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THE MARQUIS OF HARTINGTON, M.P., SECRETARY OF STATE-WAR DEPARTMENT. ; 'j;c*'uj_U}W6'^7;;:^-s, BY HENRY YOULE HIND, M.A. Brilieh Seientifie Witn^ at the Halifax Fislieries CommUaiMand Official Compiler of tht Analytical Index to the Doeummt* of the C|( )y.\}'\r'\^i)]jlKyi r I .!.. •■ /].M .HKKiFiavAO iij!:i:i(idHl ciho.J HI I ■-.•' ;. t;-i i'ijiv/ •rh'-iju : :- ,1M ..MOTOi'iiTiiAH 10 SiiJpHAM 3HT JOH THDin (ii .kJL .i}m\lMA:J01 YiIH?III :V^fe,^,) -'^l- i.\ * .:.'i\nliV "s.V, ill »M,(\i'H -'.^'Cl-tfi. } I 1 qhoj. H0HTH8IH III ^\ivi\>H'A" &-hv ■fr- it 17, Park Valley, Nottingham, Jnly 12th, 1881. To the Right HoNomunLE thb Mauquis of Hartinoton, ^l.V. My Lord. ,, ^, , , . „r In transmittms to yoiu- Lordship a prmtcacopy ol tho letters ol the lato Lord Freacvi.k Cnvenchsh. the pul.lication of whi.h you have, boon pleased to sanction, 1 respectfully ask leave to tender your Lordship my most grateful thanks. Althougli the matters to which these letters relate have been to me the prolonged cause of much evil report in Canada, yet I hold mere pcrsomil wrong asofinfinitesmal concern when compared with that vast benefit to the enUre countiy which must arise from tho redress or suppression of those numerous cvi s that inevitably spring from the unchecked practice of oflicially falsifymg Records of Government m matters concerning tho industry of the people. I have the honour to be. Your Lordship's obedient Servant, HENRY YOULE HIND, M.A. Briti»h Scientific WUne>,n at the Halifax Fi.ihe.ries Commission ami Official Cominkr * II INTRODUCTION. The closing |iarngrn|ili of Icttrr No. V., from Li(Mit.-Col. IT. A. Lnsccllps, iniimses upon mo tlio duty of Htiitini,' ns c.\i>!i<per, dated Windsor, Nova Scotia, Feb. 15th, 1884, when that Statesman brought forward his Aid scheme in favour of the insatiable demands of the Canadian PaciHe ^ ^ilway Syndicate. Neither Sir Charles Tupper, nor Sir Leonard Tilley, nor the .^cial Agents of the Dominion in England, all of whom are now, or were a sh '. time since, in London, dare face these facts and manfully come forward to arrest their fatal import, or attempt with fairness to show that they are in any way embellished or untrue. The Award of $5,500,000 was paid by the United States Government under protest, the frauds being suspected some months before the time for ^ payment arrived. The guilty Chief of the United States Bureau of Statistics— a Canadian by birth and allied by family ties to one of the Canadian Conductors of the British Case— was suddenly dismissed from his office at Washington before ^ payment of the Award was made. » (2) " An Exposition of the Fisheries Commission Frauds, shewing how the Frauds were concealed by the use of the number 666, and the Masking numbers 42, 10, 7, 2, taken from the 13th chapter of Revelation." w IV Tl.iH fjgia j »{' ■I" ,v, i !■ COHRESPONDENCK. -o- No. I. ,,, , 17, Turk Viilloy, NottinRlinm, Juno 2()tli, 1884. TotlicRK.iiT IToNonunKK t.ik IStAmjris or ITAnriNCiTON', Secretary of State, War Dcpiutinent. Mv LOHD, For iciiHons Ht.itwl in ii Idler 1 Imvc! Imd Uic honour tliis diiy to despntcl. to tho lUgl.t Uonouvabl. Sir (Larks W. D.ikc, M-R, PrcBident of tl>o Local Government Board, I reaiuctfully desire to know whether your I^rdsliip has any objection to my publishing the letters received by me from tho late Lord Frederick Cavendish concerning the matter which formed tho object of the Right Honourable A. J. Mundella's unsuccessful attempts to obtain from the Marquis of Salisbury, in February, 1879, an inquiry into the charges then made by me. I Lave the honour to be, ,, , _ ■ \uu, Your Lordship's obedient Servant, HENRY YOULE HIND, M.A. Jintigh Scientific Witness at the Halifax Fisheriea Commission, and Offkinl Compiler of the Analytical Index to the Documents of the Comrmsinon. No. IL War Oftico, 23rd June, 1884. Sir, I am desired by the Maniuis of Hartington to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 20th inst., in which you ask his Lordship to sanction the publication of certain letters addressed to you by the late Lord Frederick Cavendish. . . In reply, Loi-d Hartington desires mo to say that although he lias no reason to suppose that there can be any objection to their publication, it is impossible for him to give his assent to it without seeing what they are. (The letters were not included in tho papers you forwarded to Loi-d Hartington.) , „. ' i ..i ? ^iui «I'K! i T rt»v» Nil* H. y, Hind, Esq., M.A. I am. Sir, Your obedient Servant, Signed, H. A. LASOELLES. ...fJiSlSI'II'. •^tn:/l-fU,ft-J^i.l- Hi 1 I une 2<)tli, 1884. iecrntary of State, honour tliis diiy to , President of tlic her your Ijordshii) Vom the hvte liord jhject (if the Right . fiom the Marquis en made by me. S HIND, M.A. tission, and Official ' the Commission. OiHco, ' 23rd June, 1884. to acknowledge the lOrdship to sanction ito Lord Frederick although he has no ir publication, it is ; they are. forwarded to Loi-d inn nt, .. LASOELLES. No. in. 17, Park ValU-y, Nottingham, 2Uh Juno, ISat. T.ieut.-f'ol. H. A. Lascelles, kc, Ac, War Oflicc. BtR, Tlie rmsoii why copies of tho lottor.s rocoivod l)y mo from the late Lord Predorick Oavondish concerning the tiint successful I'hune of tho conspiracy roforiod to in the enclosun-H Kcnt to tho Maniuis of JIartington, arose from tho fact tli.it all who hud tho lionoiir ot an acciuuintanco with tho lato Lord Frederick (.'avetidisli, h.'canio couscioii-i tliat nothing but what .vas honourable and true could come from the pen, or issue from tho lips, of that Nobleman. The enclosed communicition to thoKight lion. Hir C. VV. Dilko, M.P., will prove that tho matter under n.-vicw has assuuiod an aspect tho importance of which overides all desire to shelter tlio extreme iuiipiity and inordinate selfishness of tho conspirators involved. Copies of th(! late Lord Cavendish's letters will be sent to the Manpiis of Hartington at an early date. > .,n I have the honour to bo. Your obedient Servant, ' HENRY YOULE HIND. "'■";■" ■= No. IV. To the Right Honourable tub MARyvis op Hartinqton, M.P., Secretary of State, War Departinent. My Lord, ' , . * I have the honour to submit for your Loraslnpa perusal copies of the correspondence with the late Lord Frederick Cavendish referred to in my request of the 20th instant, on the subject of the deceptions practised upon Her Majesty's Government and tho Government of the United States in tUr year 1877 The further subsequent amplifications of these deceptions against the interests of British nmnufacturers, merchants, and investors, has recently formed the subject of a voluminous communication addressed by me to tho Rt. Honoui- able Sir C. W. Dilke, M.P. That communication has been returned to me in Canada without comment, or reason assigned, and it passed me on my voyage to England, for the purpose of further unmasking the frauds so unmercifully j)ractised against English interests for selfish purposes. , ,..