HC Deb 21 June 1892 vol 5 c1726
DR. CLARK (Caithness)

I beg to ask the Under Secretary of State for the Colonics whether any compensation is to be given to those who have been compulsorily removed from Newfoundland and district in consequence of the arrangement with France; and whether one of the persons, Miss Anabella Hubert, had a grant for her property from His Majesty King George the Third, yet has been removed without compensation?

THE UNDER SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE COLONIES (Baron H. DE WORMS,) Liverpool, East Toxteth

No persons have been removed from Newfoundland in consequence of the arrangement with France; although, as the hon Member is doubtless aware from the Debates of last year, certain lobster factories on the treaty shore have been closed. The claim of Miss Hubert, to which the hon. Member refers, relates to land in Cape Breton, which is part of Nova Scotia, in the Dominion of Canada, and is not affected by the Newfoundland arrangement.