The following table has been compiled and kindly furnished for of Newfoundland.
* For these years the returns do not furnish the value of the goods imported or exported, only the quantities of each article; so that the sterling amount for either the imports or exports is only an approximation, being based upon the prices paid and given for the various articles at the present time.
oses of this work by the Honourable John Bemister, Receiver-General
ABORIGINES, referred to, 121, 184,
226, 227, 228, 254, 261, 262, A 338, 340 Academy at St. John's, Act for, 412 gricultural Society, address of, to Governor Harvey, 423 America, discovery and early settle-
ment of, 1-16; independence of, 103; war with, 271; peace with, 305; convention with, 325; refer- red to, 128, 137, 315, 316, 360, 418 Amherst, General, 72, 76 Anne, Queen, 58
Anspach, quoted, 169, 174, 185, 227, 266, 274
Atlantic telegraph, 443, 444 Attorney-general, office of, 334 Attorneys, unqualified, 333
BACON, Lord, the opinion of, 21
Baltimore, Lord, grant of Avalon to, 22; grant of Maryland to, 23; revival of the claims of, 71 Bannerman, Sir Alexander, Governor, administration of, 433; dismissal of Ministry by, 435; opening of New Assembly by, 436; suppression of riots by, 437; defence of measures of, 438; letter of explanations by, 439; reception and entertainment of the Prince of Wales by, 447 Barton, Lieutenant-Governor, 219 Beauclerk, Lord Vere, 64, 65 Benevolent Societies, 244, 245 Berlin decree, effect of, on the fish trade, 250
Berry, Sir John, 32
Bishopric of Newfoundland, creation of, 413
Bland, Mr. John, 184
Bona Vista, Cape, 31, 38, 86, 411 Bonfoy, Governor, 88, 97 Bonnycastle, Sir Richard, quoted, 153 Boston, liberality of the inhabitants
of, 315; letter of Governor Pick- more to, 317
Cabot, Sebastian, discovery of New- foundland by, 6; name of, given by the Prince of Wales to his New- foundland dog, 448
Campbell, J., Governor, administra- tion of, 138, 148
Carbonier, 36, 45, 78, 257 Careen, David, 85 Carleton, Captain, 44
Carson, Dr., pamphlets by, 289, 290 Carter, Mr. Robert, 78
Cartier, Jacques, visit of, to St. John's, 8 Charles I., commission of, 28 Church of England, referred to, 154, 185, 204, 255, 259, 298, 359, 413 Churchward, Captain, 393 Circuit Courts, 336, 348, 349 Cochrane, Sir T. J., Governor, 342;
special commission to, 343; mea- sures of, for relief of pauperism, 345; promulgation by, of the royal char. ter of justice, 346; fondness of, for official display, 351; improve- ment of roads by, 352; erection of Government House by, 357; visit to England of, 370; new commis- sion to, 371; publication of the
royal proclamation by, 373; ad- dress to the Assembly by, 375; eulogised by opponents, 384; recall and shameful treatment of, 386 Cod, Cape, 17
Cod fishery, the, the early discovery of, 19; value of, 51; extraordinary bounties connected with, 149; re- gulation of, 150, 151; extent of yield of, in 1796, 169; in 1804, 233; Palliser's Act on, 112; effect of European war on, 250; convention with United States concerning, 325 Codnor, Mr. Samuel, appeal for edu-
cational measures seconded by, 337 Colclough, Chief Justice, threatening letter to, 293
Colonial records, referred to, 81, 90, 95, 233, 241
Colville, Lord, 76, 77
Conception Bay, 24, 45, 84, 161, 330 Conflagration at Harbour Grace, 275; at St. John's, 299, 311, 312 Congregational Church, 461-2 Cottage, Virginia, 358
Cook, Captain, promotion of, by Pal-
liser; presence of, at the recapture of St. John's, 124; general services of, 125 Cormack, expedition of, 341 et 506 app. Coughlan, the Rev. L., introduction of Methodism by, 458-460
Council, the Governor's, establishment
of, 343; new constitution of, 374; collision of, with the Assembly, 376 Cozens, Mr., referred to, 360 Credit, the system of, origin of, 205; evils of, 207, 306; condemnation of the, by Governor Gower, 238 Croque Harbour, 106, 257 Cubit, Mr., 302
Cull, William, referred to, 252, 254, 340
ALHOUSIE, Lord, 309, 312
D Darling, C. H., Governor, 430
Darnley, Lord, 331 Derby, Lord, 409
Dorrell, Governor, measures of, against Irish immigration, 91; against priests and masses, 93; ex- planation of the severity of, 95 Doyle, Martin, 88 Drachart, Christian, 123 Drake, Capt. F. W., Governor, 70 Drake, Sir Francis, 20 Duckworth, Governor, tour of, to the outposts, 257; proclamations by, to the Mic-Macs, 257; re native Indians,
Emerson, Mr., 408
FERRYLAND, 22, 67, 133, 144
Fire Society, 164 Fishing-Admirals, 37, 53, 55, 59, 68; functions of, 145
Fitzgerald, John, 191
Fleming, Bishop, letter of, 369, n; opposition of, to Mr. Winton, 381; letter to Lord Glenelg from, 379; speech on Unity, by, 384 Fogo, 224, 237
France, connection of, with Newfound- land, 8, 19, 20, 26, 33, 35, 37, 38, 39, 42, 46, 47, 49, 128, 151, 221, 305 Frobisher, Martin, 8
Gambier, J., Governor, 220; provisions of, for the poor, 222; for education, 223; for the public health, 224; circular to the clergy, 226; letter to Lord Hobart, 229 Garland, C., Esq., 93 Germain, Lord George, 135 Gilbert, Sir Humphrey, enterprise of, 11; second expedition - annexa- tion of Newfoundland by, 13; death, 14
Gladstone, Right Hon. W., 419 Gobbett, Elizabeth, 97 Goderich, Viscount, 369 Goulburn, Right Hon. Mr., 331 Government, responsible, 426-430 Government House, erection of, 357; cost of, 357, n
Governor, first appointment of, 64;
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