mships. Succeeded in enlisting
the support of several big shipping firms in England, and had no
difficulty in securing the contract. So originated the Cunard company,
which from an initial fleet of four vessels of 1200 tons each and 440
horse-power has grown to its present gigantic proportions. Was one of
the owners of the _Royal William_ (_q.v._). Made a baronet, 1859.
=Index=: =H= Establishes steamship line between Halifax and Great
Britain, 234; makes New York western terminal of his line, 234. =Bib.=:
Dent, _Can. Por._; Johnson, _First Things in Canada_, under _Steam
Communication_.

=Cuoq, Jean-Andre= (1821-1901). Entered the Sulpician order in 1843, and
came to Canada two years later. Devoted his life to a minute study of
the languages of the Algonquian and Iroquois tribes, and became one of
the leading authorities on the subject. =Bib.=: Works; _Jugement Errone
de M. Ernest Renan sur Quelques Langues Sauvages de l'Amerique_; _Livre
des Sept Nations_; _Etudes Philolgiques sur Quelques Langues Sauvages de
l'Amerique_; _Lexique de la Langue Iroquoise_; _Lexique de la Langue
Algonquine, Anotc-Kekon._ For biog., _see Trans._ R. S. C., 1902, I,
127-128; Morgan, _Can. Men_.

=Curacies, permanent= (_cures fixes_). =F= Question of, 165, 190.

=Currency.= The British authorities passed an ordinance in 1764 by which
the French Louis d'or and crown were kept in circulation. First step for
a revision of the currency was taken, 1795, when an Act was passed
fixing standard of values. So-called "army bills" were issued and used
between 1812 and 1820. In 1871 an Act was passed by the Dominion
Parliament establishing a uniform currency. =Index=: =E= Decimal system
introduced by La Fontaine-Baldwin government, 86, =L= In New France,
123. =S= Act respecting, in Upper Canada, 94-95; insufficient supply of,
a great drawback, 111. =Bib.=: Johnson, _First Things in Canada_; Weir,
_Sixty Years in Canada_.

=Curry, Thomas.= One of the first fur traders from Montreal to reach the
Saskatchewan, about 1771. Preceded by James Finlay (_q.v._). =Index=:
=MS= Leaves Montreal for western fur country, 3. =Bib.=: Mackenzie,
_General History of the Fur Trade_ in his _Voyages to the Frozen and
Pacific Oceans_; Burpee, _Hendry's Journal_ (R. S. C., 1907); _Cocking's
Journal_ (R. S. C., 1908).

=Customs.= =S= Arrangement with Lower Canada respecting revenue of, 93.
=W= Maintained in New Brunswick by British government, 16; changes in
system, 16-1