Excerpt from A Colony of migr s in Canada, 1798-1816 With so many people dispossessed of their homes, in direst poverty, and in a foreign country, there must necessarily have been great want. Here was large scope for private charity, and many individuals, mostly from the upper class, came quickly to the rescue. The forms of assistance were numerous and various.1 Perhaps most notable were the subscriptions. Burke published an appeal in behalf of the migr s Which brought in francs. The subscription of the next year, with the King's name at the head of the list, yielded francs, and this was followed by others. In 1793, the Government levied a tax, the proceeds of Which were destined for the same purpose, and this tax was continued for a number of years. The distribution of the Government funds was placed in the hands of a bureau. The needy were ranged in classes and each received according to his rank. It has been calculated that by 1806 more than had been thus disbursed.2. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.