I. CARE OF THE AGED, FOUNDLINGS AND INFANTS. II. RELIEF MOVEMENTS. III. SICK VISITATION AND NURSING BODIES. IV. MOVEMENTS FOR THE “UNFORTUNATES.” V. VOCATIONAL TRAINING FOR THE HANDICAPPED. VI. IMMIGRATION WORK. VII. HUMANITARIAN MOVEMENTS FOR BOYS. VIII. HEBREW SOCIAL WORKS. IX. COOPERATIVE MOVEMENTS. X. MOVEMENTS FOR SAILORS AND SOLDIERS. XI. TEMPERANCE MOVEMENTS. XII. THE IMPROVEMENT OF THE CONDITIONS OF WORKERS. XIII. RECENT SOCIAL MOVEMENTS. XIV. MUNICIPAL CHARITIES. 457 CHAPTER XXXV COMMERCIAL HISTORY BEFORE THE UNION MONTREAL’S EARLY BUSINESS FIRMS--A PROPHECY AT BEGINNING OF NINETEENTH CENTURY--CULTIVATION OF HEMP--ST. PAUL STREET--SLAVES IN MONTREAL--DOCTORS AND DRUGS IN 1815--WHOLESALE FIRMS IN 1816--FIRST MEETING OF COMMITTEE OF TRADE--NOTRE DAME STREET--M’GILL STREET--FRENCH CANADIAN BUSINESSES--SHIP CARGOES--THE SHOP FRONTS IN 1839 527 CHAPTER XXXVI COMMERCIAL HISTORY SINCE THE UNION THE RISE OF MODERN MANUFACTURES AND INDUSTRIES MONTREAL CENTER OF CANADIAN TRADE--LORD ELGIN’S OPINION OF THE CANADA CORN ACT--TRADE DEPRESSION BEGINNING IN 1847--SUGAR AND FLOUR INDUSTRIES--THE PANIC OF 1860--A PROSPEROUS DECADE--ANOTHER DEPRESSION--THE NATIONAL POLICY--PROSPERITY AGAIN IN THE EIGHTIES--ST. CATHERINE STREET--THE RISE OF FURTHER INDUSTRIES--THE RISE OF THE COMMERCIAL ASSOCIATIONS--THE COMMITTEE OF TRADE--ITS ACTIVITIES--THE BOARD OF TRADE--ITS ACTIVITIES IN CANAL, PORT, RAILWAY, CANADIAN AND EMPIRE EXPANSION--ITS INTEREST IN CIVIC GOVERNMENT AND GENERAL CIVIC BETTERMENT--ITS BUILDING--ITS SOCIAL FUNCTIONS--THE “CHAMBRE DE COMMERCE”--ITS ORIGIN--THE OTHER MERCHANTS’ ASSOCIATIONS OF THE CITY--A TRIBUTE TO THE MERCHANTS OF MONTREAL. NOTES: PRESIDENTS OF THE BOARD OF TRADE--CENSUS (1912) OF MONTREAL MANUFACTURES 535 CHAPTER XXXVII FINANCE MONTREAL BANKING AND INSURANCE BODIES I. BANKING: HAMILTON’S PLAN FOLLOWED BY THE FIRST BANK OF THE UNITED STATES IN 1791--1792, THE ATTEMPTED CANADA BANKING COMPANY AT MONTREAL--DELAY THROUGH AMERICAN WAR OF 1812--1815, RENEWED AGITATION FOR A BANK CHARTER FOR MONTREAL--1817, THE FIRST BANK OF MONTREAL WITHOUT A CHARTER--ITS FIRST OFFICERS--OTHER BANKS FOLLOW--THE QUEBEC BANK--THE RIVAL “BANK OF CANADA”--THE BANK OF BRITISH NORTH AMERICA--MOLSONS BANK--THE MERCHANTS BANK--BANQUE JACQUES CARTIER, PREDECESSOR TO BANQUE PROVINCIALE--THE ROYAL BANK--THE BANQUE D’HOCHELAGA--THE MONTREAL CITY AND DISTRICT BANK--BANKS WITH HEAD OFFICES ELSEWHERE--MONTREAL BANK CLEARINGS WITH CANADIAN AND NORTH AMERICAN CITIES.