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and the damaging effect of those engines on the fishery as a whole 

 would be got rid of. 



ROBERT H. ANSTRUTHER, 



Captain and Senior Naval Officer, 



Newfoundland Fisheries. 



[Inclosure 3.] 



No. 89/346.] Brilliant, AT ST. JOHNS, 



December 13, 1906. 



SIR: In continuation of my letter, No. 83/346, of 3rd December, 

 1906, I have the honour to report that since that date everything has 

 been most quiet, and nothing has interfered with the fishery, except 

 the weather; and beyond a case of theft of nets by men working on 

 board the American schooner Colonia, with which the Stipendiary 

 Magistrate dealt, there have been no complaints. 



2. On 6th December the Potomac sailed for coal, she having ex- 

 pended an unexpected amount ice breaking in the Goose and Penguin 

 Arms. 



3. During the middle watch of 9th-10th December, ice began to 

 form all round this ship, so in accordance with my instructions I 

 weighed the next forenoon, and proceeded out of the Humber Arm, 

 anchoring in York Harbour to adjust the low pressure crosshead, and 

 for the weather to moderate. I left the Bay the following morning 

 at daylight, and arrived at St. John's at 7.30 a. m., on 13th December. 



I have, &c., 



R. H. ANSTRUTHER, 

 Senior Naval Officer, Newfoundland Fisheries. 



The SECRETARY OF THE ADMIRALTY. 



Admiralty to Colonial Office. 



ADMIRALTY, January 28, 1907. 



(Received January 30, 1907.) 



SIR: I am commanded by my Lords Commissioners of the Ad- 

 miralty to transmit herewith, for the information of the Earl of 

 Elgin, copy of a letter, dated 9th January, 1907, which has been 

 received from the Senior Naval . Officer Newfoundland Fisheries, 

 relative to proceedings since leaving Bay of Islands for St. John's. 

 A copy has also been forwarded to the Foreign Office. 

 I am, &c., 



EVAN MACGREGOR. 



[Inclosure.] 



Brilliant, AT ST. JOHN'S, 



January 9, 1907. 



SIR : I have the honour to report that in compliance with my orders 

 I left Bay of Islands as soon as the ice formed, and proceeded to 

 St. John's, arriving there on the 14th December. Having completed 

 with coal, and taken on board certain surplus stores from H.M.S. 

 Calypso for conveyance to Bermuda, I awaited orders in accordance 

 with Admiralty telegram No. 18 received on the 14th December. 



