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" Croc IIarboup, July M to 8th-Anol.or Bcuings, Cemetery Point S. 80= ^y., S. E. point of entrance S. 7- W., in li i.al.oms.
N. B.— All bearings iiro Magnetic.
I left St. John's on the morning of the 1st of Jnly, an,l on n,y avrlval at this place on the 3rd, I found the " Uiamant," Lieutenant Commander Can-ey, at anchor; he told mo that the " Kersau.t, uuh Captain de Boissondy, Comn,.™ding the French squadron m >uw- foundland, was due on the 3rd, but that on account of some delay, he did not expect her to arrive until the Uth or 1.5th. They have slat d times for calling at the ditferent stations on .he l'-«*^ >;-;;;' ; letters, &c., but do not appear to be very punctual. M. Cucv m <.onve sation, appeared to think that the French have a,> e.clus>vc Xht to the La fishery on this shore, as well as to that u. .ho Sahnon rivers, and that they intend if possible to enforce it in fntur..
The French vessels ai-rived out this year on the 2r>lh of May, ami the fish strucK in on the 1st of June, which is considered early. .V few .additional French fishing vessels have arrived on the coast .lu. season. .
Thc^vlntcr ami spring have been very severe along thi. co:, t. .ith heavy gales A-on. West to W. N. W., a heavy -a a,ul a g--.. ■ deal of field kc; there are, however, good signs ofi.sh on the ,.c,. , .
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CAN-AnA Bay, July Sth.-Visitcd Canada Harbour and Lr^lee Cove; atthe lattc,. place they report a severe winter and a heavy^lall ol Miow llu« «cttk.nent h increasing, and from its sheltered posi- tion and good soli, is better adapted for cultivation than any r Inve yet seen. "^
Corr„H IlAKnoun, July 9th.-I walked over to this harbor and Vis.tcd Mr. Casey ^vho is tho principal inhabitant. He informed me tK^several English people were settling down on the shores of AVlute Bay. Ihc peoj.le of Conche seem to be getting on very well nnd arc not much interfered with by the French, a large amount of fealmon has been caught this season, but it is didicult to get at the truth respecting their catch.
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This is the most in.portant fishing station that the French possess on the :N^.E. Shore of Kewfoundland; they have 9 rooms with avessel attached to each; the vessels are ancliorcd in the Is^orth Arm The I rench say that they expect a good voyage this year. On tho South shore near the single French room are placed two Beacons, to denote tnc position of the shoal or rock iu the middle of the harbour.
CiiKAiAiLLERE HAUHoun, July lOth.-Auchor Point S. 5° E Cape Hant et Bas S. 33° ^V., iu 12 fathoms.
In Crenuillere Harbour there is only one English family; the French roon.s have been abandoned for some years. The French fi.hn^. Captam in St. Anthony's Harbour complained that some of the l.nghsh res.dents on the .A^orth side of the Bay had taken up his luu-onclle - or bultow, in September last, but I could not prove that they had done so. The Cod-lishe.y at Griguets had not been o-ood
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QiTiui'ON- ITaiikouk, July lllh. — Centio ol' Vincent Island, S. E. by E. I E., East entrance of 1 1 arbour, N. E., in 7 futhoniji.
Frederick Pynn, the principal English resident, informed me that the scarcity of salt was mncli lelt on the coast this season, on account of the tradijig schooners not having called fur the seal, the catch of which, during the recent .spring had been much below the average. It was a better year for fish ihan the last, at all events at this settle- ment. I visited Noddy liay or " Baie des Mauves"j the French were doing much better than last year, one of the fishing Captains had several good vegetable gardens; there appeared to be more soil and better shelter, and probably more attention paid to them, than elsewhere.
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The catch at this place and in the vicinity of Cape Onion has al- ready doubled that of former years, but the want of salt prevents the people from catching more; the harbor during our stay was alive with fish. "We obtained good anchorage in 7 fathoms inside schooner Island and the small islet, but I should not recommend a larger vessel to attempt it.
St. Barbes Bay, July 13th to 16th.— Beacon S. S. W. i "W., Harbour Shoal, E. -| N., in 8 fathoms.
On passing Cape Xorman Tobservedthatthc Ice-bergs in the Straits wore much more numerous than they were at this time last year, and I counted no less than 45, but they were mostly on the Labrador side. I anchored off Savage Cove on account of fog on my way to St. Barbes Bay ; the French had been very successful in this neighbour- hood. The Itevcrend Mr. Dobic had just returned from the Labrador
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to his dilation at Fluwcr Cove; ho luul been very ill in (he spring, from exposure Avhilc travelling on a " eonK.tiK," but luul now rccovciecl. f found on my arrival in St. Darbe.s r,;iy tliat the Frcneh Connnander had .«stoi)ped Thomas Genge from fi,^liing the Salmon brook, and had takeji up his Del; this matter, however, I arranged temporaiily with the Frcneh o/lieer.
I found that Gcnge had l)cen again strctehing his nets quite across the river, notwith.staiuling my warning of last summer; he had also baiTcd the Fastern brook about 3 miles up, with a large weir, the water in which was 5 feet deep ; this was destroyed, together with some snialler ones, and 1 therefore confiscated one of his nets. The Fi-eneh had prevented (Jengc from building a Salmon house on the point near the river, and I was informed that they intend !> • stablish two fishing rooms in the Bay this year. Bultow fishing prc^ 'Is to a great extent on this part of the coast, and the Frcneh obtain bait in largo, quantities from L'ance Loup and Black :.\ay. The ..shery this }ear began at Port ai!.^ r; loix on the 1st of :May, the first Fronc'^ vessel the "'^Nor- ipindic" anived on that day and Cvunmenccd li-hing at once.
I hear that the Americans frecpiently send " expeditiou " vessels to the Labrador for scientific research; one of them was at Bonne Fsperance the other day. I settled a dispute between two seal fishers on Current Island, named Di-udge and Combs. Drudge had taken up, and taken temporary possession of two nets which Combs had jjlaeed before Drudge's iramc, to the detriment of his fishing. 1 there- fore ordered the nets to be restored to the owner; but advised him (Combs) not to intei-fere vexatiously with his neighbour's fishing in future. Lieutenant AVickham visited the St. Genevieve River, its mouth is very shallow and the bottom sandy with largo stones— it is fished by AV^illiam Combs this year.
Blanc Sahi-ox, ,luly 17th to 20t;i.— ^^orth Point of Wood Is- land, S. TO^ W., Jersey Flag-staflVX. 48= E., in 7 fathoms.
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Sablon Bay. The Jci'sey firm of LeBoutcllicr Brothers have es- tablished a new room on Green Ishincl since my visit last year, which is worlcin<j^ very well. I was informecl that the Cod-fishery in this place had improved considerably during the last three years; previous- ly to that, it had been failing" ; the herring fishery during the same interval had not been so good. The want of a Church and School is much Iclt, especially during the summer; it is a pity that a Church had not l)eeii erected here, instead of at Forteau, where a School- liousc would have answered the purpose, especially if situated on the Jersey side. A number of fishuig schooners, and larger vessels be- longing to the Jersey and other establishments were at anchor in the Bay at IJradore, and the neighbouring Islands, whose aggregate catch was about ^10,000 quintals; some of the schooners had two Cod-seines each, and the smaller ones one. The Trout fishing in this river is ex- cellent, and is only second to that of Forteau; the great advantage being its proximity to the ship. The principal Salmon river to the Westward is m Salmon Bay, it is called St. Pauls river, and is fished by a Canadian named Louis Clievalier; very few salmon have been caught in Bradore river latclj'-, although it was considered by Lieu- tenant Hughes of the ^'Kiobe" as an excellent nshing river, both for salmon and trout. I was asked while in this place what was the pro- per boundary line between Canada and Labrador, and Avhcther any fishery laws existed, so that the rights of fishermen could be ascer- tained.
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The opinion here is that this years *' voyage " is likely to be much better than that of la-t year, very few salmon had been taken from the river; the country al)i'unds in game, but very Utile trapping had boeu done lately. Sub.-L'. iitenant AV^tu'ren visited L'ansc Loup and I vis- ited L'ansi' Amour diii-ing our stuy. Mr. Frederick Davis, the resi- dent oi the latter [»1;ioo, had hcai'd that some persons from Newfoimd- land intended tocdiu',; and settle on his ground, but I told him that on my retiuii tu St. John's I would see what the law was on the subject^
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Blck Bay, and Eastern and Western St. Modeste, July 24tli to 2Cth. — Anchor Beaiings in French Cove, Ex. of Ship Head, S. S. ^Y. East of St. Modcstc Island, E. S. B., in 5 fathoms.
Lieutenant Wicldiam ascended the Pinwarc river for some dis- tance, but found no obstruction in the shape of weirs or sett nets. — Thomas Ehvorthy, the fisherman, quoted his catch at 40 barrels, but I have reason to believe that he and all the salmon fishers in the rivers on the coast, greatly underrate their " net " proceeds. There is much complaining in this place about the French hauling bait; they come over from the other side in chaloupes of 20 tons and bateaux of 8 tons and return with himdrcds of tons of bait to the French Shore, with which they strew the ground in the vicinity of their traAvls or bultows; this is said to attract the fish olT this coast to their own shore. There are two families in this neighbourhood who assist the French to haul bait, but the others are not strong enough to prevent them from doing 60, and I think the Inspector of Fisheries should make it a part of his duty to watch and stop this proceeding in L'anse Loup and Black Bay, if it can be proved to be dctrnnenlal to the fishery. Some of the masters of the fishing schooners say that they are thinking of getting up a petition to the Government to stop cod seining, but as I have remarked above, they all carry these seines themselves.
Red Bay, July 27th to 31st.— West Point of Saddle Island, S. G3^ W. N. E. Point of do S. E. by E., in 12 fathoms.
The inhabitants of this harbour are rather a large community; they have a church and chapel, and arc very orderly and respectable. They remove to winter houses at the head of the bay in the fall of the year; this is also the custom in some other places. There are said to be about 1300 settlers on the shore between Kcd Cay and Cape Har- rison, and about 300 moi-o between this and Blanc Sablon. It is es- timated that during the fishing season, there is, on the Labrador, a fluctuating population of no less than 00,000 persons, a largo proper-
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Chateau Bav, August Ist.—AVest Point of Pitts Harbour, S. 27° W., East Point of do S. lo^ E., in 7 fathoms.
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IlAiiE Bay and Ficuot Island, August 3rd.~The French have for several years monoj)olized the salmon fishery in a brook in the Southern Arm of this bay, to which they consider thoy have an ex- clusive right. Thoy have a salmon house, and the river is worked by five men. The catch in former years was from 300 to 400 barrels, but as they are in the habit of barring the river, the proceeds of late have not exceeded 80 barrel^ annually. Lieulenant AVickham visited the Fiehot Islands, where the French have sevei-al important fishing es- tablishments.
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CAri-: KouGE Hahuour, August Gth. — Stopped off the K. E. shore of this harbour on my way to Canada Bay; the French had Iteen very successful. Anchored in Inglce Cove for the night; the people had had an indifferent catch, and expressed great anxiety about being *' turned off the shore " by the French.
Flkuii i)e Lys, August 7th. — Outer anchorage. Starboard Point N. 35^ W., East'Ex. of Land, N". E. by E. I E., in 15 faLhoms.
Visited this place to investigate a complaint made by two of the residents against the new fishing captain, who had prohibited any but the guardians of the French rooms from fishing. A special report having been already made of the result of my enquiries, it will not be necessary to allude to it further.
The Fiench captain, M. Jules Guerct, seems anxious to improve the place as far as he is concerned; he has built a bakery, a bath, a drinking Ibuntain, and some additional cabins for the accommodation of his men, which im[)rovcment, however ciKsditable to himself, I can- not but think are in direct violation of the treaty; two additional French rooms are established here this year.
