RESULT OF THE FAILURE OF THE LABRADOR FISHERIES.
Haijfax (N. 3.), September 12.— Alfred B. Morrine, a member of tbe Newfoundland Legislature for Bneoa Vesta, now here, flays : ''The Labrador fisheries are an entire failure. At their best they afford but a bare subsistence. Thirty thousand people go from Newfoundland to Labrador for flsh every year. This year they have not caught enough to pay the cost of transportation and supplies. At least 20,000 more people are dependent upon the success of the above-mentioned 30,000 The total failure of the shore fishery thiß year renders 50,000 people destitute, only 20,000 of theße being prepared to stand the loss of a year's labour. The people have barely enough for present necessities and no means of earning a dollar. The only relief to this picture Is the fact that the potato crop, the only crop raised on the island, is turning out well, and will yield about a peck per head of the population."
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Te Aroha News, Volume IV, Issue 175, 23 October 1886, Page 2 (Supplement)
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162RESULT OF THE FAILURE OF THE LABRADOR FISHERIES. Te Aroha News, Volume IV, Issue 175, 23 October 1886, Page 2 (Supplement)
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