§ SIR CHARLES DILKEI beg to ask the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether stables and storehouses have been erected on the northeast coast of Newfoundland at Croc Harbour by the French naval authorities.
§ MR. J. CHAMBERLAINI am not aware that there are any stables or storehouses at Croc Harbour. The French for many years kept a few cattle there to supply fresh meat for their ships of the Newfoundland Fisheries Service, but the place was abandoned in 1889. Some cattle were again placed there in 1895, but on a representation being made by the English Commodore to the French Senior Naval Officer, they were withdrawn, and since that date the French Naval authorities have not re-occupied the place.