1 left on the evening of the same day and passed the Funk Islands on the next evening. 1 cannot help thinking that it would be most desirable in the interests of navigation, if a light-house were erected on this d:ingcr*)iis rock, as a large number of vessels must nccess:.i»ly l)ass it during the navigable seasons on their way to and fronj tl-.e Fi'cnch sh(»re and the Xorthward. 1 arrived at St. John's at 7 P. M. on the 9th, having been absent on my cruize 40 days.
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Cnoc Hakijouh, Aiigii^^l 20tli to September 1st. — Cemetery Point. S. 80^ ^y.y S. E. Point ol entrance, S. 7^ W., in 11 fathoms.
Left St. John'd on the 2Ctli of Angust and arrived at Croc on the 29th; tlie French Commodore was expected daily. The Commander of the " Diamant," on her arrival here from St. John's a few days ago, had talien uj) the nets of the English people in this harbour, but even- tually retui-ned them all, with one exception, a herring net, valued at about £i 0 0, which ho took awa^' witli him. The cod fishing here was apparently over; the French had not taken a fish for the last eight days. The guardians to the French rooms, on taking charge in the fall, have to sign a printed inventory of all tlic articles left behind, Avhich includes boats ond everything, down to nails and lead. Curlew were in ; they are excellent eating.
St. Anthony's HArjiou]?, September 2nd. — Inner Harbour Moun- tain A, S. 5° W., 1 mile in 10 fathoms.
Having astertained that the French were not fishing the Southern brook in Hare Bay this year, and that there was no one there now, 1 proceeded to St. Antony's Harbour, where I was informed by the resi- dents that the " Diamant's" had, to use their own words, '• made a clean sweep of everything," and had taken aAvay all the English nets they could find. The reeling among the settlers was very strc»ng on the subject. I heard half-expi-essed tlu-eats of rctaliative measures, and they all said that " allairs were never so bad as they are now.*' On leaving the bay, the " Iversai!)t "' hove in sight, and having com- niunicated by signal, we both returned and anchored in tlie harbour,
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Quii'. .)X, September 3rd. — Centre of Vincent Island, S. E. by E., East entrance of Ilarboni', X. X. E.. in 8 fathoms.
The ]''rench report a bettor years fisliing liei-e than last year, some of their vessels have already sailed for Europe with cargoes, and thoj all exi)ect to leave about the 2."ith instant; they lose a few ships al- most QYOvy year while i!j.-Iiing on the Cirand Banks. An ofliccr who I liad detfchcd to visit Griguets and Fortune Harbours, reported that several nets belonging to people at these places had been seik;ed by the " Diamant's '' about the l.j!th August; and that no French were fish- ing near thereat the time. Curlew were lierc in great numbers; the people sometimes biing down as many as 5 couple at a shot.
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FoETEAu Bay, September Ith and 5th. — Church X. E. by E., Liglithouse S. 31'^ E., in 10 fathoms.
Crossed over to Forteau Bay, Labrador, on the J.th instant, the fishermen hero and all along the coast from Blanc Sablon to Chateau Harbour had done very well in coil, and herring were expected in daily. Th.cro is much complaining at thici place about the want of eclioolhig aiiil a resident minister, they say there areoO children in the neighbourhood who can attend a school.
St. Bavtjes Bav, September Cth to 8th. — Inner Harbour Beacon, N. by "W. 3 AV., liust side of entrance N. 3.')^ E., in 5 fathoms.
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St. Joiix Island, Septembcr-Oth. — On visiting this harbour, I found that some of the children of the residents were unbaptizcd and that the clergyman had not visited them for seven years. The fact is, that the mission is too long; it extends from Cape Xorman to Point lliche, and includes part of the opposite coast of Labrador. The French had done very well this year, and had established a new rooni in Scsostris Cove.
Hawe IIaruoue, September 10th to l.jlh. — Torrent, S. \l. by AY. vj "\V., Kobinson Island West, in 5} fothoms.
The salmon fi;:hing in these j-ivers was over, and the fishermen had returned to l*ort aux Choix. Trout are still found, but they are now bcgiiining to go higher up the rivers to spawn. Wild geese and duck were in, but they are very w'ld. The fishing is already nearly I'uincd by the illegal and shor*^. sighted iH'acticc of barring the rivers.
Kf:rrEL Isi.Axn axd Pout aux Ciioix, September Ifitli. — In Gar- gamelle Cove, Head of Bay, E. by N. { N., Port Saunders S. by B., in 10 fathoms.
The French establishmci.t on ihe Island had done very well; the J'rudhonnne 1 ad six vessels v>i)der him, fisliiug along the coast. I anehoiedthe s!ii[) in CarganielK Cove i-nd walked over to Port aux Choix where they reported a ve/y [.ood c:\U:h, indeed. I think that most of the Fj-eneh rooms on ihii shore hive at least 2000 quintals, but 1 fancy they have uiidcifcl.-ued U:cir catch this year. I saw no ves-
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BoxxE Bay, Sc"i)tcmbcr 17th to 19th.— "Woody Point, X. E. by E. \ K., East side of entrance to East Arm, E. by S., in 13 fathoms^
The French have no permanent rooms in this bay; but they have had one vessel at anchor and a temporary establishment in Roche llaibour, the fishermen living under tents. They arrived in May and left towards the end of June, taking then' fish to be cured at the es- tablishments farther to the Eastward. The fishing season this year is reported as above the average, and the French never interfere with the settlers, but they order all vessels away that they find fishing attho mouth of the bay. A few more families have settled here during this year. The crews of- the schooners which call in the bay during the fall, are a source of great annoyance to the inhaljitants, robbing them of their nets, &c., and the want of a resident or visiting magistrate, es- pecially during the months of October and Xovember, is much felt. The rule of the bay Avith regard to the occupation of land is that each settler takes as muchfromage on the land-wash as he pleases, without nterlbring with his neighbours.
Mii.Mnnii Soi'ND, Bat of Islands, September 20th to 21th. — Birchy Cove Church AV. ^ ^-j Xorth bide of entrance to Sound, N. 23^ AV., in 9 fathoms.
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St. Georges Bay, Scpteml)or 25th to 29th. — Harbour Point Beacon, X. 35° E., Church Steeple, X. -lOo W., in 10 liitlioms.
On arriving at St. Georges Harbour, I found everything going on BatisHiietoiily at the settlement. A complaint was brought before mc relative to the salmon fishing in the main river, but the evidence taken before Lieutenant AVickham was so condenuiatory to the complainant and reve;ded such an unsatisfiictory state of things relative to the fish- cry lier? by all parties concerned, that he, with my approval, dismissed the case. The soil here ajipears veiy fertile, and the climate on this part • f ;^c shore is much more genial, and not subject to tlie sudden cl.a ;eo e ;;tetienced on the x^orth and East pans of the Island. I was i i • iKUil t! It a. Coal Mine had been found at Indian Head, about 7
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Pout aux P>ASQLri:.s, Septemb. r .'JOth to October 3rd. — Outer An- chorage Ciulley, S. 7;)^ AY., East end of Koad Island, X. 7^ AY., in 17 fathoms.
Toole a pilot for Ihis harbour, as the passage between the Bald- wins is very narrow. I think a vessel of the " Lapwing " class could moor with safety In the inner harbou: .A\t there is hardly room to swing at single anchor. A harbour light on Channel Head at the Western side of the entrance, to the port, would be of service. The settlement of Channel ai)peared to be, on the whole, very prosperous, the peo]ile are orderly, and any serious breaciies of the law arc rare. 'J'he houses are well built and roads are being made. The catch of fish for this year averagv'd about SO quintals a man; the voyage is con- sidered over by the 20ih of September and the fishermen haul their boats uj) for painting, and repair nets, Sec. Cod is the staple of the fishery here, the salmon fishery has iaikd. The seal fishery is carried on extensively in the spi'ing. The trout fishing in the river at the head of Grand IJay is, 1 should imagine, as good as any iuXowfound- land; fish of from 1 lo (> lbs., being caught below the falls in August and Scj)tem1)er. The lievd. T. A. (Jood, the resident clergyman, was absent at Codroy, his mission cvicnds from that place to IS miles East of lliis harbour. The telcg-ra]>h line was in good working ordei', but the expense of keeping the shore line in repair is very great
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AVe left Port aiix Basques for St. John's at 3 p. ivi., on the '3rd of October, and sliaped eouisc foi- St. ricrrc, but at 12.30 p. ni., ol' tlio next day, foiiiid ourselves about a mile from the Le Ilune Koek, in- ,7ilead oC Ix-iug, as we supposed, 20 miles to the N. W. of the Seal Koclvs, ^vhere our dead reckoning i)lacedus at noon; we had thus been set 20 miles to the K. E., into the bight; the weather was thick and unsealed, which jmc vented our obtaining sights, and a gale had been blowing for the tbiee previous days. AVc rounded Cape Race at midnight on the 5tli, and arrived at St. John's at 1.30 on the 6th having been absent on our second cruize 4:1 days.
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FiiENcii SiiORR. — Oa comparing 1113' fishery report of Inst year ■with the additional information and experience I have gained during )ny recent cruizes, I sec no reason to alter the opinion I tlien express- ed, that " the state of a flairs on the French shore is \ory unsatisfac- tory, and is likely to hceomc still more so;" so long especially as the questions ot " exclusive " right to the sea fishery, that to the salmon river fishing, and the "engines or means ■' allowed to be used by the ]Onglish settlors, arc still in dispute. It is matter of fact, that whether "unreasonably" or not, the French (Zo object to, and prohibit to the English the use of cod seines, salmon and herring nets, and bultows, (all of Avhich engines the}' themselves use) ; they are therefore re- stricted to the use of the hook and line and "jigger " alone, except in the case of the guardians to the French rooms, who in some cases are allowed extended privileges as part compensation for their guardian- ship, for 'whleh they are paid in goods and fishing gear from i£15 to .C25 a I'oom. Many abandoned fishing establishments are being' re- occupied, rumours of the Fnglish settlers being driven ofi^ the shore next year, are rife along the coast, and the inhabitants arc extremely anxious to have their " I'lghts " (if any) distinctly defined. I b;ive, hoAVCvcr, found that the inhabitants arc, as a general rule, on very good terms with their French neighbours, more especially between St. Jiarbes and Poil aux Choix, and the French fishing Captains were in evt'i'y case very civil, and ready toafibrd me all the information in their power relative to their fi.sliing, nuieh more so, indeed, than the Eng- lish settlers, who arc very reticent in these mattei's, especially with re- gard to their catch of salmon in the rivers, of which no reliable infor-
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IMAGiSTKinAL AND Mi'.DJCAi, Su I'KUVisiox. — The rapid increase of the ])opulation on the French shure, from Cajiv'^ St. John us far as llawke Harbour, rendei's it in my opinion neee.> ^ary that there should l»e a magistrate resident at some central points, say Conche on the ]v»st and Flower Cove on the West shore, to be refen jd to in disjjutes av:d to protect public interests. Tt is surprising to me that thegenci'al conduct of the settlers is so good as it is; I have heai'd of no sei'ious quarrels or distiu'bances during the whole of my crui/.j; but this can- not l)e exi)ected to last for ever, as there avo said to be no less than l!00(.> settlei's on the shore between V.'liile Bay and llawkc Harbour, 7(K) of whom are living between the la^t named jilacc and Cape ]S'or- man. The limited time iieces-^nriiy ailoted for the periodical visits of Her Majesty's Ships to the diilerent stations, renders it diflicult ibr the Commanders in their ma;>;isterial ea[)aeity, to settle disputes, more particularly on account of the loose way in which the inhabitants and
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fho Iriuloi'.s'coiuluel llicir l)usincs.s li-nnsaclion.^, and llic mode in which sorvanls aiul u\Wvr. ai'o hiivcl or ongagcd wiLlioiit any AvriUvn r 'TO-- niciil. on either side; this I have endeavoured in some measure to remedy liy i-.-uin-- a m.iiee, .^nhjeet to ihe n])i)i-oval of the Colonial (.•ovei'nmeiU, al some oi" llie nvn-e popnlous stations, copy of which aecompanies ms' rejioiM.