„ I append a copy of the acknowledgment of the Governor General of Canada of the receipt of a Letter transmitted to His Excellency by Lord Frederick Cavendish, pointing out the first successful stages of existing ^FW^^ , frauds. {No. XI.) a^MI I also acid a copy of the letter addressed to the Rt. Hon. A. J. Mucdellaby tlio Hon. Robert Boiirke, M.P,, the original bt'ing kindly placed in my hands by Mr. Mundella, and is now still in my posie.ssion. (.Vo. XII.) Tliat letter appears to relegate the subjoct to tlie mazes of an official labyrinth from which all who seek an exit become hoi)elessly entivngled, unless impelled by conscience and a sense of public duty to scale the confining walls. Finally I attach a cojty of Mr. Mundella's letter to myself, ackuow- leiging the failure of his own strenuous exertions to procure iu'piiry, and approving of my conduct in the matter. {No. XIII.) Your Lordship will observe that the just reasoning in letter No. V. a))plies with equal force now as then. I respectfully add a few brief reasons why 1 am in duty and consciisnce bound to spare uu effurt and to shun no risk, in order to bring the matter imder the notice of Her Majesty's Government, and under public notice, with such detail and proof as shall over-ride all private feeling or influence, in favour of supreme public interests. The voluminous manuscript transmitted by me early in May last to the Rt. Hon. Sir Charles Dilke, M.P., embodied incontestible proof of the following facts : — First — That during the time when the late Lord Frederick Cavendish, the Rt. Hon. Mr. Forster, M.P., and Mr. Mundella, M.P., were endeavouring to obtain an inquiry early in 1^79 into my chaises, sustained by incontrovertible evidence, the Canadian Minister Sir Leonard Tilley, and others, were preparing a misleading " Memorandum" from falsified Canadian Trade Statistics to influence Her Majesty's Government through the Governor General of Canada, in favour of a Canadian Protective Tariff — which " Memorandum" falsely purported to show " how far, comparatively, England is favoured in the New Tariff." This " Memorandum" was transmitted to England by the Governor General, — of course unconscious of its nefarious character — to Sir Michael Hicks Beach, M.P., in March, 1879, and was in process of preparation in Canada at the same time that inquiry was being stifled in England. Second — My commuidcation proved by a mathematical and consequently unassailable process, that not only were the details of Trade between England and Canada on the one hand, and C'anada and the United States on the other hand, fraudulently altered against British Interests by a most subtle process, as well as by a palpable alteration of the denominations of imported articles, but it also proved that the method of fraud has been continued up to the year 1883, as jnanifested by the Trade tables of the Dominion of Canada, recently published. Third — My communication further proved that the fraud was the bold continuation of a recently successful imposition of most weighty character, for w bich long preparation had been made by Sir Leonard Tilley, Sir Charles 3 Rt. Hon. A. J. ng kindly placed in . (.Vo. A7/.) naiizes of an officinl ly entungled, unless i confining walls. ■ to myself, ackuow- •ocure iii'iuiry, and ins in letter No. V. j\v brief reasons why ) to shun no risk, in y's Government, and over-ride all private •ly in May last to the )roof of the following Frederick Cavendish, were endeavouring to ;d by incontrovertible ers, were preparing a tisticsto influence Her .'anada, in favour of a ly purported to show rariff." and by the Governor -to Sir Michael Hicks paration in Canada at itical and consequently rade between England id States on the other most subtle process, as nported articles, but it ip to the year 1 883, as ii, recently published, the fraud was the bold . weighty character, for d Tilley, Sir Charles Tupper and others in their official capacities, against the interests of the United SUtes, the honour of the Imperial Government, and the true interests of ^*°*^*' Fourth-My communication stated that the proofs submitted were but an outline of vast deceptions against English Interests in process of accomplish- ment at the time when my recent letter was transmitted to Sir Charles Dilke. and further, that I hold for inspection additional convincing proofs of their magnitude and evU tendencies, besidrstheir injustice to English merchants, manufacturers, and investoi-8, and their secret injury to Canada, all being in favour of a few money making schemers and a few Canadian Politicians. It is possible that Sir Charles Dilke, being deeply engaged in the government of a great Empire, did not even read my voluminous exposition, which covei-ed fifty closely written folios. This supposition .nay account for his immediate return of the same to me without comment. The Cotton, the Woollen, the Iron, ic, .kc. Manufacturers of England, together with the English Investor and the English labouring Artizan are interested to the extent of millions sterling in the public exposure and discon- tinuance of this vast annual fraud ; therefore, from * pecuniary point of view it becomes of national import. But, when its influence lor'evil on the good govern, ment and morality of the people is considered, apart from any political bearings, it rises to the magnitude of a question which can neither be overlooked or set asiie, and which it would be criminal to smother. I now respectfully ask jour Lordship, for the reasons stated, to allow me to publish the letters of the late Lord Frederick Cavendish with this commumcation. Also, to use your just influence with the Government of the country and with Sir' Charles DUke, to induce him to authorize me to employ a law stationer to copy or lithograph the manuscript T have with me identical with the manuscript transmitted to Sir Charles Dilke. and returned to me in Canada without comment. Also, to append the further illustrations I have mentioned of vast fraud against the interests of British merchants and investors, on the underslandinj that I transmit a copy to Sir Charles DUke, or any other ofiicer of Government named, for inspection and comment, prior to immediate publication. The mental and physical labour of preparing and copying combined, is greater than ought to be imposed on any one man, working solely in the palpable interests of truth and justice, and baffled, without cause assigned, in the suppression of crime. I beg respectfully to ask this reasonable favour in the interests of that industrial portion of the public it is the duty of conscientious rulurs to protect, and of that moralit;, which forms the only true foundation of good government. I have ijiformea Sir Charles Dilke of the import of this letter, for in the absence of any explanation, it seems to be an anomaly of threatening tenor that the actual official perpetrators of atrocious fraud a wnst thoir countrymen for selfish purposes, should be received nnd caressed in London, while the proofs of their disloyalty are thrust on one side without comment or regard. I have the honour to be, Your Lordship's obedient Servant, HENRY YOULE HIND, M.A., British Scientific WitMss at the Halifax Fisheries Co.mnisaion, and Official Compiler of the Analytical Index to the. Documents of the Commission. 