Sulpice and the Lake of the Two Moun- tains. . 2. Of thirteen houses for which rents are paid in the City and suburbs of Montreal, besides twelve school-houses producing no revenue, the Seminary build- ings, the College, the Country House at the Mountain, and the Mission House of the Lake of Two Mountains, used as a residence for the Members of the Corporation. 8. Of four farms in the Island of Montreal, namely : that of the Sault au RecoUet, called the '^Domaine ;" that of the Mountain or Country House ; that of Woodland or Gregory's Farm ; and that of St. Gabriel ; also of twenty-one lands or farms in the Seigniory of the Lake of Two Mountains, the greater part of which are newly settled. ^ 4. Of two water-mills, one wind-mill and two saw-mills in the Seigniory of the Lake of Two Mountains, two water-mills, one saw-mill and one carding-mill in the Seigniory of St. Sulpice, and an annual rent of four hundred minots of wheat remain- ing due on the sale of a mill at Sault au Recollet, in the Seigniory of Montreal ; the other mills of that Seigniory and of the other Seigniories being now sold. 6. Of certain constituted rents (rentes constttuies) and interest accruing upon amounts derived from commutations, from the sale of mills and of cleared lands • the amounts derived from these different sources, comprising the ordinary revenue of the Seminary, the details of which will be found in the statements hereunto Annexed. 6. Of the extraordinary revenues, consistmg 1st, of payments received of the amount of divers obligations ; 2nd, the prices of lands and mills sold ; 3rd, of arrears of lods et ventes due prior to the 9th June, 1840, to be collected in conformity ^th the said Ordinance, and a detailed account of which will be found in Statement No. 6 hereunto annexed. The ordinary revenues not having proved adequate to the necessary works, the Seminary have been obliged, in order to the continuance of their building operations, to appropriate a portion of the funds arising from the sale of lots on the St. Gabriel wrm, and also a portion of the funds arising from commutations and from loans of divers sums of money, as shewn in Statement No. 2. *3a ^ .\^ Number of Members of the Seminary, Offices connected therewith, and the application ofita Revenues. The Seminary at present numbers forty-one Members, and two Assistants or Vicars Iwcnty-seven of these Members anci the two Vicars reside at the Grand S4mi- noifp, and are employed m the spiritual administration of the Parish of Montreal Eleven reside at the College or Petit S&minaire, and are engaged in the educa- tion ot youth. " ® And three reside at the Mission of the Lake of the Two Mountains, and are engaged m the spiritual administration of that Mission, at which two Indian tribes are settled, namely, those of the Iroquois and Algonquin Indians. All these Members live in common, receive no salaries or emoluments, beinic iumishedby the Corporation with lodging, board, clothing, and all that they can require either m health or m sickness. The Seminary, besides the support of its Members, provides moreover: Ist. For the expenses indispensable to the procuring of the necessary new Members ; ^ 2nd. The costs of management