The Labrador Boundary Privy Council Documents Volume IV Contents [1785.] [sic]

p. 2027 C No. 852. EXTRACT  FROM  GENERAL  RETURN  OF  THE  NEWFOUNDLAND  FISHERY  FOR  THE  YEAR  1785. VICE  ADMIRAL  JOHN  CAMPBELL  GOVERNOR. COL. COR.   NEWFOUNDLAND.   VOL. 11.   1785.   Labrador Coast.   Total. Number of British fishing Ships 8       8       Burthen of British fishing Ships 1130       1130       No of Men belonging to British fishing Ships 93       93       Passengers from Ireland Jersey 92       50       ..       142       Number of Boats kept by British fishing Ships Bye Boat Men 45       4       ..       49       Number of Bye Boatmen Masters Servants 2       20       ..       22       Quintils of Fish made by British fishing Ships Bye Boatmen 12300       1200       ..       13500       Carried to foreign Markets Quintilsof Fish Tierces of Salmon ..       ..       13500       696       Tons of Oil made by British fishing Ships Bye Boatmen 56       5       ..       61       Prices of Fish Quintil Salmon Tierce Train Oil Ton ..       ..       ..       12/       40/       £17       Value of Seal Oil made last Winter Furrs taken Truck with the Indians ..       ..       ..       £1572       £110       £20       Number of Stages Train fatts 12       18       ..       30       No of Families in Private Houses 6       6       No of Inhabitants disting Masters Men Servants Mistresses Woman Servants Children 2       257       4       1       12       ..       ..       ..       ..       276       Of which remained in the Country last Winter Masters Men Servants Mistresses Woman Servants Children 2       134       4       1       12       ..       ..       ..       ..       153       Since departure of the last Convoy Born Dead ..       ..       1       2       Saint Johns, Newfoundland, 28th October 1785 Jno Campbell                             Gov : and Com : in Chief Endorsed : In Voce Adml Campbell's of 16 Nov. 1785. (No. 7)     [1927lab]