17, Park Valley, Nottingham, June 27th, 1884. Enclosures. NO. I. II. III. IV. Y. VI. VII. VIII. IX. A'. XI. XII. XIII. XIV. XV. XVI. Jan. 1st, 1879. Jan. 15th, „ Jan. 16th, „ Jan. 22nd, „ 13.'iug correspondence referred to. Nos. I. to .V VI. inclusive DATE. Mr. Hind to liord Frederick Caveudibh Lord Frederick Cavendish to Mr. Hind Mr. Hind to Lord Frederick Cavendish Lord Frederick Cavendish to Mr. Hind Ditto ditto ditto j Mr. Hind to Lord Frederick Cavendish Ditto ditto ditto Lord Frederick Cavendish to Mr. Hiud Mr. Hind to Lord Frederick Cavendish Lord Frederick C^avendish to Mi-. Hind Lieut-Col. F. de Winton, R.A., Gov. Gen. Sec, to Mr. Hind nr n i? i Hon. Robert Bourketo A. J. Mundella, Esq., M.l*. *eb. Mr. Mundella, M.P., to Mr Hind Feb. Lettera referred to in the foregoing Correspondence. Mr. Hind to Mr. Mundella Jan. 31st, Ditto to ditto „ F«^-2nd, Ditto to ditto Feb. 8th, Jan. Jan. Jan. Jan. Feb. Feb, Feb. 23rd, 24th, 25th, 27th, 5th, 7th, 12th, 21st, 26th, ENCLOSURES. ..-.It- No. 1. .i.i.R (.I'dil Mr. Hind to Lord Frederick Cavendish. North Road, The Park, Nottingham, , , January 1st, 1879. My name may peibaps be remembered by your Lordship in connection with the Red River and Assiniboine Expeditions of 1858. It is scarcely likely that your Lordship is aware that during the recent contention between the Government of Her Britannic Majesty and the Govern- ment of the United States I was engaged on the British aide for several months M scientific Witness, fyt.'. ■" »^ '■" ■ ) letter, for iii the .teniug tenor that ir coimtryniPn for while the proofs of ^rd. SfD, M.A., issiou, and Official the CommitsioH, KYI. inclusive. DATE. Jan. 1st, 1879. Jan. 15th, » Jan. 16th, )> Jan. 22nd, II Jan. 23rd, II Jan. 24th, II Jan. 25th, II Jan. 27th, II Feb. 5th, II Feb. 7 th, II Feb. 12th, 11 Feb. 21st, » Feb. 26th, » enc«. Jan. 31st, » Feb. 2nd, II Feb. 8th, >i : I . <,-,» /' , r,(ii .'-cj-i-if-f (.I'fiCi btinghaoi, muary 1st, 1879. your Lordship in of 1858. at during the recent ity and the Govern- efov several months \ At the closo of the Commission, by joint agreement on the part of the United States Agout, the i^ritisli Agout and the Minister ..f Marine and Fisheries of the Dominion of Ctnada, all the documents connected with tl.e IIaUfa:c Fishery Commission were placed in u.y hands for the purpose of indexing the.n in such a manner as to bring out all the Novel, Scientilic and Statistical detail.. This work I completed in Fubruary, 1873. As an outcome of this work, I discovered numerous, and in some instances, enormous frauds in the statistical details of Canadian Fisheries embodied in the "Case of H. M. Government." A very important portion of the " Case " was made to be dependent upon these fraudulent statistics, which appear to have been falsified in the first instance in Canada, and subsequently modified, but not diminished, at the Foreign Ofiice. I only became satisfied that premeditated fraudulent statistics of Canadian Fisheries had been presented in the " Case of H. M. Government" in Juneof last year (1878). , tt •* j Fearing that an intense feeling of indignation would arise m the Unitea States a-ainst the British and Canadian Governments as soon as the frauds were detected! I communicated, under date June 15th. 1878, with the Minister o Marine and Fisheries in Canada, urging instant communication with Lord Salisbury. . Findin" the Canadian authorities not likely to move in the matter, on the 17th July, r87s, I wrote to the Hon. R. Bourke, M.P., in the absence of Lord Salisbury at Berlin, giving a general outline of the facts of the case. In subsequent letters to the Marquis of Salisbury, I have oflFered positive proof of the connection of a clerk in the Foreign OiSce with the alterations in the statistics, and of the knowledge of Her Majesty's Agent of the same, betora the Commission met. I have also shown their magnitude, and how fraudulent changes were made in Quantities, in Peices, and in Denominations. The first answer I received from Sir Julian Pauncefote adopted the view that Her Majesty's Agent could not possibly be held responsible. In August 1 received the Imperial Blue Book entitled, " Correspondence relating to the Halifax Fisheries Commission." and found that all my suspicions were verified, and that the fraudulent statistics had been preserved and laid before the Imperial Parliament. About five weeks since I came over to England, bringing with me all the proofs of the frauds, and the original copy of the statistics printed in England, vnth corrections ia writing, to show them to the Marquis of Salisbury, and to trace the corrections to one of the conspirators in the Foreign Ofiice. In reply to a letter I addressed on the 25th November to Sir Julian Pauncefote, announcing my arrival with the documents and all the proofs of the frauds I received .. communication stating that in consequence of the United trnfifS^^- states Government having paid the money, the question could not now be ve- "'""'■ On the 3.d November 1 had personally delivered a letter to Sir Ah,-xanderGult, the British Commissioner at the Halifax f f ^^ ^---;^';;;. then on board the steamer Peruvian, infonning him oi what I had uone, and oi „, o.eet. coming .^.^ ^ ^^^^^^ ^^^^^^ ^^^ ...nesting me to meet hin. in the Westuunster Palace Hotel. ^ -^^;-/;-^;^ Zcandwas informed by him that my letters hud been distasteful to tho Marciuis ot Salisbury, &c., ttc, &c. . As a result of further conversation, I received in the evenmg a letter fro,n Sir Alex, (ialt, written on Foreign OHioe paper, introducu.g n.e to the private Secretary of tho Secretary of State for a special purpose ' But on the sanxe day I learned to my astonishment, that bu- Alexander Gait had been in communication with the same clerk in the torejgn Uthce m. Bergne) whose handwriting I supposed was on the ongmal printed ListicalVble in the proof copy of the .' Case of Her Mapsty's 0-—^ I instantlv decided to decline any ottei^ coming from such a souice and at once wrote to Sii- Julian Pauncefote, announcing my determination, and stating ' - *■""«"^;7^ ,,^ ,,,„g,fc that my lettei-s have been distasteful to his Lo.