DOMINION OF CANADA. 



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tions awaited them at Montreal and at Ot- new vessels built and registered in the Domin- 

 tawa. ion of Canada during the years ended 31st De- 



The following is a comparative statement of cember, 1875, 1876, and 1877: 



The following is a statement of the number the Dominion on the 31st of December, 1875, 

 and tonnage of vessels on the registry books of 1876, and 1877 : 



The following are the school statistics of the 

 province of Quebec for 1876-'77 : 



ing herring on the 6th of January, 1878, in direct 

 violation of title 27, chapter 102, section 1, of the 

 Consolidated Statutes of Newfoundland, viz. : *' No 

 person shall haul or take herring by or in a seine or 

 other such contrivance in or near any part of the 

 coast of this colony or of its dependencies, or in any 

 of the bays, harbors, or other places thereon, at any- 

 time between the 20th day of October and the 25th 

 day of April." 



2. That the American captains were setting and 

 putting out seines and hauling and taking herring 

 on Sunday, the 6th of January, in direct violation 

 of section 4, chapter 7, of act passed April 26, 1876, 



A difficulty occurred 

 between the American 

 fishermen and the in- 

 habitants of Newfound- 

 land, which led to some 

 diplomatic correspond- 

 ence between the Brit- 

 ish and American Gov- 

 ernments. The report 

 made to the British 

 Government by the 

 agent sent to make an 

 investigation assigned 

 the following violations 

 of the law by the Amer- 

 ican fishermen as the 

 ground of rightful in- 

 terference with them 

 on the occasion : 



1. That the Americans 

 were using seines for catch- 



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