Willi re;';;rd to mcdieal altondanoe, It ajipcars to be the imi)res- sion on the paiM of the settlers, that the Sar-'con.s of Her Majesty's 4Shii)s are ])aid for their advic-, and boiir.d to attend on thorn at all limes, whenevei- ii may snii th-ii- convenience to come or .send for them. This !mi)ressioii I liav;' endeavoured to remove, aiul in one case had to admini ler a sluav rehuhe in Wi'ilin- to acertain individual who insidted ll\e Sui'-vr.n on hi.-, landing- to vi-it a patient. I thinh it most desirable tliat a government medical or.lcci- should be stationed at ir,ane Sab!r,n, on the l.alr.idor, during the- Ilshcry season, where there Avere during my visit ir. -July, no le--s than 1,200 frdiermen, bc- f>ides women and ihildren, and about 500 belonging to the Jersey cs- tablishnnnits on the .-liore.
OwxKr.siiri' or Land. — The questions of ilile to land, and how far new comers have the right to 1)uild on, or occu])y, ]):)rtions of ground which liad been for years past in possession, were in many cases not riglil ly n:s derslood, an;! enrpiiries on this licad were frequent- ly jnade to me, to wliieh 1, of course, could give no satisfactory re- ])lies; to this subje-i the atteulion of ihc Legislature might 1 thinh, be directed with adv;uilage.
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Missioxs, Schools /cc. — The extent of the missions appears to 1110 tt) be very great, and the difliculties of traversing the coast from station to station, not less so, as Avhere the clergym-n cannot keep a boat, he is, in the summer time, entirely dependent on his pai'ishioncrs for the means <d" transit; in the Avinter the facilities of travelling, OAving {« tlvj ict^, and suoav, are greater, and the joiu'ules are performed on .^iei^hs Oi- '* comatiks"' di:uvn by dogs. I tliiid; that rooins Avhieh could be atla[)ti'd Ibi pnblie Avorship (without going to the expense of an ekdji^rate church, and which woukl also ans:-,er the purjiosc of school houjes during the week) miglit with advantage be established
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nl llic move populous stations, such ayLu-lcc Cove and Grigucts Ilar- )»onr on the French shore, and Blanc Sablon and Western St. Mo- tU'sle on tlio Lalirj'doi-. Since M'riihjg the above I have visited Bonno J>av, Avlicre I (br.nd that tlio lievercnd Ulric Rule has established two rooms (;f this dc.->ci-iption; b.e has also a permanent church and school at'liiichy Cove, 1 lumber Sound. There is a great demand at the niorc isolated settlements, for elementary school books and illustrated pai)ei's, such as the " British "Workman'' and others of a similar na- tfciie, M'hlch the vi- iiir.g clergymen have ncimer the opportunity nor means of providing. I recommended the people in some of these ])lacc5 to set up a school among themselves, especiallj^ during the win- ter months, v.dieu they would have more leisure to attend to such matters.
The LAunADOu. — The various opinions as to the best modes of fishing are so conilicting that it would, in my o[)iuion, be diillcult to la}' down arbitrary laws for the guidance of the vast fishing lleet on these shores. I observe that by a clerical or printers error in my last years report, I am made to say thai the: pi-aetice of using the bultow, as well as the "' jigger " is cruel and injudicious. I still hold to the same opinion v.ilh respect to the jiggoi-, I);;!; consider that until it is proved by competent authority, that any of the other engines or means used in taking fish are objectionable or injurious to the fishery, every nuui has a right to take fish with any or all of them, always provided that he does not'' take the water '' from his neighbour. I woiddhere, howv'ver, direct the attention of the Colonial Government to the objectionable practice, befo • ■ lluded to, and now so common, of em])loying women and children in "making "the fish on board the " green lisli catchers,'' and it is stated tliat mauj' hundreds of them are now thns employed on this coast. It is scarcely necessary to sa}' that this practice nnist be productive of great evil, as no proper accommo- dation can be afiuidcd on buaid such small vessels for these people, who in many cases herd together in a most demoralizing manner.
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BiiiD(iEs, S:v. — There appears to me to be a givat want ofeoni- niunieation b}- ineiiiir^ of brid^X'< aei'oss the dillt'i-ont >treams on this coast, such as lihuie Sablon, L'auce Loup, l\)rteau, and Pinware or lilack Iiiver; as tlie diillcull y of fordinii' these streams, especially Avhen s^wollen, is ver^' great, and no fcn'y has as yet been established across, either of them. Tempoi-ary bridges could Ix; thrown across the IJJanr Sablon and L'an-e Loup srix-ams at a moderate cost, Ijy the settlers themselves, who could cut the requi'^ite timber in the winter; they BCem, however, to bo contended to let things remain a- Ihey are, at all events during tlieir time, and nr.lil the eoa-i becomes more thickly po])ulatetl, the Ciovermncnt cannot ])C exju .-ted to take the matter in hand. The Foi'teau and Tinware are larger rivers, which would nccessai'ilv involve a greater outia-s'.
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Tin: Salmon' Fisiif.uv. — I cannot conclude my report without again referring to the slate uf the salmon fishery ou tlii- coast, both in the rivers and in the bays and creek-, of the Island, v/hich through the cupidity, selfishness, and, 1 may ;idd, ignorance on the part of the fishermen, is, not slowly, Init very surely, Ijocoming exterminated. In the bays, fleets of nets are frequently laid down, sometimes :^0, JO, and even 50 at a time, and every inlet slo[)nedj and if the fish should by any i)ossible chance be al.ile to pass the first barriers, the rivers are HO obstructed by M'eirs, traps, dams and nuts, the latter frequently stretched right across and at close intervals, that it is a Avonder that this fishery has not long since- come to an end. Some of theriv,r ob- structions are generally removed befoiv the anticipated arrival of a man of Avai, only to be replaced when she leaves the neighbourhood, ami I woidd strongly recommend that some active measures should ai once be taken by the Ciovernnient, to .sloj) this deplorable stale of affairs, Ijefore the salmon fishery in Newfoundland becomes a thing of the past.
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TAiurLAii Statemicxt of Statistics. — Tlic Tabular StJiteinout of Statifitics which accoinpaiiios tl)is report, iias been revised ami cn- lar:)\ul, some uiinccessary matter left out, and sonic details added, which I trnst may prove n.soful to the Government, and to the (Ja|)- iains of Her Majesty's Ships who ma}' hereafter be stationed on this coast, I have also ai)j)cnde(l for the information of the Senior ollicer, (to bo placed in the Senior ofUcei-'s box, if he shonld deem it neces- sary), Ji list of the ditVerent families on the coast, and one of the Hsh-
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It will be observed that the averag'e catch of fish in the pro[)er columns, is in some eases only up t > the beginnings of August in each yeai-, and n(;t the whole catch ior I'lc season; and \vlicre there is no date opposite any place, that place was not actually visited by the ship. Ov.ing to the five-yeai"ly change of stations among the French lishiMgCai)tains, which change took place this year, 1 was unable in many pla'.*es to com[)U'te the catch for the previous year. In the column " Names of principal resident families,*' I have, on the Fi-ench shore, generally given the names of the guardians to the rooms, who are distinguished by the letter G, against their names ', and on the l^abrador coast those w ho appeared to be able to give the most reliable inforuKition relative to their own and neighbouiing settlements. 1 camiot vouch foi* tlie accuracy of the spelling of eomc of their names, but think that in the main they will be found to be correct. The num- ber of inhabitants may be considered as below the mark, as in that column I have merely enumerated the actual families, without counting their servants.
As my time during the second ci'uize was necessarily limited, the information on the Western shore is not so complete as I could wish, but the names of several places not actually visited by the " Lapwing*- are included in tiie Tabular foim for general information And guidance.
In my encjuiries on the French shore, I was ably assisted by Lieutenant Wiclvham, whose knowledge of French proved very useful, and 1 was thus enabled to de])utc him to visit some of the stations
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Avliicli f>llicnvi.sc I f^lioiild have had to do ontii-oly by myself. He has also dis])hiyod much jiidgniciil hi dealing- with various cases in his magislerial capacity, which in the exercise of my other duties I had occasionally to entrust him to undertake.
The ability of ]\lr. William E. Fox, jSTavignting Sub-Licutcnaiil, as a pilot, enabled mc during- my second cruize to dispense without hesitation with the services of a so-called coast pilot, whom I had en- gaged on the two previous occasions.
I would in conclusion suggest that it would be a great advantage if Admiral Clouet's sailing directions were supplied to the second ves- sel employed on the ixewfoundland fisheries as well as to the Senior Oniccr's Shij), as they contain much valuable information which docs not appear in those supplied from the Ilydrograjjhical office.
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JUNE TO OCTOBER, 1872.
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At St. John's, X. F.,
9th October, 1872.
In making you my Fishery Kcport for the past summer, I propose to divide it into three parts, viz: —
The South Coast, from Tropassoy to Port-au-Basquc. Tlie Freneh Shore, from Cape Ray to St. Barbe Bay. TJie Labrador Coast, from Indian Harbor to Chateau Bay.
The remaining section of the French Shore, viz:— from St. Barbe Bay to Cajjc St. John and of the Labrador coast from Bradore to Chateau J^ny, was placed under the charge of Commander Kno^vles of the " Lai)wing" and AviU be reported on by him and liis report ^vill also include additional and later visits to places on the French shore between St. Barbe Bay and Cape Ray,Avhich I considered it advisable to desii-e him to make.
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At Trepas^ey the ca])lin were not yet in at the time of mv vi-t but this was considered of good augury rather than otherwise: Iut- nng had been very plentiful.
At St. Man's a large number of vessels wore at anchor waitin- i)3r bait (capliM) of which th. ih-s, si,;.s appeared the ni:,l,t of ..p- arrival. The catch of il.-h had been hitherto veiy good and a very good season was ;intiei[>ated.
At Plaeentia the lishery was not so well spoken of, and it would appear that of late years this station, ohce the principal on this c-oa.r ha. bee.i ahn„4 desoled by the iish. which appear to run Westward Without ascending the bay.
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At IJni'in, Groat St. Lawrcnco and Lanialluc fish woi'c sa'ul to )tc plcntiliii, less so ;«< b\^rtmie Harbor, ITarbour Briton, the Kainco is- lands and r.a Pui!c>. :)ut at Dcsjjair l>a>', ]{nrgco and lV)rt-an-Basf|no tlio season was Cdiisiilcred a very good one. At the last named place, es])ceially where ihc (Isliery is cai'iii-d on all Lhe winter, the eateh was
said to amount ahx-ady at the time oC my visit to 300 ({uintais a boat. i
I do not consider iv nor-ossary to i.nllatc my predecessors in giving statistics of the [)opiil;,(ion, i'.e., of tli: > part of the coast, as any int'or- , niaVion I could (-htain mn-t ncc-v-ariiy be veiy imperfect and untrust- worthy and could be nuieli betli'r ali'.H ded by tlie resident ^NFagistrates. Ministers, and Collectors of Customs.
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The only complaint made to mc was at Lamalino, where ATr. IJen- nlii''- the resident ^Ia?;i>{i'a(e and Collector of Customs, beggeil mc to give him niy support in slo[)[)ing tlu' deslruction of Cod-nets by those opposi'd tolheir use, one belonging to an old man the Constable of the jdac'^ having been taken up and destroyed. On my landing J was waited on by a largo deputation oC lishcrmcn to remonstrate against the use of Cod-ncls and buUows being permitted.
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This is llie rpii';;iou whlcli for som > years has agitated llil-! pari of the C'-'-^t; and al'.er lia\-i;ig beard the arguiiv.'uls on all sides, and goii"i into it as dv.epl\-a- my opporiunilies would allow, I am of opinion that tiiere i> no ease made oui against these " fiUgines," oi' for legis- laliny; on the subject.
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The fisl) captured by all means must bear a small piopni'tioii to tliose that rcmai!! untaken; 1 do not think it established lliat ip.on; " mothei' " or spawning- lish are taken in proportion ])y th<j bultow than by the hook-and-line as is asserted; and it is at all times undesi- rable to make enactments which could not be enforced, as I am con- vinced they could not in this ease.
