Prohibition. T Bill introduced by Tilley in New Brunswick, 34; difficulty with its enforcement, 35-39; causes defeat of government, 41; Act repealed, 41. See also Liquor question; Brandy question.
Protection. B Beginnings of agitation for, in Canada, 231; opposed by George Brown, 232-233; at the bottom of objections to proposed Reciprocity Treaty of 1864, 232, 233; secret of its success in 1878, 241. C Cartier's views on, 115-116. See also National policy.
Protestant Protective Association. Md Carries on an anti-Roman Catholic campaign, 289.
Protestants. Dr Feeling aroused among, in connection with Quebec Act, 69. Ch Fanaticism of Huguenot agents, 86; had large share of trade, 110; proposed to exclude, 110. L Protestantism proscribed in Canada under the French régime, 12.
Provençal. Ch Uncle of Champlain, officer in Spanish naval service, 2.
Provincial Secretaries. Sy Duties assigned to, 331.
Prud'homme. WM Commands Montreal militia, 105.
Prussia. Hd Becomes a first-class power, 6.
Public Works. Sy Expenditure on, in Lower and Upper Canada, respectively, 317, 318; home government advances money for completion of, 320.
Puget Sound Agricultural Company. D Organized, 129; agricultural interests of Hudson's Bay Company handed over to, 129; its farms, 129-130; checkered career, 130; McLoughlin first manager, 130; disputes with United States, 130-131; claims settled by commission, 131; Douglas succeeds McLoughlin as manager, 132; epidemic of fever and ague follows first turning of soil about Fort Vancouver, 132; land claims on Vancouver Island, 198; dispute with Langford, 199. Bib.: Bancroft, History of the North-West Coast.