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Bay 8t. Geougi:, July 18. 



No French here. One thousand five hunUrod to two thousand inhab- 

 itants between the two Capes. Herring fishing chiefly ; have had a poor 

 season as yet. AH well ; no complaints ; a clergyman and doctor ; no 

 magistrate. 



. • VfAY OP Islands, July 21. 



Bhchj Cove, Hiimhsr Sound — Cod-fishing very good, better than usual; 

 caplin plentiful; crops good. Four new families in the Sound; new 

 school-house just completed, and two Roman Catholic chapels; fifteen 

 new dwelling houses ; four new fish stores ; six new families in Soutli 

 Arm; two saAV mills, both in full swing; salmon scarce. Mr. Carter, 

 co"ileetor of timber duties, rcferrcKl to me; declined to interfere. 



BoxNC Bay, July 23. 



Cod-fishery very poor. A great many complaints, chiefly disputes, 

 about land and the use of cod seines and trawls. C/aplin plentiful ; fifty 

 tierces of salmon in the Bay ; all men at the Labrador; six new families 

 from Nova Scotia; two from Cape Breton; seventeen new dwelling- 

 houses, six new stores, one new church ; people healthy. 



Danihl PIead and Cow Head. 



Salmon and cod fishery good.v 



EociiE IIarbouu. 

 More cod tlum Bonne Bay. Some salmon. 



Ponds River, Mall Bay, July 25. 



Two Rivers, both completely barred by a weir and fished by a French- 

 man. Frenchman and five otliers, thirty tierces of salmon, thirty quin- 

 tals of cod. Chinnick (English) and two hands, five tierces of salirtoti 

 and ten f[uint;ds of cod. — (Sec special report.) • - 



Cod scarce ; a few salmon. No complaints. 



Trout River,- 