In the meantime it is Cv rtain that when there is a bad year or any particular fishing grounds fall off, such failure will be ascribed to this caijse and recriminations and breaches of the peace •will ensue.
At Grandy's Brook near Burgeo, the salmon fishery has been a total failure. Tiic lishory has been this year very partial, for while luujsiially got)d on the JlS^orth East Coast it has been generally bad on the South and lower pj^rt of the "West coast — for this I was unable to find any good reason add'.Kcd, but in certain cases of Jiivers the fail- tue is no doubt owing to the almost universal practice of "Jjai-ring " them; in consetpience of which no salmon having ascended the rivers, there arc none snawned there, and none to return there the next year.
As far as ])ossible this i)ractice was put a stop to, but it requires far closer Avatching than is afforded by the visit of a ^lau-of-War, for a day or two each .summer to produce any good result.
At La Poile much poverty existed and I was informed that there were nearly 20 faiuilics in a state of destitution j this appears to me in a great measure caused by the inability of the inhabitants of this coast to give their minds fo anytMng but fishing, and when it fails and the men of a family are taken away, there is absolutelvno resource in a great majoi'ity oi' cases.
To my remon^strarices on the subject, they invariably plea-led that I he soil was too bad to grow anything, and this is no doubt true as to most of the settUMuents, b.it on)}' because they have i)itched U))ou the most rocky, barren spots in order to be near the fish, while at a short dist:ince theiv ai'e valleys and spots which would amply repay the trouble of cuUiNation.
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"While at Lamalino anrl in llic iiciyliboui'liood, I ukuIc careful en- quiry as to tliore being any cause of complaint :igains^t the l^'ench fish- ermen from St. Piei'i'c, Ijut could not ai.c-ertrin that there was any just one. A very large husinessj api;cars to be done with Ihon in the sale (tCbail, when it lirst appears on the coast, by wliieh our iishermen arc much benefiltutl, and alter the firsi. few da3's no objection appears to be made to their taking it fur (heniselves. They arc accused, and probably with truth, of sonietinies fishing within onr limils, but on the whole, J was surprised to find such amicable relations existing, which may however be portly aecounted for by many of the residents at St. Pierre being connected l>y mariiagc with our people on the opposite shore.
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t The fif«hing on this shore, except at the Bay of Islands, where they have been taught the use of the bultow by the Anicrieans, is all carried on with the hook-aiid-line, and the French wherever they arc will allow no other means to be used I)y our people, though they thcm- Bclves invariably use the bultow.
Their business appear to be princii)ally done with Halifax and Nova Scotia traders, though a few vessels I'vnw Jersey visit the " shore." The former appear as a rule Lo be a bad class of men, smugglers in their own country and extortionate and quarrelsome in this.
T was sur|iriscd to find so populous and thriving a community on this part of the " French Shore." At Codroy some o(H) inhabilain>. at St. Georges Bay and its immediate neighbourhood about IMIK). while at Bay of Islands there must be as many or more; but they arc 60 scattered in this bay as to mahe it diflicult lo form an estimate.
' These numbers I was informed are rapidly augmenting both b\- natural increase, and also by inunigration fi-om the ICast coast of Xcw- foundland and from Labrad(jr, while a few soitlers have found then- way from Xova Scotia and Cape Breton.
This innnigrniion from the othei" parfs of Xewfonnclhiud is not to be wondered at, considering how lavourahly this side I'outrasts widi the otiiers l)oth in soil ami diiUiitc. 1 was iiil'oi-med by the Kevd. Mr. Bule of this Mi -^lon, that seven years ago there were 18 families in
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The Increase in the otlier ])i'lncipal Bays is no clonbt in propor- tion, and perhaps in the Bay ol" Islands, even greater, as there is a con- siderable trade in Lninber and in Barrels, &c., now going ou there.
A larger Lumber Mill at Corner Brook, put up by a Mr. Silver, but now owned by Messrs, Maclean and Tapper of Halifax, was in fidl work employing some 30 hands j at ]\rr. Petipas' on the opposite side of I [umber Kivcr there was another but smaller one belonging to two brothers named Pynn, formerly of St. John's, Newfoundland, but now naturalized Americans; while in the lliver there was an American vessel employed in prospecting fc»r a Bite on which to erect one more.
All these ^Mills I am told in consequence of the peculiar position of this '' Shore " with respect to the French Treaties are carried on without any license froni the Government, or any grant of the ground ou which the buildings arc erected, and without paying any royalty for the timber they fell.
This increase of population must before long force on the Govern- ment two consideralions of very nnequ.il magnitude. First, to afford the Biitish inhabitants the means of obtaining justice, and secondly to reconcile the increasing occupation of the shore with our treaties with the French.
With reference to the first, the smallest but most pressing, it is almost incredible that with a population numbering as I have above shewn several thousands, there is absolutely no redress whatever ob- tainable for any grievance except by the almost impossible process of recourse to the Courts at St. John's, or at the yearly visit of a Man-of- AVar, the Captain of which usually holds a commission as Justice of the Peace.
I am told that a Magistrate formerly resided at St. George's Bay, but having from some personal cause been withdrawn, the ai)pointnient
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has novor hccii filk'd iij* (o i)ivvi'iil llioi)o.ssibilil y of giving (lie Fj-oicli cjuiso of coini)l:rmt. I was in consrijiiouco applied to by the leailing men at St. George's 1o >s\vcai'iii a eeitaiu mmiljer of special Constables lo aet as gmrdians of i)ublie oi-dcr and to prevent house roljberies ^vlli(•h had oecasionally taken place; and acting on tho precedent set by Ca]>tain I'arish in iMdS, T consented to do, though deeming it rnther a stretch of my aiitliority, and completed the number originally lixed on by him, vi/,:— 8 swearing them in for one year.
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In this matter, T was glad to receive on my return to St. John's> the Opinion of Chief Justice Sii- Hugh Iloyles, then Adnnnistering tho (iovcrmnent, tliat 1 had acted riglilly and within tho Law.
One Magisti-ato stationed at St. (Jcorge's Ray, with powers ex- tending over the Avhole district and with a Constable at each of the j)i'incipal ])laces would proljably be found sullicient for the ])resent to meet this want.
AVith reference to the increase of population and its bearing upon the treaties with France, though I am not disjjosed to thinlc the ques- tion so imminent as I had been led to anticipate, yet it must Avithout doubt, before long force itself into notice. That it has not done so al- I'cad}', is nuicli owing to tlie good sense and forbearance usually evinced by the French nnval ollicers in dealing with the diiliculties that ari.se and in soothing the siuscei»tibilities of thcii- own people. At the same time it is to be borne in mind that the settlcmciit of a certain number of Dritish subjects on the " Fivnch Shore " to act as guardians w;. ..figiiially encouraged by the French themselves and that treaties Avbich may not have been irksome or unnatural in 1713 have a very dilleu .it as])ect in 1872.
AVith refei'cnce to this 1 would quote a ])aragra])h from Captain K. y. llamih( s i'ej)ort of duly 13th, ISGJ, to Yice-Admiral Sir James ll('])e, in which he says: —
'* In the few cases in which I have co-operated with the French ** naval oflicei ■ , 1 have found them most coiiciiialoiy and forbearing
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" towanU our people, ami I believe they rc^l rain thcii' fishing masters, " Ireqiicntly from acts perha])* vSti-i-tly in aceordancc with the letter of '' llie law, but likely to produce ill-feeling, where no material interests " ai-e at stake."
*' They arc quite aware that the anomalous state of affairs now * '' existing, is partly their own fault, from the system, after the peace, '•' of encouraging one or two settlers to live in each harbour to act as " guardians in their absence, and after two or three generations there " i& a large population in several parts who cannot in justice be re- " moved; it i^ also due in some measure to their system of drawing " foi' the diderent harboui's every five years, by which a complete " pci'iodieal change of ])eo[)lc may occur who arc frequently not at all '' satisfied with the privileges granted to the English b}- their pre- '• decessors."'
For a proper consideration of this subject it is necessary to point out that the coast between Cape Ray and Ligornachoix Bay is on a somewhat dilforenl footing from the I'cst of the French shore.
While it is the part which is probably most valuable to us; which, owing to a soil and climate already possesses and constantly attracts numerous settlers; which has forests of fine timber and pi'obably con- siderable mineral wealth; it is at the same time a part of which the Frcni'li make scarcely any use for fishing stations.
In the spring they pass u]) the shore from St. Pierre to their more j valued stations to the Xorth of JIawke'js Uay fishing as they go; but ( they have r.o rooms nor c?tal>li.shments, nor as far as I can ascertain liave ever had any, except at Codroy and IJed Island, the former of which this vear fitted out about 20 men and the latter about 70. This apj)ears to be all the use made by the French of these 200 miles of coast and it is foi' this that the country is kej)t closicd and all develo^i- ment either prevented, or, if ntlempled at all, done so at the risk of the ])r()moters being at any laument called upon to give up their works i and remove.
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It is also necessary to call attention to the state of the salmon fisheries on the French Shore. On the part of the coast I have just been Uealing with, the French appear not to care about it at all, and to leave our people to fish in both the Rivers and Salt AYater as thoy like; but the Kivcr of Ponds near Ilawke's Bay is an exception and around the Xorth and Xortli East Coast, the French shew an increasing de- sire to possess themselves entirely of the River fisheries.
*i A difliculty having arisen at St. Barbc Bay, where an old resident named Genge, Avho hj'.d fished the "Western Brook for many years had been ordered by the Commander of the French schooner, la " Belette," to discontinue doing so. I represented the case to the Fi-ench Com- mander-in-Chief, Admiral de Survillc, on my arrival at St. eJohn's, and he readily admitted that the Rivers above High Water mark, must be considered as territorial, and not included in the shore rights, and promised that the matter should be looked into.
At Hare Bay, I am informed the French have possessed them- selves entirely of the River fishery, and though there is no treaty warrant, whatever, for their doing so, refuse to give it up. Comman- der Knowlos, was to enquire specially into this on his second visit to the North East Coast.
Failing to find the French Senior Ofiiccr at Croc, which place ho had lell the day before my arrival. I returned to St. John's on the 5th August.
Having detached the " Lapwing " to re-visit the " French Shore," including sevci-al places where I had already been,— I left St. John's on the £CLh August, for the coast of Labrador, and departing from what has been the usual custom proceeded to the Northern part first, which, as the weather begins to break up, and the Fishermen to move South about the middle of September, I considered preferable.
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■ The places vi«ilod l)y mc durhio- n.y cruize, with dates of arrival nnd {tepai-tm-e, arc iis follows :
I'LACES A^ISITED.
Artuval. i Depahtuuk.
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Mullin's Cove : : : : 8
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Ctready Jlai-bor 10
Indian Tickle \\
Oir Tul, Harbor (HawkJ Ba'y) .' : ' ' " 17
OffBaltlo Harbor .: - 03
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fc>t. Charles Harbor ::::::* 27
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,^ euquu-c into the truth of a report which had reached him, of a murler having been committed there.
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Though V. .„n,ou. of .such a nature had reached me, yet deenaing- that It could not but iiave an excellent ellect on so wild a eoa^t and tend to i,revent crime to cordially co.oj)erate with the civil power in such a ca.e, I received the Constables on board the ship and proceed- ed to Indian Harbor, outside which the Islands in cjuestin lie. Touch- ing at Gready Harbor. I ih-rc f m;i:.1 ;iii,l-e Phi.^.T.^ '^-'va^',)^^ (■;,,. • ''• tl^^> '-•'■ io.uullaiu! G.vornnuMn- ticvomie Crui..'^ uud'^.chvUim on bo'ird o '•o.'iducl tin; eu-juii'y.
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On arriving at Indian Harbor, the report proved to bo without any foundation, and I then returned to Indian Tickle where I dis- charged the Judge and tlie Con.stablcs to the Kevenuo Schooner.
The fishery on the Labrador coast has been very unequal this year, for while at Indian Harbor and for about 30 miles to the North and from Battle ILubor to Bradore, it has been extremely good, on tlio intervening coast it has been much below the average, and in the neiglibourhood of Tension Tickle almost a total failure.
