per annum." In May, 1820, a reply
was received from Lord Bathurst, stating that, in the opinion of
the Crown officers, the provisions of the Act of 1791, "for the
support of the Protestant clergy, are not confined solely to the
clergy of the Church of England, but may be extended also to the
clergy of the Church of Scotland," but not to dissenting ministers.

In 1819, on the application of Bishop Mountain, of Quebec, the
clergy in each province were incorporated for the purpose of
leasing and managing the reserves--the proceeds, however, to be
paid over to the Government. On the appearance of a notice to this
effect in the Quebec _Gazette_, dated, 13th June, 1820, the clergy
of the Church of Scotland memorialized the King for a share in
these reserves.

In 1823, the House of Assembly, on motion of Hon. William Morris,
concurred in a series of resolutions, asserting the right of the
Church of Scotland in Canada to a share in the reserves. These
resolutions were rejected by the Legislative Council, by a vote of
6 to 5.

In April, 1824, Dr. Strachan was deputed by the Bishop of Quebec
and Sir P. Maitland, to go to England and get authority from Lord
Bathurst to sell portions of the reserves. In the meantime, the
Canada (Land) Company proposed to purchase all the Crown and Clergy
Reserve Lands at a valuation to be agreed on. The clergy
corporation having desired a voice in this valuation, the Bishop of
Quebec deputed Archdeacon Mountain to press this view on Lord
Bathurst. Some misunderstanding having arisen between Lord Bathurst
and Archdeacon Strachan, and the Canada Land Company, Dr. Strachan
went to England in April, 1826, and was deputed by Lord Bathurst to
arrange the differences with Mr. John Galt, Commissioner of the
Company. This they did by changing the original plan. The clergy
lands were exchanged for 1,000,000 acres in the Huron tract. Out of
the moneys received from the Canada Company the Home Government
appropriated L700 a year to the Church of Scotland clergy,[88] and
the same amount to the clergy of the Church of Rome in Upper
Canada.

In June, 1826, the Home Government, on the memorial of the Church
of Scotland General Assembly, and an address from the House of
Assembly, founded on the resolutions of 1823 (which, as int