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would be felt to the yielding the right of fishery in the Island of 

 Belle Isle, or any part of the Labrador coast, or to the removal of 

 any restrictions on the sale of bait. 



11. I trust you will not think that I am raising any uncalled for 

 objections to the different propositions made with reference to the 

 settlement of this most vital question the interest in which is, at 

 this moment, felt with greater intensity, from the ruinous results of 

 the shipments of fish during the last year, arising from the competi- 

 tion in foreign markets of the French, whose bounties enabled them 

 to sell their fish at a price that must bring ruin to our trade, except 

 the quantity caught by them can be diminished. 



12. The only mode of doing this is by preventing their procuring 

 bait from our shores, or encroaching on our fishing grounds. 



Nothing they can offer would be a compensation for any relaxation 

 on either of these points ; and I would respectfully observe, that any 

 negociation founded on any other view, would be not only without 

 advantage, but absolutely prejudicial to our trade. 



13. From the information I have derived from those most com- 

 petent to furnish it, and from the experience I have gained in a long 

 residence, during which I have visited every part of the Colony, I 

 have not deemed it necessary to avail myself of your permission to 

 apply to the Admiral Commanding for a Steamer to enable me to 

 visit any part of the Coast. 



14. I shall, in obedience to your directions, transmit a copy of this 

 Keport to His Excellency Sir John Gaspard LeMarchant, and to 

 Admiral Sir George F. Seymour. 



I have the honor to be, sir, your most obedient humble servant, 



(Signed) JAMES CROWD Y. 



The right honorable Sir J. S. PAKINGTON, Bart., etc., etc., etc. 



Sir A. Perrier to the Earl of Clarendon. 



LONDON, June 10, 1853. 



MY LORD: In compliance with the instructions contained in your 

 Lordship's despatch of the 20th ultimo, I immediately entered into 

 communication with Mr. Archibald, Attorney General of Newfound- 

 land, and Mr. Strachey of the Colonial Office, upon the subject of the 

 negociations with France for a settlement of the question of Fishery 

 rights around that Island. 



After our second meeting, it became evident that the opinions of 

 the three parties were so much at variance as not to admit of any 

 prospect of a unanimous decision; it was therefore agreed that Mr. 

 Archibald and Mr. Strachey should discuss the matter between them- 

 selves and communicate to me the result of their deliberations. 



I have the honor to enclose a letter from these gentlemen, with the 

 amendments which they propose, accompanied by their explanatory 

 notes. 



When, six weeks ago, I waited upon the Duke of Newcastle, I 

 explained to his Grace that the proposals made last year by the 

 French being totally inadmissable, your Lordship was of opinion 



