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the .judicious selection of a steam-sloop, commissioned by no well 

 qualified and efficient a commander. Your duty hag been both delicat 

 and harassing, and we feel fully justified in asserting that thong 

 enforcing the terms of the treaty, you have carefully and studiooiv 

 avoided all harsh or arbitrary acts. 



We likewise beg leave, through you, to tender our sincere acknowl- 

 edgments to the officers under your command for the efficient manner 

 in which they have seconded your exertions, more especially in the 

 dangerous and arduous task of boat-duty, which has been so judiciously 

 and effectively performed. 



Most sincerely do we hope that the good work thus commenced will 

 be persevered in by the home government, and that Her Majesty's 

 steamship Devastation will return to our shores under your command 

 next spring. 



We have, &c., 



JOHN FAUVEL, Merchant. 

 ALFRED CARCAUD, Merchant. 

 PHILIP VIBEBT, Merchant. 

 JNO. J. THOMPSON, C. J. 

 JN. WILKIE, Proctor. 

 S. D. DUBORD, Surgeon. 



And thirty-live others. 

 C. Y. CAMPBELL, Esq., 



Her Majesty's Ship Devastation. 



No. 20. 



CUMBERLAND, AT BERMUDA, 



November 18, 1852. 



SIR: I have the honor to transmit herewith, to be laid before the 

 lords of the admiralty, a copy of a report, dated 10th instant, made 

 by Commander C. Y. Campbell, of Her Majesty's steam-ship Devasta- 

 tion, on the fisheries in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, and of his observa- 

 tions during the six months he was employed in their protection. 



I beg to call their lordships' attention to the zeal and activity dis- 

 played by Commander Campbell whilst on this difficult service, and to 

 the increased productiveness of the colonial fisheries at Prince Edward's 

 Island, Gaspe", and Chaleur, during the present season. I have also to 

 draw their lordships' notice to the favorable terms in which the services 

 of Mr. John Jenkins, mate of the Devastation, are mentioned in the 

 report. 



With respect to Commander Campbell's opinion that the encroach- 

 ments of foreigners could be most advantageously prevented by boats, 

 I should acquaint their lordships that I do not consider boats should 

 be employed on any service beyond the reach of support. 



A disposition to resistance may not be unlikely to prevail among the 

 United States fishing vessels. 



I would therefore repeat the recommendation I offered to their lord 

 ships in my letter of the 5th August, 1851, that small vessels with steam 

 power should be sent out early in the next season, supplied with two 

 more good boats, the latter to be employed within the boundaries npoi 

 which the vessels will be engaged. 



I inclose an estimate of the expense of the fuel consumed 

 Devastation, Basilisk, and Buzzard, during the last summer, wind 