of their whole property; 3rd. The repairing and construction of houses, mills and other buildincs- 4th. The spiritual care of the Parish of Montreal; 6fh. That of the Mission of the Lake of Two Mountains; 6th. The necessary expenditure for the support of the College or Petit S&mi- naire of Montreal, the revenues of which are not sufficient to enable it to support itself alone ; '^^ 7th. The expenditure for the support of school-houses, in which the Seminary provide instruction for more than three thousand children of both sexes, there being twenty classes for boys and eighteen classes for girls, the whole gratis; in this num- ber IS included the school of the "Brothers of the Christian Schools," which estab- lishment cost the Seminary more than seventeen thousand pounds, and the costs of support of which average annually twelve hundred pounds, besides four hundred pounds each year for the support of girls' schools, the buildings for which have cost more than four thousand pounds ; 8th. The expenditure necessary to the support of the poor, the orphans and the sick. The property is administered by the^OTcwrcwrof the establishment, who receives the seigniorial dues, the rents of the Town houses and a part of the profits of the mills, and pajrs over to the 4conome of the Seminary, to the Director of the College and to the Director of the Lake Mission whatever they may require, to aid them in providing for the expenses of their department. The Statement of the property and revenues of the Seigniory will accordingly comprise : ^ ^ Ist. A Statement of the management of the procureur as regards the ordinary receipts and disbursements. ^ 2nd. A Statement of the management of the said procureur as regards the ex- traordinary receipts and expenditure. 3rd. A Statement of the management of the econome of the Seminary. 4th. A Statement of the management of the Sconome of the Mission of the Lake of Two Mountains. 6th. A Statement of the arrears of lods et ventes prior to the 9th June, 1840. 6th. A Statement of the profits arising out of the s^ of lots on the St. Gabriel Farm. 7th. A Statement of the funds derived from commutatioDS made since th« 9th Jttne, 1840, and ofth^ sdministration thereof. 8tL. A Statement of debts due to and owing by the Sennnaiy. 9th. Recapitulation of the above Statements. ( i iVni Hon. A. N. Morin, Provincial Secretaiy, P. BILLAUDELE, Superior. &;c.. kc, &c. 3 CURRENT RECEIFrs. ex' For the Y«un The riUnd of Montreal. Loili et rtntu ■nd ctnt et rentei. loth et venien Lod, el renlet 1840 t 1841 1842 1843 IH44 I84A, jC I. 6*2 12 Vi1& 10 14K1 1744 9 2S4H '•" I 2548 H }fc;: :?"»>» 1848 1849 I860 1851 1B53 2I«4 li t7S8 6 17M0 8 lot 1979 13 1 1869 7 7t I8I4 4 Hi 21670 14 Lake of Two Mountain).* and cent et renttt. In the Selgnlorlea of Montreal and Saint Sdplo t, i. 368 892 4 1097 1 1728 13 1442 18 16.33 17 1446 1 UJ 1049 3 4 637 17 8 714 18 e 871 12 ai 680 14 a 12461 8 fi Produce of Ullla. Conttituted llcnts anil Into- |rvst on commuU- tluna and othvr capital. *■ a. d. 362 19 t 668 9 8 222 19 472 16 449 11 319 li 616 4 638 IS 630 8 767 3 646 S 622 19 t a. d. 796 16 «< 1133 « 11 1743 4 3 1778 It 8 3193 12 10 4010 19 4 4U48 r ai 4871 a 8 6196 8 4 6117 ai 6311 17 4 43XS 7 a 6188 6 6i fl 43384 U 9| CURRENT EXPENDITURE. For the To the Ecmomt ', ^°, ">8 Econom* of the Seminary i| °' ^he College for HouM I '"'.'hrt support Expenses. i\otthe EaUbliih ment. t n. 3640 17 2662 1 1918 10 1446 7 1791 3 1793 16 1743 7 2609 18 2760 . 