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King's post

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1n.

one of a number of fur-trading and fishing posts in Quebec, most of them in the King's Domain.

Quotations

1787
They are mostly thriving, in so much that they have been able to supply the King's posts with bread, and very soon they will be able to be a good saving to Great Britain, as the expense of transporting provisions and stores to the upper posts is immense.
1832
Here [Sept Iles] there is a king's post rented to the Hudson Bay Company.
1963
The Hudson's Bay Company took over the old King's Post in 1831 and has operated it continuously ever since.
2n.

King's Posts, pl. such posts collectively, the term often being used as a synonym for King ' s Domain.

Quotations

1786
The lease under which His Majesty's Domain Lands . . . known by the name of King's Posts, and the Fisheries belonging to the Same, are held by Thomas Dunn, Wm. Grant; Peter & Stuart, Esquires, expires on the last day of October next.
1837
There has been a recent report in town for some days; last, that the Hudson's Bay Company has obtained permission to cut timber within the limits of the King's posts, of which they have a lease for the Fur Trade, which will expire in 1841.
1948
This vast territory was variously known as the "Tadoussac Trade," the "King's Domain," or simply the "King's Posts."