MR, MOON (St. Pancras, N.)To ask the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he can indicate approximately the nature and number or extent of the establishments erected on the Treaty Shore of Newfoundland which are to be given up by French subjects.
Answered by Mr. Secretary Lyttelton.) During the season of 1903 the following establishments were worked by French citizens on the Treaty Shore of Newfoundland: —One for the cod fishery exclusively, catch 360,000 fish. Three for the cod fishery and lobster industry combined, total catch 185,000 cod and 2,530 cases of lobster. Nine for the lobster industry exclusively, total catch 1,842 cases. Four in connection with the operations of the petits pecheurs, total catch 140,000 fish.