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told me of a case where an American offered a 

 liberal rent for a remote river on the Labrador 

 Coast. There was but one settler on the river 

 and the American guaranteed that he would 

 take him into his service. He proposed to 

 build a fishing lodge and so put capital into the 

 country. His application was refused. 



The Government professes to be most anxi- 

 ous to encourage the tourist and sportsman to 

 visit the island, but I venture to think they are 

 not going the right way about it, at least as 

 regards the angler. 



They do not seem to recognize the advantage 

 to the country of leasing any of the many 

 rivers. First the lessee would see that the 

 river was carefully preserved, he would give 

 employment to watchers, he would probably 

 build a house and in any case would spend 

 money in the country, while at the same time 

 his rent goes to increase the revenue. 



A double object is thus attained — the preser- 

 vation of fish and game, and an increase in 

 revenue. 



If, however, such a policy be impossible the 

 least the Government can do is to limit the 

 number of rods on each river and to have some 

 means of knowing which rivers are being fished 

 and by how many rods. In this way the angler 

 contemplating a trip to Newfoundland could 



