tration of miscalled justice had been in the hands of what- 

 ever captain of English man-of-war happened to be, for the 

 season, on the coast. 



In 1832, representative government was granted to the 

 colony, and with it came the concomitant important steps 

 towards progress and improvement. These have since 

 developed into a settled policy, under which our self- 

 governing population are asserting their rights to bring the 

 colony within the pale of advancing civilisation. 



The Cod Fishery. 



The cod fishery, from the discovery of the island, has been 

 and still continues to be the main element of its resources ; 

 nor are there at this day any symptoms of exhaustion. 

 Seasons vary in productiveness, and unfavourable returns 

 have sometimes extended over a course of years, and have 

 raised questions as to whether the supply was not in 

 course of diminution. But such speculations have always 

 so far been ended by the return of abundant fisheries, 

 showing that as far as Newfoundland is concerned, the 

 cause of " short catches " lay in reasons apart from the 

 failure of the species. 



Notwithstanding the use of these fisheries for so many 

 centuries, the present season has witnessed as large a catch 

 as was ever known, and this fact undoubtedly furnishes an 

 answer to all questions as to the '* exhaustion of the cod " 

 on the Newfoundland coast. As a rule our cod fisheries 

 begin in June and end in October, the most productive 

 months being June and July, when the coast is visited by 

 a small fish called the " caplin," specimens of which are 

 exhibited in the Newfoundland Court of this International 

 Fisheries Exhibition. This fish, which somewhat resembles 



