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Mr. Joseph K. Bosweii. 



of weather of the roving savages, in order that he might have 

 the opportunity of ministering to their spiritual necessities. 



Mr. Joseph K. Boswell, of Quebec, who controlled the 

 salmon fishing of the Jacques Cartier River for so many 

 years, and who was one of the lead- 

 ing sportsmen of Canada, Mr. John 

 Nairne, Seigneur of Murray Bay, 

 Mr. Arch Campbell and others 

 signed petitions similar in import 

 to those above mentioned, while 

 Mr. Randall Jones prayed for an 

 additional coast guard on the Can- 

 adian Labrador, claiming that 

 American fishermen, in violation of 

 the treaty of 1854-5, between Her 

 Majesty's Government and that of 

 the United States, had inflicted 

 great injury upon his fishing 

 property and industry on the North Shore of the St. 

 Lawrence, for which he demanded compensation. 



Commander Fortin, as Stipendiary Magistrate for the 

 protection of the fisheries and fishermen of the Gulf and 

 Lower St. Lawrence from the interference of foreigners, and 

 for the maintenance of law and order in those waters and 

 on the adjacent coasts, had also urged in his report of his 

 operations for 1856, the passing of a general law to regulate 

 the fisheries throughout the Province. 



Mr. M. H. Perley, perhaps one of the most enlightened 

 authorities on matters pertaining to fish and fishing which 

 New Brunswick has produced, had published, it is true, sev- 

 eral years previous to the appearance of the Hon. Mr. Cau- 

 chon's report and of Mr. Nettle's work, almost equally 

 strong appeals for the protection and restoration of the 

 salmon fisheries, in his very valuable reports on the fisheries 

 of that province; but his work made no reference to the 

 salmon streams tributary to the St. Lawrence. 



