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bait, they may be left to be dealt with in the spheres, and 
the people, to whom they more properly and strictly belong; 
e question of bounties being one pertaining to the fiscal or 
mmmercial policy of the French, and that of the Bait Act per- 
ain ing to the rights of the colony to legislate for the preservation 
md control of its own property. But from a business point of 
lew, and for practical purposes, we recognise the possible inter- 
ependence of these several questions the one upon the other; 
nd, anticipating the French position in relation to bait—in 
iew of the fact that a provision for securing to the French a 
upply of bait necessary for their Bank fishery has always been ~ 
isted upon by the French—it is our opinion that in any final 
rangement such stipulations must be included in relation to 
ait on the one hand, and bounties on the other, as may be con- 
tered just and necessary. 
2 J. S. WINTER. 
P. J. SCOTT. 
A. B. MORINE, 
