Forwarding Fishery Report. 



■H.M.S. "Eclipse," 



St. John's, N.F., 24th Oct. 1875. 



Sm, — 



I have the honor to forward my Fishery Report for the year lS(o; 

 and in doing so, I regret to have to report a very indifferent Fishery 

 season. 



This may, I think, he attributed in a great measure to the unusual, 

 hiteness and severity of the season. The same quantity of ice has not 

 been known on this coast for forty years. On the 5th August we count- 

 ed in one day upwards cf one hundred icebergs in the Straits of BeUeish-, 

 and an unusual occurrence took place this year, viz.: that towards the 

 end of the season, when the cod were in some places plentiful, bait was 

 not to be secured. 



On the whole the summer has been unusually fine and dry, with less 

 fog than is usual at that season. 



I have the honor to be. Sir, 

 Your obedient servant, 



JAMES E. ERSKINE, 



Captain and Senior Officer > 



Vice-Admiral 



George G. Wellesley, C.T3,, &c., &c. 

 Commander'in- Chief. 