-d- .. .hip because they told the truth and sought to uphold the honour and good .. naie of the Foreign Omce over which he presides, and the digmty and xntere^ « of the Empire over which he exercises so marked an influence, and the veracity " of the documents presented for the information of Parliament from the Foreign "^^°'*"on the 27th December, I received from Sir Julian PaunoefoU an acknowledgment of the receipt of this letter. I now ver.t«re to address myself to your Loi-dship in the interests of the «o"^trv.^^^^^^^^ ^^^ the impression that when these frauds in the statistics of the " Case of H.M. Government " become known in the United States-and they cannot long remain eoncaled-the general indignation will be very violent. According to the method of reasoning adopted before the Commission frauds may be suid to have afiected the award to the extent of more than one haK •rvalue. At the same time they diminish the real value of the British American """""""'The Statistics contained in the " Case of Her Majesty's Government •' tnown to be false, have been presented to the Imperial and Dominion 1 arhaments. jind have been reprinted in Washington. , , j They are, therefore, the records upon which future action is to be based. ta-i^niiX^reiiWl' d not now be re- i a letter to Sir Hliery Conmiisiiion, I had (lone, and of Older Gait » nolo I met Sir A. Gait distasteful to tbo ;he evening a letter odncing uie tt) the , that Sir Alexander the Foreign Office 9 original printed ty's Government." u such a source, and lination, and stating (tasteful to his Lord- he honour and good dignity and interests nee, and the veracity ent from the Foreign ulian Paunoefot« an lip in the interests of ids in the statistics of ited States— and they I be very violent, efore the Commission, of more than one half 'the British American ajesty's Government," Douiinioii Parliaments, e action is to be based. I have brought wltl> mn all proofs, and all th. ovi.^inal printed Dun.inicn documents from which the Statistics Nvero alio, c.l to l.o (ukon. There is no link.wanting in the chain of evidonue connecting the Fu.eign Office with this extraordinary conduct. Within three or toury.ars ti.no, the Fisheries question wdl eonie again under review,_at the expiration of the F.liory Clau.os of the Treaty of Washington.l.ind it appears to me to bo sowing the seed of iniinUe trouble to pat oflf the day of lull investigation and reparation. , • „„ i„ a The correspondence relating to this painful sub,ect is voluminous. In a letter to the Earl Dufferin, dated Sept. 30th, I supplied his Lordship with a «y.opsis Y;;; tXyour Lordship to state whether the matter is suitable for further inquiry, and whether you would feel disposed, in ^^J^^^/^ country, and in view of future complications, to examine into it youiself. aepnte ^^-^-^^i;: ^.^^^,^, ,, ,,„,,. .„a let the matter rest, conscious that I have done all that lies within my power and legitimate field of ac ion. that hav^e^do_^^^ ^^^^^^^ ^^^ ^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^^^^ ^^ ^^^^^^^^^ ^^^^.^^^^^. j ^,^, ,,^,„,, and place all the documents at your disposal. na™e- i,;. ;.-•.„. v' i have the honour to be ^',^ . . , Your Lordship's obedient servant, ' HENRY YOULE HIND. Lord Frederick Cavendish, M^ London. No. II- Lord Frederick Cavendish to ^ij J^^/^^h^ Carke-in-Cartmel, Carnforth, January 15th, lo7J. ^^^"^ ^'•'' I was in London yesterday for a few hours, and on looking over the .rculars .c. which had accumulated since I w. la. there ^^^^^ of the l8t instant, which by some mistake on the part of my forwarded to me. ' ' - ^^ ^^^^^ to me is ' The communication which you bave oeen oouu =, , .,„ one of BO surprising and painful a character that I am much perplexed as to the ZlZ^^l should plue with respect to it, and must ask you to allow me a little further time for consideration before I give you a dehnite reply. Yours obediently, ^_^^^^^ F. CAVENDISH. Professor Hind. i 9 Mr. Jlrnd to Lord Frederick Cavendish. - North Road, The Puik, Nottiugham, January 16th, 1879. °^°' I am much obliged to you for your note of the 15th instant. Since the date of my letter to your Lordship, I have read Mr. Evart™' coramuaication to Mr Welnh dated October 10th, also Lord Salisbury's reply, and tlie " Further correspondence re8,,ecting the Award of the Halifax Fishery Co.umission," presented to Parliament in December last. These papers appear greatly to increase the importance of the subject matter of my letter of the 1st instant. I take the liberty to send to you a copy of the Index to the entire series of documents placed in ray hands by tlie Co.umission, which led me to the d(;tection of the frauds in the ' Case of H. M. Government.' I have in my i^ssession all the original documents. I also send the papers I prepared for the Commission. I am very anxious to have the correspondence l>earing upon the frauds examined by some gentleman personally approved by you, and an opportunity offered me of answering any question, and of showing how the future friendly relations between the United States and this country have been placed in great jeopardy. I have further to say, that not hearing from you I thought you were on the Continent, and on the 8th instant I sent a short letter to Mr. Gladstone, who kindly sent me this morning a postal card in which he says that he believes you are at Holker Hall, Grange, Furness. Your own note also confirms this. I beg to send you my last contribution respecting the North West of British America, which will perhaps remind your Lordship of Red River. I have the honour to be, ■ •• Your obedient Servant, HENRY YOULE HINP, Lord Frederick Cavendish, M.P. ■ • * « Holker Hall, Carke-:n-Cartmel, Carnforth. _,;, r ;*>J No. IV. ,„,_., :- ■ 'i^t .■»•*-■. ^-iv !■••• Lord Frederick Cavendish to Mr. Hind. ^ ^ -, _, Holker Hall, Carke-in-Cartmel, Carnforth, . , f ., January 22nd, 1879. Dear Sir, , . , ^ ^ ■. • r ^» You will, I fear, have been surprised at not hearmg from me sooner with reference to your former lettera. I felt that the subject on which you have consulted Die was one of such perplexity, that I thought it right before giving you any definite answer, to consult privately, one whose opinion I could safely trust. i sVi i ^ ^i^u^^s^^ii^filS^ ighaoi, r 16th, 1879. instant. Since mmunication to I tiie " Further |r Cotumission," )pear greatly to I at instant, tho entire series I led me to the in my jiossession the Commission, upon the frauds , an opportunity ! future friendly placed in great ight you were on •, Gladstone, who he believes you irms this. I North West of led Briver. rLE HIND, Carnforth, ., iry 22nd, 1879. I hearing from me ne was one of such definite answer, to 10 I much regret that I have not yet got his answer, owing probably to his absence from home. I hope however, soon to be able to write to you again, and that in the meanwhile you will not make yoiir plans dei)end upon what you hoar from me, as it must be extremely doubtful whether I shall be able to take any part in the (juestion. Yours truly, Signed, F. CAVENDISH. 