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man writes me that he has come to London for the 

 establishing of such a manufactory in connexion with 

 a company in the Gulf of St. Lawrence and New- 

 foundland, to supply the farmers of this country with 

 this manure, which experience has proved, he states, 

 to be equal, if not superior, to the best Peruvian 

 guano, and at a comparatively low price. 



" There is no shelter, harbour, or landing-place at or 

 near Rockall. The smacks that left Westray Bay re- 

 turned to it again without requiring to call anywhere. 

 This beautiful and well-sheltered bay of Westray, 

 Orkney, has been long the rendezvous for cod-fishing 

 smacks, and for the sale of their fish. It can be entered 

 at any tide or wind, and there are no harbour charges. 

 The "Westray merchants are also prepared to buy all 

 the fish brought. Some of the Westray fishermen 

 accompanied the smack to Eockall, and all of them 

 are well acquainted with splitting and drying for the 

 markets. Stornoway, in the Island of Lewis, the 

 property of Sir James Matheson, M.P., is a suitable 

 place also for a station, but I am not aware of the 

 accommodation to be got. There is a deep harbour 

 at a place called Belderig, on the north coast of 

 Mayo, in Ireland ; it is about a mile square ; large 

 ships C'tya. enter and leave at any time of tide ; it 

 lies.dn 54 deg. 19 min. N. latitude, 9 deg. 34 min. 



