IMAGE EVALUATION TEST TARGET (MT-3) //, h // o y ^o 1.0 I.I 1.25 lie 2.5 2.2 i ■- IIIIM 1.8 U IIIIII.6 % ^K/ o 7 /A Photographic Sciences Corporation '^0' ^^J^> ^^i>^ i^> 23 WEST MAIN STREET WEBSTER, N.Y. HS80 (7161 872-4503 m ,*i ■•^>^ ^ ^ ^^ 6 % C5HM/ICMH Microfiche CIHIVI/ICMH Collection de microfiches. Canadian Institute for Historical Microreproductions / Institut Canadian de microreproductions historiqiies Technical and Bibliographic Notes/Note* tachniquas at bibliographiquas The Instituta has attamptad to obtain tha bast original copy available for filming. Featuies of this copy which may be bibliographically unique, which may alter any of the images in th« reproduction, or which may significantly change tha usual method of filming, ara checked below. D Coloured covers/ Couverture de couleur □ Covers damaged/ ' Couverture endommagie □ Covers restored and/or laminated/ Couverture restaur^e et/ou peiliculAe D Cover title missing/ Le titt^e de couverture manque I I Coloured maps/ D Cartes giographiquas en couleur Coloured ink (i.e. other than blue or black)/ Encre de couleur (i.e. autre que bleue ou noire) □ Coloured plates and/or illustrations/ Planches et/ou illustrations en couleur D n n BounJ with other material/ ReliA avec d'autres documents Tight binding may causa shadows or distortion aiong interior margin/ La re liure serree peut causer de I'ombre ou de la distorsion le long de la marge intirieure Blank leaves added during restoration may appear within the text. Whenever possible, these have been omitted from filming/ II se peut que certaines pages blanches ajoutias lors d'une restauration apparaissent dans le texte. mais, torsque cela itait possible, ces pages n'ont pas 6x6 film^s. L'Institut a microfilm* le meilleur exemplaire qu'il lui a 6t« possible de se procurer. Las details do cat exemplaire qui sont peut-4tre uniques du point de vue bibliographique. qui peuvent modifier une image reproduite, ou qui peuvent exiger una modification dans la mithode normale de filmaga sont indiquAs ci-dessous. I I Coloured pages/ Pages de couleur Pages damaged/ Pages endommagias Pages restored and/oi Pages restaurAes et/ou pelliculies Pages discoloured, stained or foxei Pages d^colories, tachetAes ou piquees Pages detached/ Pages ddtach^es Showthrough/ Transparence Quality of prin Quality in^gala de I'impression Includes supplementary materii Comprend du material suppl^mantaire Only edition available/ Seule idition disponibie r*~| Pages damaged/ I I Pages restored and/or laminated/ rj] Pages discoloured, stained or foxed/ r~1 Pages detached/ r^ Showthrough/ rri Quality of print varies/ r~~j Includes supplementary material/ I I Only edition available/ D Pages wholly or partially obscured by errata slips, tissues, etc., have been refilmed to ensure the best possible image/ Les pages totalement ou partiellement obscurciea par un feuillet d'errata. une pelure, etc . ont iti filmies i nouveau de facon i obtenir la meilleure image possible. Additional comments:/ Commentaires supplAmentaires: [Printed ephemera] 1 shee; (verso blank) This item is filmed at the reduction ratio checked below/ Ce document est film* au taux de reduction indiqu* ci-dessous. 10X 14X 18X 22X 26X 30X / 12X 16X 20X 24X 28X : 32X Th« copy fiimsd hare has b««n raproducad thanka to tha ganaroaity of: McLennan Library McGill University Montreal Tha imagaa appaaring hara arm tha baat quality poaaibia conaidaring tha condition and lagibiiity of tha originai copy and in icaaping with tha filming contract spacificationa. Original copiaa in printad papar covara ara filmad baginning with tha front covar and anding on tha laat paga with a printad or illuatratad impraa- sion, or tha bacic covar whan appropriate. All othar original copiaa ara filmad beginning on tha firat page with a printad or iiluatratad impree- aion. and anding on tha laat page with a printed or iiluatratad impraaaion. The laat recorded frame on each microfiche shall contain tha symbol -^> (meening "CON- TINUED"), or the aymboi V (meening "END"), whichever appiiaa. Mapa, platea, charts, etc., mey be filmed at different reduction ratioa. Thoae too large to be entirely included in one exp<?iaura are filmed beginning in the upper left hand comer, left to right and top to bottom, aa many fmmea aa required. The following diagrama illuatrate the method: L'exemplaire film* fut reproduit grice i la g4n4rositA de: McLennen Library McGili University Montreal Les imagae suivantea ont 4t« raproduitea avac la piua grand soin, compta tenu de la condition at de le nettet* de I'exemplaira film*, et en conformiti avac lea conditiona du contrat de fllmage. Lea axemplairaa originaux dont la couverture en papier eat imprim^a sont fllmAs an commandant par la premier plat at en terminant soit par la darnlAre paga qui comporta une empreinte d'impreeeion ou d'illuatration, soit par le second plat, salon la caa. Toua lee autrea axempiairas originaux aont filmAa an commen^ant par la pramlAre pege qui comporte une empreinte d'impreeeion ou d'illuatration et en terminant par la dernidre paga qui comporta une telle empreinte. Un dee aymbolee suivanta apparaftra sur la darnlAre image de cheque microfiche, selon le cas: le symbols — •• signifie "A SUIVRE", le aymbole V signifie "FIN". Lee cartee, pianchea, tableau:., etc.. peuvent Atre fllmte k dee teux da rMuction diffArants. Loraqua le document eat trop grand pour Atra reproduit en un aaui clichA, il eat fllm« A partir de I'angia sup^rieur gauche, de gauche i droite. et de haut an baa, an pranant la nombra d'imagoa nteaaaaire. Las diagrammea suivants illuatrant la mithoda. 1 2 3 4 5 6 PROSPECTUS Of a New Weekly Paperf TOBLISFED AT QUEBEC, AND ENTITLED* THE MERCANTILE JOURNAL. TO THE PUBLIC. But little more tban two months have elapsed since the MEftcANTitft JotJft- »AL was proposed as a candidate for public patronage. 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