Extract from the report of Hon. Thomas Cofwin, Secretary of the Treasury. 



" Tbeasory Department, January 15, 1853. 



" The subject of the fisheries being one of high importance, and having recently attracted 

 great and general attention, I transmit herewith a highly interesting and valuable report pre- 

 pared for this Department by Lorenzo Sabine, esq., embracing — 



" 1. A report on the fisheries in the American seas of France, Spain, and Portugal. 



" 2. A report on the fisheries of Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, Cape Breton, Prince Ed- 

 ward's island, Magdelene islands. Bay of Chaleurs, Labrador, and New Brunswick. 



" 3. Report on the fisheries of the United States. 



" 4. Review of the controversy between the United States and Great Britain as to the intent 

 and meaning of the first article of the convention of 1818." 



