 Canadian local prosperity followed naturally from all this, and the volume of trade increased by 40% in a decade, while exports doubled.As the king's money flowed in, Hocquart's web of patronage and influence increased apace, much to the detriment of his partner in government, the (military) Governor-General, Charles de la Boische, Marquis de Beauharnois, who saw his own rôle shrinking proportionally.In that day, in the colonies (although to an astonishing degree back in France as well), the patronage system obtained, which meant that connections with those in a position to grant contracts and allocate resources was everything.