1 No. r. Lord Fredei-ick CaecmUah to Mr. U'liid. Holkor Hull, Carkein-Cartniel, Carnforth, January 23rd, 1879. ^Tv Dr.AK Sir, AfttT the best cunaideration which I have been able to give to the subject on which you Imve communicated with me, I have come to the conclusion thnt it is not desirable for me to take any part in the question. You have, as I understand, offered to place the Government in possoiision of the evidence which has convinced you that Frauds were introduced into our Case. It alone can remedy the evil which must occur if such Frauds were so introduced, and upon It must rest the responsibility of acting, or of not acting upon the information which you have offered to afford to It. Yours Truly, Siyned, F. CAVENDISH. Professor Yonle Hind. i'.S. — If you have no objection to my taking such a course, I should prefer to send your letters to the Marquis of Lome, for his information, No. VI. Mr. Hind to Lord Frederick Cavendiah. " ■ North Road, The Park, Nottingham, January 24tl), 1879. My Lord, I am very much obliged to you for your notes of the 22nd and 23rd instant. Your Lordship will doubtless have seen how greatly the impoituncp of the matter to which I have ventured to cull your attention is increased tiv th(! tenor of Lord Salisbury's rej)l^ to Mjr. Evarls, throug;h Mr. Welsh.dated Ko\ ember 7th, 1878. :, limit or .lofine. . ^^ ^^^^ ,^,^i,„, th,t I am '. i V ; I V / ' I have the honour to bo, Your obedient Servant, HENRY YOULE HIND. Lord F. Cavendish, M.P., Holker Hall. uAI ^V r i ( I . ,i'. U i. No. VIl. ' iv ' ^ 25th January, 1879. "" ''"°' I„ il.e .etCer ».»cl. I .^^^4 to you .«t evening I .«ed 'b^ X „. .H„.ing of ««U. to Unaon to ..Ue -»- - J"""' '" """• ».toa.v. "t";:;.PPo». .0 ". .,.0. t.o .opt «'.;;;---— fuZr your doci».i, ll.at it would not be wiso «.■ proper for me I. talte y do it with safety, .nd „„lo» ».me .olo«»..n event 1,.pi«n., the «cr.. «.d ... ''"°"n:;iu";:un. .» can„d.onT>.«.rf.y, ^''j*--^' 7j-:::^ " England In.vin. Wen utterly fruitl.a,. and tH. .a the c«» of our Country. ''°"°"" '"tTne U now at Winder, Kov. Seotia.and if your « *^ l.,e any further evasion to write to n,e, that will be my .dd»sa after 1 l-ve """"'■ y" decplvtl';i^.Itbe p.h,M ^.ition in wlnob the Mar^i^f ,.,ne ZZ ,!IL, ,l...uld°the n.at.cr »u,e to light in Atnenea, «>d I fear thiMC is no hope of U-ng concealment. Bubiect the It has been a „>ost cruel thing, an act cowardly ^^^^'^^ ^ Marqui3, on the threshold of a life so faiily begun, to so dreadful a nsk. ■ IM m iiBl f l lMI *— ^ ' Wj l fo „ ,,,,«» »l^s5«»yi-*i«w« r y letters to the 1 Canada, from ' it is difficult to ;ion, that I am ^ale distribution ULE HIND. )tingham, January, 1879. ng. I stated that print for private s. I as too hazardous, tter rest. emain safely in my iv informing roe of J take any further 3 possible for me to a, the secret and its ary, my journey to se of our Country'* our Lordship should iddress after I leave rhich the Marquis of America, and I fear « iclfish, to subject the adful a risk. IS Americans are sure to say ho know, or must have known of the whole mutter, and iliorc will bo a wave of taunt and abuse from tho Atlantic to tho pKciiic. llo ought, ttS you SUggfst, to be informed of the uiatter, as li« in Hure to bo lloceivod respecting its extent and beiirings at Ottawa, aud tho manner in which tho Bclicnie was hatched and carried out. Ilia positiun has to be reLTiinled apart from all tho iutorests (if political partiaaubhip, for there are involved in this question thuso stupendous iasnea in tho world which depend ou what may bu thought both ai homo and abroad of tho honour and integrity of England, and Mr. Evarts atatos this in his letter to Mr. Welsh. Tliere, is moreover, the maintenance of good feeling in and with the United Statea, which is worth a "King's ranson»." When Statesmen have }>rown so doliant and unscrupulous as to "sell the tiiith to serve the hour," ri .king t^verylhing, is it not but a preludo to the beginning ol" tho end. Very faithfully youra, IIKNlir YOULE HIND. Lord Frederick Cavendish, M.P., Holker Hall. Xo. VI 1 1. Lord Frederick Cavendish to Mr. Hind. Holker Hall, Carko-in-Cartmel, Carnforth, January 27th, 1879. My Dear Sih, I have already sent your first letter to Lord Lome, and will let him know of your intention to return home. I think that you have acted wisely in leaving the responsibility of all action or inaction uiton the (.government, after offering to place it in full possession of all the information at your command. Yours faithfully, Signed, F. CAVENDISH. Professor Youle Hind. I No. IX. Mr. Hind to Lord Frederick Cavendish. North Road, tho Park, Nottingham, February ;")th, 187'J. My Lord After I had mailed to you my letter of the 25th January, I saw Mr. Mundella coming out of hia daughter's house, just below where I am now I n IS . . I.- • T nientioned in confidence, the object of u.y visit to utmoBt reticence. ^ j^^ j „ totally (liflfe«ent «. prescribe the right course to pursue. consented to delay my The letter w. ^ -;;;;3\r 1 Mundella a copy^of . departure for that P-i;-;^^ 1^^^ ;Lt before he left Canada, which contained letterlhadwrittenloLordDafif .m J «tb ^^^^_^^^^^ ^ ^^^^^^.^ a request to Lord DuCFerm that he ^^^'^^ I™ ^^j^^^^^^ ^o the Fisheries of the enti.-e correspondence which had taken place m ''^"^^' ^mZ^r!^i^ communication was tobe in confidence, and tathe rattrMtt of tb. Coimtry. ^^^^^^^ ^^^^^ ,,,„, I reserve as a sine qua non, the right ana oi.poi j Very faithfully yours. HENRY Y. HIND. Lord Fredsrick Cavendish. M.P., , Holker Hall. lord Fredenck Cavenduh to Mr. Hind. Hawarden Castle, Chester, Feb. 7tb, 1879. liting to inform me cf the Mt Dear Sir, , • ii„ w.