3975 18 8^ 3274 3776 4 8 31383 S 8 and Subscriptions. £ a. 1096 14 670 14 99! 7 I0I4 16 1606 18 11(0 a . 1263 I3 II 1480 13 8 1899 19 a 1666 17 10 1488 S 4 1866 1 1 Support of Orphan! and InvaUds. ^ 1. d. 661 4 8 36S 19 441 a 8 399 IS lot 304 a 363 284 388 . 631 16 II 438 18 91 360 6 8 349 13 a a 1 « 6 9 Suppor' of Schools. ' 6. d. 1361 17 II 1431 13 • 1096 I 10 1318 10 1836 S 9 3111 « a 1811 17 8* 1680 a I 3374 19 101 ISOI U a aosa 18 1 1916 19 11 || Total .* s. d. 9674 8 10 7566 19 1 63«8 8 18 6074 64 "33 12 3 ^"3 * ,x 6738 10 a 8II3 3 9147 IS 9679 3 . 8678 9 II 0627 9 1 ft Ezi E0i8iofReoeiptiOTiiE«p»Tfltu» „ . — amaant of Board hsagwo low u> support the fiitoUiataiMit CoJ%e «, ae«t I 5 s "2 S, I ft 3 - J^° bill's o ») l-H ■o «e ■♦ n s 3 e 9* I •a I 2 s a '=■ 'a— "~ 3 3 i S -■=0,0 3 4-3 R"* I I 3 S 00 US o • f-( ^ O O F-< ^1 *** I — 'OMOO eCOMt- ' i-- ©J TJ* o iO lO 11 W5 ; O 1:- f-H lo ^ o (ji Tj4 (M M >0 ,t CO i S M 1-1 0-1 : •••S-3 • .-J ■ S *' "o S a P : 2 " _: -S 'Oj ^ ■ S s43=«"S s O O O O O 00 CC kO o rH rH O OS CO f-^ t* «o •«*< CS 0> r- t^ O 1^ CO ?D CO CO C3 w _r "C a> IS^ £3-2 g^a a « *.3SS94'3)'15 .N S «> o f^ V ^ ^ - o lo 5<"2 to, 5 T — t^ : N ' *< a coroBtf'il ^£3 *-l -^ K *» ♦a VW 2:SU .••a en's " « g^^^>g>g •a-c.s »:^S 5^J ■SJS, OS ^ i£^j5^a^ s •^•r rfS M e n ei 40 I • O KJ O « ,-. o o o 3! c: "" ^ '^ 7> |S'- S § s ^illS ill _ MJO.ft!{S•< © O 95 0» f^ © »-( © o 90 O S5SS 2 S ?; -:• « CI o> n M Si o © © © » lO © •C I- 91 © '-0 0» irt ^ ^ ^ « gv- q'S a * P m ». 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Expenses of Management. 1840 and 1841 1842 1843 1844 1845 1846 1847 1848 1849 1850 1851 "" 1852 Amount received' in the Island of Montreal to 1st October, 1852— Xet produce Amount raniaiiiitig to be received !!."!"!! £ 7151 7287 6375 5601 3960 3049 3099 1741 1615 1316 1100 1843 s. 8 15 11 13 14 11 4 3 6 19 19 15 d. 2 11 3 10 H II £ 8. 715 2 728 15 637 11 560 3 396 304 19 309 18 174 2 161 10 d. 10 6 1 3 1 1 5 3 7 131 13 10 44144 3 8 And in St. Sulpice and the Lake on account of the f 1840 and 1841 110 184 II 7 4414 6 5 39729 17 4270 2 sum of £12,700 1842 1843 1844 1845 1846 1847 1848 1849 1850 1851 , 1852 . 467 13 4 1346 7 6 543 3 11 681 10 il 2 10 515 675 12 551 17 340 11 Amount received in St. Sulpice and the Lake to 1st October, 1852— Net Amount remaining to be received in St. Sulpice and the Lake Amount remaining to be received in ths Island of Montreal... 282 510 410 315 7 6 6 46 15 134 12 54 6 68 3 51 10 67 11 55 3 6646 6 34 28 51 41 31 4 9 4 2 3 3 9 3 8 Jl 3 9 Total remaining to be received 664 7 5982 5 7^ 6717 14 4J 4270 2 9 £10987 17 li Yea 1846. 1847. 1848. 1849. 1850. 1861. 1852. Mone Invesi Discoi Fence Sherii Lots Purch Paid( C Balan( St Totht 13 11 1 3 3 1 19 1 18 5 2 3 10 7 13 10 1 11 7 7 6 5 H H No. 6. Statement of the Account derived from the sale of St. Gabriel's Farm. Years. 1846 1847 1848 1849 1850 1851 1852 Date. Octobre Ist. « t{ it « « « « « « « On account of price of sale. £ 6. 