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fl Selection from the Cectures ana 

 Papers gioen before the Society 



Report on a Special Course of Five Lectures on 



" The Resources of the Empire and the Splendid Services Rendered 

 by Our Overseas Possessions in connection with the War." 



I. The Resources of our Oldest and Nearest Colony — Newfound- 

 land — and what it has done and is doing for the War. 



(Delivered at Trinity Hall, December 16th, 1916.) 



By Sir Daniel Morris, K.C.M.G., D.Sc, D.C.L. 



Chairman: Sir Ralph Champneys Williams, K.C.M.G., 

 late Governor of Newfoundland. 



Sir Daniel Morris gave a sketch of the history of Newfound- 

 land from the time of its discovery by Cabot in 149/. He spoke of 

 the first permanent settlement in 1610 and drew attention to the 

 special connection with Newfoundland of our own West country. 

 Not only did many of the earlier settlers come from Dorset, but 

 a regular intercourse with the Colony was maintained, down to a 

 period within living memory, by fleets cf fishing vessels sailing 

 from Christchurch and Poole. 



The lecturer also spoke of the natural features of the country ; 

 its area, population, and government, and of its immense forest 

 resources, now being utilised for the manufacture of wood-pulp for 

 paper-making. Special reference was made to the cod fisheries,, 

 the largest and most valuable in the world. Then followed an 

 account of the many services which the Newfoundlanders have 

 rendered in connection with the war, a tribute being paid to the 

 gallant fighting of the Newfoundland contingent both at Gallipoli 

 and in Flanders. During its several centuries of eventful history 

 the Colony had never enlisted a force for foreign service, but, in 

 the present crisis, the call of Empire was loud and clear and New- 

 foundland responded loyally. This response has earned for our 

 oldest Colony a place of distinction in whatever scheme for closer 

 Imperial Federation may be developed after the war. 