-i 1 am much obliged to you for kmdly wii results of your interview with Mr. Mundella. ^^^ ^^ You are quite s.fe in tn.stmg to ^J^ ^^ ^^ ^^ „,,,, be caused Forster, both of whom would be fully awave oi the by an improper handling of the question. ^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^^^^^ F. CxVVENDlSH. Signed, Professor Hind. >:,' '<■"-< Lj |W JJJj i aW I U| i y '^>^'^ of iny visit to 1 counselled tlie totally diflfe'ent n to the Right ITob,, I received ,B of the case, to lat they might ted to delay my lelhv a copy of a which contained ibury a synopsift to the Fisheries n confidence, and irther stated that ver any questions y Y. HIND. , Chester, Feb. 7tb, 1879. inform me cf the ,ovd Monck and Mr. liat mif^ht be caused F. CxVVENDISH. ' 'l:U': ;•-«!! i<' ■:i'( 14 JVo. XL /AetU-Col, F. Je Wiuton, It. A., Gov. Ueii. Sec, to Mr. Itxnd. (lovcrumeut (louse, Ottawa, 12th Feb., 1879. Sib, I am commanded by His Excellency the Governor General to acknowledge the receipt of a leit v from you to Lord F. Cavendish, which His Lordship had forwarded to him, dated 2 Ith January, 1879. I have the honour to be, Sir, Your obedient Servant, Signed F. D. WINTON, Gov. Gen. Sec. H. Youle Hind, Esq., North lload, Nottingham. No. XII. Hon. Hubert Hourke M.l'. to A. J. Mumlella, Esq., M.P. Foreign Office, Feb. 2l8t, 1879. Dji;.\H Sir, I have laid before Lord Salisbury the Memorandum of Statements made to you by Mr. Hind, which you gave uie last evening, and I am directed by Lord Salisbury to say that if Mr. Hind will furnish a statement in writing of the complaint which he desires to biiug before Her Majesty's Government, in relation to the printed table submitted to the Halifax Fishery Commission, his Lordship will be prepared to give it his careful consideration, and, if necessary, to refer it to the Dominion Government, through the Colonial Office, for a report, Mr. Hind's letter is returned herewith, ^j^. Believe me, very faithfully yours, \ Signed, ROBERT BOURKE. A. J. Mundella, Esq., M.P. ,UV.i No. XIII. Mr. Mundella, M.P. to Mr. Hind. House of Commons, 26th February, 1879. Mv Dear Sir, I am in receipt of yours of yesterday containing a copy of your letter to Mr. Bourke. I quite approve what you have done, and I can only regret that my most strenuous efforts have failed to secure an investigation of your statements. ? ^ ^ : '1' i.o ., ;i I will send you a copy of the memorandum T gave to Mr. Bourke to place ■: in. the hands of the Marquis of Salisbury. If I think you have done your duty, and I hoi^ you will not suffer in any way for your cour«ao iiud conHciontiouHUPHH. I will, Dear Sir, Henry Youlu lli"d ES4., M.A. Signed, Faithfully yours, A. J. MUNDELLA. LKTTKllH UKFERRED TO IN THE CORRESPONDENCE. .Vu. XI)'. Mr. Hind to Mr. Mu.Mla. ^^^^^ ^^^^ ^^^ ^^^^^ Nottingham. January 3l8t, 1879. ^'"" ^'''' Your note of the 30th inst., received this moming. Burpme» m.. ... the -^ntial c.^^^^ W.„„ Wins -7 f •;„;;* J .„„„e.io,„ I h.ve o.>, iu p.rt d..mtal, tl,.» «.u»l* to -^ »' ,^, i„,<„^aon I «». gi.. that of reticence, until in the interesw oi vuc / in dcuanded in proper form ^ ^^^^^ g^^^^^ ^^ I have informed Lord Sah^uxy t ^^^^ ^^^^^^ Thursday. 6th Feb.. and carry ^^^ jf J/^ ^ Ja so fr«itle«.ly documents, proofs, and correspondence I have so 10 g endeavoured to place in his hands correspondence, jurt as you Bail ou the Gth February. Faithfully yours, HENRY YOULE HIND. A. J. Mundella, Esq.. M.P. .Vo. XV. Ut. Hind to Mr. Mundella. j^^j.^^^ jj^ad, The Park. NcUinjjbam, 2pu February. 1879. DiiAR Sir, . .1. 1 . ;„„f is before me. Two circumstances Your farour ot the Ist inst. « **^^®^ " ^^^^.^ ^^^ ^eing the combine to cause ine to delay my departure for J'^ ^ ' Co,„„,ittee of the House of Representatives of the United States, in lemw f. i ^^tmMcmsiAfSmKi^^^^' ot suffer in any UNDELLA. DENCK. ngliam, y 3l8t, 1879. ;, HurprUes m*. he 2Gtli inst, I hat waH pi'oi)©r in ility ought to ro»t ional trouble ia have only in part th patriotism than •mation I can give ) Nova Scotia on «piQg the varioua ind 80 fruitlessly tndence, jurt as you announcing that I OULE HIND. ToUinjjhami 1 February. 1879. Two circumstanceEt otia. one being the ihe Committee of the the abrogation of the FiHhory rimmPH of tho Trrnty of WnxMngton ; (!.*• ofl.rr in tho rrtriu-sf. four of your Irtfrr, m) .lilVi'irnf from your v.-il-al vir>v« ms oxpiW* i-l 'i w«'i'l< •'!,">. 1 look ni«tn tli.- offivt of i„r fi-».i.bil<'i,» s'ltfistuM in tlio " f •,i-.." of Un MH,icHty'H<)<)venniiciit" piTM-nt.-.l ,u irwIiCt*, us rWui-j, frf*- »iMH>riur t.. tl,r iiifcrcHtH of political piirti.'s. It is not ii ( 'onsi'ivutivp »jHP'tion of the wholo l-.-aiintf of the transaction can bo graspp.l without going thoionjriily into it, Mc«in« the whole of th.. conri^pon.lenco, «n.l learning from me a good doal which lif^H behinil. Tho efVeot is very, vei^ far-reaching, and likdy to |.rnvo a source of extrfnu: and long continued irritation 1« tween tii<- I'.rilish and Canadian jicjilo on the on.! hand, and th.! people of the rnit.-d HlatoK on the other, nnlesH tJm amende /kihou ruble in specilily inadw. , In onler that you, f,or.l Monck an.l Mr. Foi-ster niny see how far tl.o matter has gone upon which you are ouw .'uteiing, 1 send a cjiy of a letter addressed by n.e to Lord DallVrin in S ■pl.-iol. r lait, cont;.iuing a synop-iis .)f tho correspon.lcnc.. up t.. that date. I have complct.-.l the Hynopsis t.. tho pres.mt time. I Hhonl.l nut think it advisabli- t.. say anything to T,(ud Salisbury until you have thoroughly inf.unu'd youiHolf of what has been done and /ww it was doiu' If you go into this matter earnestly, and from a National standpoint, an.l I am sure you would not wish to encounter it in any other light, it is evi.lont that I shall be reipiired in London. It is due to me, to afford uu- th.> fulh'.st opportunity of replying to any and every question or assertion to which suspicion, a desire to .onceiil,. or a fear of expo.s.'ue might give rise. This opp.ntunity wouhl be to nic a .^ine qua nnii. Will you be so good as to infoiii' mo of your progress us soon as po.SHible, fcr my detention in Knglan.l is a serious nuitter to m.', y.t it is one which I must encounter in view of the interests now to be subserved. I am, faithfully yours, HKNllY VOT'T.F. HINU A. J. Mundella Esq., M.P. P.S.— Ifuving informed Lord Salisbury that I return on Thms.lay, Gtli Feb., to Nova Scotia, taking with mo all the proofs, it will be nec.;:i!iary that I .apprize hi» lordsjjip in a few days of my change of plans. 17 No. XVI. Mr. Hind to Mr. Mundella. North Road, The Park, Nottingham, 8th February, 18 « 9. Dear Sir, ^ ^^ ^^^_^^^ ^^ ^^^ for your telegram of the Gth February informing „e of the receipt of my letter ot the 2nd February, with enclosure. I wrote to Lord F. Cavendish telling him what I had done, and yesterday I received a rep^j L I am quite safe in trusting to the discretion of Lord Mouck and the Honourable Mr Forsl, " both of whom," Lord Cavendish says, " would be fully aware of the mischief that might bo caused by an improper handling of the question. I shall be most anxious to hear of your progress in the matter, and trust that you will not faU to let mo know the miture of the steps taken The letter to Mr. Bourke, No. 36 in the synopsis, dated 1 < th July, 187», is next in importance to the one marked in the list sent to you. Very truly Youis, HENRY YOULE HIND. A. J. Mundella, Esq., M.P. No. xvn. Printed synopsis of prior and subsequent correspondence to May Gth, 1880. ' ' .J 'I : ;);;^^. ;..:-,..» >...!