A^arious causes are assigned by the fishermen for this unequal dis- tribution of the fish, but none of them founded on anything but the merest conjecture as l\ir as I could see. At Indian Harbor the average catch was about 200 quintals a boat, at Battle Harbor about 100, tit Indian Tickle and Gready Harbor from 80 to 100, and at Venison Tickle and the neighbourhood not more than 20 to 25.
The salmon fishery had also been very poor this year both at Hamilton's Inlet and Cartwright Harbor, it being, I was informed not more than one third of an average catch. Herring on the contrary, were very plentiful and exceedingly fine, and on the v, nole, I should think the Labrador catch would this year prove quite up to the usual average for the whole coast.
The presence of the Judge on the coast for the whole season ren- dered it unnecessary to bring any cases before me as a Magistrate, and no matter of any importance other than the one reported called for my interfci ence.
I could not learn that any American or French fishermen had been on the part of the coast visited by me; and on enquiry I found that the latter had entirely al)stained from fishing in the neighbourhood of the Island of Belle Isle this year.
AVhen at St. Ciiarles Harbor it was reported by the mail steamer " Osprcy," tliat a ^Montreal Steamer had been wrecked at Belle Isle, and I started at once for the scene of the disaster, on arriving and
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coininunicjitiiig with tlic Light-house kccpor, I loarnt that the vessel in question was the " Caspian," which hail gone ashore near the hind- ing place, as long ago as the 0th Augnst, that the vessel sank in 5 minutes, but that the crew had been able to land in their boats and were taken ofV, and to England a few days afterwards by a passing
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From Relic Isle I prococdod to Quirpon and in consequence of what I heard there of the doings of the French Sloop of War " Dia- nun)t" on the coast I went on to St. Anthony's Harbor, to enquire into the seizures of nets paid to have been made by her.
On arrival I found the " Lapwing " had visited the place in the beginnmg of September and that depositions had been taken by Com- mander Knowles respecting those acts.
In the earlier pai't of my i-oport, I have alluded to the good sense and good feeling usually shewn by the French naval ofllccrs, charged with f.hc protection of their fisheries in dealing with our people settled on the French shore, and their readiness to meet us half way in pre- venting theui arallelled state of aft'airs created there by the treaties, from resulting in national animosities and acts of violence.
I must regret that the Commander of the " Diamant," has thought fit to depart from this wise course and to make a raid on the nets of our fishermen throughout as far as I can learn the whole of the French shore, without asking for the intervention of one of our vessels and without, (in many cr.scs certainly) any warning or notice having been given to the sulferers.
The animosity which has l)cen aroused by these proceedings leads me to fear that during the antuinn and winter they will bo retaliated on the French rooms iiud stages and on the gear which, in contraven- tion of the treaties, it has been the custom of the French to leave on the shore in cliarge of the guardians, and when the Labrador iishermcu are coming down the coiist in their schooners by hundreds it will be (with the utmo. V desire to obsoi've good failh on our part,) almost if not quite impossible to deled and punish the perpetrators.
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Each such departure from tlu> conciliatory policy hith.-rtr, piir. micd must uccilcrate the iiu.-vilahle crisis and if as appeal., j.rohr.hk., the French havin- put a coustiuction on tlio treaties at variance with the wordino; and entiicly in iheir own favour are preparing i<. enfcroe their claims in their own way and without consulting- us, that crisis cannot he far oH'.
In order to combine the information gatliered by mc with Com- mander Knowlcs' letter on the fiubjoct, I make a separate rci)ort of the
matter.
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The summer on the coast of Labrador and the North part of Newfoundland, was a very fine one until the latter end of Au-u-st, from which time until my departure there was constant rain amribg, in conserpicnco of which it is to be feared much fish jiiay have bec^i BpoJlcd in curing-.
The services of Mr. O'SulHvan of St. John's, as pilot have been cxrcmoly useful to me, not only from his very accui-atc knowlcd-c of the coasts of Newfoundland and Labrador, (thelatter especially which is almost totally unsurvoyed,) but also from his ac(pu\intunce with the fi.sheries and the usages and customs of the coaat, by which decisions in cases of dispute are mueli guided.
1 have the honor to be,
Sir, Your obedient Servant,
A. H. HOSKIXS,
Captain and Stnior OJicer, Mwfoundlami'
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A LIST OP YESS]::i.<S BOA}^I>^r> BY
VESSEL.
Pat. Power
Industry . . . VelociiDede . Native Lass
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Brothers . , .
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MASTER.
Reeves John Pine Henry Sheph • d S. Dalton James Manuel Robert Bert Patrick "Walbh Patrick Doody Richard Jlunt John ]McLinuly Wia. Windsor John Castor
Mary Gjocn
Edward Lydia ! Wni. . bhott
Fleetwing • Ei'j xh Buvy
Alert Eiiay Pidiard
Handy Andy
Grand ^Miistcr
Senator
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Darin^^
Annie Ko.ss \ Lewis Jones
Stella Robert Loid
Ephi'iam SJianklc James Sealong-cr Charles Joy John Joy I^•aac Sink
Amit'l Coiknin. . C W, Anderson
Alexandci- Eisenoir WiHiam .^mith
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Zwickcr & Co Jolm Pine J. Bi-ydeu Thomas Dalton James Manuel Robert Bert Patrick AValsh Patrick Doody Ricliard Hunt John McLundy Samuel Windsor Joh)i Caster William Abbott Elijah .iJury John Hunter Ephriam Shankle James Sealoi»<>-er "STess A: Co Huch it Morish J. Slongloglit Jamea Ross Zwicker S' Co Eiscjioir & Low C ^y. Audersou
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A LIST or VESSELS BOAHIXED PA'
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J. Frazcr
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AVm. Di-ake
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Ha^vlvo ! Morris
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Alfred Ilastcr Edward Ilurllc John Fi-aliek John Shnnkle George Mangier Emanuel Sarty Jacob Sarty John Easter Beliard
James Whittle C. Colonel J. Whittle W. Young M. Caines J. Fiillett Braves Barons W. :\Iariin
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i Henry Silver
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Ij J.ady Elgin I Thomas Iliscock
]5nnnvmedc G. Raymond
Lilian
Young rrince
Flora
Stirling Clipper
MleMac
Thomas Ridley
Florence
True Blue ': Robert Joyce
Margaret Ann ' John Shaw
J. Harris J. Mangle James Morris M. Fennel J. Duffett J. Rossiter AYilliam Taylor
Jane ■
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Vivid
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Minotaur
AVilliam
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John Roberts James Wctton James Howell John Hunt S. Gillespie Jabez Legros William Marshall W. Duggan George Sopcr A. X*arson8
Samuel Matthews
James White
P. Rogerson & Son
John Ball
J. AV. Stewart
Job, Brothers
B. Snogall
J. March & Son
A. Goodrich
J. Perry
J. Rossiter
Ridley & Sons
Robert Joyce
John Shaw
John Roberts
James Wetton
B. II. Gould
Pattison & Co
S. Gillespie
Boyd & McDougall
Wm. [Marshall
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A LIST OF VESSELS BOAKDEI) BV
NAMJ3 OF
■ VESSEL.
MASTER.
Velocity
Don
Emelinc
^homas Bagley
Elizabeth
Pearl
Mary Aim
Emma
"William
Jabez
Margaret ....
Victor
Morning Star
Bella
Rover
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S. English William Iligdcn Edgar Penny S. Pippin George Taylor J. Mtsscrvcy Henry Bcale J. Ilalfyard Gabriel Ixose James Parsons Picrco
Thomas Xoel M. George T. McDonald John Penny D. Lan":
Cygnet
I^Iary Ann I Henry Bealc
Capoehcn John Fowler
Quichstcp J. Loncgan
jessin Edward Maxner
ISIary Young Casper Swass
i jjellc Vanl Jiurns
jX'bel ;D. AVesliamcr.
Sarah Axner |Samucl Oxnor
Ewen Stabb Job, Brothers E. Penny Mr. Smith John Rourke J. Messervey Henry Beale W. Ilalfyard Boyd & McDongall James Parsons Redmond J. R. Maddick M. George T. McDonald John Penny D. Lang Henry Beale John Fowler J. Lonegan Eiscnoir & Co John Swass Eiscnoir it Co uM. Wcshamer Samuel Orncr
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Eng-. ' 8 |
4G |
4 |
Yes |
Yes |
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Trinity Bay |
(( |
" 8in 2\v 1 |
38 |
3 |
(( 1 1 |
<( |
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Carboncar |
Brigt. |
1 |
135 |
7 |
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St. John's |
Schr. |
" Om Iw |
Gl |
4 |
« |
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Carl)onear ' |
« |
" Oiii 3\v |
80 |
3 |
<( |
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Cluulottetown |
u |
<( |
4 |
28 |
3 |
u |
« |
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Ship Head |
(( |
« |
4 |
25 |
2 |
« |
No |
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Bonne Bay |
(( |
« |
G |
Unk'n. |
2 |
No |
« |
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Conception Bay |
(( |
" 8ni 2w |
25 |
3 |
Yes |
Yes |
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Peters Island |
<( |
" 8m Iw |
35 |
2 |
it |
u |
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Bay of Islands |
i( |
« |
7m 2w |
30 |
3 |
No |
u |
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Carboncar |
« |
(( |
lOm -Iw |
■13 |
4 |
Yes |
u |
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Bay of Islands |
(( |
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5m 2\v |
50 |
2 |
(( |
(( |
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Black Bay |
a |
u |
7 |
25 |
3 |
No |
No |
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Carbonear |
(( |
<( |
iGm 'Iw |
75 |
4 |
Yes |
Yes |
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Bonne Bay |
« |
(( |
6m l\v |
20 |
2 |
(( |
« |
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Ship Head |
t( |
<( |
5 |
15 |
1 |
No |
« |
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East Modeste |
« |
« |
G |
27 |
2 |
Yes |
<< |
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Carrolls Cove |
« |
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4. |
30 |
2 |
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Lunebcrg |
(( |
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17 |
G8 |
5 |
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Ilalilax |
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21 |
78 |
7 |
(( |
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(( |
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20 |
120 |
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(( |
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14 |
43 |
4 |
(( |
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33 |
3 |
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A LIST OF VESSELS BOAEDED BY
KAMK OP
VESSEL.
MASTEK.
AVas|) ! Jacob Alien
O. W. l^ylc ! John Smell
Tiiehard Drake Ronkoy James Smilh
Telegram
Wy vis
Spring Bird
Cygnet ' James Ilichard
i John Mclvean | Francis Smith
J. C. Ilitcy ! John Ritcy
Aoonis Samuel Ilitcy
Celerity ' T. Grcssor
James McKean Joseph Kitcy
Caleb Corkam James Ciincroy
Support : Thomas Ann
Bandit ! Philip Smith
Tropic Bivd ; L. Young- Merit 'J. Spindler
Harvest Home Ilemy Ili.-son
"\Ym. Emberlcy J. Ilcelanau
V Trial
Charles Tuppcr ....
i Golden Y\"csl ' John Swic-ker
.Duck '. . J S. BlundcU
Malinda Ann [ John Fiiblit'o
Ella 'S. Yosvp.V\>
John Hill Jf.mes 0;. .v>u .lold
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J. Bell
John Smcil Charles Bowring Ronkey James Smith James Richard Fi'ancis Smith John Ritey Samuel Ritey T. Grcssor Joseph Ritey James Cuneroy Thomas Ann AYm. "Watson L. Young J. Spindler Henry Hisson "Wm. Emberlcy James Cookmaster Wm. Smith Job, Brothers John Publico S. Vestablc J. Maddick
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TIIK BOATS OF II. M. S. "LAPWING."
