384 MISCELLANEOUS 



Governor MacGregor to Lord Elgin. 



[Extract.] 



GOVERNMENT HOUSE. St. John's, April 8, 1907. 

 (Received April 13, 1907.) 



I have the honour to transmit, for your information, the text of a 

 Resolution passed by a public meeting convened at Bay of Islands on 

 the 26th ultimo, which has been forwarded to me signed by the chair- 

 man and secretary of the meeting. 



As the resolution was not signed by the individual members pres- 

 ent, it is, of course, not easy without further information to determine 

 what part or proportion of the population of the Bay of Islands dis- 

 trict may be in agreement with the views expressed in the Resolution 

 and may be in accord with the request conveyed in the last paragraph, 

 which prays " that His Majesty in Council will be pleased to take 

 such action as will enable us to enjoy our fishery as we enjoyed same 

 prior to the legislation of 1905 and 1906." 



I have furnished my Ministers with a copy of the Resolution, and 

 have invited them to offer for your consideration any comments 

 thereon which they may desire to have placed before Your Lordship. 



The Attorney-General has, on my request for information in re- 

 gard to the circumstance and formation of this meeting, sent me a let- 

 ter, copy enclosed, covering a communication, dated 27th March, 

 which he has received from Mr. March, Stipendiary at Bay of Islands. 



I enclose also a copy of a telegram addressed by Mr. March on the 

 30th ultimo to the Minister of Justice, from which it would appear 

 that some four score men attended the meeting. 



I enclose a cutting from the " Daily News " of St. John's, of this 

 day's date, in which it is stated that there was only one dissentient 

 voice at the meeting, and that the fishermen are hopeful that their 

 memorial will result in a redress of their grievance. It has to be re- 

 membered that the " Daily News " is the organ of the Opposition. 

 I have, &c., 



WM. MACGREGOR. 



P. S. -Since writing the above I have been informed that Ministers 

 do not wish to offer any comments on the Resolutions. ( W. McG.) 



[Inclosure.] 

 [" The Western Star," Bay of Islands. March 27, 1907.] 



MONSTER MASS MEETING OF FISHERMEN AND CITIZENS. 



A mass meeting of fishermen and citizens was held last evening in 

 the Church of England Hall, when the subjoined resolution and 

 address were unanimously adopted. The chair was occupied by Mr. 

 Thos. Perrott, a worthy representative of the bone and sinew of the 

 country. He explained the object of the meeting, and pointed out 

 the great injustice that had been done the fishing interests of the 

 country by the introduction of Sir Robert Bond's fishing policy. 

 The secretary, Mr. J. A. Barrett, then addressed the meeting, and 

 proposed the resolution and address, which Mr. J. H. Baggs ably 

 seconded. Other speakers took the floor, and freely expressed them- 



