Editing Hudson's Bay Company (section)

===Rent obligation under charter===
Under the charter establishing Hudson's Bay Company, the company was required to give two [[elk]] skins and two black [[beaver]] pelts to the English king, then [[Charles II of England|Charles II]], or his heirs, whenever the monarch visited Rupert's Land. The exact text from the 1670 Charter reads:{{blockquote|...Yielding and paying yearly to us and our heirs and successors for the same two Elks and two Black beavers whensoever and as often as We, our heirs and successors shall happen to enter into the said Countries, Territories and Regions hereby granted.<ref name="charter" />}}

The ceremony was first conducted with the [[Prince of Wales]] (the future Edward VIII) in 1927, then with King [[George VI]] in 1939, and last with his daughter, Queen [[Elizabeth II]] in 1959 and 1970. On the last such visit, the pelts were given in the form of two live beavers, which the Queen donated to the [[Winnipeg Zoo]] in [[Assiniboine Park]]. However, when the company permanently moved its headquarters to Canada, the Charter was amended to remove the rent obligation. Each of the four "rent ceremonies" took place in or around Winnipeg.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Our History: Business: Fur Trade: The Rent Ceremony |url=http://www.hbcheritage.ca/hbcheritage/history/business/fur/rentceremony |access-date=6 October 2015 |website=HBC Heritage |archive-date=6 October 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151006193440/http://hbcheritage.ca/hbcheritage/history/business/fur/rentceremony |url-status=dead }}</ref>