7249 10 7-249 10 7249 10 7249 10 192 12 1406 17 10 10545 10 6 On account of price of sale. £ s. d. 564 16 6 564 16 6 564 16 6 564 16 6 564 16 6 564 16 6 664 16 6 Interest. £ s. 90 12 204 16 171 5 220 9 74 15 37 12 32 15 Total; £ s. d. 7904 18 11 1! 204 16 9 171 5 9 220 9 7 267 7 7 1444 10 1 10578 5 9 20791 14 5 Money applied to the purchase of Lands for Schools and Churches. . . X2344 Do. for building Bridges and Basin 1051 Do. for costs of Survey, Sale, and Plans 810 Invested in the Chambly Road 500 Discount for Cash 90 Fences, Roads and small buildings 237 Sheriff's cost and Commission. ... 206 Lots on Notes re-imbursed 1285 Purchase of Debentures of the St. Lawrence and Champlain Railroad . 6400 Paid on account of building Churches in St. Antoine Suburbs and at Cote St. Antoine 55OO Balance in hand on the 1st October, 1852, in Notes je847 9 6 Do. do do. do. in money 1517 16 8 2365 13 15 1 9 10 14 4 16 6 5 8 20791 14 6 No. 7. Statement of Commutations, from the 9th June, 1840, to 1st October, 1852. Reckipts. To the Ist of October 1841, Do. do. 1842, Do. do. 1843, Do. do. 1844, Do. do. 1845, Do. do. 1846, Do. do. 1847, Do. do. 1848, Do. do. 1849, Do. do. 1850, Do. do. 1851, Do. do. 1852, Investments. Payable at fixed terms Constituted Rent In Public Funds In property affording a Revenue . In property affording no Revenue In the new building of the Semi nary Loan to the City of Montreal On the Churches at St. Antoine and Ste. Anne's Suburbs Balanco inr-faands £ s. d. 14237 9 10 6732 14 10 15481 4 2 27283 16 11 6841 13 3 5600 4000 3000 487 13 8^ 83664 12 8i 14 No. 8. ASSETS. Due by the Fabrique of Montreal ,,£„ «• d. Lands sold 100 By divers Obligations 1304 10 For Mills sold '.\\ 1079 13 4 By the City of Montreal, ciiversBondsV£3248;indernnit^ ^f n n By divers Bonds on the Ste. Anne's Market 'y*^ow f^^ 2 ^ ^ ". " on the Water Works. .. . ]f^ ^ 6 For yuini on the Fief Closse £450 left at interest \ "^ ^ ^ BythlRaSi'n'lS^r"''*""'^'^^''"'^''"^^^^^^^^^ ''^ ^ ° By the Ladies of the H6tel-i)ieu 1^^ Balance of the price of Mills on LakeouMeiu.'.::: :;::::::;;:::::;:;; ;;•;;• S S o 63825 6 3 LIABILITIES. Due to the Hotel-Dieu of Montreal ' . ,^. To Seraijhiri Leblanc 15140 To the Estate of the Honorable J. Masson ,^^ To Thomas Corcoran and the Savings Bank . .' .* '.'.'.'..'. ] ' .'!.',"."! ."/..""■. ". 2860 s. d. 6 8 20073 6 8 RECAPITULATION. The Assets araoun* to „„„^ Tlw Liabilities to ^3825 6 3 20073 6 8 • Excess of Assets over Liabilities 43751 19 7 ^. I b< of "i-»i mw m»mtm.3mj . '^•'■VMMM^iMiM 15 6 6 6 3 s. d. 6 8 6 8 No. 9. RECAPITULATION. The ordinary revenues of the Seminary of St. Sulpice of Mont- I ' ^i"Jin^ ^K^"^^ ^^^^^« y^a^^' , . ol St. Gabriel Farm, accordine to V ''^ Statement No. 6 V" 252 323 18 319 s. 5 13 13 2 d. H H 4 10 Total in hand. (Signed,) 2365 5 8 487 13 8J £3766 14 4i P. BILLAUDELE,^^J^i^! JPH. COMTE, Ptre., Proc. of Seminary, Montreal. beenlu'hJuVan'd'cX^^^^^^^^^^ Statements have of St. Sulpice, of Montreal,^sher to uX tt t pur^^^^^^^ °^ ^^^ Seminary Montreal, 11th March, 1853. P. LACOMBE, N. P. A. JOBIN. ' 'V c 2 2 > ^ o « I ? r C30 '^ ^ ^ ^ 2^ P to w CC g- p, n re re g •w §r •3 1 S- O O c« s &. K «■ S3 e? o o a a re c