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     To the Editor of the British .dmcrcian. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Mn. EDITOR, 
     
    

    
     Some time since I suggested same 
     
     crude remarks relative to the establishing 
     
     a Fishery at this end of the Island, which 
     
     had they been operated on, might, I think 
     
     by this time, have. made suflicient progress 
     
     to have. produced beneficial results [say 
     
     by this time, for my proposition was in the 
     
     year 1827, and according to my notions at 
     
     that period, it would have taken perhaps 
     
     five or six years to have realized a fund by 
     
     small subscriptions, adequate to a com- 
     
     mencement on a respectable footing. 
     
    

    
     My plan was the formation ultimately of 
     
     campany, similar to that ofa joint stock ; 
     
     not for the peculiar benefit of a few indi- 
     
     viduals, but on that extensive system, that 
     
     alarge portion of the public might avail 
     
     themselves of the advantage, and a fund 
     
     produced from the many without any 
     
     cousiderable outlay, or without any incon- 
     
     venience being felt. 
     
    

    
     It is somewhat singular that the very in- 
     
     teresting subject of a fishery should have 
     
     been for a consuderable time neglected, 
     
     that it should be lost sight of by the inhabi- 
     
     tants of this Island, possessing no regular 
     
     staple to attract commerce is certainly 
     
     unaccountable. 
     
    

    
     The same resource must certainly exist 
     
     that ever did, and this source of wealth 
     
     cannot have left our seas which the nume- 
     
     rous sail of American fishing, crafts that 
     
     constantly visit our fishing ground, is a suf- 
     
     ficient proof. It is certainly a peculiar 
     
     mortitication to see our neighbours carrying 
     
     ofi‘the spoil in abundance, and enriching 
     
     themselves, and the inhabitants of our 
     
     shores looking supinely on, many of whom 
     
     have the tail of a scanty fish for the use of 
     
     their families, when by a trifling exertion 
     
     of the public we have within our grasp a 
     
     never failing source, if We would only con- 
     
     descend to avail ourselves of the good be. 
     
     fore us. Mention any thing having a re- 
     
     ference to the establishment of a fishery ; 
     
     and it is more than ten to one but it will end 
     
     by the parties lamenting that capitalists do 
     
     not come and make at commencement. No 
     
     person I believe will doubt, that if the 
     
     rich would come amongst us for this pur- 
     
     pose, a great deal of time and trouble 
     
     would be saved, as we should then be in 
     
     possession of the very object, that every 
     
     over ofthe country must desire, namely, 
     
     a brisk trade, which till we obtain by some 
     
     means or other, we shall ever be of little 
     
     import; and the same sluggish system will 
     
     prevail with its endless train of privation. 
     
     But asI before hinted, and again reiterate 
     
     —and cannot be too often impressed on 
     
     the minds of the public, to wait for the ar- 
     
     rival of the rich to vest their capital with 
     
     us who cannot be supposed to enter into 
     
     our feelings on this subject, or feel its im- 
     
     portance when places of far greater conse- 
     
     quence hold out allurements for commerce 
     
    
   
   
    
     THF BRITISH AMERICAN 
     
    
   
   
    
     that time alone can afford us. It is with 
     
     this as every other circumstance which can 
     
     give rise to wealth,——it must be enterprise, 
     
     genius, and industry ofa country that trust 
     
     find the resource ; these long experience 
     
     has confirmed, are the true riches of a 
     
     country. With the aid of them the most 
     
     gigantic effects have been produced, ster- 
     
     ility of soil, im'lcmeicy of climate, and 
     
     almost insuperable difficulties, have not 
     
     been barriers sufficient to arrest the con- 
     
     centrated efforts of a people determined 
     
     to accomplish their object. It has been 
     
     by thejoint efforts of a multitude bringing 
     
     their strength to one focus, that the most 
     
     magnificent and stupendous works of art 
     
     have been left mementos of wisdom and 
     
     national perseverence I am aware that 
     
     many obstacles will be adduced, but I do 
     
     not see any but what may be overcome by 
     
     time ; and when Isay time, I do not mean 
     
     any Very considerable period. I feel con- 
     
     fident that on some such plan as before 
     
     su 0' ted, five or six years would be quite 
     
     tto raise a lund adequate for a be- 
     
     n a very respectable scale. 
     
