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RAMEO AND BURGEO ISTANDS. 



WiiiTW Bear Bay, June 20. 



Fair catch of cod, and good prospect. About fifty quintals taken by 

 codseines on 26th. Bait scarce. All well. 



1.AP0ILK, June'29. 



Cod scarce ; caplin in since June 20th ; weather having been rougb, 

 ranch against fishing. All well. 



Port-aux-Basques, July 3. 



From thirty to ninety quintals cod for two men ; caplin in on June 

 1 0th, plentiful. Salmon scarce, and no wonder!! All deep sea fishing 

 handlino in ninety to two hundred fatlioms, five miles oft" shore ; weather 

 much against fishing. Men from Burgco to Port-aux-Basques ha-e been 

 off the latter place all May and June. Halibut caught here up to 200 

 lbs, weight. 



Sydney, Cape Breton, July 8 to 14. 



Left Port-aux-Basques at 4 p.m., July 7th; arrived off" North Sydney 

 ' 6 a.m. 8th; took in one hundred tons of coal and was at anchor off South 



Sydney at 4 p.m. 



'CoDRoY, July 15 to 18. 



French establishment on Codroy Island, consisting of sixteen men, one 

 schooner, seven small boats, and six stages. Very good feeling between 

 French and English. Population on main land about four hundred and 

 " is increasing. French captain complained against use of cod seines. 

 Heard complaint against the proceedings of French war steamer Adonis. 

 Cod-fishery middling ; caplin had gone; very little doing. Salmon in- 

 creasing here. 