<; ,^a»»iw>.-« lMi ' J«i'- ' ^- ■I * '"''*"'" ^' .»."" "* ' >" -'"" W -<'^>' IT-— *,=S.-*»*^'=*^*««****^*^*''^*'^ .tinghani, February, 18 « 9. ebruary informing Hire. I wrote to 1 received a reply id the Honourable I fully aware of the question." e matter, and trust iken. id 17th July, 1878, OULE HIND. despondence to May \-u 18 No. V. CoMMtNICATION FROJl LlEUT.-COL. H. A. LaSCELI-ES TO Mr. HiND, Conveying the Marquis of Haktinoton's i'ermiehion to publish the Letters. War Office, Ist July, 1884. Sir, In reply to your letter of the 21)th ult.. enclosing cojjies of lettei-s addressed to you by the late Lord Frederick Cavendish, I am desired by the Marquis of Hartington to say that so far as he is concerned there appears to l)e no objection to the publication of these letters ; but as liOrd Hartingtor. has no knowledge of the case, he can express i.o opinion »us to the expediency of the course which you are taking. , I am. Sir, Your obedient Servant, Signed, H. A. LASCELLES. H. Youle Hind, Esq. ,i \9 APPENDIX. I. ii; -. >■/ ; , ^- • 'Extract from a printed paper entitled :— ' ■' '• ... "An Exposition of the Fisheries Commission Frauds; shovring how the Frauds were concealed by the use of the mnnl.er (566 and the M.usking Numboi-s 42 10, 7, 2, taken from the 13th Cha,>ter of Revelation." The following -v raet is introduced to i)oint out the importance of my paper recently transmitted to Sir Charles W. Dilke, and returned to me in Canada without comment. A copy of this pa,>er with the addenda. I have now i„ England. They prove that the Canadian Annual Records of Trade with England and the United States in res,.ect of certain most important articles, such as '' Cottons." " Woollens," etc.. &c., av- all forged Records, and forged according to the same method as is partially displayed iu the foUowin, " Summa.v o. thk Whou:" But the Annual Canadian Records further show that these false Official Trade Tables disem,u,nUe cujai„.t. British Merchants in respect of duttes imposed on the goods imported. This, I venture to submit, is a subject whicli ought to l« brought under the notice of British Merciiants. Manufacturers, and Investoi-s. no matter how much it may hurt the feelings or the business of the profiting conspirators. The details, the pr..coss. together with the origin of the ratio fi66,.'io:3 is to ,303,666 and the object and relations of the Maski,., .V.^Hk... are all shown in ijie ,,nnted paper named above, coupled with the already cited letters to Sir Charles Tupper, to the Canadian Secretary of State, &c., .."l'l^-'ftlH^^^uuu1,anl.nports^a«tlleonuttedlW ^"' 39i;ir,2 Dnublo of th- I'nited T^tatos r.x|oHs to all British Ameuca. y69,'.)60 Til.' Su.ii.'.ai-.!. 18734 •• 72S,.^ir).T CauiuliiUi liiii>"rt.s h-ss 368 ; 969.i)6'J Thf Staiklaid. 1374-5... 7 27,.'>87 Canadian Imports. ^.-..^ar 242,382 United Suites Exports muius $25,<4b. 969,969 The Standard. I 728,190 (an. Imp. less 731. ,,r: 241,779 U.S. Exports '.(69,969 The Standard. — ^ -j' lili uiw i l ii w • bowing how the isking Ninnboi-8 iportance of iny irned to me in iida, I have now of Trade with mt articles, such forged according UMMAIIY OK THE that these lalse respect of duties te brought under , no matter how ispirators. ratio ill shown in the era to Sir Charles iTED States by , TO THE United :UIOA DURING THE ted items 820, no. British America. l!im. Imp. less 731. U.S. Exports The Standard. 20 But $25,746 is equal to$22,305 Canadian omitted items in 1873.— Ex. XXVIIT. 1,88G Can. substituted items in 1873.— E.\. AA\ III. ],.5r)5Tlie Sum of Masking Numbers identicjil with numbers in the I 'M\\ Chapter of Revelation, 2.^,746 n« shown in E.xample XXVH. For the Origin and Relations of these omitted, substituterl and masking quantities, reference must be had to the letter to Sir Charles Tupp-r already cited. Tliey are preconcerted and manufactured quantities, falsely introduced as Custom House Entries. Tlie Ratios are as subjoined : Canadian Ratios. United States Ratios. Year 1872-3. Year 1872-3. 666,303 578,517 87,786 Year 1873-4. 728,553 666,303 .391,452 303,666 87,786. ..A. Year 1873-4. 303,666 241,416 Differences. From A take C. 87,786 61,284 26,502. ..D. From A take B. 87,786 62,250 62,250 Year 1874-5. 727,587 666,303 62,250... B. Year 1874-5. .303,666 242,382 25,536. ..E. From D take E. 26,502 25,536 61,284 61,284. ..C. 966 Shake and sift 966 and out tumble all the Masking Numbers, with the quantity 2 added to the Canadian Imports of 1874 :— 966 is equal to 721. 168 42 10 7 4 2 666 42 10 7 4 2 731 2 too much in 1874. 966 The Arithmetical proportions between the unmasked Canadian Imports, the unmasked United States Exports, and the elements of the ratio 666,308—303,660 are as subjoined : — 21 YwAR. Canadian Imports, United Statks Exports. 1872-3 660,303 is to 578,517 as 391,452 is to 303,666 1873-4 728,553 is to 66G,303 as 303,GGG is to 2! 1,116 1874 5 727,587 is to 660,3t)3 as 303,666 is to 242,382 Some of the necessary results of this artificial manufacture of tl.o values of Canadian Fish Imports and United States Fish Exports, are of smgular character, and would be amusing, were it not for the shan.e and dxsg.u.t wh.h Hccret collusion with suh, - tes oftheoppositepartyin such all-unportant mattes as the details of Interna. iunai. Ahbitration. cannot fail to excite. The following examples are illustrative ot numerous similar consequences arisinc from the employment of forged figures adjusted to Ihe Katio 6G6,303 - 303,666. /. .♦EXAMPLE XV." The United States total Mxports to all British Nortli and South America in 1874, less the masking number 731, amount to $241,01^. Reve.-se this quantity, or write it backwards : it becomes 810,142. Deduct it from 000,9(10 840,142 Remainder 129,827 Revei-se this remainder or write it backwards: it becomes 728,921, which is the amount of the Canadian i^sh Imports, in 1 874, from the United States. aworu to t» eridenre at Halifax, in 1877. , ; . '• //. Divide the Maeking Number 731 into its components 368 and 363. From $728,921, the Canadian Fish Imports in 1874 Take 368 Remainder 728,553 Reverse this quantity, it becomes 355,827. From 969,969 Take 355,827 Remainder 614,142 Reverse 614,142, it becomes 241,416, which is the value of tl^e United States Fish Exports to all British America in 1874, less the Masking Number 36^ Any competent arithmetician will understand the reason of these relations. The origin of all the values employed is given in the piiuted papers cited. m mm a < iw mi:iwx^ ui '. *vi f 9 ) ■^*^*^ .