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Eng. |
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Yes |
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11 |
31 |
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Catalina |
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61 |
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(( |
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14 |
67 |
4 |
ti |
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<( |
14 |
60 |
4 |
ti |
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11 |
21 |
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6 |
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11 |
48 |
4 |
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11 |
7 |
68 |
5 |
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17 |
48 |
5 |
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61 |
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49 |
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61 |
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Bonne Bay |
(( |
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7 |
30 |
3 |
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No |
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Trinity Bay |
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a |
12 |
80 |
6 |
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Yes |
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Halifax |
a |
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14 |
GO |
4 |
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Lunebcrg |
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11 |
48 |
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Mahonc Bay |
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12 |
60 |
4 |
ti |
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La Have |
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27 |
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tl |
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14 |
6G |
4 |
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8 |
60 |
3 |
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ti |
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62 |
4 |
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ti |
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11 |
(( |
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40 |
3 |
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A LIST OF VESSELS BOARDED BY
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VESSEL.
Blake
Merchant ,
Charles Tlionjpson
Edward Lcc
Emma Jane
Eunice Dexter
Lark
Lizzie Dobnian
Margaret Ann
Island Gem
Rosanada
Silian Star
Osprey
Onward
Dicljtris ,
B.Wicr
Kossuth
Osprey
Southern Hope
J.C.Miller
Agara
Wide Awake
Elmira
Margaret
Melondy .Samuel Short S. Beekman Tobln
"W. Duggan B. Dexter D. Windsor A. GiiTord S. Gifiord Stephen GilTm J. Wilkie J. Smith John Brine Levris Trcmavne J. Anderson John Hooper T. jMesscrvoy James Ozong J. i\Ioi'ris IT. Yignon Andi'c Yignon Place Yignon Parsons John Dixon
Melondy Samuel Short AVilliam Samljorn
Petipas B. Dexter
D. Windsor
A. Gifford
Giflln Brothers u
J. Wilkie J. Smith March & Son Lewcl & Cox J. Anderson John Hooper Mcsservey
E. Lclloux & Co E. LeRonx & Co E. Lcltoux Leonorc Yignon
Parsons John Dixon
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THE UOATS OF 11. M. S. " LAPAVING."
Cape Frill Ancc Harbor Newbury Tort
t " Bay of Islands Liverpool, I;}. B. Bonne Bay Sholbourne Louis Head, N. S.
La Have Tort Medway St. John's
Halifax
Luncbcrg
St. George's Bay <(
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Esquimaux Point
Bay of Islands Halifax
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A LIST OF VESSELS BOARDED BY
NAMK OP
VESSEL.
MASTER.
Elisha
George Pard
Florence Silver ! McMurphy
Warrior Charles dc vSt. Croix
Bi-igj^j;, I Thomas Pond
Morjiing Light. .
Bloomer
Hannah
Annie Florence Laura liivcrpool,
Thomas Maskll Uoberl LcAvis Pasqualc Benoit Messcrvey J. McFarlano
OWNER.
D'Orient Henry Silver Clomoins & Co Do Gruchy & Co John Maskll llobert Lewis Pasqualc Benoit Mcsservey J. ;McFarlane
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Till-: BOATS OF IL M. S. *«LA[>Wi:^G."
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Xil. |
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2 |
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Jersey |
Biigi. |
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Scin-. |
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32 |
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1 i 1 |
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38 |
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Tiay |
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Commander.
11. M. S. " La]v,vin<,V'
At St. John's, N.F.,
7th October, 1S72.
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List of Inliabita
Namcofriacc.
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Name of Settler.
Coachman's Cove
"William Green Cornelius Seanue J. Teiry liicharcl Gray T. Fnrlow -Wills
John Downey John Downey, Jr. Daniel Di>wncy John Bailey John INonnor Kiehard Dobbin Andrew Dow John Denify Timothy Drover
Fleur de Lys
Wife and No of Children.
Hooping Havbonr
John AVel4i John "Wel^h, Jr. Kobcrt Welsji George Lewis Patriek Shelley Kdward Shullcy Jeremiah Foid John Connoway
' Widow Compton Saumel Compton ,loi^iahComi)ton Je^^se Tueker ■\Yidow Hancock Stephen Lang ford John Caunini^
Name of Place.
Cat Covo
Little Canada Canada llnvbouv
"W. and 7 ^V. and 3 AV. and 4 W. and () W. and 1 W. and 1 ^y. and 2 "W. and 0 AY. and 3
W. and i AV. and -1 ^y. and 1
W. and 3 W.
W. and 1 AY. and a
9 Children AY. and 2 AV: and 1 AY. and 1 1 Chil<li'fn AY. and 1 AY. i.ntl -^
Inglee Cove
in Canada Bay
Canada Arm
IliUiersHaiboi or I Boutltoa
of Inh?a,bitaints on the French Shore, Newfoundland.
Xarac ofPlacc.
Kamc of Settler.
Cat Covo
Little Canada Canada ILirboiir
Inglee Cove
in Canada Bay
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Canada Arm
Ilillierallaibour or I BoutitOo
Philip Reeves
John Reeves David Dooley
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Mr. J. Gilla"d, Sr. Henry Gillard, Jr. Robert Gilhird John J i Hard Chas. lIoi)kins John Parsons James Parsons James Dunn James Wilcox Aaron Reid John Iloduet
Mr.W.Canning-, Sr. Andi-ow Canning- Samuel Canning Henry Handcock Theophilns (barter Goori;e Clothier' AVidow Handcor-k Chai'lcs Handcock Joseph Lane
Wife and Ko ol Chidren.
ISIichacl Shelly AViiliam '^^ltcher
Matthew Ziobcrts Jatucs Dcnipsey
W. and 7
^V. and -4 W. and 4
AY. and 1 W. and a ^V. and 7
and JL 7 W. and 2
lITamc of Place.
Karae of Settler.
AV. aml5 i "VV. and C
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^y. and 9
3
W. and 2 AV. and 2
W. and G
Conche Harbour
Cape Rouge Harbour
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Pelicr Creek.
"Vy^alter Joy AViduw Kenney John Joy !Mr. John Casey jMichael Casey John Pino AVidow Casev Pati'iek Cai i-oll Thomas Kear.sey John Hunt Mr. John Dower Mr. Ed. Dower Mr. J. Kenny Jas. rilz|)atrick George Ralph John Burn ]\u'. A. Linflcld lyfr. J. l^i'omlcy Vf.v. P. Bi-ondi-y Mr. Thos. Martin Mr. Jas. Flinn Martin Flinn Richard Joy
Maurice Poor J.imes Burn
Airs. Swcctland ^J'iniothv Pine 'J'liomas Pine AJrs. Ensley
James Try
AA'ifc and Xo of Childi-fcu.
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10 AV. and .5 AY. and i AV. and 3 AY. and 1
AY. and G AY. and 2 AV'. and o A\'. and 7 AV. nndl7 AV. and 2 AV. and 5 ^V. and 1 AV. ar.d 2 AY. and 7 AV. an.l 4 AV. and 2 AV. and u AV. and 1 AY. a:Kll2 1 Si-ter
AA^andO f AV. and 3 "
AY. and 2
AVidov,' 2
AV. and 2
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List of Inhabita]
Name of Place.
Xarnc of Sottlcr.
Wife and No of (Jliildrcn.
!Namc of riace.
Croc Haibouf
AYidow IIopo Jiinu's IIopo Steplien AYi«eniiiii P a 1 1 i c k K c a rn ey Thomas Kccniii^li 'I'hoinas Clancc Ueiijamiu Joluison
Si. Julicna
Jolm Keoiigh 'Wi'.iiam Keough James Carter Joiiii AVlieUin
W. ami 3 W. and 2
2
Crand Oies
GeOi-pc AIcGi'ath John Ilaggarty
■\V. and 5 W. and 5
W. and 3 1 W. and 1 AV.
AV.andlS W. and :j
Ireland Bight (Hare Bay)
Stark's Bight (Hare Bay)
P'.'tiles Ileltes
'luvro dii Fours
Henry I^ako Jolu; Davis
^y. and 2 "W^ and 1
Goose Cove (Hare Bay)
i<'ii"h<)t Islands (Ilarc Bay)
Lf»ek's Oovc (Ilaro JJay)
Jolm Johnson AVi'liam Johnson.
Mnrtin Bromley A'v'illam l>romI(!y Patrick Bromley ArKhael .l*>romley Michael Dig lleiiiT iiromley Joliu Eivert
John Finamoro Kli l':i!elt Fred. IvowbotUam James Cobb
^Y. and .1 ,, AV. and7
i ^V.
; AV. and 2
AV. aml.'J
I W. aiul 5
I \V. and ;J AV.
W. and 5 ^V. and 7 AV. and 1
1 1 Trois Afontagnes
Cromaillcrc
St. Anthony Uar> bum*
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IJTamc of riaco.
Name of Settler.
Wife and No of Chidrcn.
Kamc of Place.
Ircltind Bight (liaio Bay)
Stark's Bight (Hare Bay)
Goose Cove (Ilaic Bay)
Ti'ois ]Nfonta9:ne.s
Croiuailloi'c
St. Authoijy Har- bour
Jolm Johnson Tliomas Bitman Joseph Coles John Coles Joseph Bounce;, Levi Andrews William Keid
Bati'ick La no AViliiam Ward
James Sexton Timothy Sexton Patrick Sexton John Sullivan Alfred Davis Michac-l Fry Geui'ge Carpenter Georgt Gordon Henry Pin George Blms Charles Griirni
Thomai' Bosc
! John Patey
Joseph 3oyd James llogle Joseph Jeans Bobert ^ims AVillii\m Patey, Sr, David P;.tey Peter Pjitcy John Slado Eli MaidiLont James Cuitis George Ih.rt Henry Mcorc John Sim;i
^V. and 6
W. and 6
5
^y. mid 3
W.andlO AV.andlO
W. W.
W.
^\. ^\. ^y. w. ^\. w. w.
AV.
w.
and 2 and 4
and 2 and •) and o and 9 and '^ and 1 and >i
and 7
and 1
3
W. and 3
^Y. and 8
W.
W.
^v. ^y. w. w. w. w. ^y. w
and 1
and 2
1
6
and 5
and 2 ajul 2 and 2
and 4 and G and 2
St. Anthony
or St. Mein Bay
St. Charles
or Freneh Cove
Great Braha
Little Braha
St. Lunairc Bay
>Iamc of Si.u;i:r,
;AVinMiKiNw
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Mr. Henry Pilgrim liiehard Pilgrim John Pilgrim William P
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Henry Pilgrim ]\Iark Pilgrim Albert Pilgrim Alfred Sims
William Ireland AViliiarn Curlew George Tlichards i^udrcw Colbiu'u Frank White
Willi.im .Tsorman Thomas Barron
Thomas Pilgrim Henrv Budgoll John Colburn
John Patey Henry Foot Solomon Drew Charles Drew Thomafj Bussey Thomas Joy AVm. Cumberland
W.
AV.aiuMO AV. and 5 AV. i)nd3
AV.
AV. and 1
AV. Mul 7
AV.
AV.
AV. and 2
AV.
AV.
W. and 1 W. and 'i
nd 2
W. a AV. and 2 AV. and 1
W.and 13 W. and 7 W. and 8 AV. and 2 AV.
AV. and 4 AV. and 7
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Fortune II
Qiiirpon Is^
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List of Inlia^b:
"N'ame of Phu-o.
^'ailH> of SC'Ulol-.
V>'i(V iind Xo, ot'CJluKlreii.
Xaiuc of I'la
Upper and Lower Griguets ITarbonr
F'-- lane Harbour
Quirpon Island
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Quirpon ITarliiour
John Ileal Charles Folcv •lames nUiiei" John Conij)t:on John Harold Jacol) Hill HiMir}- Shcppard AViUiani Fukt.' Gcoi'iTG Pelci'sou Shncon Uillicr Ilenrv CroniDlon Aiidrc-w l3o\vii rfainiis Cai'pciitcr Th'jina:; Ililiicr ]>ry'in Kavaua^h .\hrali:ir.i Xoi'man Geoi'u'c Hillii'i' Luke Maiuiel
r)0>cj)h (Jainlan »l()?-e[)li SnoAV lli'nry AN'arlni'd .Ahialuun Fiiyard Lanrcneo l.hjad Thomas Head
Fi-aueis Fcarce James Burn
Fi'cderiek J^ynn IleniT Tueker Robert Harilctt William Xur^ell Tiioma-! Travis Pali'irk Dorothy Moses Pynn AiThiI)ald Tayloi Thomas Clark G(;or^:;(^ P>reut Tv'idou' ['x'sscy John UmK^tl
w.
