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But Sir Robert Bond himself has given evidence on that subject. 

 I read from his speech of the 12th April, 1905, beginning near the 

 foot of p. 447 of the United States Counter-Case Appendix: 



"I hold in my hand papers relating to Canada and Newfoundland, printed 

 by order of the Canadian parliament in the session of 1892, and on page 28 

 of that report I find a letter addressed by C. Edwin Kaulbach, esq., to the Hon. 

 Charles H. Tupper, minister of marine and fisheries at Ottawa, under date 

 17th of April, 1890. This gentleman, who hails from Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, 

 and who is a member of the Canadian parhament, wrote as follows in respect 

 to the restrictions which the government of this colony had placed on Canadian 

 vessels visiting our shores for bait in that year: 'Our men are in terrible straits 

 to know what to do under these circumstances, as their bait for the Grand 

 Bank for our summer trip is almost whoUy obtained on the south side of New- 

 foundland. The Grand Bank has been the summer resort of our fishermen for 

 many years, and from various bays on the south coast of Newfoundland their 

 supply of bait has been drawn, these being much less of distance and a greater 

 certainty of bait than Canadian waters. We have hitherto enjoyed the 

 privilege of obtaining bait in Newfoundland to the fullest extent, paying only 

 such internal fees and taxes as were proper. The result of the action of the 

 Newfoundland government will be most disastrous, and one season alone will 

 prove its dire effects on the fishing fleet of Nova Scotia and the shipyards now 

 also so busy and prosperous.' " 



It is after that that Sir Robert Bond made this declaration: 



"This communication is important evidence as to the value of the position 

 we occupy as mistress of the northern seas so far as the fisheries are concerned. 

 Herein was evidence that it is within the power of the legislature of this colony 

 to make or mar our competitors to the North Atlantic fisheries. Here was 

 evidence that by refusing or restricting the necessary bait supply we can bring 

 our foreign competitors to reaHze their dependence upon us." 



This record is full of reports and correspondence showing that 

 the French had for their bank fishery depended upon the procure- 

 ment of bait in Newfoundland, and disclosing attempts by the 

 Newfoundlanders to prevent the French from getting it, with 

 the constant prohibition on the part of the government of Great 

 Britain, which regarded the effect that it would have upon her 

 relations with her neighbor across the Channel to cut off such an 

 important supply. 



Of course there is also an element of value in this fishery, in the 

 cod-fishing on the coast of Labrador, which is a very great fishery; 



