THE RECOLLETS

This is an order of mendicant Friars, who possess nothing of their own but a house and garden in the Upper Town.

They had a piece of ground in the suburbs of St. Roch, on which they had formely a house and Church which has been abandoned for some years. À small part of the Intendants buildings is erected upon a piece of this land, in consideration of which, under the French Government, they were paid fifty livres a year from the Marine by way of charity, as they can receive no rents; they acted as Chaplains to the army and at several Forts and Posts, and in failure of regular Clergy, served vacant Cures.

They have a provincial Commissary resident here, who superintends the whole in Canada, sent from France, and changed every three years; the present one has discharged it twice on account of the war.

They have in this Gouvernment :

Fathers As Servants or Brothers... 9