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“¢ment. This being the case, the comuplete destruction of t 
“<« Newfoundland trade with Spavn is of cowrse only a questi 
% < of tame.’.” 
A DELEGATION’S STATEMENT. Res 
A delegation sent to London, in 1887, by the Legislature of 
Newfoundland, submitted a statement which still further explains 
the operation of these French bounties. The following quotation 
from this statement will be appropriate here :— | 
‘STATEMENT OF GROWTH AND EFFECTS OF FRENCH BOUNTY-SUS- 
TAINED FisH COMPETITION WITH THE PRODUCE OF N EW= 
FOUNDLAND FISHERIES IN THE EUROPEAN MARKETS, 
‘‘TTALIAN PORTS. 
“ Naples.—The imports into this port show for 1885— — 
Cwts. «| 
Newfoundland ... si iG alt 35,000 q 
French eee aoe ove ses ese 5,300 i 
40,300 ; 
For 1886— 
Newfoundland ... sia a ba 25,600 ; 
French eee eee soe” soe oes 18,800 { 
44,400 
“ or an increase of French cod of over 300 per cent, in the latter 
it4 7 
year. 
“ Writing from Naples, under date March 3rd, Messrs. Mains 
“ gay, Robin, & Co., the principal consignees there, state: 
“¢ In former years French cod-fish was not imported 
“¢here, but with the stimulus given to French shippers 
“the importation of French cod-fish is rapidly i mnronsias . 
“‘¢ with a corresponding decline to British importations.’ : 
“ Leghorn.—The principal fish agent at this port, Mr. J. G. 
“ Tago, writes as follows, under date 21st February, 1887 :— 
“‘« The French have almost entirely taken hold of this 
“ «market for fish. Their imports for 1886 have been” 
« ¢ 64,540 cwts., on which they have received a sum of 
“ bounty of 516,320 frs, Our sales of Newfoundland fish 
“<¢have this week been 200 cwts., against 1,800 in the 
“¢ corresponding week of last year. I have had to ship 
“¢to England the entire cargo of the “ Robert.” and, 