W. and 3 W. ami 1 "W. and i> \i. and 15 SV. and 7 \'i . arui ,) Yi. and 2 \i. iind 1 AV.
■^\^ :md n
^V. aiul I Vr. and :J AV. ami 2 \V. and I W.
W. and o \V. and S \;'. ;;nd o A\ . and .") AV. isiid i AV. and '2
AV. ;;nd 1 \V. :Mld '2
Xoddy Harbnt
or Bail des Alauv
L'ance Alidi
Ilalia Bay
Cant; (Jniou
Pisiolct Bay (V>'nody Poi'nl
Schooner
or
lii'andv Island
Cooks Harboii
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AV. |
a;-,Hll 1 |
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W. |
and 9 |
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AV. |
and 1: : |
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W. |
and ;J ' |
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1 ] and 1 |
Ca[)e Xorniaii |
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AV. AV. |
Buat Ha.rbour |
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A','. |
and 2 ■■' i |
Bi'^' Brook |
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AV. |
.■■•hI m |
FddJos (.'ove |
•Kim^^r'
*jfl^<e»!P»v ••■--•'•,'Ki!iJ«"»w»,W»*'
naw*. % -yrr vro ti^m to tint
•-»••» «»*-»T ' *
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st of Inhabitants on tlio li'iencli Bhore, N,:VV7fcan^
Name of I'lace.
2S;Uilc of" ^-'eUlc
Wife and Xo 01 Chldi'cn. '!
Xame of Place.
Name of Settler.
'^\''iro and Xo of Children.
Xoddy Ilarbntir
or Bail des Mauves
L'ance ^Nlidi
Ilaha Bay
(,'a!)(; (Jiiion
Pi'^lolct Bay (Woody Point)
ScboDncr or Piandv Island
Cooks Harbour
(.'ape Xorniau Boat IliU'bour VA'j; I^rook Mdillcs (.'(»ve
Jo.se])h Bartlctt
Jacol) .Mdiri<on Wiiiiani Tiifker Wiiliaii! J'M'Ji.son Loren>:() Pt. irtljlt
AVilliani Dockeis «luliM T:iy!oi- ■*- Jordiin NlK;ij)ard
AVilliain Parnietei Philii) Lodi'ii.
! -,,7 1 ,. Pmc Cove
\V . and ;)
V:. and '6 i AV! and 1
Slioal Cove
Abfl ].?-ekv':>; llcnrv Ik'aiivire
.losejili (]ro\vn Jobn ^las'/y. Sr, John Alascy, -Jr.
W. and G
W. and rt ' T\n-ei'{y Cove
\V. ar.d S ' , oi; ■ bai;dy i3ay
W. and ^i '}
,i
Crcen L/iand Cove
Vr. and 8 ^y. and 2
W. and i. ;|
^y. i|
Tv.and.l , Hava^'e Covo
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AViiliani l-jK-nliiiiu |
W. |
1 - !' and I |
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AHVi'd {ii'lnliani |
2 i' |
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All'ivd S'nns |
W. |
and 1^ |; |
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Sanr.K'l T\'arren |
A\^ |
and 'l: '; |
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('h;'.!'les Lon.ijnan |
vr. |
ami ") |
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Plieodoi'c Case |
\\. |
and 2 |
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1 i |
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\Vi:ii;;ni Pii^-inu |
■ w. |
and 13 | |
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Joli.i Ji'.'L'Vicr |
1 ^^'• |
1 |
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Jobn J lilis |
' w. |
'"^^^•'i i! Xan |
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A\ iliiani 1 )» .-kor"* |
2 i |
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(leorgxi ]*il,La"ini |
AV. |
and 5 |
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Henry Jvjek |
1 W. |
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i ! 1 |
1 1 1 |
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j ! i |
1 |
1 |
Henry Cain
Gcorq-c Coles Tbon-jas AVIiite J:)bn WbiLe
Tho^.Mitebelmoi-e Phiiip (Jo;!l(js
W. and 5
^Y. and 0
W. and 7
A7. and 7 \i. and 9
< 'onv^e (^anlton. Sr.' C^eoi;.>e (iaiiiioii, Jr.; tlame.-) G;) niton i
Jobn [[od<j:,c j
:>..lattbe\v Coles Jolm Prir/e liobert Perbam
Y/. and 8
^v. 'uid 5
■\Y. and n
Y;. and 2 AY. and 7
James Kiiv.]* J;nnes ISv. Jobn John l)einj):itor J').-iej)b Dnmas Jobn .Stn]i!etou Jobn AVal-b Patriek AVal>di ]i.lijab Diamond Joslina Diamond Jo:;. Xosewortby fc'amuel S])enee Jobn A])i>!eii Jobn A\'ells AVm. J. AVill.s Jobn Smilb ( .'('orire Soenco j 'iUlip Lencric
i AY.
i AY. AY. AV. AY. AV. A^^ AY. A\\ AY. \V. Vv. \V. W.
\v.
Vv.
and 1 and 4 and 9 and 4 and 5 and 3 and 1 and 4 .-.nd .'3 and 3 and 5 and 5 and 1 and 4 and 5 and o and 2
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List of Inhabitai
IS'ame of Place.
Xnmo of Settler.
Wife and No of Children
Name of Place.
St. Pauls Bay
Brown Point
John Gilly Mr. Short
W. and 5 1
Green Point
Josiah Paino Cha^i. Dodd
I W. and 4 I ^y. and 1
Lark Harbour
11
Petit Port or Little Harbour
Lobster Covo
Jo.^se Doclcor E(.l)ci't Pal no AVilliam Tahio
W. and 2 W. and 3
Booljy or iTociio liar bour
William Paino James Decker :Manuel Decker ■^Viliiam Yoving John Thomas Jona.-i Sliear.s Joseph rittman A. EllesNYorth
^V. and 8
W. and 1
\V.
^y. and 2
W.
^V. and G
AV. !ind «»
AV. and 2
Hero corned Bonne ■ Bay
"•vYidow Crocker Gi?or,'.^e C'.ockcr Wiinaiu v..ij-'!^'..i Charles (.:r'..';ker Lu'cc Ciockcr J.;;nc^ Wollcr SwccL Uollowny
1
W. and i W. and ;) W. and t ">V. and 0 W.
Hero comes Bay of L.laads
y'^iF'Hiliil'iVI nil v""»P«i"*
)f Inhabitants on the French Shore, Newfoundland.
Name of place.
Name of Settler.
Lark Harbour
AVilliam Park AVilliain Park Stephen MoUon Abralmm Shepherd George Shei>h(H(.l Isaac Shcphei'd
Petit Port or Little \ Gt orj?e Lcgg Harbour Ziba Purely
Wife and Xo oi Ohidrcii.
W.,andO W. and a W. and 2 AV. and 5 W. and -4 ^V. and 2
W. oud 6 W.
c
A.
JTamc of Place.
Bradoro
Gnlch Cove and Long Point
Green Island SVcod Islai;d or Isle au Bois
Blanc Sablou Bay
L'ansc St. Clair
Xs
cr.
Mr. Elij Th( Lot Joh
I a 1(1 .i.'.ild
G.J
Job Ale: Tho ■\Vid
Char
John
Thoc— -
Jarac
Leo ]
Geor
Octa^
AVifo aiul No oi" Cljiidi'cn.
W. and 5 AV. and 3 ^Y. ai>d 1 \\. and 5 ^V. and 1
Peter
Josep ■\Vil!h J a me! Jamcf Sainut
Tiiom
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^y. |
and 5 |
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^^\ |
and 1 |
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\y. |
an<l .7 |
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^v. |
and 4 |
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^v. |
and 1 |
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\y. |
and 4 |
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^\'. |
and 3 |
("SVifu keeps School.)
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AV. and 3 ' |
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1 1 i 1 1 — » te*-*^-^^— ' Vr. ;ind 4 W. and4 ! W. and a 1 |
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! 1 i 1 1 |
• |
'.ttm-*"*'*^''^*'^
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Xamc of Place.
Bradoro
Gulch Cove and Long Point
Green Island "Wood Isl.it:d or Isle au Bois
Blauc Sablon Bay
L'ansG St. Clair
Kamc of Settler.
Mr. Thomas Jones Elijah Cribbe Thomas Buckle Louis Merancey John Brown
G. S. Evhcridgc
Yea
John J3odman Alcxanck'rOumas Thomas Colombo Widow Libadis
Tuff
Taylor
Charles Phillips John Major Thomas .Savalce James Baudoin Leo Baudoin George Smith Octave Sctcmpllcr
List of Inhabitants on tlio Coai^t
peter Lotto Joseph (lodfrey AViilir.m Wailis James Dmnaresqu James yicliy^ Samuel Gohlio
'/)!■:
l^UlUi-'l'l
Tuoma ; .loneour
Wife and Xo of Children.
X:\mc of Place.
^y. and 8 AV. and 4 W. and 5
^Y. and 4
W. and 1 ^V. and 4 W. :.nd 3 ^y. and 8
■\V. and 5 W. and 3
^y. and 6
"W. and 6
W. and 1
W. and 2 AV. and it
Fortcau Bay
Xamc of Settler.
Kdwnnl Cilbb
Jo-., I,!) Ilaueock
I'hili!) l-'linn
Tiv>i;!:\s Fiiun
John Jamie>on
Jo>('j»h I5i!;;]do
>':;iiiauiel Andrews ' AV.
Xo;;li ]3c!l ; AV. au
Jai'i'.'j I'iU'ne.s i >» •
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AVife |
am |
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ol CI |
iih |
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AV. |
'. " ./, |
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AV. |
an |
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AV. |
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AV. |
au |
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W. |
an |
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\V. |
su |
Amour Lighthouse C:^r'»iu Ciudio W.
Fox Cove
Tairlck MeDonakl AV.
I/ansc Loup
L-anse Diablo
Capstan Island
Western St. Alodcsto (Black Bay)
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Mi/bael B;iri:e ' |
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'J'homas l/,ii<tead |
AV. nu |
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Cl!;!:''es Jivhuul |
AV. ;;i |
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Jol n P)arnev ' |
AV. :u |
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John Bar! KT ! |
AV. a: |
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Mieli;\vi Mcore |
AV. |
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Kiel. aid Mar.-!Kdl |
W. ai |
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JoM.;;!! l>{i:!Ot |
AV. a I |
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John < ilynn |
AV. at |
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AViduNv P,uclvlo |
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J.,l!n Bu''kli! |
AV. |
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Ailr -l lii!ek!o |
AV. |
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AViiliam Buvkle |
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AViilinm Fov.der |
Av . 1.1 |
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J»]i;i !'''i'vlcr |
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Iv'v.- \V:l rlkO |
> t • «■ t |
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Soioi'.vn Pike |
: AV. a; |
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S-.!V:' >\\ i'i'.f' |
AV. ; . |
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C'ui-: ;):iri" j'ike |
; vr.u |
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11vm;-\ i;oal.-> |
\V. ivi |
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AVii'i'-m Ovliil |
AV. ;r |
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rh'.'i;-' Dincro |
AV. a |
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1 the Coai^t of Labrador, 1872.
f Settler.
Cilbb
iiim L'iinn
■A Audrews
•11
1. D.rvis
fJiii'dio
ol'ChiUlren. P
vr.
•^V. ,ra<l 4
AV. aud 0
W . juul 7 AV.
AV. and 8 NN . r.'.id o
J^ame of Tlacc.
jSTamc of Settler.
Western St.Modcste (Black Bay)
L
Jolin Snow John AUrabam Edward Lowe TlKwnas McDonald Stephen ^rcDouald Octave Con-o
\V.
McDonaia AV.
