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These are Secular Clergy: Their institution is to educate the Youth and fit them for the priesthood. They have a large House and Chapel in the City of Quebec, both in a ruinous condition ever since the siege of 1759. It is a dependance upon the seminary for Foreign Missions at Paris, who nominate the superiors and directors of that of Quebec, but their estates are not entirely distinct; besides the Island of Jesus in the Government of Montreal, they possess part of the Lordship of Quebec & the whole extent of the country from the Saut de Montmorenci to the Riviere du Goufre in the Bay of S^t Pauls inclusively and the Island of Coudres. This immense tract does not bring them in very considerably, their great Revenues in these parts arising from the two large Farms in the Parish of S^t Joachim, where before the breaking out of the war, they had between three and four hundred head of Cattle; on their estate in the Bay of S^t Pauls they discover'd some Years ago a Lead mine, the Veins which have been tried are slight, but two Germans who were brought over to the Country, on account of the like discoveries in the upper Country, examined this and thought it worth working; the War has prevented making further Essais upon it. The income of their estate in this Government may be estimated at about 9,000 Livres p^r Annum. They consist at present of only the Superior and four directors.