from the year 1817. The Bank of Quebec was
established in 1818; and the Bank of Canada the same year. All three
were chartered in 1822. A Banking Act was passed in 1841, providing a
uniform system of banking. The Act of 1850 prohibited banks other than
those incorporated by Parliament or royal charter from issuing notes. It
also provided for a deposit with the government to be held as a
guarantee; also for bank statistics. Further provisions designed to
place banking on a more secure footing were incorporated in the Act of
1871. Further banking legislation was passed in 1881 and in 1890.
=Index=: =Sy= Sydenham's plans for establishment of bank of issue,
327-329; idea partially adopted by Sir F. Hincks, as finance minister of
Dominion, 330. =Mc= Report of House on system of, 161. =Bib.=: Johnson,
_First Things in Canada_; Shortt, _Early History of Canadian Banking_;
Breckenridge, _Canadian Banking System_; Hague, _Banking and Commerce;
Historical Sketch of Canadian Banking, in Canada: An Ency._, vol. 1;
_History of the Bank of Nova Scotia_; McLachlan, _The Nova Scotia
Treasury Notes_; Walker, _History of Banking in Canada_.

=Banner.= Newspaper, published at Toronto. =Index=: =B= Founded in 1843
by Peter and George Brown, 3, 5; champions government by the people, 5;
on disruption of Scottish Church, 6; controversy with the _Church_, 6-7;
defines its political principles, 9; becomes the _Globe_, 10; Peter
Brown writes for, 243.

=Baptist Church.= Like several other religious denominations in Canada,
it had its origin in Nova Scotia. Some Baptists were living in Lunenburg
as early as 1753. In 1800 the first Baptist Association was formed at
Granville, Nova Scotia, and by 1850 there were Baptist Associations in
many parts of the province. In 1828 the Nova Scotia Baptist Educational
Society was established. The first church was built in Montreal, 1830;
and in 1834 the Baptist Seminary of New Brunswick was founded at
Fredericton. In 1852 the Baptist Missionary Society of Canada was
established. Since then the Baptists have grown rapidly in all the
provinces, and several Baptist colleges and institutions have been
established, notably Acadia and McMaster Universities (_q.v._). The
Baptist Church was organized in British Columbia in 1877. =Index=: =W=
First founded in Fredericton, 1813, 10; represented by one member in
Legislative Council, 69. =Bib.=: Wells, _History of the Baptist
Denomination in Canada_, in _Canada: An Ency.