    

    
     I an ipate no greater impediment to its 
     
     accomplishment than that luke warm in- 
     
     difference or apathy that has so long pre- 
     
     vailed on this important object. Ifit were 
     
     possible for the many to be brought to feel 
     
     that interest that the importance of the 
     
     subject really deserves more than half 
     
     would be at once effected. In oflering 
     
     rthese crudeiremarks, I have mo favorite 
     
     system to propagate, it Would'be an Her— 
     
     culean task to enter into the multifarious 
     
     opinions on this head. WhatI would wish 
     
     principally in the first instance, is to awa- 
     
     ken the mind of the public to an object so 
     
     truly interesting; and by my feeble efforts 
     
     to induce others possessing more talent 
     
     than myself, to take up the subject so long 
     
     neglected. 
     
    

    
     It is not presumed that such general ob- 
     
     servations as these can have any other ten- 
     
     dency than to awake public sentiment, for 
     
     where so many must necessarily be con- 
     
     cerned, it would be to arrogate too much 
     
     to lay down any thing than quite a general 
     
     outline. Should however, the theme be 
     
     taken up by men of talent on the Island, 
     
     and become a popular notion in the Various 
     
     districts, public meetings must be the pre- 
     
     lude to future regular plans. 
     
    

    
     On a former occasion I endeavored to 
     
     lay before the public what [then consider- 
     
     ed a feasible way as regarded subscriptions 
     
     to be entered into by all persons in fur- 
     
     therance ofthe object, and foreseeing that 
     
     the dearth of cash in country places might 
     
     have been an obstacle to some, I thought, 
     
     that after the harvest every one might 
     
     contribute his mite according to circum- 
     
     stances, the poor man what he could spare, 
     
     and the rich farmer more muni.:cently, 
     
     and all agreeable to their ability. A gran- 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
         
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
        
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
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     tees appomted, of responsible persons to 
     
     receive and give receipts, the gram shi 
     
     ped ofl'and turned into specie, thereby to 
     
     form ultimately a fund. More mature re. 
     
     flections however, has given rise to differ. 
     
     ent ideas, for th-- consequent trouble and 
     
     expense would I think, be more than the 
     
     receipts in this way could Compatiny Ii. 
     
     quidate. From hence it would appear, . 
     
     more rational mode of procedure for the 
     
     offering to the shrine of the public welfare, 
     
     though it should be smaller, would render 
     
     the business more safe and less complex 
     
     by being paid in cash. There is an adage 
     
     known to the votarys of the blind goddess 
     
     Fortune, viz. ‘Nothiug venture, nothing 
     
     have.’ Without some trifling sacrifice, 
     
     not any thing of this nature can be expec. 
     
     ted to be accomplished. I can hardly ima. 
     
     gine that if the sentiment could be gene- 
     
     rally diffused, that there are many indi- 
     
     viduals to be found so poor in purse or pa. 
     
     triotism, or so dead to public feeling, but 
     
     would cheerfully contribute some small 
     
     matter, to serve the depressed trade of the 
     
     Colony. 
     
    

    
     “ What bosom beats not in his Country's cause.” 
     
    

    
     Having cursorily proceeded thus far, it 
     
     may not be deemed inexpedient to be 
     
     somewhat more explicit. 
     
    

    
     I should suppose ifthe public should a- 
     
     dopt methods in furtherance of a Fishery, 
     
     it must under proper regulations be con- 
     
     ducted on the system generally adopted in 
     
     all public works ; VIZ. by shareholders, 
     
     and tliese when the business commences 
     
     must necessarily be circumscribed to a li- 
     
     mited number according to circumstances. 
     
     It may then be said, who are to be the 
     
     Holders ol'these shares? the answer will be 
     
     simple, those who can best afford to pur- 
     
     chase: it may then as a natural impression, 
     
     be asked,-—what interest can the many 
     
     have who have contributed the annual sti- 
     
     pend, that perhaps amounts to not one- 
     
     third the share: are they whom consisting 
     
     of far the greater number not in common 
     
     with the wealthy shareholders to partici- 
     
     pate; most assuredly they must, according 
     
     to a ratio ofthcir subscription. And this 
     
     must be regulated on a system of equity 
     
     as circumstances may direct, and the inte- 
     
     rest accumulates, or by selling their inter- 
     
     est at choice, or by several amalgamating 
     
     to form one share. 
     
    

    
     On the event of public meetings and so- 
     
     cieties being constituted, and annual sub- 
     
     scriptions entered into, the persons volun- 
     
     tarily subscribi g, should be given to un- 
     
     derstand, that for a given time, he or they 
     
     must positively deposit the money in t 
     
     fund to be sunk, and remain inviolable.-—- 
     
     When a regular system shall be digested, 
     
     a Certain number of persons, principal 
     
     ly Shareholders, may be chosen by vote or 
     
     ballot, whose particular province shall be 
     
     to make application to the government for 
     
     some central spot of land, or some sm