O any branch of science, is entitled to exemption from charge. The law exempts only

[Benjamin]

Scribes the condition of the Department:-- Hugh Finlay, Esq., Deputy Postmaster General Quebec, L. C. Wm. E. Edwards, Postmaster Montreal, " Samuel Sills, " Three
Rivers, " Louis Aime, " Berthier, " Hugh Munroe,
" Bai edes Chaleurs, " Samuel Anderson, " Cornwall, U. C. John Munroe,
" Matilda, " John Jones, " Augusta, " Peter Clarke, " Kingston,
" Joseph Edwards, " Niagara, " George Leitch, " Detroit, " ---- Mitchell " Mickelmackinac, " There were thus five post offices in Lower Canada, and seven post offices in Upper Canada. Between Quebec and England mails were despatched once per

month; between Quebec and Halifax, twice per week in summer, and once per week in winter; between Quebec and Montreal, twice per week; and between
Montreal and the offices above Montreal, once per month; between Quebec and Baie des Chaleurs mails were despatched "as occasion offered." In the year 1792, 1793, and 1794, the mail was carried once per month between Montreal and Kingston by a French Canadian named

Morisette; between Kingston and York it was carried by Alex. Anderson; and between York and Niagara by a Mohawk Indian. The rate of travel was probably about 20 miles per day; the route being

either by
a path through the woods or along the shores of the River St. Lawrence and Lake Ontario: no regular road
having been at that time in existence. In the summer season 
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