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5. Order respecting the trude and fisheries of Ilo Royale, of Cançeaux in Acadie and of Newfoundland. 



6. Memorandum respoctintr the poor success of the eiibits to induce tlie Acadiaiis to euiij,'rate to lie Koyale, 171 7. 



7. Unsigned memorandum respecting tlie benetlt which would be derived from attracting the Itonian Catholic 

 Irish now living with the English in the neighbourhood of lie Royale, towards the ^<ettlemont of this portion, 1717. 



8. List of the inhabitants engaged in fishing oil' He Royale, with the nundjer of their boats, 1718. 



9. M. de St. Ovide (governor), respecting the fortifications and the engineers, and the relations sustained with 

 the English in Acadie, 1721. 



10. Fishing and trade returns of the island in 1726. 



11. The Company of La Boularderie for the opening up of Labrador (Bras d'Or) and Verderonne Island 

 (Boularderie), 1732. 



12. Police regulations respecting fishing and trading vessels at Louisbourg, 1732. 



13. Ordinance respecting fisliermen, 1733. 



14. Statement of tlie lands granted in Louisbourg and He Royale. The harbour works. The fortifications and 

 roads of He Royale. The public funds. 



15. M. de St. Ovide to the minister informing liim tiiat the lighthouse light was kindled on the 1st of April, 

 1734, and was perfectly visible for six leagues out to fea, 1734. 



l(i. Statement of the merclumt vessels which have come to trade at Louisbourg from Canada, Martinique, and 

 those that have been fitted out in the island as well for the unbroken voyage to Quebec as for the trade from port 

 to port, in 1734. 



17. Fishery and trade returns for 173G. 



IS. M. Verrier (engineer), on the condition of the work on the fortifications of He Royale, giving a description 

 of Louisbourg at tliis period, 173G- 



19. Critical condition of Ilo Royale on account of the famine which reigns throughout the colony, 1737. 



20. M. de la Boularderie and his establishment at Inganiche (luganish), 1740. 



21. Relations with the Indians of He Royale and vicinity, 1740. 



22. Product of the fisheries in 173'J. Trade carried on by the English at He Royale and He St. Jean. Naval 

 works. 



23. The news from Boston that the people are planning to reduce Louisbourg by famine, induce Duchambon 

 and Bigot to ask the minister for an increase of the garrison. Duchambon was the king's lieutenant, in command 

 on account of the death of the governor, Duquesuel. November 23rd, 1744. 



24. Memorandum as to what remains to be done in order to complete the fortifications of LouLsbourg. Feb. 

 8th, 1745. 



25. Importance of Cape Breton to the English, as shown by the product of the French fisheries, 1748. 



26. M. des Herbiers (governor), on the military buildings erected by the English at Louisbourg. French 

 families which have remained at that place, 17411. 



27. Letter respecting trade and fisheries, 1750. 



28. M. Prévost (intendant) to minister, showing that the total number of refugee Acadlans on He Royale and 

 He St. Jean in one year (1750) amounts to 2,200 souls, 1751. 



29. M. de Raymond (governor) and M. Prévost (intendant), respecting the sad plight of He Royale and He St. 

 Jean, owing to food having become scarce, 1752. 



30. Memorandum on He Royale by M. de Raymond and his voyage to Canada, June 12, 1752. 



31. General enumeration of residences, barracks, guardhouses, powder magazines and provision stores in 

 Louisbourg, 1753. [See App. XVI to this work.] 



32. M. Franquet (engineer), on the fortifications and the defence of Louisbourg; nine letters, from May 15 to 

 Nov. 16, 1757. 



33. M. Marchault de la Houlicre, commander of the troops, gives details respecting the surrender of Louis- 

 bourg, July 28, 1758. 



34. Details respecting the siege of Louisbourg by M. Ardibus. 



35. Reflections upon Louisbourg, Plaisance and the codfishery, Sept. 10, 1758. 



36. Unsigned letter to minister blaming tlie sailors, and especially M. Desgouttes (admiral), for their conduct 

 during the siege of Louisbourg, and, on the other hand, bestowing praises on the land forces. Sept. 19, 1758. 

 Written at RocViefort. 



37. Some thirty letters, oflicial for the most part, respecting the siege of 175S. Some, like Drucour's journal, 

 have already been cited by Murdoch, Parkman and Brown. 



M. Marmette says in his preface that there still remain to be examined and summarized in the Colonial 

 Archives of the Marine at Paris 119 registers, nearly every one containing at least one cahier on Canada, Acadie, 



Sec. II, 1891. 40. 