Ship ITend
and j 'in ware (Black Bay)
Bark'c
Linst«.'ad
Jiyhnul
WIK'V
u'!-r
Mttoro
Marshall J>ii:!Ot Ivnn
AVilliani Odell Ilonrv Odcll Luho'O.l'/i! .Mark (Jdoll Jaras.'.-? TSavy Thonias l-ll worthy Ilugii Odell
' Av. and ;;
AV. ;uid 1 i AV. and <> ! AV. and i
AV.
W. and -i :
AV. and4 \
AV. a»nl 2 i
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Buckle |
i |
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!ckl<« |
i AV. |
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^.iicldo |
i AV. |
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liuvklo |
! |
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Fowler |
AV. i.nd 7 |
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1 •^ |
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rvlcr |
1 o |
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riico |
\ AV.rrdlO |
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1 PP:C |
: AV. and:] |
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a i'ikc |
AV. i.vA '2 |
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)\\v: V'Xo |
. AV. a^id2 |
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t;oa!<-> |
\V. ivrA i> |
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( KlcU |
AV. and -2 |
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yiPiCro |
AV. ar.d i) |
Eastern St. iModestc' (Bhiek liay) j
George Lilly Josej)h Lillv AVilliam Lidv Fredcriek Butt Goorg"G Dorey
Carrolls Cove
John Ennerjj:an Uuljcrt Mar.-!udl Edward Trachy
Red Bay
!
John Bailey Nathaniel Pike AViiliau) YciUiari
AVife and No of Chiklrcn.
AV. and 5 AV. and 3 AV. and 1 AV. and 5 AV. and 1
AA". and 5 AV. and 1 AV. and o AV. and '1 AV. and 1 AV. and. 1 AV. and 3
I (AA'ife keeps School.)
AV. and 4 AV. anrl 1 AV. and 5
I'M'-
Kame of Place.
Red Bay
of Children.
!N'oTK. — None of the rainilios nt CliMlcau and llcnley Inland are resi- dt'iils; they all return to Carbonear, ]5ay of Is- lands, and other places in the fall.
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vRLES G. F. KXOWLKS,
Coiumundor 11. ^L S. - Lipv/in-/'
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List of Inhabitants on the Cot
Name of Place.
Name of Settler.
lAVilb and No of ChilcUcn.
Name of Place.
Red Bay
Henley Island (Chateau Bay)
iMoi'ris Island (Chateau Bay)
Castle Island (Chateau Bay)
^
Name of Sotllcr,
riiilip limit Jaiiii.'N 11 mil. [Micharl Isi-micdy, .Sr. Micliiifl Kcmiody Sanniel Parsons liifiiai'd I'iirsoiis AViddW l)ii.i:;;j;aii John Duj'/naii flames Xoi'l, Sr. TIio),i;h Xocl Charh-'s Xol'I Jovditn Xool John ?\orl 'Vi'il!i:iin ilils'ard
of
Jolni ]\[oorc liic'luird Miioi-e lieiilK'ii Tavlor
Ed^Yal••■l ]:!cmister,Si', KdwiW'l JJmiii.slor Jolni l>i'm"..-toi' ClKU'lt'S SLnnc. '^v. Geoi7.:;(' Stone Win. Kennedy, Sr. \>'illiain ivemietly Jonatiian Tavlor Josej)li Clark John Taylor Gcoj'gc Taylor George Wliilo Thomas Baklwin Michael MeCarthy James li(jel:el.s Franei-; Drake Charles Sioiie
A' \
2 S \ A A'
; A'
A
A A A
A A A
A
A A A
.A A
A A
■iMlMMtfHMiijMMH
; on tho Coast of Labrador, 1872.
inc of Sctllf'i-,
lip Hunt
k;^ lliuil;
hiii'l I\i'iiii('(l_v,.Sr,
Jiiicl Kcniiofly
im-l Parsons
lianl I'm-soiis
.low l)ii.i:;;j;au
II .I)ii,;!-i4;ui ]v:i XoL'l, Sr. »!,Ki-' Xocl uit's XOL'I (lini Xoel
III Xnrl lliaiu Ilils'ard
111 Monro luu'd .Moore ibcn Tavloi-
\var'lI:>cmisler,.Sr.' Will' J JJcini.sti'f in IJi'inistor lil'lrs SloiK'. '^v. ni7j;'(' St OIK' '
n. Kunnt'ily, Sr. lliaiii ivcniK'tly uUlian Taylor :vpli C'lark in Taylor oj'gc Taylor orgv While ornas liaklwin ::liacl :\lcCartliy lu.'S liocl;ul.s \iK-U Drake arlcs SioiK'
Win- and Xo oi' CliiUlren.
Xanic of Plncc.
W. and Ti W. and ;") AV. and 1 AV. and .") ■^\^ and ;j 5
AV. and :;
2 Sons!, single
W. and :'; ^^^ ami ;}
^y. and 2 AV. and .J AV. and I-
AV. and 3 AV. and ]• AV.
1
AV. and 3 AV. and J AV. and (J W. and 5 2 AV. and J AV. and 1
AV. and 3 AV. and 3 .AV. and 2
AV. and 2
W. and.". AV. and 1 AV. and .")
Chateau Harbour ( l\nii)le l>ay)
Xaino of Settler,
AVifeandNo of Children.
Francis Clarke Jiiehard Jiroderieks AVilliain George John Clarke A loses Chirke J^'rederiidv C'larke John Clarke Jo.se[)h IJrodericks Thomas George Johnathan George (ieorge ])aup;s ritirence Ale'Carthy John MeCarthy Ambrose AfeCarthy Kiehard ]Massel Edward reiiiiy Hobcrt J oyee John Jintt John Butt
NoTK. — None of the faniilie.s at Chateau and llenley Island are resi- dents; they all return to Carboncar, Bay of Is- lands, and other places ill tho full.
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Commander II. AI. S. •• Lipwinjj-."^
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Xame of Place.
ririce.
r=- . . t
Xamc of Settler.
: of Chikli-c;!
Flower Cove
or
French Island Harbour
island
Jolui Cfiines Manue! (."aiiK-, Sr Jlenry lint el it, 1 ManiiL'l CaiiK.s
Vr. and S ■\V. and 2
and !t and 2
w.
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Jolm ^^id^ar "^ViUhini Lavi^> '^^'idl)^v li];)stinaii Fi-anci^ Ka^rinan Jean IVfariL' iivlliard Henry I'lo^vnian Alfred JiuPibolt \Vm. B. Eastman
ei\
French Island jlrook
I David House I CMia:'!cs Paine
dames Chennix ' Joseph Clai'ko
W
^y
and 7 and 3 o 3 and 4 and 1 and 3
AV. and 1 AV. and o W. and -1
lib or
French Island
Bear Cove
Ar.cbor Point St. Barbcs
Levi House
James r)i,<i"gins 'SVi(b)w ILnise dobn Jb-opliy
Guiebard
Jobn Pc'iM'v Jobn !Mabar Smart
1 AV. ai.d -1 8 AT. and 3 AV. and 3 AV. and 3 \V. and 3
AVidowPay i Saujiiel Pa . n.
Ciiai'les Penolf Cliarli'.v Paine
Hnebn
Cbarles A'inoent AViUiam lluteliiiis A\'alter Hnteliins d(dni L'entiit dobn Paine
AV. and 4
\V. and S W. a!vl 4 AA^ and 2 AV. ar.d 6 AV. and 7 AV. and t) AV. and <) AV.andll
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List of Inhabit
KaniG of Place.
Kamc of Settler.
AVifo aiKlXo , of Children.
Xame of Place
Flower Cove ! or FreiK'U Island Harbour
John Way
Gcori2,c Xewcomc
Thon^as Larkins
John ^[cCarthy
John Thistle
John Carnell
Thomas Kose
Henry AVhalen, Sr. Henry AVhalcn, Jr. Jo'ni' AVhalen feamnel Hose Kichai-il Norman Levi GallolVen Janice Spence Paliick J:\itey Joseph Patey
^Y. and 7 W. and i AV. and .3 AV. and 4 AV. and 5 ^y. and 4 AV. and 4 W. and 4 AV. and 9 AV. and 8 AV. and 4 AV. and 5 AV. and 3 AV. and 3 W. and 5 AV. and 2
Ship Covo St. Barbcs
Black Duck Co
Current Island
Gooseberry Isl Duck Island
French Island ]3rook
AVilliam Alahar James Doyle John Al'jCaithy Andrew Gould James Pearl
Jill
Elijah Coles
{ AV. and 5
i AV. and 13
i AV. and 4
! AV. and 4
I
I AV. and 1
I A\'. and 5
Bird Island
Seal Cove
and Fisli Island
Brig Bay
II —
French Island
Bear Cove
Anchor Point Si. Barbcs
James ChambcM's Ahi'ahar.i Chambers ^\■i(l(>sv Chambers Patrick Alahar Joseph A\'uod\vard
Jolni Gould .Vl'jxamler CJould
' AVilliiun Gengo Abriihain Geu;:c
AV. and 8 AV. and 4 7 AV. and 3 AV. and 4
AV. and o W. and 9
AV. and 3 AV.
Bird Cove Dog Peninsul
Xe^v ['"(M'olic ( St. Alai-garcls
Cast'^vo Hive
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Xamo of Place.
:Name of ScUler.
AVifo antl Xo j^,^^^^^, y.. p|j,^^.g_ | ;>q-amc of Settler.
ofChulivn.
of Chilclro:!.
Ship Cove St. Barbcs
Blacl< Duck Cove
Current Island
Gooseberry Island Duck Island
-; 'i Bird Island
3 i!"
i ; Seal Cove 1 and
Fish Island
8
Bilg Bay
II —
Bird Cove DoLi- Peninsula
Thonis Gonge
^Yilliani I~)r!ulgc "Widow Combs — ^..
John Gibbons Jos'oph Williau-is AVUhw.- 'J\K)p '\Vi!!iani l.angdon Joiui Ilusscll Michael Bainos
George Jackman
! Samuel Coml)s
I "WiUiam Combs
j John Pittmrni, Sr. Josepli AiM'lern
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j Louis '' '^•■}v\r> ' Miehiiel Meaiu
1 'i
AV. and 8 g^_ j^^^^ j^^^^
^y. and -1
! AV.audlO
1 W. aud 1
i AV. ami 1
! AV . and 3
I
; AV. and 0
! AY. {iud 7
; AV. and 7
Jolm Cainos Alanuel Caines, Sr. Henry llatcbcl Alannel Caincs
AV. and 8 AV. and 2 AV. and !• W. and 2
Port-aux-("lioix
John AFahar AVilliam Lavis A\'ido\v Jilastman Francis Fastman JcanAIaric Belliard llenrv Ph^wman Alfred 3{vnnl)olt AVm. B. Eastman
Ponds IVner, Alal Bav
I>;ivid House Charles Paine James Chonnix Joseph Clarke
Levi House
AV. and T) VV. and -I
i AV.andM Daniels ILulior
John Kennedy
- AV. and 1
i AV. and !>
Sandy Bay
James Biggins AVidow Ilouso John Brophy
Guic-hard
John Peri-y John Alahar Smart
AVidow Payne I Samuel Payne
t I!
__ H Xcv FcM'olic Cove St. T^Iai-garets r>a) ;) 0
18
i Jolm Bumbolt, Sr, i Aliilo (iarro
p](,\ir Pit till an . I'attK.vv llumbolt i Henry llu'riics
Cast' V3 Kivcr
Jesse Humber
AV. and 8
AV. and 1 j
AV. and .') ^1
\V. and -t ij
AV. and 5 ;
AV. and G .,
CoAV Head
Charles Benoii Charles Paine
Huelin
Charles Vineont AVilHam llutehins AV alter Hutehiiis John Benoit John Paine
W. and 7 A\'. and 3
AV. and 4 AV. and 1 AV. and 3
AV. and 1 AV. and 3 W. and -1
AV. ai.d -i 8 AV. and 3 AV. and 3 A\^ and 3 \V. and 3
8 AV. and 4
W. and 8 W. ai^.d 4 AV. and 2 AV. ar.d G AV. and 7 AV. and t> AV. and t) AV.andll
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