1446 THE CHURCH IN THE DOMINIONS [PART VII
ment in 1896 has led to a more satisfactory relation between
Church and State, and papal influence has been directed
against interference in politics, but there are signs that
difficulties may arise in the future, as the Church in Quebec
is credited with no enthusiasm for the military and naval
projects of the Dominion Government, and in 1910 the
Drummond and Arthabasca election was carried by them,
and against Sir W. Laurier’s nominee.
The extraordinary position occupied by Rome in Canada
was seen in 1909 when the first Plenary Council was held
there by command of the Pope, followed in 1910 by the
Eucharistic Congress. The Governor-General was absent
in the Hudson Bay territory, but the Administrator, Mr.
Girouard, went out of his way to welcome the Legate, and
soldiers in uniform met him, though in Parliament the
Government spent its time in disavowing the official char-
acter of these acts. The Legate himself, with good taste,
proposed the royal health before that of the Pope.
§ 3. CHUrCH ENDOWMENTS 2
In the Constitution Acts of the self-governing Colonies it
was customary at first that sums should be reserved for
religious purposes, in the same way as they were reserved
for the civil Government. In the case of North America
the position was altogether peculiar. By the Act of 1791
(31 Geo. III. c. 31) it was intended to endow permanently
the Church of England in Canada, and it was laid down by
$s. 36-42 that the Governor might be authorized by His
Majesty to make allotments of land within each province
for the support and maintenance of Protestant clergy, so
that whenever any grant of land was made in either province
there should be a proportional appropriation of lands within
the township or parish, or nearly adjacent to the township
' Cf. Canadian Annual Review, 1910, pp. 352, 8358; on the question of
nealths, see Queensland Legislative Council Journals, 1876, p. 1031.
? Endowment is not establishment ; in the Crown Colonies, as a rule, there
is no established Church, but the Churches are endowed ; see the return
H. C. 306, 1910. The confusion of endowment and establishment in the
discussions in the Commons (xviii. 1042) on June 29, 1910, is remarkable.
