[Commodore] John Norris; 27 September, 1698
An Account of the Inhabitants in Ferryland and Caplin Bay, 1698
Great Britain, PRO, Colonial Office, CO 194/1 (125i), 262.
CNS microfilm. Transcribed by P.E. Pope.
Extract from "An abstract of the planters and boatkeepers [bye-boat men] and what voyages they have made this year in Newfoundland, 1698."
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| Place Names | Ferryland | Caplin Bay |
| Planters | 6 | 1 |
| Servants | 42 | 5 |
| Women | 5 | 1 |
| Children | 5 | - |
| Fish [quintals] | 1850 | 200 |
| Boats | 9 | 1 |
| Inhabitants overwintering | 43 | 6 |