^a»J ^ ^i B » fp S» j^i »» i '* »*; »^'* -''iJ'*'- "' .."a^".. .»» -. «t*f.^*^«.>-- IXPORTS. )3,666 !l,tlG 12,382 ( of tlio valuHs re of singtilar I disgust wliich portant matters :e. ir conseqiicnceH Sontli AniRiica 810,U2. econies 728,921, he United States, 38 and 363. r4 ilue of the United iking Number 363. 2se relations. The cited. 22 Squark No. I. 051^887— Tho difforonce bo.twefn Unitod States Fish Exports and 30:»,C66. 908,082— The dillVrfiico betsvev!f'r,vfl'/, Icssoiiiitted itumsaiid niaskingniinibor 210. 211,779_Unitc(l Stiitos Total Kxjiorts to all British Anicrioa 7: '28,190— Canadian Imiiorts from United States loss masking number 731. Square No. II. H, . u ■ 061,887— As in square No. I. 908,082— .\s in ditto 149,203 — Fourth line in square No. I reversed. 828,203— Tiiird line in square No. I. revevsetl. 211,779 -United States Exports as in square No. I. 728,190— Canadian Imports as in square No. I. 1.— The right column and the bottom line of square No I., together with the left column and bottom lino of square No. II., oontam the same values, being the Canadian Imports less 731 ; the right column in No. I. is to be read downwards and the loft column in No. II. read upwards. 2. The fifth hue of both hciuarcs contains the United States total exports to all British North and South America. 8. The top line in ',both is the difference between the United States Exports and the standard 303,G6G adopted for the United States Exports. 4. The two upper lines and the two lower lines of both squares make up the standard 9G9,9C9. 5.~The left hand column of No. I. reads upwards with the same result as the right hand column of No. II. reads downwards. 6.— The sum of the digits taken two together in the left column of No I. and the right column of No. II., when \vritten continuously make the standard 969,969. 7.— The top line and the fifth Imo m both squares make up "the United States standard 803,666. 8. — The fifth line subtracted from the second Ime gives the ^Canadian standard 6GG,803. !).— The digits of the 6th and 5th Column of No. 11., when taken two together alternately, give the standard 969,969. Similar relations, which ought not to belong to the records of two Governmoits, can be multiplied to an indefinite extent, by taking different years and different groups of figures. It is to bo borne in mind that all these figures are the alleged results of a great number of Custom House entries extending over an area many times larger than England. In point of fact they are the result of groups of figures produced by very ingenious, but thoroughly vicious processes, described in the printed letters already cited. 23 ■.,„■„,«» A0,I»T Bbitisb 5lEnc...WT», M..«u»cT,mEBs, *»o h MTOns. rmy rotmncd comm„mc.U»n to Sir Cl.«.lc, DilKc Itavo ,.rovo. L„„,c, in March, 1879. to Si. MicMcl «"^^^:^'^„. Sl,vtc to,- the ColonioB, »l.o torn ll,= ™l„c» ,„ l1,o OtT, al T «ac I ,.„„v ISSS tliat with respect to Cotton, ^...ollcn, .tc. .Sc 'nTorti '■■« i:;;, to.;t Britl .n/,:„ U„itca St.te. the rccovaed f,s«rc, wc lorgcd at "''-"• T;::tr"ir:rr::;riv„h.^ UO.C co„Utio„, .na «--'^f.t""^"":r:,::x;:: s viL pahl. form a ooxc.aT,.o ».inn,«, Ucntieal m ,t» orism > .fl. thcoi,„.n 1 Tr!:-r:f::frtr"^:r^.:x:":s;=tr autioH allcgoa to DC paui • American merchant; A„a I no. state that I am prepared to ^and in ^^^^^^^ ^ :l r j'oL ont tho. recoraed dHTe^nc. hot^^.^. .^- of Cottons and Woollens and a leged ^ "^ J^^^^^^^^^^^^ exacted, whose sum shall be exactly equal to the Fisheries JJ raua q ^ 87,786 ]3 ... 62,250 C <5^'284 jj 26,502 T? ... 25.586 And therefore arithmetically related to the l^antities 666,803 891,45iS 578,517 303,666 ^^ &c. &«^- and to multiply similar illustrations a thousand fold. >. ) U..Lm i i> Wi i.'>' iiii i «'i »,«sn»ib»>5«»-..,...t>»M<.^!*S^'»^***^ .W«a»W*WW(*^t5"ff rONTINUOrSLIf NVESTOKS. [ have proved 10 Marquis r.i: Secretary of Tables of the 1 into Canada ft'cro forged at les entered for I alli'gcd to bo 1 of the values . below. ly Sir Ijcouard d ill the New lanadiau Trade S4 in other TrordB, I nm prepared to show that, practically, the figures Me identical as far as fraud is concerned ; nnd tlint tlie Fisheries Frauds and the exibting Commercial Frttuds against British Interests arc of similar design and origin. t • - ■ ■ The Questions now to be considered, 1 respectfully submit, are these : — 1 What conceivable just grounds can bo urged against exposing and arresting this gigantic imposition ? 2._\Vhy should the British Public, who are groatly the sulTercrs, not bo per- mitted to know how they are annually deceived and imposed upon ? 3._\Vhut have the conspirators done, or what are they doing, which entitle them to the cruel privileges, so meanly sustained by nv«n> a foul device, of being pennitted grossly to abu>o positions of public trust for nefarious purposes, and make political capital or money by fabricating and dealing in FALSIFIED EeCOEDS OF GOVERNMENT? , , an^^^^ ^^^ ^^,,i„ „, in Canada. They car. s v; '.»^«,'" V ? 'ZoHmrnatZ purpose aJainst Dritiah merchants, infamously masked and M.ifaMl w.th V««™^*\".« P"^* Xedinthe Memoran.Ui^ manufacturers and .nveitors »'«'"«. Vr^^tir.us'.f ffne ?o s"r M H. Beach, dated false pretUes of the worst and most hurtful stamp. „„o„ and full rurrupt politicians and to a few unpnncipled ■ohemors. 'My motives and impulses are -Pained in the las^ tlj^^^ep^^^^^^^^^^ 3^^^^^^, letter I had the honour to address to y^^ 'f ^'^ "".irm^ttr 1 « pect^^ »>egto refer I enclose a copy of the letter of the 2nd September, 18,9. I hare the honour to be, V our Lordship's obedient servant, HENRY YOULE HIND, M.A., "10, AiUngtoii hjtrcet, B.W., Jimc lOtli, 1884. ^"' I am directed by the Marquis of SalisLnry to acknowledge the receipt of yo.r letter of the 27th of May, and its enclosures, with regard to the Canadian Trade Tables. ^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^ Signed, II.T.GUNTON. Henry Youle Hind, Esq. , ( 1 • M'i .,'«•• I .. «''fS ^J^^ !\ "mere scientitio )f the liberties and ■ strife. by tbo order lurned. to fiiithful annual from the intrnHted ted on their inisfion lt;;0,()0O for renewal, pital for investniKnt 3, and earlier years, British merchants, in the Memorandum d. H. Beach, dated sr the most specious ; an ojicn and full inn majority of Her 1 favourable only to ■raphs of the printed liber. 1879. to that pectfully l>eg to refer hearing. ND, M.A., and Official CompiUr ovunigsion. i-cet, fcJ.W., Jimc lOtli, 1884. to acknowledge the , with regard to the R. T. GUNTON. ^ ^ twit's C&i4J<«^ftf I