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... annum , of which 500l . was appro- priated as the Governor's salary . The fisheries meantime were increasing , the return for 1785 showing that 591,276 quintals of dried codfish were shipped to foreign markets . Commercial intercourse ...
... annum , of which 500l . was appro- priated as the Governor's salary . The fisheries meantime were increasing , the return for 1785 showing that 591,276 quintals of dried codfish were shipped to foreign markets . Commercial intercourse ...
Page 84
... and to counteract sectarian animosities . To mark their sense of his patriotic services the British Government bestowed on Bishop O'Donnell a pension of 501. per annum — a more munificent gift than that 84 [ PART I. NEWFOUNDLAND .
... and to counteract sectarian animosities . To mark their sense of his patriotic services the British Government bestowed on Bishop O'Donnell a pension of 501. per annum — a more munificent gift than that 84 [ PART I. NEWFOUNDLAND .
Page 85
... annum — a more munificent gift than that bestowed by James on " him that found the island , " it is true , but inadequate as a reward for distinguished service , and hardly worthy of the dignity of a British Government . Admiral Gambier ...
... annum — a more munificent gift than that bestowed by James on " him that found the island , " it is true , but inadequate as a reward for distinguished service , and hardly worthy of the dignity of a British Government . Admiral Gambier ...
Page 92
... annum . Despite these unfavourable conditions , the number of applica- tions for land was greater than could be met . In con- trast to this hard usage was the policy pursued , at the very same time , by the British Government , in ...
... annum . Despite these unfavourable conditions , the number of applica- tions for land was greater than could be met . In con- trast to this hard usage was the policy pursued , at the very same time , by the British Government , in ...
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... annum . But if wages were high the necessaries of life reached an enormous price . Flour was 81. per barrel and pork 121. per barrel . The fishermen spent their earnings lavishly at the stores of the merchants , never dreaming that the ...
... annum . But if wages were high the necessaries of life reached an enormous price . Flour was 81. per barrel and pork 121. per barrel . The fishermen spent their earnings lavishly at the stores of the merchants , never dreaming that the ...
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Page 301 - With sloping masts and dipping prow, As who pursued with yell and blow Still treads the shadow of his foe, And forward bends his head, The ship drove fast, loud roared the blast, And southward aye we fled. "And now there came both mist and snow, And it grew wondrous cold: And ice, mast-high, came floating by, As green as emerald.
Page 301 - Did send a dismal sheen: Nor shapes of men nor beasts we ken — The ice was all between. The ice was here, the ice was there, The ice was all around: It cracked and growled, and roared and howled, Like noises in a swound!
Page 337 - And the United States hereby renounce forever, any liberty heretofore enjoyed or claimed by the inhabitants thereof, to take, dry, or cure fish on, or within three marine miles of any of the coasts, bays, creeks, or harbours of His Britannic Majesty's dominions in America...
Page 336 - British fishermen shall use (but not to dry or cure the same on that island), and also on the coasts, bays, and creeks of all other of His Britannic Majesty's dominions in America...
Page 176 - Solitude ! where are the charms That sages have seen in thy face ; Better dwell in the midst of alarms Than reign in this horrible place.
Page 31 - The cup, the cup itself, from which our Lord Drank at the last sad supper with his own. This, from the blessed land of Aromat — After the day of darkness, when the dead Went wandering o'er Moriah — the good saint...
Page 6 - Dickens : The Letters of Charles Dickens edited by his Sister-inlaw and his eldest Daughter 4 v.
Page 337 - Labrador, so long as the same shall remain unsettled; but so soon as the same, or either of them, shall be settled, it shall not be lawful for the said fishermen to dry or cure fish at such...
Page 336 - ... that the Inhabitants of the said United States shall have forever, in common with the Subjects of His Britannic Majesty, the Liberty to take Fish of every kind on that part of the Southern Coast of Newfoundland which extends from Cape Ray to the Rameau Islands, on the Western and Northern Coast of Newfoundland, from the said Cape Ray to the Quirpon Islands, on the shores of the Magdalen Islands...
Page 361 - ... a great English ship moored near the Banks during the fishing season for the convenience of fishermen'.