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oposittes, & we muste resolue that the kinge & thatt state will 

 haue his eyes open vpon ower actions, & will yf hee cane forse 

 vs from any benifite. . . . 



Now thorrowe all these difficulties, yf the prinse would assiste 

 yt in parte & her marchants thatt are well affected goe liberallye 

 into yt, & that the cuntries mighte bee stirred to an assistance 

 by men in some meaute measure, & some gentelmen moued to 

 bee venturers, thatt should foresee not only the vndertakinge 

 butt the secondinge, then I conseaue, that a worthye generall 

 beinge chosen, thatt mighte haue a royall commission, & weare 

 quallifide to judge of the sighte of plases for strengthe, & for 



comodities, would exercise justice in the to the presise 



the marchaunts adventurers & gentelmen or others thatt should 



th'^ persone would keepe his troopes in obedience, and 



in industrye, and vse clemensey & justice to the inhabitinge, yt 

 mighte bee a glorious action, for o'' prinse and cuntrie, honorable 

 for the general and adventurers and in tyme profitable, to the 

 generall and particular, & I double not an acceptable service to 



God 



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{Not addressed.] 



[Endorsed:—] Plantacion in America. 



{This is evidently a copy, and the lines represent tuords 

 which the copyist could not read. A few spaces are filled and 

 obviously tvrong words corrected, in the earlier part, in the 

 hand of Sir Edward Conway, as stated in the calendar.] 



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APPENDIX F 



THE ATLANTIC FISHERIES ARBITRATION 



Award of the Hague Tribunal as Published 

 September 8, 1910. 



QUESTION I. 



Must any reasonable regulations made by Great Britain, 



Canada, and Newfoundland in the form of municipal laws, 



ordinances, or rules — (such regulations being {a) appropriate or 



necessary for the preservation of the fisheries ; {b) desirable on 



