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of Great Britain and Ireland have treated the question ot 
ims and rights upon the coasts of Newfoundland. 
CHAPTER II. 
question of French “rights” and “ claims ” on the coasts 
oundland is of so long standing, and has been the sub- 
© much correspondence, negotiation, and other discussion, 
those who have given attention to the subject it is not 
sumed to furnish any important facts or arguments which 
no t already been stated on behalf of the colony. The object 
the present pamphlet is rather to present the whole subject in 
men Pil new light, or from a new and different point of view, 
».of awakening a more general interest on the part 
tish public i in a question vitally affecting the welfare-ot 
Ni ‘Her Majesty’s colonial possessions—in the conditions 
J ip, injustice, and indignity under which the people of 
undland are suffering, and which are without parallel in 
; of Her Majesty’s dominions. 
he. outset, and for the information of those who have not 
“geographical. and other facts, as to which there exists a 
é] a? peepee of ideas. 
TWO DISTINCT FRENCH FISHERIES. 
Desoketsoris of the French fishermen in and in connection 
hewn consist of two wholly distinct and independent 
3 or divisions. The one is the fishery on the Banks of New- 
adland, the other that which is prosecuted on those parts of 
he coast of Newfoundland commonly called the “ French shore.” 
s fishing grounds of the Banks of Newfoundland stretch along 
southward of the island, covering a large area, and distant 
the coast of Newfoundland about 30 miles at the nearest 
